Dude I don't know about you, but I've never compiled OpenOffice from source, in fact if you pick up a good distro (Mandrake 9) you can have everything you need installed from the get go.
This is why all those net appliances makers went out of business.
They were essentially selling $500 or so worth of PC hardware for $150-$200 and hoping to make up the profits with the dial subscriptions you had to get to use them. When people like myself started modding them with HD's and booting Linux on it there business model nosedived.
granted I did feel bacd about that, but like most of my amoral peers would probably do it again.
The trick is, kick somebody's ass on the first day, or become somebody's bitch.
Sounds like my High School. I went to and all -male school in the Southern Caribbean, five years, you start at 11 graduate at 16 and can optionally do two more years for some extra certifications.
I got harrassed for the first couple of weeks till I took a chair to the back of some guys head. Then I figured out how the system works. If people think you're a pyscho they pretty much leave you alone. So I praticed staring at people without moving my eyes, whenever anyone got in my face.
Probably wouldn't work in prison though, I fight like a girl.
Completley off-topic but my Karma can't get any worse as it is.
I'm happy about this. Filesharing isn't going to go back into the box. Think about it. It took Napster's demise for Kazaa and Gnutella based networks to come into prominence, and eventual surpass 'The Father'. When the RIAA literaly sues the users off these networks better stuff (like Freenet) that uses hard encryption and promotes anonymity will finally begin to see wide spread usage. They spur so much creative thinking in P2P circles we should be thanking them.
The RIAA is a dinosaur with a large gun. Its just gonna keep shooting itself in the foot until it bleeds to death.
Now excuse me while I go unshare my files and destroy some evidence.
The whole thing is egregious. Coming up with a novel business only gives you the right to run with it and pull far enough ahead so that you've captured the market share before your competetion comes online. You should be able to patent the idea to crush all competetion. When that happens we the customers lose. What incentive does NetFlix have to refine there service to our advantage if they have absolutely no competition?
They'd either buy Netflix or come to and agreement. Unfortunately there are a number of other small specialized (don't click if you're at work...or your Mom is nearby...) subscription services that are going to get screwed from this.
This whole patent thing is really getting out of hand.
I had actually toyed with starting a service that does just Anime based on the subscription model. There goes that idea.
While this is/. and its a given that you're not going to RTFA. The least you could do if follow the links explaining some of the not so vague references in the summary.
Or alternately read Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. A defenite modern classic, if such a thing exists.
I honestly don't see why people are so surprised. This is what Journalists do. Story: Anarchy Online Player is an obsessed perv sells alot more papers than Anarchy Online player is just like everyone else, and this wouldn't even be a story if it involved beer and football instead of a Computer game and the Internet. Primarily, a journalists job is to keep his job, by selling papers. Welcome to the real world. There are no Clark Kents or Edison Carters. Well maybe one or two, but chances are they don't get read much.
I believe it was Salman Rushdie that said/wrote: "Writers and Whores. I see no difference between the two."...Hey that sounds like a good sig.
ROFL! I meant sculpting. Shame on me for not proof-reading before I post. Here is the corrected version of that statement.
Great. Now I can add my laptop and cell phone, along with nail clippers and wooden sculpting tools, to list the of things I can have Airport Security guards can pull me out of line and strip search me down for...
much better...also on a totally non-relevant note. A co-worker just told me someone is pitching a MacGuyver: The next Generation script around "The Wood"...scary....
have developed a micro-engine that will allow people to charge mobile phones using lighter fluid.
Great. Now I can add my laptop and cell phone, along with nail clippers and wooden slupting tools, to list the of things you can be detained Airport Security guards can pull me out of line and strip search me down for...
on the other hand I wonder what MacGuyver could do with one of these, a pack of toothpicks and some loose sweater yarn...
since most fish see movement a lot better than they see non-movement. Your statement holds no water (pun intended). If you've ever gone fishing you'd know why some fishermen use shiny metal bits on their line. The fish see the glittering reflection and fo after it.
How you can rationalize that a fast mvoing blinking thing would confuse a predator fish is beyond me.
In further Industry news. Intel announced today, that to help the public grasp the subtle distinction between future Pentium releases all current models will be remained Pentium 5 "Really Fast". Future models will subsequently carry the added Title of "Really Really Fast", "No, Really its Faster", "Even faster This time" and "So Fast, make you wanna slap yo Mama!".
AMD is reportedly reveiwing their naming conventions as well.
Saturday Night, Redmond Washington.
Microsoft Exec: Yes!! Amen!
I feel his spirit in me!!
You know who I'm talking about.
Who'm I talking about??
Microsoft employees: Bill!
Exec: Say it again!!
MS Drones: BILL!!
Exec: Amen, Brothers and Sisters, Amen. Tonight I'm gonna preach from the book of Market Strategies. Chapter 6, Verse 12
Exec: And I saw, and behold a white Aeron chair and he that sat on him had the code; and a laywers was given unto him: and he went forth to conquer.
Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, ye Leviathian of blue, shall use my code no longer, for have violated the oath set upon thee, and shall hence forth give unto repentance of 3 billion coins of silver...
sorry thats not a marality issue. Its a public safety one.
There is a great physical risk, if people are allowed to go about murdering other people.
Morality issues would be things sex before marriage.
Alcohol by the way is a public safety issue since you can kill yourself easily with the stuff. Marijuana isn't.
so did I. Mosttly because I went into the theater expecting explosion, bad acting and Costner in tights. And that what I got. Unlike Matrix Reloaded where I got a lot of pointless boring fights.
Could that Neo vs 100 Smiths go on any longer?
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Kinda makes your point moot doesn't it?
They were essentially selling $500 or so worth of PC hardware for $150-$200 and hoping to make up the profits with the dial subscriptions you had to get to use them. When people like myself started modding them with HD's and booting Linux on it there business model nosedived.
granted I did feel bacd about that, but like most of my amoral peers would probably do it again.
I got harrassed for the first couple of weeks till I took a chair to the back of some guys head. Then I figured out how the system works. If people think you're a pyscho they pretty much leave you alone. So I praticed staring at people without moving my eyes, whenever anyone got in my face.
Probably wouldn't work in prison though, I fight like a girl.
Completley off-topic but my Karma can't get any worse as it is.
The RIAA is a dinosaur with a large gun. Its just gonna keep shooting itself in the foot until it bleeds to death.
Now excuse me while I go unshare my files and destroy some evidence.
The whole thing is egregious. Coming up with a novel business only gives you the right to run with it and pull far enough ahead so that you've captured the market share before your competetion comes online. You should be able to patent the idea to crush all competetion. When that happens we the customers lose. What incentive does NetFlix have to refine there service to our advantage if they have absolutely no competition?
This whole patent thing is really getting out of hand.
I had actually toyed with starting a service that does just Anime based on the subscription model. There goes that idea.
Makes me want to rethink leaving the whole high energy physics thing....
The original Deep Thought dumb-ass.
While this is
Or alternately read Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. A defenite modern classic, if such a thing exists.
I honestly don't see why people are so surprised. This is what Journalists do. Story: Anarchy Online Player is an obsessed perv sells alot more papers than Anarchy Online player is just like everyone else, and this wouldn't even be a story if it involved beer and football instead of a Computer game and the Internet. Primarily, a journalists job is to keep his job, by selling papers. Welcome to the real world. There are no Clark Kents or Edison Carters. Well maybe one or two, but chances are they don't get read much.
I believe it was Salman Rushdie that said/wrote: "Writers and Whores. I see no difference between the two."...Hey that sounds like a good sig.
The Next Step in Fighting Spam: Death Penalty
I'm sure his advisors are working out the details of this one as we speak.
ROFL! I meant sculpting. Shame on me for not proof-reading before I post. Here is the corrected version of that statement.
Great. Now I can add my laptop and cell phone, along with nail clippers and wooden sculpting tools, to list the of things I can have Airport Security guards can pull me out of line and strip search me down for...
much better...also on a totally non-relevant note. A co-worker just told me someone is pitching a MacGuyver: The next Generation script around "The Wood"...scary....
have developed a micro-engine that will allow people to charge mobile phones using lighter fluid.
Great. Now I can add my laptop and cell phone, along with nail clippers and wooden slupting tools, to list the of things you can be detained Airport Security guards can pull me out of line and strip search me down for...
on the other hand I wonder what MacGuyver could do with one of these, a pack of toothpicks and some loose sweater yarn...
forget that. In a post google world, I'd like to see what searching for "Monopoly", "anti-trust" and "All consuming Evil" brings up.
since most fish see movement a lot better than they see non-movement. Your statement holds no water (pun intended). If you've ever gone fishing you'd know why some fishermen use shiny metal bits on their line. The fish see the glittering reflection and fo after it.
How you can rationalize that a fast mvoing blinking thing would confuse a predator fish is beyond me.
ROFL! That just never gets old.
5 1/2 inches is renamed to 9 inches Men everywhere rejoice...
AMD is reportedly reveiwing their naming conventions as well.
Saturday Night, Redmond Washington. Microsoft Exec: Yes!! Amen! I feel his spirit in me!! You know who I'm talking about. Who'm I talking about?? Microsoft employees: Bill! Exec: Say it again!! MS Drones: BILL!! Exec: Amen, Brothers and Sisters, Amen. Tonight I'm gonna preach from the book of Market Strategies. Chapter 6, Verse 12 Exec: And I saw, and behold a white Aeron chair and he that sat on him had the code; and a laywers was given unto him: and he went forth to conquer. Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, ye Leviathian of blue, shall use my code no longer, for have violated the oath set upon thee, and shall hence forth give unto repentance of 3 billion coins of silver...
??? Its the theme song for Neo Genesis Evangelion. I don't get it. My Nippon-go is a little rusty though so maybe I'm missing something.
sorry thats not a marality issue. Its a public safety one. There is a great physical risk, if people are allowed to go about murdering other people. Morality issues would be things sex before marriage. Alcohol by the way is a public safety issue since you can kill yourself easily with the stuff. Marijuana isn't.
yes, and Windows 2026 Palladium edition will be the OS of choice for all our cold fusion powered flying cars.
so did I. Mosttly because I went into the theater expecting explosion, bad acting and Costner in tights. And that what I got. Unlike Matrix Reloaded where I got a lot of pointless boring fights. Could that Neo vs 100 Smiths go on any longer?
I actually agree with the AC on this one. GL bashing is more fun when its because he's ripping down another part of childhood.
RTFA oh wait this is slashdot...never mind.