I understand how WINE is completely native and doesn't require a Windows installation to run programs. But since most Windows programs use an installer which runs under Windows, don't you kinda still need a Windows installation to install those programs before you can use Wine on them? Is there a way around this? And do Windows programs need to be on a fat partition to work properly?
I understand how WINE is completely native and doesn't require a Windows installation to run programs. But since most Windows programs use an installer which runs under Windows. Is there a way around this? And do Windows programs need to be on a fat partition to work properly?
>>(Proud contributor to the teach-a-/.-admin-to-spell foundation) > (Proud contributor to the teach-AN-admin-grammar foundation) >retard
(Proud contributer to the teach a slashdot admin to spell foundation) therefore: (Proud contributer to the teach a-/.-admin-to-spell foundation) retard
Columns last week on Ticket Booth Tyranny drew well over a thousand e-mail messages, mostly from kids (including many of those ushers) enraged at theater chain restrictions, posturing and hypocrisy, and scrambling to buy DVD's and build home theaters. The entertainment industry seems not to grasp the strong message that digital technologies give kids lots of choices. They can't wait to make them.
Exactly, mostly kids. As an adult, you should know that kids don't always see the whole picture. You, however should be able to.
I'm not sure that donations could ever add up to the kind of money needed to support a space program. The same is true of supporting the arts. These are programs that I'm not sure would survive privatization.
I like to think of myself as a Libertarian but this is one of the areas where I'm not so sure; programs that the majority of people don't care enough to pay for on their own but that are still important in their own ways to our society.
Well, why does America, (and the rest of the world for that matter) have restricted movie ratings at all?
Answer: Parents that are one with the blindfold. These are the parents to the freinds that we all had as youths that werent allowed to come over when you were sick, and had to be home by 9:30.
Actually, as hard as it is to see sometimes, parents are the ones who have already been there and know what kind of dangers their kids may overlook. And more importantly, they're the ones who care enough to try to do something about it. Sure they may be overprotective and they may not understand how being a kid differs from when they were kids but you have to give them credit for trying and try to understand where they're coming from.
>usurping of decisions that should be theirs and >their parents?
admitting the fact that Parents have a responsibility to monitor the influences that are acting on their children and then a couple paragraphs later you say
>that adults ought not be forced to intrude on >their children's privacy
You've got to choose one or the other. Or maybe you meant adults in the sense of theater managers and their in the sense of the parents. But you're the professional writer and I this is either very unclear or an outrageously stupid statement.
Of course adults have a right to intrude on their children's privacy. Just because a kid wants to see a movie doesn't mean that they have an implicit right to go see it. That's why they're kids. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to advocate here.
And then of course, theres this gem:
>Harmless, funny, or overtly rebellious and >political movies - "South Park," "American Pie," >" Something About Mary" - are not in any sense >dangerous to kids over the age of nine, or >probably, even under. They are bristling with >outsider geek humor and nerd sensibility.
What in the hell is geek humor and nerd sensibility? The only line in South Park that could be considered a geeky joke would be the part where they shot Bill Gates. Of course the whole South Park craze began on the internet but it's hardly limited to what you would call geeks. Something About Mary had nothing to do with "geeks", neither did American Pie. It's really getting kinda old seeing you throw in lines like this in every piece, obviousely trying to "get with" what you percieve as some kind of grandiose counter-culture. Stick with what you know.
As far as I can tell, the overwhelming coverage of events like the death of JFK jr or Princess Di has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with television ratings.
The average tv news broadcast is fully a third commercial breaks. The competition for ratings must be pretty fierce in order to keep the advertisers. Thats why they tend to deal with the news thats provacative and exciting to the average person rather than informative or relavant. JFK jr and Princess Di were both symbols to a lot of people and the death of a symbol is big news. And the sad fact is that there are a lot of suckers out there who are sucked in by this type of news coverage. Like my mother for instance who watched CNN for a good many hours the first couple of days after the crash. It's obnoxious but it's what works for the networks.
>Bezos has tossed away his biggest advantage, the >sense right or wrong that he was creating a >different kind of company with something >resembling an ethical sensibility.
Well actually I think that their biggest advantages are convenience, selection, good prices and the fact that it's never taken longer than three business days for me to get an order from them. As long as those qualities persist, I see no reason to stop buying from them. The tone of this article article is that of someone whining that they're favorite band has "sold out" by getting on a bigger record label.
Anyway, Harman-Kardon makes some really nice stuff, wouldn't you put your big dollar items right out front?
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I just took one and sure enough, INTP. And I don't even consider myself to be a real geek. How very very disturbing.
Albert
No decimals inside of fractions, you mean 5/250 of $1.00.
Albert
What I meant to say is:
I understand how WINE is completely native and doesn't require a Windows installation to run programs. But since most
Windows programs use an installer which runs under Windows, don't you kinda still need a Windows installation to install those programs before you can use Wine on them? Is there a way around this? And do Windows programs
need to be on a fat partition to work properly?
Still Just Wondering,
Albert
I understand how WINE is completely native and doesn't require a Windows installation to run programs. But since most Windows programs use an installer which runs under Windows. Is there a way around this? And do Windows programs need to be on a fat partition to work properly?
Just wondering,
Albert
>>(Proud contributor to the teach-a-/.-admin-to-spell foundation)
> (Proud contributor to the teach-AN-admin-grammar foundation)
>retard
(Proud contributer to the teach a slashdot admin to spell foundation)
therefore: (Proud contributer to the teach a-/.-admin-to-spell foundation)
retard
Columns last week on Ticket Booth Tyranny drew well over a thousand e-mail
messages, mostly from kids (including many of those ushers) enraged at theater chain
restrictions, posturing and hypocrisy, and scrambling to buy DVD's and build home
theaters. The entertainment industry seems not to grasp the strong message that digital technologies
give kids lots of choices. They can't wait to make them.
Exactly, mostly kids. As an adult, you should know that kids don't always see the whole picture. You, however should be able to.
"This is for fight, and this is for fun!"
I do believe it's: "This is for shooting...", but then again I could be wrong.
I'm not sure that donations could ever add up to the kind of money needed to support a space program. The same is true of supporting the arts. These are programs that I'm not sure would survive privatization.
I like to think of myself as a Libertarian but this is one of the areas where I'm not so sure; programs that the majority of people don't care enough to pay for on their own but that are still important in their own ways to our society.
Well, why does America, (and the rest of the world for that matter) have restricted movie ratings at all?
Answer: Parents that are one with the blindfold.
These are the parents to the freinds that we all had as youths that werent allowed to come over when you were sick, and had to be
home by 9:30.
Actually, as hard as it is to see sometimes, parents are the ones who have already been there and know what kind of dangers their kids may overlook. And more importantly, they're the ones who care enough to try to do something about it. Sure they may be overprotective and they may not understand how being a kid differs from when they were kids but you have to give them credit for trying and try to understand where they're coming from.
Ok, first you mention the
>usurping of decisions that should be theirs and >their parents?
admitting the fact that Parents have a responsibility to monitor the influences that are acting on their children and then a couple paragraphs later you say
>that adults ought not be forced to intrude on >their children's privacy
You've got to choose one or the other. Or maybe you meant adults in the sense of theater managers and their in the sense of the parents. But you're the professional writer and I this is either very unclear or an outrageously stupid statement.
Of course adults have a right to intrude on their children's privacy. Just because a kid wants to see a movie doesn't mean that they have an implicit right to go see it. That's why they're kids. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to advocate here.
And then of course, theres this gem:
>Harmless, funny, or overtly rebellious and
>political movies - "South Park," "American Pie," >" Something About Mary" - are not in any sense >dangerous to kids over the age of nine, or >probably, even under. They are bristling with >outsider geek humor and nerd sensibility.
What in the hell is geek humor and nerd sensibility? The only line in South Park that could be considered a geeky joke would be the part where they shot Bill Gates. Of course the whole South Park craze began on the internet but it's hardly limited to what you would call geeks. Something About Mary had nothing to do with "geeks", neither did American Pie. It's really getting kinda old seeing you throw in lines like this in every piece, obviousely trying to "get with" what you percieve as some kind of grandiose counter-culture. Stick with what you know.
As far as I can tell, the overwhelming coverage of events like the death of JFK jr or Princess Di has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with television ratings.
The average tv news broadcast is fully a third commercial breaks. The competition for ratings must be pretty fierce in order to keep the advertisers. Thats why they tend to deal with the news thats provacative and exciting to the average person rather than informative or relavant. JFK jr and Princess Di were both symbols to a lot of people and the death of a symbol is big news. And the sad fact is that there are a lot of suckers out there who are sucked in by this type of news coverage. Like my mother for instance who watched CNN for a good many hours the first couple of days after the crash. It's obnoxious but it's what works for the networks.
>Bezos has tossed away his biggest advantage, the
>sense right or wrong that he was creating a
>different kind of company with something
>resembling an ethical sensibility.
Well actually I think that their biggest advantages are convenience, selection, good prices and the fact that it's never taken longer than three business days for me to get an order from them. As long as those qualities persist, I see no reason to stop buying from them. The tone of this article article is that of someone whining that they're favorite band has "sold out" by getting on a bigger record label.
Anyway, Harman-Kardon makes some really nice stuff, wouldn't you put your big dollar items right out front?
-=albert