...the German authorities could always do what the Americans do best - the "USA vs Everyone" stance. A "SuSE vs Microsoft" stance would help seeing as SuSE is a Germany based distro
It's great that the mainstream press is giving Linux good coverage, unfortunately to wrest the Windows system from the mainstream user I'm afraid the games companies need to be involved in producing original Linux games alongside those of Windows. Only then will Linux get the Windows user looking the other way.... Unreal Tournament and Neverwinter Nights were starts but enter any Electronics Boutique and ask for a game for your Linux OS and chances are the sales rep will look at you like your ET
I'm a father of two great kids and a part-time Linux geek to boot. Pixar's films have given myself and both of my children hours of enjoyment - the youngest (2 3/4) is in love with Woody and Buzz, found Bruce the shark a frightening (and probably life changing!) image at the cinema, thought Mike and Sully were as cute as teddy bears, and literally danced on the spot when A Bugs Life kicked into life on our DVD player... all I have to say to the guys at Pixar is a huge THANK YOU for making my childrens lives so the much happier for the hours they have enjoyed your films:)
Grandfather (gruff Northern English accent): "In my day a virus was a proper virus, it destroyed your hard drive and wiped away your entire silicon existence but we held together lad, together"
Grandson (wide eyed): "Was that when you had keyboards granddad? Crikey. Pass the DNA-USB dongle over please..."
Use a 486 desktop PC with a 14 inch monitor, it easily runs off a 200W power supply and a Slackware Linux install... if you find you need more power after a sustained amount of use, find something else to do - easily done in the great outdoors...!
"The only sucessful pure-thrust VTOL aircraft is the Harrier. Since modern fighters have enough thrust to go straight up anyway, a VTOL fighter is feasible. Marginally."
Actually the Harrier is highly feasible. For one it doesn't need a runway to take off so you could have a 700 meter x 700 metre island in the middle of the Atlantic and have room to park over 2000 Harriers... quite a feat in modern warfare I can tell you but criminally underused
1. Take an old Slashdot joke and an old troll
2. Mix in a hobbit
3. Add an Elf
4. Add a couple of wizards
5. Throw in some orcs
6. Pepper with CGI
7. Profit!
Fear of gravity (Barophobia) - I suggest a game of Lunar Lander
Fear of laughter (Geliophobia) - See Fear of fear (below)
Fear of sitting (Cathisophobia) - I can only recommend what I consider to be the most addictive game I have ever played, Frontier: Elite II on the ST or Amiga!
Fear of taste (Geumaphobia) - No gaming recommendations here, just go to the pub
Fear of freedom (Eleutherophobia) - Er, don't play video games
Fear of blood (Hemophobia) - Probably quite a common one. I suggest a game of Resident Evil or Hitman 2
Fear of vegetables (Lachanophobia) - Reading Slashdot daily should cure this!
Fear of anything new (Kainophobia) - I suggest avoiding the GTA series like the plague
Fear of fear (Phobophobia) - As a phobia this must be the most ridiculous I have ever heard of!
Bill Gates should be able to aquire a nuclear arsenal considering the amount of pirated material available in the ex-Eastern Bloc, just file a few lawsuits at the respective governments and et voila! an ICBM or ten, he could then relocate his Redmond base to Syria and we could have the first ever government vs corporation cold war! Think of the possibilities! Think of the outcome! der der der der der der der "Now on News at Ten, the Israeli Prime Minister has declared on state television that he will release a virus-patch that will render all Windows OS's inoperable until hebrew is installed as the default language der der der der der.... he also added that Steve Jobs and Linus Torvalds would be joining Mossad as counter agents".
I haven't even got a USB device yet! I'm still stuck in my ways with a COM1 mouse, LPT1 printer and a COM4 external 56K modem! I have about as much trust in wireless devices as I do with used car salesmen - you will eventually get burnt on the backside, it's just a matter of timing;o)
So what do I comment on? The authors opinion or the article in question?
First off I'll comment on the article... here in the UK none of our class children have to undergo such brainwashing so I can only give you my opinion on the POA (pledge of alliegence). I think asking a 6 year old child to speak highly of a piece of material on a stick with 50 stars and a couple of stripes on it is a little too Monty Pythonish for me... I find it rather silly and if I saw an Iraqi doing it I'd probably wet myself.
As for the author, well his opinion his is own. As my old dad use to say, "Son, opinions are like arseholes. Others stink but your own don't smell so bad"
We are more aware of our computers and OS's now because it's become such a central issue these days. Back in the 1980's when here in the UK the Sinclair Spectrum vs Commodore 64 "wars" were at their height we were too busy bitching about other peoples machines to appreciate our own computers... the difference now is we bitch about our own computers and admire others! If this Yin Yang effect comes full circle again I feel we will be heading for a Mac OS X vs *nix wars.... or is that just me being hopeful?
I can only give you my top 10 and hope it ties in with other peoples:
Anti Virus - AVG - Updated regularly and free for non commercial use - FREE
Browser - Mozilla - A stable and standards compliant browser, and not tied in with the OS unlike IE! - FREE
Compression - PowerArchiver - Freeware ZIP/RAR/CAB/LHA/TAR/etc/etc! - FREE
Security - ZoneAlarm - For piece of mind when connected - FREE
Email - MailWasher - Eliminate spam without downloading to your computer - FREE
Registry - RegCleaner - An invaluable registry tool - FREE
MP3 - WinAmp - Still my fav MP3 player after all these years - FREE
MPEG - VLC - A very comprehensive media player - FREE
CD - Daemon Tools - A CD emulator, once a gamer has used this they never uninstall it! - FREE
Games - MAME - An arcade emulator... essential for people over the age of 25! - FREE
FTP & Download - LeechFTP - Unintrusive, easy to use, hard to crash (unlike BPFTP) - FREE
"If the labels acknowledge a legitimate use for P2P programs..."
A typical search on Gnutella "teen" "mpg" "fucking" "britney" "kournakova" "pussy". Now if we can convince the law makers that we're looking for a teenage tennis playing pop idol who fucking hates cats then we're onto something...
"Collecting data is only the first step toward wisdom, but sharing data is the first step toward community"...and sharing your data is the first step to 0wn1ng your a55
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...the German authorities could always do what the Americans do best - the "USA vs Everyone" stance. A "SuSE vs Microsoft" stance would help seeing as SuSE is a Germany based distro
The 4 million plus cameras also provide coach potatoes with something to watch on a Tuesday evening...
It doesn't matter how low they go... this piece of software works wonders.
:o)
It also helps if you "look before you leap" too, but I guess that's a trait which is uncommon for the majority of Windows users
I still got Internet Explorer 3 on a CD I got from my first ISP somewhere, is that safe?
DONG!
It's great that the mainstream press is giving Linux good coverage, unfortunately to wrest the Windows system from the mainstream user I'm afraid the games companies need to be involved in producing original Linux games alongside those of Windows. Only then will Linux get the Windows user looking the other way.... Unreal Tournament and Neverwinter Nights were starts but enter any Electronics Boutique and ask for a game for your Linux OS and chances are the sales rep will look at you like your ET
I'm a father of two great kids and a part-time Linux geek to boot. Pixar's films have given myself and both of my children hours of enjoyment - the youngest (2 3/4) is in love with Woody and Buzz, found Bruce the shark a frightening (and probably life changing!) image at the cinema, thought Mike and Sully were as cute as teddy bears, and literally danced on the spot when A Bugs Life kicked into life on our DVD player... all I have to say to the guys at Pixar is a huge THANK YOU for making my childrens lives so the much happier for the hours they have enjoyed your films :)
...and fsck Disney!
Grandfather (gruff Northern English accent): "In my day a virus was a proper virus, it destroyed your hard drive and wiped away your entire silicon existence but we held together lad, together"
Grandson (wide eyed): "Was that when you had keyboards granddad? Crikey. Pass the DNA-USB dongle over please..."
I agree fully with this comment although I find it hard to compress with anything other than gzip :o)
Spirit Sends Debug Information to Earth
A Fatal Exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C0231810 in VXD VMM(0D) + 00001810
Cool!
(Sung to the tune of 'Parklife' by Blur)
All the l33t5, so many l33t5. All go with mouse in hand, mouse in hand to their geeklife!
ps You buy software?
...for some Oil Giant to buy the company off?
Use a 486 desktop PC with a 14 inch monitor, it easily runs off a 200W power supply and a Slackware Linux install... if you find you need more power after a sustained amount of use, find something else to do - easily done in the great outdoors...!
"The only sucessful pure-thrust VTOL aircraft is the Harrier. Since modern fighters have enough thrust to go straight up anyway, a VTOL fighter is feasible. Marginally."
Actually the Harrier is highly feasible. For one it doesn't need a runway to take off so you could have a 700 meter x 700 metre island in the middle of the Atlantic and have room to park over 2000 Harriers... quite a feat in modern warfare I can tell you but criminally underused
1. Take an old Slashdot joke and an old troll 2. Mix in a hobbit 3. Add an Elf 4. Add a couple of wizards 5. Throw in some orcs 6. Pepper with CGI 7. Profit!
So what if there's a power cut? Who do you sue then... then again who gives a fuck?
Fear of gravity (Barophobia) - I suggest a game of Lunar Lander
Fear of laughter (Geliophobia) - See Fear of fear (below)
Fear of sitting (Cathisophobia) - I can only recommend what I consider to be the most addictive game I have ever played, Frontier: Elite II on the ST or Amiga!
Fear of taste (Geumaphobia) - No gaming recommendations here, just go to the pub
Fear of freedom (Eleutherophobia) - Er, don't play video games
Fear of blood (Hemophobia) - Probably quite a common one. I suggest a game of Resident Evil or Hitman 2
Fear of vegetables (Lachanophobia) - Reading Slashdot daily should cure this! Fear of anything new (Kainophobia) - I suggest avoiding the GTA series like the plague
Fear of fear (Phobophobia) - As a phobia this must be the most ridiculous I have ever heard of!
Bill Gates should be able to aquire a nuclear arsenal considering the amount of pirated material available in the ex-Eastern Bloc, just file a few lawsuits at the respective governments and et voila! an ICBM or ten, he could then relocate his Redmond base to Syria and we could have the first ever government vs corporation cold war! Think of the possibilities! Think of the outcome! der der der der der der der "Now on News at Ten, the Israeli Prime Minister has declared on state television that he will release a virus-patch that will render all Windows OS's inoperable until hebrew is installed as the default language der der der der der.... he also added that Steve Jobs and Linus Torvalds would be joining Mossad as counter agents".
This may or may not be a sarcastic post...
I haven't even got a USB device yet! I'm still stuck in my ways with a COM1 mouse, LPT1 printer and a COM4 external 56K modem! I have about as much trust in wireless devices as I do with used car salesmen - you will eventually get burnt on the backside, it's just a matter of timing ;o)
So what do I comment on? The authors opinion or the article in question? First off I'll comment on the article... here in the UK none of our class children have to undergo such brainwashing so I can only give you my opinion on the POA (pledge of alliegence). I think asking a 6 year old child to speak highly of a piece of material on a stick with 50 stars and a couple of stripes on it is a little too Monty Pythonish for me... I find it rather silly and if I saw an Iraqi doing it I'd probably wet myself. As for the author, well his opinion his is own. As my old dad use to say, "Son, opinions are like arseholes. Others stink but your own don't smell so bad"
We are more aware of our computers and OS's now because it's become such a central issue these days. Back in the 1980's when here in the UK the Sinclair Spectrum vs Commodore 64 "wars" were at their height we were too busy bitching about other peoples machines to appreciate our own computers... the difference now is we bitch about our own computers and admire others! If this Yin Yang effect comes full circle again I feel we will be heading for a Mac OS X vs *nix wars.... or is that just me being hopeful?
I can only give you my top 10 and hope it ties in with other peoples:
:o)
Anti Virus - AVG - Updated regularly and free for non commercial use - FREE
Browser - Mozilla - A stable and standards compliant browser, and not tied in with the OS unlike IE! - FREE
Compression - PowerArchiver - Freeware ZIP/RAR/CAB/LHA/TAR/etc/etc! - FREE
Security - ZoneAlarm - For piece of mind when connected - FREE
Email - MailWasher - Eliminate spam without downloading to your computer - FREE
Registry - RegCleaner - An invaluable registry tool - FREE
MP3 - WinAmp - Still my fav MP3 player after all these years - FREE
MPEG - VLC - A very comprehensive media player - FREE
CD - Daemon Tools - A CD emulator, once a gamer has used this they never uninstall it! - FREE
Games - MAME - An arcade emulator... essential for people over the age of 25! - FREE
FTP & Download - LeechFTP - Unintrusive, easy to use, hard to crash (unlike BPFTP) - FREE
Well thats my two penneth anyway
Struggling company
;o)
Needs revenue badly
Sells out to the man
If you want to discuss SCO I'm sure you can wait a few hours for a relevent topic
"If the labels acknowledge a legitimate use for P2P programs..."
A typical search on Gnutella "teen" "mpg" "fucking" "britney" "kournakova" "pussy". Now if we can convince the law makers that we're looking for a teenage tennis playing pop idol who fucking hates cats then we're onto something...
"Collecting data is only the first step toward wisdom, but sharing data is the first step toward community" ...and sharing your data is the first step to 0wn1ng your a55
They'll have to go to the newsagents for a pr0n fix now :o)