An interesting point is that most of the PCs used in Iran are assembled from smuggled parts and run pirated versions of all the latest software (due to foreign embargo?).
the pirated software is not Iran-specific, this occurs in many parts of the world, most notably India, China, and other Asian countries, in some parts of china you can go to your local computer store and pick up a copied version various software
Well this is not their first plan, preparations a-g were a complete failure, now they finally have a working preparation, which they shall call: Preparation-H
i personally think the file dialog could use some improvements, (i know, this is gtk), maybe it could use a few more navigation buttons to speed things up, seems a little primitive atm ?!?!
the whole reason why they are shipping FreeDOS instead of something like linux is because for Dell, customer support would be a nightmare, with FreeDOS, they don't need to worry about customer support as most people will just install windows anyways.
this is what i have read somewhere(/.?), a while back.
anyone else find Hayden Christensen was not right for the role of Anakin? it was kind of irritating, i found his acting to be quite poor in star wars and would have preferred someone else in his place; not sure who though.
Have people forgotten that these things can be turned off? Or that the ringer can be silenced?
yes! in a hospital where cell phones are not allowed to turn on, someone saw the sign "please turn off cell phones", so he phoned his wife, and said "don't call me on my cell phone"
then placed his cell phone, still on, in his pocket.
but i think this may be a way to find out the most popular 'features' of linux so MS knows where to attack next... we all remember the 'viral GPL' attack
Given that those lucrative rebuilding contracts are funded by the U.S., they can restrict who gets to bid all they like.
you are missing the point, these countries France, Germany, etc) are complaining because this is not what is best for the iraqi people, but only benefits those who did not oppose the war
if this was about contracts for USA only, i don't think these countries would complain as much
seriously, i dont think this is the right place for such a book. most people who read/. either use linux, bsd, or they probably know windows to its full potential.
or maybe i have too much confidence in readers here?:)
One was that when you open explorer in 98 it goes to the C drive, in 2k it goes to your home directory. She bitched and moaned that this was confusing/difficult/took time/etc till we found a fix.
I hate to admit but i was peeved about it too, for those of you who don't know, just add "/e" to the explorer shortcut and that should do it..
btw, if i was her I would probably have bitched and moaned because i was using AOL;)
I think the reason the US as a whole doesn't invest more in trains is the fact that the country is A. Pretty big and B. Pretty Empty. There's a lot less people per square mile here then in Japan and the like.
it should be in areas of high traffic and high density, imagine a maglev service from LA to San Fran and maybe even all of Cali or the whole west coast, sure it would be very expensive to build and operate, but would there be people to pay the high prices? definitely...
People need to get over their accute desire to be offended at every stupid little thing and just get on with life. And governements, of all sizes, need to stop wasting time and taxpayer money on useless, pointless bullshit and work on real problems.
a couple of months back i tried redhat and mandrake, both took a painfully long time to boot up, both debian and slackware (which is what i use) take little time to bootup (same as windows 98 you can say)..
so for the redhat/mandrake users one solution would be to switch distributions and the difference *will* be noticeable by a lot, slackware 9 is very fast to bootup
this is just something i found out, but off course i can understand many people would not want to switch distributions just for this reason alone
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An interesting point is that most of the PCs used in Iran are assembled from smuggled parts and run pirated versions of all the latest software (due to foreign embargo?).
the pirated software is not Iran-specific, this occurs in many parts of the world, most notably India, China, and other Asian countries, in some parts of china you can go to your local computer store and pick up a copied version various software
Well this is not their first plan, preparations a-g were a complete failure, now they finally have a working preparation, which they shall call: Preparation-H
:(
sorry, i just had to
alright, alright, i admit it was pretty bad, heck i came up with it in like 2 minutes :)
There once was a man from Utah
He wanted to wreck our future
He ran out of luck
And then went bankrupt
So they then took away his 'puter
There once was a man named Darl
He had a real evil snarl
He sent us a notice
But his claims our bogus
And now we wait for his fall
There once was a man from SCO
He had nowhere to go
He went real beserk
Now nothing will work
And soon he will say UH OH!
i personally think the file dialog could use some improvements, (i know, this is gtk), maybe it could use a few more navigation buttons to speed things up, seems a little primitive atm ?!?!
there was a cpu called the nehalem. anyone know any information about that? was that a codename or something?
the whole reason why they are shipping FreeDOS instead of something like linux is because for Dell, customer support would be a nightmare, with FreeDOS, they don't need to worry about customer support as most people will just install windows anyways.
this is what i have read somewhere(/.?), a while back.
anyone else find Hayden Christensen was not right for the role of Anakin? it was kind of irritating, i found his acting to be quite poor in star wars and would have preferred someone else in his place; not sure who though.
just my C$0.02
Have people forgotten that these things can be turned off? Or that the ringer can be silenced?
yes! in a hospital where cell phones are not allowed to turn on, someone saw the sign "please turn off cell phones", so he phoned his wife, and said "don't call me on my cell phone"
then placed his cell phone, still on, in his pocket.
obviously not a very bright man
ugh, who's the whacko that marked the parent 'insightful' , it's not like there is a thin line between 'funny' and 'insightful'
Or more importantly, I want my diary to be readable in 20 years, thank you very much.
a slashdot reader with a diary? that's a first!
i'm not trolling,
... we all remember the 'viral GPL' attack
but i think this may be a way to find out the most popular 'features' of linux so MS knows where to attack next
Happy birthday Perl! You are now old enough to get a US drivers license
hmm... i didn't know you needed a license to ride a camel
I think that the development
kernels should be named after Spanish cities to celebrate Linux' Spanish
origins. Linux Milano or Linux Rome anyone?
First of all this whole post is completely off-topic, secondly, i hope you were joking when you said Linux has Spanish origins.
You may find a FCC allocation chart for most frequencies at http://www.mysticunderground.net/fcc.html
it says:
A summary of the FCC Table of Frequency Allocations, based on
the Oct '93 Code of Federal Regulations
doesn't seem up-to-date
you are missing the point, these countries France, Germany, etc) are complaining because this is not what is best for the iraqi people, but only benefits those who did not oppose the war
if this was about contracts for USA only, i don't think these countries would complain as much
seriously, i dont think this is the right place for such a book. most people who read /. either use linux, bsd, or they probably know windows to its full potential.
:)
or maybe i have too much confidence in readers here?
just my 2 cents
Q: What kind of chicken do linux users eat?
.HA HA HA
A: The kernel's chicken...
get it.. KERNEL..
One was that when you open explorer in 98 it goes to the C drive, in 2k it goes to your home directory. She bitched and moaned that this was confusing/difficult/took time/etc till we found a fix.
;)
I hate to admit but i was peeved about it too, for those of you who don't know, just add "/e" to the explorer shortcut and that should do it..
btw, if i was her I would probably have bitched and moaned because i was using AOL
I think the reason the US as a whole doesn't invest more in trains is the fact that the country is A. Pretty big and B. Pretty Empty.
...
There's a lot less people per square mile here then in Japan and the like.
it should be in areas of high traffic and high density, imagine a maglev service from LA to San Fran and maybe even all of Cali or the whole west coast, sure it would be very expensive to build and operate, but would there be people to pay the high prices? definitely
For those who do not want to register for NYT
Here ya go
People need to get over their accute desire to be offended at every stupid little thing and just get on with life. And governements, of all sizes, need to stop wasting time and taxpayer money on useless, pointless bullshit and work on real problems.
reminds me of the times of freedom fries
This song rules. I want in on some of the green when this song goes triple platinum.
I hope you were only joking around. Because i've used slackware for years and never had any dependancy problems, I always know what I need.
Bottom line is if you don't know what you need, then Slackware probably isn't for you anyways.
change distributions!
a couple of months back i tried redhat and mandrake, both took a painfully long time to boot up, both debian and slackware (which is what i use) take little time to bootup (same as windows 98 you can say)..
so for the redhat/mandrake users one solution would be to switch distributions and the difference *will* be noticeable by a lot, slackware 9 is very fast to bootup
this is just something i found out, but off course i can understand many people would not want to switch distributions just for this reason alone