And that's bad? I may get marked troll for this (gulp!) but I have truly never had a bad Linux update (Mandrake or Redhat). I've gotten a few odd distributions with problems, this was quite some time ago, but that's all.
My G4 Powerbook, and the previous model, have all suffered through some sort of OS X update mess from Apple at one point or another. I still love using OS X. But like the tortose and the hare, the Linux box keeps on going... Or was that that the battery bunny?
Be happy you have a Linux Box. OS X and Macs are real slick but Linux is a well-oiled tank.
I dropped a test $10.00 and now have copies of Marble Madness and Tempest on my PC. One of the advantages of this service is that "apparently" they test the ROMS and provide a small amount of documentation, suggesting controller etc... The ROMS play well, under mame. So far so good.
If you consider what, some of us anyway, paid to play these things when they were new, the purchase price is a bargan.
Since I sucked at these twenty years ago... I finally, might get a better score... I might even find out how the little marble's story ends...
It depends on what you're looking for. I use the internet for most of my news, supplemented by NPR and local / international radio. IMHO television news is mostly worthless. I find the net is really good if you want to get a quick idea concerning a given subject or for getting up to the minute news.
But for anything in-depth, or for knowledge, I resort to libraries. There is something about doing library research that is very rewarding. I like being in the presence of so many books. This may change someday when and if the internet becomes a vast open universal library / campus. But I hope not. I've found many interesting things by simply wandering about the stacks. Computer searches are very fast and quite convenient. But they currently lack the kind of serendipity and depth a library can provide.
You know the funny thing here is that you and I have almost identical backgrounds. I've done dental hell uninsured and my father died of emphysema as well. I also put myself through school etc. My point is that there is always room for improvement and that this level of human suffering is both unnecessary and inexcusable in a country as wealthy as we are.
We should always see our accomplishments for what they are and be proud of them. I just don't see the need to stand still. I'm not comfortable living with the knowledge that millions of my fellow citizens are without insurance and face a crushing cycle of poverty. What good are the computers cellphones etc... if a huge, and growing, number of us can't even afford housing and medical care?
"America's privatized health care has created the world's leading health care industry. Why do you think every foreigner who can afford to, comes to US clinics for surgeries or treatments?"
Yes, but you fail to mention that their systems pay for the visit.
"Yes, americans don't all have the best insurance, or any at all for that matter - but the care you get uninsured for $40 at the outpatient clinic down the street is vastly better than what most of the world gets."
If you've ever had to take care of a dying parent or had a spate of unemployment without health coverage you might not feel as triumphant about our "system".
And let's not get started on the military... The cost overuns and boondoggles of the past few decades are hardly a model of how things should be. True, the American system has created much wealth, etc... but the distribution and use of that wealth could use a bit of improvement.
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And that's bad? I may get marked troll for this (gulp!) but I have truly never had a bad Linux update (Mandrake or Redhat). I've gotten a few odd distributions with problems, this was quite some time ago, but that's all.
My G4 Powerbook, and the previous model, have all suffered through some sort of OS X update mess from Apple at one point or another. I still love using OS X. But like the tortose and the hare, the Linux box keeps on going... Or was that that the battery bunny?
Be happy you have a Linux Box. OS X and Macs are real slick but Linux is a well-oiled tank.
I dropped a test $10.00 and now have copies of Marble Madness and Tempest on my PC. One of the advantages of this service is that "apparently" they test the ROMS and provide a small amount of documentation, suggesting controller etc... The ROMS play well, under mame. So far so good.
If you consider what, some of us anyway, paid to play these things when they were new, the purchase price is a bargan.
Since I sucked at these twenty years ago... I finally, might get a better score... I might even find out how the little marble's story ends...
It depends on what you're looking for. I use the internet for most of my news, supplemented by NPR and local / international radio. IMHO television news is mostly worthless. I find the net is really good if you want to get a quick idea concerning a given subject or for getting up to the minute news.
But for anything in-depth, or for knowledge, I resort to libraries. There is something about doing library research that is very rewarding. I like being in the presence of so many books. This may change someday when and if the internet becomes a vast open universal library / campus. But I hope not. I've found many interesting things by simply wandering about the stacks. Computer searches are very fast and quite convenient. But they currently lack the kind of serendipity and depth a library can provide.
You know the funny thing here is that you and I have almost identical backgrounds. I've done dental hell uninsured and my father died of emphysema as well. I also put myself through school etc. My point is that there is always room for improvement and that this level of human suffering is both unnecessary and inexcusable in a country as wealthy as we are.
We should always see our accomplishments for what they are and be proud of them. I just don't see the need to stand still. I'm not comfortable living with the knowledge that millions of my fellow citizens are without insurance and face a crushing cycle of poverty. What good are the computers cellphones etc... if a huge, and growing, number of us can't even afford housing and medical care?
"America's privatized health care has created the world's leading health care industry. Why do you think every foreigner who can afford to, comes to US clinics for surgeries or treatments?"
Yes, but you fail to mention that their systems pay for the visit.
"Yes, americans don't all have the best insurance, or any at all for that matter - but the care you get uninsured for $40 at the outpatient clinic down the street is vastly better than what most of the world gets."
If you've ever had to take care of a dying parent or had a spate of unemployment without health coverage you might not feel as triumphant about our "system".
And let's not get started on the military... The cost overuns and boondoggles of the past few decades are hardly a model of how things should be. True, the American system has created much wealth, etc... but the distribution and use of that wealth could use a bit of improvement.