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if we come up with a way for getting SUV's on rails
That's about right for SUV owner mentality.
Let's think about the SUV for a moment...
A proper SUV is supposed to have...
1. High Ground Clearance
2. Rugged Suspension
3. Lots of power for payload
4. Four wheel Drive
...all for the freedom to go anywhere, on or off road.
What has happened to the SUV?
They've become expensive, gas guzzler luxury vehicles that most poeple wash-n-primp, deck out with creature-comforts, and then loath the idea of ever getting it close to gravel where it might get a scratch, much less taking it into the mud or far off the beaten trail!
RAILS ARE PERFECT!
Nothing could further inhibit it's function more than tying the bloody monster down to a track!
Sometimes I wonder if AI and Quantum Computers wouldn't compliment each other nicely.
I mean, I've always suspected that true, self aware computers might only be possible in a Quantum form.
Sure, we can do some excellent AI with faster Digital Computers, but for a system to be both intelligent and diverse it needs to be able to store a lot of data and process all of it quickly.
With today's computers, one can assume that the the more complex the information an AI is dealing with, and the more it "Learns" the more it has to process. Theoretically, this wouldn't be a problem for a Quantum Computer.
"Good morning computer."
"What's so good about it? You're just going to ask me to check your e-mail, read you the news at Slashdot, and give you the stock report. Then you're going to drink your coffee and head off to work, leaving me here alone as ussual. Good morning indeed."
I now a large group of paranoid people who like to start all of their unimportant phone conversations with "I'm going to kill the president" or some such giberish because they are firmly convinced that all telephone conversations are being monitored by some Echelon type system, and have been for 20 years. They believe, that by throwing such "Noise" out there, they're helping protect everyone's privacy.
What amuses the hell out of me though, is that this kind of works against them if their own theories hold true.
The way I see it, almost nobody else goes to such efforts no matter how paranoid they are, and even if some phone-listening machine was being put to use, all they're doing is ensuring that they will be listened to.
And it's not that I don't think this sort of thing goes on or anything, it's just that I don't bother fighting it anymore now that they're able to read (and control) all of our minds anyway.
It's my opinion that their biggest failing is probably in their terms of agreement. And as always companies change their terms of agreement over time anyway.
In reality, such a program has wide-spread uses, not just trading music.
Ever wanted to download a WinAMP skin but know good and well that WinAMP.com is going to be slower than hell?
There are so many types of files out there that people would probably trade more often if it were nearly as easy as just using a program like Napster.
An MP3 just happens to be an unfortunate victim of living inside of a file on a person's hard drive.
But that's a non issue, right? An honest person would never share out their MP3s for others to download. *snicker*
I find it really amusing that many Linux users will gloat and brag about how Linux is free and so superior to Windows all the while using a pirated copy of Windows which was effctively free to them.
Then end up being pirates and they're still using Windows.
Want to end the Microsoft market dominance? Remove Windows and never look back. If everyone who hated Microsoft did this, that market domination would colapse pretty damned quick.
Hell, at least Mac users don't pussyfoot around with a "Dual Boot." (Unless you count SoftPC or other such software, but...)
I hate to say it, but "Free" for non-commercial use in reference BeOS 5 is a little misleading.
The "Free" version they give out lives inside of a file on the hard drive, which is the only "drive" seen as native BeOS FS.
As far as I know, there is no way to up this file size, and it's only 500 megs. That's akin to having a boot partition of only 500 megabytes, and if you want any more space you'll have to format a different partition in the native BeOS FS.
There are reasons why you would want to have more room on a native BeOS drive, the least of which is that some applications don't like to (or won't) run on a mounted Fat32 drive. It's strange but true.
If you want to install BeOS on a system as the main OS, you really do need to buy the full version and it actually isn't free. That is, it's just as much commercial software as anything that Microsoft does.
(Someone's going to flame me for this, but as far as I know it's all true.)
I'm going to be very disappointed it I fly half way to the other side of the galaxy and the only thing that there is to eat is a dust cloud full of complex carbon molecules and water.
This won't change whether or not downloading copyrighted tunes suddenly becomes justified, since the copyright laws haven't change. Rather the question becomes WHICH songs are now legal.
Not all artists are part of record lables represented by RIAA.
I'm rather shocked to see anything from IBM that even closely resembles support for the MWave. There was a class action suit not too long ago over the MWave.
Being a totally worthless modem, it ALSO doubled as a equally worthless sound-card.
It was probably just a matter of fixing the drivers, but IBM never really got around to making them usable. In fact, in the support forums several of my rather in depths comments where censored because they went into detail of the limitations of the card (in my case, very specifically the Mwave Dolphin) and how best to work around them. (I.e. don't use it as a modem at all...)
IBM supported the MWave on Linux when they couldn't even get it right on Windows is nothing short of scary.
I did not say that the only stable Windows box is one with all of the features disabled. I was pointing out that seeing a bunch of default settings is a sure sign that some retard can't figure out how to maintain his own system, much less work around problems that might crop up.
You've obvoiusly missed that point.
OEM systems are notorious for shipping with nasty configurations, buggy software, and outdated drivers for the included hardware. Of course Windows is going to crash on such a system operated by an idiot.
Actually, I'm not flaming Linux or BSD at all, in fact I actually really like BSD.
I've just found that often times people are quick to constantly crash their Windows system in exactly the same way, performing the exact same steps, and then, rather than perhaps spending some time to diagnose the problem they write Windows off as unstable and LIVE with the crashes. True, the system shouldn't go down becaues of one application. I couldn't agree more. But a good users adapts and learns.
And I also agree that sometimes you have almost no choice at all but to run a very specific application, but this is true regardless of the platform. Some platforms are just more fault tolerant than others (and Windows happens to be pretty intolerant.)
It's the classic "When Windows crashes it's somebody else's fault." When your server crashes, do you think your customers will accept this excuse?
When Windows crashes, it normally IS some errant program's fault.
If your sever crashes due to some software you've got running maybe...
A>. You shouldn't be using that software.
B>. You should learn how to set it up.
or, more likely...
C>. You shouldn't be the admin of a server in the first place.
...
It's not hard to avoid running shit softare that brings down a Windows box. What's often harder is figuring out WHICH one is the one causing the instability. Having a bunch of Windows options installed that aren't used doesn't help, either.
There are SO MANY things that can be done to make a Windows machine pretty stable, but when I walk up to a Windows machine and see Active Desktop Enabled, Icons all over the Desktop, File Extensions hidden, and the screen running at 640x480x256 on a 19" monitor, I pretty quickly guess that none of them have been done.
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if we come up with a way for getting SUV's on rails
That's about right for SUV owner mentality.
Let's think about the SUV for a moment...
A proper SUV is supposed to have...
1. High Ground Clearance
2. Rugged Suspension
3. Lots of power for payload
4. Four wheel Drive
...all for the freedom to go anywhere, on or off road.
What has happened to the SUV?
They've become expensive, gas guzzler luxury vehicles that most poeple wash-n-primp, deck out with creature-comforts, and then loath the idea of ever getting it close to gravel where it might get a scratch, much less taking it into the mud or far off the beaten trail!
RAILS ARE PERFECT!
Nothing could further inhibit it's function more than tying the bloody monster down to a track!
America will LOVE this idea!
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Sometimes I wonder if AI and Quantum Computers wouldn't compliment each other nicely.
I mean, I've always suspected that true, self aware computers might only be possible in a Quantum form.
Sure, we can do some excellent AI with faster Digital Computers, but for a system to be both intelligent and diverse it needs to be able to store a lot of data and process all of it quickly.
With today's computers, one can assume that the the more complex the information an AI is dealing with, and the more it "Learns" the more it has to process. Theoretically, this wouldn't be a problem for a Quantum Computer.
"Good morning computer."
"What's so good about it? You're just going to ask me to check your e-mail, read you the news at Slashdot, and give you the stock report. Then you're going to drink your coffee and head off to work, leaving me here alone as ussual. Good morning indeed."
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Seems to me that system performance should be be measured by real-world benchmarks... ...perhaps using Q3 as the de-facto standard...
>TIMEDEMO 1
Well, that's all most people seem to care about these days anyway.
"Hey man, I get 143 frames per second in Quake 3! 147 if I overclock!"
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
I now a large group of paranoid people who like to start all of their unimportant phone conversations with "I'm going to kill the president" or some such giberish because they are firmly convinced that all telephone conversations are being monitored by some Echelon type system, and have been for 20 years. They believe, that by throwing such "Noise" out there, they're helping protect everyone's privacy.
What amuses the hell out of me though, is that this kind of works against them if their own theories hold true.
The way I see it, almost nobody else goes to such efforts no matter how paranoid they are, and even if some phone-listening machine was being put to use, all they're doing is ensuring that they will be listened to.
And it's not that I don't think this sort of thing goes on or anything, it's just that I don't bother fighting it anymore now that they're able to read (and control) all of our minds anyway.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
More than fair enough -- at least then it'll be big companies sueing each other instead of a big company taking Joe-Dot-Com'er to court.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Ban titles that have been spelled in l337 5p34k!
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
It's my opinion that their biggest failing is probably in their terms of agreement. And as always companies change their terms of agreement over time anyway.
In reality, such a program has wide-spread uses, not just trading music.
Ever wanted to download a WinAMP skin but know good and well that WinAMP.com is going to be slower than hell?
There are so many types of files out there that people would probably trade more often if it were nearly as easy as just using a program like Napster.
An MP3 just happens to be an unfortunate victim of living inside of a file on a person's hard drive.
But that's a non issue, right? An honest person would never share out their MP3s for others to download. *snicker*
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Once upon a time
people traded MP3s
the did it with people
they knew in IRC,
and in ICQ,
and with FTP,
and in other ways
that the world wouldn't see.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
...Turn Based Sucks for Single Player Games.
But at least you always know whose turn it is.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
I find it really amusing that many Linux users will gloat and brag about how Linux is free and so superior to Windows all the while using a pirated copy of Windows which was effctively free to them.
Then end up being pirates and they're still using Windows.
Want to end the Microsoft market dominance? Remove Windows and never look back. If everyone who hated Microsoft did this, that market domination would colapse pretty damned quick.
Hell, at least Mac users don't pussyfoot around with a "Dual Boot." (Unless you count SoftPC or other such software, but...)
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
I hate to say it, but "Free" for non-commercial use in reference BeOS 5 is a little misleading.
The "Free" version they give out lives inside of a file on the hard drive, which is the only "drive" seen as native BeOS FS.
As far as I know, there is no way to up this file size, and it's only 500 megs. That's akin to having a boot partition of only 500 megabytes, and if you want any more space you'll have to format a different partition in the native BeOS FS.
There are reasons why you would want to have more room on a native BeOS drive, the least of which is that some applications don't like to (or won't) run on a mounted Fat32 drive. It's strange but true.
If you want to install BeOS on a system as the main OS, you really do need to buy the full version and it actually isn't free. That is, it's just as much commercial software as anything that Microsoft does.
(Someone's going to flame me for this, but as far as I know it's all true.)
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
First, we had to deal with vending machines not taking dollars because they were too wrinkled...
...now this...!
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
I'm going to be very disappointed it I fly half way to the other side of the galaxy and the only thing that there is to eat is a dust cloud full of complex carbon molecules and water.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
This won't change whether or not downloading copyrighted tunes suddenly becomes justified, since the copyright laws haven't change. Rather the question becomes WHICH songs are now legal.
Not all artists are part of record lables represented by RIAA.
Some artists want no part of the MafRIAA.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Real Gamers NEVER use Hintbooks.
Ever.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Anal. I Anal.
Just like the law.
Not a lawyer, and proud of it.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
I have a patent on Opened Source and I'm about to get a court injunction to stop the developement of ... oh nevermind.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
I'm rather shocked to see anything from IBM that even closely resembles support for the MWave. There was a class action suit not too long ago over the MWave.
Being a totally worthless modem, it ALSO doubled as a equally worthless sound-card.
It was probably just a matter of fixing the drivers, but IBM never really got around to making them usable. In fact, in the support forums several of my rather in depths comments where censored because they went into detail of the limitations of the card (in my case, very specifically the Mwave Dolphin) and how best to work around them. (I.e. don't use it as a modem at all...)
IBM supported the MWave on Linux when they couldn't even get it right on Windows is nothing short of scary.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Nah, they'll keep backups on a huge stack of 32 megabyte floppies...
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Among other things he says in this interview that the open source concept is 'one notch better' when you keep the code to yourself.
By that logic, Windows is Opened Sourced, and "One Notch Better" than Windows.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
It's certainly not too late for Microsoft to change the name of the machine. After all, "Joe-Game-Player" has no idea what the X-Box is.
I personally think it's most likely that Microsoft will just pay these guys off.
From what I understand, X-Box Technologies have yet to actually do anything substantial under that name.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
I did not say that the only stable Windows box is one with all of the features disabled. I was pointing out that seeing a bunch of default settings is a sure sign that some retard can't figure out how to maintain his own system, much less work around problems that might crop up.
You've obvoiusly missed that point.
OEM systems are notorious for shipping with nasty configurations, buggy software, and outdated drivers for the included hardware. Of course Windows is going to crash on such a system operated by an idiot.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Actually, I'm not flaming Linux or BSD at all, in fact I actually really like BSD.
I've just found that often times people are quick to constantly crash their Windows system in exactly the same way, performing the exact same steps, and then, rather than perhaps spending some time to diagnose the problem they write Windows off as unstable and LIVE with the crashes. True, the system shouldn't go down becaues of one application. I couldn't agree more. But a good users adapts and learns.
And I also agree that sometimes you have almost no choice at all but to run a very specific application, but this is true regardless of the platform. Some platforms are just more fault tolerant than others (and Windows happens to be pretty intolerant.)
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
It's the classic "When Windows crashes it's somebody else's fault." When your server crashes, do you think your customers will accept this excuse?
When Windows crashes, it normally IS some errant program's fault.
If your sever crashes due to some software you've got running maybe...
A>. You shouldn't be using that software.
B>. You should learn how to set it up.
or, more likely...
C>. You shouldn't be the admin of a server in the first place.
...
It's not hard to avoid running shit softare that brings down a Windows box. What's often harder is figuring out WHICH one is the one causing the instability. Having a bunch of Windows options installed that aren't used doesn't help, either.
There are SO MANY things that can be done to make a Windows machine pretty stable, but when I walk up to a Windows machine and see Active Desktop Enabled, Icons all over the Desktop, File Extensions hidden, and the screen running at 640x480x256 on a 19" monitor, I pretty quickly guess that none of them have been done.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Then they could sue all of their users each time they produce a BSOD.
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They should included an automated micropayment system that charges users on a pay-per-use basis.
Blue Screen of
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"