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"Imagine 1 trillion Bill Gateses standing in a circle (not a pretty picture, but play along for a moment)"
Now that's funny. That gives me an idea. Clone Bill Gates. Then we'd see how M$ get's handled.
But anyway, couldn't we do something like, rather than having 20 machines with their own IP's, why not split them into groups with high-bandwidth front end type things? If you split it into 5 box groups, you'd free up 16 IP's. Could they reclaim unused IP's, and other such things? At the least, we could gain some time if they're so worried about getting it switched over before we run out. I have no idea if it would work in the real world, but it's a thought.
Game consoles may be nice, but they're not my idea of the future. It's great for some people, but what if you already have a computer? Rather than shell out $300 for a brand new game console, or even $99 for an N64 or Playstation 1, you could spend $150 on a good 3D accelerator, and you still have the option of playing older games as well. (Is there anyone else who would like a Nintendo that plays 3d games, SNES games, as well as the original Legend of Zelda, SMB, or Excite Bike?)
PC's can always be upgraded, and they are usually compatable (for the most part) with their predecessors. If you upgrade from a 512k Paradise SVGA card to a 16Meg AGP Voodoo3 card, you can still play games made for an XT with a CGA card. (Of course, you have to slow your PC waaaaay down, since that damn XT had no clock, but still, it's possible.) You can't do that with a game console.
The big clincher, IMO, is the fact that a good percentage of the US population has a computer, and needs one for many different non-game related tasks. So, if they see a good game, which a lot of times has both a PC and a game console version, they would rather spend the $50 or less for the PC game, as opposed to the $60-$70 for the console game, and just play it on a machine they already have.
That's why I think the PC game market will never be destroyed by the console market. (Plus, there are many more game genre's than first person shoot-em ups, sports, and racing games.) It's real hard to do a strategy, complex role-playing, or other such game, especially without a keyboard.:)
It's really wrong that anyone would give away a free e-mail account without asking someone if they want it, first. There are several reasons something could go wrong. First off, when someone sets up a free account, or any sort of account, and their password is mailed to them, they are ready to receive it right away, and then they can go change it. If someone accidently or intentionally gets a copy of the email sent to you, you've had the chance to change your password so that nobody else can get in. Even if it's a randomly generated password, if you go send out random e-mail saying that you have some free account already set up for you, and you are out of town, someone could still get into it, and start impersonating you and all that rot. I wonder if there could be any sort of lawsuit involved in there? Could lack of security be a liability? Wouldn't that be nice? We could all get hotmail accounts and sue M$.
What I was trying to say, which I really worded wrong, was not that everyone non-"geek" is useless.. I really shouldn't have used that word. It was more of an attack on those who feel the need to label the "geeks" of the world. Just frustration I had to get out.
I agree, it's not fair for "geeks" to be labeled as "not normal", when those happy little bouncy basically "useless" people are what "we" are supposed to be like.
I mean "useless" in the sense that they go on to do basically nothing with their life(In my opinion, anyway), like be lawyers, journalists, managers, play professional sports.. sure some do something like teach english or whatnot, and I'm not really trying to bash them or anything, but, I mean, without "geeks" where would the rest of the world be? "Geeks" invent things, "geeks" can fix things, "geeks" have the best imaginations. Without "geeks" the world would be pretty boring. The world would probably be in the stone age, talking non stop to each other. Who knows. Oh well. I'm just frustrated with the world.
The world is a sick place, many of us are dependant on our computers, (Some, because they are too lazy to do their work by hand. Some, like myself, don't know much else besides computers. Plus, I'm lazy) and computers, contrary to popular belief, are not necessary to survive. If there are no computers, we would still be able to buy food, drive to the store, fly across the world, etc. Computers are just a convenience. (Another reason Y2k is stupid) We could easily live without them. (At least everyone but regular slashdot readers.:) Let's rephrase that to, the human race could go on without them. Any day we wanted to, we could say, "I don't think I'll use my computer anymore. I want to be [a mercenary; a farmer; Robin Hood; a poet; a stud muffin], and M$ would no longer have any hold over us. That's the weakness of most any capitalistic institution. The consumer has the power. If you don't buy the product, the business cannot survive. However, the consumer usually thinks that he depends on the provider for life, and never tries to wield that power. Free software is simply the people taking things into their own hands once again. Giving back to the community. Friends are more important than money. What can power bring you? Sure, world domination may be fun at first, but if everyone hates you, what have you accomplished? Do you think Gates has any friends? Sure, he has plenty of execs kissing up to him, but do they want to hang out with him? Do they want to watch the game with him? Do they want to talk with him? What does he really have? The American dream is a lie. You can never be happy. The US used to stand for freedom. Right now it stands for greed. There is nothing free in America. It's time for things to change.
We could always try boycotting, in a reverse sort of sense. Where it's usually used as a method of getting "filthy" stuff off television or radio, we could do it backwards and say "Hey, if you actually think you can decide what I can and can not see, then I'm never going to buy *any* of your products again." It may not work on M$ and AOL, but it's worth a shot. (Of course, I would never buy an M$ product anyway, and I hate AOL almost as much, but you know.:)
That is a very good question. My guess would be that they are rich in the first place, and their mommies and daddies paid to send them to Harvard. They get their MBA's and such, and the guys who are already up there see those guys, and automatically like them because they went to Harvard as well, so they hire them simply because they are from the same soil. Intelligence, knowledge and intuition have nothing to do with the job requirements of an executive. You just have to have a brown nose and a degree from a big school.
I agree, the NSA isn't stupid. They know what they're doing. It just goes to show you what the media can do to the general public. They can suddenly publish a story about M$ being allied with the NSA and too many people believe it. I mean, I would never trust Microsoft, but I doubt they would ever do something like that. More likely, it's their *lack* of security that is linked to the NSA. Think about it, if nobody has any security, then the NSA can easily poke around wherever they please. They want to read someone's e-mail? Think Hotmail. Who knows. All I know, you can't fight them directly, so you gotta make yourself some unbreakable code.
Looks like something out of a World's Fair from the 40's, or even sci-fi from that era. (Except it doesn't have fins) Here's my guess on the name of the OS. Electrolux's Unix: Electrolix, or Fridgix. I think this would have to be horrible nightmare. Advertising and marketing agencies could monitor everything you ate, and send you ads right on your refridgerator. Wouldn't that be great? You're about to make yourself a homemade taco, and a Taco Bell ad pops up, and the companion "Printigerator" spits out a coupon for $0.25 off a dozen tacos. Sounds like fun to me. They could send you junk mail without paying for paper, postage, or any of that! It just automatically prints on your factory configured Screen Fridge!
Maybe RedHat should make "Official Redhat Linux" into something with a different name, like "RedTrenchCoat", "RedBoots", "RedGloves" or even make free version more like "RedUnderwear" because, you get the basics, but you don't get protection.
Let's start a research foundation dedicated to this. We'll try to get Bill Gates to fund us, just because he has billions that he likes to throw around. Then, when we have brains networked together to work more efficiently, we'll convince Gates that all M$ employees should be networked together, then while they're all running WinBRAIN 2015 w/ Service Pack 4, we'll install Back Orifice in their heads, start sucking info out of it, and send images of flying windows into their minds 24-7. After we're done with that, we'll introduce a new virus we'll name after some dancer or some such, which will mostly randomly corrupt data, then on a random date in 2018, it will mutate into the "Brain Eating Mutants From Outer Space" virus, which they will think is some video game, which will eventually erase their brain. Then we hire them for $1.50/hr to clean our garages.
Oh, and we'll also be able to make Vision Accelerators which will not only speed up the way we see things, but enhance it.
If M$ can't get it working on the IA64 arch. soon, then they'll try to make Intel change the specs, so that they can run Win2000 on it with no changes. (So there won't be any reason to buy the processor) If they can't get it working, they'll make some sort of statement on how "The general Public is not ready for 64 bit computers." simply because they aren't ready.:)
I think having a power button (or even a suspend button, like on Compaqs) would be really annoying. I would hate to accidently power off or suspend while I was doing some hardcore coding in Linux, switching VC's and hitting seemly random keys all over the keyboard? I know no matter where you placed it, I would end up hitting it somehow. I'd either hit it with my head when I pass out after a 18 hour coding session, or with my elbow or I'd drop a pen on it or something... and if you made it so you had to press it very hard, so you couldn't accidently hit it, nobody would want to use it... and what would happen if you pulled out your keyboard plug? (Since I know so many of us like hot swapping keyboards around) Would the computer shut off? Could you not turn it off? Would Windows lock up? Heh. I like keyboards the way they are.
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"Imagine 1 trillion Bill Gateses standing in a circle (not a pretty picture, but play along for a moment)"
Now that's funny. That gives me an idea. Clone Bill Gates. Then we'd see how M$ get's handled.
But anyway, couldn't we do something like, rather than having 20 machines with their own IP's, why not split them into groups with high-bandwidth front end type things? If you split it into 5 box groups, you'd free up 16 IP's. Could they reclaim unused IP's, and other such things? At the least, we could gain some time if they're so worried about getting it switched over before we run out. I have no idea if it would work in the real world, but it's a thought.
Game consoles may be nice, but they're not my idea of the future. It's great for some people, but what if you already have a computer? Rather than shell out $300 for a brand new game console, or even $99 for an N64 or Playstation 1, you could spend $150 on a good 3D accelerator, and you still have the option of playing older games as well. (Is there anyone else who would like a Nintendo that plays 3d games, SNES games, as well as the original Legend of Zelda, SMB, or Excite Bike?)
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PC's can always be upgraded, and they are usually compatable (for the most part) with their predecessors. If you upgrade from a 512k Paradise SVGA card to a 16Meg AGP Voodoo3 card, you can still play games made for an XT with a CGA card. (Of course, you have to slow your PC waaaaay down, since that damn XT had no clock, but still, it's possible.) You can't do that with a game console.
The big clincher, IMO, is the fact that a good percentage of the US population has a computer, and needs one for many different non-game related tasks. So, if they see a good game, which a lot of times has both a PC and a game console version, they would rather spend the $50 or less for the PC game, as opposed to the $60-$70 for the console game, and just play it on a machine they already have.
That's why I think the PC game market will never be destroyed by the console market. (Plus, there are many more game genre's than first person shoot-em ups, sports, and racing games.) It's real hard to do a strategy, complex role-playing, or other such game, especially without a keyboard.
But he's really not a drone, he's more like a Borg queen.
It's really wrong that anyone would give away a free e-mail account without asking someone if they want it, first. There are several reasons something could go wrong. First off, when someone sets up a free account, or any sort of account, and their password is mailed to them, they are ready to receive it right away, and then they can go change it. If someone accidently or intentionally gets a copy of the email sent to you, you've had the chance to change your password so that nobody else can get in. Even if it's a randomly generated password, if you go send out random e-mail saying that you have some free account already set up for you, and you are out of town, someone could still get into it, and start impersonating you and all that rot. I wonder if there could be any sort of lawsuit involved in there? Could lack of security be a liability? Wouldn't that be nice? We could all get hotmail accounts and sue M$.
What I was trying to say, which I really worded wrong, was not that everyone non-"geek" is useless.. I really shouldn't have used that word. It was more of an attack on those who feel the need to label the "geeks" of the world. Just frustration I had to get out.
I agree, it's not fair for "geeks" to be labeled as "not normal", when those happy little bouncy basically "useless" people are what "we" are supposed to be like.
I mean "useless" in the sense that they go on to do basically nothing with their life(In my opinion, anyway), like be lawyers, journalists, managers, play professional sports.. sure some do something like teach english or whatnot, and I'm not really trying to bash them or anything, but, I mean, without "geeks" where would the rest of the world be? "Geeks" invent things, "geeks" can fix things, "geeks" have the best imaginations. Without "geeks" the world would be pretty boring. The world would probably be in the stone age, talking non stop to each other. Who knows. Oh well. I'm just frustrated with the world.
Wannabe? Hah. I think not. I want to be a programmer. I am a programmer. I am an artist. I live to create. I make computer games. What do you do?
The world is a sick place, many of us are dependant on our computers, (Some, because they are too lazy to do their work by hand. Some, like myself, don't know much else besides computers. Plus, I'm lazy) and computers, contrary to popular belief, are not necessary to survive. If there are no computers, we would still be able to buy food, drive to the store, fly across the world, etc. Computers are just a convenience. (Another reason Y2k is stupid) We could easily live without them. (At least everyone but regular slashdot readers. :) Let's rephrase that to, the human race could go on without them. Any day we wanted to, we could say, "I don't think I'll use my computer anymore. I want to be [a mercenary; a farmer; Robin Hood; a poet; a stud muffin], and M$ would no longer have any hold over us. That's the weakness of most any capitalistic institution. The consumer has the power. If you don't buy the product, the business cannot survive. However, the consumer usually thinks that he depends on the provider for life, and never tries to wield that power. Free software is simply the people taking things into their own hands once again. Giving back to the community. Friends are more important than money. What can power bring you? Sure, world domination may be fun at first, but if everyone hates you, what have you accomplished? Do you think Gates has any friends? Sure, he has plenty of execs kissing up to him, but do they want to hang out with him? Do they want to watch the game with him? Do they want to talk with him? What does he really have? The American dream is a lie. You can never be happy. The US used to stand for freedom. Right now it stands for greed. There is nothing free in America. It's time for things to change.
We could always try boycotting, in a reverse sort of sense. Where it's usually used as a method of getting "filthy" stuff off television or radio, we could do it backwards and say "Hey, if you actually think you can decide what I can and can not see, then I'm never going to buy *any* of your products again." It may not work on M$ and AOL, but it's worth a shot. (Of course, I would never buy an M$ product anyway, and I hate AOL almost as much, but you know. :)
That is a very good question. My guess would be that they are rich in the first place, and their mommies and daddies paid to send them to Harvard. They get their MBA's and such, and the guys who are already up there see those guys, and automatically like them because they went to Harvard as well, so they hire them simply because they are from the same soil. Intelligence, knowledge and intuition have nothing to do with the job requirements of an executive. You just have to have a brown nose and a degree from a big school.
I agree, the NSA isn't stupid. They know what they're doing. It just goes to show you what the media can do to the general public. They can suddenly publish a story about M$ being allied with the NSA and too many people believe it. I mean, I would never trust Microsoft, but I doubt they would ever do something like that. More likely, it's their *lack* of security that is linked to the NSA. Think about it, if nobody has any security, then the NSA can easily poke around wherever they please. They want to read someone's e-mail? Think Hotmail. Who knows. All I know, you can't fight them directly, so you gotta make yourself some unbreakable code.
Looks like something out of a World's Fair from the 40's, or even sci-fi from that era. (Except it doesn't have fins) Here's my guess on the name of the OS. Electrolux's Unix: Electrolix, or Fridgix. I think this would have to be horrible nightmare. Advertising and marketing agencies could monitor everything you ate, and send you ads right on your refridgerator. Wouldn't that be great? You're about to make yourself a homemade taco, and a Taco Bell ad pops up, and the companion "Printigerator" spits out a coupon for $0.25 off a dozen tacos. Sounds like fun to me. They could send you junk mail without paying for paper, postage, or any of that! It just automatically prints on your factory configured Screen Fridge!
Maybe RedHat should make "Official Redhat Linux" into something with a different name, like "RedTrenchCoat", "RedBoots", "RedGloves" or even make free version more like "RedUnderwear" because, you get the basics, but you don't get protection.
Let's start a research foundation dedicated to this. We'll try to get Bill Gates to fund us, just because he has billions that he likes to throw around. Then, when we have brains networked together to work more efficiently, we'll convince Gates that all M$ employees should be networked together, then while they're all running WinBRAIN 2015 w/ Service Pack 4, we'll install Back Orifice in their heads, start sucking info out of it, and send images of flying windows into their minds 24-7. After we're done with that, we'll introduce a new virus we'll name after some dancer or some such, which will mostly randomly corrupt data, then on a random date in 2018, it will mutate into the "Brain Eating Mutants From Outer Space" virus, which they will think is some video game, which will eventually erase their brain. Then we hire them for $1.50/hr to clean our garages.
Oh, and we'll also be able to make Vision Accelerators which will not only speed up the way we see things, but enhance it.
If M$ can't get it working on the IA64 arch. soon, then they'll try to make Intel change the specs, so that they can run Win2000 on it with no changes. (So there won't be any reason to buy the processor) If they can't get it working, they'll make some sort of statement on how "The general Public is not ready for 64 bit computers." simply because they aren't ready. :)
I think having a power button (or even a suspend button, like on Compaqs) would be really annoying. I would hate to accidently power off or suspend while I was doing some hardcore coding in Linux, switching VC's and hitting seemly random keys all over the keyboard? I know no matter where you placed it, I would end up hitting it somehow. I'd either hit it with my head when I pass out after a 18 hour coding session, or with my elbow or I'd drop a pen on it or something... and if you made it so you had to press it very hard, so you couldn't accidently hit it, nobody would want to use it... and what would happen if you pulled out your keyboard plug? (Since I know so many of us like hot swapping keyboards around) Would the computer shut off? Could you not turn it off? Would Windows lock up? Heh. I like keyboards the way they are.