or install a tazer in the mouse to give the user a shock whenever they download the latest smileys, or play those games to "identify which celebrity is Paris Hilton and win $500."
What about spyware coming from non-US systems? US law does not govern these systems. What happens then if I get hit with spyware from some other country?
Yes, I think this is something FPS games have been missing for quite some time. Actually, I have Vigilante8: 2nd Offence for the Sega Dreamcast. Although this isn't exactly an FPS like the UT series of games, this game actually does have environmental damage. Weapon fire does not appear to affect the ground or hills, but you can shoot at buildings, signs, and other man-made structures to do damage. Shoot enough, and the structure will explode and/or collapse. That's the only game I've found so far that does this.
If anyone has played this game, what's with the 20-story tall ant crawling around in Arizona?
Although Quake3 was a fun game, IMHO, Quake2 was more enjoyable. I think the BFG10k was a bit much in Quake3. Rapid fire plasma blobs firing at your opponents... I feel Quake2 took more skill. It did have a BFG gun, but it certainly wasn't rapid-fire. The game seemed to concentrate more on the mission than on just bouncing around killing as many enemies as possible. But maybe that's what Quake3 was meant for.
I have to agree, even for the home user. I'm sure there are plenty of home Windows users who are still using Windows 95 or 98. If these users don't want to (or can't) spend the money to upgrade their hardware and OS, they're not going to purchase a server to run the software that "will run off a central server." Even if they did, would they know how to configure it properly?
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Well if you are not interested in a story, why even bother to comment on it? Just move along and read a more interesting, relevant-to-you story.
ok, well then tell me... how do I remove Windows XP from my system and keep DOS, still being able to boot into my system and have access to my data? Booting off a DOS disk doesn't count.
[student passes a note under desk to neighboring student]
Dear Bobby:
I have recently been made aware of your plans to hang upside down on the jungle gym in the playground this afternoon. I regretfully must inform you that this activity directly infringes on my thoughts, as I have already planned to do that. I formally request that you cease and desist any plans involving this activity. Failure to comply will result in further legal action taken against you. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely, Billy
(seems fitting that this letter is signed "Billy":-) )
if you send email to another @aim or @aol.com address you can unsend it if the person hasnt (sic) read the email yet
It should be noted that this is hardly innovative. AOL has had this feature in their email service since (probably before) 1996. They just extended the feature to these new @aim.com accounts. (does @netscape.net have this too?)
I do agree with the whole feature creep problem with these IM clients. It's an IM client. Why do we need an IM client packed full with a web browser, popup blocker, spyware scanner, email client, aim today crap....? Maybe AIM 6.0 will provide a media player to play your DVD movies.
Interesting service. Although I'd personally rather have a (more professional looking) @gmail.com address than @shinyfeet.com. I'd rather not direct potential employers or other business associates to a @shinyfeet.com address when I can give them @gmail.com. That's just my personal opinion.
Well, the IM message can instantly show up on the recipient's screen, but if the recipient is busy with other activities, he or she may not immediately see the new message. Maybe by the time the recipient bothers to read the IM, the sender can "unsend" it and then simply send "sorry, wrong IM window."
Ultimately, nobody gives a damn what OS is running.
Tell that to my wife. Her computer sits right next to mine. I dual-boot XP and Gentoo, she runs XP. The other day, my computer was sitting idle on my XP desktop, and hers was off. She turned her system on just to check some TV listings on our cable TV website. When I asked her why she didn't just use my system since it was already on, she said "Because you DON'T RUN WINDOWS!" Granted, my XP desktop is running Windowblinds and ObjectDock to look somewhat more like Mac OSX.:-) So some people DO care what OS is running on the system.
But you probably won't find too many in the slashdot crowd praising it, because it's not free.
I'm probably not as familiar with the GPL (and other similar licenses) but don't some of these licenses require that if you sell the software, that it also be available for free? i.e., you're not selling the software, but selling support or fancy looking CDs in a shiny box or marketing materials or documentation, etc.
I have been running my XP system for a while now using a non-privileged account. Actually, I have removed the admin accounts from the welcome screen (via registry). This seems to be working well for me. If I run into an application that needs admin to work properly, there is always RunAs. Of course, the average user doesn't know about RunAs, but if the OS made that more apparent (akin to KDE's prompt for the root password for certain apps) then it may be better. Some people may not like the automatic-prompt-for-root(admin)-password dialog, but the user needs to be in the wheel group in order to su to root anyway. Seems the same can be done in Windows.
Open Source does not necessarily require greater knowledge, as you suggest. The "how many of them [Linux users] also work with Windows" proportion is a much higher proportion at least partly due to the fact that those Linux users (most likely) started their computer education/experience on the Windows platform.
Most parents probably just go with the OEM version of Windows that comes with the computer that they bought for their child to do homework on. So either way, they won't benefit from the student discount.
the students wouldn't like it after they downloaded a game of the internet to play and found they couldn't run it on Linux...
IMHO, no matter what OS is installed on school systems, the students shouldn't have the ability to install games (or any other software) on a school-owned system. If this is a reason to switch operating systems, the admins simply don't know how to administer the network.
While I agree that schools should not be training centers for Microsoft products, I don't believe Microsoft software should be phased out entirely. If computers are to be used in schools, this should include all major systems that kids may see once they get out of school. Kids will certainly see Microsoft platforms after school, and very well may see Linux systems, as well as Mac. Each OS has its place in the computing world, and students should be exposed to them all.
There is nothing better than [MS Technology X] (until the next flavor of [MS Technology X] comes out). Etc, etc, etc.
Oh so I suppose Microsoft should release a product and say "This product isn't so bad, but we could do better. Wait until you see our next release!" Of course Microsoft, or any company, is going to market their current offering as the best. If it's not the best, people wouldn't buy it.
Well of course a newbie isn't going to learn about Gentoo by clicking around in Knoppix or browsing the web. However, if the newbie is using a distro like Knoppix to install Gentoo, he or she can read websites about Gentoo or the handbook itself even, while the system is compiling instead of staring at a console screen that is scrolling compiler text. How is a newbie going to learn about how Gentoo is put together by watching the text scroll by? Knoppix would at least give the newbie the opportunity to explore while the compilation is happening.
My time is better spent doing things other than compiling basic system utilities.
So then boot your system with a LiveCD like knoppix and install Gentoo that way. You'll have a graphical environment you can use to do whatever you want while the system is compiling.
if I remember correctly, 'mount/dev/sde1/mnt/pendrive' or similar works for me. Haven't mounted my USB flash drive in a while though, but USB works just fine.
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or install a tazer in the mouse to give the user a shock whenever they download the latest smileys, or play those games to "identify which celebrity is Paris Hilton and win $500."
What about spyware coming from non-US systems? US law does not govern these systems. What happens then if I get hit with spyware from some other country?
Yes, I think this is something FPS games have been missing for quite some time. Actually, I have Vigilante8: 2nd Offence for the Sega Dreamcast. Although this isn't exactly an FPS like the UT series of games, this game actually does have environmental damage. Weapon fire does not appear to affect the ground or hills, but you can shoot at buildings, signs, and other man-made structures to do damage. Shoot enough, and the structure will explode and/or collapse. That's the only game I've found so far that does this.
If anyone has played this game, what's with the 20-story tall ant crawling around in Arizona?
Although Quake3 was a fun game, IMHO, Quake2 was more enjoyable. I think the BFG10k was a bit much in Quake3. Rapid fire plasma blobs firing at your opponents... I feel Quake2 took more skill. It did have a BFG gun, but it certainly wasn't rapid-fire. The game seemed to concentrate more on the mission than on just bouncing around killing as many enemies as possible. But maybe that's what Quake3 was meant for.
well, Doom3 does have a flashlight... ;-)
I have to agree, even for the home user. I'm sure there are plenty of home Windows users who are still using Windows 95 or 98. If these users don't want to (or can't) spend the money to upgrade their hardware and OS, they're not going to purchase a server to run the software that "will run off a central server." Even if they did, would they know how to configure it properly?
Well if you are not interested in a story, why even bother to comment on it? Just move along and read a more interesting, relevant-to-you story.
ok, well then tell me... how do I remove Windows XP from my system and keep DOS, still being able to boot into my system and have access to my data? Booting off a DOS disk doesn't count.
More likely...
:-) )
[student passes a note under desk to neighboring student]
Dear Bobby:
I have recently been made aware of your plans to hang upside down on the jungle gym in the playground this afternoon. I regretfully must inform you that this activity directly infringes on my thoughts, as I have already planned to do that. I formally request that you cease and desist any plans involving this activity. Failure to comply will result in further legal action taken against you. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Billy
(seems fitting that this letter is signed "Billy"
I have 50...
It should be noted that this is hardly innovative. AOL has had this feature in their email service since (probably before) 1996. They just extended the feature to these new @aim.com accounts. (does @netscape.net have this too?)
I do agree with the whole feature creep problem with these IM clients. It's an IM client. Why do we need an IM client packed full with a web browser, popup blocker, spyware scanner, email client, aim today crap....? Maybe AIM 6.0 will provide a media player to play your DVD movies.
Interesting service. Although I'd personally rather have a (more professional looking) @gmail.com address than @shinyfeet.com. I'd rather not direct potential employers or other business associates to a @shinyfeet.com address when I can give them @gmail.com. That's just my personal opinion.
Well, the IM message can instantly show up on the recipient's screen, but if the recipient is busy with other activities, he or she may not immediately see the new message. Maybe by the time the recipient bothers to read the IM, the sender can "unsend" it and then simply send "sorry, wrong IM window."
Tell that to my wife. Her computer sits right next to mine. I dual-boot XP and Gentoo, she runs XP. The other day, my computer was sitting idle on my XP desktop, and hers was off. She turned her system on just to check some TV listings on our cable TV website. When I asked her why she didn't just use my system since it was already on, she said "Because you DON'T RUN WINDOWS!" Granted, my XP desktop is running Windowblinds and ObjectDock to look somewhat more like Mac OSX. :-) So some people DO care what OS is running on the system.
I'm probably not as familiar with the GPL (and other similar licenses) but don't some of these licenses require that if you sell the software, that it also be available for free? i.e., you're not selling the software, but selling support or fancy looking CDs in a shiny box or marketing materials or documentation, etc.
I have been running my XP system for a while now using a non-privileged account. Actually, I have removed the admin accounts from the welcome screen (via registry). This seems to be working well for me. If I run into an application that needs admin to work properly, there is always RunAs. Of course, the average user doesn't know about RunAs, but if the OS made that more apparent (akin to KDE's prompt for the root password for certain apps) then it may be better. Some people may not like the automatic-prompt-for-root(admin)-password dialog, but the user needs to be in the wheel group in order to su to root anyway. Seems the same can be done in Windows.
Open Source does not necessarily require greater knowledge, as you suggest. The "how many of them [Linux users] also work with Windows" proportion is a much higher proportion at least partly due to the fact that those Linux users (most likely) started their computer education/experience on the Windows platform.
Most parents probably just go with the OEM version of Windows that comes with the computer that they bought for their child to do homework on. So either way, they won't benefit from the student discount.
IMHO, no matter what OS is installed on school systems, the students shouldn't have the ability to install games (or any other software) on a school-owned system. If this is a reason to switch operating systems, the admins simply don't know how to administer the network.
While I agree that schools should not be training centers for Microsoft products, I don't believe Microsoft software should be phased out entirely. If computers are to be used in schools, this should include all major systems that kids may see once they get out of school. Kids will certainly see Microsoft platforms after school, and very well may see Linux systems, as well as Mac. Each OS has its place in the computing world, and students should be exposed to them all.
Oh so I suppose Microsoft should release a product and say "This product isn't so bad, but we could do better. Wait until you see our next release!" Of course Microsoft, or any company, is going to market their current offering as the best. If it's not the best, people wouldn't buy it.
Well of course a newbie isn't going to learn about Gentoo by clicking around in Knoppix or browsing the web. However, if the newbie is using a distro like Knoppix to install Gentoo, he or she can read websites about Gentoo or the handbook itself even, while the system is compiling instead of staring at a console screen that is scrolling compiler text. How is a newbie going to learn about how Gentoo is put together by watching the text scroll by? Knoppix would at least give the newbie the opportunity to explore while the compilation is happening.
For a good time, call 127.0.0.1:37
So then boot your system with a LiveCD like knoppix and install Gentoo that way. You'll have a graphical environment you can use to do whatever you want while the system is compiling.
if I remember correctly, 'mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/pendrive' or similar works for me. Haven't mounted my USB flash drive in a while though, but USB works just fine.