it was free when i thought it up but being very poor, I couldnt get it:(
screw preview.. lets see how it comes out --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
The only problem I can think of with this is those scummy retailers who are really good with a soldering iron and have a small pile of $.03 fuses. $.12 worth of fuses, a little time and vola, instant 1ghz
Other than that, great idea:) --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
Ah yes, we all know how many businesses use hotmail accounts for their primary communication.
Or was that e-bay users, I always get those two mixed up
(yes, it was supposta be funny, I just hope that guy who doesn't find UF funny stays away and dosen't write an article about me) --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
because Scott Adams finds the humor in the actual jobs he's representing without making too much fun of any one group of people.
I guess being a complete idiot is a job then. I happen to remember several strips where people are obviously suppost to be complete dolts.
Yes I started out as a newbie, everyone did. I dont know everything there is, and I never will. I will always ask for help. And if it is a dumb ass question then I guess they can make fun of me too.
Some stuff is just funny. My roommate convinced several people that if they held a CD up to their ear and spun it fast enough, they would hear the music.
Get a mental image of that and tell me its not even mildly humorous.
We don't make fun of the customer who doesn't understand why he needs a new init string in his modem.
Well, thats because its not funny. Now, for example, what if that user was calling a long distance number with their computer for internet access and they didn't understand why their phone bill was so high when they got it. (assuming they knew the number was long distance) "Well, I thought it was different because it was a computer dialing the phone"
After the initial shock of stupidity, its funny. Yes this did happen to someone I know. She learned from her mistake tho, something that the true morons dont do.
Bah, I'm tired of typing. --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
I used to get kick ass speeds (700KB/s or more) from sunsite AKA metalab.unc.edu about a year ago. Recently they have been sucking too (if you can call 40KB/s sucking:)
I wish someone would plop some really high speed lines out there in all the right spots. That would make me happy again:)
have fun/.ers
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and we thought a guy with a backhoe could do some damage before... --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
Such emulators have the potential to significantly damage a worldwide entertainment software industry
Don't they mean that "such emulators have the potential to take away from our bottom line"? The emulators are part of this "worldwide entertainment software industry" and only help provide a means to expand it.
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All the bsod's always mention a video card access problem. IT shouldnt happen and I will try to take linux off my web server at work because I now fear that a system crash is inevitable like NT
Seems a little bit on the drastic side. No OS is immune to crashing. Sure popping in and out of video modes can mess stuff up. But I have never personally had a corrupt display take the system down. And I've had some pretty f'd up displays. Just gotta wait till the load is light, telnet in, and reboot it.
q3test is also alpha code, who knows what stuff it is doing in memory.... and considering the fact that you are recommended to run it as ROOT, i'm not surprised it can mess stuff up.
I'm also not saying that linux is the best thing since sliced bread. Its just a nifty OS that can do lots of cool stuff for free. As some other comment said, there is no one OS for every task.
there, I just felt I had to say something in this abnormally huge comment section:) --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
In one project at the University of Texas at Austin, researchers in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering have found that a Beowulf cluster with 16 400-MHz Pentium II processors could perform oil-reservoir simulation calculations about as quickly as a comparable SP2.
Ok, isnt the fact that they are comparable make them perform about the same? What factors were they using to determine if they were comparable? Case color?:)
I just thought this was a little odd.
paul --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
And these reasons are what? To track how much usage from what hosts are coming throught the server? Oh my... thats sounds just like what they are doing with the email things.. just keeping track of how much people actually use their system.
The whole thing (still) boils down to WHAT they plan on doing with this data. If they make pretty graphs to make management happy.. that good. If they make pretty lists of e-mail addys to make mass mailers happy.. thats bad.
I still see no problem with collecting this data IF they use it for internal use only.
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and that is why I use an earlier version of NS --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
If people had all the privacy that they aparently so desire, we would be reduced to anarchy.
There would be no logs of who did what. No records of finger prints. Nothing.
Keeping records is what people do. Must be some DNA thing or something (which we are also trying to record) HEY ROB... You better delete all the comments 1.342 seconds after they are posted or you may be keeping illegal logs!
::sigh:: Tiz a sad society when we have children shooting each other, and all some worry about is that an IP was logged with an e-mail.
(i dont feel like previewing.. hope this looks good) --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
log files have been around since the dawn of computers. The e-mail tracking does not surprise or even worry me. This is how it was and how it will be.
Why is nobody up in arms with UPS/USPS/FedEx? They can also track your packages. They know your address. They know what you have sent and where it is going.
Its amazing how in one light, this tracking is a paid for feature, while in another light.. its an invasion of privacy.
As for taking an inventory of ones computer and sending it without said uses authorization, that is an invasion of privacy.
WWW tracking... hmmm, thats an interesting one. If the tracking is done from the server side (which would be practically impossable), I dont believe this is a problem. But if its a client side 'feature' that is enabled without the user knowing, that is where the problem starts.
Its not that I dont value my privacy, I just do not see it threatened by this. If netscape starts tracking url's... I'll switch browsers. If MS starts keeping track of my HD, I'll switch OS's (well, bad example for me, I run linux:)
0 1 --- just my 2 bits paul
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This is so stupid. According to everything I read on that ZD page,they know what email was sent and to whom AND they (oh my gosh) know the IP's too!
Lets see, I am currently in charge of the e-mail server at work. I can go into/var/log/maillog and tell you the EXACT same info. Hell, I can even tell you when people are checking their mail.
Does this mean I'm collecting email addresses because I keep a log file of the traffic on my server? I even back up the server to tape so I must be archiving this info for my evil plan to send e-mail to everyone on the planet.
The bottom line is... Who gives a shit. Its a log file. People are becoming WAY to sensitive about this kind of stuff.
The smallest company to the largest corperation should have backups of their data. If this includes log files of when email was sent.. so-be it.
Hmmm, I also have root on the mail server which gives me the ability to read the email too. Why havent I seen a news-flash on the admins ability to read e-mail that is not their own?
I'll just file this one under FUD --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
I am (fortunatly/unfortunatly(?)) in Florida and my linux boxes/burner are in NY. I have been told that the iso I have is bootable, but I cant verify that.
I'm not exactly sure where this version came from. I'm tempted to say that its offical RH, but I've been known to be wrong on many occasion:)
paul. --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
When all the MIS guys read about this and realize that Linux IS the Zero cost way to do centralized thin client computing, Microsoft will be in really deep shit in the corporate world.
How many personal users have their own MIS team? Did you notice the focus of this guys post is corporate users?
A powerful Unix server with Linux clients is definitely the wave of the future in corporate environments.
Read that above statement and then think about your comment about running linux on the server. Why the hell are you arguing about something you both agree on?
Read before you flame. --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
Thats why you would need to use the frost free/auto-defrost fridge.... to keep the humidity down.
just dont open the door too long and let nice humid air hit a 32F case:) --------------------------------------- The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground... ... and missing.
Slashdot Mirror
I wanted www.wwwdotcom.com
:(
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it was free when i thought it up but being very poor, I couldnt get it
screw preview.. lets see how it comes out
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The only problem I can think of with this is those scummy retailers who are really good with a soldering iron and have a small pile of $.03 fuses.
:)
... and missing.
$.12 worth of fuses, a little time and vola, instant 1ghz
Other than that, great idea
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Lets see if I remember my HTML.
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Thinkgeek has a cool shirt if you like caffeine
I sure know I want one
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Ah yes, we all know how many businesses use hotmail accounts for their primary communication.
... and missing.
Or was that e-bay users, I always get those two mixed up
(yes, it was supposta be funny, I just hope that guy who doesn't find UF funny stays away and dosen't write an article about me)
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because Scott Adams finds the humor in the actual jobs he's representing without making too much fun of any one group of people.
The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground...
... and missing.
I guess being a complete idiot is a job then. I happen to remember several strips where people are obviously suppost to be complete dolts.
Yes I started out as a newbie, everyone did. I dont know everything there is, and I never will. I will always ask for help. And if it is a dumb ass question then I guess they can make fun of me too.
Some stuff is just funny. My roommate convinced several people that if they held a CD up to their ear and spun it fast enough, they would hear the music.
Get a mental image of that and tell me its not even mildly humorous.
We don't make fun of the customer who doesn't understand why he needs a new init string in his modem.
Well, thats because its not funny. Now, for example, what if that user was calling a long distance number with their computer for internet access and they didn't understand why their phone bill was so high when they got it. (assuming they knew the number was long distance) "Well, I thought it was different because it was a computer dialing the phone"
After the initial shock of stupidity, its funny. Yes this did happen to someone I know. She learned from her mistake tho, something that the true morons dont do.
Bah, I'm tired of typing.
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For more on how you should feel about User Friendly
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Oh just what I want, someone telling me my opinions.
I find UF quite funny. You do not.
I like Dodge's Neon, you may not.
I like coffee, you may not.
Need I go on? If we all had the same opinion, it would not be an opinion then now would it.
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I never get more than 10KB/s from them
:)
:)
/.ers
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its really funky.
I used to get kick ass speeds (700KB/s or more) from sunsite AKA metalab.unc.edu about a year ago. Recently they have been sucking too (if you can call 40KB/s sucking
I wish someone would plop some really high speed lines out there in all the right spots. That would make me happy again
have fun
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Whohoo!
:|
:)
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I'm downloading it now at a blazing 10K
I'll have it up and mirrored for now at
loki.rh.rit.edu
quake3/quake3
if you log in and nothing is there.. i'm not done downloading it yet
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and we thought a guy with a backhoe could do some damage before...-
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Such emulators have the potential to significantly damage a worldwide entertainment software industry
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Don't they mean that "such emulators have the potential to take away from our bottom line"? The emulators are part of this "worldwide entertainment software industry" and only help provide a means to expand it.
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All the bsod's always mention a video card access problem. IT shouldnt happen and I will try to take linux off my web server at work because I now fear that a system crash is inevitable like NT
:)
... and missing.
Seems a little bit on the drastic side. No OS is immune to crashing. Sure popping in and out of video modes can mess stuff up. But I have never personally had a corrupt display take the system down. And I've had some pretty f'd up displays. Just gotta wait till the load is light, telnet in, and reboot it.
q3test is also alpha code, who knows what stuff it is doing in memory.... and considering the fact that you are recommended to run it as ROOT, i'm not surprised it can mess stuff up.
I'm also not saying that linux is the best thing since sliced bread. Its just a nifty OS that can do lots of cool stuff for free. As some other comment said, there is no one OS for every task.
there, I just felt I had to say something in this abnormally huge comment section
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In one project at the University of Texas at Austin, researchers in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering have found that a Beowulf cluster with 16 400-MHz Pentium II processors could perform oil-reservoir simulation calculations about as quickly as a comparable SP2.
:)
... and missing.
Ok, isnt the fact that they are comparable make them perform about the same? What factors were they using to determine if they were comparable? Case color?
I just thought this was a little odd.
paul
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And these reasons are what? To track how much usage from what hosts are coming throught the server? Oh my... thats sounds just like what they are doing with the email things.. just keeping track of how much people actually use their system.
The whole thing (still) boils down to WHAT they plan on doing with this data. If they make pretty graphs to make management happy.. that good. If they make pretty lists of e-mail addys to make mass mailers happy.. thats bad.
I still see no problem with collecting this data IF they use it for internal use only.
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and that is why I use an earlier version of NS
... and missing.
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The art of flying is throwing yourself at the ground...
I just thought of something.
... and missing.
If people had all the privacy that they aparently so desire, we would be reduced to anarchy.
There would be no logs of who did what. No records of finger prints. Nothing.
Keeping records is what people do. Must be some DNA thing or something (which we are also trying to record) HEY ROB... You better delete all the comments 1.342 seconds after they are posted or you may be keeping illegal logs!
::sigh:: Tiz a sad society when we have children shooting each other, and all some worry about is that an IP was logged with an e-mail.
(i dont feel like previewing.. hope this looks good)
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just wanted to say that this comment is mine and I somehow got logged out.
... and missing.
grrrrr
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log files have been around since the dawn of computers. The e-mail tracking does not surprise or even worry me. This is how it was and how it will be.
:)
... and missing.
Why is nobody up in arms with UPS/USPS/FedEx? They can also track your packages. They know your address. They know what you have sent and where it is going.
Its amazing how in one light, this tracking is a paid for feature, while in another light.. its an invasion of privacy.
As for taking an inventory of ones computer and sending it without said uses authorization, that is an invasion of privacy.
WWW tracking... hmmm, thats an interesting one. If the tracking is done from the server side (which would be practically impossable), I dont believe this is a problem. But if its a client side 'feature' that is enabled without the user knowing, that is where the problem starts.
Its not that I dont value my privacy, I just do not see it threatened by this. If netscape starts tracking url's... I'll switch browsers. If MS starts keeping track of my HD, I'll switch OS's (well, bad example for me, I run linux
0 1 --- just my 2 bits
paul
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This is so stupid. According to everything I read on that ZD page,they know what email was sent and to whom AND they (oh my gosh) know the IP's too!
/var/log/maillog and tell you the EXACT same info. Hell, I can even tell you when people are checking their mail.
... and missing.
Lets see, I am currently in charge of the e-mail server at work. I can go into
Does this mean I'm collecting email addresses because I keep a log file of the traffic on my server? I even back up the server to tape so I must be archiving this info for my evil plan to send e-mail to everyone on the planet.
The bottom line is... Who gives a shit. Its a log file. People are becoming WAY to sensitive about this kind of stuff.
The smallest company to the largest corperation should have backups of their data. If this includes log files of when email was sent.. so-be it.
Hmmm, I also have root on the mail server which gives me the ability to read the email too. Why havent I seen a news-flash on the admins ability to read e-mail that is not their own?
I'll just file this one under FUD
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What about that zoomed video shit that most laptop have now? (including mine)
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I am (fortunatly/unfortunatly(?)) in Florida and my linux boxes/burner are in NY. I have been told that the iso I have is bootable, but I cant verify that.
:)
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... and missing.
I'm not exactly sure where this version came from. I'm tempted to say that its offical RH, but I've been known to be wrong on many occasion
paul.
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I got the whole quake3 dir mirrored on my linux box (along with the redhat 6 iso and tree)
:)
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ftp://129.21.135.202/pub
BEGIN!
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Okok.... I'll let you guys in on my little secret.
:)
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Its not the fastest ID mirror, but its rarely full and often updated quickly (I grabbed q3test for linux last night at midnight)
ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff
go slashdot cdrom.com!
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When all the MIS guys read about this and realize that Linux IS the Zero cost way to do centralized thin client computing, Microsoft will be in really deep shit in the corporate world.
... and missing.
How many personal users have their own MIS team? Did you notice the focus of this guys post is corporate users?
A powerful Unix server with Linux clients is definitely the wave of the future in corporate environments.
Read that above statement and then think about your comment about running linux on the server. Why the hell are you arguing about something you both agree on?
Read before you flame.
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from what I've read, there are two versions of The Matrix out there.
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the funky Z one (which I had) and the mystrious good one.
I just get these movies to see if its worth the 7 bux to me. The theater experience is infinatly better than anything I could ever download.
01 Just my 2 bits
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Thats why you would need to use the frost free/auto-defrost fridge.... to keep the humidity down.
:)
... and missing.
just dont open the door too long and let nice humid air hit a 32F case
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