the moral here is that the best option is to own the oldest car you can get your hands on.
sweet... bought my 63 galaxie in almost perfect shape for like $800. i think that makes me 3 years cooler than you! it goes slower than your 66 bug, handles worse(4500lbs will do that to you), has a real transmission, and is probably just as easy and cheap to work on. emissions exempt as well, but i have plans for a custom megasquirt setup. lotsa old licolns around with injection setups.
i find the major difference between kids and older folks learning computers is the lack of fear in children. kids will get in there and really fsck things up and just try to fix it when they are done so you dont notice(no matter how pathetic an attempt it may be). my mom is terrified of breaking the thing because she paid for it. both my parents have a real tendency to not touch the thing because they dont want to mess anything up. id settle for convincing them that theres nothign they cant screw up so bad i cant fix it if it meant that they could someday solve all the stupid little problems themselves.
with linux, i can choose to not install it if i dont want it. with windows, i have to install it whether i want it or not. if i want linux without mozilla, i can get it with out mozilla. if i want just a command line, i can have it that way and use lynx. if i want to use something wierd like winamp with wine instead of xmms, i can. if i decide all i want to do is type emails and i really dont need a media player at all, i dont HAVE to ahve one installed.
im 24 and male and am tired of being equated with thoughtlessness and ignorance. it just so happens that this is an innacurate description for me(id like to think), but not an uncommon one for most people my age. most people i know that are between 16-25 are ridiculously selfish, thoughtless, and rude. that doesnt mean i am, but i do think its an accurate representation of the population. i believe the truth is that most people that are grandmas are complete techno-noobs. that doesnt change the fact that you break the stereotype, i just mean to point out that i feel it is a justified stereotype. you choose to be offended. i choose not to be.
ah, but the hackers(in the true sense of the word, not script kiddies) always win. it just seems that nothing like that ever works for very long before somebody cracks it. decss, daemon tools, linux on xbox, etc. i will admit that the tech to get dvds to not line out to vcrs is very cool and sofar as i know has prevented low-tech copying of dvds in that manner.
Well, I can either buy another $5 version and finish the game, or pay $30 for the full version
or use the version you burned for yourself on a dvd with software you will surely be able to get from gamecopyworld.com no later than a week after this technology is released
first of all, nice one:-) however, the point of setting up a torrent in this case woudl be to try to keep the server up (and availability of the file if unsuccessful) by limited the downloads from it, no matter how small.
i agree on almost all of those points(especially the last one about software). ive heard that migration is more dangerous with an average-knowledge windows user because they want to get in and screw around with stuff they dont know about. its better with newbs because they barely notics theres a K there instead of "start". however, IMO, a problem lies with getting these newbs an installed copy of linux. sure, theyd be happy to use it, im sure, but how do they get it? walmart, dell, knoppix, and some other folks are making that easier.
how is the man page going to help you find the command? the guy wants a way to remember what commands you use and a man page on said un-remembered commands is thus impossible.
it would be nice to have some sort of new users guide to the Linux CLI in the distro. it can get a little tedious just browsing to/usr/bin/ and man paging everything to see what youve got there, especially if youre new and you dont even know about that directory. a linux pocket reference is probably the closest thing. you know, windows has that annoying tour thing when you install, why doesnt any linux distro have one of those? you could select a level for the tour depending on your knowledge. i would have loved that my first few times.
Riiiight. Are you going to carry that around rig around?
no. why would i need to carry it around? stick a dvd drive in it and you can stick 4.7GB more of mp3s any time you feel a little bored with the 100GB youve got on there now. not only that, but the UI would be better with a touchscreen, while youre driving, especially. youd have to come up with something like the wheel on the ipod, tho, 100GB of mp3s woudl suck to "touchscreen" through with just buttons.
better yet, stick a nice-sized lcd in the dash and have something you could watch movies or play games with. sure, we arent talking cheap anymore, but ive been thinking about such a project. just my personal tastes. id rather have one installed in the car and not bother with having it removable. i just wouldnt use an ipod in the first place, but having large mp3 storage in my car is a different story.
that being said, i understand his reasons for doing it and it is kinda cool.
i cant find the link, but isnt this the same bug that was on/. like 2 years ago? some guy at a university found it and all you had to do was visit his webpage and it woudl fire up minesweeper on your machine. shoot, anybody remember that? it was in the help system too.
well, the first line of that post is very noteworthy, but im not sure any of the rest was really intelligable. im not even sure what you were talking about. the xbox is x86 just like windows (and most linux) boxen. im not sure what reverse engineering that really takes. obviously its not trivial as is evident by the lack of hundreds of projects like this and the missing sound and network as you mention. i dont think its years of hardware advancements away, however. i dont forsee a great bit of emulation needing to happen to run x86 software on x86 hardware.
or i can get the games for free on a p2p and my current pc will play them. that means im not out the $150 (honestly, if i werent married and both of us in kolledge, id have one already). im sure other games will be MUCH easier to port now that one is done
that is indeed very cool news on all parts. wind power, eh? (no joke intended, i use that "eh" myself)
my question lies with avoiding sun. to me, they represent extremely reliable, however overpriced, machines with good operating systems. im not terribly sold on solaris, i think linux could do as well on the hardware, but i think the sparc hardware is of superior quality and design. our older ultras around here do way more than an x86 from the same era could. obviously i am still in school, so i am biased, but its an honest question. what are your reasons for wanting to avoid sun? again, its an honest question, i want to know the points against sun, specifically hardware and their software.
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why not alcohol fuel and synthetic lubricants?
i find the major difference between kids and older folks learning computers is the lack of fear in children. kids will get in there and really fsck things up and just try to fix it when they are done so you dont notice(no matter how pathetic an attempt it may be). my mom is terrified of breaking the thing because she paid for it. both my parents have a real tendency to not touch the thing because they dont want to mess anything up. id settle for convincing them that theres nothign they cant screw up so bad i cant fix it if it meant that they could someday solve all the stupid little problems themselves.
oh man, that was painful to read... it was great, tho. too true
with linux, i can choose to not install it if i dont want it. with windows, i have to install it whether i want it or not. if i want linux without mozilla, i can get it with out mozilla. if i want just a command line, i can have it that way and use lynx. if i want to use something wierd like winamp with wine instead of xmms, i can. if i decide all i want to do is type emails and i really dont need a media player at all, i dont HAVE to ahve one installed.
im 24 and male and am tired of being equated with thoughtlessness and ignorance. it just so happens that this is an innacurate description for me(id like to think), but not an uncommon one for most people my age. most people i know that are between 16-25 are ridiculously selfish, thoughtless, and rude. that doesnt mean i am, but i do think its an accurate representation of the population. i believe the truth is that most people that are grandmas are complete techno-noobs. that doesnt change the fact that you break the stereotype, i just mean to point out that i feel it is a justified stereotype. you choose to be offended. i choose not to be.
ah, but the hackers(in the true sense of the word, not script kiddies) always win. it just seems that nothing like that ever works for very long before somebody cracks it. decss, daemon tools, linux on xbox, etc. i will admit that the tech to get dvds to not line out to vcrs is very cool and sofar as i know has prevented low-tech copying of dvds in that manner.
first of all, nice one :-) however, the point of setting up a torrent in this case woudl be to try to keep the server up (and availability of the file if unsuccessful) by limited the downloads from it, no matter how small.
i agree on almost all of those points(especially the last one about software). ive heard that migration is more dangerous with an average-knowledge windows user because they want to get in and screw around with stuff they dont know about. its better with newbs because they barely notics theres a K there instead of "start". however, IMO, a problem lies with getting these newbs an installed copy of linux. sure, theyd be happy to use it, im sure, but how do they get it? walmart, dell, knoppix, and some other folks are making that easier.
how is the man page going to help you find the command? the guy wants a way to remember what commands you use and a man page on said un-remembered commands is thus impossible.
/usr/bin/ and man paging everything to see what youve got there, especially if youre new and you dont even know about that directory. a linux pocket reference is probably the closest thing. you know, windows has that annoying tour thing when you install, why doesnt any linux distro have one of those? you could select a level for the tour depending on your knowledge. i would have loved that my first few times.
it would be nice to have some sort of new users guide to the Linux CLI in the distro. it can get a little tedious just browsing to
you could just get an ipod, right? wait... oh, right...
better yet, stick a nice-sized lcd in the dash and have something you could watch movies or play games with. sure, we arent talking cheap anymore, but ive been thinking about such a project. just my personal tastes. id rather have one installed in the car and not bother with having it removable. i just wouldnt use an ipod in the first place, but having large mp3 storage in my car is a different story.
that being said, i understand his reasons for doing it and it is kinda cool.
this is your boss. you're fired, go home now.
an AC replied to me above that all theyd have to do is plant a few of their own emails in the list and not pay you if they dont receive anything.
hmm... youre right. i also dont see a way to tell which ones in the list would be the monitors, either. oh well, guess ill have to earn a living still
you do bring up an interesting issue, tho. how do they validate the spam as sent? shoot, id send all sorts of spam to /dev/null for $1/hr
this post can replace the entire discussion at hand. well said
i cant find the link, but isnt this the same bug that was on /. like 2 years ago? some guy at a university found it and all you had to do was visit his webpage and it woudl fire up minesweeper on your machine. shoot, anybody remember that? it was in the help system too.
you dont buy a computer to emulate xbox games. if you have a computer already, you will be able to do that, however.
well, the first line of that post is very noteworthy, but im not sure any of the rest was really intelligable. im not even sure what you were talking about. the xbox is x86 just like windows (and most linux) boxen. im not sure what reverse engineering that really takes. obviously its not trivial as is evident by the lack of hundreds of projects like this and the missing sound and network as you mention. i dont think its years of hardware advancements away, however. i dont forsee a great bit of emulation needing to happen to run x86 software on x86 hardware.
or i can get the games for free on a p2p and my current pc will play them. that means im not out the $150 (honestly, if i werent married and both of us in kolledge, id have one already). im sure other games will be MUCH easier to port now that one is done
just how do you drop said turd? im usually covering the top with my arse at the time, thus preventing splashing on my toothbrush.
that is indeed very cool news on all parts. wind power, eh? (no joke intended, i use that "eh" myself)
my question lies with avoiding sun. to me, they represent extremely reliable, however overpriced, machines with good operating systems. im not terribly sold on solaris, i think linux could do as well on the hardware, but i think the sparc hardware is of superior quality and design. our older ultras around here do way more than an x86 from the same era could. obviously i am still in school, so i am biased, but its an honest question. what are your reasons for wanting to avoid sun? again, its an honest question, i want to know the points against sun, specifically hardware and their software.