I somewhat resent this. Not ALL AOL users are lusers. I am unwiitingly forced to use AOL. I don't have the money or time to set up an account with another ISP, I refuse to use slow connections with terrible ad windows that you get with free ISPs. Just be aware that there are some decent AOL users and don't generalize so much.
And that, my dears, is the world according to DIJ. Dijital
... Excuse me whilst I groan out loud. This is the type of thing that made my parents say NO to getting internet access. Poeple are going to blow this way out of proportion thinking that out there, is some cracker waiting to get there stuff. Ever since I heard the question posed in my "PC Operating Systems and Utilities" class, I have worried... "Can someone hack into my computer and steal my data?" to which my instructor answered, "Frankly my dear, Mr J Random Hacker out there could care less for your computer and your data, he wants big business."
Why would anyone waste their money on this. I have a 15inch, Sony Trinitron and it has been the best monitor. Sharp picture, good size and with a good video card, pretty friggin' smooth at 1024x768x16-bit. Luxury IMHO would be a 21inch monitor with sharp picture. No one would need more than 1024x768, nor anything larger than 21inch (unless you're watching DVDs, but there are players and 37inch TVs that will do that job).
Standalone LCD screens seem to me a waste too. The only real noticable advantage is the lack of dust collection and slightly sharper image. THis is just another thing for men with big egos, too much money and too little sense.
Sir, I barely trust my parents with their PC, let alone a PPP internet account. Trust me, AOL is the Macintosh of ISPs and I feel safer with my parents on it.
The only REAL things that kept me from switching over is AOL. My parents pay for AOL (and I never turn a free thing down), so I use it as my ISP. Does AOL run okay with WINE?
There is a simple problem with Star Trek... The writers are running out of creative steam and refuse to admit it, so to make it where no one stands there and whistles for an hour, they stoop to cheap marketing tricks and dicking around with concepts that do interest people. You want an example?
Try the Borg. When the came out, they were awesome and mysterious. They were a visage of people so integrated with technology they they were *integrated* with technology. They were the projection of our society at a radical level. Naturally, we wanted to know more. What it was like to be a borg... how they are assimilated... what it was like to see people you knew from the other side... The solution: Seven of Nine. Granted, it was a decent idea to start, they pulled it off badly and worse, as a cheap marketing gimmick. Seven was reduced to running around showing off her figure and giving Data-like analysis of everyhting as a Borg technology or as "from Species ". It was terrible.
I think that if things go at the current pace, 2 people will be watching Voyager. GET THEM HOME ALREADY AND STOP LEADING US ON!!!
Not only will Mashed Potatos make you remember more, they also have the following side effects..
- Make people look at you funny when adding ketchup. - Make people with low mental ages smear them from between their teeth. - Give you the irrestistible urge to make a sculpture.
Here's my 2 cents... No one can tell you who is or isn't going to be mrs/mr right. No one can. If there were some all knowing person who could tell you, you can bet he'd've hopped a plane to Hawii with Mrs Right and be livin' the good life, but I digress... About the most anyone can tell you is this: ** Warning: The following is my opinion..**
Be yourself. Any relationship not founded on honesty is a shaky one. You can't build a house on a bad foundation, nor can you build a relationship on a bad truth.
Look for commonalities. Chances are you will not want someone EXACTLY like you, nor will you always want a total oposite. In my experience (all 20 years), I've always liked someone who I could share some interests with, but who would challenge me with something new.
Don't complicate things. Love and attraction are not rocket science. Sure, its a complex reaction between 2 people, but like chaos, takes simple things to make a big effect.
Sex is NOT everything. This is my big deal. I am not trying to push some big Judeo-Christian morality code on anyone, but in a relationship, sex is NOT everything. The best moment in my life with my girlfriend so far is laying with her on the couch watching a movie. Don't get me wrong, some people are different in this respect, but for the most part, don't push it.
You have to do what's right for you Don't stay with someone you're misrible with. If you aren't both happy in the relationship, then you may not be meant for each other.
Anyway, have fun and moderate the hell out of this. Questions always welcome at CmdrLatoni@aol.com. Spam me and taste my shoe. Dijital
I know this topic is close to played out. I will say that I love my girlfriend. I will also say that I am a quasi~geek. I have 2 computers, I work tech support, I spend at least 85% of my day at a PC. My g/f still loves me. Why, you ask? Becuase geeks do something that most guys don't... on a whole, we respect people and like independant, confidant people. We like people who want to learn, who are intellegent and have some sense of humor.
My girlfriend loves me, and ya know why? Becuase I treat her with respect as a separate person. She loves to learn things from me. We have fun together, laugh at each other's jokes and talk to one another. It don't get much better.
If guys want any advice at all, I'd say just be you and enjoy the simple things and the simple moments.
If girls want any advice, being a geek attractant is not a social stigma or a bad thing. Do what makes ya happy, no matter who its with. The body is only a shell (no pun intended).
I'm not sure about anyone else, but I consider talking to people and connecting with other human beings to be very productive. When you talk to someone, sometimes you learn more about yourself.
Just becuase you're a geek, doesn't necessarily mean you need another geek. I perosnally, find that a non-geek helps keep me grounded and from losing touch with reality. Sure, she won't know COPY from FDISK, but if she loves ya, who the hell cares.
Now granted first, I am no hacker. I am close to what could be considered a larval stage, but I am just not that passionate about coding, its just more of a hobby. I am however a hardware geek (just ask me how I hooked up a component CDPlayer, using my VCR as the reciever). I don't find the social interaction to be a problem.
I guess I have learned some lessons over the last few years. Bear in mind that several of these are from my job-now-near-career of Tech Support (end user).
(1) Work is not always the best, nor the only place to look. As I said, I work tech support, so there aren't many women, and the ones that are here are attached or, well... (not to sound mean..)
(2) Work cannot be your life. You cannot live at work, no matter what the company tells you.
(3) People don't normally bite... much. They, unlike dogs, actually seem to prefer a good conversation.
(4) What it all comes down to... Find a place that you feel comfortable at where people congregate (for me, it's the local Starbucks) and make yourself at home. Chat with strangers, or just the people that work there. I have been hanging out a Starbucks for the better part of a year and I have found things to be quite interesting. All the people that work there know me and will openly chat with me (and a few of them are some intelligent and beautiful women). Many of the regulars know me as well and are not afraid to talk. Bottom line, you have to communicate F2F sometimes.
I'm not saying it works for everyone, but for the cost of coffee, it's worth it.
Does anyone here worry that with the whole corel deal, and the foothold that M$ still has on the market, that Red Hat might famm quickly? I know that Linux is getting better daily, but you know that there buisness will change slowly and there will always be die hard users. Red Hat is also not the easiest to install, its just well known. I'm afraid that Corel or SuSE might overtake them and kill the stock price..
...I think that with KDE and the like out, begining user should have no problems with the usage of Linux.. the problem is the installation. I think that the makers of the distros should worry about 2 things: what packages they are including and how simple the install is. As for how easy it is to use, leave that to KDE and their brethren. Lets keep it simple.
I have a solution for this Internet Problem that the goverment speaks of...
Lets just pack up all the kids and geeks and send them off to their own island to use their so-called "Internet".
Perhaps then we can stop all this drivel and get to something less-important... I have not time to figure out these Com-Pu-Tors you speak of...
BWP, Low/High Budget and just plain acting...
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I saw BWP yesterday and I was torn on the decision. I went with a friend and while I walked out stunned in utter silence, my friend complained on and on. My generation (I'm 19) was rasied on horror; Freddy Kruger, Jason, and the like. I was never scared of these, yet this movie scared the ever-living snot out of me. I have to say that I am proud of the fact that there is a scary movie out there that does not consist of stereotypes and cliche death scenes (read Scream, and I Know What you did Last Summer). I felt like I didn't know what was going to happen next, just that it'd be bad. For once, there were no crappy, unrealistic looking ghosts to make you raise the fromage factor.
Overall, the movie played off your fear and the general built in sense of compassion and hysteria. Those of you who didn't like it have no personalities..:o)
Lemmie start by saying that I am a bit of a contradiction. I am a Tech Support Rep, and I use AOL. I wouldn't, except that my family pays for it and I get it for free. I tried NetZero, hated it. If I had the money, I'd grab a cable modem and service for it, but alas, I do not. What scares me is that now that I have used AOl for about a year, it would be difficult to leave. I have to notify several AOL friends, reapply to 4 mailing lists (the addresses I know not), and then still get a hold of AIM so I can message my AOL friends that refuse to get ICQ...
It's more effort than I want to shell out at this point in my slacker existance. As for an M$ intenet services, I have chills.... An ISP for the braindead among us...
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I somewhat resent this. Not ALL AOL users are lusers. I am unwiitingly forced to use AOL. I don't have the money or time to set up an account with another ISP, I refuse to use slow connections with terrible ad windows that you get with free ISPs. Just be aware that there are some decent AOL users and don't generalize so much.
And that, my dears, is the world according to DIJ.
Dijital
... Excuse me whilst I groan out loud. This is the type of thing that made my parents say NO to getting internet access. Poeple are going to blow this way out of proportion thinking that out there, is some cracker waiting to get there stuff. Ever since I heard the question posed in my "PC Operating Systems and Utilities" class, I have worried... "Can someone hack into my computer and steal my data?" to which my instructor answered, "Frankly my dear, Mr J Random Hacker out there could care less for your computer and your data, he wants big business."
The world Accoring to DIJ.
Dijital
Divide the project up like this..
- A main program, whose purpose is to draw the IM windows and control the core function of the program.
- Libraries consisting of protocol definitions and translations.
- Libraries for the various features (chat, IMs, etc...)
With this structure, The EU has to only create the account and download the needed libraries.
Sound Good?
Dijital
Why would anyone waste their money on this. I have a 15inch, Sony Trinitron and it has been the best monitor. Sharp picture, good size and with a good video card, pretty friggin' smooth at 1024x768x16-bit. Luxury IMHO would be a 21inch monitor with sharp picture. No one would need more than 1024x768, nor anything larger than 21inch (unless you're watching DVDs, but there are players and 37inch TVs that will do that job).
Standalone LCD screens seem to me a waste too. The only real noticable advantage is the lack of dust collection and slightly sharper image. THis is just another thing for men with big egos, too much money and too little sense.
And that's the way I see it (IMHO)...
Dijital
.. is that no one charges for Cygwin. That's the last way some of us stuck in an M$ world can cope...
Dijital
... I'd like pics of what the finished products look like, both in 747s and Missle Bases. Anyone know any links?
Dijital
Sir, I barely trust my parents with their PC, let alone a PPP internet account. Trust me, AOL is the Macintosh of ISPs and I feel safer with my parents on it.
Dijital
The only REAL things that kept me from switching over is AOL. My parents pay for AOL (and I never turn a free thing down), so I use it as my ISP. Does AOL run okay with WINE?
Dijital
There is a simple problem with Star Trek... The writers are running out of creative steam and refuse to admit it, so to make it where no one stands there and whistles for an hour, they stoop to cheap marketing tricks and dicking around with concepts that do interest people. You want an example?
Try the Borg. When the came out, they were awesome and mysterious. They were a visage of people so integrated with technology they they were *integrated* with technology. They were the projection of our society at a radical level. Naturally, we wanted to know more. What it was like to be a borg... how they are assimilated... what it was like to see people you knew from the other side... The solution: Seven of Nine. Granted, it was a decent idea to start, they pulled it off badly and worse, as a cheap marketing gimmick. Seven was reduced to running around showing off her figure and giving Data-like analysis of everyhting as a Borg technology or as "from Species ". It was terrible.
I think that if things go at the current pace, 2 people will be watching Voyager. GET THEM HOME ALREADY AND STOP LEADING US ON!!!
Okay, so ends my rant...
Dijital
Not only will Mashed Potatos make you remember more, they also have the following side effects..
- Make people look at you funny when adding ketchup.
- Make people with low mental ages smear them from between their teeth.
- Give you the irrestistible urge to make a sculpture.
Dijital
- Be yourself. Any relationship not founded on honesty is a shaky one. You can't build a house on a bad foundation, nor can you build a relationship on a bad truth.
- Look for commonalities. Chances are you will not want someone EXACTLY like you, nor will you always want a total oposite. In my experience (all 20 years), I've always liked someone who I could share some interests with, but who would challenge me with something new.
- Don't complicate things. Love and attraction are not rocket science. Sure, its a complex reaction between 2 people, but like chaos, takes simple things to make a big effect.
- Sex is NOT everything. This is my big deal. I am not trying to push some big Judeo-Christian morality code on anyone, but in a relationship, sex is NOT everything. The best moment in my life with my girlfriend so far is laying with her on the couch watching a movie. Don't get me wrong, some people are different in this respect, but for the most part, don't push it.
- You have to do what's right for you Don't stay with someone you're misrible with. If you aren't both happy in the relationship, then you may not be meant for each other.
Anyway, have fun and moderate the hell out of this. Questions always welcome at CmdrLatoni@aol.com. Spam me and taste my shoe.Dijital
I know this topic is close to played out. I will say that I love my girlfriend. I will also say that I am a quasi~geek. I have 2 computers, I work tech support, I spend at least 85% of my day at a PC. My g/f still loves me. Why, you ask? Becuase geeks do something that most guys don't... on a whole, we respect people and like independant, confidant people. We like people who want to learn, who are intellegent and have some sense of humor.
My girlfriend loves me, and ya know why? Becuase I treat her with respect as a separate person. She loves to learn things from me. We have fun together, laugh at each other's jokes and talk to one another. It don't get much better.
If guys want any advice at all, I'd say just be you and enjoy the simple things and the simple moments.
If girls want any advice, being a geek attractant is not a social stigma or a bad thing. Do what makes ya happy, no matter who its with. The body is only a shell (no pun intended).
Dijital
I'm not sure about anyone else, but I consider talking to people and connecting with other human beings to be very productive. When you talk to someone, sometimes you learn more about yourself.
As a post suggestion here...
Just becuase you're a geek, doesn't necessarily mean you need another geek. I perosnally, find that a non-geek helps keep me grounded and from losing touch with reality. Sure, she won't know COPY from FDISK, but if she loves ya, who the hell cares.
Now granted first, I am no hacker. I am close to what could be considered a larval stage, but I am just not that passionate about coding, its just more of a hobby. I am however a hardware geek (just ask me how I hooked up a component CDPlayer, using my VCR as the reciever). I don't find the social interaction to be a problem.
I guess I have learned some lessons over the last few years. Bear in mind that several of these are from my job-now-near-career of Tech Support (end user).
(1) Work is not always the best, nor the only place to look. As I said, I work tech support, so there aren't many women, and the ones that are here are attached or, well... (not to sound mean..)
(2) Work cannot be your life. You cannot live at work, no matter what the company tells you.
(3) People don't normally bite... much. They, unlike dogs, actually seem to prefer a good conversation.
(4) What it all comes down to... Find a place that you feel comfortable at where people congregate (for me, it's the local Starbucks) and make yourself at home. Chat with strangers, or just the people that work there. I have been hanging out a Starbucks for the better part of a year and I have found things to be quite interesting. All the people that work there know me and will openly chat with me (and a few of them are some intelligent and beautiful women). Many of the regulars know me as well and are not afraid to talk. Bottom line, you have to communicate F2F sometimes.
I'm not saying it works for everyone, but for the cost of coffee, it's worth it.
Oh goody, now I can run that Electric Range Peripheral on my laptop and stop leaving the grease stains on my desktop...
Does anyone here worry that with the whole corel deal, and the foothold that M$ still has on the market, that Red Hat might famm quickly? I know that Linux is getting better daily, but you know that there buisness will change slowly and there will always be die hard users. Red Hat is also not the easiest to install, its just well known. I'm afraid that Corel or SuSE might overtake them and kill the stock price..
:o)
.. But then again, I don't trade stock..
...I think that with KDE and the like out, begining user should have no problems with the usage of Linux.. the problem is the installation. I think that the makers of the distros should worry about 2 things: what packages they are including and how simple the install is. As for how easy it is to use, leave that to KDE and their brethren. Lets keep it simple.
Why do I feel a future bloated, copied Micro$oft product...? Maybe just life experience...
I have a solution for this Internet Problem that the goverment speaks of...
Lets just pack up all the kids and geeks and send them off to their own island to use their so-called "Internet".
Perhaps then we can stop all this drivel and get to something less-important... I have not time to figure out these Com-Pu-Tors you speak of...
I saw BWP yesterday and I was torn on the decision. I went with a friend and while I walked out stunned in utter silence, my friend complained on and on. My generation (I'm 19) was rasied on horror; Freddy Kruger, Jason, and the like. I was never scared of these, yet this movie scared the ever-living snot out of me. I have to say that I am proud of the fact that there is a scary movie out there that does not consist of stereotypes and cliche death scenes (read Scream, and I Know What you did Last Summer). I felt like I didn't know what was going to happen next, just that it'd be bad. For once, there were no crappy, unrealistic looking ghosts to make you raise the fromage factor.
:o)
Overall, the movie played off your fear and the general built in sense of compassion and hysteria. Those of you who didn't like it have no personalities..
Lemmie start by saying that I am a bit of a contradiction. I am a Tech Support Rep, and I use AOL. I wouldn't, except that my family pays for it and I get it for free. I tried NetZero, hated it. If I had the money, I'd grab a cable modem and service for it, but alas, I do not. What scares me is that now that I have used AOl for about a year, it would be difficult to leave. I have to notify several AOL friends, reapply to 4 mailing lists (the addresses I know not), and then still get a hold of AIM so I can message my AOL friends that refuse to get ICQ...
It's more effort than I want to shell out at this point in my slacker existance. As for an M$ intenet services, I have chills.... An ISP for the braindead among us...
... Now even aliens can get 50 porno site ads with their 5 legit e-mails. Starting an intergalactic war are we?