Heheh, speaking of screen resolutions, have you ever noticed that most "normal" people with new computers that do umpteen gigaflops and have 64MB video cards are still running their machines in the default 640x480 resolution with 256 colors?
It doesn't matter how easy you make it, man... so why not at least get it right first before you put all the technicolor frosting on?
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
Heheh, that's right... you probably won't be able to sue them or anything, but you can sure take out a lot of frustration on some poor minimum-wage phone-monkey's eardrum. That's worth at least 30 grand right there.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Actually, I do write to the webmasters... I lately wrote to guinness.com about their flash-laden site that would not let me browse with Navigator 4.x on FreeBSD.
It's a simple thing for the "web designer" (read: overpaid shmuck, by my experience) to put in a text only page that will appear when the user-agent cannot load their default page.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
But who's to say that people might not turn away from the flash, shockwave, and heavy, slow websites and towards a lightweight, text oriented, rapid delivery system?
People already turned away from a "lightweight, text oriented, rapid delivery system" that the web was and "chosen" the "flash, shockwave, and heavy, slow websites". I quote chosen because the consumer didn't really choose. Look at the most popular sites on the web (Yahoo, Amazon), they are fast and plain HTML (more or less). It's the designers and creators who want the latest whiz-bang gadgets and magazine-like designs to hide their lack of taste/talent/content who are to blame for the current sorry state of the WWW.
Maybe mobile devices will change this trend and restore the web to it's natural state of platform independence and end-user display choices.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Elephants manage just fine on grass, and they often weigh over 10,000 pounds. In fact, they are downright stealthy on turf. Ever been snuck up on by an elephant? Talk about a good scare, I thought hair on the back of my neck would never lie back down.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Overall, this ad campaign will do for Linux what IBM's adoption of MS-DOS did for Microsoft.
I'm skeptical but hopeful. I know too many people, both management and technical, that are very much into their little Microsoft world and heavily resistant to ideas that challenge their concepts of how computers work.
Especially if it's Unix. It's kind of funny how they talk about Unix like it's anal sex or something that they're afraid they might like even though they think it's disgusting. Heheheh.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
He probably is not writing a program that will compete with any of his employer's products. Most programmers work for companies that do not have anything to do with software.
The impression I get is that it is a program that would be useful to any company that is in the same business as his current employer.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
What, are you new around here? OK, here's the skinny: Some of the slashdot readers and many of the staff do not use proprietary software. Strange as this may seem, they are fully within their rights to make this choice. Windows CE is proprietary software, consequently many of the slashdot readers and staff will not use it.
HTH
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Check it out, you can get a device called a "TV" and another called a "DVD Player". These incredible devices actually have specialized embedded systems that allow you to decode and view DVD content as well as standard television transmissions! The TV, while low resolution (the same resolution as the standard television signal, oddly enough), is available in giant display sizes... up to 20' diagonally on the projector-style models!
Additionally, since these amazing contraptions actually exist seperately from your computer you can switch between X and console, play Quake, and even reboot to upgrade your kernel without interrupting your movie or television show!
I'm suprised no mention is made of these great inventions on Slashdot.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
...the drugs have to be tested to determine that they are drugs and not something that looks similiar.
If you try to sell a quarter ounce of oregano to someone and claim that it's weed IIRC, you'll go to jail for just as long... do they really even bother to test it?
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
--Phil (As I listen to mp3s ripped from CDs owned by me...)
A good way to make your music sound worse without as much time-wasting effort as ripping CDs is to merely punch holes in the little paper cones in your speakers... this gives you that marvelous clipping and compression on all your sounds, not just mp3s.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Uhhh no. Weaklings, losers, and morons will give up freedom to have their needs met. Which is, of course, most everyone.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
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Oh right, because everyone knows that gcc is only used on x86 platforms... not.
I doubt that Intel can pull off a decent C++ implementation anyway, even if it is expensive, proprietary, and platform specific. It seems no one else ever has.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
As long as your not closing off any source code... use GPL'ed code if you want, no worries. If you need to keep the source secret, use BSDL or Public Domain code or write your own damn code for once... no worries.
I don't see what the problem is.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
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But you at least cranked up the color depth so your .jpg's don't look like crap, right? Or are you one of "those"?
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
Heheh, speaking of screen resolutions, have you ever noticed that most "normal" people with new computers that do umpteen gigaflops and have 64MB video cards are still running their machines in the default 640x480 resolution with 256 colors?
It doesn't matter how easy you make it, man... so why not at least get it right first before you put all the technicolor frosting on?
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
Oh please, I support that kiddie OS all day long. It's a huge pain in the ass laden with bugs and misfeatures. Go astroturf somewhere else.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Heheh, that's right... you probably won't be able to sue them or anything, but you can sure take out a lot of frustration on some poor minimum-wage phone-monkey's eardrum. That's worth at least 30 grand right there.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Exactly, it's a wonderful OS for people who have real work to do instead of jacking off to pr0n videos the size of a postage stamp.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Actually, I do write to the webmasters... I lately wrote to guinness.com about their flash-laden site that would not let me browse with Navigator 4.x on FreeBSD.
It's a simple thing for the "web designer" (read: overpaid shmuck, by my experience) to put in a text only page that will appear when the user-agent cannot load their default page.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
But who's to say that people might not turn away from the flash, shockwave, and heavy, slow websites and towards a lightweight, text oriented, rapid delivery system?
People already turned away from a "lightweight, text oriented, rapid delivery system" that the web was and "chosen" the "flash, shockwave, and heavy, slow websites". I quote chosen because the consumer didn't really choose. Look at the most popular sites on the web (Yahoo, Amazon), they are fast and plain HTML (more or less). It's the designers and creators who want the latest whiz-bang gadgets and magazine-like designs to hide their lack of taste/talent/content who are to blame for the current sorry state of the WWW.
Maybe mobile devices will change this trend and restore the web to it's natural state of platform independence and end-user display choices.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Elephants manage just fine on grass, and they often weigh over 10,000 pounds. In fact, they are downright stealthy on turf. Ever been snuck up on by an elephant? Talk about a good scare, I thought hair on the back of my neck would never lie back down.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
How long is a light year then? I thought it was shorter than a year, like light beer is less filling than regular beer.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
I'm skeptical but hopeful. I know too many people, both management and technical, that are very much into their little Microsoft world and heavily resistant to ideas that challenge their concepts of how computers work.
Especially if it's Unix. It's kind of funny how they talk about Unix like it's anal sex or something that they're afraid they might like even though they think it's disgusting. Heheheh.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
He probably is not writing a program that will compete with any of his employer's products. Most programmers work for companies that do not have anything to do with software.
The impression I get is that it is a program that would be useful to any company that is in the same business as his current employer.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
What, are you new around here? OK, here's the skinny: Some of the slashdot readers and many of the staff do not use proprietary software. Strange as this may seem, they are fully within their rights to make this choice. Windows CE is proprietary software, consequently many of the slashdot readers and staff will not use it.
HTH
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Check it out, you can get a device called a "TV" and another called a "DVD Player". These incredible devices actually have specialized embedded systems that allow you to decode and view DVD content as well as standard television transmissions! The TV, while low resolution (the same resolution as the standard television signal, oddly enough), is available in giant display sizes... up to 20' diagonally on the projector-style models!
Additionally, since these amazing contraptions actually exist seperately from your computer you can switch between X and console, play Quake, and even reboot to upgrade your kernel without interrupting your movie or television show!
I'm suprised no mention is made of these great inventions on Slashdot.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Uhhh... no he didn't.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Remember folks, that's a 16:10 aspect ratio, not 8:5. That's twice as big!
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Great stuff if you're into bestiality that is :P
No, but seriously, these are good books... just not for the prudish type.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
If you try to sell a quarter ounce of oregano to someone and claim that it's weed IIRC, you'll go to jail for just as long... do they really even bother to test it?
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
--Phil (As I listen to mp3s ripped from CDs owned by me...)
A good way to make your music sound worse without as much time-wasting effort as ripping CDs is to merely punch holes in the little paper cones in your speakers... this gives you that marvelous clipping and compression on all your sounds, not just mp3s.
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Uhhh no. Weaklings, losers, and morons will give up freedom to have their needs met. Which is, of course, most everyone.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
Oh right, because everyone knows that gcc is only used on x86 platforms... not.
I doubt that Intel can pull off a decent C++ implementation anyway, even if it is expensive, proprietary, and platform specific. It seems no one else ever has.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
IIRC, trademarks have to be defended and used... patents don't.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
they wanted to make money as quickly as the ones who patented the one-click buy ?
Wait, what are you saying? Did I miss it? Has Amazon.com actually turned a profit yet?
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
and the term "banned content". why does this just give me the shivvers?
Hmmmm... just a guess, but maybe it's because you're not a Nazi boot-kisser?
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
As long as your not closing off any source code... use GPL'ed code if you want, no worries. If you need to keep the source secret, use BSDL or Public Domain code or write your own damn code for once... no worries.
I don't see what the problem is.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
He wants something in return and that is for his code and all derived works to remain open. That's the asking price instead of money.
The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.