This is a clear sign that the end of times is coming closer. What is next? The *AA's offering their version of bittorrent? President Ahmadinejad running with the Democrats? King Kong death-match with Godzilla?
What should be the answer to this MS move? I don't know. What would Jesus do?
If Microsoft published a defective software, the least they should do is to offer FREE UPGRADES to Windows XP-SP2 for Windows 98 users. Or otherwise, give the users their money back.
Son, there is something fundamental you don't understand about software companies...... it's time for the disgruntled Win98 users to find a... pir^H^H^H version of WinXP and
consider it an automatic "money-back" upgrade...
I think it'd be fair to say in reverse that the rest of the world couldn't give a shit about the "World" Series or the "Super" Bowl, two sporting events that are pretty sad and self-important.
Basically I think americans still need a couple of light-years before they comprehend that there can be a sport that teams can actually tie up, and there is no winner, leader, best team, Fuhrer to venerate and buy T-shirts from... It kind of damages their prepackaged perception of the importance of leadership and winning all the time, under any circumstances, no matter what, if you want to be somebody in life, and preferably under spectacular circumstances...
Yes because you see it's utterly important...
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... when a nucular (far more potent than nuclear) attack strikes the country, wiping out 90% of the population, it's mucho importante as I was saying, for the remaining 10% to be able uninterruptedly to file tax return forms, be issued ID cards, and in general carry on with the usual way of life (there has to be more reasons why goverments exist that escape me right now)...
Let's build a star...and I mean a big star...that will produce a...a laser beam...and I mean a BIG BEAM...let's call it... The Death Star(TM)...and that way we can plast teRRist planets to dust...I'll be in charge of the project...my name is Darth Vader...I have a cool lightsaber too...wanna see????
It is interesting to note that China, being a permanent Security Council, should feel obliged to follow these declarations, but does not.
And guess what? I discovered another member of the permanent Security Council that does not feel obliged to followthese declarations (especially the fourth one). Now what exactly was your point? I forgot...
If you are new to linux and you want to upgrade with the least possible fuss
backup your data (throw everything in the/home partition) and then do an install
of FC5 instead of upgrade. The reason is an upgrade is as unaggressive as possible which means that some configuration files (of the notorious.conf kind) will not be overwritten and some libraries/packages will not be uninstalled which
might (or not) create a problem down the road (which will be easy to handle if you know what you are doing).
If you really feel like tackling the whole thing and acquiring the experience go
ahead, if you don't want to deal with the hassle and would like a clean upgrade
just let Anaconda install on top of your old FC3/root partition.
That's my humble advise from someone that upgraded from RedHat9 to FC2 to FC4.
...from this one. Not just yet at least. If tradition is to be followed I'll upgrade from FC4 to FC6 all my machines later on. I want to erase WinXP from one of them and release that 50GB associated with it for data storage but since time is short I can just do all that in a scoop when upgrading with Anaconda next year.
Also, there seems to be some issues that creep up with odd numbered FCs that tend to smooth out in the evens, ya think?
... now the Marines have to liberate them as well and spread democracy and freedom to the cow pastures. Next thing you know, the
first suicide cow bomber will go down in the annals of history, and those bastards the politicians will have another great enemy to define and use.
if something is wrong, build a bubble of illusion around it, repackage it and
sell it for profit, by no means address the problem or gasp fix it!
Can it become more naive and simplistic than that? Wasting time and resources, treating the international community with a recipe that can work only
on the domestic one which is tightly controled and shielded from reality.
Unless they buy all international news outlets and impose strict control on them, find a way to ban reporting of their attrocities altogether (persecute underground/independent reporting), filter out or censor internet communications, and crash dissent on an international scale, they might as well try to empty the sea with a tea spoon.
American hubris at a grandiose scale. The informed citizen will read a report about another massacre perpetrated by the american arrogance and then a report of how an american hero saved a dairy cow from certain death in the killing fields of iraq and somehow the latter will weigh over the former? Sure if your name is Joe Sixpack and you live around 38 00 N, 97 00 W...
... where has the world gotten to? Hacking proprietary software for "free rides"
was normal judging from the quality/price ratio of most of them (not to mention
ideological reasons). Now there will be a need to hack "free-to-download" software to circumvent their stupid market decisions...
to send signals to a network socket without writing code but using some
ready made command-line tool (netstat?)?
I've looked around for this but can't seem to find anything...
... our Dear Leader's suggestions(orders?). As a GNOME user I will confess that
KDE never seemed attractive to me (so obviously I am an idiot) for the simple
reason that it is so bloated and so full of functionality that it brings the
adverse effect to it (let's not talk about speed).
Only idiots won't notice the millions of icons lying around waiting to be pressed promising a fascinating new feature that will make your
fascinating life more featureless and certainly more complicated.
Unfortunately I will have to give up my dear preferences because our Dear Leader wishes to correct the error of my ways in His infinite kindness and benevolence. I promise to reform (or perish trying) and recognize my lack of imagination and "featurefullness functionality" in my everyday experience and
an outragious lack of inferiority complexes enhanced by flashy icons on my screen...
Note to the moderator commissars: This is a pathetic little diatribe of a pending to be reformed soul, so move along with your benvolent work, nothing to see here...
...Intelligent Design, and how abstinence is the way to success. But don't worry all these European students they will end up in American universities anyway, because you see the high NSF science budget can afford to attract...wait...no? It got reduced over the years?...well anyway the easy VISA and immigration laws will allow those students to unfold...wait...no?...there is a VISA/SEVIS hell right now...huh??
Right, so as I was saying we don't want these liberal scum in our God fearing great country, blessed uniquely by the One and Only True God (TM).
glasses encourage DUIs as well, so cars and glass containers should be abolished.
Also eyes encourage spying and voyeurism (let's not go there)...ears encourage eavesdropping so they should be cut. Brains encourage thinking, thinking evil thoughts that it, so they should be Ritalined(TM).
From now on, all civilians need to file an application with the *AA's to explain in a proper and documented manner what parts of their body they need to keep and why. Same applies for all house appliances, cars, goods, food and all products that can have potential harmful uses, such as but not limited to, evil actions, evil thoughts, evil in general.
CNN carried a press conference with Condoleeza Rice
Is this the same Condoleeza Rice that went shoe shopping on Thursday?
This is going to be big, this is going to be very big and the implications to the american society are yet to be seen. One thing is for sure, historians in the future will refer to this period in sociological, economic and political terms as well. Not only as a natural disaster.
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This is a clear sign that the end of times is coming closer. What is next? The *AA's offering their version of bittorrent? President Ahmadinejad running with the Democrats? King Kong death-match with Godzilla?
What should be the answer to this MS move? I don't know. What would Jesus do?
... interesting... interesting I tell ya!
If Microsoft published a defective software, the least they should do is to offer FREE UPGRADES to Windows XP-SP2 for Windows 98 users. Or otherwise, give the users their money back.
... it's time for the disgruntled Win98 users to find a... pir^H^H^H version of WinXP and
consider it an automatic "money-back" upgrade...
Son, there is something fundamental you don't understand about software companies...
I think it'd be fair to say in reverse that the rest of the world couldn't give a shit about the "World" Series or the "Super" Bowl, two sporting events that are pretty sad and self-important.
Basically I think americans still need a couple of light-years before they comprehend that there can be a sport that teams can actually tie up, and there is no winner, leader, best team, Fuhrer to venerate and buy T-shirts from... It kind of damages their prepackaged perception of the importance of leadership and winning all the time, under any circumstances, no matter what, if you want to be somebody in life, and preferably under spectacular circumstances...
... when a nucular (far more potent than nuclear) attack strikes the country, wiping out 90% of the population, it's mucho importante as I was saying, for the remaining 10% to be able uninterruptedly to file tax return forms, be issued ID cards, and in general carry on with the usual way of life (there has to be more reasons why goverments exist that escape me right now)...
...damn typos...plasting a planet is not very appealing but BLASTING one is...
Let's build a star...and I mean a big star...that will produce a...a laser beam...and I mean a BIG BEAM...let's call it... The Death Star(TM)...and that way we can plast teRRist planets to dust...I'll be in charge of the project...my name is Darth Vader...I have a cool lightsaber too...wanna see????
Darth Vader
It is interesting to note that China, being a permanent Security Council, should feel obliged to follow these declarations, but does not.
And guess what? I discovered another member of the permanent Security Council that does not feel obliged to follow these declarations (especially the fourth one). Now what exactly was your point? I forgot...
"This legislation is brought to you by Microsoft(TM)". Happy democracy(TM) and freedom(TM)...
If you are new to linux and you want to upgrade with the least possible fuss backup your data (throw everything in the /home partition) and then do an install
of FC5 instead of upgrade. The reason is an upgrade is as unaggressive as possible which means that some configuration files (of the notorious .conf kind) will not be overwritten and some libraries/packages will not be uninstalled which
might (or not) create a problem down the road (which will be easy to handle if you know what you are doing).
/root partition.
If you really feel like tackling the whole thing and acquiring the experience go ahead, if you don't want to deal with the hassle and would like a clean upgrade just let Anaconda install on top of your old FC3
That's my humble advise from someone that upgraded from RedHat9 to FC2 to FC4.
IMHO a dual-layer DVD would be a better choice
Not all of us have a DVD burner you insensitive clot!
(Believe it or not, once mine faltered and died I've been living on CD-RWs ever since).
...from this one. Not just yet at least. If tradition is to be followed I'll upgrade from FC4 to FC6 all my machines later on. I want to erase WinXP from one of them and release that 50GB associated with it for data storage but since time is short I can just do all that in a scoop when upgrading with Anaconda next year.
Also, there seems to be some issues that creep up with odd numbered FCs that tend to smooth out in the evens, ya think?
... now the Marines have to liberate them as well and spread democracy and freedom to the cow pastures. Next thing you know, the first suicide cow bomber will go down in the annals of history, and those bastards the politicians will have another great enemy to define and use.
Stop drinking milk you terrorist lovers!
Oh well...Unless they buy all international news outlets and impose strict control on them, find a way to ban reporting of their attrocities altogether (persecute underground/independent reporting), filter out or censor internet communications, and crash dissent on an international scale, they might as well try to empty the sea with a tea spoon.
American hubris at a grandiose scale. The informed citizen will read a report about another massacre perpetrated by the american arrogance and then a report of how an american hero saved a dairy cow from certain death in the killing fields of iraq and somehow the latter will weigh over the former? Sure if your name is Joe Sixpack and you live around 38 00 N, 97 00 W...
... where has the world gotten to? Hacking proprietary software for "free rides" was normal judging from the quality/price ratio of most of them (not to mention ideological reasons). Now there will be a need to hack "free-to-download" software to circumvent their stupid market decisions...
Oh well, who cares?
This is "MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-4.0.2" here's the output:
Is that what you're looking for?
Hmm I'll look into it. Thanks!
to send signals to a network socket without writing code but using some ready made command-line tool (netstat?)? I've looked around for this but can't seem to find anything...
... our Dear Leader's suggestions(orders?). As a GNOME user I will confess that KDE never seemed attractive to me (so obviously I am an idiot) for the simple reason that it is so bloated and so full of functionality that it brings the adverse effect to it (let's not talk about speed). Only idiots won't notice the millions of icons lying around waiting to be pressed promising a fascinating new feature that will make your fascinating life more featureless and certainly more complicated.
Unfortunately I will have to give up my dear preferences because our Dear Leader wishes to correct the error of my ways in His infinite kindness and benevolence. I promise to reform (or perish trying) and recognize my lack of imagination and "featurefullness functionality" in my everyday experience and an outragious lack of inferiority complexes enhanced by flashy icons on my screen...
Note to the moderator commissars: This is a pathetic little diatribe of a pending to be reformed soul, so move along with your benvolent work, nothing to see here...
disease?
Is ACPI fixed yet? I have currently frozen time at 2.6.8-1.521, last known kernel to implement ACPI properly on my laptop...
...Intelligent Design, and how abstinence is the way to success. But don't worry all these European students they will end up in American universities anyway, because you see the high NSF science budget can afford to attract...wait...no? It got reduced over the years?...well anyway the easy VISA and immigration laws will allow those students to unfold...wait...no?...there is a VISA/SEVIS hell right now...huh??
Right, so as I was saying we don't want these liberal scum in our God fearing great country, blessed uniquely by the One and Only True God (TM).
glasses encourage DUIs as well, so cars and glass containers should be abolished.
Also eyes encourage spying and voyeurism (let's not go there)...ears encourage eavesdropping so they should be cut. Brains encourage thinking, thinking evil thoughts that it, so they should be Ritalined(TM).
From now on, all civilians need to file an application with the *AA's to explain in a proper and documented manner what parts of their body they need to keep and why. Same applies for all house appliances, cars, goods, food and all products that can have potential harmful uses, such as but not limited to, evil actions, evil thoughts, evil in general.
CNN carried a press conference with Condoleeza Rice
Is this the same Condoleeza Rice that went shoe shopping on Thursday?
This is going to be big, this is going to be very big and the implications to the american society are yet to be seen. One thing is for sure, historians in the future will refer to this period in sociological, economic and political terms as well. Not only as a natural disaster.