The United States is currently...okayish on privacy, in my opinion. We had a law passed called the Patriot Act soon after 9/11 that raised severe privacy concerns, arguably the greatest in quite a long time. In essence, it did less than the new EU law you cite, so for that reason I say that my country is still the land of the free. (Its major provisions allowed the government access to personal information and library records when terrorism is suspected.) Really, many countries these days are cracking down, but I still like what I see.
*sings* Ohhhhhhh,
If you want it to be possessive,
It's just "I-T-S."
But if it's supposed to be a contraction then it's "I-T-apostrophe-S." ...scalawag.
After all the years of insanely stupid business decisions, lagging in the markets, struggling to compete, and relying on loyal users to keep it up, look at Apple now. ITMS dominates, and it does so for the right reasons - good software, good hardware. No acts of Congress involved. Good for them.
Actually, the shows are pretty nice. Granted, they're not perfect quality when replayed on a big ol TV, but they're quite watchable on both the iPod and bigger screens.
Exactly. Accusations. He doesn't really know what he's talking about...and his article speaks for itself in that context. He really comes off like a fanatic, but I would say: you have an "open source PC." I do too. Mine works. Lots of peoples' do. So...either you're doing something wrong, or perhaps you're a rambling, fanatical curmudgeon. Regardless, have you bought Windows?
Oh, it doesn't appear that you did. At least, if you have, it isn't good enough for you to mention.
Let's tick this off:
*You are unwilling to
*You do not find it feasible to
*You find it technically impossible to
list the code in and programmers of your mission critical software that could have effects of the national security variety. The first? Maybe just greed. The second? Probably not a good sign. The third? If these people aren't getting the hint, something is seriously, seriously wrong here.
Do you use Linux exclusively, but go and buy Windows licenses anyway?
Nuh uh. Windows exclusively. Do you hate spinach, but have cans of it stockpiled away?
Love spinach. Did you go and see SW:Ep III because you "knew it would be bad?"
Joss Whedon is my master now.
Is it just me, or has the console's image changed again? I mean...seriously...part of what's so entertaining about the whole damn saga is how often and how radically the "photographs" of the console change!
I decided to give this book a go after hearing that Thompson was actually suing Amazon over the reviews left here. Considering I already loathe Thompson for his consistent lies and self-serving press releases, and considering said lies and releases have him in ethical trouble, I was going in prejudiced. I really don't think that made a difference. The book is as rambling and nonsensical as many of Thompson's own statements. When obvious counterpoints to his zealous, frothing-at-the-mouth rage exist, he ignores them entirely (in the real world, he threatens legal action after committing slander. Gee, sounds familiar.)
Read this book over the hype, if you want. Yes, it will give Thompson some more money, and that's what he wants. It's worth it, though, because it exposes just how...well...insane he really is.
28 computer network on one switch, 100% virus free and fully up to date patchwise. Good Lord, welcome to Slashdot...talk about your experiences honestly and 5 people who think they're better than you crawl out of the woodwork O_o
World of Warcraft offers Game Cards, which give you 2 months at a time. You can let your account expire when you want and pick it back up when you want. Not quite the flexibility you're looking for, but it's an improvement over the hard line subscription model. Check here.
While that works just fine for you, I have a few old Optiplex GX110s here at the office. They're 933mHz PIIIs with mostly 256 megs RAM (one had 512, one had 128). They literally cannot handle being connected to our network. The traffic moving across it gives the poor little things a heart attack. In fact, the last one I took out of service was running: Win 2k w/ basic configuration loaded up, our network virus scanner, folder access to our shared storage, and Outlook 2000. It had absolutely nothing else running on it - it was just an email machine. It was also crashing 4+ times a workday.
We're a nonprofit, and we get donations occasionally - and I've turned down donations of computers that are anything less than P4s with 512 MB ram. They just can't hack it.
512 MB ram should be the current standard. Yes, I'm a power hungry box kind of guy, so I really can't picture rolling on 192 megs of ram. 512, definitely. (My home box has 1.5 gigs, in the interest of full disclosure.)
The last time I dealt with any company other than Dell I ended up working with a computer that had everything literally stamped on the motherboard except the NIC. This was my next door neighbor's comp Freshman year of college, so that's fall 2001. This thing had sound, video, even the CPU and fan attached permanently. The NIC went in the one spare PCI slot. He couldn't play Unreal Tournament with us. The thing wouldn't even run it. I expect a prudent company to be frugal expenses wise, but there's a very clear line between frugal and cheap. Lesson? Don't buy Gateway. Buy Dell.:p
It's more a matter of prodding an industry where "standard" computers still come with 256mb ram. Dell's current high end machines come with 512, and some manufacturers can and will sell you a computer with 128mb of ram. (I'm not Dell bashing - they're the only company I'll use if I'm not building it myself. Just saying.)
Anyhow. What I'm getting at is the industry has been somewhat sluggish to adopt new tech under pressure to keep costs down. The 64-bit processors have been around for a while, but many computers don't have them, and the only reason why is that it's not cost-effective for the industry giants to switch over. As for performance...well, you won't see much difference with a 64-bit processor, but that's not because they aren't better - that's because people haven't been writing new code for them due to slow adoption rates. Vicious circle and all that.
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Comedywise, this is another prime example of WoW mixed with excellent talent.
The United States is currently ...okayish on privacy, in my opinion. We had a law passed called the Patriot Act soon after 9/11 that raised severe privacy concerns, arguably the greatest in quite a long time. In essence, it did less than the new EU law you cite, so for that reason I say that my country is still the land of the free. (Its major provisions allowed the government access to personal information and library records when terrorism is suspected.)
Really, many countries these days are cracking down, but I still like what I see.
Oh wait. I was logged in.
*goes back to his corner*
Woops. I musta logged out or somethin. Was half asleep anyway.
:)
I hereby claim that comment, thus removing it from anonymity!
*sings* Ohhhhhhh,
...scalawag.
If you want it to be possessive,
It's just "I-T-S."
But if it's supposed to be a contraction then it's "I-T-apostrophe-S."
No, a Shyster is an unscrupulous Jewish lawyer. And I'm quite pissed /. would print something like this. Do they even have editors anymore?
Damn. Beat me to it you did. Mod parent up; this sums up yesterday's BS story.
After all the years of insanely stupid business decisions, lagging in the markets, struggling to compete, and relying on loyal users to keep it up, look at Apple now. ITMS dominates, and it does so for the right reasons - good software, good hardware. No acts of Congress involved. Good for them.
Actually, the shows are pretty nice. Granted, they're not perfect quality when replayed on a big ol TV, but they're quite watchable on both the iPod and bigger screens.
Exactly. Accusations. He doesn't really know what he's talking about...and his article speaks for itself in that context. He really comes off like a fanatic, but I would say: you have an "open source PC." I do too. Mine works. Lots of peoples' do. So...either you're doing something wrong, or perhaps you're a rambling, fanatical curmudgeon. Regardless, have you bought Windows?
Oh, it doesn't appear that you did. At least, if you have, it isn't good enough for you to mention.
Oh snap. I should have just kept my mouth shut. O_o
*grumble* Forgot the
s.
Code should read easy
Like many Slashdot comments
See? It's not so hard.
Code should read easy Like many Slashdot comments See? It's not so hard.
Let's tick this off:
*You are unwilling to
*You do not find it feasible to
*You find it technically impossible to
list the code in and programmers of your mission critical software that could have effects of the national security variety. The first? Maybe just greed. The second? Probably not a good sign. The third? If these people aren't getting the hint, something is seriously, seriously wrong here.
Do you use Linux exclusively, but go and buy Windows licenses anyway?
Nuh uh. Windows exclusively.
Do you hate spinach, but have cans of it stockpiled away?
Love spinach.
Did you go and see SW:Ep III because you "knew it would be bad?"
Joss Whedon is my master now.
Is it just me, or has the console's image changed again? I mean...seriously...part of what's so entertaining about the whole damn saga is how often and how radically the "photographs" of the console change!
First: yes, I really did read the book.
I decided to give this book a go after hearing that Thompson was actually suing Amazon over the reviews left here. Considering I already loathe Thompson for his consistent lies and self-serving press releases, and considering said lies and releases have him in ethical trouble, I was going in prejudiced. I really don't think that made a difference. The book is as rambling and nonsensical as many of Thompson's own statements. When obvious counterpoints to his zealous, frothing-at-the-mouth rage exist, he ignores them entirely (in the real world, he threatens legal action after committing slander. Gee, sounds familiar.)
Read this book over the hype, if you want. Yes, it will give Thompson some more money, and that's what he wants. It's worth it, though, because it exposes just how...well...insane he really is.
28 computer network on one switch, 100% virus free and fully up to date patchwise. Good Lord, welcome to Slashdot...talk about your experiences honestly and 5 people who think they're better than you crawl out of the woodwork O_o
Okay, who's abusing their mod points because they don't personally agree with me? :p
World of Warcraft offers Game Cards, which give you 2 months at a time. You can let your account expire when you want and pick it back up when you want. Not quite the flexibility you're looking for, but it's an improvement over the hard line subscription model. Check here.
I believe this was addressed as part of the RC2 to RC3 update in the "Background tab steals foreground focus" bug.
While that works just fine for you, I have a few old Optiplex GX110s here at the office. They're 933mHz PIIIs with mostly 256 megs RAM (one had 512, one had 128). They literally cannot handle being connected to our network. The traffic moving across it gives the poor little things a heart attack. In fact, the last one I took out of service was running: Win 2k w/ basic configuration loaded up, our network virus scanner, folder access to our shared storage, and Outlook 2000. It had absolutely nothing else running on it - it was just an email machine. It was also crashing 4+ times a workday.
We're a nonprofit, and we get donations occasionally - and I've turned down donations of computers that are anything less than P4s with 512 MB ram. They just can't hack it.
512 MB ram should be the current standard. Yes, I'm a power hungry box kind of guy, so I really can't picture rolling on 192 megs of ram. 512, definitely. (My home box has 1.5 gigs, in the interest of full disclosure.)
The last time I dealt with any company other than Dell I ended up working with a computer that had everything literally stamped on the motherboard except the NIC. This was my next door neighbor's comp Freshman year of college, so that's fall 2001. This thing had sound, video, even the CPU and fan attached permanently. The NIC went in the one spare PCI slot. He couldn't play Unreal Tournament with us. The thing wouldn't even run it. I expect a prudent company to be frugal expenses wise, but there's a very clear line between frugal and cheap. Lesson? Don't buy Gateway. Buy Dell. :p
It's more a matter of prodding an industry where "standard" computers still come with 256mb ram. Dell's current high end machines come with 512, and some manufacturers can and will sell you a computer with 128mb of ram. (I'm not Dell bashing - they're the only company I'll use if I'm not building it myself. Just saying.)
Anyhow. What I'm getting at is the industry has been somewhat sluggish to adopt new tech under pressure to keep costs down. The 64-bit processors have been around for a while, but many computers don't have them, and the only reason why is that it's not cost-effective for the industry giants to switch over. As for performance...well, you won't see much difference with a 64-bit processor, but that's not because they aren't better - that's because people haven't been writing new code for them due to slow adoption rates. Vicious circle and all that.