Seriously, what on earth do you mean when you say Unix? Do you mean that it is actually based on original code, or that it functions like a Unix system?
If you mean the former, what's the point? Do you think there is even any of the original Unix code still in the BSDs(seriously, I'm no Unix guru, is there?). What's the point of that anyway, I don't see how that even matters, functionality is the only thing that's important. If you mean the latter then Linux is definately more Unix than OS X. It has a much more standard directy structure, all the standard tools etc.
Ok, you're right about that. It would be a pretty neato idea, and would probably make configuring programs much easier, and there could always be ways to allow for more complicated config formats if absolutely necessary.
But in any case, what we have with/etc is MUCH more sane than the windows registry. What the hell were they thinking? OMG the windows registry is a nightmare! Why on earth would you use a single database to store ALL of your configuration data? What if it gets corrupted, or deleted somehow?(it happens!) Your SOL. And it is so damn hard to find what you're looking for, takes forever to search through it, etc, etc. With/etc, you just look for a file with a similar or related name to the program you're messing with. So nice and simple.
Anyway, I just really hate the windows registry and cannot understand why on earth Microsoft uses it. There is no benefit to using it that is worth the problems it causes...
Hmmm... I'm straying from the topic... ; )
Oh yeah,/etc. I like it, but there's definately room for improvement.
how about no. How bout not enforcing any common structure, but have a standard. if a program requires some more complicated configuration files it can do that... sendmail.cf?
"Its so you can disagree with ANYONE, espically the government."
Controversy
1. A dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views.
Disagree
1. To have a differing opinion
These terms a very closely related. A controversy is a dispute (usually a public dispute) over an issue that people disagree(hold opposing views) on. Thank you for making my point for me again.
I get so sick of hearing this Libertarian bullshit. I myself am Libertarian to an extent, but come on, be realistic.
So, how's this for you then. Along with all government subsidized drug treatment and other shit you don't want to pay for, lets get rid of prisons and stuff too, some people don't want to pay for them and shouldn't have too. So now we have a few hundred thousand violent criminals running loose, and one of em happens to pop a "cap" in your ass, leaving you completely paralyzed and unable to do anything. So, not only did you get shot because you didn't want to pay for something that was for the common good of every man, woman, and child in the country, but you also won't get any help from the government to help out your dumb paralyzed ass. In fact, you don't even have a hospital to go to because they closed those down too. But there is that privately run hospital that costs an arm and a leg, but you have great medical insurance so no big fucking deal... Oh wait, shit, your medical insurance company just went belly up, you have no way to pay for having that bullet removed from your ass. Now the doctors there a pissed because they're not going to get paid, so they drop you out on the sidewalk in front of the hospital.
Congratulations, you are paralyzed, have stitches in your ass that will never be removed because no one will help you(even your local church won't help you because, shit, your not a Catholic, and you wanted evolution to continue being taught in schools, well they say, that'll teach that heathen), you're freezing your ass off because it's winter and you have no coat, your fucking starving because, well, duh, you can't fucking move to put any food in your mouth, but, you DID stick to your Libertarian ideals which is the important thing.
to tell people what they can and cannot do, as long as they aren't hurting anyone else. This alone is reason enough to decriminalize drug use, consequences be damned, it's simply not ethical. People get killed all the time driving cars, playing sports, riding bikes, but that's their risk to take. If we criminalize drugs, why shouldn't we criminalize potato chips? Way more people eventually die of heart attacks and such because of a poor diet than drugs will ever kill. Smoking? Should that be criminalized? Mountain climbing? Skydiving? Bungee jumping? All these things are extremely dangerous, way more dangerous than drugs like marijuana, and there's no more reason to do them than marijuana, should they be illegal too? Should we even be allowed to make any decisions for ourselves?
Have you ever used alcohol? Have your friends or family? Should you/they be sent to prison, after all alcohol IS a harmful drug, much more harmful than marijuana. How can you justify marijuana criminalization while at the same time not supporting alcohol criminalization? Maybe I'm assuming too much, maybe you do support alcohol criminalization....
Why does the entertainment industry like to rape it's own loyal customers so much? It is absolutely incredible the shit we have to put up with these days. Why can't we decide when/how we view products that we legally purchase?
Here's the funny thing... The fact that it's such a pain in the ass makes pirating stuff more worth the time. DVDs for example, I can't play them in Linux, however, I CAN play DivX movies in Linux... If I'm going to have to pirate it to use it how I want, why is it worth the money to buy it in the first place?
It will be the same with SDMI. It's not going to allow me the freedom to use it how I want, so I will instead download pirated mp3s and use those.
But, as always, if you can see it/hear it, you can copy it. Fuck them. They use the legal system to force us to support them(blank media), well FUCK THEM! Fight back, don't play the game.
Come on, it's a fucking high school. His computer teacher told them they could try it. The only person who should be in trouble is the teacher for being such an asshole.
Stop spouting that bullshit. You can't force people into supporting someone in a manner that you choose just because you think they should. If they want to buy a DVD and then not go see the movie in the theater that should be their choice, not the French Govt's, not the movie stuidio's, and not your's.
Legally enforcing region coding is a smack in the face to the people of the world. It's taking away a freedom that no one has the right to take away. You have the right to buy/sell whatever you want from/to whoever you want, no country's government has the right to stop you.
I had a friend who spent a month in jail, not sure where. It wasn't some minimum security place, he was there with murderers and such. That prison wasn't terribly violent, and he never heard of anyone getting raped while he was there. On the other hand, some places there are rapes and fights constantly.
What a sick society we are where we throw almost 1 out of every 100 of us in a cell and just turn a blind eye to the attrocities committed there.(in the US that is).
I think he should at least get fined, and possibly minimal jail time. I mean, think about it, he committed a relatively harmless crime, and he should be punished for it, but 7 years of jail time will seriously damage this person.
Anyone who thinks 7 years in jail is a fitting punishment has a screw loose. Do you realize what 7 years in prison will do to someone? 1 month - 1 year is a deterrent, 7 years will make this guy bitter and angry, and likely to commit some more serious(violent) crimes when he gets out.
His point was that even if you leave your door unlocked, it's NOT YOUR FAULT if someone comes in a steals something. It is the fault of the person that did the stealing.
It's no different than Napster being held responsible for people using their service to illegally copy music.
In reality, you should obviously lock your door, but in locking your door you should realize that it's a sad thing to have to do so.
Get your head on straight and stop thinking like the mainstream, realize where the blame really lies. I mean, where will it end? Will you be at fault for dying from a gunshot because you didn't wear your bullet proof vest? Is it your fault your car was stolen because you didn't have "the club"?
Protect yourself if you so choose, but remember that having to do so is a bad thing, not the right thing.
One thing I noticed right away with 2.2.18 is with the emu10k1 driver the tone controls are disabled. This is annoying, the tone controls work fine, at least for me, maybe others have problems. Anyway, in the linux/drivers/sound/emu10k1 dir, edit the main.c and mixer.c and add a #define TONE_CONTROL 1.
The Voodoo3 was/is an ok card, especially if you run Linux. It's currently the best option for playing Q3 and UT in Linux, unless you want to run XFree4 and not have DGA mouse input, which IMO just plain sucks.
The only thing the V3 was missing when it came out was 32 bit color. But at the time, running in 32 bit color slowed things down way too much for most people. I never ran my TNT2 in 32bpp, it was just too slow.
But yeah, they sure are a fucked up company now. Their latest line of cards is the worst yet. Same price as competing cards with not even close to the same performance...
Bruce Willis is an excellent actor. Sure, he stars in a lot of mindless action stuff (Die Hard.., although, I do love those movies), he really has talent. 12 Monkeys anyone? He was also very good in "The Story of Us", which was a pretty funny movie. Even in his action films he does an excellent job. Action, comedy, weird shit like Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense. I'd say he's very talented well rounded actor.
JMO though.
And as for Unbreakable, I thought it was great. Sure brings back memories of my comic collecting days. Sometimes(most of the time) I wish I still had some of my old comics. I sold a lot of them, lost the rest in a fire =(
"Besides, the real reason that long distance prices have fallen since the earlt 1980's is because of technological increase in capacity.. Competition has had only a slight total effect."
Yeah, right. And competition between AMD and Intel, 3DFX and Nvidia, etc. hasn't done anything either.
The fact is, if they weren't split up, they could be charging whatever they want, do you really think they'd go as low as 5 cents a minute? From dealing with local telcos that have monopolies in certain areas, I can tell you the answer is no, they'd screw you every which way they could.
95 crashes way more than 98 on every machine I have ever upgraded to 98 from 95. I used to get a BSOD on this one machine almost every day, but with 98 it was very stable as far as any windows box goes.
But I hate them both and haven't used windows in months, and don't plan to any time soon unless I am forced to for work or something.
I almost agreed with you till the last bit. If you want freedom of data for kiddie porn, then along with that copyright should be out the window completely. That's putting monitory interests above the interests of the children that were molested to create kiddie porn. If any control of data is allowed, things like kiddie porn where someone's rights were violated to create it should not be allowed.
Personally, I'm not sure where I stand on these issues.
I'm sorry, but all their lines run on public and private property. They're only _IN BUSINESS AT ALL_ because they are _ALLOWED_ to be. If they want to stay in business and keep their lines _AT ALL_, they should have to play by the rules that are set for them. If that deal includes opening up their lines, that's how it should be. You can charge me anything you want to allow me on your property, they've got it easy.
Here's my theory, Christian fundies and pro-life zealots thought this was their big chance to vote for a candidate who would uphold their moral beliefs(yeah right!), and everyone else came out to vote for Gore because they're scared shitless of Bush.
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The DDJ website is being run by that computer!
Damn slashdot effect.
Because I've written a couple spider like programs for our intranet and I'm a damn idiot!
Like someone else said it's like first year CS stuff.
Seriously, what on earth do you mean when you say Unix? Do you mean that it is actually based on original code, or that it functions like a Unix system?
If you mean the former, what's the point? Do you think there is even any of the original Unix code still in the BSDs(seriously, I'm no Unix guru, is there?). What's the point of that anyway, I don't see how that even matters, functionality is the only thing that's important. If you mean the latter then Linux is definately more Unix than OS X. It has a much more standard directy structure, all the standard tools etc.
Ok, you're right about that. It would be a pretty neato idea, and would probably make configuring programs much easier, and there could always be ways to allow for more complicated config formats if absolutely necessary.
/etc is MUCH more sane than the windows registry. What the hell were they thinking? OMG the windows registry is a nightmare! Why on earth would you use a single database to store ALL of your configuration data? What if it gets corrupted, or deleted somehow?(it happens!) Your SOL. And it is so damn hard to find what you're looking for, takes forever to search through it, etc, etc. With /etc, you just look for a file with a similar or related name to the program you're messing with. So nice and simple.
/etc. I like it, but there's definately room for improvement.
But in any case, what we have with
Anyway, I just really hate the windows registry and cannot understand why on earth Microsoft uses it. There is no benefit to using it that is worth the problems it causes...
Hmmm... I'm straying from the topic... ; )
Oh yeah,
how about no. How bout not enforcing any common structure, but have a standard. if a program requires some more complicated configuration files it can do that... sendmail.cf?
"Its so you can disagree with ANYONE, espically the government."
Controversy
1. A dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views.
Disagree
1. To have a differing opinion
These terms a very closely related. A controversy is a dispute (usually a public dispute) over an issue that people disagree(hold opposing views) on. Thank you for making my point for me again.
And while I can see a university refusing to let a professor look up porn, its probably because he's being contraversial.
That's the whole fucking point! That's the reason for free speech!
Unbelievable, you proved everyone's point while you were trying to criticize it.
I get so sick of hearing this Libertarian bullshit. I myself am Libertarian to an extent, but come on, be realistic.
So, how's this for you then. Along with all government subsidized drug treatment and other shit you don't want to pay for, lets get rid of prisons and stuff too, some people don't want to pay for them and shouldn't have too. So now we have a few hundred thousand violent criminals running loose, and one of em happens to pop a "cap" in your ass, leaving you completely paralyzed and unable to do anything. So, not only did you get shot because you didn't want to pay for something that was for the common good of every man, woman, and child in the country, but you also won't get any help from the government to help out your dumb paralyzed ass. In fact, you don't even have a hospital to go to because they closed those down too. But there is that privately run hospital that costs an arm and a leg, but you have great medical insurance so no big fucking deal... Oh wait, shit, your medical insurance company just went belly up, you have no way to pay for having that bullet removed from your ass. Now the doctors there a pissed because they're not going to get paid, so they drop you out on the sidewalk in front of the hospital.
Congratulations, you are paralyzed, have stitches in your ass that will never be removed because no one will help you(even your local church won't help you because, shit, your not a Catholic, and you wanted evolution to continue being taught in schools, well they say, that'll teach that heathen), you're freezing your ass off because it's winter and you have no coat, your fucking starving because, well, duh, you can't fucking move to put any food in your mouth, but, you DID stick to your Libertarian ideals which is the important thing.
to tell people what they can and cannot do, as long as they aren't hurting anyone else. This alone is reason enough to decriminalize drug use, consequences be damned, it's simply not ethical. People get killed all the time driving cars, playing sports, riding bikes, but that's their risk to take. If we criminalize drugs, why shouldn't we criminalize potato chips? Way more people eventually die of heart attacks and such because of a poor diet than drugs will ever kill. Smoking? Should that be criminalized? Mountain climbing? Skydiving? Bungee jumping? All these things are extremely dangerous, way more dangerous than drugs like marijuana, and there's no more reason to do them than marijuana, should they be illegal too? Should we even be allowed to make any decisions for ourselves?
Have you ever used alcohol? Have your friends or family? Should you/they be sent to prison, after all alcohol IS a harmful drug, much more harmful than marijuana. How can you justify marijuana criminalization while at the same time not supporting alcohol criminalization? Maybe I'm assuming too much, maybe you do support alcohol criminalization....
Stop pretending you know what's best for others.
Ummm.... no... it was a backport from the 2.4 kernel. RTFM or something.
Why does the entertainment industry like to rape it's own loyal customers so much? It is absolutely incredible the shit we have to put up with these days. Why can't we decide when/how we view products that we legally purchase?
Here's the funny thing... The fact that it's such a pain in the ass makes pirating stuff more worth the time. DVDs for example, I can't play them in Linux, however, I CAN play DivX movies in Linux... If I'm going to have to pirate it to use it how I want, why is it worth the money to buy it in the first place?
It will be the same with SDMI. It's not going to allow me the freedom to use it how I want, so I will instead download pirated mp3s and use those.
But, as always, if you can see it/hear it, you can copy it. Fuck them. They use the legal system to force us to support them(blank media), well FUCK THEM! Fight back, don't play the game.
Come on, it's a fucking high school. His computer teacher told them they could try it. The only person who should be in trouble is the teacher for being such an asshole.
Stop spouting that bullshit. You can't force people into supporting someone in a manner that you choose just because you think they should. If they want to buy a DVD and then not go see the movie in the theater that should be their choice, not the French Govt's, not the movie stuidio's, and not your's.
Legally enforcing region coding is a smack in the face to the people of the world. It's taking away a freedom that no one has the right to take away. You have the right to buy/sell whatever you want from/to whoever you want, no country's government has the right to stop you.
I had a friend who spent a month in jail, not sure where. It wasn't some minimum security place, he was there with murderers and such. That prison wasn't terribly violent, and he never heard of anyone getting raped while he was there. On the other hand, some places there are rapes and fights constantly.
What a sick society we are where we throw almost 1 out of every 100 of us in a cell and just turn a blind eye to the attrocities committed there.(in the US that is).
I think he should at least get fined, and possibly minimal jail time. I mean, think about it, he committed a relatively harmless crime, and he should be punished for it, but 7 years of jail time will seriously damage this person.
Anyone who thinks 7 years in jail is a fitting punishment has a screw loose. Do you realize what 7 years in prison will do to someone? 1 month - 1 year is a deterrent, 7 years will make this guy bitter and angry, and likely to commit some more serious(violent) crimes when he gets out.
His point was that even if you leave your door unlocked, it's NOT YOUR FAULT if someone comes in a steals something. It is the fault of the person that did the stealing.
It's no different than Napster being held responsible for people using their service to illegally copy music.
In reality, you should obviously lock your door, but in locking your door you should realize that it's a sad thing to have to do so.
Get your head on straight and stop thinking like the mainstream, realize where the blame really lies. I mean, where will it end? Will you be at fault for dying from a gunshot because you didn't wear your bullet proof vest? Is it your fault your car was stolen because you didn't have "the club"?
Protect yourself if you so choose, but remember that having to do so is a bad thing, not the right thing.
One thing I noticed right away with 2.2.18 is with the emu10k1 driver the tone controls are disabled. This is annoying, the tone controls work fine, at least for me, maybe others have problems. Anyway, in the linux/drivers/sound/emu10k1 dir, edit the main.c and mixer.c and add a #define TONE_CONTROL 1.
I hope this is fixed in the next kernel.
Have you seen a DeCSS based DVD player for Linux yet? I sure haven't heard of one...
You can fight open source, which is why we have to learn to fight back.
The Voodoo3 was/is an ok card, especially if you run Linux. It's currently the best option for playing Q3 and UT in Linux, unless you want to run XFree4 and not have DGA mouse input, which IMO just plain sucks.
The only thing the V3 was missing when it came out was 32 bit color. But at the time, running in 32 bit color slowed things down way too much for most people. I never ran my TNT2 in 32bpp, it was just too slow.
But yeah, they sure are a fucked up company now. Their latest line of cards is the worst yet. Same price as competing cards with not even close to the same performance...
Bruce Willis is an excellent actor. Sure, he stars in a lot of mindless action stuff (Die Hard.., although, I do love those movies), he really has talent. 12 Monkeys anyone? He was also very good in "The Story of Us", which was a pretty funny movie. Even in his action films he does an excellent job. Action, comedy, weird shit like Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense. I'd say he's very talented well rounded actor.
JMO though.
And as for Unbreakable, I thought it was great. Sure brings back memories of my comic collecting days. Sometimes(most of the time) I wish I still had some of my old comics. I sold a lot of them, lost the rest in a fire =(
"Besides, the real reason that long distance prices have fallen since the earlt 1980's is because of technological increase in capacity.. Competition has had only a slight total effect."
Yeah, right. And competition between AMD and Intel, 3DFX and Nvidia, etc. hasn't done anything either.
The fact is, if they weren't split up, they could be charging whatever they want, do you really think they'd go as low as 5 cents a minute? From dealing with local telcos that have monopolies in certain areas, I can tell you the answer is no, they'd screw you every which way they could.
95 crashes way more than 98 on every machine I have ever upgraded to 98 from 95. I used to get a BSOD on this one machine almost every day, but with 98 it was very stable as far as any windows box goes.
But I hate them both and haven't used windows in months, and don't plan to any time soon unless I am forced to for work or something.
I almost agreed with you till the last bit. If you want freedom of data for kiddie porn, then along with that copyright should be out the window completely. That's putting monitory interests above the interests of the children that were molested to create kiddie porn. If any control of data is allowed, things like kiddie porn where someone's rights were violated to create it should not be allowed.
Personally, I'm not sure where I stand on these issues.
IMHO of course.
I'm sorry, but all their lines run on public and private property. They're only _IN BUSINESS AT ALL_ because they are _ALLOWED_ to be. If they want to stay in business and keep their lines _AT ALL_, they should have to play by the rules that are set for them. If that deal includes opening up their lines, that's how it should be. You can charge me anything you want to allow me on your property, they've got it easy.
Here's my theory, Christian fundies and pro-life zealots thought this was their big chance to vote for a candidate who would uphold their moral beliefs(yeah right!), and everyone else came out to vote for Gore because they're scared shitless of Bush.
That's how it broke down in my family anyway.
I voted for Nader though.