So you never fucked up your.config and tried to boot a kernel that wont support harddisk without having a backup kernel somewhere? Hell, you seem to be a lot smarter than me...
If you even can screw up your Linux install that badly, then that's a very serious design flaw.
A weak bladder is usually the result of poor housetraining, or in the case of many bitches, being spayed too young. One thing a vet will never tell you about getting a bitch spayed is that if you do it before they're a year old, it causes hormonal imbalances that lead to severe bladder control problems. The bladder control problems can be controlled with medication, but the best solution is to wait until the dog is a year old to spay.
That's a total and complete myth. Point to the study that proves this, and then we'll talk. Otherwise, you're just perpetuating another myth that encourages pet overpopulation.
Well, you don't have to go to a shelter. You can go to a rescue group, so you know what you're getting. Getting a puppy is even worse than getting an adult dog at the shelter. With a puppy, you have no idea what you're getting. Get a rescue dog.
You may have gotten unlucky with non-housetrained dogs, but I can tell you, that I see at least 25-50 dogs/day, and 9/10 times when a behavior or health problem occurs, it's with some purebred that the stupid owner paid money for.
Well, why not go all out with the genetic modifiers?
Quite honestly, most dog & cat breeders are simply too stupid to do such a thing. Breeders are the primary reason why we have such a terrible overpopulation problem in this country. Not only do they encourage people to buy, instead of rescuing, but they usually dump off "bad" litters on the side of the road or at your local pound. On top of that, most breeders can't even spell "genetics", which is why so many purebred dogs and cats you see are so damn unhealthy. Dog & cat breeders are true scum. We need to spay & neuter breeders.
My sincere hope is, Allerca will someday engineer a Yorkie that won't constantly pee on my carpet. Now that would be marketable. Cute yes... but Yorkies are damn monster sprinklers.
Real simple solution: Don't buy your dog. Purebreds are much, much, much more likely to have genetic problems (like a weak bladder, bad temperment) than mixed breeds. Next time, visit your local shelter or rescue and rescue a nice mutt. You'll be much happier.
Fact hardly matters in the opinions of an uneducated, uninformed public.
I'd like to think of myself as educated and informed, and I don't like to hear "nuclear fission". Especially when the X-Prize was just won with a rocket consisting of ammonia and solid natural rubber. It doesn't get much cheaper or safer than that. The only problem is that, like any new transportation technology, the people who are at risk to lose money will do everything they can to hold onto the old ways of doing things.
but Jesus Tapdancing Christ, you can't get wider policy differences than you have this year.
Eeeh... not so much. One big policy problem that I have with both of them is that they are both in favor of the "War on Drugs", and locking people away for a long, long time for hurting nobody (other than maybe themselves, and not even that if you're talking about pot). To me, this is a basic civil liberty that I believe all people are entitled to, and this issue is more important to me than a war in Iraq or "terrorism", so I voted for the Libertarian candidate.
And the thing is that you know the guys at Rockstar are some sick guys. I have a feeling that once the thief is found, he'll have his tires shot out. As the Rockstar guys catch up to him, they'll probably fire an uzi out the driver side window until his car catches on fire. Since, once the car is on fire, it's explosion is imminent, the occupant will jump out and run down the street, fleeing in terror. A Rockstar employee will knock him down with a shotgun blast, then beat him to death with a baseball bat. Of course, once he's dead, they'll steal his money. Then, I'm betting, they'll steal a sweet Jamaican gang car with hydraulics, and use said car and cash to pick up a prostitute.
Apple went from a pascal based operating system (OS9) to a fully functional, hyper powerful OS in less than 10 years.
And it's users paid out the nose for each and every release! That's grrrrrreat!
Really, Apple releases so incredibly often, and does such a half-assed job at backwards compatibility, I have to wonder why Mac users keep buying each and every release.
What I want to know is do they need distributed computing clients? I mean, why would I want my extra CPU cycles to work on finding life outside of this planet or curing disease when I can help with WAR?!?!
Why does Slashdot insist on publishing at the very *least*, one article a day on a Linux based PDA? Why? Every single one has been a total and complete flop. Virtually nobody in the real world (outside of Slashdot readers) use them. They are *always* withdrawn from the market after a few months, and when they are, there are always a good half dozen Slashdotters that post a "But I love mine. Why aren't they still being made? It's such a shame". They're always using some cutting edge technology (Bluetooth, 3G, etc.) that most people A. Could care less about B. Couldn't even begin to figure out.
Face it. There will always be a Linux based PDA on the market. They all seem to suck in one way or another. They are all overpriced. They will always fail. Now, please continue with some interesting stories, huh?
Real VNC (formerly just plain ol' "VNC") works great for what it is, but it's not possible to beat Windows Terminal Services. Real multi-user sessions, plus with it being tied to the OS, there's simply no need for polling what's on the monitor, giving real time performance (or close to it) even over dialup.
ow if you actually started to configure that 469 deal with "firewire" and other features the mac includes and a decent gfx card to match, it ends up costing more. This is known as reeling people in with "bait". That monitor they include is a piece of crap and nobody in their right mind would used that on a daily basis with it's low refresh rates that make even the Emac monitor look bad.
I've *never* even seen a Firewire device, so that's useless to us. Graphics aren't really necessary at work. VGA 800x600 is just fine. I'd have to spend MORE money to get parallel and serial ports installed in a Mac (if they even exist).
And no I didn't even look at the iBooks because I know that they don't have parallel or serial ports or PS2 ports, making them useless for us.
x86 is only cheaper than mac if your time has no value.
All of the PC's that I've bought in the past 4 years or so I just plugged in and they worked. I've played with OS X and still don't really understand how it's going to help me get work done quicker or easier.
Ah, ok, I was wrong. Still wondering why this "charity" would be more worthwhile than one that say, oh I dunno, feeds hungry people, provides health care for sick people, keeps tabs on our government, etc.? It seems pretty damn frivolous, when I have useful charities asking me for money every day, and doing something productive in my community (rape crisis center, drug rehabilitation halfway house, stopping pet overpopulation, etc.).
Now, why should I give Firefox money? It's a for-profit corporation, just like anybody else. They're not a charity. They're not feeding the starving, or housing the homeless. Whether or not people use IE or Firefox really doesn't have any impact on my life, whatsoever, other than making sure that my DHTML is cross-browser compatible (which I do already). So, can somebody explain why I should fork over my hard earned money to a corporation so they can take out an advertisement? I don't have anybody handing me cash so that my company can take out an ad in the NY Times, and I probably create more jobs and tax revenue than Firefox does.
Screw Walt Mossberg! I'm looking at the web sites right now, and the prices aren't even *close*! For the same price as a Mac, I can get a kick ass PC, with interchangeable parts, no vendor lock in, tons and tons of supported applications (more importantly, business applications). They'd be great for say, my grandmother, who would never need to upgrade, and who would never really need to install any apps, but in a business setting, unless you're in the graphics industry, they're pretty, very expensive doorstops.
First off, by using educational Apple prices vs. standard Dell retail, you're comparing, well, Apples and oranges
Secondly, from everything I've read, you in no way need to get the best Intel chip available to compare with Apple in terms of speed. Everything I've read says that you need Apple's top processor/memory packages to make OSX zippy.
Plus, I have no idea what you're looking at, but Dell's chapest PC is $469 with monitor, while Apple's seems to be $799 with that ridiculous monitor built in, plus with half as much RAM.
Yes you are. And ultimately, you'll pay the price by living in a sterile, boring, lifeless suburbia because all small retailers will have died. Hell, it's already happened in most of the US.
Sounds like some processes running in the background. Actually, I *love* Sp2. It tells me when my virus software (I thought obscure software... apparently not) is out of date, and the firewall seems to work very well. I only wish I could get this on W2K, since that's what most of our office machines are. I have a plain ol' cheapo XP box with 512Meg of RAM, and I regularly run probably 6 browser windows, an email client, a few database client tools, a DVD movie, etc. No problems on my end.
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So you never fucked up your .config and tried to boot a kernel that wont support harddisk without having a backup kernel somewhere? Hell, you seem to be a lot smarter than me...
If you even can screw up your Linux install that badly, then that's a very serious design flaw.
A weak bladder is usually the result of poor housetraining, or in the case of many bitches, being spayed too young. One thing a vet will never tell you about getting a bitch spayed is that if you do it before they're a year old, it causes hormonal imbalances that lead to severe bladder control problems. The bladder control problems can be controlled with medication, but the best solution is to wait until the dog is a year old to spay.
That's a total and complete myth. Point to the study that proves this, and then we'll talk. Otherwise, you're just perpetuating another myth that encourages pet overpopulation.
Well, you don't have to go to a shelter. You can go to a rescue group, so you know what you're getting. Getting a puppy is even worse than getting an adult dog at the shelter. With a puppy, you have no idea what you're getting. Get a rescue dog.
You may have gotten unlucky with non-housetrained dogs, but I can tell you, that I see at least 25-50 dogs/day, and 9/10 times when a behavior or health problem occurs, it's with some purebred that the stupid owner paid money for.
Well, why not go all out with the genetic modifiers?
Quite honestly, most dog & cat breeders are simply too stupid to do such a thing. Breeders are the primary reason why we have such a terrible overpopulation problem in this country. Not only do they encourage people to buy, instead of rescuing, but they usually dump off "bad" litters on the side of the road or at your local pound. On top of that, most breeders can't even spell "genetics", which is why so many purebred dogs and cats you see are so damn unhealthy.
Dog & cat breeders are true scum. We need to spay & neuter breeders.
You can thank your wife for personally contributing to the pet overpopulation problem. Dog breeding needs to be outlawed.
My sincere hope is, Allerca will someday engineer a Yorkie that won't constantly pee on my carpet. Now that would be marketable. Cute yes... but Yorkies are damn monster sprinklers.
Real simple solution: Don't buy your dog. Purebreds are much, much, much more likely to have genetic problems (like a weak bladder, bad temperment) than mixed breeds. Next time, visit your local shelter or rescue and rescue a nice mutt. You'll be much happier.
Fact hardly matters in the opinions of an uneducated, uninformed public.
I'd like to think of myself as educated and informed, and I don't like to hear "nuclear fission". Especially when the X-Prize was just won with a rocket consisting of ammonia and solid natural rubber. It doesn't get much cheaper or safer than that. The only problem is that, like any new transportation technology, the people who are at risk to lose money will do everything they can to hold onto the old ways of doing things.
but Jesus Tapdancing Christ, you can't get wider policy differences than you have this year.
Eeeh... not so much. One big policy problem that I have with both of them is that they are both in favor of the "War on Drugs", and locking people away for a long, long time for hurting nobody (other than maybe themselves, and not even that if you're talking about pot). To me, this is a basic civil liberty that I believe all people are entitled to, and this issue is more important to me than a war in Iraq or "terrorism", so I voted for the Libertarian candidate.
And the thing is that you know the guys at Rockstar are some sick guys. I have a feeling that once the thief is found, he'll have his tires shot out. As the Rockstar guys catch up to him, they'll probably fire an uzi out the driver side window until his car catches on fire. Since, once the car is on fire, it's explosion is imminent, the occupant will jump out and run down the street, fleeing in terror. A Rockstar employee will knock him down with a shotgun blast, then beat him to death with a baseball bat. Of course, once he's dead, they'll steal his money. Then, I'm betting, they'll steal a sweet Jamaican gang car with hydraulics, and use said car and cash to pick up a prostitute.
Apple went from a pascal based operating system (OS9) to a fully functional, hyper powerful OS in less than 10 years.
And it's users paid out the nose for each and every release! That's grrrrrreat!
Really, Apple releases so incredibly often, and does such a half-assed job at backwards compatibility, I have to wonder why Mac users keep buying each and every release.
What I want to know is do they need distributed computing clients? I mean, why would I want my extra CPU cycles to work on finding life outside of this planet or curing disease when I can help with WAR?!?!
Uh, MSDE?
Why does Slashdot insist on publishing at the very *least*, one article a day on a Linux based PDA? Why? Every single one has been a total and complete flop. Virtually nobody in the real world (outside of Slashdot readers) use them. They are *always* withdrawn from the market after a few months, and when they are, there are always a good half dozen Slashdotters that post a "But I love mine. Why aren't they still being made? It's such a shame". They're always using some cutting edge technology (Bluetooth, 3G, etc.) that most people A. Could care less about B. Couldn't even begin to figure out.
Face it. There will always be a Linux based PDA on the market. They all seem to suck in one way or another. They are all overpriced. They will always fail. Now, please continue with some interesting stories, huh?
Real VNC (formerly just plain ol' "VNC") works great for what it is, but it's not possible to beat Windows Terminal Services. Real multi-user sessions, plus with it being tied to the OS, there's simply no need for polling what's on the monitor, giving real time performance (or close to it) even over dialup.
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organisation and therefore all money made has to go to furthering the foundation
Or paying the executives. There's no reason a "non-profit" can't pay it's CEO $1,000,000/year, and still not show a profit.
ow if you actually started to configure that 469 deal with "firewire" and other features the mac includes and a decent gfx card to match, it ends up costing more. This is known as reeling people in with "bait". That monitor they include is a piece of crap and nobody in their right mind would used that on a daily basis with it's low refresh rates that make even the Emac monitor look bad.
I've *never* even seen a Firewire device, so that's useless to us. Graphics aren't really necessary at work. VGA 800x600 is just fine. I'd have to spend MORE money to get parallel and serial ports installed in a Mac (if they even exist). And no I didn't even look at the iBooks because I know that they don't have parallel or serial ports or PS2 ports, making them useless for us.
x86 is only cheaper than mac if your time has no value.
All of the PC's that I've bought in the past 4 years or so I just plugged in and they worked. I've played with OS X and still don't really understand how it's going to help me get work done quicker or easier.
Ah, ok, I was wrong. Still wondering why this "charity" would be more worthwhile than one that say, oh I dunno, feeds hungry people, provides health care for sick people, keeps tabs on our government, etc.? It seems pretty damn frivolous, when I have useful charities asking me for money every day, and doing something productive in my community (rape crisis center, drug rehabilitation halfway house, stopping pet overpopulation, etc.).
Now, why should I give Firefox money? It's a for-profit corporation, just like anybody else. They're not a charity. They're not feeding the starving, or housing the homeless. Whether or not people use IE or Firefox really doesn't have any impact on my life, whatsoever, other than making sure that my DHTML is cross-browser compatible (which I do already). So, can somebody explain why I should fork over my hard earned money to a corporation so they can take out an advertisement? I don't have anybody handing me cash so that my company can take out an ad in the NY Times, and I probably create more jobs and tax revenue than Firefox does.
Screw Walt Mossberg! I'm looking at the web sites right now, and the prices aren't even *close*! For the same price as a Mac, I can get a kick ass PC, with interchangeable parts, no vendor lock in, tons and tons of supported applications (more importantly, business applications). They'd be great for say, my grandmother, who would never need to upgrade, and who would never really need to install any apps, but in a business setting, unless you're in the graphics industry, they're pretty, very expensive doorstops.
First off, by using educational Apple prices vs. standard Dell retail, you're comparing, well, Apples and oranges
Secondly, from everything I've read, you in no way need to get the best Intel chip available to compare with Apple in terms of speed. Everything I've read says that you need Apple's top processor/memory packages to make OSX zippy.
Plus, I have no idea what you're looking at, but Dell's chapest PC is $469 with monitor, while Apple's seems to be $799 with that ridiculous monitor built in, plus with half as much RAM.
They're not even in the same ballpark!
Unless you can see the future, this post is 100% troll.
Jesus Christ, people.
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Yes you are. And ultimately, you'll pay the price by living in a sterile, boring, lifeless suburbia because all small retailers will have died. Hell, it's already happened in most of the US.
Sounds like some processes running in the background. Actually, I *love* Sp2. It tells me when my virus software (I thought obscure software... apparently not) is out of date, and the firewall seems to work very well. I only wish I could get this on W2K, since that's what most of our office machines are. I have a plain ol' cheapo XP box with 512Meg of RAM, and I regularly run probably 6 browser windows, an email client, a few database client tools, a DVD movie, etc. No problems on my end.