You sick puppy! I salute you. The dried cow manure is a nice touch.
This is starting to remind me of a conversation with someone from Luisiana 10 years ago. He was telling me about an alledged incident in La. where someone got a section of pvc pipe shoved where the sun don't shine, then a length of barb-wire was threaded up the pvc pipe, then the pipe was removed leaving behind the barb wire. I remarked something like, "well it could have been worse." him: "how so?" me:" at least they didn't hook the free end of the barb-wire over the electric fence!"
Hmmm...would be a good way to keep track of these lawyers, just check the fence if ya need one.;)
I'm easy, whichever causes the most pain and suffering to the lawyers in question. Heck, I'd even go for castrating them with a bench vise if done correctly. (say, one turn of the handle every half hour)
You presume way too much with this one. I have in fact already upgraded from XP...to Fedora Core 5, thank you very much. The WGA debacle was the last straw for me, so safe to say there will be no Vista on my horizon.
Since I build all of my family's PC's, I don't even have to format the HDD to get rid installed crap like Vista before installing an OS.( no Dell's here, dude!)
Why disclude the Frankenbox? I find that being able to do a custom build/os install upstages all other options.
I understand that is not an option for some users, but I try and stretch it as far as I can.
"I'm under the impression that the 60's was a heck of a decade for a geek like me, I'm just fishing for more info. It must have been an interesting time when computers weren't ubiquitous and all the new ideas were bubbling to the surface. Then the moon landing... wow."
Moon landings- wow! Yes! As for the rest of your post, I'll refer you to this:( by zogger (617870) Friend of a Friend on Sunday August 13, @04:07PM (#15899474) (http://technocrat.net/ | Last Journal: Wednesday July 05, @06:31PM) 60's were strange. We had various bad news war coverage all the time, still civil rights issues, riots, etc. but when it came to space, it's like everything stopped. All the channels covered space shots, they would suspend regular programming and just follow it all day long. Just about everyone loved it. It was something to just feel good about. So when we got a modern (for then) space show, it...took off is the word. Even though it was cancelled quickly, and no one really knew why besides the producers. And yes, I think that was the real kick in the pants decade for tech advances, although we are getting a LOT more now, it just seemed and felt more important then. Now it is normal to hear about fantastic advances, back then it was still exciting, even if by modern standards they weren't all that special or innovative. You just *knew* neat stuff was coming, it wasn't there yet, but it would be soon. )"
I could not said this as well, so forgive the in mass quote. I hope this formats to give "zogger (617870) " full credit for a good reply.
I hear you. I can still remember the excitement for the first episode. We (my family) were at some friends house for a party just for that show. My father and the host worked together at Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA)
At that time, the show and special effects were near cutting edge, and a lot of the concepts in the show were new and strange- cool!
The plots were standard fare, but that's true of any show- it's damn near impossible to come up with a totally original, never been done before story line and plot. All of the basic ones have been done for centuries I guess.
Taste in music is a whole different area- let's just say I would not have been upset if the assasin had bagged the 4 of them a decade earlier, but that's just me.
Yes, they had talent, and yes they were popular, but so not my style- has the same effect as fingernails on a chalkboard.
BTW, even after all of that, there are about 2 or 3 songs of theirs I do like, and I do respect their talent and creativity. It just is not my style of music for the most part.
Back in the mid 60's when the "Fab Four" were starting to get airtime in USA, I was already hooked on several "underground" radio stations around Columbus, OH that were playing stuff like: Fat Mattress (Noel Redding- became bassist for Jimi Hendrix Experience) White Rhino (don't know what happened with them) MC5 Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes
As you can see, this is a world of difference from the Beatles.
Perhaps I was a little harsh, but fanatics of any type always seem to light my short fuse. This past xmas, I purchased the John Lennon boxed set for my stepdaughter, and have added to her Beatles collection in the past, but I don't care to listen to them myself.
It's humor, so you are the one needing to get a clue. (hint: laugh- it was funny!) BTW, the typo did not detract from the joke, even you knew who he was referring to or you would not have tried to correct him.
Knowing that Lenin was shot YEARS ago is what made it funny.
But think of that 20 minutes of commercials each hour your missing- they're soooo much better in HD! Really, the Geico Gecko never looked so good.
All joking aside, i agree 100% with you. Trying to watch TV also drives me insane. (see above)
I was spoiled in the old days when commercials were only at 15 minute intervals (one interruption for a half hour show), then it became every 10 minutes, now- forget it.
And yes, the ratio of good movies to total # of movies is way, way low.
Thanks to my love of reading, I can still keep myself entertained. BTW, if you are into sci-fi and fantasy, try Baen Free Library (http://www.baen.com/library/). Good stuff there! Jim Baen has the best idea yet for distributing media in this age that I've seen. Eric Flint (one of the authors featured in the library) has a good right up of the "method to the madness" of the Baen Free Library that makes for informative/insightful reading.
If that is clogging your LAN, then you might want to do a little troubleshooting and fix it. I've got a fileserver with all of our movies and music on it, and the other 4 PC's can play movies or music ( or combo of the two) at the same time with no problems.
If streaming a 128kb/s audio file is clogging yer tubes, then yer tubes have problems. Call Roto Rooter maybe?
"When You Smoke Weed, You're Helping The Terrorists"
Already done. Try renting "Reefer Madness" if you want a good chuckle.
(http://www.reefer-madness-movie.com/) or this: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028346/), or here: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness_(1936 _film))
Funny stuff nowdays, but at the expense of our current "War on Drugs" and associated issues.
Yeah,WTF? Are they not good enough for Tang, like human astronauts? The ACLU and Humane Society need to set them straight ASAP! Sheesh, plain old orange juice!
Here is where/. is dropping the ball. We could be even more entertained here if/. would take advantage of this. (would require streaming video in a small window on the/. page)
WTF? you ask? Glad you asked, 'cause here goes:
Redo/.'s website (have another contest!) to display a small video window on the main page that plays 5-10 second clips from the "/. Server's a Smokin' WebCam" for each story on the main page, (would cycle through all the vid's for each story on the main page) then on each article's page the video would be a constant stream from that cam-not 5-10 second clips.
When an article is submitted, then gets accepted, before it gets put on the website,/. sends in their team of ninja monkey robots to plant the webcam in the server room, then post TFA.
Then we can all vote/bet/predict how long the server will survive, winner gets mod points of karma, or whatever.
Added intertainment value if cam also gets a good shoot of the poor bastards that have to deal with that new high dollar server that just puddled on the floor!
Yeah, all the time anymore. I used to view the game as someone's fantasy future world; not reality, or likely. (not dis'ing the game or creators- loved the game!) Now the paranoid side of me thinks the game is being used as a "roadmap" for our future.
*goes back into bunker and awaits corporate solo attack*
Okay, the humor escaped me. My apologies.:) In retrospect, it was kind of harsh. I'll chalk it up to a bad day and lapse of good sense. I hope you can do the same, as I do encourage a reasoable discussio/debate.
BTW, I have no vendetta against Apple, or their fanboys for that matter. I missed the humor and thought that another fanboy was trying to derail or troll the discussion, and became irratated- my mistake.
Hope there's no hard feelings, none were actually intended.
I can't come to your house, you insensitive clod!, teh tubes are clogged with clay tablets!
I won't be able to download my internet until Friday now!
Turn that crap down, and get off of my lawn! Damn kids!
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"But the current direction is much more efficent and has great performance, so I definatly think we'll see Intel regain market share."
I agree 100% for the short-term, but I don't count AMD out of the picture. (short-term: Intel kicks butt, medium-term, AMD kicks butt, long term: lather, rinse, repeat)
(quote from above link) "EE Times: With fab 38, AMD is planning to install a very modern production line. But this fab will launch production only in two years. What are AMDs plans for the time between?
Udo Nothelfer: Presently, the main focus of Fab 36 is an aggressive ramp-up for 90-nm chips on 300 mm. Also we are about to complete the 65-nm technology qualification and will bring them to production in the second half of 2006.
EE Times: Are the technological issues solved, especially regarding lithography and materials?
Nothelfer: With the relevant problems, we are through. We are nicely on track and will reach our goal in the second half of the year. Our next major challenge will be the rapid ramp-up of 65-nm volume production. Our goal is quite aggressive: By mid-2007, we want to have the conversion to 65-nm in fab 36 done. "
He (Nothelfer) then starts talking about the 45 nm hurdles they are working on.
I'm sure Intel is also forging ahead (one hint: get rid of the wole FSB concept, HyperTransport works!), and it will take a long time (if ever) for AMD to break over the 50% market share, but AMD increasing it's market share by any significant amount has an effect on Intel.
BTW, I happen to be partial to AMD cpu's, but I am not a rabid fanboy, I have both AMD cpu's(2), and Intel cpu's (3) on my home network.
Core Duo is a big step up for Intel, and I expect them to take full advantage of this while they can, then AMD will step in with their volley.
Who wins? So far, the customers. Hopefully that will continue, as I for one welcome my Star Trek computer-like overlords!
The Apple curse only exists in the minds of Apple fanboys, if you're not one, forget it; if you are, then deal with it. Only an Apple fanboy would whine about *curses* in an article about IBM adopting AMD's Opteron chips for servers.
Way to twist this around to your fanaticism!
I wish I have used my mod points up (about 30 minutes ago), as I would have modded you -1 offtopic.
I have the karma to withstand negative mod points, so I'm not worried, I just had to respond to your inane post, even though it will probably inflame some of your fellow fanboys.
That is not my purpose, as it has nothing to do with the article or topic without applying a lot of unnecessary spin.
Crawl back in your hole, or contribute to an informative, relative, on-topic conversation.
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You sick puppy! I salute you. The dried cow manure is a nice touch.
;)
This is starting to remind me of a conversation with someone from Luisiana 10 years ago.
He was telling me about an alledged incident in La. where someone got a section of pvc pipe shoved where the sun don't shine, then a length of barb-wire was threaded up the pvc pipe, then the pipe was removed leaving behind the barb wire. I remarked something like, "well it could have been worse." him: "how so?" me:" at least they didn't hook the free end of the barb-wire over the electric fence!"
Hmmm...would be a good way to keep track of these lawyers, just check the fence if ya need one.
I'm easy, whichever causes the most pain and suffering to the lawyers in question.
Heck, I'd even go for castrating them with a bench vise if done correctly. (say, one turn of the handle every half hour)
"...before we all upgrade to Vista."
You presume way too much with this one.
I have in fact already upgraded from XP...to Fedora Core 5, thank you very much.
The WGA debacle was the last straw for me, so safe to say there will be no Vista on my horizon.
Since I build all of my family's PC's, I don't even have to format the HDD to get rid installed crap like Vista before installing an OS.( no Dell's here, dude!)
If by chemical castration you mean battery acid, then I agree. Anything less is not near harsh enough.
Spot on!
Why disclude the Frankenbox? I find that being able to do a custom build/os install upstages all other options.
I understand that is not an option for some users, but I try and stretch it as far as I can.
"I'm under the impression that the 60's was a heck of a decade for a geek like me, I'm just fishing for more info. It must have been an interesting time when computers weren't ubiquitous and all the new ideas were bubbling to the surface. Then the moon landing... wow."
Moon landings- wow! Yes!
As for the rest of your post, I'll refer you to this:( by zogger (617870) Friend of a Friend on Sunday August 13, @04:07PM (#15899474)
(http://technocrat.net/ | Last Journal: Wednesday July 05, @06:31PM)
60's were strange. We had various bad news war coverage all the time, still civil rights issues, riots, etc. but when it came to space, it's like everything stopped. All the channels covered space shots, they would suspend regular programming and just follow it all day long. Just about everyone loved it. It was something to just feel good about. So when we got a modern (for then) space show, it...took off is the word. Even though it was cancelled quickly, and no one really knew why besides the producers. And yes, I think that was the real kick in the pants decade for tech advances, although we are getting a LOT more now, it just seemed and felt more important then. Now it is normal to hear about fantastic advances, back then it was still exciting, even if by modern standards they weren't all that special or innovative. You just *knew* neat stuff was coming, it wasn't there yet, but it would be soon.
)"
I could not said this as well, so forgive the in mass quote. I hope this formats to give "zogger (617870) " full credit for a good reply.
I hear you. I can still remember the excitement for the first episode.
We (my family) were at some friends house for a party just for that show. My father and the host worked together at Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA)
At that time, the show and special effects were near cutting edge, and a lot of the concepts in the show were new and strange- cool!
The plots were standard fare, but that's true of any show- it's damn near impossible to come up with a totally original, never been done before story line and plot. All of the basic ones have been done for centuries I guess.
Taste in music is a whole different area- let's just say I would not have been upset if the assasin had bagged the 4 of them a decade earlier, but that's just me.
Yes, they had talent, and yes they were popular, but so not my style- has the same effect as fingernails on a chalkboard.
BTW, even after all of that, there are about 2 or 3 songs of theirs I do like, and I do respect their talent and creativity. It just is not my style of music for the most part.
Back in the mid 60's when the "Fab Four" were starting to get airtime in USA, I was already hooked on several "underground" radio stations around Columbus, OH that were playing stuff like:
Fat Mattress (Noel Redding- became bassist for Jimi Hendrix Experience)
White Rhino (don't know what happened with them)
MC5
Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes
As you can see, this is a world of difference from the Beatles.
Perhaps I was a little harsh, but fanatics of any type always seem to light my short fuse.
This past xmas, I purchased the John Lennon boxed set for my stepdaughter, and have added to her Beatles collection in the past, but I don't care to listen to them myself.
It's humor, so you are the one needing to get a clue. (hint: laugh- it was funny!)
BTW, the typo did not detract from the joke, even you knew who he was referring to or you would not have tried to correct him.
Knowing that Lenin was shot YEARS ago is what made it funny.
LOL, well done!
Encore! Encore! We want verse two!
Hookers, and Blackjack...
But think of that 20 minutes of commercials each hour your missing- they're soooo much better in HD!
Really, the Geico Gecko never looked so good.
All joking aside, i agree 100% with you. Trying to watch TV also drives me insane. (see above)
I was spoiled in the old days when commercials were only at 15 minute intervals (one interruption for a half hour show), then it became every 10 minutes, now- forget it.
And yes, the ratio of good movies to total # of movies is way, way low.
Thanks to my love of reading, I can still keep myself entertained. BTW, if you are into sci-fi and fantasy, try Baen Free Library (http://www.baen.com/library/). Good stuff there! Jim Baen has the best idea yet for distributing media in this age that I've seen. Eric Flint (one of the authors featured in the library) has a good right up of the "method to the madness" of the Baen Free Library that makes for informative/insightful reading.
I just spewed beer over my monitor, you insensitive clod!
LOL! Thanks for a good laugh, but I'm worried you may be more right than wrong.
Sony seems determined to self destruct in a most spectacular way.
If that is clogging your LAN, then you might want to do a little troubleshooting and fix it.
I've got a fileserver with all of our movies and music on it, and the other 4 PC's can play movies or music ( or combo of the two) at the same time with no problems.
If streaming a 128kb/s audio file is clogging yer tubes, then yer tubes have problems.
Call Roto Rooter maybe?
"When You Smoke Weed, You're Helping The Terrorists"
6 _film))
Already done. Try renting "Reefer Madness" if you want a good chuckle.
(http://www.reefer-madness-movie.com/) or this: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028346/), or here:
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness_(193
Funny stuff nowdays, but at the expense of our current "War on Drugs" and associated issues.
Yeah,WTF? Are they not good enough for Tang, like human astronauts?
The ACLU and Humane Society need to set them straight ASAP!
Sheesh, plain old orange juice!
Here is where /. is dropping the ball. We could be even more entertained here if /. would take advantage of this. (would require streaming video in a small window on the /. page)
/.'s website (have another contest!) to display a small video window on the main page that plays 5-10 second clips from the "/. Server's a Smokin' WebCam" for each story on the main page, (would cycle through all the vid's for each story on the main page) then on each article's page the video would be a constant stream from that cam-not 5-10 second clips.
/. sends in their team of ninja monkey robots to plant the webcam in the server room, then post TFA.
;)
WTF? you ask? Glad you asked, 'cause here goes:
Redo
When an article is submitted, then gets accepted, before it gets put on the website,
Then we can all vote/bet/predict how long the server will survive, winner gets mod points of karma, or whatever.
Added intertainment value if cam also gets a good shoot of the poor bastards that have to deal with that new high dollar server that just puddled on the floor!
Just a thought.
Yeah, all the time anymore.
I used to view the game as someone's fantasy future world; not reality, or likely. (not dis'ing the game or creators- loved the game!)
Now the paranoid side of me thinks the game is being used as a "roadmap" for our future.
*goes back into bunker and awaits corporate solo attack*
Kinda what I was thinking too.
I always thought that a few lines of code could be far more effective than yet another PHB.
"You realize every time you say that to somebody with a clearance, they want to strange you, right?"
:(http://nakedworldrecords.com/phone.htm) IMHO, but I could be wrong! ;)
I would say that you're spot on, although a strange euphimism is 'strange', hmm...
BTW, here's why the NSA is so interested in phone calls
"...if it was Mr. Ballmer."
I would not try all three on this one- I would make a chair out of Mr. Wooden Balmer, it only seems fair somehow!
Okay, the humor escaped me. :)
My apologies.
In retrospect, it was kind of harsh. I'll chalk it up to a bad day and lapse of good sense. I hope you can do the same, as I do encourage a reasoable discussio/debate.
BTW, I have no vendetta against Apple, or their fanboys for that matter.
I missed the humor and thought that another fanboy was trying to derail or troll the discussion, and became irratated- my mistake.
Hope there's no hard feelings, none were actually intended.
I can't come to your house, you insensitive clod!, teh tubes are clogged with clay tablets!
I won't be able to download my internet until Friday now!
Turn that crap down, and get off of my lawn! Damn kids!
"But the current direction is much more efficent and has great performance, so I definatly think we'll see Intel regain market share."
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I agree 100% for the short-term, but I don't count AMD out of the picture. (short-term: Intel kicks butt, medium-term, AMD kicks butt, long term: lather, rinse, repeat)
Note this: (http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jht
(quote from above link) "EE Times: With fab 38, AMD is planning to install a very modern production line. But this fab will launch production only in two years. What are AMDs plans for the time between?
Udo Nothelfer: Presently, the main focus of Fab 36 is an aggressive ramp-up for 90-nm chips on 300 mm. Also we are about to complete the 65-nm technology qualification and will bring them to production in the second half of 2006.
EE Times: Are the technological issues solved, especially regarding lithography and materials?
Nothelfer: With the relevant problems, we are through. We are nicely on track and will reach our goal in the second half of the year. Our next major challenge will be the rapid ramp-up of 65-nm volume production. Our goal is quite aggressive: By mid-2007, we want to have the conversion to 65-nm in fab 36 done. "
He (Nothelfer) then starts talking about the 45 nm hurdles they are working on.
I'm sure Intel is also forging ahead (one hint: get rid of the wole FSB concept, HyperTransport works!), and it will take a long time (if ever) for AMD to break over the 50% market share, but AMD increasing it's market share by any significant amount has an effect on Intel.
BTW, I happen to be partial to AMD cpu's, but I am not a rabid fanboy, I have both AMD cpu's(2), and Intel cpu's (3) on my home network.
Core Duo is a big step up for Intel, and I expect them to take full advantage of this while they can, then AMD will step in with their volley.
Who wins? So far, the customers. Hopefully that will continue, as I for one welcome my Star Trek computer-like overlords!
The Apple curse only exists in the minds of Apple fanboys, if you're not one, forget it; if you are, then deal with it.
Only an Apple fanboy would whine about *curses* in an article about IBM adopting AMD's Opteron chips for servers.
Way to twist this around to your fanaticism!
I wish I have used my mod points up (about 30 minutes ago), as I would have modded you -1 offtopic.
I have the karma to withstand negative mod points, so I'm not worried, I just had to respond to your inane post, even though it will probably inflame some of your fellow fanboys.
That is not my purpose, as it has nothing to do with the article or topic without applying a lot of unnecessary spin.
Crawl back in your hole, or contribute to an informative, relative, on-topic conversation.
Thank you.