a friend of mine went by the nick "Cyclops". Instead of the common ":)" smiley he would just type "o)" instead. You don't want to know how often people asked what the hell that expression meant:).
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There is absolutely no better way to express sarcasm online, I love it |:)
OK, so I've read all the comments, and the more I read, the more I'm amazed. You see, I'm from Belgium.
Situation in Belgium: An ISP duopoly offering broadband internet at inflated prices. The limit? 10GB/month. That's it. This is not even a loose limit, it's actively monitored: download one kb too much and you'll get trottled down to a speed that would make 56k owners feel proud.
A LOT of discussions have been going on on Belgian forums about this, with the main statement of the ISP's being: "there is no way you are filling up 10 gig/month with legal downloads", followed by the dowload linux/watch youtube/xbox live/buy movie arguments, that do make a lot of sense. I am one of the people that gets over 10GB monthly with normal internet use only.
What am I reading here? People getting cut off for downloading 200 or 300 GB/month after getting warned and they are screaming and kicking like it's the end of the world. Even more: someone here claimed he gets 250GB monthly with legal downloads only. Sorry, but that is bullshit, even with all those linux distros you claim to download.
An average of 300GB/month is NOT "reasonable". Your ISP warning you about your insane behaviour BEFORE cutting you off is reasonable. With our 10 GB/month limit we are very conscious about how much traffic an average action on the internet takes. Let me start by telling you that stuff like youtube and mp3 stores are completely neglectible, unless you are downloading 24/7. I'm estimating that if you love playing demos on your 360 and purchasing movies over the internet several times a month ("heavy legal usage", so way above the average) you'd end up using about 30GB/month.
If you (like me) can see the benefit of having a fully developed MMORPG that is completely open source just donate a little, quickly!" I do not see the benefits actually, can anyone explain?
after reading the entire article I can only conclude this is a hoax. Using liquid nitrogen, helium and superconductors to prepare food? Class IV lasers to cook things from the inside out? Handheld Ion particle guns to make food levitate? Suuuure.
I payed for it, never regretted it. As far as crashes go...it has been a few versions ago since I saw my last crash in opera.
However, I use firefox at work. The whole plugin system feels like everything is poorly pasted together. Also it tends to freeze on a lot of sites:(
not a bad idea. A lot of people will learn the value of a safe browser AND will realise there are more (better?) alternatives than just firefox/mozilla
what makes you think firefox doesn't need java? If you don't have java, java applets won't work. Don't act like java is an essential part of Opera, because it isn't.
Oh, and some of your firefox "advantages" are just plugins....plugins like you can also get on opera.
wrong. Nitro can be found http://sourceforge.net/projects/nitro/here and has tons of credible code in their repository. People got it to work, but it still needs tons of tweaking before they can make a public release.
Only 4 meg, that is true, but it still gives some interesting options:
- homebrew games and software (and maybe even hacked roms, no clue if that is possible) can be programmed in a way that the data is streamed real-time from your pc. Why the need to download the full game in 1 blow? Download the new level/map from your pc the moment you need it:)
- watch streaming movies! Use the 4 meg to download a streaming movie player onto your DS, let your computer do the rest.
Yes, the memory is limited, but combined with the wi-fi connection the amount of possibilities is larger then you might think;)
Valve hates linux users because they keep whining about how their OS (that was made for server purposes) is not supported...you don't ever hear apple users complaining, even though they ARE using a desktop OS.
if you were a gamer, you would at least have a dualboot system...you really weren't expecting to run each and every game trough some freeware directx emulator I hope?
We already have something much more useful tool for that: cygwin. THE way to compile and run native linux apps on windows without wasting an excessive amount of systeml resources.
instead of acting like a jackass and trolling by downvoting a bit more, you could also just tell me who I should direct my problems to. Right now, I don't have much choice but posting it all in here. I guess you never thought about that huh?
Why do I get get a minus score for the fact that 3 other people post the same fact in the same minute I am posting it? I am NOT a psychic, there is no way for me to predict what other people will post in 1 minute time, and if there is: PLEASE tell me, mister genious.
Erm..they are using pearPC to emulate the powerpc architecture. This software (+source) is available both on linux and windows. In other world, what they did isn't special at all:/
btw: pearPC is SLOOOWWWW
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There is absolutely no better way to express sarcasm online, I love it |:)
OK, so I've read all the comments, and the more I read, the more I'm amazed. You see, I'm from Belgium. Situation in Belgium: An ISP duopoly offering broadband internet at inflated prices. The limit? 10GB/month. That's it. This is not even a loose limit, it's actively monitored: download one kb too much and you'll get trottled down to a speed that would make 56k owners feel proud. A LOT of discussions have been going on on Belgian forums about this, with the main statement of the ISP's being: "there is no way you are filling up 10 gig/month with legal downloads", followed by the dowload linux/watch youtube/xbox live/buy movie arguments, that do make a lot of sense. I am one of the people that gets over 10GB monthly with normal internet use only. What am I reading here? People getting cut off for downloading 200 or 300 GB/month after getting warned and they are screaming and kicking like it's the end of the world. Even more: someone here claimed he gets 250GB monthly with legal downloads only. Sorry, but that is bullshit, even with all those linux distros you claim to download. An average of 300GB/month is NOT "reasonable". Your ISP warning you about your insane behaviour BEFORE cutting you off is reasonable. With our 10 GB/month limit we are very conscious about how much traffic an average action on the internet takes. Let me start by telling you that stuff like youtube and mp3 stores are completely neglectible, unless you are downloading 24/7. I'm estimating that if you love playing demos on your 360 and purchasing movies over the internet several times a month ("heavy legal usage", so way above the average) you'd end up using about 30GB/month.
Slashdotting the official Wii shopchannel, while people were already complaining about a slow performance? Damn thee in hell!
actually, scriptkiddie is the best name for him. Suits the definition of a "scriptkiddie" like a glove :)
1,920 x 1,080 pixels. It could be me, but it does look quite low for a screen that big.
Wikipedia got slashdotted. What did they do to deserve this?! *shakes fist*
to communicate we could just use our male/female connectors. Compatibility guaranteed.
after reading the entire article I can only conclude this is a hoax. Using liquid nitrogen, helium and superconductors to prepare food? Class IV lasers to cook things from the inside out? Handheld Ion particle guns to make food levitate? Suuuure.
I tried this almost a year ago. I thought slashdot was NEWS for nerds?
"there are a lot of great games on linux. breakout....super breakout....Gimp..
Apple also released a new device with 20 gig HD and display that allows you to listen to music on the road. The device will be called "iPod"
I payed for it, never regretted it. As far as crashes go...it has been a few versions ago since I saw my last crash in opera. However, I use firefox at work. The whole plugin system feels like everything is poorly pasted together. Also it tends to freeze on a lot of sites :(
not a bad idea. A lot of people will learn the value of a safe browser AND will realise there are more (better?) alternatives than just firefox/mozilla
what makes you think firefox doesn't need java? If you don't have java, java applets won't work. Don't act like java is an essential part of Opera, because it isn't. Oh, and some of your firefox "advantages" are just plugins....plugins like you can also get on opera.
wrong. Nitro can be found http://sourceforge.net/projects/nitro/here and has tons of credible code in their repository. People got it to work, but it still needs tons of tweaking before they can make a public release.
Only 4 meg, that is true, but it still gives some interesting options: - homebrew games and software (and maybe even hacked roms, no clue if that is possible) can be programmed in a way that the data is streamed real-time from your pc. Why the need to download the full game in 1 blow? Download the new level/map from your pc the moment you need it :)
- watch streaming movies! Use the 4 meg to download a streaming movie player onto your DS, let your computer do the rest.
Yes, the memory is limited, but combined with the wi-fi connection the amount of possibilities is larger then you might think ;)
Where do you think it's got it's name from? From all those people WHINEing they can't play there fav. games on a non gaming OS :p
Valve hates linux users because they keep whining about how their OS (that was made for server purposes) is not supported...you don't ever hear apple users complaining, even though they ARE using a desktop OS.
if you were a gamer, you would at least have a dualboot system...you really weren't expecting to run each and every game trough some freeware directx emulator I hope?
We already have something much more useful tool for that: cygwin. THE way to compile and run native linux apps on windows without wasting an excessive amount of systeml resources.
maybe the most constructive reply in this entire discussion, and it gets a score of 0? Someone here is a rather fanatic windows basher -_-.
instead of acting like a jackass and trolling by downvoting a bit more, you could also just tell me who I should direct my problems to. Right now, I don't have much choice but posting it all in here. I guess you never thought about that huh?
Why do I get get a minus score for the fact that 3 other people post the same fact in the same minute I am posting it? I am NOT a psychic, there is no way for me to predict what other people will post in 1 minute time, and if there is: PLEASE tell me, mister genious.
Erm..they are using pearPC to emulate the powerpc architecture. This software (+source) is available both on linux and windows. In other world, what they did isn't special at all :/
btw: pearPC is SLOOOWWWW