I'm sure we've all noticed that there are many great pages out there, pages like this and others that provide good hubs of communication, and also several good personally run sites that have good information, or are at least entertaining.
Also note that while these pages exist, there is also a lot of random crap out there that really just wastes space and time. As the number of pages increases, I'm sure that it will be harder and harder to find quality documents among the wasteland of stuff we don't need.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
I talked with a recruiter from TOAS (A company that employs UNIX admins and hires their services out to other companies) a couple of months ago. She told me that the demand for good Linux administrators was definately on the rise.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
I've heard that Windows 2K Final is actually much more stable than it's predecessors, and cay stay up for a good amount of time without a reboot. I think this is what Microsoft needs to do.
Windows 2K is important for Microsoft for a few reasons.
First, Linux has the reputation for being very stable. The fact that a Linux box can stay up without crashing, and that you can change settings without rebooting the whole system has made people look at it as a server solution. Microsoft does need to catch up in this respect.
Second, they are no longer the definite big boy on the block. This AOL/Time Warner thing probably has them very worried. If this new mega-conglomerate decides to support another OS for a net-application type box, it could actually hurt them badly.
Third, they'll need a good product if the DOJ punishes them badly. If Microsoft continues to have a clearly inferior product, if they lose their position where they can still force it upon consumers, they'll need to compete fairly on the desktop front as well.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Well, we all are pretty much aware that Intel and AMD are having a speed war. It seems just about every few weeks, they push their chips faster to claim to have the fastest.
I know that the AMD chips that are currently coming out overclock pretty well, but I'm wondering if the new "Merced" or whatever Intel is going to call it now is going to be so responsive to overclocking. My friends claim that P2s and P3s are pretty crappy for overclocking, but Celerons seem to be good. Is the new chip from intel going to overclock well?
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Is the Transmeta overlord from After Y2K going to make an appearance?
Actually, I'm happy to finally see what Transmeta has been working on, for a while, I thought they just had Linus on board to improve their IPO standing.
I'm very interested, however, in a good Linux based PDA, and Transmeta's delivery of it will be great.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Copyright Lawyers are all over this stuff. The big companies they work for want to be able to screw over the customer with bad software. They are nothing but a hinderance to the development of good software, and will open up the door for big companies to use their legal minions to screw smaller companies and developers over.
This law is anticompetative at best, and downright evil to the core.
Tell your congressman "NO!" to this law. Maybe we need to form an Open Source PAC in DC to fight this BS.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Well, it looks like Microsoft will so no longer be the most Evil Corporation in existance. If this merger goes through, we could have an entirely new evil entity bent on controlling the internet.
This is pretty much a sick display of Katz' "corporatism," which is one of the few things I agree with Katz on.
The internet should not be the next battle ground for big corporations that it is becoming. Regular users are going to end up getting screwed in favor of huge profit margins.
Oh well, I guess we should all migrate to the I-2. ^_^;
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
I agree that there is, infact, scientific value for people to consider the possibilities of the origins of life. Although, we'll likely never know for sure.
However, all of this Life Started on Mars stuff is mainly hype, because they don't have anything else exciting to post about scientific discoveries. The prospect of extraterrestrial life is sure more interesting to most people than most scientific discoveries that have a lot more backing.
This is just something a lot of media will be talking about right now, now that they don't have a Y2k bug to hype.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Now, call me crazy, but I was under the impression you can't patent a natural resource.
Genes are a natural resource. They are a natural resource for building life. Humans did not invent them, so how can a human have a right to patent it?
Is a company going to actually claim they INVENTED a gene? Are they going to charge parents to have kids because they are violating this companies patent?
The patent laws in this country need to be rewritten entirely if they can get away with this.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
2000 is shaping up to be a good year for Linux. A new version of X, IBM's seemingly newfound support for Linux, and now Dell. With 2.4 and XFree86 4.0 on the way (not to mention KDE 2.0, and other cool stuff), this year looks like it will be good for Linux and Linux users.
Dell is one of the largest computer makers in the world right now, so it is definately a good thing that they are coming out and saying that they support Linux.
Hopefully this move will cause others to follow suit. Of course, a good goal to push for is to have all the major manufacturers offer Linux preinstalled with the sale of a new computer, instead of just Windows.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
My 1337 inside sources, who know someone who has a brother whose best friend's brother works for Lucasfilms, has leaked this following exclusive information!
George Lucas is working hard on Episode II: Jar Jar's Revenge. He's taking extra special care this time to make sure an otherwise cool movie would be ruined by one annoying computer generated character that he can sell toys of to little kids.
In the mean time, Lucasfilms is working on the special DVD release to be released with Generation Pi DVD players. It will feature a special THX(TM) Anti-Gungan Feature that will allow you to eliminate Jar Jar entirely from Episode 1 each time you watch it on your Home DVD Generation Pi with DIVX Enhanced Features Player. To do this you have to insert a five dollar bill each time you watch the film, or else Jar Jar returns to annoy you.
So go easy on Lucas, okay? He's only trying to make a buck.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
If one thing brings X down, it is that lack of support from the chipset makers into allowing there to be open source drivers.
Recent moves by 3DFX, and others to release Open Source drivers will hopefully make XFree86 4.0 much nicer than the 3.x releases in terms of supporting top of the line 3D cards well.
And also efforts of id and others to port games to Linux has helped chip makers come around and provide drivers.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
I've never actively attempted to crash a Mac though. I don't use them enough. I do know that I've seen Windows (which I use about as much as MacOS) crash more that MacOS.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
It's actually somewhat nice to hear the POV from someone who isn't directly associated with Linux.
This gets me to thinking what would have happened if Apple had not made the marketing mistakes it did and MacOS became the mainstream OS (instead of Windows)?
MacOS is seemingly more stable that Windows (I'm not entirely sure, I've never done anything that has crashed a Mac, though), so if MacOS were the #1 mainstream OS right now, would Linux be doing so well?
Isn't part of the Linux hype the fact that it is something that is not MS? Dont' get me wrong, I love Linux, but would we have all flocked to it if the mainstream OS was MacOS? It's hard to say, but I think not.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
I can attribute the recent revival of Gameboy to the Pokemon empire. Though Gameboy itself has gone through some improvements (ie Color, though not 100% full color like the Lynx, or Game Gear), the newest batch of GB sales has been due to those annoying Pokemon. Hmph.
But I am impressed. Gameboy came out before the Super NES, and it has lived through four generations of platforms. Perhaps all the other handhelds were too fancy, too expensive, or too unsupported. Who knows. The death of the GB is nowhere in sight, even as systems like Playstation and N64 are getting replaced by successors. Who would have thought that this little Tetris-plaiying machine would last so long?
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
You can never trust the integrity of your web site unless you are directly in charge of the hosting. Unfortunately, that is the way it is. A whole bunch of small companies probably got screwed because they don't have the knowhow or resources to do it themselves.
Not everyone can have a T3 coming into their office, plus the boxes and someone to maintain them in their office, so hosting services will probably always be needed.
Hopefully these sites are able to be restored, but it seems unlikely. Too bad.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
This IS worse than all the patent suits, wars between competing sites, and so forth.
This needs to be a wake up call to everyone that companies will do anything to put themselves into a position where they can sue someone else.
Does Leonardo Finance think that they have the right to sue someone because their page shows up in the same search query? This is beyond belief, and it will be even more rediculous if this goes ANYWHERE in court.
Do we actually need laws to stop these people from bringing stupid lawsuits up? I hate to say it, but at the rate things are going, we might need a little government control to smack these companies around. Someone needs to propose some kind of bill to stop this BS. As much as I hate government control, this seems like the only way to stop this type of action, which is most certainly against the spirit of the net, is through the government or the legal system.
I'm sure most Slashdotters are quite sick of this type of action, but it seems our protests aren't doing anything to help. We need to tell the legal system that we expect all behavior of this type to be thrown out immediately.
It seems we're already losing the patent battle, with Amazon's suit being held in court. This is the next step, with companies suing eachother of lame stuff like this. I'm wondering where it will stop, if it does.
I suppose that at first this type of stuff wil be ultra geeky, but there will come a point when it is practical for anyone to have this, and then they'll just have some people on MTV say it's cool, have the kids on Dawson's Creek wear them, and then it'll no longer be dorky, huh?
Really, are you going to let what popular culture says is good to wear prevent you from having neat gadgets?
Linux is the optimal OS for stuff like this, as was already mentioned.
Anyway, this kind of stuff is great. I can envision going to CSE class and being able to try out code as the Prof. talks about it without carrying around a distracting laptop, and so forth. With a remote linkup (somehow in the future) you could check out your email on your wristwatch and so forth.
Lots of possibilities, and the fact that it runs Linux now is great!
They seem to emphesize how easy it is to install a distribution, rather than software it comes with, or anything else. Sure, they get picky on pricing, manuals, and tech support, but Corel was their pick because it is apparently the easiest to install (I haven't tried it, so I can't vouch for that claim).
Alright, for a first time Linux user, the ease to install is very important. I know a lot of people who've given up on Linux entirely because they tried to install Slackware or Turbo as their first distribution and couldn't figure out what was going on. So, for a new user, I suppose that Corel just might be the best.
But I hardly think this is the case for most users who want a lot of versatile software from the start. Red Hat comes with a decent amount of software for this task, and I think Caldera and Debian are pretty good about this as well. I don't think setting up a system with any of these is a very difficult task.
I'm a Red Hat user myself, not that it is the best (Red Hat is probably far from the best), but it is the one I'm most familiar with. We use Debian at work because it was the Distro our SysAdmin is most familiar with. I think that a lot of users have different tastes when it comes to distributions. So, it isn't very rational to just give something a straight rating, especially one based primarily on installs.
I know that Slashdotters don't take this kind of post seriously. We know that people who write this stuff all over the net are just mainly a bunch of script kiddies (or not even that) who talk big.
However, I don't know, are the mass number of computer users scared of this type of person, making them willing to let their governments pass anti-privacy laws? Not that there aren't skilled crackers, but there are a lot more people who go around CLAIMING they can compromize your system than can actually do it.
So I'm thinking, people acting like big shot crackers might actually be helping these laws come to be, because people are willing to give up their online privacy so that their governments can track down these "dangerous computer criminals."
Although we'd all like to see it as soon as possible, we should let them take their time to make 4.0 really good. If 4.0 provides high quality 3D graphics compatibility, and makes it easier for gaming developers to port games to Linux, it will be a great step in making Linux a more viable platform for game developers.
So I think we shouldn't bitch about the release date push-back. This NEEDS to be of the highest quality it can so it can be everything we want it to be.
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Also note that while these pages exist, there is also a lot of random crap out there that really just wastes space and time. As the number of pages increases, I'm sure that it will be harder and harder to find quality documents among the wasteland of stuff we don't need.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
This is why I think the benefits of OSS strongly outweigh the setbacks. Much better code is produced for worthwhile projects.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Windows 2K is important for Microsoft for a few reasons.
First, Linux has the reputation for being very stable. The fact that a Linux box can stay up without crashing, and that you can change settings without rebooting the whole system has made people look at it as a server solution. Microsoft does need to catch up in this respect.
Second, they are no longer the definite big boy on the block. This AOL/Time Warner thing probably has them very worried. If this new mega-conglomerate decides to support another OS for a net-application type box, it could actually hurt them badly.
Third, they'll need a good product if the DOJ punishes them badly. If Microsoft continues to have a clearly inferior product, if they lose their position where they can still force it upon consumers, they'll need to compete fairly on the desktop front as well.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
I know that the AMD chips that are currently coming out overclock pretty well, but I'm wondering if the new "Merced" or whatever Intel is going to call it now is going to be so responsive to overclocking. My friends claim that P2s and P3s are pretty crappy for overclocking, but Celerons seem to be good. Is the new chip from intel going to overclock well?
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Actually, I'm happy to finally see what Transmeta has been working on, for a while, I thought they just had Linus on board to improve their IPO standing.
I'm very interested, however, in a good Linux based PDA, and Transmeta's delivery of it will be great.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
This law is anticompetative at best, and downright evil to the core.
Tell your congressman "NO!" to this law. Maybe we need to form an Open Source PAC in DC to fight this BS.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
This is pretty much a sick display of Katz' "corporatism," which is one of the few things I agree with Katz on.
The internet should not be the next battle ground for big corporations that it is becoming. Regular users are going to end up getting screwed in favor of huge profit margins.
Oh well, I guess we should all migrate to the I-2. ^_^;
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
However, all of this Life Started on Mars stuff is mainly hype, because they don't have anything else exciting to post about scientific discoveries. The prospect of extraterrestrial life is sure more interesting to most people than most scientific discoveries that have a lot more backing.
This is just something a lot of media will be talking about right now, now that they don't have a Y2k bug to hype.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Or maybe this is just legal lipservice.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Genes are a natural resource. They are a natural resource for building life. Humans did not invent them, so how can a human have a right to patent it?
Is a company going to actually claim they INVENTED a gene? Are they going to charge parents to have kids because they are violating this companies patent?
The patent laws in this country need to be rewritten entirely if they can get away with this.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Dell is one of the largest computer makers in the world right now, so it is definately a good thing that they are coming out and saying that they support Linux.
Hopefully this move will cause others to follow suit. Of course, a good goal to push for is to have all the major manufacturers offer Linux preinstalled with the sale of a new computer, instead of just Windows.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
George Lucas is working hard on Episode II: Jar Jar's Revenge. He's taking extra special care this time to make sure an otherwise cool movie would be ruined by one annoying computer generated character that he can sell toys of to little kids.
In the mean time, Lucasfilms is working on the special DVD release to be released with Generation Pi DVD players. It will feature a special THX(TM) Anti-Gungan Feature that will allow you to eliminate Jar Jar entirely from Episode 1 each time you watch it on your Home DVD Generation Pi with DIVX Enhanced Features Player. To do this you have to insert a five dollar bill each time you watch the film, or else Jar Jar returns to annoy you.
So go easy on Lucas, okay? He's only trying to make a buck.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Recent moves by 3DFX, and others to release Open Source drivers will hopefully make XFree86 4.0 much nicer than the 3.x releases in terms of supporting top of the line 3D cards well.
And also efforts of id and others to port games to Linux has helped chip makers come around and provide drivers.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
I've never actively attempted to crash a Mac though. I don't use them enough. I do know that I've seen Windows (which I use about as much as MacOS) crash more that MacOS.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
This gets me to thinking what would have happened if Apple had not made the marketing mistakes it did and MacOS became the mainstream OS (instead of Windows)?
MacOS is seemingly more stable that Windows (I'm not entirely sure, I've never done anything that has crashed a Mac, though), so if MacOS were the #1 mainstream OS right now, would Linux be doing so well?
Isn't part of the Linux hype the fact that it is something that is not MS? Dont' get me wrong, I love Linux, but would we have all flocked to it if the mainstream OS was MacOS? It's hard to say, but I think not.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
But I am impressed. Gameboy came out before the Super NES, and it has lived through four generations of platforms. Perhaps all the other handhelds were too fancy, too expensive, or too unsupported. Who knows. The death of the GB is nowhere in sight, even as systems like Playstation and N64 are getting replaced by successors. Who would have thought that this little Tetris-plaiying machine would last so long?
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
Not everyone can have a T3 coming into their office, plus the boxes and someone to maintain them in their office, so hosting services will probably always be needed.
Hopefully these sites are able to be restored, but it seems unlikely. Too bad.
"You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're dreaming or awake?"
This needs to be a wake up call to everyone that companies will do anything to put themselves into a position where they can sue someone else.
Does Leonardo Finance think that they have the right to sue someone because their page shows up in the same search query? This is beyond belief, and it will be even more rediculous if this goes ANYWHERE in court.
Do we actually need laws to stop these people from bringing stupid lawsuits up? I hate to say it, but at the rate things are going, we might need a little government control to smack these companies around. Someone needs to propose some kind of bill to stop this BS. As much as I hate government control, this seems like the only way to stop this type of action, which is most certainly against the spirit of the net, is through the government or the legal system.
I'm sure most Slashdotters are quite sick of this type of action, but it seems our protests aren't doing anything to help. We need to tell the legal system that we expect all behavior of this type to be thrown out immediately.
It seems we're already losing the patent battle, with Amazon's suit being held in court. This is the next step, with companies suing eachother of lame stuff like this. I'm wondering where it will stop, if it does.
Really, are you going to let what popular culture says is good to wear prevent you from having neat gadgets?
Anyway, this kind of stuff is great. I can envision going to CSE class and being able to try out code as the Prof. talks about it without carrying around a distracting laptop, and so forth. With a remote linkup (somehow in the future) you could check out your email on your wristwatch and so forth.
Lots of possibilities, and the fact that it runs Linux now is great!
Alright, for a first time Linux user, the ease to install is very important. I know a lot of people who've given up on Linux entirely because they tried to install Slackware or Turbo as their first distribution and couldn't figure out what was going on. So, for a new user, I suppose that Corel just might be the best.
But I hardly think this is the case for most users who want a lot of versatile software from the start. Red Hat comes with a decent amount of software for this task, and I think Caldera and Debian are pretty good about this as well. I don't think setting up a system with any of these is a very difficult task.
I'm a Red Hat user myself, not that it is the best (Red Hat is probably far from the best), but it is the one I'm most familiar with. We use Debian at work because it was the Distro our SysAdmin is most familiar with. I think that a lot of users have different tastes when it comes to distributions. So, it isn't very rational to just give something a straight rating, especially one based primarily on installs.
I know that Slashdotters don't take this kind of post seriously. We know that people who write this stuff all over the net are just mainly a bunch of script kiddies (or not even that) who talk big.
However, I don't know, are the mass number of computer users scared of this type of person, making them willing to let their governments pass anti-privacy laws? Not that there aren't skilled crackers, but there are a lot more people who go around CLAIMING they can compromize your system than can actually do it.
So I'm thinking, people acting like big shot crackers might actually be helping these laws come to be, because people are willing to give up their online privacy so that their governments can track down these "dangerous computer criminals."
Just a thought. ^_^
So I think we shouldn't bitch about the release date push-back. This NEEDS to be of the highest quality it can so it can be everything we want it to be.