If they know enough about computers to install Linux, they already know where to get it themselves.
I almost want to have extra Linux CD's lying around so I can give them to people. I had someone this summer ask me for some CD's and I was going to give him a Mandrake set because I had a newer version, but they were at home. Sometimes people don't want to pay for a box set and don't have the bandwidth to download to ISO or a CD burner to burn the ISO.
Why not try putting it in e-book format and let places like Barnes & Noble distribute it for free. It will probably reach more non-Slashdot people that way and you can get the word out. There's not too much publishing cost you'd need to regain, so you won't have to sell the book and anger Slashdot readers.
Sure you may get microsoft.sucks, and you could post informative stuff. But what's to say an "individual" (that may have some unknown ties with the company) get [companyname].sucks and put in there, "I used one of their products, and when I went to use their automation feature....blah blah blah about all the benefits....it had me click twice on the icon instead of once. They really do suck!
Then you'd have to have rules regarding what is actually sucking and what isn't and how the website reports it.
Also, what about plural nouns?.sucks makes no sense. patents.sucks? No...patents.suck
Turbo Linux likes to distribute a CD with Linksys network cards. So when I was working the Resnet fair at my college, the bookstore sold Linksys, so we got a few Turbo Linux CD's that people didn't want.
However, this one girl comes down and says, "I can't get my card to work." She had tried setting it up herself. We thought it would be something like enabling DHCP or something simple. She brings her computer down and boots up. LILO appears on the screen. We laughed so hard. I think she got confused during the install when it started asking about partition tables.
Try going to www.slashdot.org. If you always go to slashdot.org, you won't be logged in. That's because logged in means you have a cookie for slashdot.org, not www.slashdot.org.
Most people dont know how a mac operate, so they dont notice. but if they see a mistake on a windows machine, they automatically know that its a faked screen.
Yeah, like in Varsity Blues, when the coach is sitting in his office, the monitor has no power cord. I know my monitor requires a power cord, so you know it's faked:) Besides, he didn't actually use the computer, it was just sitting on the desk.
Considering Mark didn't want that information released, I'm glad someone decided to post it for us.
Everyone knows that they could've looked at the original post to find the information if they so desired. It's just impolite to point it out in discussion.
I use this method too. I have found that that I get Spam to my E-bay address all the time. Even though I've only bidded on one item. Also, ICQ's goes to Spam lists. Another big one is E-commerce companies. Back when I had one e-mail address, I contacted alot of them asking questions. After that, I got tons of E-commerce spam to that address. I wish I had my domain back then so I could track them. I'm thinking about changing my E-bay one and not using the account at all to see if it gets on spammer lists.
Tech Support: Hello. Tech support. How can I help?
Customer: I think my computer's dead.
Tech Support: Is it plugged into the wall?
Customer: No, I mean dead. I left for a week without feeding it. I can smell the decaying flesh.
Tech Support: Sorry, our warranty doesn't cover neglect.
The article says that the new company is a startup founded by a person with a different name than the founder of the current Cogen Comm. That's why I don't think they're the same company.
There's already a company called Cogent Communication which was founded in 1981. You'd think that a guy that comes up with startup companies would at least do a search to make sure he's not already using a name in use.
I remember seeing a Gameboy cartridge along time ago that had a calendar and contacts with memory. It basically made your GB a PDA.
The processing power and the cheap cost due to high production makes gameboy more viable to do other things. Decode MP3's, probably not. But what about a addon cartridge that acts as a universal remote? A cartridge to download small texts (shopping lists, DeCSS, etc.) to read later? I'd like to see a small device that does certain things for me that I don't need an full-fledge computer for ("You have e-mail", "Network is down", "Packages delivered") that would sit on the side and act as a mini console.
Hopefully they've gotten to a point where they won't need to charge $2,500 for one of these things. Of course, if they've put in alot more R&D into these new ones they'll still be too expensive for most of us.
OK, it's not really my problem. My boss called me and asked me to take a look at a machine he tried to upgrade from 6.2->7.0. I looked at it and it kept locking up when trying to mount "Other partitions". Went into init level 1 and found that basically the problem was a few files in/etc got renamed. (/etc/services was something like/etc/services.r) I just renamed them back and it worked fine.
More RAM (maybe just 64MB or something)
CD-R drive
Media (Buy me CD-R's, Zip Disks, SuperDisks, or whatever sort of backup tape I use)
Ink cartridges
Nice computer toolkit
Gift certificate for books
Nice office chair
In the new version, a window will come up saying: Do you love Microsoft? And there'll be one button, marked "Yes." It'll be system modal so you can put it away or close it. Ctrl-Alt-Del will be disabled. So you have to hit "Yes". Then another window comes up, "Do you want to tell all your friends how great MS is?" with only a "Yes." Microsoft will just say, "We gave it to them in clear language this time, and regarding the question about your first born, it's been removed. We made a mistake there."
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Wonder applications may not run properly. Lotus? Probably. Corel WordPerfect? Probably. Netscape? Probably.
They don't forecast the rise of the Amiga? What? Didn't they even attempt any research? :)
If they know enough about computers to install Linux, they already know where to get it themselves.
I almost want to have extra Linux CD's lying around so I can give them to people. I had someone this summer ask me for some CD's and I was going to give him a Mandrake set because I had a newer version, but they were at home. Sometimes people don't want to pay for a box set and don't have the bandwidth to download to ISO or a CD burner to burn the ISO.
Why not try putting it in e-book format and let places like Barnes & Noble distribute it for free. It will probably reach more non-Slashdot people that way and you can get the word out. There's not too much publishing cost you'd need to regain, so you won't have to sell the book and anger Slashdot readers.
These were the suggestions that the domain registrar gives when you check to see if guinesssucks.com is taken.
Sure you may get microsoft.sucks, and you could post informative stuff. But what's to say an "individual" (that may have some unknown ties with the company) get [companyname].sucks and put in there, "I used one of their products, and when I went to use their automation feature....blah blah blah about all the benefits....it had me click twice on the icon instead of once. They really do suck!
.sucks makes no sense. patents.sucks? No...patents.suck
Then you'd have to have rules regarding what is actually sucking and what isn't and how the website reports it.
Also, what about plural nouns?
Turbo Linux likes to distribute a CD with Linksys network cards. So when I was working the Resnet fair at my college, the bookstore sold Linksys, so we got a few Turbo Linux CD's that people didn't want.
However, this one girl comes down and says, "I can't get my card to work." She had tried setting it up herself. We thought it would be something like enabling DHCP or something simple. She brings her computer down and boots up. LILO appears on the screen. We laughed so hard. I think she got confused during the install when it started asking about partition tables.
Best of luck in their IPO!
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A complete list of contributors can be found at http://yetanother.org/damian/contribs.html.
So then we can all get the error:
That would be funny! :) (Of course, it sound like you meant source for the binaries of perl)
9600 bits/second x 60 sec/min x 60 min/hr x 24 hours x 1 byte/8 bits x 1 megabyte/2^20 bytes =~ 98 megs.
Yeah, like in Varsity Blues, when the coach is sitting in his office, the monitor has no power cord. I know my monitor requires a power cord, so you know it's faked
Considering Mark didn't want that information released, I'm glad someone decided to post it for us.
Everyone knows that they could've looked at the original post to find the information if they so desired. It's just impolite to point it out in discussion.
I use this method too. I have found that that I get Spam to my E-bay address all the time. Even though I've only bidded on one item. Also, ICQ's goes to Spam lists. Another big one is E-commerce companies. Back when I had one e-mail address, I contacted alot of them asking questions. After that, I got tons of E-commerce spam to that address. I wish I had my domain back then so I could track them. I'm thinking about changing my E-bay one and not using the account at all to see if it gets on spammer lists.
Tech Support: Hello. Tech support. How can I help?
Customer: I think my computer's dead.
Tech Support: Is it plugged into the wall?
Customer: No, I mean dead. I left for a week without feeding it. I can smell the decaying flesh.
Tech Support: Sorry, our warranty doesn't cover neglect.
The article says that the new company is a startup founded by a person with a different name than the founder of the current Cogen Comm. That's why I don't think they're the same company.
There's already a company called Cogent Communication which was founded in 1981. You'd think that a guy that comes up with startup companies would at least do a search to make sure he's not already using a name in use.
I remember seeing a Gameboy cartridge along time ago that had a calendar and contacts with memory. It basically made your GB a PDA.
The processing power and the cheap cost due to high production makes gameboy more viable to do other things. Decode MP3's, probably not. But what about a addon cartridge that acts as a universal remote? A cartridge to download small texts (shopping lists, DeCSS, etc.) to read later? I'd like to see a small device that does certain things for me that I don't need an full-fledge computer for ("You have e-mail", "Network is down", "Packages delivered") that would sit on the side and act as a mini console.
Hopefully they've gotten to a point where they won't need to charge $2,500 for one of these things. Of course, if they've put in alot more R&D into these new ones they'll still be too expensive for most of us.
Maybe this is posted late to see if people actually read old posts or just look at the top and say that nothing is new.
OK, it's not really my problem. My boss called me and asked me to take a look at a machine he tried to upgrade from 6.2->7.0. I looked at it and it kept locking up when trying to mount "Other partitions". Went into init level 1 and found that basically the problem was a few files in /etc got renamed. (/etc/services was something like /etc/services.r) I just renamed them back and it worked fine.
More RAM (maybe just 64MB or something)
CD-R drive
Media (Buy me CD-R's, Zip Disks, SuperDisks, or whatever sort of backup tape I use)
Ink cartridges
Nice computer toolkit
Gift certificate for books
Nice office chair
Your entry is not winning. You have no need to free up your calendar.
In the new version, a window will come up saying: Do you love Microsoft? And there'll be one button, marked "Yes." It'll be system modal so you can put it away or close it. Ctrl-Alt-Del will be disabled. So you have to hit "Yes". Then another window comes up, "Do you want to tell all your friends how great MS is?" with only a "Yes." Microsoft will just say, "We gave it to them in clear language this time, and regarding the question about your first born, it's been removed. We made a mistake there."
Writing it backwards would be too easy. I also removed the spaces.