Fedora Core 3 was next on my list. This was a pure disaster. The install program left me with a black screen, whether I chose text or graphical install. A total no-go from step 1.
Heh...I could have told him what he did wrong...I had the exact same issue when I tried to install Fedora on my Toshiba. It took me a lot of flopping around (two reinstalls) to identify and fix the issue, but now Fedora works like a charm.
I'm guess I'm not suprised to not see Ubuntu among his tests, although I am definitely disappointed...after reading the release notes on HH, I've decided to go with it on my laptop, but I would have liked to have a guinea p^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsomeon else test it out first...especially on a Toshiba.
No, it's not hard at all. Actually, it's harder than you think. Allow the Open Source Players to demonstrate:
The Open Source Players present "You're a bad man!", by TripMaster Monkey.
OSS guy: M$ is bad. They are evil. Average Joe: What do you mean??? They just did that anti-kiddie porn thing! I read it on CNN! And it's even Opened-Source! OSSG: Um..that's Open Source, and no, it's not, actually....you see, it's only free to law enfor... AJ: What's the matter with you??? You're against someone who's anti-child porn? You must be pro-child porn!!! OSSG: What? No! That's not... AJ: I bet you are! You're probably a Nazi too, aren't you? OSSG: Now that doesn't even make sense... AJ: You're a BAD MAN! Think of the children, man! OSSG: But I... AJ: Nazi kiddie-porn peddler! Communist! Terrorist! GET HIM!!! OSSG: Yaaaargh!
So, as you can see, it's indeed not wise to take a stand against M$, especially since they've so firmly established themselves in the Camp of Good.
From the article, here's a quote from the chairman of the subcommittee, Lamar Smith:
"This interoperability issue is of concern to me since consumers who bought legal copies of music from Real could not play them on an iPod."
<sarcasm> I know exactly how he feels...just the other day, I bought a game that was made for the Xbox, and found that I couldn't play it on my PS2! Can you imagine??? </sarcasm>
This is unbelieveable. Does Congress truly have nothing better to do?
These amazing batteries are so powerful that just two AA-size cells can run the 9-ft long Oxyride(TM) Extreme Power car for up to 3/4 of a mile with a driver aboard!
Never mind that the 'car', a spindly little affair on 3 bicycle wheels, only achieves a speed of about 0.88 m/sec, and the 'driver' is a 50-kg (110 lb) female....this is still damned impressive. Not just the batteries, either...I'd like to see the motor that was able to do this on only 3 volts.
No kidding. In the interest of promoting more discussion, here's the abstract from patent #5,872,588:
Method and apparatus for monitoring audio-visual materials presented to a subscriber
Abstract
A method and apparatus for content coding of Audio-Visual materials is presented. The content coding can then be decoded by a home station where the content coding is collected and processed. The content codes are utilized by the subscribers home station to collect information on the subscribers selection of AVM streams and record information on which AVMs have been presented to the subscriber. An audio-video material distribution system is described for supplying AVM streams to home station via a local distribution network. The home stations decode the content coding from the AVM streams and collect the encoded content codes. The collected content codes are then sent to collection centers for processing. The encoded information may also utilized to provide management of an upstream channel between the home stations and the video distribution node.
OK...looks like I was less than optimally clear in my last post...let's see if I can clairfy at all.
First of all, the perjoratives 'tree-hugger' and 'hippie' were made tongue-in-cheek...after all, I've had these terms used in reference to me more than once in the past, and I believe I mentioned that I sympathize.
Second, the perjorative 'Luddite' was made in earnest, and I stand by it. Technology is what has advanced us to the present degree of health, safety and comfort we now enjoy, and anyone who blindly opposes it is nothing less than a traitor to their own species.
Third, I'm not opposed to environmentalist theories...I'm opposed to environmentalist dogma. There's a difference. It's the unsupported, irrational, unsubstantiated dogma that is ultimately injurious to both humankind and to Earth.
As to there being no point to prohibitions because people will do what they want anyway...from Prohibition (capital P) to the 'war on drugs' to software, music, and movie piracy, I think the evidence pretty much supports me here. You say that makes me an Anarchist...but I've always considered myself more of a Libertarian, actually.
Regarding my contention that we won't make it if nanotech is regulated, that's not precisely what I said. I said, "...without important technologies like nanotech, we simply aren't going to make it." We as a species are devouring this planet's resources faster than it can replenish them. Recent studies have stated that we will feel the pinch in as soon as 50 years. If we exhaust all the resources available to us before we get a secure toehold in space (and no, communications satellites are not a secure toehold), we simply will not make it off the planet, dooming us to extinction when the sun goes red-giant, if not much sooner when the next planet-killer asteroid or comet hits. Some people think it is acceptable for us to perish with the planet...I do not. In order to get out to space to exploit the resources there (as well as give our poor Mother Earth a much-needed breather), we need to use every tool at our disposal. We simply cannot afford to hobble ourselves on the say-so of a few fearmongering ecoterrorists.
You may not call yourself a hardcore environmentalist...but I call myself one. Ever since we developed the ability to make and use tools, we have been a blight upon this planet. early on, the planet could regenerate the damage we caused, but those days are long gone. Quite simply, our species has outgrown the cradle of Mother Earth, and it is time we left it. If we do not take steps to do so soon, we will not only destroy our world, but our world will take us with it.
Last March, a report released by an environmental toxicologist at Southern Methodist University showed that Fullerenes--the soccer ball shaped carbon nanoparticles also known as Buckyballs--caused brain damage in fish.
However, an earlier report has shown conclusively that just about any substance will cause brain damage in fish, provided that enough of said substance is introduced into their little brain cases.
Seriously, though...just how much fullerene was used in this study? From www.nanomedicine.com:
Pure fullerenes are fairly chemically inert. They are stable substances in air or in solution and can be purified by sublimation without decomposition. Unmodified fullerenes are virtually insoluble in water, suggesting a low reactivity with biological tissue.
I really sympathize with the hippie tree-huggers....honestly, I do. My personal opinion is that all industry should eventually be moved offplanet, and the earth itself converted into one big park. But that goal's quite a ways off, and without important technologies like nanotech, we simply aren't going to make it. These Luddite environmentalists who foam at the mouth at the mention of every new technology, and attempt to instill the same irrational, knee-jerk mentality in the general populace are not helping their species, or Mother Earth. Another point in their disfavor: every prohibition simply creates another underground. There's big money to be made in nanotech, and if people can't do it legally, they'll do it illegally, and I'm betting that the people who are bold enough to disregard the regulations won't really put too much thought...not to mention funds...into safety.
There was a third patent, entitled "Method and system for utilization of the human body as a clean, renewable energy source". It goes on to describe "a process for extracting thermal, biochemical, and electrical energy from the human body, ensuring a clean, renewable power supply for the Machi^H^H^H^H^Hrest of the population".
Thank you. That's what I was getting at...I was looking to talk about the relative difficulties in pulling off such a mod job. I agree that if my first post was 'Gee whiz, I bet you could mod your own minimac!', then it should have been modded down as Redundant, if not outright Retarded.
All the people I talk to have given up using Yahoo and use Google all the time, including me.
I'm betting that's because all the people you talk to are reasonably savvy in this area (like yourself), and thus do not represent a typical cross-section of the population.
Yahoo has a much larger following among less-tech-savvy folks...it seems to occupy the area between Google and AOL (in terms of users, not services offered).
I don't doubt that you've had to change identities......MANY times.
Yes, I admit it...I have a habit of forgetting my username or password (oh, the shame).
I'm AC for a reason
A reason which you continually make apparent. Thanks for playing.
Gee, having a foe is ever so much fun...I only wish he/she actually had an identity here so I could point and say 'hey look...that's the person who doesn't like me for some reason'...but apparently you're more comfortable behind the shroud of anonymity. A shame, really.
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From the article:
Heh...I could have told him what he did wrong...I had the exact same issue when I tried to install Fedora on my Toshiba. It took me a lot of flopping around (two reinstalls) to identify and fix the issue, but now Fedora works like a charm.
I'm guess I'm not suprised to not see Ubuntu among his tests, although I am definitely disappointed...after reading the release notes on HH, I've decided to go with it on my laptop, but I would have liked to have a guinea p^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsomeon else test it out first...especially on a Toshiba.
Actually, it's harder than you think. Allow the Open Source Players to demonstrate:
The Open Source Players present "You're a bad man!", by TripMaster Monkey.
So, as you can see, it's indeed not wise to take a stand against M$, especially since they've so firmly established themselves in the Camp of Good.
It's not all that strange, really...it's a PR coup on two fronts: M$ likes OSS, and M$ is tough on kiddie porn.
It's difficult to take a stand against an entity after they've declared war on kiddie porn.
<sarcasm>
I know exactly how he feels...just the other day, I bought a game that was made for the Xbox, and found that I couldn't play it on my PS2! Can you imagine???
</sarcasm>
This is unbelieveable. Does Congress truly have nothing better to do?
In the interest of stimulating more discussion, some more information about this subject can be found here
From the article:
Never mind that the 'car', a spindly little affair on 3 bicycle wheels, only achieves a speed of about 0.88 m/sec, and the 'driver' is a 50-kg (110 lb) female....this is still damned impressive. Not just the batteries, either...I'd like to see the motor that was able to do this on only 3 volts.
The link has very little additional information
No kidding. In the interest of promoting more discussion, here's the abstract from patent #5,872,588:
OK...looks like I was less than optimally clear in my last post...let's see if I can clairfy at all.
First of all, the perjoratives 'tree-hugger' and 'hippie' were made tongue-in-cheek...after all, I've had these terms used in reference to me more than once in the past, and I believe I mentioned that I sympathize.
Second, the perjorative 'Luddite' was made in earnest, and I stand by it. Technology is what has advanced us to the present degree of health, safety and comfort we now enjoy, and anyone who blindly opposes it is nothing less than a traitor to their own species.
Third, I'm not opposed to environmentalist theories...I'm opposed to environmentalist dogma. There's a difference. It's the unsupported, irrational, unsubstantiated dogma that is ultimately injurious to both humankind and to Earth.
As to there being no point to prohibitions because people will do what they want anyway...from Prohibition (capital P) to the 'war on drugs' to software, music, and movie piracy, I think the evidence pretty much supports me here. You say that makes me an Anarchist...but I've always considered myself more of a Libertarian, actually.
Regarding my contention that we won't make it if nanotech is regulated, that's not precisely what I said. I said, "...without important technologies like nanotech, we simply aren't going to make it." We as a species are devouring this planet's resources faster than it can replenish them. Recent studies have stated that we will feel the pinch in as soon as 50 years. If we exhaust all the resources available to us before we get a secure toehold in space (and no, communications satellites are not a secure toehold), we simply will not make it off the planet, dooming us to extinction when the sun goes red-giant, if not much sooner when the next planet-killer asteroid or comet hits. Some people think it is acceptable for us to perish with the planet...I do not. In order to get out to space to exploit the resources there (as well as give our poor Mother Earth a much-needed breather), we need to use every tool at our disposal. We simply cannot afford to hobble ourselves on the say-so of a few fearmongering ecoterrorists.
You may not call yourself a hardcore environmentalist...but I call myself one. Ever since we developed the ability to make and use tools, we have been a blight upon this planet. early on, the planet could regenerate the damage we caused, but those days are long gone. Quite simply, our species has outgrown the cradle of Mother Earth, and it is time we left it. If we do not take steps to do so soon, we will not only destroy our world, but our world will take us with it.
However, an earlier report has shown conclusively that just about any substance will cause brain damage in fish, provided that enough of said substance is introduced into their little brain cases.
Seriously, though...just how much fullerene was used in this study? From www.nanomedicine.com:
I really sympathize with the hippie tree-huggers....honestly, I do. My personal opinion is that all industry should eventually be moved offplanet, and the earth itself converted into one big park. But that goal's quite a ways off, and without important technologies like nanotech, we simply aren't going to make it. These Luddite environmentalists who foam at the mouth at the mention of every new technology, and attempt to instill the same irrational, knee-jerk mentality in the general populace are not helping their species, or Mother Earth. Another point in their disfavor: every prohibition simply creates another underground. There's big money to be made in nanotech, and if people can't do it legally, they'll do it illegally, and I'm betting that the people who are bold enough to disregard the regulations won't really put too much thought...not to mention funds...into safety.
Those are my stars. I called dibs a while back. It's all here in my patent.
I'd better go patent time travel and warp drive
No point in patenting time travel...whoever actually invents it will go back in time and retroactively patent it before you.
Interesting side note...the absence of a time travel patent is good evidence that time travel will never be invented...
I'd keep an eye on Sony if I were you...
Thank you. That's what I was getting at...I was looking to talk about the relative difficulties in pulling off such a mod job. I agree that if my first post was 'Gee whiz, I bet you could mod your own minimac!', then it should have been modded down as Redundant, if not outright Retarded.
I'm the first post, and my post is 'redundant'?
Well done, moderators.
Given this capability...I wonder how difficult it would be to mod your MiniMac yourself to put that dock in...
I'm in for 6 weeks.
Now we can look forward to another explosion of credit card and identity theft...
All the people I talk to have given up using Yahoo and use Google all the time, including me.
I'm betting that's because all the people you talk to are reasonably savvy in this area (like yourself), and thus do not represent a typical cross-section of the population.
Yahoo has a much larger following among less-tech-savvy folks...it seems to occupy the area between Google and AOL (in terms of users, not services offered).
What about IBM? They used to be evil.
IBM is the Vegeta of tech companies.
but isn't that a bit slow?
Two words: Fuel economy.
Remember, he's trying to make the flight without refueling. You can have speed and power, or you can have fuel economy. You can't generally have both.
I don't doubt that you've had to change identities... ...MANY times.
Yes, I admit it...I have a habit of forgetting my username or password (oh, the shame).
I'm AC for a reason
A reason which you continually make apparent.
Thanks for playing.
Gee, having a foe is ever so much fun...I only wish he/she actually had an identity here so I could point and say 'hey look...that's the person who doesn't like me for some reason'...but apparently you're more comfortable behind the shroud of anonymity. A shame, really.
I guess putting the book into a Trojan point would dry it out in a hurry...
Neato....looks like I have a foe...
Now only if he had a name...
XML: You killled my father!
HTML: No, XML....I am your father!
XML: That's impossible!
HTML: Grep your code...you know it to be true.
XML: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
One thing that really stands out in the whole text is that the author isn't afraid to cover the dark side of XML.
[Obligatory Star Wars joke]