I pay over 90 bux a month for IDSL, thats ISDN, only 2x the speed of a modem! But its unlimited.;)
80 bux for high speed access? Sounds damn good to me. The only thing that would concern me, is that they are lowering the monthly rate for low usage customers. This is needed to switch to a usage based system, and when they start doing that, it will really be down hill for us. Slashdot users are not the norm. Not many grannies downloading linux iso's or mp3s all month.
I wonder in 10 years, how many products will migrate from service to usage based fees.
Amithlon/AmigaOS XL runs on X86 hardware, VMware runs OS's for X86 Hardware. So his question is quite legit, I in fact tried to run it under vmware, but it locked at the book screen.
I couldnt get Amithlon to run under vmware. I dont know if QNX runs under vmware, but im grabbing 6.1 to try that later. Searching the the web, and a guy states Amithlon runs under vmware with tweaks, but his screenshot is of the boot screen, which is were it locks. So its prob a fraud.
Amithlon is a whole OS, but its picky about hardware. It is more compatible, which is more important for an amiga user.
AmigaOS XL runs on top of Qnx, in that respect, I would rather have it run ontop of linux or winxp.
Even thou FPS games dont make the level of sales of everquest or pokemon, ID game engines are the best for FPS shooters.
The norm at Lan parties are mostly ID engines based games. RTCW, MOHAA Demo, Q3A, Q3A Urban Terror, Action Quake2, the only 2 games that wasnt, where Counter Strike and Ghost Recon. The main game for money was CS, but we had so much fun playing Q3A UT, we had to push back the CS tourney.
That's why it should also have a catalog of your food. If you don't know what to make, it will tell what you can with the ingredients in your fridge.
I would also like something like this for my bar. I have software but its not interactive. Something that could print out shopping lists, and tell me how to mix drinks. I dont need the movie feature, but controlling my stereo or play mp3s would be nice.
In the default window manager (IceWM) there were over thirty themes available.
That is rather cool, Since icewm.themes.org isnt back up yet.
(OT)
BTW, went to see if icewm.themes.org is up, and noticed poll with a cowboyneal option... (ARGH!)
Theme Management
How do you handle managing themes (creating, installing, removing, customizing menus, etc.)?
() From the command line, like a real man.
() Using the GUI tools available.
() CowboyNeal does it for me.
() With difficulty; I'd like to see a new interface developed.
() What are themes?
My kids are 2nd generation computer users. I was the first in the family to get a computer and learn how to play games. My parents NEVER asked me what games I was playing, never monitored my online access (until my first 600 dollar long distance bill.) My parents didn't buy a home computer for themselves until 10 years after I had my first computer a c64.
My kids started using a computer when they could move a mouse. They would play the preschool toddler series, and graduated to basic movement games and puzzles, now its fighting games, racing sims and some RPG games. My girls can already play street fighter well enough to at least put up a fight. I wouldn't be surprised when they get older they want to play arcade games. They have been playing games for years.
It was 1 computer in the house when I was a kid, and it was in my room. Now its almost 1 in each room, and 6 in my den. Each kid has their own computer, all networked, internet access, Instant messaging, online games with other kids. They email and send pictures to the grandparents.
So am I surprised more girls are in arcades? No, Im more surprised that arcades can compete with a xbox, ps2 or pc.
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Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. - Lewis Grizzard
SEC doesnt have legal athority except in fraud, thats why they settle many cases with people for a cut of the profit.
Many people just let these agencies run them over, you do have legal rights. And surprise, sometimes our courts uphold them.
Why not create a game where you buy/sell stuff?
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Why not create a game where you buy/sell stuff?
The game company could charge a "tax" on everything sold, and you could only sell online via a ingame e-bay, and pay online via a ingame paypal clone.
Make XP worth money, so you could buy XP (at small ammounts), and put in restrictions to keep the game flowing and stop player killers who have everything.
The company should be more like the Ferengi on Star Trek!
Absolutely correct, You can not deploy a 3G network from one vendor. No vendor has enough hardware to deploy an entire network. You have to use all Vendors, and those vendors equipment has to work seamlessly. And the hardware is brand new, there's daily maintenance, patches and software tweaks just to keep it running. There is no "Building it in the lab" with 3G, its tested and built in production. But the customers on those network are most likely internal employees and content providers who are testing applications. So its not really "Launched"..
Speaking of that, ever Telco is getting their hardware from the same vendors, Eriksson, Nortel, etc... So whatever Verizon is doing, all the vendors are learning and applying to other Telcos. My tech support is your tech support.
Im using VMware for the same reason. Im glad to see that Win4Lin supports exchange now. But VMware runs WinXP. Now, if someone would do some benchmarks and compare win4lin 3.0 and vmware 3.0. That would make some interesting reading.
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Average U.S. prison sentence for a murder charge - 6.3 Years.
Average U.S. prison sentence for a marijuana charge - 10 years.
Even thou something is digital and convenient, doesn't make it better.
6 out of the 10 local restaurants don't accept check cards, credit cards or checks. Some even have a ATM machine so they don't have to take credit cards. (Nice 1.00-3.50 charge too) My local gas station is 20-35 cents cheaper per gallon, but if you use a credit card or check card they charge you a sur-charge and a use charge.
I find its quicker, and faster to carry a couple bux, no standing in line to pay with my card, no atm fees, no additional charges.. Convenience makes Banks lots of money. If I pay with cash at the computer store, if I return it I get my cash back, if I pay with credit card, it takes 2-3 days for me to get my money credited.
Its getting much better, but you need good artwork to scan. It hard to find the old classic machines with artwork in mint condition. Lucky there are some artists who can airbrush.. That playboy pinball in virtural pinball is pretty good reproduction.
CS cheaters (and whom to credit for the software that does so)
Darn, I thought CounterStrike too. The author of the cheat is lucky nobody knows his name!
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I want my M-LIFE.
Re:Do you care about your kernel?
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That is not a troll post.
Does netbsd support SMP yet? Valid points.
Do you care about your kernel?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I started using linux because it had the hardware support I needed, and support was 100x better. But it wasnt stable enough for my server, so I ran freebsd. But that was a few years ago. Ive always been able to explain to my friends who run BSD, that I need SMP support, so I run linux. But its also how linux has better configuration utilties and drivers. After using linux for years, I know where everything is, easy to setup and fix.
Now, Linux is rock solid, and I get to laugh at my friends who cant X setup on thier freebsd boxes. But then, by the time a good bsd distro will be out, newer and better linux kernels will be out, with new vm's and more features.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...' - Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
But then, The Gathering is much much more than a lan party, most of these parties are Demo partys. And im amazed at how these young video game players dont even know what the demo scene is. People compete with the best demo, not the best frag maniac.
Check out google for more info.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multim ed ia/Demos/Parties/
Also, why arnt you listening to scene music, the music of the demo parties!?!?
http://www.scenemusic.net
Been playing the Half-life Beta 1.4, and they switched it to a "cache" file system. You have to download some part of the program every time. Also no lan play. They also get to charge a nice subscription fee also. Only bad part, is you have to cache every game for the levels to load. How do you cache a 500 meg game over a modem? The only nice feature, is you can cache in the background, while you do other things. Good thing, they stop the cheating for now.
The rumors are, if you own an older version you dont have to pay a subscription, if buy the newer online only version, you have to pay a subscription fee. Ka-Ching!
The movie industry is making a killing on removeable media, both VCR and DVD. If it wasnt for the movie and record idustry, we would have hdtv recorders, dvd recorders, and mp3 players in our toasters.
How do you kill the consumer electronic market? Introduct copy protection.
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I pay over 90 bux a month for IDSL, thats ISDN, only 2x the speed of a modem! But its unlimited. ;)
80 bux for high speed access? Sounds damn good to me. The only thing that would concern me, is that they are lowering the monthly rate for low usage customers. This is needed to switch to a usage based system, and when they start doing that, it will really be down hill for us. Slashdot users are not the norm. Not many grannies downloading linux iso's or mp3s all month.
I wonder in 10 years, how many products will migrate from service to usage based fees.
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Are you into the scene? www.scenemusic.net
Boot screen.
damn it slashdot really needs an "Edit" feature.
Amithlon/AmigaOS XL runs on X86 hardware, VMware runs OS's for X86 Hardware. So his question is quite legit, I in fact tried to run it under vmware, but it locked at the book screen.
I couldnt get Amithlon to run under vmware. I dont know if QNX runs under vmware, but im grabbing 6.1 to try that later. Searching the the web, and a guy states Amithlon runs under vmware with tweaks, but his screenshot is of the boot screen, which is were it locks. So its prob a fraud.
Amithlon is a whole OS, but its picky about hardware. It is more compatible, which is more important for an amiga user.
AmigaOS XL runs on top of Qnx, in that respect, I would rather have it run ontop of linux or winxp.
Even thou FPS games dont make the level of sales of everquest or pokemon, ID game engines are the best for FPS shooters.
The norm at Lan parties are mostly ID engines based games. RTCW, MOHAA Demo, Q3A, Q3A Urban Terror, Action Quake2, the only 2 games that wasnt, where Counter Strike and Ghost Recon. The main game for money was CS, but we had so much fun playing Q3A UT, we had to push back the CS tourney.
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Amiga OS is out for your x86
That's why it should also have a catalog of your food. If you don't know what to make, it will tell what you can with the ingredients in your fridge.
I would also like something like this for my bar. I have software but its not interactive. Something that could print out shopping lists, and tell me how to mix drinks. I dont need the movie feature, but controlling my stereo or play mp3s would be nice.
Which is a damn good thing when your calling /usr/bin/perl or maybe /usr/local/bin/perl from a script.
ME bad.
Looks like icewm.themes.org moved, its http://www.themes.org/themes/icewm/
Reading the link from the rootprompt review.
In the default window manager (IceWM) there were over thirty themes available.
That is rather cool, Since icewm.themes.org isnt back up yet.
(OT)
BTW, went to see if icewm.themes.org is up, and noticed poll with a cowboyneal option... (ARGH!)
Theme Management
How do you handle managing themes (creating, installing, removing, customizing menus, etc.)?
() From the command line, like a real man.
() Using the GUI tools available.
() CowboyNeal does it for me.
() With difficulty; I'd like to see a new interface developed.
() What are themes?
My kids are 2nd generation computer users. I was the first in the family to get a computer and learn how to play games. My parents NEVER asked me what games I was playing, never monitored my online access (until my first 600 dollar long distance bill.) My parents didn't buy a home computer for themselves until 10 years after I had my first computer a c64.
My kids started using a computer when they could move a mouse. They would play the preschool toddler series, and graduated to basic movement games and puzzles, now its fighting games, racing sims and some RPG games. My girls can already play street fighter well enough to at least put up a fight. I wouldn't be surprised when they get older they want to play arcade games. They have been playing games for years.
It was 1 computer in the house when I was a kid, and it was in my room. Now its almost 1 in each room, and 6 in my den. Each kid has their own computer, all networked, internet access, Instant messaging, online games with other kids. They email and send pictures to the grandparents.
So am I surprised more girls are in arcades? No, Im more surprised that arcades can compete with a xbox, ps2 or pc.
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Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. - Lewis Grizzard
People like DVDs because you don't have to rewind them..
I just hit reverse play at 4x, then I have time to make popcorn while its rewinding.
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Amiga OS for x86
IANAL.
SEC doesnt have legal athority except in fraud, thats why they settle many cases with people for a cut of the profit.
Many people just let these agencies run them over, you do have legal rights. And surprise, sometimes our courts uphold them.
Why not create a game where you buy/sell stuff?
The game company could charge a "tax" on everything sold, and you could only sell online via a ingame e-bay, and pay online via a ingame paypal clone.
Make XP worth money, so you could buy XP (at small ammounts), and put in restrictions to keep the game flowing and stop player killers who have everything.
The company should be more like the Ferengi on Star Trek!
Absolutely correct, You can not deploy a 3G network from one vendor. No vendor has enough hardware to deploy an entire network. You have to use all Vendors, and those vendors equipment has to work seamlessly. And the hardware is brand new, there's daily maintenance, patches and software tweaks just to keep it running. There is no "Building it in the lab" with 3G, its tested and built in production. But the customers on those network are most likely internal employees and content providers who are testing applications. So its not really "Launched"..
Speaking of that, ever Telco is getting their hardware from the same vendors, Eriksson, Nortel, etc... So whatever Verizon is doing, all the vendors are learning and applying to other Telcos. My tech support is your tech support.
Im using VMware for the same reason. Im glad to see that Win4Lin supports exchange now. But VMware runs WinXP. Now, if someone would do some benchmarks and compare win4lin 3.0 and vmware 3.0. That would make some interesting reading.
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Average U.S. prison sentence for a murder charge - 6.3 Years.
Average U.S. prison sentence for a marijuana charge - 10 years.
So does all those people who download mp3's that are copyrighted idiots? They could be fined 10s of thousands of dollars...
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I want my m-life
Wow, I didn't know they could make GPS *transmitters* that small!
Easier to track you after you hit the pub! The police will love it!
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I want an M-Life.
Even thou something is digital and convenient, doesn't make it better.
6 out of the 10 local restaurants don't accept check cards, credit cards or checks. Some even have a ATM machine so they don't have to take credit cards. (Nice 1.00-3.50 charge too) My local gas station is 20-35 cents cheaper per gallon, but if you use a credit card or check card they charge you a sur-charge and a use charge.
I find its quicker, and faster to carry a couple bux, no standing in line to pay with my card, no atm fees, no additional charges.. Convenience makes Banks lots of money. If I pay with cash at the computer store, if I return it I get my cash back, if I pay with credit card, it takes 2-3 days for me to get my money credited.
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I want my M-Life.
Its getting much better, but you need good artwork to scan. It hard to find the old classic machines with artwork in mint condition. Lucky there are some artists who can airbrush.. That playboy pinball in virtural pinball is pretty good reproduction.
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I want my M-LIFE
CS cheaters (and whom to credit for the software that does so)
Darn, I thought CounterStrike too. The author of the cheat is lucky nobody knows his name!
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I want my M-LIFE.
That is not a troll post.
Does netbsd support SMP yet? Valid points.
I started using linux because it had the hardware support I needed, and support was 100x better. But it wasnt stable enough for my server, so I ran freebsd. But that was a few years ago. Ive always been able to explain to my friends who run BSD, that I need SMP support, so I run linux. But its also how linux has better configuration utilties and drivers. After using linux for years, I know where everything is, easy to setup and fix.
...' - Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
Now, Linux is rock solid, and I get to laugh at my friends who cant X setup on thier freebsd boxes. But then, by the time a good bsd distro will be out, newer and better linux kernels will be out, with new vm's and more features.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny
hehe, easy to remember the gathering. http://www.gathering.org
m ed ia/Demos/Parties/
But then, The Gathering is much much more than a lan party, most of these parties are Demo partys. And im amazed at how these young video game players dont even know what the demo scene is. People compete with the best demo, not the best frag maniac.
Check out google for more info.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multi
Also, why arnt you listening to scene music, the music of the demo parties!?!?
http://www.scenemusic.net
Been playing the Half-life Beta 1.4, and they switched it to a "cache" file system. You have to download some part of the program every time. Also no lan play. They also get to charge a nice subscription fee also. Only bad part, is you have to cache every game for the levels to load. How do you cache a 500 meg game over a modem? The only nice feature, is you can cache in the background, while you do other things. Good thing, they stop the cheating for now.
The rumors are, if you own an older version you dont have to pay a subscription, if buy the newer online only version, you have to pay a subscription fee. Ka-Ching!
The movie industry is making a killing on removeable media, both VCR and DVD. If it wasnt for the movie and record idustry, we would have hdtv recorders, dvd recorders, and mp3 players in our toasters.
How do you kill the consumer electronic market? Introduct copy protection.