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I also forgot to mention that I had a bittersweet experience in ##linux more or less around the same time. I stated I'd like to switch over to Linux entirely, but XP was more straightforward when it came to games. Some smartasses told me to get a Playstation. I like games. So sue me. What's wrong with wishing Linux would be a little more friendly to them? To mince an oath, this is an example of how a few annoying users can ruin the user experience...
I recently built a new box from the ground up. It's meant for games. After installing XP, I set apart ~20GB and tried to install Debian on it.
Well, that was only the beginning. I went for netinstall, which seemed to be the most recommended method. Since this was a new box, it had relatively new hardware, and it complained about not finding any network hardware, which the netinst CD I burned wouldn't support. Oh well. One CD chucked aside. I went on #debian on Freenode, and was told to get a custom version from kmuto.jp. After downloading it... still no luck.
I went back to #debian and this time they told me to get the bleeding edge version, with kernel 2.6, which should support it. Well, now it identified the hardware, but it still refused to install properly. Eventually I got tired of wasting CDs on it, and being afraid to ask questions on the channel for fear of missing the blindingly obvious.
Epilogue: After a week of letting the 20GB sit unused hoping I'd pick up interest in it again, I just went into Partition Magic and gave the space back to my second XP partition.
I'm not saying #debian is crap, I'm not dissing Linux. I'd already tried Fedora Core on a different machine and ran Apache and UnrealIRCd on it quite successfully, but I felt like trying a less "noobish" distribution.
I was probably in over my head with Debian, but a little bit more hardware compatibility there would have been good... I'm just saying. And I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but installing a desktop environment after this whole ordeal would probably be even more irritating...
Well, like the Voltaire quote goes, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.". Freedom of speech protects everyone, including those who have politically incorrect ones. Google, in this case, and IMO, is doing the right thing by not caving to them... the problem is whoever started the blogs', not theirs.
This is eerily similar to when I think "damn, there was a passage in this book I liked, I wonder where it is" and instintively look for the Firefox Google bar.
The thing is my previous motherboard wasn't Socket 939, it was a Socket A VIA KT400. 939 was a possible choice for the new box, which ended up being AM2.
Well, it might have been a let-down for AMD, but for my new box I did pick a socket AM2 motherboard, for the reason that apparently socket 939 wasn't going anywhere, which meant I would be stuck with a 3800+(?) processor until I changed motherboards.
I use gMail. My inbox tells me that at this precise moment I have 1899 emails.
I just let them sit there. According to the usage statistics at the bottom of the page, I am using 172 MB (6%) of my 2753 MB. Most of those 172 MB are those emails you receive with videos/images/whatevers and an infindable Cc: list.
Of course, it turns out that most of my email doesn't come from people. If you scan my inbox, you'll find a series of newsletters, Slashdot updates, mailing list digests, Google Alerts for "Wikipedia", forum registration emails and Word of the Day messages. So I use it mostly for what web application designers figured it was good for.
Like a few other gMail users, apparently, my spam influx started increasing a few months ago. I usually deleted them each day - so it'd never go above 12 or so messages. Lately though, I've given up on deleting them just to see how many I can accumulate. I'm up to 588 so far...:P
Slashdot Mirror
This was exactly what I was going to post a link to... seems like you beat me to it ;).
Do not stare into universe with remaining eye.
I think I remember the P-P-P-Powerbook having that feature...
For some reason, I recall hearing/reading this somewhere years ago...
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Did I miss a demographic there?
Um... are we talking shirtless gay women here?
Of course, you were disturbing the harmony...
The combination of the ten or so comments in this tree with the corresponding sigs nearly made me spill my chocolate milk all over the keyboard.
I also forgot to mention that I had a bittersweet experience in ##linux more or less around the same time. I stated I'd like to switch over to Linux entirely, but XP was more straightforward when it came to games. Some smartasses told me to get a Playstation.
I like games. So sue me. What's wrong with wishing Linux would be a little more friendly to them? To mince an oath, this is an example of how a few annoying users can ruin the user experience...
I recently built a new box from the ground up. It's meant for games. After installing XP, I set apart ~20GB and tried to install Debian on it.
Well, that was only the beginning. I went for netinstall, which seemed to be the most recommended method. Since this was a new box, it had relatively new hardware, and it complained about not finding any network hardware, which the netinst CD I burned wouldn't support. Oh well. One CD chucked aside. I went on #debian on Freenode, and was told to get a custom version from kmuto.jp. After downloading it... still no luck.
I went back to #debian and this time they told me to get the bleeding edge version, with kernel 2.6, which should support it. Well, now it identified the hardware, but it still refused to install properly. Eventually I got tired of wasting CDs on it, and being afraid to ask questions on the channel for fear of missing the blindingly obvious.
Epilogue: After a week of letting the 20GB sit unused hoping I'd pick up interest in it again, I just went into Partition Magic and gave the space back to my second XP partition.
I'm not saying #debian is crap, I'm not dissing Linux. I'd already tried Fedora Core on a different machine and ran Apache and UnrealIRCd on it quite successfully, but I felt like trying a less "noobish" distribution.
I was probably in over my head with Debian, but a little bit more hardware compatibility there would have been good... I'm just saying. And I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but installing a desktop environment after this whole ordeal would probably be even more irritating...
It's a consp^[NO CARRIER]
On the other hand, if they're silicon-based, I'd expect them to have evolved in the blink of an eye at those temperatures...
I'd be more worried about the manhacks.
Well, like the Voltaire quote goes, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.". Freedom of speech protects everyone, including those who have politically incorrect ones. Google, in this case, and IMO, is doing the right thing by not caving to them... the problem is whoever started the blogs', not theirs.
... I now understand the true potential in this bash.org quote.
For some reason I'm starting to picture companies giving employees old hardware to get rid of it.
Beowulf cluster, here I come!
This is eerily similar to when I think "damn, there was a passage in this book I liked, I wonder where it is" and instintively look for the Firefox Google bar.
The thing is my previous motherboard wasn't Socket 939, it was a Socket A VIA KT400. 939 was a possible choice for the new box, which ended up being AM2.
Well, it might have been a let-down for AMD, but for my new box I did pick a socket AM2 motherboard, for the reason that apparently socket 939 wasn't going anywhere, which meant I would be stuck with a 3800+(?) processor until I changed motherboards.
Yes, I'll get right to that right after we get you the software that will let you uplink to NORAD.
Wow... for once, a product recall that isn't issued because the products are catching on fire and/or exploding! Simply amazing.
You might want to know that BotWars refuses to install on 64 bit Windows, or at least, InstallShield does...
I use gMail. My inbox tells me that at this precise moment I have 1899 emails.
:P
I just let them sit there. According to the usage statistics at the bottom of the page, I am using 172 MB (6%) of my 2753 MB. Most of those 172 MB are those emails you receive with videos/images/whatevers and an infindable Cc: list.
Of course, it turns out that most of my email doesn't come from people. If you scan my inbox, you'll find a series of newsletters, Slashdot updates, mailing list digests, Google Alerts for "Wikipedia", forum registration emails and Word of the Day messages. So I use it mostly for what web application designers figured it was good for.
Like a few other gMail users, apparently, my spam influx started increasing a few months ago. I usually deleted them each day - so it'd never go above 12 or so messages. Lately though, I've given up on deleting them just to see how many I can accumulate. I'm up to 588 so far...
Are they going to apply this to a BattleBot? One that can bluescreen its opponents to death?
Don't forget your toothbrush...