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I'd also recommend Nadesico . . . it has an entire parody 70's style giant robot show called "Gekiganger 3" that the characters within the show watch. It's SO over the top and farcical . . . and it was so popular that they made a seperate Gekiganger OAV tape! There's also a lot of tongue in cheek jokes aimed at obsessive anime fans as well. ------ Michael Huang darva@geocities.com "A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it was the Federalists, not Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party, who were the ones advocating an "intellectual elite" style of government? Jefferson himself believed in the virtue of the common man (esp. independent farmers), as opposed to Alexander Hamilton and his allies. Things like the electoral college system and the indirect election of Senators by state governors, for example, were specifically established to head off the irrational decisions of the rabble. And, as another poster mentioned, Andrew Jackson was certainly a populist--one of his biggest bugaboos was the national bank, a project dear to the heart of the more aristocratic Whigs. Just a few notes from a history buff. ------ Michael Huang darva@geocities.com "A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
As far as I remember, MS's public image has already been heavily damaged already by their bullying, condescending attitude toward the trial and the government--and now they're trying to be good sports? I find it hard to believe the "respectfully" in disagree. MS has a history of bending and outright breaking the laws they agreed to abide to in previous rulings . . .
On the other hand, I don't really like the outright self-righteousness and glee that many Silicon Valley anti-MS proponents are fostering. As much as MS is receiving their comuppence, I'm quite ambivalent about whether the future really holds a more competitive playing field . . . let's face it, Bill Gates is a genius marketer and businessman. It won't be so easy to seperate hhim from his profit incentive; he'll find a way to squeeze as much money out of his enterprise. The time is not quite ripe to declare victory. This is an important step, but not the end of the war. Any further thoughts? ------ Michael Huang darva@geocities.com "A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
Funny thing . . . I thought Compaq was all right. I have a seven year old 486 DX-33 Prolinea that has worked almost flawlessly--even on Windows 95. Though it was a pain to install CD-ROM drives and extra memory, b/c of the proprietary design of the case and the motherboard. As a result, after that I never bought a branded computer again, aside from my Dell laptop (which seems to crash with distressing regularity.) I don't know the quality of Compaq's machines now--have they become like Packard Bell? I remember all the way from 1993 Packard Bell already had a terrible reputation. ------ Michael Huang darva@geocities.com "A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
This new Aureal driver may just be the thing that pushes me over to switch entirely to Linux (except for 3d games)--I listen to lots and lots of music and I've been waiting for my Monster MX300 to be supported for almost a year. I need the music to work sometimes, and it appears that from now on I'll be able to function "normally" in Linux just as I had in Windows. It seems that Aureal is just following up on Creative's initiative, though--rather disappointing, considering Aureal's technology is, in my opinion, better. ------ Michael Huang darva@geocities.com "A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
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I'd also recommend Nadesico . . . it has an entire parody 70's style giant robot show called "Gekiganger 3" that the characters within the show watch. It's SO over the top and farcical . . . and it was so popular that they made a seperate Gekiganger OAV tape! There's also a lot of tongue in cheek jokes aimed at obsessive anime fans as well.
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Michael Huang
darva@geocities.com
"A spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it was the Federalists, not Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party, who were the ones advocating an "intellectual elite" style of government? Jefferson himself believed in the virtue of the common man (esp. independent farmers), as opposed to Alexander Hamilton and his allies. Things like the electoral college system and the indirect election of Senators by state governors, for example, were specifically established to head off the irrational decisions of the rabble. And, as another poster mentioned, Andrew Jackson was certainly a populist--one of his biggest bugaboos was the national bank, a project dear to the heart of the more aristocratic Whigs. Just a few notes from a history buff.
------
Michael Huang
darva@geocities.com
"A spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
As far as I remember, MS's public image has already been heavily damaged already by their bullying, condescending attitude toward the trial and the government--and now they're trying to be good sports? I find it hard to believe the "respectfully" in disagree. MS has a history of bending and outright breaking the laws they agreed to abide to in previous rulings . . .
On the other hand, I don't really like the outright self-righteousness and glee that many Silicon Valley anti-MS proponents are fostering. As much as MS is receiving their comuppence, I'm quite ambivalent about whether the future really holds a more competitive playing field . . . let's face it, Bill Gates is a genius marketer and businessman. It won't be so easy to seperate hhim from his profit incentive; he'll find a way to squeeze as much money out of his enterprise. The time is not quite ripe to declare victory. This is an important step, but not the end of the war. Any further thoughts?------
Michael Huang
darva@geocities.com
"A spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
Funny thing . . . I thought Compaq was all right. I have a seven year old 486 DX-33 Prolinea that has worked almost flawlessly--even on Windows 95. Though it was a pain to install CD-ROM drives and extra memory, b/c of the proprietary design of the case and the motherboard. As a result, after that I never bought a branded computer again, aside from my Dell laptop (which seems to crash with distressing regularity.) I don't know the quality of Compaq's machines now--have they become like Packard Bell? I remember all the way from 1993 Packard Bell already had a terrible reputation.
------
Michael Huang
darva@geocities.com
"A spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission." -Rush
This new Aureal driver may just be the thing that pushes me over to switch entirely to Linux (except for 3d games)--I listen to lots and lots of music and I've been waiting for my Monster MX300 to be supported for almost a year. I need the music to work sometimes, and it appears that from now on I'll be able to function "normally" in Linux just as I had in Windows. It seems that Aureal is just following up on Creative's initiative, though--rather disappointing, considering Aureal's technology is, in my opinion, better.
------
Michael Huang
darva@geocities.com
"A spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission." -Rush