It's not an opt-out policy for the ISP. Why the fuck should they have to block sites because parents are too lazy to get off their asses to buy filtering software?
There are already TONS of filtering tools available. Hell, there are already TONS of filtered ISPs out there (google "Christian ISP"). If you don't want your kids to see titties, fine - go buy CyberPatrol. However, don't force extra government regulations on private corporations solely because you're too lazy to do so.
It's fundamentally anti-freedom and wrong. Since when is it anti-freedom to give someone more choices than they had before?
How is this law giving people MORE choices?
Here's a fun exercise. Go to google. Search for "christian ISP Utah" (sans quotes), and look at all of the hits. There are already TONS of ISPs available which block objectionable sites. There are already TONS of software suites available which block objectionable sites.
The citizens of Utah already had these "new choices", because the free market determined that there was a demand for filtered internet service. Utah had no reason to step in.
Is it me, or would this work great for gestures in Opera and Mozilla? Move your hand left to go back, right to go forward, and up and down to scroll the document (not viable for pr0n).
It would sort of look like the video manipulation in Minority Report.
I posted a bunch of links to local US Red Cross sites over at www.everythingzen.org. www.redcross.org is getting hammered, so hopefully this will help. Any cities whose pages were hosted on www.redcross.org (Tampa and Cincinnati, for instance) are not listed.
I wasn't talking about a GUI for configuring DNS. I was talking about GUIs in general. Let's face it, people like shiny buttons - a CLI may be better for many people, but a new user might freak out.
Here in Houston, pretty much the only good radio station (94.5 The Buzz) is run by Clear Channel. This will be great for the times when you don't have access to a radio (eg. in school).
Talk about being Linux-centric. FreeBSD isn't an inferior OS by any means - it can be better than Linux in many situations. This, of course, coming from a FreeBSD user:)
The PC can already read Dreamcast GD-ROMs. One night, for the heck of it, I put my Sonic Adventure GD into my PC. On it were some.exe files (probably the game was made for WinCE), as well as a special folder which contained a nice selection of background images.
Another advantage of FreeBSD is CVSup. Just run it with the appropriate sup file and it will retrieve the latest ports tree. Note: CVSup is also used for updating the FreeBSD source tree.
Most people above are griping about how classic games deliver solid gameplay, while modern games are all flash. However, it's like comparing apples and oranges; games like Pac-Man and Asteroids are used for quick fixes, but to play games like Starcraft and Half Life, you actually have to invest some time into them. However, in the end, the experience will be much more satisfying than a 10 min. Pac-Man game.
When a new release comes out, use CVSup to downloaded the latest source tree.. not the full sources, just patches to whatever you have on your system. Then, just run make world, recompile your kernel, and you're done. CVSup is also used for downloading the latest ports.
I used Slackware 3.5 - 4.0 for a while (until I switched to FreeBSD), and it was a small hassle, reinstalling every time a new release comes out. An idea would be to incorporate something like FreeBSD's CVSup code upgrade tool, which downloads all changes to the source tree that you do not have already. This would make for painless upgrades to new releases.. CVSup, then make world. Another idea is to incorporate a FreeBSD-like ports system, to make package management much easier. Packages can still be used, but with the ports system, programs are still compiled from scratch. CVSup can be used to upgrade the ports list when new ones are released.
I'm a FreeBSD user, so I can't comment on other BSDs. However, FreeBSD has an excellent documentation system in their Handbook. It is a great resource for new users and experts alike. Also, FreeBSD 4.0 is scheduled to include hooks in their installation program which allows for a GUI installation.
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...whereas Linux has much better documentation and support...
I've actually found FreeBSD to have better documentation than Linux in the form of the FreeBSD Handbook, though that may be because there is only one FreeBSD and many Linux distributions with different configuration tools. The LDP is still and excellent resource.
This may be a long shot, but some E themes, not only Shiny Metal, contain application-launching buttons. You may be able to replace the images with some that are easier to use. Otherwise, you could try making desktop shortcuts with GNOME or KDE to his applications.
dpkg and rpm are for uberl33tz! Slackware's installpkg ownz! installpkg may not be very sexy, but it works. So what if you're missing packages? installpkg doesn't whine at you for it, you can just go and get them later! And in GUI tools, pkgtool makes glint and apt look like tinkertoys!
I felt like I had to stick in something for Slackware.
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This is an opt-out policy. Fine with me.
It's not an opt-out policy for the ISP. Why the fuck should they have to block sites because parents are too lazy to get off their asses to buy filtering software?
There are already TONS of filtering tools available. Hell, there are already TONS of filtered ISPs out there (google "Christian ISP"). If you don't want your kids to see titties, fine - go buy CyberPatrol. However, don't force extra government regulations on private corporations solely because you're too lazy to do so.
Go FUD yourself.
It's fundamentally anti-freedom and wrong.
Since when is it anti-freedom to give someone more choices than they had before?
How is this law giving people MORE choices?
Here's a fun exercise. Go to google. Search for "christian ISP Utah" (sans quotes), and look at all of the hits. There are already TONS of ISPs available which block objectionable sites. There are already TONS of software suites available which block objectionable sites.
The citizens of Utah already had these "new choices", because the free market determined that there was a demand for filtered internet service. Utah had no reason to step in.
The moment it adversely affects a fellow American citizen, I feel just as outraged as if it had affected me.
Is it me, or would this work great for gestures in Opera and Mozilla? Move your hand left to go back, right to go forward, and up and down to scroll the document (not viable for pr0n).
It would sort of look like the video manipulation in Minority Report.
http://www.ishkur.com/features/music/guide.htm
Great guide to the various genres and how the relate to each other.
It depends on the connection and speeds of the computers. I'm on a 900MHz system with Cable, and it took a minute to download and install.
I posted a bunch of links to local US Red Cross sites over at www.everythingzen.org. www.redcross.org is getting hammered, so hopefully this will help. Any cities whose pages were hosted on www.redcross.org (Tampa and Cincinnati, for instance) are not listed.
I wasn't talking about a GUI for configuring DNS. I was talking about GUIs in general. Let's face it, people like shiny buttons - a CLI may be better for many people, but a new user might freak out.
You're assuming that EVERYONE enjoys using the CLI. While I myself prefer it, would you really feel comfortable letting Grandma use it?
Both CLI and GUI have their places. If a GUI allows people to do things that they couldn't do before, more power to them.
Thanks for the tip - I'm generally into alt rock, so Rock 101 didn't appeal to me. I'll try to catch 92.5, though.
Here in Houston, pretty much the only good radio station (94.5 The Buzz) is run by Clear Channel. This will be great for the times when you don't have access to a radio (eg. in school).
Talk about being Linux-centric. FreeBSD isn't an inferior OS by any means - it can be better than Linux in many situations. This, of course, coming from a FreeBSD user :)
Hey "crackhead beeyatch" (learn how to spell bitch, moron), I tried out other CDs, and they worked. This was on an antiquated 24X CDROM drive as well.
The PC can already read Dreamcast GD-ROMs. One night, for the heck of it, I put my Sonic Adventure GD into my PC. On it were some .exe files (probably the game was made for WinCE), as well as a special folder which contained a nice selection of background images.
Porn Sites. It'll then be the ultimate geek device!
Another advantage of FreeBSD is CVSup. Just run it with the appropriate sup file and it will retrieve the latest ports tree. Note: CVSup is also used for updating the FreeBSD source tree.
Most people above are griping about how classic games deliver solid gameplay, while modern games are all flash. However, it's like comparing apples and oranges; games like Pac-Man and Asteroids are used for quick fixes, but to play games like Starcraft and Half Life, you actually have to invest some time into them. However, in the end, the experience will be much more satisfying than a 10 min. Pac-Man game.
When a new release comes out, use CVSup to downloaded the latest source tree.. not the full sources, just patches to whatever you have on your system. Then, just run make world, recompile your kernel, and you're done. CVSup is also used for downloading the latest ports.
VGS has a Mac native version. It was out before the PC version.
Armando Rojas
I used Slackware 3.5 - 4.0 for a while (until I switched to FreeBSD), and it was a small hassle, reinstalling every time a new release comes out. An idea would be to incorporate something like FreeBSD's CVSup code upgrade tool, which downloads all changes to the source tree that you do not have already. This would make for painless upgrades to new releases.. CVSup, then make world. Another idea is to incorporate a FreeBSD-like ports system, to make package management much easier. Packages can still be used, but with the ports system, programs are still compiled from scratch. CVSup can be used to upgrade the ports list when new ones are released.
I'm a FreeBSD user, so I can't comment on other BSDs. However, FreeBSD has an excellent documentation system in their Handbook. It is a great resource for new users and experts alike. Also, FreeBSD 4.0 is scheduled to include hooks in their installation program which allows for a GUI installation.
I've actually found FreeBSD to have better documentation than Linux in the form of the FreeBSD Handbook, though that may be because there is only one FreeBSD and many Linux distributions with different configuration tools. The LDP is still and excellent resource.
http://www.freebsd.org/handbookSex in space gives new meaning to this term.
This may be a long shot, but some E themes, not only Shiny Metal, contain application-launching buttons. You may be able to replace the images with some that are easier to use. Otherwise, you could try making desktop shortcuts with GNOME or KDE to his applications.
dpkg and rpm are for uberl33tz! Slackware's installpkg ownz!
installpkg may not be very sexy, but it works. So what if you're missing packages? installpkg doesn't whine at you for it, you can just go and get them later! And in GUI tools, pkgtool makes glint and apt look like tinkertoys!
I felt like I had to stick in something for Slackware.
Armando Rojas