Quote: "In "the not-too-distant" future, where genetic engineering of humans is common and DNA plays the primary role in determining social class, Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is conceived and born without the aid of this technology. Suffering from the nearly eradicated physical dysfunctions of myopia and a congenital heart defect, as well as being given a life expectancy of 30.2 years, Vincent faces extreme genetic discrimination and prejudice. The only way he can achieve his life-long dream of becoming an astronaut is to break the law and impersonate a "valid", a person with appropriate genetic advantage.[4]"
i have to agree mine actually runs CONSIDERABLY faster than vista, and a bit faster than xp.
i have an absolute top of the line system too and windows 7's speed is so noticeable with simple common tasks that i intend to use the beta and rc's right up till launch.
i get about 20mpg normally(not that i care in a car that's faster than a Ferrari for 1/6th the price..)
I am getting so sick of the taxing crap they keep putting on us and the reserved crap for hybrid drivers that I'm about to move to Europe.
in town there is a spot that says "Reserved for hybrid vehicles"
recently it was stolen.....i wonder why, half the people here drive muscle cars getting 4-8mpg or trucks getting 10mpg...
I hate hybrids with a passion, and most of the drivers give such snooty looks to anyone not in one, and since they have no way to dispose of the battery there actually quite unhealthy for the environment, so my understanding of this is a simple what the fuck.
in my case i know its going to be a bad day when im behind a Prius on my way to work, gotta love hyper milers driving 45 on a one lane highway, i usually illegally pass them because i cant stand going 45 in a 70. Much less when i have a 9 second 1/4 mile car(its set for daily driving).
"actually knows how" that was more to the point. taking someones keys a simple pickpocket could do.
however i do agree.
that would be HILARIOUS id probably just watch the guy id be laughing too hard imagine him not knowing what "that other pedal" is trying to gas it and instead pressing the brake thinking its the gas and the clutch the brake and wondering whats happening haha...or i could actually see someone mistaking that for an e brake...that would be....funny to say the least...
anybody who wants to steal a car and actually knows how more than likely knows how to drive stick.
i know how to hot wire(I've lost my keys too many times to count it was sadly needed.)
and i most definitely know how to drive stick, if i were to decide to steal a car the transmission type wouldn't matter at all
nor would those stupid steering wheel locks.
when i was younger my mother put one on my car so i couldn't go out past 12
5 minutes with a hacksaw and i was cruising.
the best cheapest theft deterrent...put a lojack sticker on your car...
the best theft deterrent put a lojack on your car AND put a sticker on the car
you cant stop them from stealing it if they really want to but you can get it back
condition of it after they take it is dependent on what they do >.
Thus is a good thing. Patenting software is like patenting a math equation. I can understand software copyrights but not a freaking patent. I wonder how this will affect the cases that where already in court.
Now if we can only get some sense in patents regarding biology. By the way my patent on the biological reproductive process in humans will go into affect today. So all you with kids prepare to cough up.
Thank God nobody on Slashdot has ever used a Biological reproductive process, if we had wed be poorer code monkeys
actually theres a section in the foreign policy act that pretty much says "if you fuck up in other countries your at their mercy" its honestly something like "all americans are required to follow the country they are visiting's laws and if they commit a crime they are subject to their laws and regulations" which of course means if we try to bring a gun into another country and they have anti gun laws your either going to get turned away at the border or arrested within the border then the only right you have is to alert the US embassy that your stuck there a lot of countries don't even afford Americans the right to an attorney.
I've been arrested and released in Canada and Russia for crimes i didn't do, in Canada it took them a week to realize it was somebody else so i was put on immigration hold(aka i was almost deported), as for russia they locked me up for a month for a parking ticket, saying that i had violated some statute till the embassy got its act together and pretty much told them to fuck off and let me out...that was fun...i have to say american prison's are butterflies and bubblegum compared to russian ones...
the point is getting the mainstream users to linux, not for independent developers, i know the point of f/oss but in truth when you think about it as long as the os and most of the apps stay that way would it really matter if closed source apps moved to linux? personally the only apps people i think would even have a small interest in would be games...
english is not my native language if you have a problem with that try checking on the available languages on a linux install and see that english isnt the only one on there.
im a linux user, i understand all the f/oss shit but for fucks sakes how hard it it to make people still pay for a game and keep it closed source on an os, mod me flamebait as you will but linux is open source also TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO THEIR OWN THING ON IT, if they want to sell a closed source game good job its only promoting linux, and personally i find that a lot more important that solid oh noes it HAS to be open source atmosphere...i love that the OS its self is, but its also free to developers and as such people should allow them to utilize that, in the end thinking logically how much would developers save if they didn't have to pay microsoft royalty fees and stuff "wow i have a free compiler, a free nice notepad thats easier for coding in, wow i even have free api's with full source and documentation so i can upgrade it or do anything i want maybe even edit it so i can make ti beter and include it...but only for my game so it doesnt cause compatibility issues...but of course this has nothing to do with us linux(wannabe)gamers this has to do with money, and right now the gaming industry sees it with xp.
i spent an entire day on a site that checks wikipedia updates as they are made, there was a bad one coming in at about a rate of 30 per minute, and sometimes the person kept changing it back so when you think about it theres only so much you can do and personally assholes tend to have a bit more..how can i say this...motivation than people trying to do good...well i changed an article 5 times before saying fuck it, he kept coming back and changing to to "where james lives" it was probably a girl who was obsessed with her boyfriend or something, but finally i was like the hell with it im not gonna win this battle and there are 30 other articles that are getting vandalized as im dealing with 1 moron
see i love wikipedia but i must say i get a little pissed even when reading about hitler and very touchy subjects when i see someone added "and he was a complete douche" at the end of it, i mean 99.9% of us agree with that opinion however thats what it is an OPINION, and personally i dont really care about 90% of the people in the worlds opinions on anything, the problem with that though is wikipedia is all about knowledge and showing peoples direct knowledge and of course some of that is slightly opinionated and gives wikipedia the character that makes it more enjoyable than a normal encyclopedia, so the current problem is we dont need deletionists or freedom of speech we need place snugly in the middle that will allow for freedom of expression and general knowledge, maybe a comment system however i could see that quickly getting out of control full of trolls and such, however it would at least slightly decrease the opinionated articles on wikipedia by hopefully at least 5%, and idk about all of you but every percent counts.
i cant see them OPENLY supporting blue ray for a while, for Microsoft its pretty much admitting that they lost, and as everyone knows Microsoft is a VERY sore loser...
no...no....were not bothered at all, haven't bought windows since 95....wga was a minor nuisance, easily taken care of with full updates enabled now...though i only use windows for gaming, for everything else i run either Slackware, Fedora, or Kubuntu, the day i even waste time pirating vista....is the day i cut my balls off and feed them to Microsoft because ill have gone lower than low...
sorry but this is/. if you use vista any opinion you have is hereby ignored, the last thing you want to admit to us is that your using vista...time to pull out the torches and pitchforks guys!
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This REALLY reminds me of the movie Gattaca
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/
Quote: "In "the not-too-distant" future, where genetic engineering of humans is common and DNA plays the primary role in determining social class, Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is conceived and born without the aid of this technology. Suffering from the nearly eradicated physical dysfunctions of myopia and a congenital heart defect, as well as being given a life expectancy of 30.2 years, Vincent faces extreme genetic discrimination and prejudice. The only way he can achieve his life-long dream of becoming an astronaut is to break the law and impersonate a "valid", a person with appropriate genetic advantage.[4]"
OK I'm having a really bad day.....and after reading this, it got a lot better, this is one of the best comments I've seen lately
i have to agree mine actually runs CONSIDERABLY faster than vista, and a bit faster than xp.
i have an absolute top of the line system too and windows 7's speed is so noticeable with simple common tasks that i intend to use the beta and rc's right up till launch.
I drive a 1994 Toyota Supra Turbo....
i get about 20mpg normally(not that i care in a car that's faster than a Ferrari for 1/6th the price..)
I am getting so sick of the taxing crap they keep putting on us and the reserved crap for hybrid drivers that I'm about to move to Europe.
in town there is a spot that says "Reserved for hybrid vehicles"
recently it was stolen.....i wonder why, half the people here drive muscle cars getting 4-8mpg or trucks getting 10mpg...
I hate hybrids with a passion, and most of the drivers give such snooty looks to anyone not in one, and since they have no way to dispose of the battery there actually quite unhealthy for the environment, so my understanding of this is a simple what the fuck.
in my case i know its going to be a bad day when im behind a Prius on my way to work, gotta love hyper milers driving 45 on a one lane highway, i usually illegally pass them because i cant stand going 45 in a 70. Much less when i have a 9 second 1/4 mile car(its set for daily driving).
Tin Foil, Oh, Tin Foil, Wherefore Are Thou Tin Foil?
"actually knows how" that was more to the point. taking someones keys a simple pickpocket could do. however i do agree. that would be HILARIOUS id probably just watch the guy id be laughing too hard imagine him not knowing what "that other pedal" is trying to gas it and instead pressing the brake thinking its the gas and the clutch the brake and wondering whats happening haha...or i could actually see someone mistaking that for an e brake...that would be....funny to say the least...
anybody who wants to steal a car and actually knows how more than likely knows how to drive stick. i know how to hot wire(I've lost my keys too many times to count it was sadly needed.) and i most definitely know how to drive stick, if i were to decide to steal a car the transmission type wouldn't matter at all nor would those stupid steering wheel locks. when i was younger my mother put one on my car so i couldn't go out past 12 5 minutes with a hacksaw and i was cruising. the best cheapest theft deterrent...put a lojack sticker on your car... the best theft deterrent put a lojack on your car AND put a sticker on the car you cant stop them from stealing it if they really want to but you can get it back condition of it after they take it is dependent on what they do >.
Thus is a good thing. Patenting software is like patenting a math equation. I can understand software copyrights but not a freaking patent. I wonder how this will affect the cases that where already in court.
Now if we can only get some sense in patents regarding biology. By the way my patent on the biological reproductive process in humans will go into affect today. So all you with kids prepare to cough up.
Thank God nobody on Slashdot has ever used a Biological reproductive process, if we had wed be poorer code monkeys
Don't mind the smell of booze, vomit and every so often a hint of urine, it enhances the experience!
aw shucks, everyone hit it again!! hahaha
slashdotted ftw
Sorry for the grammar, apparently /. wants me to use HTML in a comment..
actually theres a section in the foreign policy act that pretty much says "if you fuck up in other countries your at their mercy" its honestly something like "all americans are required to follow the country they are visiting's laws and if they commit a crime they are subject to their laws and regulations" which of course means if we try to bring a gun into another country and they have anti gun laws your either going to get turned away at the border or arrested within the border then the only right you have is to alert the US embassy that your stuck there a lot of countries don't even afford Americans the right to an attorney. I've been arrested and released in Canada and Russia for crimes i didn't do, in Canada it took them a week to realize it was somebody else so i was put on immigration hold(aka i was almost deported), as for russia they locked me up for a month for a parking ticket, saying that i had violated some statute till the embassy got its act together and pretty much told them to fuck off and let me out...that was fun...i have to say american prison's are butterflies and bubblegum compared to russian ones...
mod this guy up thats slackware in a nutshell props.
the Addams family one was amazing if i could buy that now id sell my car(79 camaro) for it brings back such memories)
too bad this great tool...er website got slashdotted maybe too many poeple were using wireshark 1.0 while they were browsing the page...just kidding anyways time to google for mirrors Mirror: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Internet/HTTP-WWW-/Ethereal-1961.shtml
the point is getting the mainstream users to linux, not for independent developers, i know the point of f/oss but in truth when you think about it as long as the os and most of the apps stay that way would it really matter if closed source apps moved to linux? personally the only apps people i think would even have a small interest in would be games...
i also only picked it up from visiting travellers......i was never taught it.
english is not my native language if you have a problem with that try checking on the available languages on a linux install and see that english isnt the only one on there.
im a linux user, i understand all the f/oss shit but for fucks sakes how hard it it to make people still pay for a game and keep it closed source on an os, mod me flamebait as you will but linux is open source also TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO THEIR OWN THING ON IT, if they want to sell a closed source game good job its only promoting linux, and personally i find that a lot more important that solid oh noes it HAS to be open source atmosphere...i love that the OS its self is, but its also free to developers and as such people should allow them to utilize that, in the end thinking logically how much would developers save if they didn't have to pay microsoft royalty fees and stuff "wow i have a free compiler, a free nice notepad thats easier for coding in, wow i even have free api's with full source and documentation so i can upgrade it or do anything i want maybe even edit it so i can make ti beter and include it...but only for my game so it doesnt cause compatibility issues...but of course this has nothing to do with us linux(wannabe)gamers this has to do with money, and right now the gaming industry sees it with xp.
i spent an entire day on a site that checks wikipedia updates as they are made, there was a bad one coming in at about a rate of 30 per minute, and sometimes the person kept changing it back so when you think about it theres only so much you can do and personally assholes tend to have a bit more..how can i say this...motivation than people trying to do good...well i changed an article 5 times before saying fuck it, he kept coming back and changing to to "where james lives" it was probably a girl who was obsessed with her boyfriend or something, but finally i was like the hell with it im not gonna win this battle and there are 30 other articles that are getting vandalized as im dealing with 1 moron
see i love wikipedia but i must say i get a little pissed even when reading about hitler and very touchy subjects when i see someone added "and he was a complete douche" at the end of it, i mean 99.9% of us agree with that opinion however thats what it is an OPINION, and personally i dont really care about 90% of the people in the worlds opinions on anything, the problem with that though is wikipedia is all about knowledge and showing peoples direct knowledge and of course some of that is slightly opinionated and gives wikipedia the character that makes it more enjoyable than a normal encyclopedia, so the current problem is we dont need deletionists or freedom of speech we need place snugly in the middle that will allow for freedom of expression and general knowledge, maybe a comment system however i could see that quickly getting out of control full of trolls and such, however it would at least slightly decrease the opinionated articles on wikipedia by hopefully at least 5%, and idk about all of you but every percent counts.
i cant see them OPENLY supporting blue ray for a while, for Microsoft its pretty much admitting that they lost, and as everyone knows Microsoft is a VERY sore loser...
no...no....were not bothered at all, haven't bought windows since 95....wga was a minor nuisance, easily taken care of with full updates enabled now...though i only use windows for gaming, for everything else i run either Slackware, Fedora, or Kubuntu, the day i even waste time pirating vista....is the day i cut my balls off and feed them to Microsoft because ill have gone lower than low...
sorry but this is /. if you use vista any opinion you have is hereby ignored, the last thing you want to admit to us is that your using vista...time to pull out the torches and pitchforks guys!