Not to be intentionally antagonistic, but (unless I'm mistaken) the site is hosted on Angelfire.com, which is a free hosting website similar to Geocities. So, while it is not free, I'm not paying for it, you're not paying for it, and our cute russian motorcycle riding girl isn't paying for it. Who is? Whatever giant conglomerate owns angelfire.
I agree that *NIX based devices provide more power and flexibility than their closed-source counterparts (more like underlings) but here's the issue: I use my PDA to record notes (verbal or written), tape things, listen to MP3s and MAYBE compose an email if it is terribly important (I hate text-recognition software)
None of these really require power, or flexibility. Sure, I would love to be able to use OGG instead of MP3s, but is it important enough for me to try some beta software on my PDA? Nah. I just want to hit the button, plug in my headphones and SD card, and listen to some MP3s while I'm on my lunch break.
Power is a wonderful thing, but sometimes it's just not required.
Also, when I first bought my PDA I looked into Linux/OSS alternatives, and all of them had a VERY large footprint (bigger than Windows Mobile, and far bigger than PalmOS). Until storage and memory issues are no longer a concern for mobiles, or someone is able to code a production quality open source alternative, PalmOS and Windows Mobile/CE will still rule the mobile world.
Just out of curiousity could you share those? Not trying to be combative, I am honestly curious. If you don't wish to share them in a public forum (such as Slashdot) you can email me.
I think when SCO got into this whole mess they thought it was going to be an easy thing... now I feel like they are pulling an RIAA ie 'let's just file an arseload of lawsuits and try to frighten people into complying with us'
I think what it ultimately comes down to is lack of knowledge-- this mainly affects windows users at this point, although the more "user friendly" and mainstream alternative OSes (which may soon become a misnomer) become they too will have to deal with incompetent users. I am over at my uncles house bare minimum once a month wiping a virus from his system. Runs WinXP and has Norton AV... BUT he does not keep things updated. His virus defs are always old and god-forbid if he installed a windows update every now and then.
Tell someone to disable a windows service, and they will look at you cross-eyed. I will admit, I run WinXP on my PC because of my wife, and I am pretty adept at system maintenance (not quite so much with Linux anymore unfortunately) but I would feel insecure (pardon the wording) about securing a Linux box at this point. Can you imagine Joe User trying to disable services on a Linux PC? With the GUIs, it's about as easy now as it is for XP, but that is exactly my point-- your average user is completely clueless even with Windows.
The problem of the OS being used is a secondary problem, the main problem lies (or sits in this case) between the chair and the keyboard.
I think this is a bad analogy. If I owned an alley, would I be expected to police it? Isn't that what the police are for? It's like saying that, if I owned a car rental company, I would be responsible for someone using a car I rented them as a getaway vehicle in a bank robbery. I provide the vessel, how it is used is not in my control.
One can argue that Kazaa is responsible to monitor queries, but Kazaa is decentralized. It'd be like telling the NYPD they have to respond to domestic violence disputes in LA.
Funny you mention that. I used to work at a Red Roof Inn in Columbus, OH, and godhead stayed there. I ended up jamming with the lead guitar player. He plays some mean blues but, as a band, you are right they do suck. I actually asked him why he was playing in this shitty band, and he said it was only for the money.
Why shouldn't he benefit from it? It's a business venture, plain and simple... I think it's good that, if it runs counter to his opinion/belief, he didn't take the money. But I must ask why? It's the same as any other business venture. I dunno though. I guess he's probably a man of principle.
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
1) What kind of security will be implemented? What kind of ecyrption will they use to make sure no one will catch all my "bits and packets" (hehehe kind of like "bits and pieces") and seeing all my pr0n?!?
2) I have a cellular phone from a certain digital provider that will remain nameless (::cough:: sprint pcs::cough::) and I have dropped calls ALL the time. Does anyone think this will be a problem? I don't wanna download the latest Pam Anderson video and find out the middle half of the.avi got dropped;-)
Charlie
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
OK. So they want to charge by the meg now? Does anyone else think this is a giant step BACK? As far as charging for spam, what kind of legislation will be in effect for the Aussies now to help cease spam? IANAL, but isn't it the same kind of legal issue that would go along with telemarketers calling cell phones (I believe this is illegal in the US)... shouldn't this same kind of precedent be put in place?
Charlie
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
Y2k, Offensiveness, and Directive Processing Error
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Having Fun with Y2K
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Warning: Some of the material is offensive. To someone. I think."
Oh come now Hemos, something somewhere is always going to offend someone.
Dat's just da way it iz.
:-)
And how's this for irony: I go to the page, and here's what it says at the top: "[an error occurred while processing this directive]".
Early Y2K system problems me thinks? MUAHAHAHAHAHA
Charlie
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
"But if these planets are in their stars' habitable zones, then so are the moons of these planets. And one of these moons might, perhaps, be a world with plentiful water that supports macroscopic life."
What kind of tidal effects would exist on these moons due to the gravitional interactions between the satellite and mother planet? If there were large bodies of liquid water on these moons (if there are moons at all which, judging by the gravitional pull of the planet, there would be) there would probably be some great surfing:-)
Charlie
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
I am SOOOOO not a scientist, so I may be completely wrong. But, even with the existance of water on any of these planets, wouldn't the extreme gravity hinder the development of advanced eukaryotes? What kind of complex structures could evolve in an environment with a gravity far greater than that of earth?
Charlie
I will be following this thread closely, this is so completely interesting to me I can't even put it into words
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
The question was posed earlier on the message boards here as to whether or not Win98 is the OS of the future. I do not think this is the case. I would rather propose that the reason this wearable computer runs win98 is this: Obviously there is limited input with any kind of portable/wearable computing systems. The best input to use would be voice recognition (although the earlier story about thought activated computing would be a solution in the [near?] future). At current, such software exists only for Win9x/NT based systems. So/. folks, don't bash the d00dz at IBM for using Win98 at the platform for their wearable prototypes, instead lobby the developers of ViaVoice (also an IBM product) and Dragon NaturallySpeaking to make *nix/BeOS/Other based speech recognition products.
Deitheres
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
Hmm. I haven't heard much about that. I've heard that distributed.net was coming out with some kind of thing akin to the SETI@home project. I haven't checked into it though.
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
Actually, WINE stands for WINE Is Not an Emulator (God I love recursive acronyms!). It is called this because it actually does not emulate, or mimic, the Windows API architecture, it actually rebuilds it. A very fascinating concept. Hope this helps.
Charlie
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
... but Adobe Pagemill works pretty well with WINE. It has allowed me to use Windows less and less. Also on a side note, has anyone gotten the Windows SETI@home client to work with WINE? It will connect, but it freezes at the fast fourier transform. Hmm. Well anyway. WINE is a magnificent piece of software. You should all go snag the latest version.
-- Child: Mommy, where do.sig files go when they die? Mother: HELL! Straight to hell! I've never been the same since.
Slashdot Mirror
Not to be intentionally antagonistic, but (unless I'm mistaken) the site is hosted on Angelfire.com, which is a free hosting website similar to Geocities. So, while it is not free, I'm not paying for it, you're not paying for it, and our cute russian motorcycle riding girl isn't paying for it. Who is? Whatever giant conglomerate owns angelfire.
I say reload away.
Or perhaps one could find a job that does not require work, and therefore come to love it ;-)
I agree that *NIX based devices provide more power and flexibility than their closed-source counterparts (more like underlings) but here's the issue: I use my PDA to record notes (verbal or written), tape things, listen to MP3s and MAYBE compose an email if it is terribly important (I hate text-recognition software)
None of these really require power, or flexibility. Sure, I would love to be able to use OGG instead of MP3s, but is it important enough for me to try some beta software on my PDA? Nah. I just want to hit the button, plug in my headphones and SD card, and listen to some MP3s while I'm on my lunch break.
Power is a wonderful thing, but sometimes it's just not required.
Also, when I first bought my PDA I looked into Linux/OSS alternatives, and all of them had a VERY large footprint (bigger than Windows Mobile, and far bigger than PalmOS). Until storage and memory issues are no longer a concern for mobiles, or someone is able to code a production quality open source alternative, PalmOS and Windows Mobile/CE will still rule the mobile world.
and don't forget, it's SO easy to clean!
Just out of curiousity could you share those? Not trying to be combative, I am honestly curious. If you don't wish to share them in a public forum (such as Slashdot) you can email me.
I think when SCO got into this whole mess they thought it was going to be an easy thing... now I feel like they are pulling an RIAA ie 'let's just file an arseload of lawsuits and try to frighten people into complying with us'
Just my take on the situation
The problem comes when the owner of the wall has coated it with teflon.
I think what it ultimately comes down to is lack of knowledge-- this mainly affects windows users at this point, although the more "user friendly" and mainstream alternative OSes (which may soon become a misnomer) become they too will have to deal with incompetent users. I am over at my uncles house bare minimum once a month wiping a virus from his system. Runs WinXP and has Norton AV... BUT he does not keep things updated. His virus defs are always old and god-forbid if he installed a windows update every now and then.
Tell someone to disable a windows service, and they will look at you cross-eyed. I will admit, I run WinXP on my PC because of my wife, and I am pretty adept at system maintenance (not quite so much with Linux anymore unfortunately) but I would feel insecure (pardon the wording) about securing a Linux box at this point. Can you imagine Joe User trying to disable services on a Linux PC? With the GUIs, it's about as easy now as it is for XP, but that is exactly my point-- your average user is completely clueless even with Windows.
The problem of the OS being used is a secondary problem, the main problem lies (or sits in this case) between the chair and the keyboard.
I think this is a bad analogy. If I owned an alley, would I be expected to police it? Isn't that what the police are for? It's like saying that, if I owned a car rental company, I would be responsible for someone using a car I rented them as a getaway vehicle in a bank robbery. I provide the vessel, how it is used is not in my control.
One can argue that Kazaa is responsible to monitor queries, but Kazaa is decentralized. It'd be like telling the NYPD they have to respond to domestic violence disputes in LA.
Funny you mention that. I used to work at a Red Roof Inn in Columbus, OH, and godhead stayed there. I ended up jamming with the lead guitar player. He plays some mean blues but, as a band, you are right they do suck. I actually asked him why he was playing in this shitty band, and he said it was only for the money.
when was actual spam (the quasi-meat product) created/brought to market?
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Populus Vult Decipi, Ergo Decipiatur.
Charlie Marshall, Chief Designer, Alkali Media
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
1) What kind of security will be implemented? What kind of ecyrption will they use to make sure no one will catch all my "bits and packets" (hehehe kind of like "bits and pieces") and seeing all my pr0n?!?
2) I have a cellular phone from a certain digital provider that will remain nameless (::cough:: sprint pcs
Charlie
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
OK. So they want to charge by the meg now? Does anyone else think this is a giant step BACK? As far as charging for spam, what kind of legislation will be in effect for the Aussies now to help cease spam? IANAL, but isn't it the same kind of legal issue that would go along with telemarketers calling cell phones (I believe this is illegal in the US)... shouldn't this same kind of precedent be put in place?
Charlie
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
Warning: Some of the material is offensive. To someone. I think."
Oh come now Hemos, something somewhere is always going to offend someone.
Dat's just da way it iz.
:-)
And how's this for irony: I go to the page, and here's what it says at the top: "[an error occurred while processing this directive]".
Early Y2K system problems me thinks? MUAHAHAHAHAHA
Charlie
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
"But if these planets are in their stars' habitable zones, then so are the moons of these planets. And one of these moons might, perhaps, be a world with plentiful water that supports macroscopic life."
What kind of tidal effects would exist on these moons due to the gravitional interactions between the satellite and mother planet? If there were large bodies of liquid water on these moons (if there are moons at all which, judging by the gravitional pull of the planet, there would be) there would probably be some great surfing :-)
Charlie
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
I am SOOOOO not a scientist, so I may be completely wrong. But, even with the existance of water on any of these planets, wouldn't the extreme gravity hinder the development of advanced eukaryotes? What kind of complex structures could evolve in an environment with a gravity far greater than that of earth?
Charlie
I will be following this thread closely, this is so completely interesting to me I can't even put it into words
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
"Runs Win98 (ick)"
The question was posed earlier on the message boards here as to whether or not Win98 is the OS of the future. I do not think this is the case. I would rather propose that the reason this wearable computer runs win98 is this: Obviously there is limited input with any kind of portable/wearable computing systems. The best input to use would be voice recognition (although the earlier story about thought activated computing would be a solution in the [near?] future). At current, such software exists only for Win9x/NT based systems. So /. folks, don't bash the d00dz at IBM for using Win98 at the platform for their wearable prototypes, instead lobby the developers of ViaVoice (also an IBM product) and Dragon NaturallySpeaking to make *nix/BeOS/Other based speech recognition products.
Deitheres
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
Charlie
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.
-- .sig files go when they die?
Child: Mommy, where do
Mother: HELL! Straight to hell!
I've never been the same since.