1. Set your facebook/irc/whatever status to reflect your positive attitude towards your corporate masters.
2. Blog and upload photos on your various social accounts showing how dedicated you are to working over time and how you're doing it for the team dispite not getting paid!
I've been dying for something like this too, I have terrible eyes and cannot read small printed text easily anymore. Having a portable, Linux-enabled large screen that can read HTML/PDF with white-on-black text would be perfect.
I agree with you. I've been using Ubuntu 8.10 and now 9.04 lately on my notebook (Thinkpad T61, 1.8ghz C2D, 4gb ram, Intel 965 gfx), I upgraded to the 9.04 repo sources in the hopes the crappy Intel xorg drivers would be fixed, but alas.
I find Firefox, with some flash, scrolling or resizing just completely slows my machine down, with XP and Vista this was much faster. I also tried Opera, which uses the QT engine IIRC, faster, but still irritating.
Other things that just annoy me about Gnome are the panels, there seems to be no way to do basic things like keeping the bars under windows, they seem to only exist in 'always on top' mode unless autohide is enabled, which I don't want. Even switching to a lower resolution will result in my applets randomly relocating themselves, even if the lower res is more than the length of my panel + applets.
I want to use Linux on my Thinkpad, I am starting to seriously love Gnome now, but the hardware / performance of Xorg just plain suck for me.
True. I only backup the stuff that is very important to me, my/home is about 16GB or so, so that's an easy thing to manage, various other things, (like ISOs and stuff I keep handy) i have on multiple machines anyway, those can be re-created from the source media, so those aren't an issue. Media I don't backup since it's a) too big, b) too much effort to do so and c) I don't really care, because it can easily be acquired again.
Personally I'm longing for the day when 64GB flash disks are at the price 4GB ones are currently, because having 3 of those (1 off site) would be a huge benefit to me.
Oh and, don't forget to use tools like Gmail drive, you can upload your stuff there, and if I recall you can store up to about 6-7GB on a gmail account nowdays, plus it's free.
But seriously, I've had the same (but growing) data set in my/home for over 15 years, and going. I find the easiest way is to just keep it on my drive, and have a few frequently updated copies on external media (optical or solid or dirve) and to keep it on another PC too, disk space is so goddamn cheap. I also have a large music collection, and instead of wasting time backing it up onto optical media, I just keep it on both my notebook and PC, its unlikely both will fail at the same time, and incase of a robbery, I can also archive it at work.
Don't expect any form of media to last forever, it's multiple, frequently updated copies that will ensure your data lasts forever.
Also, if you have friends and family you can trust, make a copy for them to keep for you, off-site backup is also important.
Obviously this all depends on how important and/or private the data is.
I bought Spore, my wife wants to play it too. So we installed it on her PC, but she can't play online too, she'd have to play on my account - which is fine and all but I really feel upset that with Spore and the other games (like Quakewars ET)
Buying 2 copies of the game so we can both play online is a bit much. I'd gladly pay an extra 1/3 of the cost of another copy.
It clearly says "Cult typically refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture considers outside the mainstream, with a notably positive or negative popular perception. In common or populist usage, "cult" has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees,[1] but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.[2] For this reason, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called cults reject this label."
And, yes - I don't agree with Scientology *AT ALL*, and by the definition above and in my dictionary, I'm leaning towards the notion that above mentioned kid should have been given a medal, or at least a pat on the back for pointing out the obvious.
1. You're are not legally allowed to share it with your friends, not even for educational use!
2. Viruses/Spyware - this is a computer designed to give new users an introduction to computing, and a tool for education, can you imagine the grief virii would cause here, especially in a mass scale / network environment.
3. Cost.
4. Linux is not communism, Vendor lock-in is.
I'm a sysadmin at a school in South Africa, the funding is poor, the choices we have are limited. I really feel strongly against bringing M$ into the OLPC scene, these computers are about education, sharing and hopefully the spirit of giving. Not virii, DRM, WGA, Vendor Lock-In and legal woes.
I for one would not welcome these monopolistic overlords.
All I want is the rights to copy it to my laptop and/or portable music player and/or the media center PC that's hooked up to the sound system.
Oh and back it up onto DVD/tape/toilet paper/papyrus.
So only about 5 copies will be made but it will be used by me and the immediate family, is that okay Mr MegaCorp CEO.. Sir?
And just out of interest:
I asked the company that develope the commercial music software I use and they say it's okay to install it onto my laptop and home PC and use it at the same time, I bought it, they say I can do what I want with it as long as I'm the only one that use it. I'm pretty sure they won't mind if I use it and maybe teach my girlfriend how to use it at the same time.
I'm just saying this because I feel like I could be a criminal or something!:meek:
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or, "Well, let's blow everything up, one of these blurred out buildings *must* be the school!"
Aren't all IT related jobs like such?
1. Set your facebook/irc/whatever status to reflect your positive attitude towards your corporate masters.
2. Blog and upload photos on your various social accounts showing how dedicated you are to working over time and how you're doing it for the team dispite not getting paid!
3. ??
4. Profit!
I've been dying for something like this too, I have terrible eyes and cannot read small printed text easily anymore. Having a portable, Linux-enabled large screen that can read HTML/PDF with white-on-black text would be perfect.
My wife suggested Luscious Labia for the one after, but I think it might break their naming convention.
I agree with you. I've been using Ubuntu 8.10 and now 9.04 lately on my notebook (Thinkpad T61, 1.8ghz C2D, 4gb ram, Intel 965 gfx), I upgraded to the 9.04 repo sources in the hopes the crappy Intel xorg drivers would be fixed, but alas.
I find Firefox, with some flash, scrolling or resizing just completely slows my machine down, with XP and Vista this was much faster. I also tried Opera, which uses the QT engine IIRC, faster, but still irritating.
Other things that just annoy me about Gnome are the panels, there seems to be no way to do basic things like keeping the bars under windows, they seem to only exist in 'always on top' mode unless autohide is enabled, which I don't want. Even switching to a lower resolution will result in my applets randomly relocating themselves, even if the lower res is more than the length of my panel + applets.
I want to use Linux on my Thinkpad, I am starting to seriously love Gnome now, but the hardware / performance of Xorg just plain suck for me.
True. I only backup the stuff that is very important to me, my /home is about 16GB or so, so that's an easy thing to manage, various other things, (like ISOs and stuff I keep handy) i have on multiple machines anyway, those can be re-created from the source media, so those aren't an issue. Media I don't backup since it's a) too big, b) too much effort to do so and c) I don't really care, because it can easily be acquired again.
Personally I'm longing for the day when 64GB flash disks are at the price 4GB ones are currently, because having 3 of those (1 off site) would be a huge benefit to me.
Oh and, don't forget to use tools like Gmail drive, you can upload your stuff there, and if I recall you can store up to about 6-7GB on a gmail account nowdays, plus it's free.
But seriously, I've had the same (but growing) data set in my /home for over 15 years, and going. I find the easiest way is to just keep it on my drive, and have a few frequently updated copies on external media (optical or solid or dirve) and to keep it on another PC too, disk space is so goddamn cheap. I also have a large music collection, and instead of wasting time backing it up onto optical media, I just keep it on both my notebook and PC, its unlikely both will fail at the same time, and incase of a robbery, I can also archive it at work.
Don't expect any form of media to last forever, it's multiple, frequently updated copies that will ensure your data lasts forever.
Also, if you have friends and family you can trust, make a copy for them to keep for you, off-site backup is also important.
Obviously this all depends on how important and/or private the data is.
my 0.2
My dreams as a kid were pixelated! And my teenage dreams often had things like wireframed landscapes with low polygon trees!
Even when I dreamt about breakups with ex's, or random things.. all 3D engine inspired.
I bought Spore, my wife wants to play it too. So we installed it on her PC, but she can't play online too, she'd have to play on my account - which is fine and all but I really feel upset that with Spore and the other games (like Quakewars ET)
Buying 2 copies of the game so we can both play online is a bit much. I'd gladly pay an extra 1/3 of the cost of another copy.
I just saw the teaser for the new Terminator movie and you want me to put liquid metal in my puter??!
If I turn to my Wikipedian Textbook of ye Olde knowledge, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult
It clearly says "Cult typically refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture considers outside the mainstream, with a notably positive or negative popular perception. In common or populist usage, "cult" has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees,[1] but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.[2] For this reason, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called cults reject this label."
And, yes - I don't agree with Scientology *AT ALL*, and by the definition above and in my dictionary, I'm leaning towards the notion that above mentioned kid should have been given a medal, or at least a pat on the back for pointing out the obvious.
Also, it's called "free speech", innit.
That'd be the bomb, my T61 is perfect except for the sub-par screen.. ohwell.
.. and put this tech into the next Thinkpad! .. with LED backlighting, kthnx
1. You're are not legally allowed to share it with your friends, not even for educational use!
2. Viruses/Spyware - this is a computer designed to give new users an introduction to computing, and a tool for education, can you imagine the grief virii would cause here, especially in a mass scale / network environment.
3. Cost.
4. Linux is not communism, Vendor lock-in is.
I'm a sysadmin at a school in South Africa, the funding is poor, the choices we have are limited. I really feel strongly against bringing M$ into the OLPC scene, these computers are about education, sharing and hopefully the spirit of giving. Not virii, DRM, WGA, Vendor Lock-In and legal woes.
I for one would not welcome these monopolistic overlords.
Will we have access to our scores?
:D
Can I brag about scoring high on the Terrorist Aptitude Test?
Can I sell the results on eBay for profit?
Indeed, currently my Thinkpad T61 idles @ about 12W with the lid closed, this is on Gutsy beta 5.
I hear these hybrids cause a log of smug!
and hopefully the IRQ problems that are affecting my T61 will be resolved, too!
I'm a nerd, It's news to me, it matters.
Who owns *MY* computer? Me, or Microsoft?
Now maybe I'll start buying music online.
:meek:
All I want is the rights to copy it to my laptop and/or portable music player and/or the media center PC that's hooked up to the sound system.
Oh and back it up onto DVD/tape/toilet paper/papyrus.
So only about 5 copies will be made but it will be used by me and the immediate family, is that okay Mr MegaCorp CEO.. Sir?
And just out of interest:
I asked the company that develope the commercial music software I use and they say it's okay to install it onto my laptop and home PC and use it at the same time, I bought it, they say I can do what I want with it as long as I'm the only one that use it. I'm pretty sure they won't mind if I use it and maybe teach my girlfriend how to use it at the same time.
I'm just saying this because I feel like I could be a criminal or something!
Now I'm going to be flooded by friends inviting me to join CheekBook, Myface, Snotspot and Smilejournal.
True that.
I think chavs, goths and emo kids would make great biofuel.