or like in cases like mine, take the one that dad put in the closet in the basement 15 years ago. I started buying records because there are often "vinyl only" tracks and because of limited press vinyl. I've had records given to me by friends who have an album on both cd and vinyl (Jaco Pastorius!). There's also all those records my dad has from the 70s and 80s that I took from him because I like them to (now explain to me why I should BUY an Eric Clapton album on cd when I have the LP right next to me?).
Don't forget that a vinyl record can hold twice as much bass as a cd--possibly why so much more dance is available on vinyl than most other genres (ignoring records that were pressed 30 years ago--talking about modern ones)
CP/M-86 was run on 8088 though. I had a Z80 and 8088 on my first computer. That thing was confusing and way (like Win 95 was out for a few years already) outdated when I had it. Can anyone give a proper explanation of why the thing needed two processors?
I'm using a book called Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner. It explains all the data types and stuff which does get a little annoying if you already know another programming language, but it cost $15 less than Dive Into Python. I think one of the guys in my dorm is going to borrow it because he needs those explanations (first language).
Well, if the lady at the counter plays bridge with your grandma, that seems potentially embarrassing. Or if you think the girl at the counter's a hottie, she might think you're a perv or a player or some other type of guy that makes us think you'd be a bad boyfriend, and then you can't hit on her at school the next day.
Not usually more than a few hours--overnight at the most. I'm always turning it off when going to classes or at least disconnecting the internet and "sleep"ing it.
With Windows you get a new kernel every time you upgrade your OS--like from ME to XP to Vista. Linux just comes up with a new kernel more often. With Windows, you get a driver disk for every peripheral to install the drivers so you don't have to worry about a new kernel too often. With Linux, a large chunk of drivers are built into the kernel, so when new accessories come out, their drivers are added and the kernel number goes up--that's probably what a lot of those 68 changes were. I believe my kernel is 2.6.15, so I'm not sure where you got that long of a number unless it's an edit from your distro, not from the people making the kernel.
I'm pretty sure Nautilus does the "right click > play in XMMS" thing. At least it does on mine...
I never had to tell X the refresh rates and all that stuff for my screen. It "just works". By the way, Windows has a default setting for the refresh rate. It can be changed. Every time my step-brother touches our Windows computer he changes it because he says it's too low for his eyes. Whether X is using a default setting or did an auto-detect, I don't know.
I never understood the appeal of a computer that costs more and can't be customized. I guess if you can't figure out how to work a computer, one that's really simplified and doesn't require that you know anything about computers (even how to turn them on it seems, when comes to the laptops) could be useful.
Anyone amused by it being the antitrust guy that's backing DRM? DRM is sort of a tool for becoming a monopoly (for instance, Apple has pretty much monopolized the mp3 player industry).
A lot of Linux distros come with OOo installed by default, don't they? If you're getting the same thing free with your free operating system, why replace it with a $200 program?
Oh, is THAT what I have to do to get my computer to stop saying "Not Genuine"? There's a license key printed on the darn thing, but yeah, hardware failures, formats, blah blah blah....I guess a reformat is the expiration date on a license key now.
I don't feel like it's worth the trouble of sitting on the phone all day with someone who can't speak English. Now to finish training my family to use Linux...
Why's it impossible to pirate? The RC1, when it was released limited to 100,000 downloads was up ready for everyone to download elsewhere the same day. I have the.iso on my computer at home (not the pirated one, the one from M$'s site) waiting for a blank DVD because Windows is 2 and a half GB! Can you believe that? That is a HUGE resource-heavy OS. And to think, Win 9x was small enough to fit on a 2GB hard drive and have it be perfectly usable. 95 was what? 500mb? I like my Linux cds, you know, they actually fit on a CD! oi...Anyway, if they gave out the.iso for 100,000 downloads, how many times do you think everyone's going to burn that iso? It doesn't disappear after one burn, and there's cd burners to make copies anyway. There'll still be pirating (and from what I hear, the Chinese are very good at remaking Windows).
Are there any stores that sell "naked machines" (as that pdf put it)? I tried asking at Circuit City if I could get my laptop without Windows, but they said no.
As far as standards go, it'd be nice if there was just a standard FORMAT for everything. That the programs are identical is not necessary, but that they are all compatible sort of is. I know the Gimp will open Photoshop files, as will Paint Shop Pro, but will Photoshop open their files? Nope. It seems that open source programs do a good job of supporting proprietary formats (like.doc or.pps) but I don't think those are the formats that Mac programs use, so what about interoperability there?
I agree on that building from scratch thing, though. I kind of have one in the works (just need a bigger harddrive--I only have a 2GB laying around...which might actually work for Linux) to use for testing unstable releases.
I didn't upgrade til a few months ago (didn't realise it) and when I did all of a sudden my Windows isn't genuine. I know it wasn't pirated. Windows was on there when I bought it (from a reputable dealer, not someone off the street) at Best Buy.
I never understood using Outlook. In the first place, I can't figure out how to get my yahoo mail to go there (can't figure out how to get my school mail to go to Evolution either). In the second place, how much harder is it to log in to yahoo.com mail than to double click on Outlook? You have to connect to the internet anyway. Third, webmail is available from anywhere, even from the web browser on a cell phone--why even bother with Outlook (or Evolution--unless it's for the calendar which I love--or Thunderbird)?
I recall the band AFI saying they have no problem with P2P and that it helped them get more fans since back when they were on Nitro they didn't have huge promotion budgets and had to rely on word-of-mouth. Their 5th album, The Art of Drowning, was released on P2P a few months before the real release, and it made it onto the Billboard charts the first week (something they never did before). I think it was somewhere around #160. When bands are like that--no promotion on MTV or Fuse or whatever--P2P can be good. Most people here music for free from the radio or tv before they buy a cd for a band they've never listened to. When a band can't get on the radio or on tv, how does someone get a demo of one of their songs? Download it. After a song or two, they either say "eh I don't like this" or "hey, this is good". The former results in no further downloads. The latter either results in a cd sale (or two, or three, or their whole catalog) or at the very least the sale of merch and concert tickets.
Linux has the broadest hardware support of any OS. I think dial up modems are the only thing where Linux just sucks, but hey, that's just a reason to get faster internet.
The problem I have with Mac is their anti-other-hardware thing. You can't yank them open, take something out, and replace it, and still have it work like you can with Windows or Linux, because half the time the drivers aren't already in there (like with Linux) or aren't available for download (like Windows). At least with Windows you get a driver disk even if you don't get the "already there" thing Linux has.
It just says it's the first in the US, not in the world. That probably means there's one somewhere else. I think I heard about one before that instead of vaporizing fast-forwards the whole biodegredation process and turns stuff into oil, water, etc. like it would in about a million years.
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or like in cases like mine, take the one that dad put in the closet in the basement 15 years ago. I started buying records because there are often "vinyl only" tracks and because of limited press vinyl. I've had records given to me by friends who have an album on both cd and vinyl (Jaco Pastorius!). There's also all those records my dad has from the 70s and 80s that I took from him because I like them to (now explain to me why I should BUY an Eric Clapton album on cd when I have the LP right next to me?).
Don't forget that a vinyl record can hold twice as much bass as a cd--possibly why so much more dance is available on vinyl than most other genres (ignoring records that were pressed 30 years ago--talking about modern ones)
I've got a record player on my computer desk and a milk crate of records right next to me.
It's Norton, how is that surprising? It barely even qualifies as AV anyway. That's like being surprised how hard it is to remove AOHell.
CP/M-86 was run on 8088 though. I had a Z80 and 8088 on my first computer. That thing was confusing and way (like Win 95 was out for a few years already) outdated when I had it. Can anyone give a proper explanation of why the thing needed two processors?
I'm using a book called Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner. It explains all the data types and stuff which does get a little annoying if you already know another programming language, but it cost $15 less than Dive Into Python. I think one of the guys in my dorm is going to borrow it because he needs those explanations (first language).
Well, if the lady at the counter plays bridge with your grandma, that seems potentially embarrassing. Or if you think the girl at the counter's a hottie, she might think you're a perv or a player or some other type of guy that makes us think you'd be a bad boyfriend, and then you can't hit on her at school the next day.
I can fit all my porn on 0 bits.
Not usually more than a few hours--overnight at the most. I'm always turning it off when going to classes or at least disconnecting the internet and "sleep"ing it.
Don't any slashdotters date each other? I wonder if my boyfriend is on here...
With Windows you get a new kernel every time you upgrade your OS--like from ME to XP to Vista. Linux just comes up with a new kernel more often. With Windows, you get a driver disk for every peripheral to install the drivers so you don't have to worry about a new kernel too often. With Linux, a large chunk of drivers are built into the kernel, so when new accessories come out, their drivers are added and the kernel number goes up--that's probably what a lot of those 68 changes were. I believe my kernel is 2.6.15, so I'm not sure where you got that long of a number unless it's an edit from your distro, not from the people making the kernel.
I'm pretty sure Nautilus does the "right click > play in XMMS" thing. At least it does on mine...
I never had to tell X the refresh rates and all that stuff for my screen. It "just works". By the way, Windows has a default setting for the refresh rate. It can be changed. Every time my step-brother touches our Windows computer he changes it because he says it's too low for his eyes. Whether X is using a default setting or did an auto-detect, I don't know.
Hmm reminds me of this
I never understood the appeal of a computer that costs more and can't be customized. I guess if you can't figure out how to work a computer, one that's really simplified and doesn't require that you know anything about computers (even how to turn them on it seems, when comes to the laptops) could be useful.
Anyone amused by it being the antitrust guy that's backing DRM? DRM is sort of a tool for becoming a monopoly (for instance, Apple has pretty much monopolized the mp3 player industry).
Are those crickets I hear?
A lot of Linux distros come with OOo installed by default, don't they? If you're getting the same thing free with your free operating system, why replace it with a $200 program?
Oh, is THAT what I have to do to get my computer to stop saying "Not Genuine"? There's a license key printed on the darn thing, but yeah, hardware failures, formats, blah blah blah....I guess a reformat is the expiration date on a license key now. I don't feel like it's worth the trouble of sitting on the phone all day with someone who can't speak English. Now to finish training my family to use Linux...
Why's it impossible to pirate? The RC1, when it was released limited to 100,000 downloads was up ready for everyone to download elsewhere the same day. I have the .iso on my computer at home (not the pirated one, the one from M$'s site) waiting for a blank DVD because Windows is 2 and a half GB! Can you believe that? That is a HUGE resource-heavy OS. And to think, Win 9x was small enough to fit on a 2GB hard drive and have it be perfectly usable. 95 was what? 500mb? I like my Linux cds, you know, they actually fit on a CD! oi...Anyway, if they gave out the .iso for 100,000 downloads, how many times do you think everyone's going to burn that iso? It doesn't disappear after one burn, and there's cd burners to make copies anyway. There'll still be pirating (and from what I hear, the Chinese are very good at remaking Windows).
Are there any stores that sell "naked machines" (as that pdf put it)? I tried asking at Circuit City if I could get my laptop without Windows, but they said no.
.doc or .pps) but I don't think those are the formats that Mac programs use, so what about interoperability there?
As far as standards go, it'd be nice if there was just a standard FORMAT for everything. That the programs are identical is not necessary, but that they are all compatible sort of is. I know the Gimp will open Photoshop files, as will Paint Shop Pro, but will Photoshop open their files? Nope. It seems that open source programs do a good job of supporting proprietary formats (like
I agree on that building from scratch thing, though. I kind of have one in the works (just need a bigger harddrive--I only have a 2GB laying around...which might actually work for Linux) to use for testing unstable releases.
I didn't upgrade til a few months ago (didn't realise it) and when I did all of a sudden my Windows isn't genuine. I know it wasn't pirated. Windows was on there when I bought it (from a reputable dealer, not someone off the street) at Best Buy.
I never understood using Outlook. In the first place, I can't figure out how to get my yahoo mail to go there (can't figure out how to get my school mail to go to Evolution either). In the second place, how much harder is it to log in to yahoo.com mail than to double click on Outlook? You have to connect to the internet anyway. Third, webmail is available from anywhere, even from the web browser on a cell phone--why even bother with Outlook (or Evolution--unless it's for the calendar which I love--or Thunderbird)?
What about if you copied a few pages out of a book? Does that count as the whole book or each page? Isn't that sort of the same thing?
I recall the band AFI saying they have no problem with P2P and that it helped them get more fans since back when they were on Nitro they didn't have huge promotion budgets and had to rely on word-of-mouth. Their 5th album, The Art of Drowning, was released on P2P a few months before the real release, and it made it onto the Billboard charts the first week (something they never did before). I think it was somewhere around #160. When bands are like that--no promotion on MTV or Fuse or whatever--P2P can be good. Most people here music for free from the radio or tv before they buy a cd for a band they've never listened to. When a band can't get on the radio or on tv, how does someone get a demo of one of their songs? Download it. After a song or two, they either say "eh I don't like this" or "hey, this is good". The former results in no further downloads. The latter either results in a cd sale (or two, or three, or their whole catalog) or at the very least the sale of merch and concert tickets.
It's not truncated when I look at it in Firefox. Maybe it's a difference with Windows and Linux FF? I'm using it on Linux.
Linux has the broadest hardware support of any OS. I think dial up modems are the only thing where Linux just sucks, but hey, that's just a reason to get faster internet. The problem I have with Mac is their anti-other-hardware thing. You can't yank them open, take something out, and replace it, and still have it work like you can with Windows or Linux, because half the time the drivers aren't already in there (like with Linux) or aren't available for download (like Windows). At least with Windows you get a driver disk even if you don't get the "already there" thing Linux has.
I've never seen anything here sold on the basis of mp4 compliance. I thought iTunes/iPod were the only things using mp4a.
It just says it's the first in the US, not in the world. That probably means there's one somewhere else. I think I heard about one before that instead of vaporizing fast-forwards the whole biodegredation process and turns stuff into oil, water, etc. like it would in about a million years.