Lately I'm beginning to see ads for "Slashdot Personals". Yay. I think I'd rather give homosexuality a try. Desperate OSDL marketeers ripping of desperate geeks on a site which is desperate for new "news". Woot!

Yes yes, it's that time again. Not really, I'm just bored at the moment and after reading this bit about some porn peddler being governor of California, I decided it was time to update this thingy again! So, move over Larry Flynt, you amateur! Make way for the professionals!

• See, I like red too... Or reddish... Or whatever!
• Mmmm, très bien!
• Not the best there is but I need to be consistent and have three entries...

Remember, don't forget to mark me a foe so you never get too see my journal updates. Hmm. That didn't make sense, did it? Also, you people ought to be glad that there are individuals like me daring enough to filter out crappy pornography of really ugly women. That series might be bad enough to cause impotence, so be warned. I'm in favour of equeal oppurtunities but I say that girl's future is NOT in the porn business. Yuck.

And so it came to pass that pornography became free! Enjoy and stop before it starts chafing, that'd look mighty awkward in the emergency ward. Not a pleasant idea. Maybe the masochists among us are more interested in that. Sandpaper anyone?

• I like lemons!
• Looks kinda familiar...
• Pale is good too!

That said; only 3 RPC calls from 3 different IP adresses... Now be a dear and mark me as a foe while I might or might not try to post a story about SCO being part of the Illuminati. Novus Ordo SCO!

Yes yes, have to keep the masses happy, right? The latest harvest of thumbnail galleries has been pretty much catastrophic lately so I'm digging up older bookmarks. Thumbnail galleries can be quite good once you filter out all the popups, referral scripts, traffic trading scripts, animated gif banners and all that. Nothing a bit of PHP, some knowledge of coding/scripting and a hormone high can't solve. Anyways, you people most likely don't come here to read my rants, so onward, without hesitation!

• Blue eyes are good, very good!
• Blue is good in general as well!
• Nothing special, but good anyways.

Now get lost and make me your foe! Kudos to SlashChick btw :P

Only 87 people hate me! Outrageous! I made fun of canadians, americans, dutch people, tourists and whatnot and still only 87 people. :( Come on people, you can do better! I'll use the patented, copyrighted and effective method by posting links to pornography with some unwitty text! Cheerios lads!

• Purple sheer undies and long dark hair are good for you!
• Are those real? The pigtails I mean...
• Not bad at all! Does it show I like girls with dark hair?

Now, go on minions, make me your foe! You know you hate me!

... Well, forget about it. The RIAA has got a nice and tiny and insignificant little ally, the Buma/Stemra, henceforth known as "those leeches who charge you extra per DVD.". Did you think all those scary stories about putting an extra charge on DVD/CD media (regardless of actual purpose) were just tales to frighten away John Doe from doing anything? Well, guess again.

All those stories are a reality here in the Netherlands. The store where I work nearly got sued by said organization. Why? We were playing music CDs on the showroom PCs. Want to buy a CD or DVD? Be prepared to fork over another 20% per item. (On top of the already 20% VAT. That's 40% wasted.) Thank God the Dutch law system is fcked up beyond belief to the point where USian lawsuits are impossible, or else I'd be certain the store where I work would be sued to death by now.

Then again, the extra money they charge per CD/DVD do make me feel a bit better. Sure, I download and copy stuff like C&C Generals and MOO3, more or less feeling bad about it. But those were HORRIBLE games and I'd feel worse AND 50 Euros poorer if I had bought them. Good games are an entirely different issue: I actually feel bad about not having a legal version of Vice City. Good games are worth the money. At least the money they now charge will ease my conscience a bit! ... Or at least make my wallet a bit lighter...

That said, I wonder if there are any other dutch people around here who know which companies support the current course of action our RIAA-clone is taking? It'd be nice to cough up a list of those companies and declare their goods to be freely copied. After all, we are being charged for something we haven't even done, so we might as well do it.

Carry on, minions!

Well, not very important really, but a nice little something to add in here because this IS a site focussed on Linux after all. Anyways, recently I downloaded Knoppix and took it to college with me, crammed it into a Dell computer they got over there and started messing around with it. A bunch of people became interested and I happily burned a few more Knoppix CDs for em. They got copied some more and at least 10 people in my class now have Knoppix which the use or not. It's more because of the fact they realize that there is an alternative, it's up to them to decide which is better. A few weeks later they started with Unix classes, starting with the very basics such as telnet sessions, simple commands like ls, free, pwd, the absolute basics. Because some of them have liked Knoppix so far, they embraced the installation of Mandrake we got shoved at us (Mandrake 9.0... Not the best choice, I find it a rather bad Mandrake release tbh) and now I'm seeing people using and exploring Linux, both as desktop (yuck) and as server. Perhaps they aren't going to keep on Linux, perhaps they'll keep focussed on Windows even for server tasks... But it feels kinda good to have let people know that there is an alternative at least. That, and it's the best I can do for OSS because I still suck at coding :\

And yes, I'm thinking about using OpenDarwin and some BSD to test what they are up to. Heard remarkeable things about BeOS as well, but this comp ran out of partitions to install OSes on and to give people stuff before trying it out myself so I can't help them looks rather amateurish...

Okay, this is generally aimed to all manufacturers of computer equipment. The latest trend for the past few years has generally been Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. (© Daft Punk) The latest Intels reach into the 3ghz boundary and AMD is happily hopping after Intel with a few months to catch up like always. Motherboards get more complicated/expansive and generally get faster as well with stuff like AGP x8 en faster then ever FSB speeds. Videocards get faster (and bigger) as well, with some clear example being the latest nVidia Geforce NV30, which is quite huge and most likely sounds like a Boeing at take off during a cold day and all of this is simply to get more "Oomph!" out of your PC at ridiculous prices.

Am I the only one here who thinks it is time for a change in the mindset of at least some of the manufacturers? I mean, one of the biggest markets is the one where Pcs are supplied to offices and schools/colleges. A good example would be my college, where we recently got a batch of Dells. 256Mb DDR memory with a 1,6ghz proc, running Windows NT with Office 97 and a bunch of apps of pre-2000 applications. What do you mean, a waste? Suppose someone wanted a PC merely for official use, like writing letters, reading email, occasionally browsing the net and chatting, with no new games... A 500mhz PC with 128mb SDRAM and some Matrox VGA card would be ideal for this, but those simply arent made anymore, nearly everything is up to the latest specs...

That is what I feel that should change, some companies need to start manufacturing stuff based on already existing technologies. Instead of making CPUs/RAM/VGA cards/TFTs faster, larger, more powerful and flatter, why don't they make something smaller, quieter, cooler and less expensive? Do you really think AGP x8 is needed for IRC? Or 512mb DDR 333mhz for browsing? Would any word processing application benefit from 1,6+ ghz of power? Of course not, it might save you a few seconds at boot perhaps, but that is largely OS dependant anyways. But what about efficiency? Modern day CPUs/GPUs use allot of power, allot of which goes to waste on heat, which requires MORE power in order for the heat to be cooled... We need cheaper, more efficient Pcs. So where are these Pcs? Where is this elegant solution that offers enough power to do what one wants and still doesn't sound like a continuous sonic boom? Where is the ideal 500/600mhz office PC which is quiet, efficient and sleek? (Did I just think of Macs?) Would anyone buy a 2000+ ton capable cargo ship to ship around 250 ton (max) of goods? Would anyone rent a 15.000 square foot office for a 15 person company? Then why do people buy an expensive 1,6ghz tower case machine while a 500mhz brick would be enough?