ShadowNode's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=ShadowNode2001-06-26T02:24:13ZWhy I haven't changed to Linux (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode/writeups/Why+I+haven%2527t+changed+to+LinuxShadowNodehttp://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode2001-06-26T02:24:13Z2001-06-26T02:24:13ZI haven't changed from <a href="/title/Linux">Linux</a> to <a href="/title/Windows">Windows</a> because Linux is better at doing what I <a href="/title/require">require</a>. So, what is it that I require? At the moment, I'm writing up some e2 nodes. I have <a href="/title/Evolution">Evolution</a> in the <a href="/title/virtual+desktop">background</a>, checking my e-mail regularly (every three minutes). <a href="/title/XMMS">XMMS</a> is playing my collection of MP3s.<br>
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I can't node from my Windows machine because I can't get the resolution above 640x480. I can get <a href="/title/1280x1024">1280x1024</a> in <a href="/title/X+Windows">X Windows</a>, but Windows won't change to anything above 640x480, no matter what I do. I'm using an Asus v7700 <a href="/title/GeForce+2">GeForce 2</a> GTS graphics card, so it might be to do with that; Windows doesn't come with drivers for it. Alternately, it could be the monitor; it's an old 17" Sony tube, that won't go above <a href="/title/60Hz">60Hz</a>. Windows might notice this and try and lower the resolution until it can get a decent refresh. But it can't, so it gives me the <a href="/title/lowest+resolution">lowest resolution</a> possible.<br>
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I can't find anyone who knows what's going on with my monitor/graphics card, or how I could fix it. So I'…Sexism, racism and pet overpopulation in Star Trek (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode/writeups/Sexism%252C+racism+and+pet+overpopulation+in+Star+TrekShadowNodehttp://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode2001-04-28T01:44:17Z2001-04-28T01:44:17Z<a href="/title/Sexism">Sexism</a><br>
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Perhaps they realized that <a href="/title/hyphenated">hyphenated</a> names are a bad idea, especially after a few <a href="/title/generation">generation</a>s of the practice. Hardly sexism in any case.<br>
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<a href="/title/Racism">Racism</a><br>
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<a href="/title/IIRC">IIRC</a> <a href="/title/Star+Trek">Star Trek</a> was the first show to have an <a href="/title/interracial">interracial</a> <a href="/title/interracial+kiss">kiss</a>, so critisisms on that front fall kind of flat. Besides, did any other <a href="/title/TV+show">TV show</a> in the 60's have that much <a href="/title/diversity">diversity</a>?<br>
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<a href="/title/Pet">Pet</a> <a href="/title/Overpopulation">Overpopulation</a><br>
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3 unneutered tomcats on a ship with over 1000 people, (I think, feel free to correct me.) and a few puppies being born. Where do you think they come from, the <a href="/title/replicator">replicator</a>s?How to get past the alarm gates in retail stores (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode/writeups/How+to+get+past+the+alarm+gates+in+retail+storesShadowNodehttp://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode2001-04-02T18:16:09Z2001-04-02T18:16:09Z<a href="/title/Shoplifting">Shoplifting</a> <i>is</i> <a href="/title/stealing">stealing</a>, and stealing is wrong (most of the time, anyway). However, scanning people as they leave a store is also wrong and should not be tolerated.<br>
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Interfering with these scanners is both an ethical, and productive thing to do. I applaud anyone who reduces their efficacy, even if they shoplift in the process. <a href="/title/Sometimes%252C+two+wrongs+do+make+a+right">Sometimes, two wrongs do make a right</a>.<br>
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Many retail stores have forgone the scanners in favour of <a href="/title/door+nazi">door nazi</a>s, who will attempt to search your belongings as you leave the store, and compare them to your reciept. I urge everyone to refuse this search; remember, <a href="/title/you+have+no+obligation+to+prove+your+innocence">you have no obligation to prove your innocence</a>. I cannot speak for US law, but here in Canada if a search is forced, and no evidence is found, you get to sue them till they bleed. (of course, <a href="/title/IANAL">IANAL</a>).
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<a href="/title/Pakaran">Pakaran</a>: Not in my country (Well, except perhaps for #3). What's illegal about carrying around one of those little stickers that triggers the sensors?Tips for renting a place to live (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode/writeups/Tips+for+renting+a+place+to+liveShadowNodehttp://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode2000-10-30T03:40:10Z2000-10-30T03:40:10Z<p>It is also very important to have at least a basic understanding of local <a href="/title/tenancy">tenancy</a> and <a href="/title/contract">contract</a> <a href="/title/law">law</a>. Most of the time, <a href="/title/landlord">landlord</a>s will put things into the <a href="/title/lease">lease</a> agreement that they don't actually have the right to require. This is not a bad thing (at least in my juristiction). Here, those <a href="/title/clause">clause</a>s cannot actually be enforced, but their presence gives the <a href="/title/tenant">tenant</a> the right to desolve the agreement at will.</p>Shut down Napster, not Metallica (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode/writeups/Shut+down+Napster%252C+not+MetallicaShadowNodehttp://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode2000-09-09T18:38:32Z2000-09-09T18:38:32ZJust because something is <a href="/title/illegal">illegal</a>, does not make it wrong. People generally ignore <a href="/title/unjust">unjust</a> laws, if they can (see: <a href="/title/The+War+on+Some+Drugs">The War on Some Drugs</a>), and these silly <a href="/title/copyright+laws">copyright laws</a> are unjust.<br>
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Besides the <a href="/title/moral+justifications">moral justifications</a>, it isn't possible to shut down <a href="/title/Napster">Napster</a>. Even if they shut down the <a href="/title/commercial">commercial</a> server, there are lots of independant ones around.
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DMan, by your logic, it would be wrong for someone with a <a href="/title/photographic+memory">photographic memory</a> to <i>read</i> a book. Copying isn't stealing.
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<a href="/title/bigmouth_strikes">bigmouth_strikes</a>, are you <a href="/title/insane">insane</a>? Are you aware of the fact that the <a href="/title/Nazi+party">Nazi party</a> was <a href="/title/democratically">democratically</a> elected? No <a href="/title/system+of+government">system of government</a> is perfect, and neither are the laws they pass.
Canuck (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode/writeups/CanuckShadowNodehttp://m.everything2.com/user/ShadowNode2000-08-25T17:56:11Z2000-08-25T17:56:11ZNot derogatory.<br>
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Also the name of the <a href="/title/professional">professional</a> (<a href="/title/NHL">NHL</a>) <a href="/title/hockey">hockey</a> team in <a href="/title/Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/title/Canada">Canada</a>.