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« on: 19 May 2004, 00:45 »
Hi guys. I just thought I'd say hi here because I am new. I just signed up now.

I think this is a great site, but I still need to get myself a copy of Linux! lol!

Anyone care to introduce themselves? Perhaps say what your interested in, what you do etc?
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« Reply #1 on: 19 May 2004, 01:03 »
Hi, Col. My favourite operating system is Mac OS X. I'm a science student who really needs the summer holiday he's currently enjoying, because he usually has shitloads of work to do. I love languages, computers, I'm very into politics and I love hating Microsoft.

So, there. Care to introduce yourself?  :D
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« Reply #2 on: 19 May 2004, 03:05 »
Hi col!    :D  

My favoraite os is both SuSE and Red Hat Linux.  Glad you like the place.  I hope you don't mind the few trolls that we get.  I'm an administarator and I have two programming deplomas in M$ visual basic and m$ vc++. I'm upgrading my education by becoming a cs student.

I forgot OpenBSD is an awsome server OS!

Thats about it for me   :D      

[ May 18, 2004: Message edited by: -=Solaris.M.K.A=- ]

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« Reply #3 on: 19 May 2004, 03:13 »
Hidy Ho!  I hope you decide to stick around.  We need more sane normal users.  It sometimes seems like only the mods are normal users here, but dont get me wrong.  There are other intelligent people here.  Watch out for JimmyJames and Sauron mostly.  Jimmy will bite your head off if you disagree with him on anything, and he will then tell you to "fuck off".

I use WindowsXP(even though I hate it), Slackware Linux, and my favorite, OSX.
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« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2004, 03:25 »
jimmy is damn funny.

well i use mac os x(jag) and well...

enjoy posting
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« Reply #5 on: 19 May 2004, 08:41 »
go to Erudition, where you are not forced into the same mindless Anti-MS groupthink as everybody else. and Linux is the only operating system that you are allowed to use.

not even the oh-so-superior OSX
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« Reply #6 on: 19 May 2004, 20:07 »
Yes, god forbid we should all be "anti-ms" on an anti-ms website.

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« Reply #7 on: 20 May 2004, 03:23 »
OSX is better.
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« Reply #8 on: 20 May 2004, 03:28 »
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Sauron: Troll Warrior:
go to Erudition, where you are not forced into the same mindless Anti-MS groupthink as everybody else. and Linux is the only operating system that you are allowed to use.

not even the oh-so-superior OSX


I know I shouldn't be responding to trolls, but seriously, shut the fuck up!
This isn't Erudition, get over it.
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« Reply #9 on: 20 May 2004, 20:17 »
Thanks for the warm welcome guys! I'll probabl;y stick around here for a while seeing as a lot of the forums I use are dying down a bit now.

For those who asked for an introduction:
My name is Colin. I am British. I am a student, just about to take my GCSEs at high school. I'm planning to go to college to study ICT because I love computers! I'm currently trying to build one. It's my first ever attempt at building a PC.

I like building things like models and computers, I make websites, and I like TV, movies, hanging around with mates, playing "pub sports" like pool, snooker and darts. I am also interested in drama and electronics. I love to act and will get up on stage whenever I get a chance!

I want to learn how to program in OpenGL, PHP and C++, and to upgrade to a Linux or Unix operating system. I've used Mac OS before, and didn't really like it, but that's probably because I didn't really have time to figure it out. I currently use Windows 98 SE, which is probably MS's best operating system, but it still does my head in!
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« Reply #10 on: 20 May 2004, 23:38 »
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Originally posted by Col:
I've used Mac OS before, and didn't really like it, but that's probably because I didn't really have time to figure it out.


Which version did you use? With Mac OS X things have changed A LOT, and you might want to give it another shot. I've been using it since system 6 (good 'ole SE/30).

 
quote:
Originally posted by Col:
I currently use Windows 98 SE, which is probably MS's best operating system, but it still does my head in!


You're probably going to find a lot of people here with a different opinion....
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« Reply #11 on: 20 May 2004, 23:57 »
I think 2000 was the best os from MS. At least for me. It was no hassle, no bullshit interface, and relatively painless to use. However. OSX is my #1 os. I will never go back to using windows as my primary os.

You might enjoy Mandrake Linux. It almost replaced OSX as my desktop os  ;)
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« Reply #12 on: 21 May 2004, 00:32 »
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Col: I want to learn how to program in OpenGL, PHP and C++


Well, before you try anything as complex as OpenGL, SDL (Linux games, including UT 2004, use OpenGL + SDL to get the same level of quality Direct3D has, so you'd better learn OpenGL and SDL if you're into that, it's the future  ;) ) or C++, it's a far better idea to learn a more simpler programming language like PHP, BASIC or JavaScript to see if programming is something for you.
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« Reply #13 on: 22 May 2004, 00:33 »
Thanks for that mate! I'll use that advice when I find something to learn the languages from. I can already do JavaScript, though not very complicated stuff.

What is SDL? I've never heard of that one before.
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« Reply #14 on: 22 May 2004, 00:55 »
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Originally posted by Col:
Thanks for that mate! I'll use that advice when I find something to learn the languages from. I can already do JavaScript, though not very complicated stuff.

What is SDL? I've never heard of that one before.


Simple DirectMedia Layer.
It's cross platform and very easy to bind with almost every language.

If you want to learn programming I suggest starting with Python.
It's easy, free and still powerfull.

http://www.python.org/
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