You could always pay for hosting, and store your encrypted files on an FTP site, right?
This. $10 a month and I can have an off site backup. $20 a month and I can have TWO off site backups for my personal data, all encrypted using GnuPG/Trucrypt/whatever both on separate continents. Stop using the "GOOGLE IS MY ONLY OPTION" excuse, there's plenty of other ways to back up your data.
Personally, I use SSHFS and all my files are stored on my home server. Nightly they're archived, encrypted. and shot off to a datacenter in Chicago. It costs me $20 a month for the bandwidth and storage, and it's all encrypted.
I do that with Amazon S3. The data is backed up in two locations (US and Europe). It costs me 0.83 USD last month.
What? Of course hotmail supports forwarding. How else would I hear about all the 8 year olds with cancer who will only live if I forward this message to 25 people?
It's ten people you fool! Now you've just made two and a half cancer-ridden zombies!
I noted this feature in Opera 10. The results shown in the demos were rather impressive. The web pages had more of a print-layout look to them without the classic trick of relying on images to cover all the content. This has the potential to completely change the look of the web for the better.
Am I the only one who _doesn't_ want this? The web is hard enough to read already with these 10px hard-coded fonts everywhere. Even Zoom in Firefox and Opera is not good enough to work around the problem because the images look terrible. For every site I need a different combination of zoom and text embiggenment (a very crumulent word, I know).
Just a few weeks ago I met with Timothy at a local LUG meeting where he described the process of approving and publishing articles on/., among other things. It seems that _most_ summaries by non-regular submitters are edited. Maybe only NYcountryLawyer gets away without an edit! Links are checked, and even comments are greped for words like nigger (Hi, Timothy! It's Dotan with the Dell laptop) in the first few minutes after a story goes live.
But now you know/.'s evil secrets! That, and they even make an effort to avoid dupes!
That's why I mentioned Novell and Redhat as two places to file bugs will they will be solved, and not ignored. If you can cite specific examples, I will happily help get the bugs filed at the right places.
If you file it in Launchpad, then the devs will assign it to the proper component. Definitely include a screenshot. Is the problem only in websites? Link to the bug here and I'll triage it (I use Kubuntu, though, but I can install an Ubuntu virtual machine).
The Ubuntu bug tracker is great for iffy bugs because the competency level of Ubuntu users is assumed to be rather low. However, sometimes (and I hope that this won't be the case with this bug) the devs cry "opinion" and don't work on the bug. But the whole fonts thing is well enough known that they may appreciate the input from someone who does know a bit on the subject.
When I look at those diagrams, I see that the oxidizer line is a very small diameter line, and not at the center of the combustion chamber. Clearly, that is rocket and not jet. But that oxidizer comes from outside the vehicle, which suggests jet. I would classify it as a rocket but I can clearly see why superficially it would appear to be a jet when only looking at the outside components.
It is a terrific design, I only wonder if they can get the same thrust out of 20% O2 (air) as they could out of 100% O2. Though, maybe that is not a factor when the engine is operating in an atmosphere and has an unlimited amount of oxidizer.
I'm happy no matter what you say. It was Jane Q. Public who mentioned it. But you would be technically correct for saying that, yes, in a typical hybrid. I'm certain once we start discussing any specific hybrid the details will get messy, though!
Take a look at the site in my sig in IE. I've been telling IE users for years to upgrade. As I do it for a hobby and not for the money (though the money is nice) I don't care about turning some visitors away. And coding for Firefox, then cleaning up in Opera takes me only two or three hours at most. IE? Two or three days of cleanup after that. No, thanks
By the way, before Adsense removed the Firefox referrals program, I was making more money on Firefox conversions alone from that one site than I was making from the advertisements on my five biggest sites combined. People are more than glad to ditch IE, once they realize that there exists something else.
What _is_ nice to see is the focus on computers with limited screen space. I suppose that this will only apply to the Gnome based Ubuntu, as Kubuntu is stuck with KDE, which is "not interested" in having optional windows configurations that fit on "vertically challenged" screens: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169043
Even the Mozilla apps have this option, and it is one of the reasons that I use Thunderbird and Firefox over the otherwise terrific Kmail and the getting-there Konqueror.
Please, file bugs with specific examples. You are probably right: the people of that particular profession are not on the dev team and the devs that are working on Ubuntu probably don't even _know_ what they are doing wrong. Better yet, file it at Redhat or Novell, where the cashflow to hire the right people exists (Canonical won't do it).
Hey, I was trying to help _you_. If you want to split hairs over definitions that I didn't define, and call names, go ahead. But I won't teach you. Us engineers are like that: we like our definitions because it helps us use a common ground for communicating between us. You don't have to like it, just don't study engineering.
And how can they be slashdot worthy when they are a social networking site with ONLY a half a terabyte of data? In short, who cares?
Because they have an Alexa rating higher than Slashdot's?
Actually, they don't, but I would not be surprised if/. has no more than a terabyte of data. It's all text, no images. That's what lets it stand up to the/. effect on itself, and why it's the only site that didn't crash like a hijacked 767 on 11-9-2001. Size is not all that matters, even in social networking pissing contests.
Slashdot Mirror
You could always pay for hosting, and store your encrypted files on an FTP site, right?
This. $10 a month and I can have an off site backup. $20 a month and I can have TWO off site backups for my personal data, all encrypted using GnuPG/Trucrypt/whatever both on separate continents. Stop using the "GOOGLE IS MY ONLY OPTION" excuse, there's plenty of other ways to back up your data.
Personally, I use SSHFS and all my files are stored on my home server. Nightly they're archived, encrypted. and shot off to a datacenter in Chicago. It costs me $20 a month for the bandwidth and storage, and it's all encrypted.
I do that with Amazon S3. The data is backed up in two locations (US and Europe). It costs me 0.83 USD last month.
Spend a few hours with your wife/kids/friends/dog.
For those who's wife's kid's friend doesn't have a dog, you can browse some porn.
What? Of course hotmail supports forwarding. How else would I hear about all the 8 year olds with cancer who will only live if I forward this message to 25 people?
It's ten people you fool! Now you've just made two and a half cancer-ridden zombies!
...don't go down.
CSS 3 Web Fonts
I noted this feature in Opera 10. The results shown in the demos were rather impressive. The web pages had more of a print-layout look to them without the classic trick of relying on images to cover all the content. This has the potential to completely change the look of the web for the better.
Am I the only one who _doesn't_ want this? The web is hard enough to read already with these 10px hard-coded fonts everywhere. Even Zoom in Firefox and Opera is not good enough to work around the problem because the images look terrible. For every site I need a different combination of zoom and text embiggenment (a very crumulent word, I know).
Thank you! This may be the single most informative post in /. history.
Just a few weeks ago I met with Timothy at a local LUG meeting where he described the process of approving and publishing articles on /., among other things. It seems that _most_ summaries by non-regular submitters are edited. Maybe only NYcountryLawyer gets away without an edit! Links are checked, and even comments are greped for words like nigger (Hi, Timothy! It's Dotan with the Dell laptop) in the first few minutes after a story goes live.
But now you know /.'s evil secrets! That, and they even make an effort to avoid dupes!
But more importantly, it's been shown as completely ineffective.
Yeah, tell that to Winston Smith.
That's why I mentioned Novell and Redhat as two places to file bugs will they will be solved, and not ignored. If you can cite specific examples, I will happily help get the bugs filed at the right places.
Can you post the bug numbers? Or just give me the username and I'll go through your bugs. Thanks.
I know what you mean about the devs just closing bugs, but I'm learning to deal with them. Let's see if we can't fix this.
There does exist a Gnome HIG.
If you want to send to me the screenshots and explain exactly what is wrong, then send them to laz10 splat dotancohen spot com and I'll file them.
If you file it in Launchpad, then the devs will assign it to the proper component. Definitely include a screenshot. Is the problem only in websites? Link to the bug here and I'll triage it (I use Kubuntu, though, but I can install an Ubuntu virtual machine).
The Ubuntu bug tracker is great for iffy bugs because the competency level of Ubuntu users is assumed to be rather low. However, sometimes (and I hope that this won't be the case with this bug) the devs cry "opinion" and don't work on the bug. But the whole fonts thing is well enough known that they may appreciate the input from someone who does know a bit on the subject.
Thanks!
I'm not even trying for the video. Lets wish them luck.
Exactly, it's part of their "Qt everywhere" program. That's why these issues (there are others) are so frustrating.
When I look at those diagrams, I see that the oxidizer line is a very small diameter line, and not at the center of the combustion chamber. Clearly, that is rocket and not jet. But that oxidizer comes from outside the vehicle, which suggests jet. I would classify it as a rocket but I can clearly see why superficially it would appear to be a jet when only looking at the outside components.
It is a terrific design, I only wonder if they can get the same thrust out of 20% O2 (air) as they could out of 100% O2. Though, maybe that is not a factor when the engine is operating in an atmosphere and has an unlimited amount of oxidizer.
I don't see why the engine is curved.
I'm happy no matter what you say. It was Jane Q. Public who mentioned it. But you would be technically correct for saying that, yes, in a typical hybrid. I'm certain once we start discussing any specific hybrid the details will get messy, though!
Take a look at the site in my sig in IE. I've been telling IE users for years to upgrade. As I do it for a hobby and not for the money (though the money is nice) I don't care about turning some visitors away. And coding for Firefox, then cleaning up in Opera takes me only two or three hours at most. IE? Two or three days of cleanup after that. No, thanks
By the way, before Adsense removed the Firefox referrals program, I was making more money on Firefox conversions alone from that one site than I was making from the advertisements on my five biggest sites combined. People are more than glad to ditch IE, once they realize that there exists something else.
What _is_ nice to see is the focus on computers with limited screen space. I suppose that this will only apply to the Gnome based Ubuntu, as Kubuntu is stuck with KDE, which is "not interested" in having optional windows configurations that fit on "vertically challenged" screens:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169043
Even the Mozilla apps have this option, and it is one of the reasons that I use Thunderbird and Firefox over the otherwise terrific Kmail and the getting-there Konqueror.
Or maybe I should give Gnome another try.
Please, file bugs with specific examples. You are probably right: the people of that particular profession are not on the dev team and the devs that are working on Ubuntu probably don't even _know_ what they are doing wrong. Better yet, file it at Redhat or Novell, where the cashflow to hire the right people exists (Canonical won't do it).
Water as an oxidizer? Right.
Do you see that little blue line going from the air intake to the rocket? That's why they can call it a jet.
Hey, I was trying to help _you_. If you want to split hairs over definitions that I didn't define, and call names, go ahead. But I won't teach you. Us engineers are like that: we like our definitions because it helps us use a common ground for communicating between us. You don't have to like it, just don't study engineering.
You're not from around here, are ya? And that thar beard looks a mite suspicious...
For certain values of "here", no!
I happen to have a beard because of test time right now, and I usually don't! That was creepy!
And how can they be slashdot worthy when they are a social networking site with ONLY a half a terabyte of data? In short, who cares?
Because they have an Alexa rating higher than Slashdot's?
Actually, they don't, but I would not be surprised if /. has no more than a terabyte of data. It's all text, no images. That's what lets it stand up to the /. effect on itself, and why it's the only site that didn't crash like a hijacked 767 on 11-9-2001. Size is not all that matters, even in social networking pissing contests.
You shouldn't use shiny plastic ornaments for serious business.
Or fruits.
Fund NASA privately. Heck, NASA might get more money out of the deal.
Actually, I happen to agree with that.