"... and lead us not into temptation" has the corollary "Thou shalt not tempt". In the Nigerian and Australian cases under discussion, I suppose it is somewhat debatable who is tempting whom.
And from what I hear, he's a lover of freedom and a true believer in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. If we put him in the White House, we stand a fighting chance to turn this thing around.
Only until the history surrounding the death of JFK repeats itself.
The most important thing for high grade usability is: Consistency!
Ok, here we go:
Almost all applications seem to want to use the arrows in the reverse direction to that which is natural. Press the down-arrow key in most text and image display programs, and the text and picture moves UP! That's the exact opposite of what one would expect.
The mouse roller wheel is frequently used to change the size of the text and pictures. Lovely, except that moving the top of the wheel towards you in an attempt to simulate "dragging" the images towards you to give you a closer view has exactly the reverse effect.
Some Linux distributions follow the Windows default of requiring two LH mouse clicks to launch an application, whereas others require only one. It's absolutely infuriating!!! Bill's software allows you to select the way you want the mouse clicks to behave. Ok it's in an absolutely non-intuitive place, about 5 clicks down in "Folder Behavour" or some such. But at least it's there.
Most of the browsers use CTRL and - or = to change the size of the font. Many other programs require CTRL and SHIFT and = to increase the font size. Another: "It's absolutely infuriating!!!"
Five years or so ago Gimp used to have a really easy to use and remember set of menus and short cuts. Now the usability wonks have had their wicked ways with it and it's more or less UNusable.
The majority of programs appear to have been designed by hawk-eyed puppies who default the font size used to display text on the screen to approximately 8 or 9 points - the same size as that in a telephone directory. Increase the font size to something approaching readability and the text either, disappears completely, gets truncated, or falls over the edge of the text-box which is supposed to surround it.
I could go on and on, but I won't. Surfice it to say:- In other words PLEASE can we have editable and transportable.rc files for the Desktop environments, the Window Managers, and the major apps. which set up the menus and shortcut keys, and please make sure they are consistent across Distros, Window-Managers, and as well as the programs themselves. Yes I am prepared to do my share of the slog to get this sorted, because it's actually really important.
There is an interactive tutorial built into vi. Just press ESC until it beeps at you and then:h - you are straight into the tutorial cum help system. ZZ or:q! to get out of it.
I've been using a subset of vi[m] on a regular basis for about 20 years. It just works for me. The keystrokes are completely intuitive - provided your mind-to-finger pathway has not been totally wreaked by becoming habituated to a different editor.
That's the rub for ALL software - the package you have become used to is what is usable for you.
For the ELF part you make sure you eat a generous bowl of oat porridge for breakfast - be sure to serve low fat milk, and only one teaspoon of sugar. It fills you up so you don't feel hungry, yet has virtually no high energy fat. One slice of bread or toast - go easy on the butter. A piece of raw fruit too. Avoid corn based cold cereals,
Lunch - you won't feel like much. A small sandwich with lots of lettuce, a stick of celery, a pottle of yoghurt and another piece of fruit.
Dinner - Chinese and Thai style foods are both tasty and nutritious. Eat lots of lightly cooked fresh green veges, over cooked veges are revolting and bad for you. Avoid huge chunks of meat, and anything made from flour or fat, i.e. pastry or biscuits. Go gently on the grog.
It's simplicity itself to effect the EM part. You just knock the petrol or gasoline habit on the head. Gather courage and cold turkey out of it. Just get rid of your car. Walking and using the 'bus, tram or train will not only save you a fortune, but also provide much needed exercise. I know it seems hard at first, but I feel so much better in myself now that I walk to do my food shopping and walk home carrying the stuff. It's just amazing how much less sugary shit, foul fat, and high calorie carbohydrate crap you buy when you know that you have to carry the wretched stuff home in a bag or basket.
Honest that's all. I lost something between 15 and 20 kilos without even really trying.
It's often said that populations get the governments they deserve. So what you need to ask is: Do we deserve a POTUS who can think?
From what I see on blog commentaries of all sorts I fear the answer is, tragically, "No".
What did I do to deserve this? Could I have handled this better?
Nothing whatsoever. The world has always had a dose of 'Poisonous People'. For reasons of 'Human Rights' they are much more visable these days. One of them has just happened to bumble into your forum.
Yes. It's so simple. You just don't feed them, ever.
If your forum users are getting annoyed, then a single big notice "Please don't feed the troll." usually works wonders.
( The antique unix 'banner' utility program is useful to generate the notice. )
See this 55 minute Google Talk on how to survive these horrible individuals. Although this video is about PPs in a free software setting, the principles are the same for your forum.
Sound just like email without the need to be able to decipher the glyphs. A certain sector of society will love this, the rest of us will find it to be a total pain.
Show him Smalltalk and let him get on with it.
It's probably the most productive language and programming paradigm ever created. It'll probably blow your mind apart, but youngsters take to it like ducks to water.
The slogan is: Smalltalk makes hard things possible, and the impossible, possible.
Don't worry about any of this, it's not going to go on for ever.
The US has been living on tick from Beijing for a long time. Sometime in the relatively near future the tick is going to run out and Beijing is going to foreclose. At that moment the US population - all of you - are going to learn how to live under the command of a New Colonial Master, and I assure you that the PLA High Command is not going to put up with any of this sort of nonsense.
btw, exactly how is this "News for Nerds"?
Do the Top Brass run Linux, a BSD, or a similar o/s on their laptops connected to that enormous screen?
When I first read the words "comfort capsule" I thought they meant something like the giant diaper astronauts use.
Finally why can't the USAF Top Brass fly first class on a commercial flight from the US to Dubai or Bahrain and then on to the theatre of war in a small plane?
Please consider that the good judge is trying to send these messages to the rest of the world: "Don't tempt our youngsters by leaving powerful systems open to the 'Net", and "Secure your systems".
Reading these comments and others ones on reports of serious crime in the US, I get the very distinct impression that a very large sub-set of the US population are a bunch of intolerant and vituperative red-necks who have yet to discover the phrases: "There but for the grace of God go I", "He who is without blame, should cast the first stone", and that "... and lead us not into temptation", has the corollary: "Thou shall not tempt".
I just wish that the people who enable this sort of crime by selling computer systems which are insecure by design, and out-of-the-box configuration, could be brought to account.
I know it will never happen, but I cannot help but wish it would.
Perhaps networked computer administration should become a professional occupation with legally enforceable codes of practice.
As far as young Mr. Owen Thor Walker is concerned, while he has not had an official conviction recorded against him, he, and his family, have suffered quite a heavy informal penalty.
About 50 years ago, as a child, I had a little microscope which produced hours of interesting fun. Of course these days you can't do anything without a computer somewhere in the loop. So I'd suggest one of these:-
Of course I could have, but because I am not 100% convinced either way as to Hans's guilt or innocence of the murder charge, I don't really want to. I have a different understanding about the meaning of the words "reasonable doubt" to the Californian jury. However, on the other hand, I was not in the court room watching him for six months.
What I can say is that I sincerely believe that Hans and his Russian helpers have made a really top of the line file system. I have used it for about 3 years and it has never lost me a single byte. None of the Linux filesystems I have used so far have managed that for that sort of time. The data recovery abilities of the fsck.reiser4 utility are nothing short of amazing. The fact that Reiser4 is not in the Linux kernel is a testament to the pure pig-headedness of both Hans and Linus. I'm pretty sure that Reiser4 will now pass into the Annals of Time, and that's most unfortunate.
Simply because you didn't pay attention during your school history lessons, and now cannot confront your current Government of the Day with the freedoms still guaranteed by Magna Carta.
Tell your friend to get a lancet, puncture her finger and splash a drop of blood on a vertical surface somewhere in her home which is fairly obvious.
Have her just vanish. Tell her to leave her passport behind and on no account to touch her bank accounts. Once you are sure she is out of harm's way, Tell the local police that your friend is missing.
Uncle Sams's paranoid police and vindictive legal system will do all the dirty work for her, and keep her (ex-) spouse securely out of mischief for at least 25 years. End of problem.
Forget about computers. They are veritable goldmines of all sorts of stories and spoor. Do not use them for private communication - ever.
... was to shorten the war in Europe so that the A-Bombs fell on Japan and not Germany. BP is thus not just a part of English history, but that of Europe too. Has the current BP administration tried to get funding from EU sources?
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Without doubt, A Theremin quartet.
"... and lead us not into temptation" has the corollary "Thou shalt not tempt". In the Nigerian and Australian cases under discussion, I suppose it is somewhat debatable who is tempting whom.
Who needs free speech anyway?
Spammers and pornographers
And from what I hear, he's a lover of freedom and a true believer in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. If we put him in the White House, we stand a fighting chance to turn this thing around.
Only until the history surrounding the death of JFK repeats itself.
Ok, here we go:
I could go on and on, but I won't. Surfice it to say:- In other words PLEASE can we have editable and transportable .rc files for the Desktop environments, the Window Managers, and the major apps. which set up the menus and shortcut keys, and please make sure they are consistent across Distros, Window-Managers, and as well as the programs themselves. Yes I am prepared to do my share of the slog to get this sorted, because it's actually really important.
There is an interactive tutorial built into vi. Just press ESC until it beeps at you and then :h - you are straight into the tutorial cum help system. ZZ or :q! to get out of it.
I've been using a subset of vi[m] on a regular basis for about 20 years. It just works for me. The keystrokes are completely intuitive - provided your mind-to-finger pathway has not been totally wreaked by becoming habituated to a different editor.
That's the rub for ALL software - the package you have become used to is what is usable for you.
The British town of Scunthorpe had similar problems for many years
by commercialising the 'Net. Trial sometime in 2020.
Eat
Less
Food
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Exercise
More.
For the ELF part you make sure you eat a generous bowl of oat porridge for breakfast - be sure to serve low fat milk, and only one teaspoon of sugar. It fills you up so you don't feel hungry, yet has virtually no high energy fat. One slice of bread or toast - go easy on the butter. A piece of raw fruit too. Avoid corn based cold cereals,
Lunch - you won't feel like much. A small sandwich with lots of lettuce, a stick of celery, a pottle of yoghurt and another piece of fruit.
Dinner - Chinese and Thai style foods are both tasty and nutritious. Eat lots of lightly cooked fresh green veges, over cooked veges are revolting and bad for you. Avoid huge chunks of meat, and anything made from flour or fat, i.e. pastry or biscuits. Go gently on the grog.
It's simplicity itself to effect the EM part. You just knock the petrol or gasoline habit on the head. Gather courage and cold turkey out of it. Just get rid of your car. Walking and using the 'bus, tram or train will not only save you a fortune, but also provide much needed exercise. I know it seems hard at first, but I feel so much better in myself now that I walk to do my food shopping and walk home carrying the stuff. It's just amazing how much less sugary shit, foul fat, and high calorie carbohydrate crap you buy when you know that you have to carry the wretched stuff home in a bag or basket.
Honest that's all. I lost something between 15 and 20 kilos without even really trying.
It's often said that populations get the governments they deserve.
So what you need to ask is: Do we deserve a POTUS who can think?
From what I see on blog commentaries of all sorts I fear the answer is, tragically, "No".
What did I do to deserve this? Could I have handled this better?
If your forum users are getting annoyed, then a single big notice "Please don't feed the troll." usually works wonders.
( The antique unix 'banner' utility program is useful to generate the notice. )
See this 55 minute Google Talk on how to survive these horrible individuals. Although this video is about PPs in a free software setting, the principles are the same for your forum.
Sound just like email without the need to be able to decipher the glyphs. A certain sector of society will love this, the rest of us will find it to be a total pain.
It's probably the most productive language and programming paradigm ever created.
It'll probably blow your mind apart, but youngsters take to it like ducks to water.
The slogan is: Smalltalk makes hard things possible, and the impossible, possible.
If he gets a reasonable grasp of the principles of these, I assure you he can look forward to a very profitable and rewarding life.
Geeks clone themselves, it provides the same benefits without all the hassle with women.
To say nothing of viruses, bacteria, fungi, the odd crab, and menopausal psychosis.
Don't worry about any of this, it's not going to go on for ever.
The US has been living on tick from Beijing for a long time. Sometime in the relatively near future the tick is going to run out and Beijing is going to foreclose. At that moment the US population - all of you - are going to learn how to live under the command of a New Colonial Master, and I assure you that the PLA High Command is not going to put up with any of this sort of nonsense.
btw, exactly how is this "News for Nerds"?
Do the Top Brass run Linux, a BSD, or a similar o/s on their laptops connected to that enormous screen?
When I first read the words "comfort capsule" I thought they meant something like the giant diaper astronauts use.
Finally why can't the USAF Top Brass fly first class on a commercial flight from the US to Dubai or Bahrain and then on to the theatre of war in a small plane?
I can't help but ask if there is some ghastly mind altering substance in the water or food in Northern California?
OK in jest, but only half in jest.
Quite clearly this is a medical situation.
This poor fellow is a victim of his own enthusiasm, 24*7*365 is a big enough number to drive anybody clean off their rocker.
Perhaps it's time to form a trade or professional guild that's got a few teeth?
Reading these comments and others ones on reports of serious crime in the US, I get the very distinct impression that a very large sub-set of the US population are a bunch of intolerant and vituperative red-necks who have yet to discover the phrases: "There but for the grace of God go I", "He who is without blame, should cast the first stone", and that " ... and lead us not into temptation", has the corollary: "Thou shall not tempt".
I just wish that the people who enable this sort of crime by selling computer systems which are insecure by design, and out-of-the-box configuration, could be brought to account.
I know it will never happen, but I cannot help but wish it would.
Perhaps networked computer administration should become a professional occupation with legally enforceable codes of practice.
As far as young Mr. Owen Thor Walker is concerned, while he has not had an official conviction recorded against him, he, and his family, have suffered quite a heavy informal penalty.
No it isn't.
The problem is the American pronunciation!
Use G4U instead then.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/923a/
or one of these
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/77aa/
What I can say is that I sincerely believe that Hans and his Russian helpers have made a really top of the line file system. I have used it for about 3 years and it has never lost me a single byte. None of the Linux filesystems I have used so far have managed that for that sort of time. The data recovery abilities of the fsck.reiser4 utility are nothing short of amazing. The fact that Reiser4 is not in the Linux kernel is a testament to the pure pig-headedness of both Hans and Linus. I'm pretty sure that Reiser4 will now pass into the Annals of Time, and that's most unfortunate.
btw the Nazis could never have won WWII because the Manhatten Project had mastered the production of said Isotope235.
Have her just vanish. Tell her to leave her passport behind and on no account to touch her bank accounts. Once you are sure she is out of harm's way, Tell the local police that your friend is missing.
Uncle Sams's paranoid police and vindictive legal system will do all the dirty work for her, and keep her (ex-) spouse securely out of mischief for at least 25 years. End of problem.
Forget about computers. They are veritable goldmines of all sorts of stories and spoor. Do not use them for private communication - ever.
... was to shorten the war in Europe so that the A-Bombs fell on Japan and not Germany. BP is thus not just a part of English history, but that of Europe too. Has the current BP administration tried to get funding from EU sources?