Jesus H. Christ, I've been reading this discussion and I can't see why I did it. Just what is with you people and playing god damn word games? Suppose we were talking about tight-rope walking and I say, "I've never fallen before." and someone says, "LIAR! Everyone's fallen at some point of time in their life." we'd both have a little laugh and let it go. BUT NOO!! You have to pull this crap where that guy would be serious and I'd have to say, "I'm sorry. What I meant was that I have never fallen off a tightrope while attempting a tightrope walk." It's like some crazy world where people are incapable of normal conversation.
I mean, bullshit like this wouldn't even fly like this in court, if you're trying to play lawyer.
That's pretty cool, you know. Rashomon was like this but different. Also, is this related to the way that when you read you sometimes skip over spelling mistakes and get the right word? One of my classmates had written conjugation everywhere in his Astronomy notes instead of conjunction, and I didn't even notice when reading over them until I reached one that was only part written, the rest going off the page.
Actually, I have had the same experience. I was playing when this box would say that a reboot would be done in so much time unless I rebooted then or asked it to go away for a short period of time. I can't supply any proof for this because it didn't strike me that this is rare. I'm sure you should be able to find such instances on the web.
Not being a frequent Windows user, I haven't reconfigured anything, so this laptop came with Windows XP straight from HP and its been that way. Still, they may have changed that in Vista and if this is no longer true, then there's not much to complain about.
In my experience, it doesn't work so well when that happens. The companies pay the fines, or get kicked and the next company that comes in does the same. So you just move from loss to loss, and if they're really good at what they're doing, you won't even catch them. With the government, though, their job is not to make money but to do the job, and considering that if one person in a government tries to do it, other people's job is to catch that guy whereas in the company if there's anything funny going on, everyone who counts is in on it.
Also, I do not see why there cannot be an efficient government. Perhaps it is different in the United States, but even in in a horribly corrupt government like mine, there are some government agencies which are simply superbly done.
I do not think you're speaking from experience. Ubuntu only requires you to reboot on a kernel or xserver update, and the latter doesn't actually require a reboot but since it says reboot we'll just say that it does. In addition, Firefox has auto-update disabled on Ubuntu, so I don't know what you're talking about.
I also think you have no clue when you say that each program having its own updating service is the same as a single program handling updates for everything. Perhaps that's the way you like it, but personally, I've found the convenience of a single repository manager enough reason, on its own, to just use a Linux distribution.
It may not be the age. I used to do that lots, like twice or thrice, and I can just imagine how it would be with this thing in place. I'd hate it man, totally.
I hate that question, when I was first asked the question I remember thinking, "Not enough information." By saying, 'where do you bury', you're implying that the survivors of the car crash died (probably elsewhere, definitely due to a different cause).
The idea is, the people who are handling these privatised things are in the game for the money and so, without adequate oversight, they will try to push for the maximum profit. The government, on the other hand, is supposed to act in the interests of the people forming it. That's the idea anyway.
I don't disagree that Firefox takes lots of memory sometimes. However, if you had lots of tabs open and then you closed them so that this is the only page, then perhaps it's storing those tabs to restore them in case you do Undo Close Tab or whatever.
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You seem to be having trouble understanding: The freedom to change the code is a feature, and allows you to actually use your software.
Sort of like Slashdot, then.
I suppose it's a good thing. If all you can complain about is the colour, then there isn't much to complain about.
Are you sure about this? I knew the Japanese Agricultural Ministry was lying!
Jesus H. Christ, I've been reading this discussion and I can't see why I did it. Just what is with you people and playing god damn word games? Suppose we were talking about tight-rope walking and I say, "I've never fallen before." and someone says, "LIAR! Everyone's fallen at some point of time in their life." we'd both have a little laugh and let it go. BUT NOO!! You have to pull this crap where that guy would be serious and I'd have to say, "I'm sorry. What I meant was that I have never fallen off a tightrope while attempting a tightrope walk." It's like some crazy world where people are incapable of normal conversation.
I mean, bullshit like this wouldn't even fly like this in court, if you're trying to play lawyer.
No it isn't. I don't know what they used to encode their tracks to AAC but it was certainly not LAME.
Absolutely, reminds me of an old joke:
- Visitor: If there's quicksand in this part near the town why don't you put up a sign?!
- Man: We did, but nobody was falling in so we thought it was useless.
Ha ha.That's pretty cool, you know. Rashomon was like this but different. Also, is this related to the way that when you read you sometimes skip over spelling mistakes and get the right word? One of my classmates had written conjugation everywhere in his Astronomy notes instead of conjunction, and I didn't even notice when reading over them until I reached one that was only part written, the rest going off the page.
Then they sue you for use of the word 'Smartypants®'.
Actually, I have had the same experience. I was playing when this box would say that a reboot would be done in so much time unless I rebooted then or asked it to go away for a short period of time. I can't supply any proof for this because it didn't strike me that this is rare. I'm sure you should be able to find such instances on the web.
Not being a frequent Windows user, I haven't reconfigured anything, so this laptop came with Windows XP straight from HP and its been that way. Still, they may have changed that in Vista and if this is no longer true, then there's not much to complain about.
In my experience, it doesn't work so well when that happens. The companies pay the fines, or get kicked and the next company that comes in does the same. So you just move from loss to loss, and if they're really good at what they're doing, you won't even catch them. With the government, though, their job is not to make money but to do the job, and considering that if one person in a government tries to do it, other people's job is to catch that guy whereas in the company if there's anything funny going on, everyone who counts is in on it.
Also, I do not see why there cannot be an efficient government. Perhaps it is different in the United States, but even in in a horribly corrupt government like mine, there are some government agencies which are simply superbly done.
I do not think you're speaking from experience. Ubuntu only requires you to reboot on a kernel or xserver update, and the latter doesn't actually require a reboot but since it says reboot we'll just say that it does. In addition, Firefox has auto-update disabled on Ubuntu, so I don't know what you're talking about.
I also think you have no clue when you say that each program having its own updating service is the same as a single program handling updates for everything. Perhaps that's the way you like it, but personally, I've found the convenience of a single repository manager enough reason, on its own, to just use a Linux distribution.
Indeed, in that case, I agree.
It may not be the age. I used to do that lots, like twice or thrice, and I can just imagine how it would be with this thing in place. I'd hate it man, totally.
I hate that question, when I was first asked the question I remember thinking, "Not enough information." By saying, 'where do you bury', you're implying that the survivors of the car crash died (probably elsewhere, definitely due to a different cause).
America is a democracy (we are talking about the US, aren't we?. It's a failed one if the government does not represent the people.
My mistake - not my native language. Corporations' motivation: money. Government's motivation: wellbeing. There.
What do you expect from a submitter with that name?
True that. It's well known as the Streisand Effect. Okay, maybe not well known, but that's the name I heard it first under.
The idea is, the people who are handling these privatised things are in the game for the money and so, without adequate oversight, they will try to push for the maximum profit. The government, on the other hand, is supposed to act in the interests of the people forming it. That's the idea anyway.
They aren't, that's what GP was complaining about.
I'm pretty sure you can do a similar thing with TrueCrypt's Hidden Volumes. You might want to give it a try if you're really interested in this stuff.
Or by using radiation (If I remember high school science): http://www.blackcatsystems.com/GM/random.html
Not enough credit. It should be GNU/Last.
I don't disagree that Firefox takes lots of memory sometimes. However, if you had lots of tabs open and then you closed them so that this is the only page, then perhaps it's storing those tabs to restore them in case you do Undo Close Tab or whatever.