Re:The beauty is NOT skin deep.
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In the X setup you can change the time. I think it is around 150ms default and you could probably raise it if you have trouble with it. Of course, it is nice to have a three button mouse too.
Re:The beauty is NOT skin deep.
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Before you say GNOME has a crappy cut and paste system you should learn how it works. First you select text, then you put the mouse cursor somewhere where you want it and press the middle mouse button.
If you don't have three buttons (omg, i have no idea what you would do with 1 button) then emulate 3 buttons in the X configuration and press 1+2 at the same time.
Along the same lines, do you think sockets and graphics should be standardized as part of a language?
I think this is a very important topic. GUI's are everywhere now-a-days so I think it would be very helpful not to have to use lots of different toolkits. I think it would really help too if sockets were standard to and you wouldn't tell it whether to use TCP or UDP but tell it if order is important or not and it would choose how to send and recieve and what ports or whatever to use.
sorry dude, I already tried that...and it didn't work. I thought LaTeX would work, but didn't get results there either.
Re:Warning: Idealist: RJ and USB is all we need!
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It's either all or nothing. I think that mixing USB/regular stuff is a mess. I sort of see it like mixing object pascal and C++ together to make a program. Even though it works fine, it is sort of messy. If I want to use USB, I only want to have to fool with USB; meaning that I want to plug everything into my computer with USB ports (hd,nic,monitor,sound?). Right now, maybe this would be possibly but there is definately a lack of options (hardware) and support.
I bet you have things on your computer that don't fit into the usb or rj45 category..like harddrive or monitor as someone mentioned
I have a keyboard, mouse, monitor, nic, and headphones coming from my computer. None of them use any new fancy expensive technology. Is the ordinary user going to have every gadget in the world on his/her computer? Does anyone need 256(?) devices? Who wants to pay more for a usb mouse when it is less supported and more expensive? I don't think I need it and I'm intrested in knowing what kind of people do. Maybe everything will be USB someday and make things simpler, but I think everything is fine how it is. So... can anyone tell me how this will revolutionize computing?
I don't see how this is a gender-specific problem. Guys don't really like being social outcasts either.
I don't think you can really assume that this is fact -- I like sitting in front of my computer, much more than I would like being socially active or popular or whatever... I guess you sort of went the other way in your last paragraph though.
yea, i said it does provide it but I don't ever remember seeing a replaces line. I have woody.. It won't let me replace it because there are already programs that rely on libesd0. So, it probably is the replaces line but I don't even know if dpkg would willingly purge it.. but i don't have the guts to find out. This is the main reason I hate unstable.... I also don't have any idea how to report bugs, I guess I could go to the debian page and look for email addresses but I wish there was just a program I could download that would let me enter a bug with a combo box and a textbox.
I agree with you and I like debs a lot better except for one thing: the dependancies are a pain. This package requires this, and this package suggests this, and this package conflicts with this, and this package provides this. I think it is easy to understand but the computer doesn't. Right now, I want to remove libesd0 and get libesd-alsa0 which PROVIDES libesd0 but it won't let me do it because there are already programs that depend on libesd0 and won't let me remove it. I could manually hack at it, but I'm scared that I will only confuse it more.
yea, I think you are right in a way. I have only been able to read about 30 replies about each article and a browse at +2. Right now, I have 987 replies under my current threshold and that is sort of crazy. _but_ I don't really feel like reading more that 20 articles/posts about anything. I don't see any fives so far and if there are this many posts, and no fives, then there are a lack of moderators.
Actually, despite sucking for many, many years, Microsoft seems to have got their act together, and the latest version of Word is actually pretty good.
Does it still have a flight simulator in it? That was one if the few things I liked about it besides that paper clip dude;)
Not one client application under Linux is superior to the ones in Windows. Not one.
Yes, this is an opinion. If best means a platform that supports the most applications, how can a closed-source operating system be better than an open source one? With closed source, the only support comes from the documentation; open source is a documentation in itself and allows anybody to write their own. I have trouble seeing how closed-source can support more.
The part about client applications being better in windows is your opinion, because it isn't possible to prove either way. I could argue that telnet sucks in windows but I'm sure you could explain to me why it is the best.
What _IS_ wrong with bashing microsoft? In the USA there is freedom of speech were we can say whatever we want about them... besides, micros~1 is always saying bad stuff about other operating systems, so why not yell back? No one is forcing to use anything-if you boss is, it's time to find a better job.
I agree with all those points. When first started to read the article, I had never heard of this guy and I through he was some big guy in the open source community. But I read it and I was amazed how I disagreed with some of his comments. I was like, 'this just isn't right'. Finally when I hit the comments I rested assured knowing that other/.ers agreed with me. I don't intend to flame this guy, its just that he sounds like as computer literate as my mom by giving those definitions of geeks that he pulled from others. oh well...
I disagree with your last comment. I think that hard disks are a bottleneck in the business area an not the game area. That is because most games will load everything needed into RAM or whatever before the level starts. Most playstation(etc.) games don't write anywhere (hd wise) that often unless they are saved and you can't really worry about a bottleneck there. However compilers and intensive business applications like maybe 3d renders will have to use disks because of all the massive file use there is and big sizes.
you don't have to use redhat, you don't have to use microsoft. you have to pay for microsoft, but all gpl'd software is free. shouldn't you expect more if you buy software? now, if there were ten big security bugs in every dist. than i might consider siding with you. but no one forces you to use either
I think alpha software means it has lots of bugs and is still and in development (changing) and beta is more feature complete but still has bugs that are going to be repaired
I did a summer job for a company that used AS/400s. From the little that I used them, I must say that I really didn't like the way that they worked. The whole OS i think looked like ncurses (not that thats bad..) and it just seemed like it had a weird way of writing and loading files or maybe it was the way the guy that worked there told me. Well, i guess I don't have much good to say about them but I can't say I have a whole lot of experience with them. They seem primitive to me..
Yea, you're probably right when you consider all the research and development and work costs... I've never seen such a high price before so I was sort of amazed.
I think that a processor like this aims not to be flaming fast but to be flexible. I doubt they made this thing so they could get two hundred fps out of quake in software mode. I personally think that flexibility or extendability is more important than speed because if you want to change something, you don't mess everything else up. Would it be neat if everything was backwards and forewards compatible?
I have played Rage Of Mages (I) and I didn't think it was all that good. I guess I could focus on the bad parts... Well, the single player was like a mix between a rpg and a strategy game. You could buy weapons for your heros at the store and you would go through boards like age of empires. the graphics were ok but all 2d i think. the multiplayer was horrible and slow. you could just go outside and kill things to get money and skills. It was a complete waste of time and if you died, you lost everthing (items, sword, armor, etc.). The game crashed about 10 times totally for me so I can't say it is that stable because I only played it once through and the multiplayer for about 1-2 hours. But I don't know if I could blame this on the engine - it may have been the company that made this. I went to the website and it looks like the engine product liscense is like $250,000. (correct me if im wrong). I don't know how many people will pay that much for an engine...
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In the X setup you can change the time. I think it is around 150ms default and you could probably raise it if you have trouble with it. Of course, it is nice to have a three button mouse too.
Before you say GNOME has a crappy cut and paste system you should learn how it works. First you select text, then you put the mouse cursor somewhere where you want it and press the middle mouse button.
If you don't have three buttons (omg, i have no idea what you would do with 1 button) then emulate 3 buttons in the X configuration and press 1+2 at the same time.
Along the same lines, do you think sockets and graphics should be standardized as part of a language?
I think this is a very important topic. GUI's are everywhere now-a-days so I think it would be very helpful not to have to use lots of different toolkits. I think it would really help too if sockets were standard to and you wouldn't tell it whether to use TCP or UDP but tell it if order is important or not and it would choose how to send and recieve and what ports or whatever to use.
I would really like to see this answered.
If I learn C++, will it make girls like me?
sorry dude, I already tried that...and it didn't work. I thought LaTeX would work, but didn't get results there either.
It's either all or nothing. I think that mixing USB/regular stuff is a mess. I sort of see it like mixing object pascal and C++ together to make a program. Even though it works fine, it is sort of messy. If I want to use USB, I only want to have to fool with USB; meaning that I want to plug everything into my computer with USB ports (hd,nic,monitor,sound?). Right now, maybe this would be possibly but there is definately a lack of options (hardware) and support.
I bet you have things on your computer that don't fit into the usb or rj45 category..like harddrive or monitor as someone mentioned
I have a keyboard, mouse, monitor, nic, and headphones coming from my computer. None of them use any new fancy expensive technology. Is the ordinary user going to have every gadget in the world on his/her computer? Does anyone need 256(?) devices? Who wants to pay more for a usb mouse when it is less supported and more expensive? I don't think I need it and I'm intrested in knowing what kind of people do. Maybe everything will be USB someday and make things simpler, but I think everything is fine how it is. So... can anyone tell me how this will revolutionize computing?
I don't see how this is a gender-specific problem. Guys don't really like being social outcasts either.
I don't think you can really assume that this is fact -- I like sitting in front of my computer, much more than I would like being socially active or popular or whatever... I guess you sort of went the other way in your last paragraph though.
yea, i said it does provide it but I don't ever remember seeing a replaces line. I have woody.. It won't let me replace it because there are already programs that rely on libesd0. So, it probably is the replaces line but I don't even know if dpkg would willingly purge it.. but i don't have the guts to find out. This is the main reason I hate unstable.... I also don't have any idea how to report bugs, I guess I could go to the debian page and look for email addresses but I wish there was just a program I could download that would let me enter a bug with a combo box and a textbox.
I agree with you and I like debs a lot better except for one thing: the dependancies are a pain. This package requires this, and this package suggests this, and this package conflicts with this, and this package provides this. I think it is easy to understand but the computer doesn't. Right now, I want to remove libesd0 and get libesd-alsa0 which PROVIDES libesd0 but it won't let me do it because there are already programs that depend on libesd0 and won't let me remove it. I could manually hack at it, but I'm scared that I will only confuse it more.
yea, I think you are right in a way. I have only been able to read about 30 replies about each article and a browse at +2. Right now, I have 987 replies under my current threshold and that is sort of crazy. _but_ I don't really feel like reading more that 20 articles/posts about anything. I don't see any fives so far and if there are this many posts, and no fives, then there are a lack of moderators.
Actually, despite sucking for many, many years, Microsoft seems to have got their act together, and the latest version of Word is actually pretty good.
;)
Does it still have a flight simulator in it? That was one if the few things I liked about it besides that paper clip dude
actually, to get the full list type:
/bin /usr/bin /sbin /usr/sbin
...my opinion ;)
ls -1
Not one client application under Linux is superior to the ones in Windows. Not one.
Yes, this is an opinion. If best means a platform that supports the most applications, how can a closed-source operating system be better than an open source one? With closed source, the only support comes from the documentation; open source is a documentation in itself and allows anybody to write their own. I have trouble seeing how closed-source can support more.
The part about client applications being better in windows is your opinion, because it isn't possible to prove either way. I could argue that telnet sucks in windows but I'm sure you could explain to me why it is the best.
What _IS_ wrong with bashing microsoft? In the USA there is freedom of speech were we can say whatever we want about them... besides, micros~1 is always saying bad stuff about other operating systems, so why not yell back? No one is forcing to use anything-if you boss is, it's time to find a better job.
I agree with all those points. When first started to read the article, I had never heard of this guy and I through he was some big guy in the open source community. But I read it and I was amazed how I disagreed with some of his comments. I was like, 'this just isn't right'. Finally when I hit the comments I rested assured knowing that other /.ers agreed with me. I don't intend to flame this guy, its just that he sounds like as computer literate as my mom by giving those definitions of geeks that he pulled from others. oh well...
I disagree with your last comment. I think that hard disks are a bottleneck in the business area an not the game area. That is because most games will load everything needed into RAM or whatever before the level starts. Most playstation(etc.) games don't write anywhere (hd wise) that often unless they are saved and you can't really worry about a bottleneck there. However compilers and intensive business applications like maybe 3d renders will have to use disks because of all the massive file use there is and big sizes.
you don't have to use redhat, you don't have to use microsoft. you have to pay for microsoft, but all gpl'd software is free. shouldn't you expect more if you buy software? now, if there were ten big security bugs in every dist. than i might consider siding with you. but no one forces you to use either
it says that the patch even creates news problems. maybe they will have to release another to patch it.
I think alpha software means it has lots of bugs and is still and in development (changing) and beta is more feature complete but still has bugs that are going to be repaired
I did a summer job for a company that used AS/400s. From the little that I used them, I must say that I really didn't like the way that they worked. The whole OS i think looked like ncurses (not that thats bad..) and it just seemed like it had a weird way of writing and loading files or maybe it was the way the guy that worked there told me. Well, i guess I don't have much good to say about them but I can't say I have a whole lot of experience with them. They seem primitive to me..
I believe that you have the freedom to choose a better job(?)
that page says it is an earlier version of bind so i guess that the recent version must work fine now
Yea, you're probably right when you consider all the research and development and work costs... I've never seen such a high price before so I was sort of amazed.
I think that a processor like this aims not to be flaming fast but to be flexible. I doubt they made this thing so they could get two hundred fps out of quake in software mode. I personally think that flexibility or extendability is more important than speed because if you want to change something, you don't mess everything else up. Would it be neat if everything was backwards and forewards compatible?
I have played Rage Of Mages (I) and I didn't think it was all that good. I guess I could focus on the bad parts... Well, the single player was like a mix between a rpg and a strategy game. You could buy weapons for your heros at the store and you would go through boards like age of empires. the graphics were ok but all 2d i think. the multiplayer was horrible and slow. you could just go outside and kill things to get money and skills. It was a complete waste of time and if you died, you lost everthing (items, sword, armor, etc.). The game crashed about 10 times totally for me so I can't say it is that stable because I only played it once through and the multiplayer for about 1-2 hours. But I don't know if I could blame this on the engine - it may have been the company that made this. I went to the website and it looks like the engine product liscense is like $250,000. (correct me if im wrong). I don't know how many people will pay that much for an engine...