French toast in the US is aweful. I much prefer the UK version. (Ironic enough for you?)
I wonder what it's like in France, or if they even have it. As a rule of thumb, any food called French anything doesn't exist in France (or at least certainly not in that form). Usually works for anything called "RandomNationality Food" just as well.
Yes, but a lethal weapon that uses sound would have to consume an extremely large amount of power to be lethal, [... ] Not necessarily, you could simply drop one of the larger models on your opponent.
Yes, it has. Snakes were introduced into one of the Indonesian islands to deal with an introduced toad. Turns out that some of the indigenous animals were a lot easier for the snakes to catch. As a result, the local animal life is not only threatened by the toads, but also by the snake. If I'm off on the details, my apologies - I couldn't find the original story. A variant of this is almost always what happens. Which is why this kind of thing isn't done this way any more.
Predators are sometimes used in their native habitat as pest control, like ladybugs or predator wasps released en-masse or (not predators as such) sterilised males to help curb the number of a given insect or things of the kind.
This is one of the (minor, admittedly) reasons that I stopped using Windows professionally although I have a partition that come and goes for games : because I just couldn't figure out how it worked or what it was doing.
So my professional and personal work is done in Unix/Linux (even my photography), and only games run in Windows since that can die or lose data without my caring about it.
I know that in theory, by buying books about the system, I could remedy to this sad state of affairs but I just stopped caring years ago. *shrug*
I mean, OpenOffice was a Linux exclusive app that moved to Mac, so you're quest for a OS-X only app that runs on Linux seems pointless. OpenOffice was originally StarOffice, a German office suite that ran on Linux, Solaris (and maybe SunOS) and Windows. It was typically free for personal use and therefore quite popular. After it got opened and bought by Sun (not necessarily in that order), some people worked on Mac OS ports. A native Mac OS version has been in the works for a while but required a rework of a number of modules.
I thought this kind of thing was well known by now...
Code first, design later. For example, I note with interest the amount of pain involved in trying to provide server protocol documentation for the EU. Some of the foot dragging is deliberate but some of it is that they don't have quality internal documentation. IMO, at heart, Microsoft is still a hobbyist software company that has grown obese. You'll never find the proper documentation that a professional company such as IBM or Sun puts out. Either of those could have drowned the EU under tons of ad hoc docs if they had been in MS's shoes.
I too believe that Microsoft just doesn't have any docs, it's not in their culture. It feels like they're still a PC (as in "toy computer") company that hasn't upgraded their way of doing things. The others may have moved to the PC as serious platform but a lot came from the big iron or the workstation markets where that kind of sloppiness just wouldn't do. It really showed when looking at their documentation site which regularly used to border on the surreal back when I had to use it. Supposedly it improved a bit, although I still believe that this opinion is from people who have never seen a properly documented environment (I might be wrong of course, I'm lucky enough to be able to stay away from MS stuff nowadays).
I think the giveaway is when he says a screen shot is worth a thousand words, then his screen shot is of vista with the taskbar at the top, Im not saying nobody has the taskbar at the top but its just one of many signs that hes a fan of apple. Uh ? I thought that his wearing pants was a sure sign that he was a fan of apple.
(makes note to move the KDE kicker down to the middle of the screen so as not to be branded a fan of anything)
Linux is far from being up to par with a Solaris or AIX, or BSD. Sad but true. And the documentation is indeed severely lacking when compared to a commercial system. The code has apparently gotten a bit cleaner although BSD still remains more legible.
Still it doesn't change the fact that for the time being Linux is *it* (whatever that is). It's the system that has the mind share (apart from Windows of course). And for the most part it works just fine.
So while there certainly are other more advanced solutions, I don't see them taking Linux's place in the sun (ha ha) any time soon.
They have also forcibly crashed it over a million time and it has never lost data even once. Try doing that with your home PC.
And what... you don't care about your photos, docs and music??? Nowadays you lose data because the *disk* dies, almost never because the filesystem gets corrupted (at least not on modern systems). Although the risk does statistically grow with the number of systems.
Last time I lost data to a filesystem problem must have been to a FAT disk, which means it must have been 10 or 15 years ago. I did lose data to hardware failures though. Several times. Recovered most of them through backups. Not all.:-/
I would really not write off Solaris, it's far from dead Customers : Bring out your dead OSs ! Solaris : I aint'ed dead yet Linux : Yes you are Solaris : I'm feeling better ! Linux : You'll be stone dead in a moment
Right whales got their name from whalers who called them "The right whales to hunt", and gained the nick-name "right whales". I always thought it was from the other whales saying "wait, you've got the wrong whale !" as they were trying to go away...
You know, there was a time before we all updated our operating systems on a daily basis. [... ] There are some of us (music and video producers, artists, etc.) who even occasionally work on computers that are not connected to the Internets. The two went together at the time. And were directly related. After all why fix what wasn't (apparently) broken.
Except nowadays, since we know our computers are in fact broken (as they were then) and full of holes, they have to be updated and fixed because they are connected to the rest of the world (which has become increasingly hostile). For standalone machines it isn't as much of an issue and they are in the same configuration as they used to be back in the 8 / 16 bit days.
Fortunately ubiquitous connectivity makes updates easy to apply.
(I have been known to sort my photos in the field *without Internet access* too. Felt kind of weird but I managed.)
Unless you're a hardcore GAMER, you're not changing out your video card. In fact, I know of no one that has replaced their video card (unless it specifically died on them) after their initial purchase -- but I don't hang around hardcore gamers.
But if you're a hardcore gamer, you're going to find other reasons not to use the Mac. Such as "why the hell would I buy a Mac to run Windows so I can play games" ? I've yet to see a hardcore gamer with a Mac. What a strange idea.
Macs probably have their strong points (although after running one for a bit more than a year, and being used to Unix/Linux, I didn't see much difference with Windows, but that's just me) but gaming isn't one of them, even though you can at least get *some* decent games nowadays.
Also, using a still cam with custom housing and a motion sensor is a pretty good idea. But when it comes down to the nitty gritty, a firearm is your best bet.;) Seconded. If you shoot the intruder, you'll have much more lighting options on the corpse, plus you'll have more time to compose a really nice shot. Get a fast 50mm prime.
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Sorry, is that what they teach you at school ? To start with bland empty made up statements ?
(not impressed)
And unless you *also* have a degree in Chocolate Philosophy, don't even think of discussing Easter !
I wonder what it's like in France, or if they even have it. As a rule of thumb, any food called French anything doesn't exist in France (or at least certainly not in that form). Usually works for anything called "RandomNationality Food" just as well.
[Student] Ooops, General Failure !
Predators are sometimes used in their native habitat as pest control, like ladybugs or predator wasps released en-masse or (not predators as such) sterilised males to help curb the number of a given insect or things of the kind.
Just because your run Linux doesn't give you the right to make fun of others.
This is one of the (minor, admittedly) reasons that I stopped using Windows professionally although I have a partition that come and goes for games : because I just couldn't figure out how it worked or what it was doing.
So my professional and personal work is done in Unix/Linux (even my photography), and only games run in Windows since that can die or lose data without my caring about it.
I know that in theory, by buying books about the system, I could remedy to this sad state of affairs but I just stopped caring years ago. *shrug*
Um, well, I guess you have a point. Hadn't really considered the US point of view there.
After it got opened and bought by Sun (not necessarily in that order), some people worked on Mac OS ports. A native Mac OS version has been in the works for a while but required a rework of a number of modules.
I thought this kind of thing was well known by now...
Runs on my platform :
- Microsoft Word No
- OpenOffice.org Yes
Case closed.
Right, like I would trust my fellow citizens more than professionals operating in a defined legal structure.
Just remove the useless things. Much simpler.
Private enterprise ? In China ? With no generals whatsoever involved ?
How novel.
I too believe that Microsoft just doesn't have any docs, it's not in their culture. It feels like they're still a PC (as in "toy computer") company that hasn't upgraded their way of doing things. The others may have moved to the PC as serious platform but a lot came from the big iron or the workstation markets where that kind of sloppiness just wouldn't do.
It really showed when looking at their documentation site which regularly used to border on the surreal back when I had to use it. Supposedly it improved a bit, although I still believe that this opinion is from people who have never seen a properly documented environment (I might be wrong of course, I'm lucky enough to be able to stay away from MS stuff nowadays).
(makes note to move the KDE kicker down to the middle of the screen so as not to be branded a fan of anything)
The code has apparently gotten a bit cleaner although BSD still remains more legible.
Still it doesn't change the fact that for the time being Linux is *it* (whatever that is). It's the system that has the mind share (apart from Windows of course). And for the most part it works just fine.
So while there certainly are other more advanced solutions, I don't see them taking Linux's place in the sun (ha ha) any time soon.
And what
Last time I lost data to a filesystem problem must have been to a FAT disk, which means it must have been 10 or 15 years ago. I did lose data to hardware failures though. Several times. Recovered most of them through backups. Not all.
Solaris : I aint'ed dead yet
Linux : Yes you are
Solaris : I'm feeling better !
Linux : You'll be stone dead in a moment
Right whales got their name from whalers who called them "The right whales to hunt", and gained the nick-name "right whales". I always thought it was from the other whales saying "wait, you've got the wrong whale !" as they were trying to go away...
There are some of us (music and video producers, artists, etc.) who even occasionally work on computers that are not connected to the Internets. The two went together at the time. And were directly related. After all why fix what wasn't (apparently) broken.
Except nowadays, since we know our computers are in fact broken (as they were then) and full of holes, they have to be updated and fixed because they are connected to the rest of the world (which has become increasingly hostile).
For standalone machines it isn't as much of an issue and they are in the same configuration as they used to be back in the 8 / 16 bit days.
Fortunately ubiquitous connectivity makes updates easy to apply.
(I have been known to sort my photos in the field *without Internet access* too. Felt kind of weird but I managed.)
But if you're a hardcore gamer, you're going to find other reasons not to use the Mac. Such as "why the hell would I buy a Mac to run Windows so I can play games" ?
I've yet to see a hardcore gamer with a Mac. What a strange idea.
Macs probably have their strong points (although after running one for a bit more than a year, and being used to Unix/Linux, I didn't see much difference with Windows, but that's just me) but gaming isn't one of them, even though you can at least get *some* decent games nowadays.
Just don't aim for the head.
"If you steal drugs, you should be able to charge for them".
There, much better.
Oh, wait... never mind.