Since windows tend to be maximized most of the time
Eh? The only windows I ever have maximised are Visual Studio or if I'm looking at a big set of graphs when I'm at work using Solaris (CDE). I'm sure that I'm not the only person who works like that.
One of the headers detailing "bad things about Perl 6" is
"Perl 6 inspires fear."
And this is a change from previous versions of Perl how exactly? Perl scares me, whatever version it is:) Not as much as it used to, mind. I got around to actually looking at it rather than just being scared and it's not so half as bad as I expected.
Roger
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However we all know why is ECL nearly extinct
Any evidence to back that up? ECL still gets used a fair bit in my experience. I challenge you to make a prescaler capable of operating at the 4GHz region without using ECL or SCL.
how many of them have ever been seen by more than a hundred people?
how many would be considered to be a part of the historical record?
My mother has a stack of photos that in all probability have been seen by fewer than 100 people. You probably wouldn't even want to see them. They're certainly part of my historical record though; the record of my family.
Sod press photography, this is just as important in many cases.
He already gave you the rights to keep the open source model alive for Linux, the GPL. Even if he retired to a desert island tomorrow, Linux will live on.
I'm sure that it would keep on going if Linus retired, but in what form? I seriously believe that if Linus withdrew from Linux we might start to see kernel forks of such magnitude as the different BSD camps.
As things stand, Linus is the undisputed leader because he created Linux in the first place. He keeps it all together; the key stone.
If he left, I think this would harm the "unity". There would no longer be a Linus kernel and after Linus, everybody is a lot more "equal" with regards to their position working on Linux. In other words, it could be easier to rebel against eg. Alan Cox and gain enough support to maintain a seperate kernel fork (Free, Open, Net Linux anyone?) than it would be to rebel against Linus.
This should only apply if you infringe on their trademark in the specific area that it applies.
Thus, if I decided to create a company to create food and called it "Scott" then I could get a trademark on the name "Scott" even if Scott Tissue exists and also has "Scott" as a trademark. They are different markets so this is possible.
On Windows, everyone has a/Program Files directory. On Windows, you can always put.dlls in/windows/system.
Hate to break it to you, but these are both false statements. Ever use a German version of windows NT? It has \winnt\system (or \winnt\system32) and \Programmen. What Windows does provide, however, is means of finding these directories.
Having icons all over doesn't mean disorganisation.
My desktop has lots of icons on it. Top edge middle is for different drives and work folders. Top right is for internet apps. Right hand side is for programming apps. Bottom middle is for games. Bottom left is for drag and drop shortcuts (word pad, paint shop pro etc.).
It might look a mess, but it's actually carefully organised.
Wow, the first post that appears for this article was from someone that I "know" (techtalk list) and one that I can reply to as well!
I use both NS4.76 along with Mozilla releases and nightlies since around M16 or so. I use NS soley for mail without a problem. It is possible to import NS mail in Moz but I still prefer NS4.76 mail to be honest.
Contrast this to linux 'dynamically linked' libraries that are generally developed at a leasurely rate - or even at an excelerated rate. However, the difference is, these libraries are not rushed out 'into the wild' - they're kept in development or even CVS until they're deemed stable enough for the rabid, er, using public.:)
"Release early, release often", something I've heard many a time here and other places. Tends to go against your belief that Linux developers only release rarely.
The mind boggles, quite frankly. Still, it makes me feel good. I have an F reg (1989) Ford Orion. It's not in the best of nick and goes through oil lots faster than I'd like but I still get 40mpg+ (Imperial gallons) and that's with four star lead replacement petrol.
The other odd thing is that a fair few posts here seem to be treating diesel as a whole new thing for cars.
If someone linked to the drivers in this article, which way would the comment get moderated? I guess technically it should get a +1 Informative but I bet it wouldn't do... --
but in the mean time one could use WinCVS, which I feel is very easy to learn
I agree wholeheartedly that WinCVS is easy to learn. I had to start using it (CVS that is) for a SourceForge project. I'd not had any CVS experience before, ignoring anonymous checkouts, and didn't really understand how it all worked. Once I'd got WinCVS set up though, it was very very easy to understand. I reckon I could manage it from the command line now (but hey, why bother:)
I don't moderate, but I have noticed that there have been a lot more "large" articles recently. I normally read at +2 but have had to increase that a few time so that I'm not reading x00 comments.
Wow, someone on slashdot who isn't just a sheep! (Baa to the rest of you:)
It's like this guy who refuses to step into the present with regards to what pirate means.
Sheesh, just because he's got a lower slashdot uid doesn't mean he's automatically right.
I am intelligent enough to distinguish between software piracy and high seas piracy and so I doubt that I'll ever think that they need the same punishment.
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Since windows tend to be maximized most of the time
Eh? The only windows I ever have maximised are Visual Studio or if I'm looking at a big set of graphs when I'm at work using Solaris (CDE). I'm sure that I'm not the only person who works like that.
oojah
One of the headers detailing "bad things about Perl 6" is
:) Not as much as it used to, mind. I got around to actually looking at it rather than just being scared and it's not so half as bad as I expected.
"Perl 6 inspires fear."
And this is a change from previous versions of Perl how exactly? Perl scares me, whatever version it is
Roger
However we all know why is ECL nearly extinct
Any evidence to back that up? ECL still gets used a fair bit in my experience. I challenge you to make a prescaler capable of operating at the 4GHz region without using ECL or SCL.
Roger
how many of them have ever been seen by more than a hundred people?
how many would be considered to be a part of the historical record?
My mother has a stack of photos that in all probability have been seen by fewer than 100 people. You probably wouldn't even want to see them. They're certainly part of my historical record though; the record of my family.
Sod press photography, this is just as important in many cases.
Cheers,
Roger
Yawn a more roman way.
:)
Almost makes sense too
He already gave you the rights to keep the open source model alive for Linux, the GPL. Even if he retired to a desert island tomorrow, Linux will live on.
I'm sure that it would keep on going if Linus retired, but in what form? I seriously believe that if Linus withdrew from Linux we might start to see kernel forks of such magnitude as the different BSD camps.
As things stand, Linus is the undisputed leader because he created Linux in the first place. He keeps it all together; the key stone.
If he left, I think this would harm the "unity". There would no longer be a Linus kernel and after Linus, everybody is a lot more "equal" with regards to their position working on Linux. In other words, it could be easier to rebel against eg. Alan Cox and gain enough support to maintain a seperate kernel fork (Free, Open, Net Linux anyone?) than it would be to rebel against Linus.
Just a thought.
Roger
This should only apply if you infringe on their trademark in the specific area that it applies.
Thus, if I decided to create a company to create food and called it "Scott" then I could get a trademark on the name "Scott" even if Scott Tissue exists and also has "Scott" as a trademark. They are different markets so this is possible.
Roger
Solar panels rely on light rather than heat, which means that they still function on overcast days that are cold.
In other words, I reckon that solar panels would win out.
Roger
Maybe they mean the computers that are bought for students to use around the university, rather than their own personal computers.
Absolutely! Especially as this has already been resolved.
On Windows, everyone has a /Program Files directory. On Windows, you can always put .dlls in /windows/system.
Hate to break it to you, but these are both false statements. Ever use a German version of windows NT? It has \winnt\system (or \winnt\system32) and \Programmen. What Windows does provide, however, is means of finding these directories.
oojah
(no fucking icons all over the place)
Having icons all over doesn't mean disorganisation.
My desktop has lots of icons on it. Top edge middle is for different drives and work folders. Top right is for internet apps. Right hand side is for programming apps. Bottom middle is for games. Bottom left is for drag and drop shortcuts (word pad, paint shop pro etc.).
It might look a mess, but it's actually carefully organised.
Roger
668 neighbor of the beast
:)
Someone was giving directions on how to prevent sigs being displayed on slashdot. This is the reason that I will always have them displayed.
Nice one mate!
It's a machine that sorts. Go figure :)
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Wow, the first post that appears for this article was from someone that I "know" (techtalk list) and one that I can reply to as well!
I use both NS4.76 along with Mozilla releases and nightlies since around M16 or so. I use NS soley for mail without a problem. It is possible to import NS mail in Moz but I still prefer NS4.76 mail to be honest.
Cheers,
Roger
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Contrast this to linux 'dynamically linked' libraries that are generally developed at a leasurely rate - or even at an excelerated rate. However, the difference is, these libraries are not rushed out 'into the wild' - they're kept in development or even CVS until they're deemed stable enough for the rabid, er, using public. :)
"Release early, release often", something I've heard many a time here and other places. Tends to go against your belief that Linux developers only release rarely.
Or have I misunderstood what you meant?
oojah
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Speech in Utah takes exactly one approved form, and I don't think I even need to drop the name of the organization that determines what form that is.
Could you drop that name for those of us not quite so up on American politics please?
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Did you read the article? It said that the lower metal layers will stay the same whilst the upper (eg. 4th & 5th) will run diagonally.
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Shouldn't that be VAN? :)
(vehicle area network)
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The mind boggles, quite frankly. Still, it makes me feel good. I have an F reg (1989) Ford Orion. It's not in the best of nick and goes through oil lots faster than I'd like but I still get 40mpg+ (Imperial gallons) and that's with four star lead replacement petrol.
The other odd thing is that a fair few posts here seem to be treating diesel as a whole new thing for cars.
Ah well,
oojah
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If someone linked to the drivers in this article, which way would the comment get moderated? I guess technically it should get a +1 Informative but I bet it wouldn't do...
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but in the mean time one could use WinCVS, which I feel is very easy to learn
:)
I agree wholeheartedly that WinCVS is easy to learn. I had to start using it (CVS that is) for a SourceForge project. I'd not had any CVS experience before, ignoring anonymous checkouts, and didn't really understand how it all worked. Once I'd got WinCVS set up though, it was very very easy to understand. I reckon I could manage it from the command line now (but hey, why bother
Cheers,
oojah
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I don't moderate, but I have noticed that there have been a lot more "large" articles recently. I normally read at +2 but have had to increase that a few time so that I'm not reading x00 comments.
oojah
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Wow, someone on slashdot who isn't just a sheep! (Baa to the rest of you :)
It's like this guy who refuses to step into the present with regards to what pirate means.
Sheesh, just because he's got a lower slashdot uid doesn't mean he's automatically right.
I am intelligent enough to distinguish between software piracy and high seas piracy and so I doubt that I'll ever think that they need the same punishment.
oojah
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I think that it depends on what groups you look at to be honest.
I've got lots of useful information from sci.electronics.* for instance.
My completely non-technical mum found usenet of her own accord recently ahd has found it very useful with regards to genealogy.
Cheers,
oojah
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