The point is that said voters want to be told that OMG GUMMINT WASTED TONS OF MONEY ON BUILDING A STAR TREK BRIDGE FOR NO REASON, because it makes them feel better about their irrational hatred of the government, truth be damned.
The low-information voters in the Republican base don't care about the truth, they want to reinforce their faith that the government is wasteful and can do no right.
Slot 1 P2s and P3s had the secondary cache running at 1/2 the processor's speed, but the Slot 1 Celerons had full-speed (smaller) cache, which was one reason why the Celeron 300A was such a stupendous overclocker.
I had a machine with one of those Pentium-83 Overdrives that plugged into an SX-33's socket. Unfortunately this computer didn't have any secondary SRAM cache so it ran approximately like a DX2-66.
Back in the day, it took about 90 minutes to compile a 2.0.36 kernel, but it ran Duke3D and Descent well (dual boot).
Probably not unless it's been scoped, accurized, and fed with match ammunition. The old Mausers are nice rifles but even though they and their contemporaries might have sight markings out to 1-2 km, in practice you're going to get middling-to-poor accuracy past 500m or so.
Libraries are not necessarily quiet spaces anymore. The one here allows noise and conversation on the main floor, which is where the computer lab is. If you want quiet you either go to the basement (with the non-fic) or one of the upper floors.
I'm not a fan of this policy change but I haven't a choice.
You laugh, but I've got some 2006 machines in production with 32- and 64-bit Win7 and they perform adequately.
A typical example is a Dell Optiplex GX620 with a 3GHz Pentium-D, 2GB of RAM, and the onboard 945 chipset graphics. Not a speed demon by any means but it'll run Office and a web browser, which is what most of my users have anyway.
But then they have to deal with finding a recycling center that will take them, and that takes time and effort away from their charitable mission, and storage is not free. My local recycling center charges money for computers because they're such a pain in the ass to deal with.
Fuck that. In about a year WinXP will no longer get security updates, so you'd be handing the recipients a ticking bomb unless they're kept off the Internet.
Install a distro with an easy UI like Mint-MATE and they'll do just fine, really.
Edubuntu 12.04 uses Unity and doesn't have any of the kid stuff in the sidebar by default. Given how bad Unity is with discoverability, IMO you'd be better off to install Xubuntu or Mint and then install the Edu packages for the appropriate age. Maybe install the Qimo packages while you're at it.
Kiddix's UI looks nice, but I don't like the idea that I have to pay before I can download it and try it out in a VM. The Flash-based "demo" is too limited.
I use Qimo on my kid's laptop (actually, Lubuntu + the Qimo packages) but the project appears to be dead - there have been no updates for more than two years. Even the Ubuntu packages are unmaintained - there's a long-open bug that the configuration is outdated.
It's a pity, because it's a nice UI and packageset.
The trouble with that attitude is that, taken to its logical conclusion, you'll end up with a permanent underclass of users who'll never know how to operate a Real Computer because they will never be exposed to one.
By picking my battles. Some I can do without entirely, some I minimize contact with. Also I suspect we have differing definitions of what exactly constitutes assholedom, and who has what degree thereof.
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Here's a nickel, kid. Call someone who wants to deal with your rhetorical bullshit; you're interested in scoring points, not getting at the truth.
I can see you don't care about what I'm trying to say and are more interested in making whatever rhetorical point you'd like to make.
Fuck off, why don't you, and find someone else to bother.
Could you keep going for a bit in that vein? I've almost got my Libertarian Talking-Points Bingo card filled out, you see.
Did I say that?
The point is that said voters want to be told that OMG GUMMINT WASTED TONS OF MONEY ON BUILDING A STAR TREK BRIDGE FOR NO REASON, because it makes them feel better about their irrational hatred of the government, truth be damned.
The low-information voters in the Republican base don't care about the truth, they want to reinforce their faith that the government is wasteful and can do no right.
Slot 1 P2s and P3s had the secondary cache running at 1/2 the processor's speed, but the Slot 1 Celerons had full-speed (smaller) cache, which was one reason why the Celeron 300A was such a stupendous overclocker.
I had a machine with one of those Pentium-83 Overdrives that plugged into an SX-33's socket. Unfortunately this computer didn't have any secondary SRAM cache so it ran approximately like a DX2-66.
Back in the day, it took about 90 minutes to compile a 2.0.36 kernel, but it ran Duke3D and Descent well (dual boot).
Probably not unless it's been scoped, accurized, and fed with match ammunition. The old Mausers are nice rifles but even though they and their contemporaries might have sight markings out to 1-2 km, in practice you're going to get middling-to-poor accuracy past 500m or so.
Anyone remember what the approval rating of going to war was just before? ISTR it was just above 50% but it's been a long time.
The Bush Administration had decided even before getting their "evidence" that Iraq delenda est.
I dunno, did people actually enjoy Doom 3?
The rapists are juveniles. Sentencing is different when you commit a crime before the age of majority, and rightly so.
Libraries are not necessarily quiet spaces anymore. The one here allows noise and conversation on the main floor, which is where the computer lab is. If you want quiet you either go to the basement (with the non-fic) or one of the upper floors.
I'm not a fan of this policy change but I haven't a choice.
You laugh, but I've got some 2006 machines in production with 32- and 64-bit Win7 and they perform adequately.
A typical example is a Dell Optiplex GX620 with a 3GHz Pentium-D, 2GB of RAM, and the onboard 945 chipset graphics. Not a speed demon by any means but it'll run Office and a web browser, which is what most of my users have anyway.
But then they have to deal with finding a recycling center that will take them, and that takes time and effort away from their charitable mission, and storage is not free. My local recycling center charges money for computers because they're such a pain in the ass to deal with.
Fuck that. In about a year WinXP will no longer get security updates, so you'd be handing the recipients a ticking bomb unless they're kept off the Internet.
Install a distro with an easy UI like Mint-MATE and they'll do just fine, really.
Edubuntu 12.04 uses Unity and doesn't have any of the kid stuff in the sidebar by default. Given how bad Unity is with discoverability, IMO you'd be better off to install Xubuntu or Mint and then install the Edu packages for the appropriate age. Maybe install the Qimo packages while you're at it.
Kiddix's UI looks nice, but I don't like the idea that I have to pay before I can download it and try it out in a VM. The Flash-based "demo" is too limited.
I use Qimo on my kid's laptop (actually, Lubuntu + the Qimo packages) but the project appears to be dead - there have been no updates for more than two years. Even the Ubuntu packages are unmaintained - there's a long-open bug that the configuration is outdated.
It's a pity, because it's a nice UI and packageset.
"Lighten up, Francis."
The trouble with that attitude is that, taken to its logical conclusion, you'll end up with a permanent underclass of users who'll never know how to operate a Real Computer because they will never be exposed to one.
Gods yes. My father's Chromebook has probably saved him its price already in visits to the computer shop to get viruses removed.
12 Feb 1988, sonny.
By picking my battles. Some I can do without entirely, some I minimize contact with. Also I suspect we have differing definitions of what exactly constitutes assholedom, and who has what degree thereof.
And that, gentlemen, is how you Godwin. Well done.