I'm guessing it's more about how you said it than what you said. You are not inaccurate, well the "troll" part is an assumption and could be inaccurate, don't assume malice when ignorance is suitable, but the main points are correct. But phrasing something rudely as you did doesn't server to help anyone any better than a more polite phrasing, and in most cases it actually does a worse job.
Firefox has come with one for over a year now, I was just in a hurry.
Guessing you've not installed Firefox recently?
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I'd rather have a dozen tools, each of which excells at it's one thing, than one tool that does a half-assed job at a dozen things.
No matter what OS I'm on, I always seem to use one app for audio, and one app for video. What constitutes a clean and useful interface for audio rarely does for video, and vice-versa. I've yet to see an app that auto-switches on media type.
Heck, in FreeBSD, I usually have three video apps (noatun, vlc and mplayer) because none of them works well on everything, but at least one will work for whatever I watch.
If you install libgdi+, Winforms works just find on FreeBSD.
As for looks that's a matter of taste, I never minded how Windows looks, but Gnome never really suited me. With libgdi+, winforms tend to look a lot like plain old Windows.
I found that for anything that could use NTFS, there is also an EXT2/EXT3 driver (that not only works better, but was more easily available earlier). It's just that a lot of Windows people don't think of EXT2.
My rule of thumb: if the drive is under 120GB, I use FAT32, over, I use EXT2.
Likewise, I wish drivers would realize some people need to ride their bikes for a living. I try to stay in the parking lane as much as possible (when I ride my bike, the parking lane is mostly empty), and when I leave the parking lane, I put my bike in the highest gear possible while hauling ass to get pased the car(s) blocking me.
I don't ride my bike for fun, I ride it because I can't drive (vision) and I need to go some place the bus won't get me (or won't get me quickly anyway).
From another article, Apple will be moving to the new format.
While you may have read TFA, you didn't read the post you replied to, or don't realize the iPhone isn't made by Nokia, but rather another company that likes using a lower-case 'i' in front of all of their product names.
So, you mean, if people find out my password is "Nobody Can Guess My UberPassw0rd" for slashdot, they might figure out it's my password for other things as well?
It's more like having a comfort specialist (yes, they don't exist, you can figure out what such a person would be from the name) tell you to roll down your windows for cooling when going on the freeway (you are moving faster! more cooling) but using AC on the side streets (not like the windows will cool you much). He then adds that the fuel economy of the car won't be impacted much, so why not?
The thing is, this guy is a usability expert, not a security expert. He only has a clue for about half of what he is talking about, and doesn't seem interested in the rest.
That's a good point, we went from Apple II computers, to those obnoxious 9" early Macs to combinations of first-gen (and maybe second?) Pentium PCs and Macs from the same era in my progress through grade school.
Not knowing when you will/won't need extra is a completely different problem.
I mean, why don't you buy the biggest car/house/whatever you can afford. The logic is the same, you have to balance cost/benefit. In some cases, the cost/benefit of a good quality rotational disk is better than that of a solid state disk, and in some cases it isn't.
That would have the same problem as the solid state - expensive and small size. The HDD I just ordered for my notebook (supposedly) has a 5.5ms seek time.
It depends - I put some of my laptops through a lot of abuse. The Western Digital and Toshiba drives took some good falls in the notebook (running or not running), and survived without an issue. The Seagates and Fujitsus tended to die if I bumped the thing wrong (well, not quite that bad, but they did die with some fairly small mechanical shock compared to what the WDs and Toshibas survived).
Yes, a flash drive is more sturdy than any of those, but that is only important if the others are not sufficiently sturdy.
Paying for extra in an area that you won't need/use it, is a waste of money.
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I'm guessing it's more about how you said it than what you said. You are not inaccurate, well the "troll" part is an assumption and could be inaccurate, don't assume malice when ignorance is suitable, but the main points are correct. But phrasing something rudely as you did doesn't server to help anyone any better than a more polite phrasing, and in most cases it actually does a worse job.
Firefox has come with one for over a year now, I was just in a hurry.
Guessing you've not installed Firefox recently?
I'd rather have a dozen tools, each of which excells at it's one thing, than one tool that does a half-assed job at a dozen things.
No matter what OS I'm on, I always seem to use one app for audio, and one app for video. What constitutes a clean and useful interface for audio rarely does for video, and vice-versa. I've yet to see an app that auto-switches on media type.
Heck, in FreeBSD, I usually have three video apps (noatun, vlc and mplayer) because none of them works well on everything, but at least one will work for whatever I watch.
If you install libgdi+, Winforms works just find on FreeBSD.
As for looks that's a matter of taste, I never minded how Windows looks, but Gnome never really suited me. With libgdi+, winforms tend to look a lot like plain old Windows.
They obviously need to provide more Bouncy Bubbly Beverage and Cold Fun for desert after lunch.
You just want to see the male protagonist walk into the womens restroom and then get quietly chided by his boss.
I found that for anything that could use NTFS, there is also an EXT2/EXT3 driver (that not only works better, but was more easily available earlier). It's just that a lot of Windows people don't think of EXT2.
My rule of thumb:
if the drive is under 120GB, I use FAT32, over, I use EXT2.
Likewise, I wish drivers would realize some people need to ride their bikes for a living. I try to stay in the parking lane as much as possible (when I ride my bike, the parking lane is mostly empty), and when I leave the parking lane, I put my bike in the highest gear possible while hauling ass to get pased the car(s) blocking me.
I don't ride my bike for fun, I ride it because I can't drive (vision) and I need to go some place the bus won't get me (or won't get me quickly anyway).
Rabit -> rabid...
Damn typo daemon.
Either that or the postgress fanbois really are getting all the chicks and I am on the wrong bandwagon.
RPF: Rabit Postgres Fanbois.
Honestly, the more rabid and on-the-offense a community gets, the more a am suspicious of the product.
The mods do realize the article is about LINUX not NetBSD, right?
That has been long since solved with evolutionary genetics.
The egg.
What produced it just happened not to be a chicken. Something close, but not quite.
From another article, Apple will be moving to the new format.
While you may have read TFA, you didn't read the post you replied to, or don't realize the iPhone isn't made by Nokia, but rather another company that likes using a lower-case 'i' in front of all of their product names.
iWonder who that would be?
So, you mean, if people find out my password is "Nobody Can Guess My UberPassw0rd" for slashdot, they might figure out it's my password for other things as well?
It's more like having a comfort specialist (yes, they don't exist, you can figure out what such a person would be from the name) tell you to roll down your windows for cooling when going on the freeway (you are moving faster! more cooling) but using AC on the side streets (not like the windows will cool you much). He then adds that the fuel economy of the car won't be impacted much, so why not?
The thing is, this guy is a usability expert, not a security expert. He only has a clue for about half of what he is talking about, and doesn't seem interested in the rest.
their thoughts?
w00t, less of our money spent on facilitating the transport of other peoples data.
Don't encourage the greedy bastards please.
*hugs his FLAC playing mobile media player and high quality headphones*
Good thing I find earbuds extremely uncomfortable.
That's a very tough stretch, are you suggesting the cows would produce something else instead, or that methane reduces global warming.
and a side note, related to your sig, FLACs aren't portable?
That's a good point, we went from Apple II computers, to those obnoxious 9" early Macs to combinations of first-gen (and maybe second?) Pentium PCs and Macs from the same era in my progress through grade school.
That's a pretty big change.
It Verizon also may have changed their policy. When I originally got my sprint phone, they didn't ask for my SSN.
Now, not only do they ask for it, but their recommended sign up method involves sending it in a word doc over email.
Fuck that.
Maybe they can do Cupertino at the same time, and really make the world a better place?
drive-by lobotomy victims?
Not knowing when you will/won't need extra is a completely different problem.
I mean, why don't you buy the biggest car/house/whatever you can afford. The logic is the same, you have to balance cost/benefit. In some cases, the cost/benefit of a good quality rotational disk is better than that of a solid state disk, and in some cases it isn't.
That would have the same problem as the solid state - expensive and small size. The HDD I just ordered for my notebook (supposedly) has a 5.5ms seek time.
I wish this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609415 was about 1/5th the price so I could seriously consider it. Still, it's already down from the ~$2100 I first saw it for. I think I'll just hold my breath...
^H^H^H^H^H^H NO CARRIER: FATAL USER ERROR
It depends - I put some of my laptops through a lot of abuse. The Western Digital and Toshiba drives took some good falls in the notebook (running or not running), and survived without an issue. The Seagates and Fujitsus tended to die if I bumped the thing wrong (well, not quite that bad, but they did die with some fairly small mechanical shock compared to what the WDs and Toshibas survived).
Yes, a flash drive is more sturdy than any of those, but that is only important if the others are not sufficiently sturdy.
Paying for extra in an area that you won't need/use it, is a waste of money.