Not only is character-driven, but it relies on the subtleties of language. The dialogue is always thick with irony and metaphors that feel like they came from inside jokes between you and the other you that sees the world for how crazy it can be.
In other words, comics like XKCD (which I love) have their good days, but some of us have a lower 'LOLORZ cory doctorow rulz' threshold than others.
Achewood manages to be highbrow while keeping nothing sacred. It doesn't beat you over the head. It isn't about video games. It doesn't have the traditional sitcom snappy snarky stuff you saw coming from the first panel. There's no dinosaurs or anthropomorphic iPods or FF black mages. So yeah, while some of us find it utterly beautiful, it's really not for everybody, least of all not the/. crowd.
They don't need a conspiracy. Security problems like this are exactly *why* running an old (well, old and unsupported) browser is asking for problems. Of course, IE6 on XP SP2 is supported by Microsoft for the time being, despite it's age, so it's going to be something we have to put up with for the time being.
The difference between dummy text and "deception" is that the dummy text is not supposed to end up published. It seems likely that this article was published by accident, which makes it likely that this is in fact dummy text. I did not read any part of the parent's post that defended the publishing of propaganda.
Perhaps you wrote your reply in advance, not reading what you replied to, and accidentally posted it.
Are you sure that analog TV doesn't interfere? I thought it was standard practice with stage mics to find out what frequencies were operating in your area and try and stay clear of them when you set up the mics.
I'm a huge pacman (+ yaourt) fan as well, and like you, I haven't found a graphical frontend for it that comes close to being as useful as the actual version.
Wow, if Unix took off...that'd be something, huh? The discussion about the server market, where Unix is very much widely adopted. And that's despite the fragmentation of everyone having their own version of it.
As for the desktop...it's getting easier and easier to write cross-platform apps. If you write an app in Java, you can let Sun worry about the OS support. I think the desktop monoculture served a purpose, but now it's more important that the technology centers around open/documented standards than that everyone runs the same OS. No doubt you've heard this before, but I don't think having lots of distros is a weakness of Linux...it's a strength.
In the part you quoted, no one talks about lack of choice in business models. He was saying that changes in business have led to changes in copyright. Like many here, my opinion is that those changes do not reflect the spirit of the law, or the caution with which it was introduced. Copyright is a necessary evil, a state-granted monopoly, not an inalienable right to mooch off of what should be public domain for three generations.
Sure, I can choose to release work to the public domain, or under whatever license I want. I can't "choose" to use freely works that have had their copyrights retroactively extended.
That's why it's a little uncomfortable for me to read it...I have to assume that if you call someone a 'netizen' that their ISP is Compuserve and they are hooked on VRML chat rooms.
Similarly, you can hide networked devices from the public internet just fine with a firewall.
Computer-controlled HVAC with remote access is not some future technology, it is presently used in industrial and commercial settings. We have an ammonia system cooling sections of a warehouse. It can be accessed remotely by the guys who actually put it in and understand the equipment.
I don't know if it would benefit from pushed updates (and in either case, it's a modem), but I do know that I'm not handing out VPN access to every contractor that puts something with a glowing panel somewhere in the building. But yeah, this stuff is coming sooner than later, and it's going to need addresses.
We have other similar devices, put in by a utility company, one of which emails out. For simple logging, that's all you need, but what if they had to do more with it?
If NAT sticks around it'll be because it's become some mythical cargo cult thing, or because IT guys are willing to put huge kludges in place and jump through hoops to avoid learning a new system. Or business are too short-sighted to shell out for stuff they use every day. Luckily, this one sort of has a deadline on it.
If you're using that to argue for NAT, you shouldn't be. That's something that's handled by the firewall.
If you're saying it just on principle, then I agree. Not everything needs to have a public IP. But unfortunately the use of the remaining addresses will be driven by the market, not by anyone's grand plan. It's not a social problem, it's a tech problem. Hopefully within the next three years we can have the tech solution most of the way in place so we don't have to resort to social solutions.
One function of Windows Messenger that I can think of is Remote Assistance. At least on XP, dunno about Vista.
And so it goes with other built-in programs, as well. They can contain critical libraries. I wonder if what Microsoft is doing here is leaving the libraries behind, and separating the frontends so that they can respond quicker to feature additions, etc.
Why struggle to remove it when you can trivially disable it?
I agree with your sentiment. Installer customization is too much work for so little gain. nLite is a godsend in certain cases (VMWare images, small flash drives), but a default Windows install has reasonable settings. Going through all the options in nLite so you can have Windows install without the extra mouse cursors, or with Firefox, etc, does not save you any time unless you are reinstalling Windows every half hour.* At least, not much more than a standard unattend.txt will net you. Not that I didn't have fun putting nLite through it's paces, but that's was more for curiosity's sake.
* And if that's the case, most will be better served by sysprep and a disk image.
I too think they have been taking the slow road to shipping Windows with a package manager (that has microsoft.com as its sole repo). Vista users actually get a decent frontend for Windows Update, compared to the website or the spartan wuauclt.exe. Windows Installer has a database, obviously. They've been rolling out the "Extras", and now there's this speculation that some of the built-in apps will end up in that space.
I don't think it's about cleanliness, like they're saying, though. Consider that they could just include them on the DVD media. I think it's more about making changes to the published software easier on their end, and not having to compete with their own products (Live Mail vs. OE, Live Messenger vs msmsgs).
There must be a registry setting somewhere that flags the EULA as read or unread. If you have the appropriate admin privileges, you could set that registry entry to change to what you want it to via a login script.
Not that your complaint isn't valid, but it's all part of being an admin...software is usually designed to stupid things that become more obvious when you're running it in an office or lab setting, with lots of machines and users. In the Windows world, however, there's little that a login script can't fix. Except when software designers do ridiculous things like combine all their settings into a binary value and store that value in registry.
The Awesomebar detractors have been very vocal (for instance, it's been months, and here we are talking about it). That doesn't mean there's a lot of them, or that they represent the majority. The downmod is unfair, but it's probably because of the combination of (a) people are sick of hearing this and (b) there's been a solution from the beginning. I doubt your browser is loading noticeably slower because of oldbar. Imagine if people were still complaining about the 'Live Bookmarks' addition.
Perhaps over time, cruft will become an issue, but seeing FF3's reduced memory usage has caused me to stop worrying about that.
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Not only is character-driven, but it relies on the subtleties of language. The dialogue is always thick with irony and metaphors that feel like they came from inside jokes between you and the other you that sees the world for how crazy it can be.
/. crowd.
In other words, comics like XKCD (which I love) have their good days, but some of us have a lower 'LOLORZ cory doctorow rulz' threshold than others.
Achewood manages to be highbrow while keeping nothing sacred. It doesn't beat you over the head. It isn't about video games. It doesn't have the traditional sitcom snappy snarky stuff you saw coming from the first panel. There's no dinosaurs or anthropomorphic iPods or FF black mages. So yeah, while some of us find it utterly beautiful, it's really not for everybody, least of all not the
And if you have a low enough UID, chances are you'll never see an IUD.
(IOW: whoosh)
And how do music teachers fit into this?
You don't have to farm something to make money off it. We import things all the time.
Seriously...YEC is almost as silly as sociology.
They don't need a conspiracy. Security problems like this are exactly *why* running an old (well, old and unsupported) browser is asking for problems. Of course, IE6 on XP SP2 is supported by Microsoft for the time being, despite it's age, so it's going to be something we have to put up with for the time being.
:D
Too bad they don't just patch the renderer
The difference between dummy text and "deception" is that the dummy text is not supposed to end up published. It seems likely that this article was published by accident, which makes it likely that this is in fact dummy text. I did not read any part of the parent's post that defended the publishing of propaganda.
Perhaps you wrote your reply in advance, not reading what you replied to, and accidentally posted it.
Are you sure that analog TV doesn't interfere? I thought it was standard practice with stage mics to find out what frequencies were operating in your area and try and stay clear of them when you set up the mics.
Everybody benefits from using those frequencies, not just broadcast media. Theaters, schools, etc, anywhere you need a wireless mic.
I'm a huge pacman (+ yaourt) fan as well, and like you, I haven't found a graphical frontend for it that comes close to being as useful as the actual version.
Wow, if Unix took off...that'd be something, huh? The discussion about the server market, where Unix is very much widely adopted. And that's despite the fragmentation of everyone having their own version of it.
As for the desktop...it's getting easier and easier to write cross-platform apps. If you write an app in Java, you can let Sun worry about the OS support. I think the desktop monoculture served a purpose, but now it's more important that the technology centers around open/documented standards than that everyone runs the same OS. No doubt you've heard this before, but I don't think having lots of distros is a weakness of Linux...it's a strength.
Don't forget about OpenVMS.
In the part you quoted, no one talks about lack of choice in business models. He was saying that changes in business have led to changes in copyright. Like many here, my opinion is that those changes do not reflect the spirit of the law, or the caution with which it was introduced. Copyright is a necessary evil, a state-granted monopoly, not an inalienable right to mooch off of what should be public domain for three generations.
Sure, I can choose to release work to the public domain, or under whatever license I want. I can't "choose" to use freely works that have had their copyrights retroactively extended.
That's why it's a little uncomfortable for me to read it...I have to assume that if you call someone a 'netizen' that their ISP is Compuserve and they are hooked on VRML chat rooms.
Similarly, you can hide networked devices from the public internet just fine with a firewall.
Computer-controlled HVAC with remote access is not some future technology, it is presently used in industrial and commercial settings. We have an ammonia system cooling sections of a warehouse. It can be accessed remotely by the guys who actually put it in and understand the equipment.
I don't know if it would benefit from pushed updates (and in either case, it's a modem), but I do know that I'm not handing out VPN access to every contractor that puts something with a glowing panel somewhere in the building. But yeah, this stuff is coming sooner than later, and it's going to need addresses.
We have other similar devices, put in by a utility company, one of which emails out. For simple logging, that's all you need, but what if they had to do more with it?
That's what the firewall is for, though.
If NAT sticks around it'll be because it's become some mythical cargo cult thing, or because IT guys are willing to put huge kludges in place and jump through hoops to avoid learning a new system. Or business are too short-sighted to shell out for stuff they use every day. Luckily, this one sort of has a deadline on it.
No, every fridge does not need a public IP.
If you're using that to argue for NAT, you shouldn't be. That's something that's handled by the firewall.
If you're saying it just on principle, then I agree. Not everything needs to have a public IP. But unfortunately the use of the remaining addresses will be driven by the market, not by anyone's grand plan. It's not a social problem, it's a tech problem. Hopefully within the next three years we can have the tech solution most of the way in place so we don't have to resort to social solutions.
Do they know how many meter of dirt needs to be move just to provide them with their IP addresses? How much energy is consumed?
Probably still less dirt than was moved to build the world's biggest token ring.
Windows Live Mail is a different product entirely. The mail client that ships with Vista is simply called "Windows Mail".
Though, seeing as Windows Mail is basically OE with features removed, I'd agree that the parent is probably talking about Live Mail.
And so it goes with other built-in programs, as well. They can contain critical libraries. I wonder if what Microsoft is doing here is leaving the libraries behind, and separating the frontends so that they can respond quicker to feature additions, etc.
Why struggle to remove it when you can trivially disable it?
I agree with your sentiment. Installer customization is too much work for so little gain. nLite is a godsend in certain cases (VMWare images, small flash drives), but a default Windows install has reasonable settings. Going through all the options in nLite so you can have Windows install without the extra mouse cursors, or with Firefox, etc, does not save you any time unless you are reinstalling Windows every half hour.* At least, not much more than a standard unattend.txt will net you. Not that I didn't have fun putting nLite through it's paces, but that's was more for curiosity's sake.
* And if that's the case, most will be better served by sysprep and a disk image.
I too think they have been taking the slow road to shipping Windows with a package manager (that has microsoft.com as its sole repo). Vista users actually get a decent frontend for Windows Update, compared to the website or the spartan wuauclt.exe. Windows Installer has a database, obviously. They've been rolling out the "Extras", and now there's this speculation that some of the built-in apps will end up in that space.
I don't think it's about cleanliness, like they're saying, though. Consider that they could just include them on the DVD media. I think it's more about making changes to the published software easier on their end, and not having to compete with their own products (Live Mail vs. OE, Live Messenger vs msmsgs).
There must be a registry setting somewhere that flags the EULA as read or unread. If you have the appropriate admin privileges, you could set that registry entry to change to what you want it to via a login script.
Not that your complaint isn't valid, but it's all part of being an admin...software is usually designed to stupid things that become more obvious when you're running it in an office or lab setting, with lots of machines and users. In the Windows world, however, there's little that a login script can't fix. Except when software designers do ridiculous things like combine all their settings into a binary value and store that value in registry.
The Awesomebar detractors have been very vocal (for instance, it's been months, and here we are talking about it). That doesn't mean there's a lot of them, or that they represent the majority. The downmod is unfair, but it's probably because of the combination of (a) people are sick of hearing this and (b) there's been a solution from the beginning. I doubt your browser is loading noticeably slower because of oldbar. Imagine if people were still complaining about the 'Live Bookmarks' addition.
Perhaps over time, cruft will become an issue, but seeing FF3's reduced memory usage has caused me to stop worrying about that.
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:P
I think parent works for a marketing firm.
On a sad side note, 'ginormous' doesn't even trip my spell-check.