That's not clear at all. If I went back in time and killed the baby George W Bush, it's like he would disappear in the middle of a speech. Rather the entire course of history branching from that moment would be changed, so that in the "present" no one would ever know GW had existed.
What if this has already happened and the guy who would have been president was worse than GW?
One of the problems I have with every "distance of finger
movement" estimate I've seen is that it assumes the use of home keys.
I've never
used home keys, and wonder who the doofus is who came up with the idea,
since on a "standard" keyboard, it forces the wrists to be bend
unnaturally.
I agree, and I think it's the bending of the wrists that is the main factor for causing RSI; keyboard layout is much less important. If I were to use anything considered "home keys," they'd probably be QWEF JIOP, which just happens to be where my hands are resting as I'm thinking about this reply.
Oh yeah, and HJKL, cause that's what Nethack and Vi use.:-)
Surprisingly, Slackware hasn't supported 386-class machines since 2003. Here's the note from the Changelog explaining why:
This is GCC 3.3, compiled for a minimum CPU target of i486. Why i486 and not i386? Because the shared C++ libraries in gcc-3.2.x will require 486 opcodes even when a 386 target is used (so we already weren't compatible with the i386 for Slackware 9.0 and nobody noticed:-). gcc-3.3 fixes this issue and allows you to build a 386 compiler, but the fix is done in a way that produces binaries that are not compatible with gcc-3.2.x compiled binaries and which suffer a performance hit. To retain compatibility with Slackware 9.0, we'll have to use i486 (or better) as the compiler target for gcc-3.3. Therefore, it is time to say goodbye to i386 support in Slackware. I've surveyed 386 usage online, and the most common thing I see people say when someone asks about running Linux on a 386 is to "run Slackware", but then they also usually go on to say "be sure to get an OLD version, like 4.0, before glibc, because it'll be more efficient." Now, if that's the general advice, then I see no reason to continue 386 support in the latest Slackware (and indeed it's no longer easily possible). People with 386 machines aren't going to have the hard drive space for Slackware 9.1 in any case.
I'll donate if you switch the license to the GPL...
Perfect, then someone will come along and offer $50 000 for a BSD-licensed version, and then the project will be back under the same license as before. Except now it will have a new RAID, $37 500 in extra cash, plus whatever money and/or hardware you planned to donate. You're a genius!
How valuable is that two seconds if you no longer control your own personal information, such as where you go, when you go there, who you see, what you buy, and how long you stayed?
All of my personal information is under the GPL. That way the government can't just take it and lock it away like Microsoft does with BSD licensed personal information.
I use Slackware 3.2 which has been upgraded and hacked over the years into something resembling Linux From Scratch, so I found the easiest way to get my Samsung laser (ML-1740) to work was to grab the latest AFPL Ghostscript (8.50), get the Samsung GDI driver for Ghostscript 8.x from http://www.linuxprinting.org/ and copy/merge the required files, compile Ghostscript, then install LPRng and Foomatic to get all the nifty features like toner save mode working. Yes, it's that easy.
Anyway, what I am suggesting is that perhaps the qwerty layout isn't at fault - that maybe it's the way we are taught to use it.
I agree; I type with my wrists straight but without a "home position" -- my fingers just hover over the keys I've just typed (or am about to type). I've never timed my speed, though (someday I should do that).
I do use a wrist pad, not to minimize stress injuries, but to prevent my wrists from scraping the edge of the desk. This of course raises my hands above the board slightly.
I admit I could be an exception as well, but for what it's worth, I've only known one person who has ever had a repetitive stress injury, and that was from a part time job gutting turkeys...
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He's probably running FVWM-95.
That's Hedley!
That's not clear at all. If I went back in time and killed the baby George W Bush, it's like he would disappear in the middle of a speech. Rather the entire course of history branching from that moment would be changed, so that in the "present" no one would ever know GW had existed.
What if this has already happened and the guy who would have been president was worse than GW?
although your workload may see a slight increase
With fewer nested tables and FONT tags, I don't think it'll increase.
I agree, and I think it's the bending of the wrists that is the main factor for causing RSI; keyboard layout is much less important. If I were to use anything considered "home keys," they'd probably be QWEF JIOP, which just happens to be where my hands are resting as I'm thinking about this reply.
Oh yeah, and HJKL, cause that's what Nethack and Vi use. :-)
Heck, here he's a politician!
God forsaken swamp?!?! My home this is!
Surprisingly, Slackware hasn't supported 386-class machines since 2003. Here's the note from the Changelog explaining why:
Emacs was the start of the GNU project waaaay back then what non-free program did it copy?
EDLIN, I believe.
What else is there? RCS? CVS?
SCCS
T.V. spinoffs are never as good as the movie.
M*A*S*H. The movie was good but the show was better.
Actually, it's more of a matter of how much RAM and processor power you have.
Recently I noticed that my teenage son Ezekiel had begun to encrypt
his emails with a program called PGP.
If my parents named me Ezekiel, I'd try to hide that fact too.
I wonder how he drives a car.
I wonder how he shaves.
UH OH!
(on my Slackware Linux system)
Don't forget to link it statically this time, either.
Perfect, then someone will come along and offer $50 000 for a BSD-licensed version, and then the project will be back under the same license as before. Except now it will have a new RAID, $37 500 in extra cash, plus whatever money and/or hardware you planned to donate. You're a genius!
And a paperclip named Clippy can't make a document, but it WILL help make one.
Not bad, in only 28 characters (including the newline at the end). But try this:
Only 22 characters this time, and it could probably be even shorter if you prepare symbolic links ahead of time.All of my personal information is under the GPL. That way the government can't just take it and lock it away like Microsoft does with BSD licensed personal information.
I use Slackware 3.2 which has been upgraded and hacked over the years into something resembling Linux From Scratch, so I found the easiest way to get my Samsung laser (ML-1740) to work was to grab the latest AFPL Ghostscript (8.50), get the Samsung GDI driver for Ghostscript 8.x from http://www.linuxprinting.org/ and copy/merge the required files, compile Ghostscript, then install LPRng and Foomatic to get all the nifty features like toner save mode working. Yes, it's that easy.
A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.
I am trying to think who the third person is.
I'm sure most Slashdot readers would like to gesture in your general direction with a certain finger right now.
I agree; I type with my wrists straight but without a "home position" -- my fingers just hover over the keys I've just typed (or am about to type). I've never timed my speed, though (someday I should do that).
I do use a wrist pad, not to minimize stress injuries, but to prevent my wrists from scraping the edge of the desk. This of course raises my hands above the board slightly.
I admit I could be an exception as well, but for what it's worth, I've only known one person who has ever had a repetitive stress injury, and that was from a part time job gutting turkeys...