This gets repeated a lot, and I wish people were more specific about it.
You'll have to forgive me, but I ditched Windows in the fall of 2006 after getting really tired of doing the WGA crack thing and my memory of those first days is a bit hazy. As I recall I picked the two most recent KDE versions of the big two. I believe Kubuntu went first, and something happened (I don't remember what) which caused me to reformat and install Fedora. Fedora had a much tougher time with repositories, there were a number of things broken and overall the experience just wasn't pleasent. So after that I switched back to Kubuntu (since it worked better off the hop) and started piecing my system together. I haven't left the *buntu family since.
As an aside, the KDE4.0 debacle almost got me switched to E17 but that was far too unstable to be usable. Last spring I started experimenting with LXDE (specifically Lubuntu) due to using an older laptop and I rarely now deal with KDE. In the end, LXDE is almost where KDE3 was back in 2006 - Windows 2000-esque, clean & simple.
I seriously don't get it though. Our municipal bus service (Winnipeg Transit) in the past few years has really started putting forward efforts to do this sort of thing free of charge. Trip planners, GPS on all busses, bus stop schedules available by text message, and we are currently (FINALLY!) putting in the first leg of rapid transit. Why any service would want to discourage this sort of thing is beyond me. Frankly, they should have offered this guy money to do it for them if they are planing on implementing it themselves.
"Remember the days when being a Linux user was like being part of a select priesthood — arcane knowledge needed, but great rewards? Steven Vaughan-Nichols has tested out Fedora 14, and that was how it went. No Ubuntu-style handholding, but some powerful new features."
Thankfully, I missed those days (in general) until I started playing with LXDE & E17. In fact, the main reason I use a ubuntu derivative now over Fedora is that it worked with a minimum of fuss. As a newbie, I was HAPPY for the handholding.
As a Canadian citizen who has many friends in the United States, I agree with the first half of the GP post. Please do the right thing and go vote. Just vote for whom you believe will make a better country for you, your family and your friends. Don't listen to the mudslinging and flamewars - read the websites, get informed. Choose out of knowledge, not fear.
Nate Silver used to run the website www.fivethirtyeight.com which in September was folded into the NYT website. That's a pity for us because he was often one of the few politicos who was a hard numbers person and didn't really play favorites. I tend to not go to the NYT page for my news, and the lack of an RSS feed from fivethirtyeight means that I don't really use it anymore.
"EcoMotors’ opoc engine is built with opposing pistons, opposing cylinders, and a single crank in the middle. Together, the components work to create a combustion power event with every revolution, unlike existing 4-stroke engines that combust every other turn, Runkle says.
So basically you made a two-strokeflat-four. Color me unimpressed. You're not even using Stirling cycle. Tell me, how the heck did you get Bill Gates to give you money anyway?
I use Shaw and while they like to throttle my downloads when I am downloading a ton of stuff it's not a big deal to me. I'm a binge torrenter.:p
I second the GP's post that it needs to be indexed. I don't recall the address of the Geocities page I had, although I do recall it hasn't been touched since just before 9/11. it would be nice to see how messy a site I did have.
To paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldbloom): "Yeah, but your programmers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
I think there is though. Only 14 bugs to squash until it's released to the wild, then there will be about 1400. Unless those 14 are showstoppers, you might as well release it, find the rest of the bugs, grab some news headlines and go from there. IE is making (good) waves again and Chrome is REALLY starting to come on strong, so you need something to keep the marketshare you have.
I have to ask, since I'm clueless: Has Enlightenment improved in the past 18 months? I tried out OpenGEU about a year and a half or two years ago and it was a trainwreck.
I really liked the look and speed of Enlightenment but I found it far too unusable for my needs. If it's significantly better then I would probably take it for a spin again.
I would suggest Lubuntu. Runs way lighter then either of those and has been making some headway.
Kubuntu is NOT for people who want less bloat (and this is from a KDE fan). I recently switched Display managers from KDE to LXDE (retaining the KDE apps) and it's night and day better.
I second that. Where I live (Winnipeg, Canada) there is a huge Asian population as well as every other ethnicity under the sun. And it all intermingles - at any family or work function you can have pretty much everything from Chicken balls to Octopi sauted in wine. It's pretty damn awesome, IMHO.
My bigger question is what happens when the friend's list pops up and says Joe likes the pink Victoria Secret's merry widow because it's amazingly comfortable.
I use Opera on both my desktop and laptop and I honestly don't understand what the heck people have against using Opera as their browser. It's super fast and lightweight, the built-in RSS feeder is the best I've seen anywhere, and it works on 99.9% of the websites (the only issues I've had is when Adobe releases a particularly buggy version of Flash). And although I will get strung up for this, I LIKE Opera's Unite feature. It makes file sharing super easy when I need to set up something quick and easy for sharing photos with family or friends.
Frankly, the stock Opera gives me everything I need in a browser. Why do I need extensions again?
First off, the photo in the article is of the M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, not the Milky Way. Misleading, especially when you have to read all the way down to find out that tidbit and when the title includes 'New Map' we want to see the new map.
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This gets repeated a lot, and I wish people were more specific about it.
You'll have to forgive me, but I ditched Windows in the fall of 2006 after getting really tired of doing the WGA crack thing and my memory of those first days is a bit hazy. As I recall I picked the two most recent KDE versions of the big two. I believe Kubuntu went first, and something happened (I don't remember what) which caused me to reformat and install Fedora. Fedora had a much tougher time with repositories, there were a number of things broken and overall the experience just wasn't pleasent. So after that I switched back to Kubuntu (since it worked better off the hop) and started piecing my system together. I haven't left the *buntu family since.
As an aside, the KDE4.0 debacle almost got me switched to E17 but that was far too unstable to be usable. Last spring I started experimenting with LXDE (specifically Lubuntu) due to using an older laptop and I rarely now deal with KDE. In the end, LXDE is almost where KDE3 was back in 2006 - Windows 2000-esque, clean & simple.
I seriously don't get it though. Our municipal bus service (Winnipeg Transit) in the past few years has really started putting forward efforts to do this sort of thing free of charge. Trip planners, GPS on all busses, bus stop schedules available by text message, and we are currently (FINALLY!) putting in the first leg of rapid transit. Why any service would want to discourage this sort of thing is beyond me. Frankly, they should have offered this guy money to do it for them if they are planing on implementing it themselves.
"Remember the days when being a Linux user was like being part of a select priesthood — arcane knowledge needed, but great rewards? Steven Vaughan-Nichols has tested out Fedora 14, and that was how it went. No Ubuntu-style handholding, but some powerful new features."
Thankfully, I missed those days (in general) until I started playing with LXDE & E17. In fact, the main reason I use a ubuntu derivative now over Fedora is that it worked with a minimum of fuss. As a newbie, I was HAPPY for the handholding.
You Sir, are my hero of the day.
As a Canadian citizen who has many friends in the United States, I agree with the first half of the GP post. Please do the right thing and go vote. Just vote for whom you believe will make a better country for you, your family and your friends. Don't listen to the mudslinging and flamewars - read the websites, get informed. Choose out of knowledge, not fear.
Nate Silver used to run the website www.fivethirtyeight.com which in September was folded into the NYT website. That's a pity for us because he was often one of the few politicos who was a hard numbers person and didn't really play favorites. I tend to not go to the NYT page for my news, and the lack of an RSS feed from fivethirtyeight means that I don't really use it anymore.
I knew a 'Lynch' once, back in Vietnam...
"EcoMotors’ opoc engine is built with opposing pistons, opposing cylinders, and a single crank in the middle. Together, the components work to create a combustion power event with every revolution, unlike existing 4-stroke engines that combust every other turn, Runkle says.
So basically you made a two-stroke flat-four. Color me unimpressed. You're not even using Stirling cycle. Tell me, how the heck did you get Bill Gates to give you money anyway?
I use Shaw and while they like to throttle my downloads when I am downloading a ton of stuff it's not a big deal to me. I'm a binge torrenter. :p
I second the GP's post that it needs to be indexed. I don't recall the address of the Geocities page I had, although I do recall it hasn't been touched since just before 9/11. it would be nice to see how messy a site I did have.
To paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldbloom): "Yeah, but your programmers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Only if you run Debian. *ducks* /bad joke
I think there is though. Only 14 bugs to squash until it's released to the wild, then there will be about 1400. Unless those 14 are showstoppers, you might as well release it, find the rest of the bugs, grab some news headlines and go from there. IE is making (good) waves again and Chrome is REALLY starting to come on strong, so you need something to keep the marketshare you have.
Everyone knows Canada has no balls.
Ironic coming from someone with 'Eunuch' in their name.
Or do what the leader of Seal Team Six did.
That would be Richard Marcinko and explains it all rather well in his book 'Rogue Warrior'.
Good to know it hasn't changed! :P
I have to ask, since I'm clueless: Has Enlightenment improved in the past 18 months? I tried out OpenGEU about a year and a half or two years ago and it was a trainwreck.
I really liked the look and speed of Enlightenment but I found it far too unusable for my needs. If it's significantly better then I would probably take it for a spin again.
I would suggest Lubuntu. Runs way lighter then either of those and has been making some headway. Kubuntu is NOT for people who want less bloat (and this is from a KDE fan). I recently switched Display managers from KDE to LXDE (retaining the KDE apps) and it's night and day better.
Try LXDE. It reminds me of KDE3 a lot. I added it back onto my laptop and it's amazing.
Now, how soon can I get this on an Archos 4.3?
I second that. Where I live (Winnipeg, Canada) there is a huge Asian population as well as every other ethnicity under the sun. And it all intermingles - at any family or work function you can have pretty much everything from Chicken balls to Octopi sauted in wine. It's pretty damn awesome, IMHO.
Maybe it's me, but I think Unity would rock hard as the front end for a Home Theatre PC.
Music, Video, Game System Emulators (NES FTW), Photo Sharing... Sounds about right.
My bigger question is what happens when the friend's list pops up and says Joe likes the pink Victoria Secret's merry widow because it's amazingly comfortable.
I use Opera on both my desktop and laptop and I honestly don't understand what the heck people have against using Opera as their browser. It's super fast and lightweight, the built-in RSS feeder is the best I've seen anywhere, and it works on 99.9% of the websites (the only issues I've had is when Adobe releases a particularly buggy version of Flash). And although I will get strung up for this, I LIKE Opera's Unite feature. It makes file sharing super easy when I need to set up something quick and easy for sharing photos with family or friends.
Frankly, the stock Opera gives me everything I need in a browser. Why do I need extensions again?
First off, the photo in the article is of the M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, not the Milky Way. Misleading, especially when you have to read all the way down to find out that tidbit and when the title includes 'New Map' we want to see the new map.
Secondly, we've known for quite some time that the Milky Way isn't a classic spiral. This Article gives a pretty interesting breakdown plus actual pictures.
Agreed. This is a pretty obvious patent. A GPU is a CPU by a different name, and we've been doing it on the CPU for ages.
Has he watched Fox News?