The classic parent question "If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?" is so classic precisely because the honest answer to that question is often "Yes!".
If the followup question is "Why?", then the answer to that is "Because otherwise the guy behind me will push me off!"
So why reinvent the wheel... again... and again...?
First, the wheel, made out of stone, was invented. Then, it was made out of wood. Then, they added a metal ring around the outside to improve wear. Then, they added a rubber strip around the outside to improve traction. Then, it was made out of metal with an air-filled rubber tire. Then, grooved tread was added to the tire to improve traction. Then, steel belts were added in the manufacture of the tire to improve its life and durability.
In other words, just because something was made does not mean it cannot be made better.
If Microsoft bundles other things they should also bundle gigabytes of C++?
No C compiler requires gigabytes of disk space. C++ isn't used to build Perl.
This doesn't follow in any logical way, would make no business sense and would inconvenience most users.
Explain how this would inconvenience anyone.
Can you even name something comparable that Microsoft bundles with Windows?
The.NET Runtime. It comes with compiler executables for C#, VB.NET and JScript.NET, and it is installed by default since Windows XP SP2.
Most stuff they ship with Windows is very minimal, just enough to get you started; I don't believe any of the components not strictly related to the OS itself came even within an order of magnitude of the size and complexity of a Visual Studio installation.
An IDE, like Visual Studio.NET, is not required to build Perl. You only need a C compiler, linker and make utility.
In other words, women were treated as second-class citizens back then. Do tell. If you think you're angry now, wait until you find out how non-whites were treated, and still are. You'll have so much steam blowing out your fucking ears, you'll be contributing to global warming.
Now after the nameless morons get through playing their moderation games I'll probably be seriously pissed--but that's the primary reaction I ever have to/. these days. I'm convinced that/. is just another interesting idea run into the ground.
Yet, you still come here and even contribute. You probably support government censorship of TV, radio and video game content. "Please, someone, pass some legislation so I don't have to think for myself and change channels or buy a different video game!"
Seriously, feel free to go to some other website. Some of us want lack of quality here on/.. That's what gives it character.
Well, to be fair, if you trying to win people to your cause and convince them to "Do The Right Thing", you should probably not bore them to death with a mountain of information. Even in the Victorian Era, conciseness was a good thing. That's why every research paper starts with an abstract.
If you must blame some piece of Microsoft Office on Ms. Nightingale, blame the charting and graphing parts of Excel, and include Lotus 1-2-3 while you're at it, and MatLab, Minitab, SAS, SPSS,... She, like most people with lots of numbers wanting to create charts or graphs, would have used that rather than PowerPoint.
If it makes you feel better, I was thinking the same thing.:)
Well, she let go of a toolbag, and it floated away from her. That's not the same as dropping something. It didn't hit the ground. It might in a few days, but not immediately which is what happens when you or I drop something here on Earth.
The tip of the ColdHeat irons are huge, you aren't going to be able to solder any IC package with that.
The packaged tip is a bit large for electronics work, but there are narrower tips available for the gun that are more appropriate. My point was if you're afraid of setting either yourself or your house on fire, it's harder to do with a ColdHeat than with a regular soldering iron.
My six year old is pissed I won't let him have his own soldering iron yet.
If and/or when you're ready to buy one, I would suggest the ColdHeat. They're apparently unavailable from their online store, but I bought one at Fry's a couple of weeks ago. YMMV.
Yes with the OLPC's help it will only be a matter of time before the wealth from the world's top 1% trickles down to you! Then with the crumbs that drop from their mouths you can feed your family!
There maybe something dropping from somewhere, but it will not be, and it will not come from, what you think it will.
People from the punch card era don't have a monopoly on that. A lot of people who had never seen a punch card, but who had used a typewriter before, would do that. I hated trying to help those people, and don't get me started on people who put extra blank columns or used two rows of cells for column headings in spreadsheets.
No, it should never be hyphenated. It can be one word as in Superman, Batman and Aquaman, or it can be two words as in Spider Man, Iron Man and Ant Man. Which one you use depends on whether you're a DC or Marvel fan, I suppose.
...and, again, like I said, it joins the current line with the previous line. To get it to do the opposite *AND* bind it to a sequence of less than 6 keys, say "C-x j", you have to do what I did. If you know another way to do it, please share.
I never had to write my own elisp function before, but just yesterday I did. I have been using both emacs and vi for years, and in vi I often used "J" to join the current line with the next while reducing whitespace between them to one space. Emacs has the (join-line &optional arg) function to do the same thing, but by default it works in the opposite direction; joining the current line with the previous. The optional arg, of any non-nil value, joins current with next like vi's "J".
join-line is not bound to any key by default, so I bound it to "C-x j" which was unbound. However neither local-set-key or global-set-key would let me pass a non-nil argument to the function I'm binding the key to. So, I typed the following in the *scratch* buffer:
If the biggest advantage of using a particular browser is so that you can use a particular plugin, then maybe you should use a different browser. Mod me up, down or sideways, but you know I'm right.:)
And what's amazing, and completely against capitalism, none of these web browser makers are charging any money for their products! All this great software is being developed and given away for free!
It's not amazing or against capitalism. Browser makers are like drug dealers. They give you the first taste for free, then charge you for future sales. A drug dealer makes his money on the comeback. Browser makers make their money on other goods and services.
Not a drug dealer or user, just someone who actually learned something in school.
Exactly what can you do with spotlight *nixes haven't done with find, locate, and grep for many more years before apple even thought of going the *nix route?
I can find files using tags and metadata, not just on content or by name, even files that find, locate and grep were never designed to be used with. But, if that's not enough for you, you can always run Terminal and use your precious find, locate and grep. They're all there in OS X. You really can have it both ways, so just enjoy it. Why be a dick?
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If the followup question is "Why?", then the answer to that is "Because otherwise the guy behind me will push me off!"
"When your name is a punch line, you live in hell" -- Barry Manilow, from his article in Rolling Stone.
All languages are documented.
First, the wheel, made out of stone, was invented. Then, it was made out of wood. Then, they added a metal ring around the outside to improve wear. Then, they added a rubber strip around the outside to improve traction. Then, it was made out of metal with an air-filled rubber tire. Then, grooved tread was added to the tire to improve traction. Then, steel belts were added in the manufacture of the tire to improve its life and durability.
In other words, just because something was made does not mean it cannot be made better.
No C compiler requires gigabytes of disk space. C++ isn't used to build Perl.
Explain how this would inconvenience anyone.
The .NET Runtime. It comes with compiler executables for C#, VB.NET and JScript.NET, and it is installed by default since Windows XP SP2.
An IDE, like Visual Studio.NET, is not required to build Perl. You only need a C compiler, linker and make utility.
I'm guessing you're originally from the area of the river running between the countries of Crimea and Fughen; the Crimea-Fughen river.
which, ironically, has 2/3 of its surface covered by water. I guess "Mud" would have been a better choice.
In other words, women were treated as second-class citizens back then. Do tell. If you think you're angry now, wait until you find out how non-whites were treated, and still are. You'll have so much steam blowing out your fucking ears, you'll be contributing to global warming.
Yet, you still come here and even contribute. You probably support government censorship of TV, radio and video game content. "Please, someone, pass some legislation so I don't have to think for myself and change channels or buy a different video game!"
Seriously, feel free to go to some other website. Some of us want lack of quality here on /.. That's what gives it character.
Well, to be fair, if you trying to win people to your cause and convince them to "Do The Right Thing", you should probably not bore them to death with a mountain of information. Even in the Victorian Era, conciseness was a good thing. That's why every research paper starts with an abstract. If you must blame some piece of Microsoft Office on Ms. Nightingale, blame the charting and graphing parts of Excel, and include Lotus 1-2-3 while you're at it, and MatLab, Minitab, SAS, SPSS,... She, like most people with lots of numbers wanting to create charts or graphs, would have used that rather than PowerPoint. If it makes you feel better, I was thinking the same thing. :)
Well, she let go of a toolbag, and it floated away from her. That's not the same as dropping something. It didn't hit the ground. It might in a few days, but not immediately which is what happens when you or I drop something here on Earth.
How, exactly, do you *drop* something in space?
The packaged tip is a bit large for electronics work, but there are narrower tips available for the gun that are more appropriate. My point was if you're afraid of setting either yourself or your house on fire, it's harder to do with a ColdHeat than with a regular soldering iron.
If and/or when you're ready to buy one, I would suggest the ColdHeat. They're apparently unavailable from their online store, but I bought one at Fry's a couple of weeks ago. YMMV.
I'm sorry you lost your election, senator, but do enjoy your retirement, OK?
There maybe something dropping from somewhere, but it will not be, and it will not come from, what you think it will.
People from the punch card era don't have a monopoly on that. A lot of people who had never seen a punch card, but who had used a typewriter before, would do that. I hated trying to help those people, and don't get me started on people who put extra blank columns or used two rows of cells for column headings in spreadsheets.
No, it should never be hyphenated. It can be one word as in Superman, Batman and Aquaman, or it can be two words as in Spider Man, Iron Man and Ant Man. Which one you use depends on whether you're a DC or Marvel fan, I suppose.
I'm pretty sure people on the Internet back then were unwashed to begin with.
join-line is not on any key;
That's what *I* said.
its alias delete-indentation is on M-^
...and, again, like I said, it joins the current line with the previous line. To get it to do the opposite *AND* bind it to a sequence of less than 6 keys, say "C-x j", you have to do what I did. If you know another way to do it, please share.
I never had to write my own elisp function before, but just yesterday I did. I have been using both emacs and vi for years, and in vi I often used "J" to join the current line with the next while reducing whitespace between them to one space. Emacs has the (join-line &optional arg) function to do the same thing, but by default it works in the opposite direction; joining the current line with the previous. The optional arg, of any non-nil value, joins current with next like vi's "J".
join-line is not bound to any key by default, so I bound it to "C-x j" which was unbound. However neither local-set-key or global-set-key would let me pass a non-nil argument to the function I'm binding the key to. So, I typed the following in the *scratch* buffer:
(defun join-next-line ()
__(interactive)
__(join-line 1))
(global-set-key "\C-x j" 'join-next-line)
Eval'd both, and badda-boom, badda-bing, it works. Copied it to my .emacs, and now I'm shittin' in tall cotton.
"_" in the code represent spaces thanks to /.'s braindead comment entry system.
If the biggest advantage of using a particular browser is so that you can use a particular plugin, then maybe you should use a different browser. Mod me up, down or sideways, but you know I'm right. :)
It's not amazing or against capitalism. Browser makers are like drug dealers. They give you the first taste for free, then charge you for future sales. A drug dealer makes his money on the comeback. Browser makers make their money on other goods and services.
Not a drug dealer or user, just someone who actually learned something in school.
What trash? When I drag a disk, there a big Eject icon where the Trash Can used to be, and I drop it there. Works fine for me.
Novell has nothing to do with it.
I can find files using tags and metadata, not just on content or by name, even files that find, locate and grep were never designed to be used with. But, if that's not enough for you, you can always run Terminal and use your precious find, locate and grep. They're all there in OS X. You really can have it both ways, so just enjoy it. Why be a dick?