A real emacs user doesn't "light up emacs" to make trivial changes to configuration files - a real emacs user already has emacs running (with emacs server, of course).
For fans of keyboard-centric tiling window managers (awesome, ratpoison, etc), bug.n works pretty well. It is not without occasional glitches, but overall, it works quite well.
Slashdot is really not the best place to ask this question.
I recommend GoodReads.com for identifying any type of book that might suit your fancy. It's a community of bibliophiles, and also a great way to keep track of what you've read and what you intend to read.
Easy for you to say. If you've been working an assembly line job for years, you're not going to suddenly find the time and money to learn mechanical engineering. Yes, individuals are to some degree responsible for their own marketability, but in the example (taken from a fictional story), it just isn't realistic to expect one type of worker to quickly transform themselves into another type of worker as soon as their type of work becomes obsolete.
eBay is simply becoming more efficient, as people become more sophisticated about buying. Up until about a year ago, I found it easy to sell things at a very good return relative to my initial investment. Things would be bid up to irrational levels - sometimes beyond its current retail value, new. It was basically good to be a seller, and often difficult to find a bargain as a buyer.
Now, people are more savvy about shopping - they are better educated as to values of things.
This will cease to be a problem when, in the year 2016, Apple offers MacBooks in 'Vintage Yellow,' at which point the resale value of these puppies will exceed $2.3M each.
eBooks are only of value to me if they are at least as convenient as both their printed counterparts and other electronic files.
I don't want to have to think about how I use them - whether I'm allowed to make copies, or transform them into different formats. If I need special software (beyond common, standard ones such as Postscript, PDF, etc) that limits their use to certain platforms, or worse, to individual machines, then there is no value there for me.
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A real emacs user doesn't "light up emacs" to make trivial changes to configuration files - a real emacs user already has emacs running (with emacs server, of course).
For fans of keyboard-centric tiling window managers (awesome, ratpoison, etc), bug.n works pretty well. It is not without occasional glitches, but overall, it works quite well.
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bugn/
Skill system that requires a calculator? Hmmm....seems like.short step to tabletop RPG.
So instead of using a computer to help you play a pen and paper RPG, you can use a calculator to help you play a video game.
Slashdot is really not the best place to ask this question.
I recommend GoodReads.com for identifying any type of book that might suit your fancy. It's a community of bibliophiles, and also a great way to keep track of what you've read and what you intend to read.
Easy for you to say. If you've been working an assembly line job for years, you're not going to suddenly find the time and money to learn mechanical engineering. Yes, individuals are to some degree responsible for their own marketability, but in the example (taken from a fictional story), it just isn't realistic to expect one type of worker to quickly transform themselves into another type of worker as soon as their type of work becomes obsolete.
Sure, sounds good, Seidenberg.
FYI it's this attitude that is driving me away from the Big Red Monster towards T-Mo (a contractless carrier, imagine that!)
Keep it up and your customer base will erode, leaving you wondering what happened.
I'm so glad my contract is up in 9 days, you idiotic, grasping dinosaurs...
...this science show I watched recently....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/episodes/2007/306.shtml
...my three-mile-wide, neon-pink cephalapod. :)
Verizon is releasing an Android phone end of October. I will bet money that's it's completely locked down.
at first glance, the headline looked like 'Man Robs Convenience Store With Klingon Breath'.
Boy, I've been accused of having bad breath in the morning, but I can't imagine how bad this guy's must have been!!
That was meant to be facetious. Oh well.
...another tool to help the terrorists!
A viral fossil would be a fossil that has the properties of a virus - a tiny organism that can infect living creatures.
Perhaps a better term would be a fossilized virus.
...filtered internet, no videogame policy, no beer in the fridge, and they write me up whenever I take more than an hour for lunch.
Horse hockey.
eBay is simply becoming more efficient, as people become more sophisticated about buying. Up until about a year ago, I found it easy to sell things at a very good return relative to my initial investment. Things would be bid up to irrational levels - sometimes beyond its current retail value, new. It was basically good to be a seller, and often difficult to find a bargain as a buyer.
Now, people are more savvy about shopping - they are better educated as to values of things.
Calling for a management change is silly.
For a really excellent, lightweight, and easy-to-use alternative to Quicken, GnuCash, MoneyDance, et al, I can heartily recommend Ledger. It kicks!!
It's a command-line program that implements double-entry accounting, without the clunky GUI/WIMPy frills.
This will cease to be a problem when, in the year 2016, Apple offers MacBooks in 'Vintage Yellow,' at which point the resale value of these puppies will exceed $2.3M each.
...welcome our new theoretical physicist overlord.
No, two more.
How do you have time to post on Slashdot???
If only they'd make up their minds about the issue....
....my digital allowance.
eBooks are only of value to me if they are at least as convenient as both their printed counterparts and other electronic files.
I don't want to have to think about how I use them - whether I'm allowed to make copies, or transform them into different formats. If I need special software (beyond common, standard ones such as Postscript, PDF, etc) that limits their use to certain platforms, or worse, to individual machines, then there is no value there for me.
"It's called Parallel Path Technology and it's being coined as a revolution in the magnetic motor industry."
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You can coin a new word, you can't coin something that's already been invented (even if what's supposedly been invented is under dispute).
http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourcei
The submitter probably meant 'touted,' 'sold,' or perhaps more appropriately, 'hyped.'
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