Aaah, I'll have to claim ignorance, the last time I saw something like was when installing divx on XP about 2 years. I've long since switched to Linux/MacOSX boxes and only touch Windows at work where I use Mozilla or Firefox primarily b/c of the pop-blocking and rational cookie manangement. Luckily for me, my clients as of late use Lotus Notes and virus writers feel bad enough for Notes users that they don't punish them more with viruses. So I guess I didn't realize how these things showed up with out the install step. In that to quote Bob and Doug "WhenU.com is for sucks"
I have a 92 inch screen in a 13'x12' room at first people thought it would look riduclious but when you put the screen up the room looks a lot bigger and cleaner espcially since there isn't a big (32 inch) TV taking up space like there used to be. Plus I can move the projector and screen by myself the 32 incher is worlds heavier.
I just bought a Sony VLP-HS20 and now they come out with this, I could have painted the walls white and hung a black screen:-( Instead of painting them dark and hanging a white screen.
vi == 6, a great way to refer to the editor when some script kiddy who claim to know a lot about unix and linux (yet pronounces it lie-nicks, obviously set up sound with snd-cfg) tries to "tell you a thing or two" about computers.
The point I was making was that they shouldn't spend money on things that don't work, i.e. facial recognition systems that don't work, helicopter time if it works, is far better then technology that doesn't do its job.
What would probably make people safer is if they took that money and applied to hiring a neighborhood officer who walked the area and actually knew and talked to the people in his area.
The mass spammer party pays to use bandwidth as well. I pay for it with time just like bulk mail. It takes time to determine what is real mail and what is junk mail, I don't have a bayesian filter for my postal box. You aren't supposed to simply toss all of those credit card applications in the trash first you have to open them to make sure that they aren't from your credit card company then you have to put them in the shredder. It is just as annoying to me as filtering spam in fact more so, because I pay a fixed cost for bandwidth regardless of usage and to reclaim the storage space on my computer I just delete, to "delete" junk mail I need to buy trash bags. I don't think that email should have the attached costs like, post-mail. But I do think that a list similar to the do not call list could and should be set up for postal mail.
As for Linux boot times - I've seen the Zaurus boot before and it was nearly "instant on". It was certainly faster than my Nokia cell phone.
I _have_ a Zaurus and it takes a minute or two to boot what you probably saw was a resume from suspend (in when you go to the menu to try to reboot the Zaurus it says that rebooting usually isn't needed) I do agree though that boot for the Nokias take along time, but I don't really consider it an issue, how often do people power cycle their phones?
You can open the device pretty easily (and it won't void the warranty) b/c it is how you put on the express covers. You can then use an air duster to clean the screen.
If the pirates aren't patched it could have many effects. True at first it will be annoying the community as a whole, but if you are unable to patch your systems b/c you don't have a license it will cause one of three things 1.) Your system will stop working well because of all of your infections. 2.) You will buy a license and get the updates. 3.) You will switch OS's. If there were an exploit for Satellite TV systems would you expect Direct TV to send out the update to people who are using cheater cards?
Having had six jobs since 1998. I'm fairly familar with the whole interview and job hunting process. Remember that while they are interviewing you, you are also interviewing them, ask them questions that are important to you at a job. Ask to talk to some of the people you will be working with, use sights like linkedin to find out if you know people who have worked there in the past. Ask a lot of questions, about process and procedures. I usually ask these questions (I'm a Java developer so they are slightly skewed) What is your typical release cycle? How do you test your code? What development tools will I be using? What is a typical week in terms of hours? Will I be on call? Another thing I find important is to ask to see where you will be sitting, it may seem trivial, but if you see that you are going to be sitting in a small room with five other developers all using 13 inch monitors it will tell you a lot about a company.
I think Debian has done a good job handling issues like this in the past. For example, when using apt you have the CHOICE to include non-free software if you choose, and it is just as simple as including free software, if they are able to make it as easy to use as they have for the free/non-free choice this will essentially be a non-issue.
It reminds me a bit of how Gentoo operates with Java, when you install it, emerge (apt for Gentoo) tells you to go and grab this file and put it here. That way you can easily install, yet they stay true to their principles.
American journalism is controlled by accountants. By advertisers. By sensitivity to advertisers. By political correctness. By harried people competing against a rapidly evolving medium they don't fully grasp. By sheet mediocrity.
Agreed
But American media is not controlled by our political figures.
Though the media is subject to some political control, this is mostly because our political figures are also controled by the advertisers.
I've seen a lot of messages saying, is Apple killing the market for apps b/c they create them, themselves? To answer that I quote Hillel "If not now when? If not me who?" Apple answers to itself quite nicely.
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I guess I should have titled it, dammit I just bought a white screen and painted the walls and blocked light from the room.
Aaah, I'll have to claim ignorance, the last time I saw something like was when installing divx on XP about 2 years. I've long since switched to Linux/MacOSX boxes and only touch Windows at work where I use Mozilla or Firefox primarily b/c of the pop-blocking and rational cookie manangement. Luckily for me, my clients as of late use Lotus Notes and virus writers feel bad enough for Notes users that they don't punish them more with viruses. So I guess I didn't realize how these things showed up with out the install step. In that to quote Bob and Doug "WhenU.com is for sucks"
I hate spyware as much as the next guy, so what do I do? I DON'T INSTALL IT!!! Even if the means, changing OSes.
I have a 92 inch screen in a 13'x12' room at first people thought it would look riduclious but when you put the screen up the room looks a lot bigger and cleaner espcially since there isn't a big (32 inch) TV taking up space like there used to be. Plus I can move the projector and screen by myself the 32 incher is worlds heavier.
I just bought a Sony VLP-HS20 and now they come out with this, I could have painted the walls white and hung a black screen :-( Instead of painting them dark and hanging a white screen.
vi == 6, a great way to refer to the editor when some script kiddy who claim to know a lot about unix and linux (yet pronounces it lie-nicks, obviously set up sound with snd-cfg) tries to "tell you a thing or two" about computers.
The point I was making was that they shouldn't spend money on things that don't work, i.e. facial recognition systems that don't work, helicopter time if it works, is far better then technology that doesn't do its job.
What would probably make people safer is if they took that money and applied to hiring a neighborhood officer who walked the area and actually knew and talked to the people in his area.
The mass spammer party pays to use bandwidth as well. I pay for it with time just like bulk mail. It takes time to determine what is real mail and what is junk mail, I don't have a bayesian filter for my postal box. You aren't supposed to simply toss all of those credit card applications in the trash first you have to open them to make sure that they aren't from your credit card company then you have to put them in the shredder. It is just as annoying to me as filtering spam in fact more so, because I pay a fixed cost for bandwidth regardless of usage and to reclaim the storage space on my computer I just delete, to "delete" junk mail I need to buy trash bags. I don't think that email should have the attached costs like, post-mail. But I do think that a list similar to the do not call list could and should be set up for postal mail.
What about mass marking mailings? I get about the same signal to noise ratio, on junk mail to legit mail as I do on spam to real email.
His name is Rush Limbaugh, what he says on his show is so funny because he tries to be serious.
I have a 12 inch ... Powerbook and I've found that If I put a copy of Wired between my legs and my laptop that I don't have to worry about the heat.
As for Linux boot times - I've seen the Zaurus boot before and it was nearly "instant on". It was certainly faster than my Nokia cell phone.
I _have_ a Zaurus and it takes a minute or two to boot what you probably saw was a resume from suspend (in when you go to the menu to try to reboot the Zaurus it says that rebooting usually isn't needed) I do agree though that boot for the Nokias take along time, but I don't really consider it an issue, how often do people power cycle their phones?
Gentoo offers a Linux live cd you can boot from, if there isn't a Knoppix live cd for PPC
I wonder if they can avoid the Apple vs Apple law suit about Apple not being able to enter the music industry.
My alma matter graded most of my computer programs with shell scripts and I graduated in 1997. So I don't think India is the first to do that.
You can open the device pretty easily (and it won't void the warranty) b/c it is how you put on the express covers. You can then use an air duster to clean the screen.
If the pirates aren't patched it could have many effects. True at first it will be annoying the community as a whole, but if you are unable to patch your systems b/c you don't have a license it will cause one of three things 1.) Your system will stop working well because of all of your infections. 2.) You will buy a license and get the updates. 3.) You will switch OS's. If there were an exploit for Satellite TV systems would you expect Direct TV to send out the update to people who are using cheater cards?
I can't believe this question even deserves attention
YOU DIDN'T PAY FOR WINDOWS hence they DON'T OWE YOU SHIT for support, why is this so hard to understand.
First thing you do is dump the 8 pounds of glossy color ads in the nearest garbage can.
:-) I usually pull out the glossy part and throw away the rest.
Actually the ads are the part of the paper where I find the least amount of lies
Having had six jobs since 1998. I'm fairly familar with the whole interview and job hunting process. Remember that while they are interviewing you, you are also interviewing them, ask them questions that are important to you at a job. Ask to talk to some of the people you will be working with, use sights like linkedin to find out if you know people who have worked there in the past. Ask a lot of questions, about process and procedures. I usually ask these questions (I'm a Java developer so they are slightly skewed) What is your typical release cycle? How do you test your code? What development tools will I be using? What is a typical week in terms of hours? Will I be on call?
Another thing I find important is to ask to see where you will be sitting, it may seem trivial, but if you see that you are going to be sitting in a small room with five other developers all using 13 inch monitors it will tell you a lot about a company.
I think Debian has done a good job handling issues like this in the past. For example, when using apt you have the CHOICE to include non-free software if you choose, and it is just as simple as including free software, if they are able to make it as easy to use as they have for the free/non-free choice this will essentially be a non-issue.
It reminds me a bit of how Gentoo operates with Java, when you install it, emerge (apt for Gentoo) tells you to go and grab this file and put it here. That way you can easily install, yet they stay true to their principles.
American journalism is controlled by accountants. By advertisers. By sensitivity to advertisers. By political correctness. By harried people competing against a rapidly evolving medium they don't fully grasp. By sheet mediocrity.
Agreed
But American media is not controlled by our political figures.
Though the media is subject to some political control, this is mostly because our political figures are also controled by the advertisers.
I've seen a lot of messages saying, is Apple killing the market for apps b/c they create them, themselves? To answer that I quote Hillel "If not now when? If not me who?" Apple answers to itself quite nicely.
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