If you use Apple, then expect to be stuck with their horrible software. I've never had to even touch iTunes and my iPod works wonderfully. Thank you, gtkpod.
I mean that I don't see the appeal of Mars over an asteroid, moon, or other planetary body.
Obviously a nuclear rocket would help, but there are so many problems with the space elevator idea that I can't even begin to name them. Just do a little research, and you'll see why...
I still don't see the appeal of Mars. First of all, there is essentially no atmosphere -- you'd have to steal a lot of air from Earth, and make your own container for it (eg. a dome), which would require a lot of work and a lot of materials. Even if you can get all of that, and transport it (along with food and water), then you have to deal with its seasons -- a Martian winter is brutal, and may not even provide enough sunlight for sustaining plant life (which you need for food). There is also the issue of energy, especially for heating and lighting in said winter; you would probably need to build your own nuclear power plant, and carry enough radioactive material to last until a new shipment of supplies can arrive.
Mars is a lot farther away than people might think.
Taking into account a possible return trip, and the seasons and position of Mars, a trip would take approximately 18 months at best. We're talking about a manned flight here, not a small probe.
There would be artificial gravity. A trip to Mars at best would be about 18 months, and during that time the spacecraft would spin consistently to produce gravity.
According to the slideshow, the results themselves are modified. Any smart person, if looking for child porn or whatever content is being restricted, can simply configure their client to ignore the specific hash(es) for the replacement files.
Why don't Debian and Ubuntu just merge? It would make a whole lot of things easier.
No, it wouldn't. Debian and Ubuntu are two totally different distros. Ubuntu is flashy and tweaked heavily for a friendlier UI. Debian is flat-up Linux, and makes a very powerful and stable server backend.
Merging them would result in chaos, especially among users like myself who don't feel like teaching Windows converts to Ubuntu what a kernel is.
Offtrack, isn't Debian == Deb + Ian anyway?
Yes, it is. I fail to see how that is at all relevant, however.
Also I am pretty sure that Ubuntu is based on Debian.
Yes, but they are two completely different entities. Ubuntu is primarily used as a desktop OS (usually for users unfamiliar with Linux), while Debian is a strong server backend. As such, Debian has to be much more particular about its releases, making sure that the stable releases are in fact very, very stable. Ubuntu, however, is rarely used as a server, and therefore its releases don't go to extreme lengths to squash all important bugs.
Ubuntu doesn't "take the latest and greatest", they take packages from Debian unstable and by the time a package is released on Ubuntu, a new version is probably out.
A lot of ISPs do this. Many of them recommend simply finding a new DNS host, others provide an option to turn it off (eg. Road Runner, the only broadband ISP in my area)
How the hell is this news? Anyone who's tried visiting the site within the past ~24 hours has already experienced this "groundbreaking" outage. I'd much like to hear how many downloads they've racked up already, or at the very least links to alternative mirrors that are up and running.
Plus, this release isn't any different from what I've already been using. And to think I wasted 30+ minutes of my time compiling it.
Sorry, but Ubuntu or any of its derivatives do NOT qualify as "lightweight". I find it amusing that Arch was rated towards the end of the list, most likely because they couldn't figure out how to install it.
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So what exactly is their case? You can sometimes use the programs to commit crimes?
With that logic, they must be suing everything.
I was thinking more along the lines of radioactive stones.
Duh, what else are fire stones for?
If you use Apple, then expect to be stuck with their horrible software. I've never had to even touch iTunes and my iPod works wonderfully. Thank you, gtkpod.
I mean that I don't see the appeal of Mars over an asteroid, moon, or other planetary body.
Obviously a nuclear rocket would help, but there are so many problems with the space elevator idea that I can't even begin to name them. Just do a little research, and you'll see why...
I still don't see the appeal of Mars. First of all, there is essentially no atmosphere -- you'd have to steal a lot of air from Earth, and make your own container for it (eg. a dome), which would require a lot of work and a lot of materials. Even if you can get all of that, and transport it (along with food and water), then you have to deal with its seasons -- a Martian winter is brutal, and may not even provide enough sunlight for sustaining plant life (which you need for food). There is also the issue of energy, especially for heating and lighting in said winter; you would probably need to build your own nuclear power plant, and carry enough radioactive material to last until a new shipment of supplies can arrive. Mars is a lot farther away than people might think.
Taking into account a possible return trip, and the seasons and position of Mars, a trip would take approximately 18 months at best. We're talking about a manned flight here, not a small probe.
There would be artificial gravity. A trip to Mars at best would be about 18 months, and during that time the spacecraft would spin consistently to produce gravity.
According to the slideshow, the results themselves are modified. Any smart person, if looking for child porn or whatever content is being restricted, can simply configure their client to ignore the specific hash(es) for the replacement files.
uname -r tells me 2.6.26
Why don't Debian and Ubuntu just merge? It would make a whole lot of things easier.
No, it wouldn't. Debian and Ubuntu are two totally different distros. Ubuntu is flashy and tweaked heavily for a friendlier UI. Debian is flat-up Linux, and makes a very powerful and stable server backend. Merging them would result in chaos, especially among users like myself who don't feel like teaching Windows converts to Ubuntu what a kernel is.
Offtrack, isn't Debian == Deb + Ian anyway?
Yes, it is. I fail to see how that is at all relevant, however.
I've been using Debian Lenny for almost a year. Before that, I used Windoze XP.
Also I am pretty sure that Ubuntu is based on Debian.
Yes, but they are two completely different entities. Ubuntu is primarily used as a desktop OS (usually for users unfamiliar with Linux), while Debian is a strong server backend. As such, Debian has to be much more particular about its releases, making sure that the stable releases are in fact very, very stable. Ubuntu, however, is rarely used as a server, and therefore its releases don't go to extreme lengths to squash all important bugs.
Ubuntu doesn't "take the latest and greatest", they take packages from Debian unstable and by the time a package is released on Ubuntu, a new version is probably out.
Debian See 'n Say? Still better than "Intrepid Ibex".
I have 3GB of memory and even when virtualising I've never needed more than that.
A lot of ISPs do this. Many of them recommend simply finding a new DNS host, others provide an option to turn it off (eg. Road Runner, the only broadband ISP in my area)
No, no it won't. Nothing runs vista. It runs Linux.
...when right in the update notice text Nintendo says it will destroy "invalid" save files, referring indirectly to the TP chainloader?
How the hell is this news? Anyone who's tried visiting the site within the past ~24 hours has already experienced this "groundbreaking" outage. I'd much like to hear how many downloads they've racked up already, or at the very least links to alternative mirrors that are up and running. Plus, this release isn't any different from what I've already been using. And to think I wasted 30+ minutes of my time compiling it.
Wait, what?
Sorry, but Ubuntu or any of its derivatives do NOT qualify as "lightweight". I find it amusing that Arch was rated towards the end of the list, most likely because they couldn't figure out how to install it.