Each user should be able to access only their portion of the file.
Rather than re-invent the wheel, why not use existing file permissions? Each user get's their own directory for config files.
Maybe we could call it their "home" directory.
In short, I think a registry is a good idea, but I just hate that the name has gotten such a horrible rap because of how Windows implements one.
I completely agree that a registry could be a great thing if it was done properly, but we have a working system. The/etc directory came about naturally. It was easy and convienent to store config files there.
MS knows that there is demand for VB. They can milk more money out of people by forcing the upgrade to VB.NET. People who use VB6 but want things like bug fixes and security updates will have no choice but to pay MS to upgrade to VB.NET.
There's plenty of demand for VB and Microsoft is using it to make money. Granted, that's their right. After all they're a business and a business exists to make money, but don't lie about why.
The admin team of the BBS of Nanjing University has refused to obey the order and has been dismissed.
Now THAT is bravery!
China is a country that will incarcerate your for not thinking what you're supposed to. China is a country that will put a bullet in the back of your head and sell your organs to the highest bidder. These people should be revered. They have true bravery.
Every year, I become more and more happy that I "retired" from console gaming about 6 years ago.
I'll pay $300-$500 every couple of years to upgrade my PC, but there's no way in hell I'd pay $60 each for console games.
PC games come down in price so fast that I'm more than happy to wait 6 months to get games at a reasonable price point like $20-$30.
But, I guess as long as people are willing to play those prices, they'll keep charging them. It's just possible that they might not know the limit, they may overstep their bounds and do serious damage to the software marketplace.
Because if they price their games too high and sales slump, do you think the executives will admit that it's because they fucked up or will they blame the "loss" on "evil internet pirates"?
Why zealots continue to froth about Linux, even though it doesn't have shit on *BSD in the server department, and Windows in the desktop department.
In the first case, Numbers. In the second case, stability and price.
Any other questions?
Seriously, I think the Linux has taken off and become a media darling while the various BSDs have not is the idea that anyone can contribute code to the Linux kernel. Even though relatively few people actually do, the fact that they CAN is attractive to people.
Police Academy. The original. Mahoney is watching the female cadets in the shower while he drinks a beer. I'm 99% sure that there is bush. It's extremely brief, so look hard.
But more specifically, I was thinking of the boobies at the party when Tackleberry is playing the sax and the topless woman dances by.
And then you find yourself spending more time dealing with politics, people issues, and trying to bang the hot girl down the hall in marketing.
Doesn't sound so terrible to me.
Only until you succeed in boning that hot chick and find out that the only reason she was single (and available for the boning) in the first place is that she's a fucking psychotic. So instead of just working at work, you have to evade her insane jealousy, and you must show up for work an hour early so that you can park near the security guards so that psycho bitch from marketing doesn't ruin your car.
I realize that you're joking, but lets talk about this for a moment.
Movies have changed. And not always for the better. Remember the horror/slasher and sex-comedy movies of the 80s?
You had boobies and bush EVERYWHERE! Porky's? Yes! Porky's 2? Yes. The various Friday the 13ths? Yes! The Nightmare on Elm Street series? Yes! The police academy series? Yes!
We had a gratuitous boobie genre. Stewardess School. Up The Creek. Hardbodies. Valley Girl. The Last American Virgin. Bachelor Party. The list goes on and on.
Where have our boobies gone? The best boobie scene in a recent hollywood movie was the topless sunbathing in Swordfish.
I couldn't tell you the last time I saw bush in a hollywood movie. And it's damned unfair!
No, you are full of crap. If a lawyer says, "Sign this document, and we'll execute contract A," and then has you sign a document actually only authorizing contract B, the signed document would be thrown out in court. If the lawyer knew about it, he might be liable, and he might be guilty of fraud.
Only if you have proof to back up your claim. Otherwise it's your word against the lawyer's. And it would require you to stand in open court and say "Yes, your honor. I am an idiot who signed a document without reading it."
BitTorrent isn't ideal for the distribution of foy pay content. Namely because, I'm not going to use my bandwidth to distribute content that I had to pay for.
It's so common, we put blue filter on our flashlights to block the near-IR and IR output; visible light is less damgerous the IR at night!
There are a few natural sources of visible light that can go ignored. Such as a puddle of water reflecting moonlight. Nothing other than human beings should be outputting appreciable amounts of IR and near-IR.
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Each user should be able to access only their portion of the file.
/etc directory came about naturally. It was easy and convienent to store config files there.
Rather than re-invent the wheel, why not use existing file permissions? Each user get's their own directory for config files.
Maybe we could call it their "home" directory.
In short, I think a registry is a good idea, but I just hate that the name has gotten such a horrible rap because of how Windows implements one.
I completely agree that a registry could be a great thing if it was done properly, but we have a working system. The
LK
"Sell your organs to the highest bidder"? Charming.
No. Disgusting.
You forgot to call them the "damn Chinks" while you were at it.
I don't use words like that. Ever.
These guys refused a government directive, and their weak-kneed employer fired them.
An employer that was controlled by the same government. It's not that they're weak-kneed, everything in China is a part of the government.
Oh, and selling organs to the highest bidder would be a very capitalist thing to do.
In a communist country, there is truly no personal property. Not even your own organs. Everything belongs to the state.
LK
I disagree.
MS knows that there is demand for VB. They can milk more money out of people by forcing the upgrade to VB.NET. People who use VB6 but want things like bug fixes and security updates will have no choice but to pay MS to upgrade to VB.NET.
There's plenty of demand for VB and Microsoft is using it to make money. Granted, that's their right. After all they're a business and a business exists to make money, but don't lie about why.
LK
The admin team of the BBS of Nanjing University has refused to obey the order and has been dismissed.
Now THAT is bravery!
China is a country that will incarcerate your for not thinking what you're supposed to. China is a country that will put a bullet in the back of your head and sell your organs to the highest bidder. These people should be revered. They have true bravery.
LK
If he's running a Windows PE CD and no network, he's OK.
Well, there is some cool biotech work going on in the area of steroids that directly parallels some of the other technology work going on.
We try to hide data in plain sight with steganography. Scientists are able to mask steroids by tweaking their chemical composition.
LK
After changing diapers, shaved does NOTHING for me.
Every year, I become more and more happy that I "retired" from console gaming about 6 years ago.
I'll pay $300-$500 every couple of years to upgrade my PC, but there's no way in hell I'd pay $60 each for console games.
PC games come down in price so fast that I'm more than happy to wait 6 months to get games at a reasonable price point like $20-$30.
But, I guess as long as people are willing to play those prices, they'll keep charging them. It's just possible that they might not know the limit, they may overstep their bounds and do serious damage to the software marketplace.
Because if they price their games too high and sales slump, do you think the executives will admit that it's because they fucked up or will they blame the "loss" on "evil internet pirates"?
LK
2 minutes too late. Someone just got a +5 Funny for being 2 minutes faster than you. How much sense does that make?
LK
Why zealots continue to froth about Linux, even though it doesn't have shit on *BSD in the server department, and Windows in the desktop department.
In the first case, Numbers. In the second case, stability and price.
Any other questions?
Seriously, I think the Linux has taken off and become a media darling while the various BSDs have not is the idea that anyone can contribute code to the Linux kernel. Even though relatively few people actually do, the fact that they CAN is attractive to people.
LK
Bush was in Fahrenheit 911...
I never saw that movie, and I have no plans to.
Why do we keep recasting him?
Because no one better has been to the casting call.
LK
I never saw that film. So my statement stands. I couldn't tell you the last time I saw bush in a hollywood movie.
LK
Police Academy. The original. Mahoney is watching the female cadets in the shower while he drinks a beer. I'm 99% sure that there is bush. It's extremely brief, so look hard.
But more specifically, I was thinking of the boobies at the party when Tackleberry is playing the sax and the topless woman dances by.
LK
Doesn't sound so terrible to me.
Only until you succeed in boning that hot chick and find out that the only reason she was single (and available for the boning) in the first place is that she's a fucking psychotic. So instead of just working at work, you have to evade her insane jealousy, and you must show up for work an hour early so that you can park near the security guards so that psycho bitch from marketing doesn't ruin your car.
Damn, art DOES imitate life.
LK
I realize that you're joking, but lets talk about this for a moment.
Movies have changed. And not always for the better. Remember the horror/slasher and sex-comedy movies of the 80s?
You had boobies and bush EVERYWHERE! Porky's? Yes! Porky's 2? Yes. The various Friday the 13ths? Yes! The Nightmare on Elm Street series? Yes! The police academy series? Yes!
We had a gratuitous boobie genre. Stewardess School. Up The Creek. Hardbodies. Valley Girl. The Last American Virgin. Bachelor Party. The list goes on and on.
Where have our boobies gone? The best boobie scene in a recent hollywood movie was the topless sunbathing in Swordfish.
I couldn't tell you the last time I saw bush in a hollywood movie. And it's damned unfair!
LK
It's a wonder than someone made the effort to photograph that woman.
LK
but I just don't trust it or the motives of those behind it.
LK
I know linux naming conventions are pretty bad, but really, this takes the biscuit.
You are aware that languages other than English exist right?
LK
You're 20 years too late.
Stephen Wright once said that he bought a box of powdered water, but he didn't know what to add.
LK
No, you are full of crap. If a lawyer says, "Sign this document, and we'll execute contract A," and then has you sign a document actually only authorizing contract B, the signed document would be thrown out in court. If the lawyer knew about it, he might be liable, and he might be guilty of fraud.
Only if you have proof to back up your claim. Otherwise it's your word against the lawyer's. And it would require you to stand in open court and say "Yes, your honor. I am an idiot who signed a document without reading it."
LK
Sure, backup on CD is a pain, but this was not
his question.
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for clarification. The stated reason for Tape and HD not being options didn't make any sense.
If you offer someone a cup of coffee and they respond "No thank you, I'm allergic to tea", it's only normal to ask for more information.
It's most likely that the submitter has valid reasons for not being able to use HD or Tape backup, but s/he was extremely vague about why.
LK
BitTorrent isn't ideal for the distribution of foy pay content. Namely because, I'm not going to use my bandwidth to distribute content that I had to pay for.
LK
I'd rather win 2nd tier than first.
I'm not even a Mac user anymore, but I'd prefer a shiny new Mac G5 to a Segway any day.
LK
It's so common, we put blue filter on our flashlights to block the near-IR and IR output; visible light is less damgerous the IR at night!
There are a few natural sources of visible light that can go ignored. Such as a puddle of water reflecting moonlight. Nothing other than human beings should be outputting appreciable amounts of IR and near-IR.
LK
You're thirteen, right?
It's funny how you pedophiles pick up on that.
LK