This isn't redundant. It came before the other reply, and it clears up the fact that the sport is known properly as "Association Football", and not just "football" (because "football" means soccer, gaelic football, Aussie rules, American football, rugby, etc.)
I can't see exactly what's wrong with this phone. All that was meant by the "not really," I think, is that it isn't mindblowingly superior to other Android phones. It looks very nice.
"it would continue to sell PCs with other operating systems, including Windows"
Does this mean what those words in that order are supposed to mean: that the company will sell computers with operating systems other than Windows and OS X?
...we will have to pay to use any words that are in google dictionary. That's why frequently used but non-dictionary words like "ginormous" are in there. I notice that my native Irish (Gaelic) isn't there, so I'll just put on another few layers of tin foil and start speaking Irish
Marge: We drove around until three in the morning looking for another open all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant. Lionel Hutz: And when you couldn't find one? Marge: [crying] We... went... fishing.
The thing is, because of the distribution of people using broadband (bandwidth usage plotted as an ogive comes out as a sharp exponential), there will always be a situation of 5% of the population downloading 95% of the material, no matter who you disconnect.
You've got it all wrong - you need to replace the addiction with something else, so every time you would usually go for a cigarette on a lunch break, stay at your computer and troll slashdot. Simple. Take it one post at a time. Here, say something about Linux or intelligent design or DRM. I believe in you.
I think it's not going to happen either, but it's interesting to think that if somebody managed to pull off a successful large scale OLPC-type venture involving Linux, it would be him or her to be considered for the prize. The truth is, the world is a lot better with Linux, even though the people who could really do with using it generally aren't. Apart from the fact that it allows so much to be kept from the corporate stranglehold, Linux is really the driving force behind the open source movement, which is a very real and significant thing. Who would have thought ten years ago that CodePlex was to come?
There should be more recognition for the people that are "behind the scenes" - the people without whom we couldn't have the big, headline-catching, landmark events that showmen get all the credit for. I think that's what is the desire in the article for someone who's not a politician getting the prize, although the argument wasn't terribly well formed.
One reason that so many of us are initially (or permanently) dismissive of the notion is that it's so hard to gauge what Linus has done for the world. How can we really know what the world would be like without Linux? Would *BSD or HURD get the development attention to bring them to Linux's standard (apologies to fans of these OS's)? Personally, I believe that Linux is quite strongly responsible for the quality of these and Haiku and all the rest of the OS OS's in use now. Linux has been a strong driving force because of the philosophy, and vitally, because of Linus Torvalds.
Don't use past recipients' unworthiness as reason to give it to him: Linus is worthy regardless.
Well, how I interpreted the statement "Opera's success also undermines the statements of other posters elsewhere saying that IE earns its place due to its close-sourced nature"
was "Opera, being open source and receiving a good review here, refutes the idea that closed-source browsers are going to come off better since the rating is based on public patches." ...which wasn't what you meant, but is a valid way of reading it.
This guy has a means of asking thousands of people for advice all at once. Should he: a) ask for advice b) not ask for advice...Oooh... Tough decision, eh!
Lady GaGa is a she who strongly believes that any publicity is good publicity. She also knows that she couldn't possibly be scandalised by something like this. So she encourages the rumour herself that she is not a woman, but it's not true. Funny that you heard it as transvestite, though. I've only heard it as that she's a hermaphrodite...
When I read that you had quoted "I really doubt this service was ran without backups," I twitched and the thought I know it's bad grammar, but let's just ignore it, please was loud in my ears. I was so relieved when I saw that you weren't mentioning it. I don't know what this makes me, but it happens all the time. I'm definitely bothered by poor grammar and spelling, but I want no one to ever point it out.
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What? "Insightful"?
So viking80 and everyone that modded viking80 didn't think to RTFA. It sets about answering this question right from the offset.
FSM help us all if you are not joking.
This isn't redundant. It came before the other reply, and it clears up the fact that the sport is known properly as "Association Football", and not just "football" (because "football" means soccer, gaelic football, Aussie rules, American football, rugby, etc.)
I can't see exactly what's wrong with this phone. All that was meant by the "not really," I think, is that it isn't mindblowingly superior to other Android phones. It looks very nice.
"it would continue to sell PCs with other operating systems, including Windows"
Does this mean what those words in that order are supposed to mean: that the company will sell computers with operating systems other than Windows and OS X?
...we will have to pay to use any words that are in google dictionary. That's why frequently used but non-dictionary words like "ginormous" are in there. I notice that my native Irish (Gaelic) isn't there, so I'll just put on another few layers of tin foil and start speaking Irish
Marge: We drove around until three in the morning looking for another open all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant.
Lionel Hutz: And when you couldn't find one?
Marge: [crying] We... went... fishing.
The thing is, because of the distribution of people using broadband (bandwidth usage plotted as an ogive comes out as a sharp exponential), there will always be a situation of 5% of the population downloading 95% of the material, no matter who you disconnect.
So a programming language for interpretive dance would probably find the navel very useful.
There. Fixed it for you.
From TFA:
'The astronomers say that humans are "much better than computers" at spotting the patterns and similarities'
Presumably, they've thought of pattern matching as a means of matching patterns
-What's the name of the organisation that said it?!
-No, WHAT just mentioned it between songs.
You've got it all wrong - you need to replace the addiction with something else, so every time you would usually go for a cigarette on a lunch break, stay at your computer and troll slashdot. Simple. Take it one post at a time. Here, say something about Linux or intelligent design or DRM.
I believe in you.
I think it's not going to happen either, but it's interesting to think that if somebody managed to pull off a successful large scale OLPC-type venture involving Linux, it would be him or her to be considered for the prize. The truth is, the world is a lot better with Linux, even though the people who could really do with using it generally aren't. Apart from the fact that it allows so much to be kept from the corporate stranglehold, Linux is really the driving force behind the open source movement, which is a very real and significant thing. Who would have thought ten years ago that CodePlex was to come?
There should be more recognition for the people that are "behind the scenes" - the people without whom we couldn't have the big, headline-catching, landmark events that showmen get all the credit for. I think that's what is the desire in the article for someone who's not a politician getting the prize, although the argument wasn't terribly well formed.
One reason that so many of us are initially (or permanently) dismissive of the notion is that it's so hard to gauge what Linus has done for the world. How can we really know what the world would be like without Linux? Would *BSD or HURD get the development attention to bring them to Linux's standard (apologies to fans of these OS's)? Personally, I believe that Linux is quite strongly responsible for the quality of these and Haiku and all the rest of the OS OS's in use now. Linux has been a strong driving force because of the philosophy, and vitally, because of Linus Torvalds.
Don't use past recipients' unworthiness as reason to give it to him: Linus is worthy regardless.
Hey, it costs me only €1.80 to produce each one. You realise there's a recession going on, right?
It is man's destiny to save these stars from eternal, er, hellfire?
Well, how I interpreted the statement
"Opera's success also undermines the statements of other posters elsewhere saying that IE earns its place due to its close-sourced nature"
was
"Opera, being open source and receiving a good review here, refutes the idea that closed-source browsers are going to come off better since the rating is based on public patches."
...which wasn't what you meant, but is a valid way of reading it.
Opera is closed-source
You remind me of all those people in school that would take my funny comment, dumb it down, say it louder and get all the laughs. It's clearly a joke.
This guy has a means of asking thousands of people for advice all at once. Should he: ...Oooh... Tough decision, eh!
a) ask for advice
b) not ask for advice
It probably had a less shiny name, though, like libslcon0.8b3
Lady GaGa is a she who strongly believes that any publicity is good publicity. She also knows that she couldn't possibly be scandalised by something like this. So she encourages the rumour herself that she is not a woman, but it's not true. Funny that you heard it as transvestite, though. I've only heard it as that she's a hermaphrodite...
Please just leave it as a book, if you like it.
Yeah - get on to Dan Brown and tell him that (the) God (particle) is going back in time to save us all. As long as it's a book, it's good, right?
they should have called it the KeeeyPC
It's going full circle for design but progressing in performance. Next will be really fast tape drives with >1TB storage instead of optical drives.
This does make me strangely nostalgic, though, since the first computer I ever used was an Amstrad CPC 464.
When I read that you had quoted "I really doubt this service was ran without backups," I twitched and the thought
I know it's bad grammar, but let's just ignore it, please
was loud in my ears. I was so relieved when I saw that you weren't mentioning it. I don't know what this makes me, but it happens all the time. I'm definitely bothered by poor grammar and spelling, but I want no one to ever point it out.