Nice example. If the salesman wasn't wearing a suit you'd probably trust him less. The suit is part of the package, like grammar is part of the message.
I think, more probably, the salesman would be arrested for indecent exposure.
You mean like:
find / -uid 1003 -exec chown bob {} \;
and we're done!
I use this sometimes when I'm rsyncing two servers. Apache installs as uid 78 on one server and 465 on the other. I just change the uid and gid on one server and run find to fix the ownership.
This only works if the user has learned the terminology. If they don't understand what a title bar, task bar, or tabs are, then you're in for a frustrating experience.
"Do you see the little icon that looks like...., now double click it, did you see the window pop-up?
And then when they answer "No", well it goes downhill from there.
You missed the point. The original application didn't have the ability to manipulate all its controls in its GUI. Therefore you whip out regedit to change what was left out of the GUI. The GUI will cater to around the 80% of the users. It takes money to code that last 20% of options that few will use. It's been my experience that that money never gets spent.
The command line is great for people that have memorized all the commands, know exactly what they want to do, and can run the operations in their sleep. But for everyone else it's a hinderence.
How could this post be +4 insightful?
If you have two screwdrivers in your toolbox but only ever use one, the unused one is NOT a hinderance. Others have a need for that 2nd screwdriver.
Look, most people have working legs so all those wheelchair ramps are a hinderance.
You should NEVER have to go to command line.
Then a lot of what you can do with a program will never get coded in a GUI. Even Windows has regedit!
and I see absolutely no reason why the Linux community should not work to end Microsoft as a competitive threat first.
I view the OSS community more as pouring their energy in to producing better software rather than pouring their energy into crushing their competition. Let software stand on its own merits.
We already have a wealth tax; it's call inflation. Just print more fiat money and spend it. Then all money buys less whether it's income or savings. Best of all, for the politicians, is that they don't get blamed for 'raising taxes' and I'm afraid most people don't understand this.
We destroyed their infrastructure -- the least we can do is help these people improve their economic infrastructure
IIRC, we liberated the Philippines from Japanese occupation and if you know anything about how the Japanese, during WWII, treated non-Japanese you'll agree that that was a good thing. A lot of Allied blood was spilled doing this. And yes, it was in our interests. It was in the world's interest.
I'm all for helping other nations but I think we should help ourselves first. It's only when we set a successful example will other countries want to follow that example.
not literally that he drove livestock from the temple
Actually it was livestock. It was a scam the priests were running. The lamb (sacrifice: lamb, goat, dove, etc.) had to be without blemish and was examined by the priests. The priests would always find a blemish and would allow you to exchange your lamb (plus a little cash) for an un-blemished one. Then that same lamb would be sold as un-blemished to the next person that came along.
What Jesus was objecting to was that the temple, a place of worship, was actually being used as a place of business. And a rip-off business at that.
I'm not sure where you got your idea of Christianity, but this is what it teaches.
Perhaps you should actually read the Bible so you'll know what you're talking about. Perhaps you've listened to some TV swindler evangelist telling you to send him all your money. Or perhaps you've see some people covering up their short comings by being holier-that-thou. Lots of people profess to be a Christian without actually living up to the principles.
For example, I think murder is bad. If someone else thinks murder is fine, then they are being restricted from practicing their beliefs by laws.
If you think abortion is murder, I hope you either don't jack off (if you're a guy) or have a miscarriage (if you're woman). In both cases, you're killing potential humans.
By that logic, if you just die you're taking all your little swimmers with you and killing potential humans.
They're made long before they're ejaculated, ya know?
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Nice example. If the salesman wasn't wearing a suit you'd probably trust him less. The suit is part of the package, like grammar is part of the message.
I think, more probably, the salesman would be arrested for indecent exposure.
Are you saying that people who use the CLI are handicapped??
No, I'm saying it's a very useful tool for those that use it.
Now, go work on your reading comprehension skills.
You mean like:
find / -uid 1003 -exec chown bob {} \;
and we're done!
I use this sometimes when I'm rsyncing two servers. Apache installs as uid 78 on one server and 465 on the other. I just change the uid and gid on one server and run find to fix the ownership.
So, which functions in Linux do you think there's no GUI for?
tcpdump -n -i p35p1 not net 192.168.64.0/23 and \( icmp or portrange 10050-10051 \)
But you will not find a GUI for it on Windows either. :-)
This only works if the user has learned the terminology. If they don't understand what a title bar, task bar, or tabs are, then you're in for a frustrating experience.
"Do you see the little icon that looks like ...., now double click it, did you see the window pop-up?
And then when they answer "No", well it goes downhill from there.
You missed the point. The original application didn't have the ability to manipulate all its controls in its GUI. Therefore you whip out regedit to change what was left out of the GUI. The GUI will cater to around the 80% of the users. It takes money to code that last 20% of options that few will use. It's been my experience that that money never gets spent.
Or just the simple case of "cp a b c/", only you eagerly hit enter before "c/" so you blow away b with no checks.
Put this in your ~/.bashrc so that an overwrite will prompt you:
alias cp='cp -i'
Works for 'mv' too. Most distros default to prompting.
The command line is great for people that have memorized all the commands, know exactly what they want to do, and can run the operations in their sleep. But for everyone else it's a hinderence.
How could this post be +4 insightful?
If you have two screwdrivers in your toolbox but only ever use one, the unused one is NOT a hinderance. Others have a need for that 2nd screwdriver.
Look, most people have working legs so all those wheelchair ramps are a hinderance.
You should NEVER have to go to command line.
Then a lot of what you can do with a program will never get coded in a GUI. Even Windows has regedit!
Look past the end of your nose.
but on the scale of government spending one few hundred million dollar boondoggle is nothing new or particularly scandalous.
It may not be new but it is scandalous. Government waste should not be acceptable.
Out-of-control population growth is going to keep happening while religion gets to dictate the position of women in our world, though.
This is not true. While the missionary position is great, some religious men actually like it better if the women are on top.
and I see absolutely no reason why the Linux community should not work to end Microsoft as a competitive threat first.
I view the OSS community more as pouring their energy in to producing better software rather than pouring their energy into crushing their competition. Let software stand on its own merits.
The most "fair" tax is wealth, not income.
We already have a wealth tax; it's call inflation. Just print more fiat money and spend it. Then all money buys less whether it's income or savings. Best of all, for the politicians, is that they don't get blamed for 'raising taxes' and I'm afraid most people don't understand this.
Pressing in the clutch should disengage the cruise control also.
We destroyed their infrastructure -- the least we can do is help these people improve their economic infrastructure
IIRC, we liberated the Philippines from Japanese occupation and if you know anything about how the Japanese, during WWII, treated non-Japanese you'll agree that that was a good thing. A lot of Allied blood was spilled doing this. And yes, it was in our interests. It was in the world's interest.
I'm all for helping other nations but I think we should help ourselves first. It's only when we set a successful example will other countries want to follow that example.
Thank you. Very well said.
speling for dummies
+1 for the pun. Everyone knows speeling has two e's in it.
Speaking of moods: What if I'm in a foul mood and want to cheer myself up? If they try to match my mood, will they not be reenforcing it?
Also, the audacity of guessing my intelligence. "You're too dumb to get all the search results. Here's want you can understand."
Darn you kids and your newfangled definitions!
Alas for the time when gay meant happy.
didn't give a damn about the gentiles
So you don't know about the 70 weeks prophesy in Daniel. At the end of the seventy weeks (490 years) the Gospel would be taken to the Gentiles.
not literally that he drove livestock from the temple
Actually it was livestock. It was a scam the priests were running. The lamb (sacrifice: lamb, goat, dove, etc.) had to be without blemish and was examined by the priests. The priests would always find a blemish and would allow you to exchange your lamb (plus a little cash) for an un-blemished one. Then that same lamb would be sold as un-blemished to the next person that came along.
What Jesus was objecting to was that the temple, a place of worship, was actually being used as a place of business. And a rip-off business at that.
bucketfuls of Christian hatred
I'm not sure where you got your idea of Christianity, but this is what it teaches.
Perhaps you should actually read the Bible so you'll know what you're talking about. Perhaps you've listened to some TV swindler evangelist telling you to send him all your money. Or perhaps you've see some people covering up their short comings by being holier-that-thou. Lots of people profess to be a Christian without actually living up to the principles.
I hope you realize that pregnancy isn't just some binary on-off thing.
I'm not sure what you mean here. All life is a binary on-off thing. If you kill someone/something it is off.
Almost nobody is pro- abortions that late, because it essentially is murder.
So we agree. You just have a different cut-off point.
It would seem that the court actually does consider killing an unborn child murder.
For example, I think murder is bad. If someone else thinks murder is fine, then they are being restricted from practicing their beliefs by laws.
If you think abortion is murder, I hope you either don't jack off (if you're a guy) or have a miscarriage (if you're woman). In both cases, you're killing potential humans.
By that logic, if you just die you're taking all your little swimmers with you and killing potential humans.
They're made long before they're ejaculated, ya know?