anyone else's gag reflex triggered whenever getting an email beginning with Dear Sir/Madam from @yahoo.com?
You might not want to be so hasty to write off @yahoo.com addresses. I use Yahoo mail (and pay for it) for their forwarding service. Essentially, it allows me to have a permanent address that I can change where it forwards to whenever my back-end server changes, for a small annual fee. It's completely worth $20/year for me. I never use their web-mail, but I do have a yahoo.com address.
That doesn't make sense. I had an iBook whose ethernet port failed twice over the span of two years. Both times, they fixed it for free. I did have AppleCare on it, though. It seems they treat you much better when you have AppleCare.
One catch though -- you cannot purchase AppleCare anytime before the extended warranty would have been up, as you say. You must purchase it within the original warranty period. So that's no longer an option for her, unfortunately.
Gino's East? Bah.. Take him to Giordano's instead. It's WAY better than Gino's! Or, if you want to explore a bit more, there's a really great non-chain place in Evanston called Carmen's. But Giordano's is a VERY close second.
No matter where you go, you definitely must order the "stuffed special."
"A comet with the mass of 7 billion cute fuzzy bunny rabbits is on a collision course with the Earth. I for one can't wait for the bunnies to get here!"
A correction, if I may:
A comet with the mass of 7 billion cute fuzzy bunny rabbits is on a collision course with the Earth. I for one welcome our new fuzzy bunny overlords.
For the opening of The Matrix Reloaded, I hosted a Matrix party at my place. For refreshments, I had one bowl of cherry Jelly Bellys and one bowl of blueberry Jelly Bellys. Nobody touched the blueberry ones.:)
I, too, went to the opening of the store in Chicago. I got there around 6:30, and the line was still two blocks long. So my friends and I said, "Screw It," and went to get some excellent Chicago-style stuffed pizza at Giordano's, and then came back to the Apple store at around 8:00. At that point, there was no line at all, and we walked right in. I'd pick eating pizza over waiting in line any day!
Well, I have better than a Pentium III (Sun UltraSparc) and it still didn't let me view the site. Something about Flash 6. Blech. All I have is Flash 5, and that's not good enough for them!
cyrto breahing is for dorks? Wow, either your crypto is way too good for me, or your statement is incredibly profound, or possibly both. Just what the heck is "cyrto breahing" anyway? Is that some extremely advanced form of crypto breaking?
You need to get the towel... and use it with the brandy... notice how flammable the brandy is? I'll let you figure it out from there. Oh, BTW, the towel is on the dead guy by the treadmill.
if he'd spent sixty seconds actually answering his own question about where Unisys is today he might have thought twice about it.
If I had spent sixty seconds thinking about my article submission, then I would have missed out on it being accepted! This is Slashdot, after all. You're lucky I actually read the linked article first!:)
Of course the only way I can see this being an option, is if someone were to invent a burnable dvd that degraded after 48 hours or whatever length of time. That way you'd never even have to return the DVD which would make inventory mangement much easier.
Someone has already tried something very similar to what you've described. It was called Divx (without the smiley) and it was a terrible market flop.
Oh, and Blockbuster has already stopped giving free rentals to people when a movie is unavailable. I don't think they care whether a customer is worried about a rental being out. They will just get something else.
Another factor, IMO, is the seeming death of the theme album. I ask this question with all honesty: is there anything from the 90's and later that is equivalent to Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, The Wall, and Bat Out of Hell? I'm open to expand my contemporary music tastes here -- let the titles fly.
Look for anything by Michael Knott. He has made several theme albums. Also, another good band, Pedro the Lion. Their more recent albums are theme albums.
As most of you desktop users already know, the
KDE Projectrecently
released KDE 3.1beta2, which will be the final development release
before KDE 3.1. The good news is, KDE 3.1 is
scheduled
for release in just a few weeks.
KDE 3.1, the strongest KDE release to date, promises new goodies for
just about everyone who gets to enjoy the full KDE desktop experience.
Here is a sampling of what is in store for you:
Browsing with Tabs.
The many fans of tabbed browsing will be delighted by this new addition to
the KDE web browser
(Konqueror)
(screenshot).
To simplify downloading a large number of files, a new download manager
(KGET), which fully integrates into Konqueror, has joined the
network package (kdenetwork).
It manages any number of downloads in one window, where transfers
can be added, removed, paused, resumed, queued or scheduled.
A dialog displays transfer status, including progress, size, speed and
estimated time to completion.
Eye Candy.
The artistically-inclined KDE contributors have showered us with a
basket of new eye candy.
As shown in this screenshot,
KDE 3.1 will ship with the contemporary Crystal icon set as well as the
original new Keramik theme. The screenshot also shows the new drop-shadows.
To help manage these stunning themes, KDE
will provide a new theme manager with improved theme style and color
decoration previews
(screenshot).
Menus and other desktop windows can also use attractive drop shadows,
as shown in the screenshot above.
Personal Information Management.
On the PIM front, the email client
(KMail)
has gained several privacy and
security enhancements - namely S/MIME, PGP/MIME and X.509v3 support -
in collaboration with the
Aegypten project,
an IT security project
sponsored
by the German government
(screenshot).
The calendar / scheduling application
(KOrganizer) features
a new Exchange 2000 plugin.
The address book (KAddressbook) has gained the ability to
fetch contact information from one or more LDAP servers.
It can also print contact information and import
industry-standard vCards.
While not included in the 3.1 release,
the next quantum jump in KDE's
email / groupware architecture is scheduled for KDE 3.2,
when KDE will ship a completely copy-lefted, integrated groupware
system.
Currently known as the Kroupware
Project, it is being sponsored by the German government and will
integrate the major
KDE PIM applications
(screenshot,
screenshot). More
about this project, and some additional screenshots, can be found on
the dot.
KDE 3.2 will also feature the ability to use Vim as the mail composer
(screenshot).
File Management.
The file manager (Konqueror) has a number of new goodies, such as
folder icons which reflect a folder's contents, a video thumbnail generator
and a number of plugins for providing enhanced- or meta-information about
various file types (e.g., images, binary packages, source code).
The file search utility can now search file meta-information for
searching multi-media files.
Desktop Sharing.
For those who switch work stations frequently, KDE offers
a new VNC-compatible
desktop sharing framework. It enables users to share a KDE desktop across
multiple machines
(screenshot).*
Enterprise.
Enterprises, Internet cafes and similar users will appreciate enhancements
to the KDE Kiosk framework (the Kiosk framework provides an easy way to
disable certain features within KDE to create a more controlled environment).
In addition, the panel (Kicker) now
supports fully customized menus.
Multimedia.
The multimedia framework (kdemultimedia) has a new video decoder
based on Xine. Xine is a
video framework which provides support for various video formats, such
as AVI, DivX, Cinepak, Sorenson Video, MPEG 1/2 and 4, QuickTime / MOV,
ASF and others.
Games.
For the playful among us, KDE 3.1 will offer a number of new games in the
games package (kdegames), including
a golf game (Kolf)
(screenshot),
an Atlantik and Monopoly-type game
(Atlantik),
a Blackjack game
(Megami).
and
a Same-like game
(Klickery).
Ease of Use.
A number of other improvements are meant simply to make the desktop
easier to use and configure.
For example, the application finder (KAppfinder) provides a
nice tree view for selecting the applications to include in the KDE
desktop menu hierarchy.
Two new user notification methods have also been added for providing
non-obtrusive informational messages: a passive popup window
(KPassivePopup), which pops up next to the application's entry
in the panel's taskbar (without stealing the focus), as well as
messages which appear in an application's title-bar (KWindowInfo).
In addition, the control center (KControl) has received a
face lift and better organization
(screenshot).
Miscellaneous.
Of course work under the hood continues for KDE 3.1 as well. It provides
a number of speed improvements, such as Konqueror start-up time, a number
of usability enhancements by the KDE
Usability Project, as well as almost 1,000 critter fixes.
More information about planned KDE 3 features is available for
KDE
3.1 and
KDE
3.2.
Some interesting KDE statistics:
the KDE CVS source code repository consists of about 2.6 million lines of
code (LOC) (for comparison, the GNU/Linux kernel version 2.5.29 consists
of about 3.1 million lines of code). The KDE Project consists of
hundreds of active contributors, with 300 of them translating KDE
into over 70 languages (KDE 3.0.4 shipped in 51 languages). In May
2002 over 11,014 CVS commits were executed. The KDE website has 24
official mirrors in 16 countries and the KDE FTP site has 71 official
mirrors in 30 countries.
Hey, the page doesn't generate the correct mirrored Google cache link, but with a little bit of work by hand, it is possible to see a mirrored version of ANY page!
Slashdot Mirror
Apparently you haven't seen Minority Report.
You might not want to be so hasty to write off @yahoo.com addresses. I use Yahoo mail (and pay for it) for their forwarding service. Essentially, it allows me to have a permanent address that I can change where it forwards to whenever my back-end server changes, for a small annual fee. It's completely worth $20/year for me. I never use their web-mail, but I do have a yahoo.com address.
That doesn't make sense. I had an iBook whose ethernet port failed twice over the span of two years. Both times, they fixed it for free. I did have AppleCare on it, though. It seems they treat you much better when you have AppleCare.
One catch though -- you cannot purchase AppleCare anytime before the extended warranty would have been up, as you say. You must purchase it within the original warranty period. So that's no longer an option for her, unfortunately.
No matter where you go, you definitely must order the "stuffed special."
A correction, if I may:
A comet with the mass of 7 billion cute fuzzy bunny rabbits is on a collision course with the Earth. I for one welcome our new fuzzy bunny overlords.
For the opening of The Matrix Reloaded, I hosted a Matrix party at my place. For refreshments, I had one bowl of cherry Jelly Bellys and one bowl of blueberry Jelly Bellys. Nobody touched the blueberry ones. :)
I, too, went to the opening of the store in Chicago. I got there around 6:30, and the line was still two blocks long. So my friends and I said, "Screw It," and went to get some excellent Chicago-style stuffed pizza at Giordano's, and then came back to the Apple store at around 8:00. At that point, there was no line at all, and we walked right in. I'd pick eating pizza over waiting in line any day!
Well, I have better than a Pentium III (Sun UltraSparc) and it still didn't let me view the site. Something about Flash 6. Blech. All I have is Flash 5, and that's not good enough for them!
Thanks
You need to get the towel ... and use it with the brandy ... notice how flammable the brandy is? I'll let you figure it out from there. Oh, BTW, the towel is on the dead guy by the treadmill.
I don't think we need to worry.
If I had spent sixty seconds thinking about my article submission, then I would have missed out on it being accepted! This is Slashdot, after all. You're lucky I actually read the linked article first! :)
Nope, Microsoft is. That explains even more.
Someone has already tried something very similar to what you've described. It was called Divx (without the smiley) and it was a terrible market flop.
Oh, and Blockbuster has already stopped giving free rentals to people when a movie is unavailable. I don't think they care whether a customer is worried about a rental being out. They will just get something else.
Well, it's about time somebody recognized that which I've been saying all along!! :)
Hmm, that's strange. I didn't have to pay for it, or even login. I just clicked the link, and it showed me the article.
Hmm. I see they've fixed the spelling in the summary. Bastards! You ruined my joke!
Plans have been scraped?? Ow! That must hurt!
Look for anything by Michael Knott. He has made several theme albums. Also, another good band, Pedro the Lion. Their more recent albums are theme albums.
Hate to break it to ya, but if you're taking a trailer with you, then you're not really camping!
Hope this helps.
As most of you desktop users already know, the KDE Project recently released KDE 3.1beta2, which will be the final development release before KDE 3.1. The good news is, KDE 3.1 is scheduled for release in just a few weeks.
KDE 3.1, the strongest KDE release to date, promises new goodies for just about everyone who gets to enjoy the full KDE desktop experience. Here is a sampling of what is in store for you:
Browsing with Tabs. The many fans of tabbed browsing will be delighted by this new addition to the KDE web browser ( Konqueror ) (screenshot). To simplify downloading a large number of files, a new download manager (KGET), which fully integrates into Konqueror, has joined the network package (kdenetwork). It manages any number of downloads in one window, where transfers can be added, removed, paused, resumed, queued or scheduled. A dialog displays transfer status, including progress, size, speed and estimated time to completion.
Eye Candy. The artistically-inclined KDE contributors have showered us with a basket of new eye candy. As shown in this screenshot, KDE 3.1 will ship with the contemporary Crystal icon set as well as the original new Keramik theme. The screenshot also shows the new drop-shadows. To help manage these stunning themes, KDE will provide a new theme manager with improved theme style and color decoration previews (screenshot). Menus and other desktop windows can also use attractive drop shadows, as shown in the screenshot above.
Personal Information Management. On the PIM front, the email client ( KMail ) has gained several privacy and security enhancements - namely S/MIME, PGP/MIME and X.509v3 support - in collaboration with the Aegypten project, an IT security project sponsored by the German government (screenshot). The calendar / scheduling application (KOrganizer) features a new Exchange 2000 plugin. The address book (KAddressbook) has gained the ability to fetch contact information from one or more LDAP servers. It can also print contact information and import industry-standard vCards.
While not included in the 3.1 release, the next quantum jump in KDE's email / groupware architecture is scheduled for KDE 3.2, when KDE will ship a completely copy-lefted, integrated groupware system. Currently known as the Kroupware Project, it is being sponsored by the German government and will integrate the major KDE PIM applications (screenshot, screenshot). More about this project, and some additional screenshots, can be found on the dot. KDE 3.2 will also feature the ability to use Vim as the mail composer (screenshot).
File Management. The file manager (Konqueror) has a number of new goodies, such as folder icons which reflect a folder's contents, a video thumbnail generator and a number of plugins for providing enhanced- or meta-information about various file types (e.g., images, binary packages, source code). The file search utility can now search file meta-information for searching multi-media files.
Desktop Sharing. For those who switch work stations frequently, KDE offers a new VNC-compatible desktop sharing framework. It enables users to share a KDE desktop across multiple machines (screenshot).*
Enterprise. Enterprises, Internet cafes and similar users will appreciate enhancements to the KDE Kiosk framework (the Kiosk framework provides an easy way to disable certain features within KDE to create a more controlled environment). In addition, the panel (Kicker) now supports fully customized menus.
Multimedia. The multimedia framework (kdemultimedia) has a new video decoder based on Xine. Xine is a video framework which provides support for various video formats, such as AVI, DivX, Cinepak, Sorenson Video, MPEG 1/2 and 4, QuickTime / MOV, ASF and others.
Games. For the playful among us, KDE 3.1 will offer a number of new games in the games package (kdegames), including a golf game ( Kolf ) (screenshot), an Atlantik and Monopoly-type game ( Atlantik ), a Blackjack game ( Megami ). and a Same-like game ( Klickery ).
Ease of Use. A number of other improvements are meant simply to make the desktop easier to use and configure. For example, the application finder (KAppfinder) provides a nice tree view for selecting the applications to include in the KDE desktop menu hierarchy. Two new user notification methods have also been added for providing non-obtrusive informational messages: a passive popup window (KPassivePopup), which pops up next to the application's entry in the panel's taskbar (without stealing the focus), as well as messages which appear in an application's title-bar (KWindowInfo). In addition, the control center (KControl) has received a face lift and better organization (screenshot).
Miscellaneous. Of course work under the hood continues for KDE 3.1 as well. It provides a number of speed improvements, such as Konqueror start-up time, a number of usability enhancements by the KDE Usability Project, as well as almost 1,000 critter fixes.
More information about planned KDE 3 features is available for KDE 3.1 and KDE 3.2.
Some interesting KDE statistics: the KDE CVS source code repository consists of about 2.6 million lines of code (LOC) (for comparison, the GNU/Linux kernel version 2.5.29 consists of about 3.1 million lines of code). The KDE Project consists of hundreds of active contributors, with 300 of them translating KDE into over 70 languages (KDE 3.0.4 shipped in 51 languages). In May 2002 over 11,014 CVS commits were executed. The KDE website has 24 official mirrors in 16 countries and the KDE FTP site has 71 official mirrors in 30 countries.
Here is slashdot, mirrored:
http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/index.cgi?p age=%2Fsearch&cgi=GET&dir=%2F&q=tohdsals+/gro.todh sals:CQwlOIX3CT_g:ehcac&hl=ne&ie=8-FTU
I'm so there!