I've had almost the exact same experience on my Dell mini 9, tried XP, ubuntu, Xubuntu, OSX and a host of other lightweight linux distros and still found Win7 to be easily the best.
Calling OSX a "lightweight OS" on the Mini 9? I smell troll.
Never seen OS X on a Mini 9? (http://tinyurl.com/c8j597) Or are you just misinterpreting the author and assuming that every OS mentioned was a "lightweight OS"?
I worked with many friends in the Army(yea not just USMC) 1/25th SBCT 25th ID that participated in this battle two months before I arrived to Mosul, Iraq and I would love the opportunity to have even a chance to see it through a game developers eyes (however unrealistic it may be IMO). Chock another up to our conservative society just not being ready for something like this. Least we got Obama.
Your niece is smart, no arguing that. And as a woman she will generally do the opposite of whatever you would push her to do, no matter her aptitude haha. One important aspect in your post I see is the difference in age, you will not understand her views and it's useless to try. What you can do is sit back and provide useful real-world applicable knowledge and let her figure it all out. It's what she is good at, but if it's not what she loves....then it's all water under the bridge. Best of luck.
This was exactly my thinking upon reading this. If the object was not going to be ripped up by the the reentry into the atmosphere as we have all been taught is highly destructive then why did we not just send our astronauts up in "refrigerator-sized tanks" since they are so resistant apparently?
Yea there is a good reason, all the flaws that the dell image had. First off, it would not see all 16GB of the SSD, only 3.4GB. Talked to tech support for hours and they confirmed this is a problem they have had with other customers but the only resolution is they would send me a discounted external CD drive to wipe their image. Another issue I had was when I wanted to try out the 8.10 build I couldn't even load it from terminal with update-manager -d because they had a custom update manager that would only search for new updates....not developer updates.
In the end I was all too happy to get that POS OS off my laptop and get true ubuntu on there. It's working great now.
I suggest you give it a try. I wiped the 8.04 Dell version of Ubuntu that came with my Mini last night and when I reinstalled my own image of 8.04 the wireless card wouldnt work. I connected it to my home connection and upgraded to 8.10 and it worked right away and saw all connections within range. Hope this helps.
Just wondering where these price speculations came out of as I purchased my mini 9 for $486 shipped, and that was the upgraded model with 16GB SSD, and 1GB RAM.
I got Ubuntu on it (saves you $50 too btw) and I use it for school. I don't bother taking the power cord with me as the battery lasts for 5 hours.
Gitlow v. NY (1923) - Socialist writes the "left-wing Manifesto" where he calls for the overthrow of American govt. by class action strikes. Convicted under NY anarchy law and upheld in supreme court stating that free speech did have limitations.
Texas v. Johnson (1989) - Gregory Lee Johnson burns the American Flag at Rep. State convention in Dallas. Convicted under state statute and overturned in supreme court as flag burning is seen as symbolic speech and therefore allowed.
These are just two crucial examples in American history where symbols or writings were either ruled constitutional or uncon*. There are laws against it but it's still up to the discretion of the supreme court at this point. I am definitely interested in seeing if this issue rises higher.
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This is all well and good but when can we put them on sharks?
Calling OSX a "lightweight OS" on the Mini 9? I smell troll.
Never seen OS X on a Mini 9? (http://tinyurl.com/c8j597) Or are you just misinterpreting the author and assuming that every OS mentioned was a "lightweight OS"?
Everyone knows witches are made of wood.
"What also floats in water?" "Bread!" "Apples!" "Very small rocks!" "Cider!" "Great gravy!" "Cherries!" "Mud!" "Churches...churches!" "Lead...lead!"
Don't dial the number! Just press and hold the menu button and say "Call Mom".
(voicedial works great with the iPhone 3gs)
People still call other people!?
Honestly, I'll never understand who goes through our governments minds...
The last person to go through my mind was Jessica Biel...maybe it's the same for them.
Least we got Obama.
Obviously you have no use for your paycheck. Please consider donating it to me.
I am in it for more than a paycheck, crazy concept I know.
I worked with many friends in the Army(yea not just USMC) 1/25th SBCT 25th ID that participated in this battle two months before I arrived to Mosul, Iraq and I would love the opportunity to have even a chance to see it through a game developers eyes (however unrealistic it may be IMO). Chock another up to our conservative society just not being ready for something like this. Least we got Obama.
All you've done is raise inflation and lesson the value of a dollar by $25K-$100K per person. Welcome to $100 milk.
Thankfully someone else understands this, I was on the verge of doubting the /. crowd.
Your niece is smart, no arguing that. And as a woman she will generally do the opposite of whatever you would push her to do, no matter her aptitude haha. One important aspect in your post I see is the difference in age, you will not understand her views and it's useless to try. What you can do is sit back and provide useful real-world applicable knowledge and let her figure it all out. It's what she is good at, but if it's not what she loves....then it's all water under the bridge. Best of luck.
This was exactly my thinking upon reading this. If the object was not going to be ripped up by the the reentry into the atmosphere as we have all been taught is highly destructive then why did we not just send our astronauts up in "refrigerator-sized tanks" since they are so resistant apparently?
Amen to that
Yea there is a good reason, all the flaws that the dell image had. First off, it would not see all 16GB of the SSD, only 3.4GB. Talked to tech support for hours and they confirmed this is a problem they have had with other customers but the only resolution is they would send me a discounted external CD drive to wipe their image. Another issue I had was when I wanted to try out the 8.10 build I couldn't even load it from terminal with update-manager -d because they had a custom update manager that would only search for new updates....not developer updates. In the end I was all too happy to get that POS OS off my laptop and get true ubuntu on there. It's working great now.
I suggest you give it a try. I wiped the 8.04 Dell version of Ubuntu that came with my Mini last night and when I reinstalled my own image of 8.04 the wireless card wouldnt work. I connected it to my home connection and upgraded to 8.10 and it worked right away and saw all connections within range.
Hope this helps.
Just wondering where these price speculations came out of as I purchased my mini 9 for $486 shipped, and that was the upgraded model with 16GB SSD, and 1GB RAM. I got Ubuntu on it (saves you $50 too btw) and I use it for school. I don't bother taking the power cord with me as the battery lasts for 5 hours.
Gitlow v. NY (1923) - Socialist writes the "left-wing Manifesto" where he calls for the overthrow of American govt. by class action strikes. Convicted under NY anarchy law and upheld in supreme court stating that free speech did have limitations. Texas v. Johnson (1989) - Gregory Lee Johnson burns the American Flag at Rep. State convention in Dallas. Convicted under state statute and overturned in supreme court as flag burning is seen as symbolic speech and therefore allowed. These are just two crucial examples in American history where symbols or writings were either ruled constitutional or uncon*. There are laws against it but it's still up to the discretion of the supreme court at this point. I am definitely interested in seeing if this issue rises higher.