I don't know. I learned it while reading the informative flash cards while installing Red Hat in 2000. Back then, it was an option you could select during installation. I have used it ever since. Primarily I use it for copy and paste operations: every time you select text in Xwindows, the text gets copied to a buffer (a seperate buffer from the one used by Ctrl+C and friends). Clicking with button 3 pastes it.
I haven't booted up Mint 12 yet, but... Are the menus in alphabetical order? Is it something like Accessories, Games, Internet, Media, Other, Productivity, Programming, System?
Because the number of exits which do not accept cash are increasing. In Miami, they are doing away with them entirely in the name of safety. (If a driver doesn't have to aim for specific lanes (change, coins only), then they won't have to switch lanes, which reduces the chance of accidents.)
...I question that trademarks are as strong as you think they are.
If the registry for.xxx is based in Florida (the same state as several major Disney parks), I guarantee you that their trademark is much, much stronger than you think it is.
Reminds me of Thomas Jefferson's stance on slavery. He thought it was reprehensible, but couldn't see how to resolve the problem, so he kept slaves and left it to future generations to solve. If he had released his slaves while living, he probably would not have been able to foster the young United States as he did; I think it is a very interesting conundrum.
I wonder if, in a century or two, people will visit some 20th-century Monticello and say, "Golly, how in the world could he have kept registering software patents? They're so immoral!"
Anti-Wikileaks? I don't believe so. The motivation is access for all. Currently, documents in JSTOR cannot be freely accessed by those without memberships. Pirating the JSTOR repository changes that. When Wikileaks makes information public, they are trying to shed light on the organization that produced the information. If these JSTOR documents were shared, it would be so the knowledge itself may be used, without any judgement of the authors. (When I read a leaked cable, I care not for the cable's content, but what it implies about my ambassador. When I read a leaked physics paper, I care about the paper's content and results, not the author.)
We can't comb the evidence because he apparently never got to the point of sharing the blob of articles on the pirate bay. Seems pretty clear-cut to me: He is an ethics researcher, got it into his head that it is unethical for journals to have restricted archives, and was doing his best to liberate as many archives as he had access to.
I wonder if JSTOR, through MIT, was his first target. I mean, how many universities are there in Boston? And somebody check arXiv.org; see if there's been an influx of submissions.
"Yes, of course Angry Birds is easier to play when the camera's pointing at your iPad. What? Don't be ridiculous! I'm not watching you type in your password, I'm playing Angry Birds. The nerve!"
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I don't know. I learned it while reading the informative flash cards while installing Red Hat in 2000. Back then, it was an option you could select during installation. I have used it ever since. Primarily I use it for copy and paste operations: every time you select text in Xwindows, the text gets copied to a buffer (a seperate buffer from the one used by Ctrl+C and friends). Clicking with button 3 pastes it.
I haven't booted up Mint 12 yet, but... Are the menus in alphabetical order? Is it something like Accessories, Games, Internet, Media, Other, Productivity, Programming, System?
[...] the inability to start a new instance of an application without plugging in an external 3-button mouse [...]
Sorry to latch on to only one part of your comment, but did you know that clicking both buttons on your mouse or touchpad will emulate button 3?
That is the second time I've seen that tonight. It is a deep mystery.
I can steal someone's identity once out of every thirty times and still get 97% positive feedback.
It is a nice idea, I suppose... But why Oct 30? Is it just because his birthday (which is in September) is too far away, and we'll forget him by then?
But I can always count on a discreet circuit to keep its mouth shut when the boss asks about my programming.
Are you still in Grade 5? The GP was obviously being facetious.
Because the number of exits which do not accept cash are increasing. In Miami, they are doing away with them entirely in the name of safety. (If a driver doesn't have to aim for specific lanes (change, coins only), then they won't have to switch lanes, which reduces the chance of accidents.)
Mod parent up. This is the most poignant comment so far.
...I question that trademarks are as strong as you think they are.
If the registry for .xxx is based in Florida (the same state as several major Disney parks), I guarantee you that their trademark is much, much stronger than you think it is.
Heh. I know what N does, but rarely have a need for it aside from when a vehicle breaks down, and needs to be pushed.
R, N, and D refer to automatic transmissions. Are you talking about those? That's something I've never heard.
At the very least, I was hoping that it was going to turn out to be a clever pun.
This is why I never comment until the mods have had a chance to let me know whether I should be laughing.
Heck, I thought it was hilarious without knowing it was a film reference.
N? Who uses N?
Reminds me of Thomas Jefferson's stance on slavery. He thought it was reprehensible, but couldn't see how to resolve the problem, so he kept slaves and left it to future generations to solve. If he had released his slaves while living, he probably would not have been able to foster the young United States as he did; I think it is a very interesting conundrum.
I wonder if, in a century or two, people will visit some 20th-century Monticello and say, "Golly, how in the world could he have kept registering software patents? They're so immoral!"
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Anti-Wikileaks? I don't believe so. The motivation is access for all. Currently, documents in JSTOR cannot be freely accessed by those without memberships. Pirating the JSTOR repository changes that. When Wikileaks makes information public, they are trying to shed light on the organization that produced the information. If these JSTOR documents were shared, it would be so the knowledge itself may be used, without any judgement of the authors. (When I read a leaked cable, I care not for the cable's content, but what it implies about my ambassador. When I read a leaked physics paper, I care about the paper's content and results, not the author.)
We can't comb the evidence because he apparently never got to the point of sharing the blob of articles on the pirate bay. Seems pretty clear-cut to me: He is an ethics researcher, got it into his head that it is unethical for journals to have restricted archives, and was doing his best to liberate as many archives as he had access to.
I wonder if JSTOR, through MIT, was his first target. I mean, how many universities are there in Boston? And somebody check arXiv.org; see if there's been an influx of submissions.
If Michael gets a Google+ account through an invitation by a slashdotter, then that is the Streisand effect at its finest.
My boss just implemented PJ-Thursdays, so we can "work at home" in our downtown office building, you insensitive clod!
"Yes, of course Angry Birds is easier to play when the camera's pointing at your iPad. What? Don't be ridiculous! I'm not watching you type in your password, I'm playing Angry Birds. The nerve!"