"If the facts are on your side, bang on the facts.
If the law is on your side, bang on the law.
If neither the facts nor the law is on your side, bang on the table."
"Honor and dignity" is GOP code for "No extra-marital blowjobs"
It's a well known fact that getting a blowjob from someone who is not your wife is dishonorable and undignified. Inventing reasons to invade foreign states without any clear exit strategy, that's just youthful over-exuberance.
Basically the same. You get to take your case to a court higher than the one that made the order, and present any evidence that you've not done things you're being accused of, or why its a breach of your human rights to be prevented from continuing to do them. http://www.together.gov.uk/article.asp?aid=2691 (amusingly hacked).
Nothing in any act (short of a constitutional amendment) can undermine anyone's constitutional authority to do anything. That's what constitutional authority is. Furthermore, Presidential acts tend to get fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, and there's no way in hell that august body is gonna rule against Prez. That's tantamount to treason these days. Nice solid 5-4 with some half-assed whiny dissent paying lip service to Civil Liberties.
Fair enough. But is Google Earth really an office productivity app? That's what Desktop Linux means -- a linux system for people who work in offices. Improved Google Earth performance is nice, but its not something thats going to make the difference between a Fortune 500 company migrating their offices to Linux or upgrading to Vista. I don't deny that 3D apps have a noticeable performance boost.
I do deny that 3D apps are terribly widely used in the generic commercial environs that the phrase "Linux On The Desktop" conjures up.
Whatever is preventing Linux from wider Desktop use, it isn't the performance of Google Earth.
(Clue: its the de facto standard that is Microsoft Office, and the fact that OpenOffice, while adequate for many tasks, really isn't very good. [And its MS Office compatibility is deeply imperfect. Which isn't OpenOffice's fault necessarily, but there you go...]).
Sure. But who moves windows about very often, or for extended periods of time? Does it really matter if your computationally intensive task takes 1200 minutes or 1200 minutes and ten seconds?
If your DVD burner is running so close to underflow that moving a big window turns your DVD into a coaster, then your major problem is not with the graphics driver.
3D acceleration has its place, but its not whats stopping Linux on the desktop, because the needs 99.99% of desktop users are perfectly well served by generic X drivers.
OK: Time to mention the elephant in the room. When people say Desktop Linux needs better 3D performane, the vast majority of them are talking about gaming. That's fine, and a genuine concern for gamer. But lets not pretend that Linux Gaming and Desktop Linux are synonymous terms.
Maybe not 3D, but the Linux distributions I have tried, does not perform well on standard onboard graphics chips
I've heard a lot of people make vague statements like this, but I seriously need more information. What do you mean by this? How does this poor performance affect your workflow? How much time per day will acceleration save you?
The question still remains: does anyone actually find that unaccelerated desktop windows are slowing them down? I don't know about you, but I think faster than I type, and my editor displays the characters I type faster than either.
Err. No. The only countries to supply troops for the invasion of Iraq were the US, the UK, Spain, Poland, Australia and Japan. And Spain withdrew very early on, and Poland and Australia did not actually send very many troops. And the Japanese constitution restricts their involvement to the extent that they're prevented from actually fighting.
If the UN says stop, but everyone rolls in, it's obvious they have no power whatsoever.
For small values of "Everyone". A few rogue states like the USA and the UK (don't forget Poland) don't constitute "everyone", regardless of what US network TV tells you.
Sure. But Israel is not exactly well known for bowing to international pressure to restrain its more aggressive instincts. If a stack of UN resolutions a mile high didn't accelerate the withdrawal from Gaza, I don't think a few words from G8 are going to make any difference.
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"If the facts are on your side, bang on the facts.
If the law is on your side, bang on the law.
If neither the facts nor the law is on your side, bang on the table."
"Honor and dignity" is GOP code for "No extra-marital blowjobs"
It's a well known fact that getting a blowjob from someone who is not your wife is dishonorable and undignified. Inventing reasons to invade foreign states without any clear exit strategy, that's just youthful over-exuberance.
They can no longer afford enough gas to drive to McDonalds.
Basically the same. You get to take your case to a court higher than the one that made the order, and present any evidence that you've not done things you're being accused of, or why its a breach of your human rights to be prevented from continuing to do them. http://www.together.gov.uk/article.asp?aid=2691 (amusingly hacked).
If you a subject to an asbo you don't like, you absolutely have a right of appeal. Just like other summary judgements, like speeding and parking fine.
You may not like the use of them, but ASBO target are not denied due process.
Who's Bill Bennett? Wikipedia tells me he's a Canadian politician, in which case: I don't get it.
Indeed.
Given that the vast majority of gamblers lose, wouldn't not gambling constitute a stronger demonstration of a love of money?
True, but "Voted least crazy religion" is not a great selling point on your advertising literature.
They'd be better off sticking with the tried and true "Sole chance of avoiding everlasting damnation", or failing that, "We allow up to 7 wives".
Nothing in any act (short of a constitutional amendment) can undermine anyone's constitutional authority to do anything. That's what constitutional authority is. Furthermore, Presidential acts tend to get fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, and there's no way in hell that august body is gonna rule against Prez. That's tantamount to treason these days. Nice solid 5-4 with some half-assed whiny dissent paying lip service to Civil Liberties.
Fair enough. But is Google Earth really an office productivity app? That's what Desktop Linux means -- a linux system for people who work in offices. Improved Google Earth performance is nice, but its not something thats going to make the difference between a Fortune 500 company migrating their offices to Linux or upgrading to Vista. I don't deny that 3D apps have a noticeable performance boost.
I do deny that 3D apps are terribly widely used in the generic commercial environs that the phrase "Linux On The Desktop" conjures up.
Whatever is preventing Linux from wider Desktop use, it isn't the performance of Google Earth.
(Clue: its the de facto standard that is Microsoft Office, and the fact that OpenOffice, while adequate for many tasks, really isn't very good. [And its MS Office compatibility is deeply imperfect. Which isn't OpenOffice's fault necessarily, but there you go...]).
Sure. But who moves windows about very often, or for extended periods of time?
Does it really matter if your computationally intensive task takes 1200 minutes or 1200 minutes and ten seconds?
If your DVD burner is running so close to underflow that moving a big window turns your DVD into a coaster, then your major problem is not with the graphics driver.
3D acceleration has its place, but its not whats stopping Linux on the desktop, because the needs 99.99% of desktop users are perfectly well served by generic X drivers.
OK: Time to mention the elephant in the room.
When people say Desktop Linux needs better 3D performane, the vast majority of them are talking about gaming. That's fine, and a genuine concern for gamer. But lets not pretend that Linux Gaming and Desktop Linux are synonymous terms.
What do you mean by this?
How does this poor performance affect your workflow?
How much time per day will acceleration save you?
XGL accelerates standard desktop windows.
The question still remains: does anyone actually find that unaccelerated desktop windows are slowing them down? I don't know about you, but I think faster than I type, and my editor displays the characters I type faster than either.
Because hundreds of Desktop apps require 3D accelerated drivers.
... err ... erm ... you know.
Like erm
Oh, 3D rendering. I mean, everyone in my office spends all day doing 3D rendering.
Clue : if the speed at which windows are blitted to the screen is the rate determining step in you workflow, you're probably not getting paid enough.
Regular beta's eventually come out of beta.
GPL'd betas just gain an incredibly stable core with unstable advanced features continuously in flux.
Coming from a non-gambling addict: Are you seriously suggesting that I shouldn't be allowed to gamble because you can't handle it?
Gambling is not chemically addictive. Its time for you to take some personal responibility for your lifestyle choices.
My karma's been maxed out for about 7 years now.
I couldn't care less.
Err. No. The only countries to supply troops for the invasion of Iraq were the US, the UK, Spain, Poland, Australia and Japan. And Spain withdrew very early on, and Poland and Australia did not actually send very many troops. And the Japanese constitution restricts their involvement to the extent that they're prevented from actually fighting.
But thanks for playing.
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Sure. But Israel is not exactly well known for bowing to international pressure to restrain its more aggressive instincts. If a stack of UN resolutions a mile high didn't accelerate the withdrawal from Gaza, I don't think a few words from G8 are going to make any difference.