Going to disagree there. Common use of computers was...uncommon. Your average person didn't know what Windows was (i'm talking 3.11 era). Heck, most people didn't know how to type except secretaries.
That was actually the era where a significant number, if not the majority, or middle-class income homes had PCs. Windows 3.1 was the first real mainstream operating system; by the time 3.11 came out PCs were ubiquitous. Even if people didn't know how to type, they still typed; there were (and are) plenty of people who did hunt-and-peck no matter how long it took.
if you consider the pollution on a per person basis, the Chinese are polluting far less than most developed nations.
When you're talking about a finite resource like clean air, a per capita analysis is worthless, the total effect is what's important. China has 1 billion+ people.
Now, I've been against a lot of the ideas so far, but this one smacks of fucking genius, and has the potential to actually do something about the problem, which is something your unrealistic utopian ramblings will never have.
This isn't a laboratory test tube that you can wash out after you're done. This is the freaking ocean. Just because an idea sounds good doesn't mean we should just conduct large scale experiments like this.
Everywhere else, nature kills the OLD... only in "land management" do the idiots kill the young.
So your contentions are that these thousands-of-years-old trees only exist because of man, and nature would have taken care of them long ago, despite their having living thousands of years without "land management" and only "nature." Ok, do you see the logical fallacy here?
And if you think CO2 regulation is the only function that trees fulfill, well that's just wrong.
Back in the 90's the fact that Windows and MS Office were so ways to pirate (111-1111111 and I still almost remember a W95 key... 20195-oem-62195-00697 perhaps?) is a large reason behind their popularity.
Nope, Windows was already the standard by then, and that was because they were inevitably included on any non-apple PC you got. A lot of those people pirating Windows and MS Office would have otherwise probably have had to buy it.
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Don't get me wrong, he's good - very good - but it's not Academy Award level acting. If he had lived, nobody would be discussing an award.
I disagree. Nicholson was nominated for the same role, and he did a far inferior job.
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Feel free to mod me down, but at what point did Slashdot become a run of the mill message board where we discuss the latest movies and TV?
Except, of course, this is not how Debian packages work, and therefore you are posting bullshit.
You, sir, are on crack. "How Debian packages work" != "how Debian packages are supposed to work". If you've never had any problems installing any deb packages then you're probably only using the popular programs.
My old junker 700MHz Linux box fell to the 'linux curse' where hardware started failing left & right, thus making the OS fail. It happens on every 2ndhand system I install Linux on. So I get a refurbished computer & reinstall linux. Spent over an hour getting the resolutioon BACK to 1024x768 on a Micron monitor. Nothing, NOTHING should ever take that long just to change the desktop resolution. Ubuntu's "desktop resolution" is like a showcase of resolutions you honestly dont want(640x480)
Ha, try setting it on an LCD TV. Took forever. And what kind of medieval graphical environment wants you to select the freaking refresh rate on your monitor? There's no excuse for that.
One of the reasons I like Linux so much is that there's so little to complain about. Everything just works. Occasionally there's a driver hunt or compatibility issue, getting a scanner to work, but overall, once it's set up and working, smooth sailing.
Linux is fine until you try doing something even slightly non-standard sound or video-wise, and then the whole thing can come crumbling down.
I read your post and, honestly, I still don't know exactly what you're asking for. Easy to install apps? in Ubuntu you just download the required DEB, double-click on it, put your password, and press "Install".
And pray that you have all the right dependencies installed, that the libraries are where the install script thinks they are, and hell, that it can even FIND gcc.
But all that having been said, you pretty much lost me on "download a windows program." From where? How do you find it? How do you know it's safe? How do you upgrade it later? How do you ensure that it plays nicely with the rest of the system? With apt, all these things have been done for you. As noted above, I agree that there are issues yet to be addressed, but the free world is so far ahead of proprietary software in the area of installing and managing components of your system in a consistent and sensible manner that it's pretty ridiculous to even try to make the comparison.
Synaptic/Apt is not the end-all and be-all of installation systems. It doesn't "just work" all the time; I have repeatedly had problems with programs I installed through Synaptic not working. Sometimes it relied on libraries that weren't there--and the only way synaptic could get them is for me to add unofficial repositories. Sometimes they came poorly configured and wouldn't run without changing permissions and configuration files. If you've never had a problem installing something through synaptic, good for you, but don't assume it's flawless for everyone else.
Punishment is not about retribution or its not supposed to be any way. Its to rehabilitate or to incapacitate the offender.
Not exactly, there are several theories of imprisonment, including rehabilitation, deterrence (both specific and general), and retributive. Our system goes through cycles; in the 1960's and 1970's it was about rehabilitation. In the 1980's and 1990's it became more about retribution. In the 2000s we're starting to see a move towards rehabilitation again, with the drug courts and other "problem-solving" courts.
A criminal trial is about something bad you allegedly did. Nobody really cares about all the good stuff you did the rest of the day.
In some states, and under the Federal Rules, you can put on witnesses to testify what a fantastic person you are. It's done somewhat frequently, but not all the time, because the prosecutor then has the freedom to bring up bad stuff you've done during cross-examination (even if he wasn't allowed to bring it in for his case-in-chief).
And where did you get the "mugshot from prior arrest" bit ? The article makes no mention of any prior arrests; it simply says he used his mugshot as a profile pic. The fact that he's throwing up in his cell strongly suggests he's not used to being there, which in turn suggests there are no prior arrests.
A mugshot implies arrest. If you weren't arrested when it was taken, it's not a mugshot.
I still don't get why people even use facebook (or any social sites). Near as I can tell, it's a vestige of the adolescent misconception that you are the center of the universe and everything you do is interesting and important.
I use both facebook and myspace because I have many friends who, while not close, I don't want to lose track of. This is a far superior way than calling them up every few months to chat.
when "they" make abusive language a punishable offence and trawl up posts like this one.
Funny thing about the internet, it's not just other people's bad judgement that lives on forever but yours too. I wonder what your kids will think when they read this - after you been lecturing them on their behaviour.
Oh I'm never ever telling any children I may have my slashdot screen name. Papa was a trollin' stone.
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Going to disagree there. Common use of computers was...uncommon. Your average person didn't know what Windows was (i'm talking 3.11 era). Heck, most people didn't know how to type except secretaries.
That was actually the era where a significant number, if not the majority, or middle-class income homes had PCs. Windows 3.1 was the first real mainstream operating system; by the time 3.11 came out PCs were ubiquitous. Even if people didn't know how to type, they still typed; there were (and are) plenty of people who did hunt-and-peck no matter how long it took.
Marijuana boxing! "We're now in Round 153 of the first match, and a grand total of two punches have been thrown. Definitely an exciting match!"
if you consider the pollution on a per person basis, the Chinese are polluting far less than most developed nations.
When you're talking about a finite resource like clean air, a per capita analysis is worthless, the total effect is what's important. China has 1 billion+ people.
Now, I've been against a lot of the ideas so far, but this one smacks of fucking genius, and has the potential to actually do something about the problem, which is something your unrealistic utopian ramblings will never have.
This isn't a laboratory test tube that you can wash out after you're done. This is the freaking ocean. Just because an idea sounds good doesn't mean we should just conduct large scale experiments like this.
Some of us learnt chemistry more recently than the 19th century.
My plan is to use ether to force out the bad humours in the ocean.
Everywhere else, nature kills the OLD... only in "land management" do the idiots kill the young.
So your contentions are that these thousands-of-years-old trees only exist because of man, and nature would have taken care of them long ago, despite their having living thousands of years without "land management" and only "nature." Ok, do you see the logical fallacy here?
And if you think CO2 regulation is the only function that trees fulfill, well that's just wrong.
immature and unprofessional elements in the team
Wow, an immature and unprofessional FOSS developer? The mind reels at such an impossibility...
Back in the 90's the fact that Windows and MS Office were so ways to pirate (111-1111111 and I still almost remember a W95 key ... 20195-oem-62195-00697 perhaps?) is a large reason behind their popularity.
Nope, Windows was already the standard by then, and that was because they were inevitably included on any non-apple PC you got. A lot of those people pirating Windows and MS Office would have otherwise probably have had to buy it.
Don't get me wrong, he's good - very good - but it's not Academy Award level acting. If he had lived, nobody would be discussing an award.
I disagree. Nicholson was nominated for the same role, and he did a far inferior job.
Feel free to mod me down, but at what point did Slashdot become a run of the mill message board where we discuss the latest movies and TV?
2003.
Except, of course, this is not how Debian packages work, and therefore you are posting bullshit.
You, sir, are on crack. "How Debian packages work" != "how Debian packages are supposed to work". If you've never had any problems installing any deb packages then you're probably only using the popular programs.
A simple Google search disproves your claim.
...if such a mindset would only dispell the myth that a every pirated copy equates to one lost sale.
But there's also the mindset that piracy doesn't cause any lost profit, which is just ludicrous.
My old junker 700MHz Linux box fell to the 'linux curse' where hardware started failing left & right, thus making the OS fail. It happens on every 2ndhand system I install Linux on. So I get a refurbished computer & reinstall linux. Spent over an hour getting the resolutioon BACK to 1024x768 on a Micron monitor. Nothing, NOTHING should ever take that long just to change the desktop resolution. Ubuntu's "desktop resolution" is like a showcase of resolutions you honestly dont want(640x480)
Ha, try setting it on an LCD TV. Took forever. And what kind of medieval graphical environment wants you to select the freaking refresh rate on your monitor? There's no excuse for that.
One of the reasons I like Linux so much is that there's so little to complain about. Everything just works. Occasionally there's a driver hunt or compatibility issue, getting a scanner to work, but overall, once it's set up and working, smooth sailing.
Linux is fine until you try doing something even slightly non-standard sound or video-wise, and then the whole thing can come crumbling down.
Don't want Joe users to complain about your programming/design mistakes? Close the source.
Or write better code.
I read your post and, honestly, I still don't know exactly what you're asking for. Easy to install apps? in Ubuntu you just download the required DEB, double-click on it, put your password, and press "Install".
And pray that you have all the right dependencies installed, that the libraries are where the install script thinks they are, and hell, that it can even FIND gcc.
But all that having been said, you pretty much lost me on "download a windows program." From where? How do you find it? How do you know it's safe? How do you upgrade it later? How do you ensure that it plays nicely with the rest of the system? With apt, all these things have been done for you. As noted above, I agree that there are issues yet to be addressed, but the free world is so far ahead of proprietary software in the area of installing and managing components of your system in a consistent and sensible manner that it's pretty ridiculous to even try to make the comparison.
Synaptic/Apt is not the end-all and be-all of installation systems. It doesn't "just work" all the time; I have repeatedly had problems with programs I installed through Synaptic not working. Sometimes it relied on libraries that weren't there--and the only way synaptic could get them is for me to add unofficial repositories. Sometimes they came poorly configured and wouldn't run without changing permissions and configuration files. If you've never had a problem installing something through synaptic, good for you, but don't assume it's flawless for everyone else.
Punishment is not about retribution or its not supposed to be any way. Its to rehabilitate or to incapacitate the offender.
Not exactly, there are several theories of imprisonment, including rehabilitation, deterrence (both specific and general), and retributive. Our system goes through cycles; in the 1960's and 1970's it was about rehabilitation. In the 1980's and 1990's it became more about retribution. In the 2000s we're starting to see a move towards rehabilitation again, with the drug courts and other "problem-solving" courts.
You should watch North by Northwest [imdb.com] for an example. Granted, it is slightly far fetched...
Great, now I have the instrumental theme stuck in my head.
His lawyer is lousy, all right, but only because he should have made sure lipton:
Speaking as a lawyer, I am always impressed by how much control slashdotters think we have over our clients.
A criminal trial is about something bad you allegedly did. Nobody really cares about all the good stuff you did the rest of the day.
In some states, and under the Federal Rules, you can put on witnesses to testify what a fantastic person you are. It's done somewhat frequently, but not all the time, because the prosecutor then has the freedom to bring up bad stuff you've done during cross-examination (even if he wasn't allowed to bring it in for his case-in-chief).
And where did you get the "mugshot from prior arrest" bit ? The article makes no mention of any prior arrests; it simply says he used his mugshot as a profile pic. The fact that he's throwing up in his cell strongly suggests he's not used to being there, which in turn suggests there are no prior arrests.
A mugshot implies arrest. If you weren't arrested when it was taken, it's not a mugshot.
I still don't get why people even use facebook (or any social sites). Near as I can tell, it's a vestige of the adolescent misconception that you are the center of the universe and everything you do is interesting and important.
I use both facebook and myspace because I have many friends who, while not close, I don't want to lose track of. This is a far superior way than calling them up every few months to chat.
Yet, once he's president, he'll have the official capacity to pardon all non-violent drug offenders... think he'll do it???
He'll only have the capacity to pardon offenders of federal drug laws, not state.
when "they" make abusive language a punishable offence and trawl up posts like this one. Funny thing about the internet, it's not just other people's bad judgement that lives on forever but yours too. I wonder what your kids will think when they read this - after you been lecturing them on their behaviour.
Oh I'm never ever telling any children I may have my slashdot screen name. Papa was a trollin' stone.