I have been saying that Communism, Capitalism, Socialism, Anarchy, and some others are all based on having a utopian society. When I tell people this most are ok with the idea until you get to capitalism. *sigh*
The problem with getting media attention is that once you have it they focus on the wrong thing. Have a nice, peaceful protest and it will never make the nightly news. Have a riot and the media won't even mention why the gathering took place.
Unreviewed, untested, warranty-less binaries that engage in continuous communication with remote servers are a serious security threat, as well as a threat to the integrity of the machines. Many a machine has been brought to its knees because of some weird interaction between the installed packages.
Wouldn't that description pretty much describe a Microsoft OS?
Try using Galeon (found at galeon.sourceforge.net). It can block popups, recover URL's after a crash, and has tabbed browsing. Tabbed browsing is the main reason I use it. I'm surprised more browsers don't have that feature.
My works, as an author, are a matter between me and my readers. Microsoft has no business "improving" upon them.
In other words Microsoft is like the waiter that takes a shit in your food before giving it to you. Needless to say I hope people band together and don't allow MS to shit upon their work by changing the content.
I agree. My image of this would be like the widely liked reboot your computer message with only an OK button. That is real choice. It would be disabled by default all right -- until you want to finish installing XP.
Geez. Most college students pay for tuition, books, housing, liqour, etc and now more money should be slapped on if they have a computer? Me thinks many students would forgo the whole expense of a computer and instead spend the money on booze. At least getting caught with liqour is cheaper than having a virus under this plan.
No only was I a freshman in college, but I was an alcoholic AND a Windoze user. The alcoholism and near starvation wasn't too bad, but using Windoze nearly broke me.
Geez, talk about a group of people being on the same track. It seems half the people want this person to start teaching the kids programming! What an awful, awful thing to do!
Teach the kids basic things. Keep if fun, interesting, and relaxed. Those that want to explore more will, and those that don't won't. Starting kids programming right away is like giving them a car: Before you have a kid even sit in the car you are going to have him build one? Doesn't make sense to me.
Yes, that is all I need is more shit to make the webpage I am loading bigger, my browser bigger, and Microshoft's prescence in my life bigger. Sign me up -- quick!
Hopefully somebody will come out with a script that will add the meta tag to disable DumbTags. Something tells me this would be a very popular app, and will go thru many versions since MS will want to make sure we only want to disable DumbTags version 1.05 and not 1.051.
I think it is true a Linux install is just as easy as a windows install. Perhaps the most difficult part of a Linux install is the partitioning. Winders doesn't do that. To make a Linux install easier we should just have it start with the normal stuff: location, keyboard, mouse. Then have the full screen flash and beep and everything and have a dialog box that says:
"All data on this computer will be deleted before installing Linux! Continue?" with a Yes or No box. Of course this dialog would only run if the installer detects a fat partition;)
I found that the first month of becoming a vegetarian were the hardest. Mainly this was due to one or two meat products I really loved like pepporoni (sp?) pizza and Slim Jim's. At the end of three months you really don't crave meat anymore, although even today I still get a craving for certain things because I haven't found a replacement.
I think the Gunmen show could have worked if it had a different tone. Their is/was a big difference between the appearences by the Lone Gunmen on the X-Files and their own show. It seemed like the whole mood had changed, and part of what made the Lone Gunmen interesting on the X-Files was that mood.
Even if this did work (and a few people have pointed out that it won't) I'm not sure it would be a good thing. For one, the stability of the drivers for Windows are less than perfect, and can many times lead to a crash. I think good uptimes are a great benefit of Linux on the desktop. Secondly this would make device manufactuers even less willing to make Linux drivers if "those hackers can use the windows drivers." A better idea in my mind is to support companies that include drivers for Linux.
You are correct in saying that Nautilus was not well received by everybody. I don't even use it as my main file manager, instead preferring GMC for a few different reasons.
I also believe it is bloated and tries to do too much. The same could be said of many other programs. My hope is that Nautilus can be refined to be more stable and lightweight, while still retaining eye candy features for those who want it. I think there were good and bad parts to the project. Personally I liked the notes feature, but hated how it handled desktop appearance and the integration of Mozilla.
The whole Nautilus project seemed pretty beta to me, and with good reason. This was a pretty big step up on Linux from something like GMC. There are lots of refinements and slimming that can be done. For a project as big as Nautilus I think the Mozilla model of development would be better suited for it.
Personally, I tend to do filesystem maintenance from the shell, or GMC if it strikes my fancy. YMMV.
Mozilla is a god DAMN web browser. What a load of crap you are chewing on.
Nautilus was trying to put a lot into their file manager. When was the last time you saw one that easily let you keep notes, scan images, text files, and look pudry. You haven't.
This project was a daunting task. I think it would have lasted longer had it not come at such a bad time for funding. Look at how long it has taken for Mozilla to become something that many use as the default browser on Linux. M18 was totally unuseable for me on my Pentium II 300, and now Mozilla.9 works great. I can only wonder what would have happened in Eazel used a method similar to Mozilla development. Nautilus was pretty rough in some areas, but then again, so was Mozilla.
The reason why I would go with a game console over a computer for playing games is that console games are much easier to learn and enjoy. Sure, I still play games on the comp, but they are ones that aren't out for any console. I don't need any added complexity when I want to relax when playing a game.
In my mind any effort to get games to Linux is good. What I would like to see is a Linux distro that has its focus on supporting games. Gnome, KDE, Gimp, etc., can still be included while making a Linux game distro. I am willing to bet that you could even charge for the distro (something like $20). Look at how much the new games out cost. This could give gamers a cheap, robust OS on which to play games.
I didn't learn Macintosh and Linux by reading books. I learned them by playing games.
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I have been saying that Communism, Capitalism, Socialism, Anarchy, and some others are all based on having a utopian society. When I tell people this most are ok with the idea until you get to capitalism. *sigh*
The problem with getting media attention is that once you have it they focus on the wrong thing. Have a nice, peaceful protest and it will never make the nightly news. Have a riot and the media won't even mention why the gathering took place.
Even more ironic is the page for this comic about pop ups having a pop up.
Unreviewed, untested, warranty-less binaries that engage in continuous communication with remote servers are a serious security threat, as well as a threat to the integrity of the machines. Many a machine has been brought to its knees because of some weird interaction between the installed packages.
Wouldn't that description pretty much describe a Microsoft OS?
Try using Galeon (found at galeon.sourceforge.net). It can block popups, recover URL's after a crash, and has tabbed browsing. Tabbed browsing is the main reason I use it. I'm surprised more browsers don't have that feature.
I can vouch that this book is well worth the time and money. It even has a talking Gorilla. What more could you ask for?
Thank the demons for Pessimists! They may speak of gloom and doom, but without them we would be ignorant and fucked.
My works, as an author, are a matter between me and my readers. Microsoft has no business "improving" upon them.
In other words Microsoft is like the waiter that takes a shit in your food before giving it to you. Needless to say I hope people band together and don't allow MS to shit upon their work by changing the content.
I agree. My image of this would be like the widely liked reboot your computer message with only an OK button. That is real choice. It would be disabled by default all right -- until you want to finish installing XP.
File and printer sharing are disabled by default.
MS also can't control content through file and printer sharing. Why would they care?
Geez. Most college students pay for tuition, books, housing, liqour, etc and now more money should be slapped on if they have a computer? Me thinks many students would forgo the whole expense of a computer and instead spend the money on booze. At least getting caught with liqour is cheaper than having a virus under this plan.
No only was I a freshman in college, but I was an alcoholic AND a Windoze user. The alcoholism and near starvation wasn't too bad, but using Windoze nearly broke me.
Geez, talk about a group of people being on the same track. It seems half the people want this person to start teaching the kids programming! What an awful, awful thing to do!
Teach the kids basic things. Keep if fun, interesting, and relaxed. Those that want to explore more will, and those that don't won't. Starting kids programming right away is like giving them a car: Before you have a kid even sit in the car you are going to have him build one? Doesn't make sense to me.
Yes, that is all I need is more shit to make the webpage I am loading bigger, my browser bigger, and Microshoft's prescence in my life bigger. Sign me up -- quick!
Hopefully somebody will come out with a script that will add the meta tag to disable DumbTags. Something tells me this would be a very popular app, and will go thru many versions since MS will want to make sure we only want to disable DumbTags version 1.05 and not 1.051.
Every time we look at porn a devil gets its horns.
I think it is true a Linux install is just as easy as a windows install. Perhaps the most difficult part of a Linux install is the partitioning. Winders doesn't do that. To make a Linux install easier we should just have it start with the normal stuff: location, keyboard, mouse. Then have the full screen flash and beep and everything and have a dialog box that says: ;)
"All data on this computer will be deleted before installing Linux! Continue?" with a Yes or No box. Of course this dialog would only run if the installer detects a fat partition
I found that the first month of becoming a vegetarian were the hardest. Mainly this was due to one or two meat products I really loved like pepporoni (sp?) pizza and Slim Jim's. At the end of three months you really don't crave meat anymore, although even today I still get a craving for certain things because I haven't found a replacement.
YMMV.
I think the Gunmen show could have worked if it had a different tone. Their is/was a big difference between the appearences by the Lone Gunmen on the X-Files and their own show. It seemed like the whole mood had changed, and part of what made the Lone Gunmen interesting on the X-Files was that mood.
Even if this did work (and a few people have pointed out that it won't) I'm not sure it would be a good thing. For one, the stability of the drivers for Windows are less than perfect, and can many times lead to a crash. I think good uptimes are a great benefit of Linux on the desktop. Secondly this would make device manufactuers even less willing to make Linux drivers if "those hackers can use the windows drivers." A better idea in my mind is to support companies that include drivers for Linux.
You are correct in saying that Nautilus was not well received by everybody. I don't even use it as my main file manager, instead preferring GMC for a few different reasons.
I also believe it is bloated and tries to do too much. The same could be said of many other programs. My hope is that Nautilus can be refined to be more stable and lightweight, while still retaining eye candy features for those who want it. I think there were good and bad parts to the project. Personally I liked the notes feature, but hated how it handled desktop appearance and the integration of Mozilla.
The whole Nautilus project seemed pretty beta to me, and with good reason. This was a pretty big step up on Linux from something like GMC. There are lots of refinements and slimming that can be done. For a project as big as Nautilus I think the Mozilla model of development would be better suited for it.
Personally, I tend to do filesystem maintenance from the shell, or GMC if it strikes my fancy. YMMV.
Thanks for not trolling btw.
Mozilla is a god DAMN web browser. What a load of crap you are chewing on.
Nautilus was trying to put a lot into their file manager. When was the last time you saw one that easily let you keep notes, scan images, text files, and look pudry. You haven't.
By the way, learn to use contractions.
This project was a daunting task. I think it would have lasted longer had it not come at such a bad time for funding. Look at how long it has taken for Mozilla to become something that many use as the default browser on Linux. M18 was totally unuseable for me on my Pentium II 300, and now Mozilla .9 works great. I can only wonder what would have happened in Eazel used a method similar to Mozilla development. Nautilus was pretty rough in some areas, but then again, so was Mozilla.
In any case I wish the best to Andy as well.
The reason why I would go with a game console over a computer for playing games is that console games are much easier to learn and enjoy. Sure, I still play games on the comp, but they are ones that aren't out for any console. I don't need any added complexity when I want to relax when playing a game.
In my mind any effort to get games to Linux is good. What I would like to see is a Linux distro that has its focus on supporting games. Gnome, KDE, Gimp, etc., can still be included while making a Linux game distro. I am willing to bet that you could even charge for the distro (something like $20). Look at how much the new games out cost. This could give gamers a cheap, robust OS on which to play games.
I didn't learn Macintosh and Linux by reading books. I learned them by playing games.
>and I'm yet to see a
should be:
and I've yet to see a
*wakes up*
Doh! Wrong forum! I thought Kuro5hin seemed a bit lacking today...