I doubt it's terrorism. However, all terrorism comments here are implying missile hit. Has no one considered surreptitious manual damage to some critical part of the vehicle before takeoff?
Anybody who has a "computer literate" 3 year old is, more or less, forcing this down the throats of their kids.
You obviously don't have kids. Kids, especially very young kids, want to do what they see their parents doing. And if dad is a geek...
My kids were using computers at three years old - because they wanted to "play" with the mouse and such. True it was a mac. But that only shows how easy macs are to use.
I also like http://www.alltheweb.com. It honors quotes. So "slashdot whiners" (with the quotes) will only find pages where the two words are adjacent and in that order. Can be very handy.
Personally, I go walking during half of my lunch hour, go bike riding on the weekends, and use dumbbells for upper body.
The main thing, though, is to enjoy whatever it is you decide to do and that it fits well into your normal weekly schedule. Because none of it will do any good if you only do it for a couple of days.
Please write a little prog to dig through the filesystem and rename all/certain files to lowercase names, and prompt the user when there are conflicts.
Ooh. I don't think that's a good idea. I suspect that renaming XF86Config to xf86config will have a very bad affect on XFree.
Both articles called The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe "part two" or "second installment". I've got the series right here and TLTWATW says book one on it.
Linux is already easy to use. Linux with X and KDE or Gnome is as easy to use (maybe easier) than Win2k etc. That's not the issue.
Linux will take off on the desktop when it is dead easy to install, easy to configure, easy to add new hardware, easy to get X installed, and easy to add new software.
In my mind this implies the following:
- A separate setup procedure for home users. Their needs are different from sys admins.
- If users are dedicating the machine to Linux, don't bother them with partitioning. If sharing with Windows, give them some reasonable defaults.
- APM, Sound cards, USB, scanners, printers, modems, dial-up ISP, email, web access, and GUI all have to work out of the box with minimal intervention on the part of the user.
- Installing new software can't put users in shared library hell.
When these things happen, Linux will become usable by the average user. Not before.
Maybe Lycoris has all this figured out. But I didn't see it on their web site the last time I looked. They're still showing off their GUI. Which, as far as I'm concerned, indicates they don't understand the real issue.
In this case, I think metooism is warrented. I've used Gvim as my editor of choice on Win98, NT4.0, Win2k, and Linux for five years now and have never had a problem with it. I'm a software engineer and do a _lot_ of typing. I also use it to write email, post to usenet - pretty much anything you'd want to do with text. GVim always come through for me.
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I doubt it's terrorism. However, all terrorism comments here are implying missile hit. Has no one considered surreptitious manual damage to some critical part of the vehicle before takeoff?
but it sure is fun. Whoopee cushions. If you get them at www.branders.com you could even have your names and the wedding date put on them.
Got to have the right kind of friends to appreciate them though.
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I know I worry too much, but this makes me think of the Andromeda Strain.
Fiber only goes the speed of light until you hit the next junction box. I suspect they think they can improve the junction boxes.
Still no Scsi emulation support, I see. I thought that was going to be in 5.0?
Never mind. I see that the original link was to payfor territory.
Did you try loading the page? I loaded it just fine - and I've never subscribed to WSJ.
Who's laughing now? Huh?
You obviously don't have kids. Kids, especially very young kids, want to do what they see their parents doing. And if dad is a geek...
My kids were using computers at three years old - because they wanted to "play" with the mouse and such. True it was a mac. But that only shows how easy macs are to use.
Because in programming as in many other things, you gnerally need more than one book.
But I bet the pages looked really really nice - and had spiffy kerning.
Baloney. Winpopup has been in every version of Windows that I've used (most of them) since Windows 3.11 (Windows for Warehouses er Workgroups).
Seems like this should have been a poll:
What would you give up to keep your broadband connection:
- coffee
- chocolate
- David Letterman
- baseball
- foosball
- Cowboy Neil's kidney
I also like http://www.alltheweb.com. It honors quotes. So "slashdot whiners" (with the quotes) will only find pages where the two words are adjacent and in that order. Can be very handy.
Actually, if you look at the picture, you can see that there are trolls in attendance.
Lots of good suggestions here.
Personally, I go walking during half of my lunch hour, go bike riding on the weekends, and use dumbbells for upper body.
The main thing, though, is to enjoy whatever it is you decide to do and that it fits well into your normal weekly schedule. Because none of it will do any good if you only do it for a couple of days.
Please write a little prog to dig through the filesystem and rename all/certain files to lowercase names, and prompt the user when there are conflicts.
Ooh. I don't think that's a good idea. I suspect that renaming XF86Config to xf86config will have a very bad affect on XFree.
For bash users: Add the following to the .inputrc in your home dir.
set completion-ignore-case on
Then when hitting tab to complete a filename, it will fix the case for you. i.e. typing "vi xf8" and pressing tab will get you "vi XF86Config" etc.
Try pressing the menu or top menu button. Very often that will get you past these things to the main menu.
So, my theory is that all the testosterone they're feeding the cows has resulted in larger...
Oh. Sorry. Not the story I thought it was.
Nevermind.
That explains all the humidity here in Chicago.
Both articles called The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe "part two" or "second installment". I've got the series right here and TLTWATW says book one on it.
Linux is already easy to use. Linux with X and KDE or Gnome is as easy to use (maybe easier) than Win2k etc. That's not the issue.
Linux will take off on the desktop when it is dead easy to install, easy to configure, easy to add new hardware, easy to get X installed, and easy to add new software.
In my mind this implies the following:
- A separate setup procedure for home users. Their needs are different from sys admins.
- If users are dedicating the machine to Linux, don't bother them with partitioning. If sharing with Windows, give them some reasonable defaults.
- APM, Sound cards, USB, scanners, printers, modems, dial-up ISP, email, web access, and GUI all have to work out of the box with minimal intervention on the part of the user.
- Installing new software can't put users in shared library hell.
When these things happen, Linux will become usable by the average user. Not before.
Maybe Lycoris has all this figured out. But I didn't see it on their web site the last time I looked. They're still showing off their GUI. Which, as far as I'm concerned, indicates they don't understand the real issue.
In this case, I think metooism is warrented. I've used Gvim as my editor of choice on Win98, NT4.0, Win2k, and Linux for five years now and have never had a problem with it. I'm a software engineer and do a _lot_ of typing. I also use it to write email, post to usenet - pretty much anything you'd want to do with text. GVim always come through for me.
I wonder if you have an unstable machine.
Stroustrup ... an Aggie? Whoda thunk it?