A bit off topic, I know, but this itsatrap stuff is really getting out of hand. Every single story on the front page now has "itsatrap". I love Admiral Ackbar as much as the next guy, but there is such a thing as overdoing it.
If you really expect to transition all your friends and family to Ubuntu linux, shouldn't you at least try it out yourself first? Then you will know first hand what changes will need to be made and how appropriate it is for your users.
Anyway, that said, ubuntuguide.org is an excellent user-friendly one-stop-shop for new users, including how to install just about any 3rd party or non-free application or library that the average user is likely to need. Thanks to the richness of Ubuntu Universe, Backports and other high-quality repositories, most of these instructions simply boil down to:
1. Add extra repositories 2. Install package foo
Of the top of my head, it's mostly non-free and patent encumbered libraries you'll want to install. That's multimedia codecs, dvd playback and macromedia Flash.
You might have to get some binary drivers, depending on your user's hardware. Most popular kernel drivers, like Nvidia, ATI and MadWifi are in linux-restricted-modules-*.
Nothing else really comes to mind besides that, but you should really try it for yourself to be sure.
I didn't know either, but apparently that's Inquirer's clever little nickname for Microsoft. You'd think they'd at least both mentioned once who they meant.
Regarding Internet gambling, I would guess the idea is whether Congressmen are intelligent enough to realize that the Internet is a global entity and that the US cannot legislate the content of sites operated in foreign states, and that, in general, the Internet is a new beast that no one country can really control which requires a new way of looking at things.
Er, not a very informative page; the only caveat listed is a vague notion that it's "unsupported" and "can prevent Web pages from displaying correctly" because it's "incompatible with some Web servers and proxy servers". There may well be good reasons, but that page doesn't really explain why.
Well, some would have wanted that. But I think the real point is, as easy as it may be to change the default, the simple fact that IE is already there gives it a big advantage. The question for the Windows user has never been "which is the best browser?" but "why should I bother changing?"
The funny thing about your question is that in some ways, users are about two clicks from this scenario every time they run Windows XP: from the Start menu, select Set Program Access and Defaults. And it's not limited to the browsers you list, but any browser that they can download.
Ah, but how are you supposed to download another browser on a clean install? By opening Internet Explorer. And by that time, for most users, the choice has already been made.
Scrabble is very much a tactical game; what you can do at any time is dependant on the actions of the other players. For example, you could get a much higher score than normal if you had a poor opponent who kept setting you up for easy triples,
In this case, though, it doesn't look like that was going on. The other player had a pretty strong game himself. In the end, the comments from the 'serious' players just sound like bitterness.
That's just like Apple, too; making a change that didn't really strike anyone at the time, only to reveal that it was in preparation for a bigger change later.
Clearly Nintendo already knows this well; every major video game store has a wireless DS kiosk with free wireless demos. You just connect wireless, pick which one you want and you can play it as much as you want on your own DS until you turn off the power. Even that's not a big restriction, as you can just close the DS to put it in sleep mode, which is very efficient - a DS can sleep for days.
It's a very nice system, very easy to use and great for consumers. I can't yet say that I've purchased something directly because of it, but it has gotten me interested in some games that I wouldn't have heard of otherwise.
But I thought shaving after you shower is bad because your skin has expanded from the moisture, so that after you have and it dries back, it'll recede a bit exposing the previously hidden base of the hairs. Basically, the same concept behind how hair and fingernails seem to "grow" after death.
So now that diamonds are easily manufacturable, people are looking for other types of gems. Sapphires and rubies were suggested, but it seems they are easily manufactured too. Is there any gemstone that is not easily synthetically made?
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Interesting. I noticed the lack of replies on recent stories as well, just chalked it up to random chance.
Of course, this one probably won't appear either, but got to try.
A bit off topic, I know, but this itsatrap stuff is really getting out of hand. Every single story on the front page now has "itsatrap". I love Admiral Ackbar as much as the next guy, but there is such a thing as overdoing it.
If you really expect to transition all your friends and family to Ubuntu linux, shouldn't you at least try it out yourself first? Then you will know first hand what changes will need to be made and how appropriate it is for your users.
Anyway, that said, ubuntuguide.org is an excellent user-friendly one-stop-shop for new users, including how to install just about any 3rd party or non-free application or library that the average user is likely to need. Thanks to the richness of Ubuntu Universe, Backports and other high-quality repositories, most of these instructions simply boil down to:
1. Add extra repositories
2. Install package foo
Of the top of my head, it's mostly non-free and patent encumbered libraries you'll want to install. That's multimedia codecs, dvd playback and macromedia Flash.
You might have to get some binary drivers, depending on your user's hardware. Most popular kernel drivers, like Nvidia, ATI and MadWifi are in linux-restricted-modules-*.
Nothing else really comes to mind besides that, but you should really try it for yourself to be sure.
I didn't know either, but apparently that's Inquirer's clever little nickname for Microsoft. You'd think they'd at least both mentioned once who they meant.
If you're going to review an downlable subscription-based game, you could at least link to it!
Regarding Internet gambling, I would guess the idea is whether Congressmen are intelligent enough to realize that the Internet is a global entity and that the US cannot legislate the content of sites operated in foreign states, and that, in general, the Internet is a new beast that no one country can really control which requires a new way of looking at things.
No, it's just a misspelled word. It should be "likeliness".
yes, really, some context please for those of us who don't follow WoW that closely?
they are selling some sort of real-world cards that give you some sort of game points for some unspecified purpose?
Er, not a very informative page; the only caveat listed is a vague notion that it's "unsupported" and "can prevent Web pages from displaying correctly" because it's "incompatible with some Web servers and proxy servers". There may well be good reasons, but that page doesn't really explain why.
Well, some would have wanted that. But I think the real point is, as easy as it may be to change the default, the simple fact that IE is already there gives it a big advantage. The question for the Windows user has never been "which is the best browser?" but "why should I bother changing?"
The funny thing about your question is that in some ways, users are about two clicks from this scenario every time they run Windows XP: from the Start menu, select Set Program Access and Defaults. And it's not limited to the browsers you list, but any browser that they can download.
Ah, but how are you supposed to download another browser on a clean install? By opening Internet Explorer. And by that time, for most users, the choice has already been made.
Q: If you had more time, is there a new feature you would have liked to include in IE7?
A: (summarized) Yes.
I guess what he should have asked was:
Q: If you had more time, what are some new features you would have liked to include in IE7?
Scrabble is very much a tactical game; what you can do at any time is dependant on the actions of the other players. For example, you could get a much higher score than normal if you had a poor opponent who kept setting you up for easy triples,
In this case, though, it doesn't look like that was going on. The other player had a pretty strong game himself. In the end, the comments from the 'serious' players just sound like bitterness.
Congrats to the new champ.
To be more specific, 'quixotic' is an adjective while 'quixotry' is a noun. A quixotic deed could be called a 'quixotry'.
I also like how he screams his main point in CAPS (then quietly adds a parenthetical clause that completely negates it).
That's just like Apple, too; making a change that didn't really strike anyone at the time, only to reveal that it was in preparation for a bigger change later.
Clearly Nintendo already knows this well; every major video game store has a wireless DS kiosk with free wireless demos. You just connect wireless, pick which one you want and you can play it as much as you want on your own DS until you turn off the power. Even that's not a big restriction, as you can just close the DS to put it in sleep mode, which is very efficient - a DS can sleep for days.
It's a very nice system, very easy to use and great for consumers. I can't yet say that I've purchased something directly because of it, but it has gotten me interested in some games that I wouldn't have heard of otherwise.
But I thought shaving after you shower is bad because your skin has expanded from the moisture, so that after you have and it dries back, it'll recede a bit exposing the previously hidden base of the hairs.
Basically, the same concept behind how hair and fingernails seem to "grow" after death.
Re-read. They specifically give the numbers of the Sony games devision. It's even quoted in the summary.
Annoying to you, yes, but don't you think most random people were (at the time) more interested in the homocide than in your page?
No, you twit, he means Linux is 2 months old. Learn to read.
This page on the Ubuntu Wiki has a good overview of the upstart, including why it existing systems didn't meet their needs.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt/artistic license and all, but for the record, it was a poisoned donut.
"But did they include the recipe?"
So now that diamonds are easily manufacturable, people are looking for other types of gems. Sapphires and rubies were suggested, but it seems they are easily manufactured too. Is there any gemstone that is not easily synthetically made?