You're replying to my comment about the caps lock key, but regarding Gnome's sessions: They are a good idea in theory, however as you use Gnome more I think you'll find them broken in several annoying ways. For one thing, you have to be careful that you close Gnome with exactly the applications running that you want on startup. I would like to have, say, Firefox and a terminal window open every time at startup and nothing more. For another thing, the session is only saved if you "log out" of Gnome. I'm a command line junky, and usually type "poweroff" to shut down the computer instead of using the GUI contols. Every time there's a new release of Gnome, I try the session support for a few days, but so far it's been disappointing to me.
I never did understand why it's desirable to load PDF's into the browser window. Besides screwing up forward/back and other browser controls, your browser is effectively locked while waiting for the plugin (and document) to load. Bleh. I'd rather open PDF's in a separate application, thank you very much.
Actually, I make use of that feature myself. But as they say, the setting is down in the basement, at the bottom of a filing cabinet in a disused lavatory, with a sign on the door saying "beware of the leopard." In my opinion, it should either be disabled by default or on the main "keyboard config" screen.
Caps Lock: Please include a way to easily disable this useless key. Nothing like accidently going into caps lock mode when you're working in Vi..
Gnome "Save Session": Please fix it or lose it. This feature is broken since forever, and even once it's disabled it still tries to restore the session from the "last save."
Most mobile devices don't support full-on CSS, and for the ones that do, Wikipedia uses the media attribute on their CSS include to exclude them from the web-formatted version.
Basically, disable CSS in your browser and look at the page -- hardly any graphics are displayed and the structural formatting is perfect for mobile devices (and text browsers, screen readers, etc).
In that context, I think I agree with you. I've gotten reasonably well aquainted FC2 and FC3 and while it's a nice distro (though a little heavy), I wouldn't want to administer more than a couple boxes. I guess I've gotten spoiled by Gentoo's and Debian's ability to upgrade seamlessly. If Fedora could do the equivalant of "apt-get dist-upgrade" I would like it better.
I was contemplating the other day that if the control systems of Vi and Emacs were crossed, you'd end up with something a lot like Nethack. Heck, half the challenge of the game is learning all the commands!
Microsoft had a version of the driver in the OS and on the Windows update site with a lot of OpenGL features stripped. It worked, but was a little broken and very slow, but Direct3D worked fine.
Holy shit, that's evil -- and shows exactly why Microsoft should have been broken up ala Ma Bell. MS has shown time and again that they will impede progress/interoperability to further their monopoly. Why do users stand for it?
Comments about U.S. sexual repression aside (which I'd likely agree with), I think they're called "OBGYN" because they offer a number of services, part of which is Gynacology. But that's really just an educated guess.
This is what happens when you build your Space Center in Texas.
Heh. That reminds me of the movie Armageddon, except substitute the Cosmonaut's wrench for Texas duct tape. "This is how we fix the International Space Station, y'all!"
According to the article, these fans are more interested in standing in line than seeing the movie itself:
"The telling thing is -- for me, at least -- if the film is not playing at the Chinese... I have zero desire to see it at all," a fan who calls himself Obi Geewhyen posted on the message board at Liningup.net. "I'm in it for the lineup only and don't give a darn about the conclusion of this lackluster, so-called 'Star Wars' series."
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have found the Comic Book Guy!
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Great, now there's a smoking hole where Maxim's web server used to be. Anybody manage to snag a copy of the video? :)
You're replying to my comment about the caps lock key, but regarding Gnome's sessions: They are a good idea in theory, however as you use Gnome more I think you'll find them broken in several annoying ways. For one thing, you have to be careful that you close Gnome with exactly the applications running that you want on startup. I would like to have, say, Firefox and a terminal window open every time at startup and nothing more. For another thing, the session is only saved if you "log out" of Gnome. I'm a command line junky, and usually type "poweroff" to shut down the computer instead of using the GUI contols. Every time there's a new release of Gnome, I try the session support for a few days, but so far it's been disappointing to me.
I never did understand why it's desirable to load PDF's into the browser window. Besides screwing up forward/back and other browser controls, your browser is effectively locked while waiting for the plugin (and document) to load. Bleh. I'd rather open PDF's in a separate application, thank you very much.
And how would that data tell them the sex of the viewer?
Actually, I make use of that feature myself. But as they say, the setting is down in the basement, at the bottom of a filing cabinet in a disused lavatory, with a sign on the door saying "beware of the leopard." In my opinion, it should either be disabled by default or on the main "keyboard config" screen.
Interesting, thanks..
He does have a few good points though, such as:
And at that point Slashdot will have completed it's de-evolution into a technical version of Fark.
Most mobile devices don't support full-on CSS, and for the ones that do, Wikipedia uses the media attribute on their CSS include to exclude them from the web-formatted version.
Basically, disable CSS in your browser and look at the page -- hardly any graphics are displayed and the structural formatting is perfect for mobile devices (and text browsers, screen readers, etc).
In that context, I think I agree with you. I've gotten reasonably well aquainted FC2 and FC3 and while it's a nice distro (though a little heavy), I wouldn't want to administer more than a couple boxes. I guess I've gotten spoiled by Gentoo's and Debian's ability to upgrade seamlessly. If Fedora could do the equivalant of "apt-get dist-upgrade" I would like it better.
My personal favorite is watching the Ballmer Monkey Dance with libcaca output. Now with color! (mplayer -vo caca)
In the wake of Red Hat's withdrawl of a viable free linux distro
What's wrong with Fedora in your opinion? (besides the lack of MP3 support, which unfortunately seems to be a trend)
I guess I suck at Nethack -- been playing (on and off) for years, and have never ascended..
Eww. I am going to clean my keyboard.. Right. Now.
I was contemplating the other day that if the control systems of Vi and Emacs were crossed, you'd end up with something a lot like Nethack. Heck, half the challenge of the game is learning all the commands!
H, J, K, and L what game is that?
These are used by Nethack, an insanely difficult (and great) Roguelike computer game.
I need a medic! I need ammo!
Howdy, fellow ET player..
That bitch's knees are way too pointy, anyway..
Microsoft had a version of the driver in the OS and on the Windows update site with a lot of OpenGL features stripped. It worked, but was a little broken and very slow, but Direct3D worked fine.
Holy shit, that's evil -- and shows exactly why Microsoft should have been broken up ala Ma Bell. MS has shown time and again that they will impede progress/interoperability to further their monopoly. Why do users stand for it?
Comments about U.S. sexual repression aside (which I'd likely agree with), I think they're called "OBGYN" because they offer a number of services, part of which is Gynacology. But that's really just an educated guess.
This is what happens when you build your Space Center in Texas.
Heh. That reminds me of the movie Armageddon, except substitute the Cosmonaut's wrench for Texas duct tape.
"This is how we fix the International Space Station, y'all!"
According to the article, these fans are more interested in standing in line than seeing the movie itself:
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have found the Comic Book Guy!
It's not just limited to American exports either.. we have BP filling stations here in Chicago.
No one will ever crack this code!
1-2-3-5-8-13-21Slow reader, eh?
Rumble, Laserbeak, Ravage: prepare for battle. Operation: warfare. Eject... eject... eject..