Well, sadly, Bill Gates says that all the time, and he's basically right. Okay, sure, OS X has made some inroads, but I think 90% qualifies for "just about every form". Check out Google's latest Zeitgeist -- 3% Mac, 1% Linux, 4% Other. The remaining 92%, some form of Microsoft Windows.
Don't get me wrong -- I love Linux, and I wish MS would die a fast yet incredibly painful death, but the reality is we've got a long, long way to go before we've made a dent in MS's personal computing monopoly. Maybe this year is the year we finally make a meaningful difference, but it's going to take some watershed event.
I just tried the demo at that site, and it doesn't work at all with popup blocking enabled in Mozilla Firebird 0.7. With blocking disabled, it works, but created a window so small the ad content wasn't visible.
I think the "way around" was based on too-forgiving logic in the original popup code, which tried to not block "legitimate" popup windows. The new system imploys a whitelist and explicit show-popups-for-this option, allowing the default rules to be much more harsh.
Oh come on. One does not need to do a study to figure this out -- nor does one need to cite scientific journals to post one's observations on slashdot. The reason to lambast this suggestion is dead on, even without precise numbers.
In fact, *any* significant amount of spam with forged from addresses, regardless of the overall percentage, is enough to make this a terribe, terrible idea. A spammer used an address at a friend's domain hosted on a box I own, and cleaning up the bounces and flames was a nightmare for several days. Urgh. That's enough evidence for me, thank you very much.
Silly prescriptionists. "Like" is so a conjunction.
From M-W online:
usageLike has been used as a conjunction since the 14th century. In the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries it was used in serious literature, but not often; in the 17th and 18th centuries it grew more frequent but less literary. It became markedly more frequent in literary use again in the 19th century. By mid-century it was coming under critical fire, but not from grammarians, oddly enough, who were wrangling over whether it could be called a preposition or not. There is no doubt that, after 600 years of use, conjunctive like is firmly established. It has been used by many prestigious literary figures of the past, though perhaps not in their most elevated works; in modern use it may be found in literature, journalism, and scholarly writing. While the present objection to it is perhaps more heated than rational, someone writing in a formal prose style may well prefer to use as, as if, such as, or an entirely different construction instead.
Well, since he *says* so obviously that those are assumptions, as you've noted by bolding the key words, then your earlier post is pretty much pointless -- yes, that part was speculation, *duh*.
But the WHO actually *does* have numbers that you could use to work out the actual math, if you want. The key point is: Automobiles *are* a large factor in air pollution, and air pollution *is* a major cause of premature death.
The reason posts like this get modded down isn't some conspiracy for the supression of your opinions. Rather, they get modded down because it's basically off-topic. Where's the "screw it all up" in this story? Or the "politics, idealism, and lack of interest", for that matter?
Back in non-liberal reality, I bet a coroner has never ever anywhere written "pollution" on a death certificate.
Are you actually suggesting that people don't die of pollution? Where is this "non-liberal reality" you speak of, and how do chemistry / biology / physics work there? By magic, I'm going to have to presume. Too bad 6.3 billion of us have to live in actual reality, "liberal" or not.
He gives the source of those numbers. From that, it's a matter of a very quick google search to corroborate the claims. (Also here). So, do you have an actual refutation, or are you just arguing out of laziness?
The kiind that makes it so nothing is decrypted until it gets to the screen itself -- closing the so-called "analog hole", unless you want to videotape the image from the monitor.
When it was time for something to go, the nice distructo matic guys came in, busted the monitors, all the hardware and ran magnates over everything just to make sure.
What, like, Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller had to jog on the broken computers? How does that help? Man, I just don't understand security these days.
Or, better, you can *not* resubscribe. Linux Magazine and Linux Format (in the UK, but relevant anywhere) are both better publications.
And if I had to choose just one Linux information source, it'd have to be Linux Weekly News -- high quality journalism and analysis in a very timely fashion, written by people who know what they're talking about.
No, sorry -- you're mistaking my "which is". 76% of the voting age population is registered. (Follow the link!) 2/3rds of those voted. 2/3 of 3/4 is 1/2 -- in this case, 51.3%.
As I said in another post in this thread, actually more than 50 of eligible voters (and about 2/3 of registered ones) voted in the last election. The 30% is just some random slashdotter's guess.
But, back to the point: I rephrase it didn't vote when you could? Don't bitch about it then.
And to rephrase what I said: why does one have to vote before they're allowed to note that voting is pointless?
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Well, sadly, Bill Gates says that all the time, and he's basically right. Okay, sure, OS X has made some inroads, but I think 90% qualifies for "just about every form". Check out Google's latest Zeitgeist -- 3% Mac, 1% Linux, 4% Other. The remaining 92%, some form of Microsoft Windows.
Don't get me wrong -- I love Linux, and I wish MS would die a fast yet incredibly painful death, but the reality is we've got a long, long way to go before we've made a dent in MS's personal computing monopoly. Maybe this year is the year we finally make a meaningful difference, but it's going to take some watershed event.
I just tried the demo at that site, and it doesn't work at all with popup blocking enabled in Mozilla Firebird 0.7. With blocking disabled, it works, but created a window so small the ad content wasn't visible.
I think the "way around" was based on too-forgiving logic in the original popup code, which tried to not block "legitimate" popup windows. The new system imploys a whitelist and explicit show-popups-for-this option, allowing the default rules to be much more harsh.
Well, if there were, that'd make the question this project is trying to answer remarkably easy.
Oh come on. One does not need to do a study to figure this out -- nor does one need to cite scientific journals to post one's observations on slashdot. The reason to lambast this suggestion is dead on, even without precise numbers.
In fact, *any* significant amount of spam with forged from addresses, regardless of the overall percentage, is enough to make this a terribe, terrible idea. A spammer used an address at a friend's domain hosted on a box I own, and cleaning up the bounces and flames was a nightmare for several days. Urgh. That's enough evidence for me, thank you very much.
Aw crap. I've been metatrolled.
This starts making a difference when you plug in more than one drive.
Silly prescriptionists. "Like" is so a conjunction.
From M-W online:
Well, since he *says* so obviously that those are assumptions, as you've noted by bolding the key words, then your earlier post is pretty much pointless -- yes, that part was speculation, *duh*.
But the WHO actually *does* have numbers that you could use to work out the actual math, if you want. The key point is: Automobiles *are* a large factor in air pollution, and air pollution *is* a major cause of premature death.
The reason posts like this get modded down isn't some conspiracy for the supression of your opinions. Rather, they get modded down because it's basically off-topic. Where's the "screw it all up" in this story? Or the "politics, idealism, and lack of interest", for that matter?
Back in non-liberal reality, I bet a coroner has never ever anywhere written "pollution" on a death certificate.
Are you actually suggesting that people don't die of pollution? Where is this "non-liberal reality" you speak of, and how do chemistry / biology / physics work there? By magic, I'm going to have to presume. Too bad 6.3 billion of us have to live in actual reality, "liberal" or not.
He gives the source of those numbers. From that, it's a matter of a very quick google search to corroborate the claims. (Also here). So, do you have an actual refutation, or are you just arguing out of laziness?
They don't have accelerated 3D support, but from what I've read, they'll do the basic things you want.
Unless your job and grants have to do with or would benefit from cutting edge linux kernels. 'Cause then, presumably, you can keep them.
Try the first paragraph of this story for a bunch of technical links. Or this one from Linuxworld for a more introductory overview.
But probably what you really want is Joseph Pranevich's Wonderful World of Linux 2.6.
The kiind that makes it so nothing is decrypted until it gets to the screen itself -- closing the so-called "analog hole", unless you want to videotape the image from the monitor.
I *swear* I typed "o" and slashdot tr/o/d/'d it.
If you can connect to the port it is not firewalled off, rather the mail server prevents you from using it.
How do you know the firewall isn't generating that message? A firewall can dd more than just drop packets.
When it was time for something to go, the nice distructo matic guys came in, busted the monitors, all the hardware and ran magnates over everything just to make sure.
What, like, Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller had to jog on the broken computers? How does that help? Man, I just don't understand security these days.
And announced the intention to sell 30,000 more. In addition to the tens of thousands he's sold over the last months.
You can always resubscribe.
Or, better, you can *not* resubscribe. Linux Magazine and Linux Format (in the UK, but relevant anywhere) are both better publications.
And if I had to choose just one Linux information source, it'd have to be Linux Weekly News -- high quality journalism and analysis in a very timely fashion, written by people who know what they're talking about.
And Shakespeare even knew how to spell his own name. Imagine that!
Did he, though?
No way. The lead in actual tin is essential -- lightweight aluminum won't do any good.
No, sorry -- you're mistaking my "which is". 76% of the voting age population is registered. (Follow the link!) 2/3rds of those voted. 2/3 of 3/4 is 1/2 -- in this case, 51.3%.
If you think it's pointless don't do it and don't complain unless you are ready to pick up a gun.
That's ridiculous. There are *many* involved, activist, and *effective* things one can do *other* than voting and violence.
Sheesh. I can't believe I even had to say that.
As I said in another post in this thread, actually more than 50 of eligible voters (and about 2/3 of registered ones) voted in the last election. The 30% is just some random slashdotter's guess.
But, back to the point: I rephrase it didn't vote when you could? Don't bitch about it then.
And to rephrase what I said: why does one have to vote before they're allowed to note that voting is pointless?