I don't buy that those people have the option of rail "in 45 minutes" but choose to drive two hours. That's absurd.
Most likely, when adding the time taken to get to the CalTrain station and the time needed to get from the BART to the office, you're well over the driving time. That's the case for most people when mass transit is involved, unless there are many many long-distance rails extending out into the 'burbs.
I suspect there are a lot of people that would love to take mass transit if it were actually convenient.
And this could even start with autodrive lanes on regular highways. Penalties for manually driving there would be severe and/or jersey walls would prevent it (much like the HOV lanes in major cities today).
Ok, not a real word, and really almost two words, but you get the idea. Highways would have a special lane for autonomous cars only. You'd drive yourself as far as that point, then switch it into autonomous mode and climb into the back seat for lunch. This way, the problem domain is severely limited: pretty much just stay in the lane, don't go faster than the speed limit, and don't rear-end the guy in front.
When your exit is approaching, an alarm would let you know it's time to get back in the driver's seat.
I'd trust four lanes of computer-driven vehicles moving at a uniform 55MPH, performing smooth lane changes, etc. over the freeway insanity our cities have now.
Oh, I see. You're here to bitch, not to learn. The appropriate venue for this discussion is here.
Re:New Knoppix user sings praises
on
Knoppix Hacks
·
· Score: 1
An Amiga troll! Wow, I thought those were extinct!
Re:Umm, using a tool is a hack?
on
Knoppix Hacks
·
· Score: 1
I had the same problem for a long time . . . I knew how to do a lot of things in Linux, but didn't quite feel like I had my mind around the whole thing. Basically, a three-step process got me to feeling very comfortable:
Get one or two big, fat books on Linux at a bookstore. It doesn't even really matter which ones; they all cover the same crap. They don't even have to be current at all. You may as well choose by weight. Anyway, read them, skipping the boring parts and parts you don't think you'll ever use.
Install Linux at home and use it exclusively for six months. Look up whatever you have trouble doing on the Web.
Go back and skim the books again for things you missed or disregarded the first time.
Viola! N00b-no-more.
Re:You want Slackware.
on
Knoppix Hacks
·
· Score: 1
How is that not starting "starting a distro flamewar"? You basically just said "A is great, B isn't. Why? Because I said so." And nobody was even talking about B to begin with. Sheesh.
At least 95% of my professional musical work takes place in a GNU/Linux environment. In my estimation, GNU/Linux is absolutely the most suitable platform for people interested in having access to the greatest number of creative options. Generally speaking, the majority of commercially available music software produced for MS Windows is designed for the quick and easy production of American popular music. By definition this means that the software is created in such a way that important musical decisions have been pre-made for the user. Many times, the user isn't even aware that this is happening - if the option is never presented to you how can you miss it?
This is absolutely brilliant. Linux tools are harder to learn, in the same sense that the violin is harder to learn than the tambourine.
I don't think anyone really considers IE to be a serious contender to the browser wars before 4.x. Didn't they skip a few version numbers anyway to catch up to Netscape?
That's what functions and operator overloading are for. Building every mathematical or logical construct ever devised into the language is not a good idea, but giving the programmer the ability to do so is.
Slashdot Mirror
Most likely, when adding the time taken to get to the CalTrain station and the time needed to get from the BART to the office, you're well over the driving time. That's the case for most people when mass transit is involved, unless there are many many long-distance rails extending out into the 'burbs.
I suspect there are a lot of people that would love to take mass transit if it were actually convenient.
And this could even start with autodrive lanes on regular highways. Penalties for manually driving there would be severe and/or jersey walls would prevent it (much like the HOV lanes in major cities today).
Ok, not a real word, and really almost two words, but you get the idea. Highways would have a special lane for autonomous cars only. You'd drive yourself as far as that point, then switch it into autonomous mode and climb into the back seat for lunch. This way, the problem domain is severely limited: pretty much just stay in the lane, don't go faster than the speed limit, and don't rear-end the guy in front.
When your exit is approaching, an alarm would let you know it's time to get back in the driver's seat.
I'd trust four lanes of computer-driven vehicles moving at a uniform 55MPH, performing smooth lane changes, etc. over the freeway insanity our cities have now.
So hunting = practice for when the revolution comes? Now THAT's creative.
Oh, I see. You're here to bitch, not to learn. The appropriate venue for this discussion is here.
An Amiga troll! Wow, I thought those were extinct!
- Get one or two big, fat books on Linux at a bookstore. It doesn't even really matter which ones; they all cover the same crap. They don't even have to be current at all. You may as well choose by weight. Anyway, read them, skipping the boring parts and parts you don't think you'll ever use.
- Install Linux at home and use it exclusively for six months. Look up whatever you have trouble doing on the Web.
- Go back and skim the books again for things you missed or disregarded the first time.
Viola! N00b-no-more.How is that not starting "starting a distro flamewar"? You basically just said "A is great, B isn't. Why? Because I said so." And nobody was even talking about B to begin with. Sheesh.
I've started going less because there's always some asshole chewing popcorn with his mouth open right in my ear. But I digress.
Sir, I want to buy your "Inagadadavida" ad-blocking system.
And when you're lying in bed, getting ready to go to sleep (or just waking up), there's a perfect blank space on your ceiling for some more ads.
And if you're taking a walk in the woods, hey, you've seen one tree, you've seen 'em all, right? Ads!
Just because a space is empty does NOT mean it's OK to put ads there.
Have you looked at Lilypond?
At least 95% of my professional musical work takes place in a GNU/Linux environment. In my estimation, GNU/Linux is absolutely the most suitable platform for people interested in having access to the greatest number of creative options. Generally speaking, the majority of commercially available music software produced for MS Windows is designed for the quick and easy production of American popular music. By definition this means that the software is created in such a way that important musical decisions have been pre-made for the user. Many times, the user isn't even aware that this is happening - if the option is never presented to you how can you miss it?
This is absolutely brilliant. Linux tools are harder to learn, in the same sense that the violin is harder to learn than the tambourine.
Let us know when you decide to sell the FX5900XT for cheap on eBay.
I don't think anyone really considers IE to be a serious contender to the browser wars before 4.x. Didn't they skip a few version numbers anyway to catch up to Netscape?
Yep. Maybe even Slashdot will finally have to fix that Firefox-rendering-bug that seems to affect about 50% of pages now.
You'll likely have to turn over all money you've already made.
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
That's what functions and operator overloading are for. Building every mathematical or logical construct ever devised into the language is not a good idea, but giving the programmer the ability to do so is.
ahhh . . . thanks. Unfortunately, though, I live in the U.S.
Tell me more about this "returning" DVDs. I've had no luck returning one lately, due to store policies about identical-exchange-only-on-opened-media.
No shit. Even the logo of one is sexually explicit. Yes, that's a snatch.
It's a simple typgraphical error. They misspelled '0wn'.
There's no surer sign of someone being "in it for the wealth" than saying "I'm not in it for the wealth".