is the touchpad on your toshiba made by synaptics? because if it is, then the linux driver is actually better than the windows driver. sure is on my ASUS, anyway.
might want to actually bugreport that to the OOo people. or the maintainer for Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. Might have a higher chance of getting fixed then:-)
i personally much prefer the management in FF, but perhaps someone could write an extension to simulate filesystem-style bookmarks management. i wouldn't like to see it changed wholesale - i think that it's very much a matter of preference - but this would be a good idea for an extension.
my above flame-fanning notwithstanding, you've actually got me wondering.
how did we go from multicultural to politically correct? when did the inclusion of multicultural imagery become a/bad/ thing - as polical correctness undoubtably is?
i have a theory, personally. there is no such thing as "political correctness" - it's an idea that gets thrown around when people don't want to acknowledge that either a) they're being overly sensitive to something dumb or b) they are being racist / sexist / otherwise assholeish.
in other words: you can abuse the term "pc" in both directions - by making mountains out of molehills or by trying to get away with real discrimination.
which brings me back to the discussion at hand. i live in a city (toronto) where 55% of the population are members of "visible minorities", and where 45% of the population was born outside the country (canada). it/is/ a multicultural city. thus it makes sense to me to see people or different colours on posters for city services, for example.
in this case, the very word that is used as the distro name means "humanity to others". well, good morning, "humanity" is rather colourful. thus, i'm having trouble seeing how the IMO beautiful imagery that the ubuntu developers chose is a matter of making things a "'politically correct' cultural issue".
perhaps you can enlighten me. i see the term "politically correct" used in this context often enough to want some further insight into it, because as i explained above, i think it's a straw-man excuse for a) whining or b) discrimination.
nintendo might have a case against their lawyers for royally wasting their time. like, there are bounds of reasonableness within trademark law and i'm pretty sure (though IANAL) that this is outside it.
OTOH if it was nintendo pushing for this, then their lawyers should be suing them for being enormous morons.
a sex worker in Toronto actually took a john to court when he refused to pay up. After all, "escorting" is perfectly legal, and it was in neither party's interest to admit that sex took place:-)
-Leigh
(i know that this seems dubious, and the only reference i have is from a university paper but i think it's pretty cool even if it's a myth.
In Quebec City, 2001, I shot 3 hours of DV footage. People getting surrounded and beaten up. An elderly woman having a cannister of CS-555 lobbed at her. It did nothing. Some of the footage was even plyed on tv. I guess it's not brutality if no-one's bleeding, right?
i believe that the original reference her was in "the fountains of paradise" by arthur c. clarke. i think the protagonist even cuts his finger off with it.
As someone who has just switched to GNU/Linux full-time from Mac OS X (ASUS M6BNe - barebones, with no Redmond tax!) I have to say, you hit the nail on the head point by point. I can't copy and paste between GTK2 and Qt apps unless I'm running KDE and Klipper. I'd be much happier running Fluxbox, but it's this kind of basic BASIC non-functionality that just annoys the heck out of me. And installation / global management.... yeah, I'm currently one of those for whom compiling is NOT fun.
NightGoat has solved a mystery for me... I emailed you guys (secondnirvana) a while ago about changing your "go away youngins" link to scarleteen. and you did! yay! I just happened upon the email I got back from you a few days ago and was wondering where i'd seen it. I guess it was on here:-)
i agree completely on this one. some people see this as being "fast" in fact, my mum included. the shadows and trasparence really give people the illusion of speed even if it's actually taking more time to render.
As soon as I can get the demo working (SDL parachute huh?) I'm buying your game. As a big fan of old-school adventure gaming, I'm very big on the idea of escrowing the code. I wish you guys the best, but who's to say where any of us will be 10 years down the road. I think it will create an enormous level of goodwill in the community and a further incentive for those of us who want to a) play the game and b) someday see the project do well.
formula is marketed in developping countries as being "better" than breat milk. it's not. it's really, really not. and hey, you're lucky that it worked for you + yours. but imagine this:
woman has a baby in africa somewhere. woman feeds baby formula. woman goes broke! can't buy formula, and oh no! no more breast milk either.
plus the shit they sell in thr 3rd world is awful. very different from what they sell here.
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is the touchpad on your toshiba made by synaptics? because if it is, then the linux driver is actually better than the windows driver. sure is on my ASUS, anyway.
-Leigh
google the marillat repos. it's a bit of a pain tracking down the various codecs and media stuff for ubuntu... but so worth it. I love ubuntu.
-Leigh
might want to actually bugreport that to the OOo people. or the maintainer for Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. Might have a higher chance of getting fixed then :-)
-Leigh
*looks at linux server in one corner*
:-)
*looks at linux laptop as recently reviewed on slashdot*
*looks at LED star canopy over bed*
most girls would run from such things. some have their own, thankyouverymuch
-Leigh
ps. Ubuntu is love.
your sig, on the other hand, is truncated :-)
-Leigh
i personally much prefer the management in FF, but perhaps someone could write an extension to simulate filesystem-style bookmarks management. i wouldn't like to see it changed wholesale - i think that it's very much a matter of preference - but this would be a good idea for an extension.
-Leigh
i would definitely pay to see that.
also....
http://marryanamerican.ca/
-Leigh
a couple of things to think about:
:-)
the open cd: Free apps for windoze
ubuntu livecd - if you try the cd in windoze it lets you install OO.o and a couple of other Free apps
Now, to decide which to include in all my xmas presents this year....
-Leigh
http://marryanamerican.ca/
here's to hoping that the shrub leaves canada alone.
-Leigh
my above flame-fanning notwithstanding, you've actually got me wondering.
/bad/ thing - as polical correctness undoubtably is?
/is/ a multicultural city. thus it makes sense to me to see people or different colours on posters for city services, for example.
how did we go from multicultural to politically correct? when did the inclusion of multicultural imagery become a
i have a theory, personally. there is no such thing as "political correctness" - it's an idea that gets thrown around when people don't want to acknowledge that either a) they're being overly sensitive to something dumb or b) they are being racist / sexist / otherwise assholeish.
in other words: you can abuse the term "pc" in both directions - by making mountains out of molehills or by trying to get away with real discrimination.
which brings me back to the discussion at hand. i live in a city (toronto) where 55% of the population are members of "visible minorities", and where 45% of the population was born outside the country (canada). it
in this case, the very word that is used as the distro name means "humanity to others". well, good morning, "humanity" is rather colourful. thus, i'm having trouble seeing how the IMO beautiful imagery that the ubuntu developers chose is a matter of making things a "'politically correct' cultural issue".
perhaps you can enlighten me. i see the term "politically correct" used in this context often enough to want some further insight into it, because as i explained above, i think it's a straw-man excuse for a) whining or b) discrimination.
just my $0.02, now worth almost $US0.017.
-Leigh
nintendo might have a case against their lawyers for royally wasting their time. like, there are bounds of reasonableness within trademark law and i'm pretty sure (though IANAL) that this is outside it.
OTOH if it was nintendo pushing for this, then their lawyers should be suing them for being enormous morons.
-Leigh
a sex worker in Toronto actually took a john to court when he refused to pay up. After all, "escorting" is perfectly legal, and it was in neither party's interest to admit that sex took place :-)
-Leigh
(i know that this seems dubious, and the only reference i have is from a university paper but i think it's pretty cool even if it's a myth.
whoa, i guess a non-white person must have peed in someone's cherioes this morning.
-Leigh
In Quebec City, 2001, I shot 3 hours of DV footage. People getting surrounded and beaten up. An elderly woman having a cannister of CS-555 lobbed at her. It did nothing. Some of the footage was even plyed on tv. I guess it's not brutality if no-one's bleeding, right?
-Leigh
it works under KDE and Gnome (IIRC) but not under any of the *boxes, which i'd rather be running when i'm mobile.
-Leigh
i believe that the original reference her was in "the fountains of paradise" by arthur c. clarke. i think the protagonist even cuts his finger off with it.
-Leigh
Similar here in Toronto, especially Chinatown. You can get anything.
OTOH, with the cheap broadband here, might as well just download it.
-Leigh
As someone who has just switched to GNU/Linux full-time from Mac OS X (ASUS M6BNe - barebones, with no Redmond tax!) I have to say, you hit the nail on the head point by point. I can't copy and paste between GTK2 and Qt apps unless I'm running KDE and Klipper. I'd be much happier running Fluxbox, but it's this kind of basic BASIC non-functionality that just annoys the heck out of me. And installation / global management.... yeah, I'm currently one of those for whom compiling is NOT fun.
Back to getting Suspend working....
-Leigh
NightGoat has solved a mystery for me... I emailed you guys (secondnirvana) a while ago about changing your "go away youngins" link to scarleteen. and you did! yay! I just happened upon the email I got back from you a few days ago and was wondering where i'd seen it. I guess it was on here :-)
-Leigh
i agree completely on this one. some people see this as being "fast" in fact, my mum included. the shadows and trasparence really give people the illusion of speed even if it's actually taking more time to render.
-Leigh
As soon as I can get the demo working (SDL parachute huh?) I'm buying your game. As a big fan of old-school adventure gaming, I'm very big on the idea of escrowing the code. I wish you guys the best, but who's to say where any of us will be 10 years down the road. I think it will create an enormous level of goodwill in the community and a further incentive for those of us who want to a) play the game and b) someday see the project do well.
Just my $0.016 worth.
-Leigh
2) Safari wraps by default.
:-( ) which is just a txt file. displays fine.
I have a to-do list served off my iMac (well i did before i took it in to get the screen fix0red
-Leigh
formula is marketed in developping countries as being "better" than breat milk. it's not. it's really, really not. and hey, you're lucky that it worked for you + yours. but imagine this:
woman has a baby in africa somewhere. woman feeds baby formula. woman goes broke! can't buy formula, and oh no! no more breast milk either.
plus the shit they sell in thr 3rd world is awful. very different from what they sell here.
Now that looks awesome. Especially seeing as I already have Horde on my server :-)
-Leigh
as much as i dislike that email service, the pedant in me feels the need to clarify that mail in your junk folder does not count towards your quota.
-Leigh