Effective February 3rd, 2006 there will be no more email. The companies that run the internet have decided that "email is simply no longer relevant in today's modern world." Due to this fact, it was recently decided that email communication is simply not a viable means of communication. Sorry for any inconvenience.
yup....my point exactly. I had moved to KDE when 3.2 came out just to give it a try. Now I jumped back to Gnome 2.6 to try things out and I don't want to have to go screwing with gconf just to get "fundamental" things working in a way that most people expect them to.
Because right clicking and selecting BROWSE FOLDER
is there an option to make this the default behvior? A quick look didn't show me anything that I thought would do so, but I'm willing to be told otherwise.
95% of the population has no use for legacy ports any more. In the future if people really, truly need legacy ports (i.e. no alternatives exist) they'll be willing to pay extra.
As for the USB keyboard/mouse issue. I'm able to boot into and use Open Firmware using my Bluetooth keyboard on my Mac. Maybe it's time to modernize.
whoa cowboy....not so fast. Your 95% figure is probably more than just a little bit off. It's true that something like 95% of machines can now have USB support that makes ps2 and serial ports less of a requirement for using a mouse/keyboard.
However although many users have the USB ports on their machine they haven't upgraded their mouse since they bought their computer four or five years ago. Rightly so, they figure that if "it ain't broke, don't fix it". There's no need for them to run out and upgrade their mouse/keyboard. Taking away these options will force the consumer upgrade something that works perfectly as is.
Unless you have improved your typing skills that much that PS2 causes a bottleneck for you and you needed the extra bandwidth offered by USB2...and somehow i'm doubting that's the case.
In general, suppose I'm renting storage space? Suppose I've got terabytes of data that I won't need for very long, but I need somewhere to store it NOW? Obviously I can't afford backups, and I have to trust someone else with my data.
The keyword in the above is 'renting'. If you are paying for space somewhere then you should have a reasonable expectation that it will be backed up. If a given provider doesn't, then i'd move right along to the next in line.
That said, it's likely that many consumer-level providers simply store their backups on another machine in the data center. (Sure some of the largers ones have better practices, but ignore that for a second.) Most of these providers also recommend that you keep backups of your own as well. If it's critical data you should have no problems finding time/space to back it up.....otherwise you pay for what you get.
Just this winter, my friend and I were driving very early in the morning, on a nearly empty highway in farily dense fog. He was in the fast lane, and came upon a car that was going significantly slower than he. If there was in fact dence fog i'll be that the cop got you for driving too fast for conditions if you came up on his tail that fast. The ticket for illegally using your high beams was likely just icing.
I don't know that this list of the top ten drop spots really shows much. Those places were likely the most frequently listed because it is probable that a large number of people in their sample group spent time in these areas because they are common destinations.
What isn't shown here is that it's probably just as likely for a customer at any other random location in the city to drop a call. While AT&T and others should focus on areas that get heavy traffic, they must not do so at the expense of the rest of the city.
Honestly I don't understand why everyone's getting their panties in a wad over this one. Sure some features of GMail might sound Big Brotheresque to some, but the solution is quite simple.....don't use it. It's not as though the entire concept of email is going to change with the introduction of Google's service. Things will stay the same for those who host their mail elsewhere.
And to take things one step further, don't send mail to people who do happen to *choose* to use GMail if you object to the system. Because after all this is what the issue should come down to....choice.
For the jobs that this does affect, I wonder if it's somewhat of a blessing in disguise. Yeah, those workers won't be getting OT pay, but at least they're job hasn't been shipped overseas yet. Thus companies considering such moves can at least chalk up lack of OT pay as a plus for keeping jobs in the US....or at the very least it negates that advantage that might have been held by other countries.
is it just me or does it seem like this is happening about a year too late? remember the war in iraq started over a year ago. It took this guy 13 months to come to the conclusion that he objected to linux's usage?
Don't use the computer while your roommate is trying to sleep. Really. It's rude. OK, maybe that's a bit harsh, but it's the reason most colleges have quiet hours.
wtf....when's the last time you were in a college dorm. Quiet hours are setup so that the a$$ clown that lives next door to you can't play his stereo at full blast when he comes home drunk at 4am. They aren't meant to limit you from having the noise at a reasonabl level (ie. such that it can't be heard outside your room). Thus, I don't exactly think keyboard click were anything that any college considered when designing their quiet hours policy.
And you thought a DNS change took a long time to propagate now. Just wait until these changes have to be brought up for debate and vote on the UN floor as well.
Why would a consumer have to go through a kernel recompile?....to fix security vulnerabilities as they are discovered. Not to mention that a kernel recompile might be needed to take advantage of upgraded/additional hardware over the lifetime of the computer.
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Effective February 3rd, 2006 there will be no more email. The companies that run the internet have decided that "email is simply no longer relevant in today's modern world." Due to this fact, it was recently decided that email communication is simply not a viable means of communication. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Did anyone else read that as $75?
Not that I like the thought of any tax on domain names, but I could live with $0.75 while I'd be mighty angry about $75.
don't look for it in the US anytime soon. see link
yup....my point exactly. I had moved to KDE when 3.2 came out just to give it a try. Now I jumped back to Gnome 2.6 to try things out and I don't want to have to go screwing with gconf just to get "fundamental" things working in a way that most people expect them to.
Because right clicking and selecting BROWSE FOLDER
is there an option to make this the default behvior? A quick look didn't show me anything that I thought would do so, but I'm willing to be told otherwise.
solar-powered canoe
maybe i haven't gotten out in a bit, but last time I checkced canoes were huamn-powered
95% of the population has no use for legacy ports any more. In the future if people really, truly need legacy ports (i.e. no alternatives exist) they'll be willing to pay extra.
As for the USB keyboard/mouse issue. I'm able to boot into and use Open Firmware using my Bluetooth keyboard on my Mac. Maybe it's time to modernize.
whoa cowboy....not so fast. Your 95% figure is probably more than just a little bit off. It's true that something like 95% of machines can now have USB support that makes ps2 and serial ports less of a requirement for using a mouse/keyboard.
However although many users have the USB ports on their machine they haven't upgraded their mouse since they bought their computer four or five years ago. Rightly so, they figure that if "it ain't broke, don't fix it". There's no need for them to run out and upgrade their mouse/keyboard. Taking away these options will force the consumer upgrade something that works perfectly as is.
Unless you have improved your typing skills that much that PS2 causes a bottleneck for you and you needed the extra bandwidth offered by USB2...and somehow i'm doubting that's the case.
In general, suppose I'm renting storage space? Suppose I've got terabytes of data that I won't need for very long, but I need somewhere to store it NOW? Obviously I can't afford backups, and I have to trust someone else with my data.
The keyword in the above is 'renting'. If you are paying for space somewhere then you should have a reasonable expectation that it will be backed up. If a given provider doesn't, then i'd move right along to the next in line.
That said, it's likely that many consumer-level providers simply store their backups on another machine in the data center. (Sure some of the largers ones have better practices, but ignore that for a second.) Most of these providers also recommend that you keep backups of your own as well. If it's critical data you should have no problems finding time/space to back it up.....otherwise you pay for what you get.
there is absolutely no notification given, either during or after the event
I get my notification beofre the actual even. Boy i bet you wish you were on that mailing list.
you don't usually see the To: address until you open it.
Get a better email client then
Just this winter, my friend and I were driving very early in the morning, on a nearly empty highway in farily dense fog. He was in the fast lane, and came upon a car that was going significantly slower than he.
If there was in fact dence fog i'll be that the cop got you for driving too fast for conditions if you came up on his tail that fast. The ticket for illegally using your high beams was likely just icing.
I don't know that this list of the top ten drop spots really shows much. Those places were likely the most frequently listed because it is probable that a large number of people in their sample group spent time in these areas because they are common destinations.
What isn't shown here is that it's probably just as likely for a customer at any other random location in the city to drop a call. While AT&T and others should focus on areas that get heavy traffic, they must not do so at the expense of the rest of the city.
Now that they've tackled that issue they can get to work on the real folding problem
for a portage GUI browser/installer checkout portagemaster.
Honestly I don't understand why everyone's getting their panties in a wad over this one. Sure some features of GMail might sound Big Brotheresque to some, but the solution is quite simple.....don't use it. It's not as though the entire concept of email is going to change with the introduction of Google's service. Things will stay the same for those who host their mail elsewhere.
And to take things one step further, don't send mail to people who do happen to *choose* to use GMail if you object to the system. Because after all this is what the issue should come down to....choice.
For the jobs that this does affect, I wonder if it's somewhat of a blessing in disguise. Yeah, those workers won't be getting OT pay, but at least they're job hasn't been shipped overseas yet. Thus companies considering such moves can at least chalk up lack of OT pay as a plus for keeping jobs in the US....or at the very least it negates that advantage that might have been held by other countries.
is it just me or does it seem like this is happening about a year too late? remember the war in iraq started over a year ago. It took this guy 13 months to come to the conclusion that he objected to linux's usage?
...but it'll probably be paid in rupees.
lol....i glanced at that and thought it said rufees at first
NASA releases also are available via CompuServe using the command GO NASA.
This just seems about a decade old
I love it how whenver there's an article like this everyone quickly becomes an expert on the GPL, copyright law,....
Did anyone forward this story on to ibm? I think they might want to buy a few.
Just let clients privately surf the web for a little while. They'll be amazed that their porn loads so quickly, and then they'll be sold.
Don't use the computer while your roommate is trying to sleep. Really. It's rude. OK, maybe that's a bit harsh, but it's the reason most colleges have quiet hours.
wtf....when's the last time you were in a college dorm. Quiet hours are setup so that the a$$ clown that lives next door to you can't play his stereo at full blast when he comes home drunk at 4am. They aren't meant to limit you from having the noise at a reasonabl level (ie. such that it can't be heard outside your room). Thus, I don't exactly think keyboard click were anything that any college considered when designing their quiet hours policy.
If it were up to me, i'd give it to a UN body.
And you thought a DNS change took a long time to propagate now. Just wait until these changes have to be brought up for debate and vote on the UN floor as well.
Why would a consumer have to go through a kernel recompile? ....to fix security vulnerabilities as they are discovered. Not to mention that a kernel recompile might be needed to take advantage of upgraded/additional hardware over the lifetime of the computer.