Maybe you can have CDs of the openoffice 1.0 suite for windows to give away with more info about the user group on campus and the benefits of upgrading to Linux on the cdrom too. ??
I have a couple windows hosts on my home network of linux servers to run windows apps, etc. But I'm not about to go buy Microsoft Office just to edit a word doc or powerpoint slide.
It turns out that openoffice 1.0 is much much better than it was just a year or two ago. It would be perfect for school or an office.
Add to that the fact that its not a terrible part of the country weather/climate wise. (We dont get earthquakes, typhoons, torrential flooding, mudslides, wildfires a-la the west, and damn few tornados)
as someone who lived in Albany for many years and went to school nearby (Troy), then moved to Mountain View (now Santa Cruz)...
I have to say that the weather is much more brutal in Albany. The one earthquake here caused no damage vs the snow storms, thunderstorms, tornadoes and even the occasional earthquake in NY.
yes he was 'one of the good guys' but that's because there were no bad guys, only the enemies that the state said were bad. And that would include anyone who doesn't agree with the state, so Winston was one of the bad guys, and he knew it.
I noticed most of the people chiming in that 'if it aint broke, dont fix it' are probably not concerned about 2.0 patches and releases since they won't install them anyway.
but it does autodetect. you can configure your xf86config to have entries for both monitors and it will match the one that you are connected to when you start X
well... that's true if you aren't a very good engineer, marketing guy, or accountant. A good professional will learn to get the most out of their tools and use that knowledge to work better and smarter than their peers.
If they just want to be average, then say so and live with being average.
I think you are on to something. There is a large group of people (maybe a very vocal minority?) that will look at the system once, try something and then whine that linux sux because this or that isn't what they thought. (in fact, this top 10 linux problems is exactly this sort of thing)
but -- I think these people also complain about windows for the same reason, and mac too
what I'm saying is that some people will always just refuse to learn how to handle their tools and try to find some reason it's not their fault and that there's no way they could be expected to know.
I think this sort of thing mostly pops up in office situations where people are in over their head and a fear-of-change environment has set it....
I think this would be easier and more controllable by just putting your cable modem onto a linksys router/switch with wireless. They aren't all that expensive anymore, and it will do dhcp and nat for your whole home network.
someone could have a metaserver which puts these additional tags into the offical descriptions of the bills.
each could have links to the sponsoring groups of lobbists or grassroots which in turn could be crosslinked to show which bills are obviously just kickbacks, and which are really concerned with issues.
bah -- split ergonomic garbage. I always end up trying to press the space bar with my thumb and there's nothing there!
then since I'm a touch typist, often a finger will cross from one side to the other because all the other fingers have just typed something, and it's easier to just use the other hand for a Y or U or G
but with a split ergo keyboard, you just end up pressing the blank part of the keyboard and stop typing again.
the only worse keyboard I've used is touch typing on a devorak keyboard in the dark.
if you want to get old school keyboards, how about those old VT100 DEC terminals -- they had nice keyboards.
the worst keyboard is a tie between the atari 800 membrane and the timex sinclair which is about the size of a ten pack of cds.
It's really scary how what seemed at the time like a paranoid extension that was really unlikely because it's so obviously the opposite of what everyone wants, is actually now likely to happen.
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it's probably used for parity or some other error correcting code to reduce error rates
buy yourself a new keyboard and mouse -- usb
Why don't they just do it like watches do?
physics mostly. it takes a lot more energy to run
a radio transmitter in a phone than it does to
keep the crystal in a watch ticking.
We know *why* people crash: Many drivers are goddamned morons.
yes... but the problem is the people who think
"the other people are moron, but I just
drive a little fast sometimes."
something like this black box really would put them
in their place and help remind them how they behave.
After a decade (has CVS been around longer?)
ha ha ha ! yes. cvs, is much much older than
1992
maybe we should start a thread about cvs vs sccs now?
well, you sure seem to have gotten worked up.
Maybe you can have CDs of the openoffice 1.0
suite for windows to give away with more info
about the user group on campus and the benefits
of upgrading to Linux on the cdrom too. ??
I have a couple windows hosts on my home network
of linux servers to run windows apps, etc. But
I'm not about to go buy Microsoft Office just to
edit a word doc or powerpoint slide.
It turns out that openoffice 1.0 is much much
better than it was just a year or two ago. It
would be perfect for school or an office.
just an idea...
Add to that the fact that its not a terrible part of the country weather/climate wise. (We dont get earthquakes, typhoons, torrential flooding, mudslides, wildfires a-la the west, and damn few tornados)
as someone who lived in Albany for many years
and went to school nearby (Troy), then moved
to Mountain View (now Santa Cruz)...
I have to say that the weather is much more brutal
in Albany. The one earthquake here caused no
damage vs the snow storms, thunderstorms, tornadoes
and even the occasional earthquake in NY.
yes he was 'one of the good guys' but that's because
there were no bad guys, only the enemies that the
state said were bad. And that would include anyone
who doesn't agree with the state, so Winston was
one of the bad guys, and he knew it.
me too -- the gentoo ports tree has most of the
packages working with gcc3.1(.1?)
I would really like to see hard drives get faster and faster instead of bigger and bigger.
That's a place where you could use hardware raid
controllers and have 2x or more throughput on
regular ide drives used together in parallel.
but I agree it would be great to have a single
drive that was ten times the bandwidth for the
same price.
size and speed are both increasing, but not at the same rate.
I noticed most of the people chiming in that
'if it aint broke, dont fix it' are probably
not concerned about 2.0 patches and releases
since they won't install them anyway.
but it does autodetect. you can configure your
xf86config to have entries for both monitors and
it will match the one that you are connected to
when you start X
eh? the desktop is resized to match the new
resolution.
and you and everyone else should know that.
no way to change X resolution?
that's what ctl-alt-+ and - are for. it switches
between desktop resolutions and color depths
on the fly with the current apps running.
you have to have more than one mode line in the
xfree86 configuration file
well... that's true if you aren't a very good
engineer, marketing guy, or accountant. A good
professional will learn to get the most out of
their tools and use that knowledge to work better
and smarter than their peers.
If they just want to be average, then say so and
live with being average.
I think you are on to something. There is a large
...
group of people (maybe a very vocal minority?) that
will look at the system once, try something and then
whine that linux sux because this or that isn't what
they thought. (in fact, this top 10 linux problems
is exactly this sort of thing)
but -- I think these people also complain about
windows for the same reason, and mac too
what I'm saying is that some people will always just
refuse to learn how to handle their tools and
try to find some reason it's not their fault and
that there's no way they could be expected to know.
I think this sort of thing mostly pops up in
office situations where people are in over their
head and a fear-of-change environment has set it.
check the prices at http://catalog.google.com/catalogs?q=wireless+rout er+switch
under $200
I think this would be easier and more controllable
by just putting your cable modem onto a linksys
router/switch with wireless. They aren't all that
expensive anymore, and it will do dhcp and nat for
your whole home network.
works with dsl too
aahhggg! It's pointcast all over again!
does anyone remember the push content from 1995??
it's so ironic that Microsoft is the company
which Verisign issued bogus certificates for
to some user pretending to work in Microsoft.
I wonder if after MS spends lots of money to
build Palladin, they will ruin it by having
compromised keys again.
mod parent up -- re: copyright of indices
phone books and maps. interesting and insightful
this is meant as a joke, but it's a good idea!
someone could have a metaserver which puts these
additional tags into the offical descriptions of
the bills.
each could have links to the sponsoring groups of
lobbists or grassroots which in turn could be
crosslinked to show which bills are obviously
just kickbacks, and which are really concerned with
issues.
bah -- split ergonomic garbage. I always end
up trying to press the space bar with my thumb
and there's nothing there!
then since I'm a touch typist, often a finger will
cross from one side to the other because all the
other fingers have just typed something, and it's
easier to just use the other hand for a Y or U or G
but with a split ergo keyboard, you just end up
pressing the blank part of the keyboard and stop
typing again.
the only worse keyboard I've used is touch typing
on a devorak keyboard in the dark.
if you want to get old school keyboards, how about
those old VT100 DEC terminals -- they had nice keyboards.
the worst keyboard is a tie between the atari 800
membrane and the timex sinclair which is about the
size of a ten pack of cds.
It's really scary how what seemed at the time
like a paranoid extension that was really unlikely
because it's so obviously the opposite of what
everyone wants, is actually now likely to happen.