are you implying Slack is a distro with lots of holes? I think you don't know anything about slack.
Re:The real History of Apple Corps. Ltd
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Beatles Bite Apple
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That's not how I remember it. Paul McCartney was quoted as saying that there was to be a closed one time bid for the music, that he and Yoko agreed to. He was friends with Michael Jackson at the time and had let on that he was going to buy the rights, and that a price had been agreed to. However this happened when Michael Jackson was rolling in thriller profits and Jackson submitted a higher bid that Paul was not allowed to counter, due to the nature of the sale. Basically Michael Jackson screwed McCartney by taking advantage of something McCartney told him confidentially. He wouldn't have known to do it otherwise.
Paul was also quoted as saying that he was discussing buying rights to music (Paul owns a whole lot of non-Beatles songs-- Yellow Rose of Texas, et.al) and Michael Jackson told him. I'm going to buy _your_ songs. Paul thought he was kidding at the time and laughed it off. The weird part is that Paul perhaps could have bid more, but again, he thought a deal had been reached. And though he had more assets than Michael Jackson at the time, his weren't as fluid-- ie he didn't have the raw cash on hand.
Now for the controversial opinion:
If you are a real Beatles fan and hate Michael Jackson, you could buy Beatle bootlegs or buy already sold Beatles albums where Michael Jackson won't see a profit. Oh, I guess there is that file-swapping thing, but the RIAA wouldn't approve. (They probably wouldn't like the bootleg idea either, but some boots --Unsurpassed Masters series for one-- are treasure troves of Beatle arcana.)
I hope (seriously) that this helps lead to the entire destruction of the music industry, and eventually to the elimination of intellectual property in general. If that kills capitalism, leading to a breakdown of the social strata and revolution on a grand scale, so be it.
Why even consider autocad with its braindead 3D-modeling capabilities. Archicad imports autocad dwgs directly, spits them out, and has superior modeling capability.
It still means they are being pricks-- just like AOL when they pulled this kind of crap. If I can't speak to someone on their network, well then their network is pretty useless to me. The only one I speak to on MSN is my girlfriend, and I'll get her to change to AOL or yahoo.
This is further proof that Microsoft provides absolutely nothing a home user needs to have.
Re:Well now, that's just great.
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Xr Renamed to Cairo
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In some ways almost transparent is easier on the eyes. I know when I have 4 or 5 mac terminals open the overlay can be confusing-- not to mention if (assuming a dark background) a light colored application ends up behind a terminal.
I know it's nice for the "see what is possible" factor, but pseudo-transparency has it's place. I might even opt for it at times if I had the choice.
I actually have a mod point and I'm not going to spend it here. I'd give an underrated if it wasn't so long. I know that's the joke and parts _are_ funny, but more shock value than than witty commentary, IMO.
Hey and at least this comment will make someone browse at -1.
I hate to stoop to responding to an A/C but the "cheese and baguette eating cowards" are the only country with soldiers in the Congo-- a war that has seen greater bloodshed in recent years than Iraq. I guess US troops aren't there because there would be no photo-ops for Shrub.
Am I not the only one tired of seeing Klez rule the worm/virus roost? It's good to see some new blood every once in a while. Face it, Klez was becoming like the Lakers and the Uankees...
With John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderly... This album was described as (my apologies for not knowing the origin) "The perfect album for playing at 2am on Saturday night when you're doing something you probably shouldn't be doing..."
It's the best selling Jazz album of all time, and deservedly so. It's a fantastic introduction to jazz.
I agree with Sketches in Spain being awesome. Also for good Zappa jazz try Hot Rats and Waka Jawaka.
Well, their customers are _kept_ from open standards. And they have a monopoly because they have engaged in uncompetitive and downright illegal practices. (That was the ruling by the way, they just weren't punished for it.)
MS customers may be ignorant, but MS does their best to keep the customers that way.
Pat has packaged Gnome2.2 in Slackware 9. I haven't compared the differences between his pkgs and Dropline's, so I can't offer an opinion on functionality/usability.. (I open gnome every now and then out of curiosity, mostly)
I can't help myself. If Linux is a kernel and not a complete operating system, the OS must be in fact...
GNU/Linux.
(Ducking.)
Re:My experiences with Gentoo
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Gentoo Reviewed
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The implication there is that Slackware is difficult to get running. I don't agree with that. The ascii setup is more straight forward than most GUIs. The only non-intuitive part is the fdisk--which even when dressed nicely ala Mandrake and the late Caldera can be hazardous or at least inconvenient/impractical for the computer novice. (Even a windows fdisk can fsck things for the newbie.)
Slackware like most other distros ha a general setup and a granular method. OK, off my OT soapbox.
Re:The problem with Gentoo
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Gentoo Reviewed
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Not that I mind using man pages, but I haven't been _too_ busy using them. Why would I for *installs anyhow? That's why one reads README and INSTALL and does./configure --help. This goes for _any_ linux system where one compiles, unless you want someone to do it for you.
Quite frankly, Slack packages usually install flawlessly and almost always very quickly. I'm willing to sacrifice a small percentage of speed for the convenience of getting my software (even the stuff I compile) installed quickly. I don't want to wait a day or two to try something.
Slackware is aptly named; it's for people who want things to work simply and without a lot of effort. I've tried Gentoo and though some features are impressive, it tries my patience. I for one am sticking with Slack on my home box _and_ my servers at work.
Your mileage may vary of course, just pointing out that Slack doesn't require a bigger investment of time (far less in fact) than Gentoo.
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Is that Pat keeps it simple. Slack has made adminning my boxen so much easier than Red Hat, Suse, etc.
I advise anyone searching for a distro to try Slackware out, once I found it a few years ago, it's all I run-- including on my home pc.
Thanks again, Pat, for making my life easier.
are you implying Slack is a distro with lots of holes? I think you don't know anything about slack.
That's not how I remember it. Paul McCartney was quoted as saying that there was to be a closed one time bid for the music, that he and Yoko agreed to. He was friends with Michael Jackson at the time and had let on that he was going to buy the rights, and that a price had been agreed to. However this happened when Michael Jackson was rolling in thriller profits and Jackson submitted a higher bid that Paul was not allowed to counter, due to the nature of the sale. Basically Michael Jackson screwed McCartney by taking advantage of something McCartney told him confidentially. He wouldn't have known to do it otherwise.
Paul was also quoted as saying that he was discussing buying rights to music (Paul owns a whole lot of non-Beatles songs-- Yellow Rose of Texas, et.al) and Michael Jackson told him. I'm going to buy _your_ songs. Paul thought he was kidding at the time and laughed it off. The weird part is that Paul perhaps could have bid more, but again, he thought a deal had been reached. And though he had more assets than Michael Jackson at the time, his weren't as fluid-- ie he didn't have the raw cash on hand.
Now for the controversial opinion:
If you are a real Beatles fan and hate Michael Jackson, you could buy Beatle bootlegs or buy already sold Beatles albums where Michael Jackson won't see a profit. Oh, I guess there is that file-swapping thing, but the RIAA wouldn't approve. (They probably wouldn't like the bootleg idea either, but some boots --Unsurpassed Masters series for one-- are treasure troves of Beatle arcana.)
I hope (seriously) that this helps lead to the entire destruction of the music industry, and eventually to the elimination of intellectual property in general. If that kills capitalism, leading to a breakdown of the social strata and revolution on a grand scale, so be it.
The mainstream press is on the side of those that benefit from the compromisable machines.
Fair and balanced...
No, that's fortunate.
Why even consider autocad with its braindead 3D-modeling capabilities. Archicad imports autocad dwgs directly, spits them out, and has superior modeling capability.
And it runs on mac os x.
It still means they are being pricks-- just like AOL when they pulled this kind of crap. If I can't speak to someone on their network, well then their network is pretty useless to me. The only one I speak to on MSN is my girlfriend, and I'll get her to change to AOL or yahoo.
This is further proof that Microsoft provides absolutely nothing a home user needs to have.
In some ways almost transparent is easier on the eyes. I know when I have 4 or 5 mac terminals open the overlay can be confusing-- not to mention if (assuming a dark background) a light colored application ends up behind a terminal.
I know it's nice for the "see what is possible" factor, but pseudo-transparency has it's place. I might even opt for it at times if I had the choice.
This is a serious problem that affects use on an enterprise scale.
in Mac OS X on NFS volumes. And for some reason the block keeps being removed.
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http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215
I just wish the Mozilla team would value cllected information.
What ms lackey modded this down? (With a gutless "overrated, I might add...)
Make a screen shot of the desktop then hide taskbar and delete (move) icons.
;-)
Actually this works for any gui
I actually have a mod point and I'm not going to spend it here. I'd give an underrated if it wasn't so long. I know that's the joke and parts _are_ funny, but more shock value than than witty commentary, IMO.
Hey and at least this comment will make someone browse at -1.
I hate to stoop to responding to an A/C but the "cheese and baguette eating cowards" are the only country with soldiers in the Congo-- a war that has seen greater bloodshed in recent years than Iraq. I guess US troops aren't there because there would be no photo-ops for Shrub.
Am I not the only one tired of seeing Klez rule the worm/virus roost? It's good to see some new blood every once in a while. Face it, Klez was becoming like the Lakers and the Uankees...
Well said, Thanks.
Kinda Blue
With John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderly... This album was described as (my apologies for not knowing the origin) "The perfect album for playing at 2am on Saturday night when you're doing something you probably shouldn't be doing..."
It's the best selling Jazz album of all time, and deservedly so. It's a fantastic introduction to jazz.
I agree with Sketches in Spain being awesome. Also for good Zappa jazz try Hot Rats and Waka Jawaka.
The dirty secret is Safari is based on an open platform standard--KHTML.
I guess MS is unable to compete with open source on a neutral playing field.
Well, their customers are _kept_ from open standards. And they have a monopoly because they have engaged in uncompetitive and downright illegal practices. (That was the ruling by the way, they just weren't punished for it.)
MS customers may be ignorant, but MS does their best to keep the customers that way.
Further...
Pat has packaged Gnome2.2 in Slackware 9. I haven't compared the differences between his pkgs and Dropline's, so I can't offer an opinion on functionality/usability.. (I open gnome every now and then out of curiosity, mostly)
I can't help myself. If Linux is a kernel and not a complete operating system, the OS must be in fact...
GNU/Linux.
(Ducking.)
The implication there is that Slackware is difficult to get running. I don't agree with that. The ascii setup is more straight forward than most GUIs. The only non-intuitive part is the fdisk--which even when dressed nicely ala Mandrake and the late Caldera can be hazardous or at least inconvenient/impractical for the computer novice. (Even a windows fdisk can fsck things for the newbie.)
Slackware like most other distros ha a general setup and a granular method. OK, off my OT soapbox.
Not that I mind using man pages, but I haven't been _too_ busy using them. Why would I for *installs anyhow? That's why one reads README and INSTALL and does ./configure --help. This goes for _any_ linux system where one compiles, unless you want someone to do it for you.
Quite frankly, Slack packages usually install flawlessly and almost always very quickly. I'm willing to sacrifice a small percentage of speed for the convenience of getting my software (even the stuff I compile) installed quickly. I don't want to wait a day or two to try something.
Slackware is aptly named; it's for people who want things to work simply and without a lot of effort. I've tried Gentoo and though some features are impressive, it tries my patience. I for one am sticking with Slack on my home box _and_ my servers at work.
Your mileage may vary of course, just pointing out that Slack doesn't require a bigger investment of time (far less in fact) than Gentoo.
...just to keep things simple. If you need redundancy, try changedfiles, it's a lot less of a hassle than intermezzo (IMO).