Actually, fascism is not a form of socialism. Parts of it were developed by former socialists, and contain some similar ideals, but there are also non-similar aspects. In fact, fascism has historically been opposed to socialism and communism. I suggest you read this, and more particularly, this part of that article. A quote:
While certain types of socialism may superficially appear to be similar to fascism, it should be noted that the two ideologies clash violently on many issues. The role of the state, for example: socialism considers the state to be merely a "tool of the people," sometimes calling it a "necessary evil," which exists to serve the interests of the people and to protect the common good. (Certain forms of libertarian socialism reject the state altogether.) Meanwhile, fascism holds the state to be an end in and of itself, which the people should obey and serve, rather than the other way around.
Indeed it is -- in fact, I've done works in traditional pen and ink and wash techniques -- but I was referring to ink as in the printing process (sorry I didn't make that clear). I.e., printing a painting will not fool anyone that it is the original.
"Yes, this is certainly authentic. What a beautiful ink painting!"
--- Sucker.
There's stupid, and then there's stupid. Paint != ink. Besides, the "painting", even if they somehow printed it in paint, would be flat -- which paintings generally aren't.
I think you misunderstand -- it's not about using one app for many protocols, it's about using all protocols in every app. For example, opening a text document in kwrite (or some other kind of document in some other KDE app) on another system over is incredibly useful. I no longer worry about transfering files across systems, because all I need is SSH access and I can use remote files as if they were local files in KDE -- It's immensely powerful, and I'm surprised Mac/Windows haven't caught up to this (because KDE's had it for years).
Wow. I knew Bush was bad, but he successfully avoided answering all the questions and replying with bullshit. All of the questions. "What do you think of this important issue?" "America is the greatest nation, a bastion of hope for the world. I am proud to have voted for bill X..."
My favourite: "We are fortunate in America to have the best health care system in the world,..." He could at least seem a little informed on the issues surrounding health care by not using the superlative. On the other hand, I suppose people like hearing that word "best".....
Um, ya. Since you said "back in college" I can only assume you are talking in years. Get with the times, man. On the other hand, if you're "happy with a Celeron" you obviously don't need much performance anyway..........
Um, its a copy dialog. Really, it's ok. If they've decided to make it a dialog, there isn't much else to do with it. It looks like they put the progress bar at the top instead of the bottom........ but there isn't much else to put in there, so I don't see how it can be considered "copying" windows. If you take the simplest dialogs as an example, obviously there will be similarities.
Anyway, I don't understand people's outright negative reactions when things "look like" Windows. Some parts of most desktops look like some parts of others, it's just a matter of choosing which parts are best for inclusion, or building something better if that's possible. Windows may not be the best in all areas (I'll be the first to admit my annoyance with some of its behaviour), but in some areas it has good UIs -- and I don't see why making a similarly good UI is frowned upon. However, in no way do all of either KDE or GNOME resemble Windows or Apple, and both desktops have their own pluses over other systems.
Hmm, that probably explains it. It may be that way in the States -- but it doesn't appear to be the case in Canada. I know people who've graduated in the 4 year system, and I haven't heard any stories about failures or math problems pushing people back by 1-2 years. Meh.
Where are you going to school that CS takes 5 to 6 years? I might believe if it was, say...... CE and co-op or something, but 5 to 6 for CS? Ridiculousness......
I'm going into CS for four years (though I might switch majors -- computers are just one of my interests) and I'm going to have room for electives.
Synergy's a great piece of software, I've been using it for awhile now. On top of the mouse/keyboard support, it also shares clipboards and can sync screensavers across your machines (though I've never setup the screensaver thing so I can't comment on it -- but the clipboards work great!). Anyway, I second the recommendation.
Hmmm, synchronization by default is exactly what you don't want. I'm not sure what the default is right now, because I haven't had default settings for a long time. However, if the two clipboards are synchronized by default, then you have problems where someone would ctrl-c to copy text, highlight some other text to replace it, and ctrl-v to paste, only to find that the highlighted overwrote what was in the clipboard. This is what confuses new users.
On the other hand, if synchronization is disabled (if not by default, you can disable it in klipper's config), then the two clipboard "universes" will never "collide". Users can ctrl-c, highlight, ctrl-v without ever knowing of the existance of another clipboard, and advanced users can use highlight and middle-click-paste to their hearts' content. This currently works exactly as expected; I should know because I use both clipboards regularly (unsync'ed).
Thus, in unsynchronized mode, copy/paste can be done in the "Windows" and "X" way, without either one interfering with the other. Synchronization only serves to confuse new users, because they highlight stuff and go "WTF! The stuff I copied is gone?!?!".
I hereby banish this to the Beowulf cluster of memes, along with Soviet Russia/Hot Grits/Profit!
Umm, ya. Well done. The, um, banishing of things into..... popularity. That'll be effective. We all know how unused each of those oft-repeating jokes are. Oh, wait......
No, I'm thinking that a book whose themes are summarized halfway through the book by a talking pig isn't good. I think the author kinda copped out. Maybe I was a little harsh.
Anyway, don't mistake me for someone who judges a book based on "literary" elitism. In fact, just the opposite -- for example, my most hated phrase is "the human condition", because books are so often considered "literary" works (and thus good) if they deal with the "human condition" even if they are boring pieces of trash. In any case, I didn't like Lord of the Flies because it seemed like a waste of my time to read a book with a mid-book theme summary, when I would much rather be reading more relevent books outside of a rigid and unenlightening English curriculum. Hmm, perhaps that speaks more to my opinion of the education system.......
Stephenson's a good choice. Personally, I really enjoyed The Diamond Age, it helped me develop a different perspective on education and made me ask more questions about flaws in schooling. It is one book which has helped me develop my own views of how education should be focussed, and why the current system does not serve the majority of people. But I digress.....
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) was another book I enjoyed immensely. Also in an educational vein (among other things). I haven't met a single person who read this book and hasn't enjoyed it.
For something a little different, I'd also recommend Calculating God (Robert J. Sawyer). No, it's not a religious book, but it is an extremely interesting story that also raises questions both about science and the nature of religion (particularly with reference to a "Creator" or "God"). In any case, don't be dissuaded by the topic -- I have recommended it to religious people, agnostics, and atheists and all have enjoyed it. I think anyone with an open mind who is willing to also do some self-examination will enjoy the book.
Sorry, I have to pose a small question here. I honestly don't understand *why* Lord of the Flies is considered such a good book. Sure, it deals with some interesting and, I dare say, "literary" themes (which seems enough for a lot of books to be considered good in the "literary" sense)...... but honestly, the pig *tells you* what the point of the story is halfway through the book! The fact that the author couldn't let it stand by itself, and engineered a way in which any braindead slob could understand what's going one so long as they could read the chapter with the talking pig, kinda killed the book for me. Just a little.
Ummmm, end of rant. Macbeth was good. Didn't read the others.
an object of the prepositional phrase "to...bludgeon"
I hate to pick nits (or whatever), and normally I wouldn't, but since this thread and your post are about grammar -- you should know that "to severely bludgeon" is not really a prepositional phrase; it is a split infinitive. So, "to bludgeon severely" would be the correct form ("to bludgeon" being the infinitive form of the verb and "severely" being an adverb).
Hmm, actually 1 "metric ton" or "tonne" is 1000kg. There is also an Imperial definition of "ton" which (as Google handily indicates) is equal to 2000 pounds (or 907.18474kg).
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Actually, fascism is not a form of socialism. Parts of it were developed by former socialists, and contain some similar ideals, but there are also non-similar aspects. In fact, fascism has historically been opposed to socialism and communism. I suggest you read this, and more particularly, this part of that article. A quote:
Indeed it is -- in fact, I've done works in traditional pen and ink and wash techniques -- but I was referring to ink as in the printing process (sorry I didn't make that clear). I.e., printing a painting will not fool anyone that it is the original.
"Yes, this is certainly authentic. What a beautiful ink painting!"
--- Sucker.
There's stupid, and then there's stupid. Paint != ink. Besides, the "painting", even if they somehow printed it in paint, would be flat -- which paintings generally aren't.
um,
joke.
Sincerely,
Captain Obvious
I think you misunderstand -- it's not about using one app for many protocols, it's about using all protocols in every app. For example, opening a text document in kwrite (or some other kind of document in some other KDE app) on another system over is incredibly useful. I no longer worry about transfering files across systems, because all I need is SSH access and I can use remote files as if they were local files in KDE -- It's immensely powerful, and I'm surprised Mac/Windows haven't caught up to this (because KDE's had it for years).
Wow. I knew Bush was bad, but he successfully avoided answering all the questions and replying with bullshit. All of the questions. "What do you think of this important issue?" "America is the greatest nation, a bastion of hope for the world. I am proud to have voted for bill X..."
My favourite: "We are fortunate in America to have the best health care system in the world, ..." He could at least seem a little informed on the issues surrounding health care by not using the superlative. On the other hand, I suppose people like hearing that word "best".....
The update service costs money? I've been auto-updating my system for years with urpmi. And I thought that their GUI front-end was free too.
Um, ya. Since you said "back in college" I can only assume you are talking in years. Get with the times, man. On the other hand, if you're "happy with a Celeron" you obviously don't need much performance anyway..........
Um, its a copy dialog. Really, it's ok. If they've decided to make it a dialog, there isn't much else to do with it. It looks like they put the progress bar at the top instead of the bottom........ but there isn't much else to put in there, so I don't see how it can be considered "copying" windows. If you take the simplest dialogs as an example, obviously there will be similarities.
Anyway, I don't understand people's outright negative reactions when things "look like" Windows. Some parts of most desktops look like some parts of others, it's just a matter of choosing which parts are best for inclusion, or building something better if that's possible. Windows may not be the best in all areas (I'll be the first to admit my annoyance with some of its behaviour), but in some areas it has good UIs -- and I don't see why making a similarly good UI is frowned upon. However, in no way do all of either KDE or GNOME resemble Windows or Apple, and both desktops have their own pluses over other systems.
Hmm, that probably explains it. It may be that way in the States -- but it doesn't appear to be the case in Canada. I know people who've graduated in the 4 year system, and I haven't heard any stories about failures or math problems pushing people back by 1-2 years. Meh.
On second thought, I guess I'm complaining more about the fact that a question with such an obvious answer was even allowed on Ask Slashdot.
Oh, wait.
Nevermind.
Ask Slashdot.
Slashdot. Slashdot editors.
My bad.
Yes, a *blazingly obvious* cheap and easy solution. Like, for example:
Q) My feet hurt when I walk on pavement. What should I do?
A) Wear shoes.
Q) The sun is bright; how can I keep it from hurting my eyes?
A) Try sunglasses.
Q) I took the screws off the hinges of my door, and now it doesn't stay closed. How do I solve this dilemma?
A) Screw the hinges back on.
Q) Why I am so stupid?
A) You might as well just kill yourself.
And this is modded insightful?
Where are you going to school that CS takes 5 to 6 years? I might believe if it was, say...... CE and co-op or something, but 5 to 6 for CS? Ridiculousness......
I'm going into CS for four years (though I might switch majors -- computers are just one of my interests) and I'm going to have room for electives.
Thankyou, we have a winner!
Synergy's a great piece of software, I've been using it for awhile now. On top of the mouse/keyboard support, it also shares clipboards and can sync screensavers across your machines (though I've never setup the screensaver thing so I can't comment on it -- but the clipboards work great!). Anyway, I second the recommendation.
Ahhh, I'm glad at least one other person in this world has reasoning abilities. Slashdot needs a +50 Right, No More Replies Necessary moderation.
Hmmm, synchronization by default is exactly what you don't want. I'm not sure what the default is right now, because I haven't had default settings for a long time. However, if the two clipboards are synchronized by default, then you have problems where someone would ctrl-c to copy text, highlight some other text to replace it, and ctrl-v to paste, only to find that the highlighted overwrote what was in the clipboard. This is what confuses new users.
On the other hand, if synchronization is disabled (if not by default, you can disable it in klipper's config), then the two clipboard "universes" will never "collide". Users can ctrl-c, highlight, ctrl-v without ever knowing of the existance of another clipboard, and advanced users can use highlight and middle-click-paste to their hearts' content. This currently works exactly as expected; I should know because I use both clipboards regularly (unsync'ed).
Thus, in unsynchronized mode, copy/paste can be done in the "Windows" and "X" way, without either one interfering with the other. Synchronization only serves to confuse new users, because they highlight stuff and go "WTF! The stuff I copied is gone?!?!".
I, for one, welcome our new fix-the-putrescent-yellow-colour-scheme overlords.
Frankly, if just such a link were posted on every single story in the IT section, I wouldn't be one to complain for the convenience.
So does batman drive in the city or crunch over cars like a monster truck???
Pshaw, Batman wouldn't drive a monster truck. It is clearly a formula 1 car with oversized wheels being swallowed by a squashed tank.
I hereby banish this to the Beowulf cluster of memes, along with Soviet Russia/Hot Grits/Profit!
Umm, ya. Well done. The, um, banishing of things into..... popularity. That'll be effective. We all know how unused each of those oft-repeating jokes are. Oh, wait......
damn.
All your base are belong to porn?
I wonder if you are both talking about quite the same thing......
No, I'm thinking that a book whose themes are summarized halfway through the book by a talking pig isn't good. I think the author kinda copped out. Maybe I was a little harsh.
Anyway, don't mistake me for someone who judges a book based on "literary" elitism. In fact, just the opposite -- for example, my most hated phrase is "the human condition", because books are so often considered "literary" works (and thus good) if they deal with the "human condition" even if they are boring pieces of trash. In any case, I didn't like Lord of the Flies because it seemed like a waste of my time to read a book with a mid-book theme summary, when I would much rather be reading more relevent books outside of a rigid and unenlightening English curriculum. Hmm, perhaps that speaks more to my opinion of the education system.......
Stephenson's a good choice. Personally, I really enjoyed The Diamond Age, it helped me develop a different perspective on education and made me ask more questions about flaws in schooling. It is one book which has helped me develop my own views of how education should be focussed, and why the current system does not serve the majority of people. But I digress.....
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) was another book I enjoyed immensely. Also in an educational vein (among other things). I haven't met a single person who read this book and hasn't enjoyed it.
For something a little different, I'd also recommend Calculating God (Robert J. Sawyer). No, it's not a religious book, but it is an extremely interesting story that also raises questions both about science and the nature of religion (particularly with reference to a "Creator" or "God"). In any case, don't be dissuaded by the topic -- I have recommended it to religious people, agnostics, and atheists and all have enjoyed it. I think anyone with an open mind who is willing to also do some self-examination will enjoy the book.
Sorry, I have to pose a small question here. I honestly don't understand *why* Lord of the Flies is considered such a good book. Sure, it deals with some interesting and, I dare say, "literary" themes (which seems enough for a lot of books to be considered good in the "literary" sense)...... but honestly, the pig *tells you* what the point of the story is halfway through the book! The fact that the author couldn't let it stand by itself, and engineered a way in which any braindead slob could understand what's going one so long as they could read the chapter with the talking pig, kinda killed the book for me. Just a little.
Ummmm, end of rant. Macbeth was good. Didn't read the others.
an object of the prepositional phrase "to...bludgeon"
I hate to pick nits (or whatever), and normally I wouldn't, but since this thread and your post are about grammar -- you should know that "to severely bludgeon" is not really a prepositional phrase; it is a split infinitive. So, "to bludgeon severely" would be the correct form ("to bludgeon" being the infinitive form of the verb and "severely" being an adverb).
Hmm, actually 1 "metric ton" or "tonne" is 1000kg. There is also an Imperial definition of "ton" which (as Google handily indicates) is equal to 2000 pounds (or 907.18474kg).