I know people who absolutely *love* Widgets. I think most of them are better served by conventional applications. It just seems wrong to allocate 100MB or more of RAM to an array of programs that run in the background most of the time.
But you're right: choice is good. And KDE users have plenty of opportunities to choose bloat, don't they?;-)
In all seriousness, I expect KDE 4 to be a formidable desktop./p?
Actually, I believe Gates has been a major iPod fanboy for a long time... going back, it would seem, to the days of the 5-1/4" floppy. Talk about an early adopter!
Sure looks as if this technology has limited application on the battlefield. What it mainly does is turn trained soldiers into pack animals.
Okay, I can imagine a few specialized uses in which being able to carry large loads over rough terrain might be useful. Perhaps carrying a laser sighting system up a mountain, or a portable radar.
But by and large, this sort of stuff can already be done much cheaper -- by a mule.
Mules are inexpensive, easy to manage, and can be eaten when the chips are really down. They also don't disappear into untidy, million-dollar piles of metal and plastic scrap when they blunder over improvised explosive devices. Sure, they make a mess. But it's not quite as costly (other than to the mule).
You know what our military really needs, other than fewer Asian land wars? A Humvee that doesn't turn into a toaster oven when confronted with a buried surplus artillery shell. Now THAT would be worthy of an expensive Defense project.
And in my day, we were forced to enter commands in Morse. That's right... MORSE. Even if you were good and had a decent keyer, 20 words per minute was about the top end.
Wanna change directories? dah di dah dit / dah di dit. Sure it was slow, but we *liked* it. Really gives you time to think about a command. Wasn't nobody recursively deleting a directory full of important files, no sir! Half the time you got to the end of a command, you'd forget what you intended to do. NOW THAT IS SECURE COMPUTING.
Bring back Morse, I say. And you young 'uns quit grumping about your newfangled typing commands. You don't know how good you have it.
"Carry me across," begged the scorpion, "and I promise not to sting you."
The dog was wise and slow to reply. "I don't think so," he growled. "I've never met a trustworthy scorpion."
"Today you have," hissed the scorpion with as much of a smile as he could manage. "I'm not evil, like other creatures of my kind. Besides, if I stung you, I'd drown. Carry me across and I promise all will be well."
The dog relented, taking the scorpion on his back. He paddled out into the current. Halfway across, the scorpion stung him behind the neck.
"Now we will both surely die!" the dog moaned as the venom began to take hold. "Why have you done this?"
... is that IE for Mac remains the fastest, most stable browser on OS 9.
There are still LOTS of OS 9 users out there. I migrated to OS X early, but did an OS 9 install as a weekend project on a vintage Beige G3 Powermac last month.
The last version of Mozilla on OS 9 was positively glacial. While it's true that IE for Mac is obsolete and renders some sites badly -- MSN.com, for instance -- it is by far the best browser remaining on Classic. The only real competitor is Opera 6.03, which serves primarily as an example of how much Opera has come along in the past few years. Outlook Express for Mac is also the perkiest and most finished-feeling mail client I tried, though I know there are a lot of die-hard Eudora users still out there. IE/Outlook Express really wasn't a bad offering on Mac. Worlds better than its Windows counterpart.
On OS X, I find fewer and fewer sites that I can't access without IE. I have plenty of disk space, but quit loading IE for OS X with the last releases of Omniweb and Safari. As other posters have pointed out, we should noisily refuse to use the sites which don't support a current-release Mac browser at this point in the game.
But the end of IE for Mac is a loss to the OS 9 holdouts. I'm sure a lot of us will download copies for the archives. And to keep Classic alive a little bit longer.
Bingo. You deserve a (6) Insightful. Google wants to be more than the dominant search engine: they'll get into the telcom business. Having Opera around to serve mobile content AND be their desktop dispenser is small investment for a big return.
... by the Chinese military. In an out, no key errors or fingerprints -- a story posted once again without the editors having the slightest idea it was happening. Scary as hell.
This is a pretty apt summary. The/. headline seems far gloomier than the article, which shows a remarkable improvement in the spaceship's condition since its landing attempt last month. Maybe they won't get it back, but that's not a forgone conclusion. Yet.
... a new messaging protocol demanding my IMMEDIATE response. I don't have enough electronic intrusion from my cellphone and email already. This is great. My boss will love it.
Text messaging reduced to the level of that arcade game where alligators poke up through holes, and you have to hit them on the head before they disappear. Maybe I can try this while driving, just to make it more interesting.
Coca-Cola Blak is not just a flavor extension. It is a blend of unique Coke refreshment with the true essence of coffee and has a rich smooth texture and has a coffee-like froth when poured.
Awesome... a soft drink with crema. OMFG.
Do I have to wait until I actually try this soft drink to throw up? Or can I beat the rush and just put a finger down my throat now?
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I know people who absolutely *love* Widgets. I think most of them are better served by conventional applications. It just seems wrong to allocate 100MB or more of RAM to an array of programs that run in the background most of the time.
But you're right: choice is good. And KDE users have plenty of opportunities to choose bloat, don't they?In all seriousness, I expect KDE 4 to be a formidable desktop./p?
So now KDE users can enjoy the same RAM-hogging pleasure afforded us OS X users by an array of useless, bloated widgets. Now THAT is progress! ;-)
Actually, I believe Gates has been a major iPod fanboy for a long time ... going back, it would seem, to the days of the 5-1/4" floppy. Talk about an early adopter!
Sure looks as if this technology has limited application on the battlefield. What it mainly does is turn trained soldiers into pack animals.
Okay, I can imagine a few specialized uses in which being able to carry large loads over rough terrain might be useful. Perhaps carrying a laser sighting system up a mountain, or a portable radar.
But by and large, this sort of stuff can already be done much cheaper -- by a mule.
Mules are inexpensive, easy to manage, and can be eaten when the chips are really down. They also don't disappear into untidy, million-dollar piles of metal and plastic scrap when they blunder over improvised explosive devices. Sure, they make a mess. But it's not quite as costly (other than to the mule).
You know what our military really needs, other than fewer Asian land wars? A Humvee that doesn't turn into a toaster oven when confronted with a buried surplus artillery shell. Now THAT would be worthy of an expensive Defense project.And in my day, we were forced to enter commands in Morse. That's right ... MORSE. Even if you were good and had a decent keyer, 20 words per minute was about the top end.
Wanna change directories? dah di dah dit / dah di dit. Sure it was slow, but we *liked* it. Really gives you time to think about a command. Wasn't nobody recursively deleting a directory full of important files, no sir! Half the time you got to the end of a command, you'd forget what you intended to do. NOW THAT IS SECURE COMPUTING.
Bring back Morse, I say. And you young 'uns quit grumping about your newfangled typing commands. You don't know how good you have it.
Voyager ending seems a overly didactic, don't you think? But the writing on Star Trek was always a bit ham-fisted. Not that mine is any better ...
I don't like frogs, and tell it as I please.
"Carry me across," begged the scorpion, "and I promise not to sting you."
The dog was wise and slow to reply. "I don't think so," he growled. "I've never met a trustworthy scorpion."
"Today you have," hissed the scorpion with as much of a smile as he could manage. "I'm not evil, like other creatures of my kind. Besides, if I stung you, I'd drown. Carry me across and I promise all will be well."
The dog relented, taking the scorpion on his back. He paddled out into the current. Halfway across, the scorpion stung him behind the neck.
"Now we will both surely die!" the dog moaned as the venom began to take hold. "Why have you done this?"
"Because I am a scorpion, of course."
There are still LOTS of OS 9 users out there. I migrated to OS X early, but did an OS 9 install as a weekend project on a vintage Beige G3 Powermac last month.
The last version of Mozilla on OS 9 was positively glacial. While it's true that IE for Mac is obsolete and renders some sites badly -- MSN.com, for instance -- it is by far the best browser remaining on Classic. The only real competitor is Opera 6.03, which serves primarily as an example of how much Opera has come along in the past few years. Outlook Express for Mac is also the perkiest and most finished-feeling mail client I tried, though I know there are a lot of die-hard Eudora users still out there. IE/Outlook Express really wasn't a bad offering on Mac. Worlds better than its Windows counterpart.
On OS X, I find fewer and fewer sites that I can't access without IE. I have plenty of disk space, but quit loading IE for OS X with the last releases of Omniweb and Safari. As other posters have pointed out, we should noisily refuse to use the sites which don't support a current-release Mac browser at this point in the game.
But the end of IE for Mac is a loss to the OS 9 holdouts. I'm sure a lot of us will download copies for the archives. And to keep Classic alive a little bit longer.
Bingo. You deserve a (6) Insightful. Google wants to be more than the dominant search engine: they'll get into the telcom business. Having Opera around to serve mobile content AND be their desktop dispenser is small investment for a big return.
Bet they'll keep the source closed.
... our electronic privacy rights are absolute. Unlike the Europeans, we can communicate without fear of being eaves%^*,_-+7 ...
... by the Chinese military. In an out, no key errors or fingerprints -- a story posted once again without the editors having the slightest idea it was happening. Scary as hell.
And you're an anonymous poster. Piss off.
This is a pretty apt summary. The /. headline seems far gloomier than the article, which shows a remarkable improvement in the spaceship's condition since its landing attempt last month. Maybe they won't get it back, but that's not a forgone conclusion. Yet.
Yeah, I get that. Still beat-the-clock.
Text messaging reduced to the level of that arcade game where alligators poke up through holes, and you have to hit them on the head before they disappear. Maybe I can try this while driving, just to make it more interesting.
Yeah, but the bitter herbs floating around in it kinda suck.
And the problem there would be ... ?
They want to make 5.5 billion people puke?
Awesome ... a soft drink with crema. OMFG.
Do I have to wait until I actually try this soft drink to throw up? Or can I beat the rush and just put a finger down my throat now?
If I has mod points left, you'd get them. I just spewed coal-and-lemon beverage on my screen. ;-)
Brought to you, apparently, by the geniuses who marketed New Coke.
... given that Yahoo's policy of turning over Chinese dissidents to Beijing is so badly mis.ta.cn
The quick answer is a tiny, tiny portion of the number of people who happily listen to free radio everyday.
... already has a mouse. Next story?