Try Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga--ripping good yarns which, although they take place in a science-fiction setting, really aren't driven thereby. Alternatively, David Weber's Honor Harrington series is wonderful.
Good bye and good riddance. Now that we have seen how good science fiction can actually be, is there any need for the hackneyed & sad efforts of Paramount's franchise? After such incredible series as Babylon 5 (which set the standard for what televised sci-fi should be) and Firefly, why would anyone want to revisit the Roddenverse?
Now, what would make me happy is to hear about more in the above two universes--or even better, a film or TV version of the Vorkosigan Saga or even Weber's Honor Harrington books.
Here's a refutation: GNOME is based on C, while KDE is based on C++. As is pretty obvious, C is a lot better than C++.
More seriously, KDE tries to do more than GNOME, and succeeds pretty well at it. KDE's a really cool environment built within a crufty language--it's like a really nice house built on sand. GNOME tends to be more like a shack built on a skyscraper-class foundation.
I'm really not certain which is better. But then, I like ion.
My guess is this: gtk+ is pure C while Qt is C++. Sure, there are C bindings available for Qt, but it's Not the Same Thing. I'm not much of a language bigot: I write (poorly) in C, python, Scheme, perl, Common Lisp and shell, but something's just not right about C++.
I agree, though: it would have been nice had the KDE guys been more practical from the get-go. They've a lot of good ideas (although the pioneer the wm-and-desktop combo, which sucks bigtime IMHO). A lot of their architecture is pretty impressive, but it also just doesn't feel right from a Unix perspective, if that makes sense.
Well, on the other hand sometime's it can be reasonable to postpone maintenance. Imagine a military in which 1/6 of all units are typically down for minor repairs. In the middle of a big offensive, one can postpone minor repairs in the short term in return for a better long-term strategic position. Ditto with companies: if skimping on building maintenance for a year or two can keep the company afloat long enough to start becoming a success, why not do it? Sure, there's a cost associated, but if it makes sense, it should be done.
I can figure out Fink--but there are numerous bad things about replacing or over-riding the vendor-standard tools. By day I'm a Unix admin: I know whereof I speak.
And yes, Linux (well, the distros I've used anyway) has a pretty nice setup. The GNU tools are a joy to work with. My example of touch -d was from experience: on Linux on can do touch -d "20 Jan" FILE and it works; on OS X it must be touch -d 01201200. I know because this happened while trying to walk my brother through some things.
The problem with OS X is that it is neither a traditional Unix nor a traditional end-user OS. If one wants a real Unix, why not just get Linux: it's free as in beer and speech.
Replacing the vendor-standard/bin and/usr/bin is not normally a good idea; installing in/usr/local/bin means that one must have that first in one's PATH, which is normally alright, but can cause trouble (I know, 'cause I'm a Unix admin and do it on my Solaris & AIX hosts first thing).
Replacing the vendor-standard Apache has issues at the GUI-CLI interface.
Installing postfix is not nearly so simple as it is on Solaris or AIX; a glance at the various online tutorials demonstrates this.
Anyway, even were Mac OS X as easily make-right-able as Solaris or AIX, it'd still be proprietary, like them. Why not use free software?
That's my major beef with it: I don't have the freedom to play with it as I'd like.
There are also minor problems: brain-dead BSD tools rather than nice GNU tools (compare the arguments of touch -d on a GNU/Linux system vs. a BSD system); various oddnesses in setup; old Apache (this may be fixed); somewhat difficult postfix setup (ditto) &c. But the major issue is that Mac OS X is proprietary software. I'm am American--I'm quite attached to freedom.
Play along with the (two, three?) other browsers which do tabebd browsing, or play along with every other app on the planet?
And as for editing a text file, boo-hoo-hoo. That's what the text config files are for: doing the Wrong Thing when that's what one wishes to do. I don't write that rudely--I do the same sometimes myself, for my own reasons (like mapping Caps Lock to Ctrl).
As snopes notes (look towards the end), the 'forty acres and a mule' nonsense is just that: nonsense. General Sherman handed out land that wasn't his to black camp followers in order to give them something to live off of for the duration. It wasn't his to give, and President Johnson returned the land to its proper owners after the war.
I'd tend to agree with that, actually. If something's popular, that means that many--or most--people like it. Since most folks are pretty dumb, the odds are good that the things itself is pretty dumb. Not certain, of course: most people enjoy ice cream, and it's Good Stuff:-)
Is it actually possible to slander or libel Java? After all, the common key to both is that a statement be both negative and false. I cannot think of any negative phrase which isn't true of Java...
Lomborg requested space for a rebuttal; SA gave him a page-and-a-half. He then replied to the criticisms on his website; SA forced him to take his replies down, as they (necessarily) contained the original critiques. SA's behaviour throughout has been thoroughly dishonest and shameful--witness Michael Crichton's speech on the Lomborg incident. But then, what can one expect from the sort of people who use French units?
It's very, very sad when two men who whould know better let their political concerns get in the way of the truth. Esp. when Gore could be credited with the destruction of the Internet. If he hadn't blathered on and on and on with his stupid 'Information Superhighway' nonsense, we might actually still have a 'net to be proud of, instead of the miserable September-which-never-ended we're stuck with now.
Ah well, it probably was going to happen anyway, and at about the same time too.
What's amusing is how this illustrates the cultural differences between Unix & Windows admins (pace Raymond). To a Windows user, needing to reboot is nothing; to a Unix user, needing to recompile is as naught. I need hardly expound upon how this reveals that Unix is superior: the Unix user is more comfortable with more technical means because Unix leads one to be more technical--much like a car which encourages one to change one's own oil. Windows is like an auto which shoots one for trying to steer,
It's also hard to understand why there aren't "big name" email clients that already support that kind of interface.
gnus has done this for over a decade now, IIRC. It's been a pretty big name for a long, long while--it's the first NNTP client I ever used, way back when.
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In addition, several of Branagh's films were released with much nicer editions in the UK than in the US.
It's all about freedom.
Try Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga--ripping good yarns which, although they take place in a science-fiction setting, really aren't driven thereby. Alternatively, David Weber's Honor Harrington series is wonderful.
In other words, you liked it when it pushed your view, but disliked it when it disagreed?
Now, what would make me happy is to hear about more in the above two universes--or even better, a film or TV version of the Vorkosigan Saga or even Weber's Honor Harrington books.
More seriously, KDE tries to do more than GNOME, and succeeds pretty well at it. KDE's a really cool environment built within a crufty language--it's like a really nice house built on sand. GNOME tends to be more like a shack built on a skyscraper-class foundation.
I'm really not certain which is better. But then, I like ion.
Wow, I knew grep is powerful, but not that powerful;-)
My guess is this: gtk+ is pure C while Qt is C++. Sure, there are C bindings available for Qt, but it's Not the Same Thing. I'm not much of a language bigot: I write (poorly) in C, python, Scheme, perl, Common Lisp and shell, but something's just not right about C++.
I agree, though: it would have been nice had the KDE guys been more practical from the get-go. They've a lot of good ideas (although the pioneer the wm-and-desktop combo, which sucks bigtime IMHO). A lot of their architecture is pretty impressive, but it also just doesn't feel right from a Unix perspective, if that makes sense.
Unix: It's Pretty Damn Cool
Well, on the other hand sometime's it can be reasonable to postpone maintenance. Imagine a military in which 1/6 of all units are typically down for minor repairs. In the middle of a big offensive, one can postpone minor repairs in the short term in return for a better long-term strategic position. Ditto with companies: if skimping on building maintenance for a year or two can keep the company afloat long enough to start becoming a success, why not do it? Sure, there's a cost associated, but if it makes sense, it should be done.
Damn moderators: it's not a troll, it's the truth. Shoot, next thing one knows, they'll be moderating down posts which note that the sky is blue.
And yes, Linux (well, the distros I've used anyway) has a pretty nice setup. The GNU tools are a joy to work with. My example of touch -d was from experience: on Linux on can do touch -d "20 Jan" FILE and it works; on OS X it must be touch -d 01201200. I know because this happened while trying to walk my brother through some things.
The problem with OS X is that it is neither a traditional Unix nor a traditional end-user OS. If one wants a real Unix, why not just get Linux: it's free as in beer and speech.
Replacing the vendor-standard Apache has issues at the GUI-CLI interface.
Installing postfix is not nearly so simple as it is on Solaris or AIX; a glance at the various online tutorials demonstrates this.
Anyway, even were Mac OS X as easily make-right-able as Solaris or AIX, it'd still be proprietary, like them. Why not use free software?
It's proprietary software.
That's my major beef with it: I don't have the freedom to play with it as I'd like.
There are also minor problems: brain-dead BSD tools rather than nice GNU tools (compare the arguments of touch -d on a GNU/Linux system vs. a BSD system); various oddnesses in setup; old Apache (this may be fixed); somewhat difficult postfix setup (ditto) &c. But the major issue is that Mac OS X is proprietary software. I'm am American--I'm quite attached to freedom.
And as for editing a text file, boo-hoo-hoo. That's what the text config files are for: doing the Wrong Thing when that's what one wishes to do. I don't write that rudely--I do the same sometimes myself, for my own reasons (like mapping Caps Lock to Ctrl).
As snopes notes (look towards the end), the 'forty acres and a mule' nonsense is just that: nonsense. General Sherman handed out land that wasn't his to black camp followers in order to give them something to live off of for the duration. It wasn't his to give, and President Johnson returned the land to its proper owners after the war.
That said, they're nice. And gnus supports them quite well, thankyouverymuch. In fact, just about any mail reader inlines images these days.
I'd tend to agree with that, actually. If something's popular, that means that many--or most--people like it. Since most folks are pretty dumb, the odds are good that the things itself is pretty dumb. Not certain, of course: most people enjoy ice cream, and it's Good Stuff:-)
Popularity has very, very little to do with quality. Hell, McDonald's is a popular place to eat.
Is it actually possible to slander or libel Java? After all, the common key to both is that a statement be both negative and false. I cannot think of any negative phrase which isn't true of Java...
Because it's a standard they needn't pay royalties on. Good for them, good for their customers: good for everyone.
Because MP3 is proprietary. Ogg Vorbis is free, in every sense of the word. It's also technically better, which is nice.
Lomborg requested space for a rebuttal; SA gave him a page-and-a-half. He then replied to the criticisms on his website; SA forced him to take his replies down, as they (necessarily) contained the original critiques. SA's behaviour throughout has been thoroughly dishonest and shameful--witness Michael Crichton's speech on the Lomborg incident. But then, what can one expect from the sort of people who use French units?
Ah well, it probably was going to happen anyway, and at about the same time too.
What's amusing is how this illustrates the cultural differences between Unix & Windows admins (pace Raymond). To a Windows user, needing to reboot is nothing; to a Unix user, needing to recompile is as naught. I need hardly expound upon how this reveals that Unix is superior: the Unix user is more comfortable with more technical means because Unix leads one to be more technical--much like a car which encourages one to change one's own oil. Windows is like an auto which shoots one for trying to steer,
gnus has done this for over a decade now, IIRC. It's been a pretty big name for a long, long while--it's the first NNTP client I ever used, way back when.