14/28Kbps modem, crappy/crashy OS, abysmal file-system and shoddy browsers. A bookmark taking up 32KB should have been the least of the troubles for Windows users.
That wasnt all that Scott had to say.. Check-out this report to hear more of Scott's views. The gist: Scott doesn't want you downloading the source, he wants you to write it. And buy the product his company packages for you.
So how about something that works like a library? An annual subscription, and a fixed number of songs you can keep active at any time ? without any per-song fees of-course.
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Well did you read the article? The article quotes academicians, and they are pretty candid in admitting that they are not ready yet.
Even the headline says "Space Scientists Say China's Mars Probe 'Years Away'".
It definitely doesnt sound like propaganda.
I thought prior art should *exist*?
Where can I get them 3D glasses ?
Just curious, what kind of BSD userland tools would a consumer electronics device need?
Back in the day, everything sucked :P
14/28Kbps modem, crappy/crashy OS, abysmal file-system and shoddy browsers.
A bookmark taking up 32KB should have been the least of the troubles for Windows users.
Two points :
..importing bookmarks Sucks.
Some people like to have a URL ("Favorite") on their desktop/quicklaunch/etc..
It's nice to have all your browsers picking up their bookmarks from a central location ~/Favorites
It's messy agreed, but looks better than having dozens of configuration files for each browser.
I dont agree with your disk-space argument however.
Remember "Punch the monkey and get a free penis!".
;)
This will only be harder
United MacOsX.
No text!
Simple. Prevention. Three things come to the mind when designing production systems.
1) Capacity planning- estimate how much you need, and buy double that much capacity.
2) An alert triggering system which fires when utilization goes beyond a threshold.
3) Automated housekeeping based on pre-defined retention periods.
All these need to fail before triggering a production incident.
"In the United States, customers have been contacted directly via e-mail, and we've notified the reseller channel."
;P
Wonder if those mails had the letter
Maybe you arent using a KDE desktop.
.profile.
In that case, add 'export QT_XFT=1' to your
Just say Linux/BSD
Ah man , already we have a nut running around calling everything GNU/foobar.
Now I have to call my BSD box Linux/BSD ?
NO FRICKEN WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
See Michael's comment - Choice is indeed better.
20% Offtopic Replies ;)
Suddenly, i dont want to know about the "12 hour burnout of the collapsing black hole".
apples vs oranges ;)
That wasnt all that Scott had to say.. Check-out this report
to hear more of Scott's views.
The gist: Scott doesn't want you downloading the source, he wants you to write it. And buy the product his company packages for you.
Checkout the other link.
Isnt that what Speakfreely is about ?
Also available for Unix.
CLI based, but some front-ends are available too.
So how about something that works like a library?
An annual subscription, and a fixed number of songs you can keep active at any time ? without any per-song fees of-course.
But does it have OGG support ?
It's a bug and its a feature ;)
Yeah. You need to know COBOL too .
You'll die of old age by the time you reach Neptune.
How ? Are you going to apply that eleet aging algorithm to my replica when it reaches there? Damn you !
Perhaps he just ends with a return :)