You could build the lightbulb faster, though. But it would take 400 watts just to find your way to the bathroom. And you might get there before the light does...
In Firefox you can just paste a URL directly into the browser window to load it. No need to muck around with the address bar.
I believe two people can be equally productive with two different environments. It's not what you use, but how you use it. Many of my colleagues use Windows all the time; while I am pretty slow navigating my way around windows, they have become familiar enough with the GUI that they can do their work efficiently. While I plod my way through Windows, they zip through it like it's second nature.
The same is true when someone who is accustomed to Windows tries to use Gnome or KDE; they are slowed down by a lack of familiarization to the environment.
It's easy to get tripped up on little differences between environments such as keyboard and mouse behaviors in different applications, GUIs, etc. A reasonable approach is to try to set up your environments to be as similar as possible.
Somewhat on-topic, here's a little.Xdefaults I wrote for a colleague who was very used to using Putty for his terminal windows, and wanted the same behavior (right-click to paste) in his xterms:
I love vi dearly for all my sysadmin-related activities, but I've found it to be a little cumbersome for writing emails and other paragraph-formatted text. With a lot of word processors, you can type a paragraph, go back to the beginning of the paragraph and add a sentence, and the WP will push the existing text along without hosing up the line breaks. How can you make vi more...uh...word-processory?
That's all well and good, but what about us poor folk with FITL and Adelphia cable and other atrocities against getting broadband. It makes me cry everytime I hear about advances in broadband I cannot get.
Considering that the only broadband available in my part of the world (I live in eastern Loudoun County, VA) is a T1 at $675/month, price is the primary factor in my decision to not get broadband.
Verizon and Adelphia Cable need to PITFU and get broadband available to more people if they want to bring the price down.
Most college boys do not know enough to be truly useful. Not coincidentally, many have not had formal training in the real world. Go to work. Learn about how things really work, not the regurgitated pablum that is spread by out-of-touch professors.
"Sorry, honey. You're breaking up...can't...uh...damn smoke grenades...uhm...I'll have to call you back...WALLHACKING BASTARD HOW'D YOU KNOW I WAS HERE!? No, I wasn't talking to you, dear. Of course I'm paying attent--B, 4, 3, B, 8, 2, damn I need some cash..." etc. etc.
When MS starts pushing to get their media formats implemented into hardware, it won't have as much opportunity to change. With the pace of video codecs these days, your DVD player will probably be obsolete by the time you get it home.
The Residents (you know, that eyeball band) has produced many fantastic multimedia releases, the most recent being their DVD titled "Icky Flix."
They've been experimenting in multimedia for about 30 years, and many of their works (One Minute Movies, Freak Show, Bad Day on the Midway) are pretty innovative for their time.
The Icky Flix DVD has a collection of their videos (all of which have a 2nd audio track with new music recorded for the DVD) as well as some footage from live performances. Many of the videos were created specifically for the DVD for songs from many years past. There are also some very bizarre computer animations shown between videos if you watch them all sequencially.
Legend (the company which released the Sorcerers series) released a whole slew of their older games on CD-ROM. The compilation is called "The Lost Adventures of Legend" and is published by Mindscape.
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This is a terrifying job title.
I read it as One dot zero zero zero dot...
Or
One
Hmmm.
Skynet?
You could build the lightbulb faster, though. But it would take 400 watts just to find your way to the bathroom. And you might get there before the light does...
Uh...I'm, uh, just going to find a cash machine...
What's the catch?
I believe two people can be equally productive with two different environments. It's not what you use, but how you use it. Many of my colleagues use Windows all the time; while I am pretty slow navigating my way around windows, they have become familiar enough with the GUI that they can do their work efficiently. While I plod my way through Windows, they zip through it like it's second nature.
The same is true when someone who is accustomed to Windows tries to use Gnome or KDE; they are slowed down by a lack of familiarization to the environment.
It's easy to get tripped up on little differences between environments such as keyboard and mouse behaviors in different applications, GUIs, etc. A reasonable approach is to try to set up your environments to be as similar as possible.
Somewhat on-topic, here's a little
Hey...maybe you're on to something! Instead of clicking on icons, you can just scratch 'em like a lottery ticket.
What I really need is a microchip in my mouth which detects my foot approaching and can park my tongue in 1/10th of a second.
Joe Formage is so...almost cheese.
I love vi dearly for all my sysadmin-related activities, but I've found it to be a little cumbersome for writing emails and other paragraph-formatted text. With a lot of word processors, you can type a paragraph, go back to the beginning of the paragraph and add a sentence, and the WP will push the existing text along without hosing up the line breaks. How can you make vi more...uh...word-processory?
Camelot, it turns out, is in Fairfax, Virginia
It's only a model.
That's all well and good, but what about us poor folk with FITL and Adelphia cable and other atrocities against getting broadband. It makes me cry everytime I hear about advances in broadband I cannot get.
I...I have to be alone now.
*sob*
You might want to try jeweler's saws. They're often used on plastics, bone, and metal for inlay work.
I haven't tried them on CDs myself, but they've worked wonders on similar materials. I got mine at Widget Supply
Considering that the only broadband available in my part of the world (I live in eastern Loudoun County, VA) is a T1 at $675/month, price is the primary factor in my decision to not get broadband.
Verizon and Adelphia Cable need to PITFU and get broadband available to more people if they want to bring the price down.
Except the analog is "fuck you" and the digit is the middle one.
Most college boys do not know enough to be truly useful. Not coincidentally, many have not had formal training in the real world. Go to work. Learn about how things really work, not the regurgitated pablum that is spread by out-of-touch professors.
"Sorry, honey. You're breaking up...can't...uh...damn smoke grenades...uhm...I'll have to call you back...WALLHACKING BASTARD HOW'D YOU KNOW I WAS HERE!? No, I wasn't talking to you, dear. Of course I'm paying attent--B, 4, 3, B, 8, 2, damn I need some cash..." etc. etc.
You mean there are words on Tom's Hardware? Man, I thought it was just benchmark graphs. I heard a rumor that Playboy had "words," and now this.
It looks like it's being pushed back to February 6th. I can only guess that's what's being announced on Nvidia's website.
Be careful of the French.
Good advice.
Isn't that an oxymoron?
Are these movies or Perl modules?
When MS starts pushing to get their media formats implemented into hardware, it won't have as much opportunity to change. With the pace of video codecs these days, your DVD player will probably be obsolete by the time you get it home.
The Residents (you know, that eyeball band) has produced many fantastic multimedia releases, the most recent being their DVD titled "Icky Flix."
They've been experimenting in multimedia for about 30 years, and many of their works (One Minute Movies, Freak Show, Bad Day on the Midway) are pretty innovative for their time.
The Icky Flix DVD has a collection of their videos (all of which have a 2nd audio track with new music recorded for the DVD) as well as some footage from live performances. Many of the videos were created specifically for the DVD for songs from many years past. There are also some very bizarre computer animations shown between videos if you watch them all sequencially.
Legend (the company which released the Sorcerers series) released a whole slew of their older games on CD-ROM. The compilation is called "The Lost Adventures of Legend" and is published by Mindscape.