That's nice. The grandparent was right; morality is defined by each culture. What is immoral in Alabama is commonplace in New Guinea and a deadly sin in India. Cultural relativism is how the world works. There is no such thing as "absolute morality", other than what exists in the minds of philosophers, Southern Baptist preachers, and self-important Slashdot inhabitants.
Does anyone remember being told when they were a child, not to leave your can of drink open while outside for fear of a wasp/bee getting inside and consequently a painful next sip?
No, but I do remember leaving my can of drink open outside and actually experiencing that "painful next sip". Ouch. My upper lip was very badly swollen for about a week.
We have control over the TLDs. It's as simple as that. If someone else wants to fork off from us, let them. Who cares? If it's THAT big of a deal then do it. There's nothing stopping you. But don't blame us when the Internet ends up split into factions, because it was you who decided to screw up a perfectly good system, not us.
And yes, the Internet *is* one big entity. It's comprised of smaller networks, sure, but those networks connect together to form one big network. If it's not one big network then why is anyone concerned about it "forking off" into different segments?
Libya hasn't supported or condoned anything like as many human rights abuses as the United States!
Seriously, what the fuck are you talking about? The only "humans rights abuses" the U.S. is guilty of to my knowledge is Guantanamo Bay, and to an extent (yes, only to an extent) Abu Ghraib. There may be a few others scattered here and there, but it happens. Don't tell me there isn't a country on Earth that isn't guilty of at least *some* human rights abuses.
Looks like you're the one who's not listening. THE U.S. IS NOT IN CHARGE OF THE INTERNET. We're in charge of the DNS system. Someone else could easily set up their own DNS servers and have an alternate name lookup system if they're so concerned about us controlling DNS. Personally, I don't give a shit what other countries want us to do with the Internet, WE BUILT IT.
The developers have access to the Internet, don't they? This isn't one single guy developing a little browser, this is KONQUEROR. There are tons of developers and tons of testers. Surely at least a few of them use this browser on a regular basis and can see the huge rendering flaws just like anyone else can. And no, I can't think of any specific examples because it's been several months since I quit using Konqueror. Don't blame me because I didn't report these huge, obvious flaws. Blame the developers for not testing their software enough. I'm sure the folks behind Konqueror are constantly improving their browser, and that's good for them, but I'll stick with Firefox -- a browser that already works well.
It's been a while since I used Suse, but I do remember that it was pretty good about hardware and stuff compared to others I've used. I have used Ubuntu recently and it was basically junk as far as that type of functionality goes. Hell, at one point all I wanted to do was set up X for a multihead display, but I could find no configuration options anywhere for multiple screens. I edited the X config file and still couldn't get it to work. So I just said screw it and re-installed Gentoo.
I guess what I'm driving at here is the desktop needs to be consistent. With Gentoo, it's understood that everything is text based and that's the primary way of configuring stuff. When you're running something like Ubuntu however, where it goes directly into the GUI, *everything* should be configurable from the GUI.
What an ass. I happen to have used Konqueror extensively, and for a while switched to it exclusively, but ended up switching back to Firefox when I was tired of some pages not rendering correctly, etc. No, I haven't filed any bug reports or enhancement reports or even at least checked that it's in the pipeline, or used any other means to inform the developers about a damn thing, because [b]I've got better shit to do and it's not my God damn job.[/b] My computer is a tool to get work done. I don't run Linux because I want to help others beta test software, I run Linux because it's fast, powerful, and free. I'm sorry that you feel that this makes me a troll. I guess I'm just a lesser human being than you. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go do some engineering homework.
You are blaming this on KDE, whereas primarily you should be blaming the hardware manufacturers for not providing support for their hardware, on people who ship their media in proprietary formats, and on the peddlers of those proprietary formats for not providing decoding software for Linux (OK, some do, I know).
What? The problem here has nothing to do with hardware manufacturers or proprietary formats. The problem is that he can't load up the KDE control panel, go to Drivers, click Search for New Hardware, and have it autodetect and install his sound card. That's the kind of functionality that he's talking about, and more people should work on implementing if Linux is to become a truly viable desktop OS in this day and age.
Yeah, I'm in the Air Guard, and we have the same crap. For a while, every time I would come to drill I'd have to get my password reset because how the hell can you remember a password when you have to change it all the time? So when I have to change the password I just change a digit and a capital letter. Terribly insecure.
"Forces water into the engine's oil"? That's not possible. The water is vaporized by the heat, some of it in the intake tract, most of it in the combustion chamber. If you add too much water and liquid water gets in the chamber, it can easily bust pistons, bend rods, and even break the crankshaft (since liquid is not compressible). Otherwise, there is no way for the water to get in the oil.
His argument is entirely correct. Nothing pisses me off more in IE than opening a new window and seeing the exact same page come up. When I open a new window, it's to go somewhere else. It's a lot slower to open the same page up than to give me a blank screen.
Does your pickup also have high flowing heads with DOHC cams, sequential injection, a coil on plug ignition system with ion sensing, variable cam timing, intake runner airflow control valves, drive by wire throttle control, and does it run extremely smooth and quietly with very little NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness), very low emissions, high power, excellent fuel economy, and will it go 100,000 miles between tuneups (which consist of basically spark plugs and timing belt), doing nothing to it except changing the oil on occasion?
These days there are many technologies used to significantly improve an engine's driveability, power, emissions, efficiency, and smoothness. This takes a complex, powerful computer to control the whole deal. These computers are a mechanic's best friend. An ODB-II computer can show you, in real time, the exact output of any sensor on the engine. You can thus see *exactly* what is going on in the engine and quickly discover what the problem is. Which is better- turning the distributor til it "idles pretty good and dont ping", or adjusting the ignition timing for [B]each individual cylinder[/B] to the optimum spark advance to the nearest tenth of a degree, in real time as conditions like humidity, temperature, altitude, and fuel quality change?
Sure, your old pickup is easy to work on, but if I have two engines side by side, and one gets 5 MPG morethan the other, makes 100 more horsepower with a flatter torque curve, runs 5 times as smooth, has 5 times the throttle response and driveability, will last forever without only minor maintenance on rare occasion, puts out far less pollution, and is actually easier to work on if you have the proper equipment, which one do you think is the better deal?
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... against Sony for copyright infridgement
Copyright infridgement? What is that, illegally putting a CD in the refrigerator or something?
Uhh.. I don't think he was talking about X11. I think he was using "X" like you would use the word "foo".
and with that, basically all that needs to be said has been said
That's nice. The grandparent was right; morality is defined by each culture. What is immoral in Alabama is commonplace in New Guinea and a deadly sin in India. Cultural relativism is how the world works. There is no such thing as "absolute morality", other than what exists in the minds of philosophers, Southern Baptist preachers, and self-important Slashdot inhabitants.
Al Gore? Is that you?
Does anyone remember being told when they were a child, not to leave your can of drink open while outside for fear of a wasp/bee getting inside and consequently a painful next sip?
No, but I do remember leaving my can of drink open outside and actually experiencing that "painful next sip". Ouch. My upper lip was very badly swollen for about a week.
If a torpedo has been fired at you, isn't the enemy already aware of your presence?
We have control over the TLDs. It's as simple as that. If someone else wants to fork off from us, let them. Who cares? If it's THAT big of a deal then do it. There's nothing stopping you. But don't blame us when the Internet ends up split into factions, because it was you who decided to screw up a perfectly good system, not us.
And yes, the Internet *is* one big entity. It's comprised of smaller networks, sure, but those networks connect together to form one big network. If it's not one big network then why is anyone concerned about it "forking off" into different segments?
Libya hasn't supported or condoned anything like as many human rights abuses as the United States!
Seriously, what the fuck are you talking about? The only "humans rights abuses" the U.S. is guilty of to my knowledge is Guantanamo Bay, and to an extent (yes, only to an extent) Abu Ghraib. There may be a few others scattered here and there, but it happens. Don't tell me there isn't a country on Earth that isn't guilty of at least *some* human rights abuses.
What if a cowboy in the govt decides to switch off all traffic to China or Iraq; you know if he doesn't do that terrorists have won!
Do you even know how the Internet works?
That was one huge, completely irrelevant post. "Televisions", "jets", and "rockets" are not one big entity. THE Internet is.
Looks like you're the one who's not listening. THE U.S. IS NOT IN CHARGE OF THE INTERNET. We're in charge of the DNS system. Someone else could easily set up their own DNS servers and have an alternate name lookup system if they're so concerned about us controlling DNS. Personally, I don't give a shit what other countries want us to do with the Internet, WE BUILT IT.
Baboons are monkeys...
The developers have access to the Internet, don't they? This isn't one single guy developing a little browser, this is KONQUEROR. There are tons of developers and tons of testers. Surely at least a few of them use this browser on a regular basis and can see the huge rendering flaws just like anyone else can. And no, I can't think of any specific examples because it's been several months since I quit using Konqueror. Don't blame me because I didn't report these huge, obvious flaws. Blame the developers for not testing their software enough. I'm sure the folks behind Konqueror are constantly improving their browser, and that's good for them, but I'll stick with Firefox -- a browser that already works well.
It's been a while since I used Suse, but I do remember that it was pretty good about hardware and stuff compared to others I've used. I have used Ubuntu recently and it was basically junk as far as that type of functionality goes. Hell, at one point all I wanted to do was set up X for a multihead display, but I could find no configuration options anywhere for multiple screens. I edited the X config file and still couldn't get it to work. So I just said screw it and re-installed Gentoo.
I guess what I'm driving at here is the desktop needs to be consistent. With Gentoo, it's understood that everything is text based and that's the primary way of configuring stuff. When you're running something like Ubuntu however, where it goes directly into the GUI, *everything* should be configurable from the GUI.
What an ass. I happen to have used Konqueror extensively, and for a while switched to it exclusively, but ended up switching back to Firefox when I was tired of some pages not rendering correctly, etc. No, I haven't filed any bug reports or enhancement reports or even at least checked that it's in the pipeline, or used any other means to inform the developers about a damn thing, because [b]I've got better shit to do and it's not my God damn job.[/b] My computer is a tool to get work done. I don't run Linux because I want to help others beta test software, I run Linux because it's fast, powerful, and free. I'm sorry that you feel that this makes me a troll. I guess I'm just a lesser human being than you. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go do some engineering homework.
You are blaming this on KDE, whereas primarily you should be blaming the hardware manufacturers for not providing support for their hardware, on people who ship their media in proprietary formats, and on the peddlers of those proprietary formats for not providing decoding software for Linux (OK, some do, I know).
What? The problem here has nothing to do with hardware manufacturers or proprietary formats. The problem is that he can't load up the KDE control panel, go to Drivers, click Search for New Hardware, and have it autodetect and install his sound card. That's the kind of functionality that he's talking about, and more people should work on implementing if Linux is to become a truly viable desktop OS in this day and age.
Yeah, I'm in the Air Guard, and we have the same crap. For a while, every time I would come to drill I'd have to get my password reset because how the hell can you remember a password when you have to change it all the time? So when I have to change the password I just change a digit and a capital letter. Terribly insecure.
I'm on dialup too, and gmail is fast as hell.
"Forces water into the engine's oil"? That's not possible. The water is vaporized by the heat, some of it in the intake tract, most of it in the combustion chamber. If you add too much water and liquid water gets in the chamber, it can easily bust pistons, bend rods, and even break the crankshaft (since liquid is not compressible). Otherwise, there is no way for the water to get in the oil.
For anyone used to VIM, nothing in the world would seem more logical.
Ah, VIM. Who isn't used to it?
His argument is entirely correct. Nothing pisses me off more in IE than opening a new window and seeing the exact same page come up. When I open a new window, it's to go somewhere else. It's a lot slower to open the same page up than to give me a blank screen.
Earl: "I LIKE CHEESE!"
yes, I know I used UBB code instead of HTML. my bad, it's 2 AM and i've been drinking :)
Does your pickup also have high flowing heads with DOHC cams, sequential injection, a coil on plug ignition system with ion sensing, variable cam timing, intake runner airflow control valves, drive by wire throttle control, and does it run extremely smooth and quietly with very little NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness), very low emissions, high power, excellent fuel economy, and will it go 100,000 miles between tuneups (which consist of basically spark plugs and timing belt), doing nothing to it except changing the oil on occasion?
These days there are many technologies used to significantly improve an engine's driveability, power, emissions, efficiency, and smoothness. This takes a complex, powerful computer to control the whole deal. These computers are a mechanic's best friend. An ODB-II computer can show you, in real time, the exact output of any sensor on the engine. You can thus see *exactly* what is going on in the engine and quickly discover what the problem is. Which is better- turning the distributor til it "idles pretty good and dont ping", or adjusting the ignition timing for [B]each individual cylinder[/B] to the optimum spark advance to the nearest tenth of a degree, in real time as conditions like humidity, temperature, altitude, and fuel quality change?
Sure, your old pickup is easy to work on, but if I have two engines side by side, and one gets 5 MPG morethan the other, makes 100 more horsepower with a flatter torque curve, runs 5 times as smooth, has 5 times the throttle response and driveability, will last forever without only minor maintenance on rare occasion, puts out far less pollution, and is actually easier to work on if you have the proper equipment, which one do you think is the better deal?