Arrow keys are so wolfenstein. Everybody who's anybody uses edsf or wsad for moving/strafing. Duh.
Seriously though, tell me you didn't mean the arrow keys.
I haven't measured mine but it feels full sized to me. If not, it's close enough that I don't notice. I switch keyboards from machine to machine all the time.
Maybe I'm just used to a slight variance, then. Hm.
The question is, what kind of lock are they? I suspect that for the consumer version the keys are all the same. It sounds like you're at a business site. I have the MicroSaver. Is that what you all have?
That may be, but every kensington lock I've seen has the same key. My sister's lock and my girlfriend's lock can both be opened by my key. Now, I understand that that's a small sample size, but the very fact of the matter is that no three locks should ALL HAVE THE SAME KEY especially not a random sample of three, of slightly different types, bought from three different places. I don't even use the damn thing anymore. Bottom line, if you don't want it stolen, take it with you.
Yeah the people working there ( I was not an administrator, just a student worker ) were not always so clueful. The ones that were had no authority or influence, because as usual the PHBs ruled the department...
That's funny I used to work in a Uni computer lab (business school -- ugh) and we ran 2kPro and then XPPro, and we had bluescreens somewhat frequently.
More frequently the computers would just stop working due to overloading of spyware or whatever, take forever to do simple things as windows ground to a halt or the like.
When I got to work, I used my PowerBook or dropped in a Knoppix CD, depending on whether I felt like lugging in the laptop. And I laughed silently every time a windows machine crashed.
I laughed out loud when MSBlast hit and all the computers started shutting down, people yelling about "what the heck" and losing data because they didn't save frequently enough.
Yes I'm evil, but I used to be helpful. It was the MBAs that turned me. Now I'm a seething mass of hatred when it comes to B-School students. That's why I quit despite being the favorite of the boss (I actually could help with stuff because I knew what I was doing). $6 an hour isn't enough compensation to deal with business students.
Actually a quick shock to the heart can cause fibrillation, which becomes death pretty quickly. I should know, I simulate shocking the heart for my research. Now, the current would have to cross your body just so, so the chances are pretty minimal, and actually a longer (uniform) shock is less likely to cause fibrillation, generally.
How much of the time that equipment is being used do you think it is in actual battle situations as opposed to practice/training. Aside from initial testing, equipment is used in a variety of places and scenarios not involving engagement with a real enemy, including war games, before being used in an actual battle.
Aditionally, what you specified is more complex than what was originally posited, and seems more likely to be detected in code. There are a lot of other issues, but these are covered by the many other threads on this story.
I understand the advantages of having choice, but there are some big issues related to large-scale adoption that would benefit from one major GUI.
I've been waiting for several years, each time hoping that *this* will be the year companies start making their software for Linux. Some are doing this now, but I think it would help immensely to have some standard.
Like is said originally, though, choice is good. I can't have my cake and eat it too. I wanted to see what other people thought about all this, hence the post. It's been very interesting.
Yes, Kopete still doesn't work on my system. I love GAIM, and if it weren't for GAIM and one or two other apps, I'd use the MacOS style menu bar in KDE. I use macs all the time so it would be nice to keep the UIs more similar.
SuSE / Ximian / Novell is working on merging them. They want a standard interface as do their customers, presumably. If this is successful, and especially if it becomes more successful than either of the other two, and a standard platform, then you may see developers leaving the original projects to help with the joint one. This is of course speculation.
What font problems are you having with E? I'm not going to flame you but I never noticed any great font problems except in other applications, and I never thought it had to do with E, maybe it did. Are you talking about the WM interface or the programs?
Nobody sees ext2 and reiserfs. Those kinds of decisions are made by power users and administrators. The main thing is the GUI as you originally pointed out. Consistent = good.
There has been some progress with the freedesktop initiative, allowing *ahem* 'system tray' applications to behave the same in both environments. Those sorts of things definitely help.
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I should have gone to bed a long time ago. Think I'll do that now.
No, IBM isn't breaking the terms of the license.
That's why I use edsf, the F key has that ridge on it.
Arrow keys are so wolfenstein. Everybody who's anybody uses edsf or wsad for moving/strafing. Duh. Seriously though, tell me you didn't mean the arrow keys.
Maybe I'm just used to a slight variance, then. Hm.
The question is, what kind of lock are they? I suspect that for the consumer version the keys are all the same. It sounds like you're at a business site. I have the MicroSaver. Is that what you all have?
That may be, but every kensington lock I've seen has the same key. My sister's lock and my girlfriend's lock can both be opened by my key. Now, I understand that that's a small sample size, but the very fact of the matter is that no three locks should ALL HAVE THE SAME KEY especially not a random sample of three, of slightly different types, bought from three different places. I don't even use the damn thing anymore. Bottom line, if you don't want it stolen, take it with you.
Did they teach you how to close parentheses in high school? (just kidding)
Yeah the people working there ( I was not an administrator, just a student worker ) were not always so clueful. The ones that were had no authority or influence, because as usual the PHBs ruled the department...
That's funny I used to work in a Uni computer lab (business school -- ugh) and we ran 2kPro and then XPPro, and we had bluescreens somewhat frequently. More frequently the computers would just stop working due to overloading of spyware or whatever, take forever to do simple things as windows ground to a halt or the like. When I got to work, I used my PowerBook or dropped in a Knoppix CD, depending on whether I felt like lugging in the laptop. And I laughed silently every time a windows machine crashed. I laughed out loud when MSBlast hit and all the computers started shutting down, people yelling about "what the heck" and losing data because they didn't save frequently enough. Yes I'm evil, but I used to be helpful. It was the MBAs that turned me. Now I'm a seething mass of hatred when it comes to B-School students. That's why I quit despite being the favorite of the boss (I actually could help with stuff because I knew what I was doing). $6 an hour isn't enough compensation to deal with business students.
If something is 'definite' or 'definitively true' then one says 'definitely' not 'definately'
It can be annoying but you can turn it off. Doesn't GNOME use esd?
I don't know about your computer, but the rails coming out of my power supply don't provide much current, either.
Actually a quick shock to the heart can cause fibrillation, which becomes death pretty quickly. I should know, I simulate shocking the heart for my research. Now, the current would have to cross your body just so, so the chances are pretty minimal, and actually a longer (uniform) shock is less likely to cause fibrillation, generally.
Yeah man those 1.5-12 volts are killer.
I, however, "got 10 out of 10 correct, or 100 %"
Aditionally, what you specified is more complex than what was originally posited, and seems more likely to be detected in code. There are a lot of other issues, but these are covered by the many other threads on this story.
Two words: equipment testing
I've been waiting for several years, each time hoping that *this* will be the year companies start making their software for Linux. Some are doing this now, but I think it would help immensely to have some standard.
Like is said originally, though, choice is good. I can't have my cake and eat it too. I wanted to see what other people thought about all this, hence the post. It's been very interesting.
Yes, Kopete still doesn't work on my system. I love GAIM, and if it weren't for GAIM and one or two other apps, I'd use the MacOS style menu bar in KDE. I use macs all the time so it would be nice to keep the UIs more similar.
SuSE / Ximian / Novell is working on merging them. They want a standard interface as do their customers, presumably. If this is successful, and especially if it becomes more successful than either of the other two, and a standard platform, then you may see developers leaving the original projects to help with the joint one. This is of course speculation.
What font problems are you having with E? I'm not going to flame you but I never noticed any great font problems except in other applications, and I never thought it had to do with E, maybe it did. Are you talking about the WM interface or the programs?
Nobody sees ext2 and reiserfs. Those kinds of decisions are made by power users and administrators. The main thing is the GUI as you originally pointed out. Consistent = good.
There has been some progress with the freedesktop initiative, allowing *ahem* 'system tray' applications to behave the same in both environments. Those sorts of things definitely help.