"The people who say X "looks ancient" either don't know how to use X..."
That is precisely the problem. To install a font in Windows, you drag it into the 'fonts' folder, and immediately it is available in every application and renders perfectly in all of them. To get a Truetype font installed in X at all requires skill; to get it rendering nicely requires expertise. Some of us prefer the operating system where it all works out of the box - even if that means sacrificing power and flexibility.
The reason is that the diminutive suffix "-chen" has neuter gender. Compounds take the gender of their final element, so anything affixed with -chen becomes neuter: das maedchen included.
Assuming that the said application is installed under/usr/local/bin, rather than/usr/bin,/usr/share/bin,/usr/local/share/bin,/bin,/sbin,/usr/X11R6/bin,/opt/foo, ~/bin......and that doesn't deal with help or data files.
Mind you, I've never managed to work out how to get RPM to do what I want either. That's why I prefer Windows.
GNU software is only a subset of GPLed software, let alone Free software, as a certain R. Stallman would be happy to tell you. What he'd be distributing would be GNU/software...
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I may be being simplistic, but I find it unlikely that the taxpayers funding research in British institutions are paying in dollars.
But to Joe ex-Windows user, the very concept of having to install libraries is unfamiliar. (Sure, there's DirectX, but that's about it.)
Therefore one should probably develop for the newbie systems (Red Hat, Mandrake), on the basis that anyone who uses Debian will probably be savvy enough to get it working without help - while a Mandrake user will probably give up if it doesn't compile first time.
Not everyone has their machine hooked up. Mine isn't, but I have access to a machine with broadband and a CD burner, which is why I downloaded the ISOs. Plus they're a lot simpler for newbies, who *understand* about CDs, while installing an OS over the internet is a slightly scary concept.
A minor point is that only the first 3 disks are essential.
Well... if they can make watches powered by the movement of your wrist, I'm sure it's possible to generate electricity by the movement of... um, let's stop there, shall we? There might be children reading.
As what you'd presumably describe as an "idiot", ie someone without the time or inclination to learn all the intricacies of the myriad text files scattered round the file system in random places which allow the experienced user to set up their machine how they want it, I can assure you that I can already install Debian. I just can't get it to load X. Nor can I figure out how to get rid of that damn picture of Tux with a beer that pollutes the boot screen.
Nor, indeed, on either of the two attempts I made, did I manage to get through the package selection process in the current Debian installer without exiting it completely by accident before I'd finished.
That's why I just downloaded Redhat 8, which promises at least to give me what I need with the minimum of fuss.
I'd have thought that a Debian devotee of all people would appreciate free choice and diversity. Apparently not. How disappointing.
Such as retraining all your employees to use StarOffice or OpenOffice. If you think they'll just adapt, you obviously don't spend enough time with ordinary people.
There's nothing in the Bible that either suggests or denies the presence of life other than on Earth. Assuming you treat the creation stories in Genesis as myths or allegories, that is. Which most _intelligent_ Christians (and Jews) do.
I don't think there's even any point in attacking fundamentalists - they're so blinkered that God could show up in person and TELL them that they'd got it wrong, without it changing a thing.
So I agree: leave the deluded to their delusions. Let's get on with the interesting debates right now.
Actually I seem to recall that certain very early PSX games did turn out to be unplayable on late production runs, but obviously the problem wasn't widespread.
Roughly, "the only thing that is keeping Bush in power is the propoganda that fills US media, which includes claims that the left wing of politics is biased (against, Israel, capitalism, and the American way of life)".
I think.
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Have you not considered _ordering_ your notes before stacking them? Arrange them by size first, and your problems disappear.
Presumably you have extensive experience with the Norwegian telephone network? And you have spent a considerable time working in an Australian call centre? You speak as though you do. I do so hope you aren't merely repeating bigoted rumours.
You might as well say that America's adoption of the automobile was because of a lack of technological advancement - you didn't have very sophisticated wagons. Oh, funny, I do think you'd probably beg to differ. How odd.
America has the world's most advanced military. Don't confuse that with other areas, in many of which you are backward. Sorry, but you are.
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"The people who say X "looks ancient" either don't know how to use X..."
That is precisely the problem. To install a font in Windows, you drag it into the 'fonts' folder, and immediately it is available in every application and renders perfectly in all of them. To get a Truetype font installed in X at all requires skill; to get it rendering nicely requires expertise. Some of us prefer the operating system where it all works out of the box - even if that means sacrificing power and flexibility.
The reason is that the diminutive suffix "-chen" has neuter gender. Compounds take the gender of their final element, so anything affixed with -chen becomes neuter: das maedchen included.
Assuming that the said application is installed under /usr/local/bin, rather than /usr/bin, /usr/share/bin, /usr/local/share/bin, /bin, /sbin, /usr/X11R6/bin, /opt/foo, ~/bin... ...and that doesn't deal with help or data files.
Mind you, I've never managed to work out how to get RPM to do what I want either. That's why I prefer Windows.
I wonder who has the patent on banging stones together, though...?
We're all nerds here, right? One word: Battlechess.
Please explain why your comment is identical to that made by Cef (below) twenty minutes before...?
GNU software is only a subset of GPLed software, let alone Free software, as a certain R. Stallman would be happy to tell you. What he'd be distributing would be GNU/software...
I may be being simplistic, but I find it unlikely that the taxpayers funding research in British institutions are paying in dollars.
But to Joe ex-Windows user, the very concept of having to install libraries is unfamiliar. (Sure, there's DirectX, but that's about it.)
Therefore one should probably develop for the newbie systems (Red Hat, Mandrake), on the basis that anyone who uses Debian will probably be savvy enough to get it working without help - while a Mandrake user will probably give up if it doesn't compile first time.
Read the complaint. He's demanding $15,000,001. How charmingly precise.
Not everyone has their machine hooked up. Mine isn't, but I have access to a machine with broadband and a CD burner, which is why I downloaded the ISOs. Plus they're a lot simpler for newbies, who *understand* about CDs, while installing an OS over the internet is a slightly scary concept.
A minor point is that only the first 3 disks are essential.
Well... if they can make watches powered by the movement of your wrist, I'm sure it's possible to generate electricity by the movement of... um, let's stop there, shall we? There might be children reading.
As what you'd presumably describe as an "idiot", ie someone without the time or inclination to learn all the intricacies of the myriad text files scattered round the file system in random places which allow the experienced user to set up their machine how they want it, I can assure you that I can already install Debian. I just can't get it to load X. Nor can I figure out how to get rid of that damn picture of Tux with a beer that pollutes the boot screen.
Nor, indeed, on either of the two attempts I made, did I manage to get through the package selection process in the current Debian installer without exiting it completely by accident before I'd finished.
That's why I just downloaded Redhat 8, which promises at least to give me what I need with the minimum of fuss.
I'd have thought that a Debian devotee of all people would appreciate free choice and diversity. Apparently not. How disappointing.
...Bill Gates' good twin?
Just about the only book I think *everyone* on Slashdot must've read.
Which, incidentally, includes an episode where one-time pads are broken. Oh well.
I'm not saying it's not true, but I generally like to hear more than one side of things before I jump to conclusions.
Such as retraining all your employees to use StarOffice or OpenOffice. If you think they'll just adapt, you obviously don't spend enough time with ordinary people.
There's nothing in the Bible that either suggests or denies the presence of life other than on Earth. Assuming you treat the creation stories in Genesis as myths or allegories, that is. Which most _intelligent_ Christians (and Jews) do.
I don't think there's even any point in attacking fundamentalists - they're so blinkered that God could show up in person and TELL them that they'd got it wrong, without it changing a thing.
So I agree: leave the deluded to their delusions. Let's get on with the interesting debates right now.
Cacophony, perhaps?
Er... isn't there a little man in there with a magnifying glass?
Actually I seem to recall that certain very early PSX games did turn out to be unplayable on late production runs, but obviously the problem wasn't widespread.
...but I don't think the LAPD fire their baton rounds from an umbrella. That's where the 'Q' bit comes in to it, see?
Roughly, "the only thing that is keeping Bush in power is the propoganda that fills US media, which includes claims that the left wing of politics is biased (against, Israel, capitalism, and the American way of life)".
I think.
Have you not considered _ordering_ your notes before stacking them? Arrange them by size first, and your problems disappear.
Presumably you have extensive experience with the Norwegian telephone network? And you have spent a considerable time working in an Australian call centre? You speak as though you do. I do so hope you aren't merely repeating bigoted rumours.
You might as well say that America's adoption of the automobile was because of a lack of technological advancement - you didn't have very sophisticated wagons. Oh, funny, I do think you'd probably beg to differ. How odd.
America has the world's most advanced military. Don't confuse that with other areas, in many of which you are backward. Sorry, but you are.