Ever since I started running with NoScript enabled, I haven't needed either FlashBlock or Adblock. NoScript has a similar "click to run" method for handling flash, and it appears that most annoying ads are launched via javascript.
It's not a good idea unless all it does is modify the config file for you while preserving the organization and formatting of the config file. If it just appends the correct settings at the bottom of the config file, or doesn't follow currently used conventions for how the config file is organized, then it makes it makes further configuration a nightmare.
For a non-trivial application, it is very often impossible to create a configuration GUI that is as clear, capable, and useable as the text config file it is meant to replace/hide.
So what do you do? You end up making assumptions about how the app is "likely" to be used. This makes the GUI usable for people who's needs and desires match your assumptions, but you've essentially reduced the functionality of your application to match those assumptions. People whose needs don't match those assumptions now find your application to be difficult or impossible to use.
On a side note, it has been my experience that people who rely on GUIs to configure non-trivial apps never seem to have a good idea what's actually going on. They simply try something and if that doesn't work, they try something else. People who've actually invested the effort to learn how to modify the config file generally know exactly what change is required to get the desired change in behavior. Those are the people I hire. I don't want someone who is inclined to make changes without understanding their effects first.
Oh, and in the future, if you're going to call someone an elitist (or whatever), at least have the courage to use your own account.
Oracle has features that are absolutely essential to some projects. And MySQL and Postgres are slowly (or more quickly in the case of MySQL) adding features, turning Oracle into a niche product.
You make it sound like MySQL is ahead of PostgreSQL in the features department. While it is true that MySQL is currently adding features faster than PostgreSQL, it's because most of those features that MySQL has been adding have been present in PostgreSQL for years.
Wow, I would have said that the American phone system is one of the few pieces of infrastuture that I never worry about it. It always works.
What are it's failings?
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If you're already running Firefox, the NoScript extension is a simple way to protect yourself from what you just described. I would also expect other browsers allow you to white-list specific sites (though maybe not as easily as NoScript).
Most of my wife's books are in the $80-$250 range. Fortunately, they're usually donated to the program by drug companies, professional groups, or anonymous funds set up for exactly that purpose. Once she's finished with her residency, she'll be expected to buy them herself, I suppose.
If a book is well organized and clearly written, then I'm perfectly willing to pay $30-$60 for it even if the content is freely available online. Books have indexes. A well-written book with a good index is vastly superior to a Google search anyday.
Also, if I can hand someone a good book and say "read chapter 4, come back if you still need help", then it's worth the $30-$60 I paid for the book (even better if it's a book that the company reimbursed me for). I don't mind helping people (in fact, I rather enjoy it), but a good book will do a better job teaching the basic stuff than I am capable of and once they know the basic stuff, it's easier to help them with the advanced stuff since they already know the vocabulary.
Humidity raises the specific heat of the air, effectively making it a better heat conductor. 30 degrees with 60% humidity is far more dangerous than 0 degrees with 20% humidity. Combine high humidity with wind chill and things get downright lethal very quickly.
I grew up in North Dakota and have fond memories of scraping ice off my windshield while wearing boxers at below zero (with no wind or humidity). I would never consider doing that here in Tennessee 'cuz 29 degrees with 60% humidity is COLD!
I'm not trying to start a flame war BUT for how many years have we seen "Is 19xx\20xx the year for Linux on the desktop?" on \.
As far as I can tell, 2001 was the year for Linux on the desktop. That's the year that I switched full time and got a job in a fortune 500 company department where all the developers also used Linux as their full time desktop.
We're never going to have a year when all desktop users switch over to Linux, but some number of people will switch to Linux every year.
This has nothing to do with how secure the underlying OS is. These botnets aren't created by system vulnerabilities. They are created by users who execute untrustworthy code.
Could someone please enumerate the types of tool required for each kind of disability? Perhaps some tools already exist and we can match needs with solutions. If not, then at least we have an idea of the types of things we should be looking into to address this.
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Because I like the hardware but don't care for GUI. Yes, I realize that I can run the WM of my choice under X11, but if I'm going to do that, what's the point of keeping OSX?
Well, the typical Mac buyer is already a Mac buyer. Where the increase in sales is going to come from is people who are not typical Mac buyers, but are savey enough technically to be interested in the possibility of dual-booting the two environments. For example, people who develop in Windows at work but use OSX at home. Now they can save money buy only purchasing one machine. Ditto for people who use OSX, but keep a Windows machine around for games.
As I see it, the big deal for Apple is that these people are exactly the people that less knowledgable buyers turn to for advice.
Okay, the problem doesn't seem to be related to Firefox. What it is is that gconfd-2 gobbles up a little more memory each time evolution-exchange checks my mail (currently once every 10 minutes).
On the machine where I see this behavior, the only apps that use gconfd-2 are firefox and evolution (with evolution-exchange). I don't know if the memory creep is caused by firefox, evolution, or the combination of the two.
I'd rather wait until I've characterized the problem a little better before I file a bug report on it.
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Ever since I started running with NoScript enabled, I haven't needed either FlashBlock or Adblock. NoScript has a similar "click to run" method for handling flash, and it appears that most annoying ads are launched via javascript.
It's not a good idea unless all it does is modify the config file for you while preserving the organization and formatting of the config file. If it just appends the correct settings at the bottom of the config file, or doesn't follow currently used conventions for how the config file is organized, then it makes it makes further configuration a nightmare.
For a non-trivial application, it is very often impossible to create a configuration GUI that is as clear, capable, and useable as the text config file it is meant to replace/hide.
So what do you do? You end up making assumptions about how the app is "likely" to be used. This makes the GUI usable for people who's needs and desires match your assumptions, but you've essentially reduced the functionality of your application to match those assumptions. People whose needs don't match those assumptions now find your application to be difficult or impossible to use.
On a side note, it has been my experience that people who rely on GUIs to configure non-trivial apps never seem to have a good idea what's actually going on. They simply try something and if that doesn't work, they try something else. People who've actually invested the effort to learn how to modify the config file generally know exactly what change is required to get the desired change in behavior. Those are the people I hire. I don't want someone who is inclined to make changes without understanding their effects first.
Oh, and in the future, if you're going to call someone an elitist (or whatever), at least have the courage to use your own account.
Oracle has features that are absolutely essential to some projects. And MySQL and Postgres are slowly (or more quickly in the case of MySQL) adding features, turning Oracle into a niche product.
You make it sound like MySQL is ahead of PostgreSQL in the features department. While it is true that MySQL is currently adding features faster than PostgreSQL, it's because most of those features that MySQL has been adding have been present in PostgreSQL for years.
MySQL is largely playing catchup.
Apparently, when you come from a point-and-click world, editing text is unintuitive.
Wow, I would have said that the American phone system is one of the few pieces of infrastuture that I never worry about it. It always works.
What are it's failings?
If you're already running Firefox, the NoScript extension is a simple way to protect yourself from what you just described. I would also expect other browsers allow you to white-list specific sites (though maybe not as easily as NoScript).
News at eleven.
Is the index usable when reading the books online?
Most of my wife's books are in the $80-$250 range. Fortunately, they're usually donated to the program by drug companies, professional groups, or anonymous funds set up for exactly that purpose. Once she's finished with her residency, she'll be expected to buy them herself, I suppose.
In comparison, my technical books are a bargain.
If a book is well organized and clearly written, then I'm perfectly willing to pay $30-$60 for it even if the content is freely available online. Books have indexes. A well-written book with a good index is vastly superior to a Google search anyday.
Also, if I can hand someone a good book and say "read chapter 4, come back if you still need help", then it's worth the $30-$60 I paid for the book (even better if it's a book that the company reimbursed me for). I don't mind helping people (in fact, I rather enjoy it), but a good book will do a better job teaching the basic stuff than I am capable of and once they know the basic stuff, it's easier to help them with the advanced stuff since they already know the vocabulary.
Humidity raises the specific heat of the air, effectively making it a better heat conductor. 30 degrees with 60% humidity is far more dangerous than 0 degrees with 20% humidity. Combine high humidity with wind chill and things get downright lethal very quickly.
I grew up in North Dakota and have fond memories of scraping ice off my windshield while wearing boxers at below zero (with no wind or humidity). I would never consider doing that here in Tennessee 'cuz 29 degrees with 60% humidity is COLD!
I'm not trying to start a flame war BUT for how many years have we seen "Is 19xx\20xx the year for Linux on the desktop?" on \.
As far as I can tell, 2001 was the year for Linux on the desktop. That's the year that I switched full time and got a job in a fortune 500 company department where all the developers also used Linux as their full time desktop.
We're never going to have a year when all desktop users switch over to Linux, but some number of people will switch to Linux every year.
This has nothing to do with how secure the underlying OS is. These botnets aren't created by system vulnerabilities. They are created by users who execute untrustworthy code.
Could someone please enumerate the types of tool required for each kind of disability? Perhaps some tools already exist and we can match needs with solutions. If not, then at least we have an idea of the types of things we should be looking into to address this.
Doesn't regular xterm support unicode?
Because I like the hardware but don't care for GUI. Yes, I realize that I can run the WM of my choice under X11, but if I'm going to do that, what's the point of keeping OSX?
Well, the typical Mac buyer is already a Mac buyer. Where the increase in sales is going to come from is people who are not typical Mac buyers, but are savey enough technically to be interested in the possibility of dual-booting the two environments. For example, people who develop in Windows at work but use OSX at home. Now they can save money buy only purchasing one machine. Ditto for people who use OSX, but keep a Windows machine around for games.
As I see it, the big deal for Apple is that these people are exactly the people that less knowledgable buyers turn to for advice.
Okay, the problem doesn't seem to be related to Firefox. What it is is that gconfd-2 gobbles up a little more memory each time evolution-exchange checks my mail (currently once every 10 minutes).
I'm sorry I sullied Firefox's good name.
According to Froogle, $100 for a 2.5inch 60G hard drive would be a steal. Average price seems to range from $130 to $170.
Linux is also for those who prefer Linux. I can't do my job in Windows and I don't like OSX as much as my own FVWM setup.
My company would gladdly pay for Windows licenses if I needed Windows, so price isn't an issue.
There are non-religious reasons to choose Linux over Windows or OSX.
The screen is also twice as bright, and that will matter to some people.
Has Adobe ever given an official position about porting to Linux?
This wasn't an error in design, it was an error in implementation.
On the machine where I see this behavior, the only apps that use gconfd-2 are firefox and evolution (with evolution-exchange). I don't know if the memory creep is caused by firefox, evolution, or the combination of the two.
I'd rather wait until I've characterized the problem a little better before I file a bug report on it.