Of course they'll die if people like you force them into removing ads--because that's their income. How do you expect them to exist without some form of income?
I'm trying to figure out what the "works cited" reference for Slashdot would be:
Taco, Cmdr., Editor. "Are You Influenced By What You Read?" Slashdot News Site. Discussion, 3/24/2003. Read at +2, Newest First, show URL sites enabled. Funny comments adjusted down 4 points.
I can't think of any other theme songs that really capture the mood of the show as well as that one does.
As they say, all great art is controversial. The fact that some people hate it so vehemently makes me wonder if it really is better than people give it credit for.
I started with Slack (version 3.something), too, because the Red Hat installer wouldn't detect my CD-ROM drive for some reason. I'm SO glad that happened...I tried Mandrake 8.2 once, but just had to come back to Slackware.
As the distrowatch.com page said: "If you want to know something about Linux, ask a Slackware user."
My black keyboard is far worse than the white ones. It shows every speck of dust...
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I took this to mean that their XML doesn't store things like "bold this", "underline that", etc. Missing that information means you might as well save it as text to import it into another document.
So, I took my Chevy Cavalier to the dealer this morning to get brake work done. He strongly recommended that instead of fixing the Cavalier, I should convert to Gentoo. It apparently solves all of my problems.
Sorry, but I get tired of people always saying this type of thing about...well, anything. Examples:
Q: "I need help with my sendmail configuration." A: "Use postfix/qmail/etc."
Q: "How do I get <some device> working under Linux?" A: "Use FreeBSD."
Q: "Take a look at this package management system." A: "Switch your distribution!"
All of these have better, usable answers that actually answer the question.
I don't mean to flame or troll, but responses like this are counterproductive and annoying.
I'd love to ride my bike to work. However, there are a couple logistical problems (none of which is that I can't do it--I used to race on my bike, so I should be able to handle a leisurely ride to work):
1. Bad neighborhoods. I know of a guy that had his bike stolen out from under him. (The advice I got: "Don't use your good bike...")
2. LONG commute. It's about 25-30 minutes to work in a car (maybe 10 miles), because I can cross the river right here by my home, but the bridge I use is an interstate. So, to ride a bike I'd have to ride up into the city (dealing with rush-hour traffic all the way) then ride back out to my place of employment. It's probably a 25 mile ride now. (For comparison's sake, Metro has stations near my apartment and next to where I work, but that takes over an hour one way, for the same reason that riding a bike would take longer. And that's not an estimated time--I have occasionally ridden Metro to work.)
3. Frequently, I need to drive to other buildings that my employer has. There are shuttles, but my experience with them has been terrible, and they don't run as early as I sometimes need. Not to mention going out to lunch from time to time, etc.
3.5. About once every three weeks, I have to drive to another part of the DC area that doesn't really have public transportation (well, I could get there, but I wouldn't be able to get back). So, for those days I certainly need a car.
4. I have no where to put the bike at work. Yes, we have no bike racks and my office is too small.
Believe me, I'd love to ride my bike to work. I've even worked on planning it a couple times (and we have showers and such, so that's not a problem, either). But it's just not practical or safe.
Also, finding an alternate means to get to work (such as Metro or biking) wouldn't eliminate my need for a car, so I'd still have the biggest expenses of owning a car, such as payments, insurance, repairs. Yes, repairs would probably be reduced if I weren't driving to work, but they'll still happen.
My parents recently sold their old house, but the buyers were renting it for several years before they purchased it. So, we went there occasionally to inspect it and make sure everything was okay.
The new owners had turned the house into an "assisted living"-type arrangement for people with mental handicaps, some of which were also physically handicapped. As such, they had to have a ramp into the place. It never occured to me before, but every entrance had several steps to get to the door.
So, the new residents built this HUGE ramp out of the back door and across the lawn to accomodate those in wheel chairs. It crossed the entire width of the lawn and ended at the driveway. There's a limit on the inclination, and I think they had to get to the height of about 6 steps, so the net result was a long ramp, with a couple 90-degree turns in it.
I'd hate to think what it would look like if it had to go even higher than that...
I don't know, the whole thing about it only being in the leaper's lifetime seems a little bogus. (Unless it's a long-dead great-great-great grandfather, of course.);)
I really miss that show. I wish they'd put them out on DVD.:)
There's another advantage to backups: It's been my experience that backing up a drive will ensure it doesn't fail. I haven't hard a hard drive fail in many years. In fact, my last hard drive that failed was a 32-megabyte Seagate!
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What item on your Verizon Wireless bill is that? I just looked at mine and can't see anything like that.
Thanks.
--RJ
I've been wondering lately if I should upgrade it. Now I know for certain that I should!
(I don't play a lot of games, so it's been pretty good for me, actually.)
--RJ
Hell, I was thinking about rolling my loose change I have laying around and buying it myself!
--RJ
Of course they'll die if people like you force them into removing ads--because that's their income. How do you expect them to exist without some form of income?
--RJ
This is insightful? Maybe the moderator meant "inciteful".
--RJ
I'm trying to figure out what the "works cited" reference for Slashdot would be:
Taco, Cmdr., Editor. "Are You Influenced By What You Read?" Slashdot News Site. Discussion, 3/24/2003. Read at +2, Newest First, show URL sites enabled. Funny comments adjusted down 4 points.
--RJ
I replaced my dot matrix not because of quality, but because of the noise. Those things were loud, especially in dorm rooms late at night...
--RJ
You forgot:
4. Kirk destroys a computer.
--RJ
I agree.
I can't think of any other theme songs that really capture the mood of the show as well as that one does.
As they say, all great art is controversial. The fact that some people hate it so vehemently makes me wonder if it really is better than people give it credit for.
--RJ
Arrgh...I've even SEEN that finale (and loved the show) and still didn't get the reference at first!
This is what I get for trying to install GnuCash all day...
--RJ
I started with Slack (version 3.something), too, because the Red Hat installer wouldn't detect my CD-ROM drive for some reason. I'm SO glad that happened...I tried Mandrake 8.2 once, but just had to come back to Slackware.
As the distrowatch.com page said: "If you want to know something about Linux, ask a Slackware user."
--RJ
Google turned this up:
This Laptop's Too Hot to Handle.
Among other links. I didn't see confirmation of the story though...
--RJ
My black keyboard is far worse than the white ones. It shows every speck of dust...
I took this to mean that their XML doesn't store things like "bold this", "underline that", etc. Missing that information means you might as well save it as text to import it into another document.
So, I took my Chevy Cavalier to the dealer this morning to get brake work done. He strongly recommended that instead of fixing the Cavalier, I should convert to Gentoo. It apparently solves all of my problems.
...well, anything. Examples:
Sorry, but I get tired of people always saying this type of thing about
Q: "I need help with my sendmail configuration." A: "Use postfix/qmail/etc."
Q: "How do I get <some device> working under Linux?" A: "Use FreeBSD."
Q: "Take a look at this package management system." A: "Switch your distribution!"
All of these have better, usable answers that actually answer the question.
I don't mean to flame or troll, but responses like this are counterproductive and annoying.
--RJ
I'd love to ride my bike to work. However, there are a couple logistical problems (none of which is that I can't do it--I used to race on my bike, so I should be able to handle a leisurely ride to work):
1. Bad neighborhoods. I know of a guy that had his bike stolen out from under him. (The advice I got: "Don't use your good bike...")
2. LONG commute. It's about 25-30 minutes to work in a car (maybe 10 miles), because I can cross the river right here by my home, but the bridge I use is an interstate. So, to ride a bike I'd have to ride up into the city (dealing with rush-hour traffic all the way) then ride back out to my place of employment. It's probably a 25 mile ride now. (For comparison's sake, Metro has stations near my apartment and next to where I work, but that takes over an hour one way, for the same reason that riding a bike would take longer. And that's not an estimated time--I have occasionally ridden Metro to work.)
3. Frequently, I need to drive to other buildings that my employer has. There are shuttles, but my experience with them has been terrible, and they don't run as early as I sometimes need. Not to mention going out to lunch from time to time, etc.
3.5. About once every three weeks, I have to drive to another part of the DC area that doesn't really have public transportation (well, I could get there, but I wouldn't be able to get back). So, for those days I certainly need a car.
4. I have no where to put the bike at work. Yes, we have no bike racks and my office is too small.
Believe me, I'd love to ride my bike to work. I've even worked on planning it a couple times (and we have showers and such, so that's not a problem, either). But it's just not practical or safe.
Also, finding an alternate means to get to work (such as Metro or biking) wouldn't eliminate my need for a car, so I'd still have the biggest expenses of owning a car, such as payments, insurance, repairs. Yes, repairs would probably be reduced if I weren't driving to work, but they'll still happen.
--RJ
You had it right: a really long ramp.
My parents recently sold their old house, but the buyers were renting it for several years before they purchased it. So, we went there occasionally to inspect it and make sure everything was okay.
The new owners had turned the house into an "assisted living"-type arrangement for people with mental handicaps, some of which were also physically handicapped. As such, they had to have a ramp into the place. It never occured to me before, but every entrance had several steps to get to the door.
So, the new residents built this HUGE ramp out of the back door and across the lawn to accomodate those in wheel chairs. It crossed the entire width of the lawn and ended at the driveway. There's a limit on the inclination, and I think they had to get to the height of about 6 steps, so the net result was a long ramp, with a couple 90-degree turns in it.
I'd hate to think what it would look like if it had to go even higher than that...
--RJ
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic about the ADA law. While its intentions are good, sometimes the implications aren't always sensible...
Fortunately, a tinfoil hat will block signals in both directions!
They find shells and such in Gettysburg, PA (site of one of the most important battles of the US civil war), from time to time, too.
What's your point about the bombs?
I don't know, the whole thing about it only being in the leaper's lifetime seems a little bogus. (Unless it's a long-dead great-great-great grandfather, of course.) ;)
:)
I really miss that show. I wish they'd put them out on DVD.
--RJ
While helping a friend work on his computer, a piece of our conversation went like this:
Me: "Did you just pull that memory out without turning off the computer?"
Him: "Yes."
Me (very calm): "Don't do that again."
He offered me money to get the computer working, but I turned it down. I wasn't confident I'd be able to get it working...
--RJ
Yes, it does.
Thanks.
--RJ
Be sure to multiply by 3 times that number to account for the people with broadband connections...
There's another advantage to backups: It's been my experience that backing up a drive will ensure it doesn't fail. I haven't hard a hard drive fail in many years. In fact, my last hard drive that failed was a 32-megabyte Seagate!
Forget to do it once, though...and look out!
--RJ