*shug* 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth' as they say. If I come up with "free beer for the IT guy day", I sure as hell won't be complaining because I thought of it and it actually worked.
They're big on Ada becaus the military came up with Ada in the first place. It was designed for mission critical applications. As for Small, I don't know; but Ada does read fairly easy. Multi-threading in ada I found to be especially slick.
Why can't linux coexist with Windows? (apart from Microsoft's tactics that will try to rid the world of linux)
You just answered your own question. Microsoft doesn't coexist with ANYONE, and that's the problem I have with them. The heterogeneous network at the place I work now, works very well. Windows on the desktop, Linux on the servers. And the two work fairly well together - but that's not what MS wants. It's like they feel the need to back-stab anything that isn't theirs, and block comparability efforts at every turn when they're in control. And at if it seems like MS actually does cooperate with anything, how long will they? Really we just can't trust MS at all anymore.
It's probably not even possible for them to kill Linux anymore - which should make it interesting in the future. Not so long ago I went to a MS seminar about "upcoming technologies" (like pay us for those licenses or we'll gouge you even more technologies). I was quite surprised that during a coffee break a guy other than myself started berating the speaker about how he liked Linux more than windows. And 2 Linux (okay maybe 1.5 since I actually prefer FreeBSD) zealots out of 25 attendees at a MS seminar made me pause for thought. Linux will slowly continue to make gains. There's nothing MS can do about it really.
I wouldn't say we need 1 desktop. For the most part there are only two anyway . I doubt any new users go for something like black box, and anyone who has a box set up for them would have either Gnome or KDE. Besides which Gnome and KDE are similar enough to orient yourself if you switch. I think what needs to happen is the whole situation with X needs to be fixed. Say what you want about how great X is, but IMHO, X is just fucked up. Berlin is unfortunatly a way off, but right now I'd say that's the best hope for coherency and order.
If people want choice then the won't choose Linux.
Anyone know what GNU is going to do? I recall reading a section on their site on why they only use jpegs instead of gifs. In fact I think all the logos are only available in jpeg
PNG is only superior depending upon how it is implemented, and Internet Eplorer STILL does not render transparent PNGs properly. Which really sucks considering the really cool things you could do with alpha transparency on a webpage. Guess MS was too busy innovating with that stupid image bar that pops up over images. Most people have never even heard of PNG.
That sort of brings up a question that I've been wondering. Why does everyone NEED TV so much? I've been on a steady decline with TV for quite some time now. I went from half an hour a day (while eating), to the point where I haven't watched TV in over a month. People at work look at me like I'm from another planet when I say I haven't watched TV for such a long time. I could care less if people watch TV or not, but it just makes me wonder why everyone insists that TV is such an important aspect of our existence that we can't live without.
I recall taking a job aptitude test where one of the sections tested how good your spacial orientation (I think that's what they called it anyway) was. The object was to figure out what some weird shape would be inside-out. I recall thinking, "hey, this is just like Tetris". I scored the maximum possible in that section and finished before everyone else. Actually I don't think anyone else even finished. Not long after taking the test I became very afraid. Had Tetris actually IMPROVED my skills at something? Scary thought.
Actually that's not exactly what I meant. I'm assuming that you'd want something like notepad, which wouldn't wrap by default (and much of the time I don't). Generally Vim can do anything you can think of. If you want it to wrap like windows type of wrap you do:
:set linebreak
If you want vim to go down by the lines on the screen (and not neccesarily by strict lines in the file)
map j gj map k jk
Does that make more sense? My brain is half baked today...
To some extent I see your point though. To me Windows XP is like lumberjack trying to put up as much makeup as possible to look like a supermodel he saw on TV (ala Mac OSX). I think the problem is that many people who code such as myself would prefer a clean functional interface (like Win2k) instead of a jellybean Gumby wonderland. Either way no one gets it right.
To me KDE with Liquid has about the right look, but unfortunatly still feels rather clunky
#9:
Vim supports soft wrapping :set norwap
Seems to me if you aren't familiar enough with Vim anyhow, a good place to start would be practicing putting that in the config file. Definitly not user friendly, but certainly not much more difficult then trying to figure out how to play most PC games nowdays. Anyway, I think that any person that isn't comfortable with setting options by editing a text file shouldn't be using Linux period.
Expire is a pretty strong word. Will the earth exceed critical mass and humanity implode? Maybe. Maybe humans won't survive at all - but believe me, SOMETHING will survive.
As the lyrics to an In Flames song goes:
Species come and species go, but the Earth stands forever fast
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Normally I would agree, except that I find palladium to be rather frightening. Especially since MS will probably be able to gain support from those such as the music industry to become an even greater force. While I generally don't like MS, I'm not exactly a zealot yelling rhetoric against them either. But don't you find all this unsettling enough to justify being overly paranoid? I mean MS will practically control an huge aspect of our lives if this goes through.
That's why I just dumped the caps lock all together. You can remap the keyboard on most OSes. Linux Windows On FreeBSD just use/stand/sysinstall , and go to the keyboard map section in the installer. There's actually a specific keymap that dumps the caps lock
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*shug* 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth' as they say. If I come up with "free beer for the IT guy day", I sure as hell won't be complaining because I thought of it and it actually worked.
They're big on Ada becaus the military came up with Ada in the first place. It was designed for mission critical applications. As for Small, I don't know; but Ada does read fairly easy. Multi-threading in ada I found to be especially slick.
Well, you don't really win dogfights anymore. It's more about who has better missles.
Why can't linux coexist with Windows? (apart from Microsoft's tactics that will try to rid the world of linux)
You just answered your own question. Microsoft doesn't coexist with ANYONE, and that's the problem I have with them. The heterogeneous network at the place I work now, works very well. Windows on the desktop, Linux on the servers. And the two work fairly well together - but that's not what MS wants. It's like they feel the need to back-stab anything that isn't theirs, and block comparability efforts at every turn when they're in control. And at if it seems like MS actually does cooperate with anything, how long will they? Really we just can't trust MS at all anymore.
It's probably not even possible for them to kill Linux anymore - which should make it interesting in the future. Not so long ago I went to a MS seminar about "upcoming technologies" (like pay us for those licenses or we'll gouge you even more technologies). I was quite surprised that during a coffee break a guy other than myself started berating the speaker about how he liked Linux more than windows. And 2 Linux (okay maybe 1.5 since I actually prefer FreeBSD) zealots out of 25 attendees at a MS seminar made me pause for thought. Linux will slowly continue to make gains. There's nothing MS can do about it really.
I wouldn't say we need 1 desktop. For the most part there are only two anyway . I doubt any new users go for something like black box, and anyone who has a box set up for them would have either Gnome or KDE. Besides which Gnome and KDE are similar enough to orient yourself if you switch. I think what needs to happen is the whole situation with X needs to be fixed. Say what you want about how great X is, but IMHO, X is just fucked up. Berlin is unfortunatly a way off, but right now I'd say that's the best hope for coherency and order.
If people want choice then the won't choose Linux.
Hey, that's a pretty good formula.
As a FreeBSD user, I can say using a dead OS isn't all that bad.
finally I can use swtich! Ahh... I feel so redeemed. That better be going into perl 6.
Anyone know what GNU is going to do? I recall reading a section on their site on why they only use jpegs instead of gifs. In fact I think all the logos are only available in jpeg
PNG is only superior depending upon how it is implemented, and Internet Eplorer STILL does not render transparent PNGs properly. Which really sucks considering the really cool things you could do with alpha transparency on a webpage. Guess MS was too busy innovating with that stupid image bar that pops up over images. Most people have never even heard of PNG.
That sort of brings up a question that I've been wondering. Why does everyone NEED TV so much? I've been on a steady decline with TV for quite some time now. I went from half an hour a day (while eating), to the point where I haven't watched TV in over a month. People at work look at me like I'm from another planet when I say I haven't watched TV for such a long time. I could care less if people watch TV or not, but it just makes me wonder why everyone insists that TV is such an important aspect of our existence that we can't live without.
I recall taking a job aptitude test where one of the sections tested how good your spacial orientation (I think that's what they called it anyway) was. The object was to figure out what some weird shape would be inside-out. I recall thinking, "hey, this is just like Tetris". I scored the maximum possible in that section and finished before everyone else. Actually I don't think anyone else even finished. Not long after taking the test I became very afraid. Had Tetris actually IMPROVED my skills at something? Scary thought.
If you like tetris on the palm, you might try HMaki. Easily just as adictive when you really get the hang of it.
Judging by how i was modded as flaimbait, I guess no one else around here is. Only karma, and I just had to say it =)
Why Aren't our moms running Linux?
Easy, because we don't want to hear about our moms getting rooted. That's why.
Actually that's not exactly what I meant. I'm assuming that you'd want something like notepad, which wouldn't wrap by default (and much of the time I don't). Generally Vim can do anything you can think of.
:set linebreak
If you want it to wrap like windows type of wrap you do:
If you want vim to go down by the lines on the screen (and not neccesarily by strict lines in the file)
map j gj
map k jk
Does that make more sense? My brain is half baked today...
and how many women worked on Mac OSX?
To some extent I see your point though. To me Windows XP is like lumberjack trying to put up as much makeup as possible to look like a supermodel he saw on TV (ala Mac OSX). I think the problem is that many people who code such as myself would prefer a clean functional interface (like Win2k) instead of a jellybean Gumby wonderland. Either way no one gets it right.
To me KDE with Liquid has about the right look, but unfortunatly still feels rather clunky
#9:
:set norwap
Vim supports soft wrapping
Seems to me if you aren't familiar enough with Vim anyhow, a good place to start would be practicing putting that in the config file. Definitly not user friendly, but certainly not much more difficult then trying to figure out how to play most PC games nowdays. Anyway, I think that any person that isn't comfortable with setting options by editing a text file shouldn't be using Linux period.
Join the dark side... move to BSD today....
I donno... How many prison inmates can claim that it took 40 armed FBI to take them down.
What they didn't mention was that those were the 40 agents that were at the office that wanted to "confiscate" Photoshop.
Girlfriend says: "Do I look fat"?
/con girlfriend
(yes | no)
[girlfriend glowers at you dubiously]
-- this looks bad...
Expire is a pretty strong word. Will the earth exceed critical mass and humanity implode? Maybe. Maybe humans won't survive at all - but believe me, SOMETHING will survive.
As the lyrics to an In Flames song goes:
Species come and species go, but the Earth stands forever fast
Normally I would agree, except that I find palladium to be rather frightening. Especially since MS will probably be able to gain support from those such as the music industry to become an even greater force. While I generally don't like MS, I'm not exactly a zealot yelling rhetoric against them either. But don't you find all this unsettling enough to justify being overly paranoid? I mean MS will practically control an huge aspect of our lives if this goes through.
That's why I just dumped the caps lock all together. You can remap the keyboard on most OSes. /stand/sysinstall , and go to the keyboard map section in the installer. There's actually a specific keymap that dumps the caps lock
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On FreeBSD just use
hope they don't find another one. Then they'd have to change it to. Appx one remote hole every 3 years (avg) - and that doesn't sound right.