I use Slack since 1999, no other distribution of Linux
wowed me like Slack did. Nothing comes close, other
distributors try to overload their distros with lot's
of slow and bloated administration-services like YAST2
and so on. But Slackware just runs, and runs and runs...
If I was going to write a post, it would probably read the same except that I starting using Slackware in 2000. Thanks again Pat. I will be ordering the new set today.
£40 of petrol at one shot? It seems like a lot. I was wondering what type of vehicle do you have, but then I realised that petrol is expensive in the UK. I did a little search on the web for British prices, specifically Brighton because I was born there and it appears to be around £0.90/L. (http://www.petrolprices.com/search.html?search=br ighton), so £40 doesn't even get you 50L, which means you probably don't have a big car.
Gas prices here are "reasonable" at C$0.849/L (£0.41/L or $US2.85/US gal.) here in Gatineau Quebec. I guess I have nothing to complain about until prices hit C$1.90/L like they are in England.
"Why deal with absentees through attendance tracking? If you're in college, you're almost guaranteed to be a legal adult. Just like any other adult, you should be responsible for your actions. This means you show up or, in this case, you can pay $2.50 to cover your lack of responsibility. As for the note taking skills, learn them. I'm sure I'm not the only one who learned these skills by, well, showing up to class, listening, and actually taking notes. If you can't grasp the concepts, try asking questions or using office hours."
When I was in University and now that I am doing a second diploma, I am meticulous about note taking and because of that, do very well. However, there are times that I would gladly spend a little money to get a copy of a lecture, especially if it includes video and is in an area that I am weak in, or an area that I may want to pursue later on like a master's degree or something like that.
Yeah, well I wrote one in 1983 in Commodore 64 basic. It even used a disk file so I could add verbs and tenses. Pay up! I'll just pass the settlement to the person who wrote one in 1973 with punchcards.
The project and software are informally referred to as "OpenOffice", but project organizers report that this term is a trademark held by another party, requiring them to adopt "OpenOffice.org" as its formal name,[1] and abbreviated as OOo or OO.o.
That really must be a different government than the one I work in. Then again, you're probably just making stuff up. If anything, I find the communal fridges a cesspool because people put things in them and forget to take them out creating a primordial soup of half-finished lunches and leftovers from meetings. The washrooms, however, are clean.
I never understood why people in countries that went from the Imperial system to the metric system adopted some metric measures and didn't bother with others. In Canada, we buy our gasoline in litres, drive in km/h and measure long distances in km, but talk about fuel economy in miles/US gallon (and we never used US gallons). We measure tangible things like food or height and weight in Imperial measure, but large or small things in metric measure.
It works, but go figger.
Don't you mean 2001? Anyhow, what difference does it make what kernel they ship with (within reason)? If the hardware and software does not require a newer kernel, wouldn't it be more prudent in an environment where reliability is important to have the most reliable kernel out there?
I've never had a problem with those checkouts at Home Depot or Loblaws (an Ontario/Quebec grocery chain), but when I do cross-border shopping at BJ's, it gets frustrating. It's annoying to see my stuff slide down the conveyor belt and just come back to me. for rescanning. The advantage of it is that I can gt rid of all my US change and one-dollar bills without a surly look from the cashier before I swipe my credit card for the bulk of the purchase.
I think you're over-concerned. We've had ID cards for many years in Switzerland, and if they're anything, that's extremely convenient. Whenever you need to provide ID for age verification (e.g. to buy alcohol or go into a club), instead of lugging a passport with you or some other less adequate item (e.g. driver's licence - if you have one. I don't), you just show your ID card, which is like a credit-card sized passport, essentially.
I don't know how the division of powers works in Switzerland or Australia, other than they are federations. What I find impractical about a national universal ID card is that that different levels of government are responsible for different services and they tend to prefer their own IDs for those services. I'll use Canada as an example because I live here. My passport and social insurance card are issued by the federal government. My birth certificate, driver's licence and health card are issued by the province. Good luck trying to get ten provinces and the federal government to agree to anything and both levels of government are very jealous about incursions on their scope of legislation. I assume the Australian division of powers to be similar to Canada's. (Marriage and divorce here are even more confusing with marriage being a provincial matter and divorce being a federal matter, but umm that is not relevant to the discussion.)
Rich, snooty, big-city liberals force us working stiffs to give them money, so they can watch opera and documentaries on yacht seamanship without having to pay for it, or God forbid having to watch any icky commercials.
How do the United states even claim they are democratic? 50% of the people vote in 1 person and he gets 100% of the power? That makes no sense. I think the Canadian system is a little better. You vote in 130? people and they all get to all work together to get stuff done. That way, people who think differently in different parts of the country still get to have their voices heard.
I really want to believe you on this, but it does not work that way in reality. In Canada, apart from either a major caucus revolt or a minority government, once a government is elected, you have essentially an elected King. With a majority, the Cabinet can do what it wants, when it wants. The Prime Minister can even stack the Senate to get an important Bill through the Senate. (google for Mulroney Senate GST)
The leader of the party can veto any candidate for Parliament. So, if an MP wants to keep her/his job, they would not want to cross the party leader because at the next election, the PM can refuse to sign the candiate's papers. It makes caucus revolts less likely and MPS are rarely elected. This current session of Parliament and Congress excepted. In the US, the President's party does not usually control Congress and the Senate and in Canada, we are rarely in a minority government situation.
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I use Slack since 1999, no other distribution of Linux wowed me like Slack did. Nothing comes close, other distributors try to overload their distros with lot's of slow and bloated administration-services like YAST2 and so on. But Slackware just runs, and runs and runs... If I was going to write a post, it would probably read the same except that I starting using Slackware in 2000. Thanks again Pat. I will be ordering the new set today.
£40 of petrol at one shot? It seems like a lot. I was wondering what type of vehicle do you have, but then I realised that petrol is expensive in the UK. I did a little search on the web for British prices, specifically Brighton because I was born there and it appears to be around £0.90/L. (http://www.petrolprices.com/search.html?search=br ighton), so £40 doesn't even get you 50L, which means you probably don't have a big car.
Gas prices here are "reasonable" at C$0.849/L (£0.41/L or $US2.85/US gal.) here in Gatineau Quebec. I guess I have nothing to complain about until prices hit C$1.90/L like they are in England.
"Why deal with absentees through attendance tracking? If you're in college, you're almost guaranteed to be a legal adult. Just like any other adult, you should be responsible for your actions. This means you show up or, in this case, you can pay $2.50 to cover your lack of responsibility. As for the note taking skills, learn them. I'm sure I'm not the only one who learned these skills by, well, showing up to class, listening, and actually taking notes. If you can't grasp the concepts, try asking questions or using office hours." When I was in University and now that I am doing a second diploma, I am meticulous about note taking and because of that, do very well. However, there are times that I would gladly spend a little money to get a copy of a lecture, especially if it includes video and is in an area that I am weak in, or an area that I may want to pursue later on like a master's degree or something like that.
Yeah, well I wrote one in 1983 in Commodore 64 basic. It even used a disk file so I could add verbs and tenses. Pay up! I'll just pass the settlement to the person who wrote one in 1973 with punchcards.
Yeah, well I wrote one in 1983 in Commodore 64 basic. It even used a rudimentary database.
From Wikipedia's OpenOffice.org article:
The project and software are informally referred to as "OpenOffice", but project organizers report that this term is a trademark held by another party, requiring them to adopt "OpenOffice.org" as its formal name,[1] and abbreviated as OOo or OO.o.
That really must be a different government than the one I work in. Then again, you're probably just making stuff up. If anything, I find the communal fridges a cesspool because people put things in them and forget to take them out creating a primordial soup of half-finished lunches and leftovers from meetings. The washrooms, however, are clean.
I like, "we were friends in university". Even backwater Unis have foreign students.
In any major city in the USA, if you drive 20 minutes you're in the middle of no where. Unless you're stuck in traffic.
I never understood why people in countries that went from the Imperial system to the metric system adopted some metric measures and didn't bother with others. In Canada, we buy our gasoline in litres, drive in km/h and measure long distances in km, but talk about fuel economy in miles/US gallon (and we never used US gallons). We measure tangible things like food or height and weight in Imperial measure, but large or small things in metric measure. It works, but go figger.
My impression of upstate New York is jail, walmart, ... next town ... jail, walmart.
Don't you mean 2001? Anyhow, what difference does it make what kernel they ship with (within reason)? If the hardware and software does not require a newer kernel, wouldn't it be more prudent in an environment where reliability is important to have the most reliable kernel out there?
I've never had a problem with those checkouts at Home Depot or Loblaws (an Ontario/Quebec grocery chain), but when I do cross-border shopping at BJ's, it gets frustrating. It's annoying to see my stuff slide down the conveyor belt and just come back to me. for rescanning. The advantage of it is that I can gt rid of all my US change and one-dollar bills without a surly look from the cashier before I swipe my credit card for the bulk of the purchase.
Lucky you. We almost never have shootings in Ottawa. Stupid gun laws.
How could people be so clueless? Everyone knows Copenhagen is the captial of Sweden.
I think you're over-concerned. We've had ID cards for many years in Switzerland, and if they're anything, that's extremely convenient. Whenever you need to provide ID for age verification (e.g. to buy alcohol or go into a club), instead of lugging a passport with you or some other less adequate item (e.g. driver's licence - if you have one. I don't), you just show your ID card, which is like a credit-card sized passport, essentially. I don't know how the division of powers works in Switzerland or Australia, other than they are federations. What I find impractical about a national universal ID card is that that different levels of government are responsible for different services and they tend to prefer their own IDs for those services. I'll use Canada as an example because I live here. My passport and social insurance card are issued by the federal government. My birth certificate, driver's licence and health card are issued by the province. Good luck trying to get ten provinces and the federal government to agree to anything and both levels of government are very jealous about incursions on their scope of legislation. I assume the Australian division of powers to be similar to Canada's. (Marriage and divorce here are even more confusing with marriage being a provincial matter and divorce being a federal matter, but umm that is not relevant to the discussion.)
It's true. When I was working in Detroit, someone told me they liked downtown Canada.
I forget my PHP, but what about:
You say it like it's a bad thing.
Maybe you should have taken the Holland Tunnel instead?
http://www.jenn.ca/tunnel.jpg
Well, I wouldn't mind if Vermont got ceded to Canada.
Umm, Sorry about that. We'll try to be better in the future.
I really want to believe you on this, but it does not work that way in reality. In Canada, apart from either a major caucus revolt or a minority government, once a government is elected, you have essentially an elected King. With a majority, the Cabinet can do what it wants, when it wants. The Prime Minister can even stack the Senate to get an important Bill through the Senate. (google for Mulroney Senate GST)
The leader of the party can veto any candidate for Parliament. So, if an MP wants to keep her/his job, they would not want to cross the party leader because at the next election, the PM can refuse to sign the candiate's papers. It makes caucus revolts less likely and MPS are rarely elected. This current session of Parliament and Congress excepted. In the US, the President's party does not usually control Congress and the Senate and in Canada, we are rarely in a minority government situation.