I'd agree with you if I had a voting stake in Microsoft, or IBM, or ***, or whatever monopoly crops up tomorrow. And no, buying massive amounts of stock doesn't cut it.
If you think that the states were in it for the consumer's benefit, you're being naive.
...which is completely irrelevant to whether or not consumers will benefit from prolonging this action. The States don't have to be in it for the consumers, but I can guarantee that consumers won't benefit from the Federal settlement.
SF Gate has an article about how the states are "sabotaging" the settlement:
Why are they asking the court to derail the settlement, effectively guaranteeing that the case won't be resolved for years? The state attorneys general claim the high ground as defenders of consumers, but it is hard to see what consumers of software would gain in prolonging this legal agony.
Please. I think running IE is irresponsible, personally, but hey...:) MS needs to STFU and fix their code. Enough talk, enough spouting rhetoric, enough blaming. Just start fixing it. They can shout at everyone _after_ there's a patch out.
Another surprise: Sunspots are surprisingly shallow. Conditions in sunspots change from cooler than the surrounding plasma to hotter than the surrounding plasma just 3000 miles below the
surface.
Sure, as shallow as 3000 miles is, I guess.:)
The cool part of a sunspot has the shape of a stack of two or three nickels.
...Please consider these and other criticisms of the settlement proposal, and avoid if possible yet another weak ending to a Microsoft antitrust case. Better to send this unchastened monopoly juggernaut a sterner message.
Weird. That's the one thing that keeps me going back to Opera in Windows. I love the mouse gestures and the single window. There's nothing worse than surfing 4 pr0n sites at once and having 8 billion pop-ups pop up, each with their own memory suckage. Good luck closing all that at once. Opera, you just close the program.
Hahaha! That was "Informative?" Yeah, it's nice to know where that AC is going to move. Must be Friday night or something. mumblemumbledrunkenmoderatorsmumble
2.5 isn't out yet, and maybe it should be, but look- you have 2.4.1, 2.4.2... what are we at now, 2.4.13? You can use all of these if you want, and most of them will be (fairly) minor improvements upon the last. Who cares if.14 isn't here yet, run the version before.
With closed-source, however, you're waiting for the next version which bundles all those subversions into one- Wind95... Wind98- three years with no major changes. That's why Linus can miss a target with no major repercussions, while the wait for the next version of Windows can seriously mess up plans.
Install the tweakui thingy, hold on... It used to be on the CD in Power Tools, but I think I downloaded the last one. OK, here. Install that, then go to Control Panel/TweakUI, and it's on the Mouse tab, at the bottom- Activation follows mouse (X-mouse). There's even an autoraise thing, if you like that.
(that X-windows-style thing where the window with the mouse pointer in it gets the focus? Gah, I'd rather die!)
Seriously? That's one of the things I like most about X! Soooo nice when you're typing on a window in the background, while looking at a window over it. I was delighted when they put that functionality in Windows (X-mouse). Makes it a little more bearable when I have to use Wind98.
Why not try them all? You should probably go with at least KDE and Gnome, to see what all the arguing is about.:-) I use three or four on a daily basis anyway, depending on what kind of mood I'm in. KDE mostly, but I like Enlightenment too. Black Box boots in under a second, which is nice, and it has a clean interface.
Basically, once you get done twiddling all the buttons and knobs, and changing your background and screensaver, a windowmanager is just the assistant to help you run programs. It should be as easy and intuitive as possible for YOU; that's all that matters. Whatever helps me load my programs and get me working as quickly as possible, while maintaining some sort of style, is the one (or three) I'll go with.
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I'd agree with you if I had a voting stake in Microsoft, or IBM, or ***, or whatever monopoly crops up tomorrow. And no, buying massive amounts of stock doesn't cut it.
If you think that the states were in it for the consumer's benefit, you're being naive.
...which is completely irrelevant to whether or not consumers will benefit from prolonging this action. The States don't have to be in it for the consumers, but I can guarantee that consumers won't benefit from the Federal settlement.
SF Gate has an article about how the states are "sabotaging" the settlement:
Why are they asking the court to derail the settlement, effectively guaranteeing that the case won't be resolved for years? The state attorneys general claim the high ground as defenders of consumers, but it is hard to see what consumers of software would gain in prolonging this legal agony.
Uhh, ok...
The Register, and How Microsoft invented open source, by Billg
Please. I think running IE is irresponsible, personally, but hey... :) MS needs to STFU and fix their code. Enough talk, enough spouting rhetoric, enough blaming. Just start fixing it. They can shout at everyone _after_ there's a patch out.
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Umm, how 'bout NO. Well, another site I won't be visiting. You'd think they could have some sort of alternative access.Another surprise: Sunspots are surprisingly shallow. Conditions in sunspots change from cooler than the surrounding plasma to hotter than the surrounding plasma just 3000 miles below the surface.
:)
Sure, as shallow as 3000 miles is, I guess.
The cool part of a sunspot has the shape of a stack of two or three nickels.
Nickels the size of Mexico, anyway...
and Oh Yes, the sounds:
BelowSunspot_rendering.mp3 (3 Meg)
Ever wanted to know what a sunspot sounds like? Now's your chance! Just don't trade it on MusicCity, or Hilary'll get ya!
It's funny, because this is the code that Microsoft is actually really good at writing. Their lawyers are worth every penny they're paid.
Try not to breathe too heavy when you call her though, ok?
(202) 354-3340
...Please consider these and other criticisms of the settlement proposal, and avoid if possible yet another weak ending to a Microsoft antitrust case. Better to send this unchastened monopoly juggernaut a sterner message.
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http://www.cptech.org/at/ms/rnjl2kollarkotellynov
The premise is something like this.
Dammit, where's my mod points when I need 'em? For the love of all that is sacred and holy on Slashdot, somebody mod this up.
Honestly, I just don't see the relavency of the space program in this day and age.
Construction.
We need to concentrate on keeping our citizens safe, and most importantly bringing our boys home from Afghanistan and bringing Bin Laden to justice.
Destruction.
The sad part is that would probably be denied, whereas something like the NSA's budget would be approved right away:
New cars: $2,000,000
50,000 rolls of duct tape: $11,000,000
17 toilet seats: $160,000
Bottle of Elmer's Glue: $14,000
Rubber doorstops: $6,350,000
Ah well, we have our priorities I guess.
This question from a guy whose sig is a link to how many jobs he hasn't gotten? Hmm... :-P
As of 4:50 pm Pacific, yup. Even the mighty CISCO.com falls beneath the power of Slashdot!
Weird. That's the one thing that keeps me going back to Opera in Windows. I love the mouse gestures and the single window. There's nothing worse than surfing 4 pr0n sites at once and having 8 billion pop-ups pop up, each with their own memory suckage. Good luck closing all that at once. Opera, you just close the program.
Hahaha! That was "Informative?" Yeah, it's nice to know where that AC is going to move. Must be Friday night or something. mumblemumbledrunkenmoderatorsmumble
2.5 isn't out yet, and maybe it should be, but look- you have 2.4.1, 2.4.2... what are we at now, 2.4.13? You can use all of these if you want, and most of them will be (fairly) minor improvements upon the last. Who cares if .14 isn't here yet, run the version before.
With closed-source, however, you're waiting for the next version which bundles all those subversions into one- Wind95... Wind98- three years with no major changes. That's why Linus can miss a target with no major repercussions, while the wait for the next version of Windows can seriously mess up plans.
IANAK, so I don't understand why they'd do that. Haven't they heard of Ebay? Are there gov't restrictions on importing stuff?
Might be on his page if you bug him. Check it out anyway, some pretty cool stuff, and BIG FONTS just in case you can't see so good.
Install the tweakui thingy, hold on... It used to be on the CD in Power Tools, but I think I downloaded the last one. OK, here. Install that, then go to Control Panel/TweakUI, and it's on the Mouse tab, at the bottom- Activation follows mouse (X-mouse). There's even an autoraise thing, if you like that.
(that X-windows-style thing where the window with the mouse pointer in it gets the focus? Gah, I'd rather die!)
Seriously? That's one of the things I like most about X! Soooo nice when you're typing on a window in the background, while looking at a window over it. I was delighted when they put that functionality in Windows (X-mouse). Makes it a little more bearable when I have to use Wind98.Why not try them all? You should probably go with at least KDE and Gnome, to see what all the arguing is about. :-) I use three or four on a daily basis anyway, depending on what kind of mood I'm in. KDE mostly, but I like Enlightenment too. Black Box boots in under a second, which is nice, and it has a clean interface.
Basically, once you get done twiddling all the buttons and knobs, and changing your background and screensaver, a windowmanager is just the assistant to help you run programs. It should be as easy and intuitive as possible for YOU; that's all that matters. Whatever helps me load my programs and get me working as quickly as possible, while maintaining some sort of style, is the one (or three) I'll go with.