I switched from KDE to Gnome. The primary reason was an easy one... the latest GNOME is available (through Ximian) for Debian Stable (aka Potato, aka 2.2)... but the latest KDE is a bit harder to do.
When I tried KDE 2.1 on this box, it seemed kinda sluggish. KDE 2.2 is a lot faster, but it ain't gonna run on Debian 2.2.
A big plus for me as well is the customizability (albeit mostly hidden) of gnome. I can completely remove the desktop icons (and Nautilus itself;)) and save on system resources. I can make my whole user interface look exactly like MacOS 8 (which I do). So I use Gnome instead of KDE.
If Debian 2.3 (Woody) would come out soon, I'd be glad to try KDE 2.2 on it, and maybe stick with it.:)
How about rings (on each finger) that can detect vertical and horizontal movement... which would then be used to function as a keyboard (with whatever "keymap" you like). Different existing keymaps can be used, like QWERTY and Dvorak, or entirely new ones can be made (with the possibilities that a "virtual keyboard" presents...)
Who said anything about electronically produced? The themes of the other Treks were all orchestra music, not electronic. In case you can't tell apart the two categories, they consist of:
Orchestra - Chopin
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- Bach
Electronic - Moby
- Fatboy Slim
- Orbital
See the difference?
Personally, I would much rather hear a theme song without singing in it - it completely ruins the sci-fi mood (bringing us back into the Real World of pop music). But maybe that's just me. I also wouldn't mind if it was electronic or orchestra.:)
Umm... are we talking about all translucent, shiny themes here? Or only about the exact look of MacOS (as in, somebody took a screenshot of MacOS's toolbars and GIMP'ed that into a theme)...
If it's an exact copy, then that's Apple's copyrighted property.
However, I do not think that they should ever be able to copyright things that are similar to what they do... that's way too general.
There is no prior art for an exact look, but only for the general look... and I'm only arguing about the exact one.:)
Is this theme an exact copy of the MacOS GUI (like I thought)... or just a general translucent-shiny (like the Liquid KDE theme)?
the aesthetic aspects of MacOS are it's best attributes.:)
Seriously, a lot of work goes into the UI design at apple, and it's a shame that it's constantly ripped off. Not just by free software people, and not just by Microsoft.
I think that free software people should spend time coming up with their own cool-looking interfaces (like a lot of the stuff on themes.org) and not just copy other UI's.
That's not possible... any significantly large company that was going to change something like that would need an obscene amount of time to switch to "something less vulnerable"...
How about Kenwood? I picked up a half-broken (volume knob was extremely scratchy) Kenwood receiver at a garage sale and my dad fixed the volume knob...
I haven't had a chance to buy any speakers for it, so I'm using the speakers from my Sony Boom Box. One of them is broken (the midrange in it is broken, only the treble works). Not to mention the fact that they suck.:)
Do I stick with the Kenwood and get some good speakers, or get a new reciever as well?
What I've noticed listening to good* music on my friend's bose speakers is that the dynamics are bad. I don't know much about speakers, but compared to my dad's good speakers, the Boses sound ok for treble and bass (but only after I turned the bass down and the treble up on his preamp;) )... but what gets me is the fact that loud stuff sounds really loud, medium-volume stuff sounds really loud, and soft stuff is too low to be heard. It doesn't seem like a flat dynamic scale.
He can't tell, because he's too busy pumping Blink 182 through the speakers to ever hear anything that's softer than "really loud".
When I put Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) into his stereo, you could tell the dynamics were bad.
I think dynamics is the right word for what i'm talking about. If it's not, somebody please correct me.:)
* good in this case is defined as "having some kind of dynamic range";)
What exactly is "good quality sound"? I've always wondered about that.
I seriously have no clue what brands are known as "good quality sound".
My friend insists that Bose speakers are the best speakers ever made (not the crappy little Bose WaveRadio, but their real (big) 15-year old speakers w/ whatever reciever system he's using)...
I don't have anything to compare it to except my dad's Acoustic Research (I think that's what they're called) & his NAD amp... which sound pretty damn good.:)
What are good speaker and stereo component brands (real stuff, not the integrated-system crap that you could get at Best Buy)?
Huh? The Powell Doctrine isn't "Go in with overwhelming force".
The Powell Doctrine is:
Before an attack,
1) examine it's cause
2) examine it's worth to America
3) examine the threat if we don't attack
4) make sure you have public support
and then go ahead with the attack.
Once you're going ahead with the attack, then it might have something to do with "overwhelming force"... but the gist of it is the cautiousness aspect.
It does seem a bit suspicious to me that the SSSCA (Security Systems Standards and Certification Act) and the backdoor-encryption stuff are going through congress at the same time.
I think somebody's (more than one person...) is pushing an anti-free-software agenda here.
Both of these bills, if passed, would make every linux distribution completely illegal and a felony to use.:(
ScuzzMonkey wasn't modded up... he posts at 2 (one above normal posters) because he has accumulated the necessary amount of karma (something around 25, I think).
When you reach 25 karma, you'll be posting at 2 as well.
it's the fact that terrorists are attacking us which is directly causing us to lose our freedoms.
Did the World Trade Center, or 5000 people provide us with freedom? No...
Did the Pentagon provide us with freedom? Hardly...
Am I any less free than I was last week? Yes.
Who made me less free? Was it the terrorists attacking, or the congress critters reacting?
Reaction is the most dangerous force in the Universe, because it defies logic and analysis... too much emotion goes into decisions which can't be taken back easily.
Will limiting American freedoms politically help stop terrorism? Maybe.
But when we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won.
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I think what he's trying to say is "funniness (hilarity) will definitely (surely) follow (ensue)."
:)
So... funniness will definitely follow the RIAA's attempt to fight hackers on their own terms.
Hmm... it's almost understandable now.
I actually thought it was Voltaire... and originally had it credited to him in my sig.
:)
Somebody e-mailed me and told me I was wrong, and that it was actually the person I have credited now.
According to them, Voltaire was merely paraphrasing the original author of the quote.
Then again, it's possible that the person who e-mailed me was wrong and it really is Voltaire. I don't know.
Check out Linuxartist.org. They have a ton of music stuff... some of which may even be usable! :)
Because apparently, you're the only person on the face of the planet who doesn't know perl.
:)
I know perl. My boss even knows perl.
The lame "I-know-Visual-Basic!" interns where I work even know perl.
(Yes, I know I'm an intern, but... I'm not lame)
My point is that tons of people know perl. It's not exactly an obscure language... it's easily in the top 10 most used languages.
An ARMED CHAP in the cabin? I'm sorry, but... WTF!??
;)
If you shoot off a gun in an airplane, and it pierces the hull of the plane...
say goodbye to the people on the plane (and on the ground where it hits).
Pressure does some nasty shit that high.
I switched from KDE to Gnome. The primary reason was an easy one... the latest GNOME is available (through Ximian) for Debian Stable (aka Potato, aka 2.2)... but the latest KDE is a bit harder to do.
;)) and save on system resources. I can make my whole user interface look exactly like MacOS 8 (which I do). So I use Gnome instead of KDE.
:)
When I tried KDE 2.1 on this box, it seemed kinda sluggish. KDE 2.2 is a lot faster, but it ain't gonna run on Debian 2.2.
A big plus for me as well is the customizability (albeit mostly hidden) of gnome. I can completely remove the desktop icons (and Nautilus itself
If Debian 2.3 (Woody) would come out soon, I'd be glad to try KDE 2.2 on it, and maybe stick with it.
How about rings (on each finger) that can detect vertical and horizontal movement... which would then be used to function as a keyboard (with whatever "keymap" you like). Different existing keymaps can be used, like QWERTY and Dvorak, or entirely new ones can be made (with the possibilities that a "virtual keyboard" presents...)
Who said anything about electronically produced? The themes of the other Treks were all orchestra music, not electronic. In case you can't tell apart the two categories, they consist of:
:)
Orchestra
- Chopin
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- Bach
Electronic
- Moby
- Fatboy Slim
- Orbital
See the difference?
Personally, I would much rather hear a theme song without singing in it - it completely ruins the sci-fi mood (bringing us back into the Real World of pop music). But maybe that's just me. I also wouldn't mind if it was electronic or orchestra.
Umm... are we talking about all translucent, shiny themes here? Or only about the exact look of MacOS (as in, somebody took a screenshot of MacOS's toolbars and GIMP'ed that into a theme)...
:)
If it's an exact copy, then that's Apple's copyrighted property.
However, I do not think that they should ever be able to copyright things that are similar to what they do... that's way too general.
There is no prior art for an exact look, but only for the general look... and I'm only arguing about the exact one.
Is this theme an exact copy of the MacOS GUI (like I thought)... or just a general translucent-shiny (like the Liquid KDE theme)?
In all honesty...
:)
the aesthetic aspects of MacOS are it's best attributes.
Seriously, a lot of work goes into the UI design at apple, and it's a shame that it's constantly ripped off. Not just by free software people, and not just by Microsoft.
I think that free software people should spend time coming up with their own cool-looking interfaces (like a lot of the stuff on themes.org) and not just copy other UI's.
That's not possible... any significantly large company that was going to change something like that would need an obscene amount of time to switch to "something less vulnerable"...
:)
somewhere around a year and a half.
what is that a reference to? It sounds funny... but I'm sure I'm missing the joke entirely...
That should be "group 6 elements", not "period 6 elements", right?
I thought groups were columns in the periodic table, and periods were rows...
then again, maybe i'm just from a different country than you (you are from the U.S., right?)
Real real men use tiny robotic-arm controlled magnets to change each inode of their hard drives manually. No "software" like you wimps. :)
How about Kenwood? I picked up a half-broken (volume knob was extremely scratchy) Kenwood receiver at a garage sale and my dad fixed the volume knob...
:)
I haven't had a chance to buy any speakers for it, so I'm using the speakers from my Sony Boom Box. One of them is broken (the midrange in it is broken, only the treble works). Not to mention the fact that they suck.
Do I stick with the Kenwood and get some good speakers, or get a new reciever as well?
What I've noticed listening to good* music on my friend's bose speakers is that the dynamics are bad. I don't know much about speakers, but compared to my dad's good speakers, the Boses sound ok for treble and bass (but only after I turned the bass down and the treble up on his preamp ;) )... but what gets me is the fact that loud stuff sounds really loud, medium-volume stuff sounds really loud, and soft stuff is too low to be heard. It doesn't seem like a flat dynamic scale.
:)
;)
He can't tell, because he's too busy pumping Blink 182 through the speakers to ever hear anything that's softer than "really loud".
When I put Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) into his stereo, you could tell the dynamics were bad.
I think dynamics is the right word for what i'm talking about. If it's not, somebody please correct me.
* good in this case is defined as "having some kind of dynamic range"
What exactly is "good quality sound"? I've always wondered about that.
:)
I seriously have no clue what brands are known as "good quality sound".
My friend insists that Bose speakers are the best speakers ever made (not the crappy little Bose WaveRadio, but their real (big) 15-year old speakers w/ whatever reciever system he's using)...
I don't have anything to compare it to except my dad's Acoustic Research (I think that's what they're called) & his NAD amp... which sound pretty damn good.
What are good speaker and stereo component brands (real stuff, not the integrated-system crap that you could get at Best Buy)?
Is Windows XP shipping already, or is it only starting to ship on new computers now? Can it be bought in stores?
Yeah... I did it late at night... I knew I was forgetting something. :)
Complicated, it is, aye.
Huh? The Powell Doctrine isn't "Go in with overwhelming force".
The Powell Doctrine is:
Before an attack,
1) examine it's cause
2) examine it's worth to America
3) examine the threat if we don't attack
4) make sure you have public support
and then go ahead with the attack.
Once you're going ahead with the attack, then it might have something to do with "overwhelming force"... but the gist of it is the cautiousness aspect.
It does seem a bit suspicious to me that the SSSCA (Security Systems Standards and Certification Act) and the backdoor-encryption stuff are going through congress at the same time.
:(
I think somebody's (more than one person...) is pushing an anti-free-software agenda here.
Both of these bills, if passed, would make every linux distribution completely illegal and a felony to use.
Check before you complain.
ScuzzMonkey wasn't modded up... he posts at 2 (one above normal posters) because he has accumulated the necessary amount of karma (something around 25, I think).
When you reach 25 karma, you'll be posting at 2 as well.
You're correct, in a way...
it's the fact that terrorists are attacking us which is directly causing us to lose our freedoms.
Did the World Trade Center, or 5000 people provide us with freedom? No...
Did the Pentagon provide us with freedom? Hardly...
Am I any less free than I was last week? Yes.
Who made me less free? Was it the terrorists attacking, or the congress critters reacting?
Reaction is the most dangerous force in the Universe, because it defies logic and analysis... too much emotion goes into decisions which can't be taken back easily.
Will limiting American freedoms politically help stop terrorism? Maybe.
But when we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won.
I meant precompiled packages, not compiling from source... of course you can compile from source. :)
Umm... I was wrong about kde.debian.net having KDE 2.2... they don't.
:(
They seem to only have 2.1... so Debian Testing actually has a newer version of KDE then kde.debian.net.
Oh well, at least I can have KDE2.1 on Potato this way.