Do you mean you want guys in the background or something?
Well, whatever it is you want, I'm starting to see fewer themes that come with backgrounds. It's simply that it bulks up the theme download when, if you want the background you can simply download it somewhere else and put it in. Which is exactly what you can do, download whatever background you want and put it where all your backgrounds are, then just make that the background.
Chris Hagar
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An article is not informative if it's factually inaccurate.
informative - Serving to inform; providing or disclosing information; instructive. Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance.
uninformative - Not tending to inform or clarify.
Therefore, an article that is factually inaccurate is not informative, but is uninformative. For instance, this comment is informative.
I have to nominate Ganymede, you can see it at gtk.themes.org and e.themes.org for the Enlightenment and GTK themes, respectively. The author's e-mail address is: chrisk@engr.uconn.edu.
First of all, I would like to say that you have to wait 3 minutes to get a voice. I think that this is a very good solution to the common problem where people come into the channel and start flooding or making general nuisances of themselves. The average trouble-maker isn't likely to come into a channel and wait 3 minutes in order to flood.
Secondly, I would like to say that the people in DALnet #linux are in fact very knowledgeable; you have to understand that it is very difficult to immediately respond entirely accurately to a question in a channel with 60+ users. Most questions require follow-up questions to be entirely accurate and many people are too impatient to wait 10 seconds for an answer.
If, in fact, you answered follow-up questions duly and thoroughly and still did not recieve a qualified answer, you cannot blame people for having trouble answering a question that you yourself cannot answer. You give no indication of where you did get an answer to you question, nor did you even provide the question that you asked in #linux.
Lastly, I would like to say that you cannot categorically place everyone in #linux in the doghouse. This is especially true because it is not as though everyone that ever visits #linux is in there every day fully alert answering questions 24 hours a day. I would like to ask, however, who do you nominate as the best newbie helper?
I agree completely, and if I had any moderator points, I would moderate you up more. I hope the moderators do the same. I think this sort of thing has to change--or at least have good ol' Roblimo say 'this has got to stop' or something.
That's not the reason the poll becomes meaningless. The poll becomes meaningless because an inordinate amount of Linux users go to the poll. An accurate poll has an even weight from random people, not from a bunch of people who only like Linux. I do wish I could project my high (read: low) reasoning but I'm just not too good at outlining my ideas well. Therefore, I believe none of you will understand what in the world I'm saying;)
I agree, I'm certainly not insightful, but my little comment was also definitely not redundant. If I remember correctly (which I probably don't), I was the first one to post my drivel. But if they keep giving Dvorak airtime, why not me?;)
I was not basing my appraisal of him on his Microsoft or Linux opinions. I was also more speaking about his articles in general, not this particular piece. If anything, this makes him even more of a simple media darling, as Linux is the wonderful media darling of the moment. Besides, all he needs to do is get/. to link to him consistently and he's all set.
As I'm looking at this site, I see an alarming, well I don't know what it is but--Linux seems to have about the same number of ratings as NT, with all the other NOSes with half or less the amount of votes. Now it's obvious that/.ers have pushed Linux up and pushed NT down. However, I would say that only people who have actually used a particular OS rate it, and that people who have used OSes other than Linux and NT also rate those other OSes. From what I see, it's obvious a bunch of people that love Linux have gotten together to rate it up, and a bunch of people that hate NT have rated it down, however if any of you have used the other OSes on that list there, it would be nice to see them rated as well.
It doesn't matter if he knows nothing or not. as long as he helps the higher-ups make money, he's all set. He does this very well by getting/. to link to his stories.
I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going to read Dvorak articles anymore. But I keep coming back and they keep getting worse and worse. He's just another media fraud that doesn't know a thing.
I was actually thinking about this some time ago and I concluded that the only way to have no one be able to cheat is with a closed-source system of checking. A good system would make it possible for the server to add 'known good clients' i.e: clients that they know don't cheat. Contrary to what some others are saying, this would not stifle open-source gaming as the only closed-source part would be the executable that checks to make sure there's no cheating. If only this were closed-source, the rest could be made open-source. I believe that this method would actually increase the proliferation of open-source games.
Ah yes, well, the killing of Native Americans happened over 100 years ago. China's oppression happens today. Ten or five or two years ago is a lot less than 100 years ago. The people who killed Native Americans are not even alive now. Chris Hagar
It's rather ironic that Linux is a 'free' OS, and as people will tell you, the 'free' means 'freedom.' China, however, is an oppressive country; wouldn't they choose Microsoft? But then again, their whole country would fall apart, and what would they do then? Chris Hagar
Although I must say that it has been definitely blown out of proportion, the whole Y2K issue is not to be taken lightly. Countries are very reliant on eachother and any problems in one country can affect many other countries. Apparently, the national governments of Western countries have readied themselves appropriately and well. However, the governments of other nations do not seem so well prepared. Russia, the Ukraine, Indonesia, and China are all unprepared for Y2K. The CIA and the State Department predict that these countries may suffer "significant failures." The State Department plans to withdraw government employees and their families from Russia and three ex-Soviet states on concerns over Y2K problems. These countries cannot be ignored. State and local governments (in the U.S.) are also have problems preparing for Y2K. Many of the nation's emergency call centers are not prepared for the Y2K turnover. Also, some states are not prepared for the Y2K design defect, Alabama, for one, that just over half of its systems are prepared for the Year 2000 (article). This is certainly not an issue that can be taken lightly. Some people tend to think that, because something is on television so often, it must be just hype (most of it is). Sometimes it's not. Not to worry though, I'm sure that we will come out OK, as that is always the believe of the mob. Chris Hagar
Consoles pride themselves on stable systems which Microsoft cannot provide. They will have a hard time finding games for a system which has no background when there are better alternatives because game-makers would rather not be hindered by the instability of the "OS" of the console. When game-makers for the consoles make a game, they make it knowing that it has to be good because they cannot provide any of the patches or "updates" that Microsoft has so much fun with. I predict that Microsoft will not be able to keep up in a world that has to make it right the first time. When Microsoft makes the software (WinCE Game Edition?) for this console, they will be unable to make a stable system the first time around and consequently, they will fail. The target market has little to no experience with "Fatal Exception Errors" when they play games. The players that sit down to play on their Microsoft game console will not stand for errors at every turn. And so, Microsoft will fail in their quest to expand and conquer.
It seems as though the message has gotten through, the new poll on the Sierra's website asks "What upcoming Studios games would you like to see ported to Linux?"
Think about it, gotten rid of MS but before that, Microsoft would send their goons out and catch him therefore saving lots of lives because he couldn't bomb anyone else *and* it would have impeded Microsoft. Think about it people, wouldn't you rather have one large, ugly corporation die that many innocent people? And now they're going to come after me...
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Well, whatever it is you want, I'm starting to see fewer themes that come with backgrounds. It's simply that it bulks up the theme download when, if you want the background you can simply download it somewhere else and put it in. Which is exactly what you can do, download whatever background you want and put it where all your backgrounds are, then just make that the background.
Chris Hagar
informative - Serving to inform; providing or disclosing information; instructive. Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance.
uninformative - Not tending to inform or clarify.
Therefore, an article that is factually inaccurate is not informative, but is uninformative. For instance, this comment is informative.
Chris Hagar
Now what does this tell you about Slashdot readership if "a huge number of people" see this article after it has "been up for only a little bit?"
Now for my second amazing conclusion: Porn and Linux are absolutely perfect together, Linux is open-source and porn is inherently open-source.
Chris Hagar
What, did you think everyone who said "I read it for the articles" was lying?
Chris Hagar
I can only hope that you leave all your shares on the front desk...
Chris Hagar
I have to nominate Ganymede, you can see it at gtk.themes.org and e.themes.org for the Enlightenment and GTK themes, respectively. The author's e-mail address is: chrisk@engr.uconn.edu.
Chris Hagar
Pico is good :) simple :)
Chris Hagar
First of all, I would like to say that you have to wait 3 minutes to get a voice. I think that this is a very good solution to the common problem where people come into the channel and start flooding or making general nuisances of themselves. The average trouble-maker isn't likely to come into a channel and wait 3 minutes in order to flood.
Secondly, I would like to say that the people in DALnet #linux are in fact very knowledgeable; you have to understand that it is very difficult to immediately respond entirely accurately to a question in a channel with 60+ users. Most questions require follow-up questions to be entirely accurate and many people are too impatient to wait 10 seconds for an answer.
If, in fact, you answered follow-up questions duly and thoroughly and still did not recieve a qualified answer, you cannot blame people for having trouble answering a question that you yourself cannot answer. You give no indication of where you did get an answer to you question, nor did you even provide the question that you asked in #linux.
Lastly, I would like to say that you cannot categorically place everyone in #linux in the doghouse. This is especially true because it is not as though everyone that ever visits #linux is in there every day fully alert answering questions 24 hours a day. I would like to ask, however, who do you nominate as the best newbie helper?
Chris Hagar
I agree completely, and if I had any moderator points, I would moderate you up more. I hope the moderators do the same. I think this sort of thing has to change--or at least have good ol' Roblimo say 'this has got to stop' or something.
Chris Hagar
That's not the reason the poll becomes meaningless. The poll becomes meaningless because an inordinate amount of Linux users go to the poll. An accurate poll has an even weight from random people, not from a bunch of people who only like Linux. ;)
I do wish I could project my high (read: low) reasoning but I'm just not too good at outlining my ideas well. Therefore, I believe none of you will understand what in the world I'm saying
Chris Hagar
Now I'm all pissed that nothing blew up. Apparently, those darn terrorists missed my message.
Chris Hagar
I agree, I'm certainly not insightful, but my little comment was also definitely not redundant. If I remember correctly (which I probably don't), I was the first one to post my drivel. But if they keep giving Dvorak airtime, why not me? ;)
Chris Hagar
I was not basing my appraisal of him on his Microsoft or Linux opinions. I was also more speaking about his articles in general, not this particular piece. If anything, this makes him even more of a simple media darling, as Linux is the wonderful media darling of the moment. Besides, all he needs to do is get /. to link to him consistently and he's all set.
Chris Hagar
As I'm looking at this site, I see an alarming, well I don't know what it is but--Linux seems to have about the same number of ratings as NT, with all the other NOSes with half or less the amount of votes. Now it's obvious that /.ers have pushed Linux up and pushed NT down. However, I would say that only people who have actually used a particular OS rate it, and that people who have used OSes other than Linux and NT also rate those other OSes. From what I see, it's obvious a bunch of people that love Linux have gotten together to rate it up, and a bunch of people that hate NT have rated it down, however if any of you have used the other OSes on that list there, it would be nice to see them rated as well.
Chris Hagar
It doesn't matter if he knows nothing or not. as long as he helps the higher-ups make money, he's all set. He does this very well by getting /. to link to his stories.
Chris Hagar
The executable was described my Carmack, didn't you read that?
Chris Hagar
I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going to read Dvorak articles anymore. But I keep coming back and they keep getting worse and worse. He's just another media fraud that doesn't know a thing.
Chris Hagar
I was actually thinking about this some time ago and I concluded that the only way to have no one be able to cheat is with a closed-source system of checking. A good system would make it possible for the server to add 'known good clients' i.e: clients that they know don't cheat.
Contrary to what some others are saying, this would not stifle open-source gaming as the only closed-source part would be the executable that checks to make sure there's no cheating. If only this were closed-source, the rest could be made open-source. I believe that this method would actually increase the proliferation of open-source games.
Chris Hagar
Bah, that's nothing compared to my dual OC-712s. At 9227.52MBps, I can kick your ass anyday in the bandwidth arena.
Chris Hagar
Ah yes, well, the killing of Native Americans happened over 100 years ago. China's oppression happens today. Ten or five or two years ago is a lot less than 100 years ago. The people who killed Native Americans are not even alive now.
Chris Hagar
It's rather ironic that Linux is a 'free' OS, and as people will tell you, the 'free' means 'freedom.' China, however, is an oppressive country; wouldn't they choose Microsoft? But then again, their whole country would fall apart, and what would they do then?
Chris Hagar
Although I must say that it has been definitely blown out of proportion, the whole Y2K issue is not to be taken lightly. Countries are very reliant on eachother and any problems in one country can affect many other countries. Apparently, the national governments of Western countries have readied themselves appropriately and well. However, the governments of other nations do not seem so well prepared. Russia, the Ukraine, Indonesia, and China are all unprepared for Y2K. The CIA and the State Department predict that these countries may suffer "significant failures." The State Department plans to withdraw government employees and their families from Russia and three ex-Soviet states on concerns over Y2K problems. These countries cannot be ignored. State and local governments (in the U.S.) are also have problems preparing for Y2K. Many of the nation's emergency call centers are not prepared for the Y2K turnover. Also, some states are not prepared for the Y2K design defect, Alabama, for one, that just over half of its systems are prepared for the Year 2000 (article). This is certainly not an issue that can be taken lightly. Some people tend to think that, because something is on television so often, it must be just hype (most of it is). Sometimes it's not. Not to worry though, I'm sure that we will come out OK, as that is always the believe of the mob.
Chris Hagar
Consoles pride themselves on stable systems which Microsoft cannot provide. They will have a hard time finding games for a system which has no background when there are better alternatives because game-makers would rather not be hindered by the instability of the "OS" of the console. When game-makers for the consoles make a game, they make it knowing that it has to be good because they cannot provide any of the patches or "updates" that Microsoft has so much fun with. I predict that Microsoft will not be able to keep up in a world that has to make it right the first time. When Microsoft makes the software (WinCE Game Edition?) for this console, they will be unable to make a stable system the first time around and consequently, they will fail. The target market has little to no experience with "Fatal Exception Errors" when they play games. The players that sit down to play on their Microsoft game console will not stand for errors at every turn. And so, Microsoft will fail in their quest to expand and conquer.
It seems as though the message has gotten through, the new poll on the Sierra's website asks "What upcoming Studios games would you like to see ported to Linux?"
Think about it, gotten rid of MS but before that, Microsoft would send their goons out and catch him therefore saving lots of lives because he couldn't bomb anyone else *and* it would have impeded Microsoft. Think about it people, wouldn't you rather have one large, ugly corporation die that many innocent people?
And now they're going to come after me...