it's shit. it's slow as hell and makes stuff hard to read.
a far better gimmick would be to be able to drag windows around *behind* other windows with the right mouse button, something riscos has had from the start.
yup, i remember it well. virii in the !boot files, so you could be infected just by *looking* at the contents of a disk, not being able to open a document until the filer had 'seen' the associated application...
you don't even need decss to crack it. once writeable dvds hit a reasonable price, you can literally click'n'drag the files from the original to a blank and you'll have a perfect copy.
why the fuck should i have to pay a penny, especially when browsing comerical sites (such as amazon), when i'm spending money there anyway?
and how are they going to charge people who don't have credit cards? as far as i know, most people (in the uk at least) still use the 'free' isps that don't have the ability to charge their customers.
if you set up a website then it's up to you to work out how to finance it, whether through banners, or whether through a subscription charge. don't automatically assume that i want to pay for the privilige. if you're not making money, then tough shit. you should have thought of that already.
and does anybody else appreciate the irony that the story was split into EIGHT fucking sections?
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my experience of slashdot is that you do tend to suffer for making pro ms comments. luckily, i seem to have escaped with the witty comments of only a single troll.
i do recognise the fact that linux's command line kicks the shit out of xp's 'dos' mode; my argument was over the desktop environment.
i'll have a guess at what your command does, but not knowing what 'iptables' is for (don't laugh, does your average linux admin know what regsvr32 does?), i'll probably be close but not spot on.
it exports your iptables configuration (i assume that's similar to the lmhosts file in windows), pipes it into a secure shell over to host two, where it uses superuser priviliges to apply the configuration to the remote machine.
you're not going to get a dual-booting pc from an oem grade manufacturer simply because they can't afford to support two operating systems, and there just isn't the demand. on the other hand, i'm sure your local independent store would knock one up for you. let's face it, that's such a niche market, you'd be better buying the parts and building it yourself.
and i have bought a windows box myself that came with lotus smartsweet.
there's my $0.02, now gimme my 1 cent change!
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they're in entirely logical places though, control panel>>display and control panel>>taskbar and startmenu.
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in winxp a left-click drag *always* copies the file
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thanks, coward, that's the one. tucked neatly out of the way, isn't it?
actually, the first place i remember seeing a taskbar was back in '88(?) in riscos on the acorn archimedes series of computers.
taskbar grouping (of a kind) was also sort of implemented in that you usually had just the one icon on the taskbar for each application, irrespective of how many documents/windows it had open
it also had some lovely features, such as the ability to give a window the input focus or move it around whilst keeping it's z position in the window 'stack'; something i really miss in windows even now.
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it was a default install of mandrake 8, and i'm not trying to be funny, but i honestly can't remember where the setting is. i'd have to go to my home pc and look to tell you.
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hey, i thought those comments were funny; otherwise i wouldn't have posted them.
still, i can accept the fact that senses of humour differ from person to person. something that someone with severe personality issues probably wouldn't be able to.
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i had no intention of sounding at all troll-like, apologies if i did so. the last thing i want is start an uber-subthread over what is (i think you'll agree) a rather minor point.
i appreciate the difference between kde and x. however, the resolution setting can be changed from within kde; my point is that the link to this option is in a somewhat unusual place and that the problem could be solved merely by replacing the location of the link within the menu tree.
the whole point of a desktop environment is to simplify using the computer for the users benefit, not so that they have to browse through a vast array of options just to find a simple setting.
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a retort that is surely worthy of a +5 funny, at least?
err... ok then, maybe not.
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works with older men?
i can only assume that you found that out by proxy, as your comment is hardly typical of the 'mature user'. have you ever heard the saying "bsd is for those who love unix, linux is for those who hate microsoft".
how configurable an os is is not necessarily a meaure of worth, in fact if something is 'highly configurable' then it usually means you have to fuck around with it for hours to get it how you like it.
but nobody in their right mind would install an os simple for the sake of using that os. the whole point is what applications will run, and i need to run windows apps. and don't fucking come back at me with staroffice. sure it can import msoffice documents. but not pixel perfect like i need them.
/me is dragged kicking and screaming from the zoo for blatantly ignoring the 'do not feed the trolls' sign.
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a far better gimmick would be to be able to drag windows around *behind* other windows with the right mouse button, something riscos has had from the start.
koopa castle was nuked by the us air force last night. says george bush "we must take bowser, dead or alive".
just run iis under wine. you'll be laughing!
mario kart.
yup, i remember it well. virii in the !boot files, so you could be infected just by *looking* at the contents of a disk, not being able to open a document until the filer had 'seen' the associated application...
*cough*deus ex*cough*
you don't even need decss to crack it. once writeable dvds hit a reasonable price, you can literally click'n'drag the files from the original to a blank and you'll have a perfect copy.
quit your fucking whining.
"if you don't watch the violence then you'll never get desensitised to it"
- bart simpson
ok, so why doesn't how stuff works implement this and see how many millions they make?
"you might say i'm a dreamer"
- john lennon, imagine
why the fuck should i have to pay a penny, especially when browsing comerical sites (such as amazon), when i'm spending money there anyway?
and how are they going to charge people who don't have credit cards? as far as i know, most people (in the uk at least) still use the 'free' isps that don't have the ability to charge their customers.
if you set up a website then it's up to you to work out how to finance it, whether through banners, or whether through a subscription charge. don't automatically assume that i want to pay for the privilige. if you're not making money, then tough shit. you should have thought of that already.
and does anybody else appreciate the irony that the story was split into EIGHT fucking sections?
i do recognise the fact that linux's command line kicks the shit out of xp's 'dos' mode; my argument was over the desktop environment.
i'll have a guess at what your command does, but not knowing what 'iptables' is for (don't laugh, does your average linux admin know what regsvr32 does?), i'll probably be close but not spot on.
it exports your iptables configuration (i assume that's similar to the lmhosts file in windows), pipes it into a secure shell over to host two, where it uses superuser priviliges to apply the configuration to the remote machine.
and i have bought a windows box myself that came with lotus smartsweet.
there's my $0.02, now gimme my 1 cent change!
they're in entirely logical places though, control panel>>display and control panel>>taskbar and startmenu.
in winxp a left-click drag *always* copies the file
thanks, coward, that's the one. tucked neatly out of the way, isn't it?
taskbar grouping (of a kind) was also sort of implemented in that you usually had just the one icon on the taskbar for each application, irrespective of how many documents/windows it had open
it also had some lovely features, such as the ability to give a window the input focus or move it around whilst keeping it's z position in the window 'stack'; something i really miss in windows even now.
it was a default install of mandrake 8, and i'm not trying to be funny, but i honestly can't remember where the setting is. i'd have to go to my home pc and look to tell you.
still, i can accept the fact that senses of humour differ from person to person. something that someone with severe personality issues probably wouldn't be able to.
i appreciate the difference between kde and x. however, the resolution setting can be changed from within kde; my point is that the link to this option is in a somewhat unusual place and that the problem could be solved merely by replacing the location of the link within the menu tree.
the whole point of a desktop environment is to simplify using the computer for the users benefit, not so that they have to browse through a vast array of options just to find a simple setting.
err... ok then, maybe not.
i can only assume that you found that out by proxy, as your comment is hardly typical of the 'mature user'. have you ever heard the saying "bsd is for those who love unix, linux is for those who hate microsoft".
how configurable an os is is not necessarily a meaure of worth, in fact if something is 'highly configurable' then it usually means you have to fuck around with it for hours to get it how you like it.
but nobody in their right mind would install an os simple for the sake of using that os. the whole point is what applications will run, and i need to run windows apps. and don't fucking come back at me with staroffice. sure it can import msoffice documents. but not pixel perfect like i need them.