You're right, of course. I think the difference really is that Bill Clinton actually attended the funerals of those who were killed in action. Bush not only doesn't attend, he doesn't even allow the funerals to be mentioned by the media. Oh, and he also cuts the benefits to any soldier that does survive. A true patriot.
If it were as simple as just sweeping off the dust from the solar panels, wouldn't they have jsut built the rovers with a little robotic arm and a broom so they could clean themselves off?
Nice little "George Lucas raped my childhood" rant there. He even goes on and says that Boba Fette was his favorite character, but he not longer likes him because George Lucas ruined him. He even disassembled the boba fette he built out of lego.
Its funny, but at the same time sad that he's never realise that he can just just ignore the Star Wars movies he doesn't like, the way the rest of us have.
You shouldn't feel old if you can't remember the days of trying to roll a 12 to get a head shot against your brother's phoenix hawk and filling in those little bubbles on the stat sheets.
Yeah but if Futurama continued on, everyone here would be complaining about how its jumped the shark and the last season wasn't as good as the first five. Don't deny it, you all know its true.
anyone remember the game starflight (or maybe it was starflight 2) there was this planet full of killer bunnies (like from monty python) and if you landed there they would immediately destroy your rover?
I realise you're joking, but that is a better name than PhoenixBird or Mozilla or whatever.
I remember working at a community computer centre back a few years ago when netscape and internet explorer were roughly equivalent (if anything netscape was better then). So I had both browsers installed on all the computers with icons on the desktop for each of them side by side.
Every single new user used IE. Why? "because I wanted to go on the internet so I clicked on internet".
Now think about how microsoft names its products. Office, Word, Windows, etc. Now think about how popular their products are.
So now when I install phoenix/firebird/fox on people's computers I make a shortcut on the desktop that simply says "Internet Browser" (then sometimes remove the IE icon). You know what? People use it.
The best name for software indicates what the software is for right in the name.
Hey I'm sick of being unemployed... there is zero chance of me getting a job around here. I'll go to India (or where ever), just tell me where I gotta sign up.
Think about it in terms of civil unrest... If the people of your country are getting a little rebellious you can just turn your robot army on them. Order them to open fire on demonstrators, etc.
A human soldier probably wouldn't carry out an order to kill an unarmed citizen of his own country, but a robot?
Military coup? Human soldiers would say, "hey, wait a minute here, we are supposed to defend democracy, not usurp it." A robot? "roger roger"
Boston Tea Party? are you somking the same crack as Darl?
Linux is just a peice of software. SCO is attempting (and making a poor attempt at that) at suing IBM fro breach of contract or whatever. The courts are likely to decide against them. The system hasn't really failed us here. Its just moving very slowly, as usual.
I commend you for your enthusiasm but it isn't time to start a revolution. Linux is still legal. SCO will likely die without any action on our part whatsoever. Relax dude.
The guy that wrote this virus isn't Paul Revere or Che Guevara or whatever. He's likely some loser with low self esteem looking for attention. Or maybe a spammer.
ugh... Nobody is forcing you to read about the sco soap opera. Don't like it? Don't read about it. There are even features that allow you to hide all sco stories.
But then you are one of these people that like to whine just to hear themselves.
That's not exactly the kernel's job. It's the guys that put together your distro (Redhat, Debian, etc.) that make that decision.
Each system has its advantages and disadvantages. By putting all files in C:\Program Files\program_name, yeah it keeps the apps nice and organised in their own directory (well not really) but it makes the command line pretty much useless. You would either have to add every subdirectory of Program Files to the path or type in the full path of the programme you want to run everytime. ugh
With the unix filesystem layout you only have to add/usr/bin,/usr/local/bin and possible/opt/bin to your path to be able to run any app from the command line. Shared libraries can easily be used by any programme by just looking in/usr/lib or/usr/local/lib.
Besides which, not everything can be organised in their own subdirectory, even in windows. shared libraries for example. Ever notice C:\Program Files\Common Files ? also in windows programmes create entries in this thing called the Registry. So if you try to delete a programme by deleting its subdirectory in Program Files you won't get everything and it may actually cause errors (because of the registry). So you have to use a programme to uninstall things for you (add/remove in windows, apt-get or whatever in linux).
The windows way looks simpler at first glance, but really it has a few disadvatages (can't use CLI) and no real advantage (either way you have to use a package manager).
I've always thought that the solution would be to write library that used gtk as its core and have a qt api. That way you could compile kde apps against this qt-gtk library and it would be integrated with gnome instead of kde.
I'm not sure how much work it would be (I assume a lot), but I think it will eventually be done.
Yeah but most of those people are in Africa. Africans are just supposed to die... its not considered news. Millions of people have been killed in the last couple of years by the war in the congo, but do you hear of that?
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You're right, of course. I think the difference really is that Bill Clinton actually attended the funerals of those who were killed in action. Bush not only doesn't attend, he doesn't even allow the funerals to be mentioned by the media. Oh, and he also cuts the benefits to any soldier that does survive. A true patriot.
If it were as simple as just sweeping off the dust from the solar panels, wouldn't they have jsut built the rovers with a little robotic arm and a broom so they could clean themselves off?
Heh... I liked the comment the winners of the foreign film award made... "I'm just thankful Lord of the Rings wasn't eligible for this category."
Oh yeah, it's always Blame Canada isn't it?
So if Hitler's favourite colour was blue, blue must be the colour of evil.
Its funny, but at the same time sad that he's never realise that he can just just ignore the Star Wars movies he doesn't like, the way the rest of us have.
You shouldn't feel old if you can't remember the days of trying to roll a 12 to get a head shot against your brother's phoenix hawk and filling in those little bubbles on the stat sheets.
Yeah but if Futurama continued on, everyone here would be complaining about how its jumped the shark and the last season wasn't as good as the first five. Don't deny it, you all know its true.
anyone remember the game starflight (or maybe it was starflight 2) there was this planet full of killer bunnies (like from monty python) and if you landed there they would immediately destroy your rover?
I remember working at a community computer centre back a few years ago when netscape and internet explorer were roughly equivalent (if anything netscape was better then). So I had both browsers installed on all the computers with icons on the desktop for each of them side by side.
Every single new user used IE. Why? "because I wanted to go on the internet so I clicked on internet".
Now think about how microsoft names its products. Office, Word, Windows, etc. Now think about how popular their products are.
So now when I install phoenix/firebird/fox on people's computers I make a shortcut on the desktop that simply says "Internet Browser" (then sometimes remove the IE icon). You know what? People use it.
The best name for software indicates what the software is for right in the name.
Linus Torvalds flamed his own people!
Microsoft's sanctions against the Linux community have been completely innefective! We must invade to effect a regime change in the Linux Community...
Yup... always reminds me of this.
Hey I'm sick of being unemployed... there is zero chance of me getting a job around here. I'll go to India (or where ever), just tell me where I gotta sign up.
Yeah but is it a dynamic IP? With my luck I'd be the one it would be assigned to right after this bastard.
A human soldier probably wouldn't carry out an order to kill an unarmed citizen of his own country, but a robot?
Military coup? Human soldiers would say, "hey, wait a minute here, we are supposed to defend democracy, not usurp it." A robot? "roger roger"
Robot soldiers are not a good thing.
Linux is just a peice of software. SCO is attempting (and making a poor attempt at that) at suing IBM fro breach of contract or whatever. The courts are likely to decide against them. The system hasn't really failed us here. Its just moving very slowly, as usual.
I commend you for your enthusiasm but it isn't time to start a revolution. Linux is still legal. SCO will likely die without any action on our part whatsoever. Relax dude.
The guy that wrote this virus isn't Paul Revere or Che Guevara or whatever. He's likely some loser with low self esteem looking for attention. Or maybe a spammer.
But then you are one of these people that like to whine just to hear themselves.
Each system has its advantages and disadvantages. By putting all files in C:\Program Files\program_name, yeah it keeps the apps nice and organised in their own directory (well not really) but it makes the command line pretty much useless. You would either have to add every subdirectory of Program Files to the path or type in the full path of the programme you want to run everytime. ugh
With the unix filesystem layout you only have to add /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin and possible /opt/bin to your path to be able to run any app from the command line. Shared libraries can easily be used by any programme by just looking in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib.
Besides which, not everything can be organised in their own subdirectory, even in windows. shared libraries for example. Ever notice C:\Program Files\Common Files ? also in windows programmes create entries in this thing called the Registry. So if you try to delete a programme by deleting its subdirectory in Program Files you won't get everything and it may actually cause errors (because of the registry). So you have to use a programme to uninstall things for you (add/remove in windows, apt-get or whatever in linux).
The windows way looks simpler at first glance, but really it has a few disadvatages (can't use CLI) and no real advantage (either way you have to use a package manager).
This strip seems especially relevant.
3/2 lightspeed is how fast you have to be going to make the kessle run in less than twelve parsecs.
I'm using gnome 2 right now. Does that count?
I think I've read this comment before... ah yes, I have.
read the fourth link from the search. Interesting the power a few blogs have... kinda like searching for "weapons of mass destruction".
I'm not sure how much work it would be (I assume a lot), but I think it will eventually be done.
Not enough oil there for people to care.