It's kind of crazy, I didn't think people actually read the articles around here...
You're giving these people too much credit, man. We don't read the articles, but we will load up the pages looking for pictures and screenshots. That's really all it takes for a good slashdotting, anyway...
Who cares if hardware companies support Linux if they can't play by the rules? I would rather not have those companies around at all. Don't forget the lessons RMS strives to teach us daily.
Exactly. There's a bunch of good information and some methods to help you do this at this site: The Hacker's Diet. It was featured on slashdot previously, I believe.
Sure, IPv6 will be great and all, but frankly I couldn't care less. We should be concentrating on getting fatter pipes everywhere. 56K Modems are ridiculous. Even cable/dsl is pretty slow, especially when it comes to upload bandwidth. Once everyone has sufficient bandwidth (well, sufficiently more than today), then we can worry about giving every device its own address.
I understand your point, but people are going to code what they want to code. Lots of people don't care about "going mainstream" or "succeeding." A lot of coders are just having fun, and want to have something he/she created entirely from scratch.
Yes, it is really that cool. Anyone who's ever done the filesharing thing knows what a pain it is. It is useful for finding singles, but albums are a joke. How often is it that you can find:
1) someone with an entire album, 2) with a fast connection, 3) where the songs are not encoded poorly 4) and properly labelled and tagged?
It can be done, but it is tough to find. Never mind the fact that when you do think you've found this, that you have to check to make sure everything is correct and encoded/tagged properly. With apple's system, the only thing they haven't ensured is that every album you want will be available. But that was always a problem anyway. Unless you're a real pirate, with access to real releases from groups, things are going to be difficult. And to most people that is not worth the risk.
To those of you who whine about the cost, I have a question. Is your time really worth that little to you? I recently purchased a mac, and it made me realize that a large part of my purchase went to paying them to save me time. I did the linux thing for a few years (and had a lot of fun) but then I got tired of administering my box, and I just wanted to have a system that I could always count on. I wanted to have the peace of mind knowing that I would be able to reliably print my papers at the last minute, and when I plugged in my devices I wouldn't have to make anything work. I still like and use linux (huge fan of debian), but not on my desktop. The mac hardware combined with OS X saves me a little time EVERY day. It adds up, believe me.
So to Apple, I say thank you for doing this. Life is short, and my time is worth a lot more to me than to mess with filesharing. The price is right, and oh yeah, it's legal.
...and as I just discovered after posting, the discrepancy comes from having the "select new tabs as they are created" option set under the preferences. I have it checked, whereas you don't.
For me it works differently... Shift indicates "don't select" whereas the default is to select new tabs/windows.
so, modified I get:
Apple-Click : Opens a link in a new tab (and select it)
Apple-Shift-Click : Opens a link in a new tab but don't select it.
Apple-Option-Click : Opens a link in a new window and select it.
Apple-Option-Shift-Click : Opens a link in a new window behind the other one.
It seems like their target audience is the kind of audience who is wooed by flashy 1.0's and doesn't want to have anything to do with the word build. So why don't they leverage that to their advantage? Is Lycoris still so unfinished that they can't slap a 1.0 on it?
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Yes but people tend to get upset when they have to pay for something that was previously free. It's a natural reaction to have.
You're going to sign her up for a credit card with a $700 limit?
Yes, hence the $99 pricetag.
I really hope they don't limit this to XP only, as the article states.
It's kind of crazy, I didn't think people actually read the articles around here...
You're giving these people too much credit, man. We don't read the articles, but we will load up the pages looking for pictures and screenshots. That's really all it takes for a good slashdotting, anyway...
I got my TV card working in 2.6 (test3) after applying the patches here: http://bytesex.org/patches/
Who cares if hardware companies support Linux if they can't play by the rules? I would rather not have those companies around at all. Don't forget the lessons RMS strives to teach us daily.
you have to burn more calories than you take in.
Exactly. There's a bunch of good information and some methods to help you do this at this site: The Hacker's Diet. It was featured on slashdot previously, I believe.
Sure, IPv6 will be great and all, but frankly I couldn't care less. We should be concentrating on getting fatter pipes everywhere. 56K Modems are ridiculous. Even cable/dsl is pretty slow, especially when it comes to upload bandwidth. Once everyone has sufficient bandwidth (well, sufficiently more than today), then we can worry about giving every device its own address.
Don't you mean there are 11 types of people, kinda like that sig you see around here a lot?
that may be tough, I don't know many women who would work for this guy.
Another slashdotter said it best:
"The best way to avoid spam is to never give out your e-mail address to anyone."
It's good advice. I've been using that method ever since I read that, and it's working beautifully.
dude, why haven't you been online lately? I don't like resorting to slashdot to talk to you. =)
I'll have to remember that one...
aren't you supposed to be working? oh, me too.
Isn't there a valid email address that we're supposed to use in these situations? I remember reading about it once. Anybody else know?
I understand your point, but people are going to code what they want to code. Lots of people don't care about "going mainstream" or "succeeding." A lot of coders are just having fun, and want to have something he/she created entirely from scratch.
Nice info. Here it is Linkified
I think that's 6, bubba.
then the Matrix might not even have gotten through Y2K yet (did I just spoil the third movie).
Nope, not even close.
and you can find it here.
Yes, it is really that cool. Anyone who's ever done the filesharing thing knows what a pain it is. It is useful for finding singles, but albums are a joke. How often is it that you can find:
1) someone with an entire album,
2) with a fast connection,
3) where the songs are not encoded poorly
4) and properly labelled and tagged?
It can be done, but it is tough to find. Never mind the fact that when you do think you've found this, that you have to check to make sure everything is correct and encoded/tagged properly. With apple's system, the only thing they haven't ensured is that every album you want will be available. But that was always a problem anyway. Unless you're a real pirate, with access to real releases from groups, things are going to be difficult. And to most people that is not worth the risk.
To those of you who whine about the cost, I have a question. Is your time really worth that little to you? I recently purchased a mac, and it made me realize that a large part of my purchase went to paying them to save me time. I did the linux thing for a few years (and had a lot of fun) but then I got tired of administering my box, and I just wanted to have a system that I could always count on. I wanted to have the peace of mind knowing that I would be able to reliably print my papers at the last minute, and when I plugged in my devices I wouldn't have to make anything work. I still like and use linux (huge fan of debian), but not on my desktop. The mac hardware combined with OS X saves me a little time EVERY day. It adds up, believe me.
So to Apple, I say thank you for doing this. Life is short, and my time is worth a lot more to me than to mess with filesharing. The price is right, and oh yeah, it's legal.
...and as I just discovered after posting, the discrepancy comes from having the "select new tabs as they are created" option set under the preferences. I have it checked, whereas you don't.
For me it works differently... Shift indicates "don't select" whereas the default is to select new tabs/windows.
so, modified I get:
Apple-Click : Opens a link in a new tab (and select it)
Apple-Shift-Click : Opens a link in a new tab but don't select it.
Apple-Option-Click : Opens a link in a new window and select it.
Apple-Option-Shift-Click : Opens a link in a new window behind the other one.
It seems like their target audience is the kind of audience who is wooed by flashy 1.0's and doesn't want to have anything to do with the word build. So why don't they leverage that to their advantage? Is Lycoris still so unfinished that they can't slap a 1.0 on it?