Actually re-learning to type with a better layout is quite quick.
I tried dvorak with the earlier versions of NT which allowed keyboard re-mapping and found myself bettering my typing speed, with less errors within 2 weeks.
Only problem then was the fact that stupid windows had keyboard layout set as a user preference, not a machine preference. It was *VERY* difficult remembering qwerty when trying to log in. (I'd rearranged my keys but login was done in default, not my personal mapping)
I should go out and buy a keyboard with a dvorak layout, but keyboards these days are so badly contstructed.
I used to have a great zone that I could get into once I'd settled myself down. It started at about 22:00 and went through to about 6:00. I had massive productivity and great quality.
These days with family, and change of work - I'm having to manage part time - my zone is gone. I'd be lucky to hit the zone for a couple of hours in the evening maybe once a week, certainly can't work effectivly on a larger project because my concentration's not there.
I was looking at some of my old code last night and was amazed at how well written, clear and robust it was. I realise that I'm now not writing very nice code at all, it just does the job and is a bicth to work on.
Enjoy that zone while you've got it people, because you *really* miss that creativity when it's gone.
What get's me about this is is that although an alert was published a couple of months ago, I picked up a New Scientist on Friday and Oracle are STILL running the add internationally, KNOWING it's a lie.
As several people point out, install the packages into their own area (/usr/local/package ?) and then symlink the binaries you require.
All well and good, but this sort of thing gets on my nerves:
mkdir/usr/local/samba
cd/usr/local/samba
#/usr is a very stupid place to keep logfiles -/var is for dynamic stuff
mkdir/var/log/samba
ln -s/var/log/samba var
# And why the &&&*&^%&& would I want manpages in their own little trees - 1 per package where I can't read them without stupid man options ?????
ln -s/usr/local/man man
# Now we can get to and install the bloody thing - because of the symlink the manpages will be put with the others where man and apropos can find them
cd/usr/src/samba/source
make install
The trouble is that many packages install multiple classes of data into their trees (bloody postgres will wack a database area onto your/usr partition if you don't watch it carefully)
This is especially a problem if you're setting up network shared partitions. (netboot anyone ?)
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I tried dvorak with the earlier versions of NT which allowed keyboard re-mapping and found myself bettering my typing speed, with less errors within 2 weeks.
Only problem then was the fact that stupid windows had keyboard layout set as a user preference, not a machine preference. It was *VERY* difficult remembering qwerty when trying to log in. (I'd rearranged my keys but login was done in default, not my personal mapping)
I should go out and buy a keyboard with a dvorak layout, but keyboards these days are so badly contstructed.
These days with family, and change of work - I'm having to manage part time - my zone is gone. I'd be lucky to hit the zone for a couple of hours in the evening maybe once a week, certainly can't work effectivly on a larger project because my concentration's not there.
I was looking at some of my old code last night and was amazed at how well written, clear and robust it was. I realise that I'm now not writing very nice code at all, it just does the job and is a bicth to work on.
Enjoy that zone while you've got it people, because you *really* miss that creativity when it's gone.
There are plenty of people who don't understand "western" movies.
Maybe some people don't relate to Anime because they just don't relate to it, the same way others don't relate to a lot of the hollywood crap.
What get's me about this is is that although an alert was published a couple of months ago, I picked up a New Scientist on Friday and Oracle are STILL running the add internationally, KNOWING it's a lie.
All well and good, but this sort of thing gets on my nerves:
mkdir /usr/local/samba /usr/local/samba
/usr is a very stupid place to keep logfiles - /var is for dynamic stuff /var/log/samba /var/log/samba var /usr/local/man man
/usr/src/samba/source
/usr/local/bin /usr/local/samba/bin/smbstatus smbstatus
.... etc
cd
#
mkdir
ln -s
# And why the &&&*&^%&& would I want manpages in their own little trees - 1 per package where I can't read them without stupid man options ?????
ln -s
# Now we can get to and install the bloody thing - because of the symlink the manpages will be put with the others where man and apropos can find them
cd
make install
# cd
ln -s
The trouble is that many packages install multiple classes of data into their trees (bloody postgres will wack a database area onto your /usr partition if you don't watch it carefully)
This is especially a problem if you're setting up network shared partitions. (netboot anyone ?)