The first step in the U.S. was brainwashing all children into learning the pledge of allegiance, without pausing to think what it means. I don't mind if you teach it (although I do mind if you force or strongly encourage people to recite it), but please make sure they understand it!
Not everybody is attached to their family and relatives, some might even appreciate a century-time shift in order to refresh their relations.
And the corollary to that is: not everyone's relations wants to see some of their family members.
"Tired of uncle Bob hanging around the house too much, breaking things, and acting like a loser? Send him on a hibernation trip to Venus! Jupiter! Pluto! Alpha Centauri! Infinity! And beyond!"
Before google came around, I used hotbot as my search engine. I remember at some point it switched to being http://www.hotbot.lycos.com. Now, it no longer switches you to hotbot.lycos.com, but both still work. Is this related?
Sorry, the way you began just reminded me of this:
"ROGER: Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
ARTHUR: Did you say 'shrubberies'?
ROGER: Yes. Shrubberies are my trade. I am a shrubber. My name is 'Roger the Shrubber'. I arrange, design, and sell shrubberies.
Grow up? What's so childish about observing how different animals adapt to their environment, and showing that walking upright wasn't such a big change from walking on all fours?
this sort of thing happens all the time without it leading to evolutionary leaps
The scientists aren't saying "look! a new species! evolution! hurray!" They're just saying that in the right circumstances this could lead to a pack/tribe/family/whatever of monkeys walking upright. The're also saying that macaques have the physical ability of walking upright, and do so if they really have to.
It so happens to be that always walking upright is one of the distinct qualities of being "human." It's refreshing to see our humble beginnings. Your dislike of science seems misplaced.
My old junior high/middle school, when I went there a few years ago, was exclusively mac-based, except for like 5 computers in the library. (which nobody used, really). Judging from their website, they've continued that trend, even investing in the flat-panel imacs. Clicky here: http://www.winnetka.k12.il.us/cw/washburne_technol ogy.htm.
Why does tabbed browsing keep rising to such prominence as a must-have feature more than simple standards-compliance and reasonable security does?
You see, with tabbed browsing, you can keep all the popups and annoying spyware in separate tabs, while you focus on what you want to do. Productivity at its best!
I agree that swaret/slapt-get don't have that many packages. However, you can turn on repositories, or go to www.linuxpackages.net to help fill in the gaps. These aren't perfect either, but they do have bzflag, evolution...
Mod parent up. I have no clue how grandparent got +5, there are no inherent contradictions. The first one says that you have to agree with the EULA to use the software, or else you have to return it. The second one says if you get a damaged cd you can get a refund, but if you open it and it isn't damaged, you can't return it.
The conclusion is, be aware of the EULA before you open up the software, or else take a hammer to your cd if you are displeased.
I read all the 9 answers here and felt that there was too much disinformation/lack of the right information. Here goes:
Slackware has its own packaging system - they end in.tgz. Basically, it unpacks the binaries etc into their proper directories and adds itself to a lsit of installed package. You can use pkgtool, installpkg, upgradepkg, removepkg...
The good tools to have are: Swaret/slackpkg/slapt-get for downloading packages. I prefer swaret. Swaret has optional dependency checking, where it asks you if you want to download dependencies after installing the package. Packages that aren't in slackware-current (like K3b, bzflag, foobillard, cinelerra...) can be found at http://www.linuxpackages.net.
Finally, if you decide to compile from source, you can use Checkinstall to make it into a slackware package!! Basically, slackware's package system is simple yet works very nicely.
That explains why their logo is a penguin with a hat on backwards and a backpack. All Norwegian children are now expected to conform to that look, or else peer pressure will get the best of them and they will commit suicide.
Perhaps we should look at the video game Alpha Centauri, a very underrated turn-based strategy game. The game takes place on an Alien planet, and requires heavy terraforming, including removal of the natural environment, to allow your civilization to grow. A quote from the game:
"Resources exist to be consumed. And consumed they will be, if not by this generation then by some future. By what right does this forgotten future seek to deny us our birthright? None I say! Let us take what is ours, chew and eat our fill.
CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Ethics of Greed"
The prevalence of anoxic environments rich in organic material, combined with the presence of nitrated compounds has led to an astonishing variety of underground organisms which live in the absence of oxygen and "breathe" nitrate. Likewise, the scarcity of carbon in the environment has forced plants to economize on its use. Thus, all our efforts to return carbon to the biosphere will encourage the native life to proliferate. Conversely, the huge quantities of nitrate in the soil will be heaven to human farmers.
"Technical arguments aside, Beastie is so much cooler than Tux. And if you don't like that, I'll have him stab you with the trident."
You do realize that the Linux penguin just ate a fish, right? And fish come from the sea.
And who was the first guy to use tridents? It was Neptune, the god of the sea. (or Poseidon for your greek people). So Tux just ate a fish and kicked Beastie in the ass because fish are part of Beatie's world.
They'd better be running that website on beefy servers - I mean come on, a direct link to 6 (!) pages of lots of 1600x1200 (!!!!) pictures... if this doesn't get/. in a few minutes I'll be amazed.
Slashdot Mirror
Quick! Slashdot his bank account! Everyone should post here to get his fair share.
The first step in the U.S. was brainwashing all children into learning the pledge of allegiance, without pausing to think what it means. I don't mind if you teach it (although I do mind if you force or strongly encourage people to recite it), but please make sure they understand it!
Not everybody is attached to their family and relatives, some might even appreciate a century-time shift in order to refresh their relations.
And the corollary to that is: not everyone's relations wants to see some of their family members.
"Tired of uncle Bob hanging around the house too much, breaking things, and acting like a loser? Send him on a hibernation trip to Venus! Jupiter! Pluto! Alpha Centauri! Infinity! And beyond!"
You get the idea.
I think you forget the important steps:
[aleph-null]Trained monkey offers the extended warranty again.
[aleph-null]Joe refuses the extended warranty again. [aleph-null]Trained monkey offers the extended warranty again, this time with hot grits.
[aleph-null]Profit!!!
(and if I remember right, aleph null = infinity)
Before google came around, I used hotbot as my search engine. I remember at some point it switched to being http://www.hotbot.lycos.com. Now, it no longer switches you to hotbot.lycos.com, but both still work. Is this related?
Sorry, the way you began just reminded me of this:
"ROGER: Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
ARTHUR: Did you say 'shrubberies'?
ROGER: Yes. Shrubberies are my trade. I am a shrubber. My name is 'Roger the Shrubber'. I arrange, design, and sell shrubberies.
BEDEVERE: Ni!
ARTHUR: No! No, no, no! No!"
I want my Desktop to run emacs and make.
Well, actually, I use emacs to run my cell phone. But that's just me.
grow up!
Grow up? What's so childish about observing how different animals adapt to their environment, and showing that walking upright wasn't such a big change from walking on all fours?
this sort of thing happens all the time without it leading to evolutionary leaps
The scientists aren't saying "look! a new species! evolution! hurray!" They're just saying that in the right circumstances this could lead to a pack/tribe/family/whatever of monkeys walking upright. The're also saying that macaques have the physical ability of walking upright, and do so if they really have to.
It so happens to be that always walking upright is one of the distinct qualities of being "human." It's refreshing to see our humble beginnings. Your dislike of science seems misplaced.
My old junior high/middle school, when I went there a few years ago, was exclusively mac-based, except for like 5 computers in the library. (which nobody used, really). Judging from their website, they've continued that trend, even investing in the flat-panel imacs. Clicky here: http://www.winnetka.k12.il.us/cw/washburne_technol ogy.htm.
Why does tabbed browsing keep rising to such prominence as a must-have feature more than simple standards-compliance and reasonable security does?
You see, with tabbed browsing, you can keep all the popups and annoying spyware in separate tabs, while you focus on what you want to do. Productivity at its best!
I like the irony of this comment about closet racists coming from... Adolph Hitler!
I agree that swaret/slapt-get don't have that many packages. However, you can turn on repositories, or go to www.linuxpackages.net to help fill in the gaps. These aren't perfect either, but they do have bzflag, evolution...
...that I should stop running Internet Explorer using wine, and try Firefox?
Mod parent up. I have no clue how grandparent got +5, there are no inherent contradictions. The first one says that you have to agree with the EULA to use the software, or else you have to return it. The second one says if you get a damaged cd you can get a refund, but if you open it and it isn't damaged, you can't return it.
The conclusion is, be aware of the EULA before you open up the software, or else take a hammer to your cd if you are displeased.
Nothing new here, move along...
Yes, but have you seen the *gasp* 3d command line? ;-)
I read all the 9 answers here and felt that there was too much disinformation/lack of the right information. Here goes:
Slackware has its own packaging system - they end in .tgz. Basically, it unpacks the binaries etc into their proper directories and adds itself to a lsit of installed package. You can use pkgtool, installpkg, upgradepkg, removepkg...
The good tools to have are: Swaret/slackpkg/slapt-get for downloading packages. I prefer swaret. Swaret has optional dependency checking, where it asks you if you want to download dependencies after installing the package. Packages that aren't in slackware-current (like K3b, bzflag, foobillard, cinelerra...) can be found at http://www.linuxpackages.net.
Finally, if you decide to compile from source, you can use Checkinstall to make it into a slackware package!! Basically, slackware's package system is simple yet works very nicely.
That explains why their logo is a penguin with a hat on backwards and a backpack. All Norwegian children are now expected to conform to that look, or else peer pressure will get the best of them and they will commit suicide.
Perhaps we should look at the video game Alpha Centauri, a very underrated turn-based strategy game. The game takes place on an Alien planet, and requires heavy terraforming, including removal of the natural environment, to allow your civilization to grow. A quote from the game:
"Resources exist to be consumed. And consumed they will be, if not by this generation then by some future. By what right does this forgotten future seek to deny us our birthright? None I say! Let us take what is ours, chew and eat our fill.
CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Ethics of Greed"
The prevalence of anoxic environments rich in organic material, combined with the presence of nitrated compounds has led to an astonishing variety of underground organisms which live in the absence of oxygen and "breathe" nitrate. Likewise, the scarcity of carbon in the environment has forced plants to economize on its use. Thus, all our efforts to return carbon to the biosphere will encourage the native life to proliferate. Conversely, the huge quantities of nitrate in the soil will be heaven to human farmers.
Lady Deirdre Skye
"The Early Years"
Actually, SCO coders did conribute some code to the Linux Kernel, so there should be some people with @sco.com email adresses.
Yeah that website works real well, they must be running so fast my DSL line can't keep up!
Not only are you breaking laws, you're breaking windows'! [windows' laws] Ba-ching! I'll be here all day, thank you.
"Technical arguments aside, Beastie is so much cooler than Tux. And if you don't like that, I'll have him stab you with the trident."
You do realize that the Linux penguin just ate a fish, right? And fish come from the sea.
And who was the first guy to use tridents? It was Neptune, the god of the sea. (or Poseidon for your greek people). So Tux just ate a fish and kicked Beastie in the ass because fish are part of Beatie's world.
They'd better be running that website on beefy servers - I mean come on, a direct link to 6 (!) pages of lots of 1600x1200 (!!!!) pictures... if this doesn't get /. in a few minutes I'll be amazed.
If this doesn't work too well it could turn out to be a real lemon!
Ba-ching! I'll be here all day, thank you.
Sounds like our new potential AIDS cure.