it is also the reason why there is a GTK-QT engine and no QT-KDE engine.
When writing the GTK-Qt engine, I actually found Qt's theming system far more flexible than that of GTK. Your "reasoning" for why there is not a Qt-GTK engine is rubbish. I have yet to see a GTK theme that can beat a Qt theme in terms of rendering speed or appearance.
How does Microsoft make any profit at all, considering they have to pay for that guy's laundry bill...
(As bad as that joke was, it's better than the parent;-))
What happened to the Clicky developer competition? The page was last updated early last year, saying that winners will be announced in October. October 2002 has come and gone, and still there's been no news.
As a developer of one of the nominated applications (KFireSaver3D), I'd be interested to know what's going on, and why you havn't given any more information.
I've noticed that most of my spam comes to the account I use for MSN messenger. Maybe some spammers run bots which monitor MSN, checking who's online, and from that get a list of valid email addresses.
Pay by cheque. They need far more paperwork to process than the other payment methods (credit card, SMS, etc.), and if everybody does it, it will cause them a major inconvience. Muhahahahaha!
Did he offer you any money for these features or was he going to keep that for himself?
You're modded down as a troll, but you've got a point. He did offer me money, but they were features I was going to implement anyway, so I turned it down.
Yes, right here - all the source and all the modifications made to all the packages in Lindows.
Is Lindows stealing from open source programers?
Nope, one of my packages was included in Lindows, and the President even contacted me personally to ask if I could add a few features. They aren't stealing from open source "programers" - they're complying fully with the GPL.
Microsoft UIs attempt to hide so much from their users they become unusable. KDE attempts to mimic this behavior.
I disagree - KDE isn't trying to hide anything from their users, however they are trying to make things less complicated. I'll take font installation as an example. Installing new fonts in Linux is a pretty daunting task, especially for a new user - you have to copy files into some obscure folder, then run loads of commands to generate new files, restart services etc. The KDE "Font Installer" control center module DOES hide a lot of this stuff, but makes it easy to install fonts. You simply click "Add..." and select the ones you want to install. It even gives you a nice little preview of each one. However, it has an advanced mode, where the experienced user can see all the little details of the fonts, where they're located, etc.
Being user-friendly is a good thing - it's how we attract more people over from Windows. But the command line is still there, and will always be there. The advantage of Linux is that you can choose whether to use the CLI or the GUI - "init 3" is only 6 keystrokes away.
...the animated monster characters worked for the "Monster Corporation of America." One of the characters was a a green, wisecracking, ambulatory eyeball.
Anyone else see the reference to Steve Ballmer here?;-)
Guide to making a quieter computer
1) Turn off your computer. This will make it totally silent. However, this won't solve the problem forever.
2) Remove all cables, and place the computer in an open area with plenty of room.
3) Meditate for fifteen minutes, focusing all power into your muscles, utilizing the silent abstract construct of the mind.
4) Examine the computer closely, silently, taking in every niche and feature of it's exterior without touching it. The bottom will be out of sight, so you must keep it in your mind's eye.
5) Strike, drive first, with force. Use all physical advantages to overcome the calculating beast, including your weight to crush the tenuous metal. Let the silence of space, and the infinite thoughts of inertia that result to charge your being as you desecrate the church of frag.
6) Bask in silence.
If the information inside the event horizon cannot be communicated to the outside of the event horizon, then none of your statements about what goes on inside the event horizon are empirically provable. You may want to consider using qualifiers such as "may" and "might" to indicate the conjectural--and ultimately unprovable--nature of your claims.
Of course, but that's the whole point - if an observer went into a black hole, he/she/it would know what had happened, but just wouldn't be able to tell anybody. Somebody who has not been inside a black hole would never be able to "prove" what happens inside, as proof is commonly considered to be seeing an event and reporting it to others.
So yes, I should have used qualifiers such as "may" and "might", as it is all speculation. I'm very sorry.
You could go in and find out, but due to time dilation, you would see the rest of time flash before your eyes, and then witness the end of the universe. You wouldn't be able to tell anybody though, because no signals can escape unless they travel faster than the speed of light (which is of course impossible). You would also be dead, but that's another story.
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it is also the reason why there is a GTK-QT engine and no QT-KDE engine.
When writing the GTK-Qt engine, I actually found Qt's theming system far more flexible than that of GTK. Your "reasoning" for why there is not a Qt-GTK engine is rubbish. I have yet to see a GTK theme that can beat a Qt theme in terms of rendering speed or appearance.
Thanks :)
That's quite interesting - I was just uploading version 0.2, when I suddenly noticed kde-look.org slowing down... now I know why :)
Anyway, 0.2 should fix some problems people have been having.
All 206MB of them :-)
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How does Microsoft make any profit at all, considering they have to pay for that guy's laundry bill... ;-))
(As bad as that joke was, it's better than the parent
What happened to the Clicky developer competition? The page was last updated early last year, saying that winners will be announced in October. October 2002 has come and gone, and still there's been no news.
As a developer of one of the nominated applications (KFireSaver3D), I'd be interested to know what's going on, and why you havn't given any more information.
You can get the source to all the apps included with Lindows here
I've noticed that most of my spam comes to the account I use for MSN messenger. Maybe some spammers run bots which monitor MSN, checking who's online, and from that get a list of valid email addresses.
We're now up to 3 degrees of seperation? ;-)
Pay by cheque. They need far more paperwork to process than the other payment methods (credit card, SMS, etc.), and if everybody does it, it will cause them a major inconvience. Muhahahahaha!
Did he offer you any money for these features or was he going to keep that for himself?
You're modded down as a troll, but you've got a point. He did offer me money, but they were features I was going to implement anyway, so I turned it down.
Any source code yet?
Yes, right here - all the source and all the modifications made to all the packages in Lindows.
Is Lindows stealing from open source programers?
Nope, one of my packages was included in Lindows, and the President even contacted me personally to ask if I could add a few features. They aren't stealing from open source "programers" - they're complying fully with the GPL.
Hehe, I thought that read "Medical Briefcase For In-Flight Patent Evaluation" ;-)
There must have been a lot of patent applications recently...
Computer screens will become ubiquitous in the everyday environment
Telescreens anyone?
Find out for yourself:
/dev/dsp
;-)
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Microsoft UIs attempt to hide so much from their users they become unusable. KDE attempts to mimic this behavior.
I disagree - KDE isn't trying to hide anything from their users, however they are trying to make things less complicated. I'll take font installation as an example. Installing new fonts in Linux is a pretty daunting task, especially for a new user - you have to copy files into some obscure folder, then run loads of commands to generate new files, restart services etc. The KDE "Font Installer" control center module DOES hide a lot of this stuff, but makes it easy to install fonts. You simply click "Add..." and select the ones you want to install. It even gives you a nice little preview of each one.
However, it has an advanced mode, where the experienced user can see all the little details of the fonts, where they're located, etc.
Being user-friendly is a good thing - it's how we attract more people over from Windows. But the command line is still there, and will always be there. The advantage of Linux is that you can choose whether to use the CLI or the GUI - "init 3" is only 6 keystrokes away.
To quote from the .nfo:
:-)
Please note it is still in Alpha stage, so you may experience constant crashes.
So nothing's really changed from the past Windows versions then
The best think is knowing that when you click on it, they're paying Slashdot :-)
Microsoft Targeting Indian Developers
That's it... a little to the left... a little more... BANG!
Muhahahahah, another potential linux developer down. Who's next?
...the animated monster characters worked for the "Monster Corporation of America." One of the characters was a a green, wisecracking, ambulatory eyeball.
;-)
Anyone else see the reference to Steve Ballmer here?
Cool, are those real fish? ;-)
From Everything2.com:
Guide to making a quieter computer
1) Turn off your computer. This will make it totally silent. However, this won't solve the problem forever.
2) Remove all cables, and place the computer in an open area with plenty of room.
3) Meditate for fifteen minutes, focusing all power into your muscles, utilizing the silent abstract construct of the mind.
4) Examine the computer closely, silently, taking in every niche and feature of it's exterior without touching it. The bottom will be out of sight, so you must keep it in your mind's eye.
5) Strike, drive first, with force. Use all physical advantages to overcome the calculating beast, including your weight to crush the tenuous metal. Let the silence of space, and the infinite thoughts of inertia that result to charge your being as you desecrate the church of frag.
6) Bask in silence.
If the information inside the event horizon cannot be communicated to the outside of the event horizon, then none of your statements about what goes on inside the event horizon are empirically provable. You may want to consider using qualifiers such as "may" and "might" to indicate the conjectural--and ultimately unprovable--nature of your claims.
Of course, but that's the whole point - if an observer went into a black hole, he/she/it would know what had happened, but just wouldn't be able to tell anybody. Somebody who has not been inside a black hole would never be able to "prove" what happens inside, as proof is commonly considered to be seeing an event and reporting it to others.
So yes, I should have used qualifiers such as "may" and "might", as it is all speculation. I'm very sorry.
> (and presumably unknowable)
You could go in and find out, but due to time dilation, you would see the rest of time flash before your eyes, and then witness the end of the universe. You wouldn't be able to tell anybody though, because no signals can escape unless they travel faster than the speed of light (which is of course impossible). You would also be dead, but that's another story.
RPM updates are easy with Mandrake: urpmi wu-ftpd