If you had taken the trouble to RTFA (!) you would see that the author does indeed review the product, in fact largely favourably, with the exception of his reaction to its lack of robustness.
I think it probably will. I'm not quite sure how the screens link up, but the fact that it uses an nVidia GPU is promising, as these are well supported. If you prefer to use nVidia's own drivers with their Twinview, that might present a challenge (not sure), but I've had lots of practice at setting up Xinerama, and I think it should cope.
To have water vapour, you usually have to start with water. Most of the more populated areas of the country have been in drought for several years, and there can be no doubt that this is a major contributing factor to the fires - the forest floor is (or was) essentially a tinderbox waiting for a spark.
...and in some countries, "fair use" is not provided for in any case. For instance, it is still illegal here in Australia to copy the contents of a legitimately bought CD which you have to your iPod, even though you will not be listening to your iPod and your CD player at the same time, thus satisfying the provisions of the original licence.
This legislation should be easy to fix. Trouble is, the greed of the copyright holders is less easy to deal with.
One reason why support for the blocking is so low in this nanny state might well stem from the fact that there is still a significantly large proportion of the population who cannot get any connection better than dialup (if that), who would find their snail-like traffic grind to a halt.
If you're a city-dweller, you're fine, but there are lots of areas, not necessarily even very far from cities, where broadband access is poor or non-existent. Needless to say, our government's priorities are not appreciated in those areas.
Trouble is, these politicians don't actually have any ideas beyond their narrow-minded suburban little headspace. After all, they are just glorified parking attendants; they don't have any real skills. We (Australians) can see the silver lining in the cloud of the financial crisis, in that the Government are so busy tearing their hair out about something they can't do anything about, they don't have the energy to pursue something they can (sort of) do.
I would suggest that it's time to people to just get over themselves. If you all really need to be able to run your Rodent's Revenge from 1992, that's fine, just dig out an old machine that does it, or set up a Linux box with Wine.
I won't use a car analogy, but try this: 20 or 30 years ago we all used cassette tapes, which were useful enough in their way, but a fairly sucky medium for sound reproduction. Nobody liked them, but they served their purpose in their time. Then along came the burnable CD, and nobody bought another cassette tape ever again, so almost nobody even bothers to manufacture tape recorders.
There are some things that should just be allowed to die, so we can move on.
Microsoft is going to fight this decision tooth and nail. They will appeal it and appeal it and appeal it.
No, they'll probably just ignore it. I seem to remember back in the mid-'90s there were similar judgements against Microsoft in their war against Netscape, but IIRC Microsoft just ignored them, cutting off Netscape's air supply until it died.
So... I really hope Microsoft says "sure" and bundles 10-20 really crappy and outdated browsers, with firefox and opera nowhere in sight.
In addition to the crappy and outdated one of their own, you mean. I'd say it's almost certain that's exactly what they will do. They won't bundle Chrome because Ballmer wants to "fucking bury" Google, and Firefox probably falls into the same category, since they're partly financed by Google. However, Lynx looks good to go...;-)
It would be more interesting to conduct a survey to find what percentage of net users find Flash as annoying as I do.
Maybe some download stats for Flashblock? I would have to agree that Flash is now more or less inescapable, especially if you like YouTube, but if a site is built on Flash it's usually a surefire sign that the content won't be worth the bandwidth.
What experience? Just how many centuries old are you, sorcerer?
I am approaching 50. And believe me, it sometimes feels like 50 centuries.;-)
Plenty of time to see repeated attempts at the so-called "small-government" model in several countries. I say so-called because the concept is largely built into the ideology of "conservative" (another loaded term) governments, but as I said before, they never deliver except to cut services while continuing to slug us for the same taxes.
...have the right idea. Small government == beautiful government == more freedom to enjoy your life without Mommy/Daddy Congress looking over your shoulder.
Yes, this is OT, but merits a bite anyway:
The idea of small government=good is not so bad in itself, but experience shows that "smaller" governments gouge us for at least as much money in taxes as bigger governments, while delivering fewer services.
Personally, I would rather see my tax dollar used for some more useful purpose than as a pork-barrel to roll out at election day.
Logging will be built in for you by the manufacturer with no "off" switch.
Hmmm. There might not be an "off" switch, but unless you've got some sort of serious enterprise-grade hardware, there will be a way to reset it to factory settings, wiping any logs. A ballpoint pen is often enough.
Maybe I'm just being silly, but my home network really doesn't have enough hosts (!>6) attached to justify running DHCP at all. Static IPs work for me...
Add a fourth: the redneck brigade who will tell everybody they've got nothing to hide, and if it leaves an excuse to victimise an ethnic minority then they're all for it.
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If you had taken the trouble to RTFA (!) you would see that the author does indeed review the product, in fact largely favourably, with the exception of his reaction to its lack of robustness.
... run Linux?
I think it probably will. I'm not quite sure how the screens link up, but the fact that it uses an nVidia GPU is promising, as these are well supported. If you prefer to use nVidia's own drivers with their Twinview, that might present a challenge (not sure), but I've had lots of practice at setting up Xinerama, and I think it should cope.
- Not to mention... fits in your backpack
:-)
...which you have to carry in a wheelbarrow (*not supplied).
Put enough ash high in the air and we could cool the planet.
Only for as long as you can keep the ash in the air. Once it drops to the ground, you would have an even worse problem than before.
Well, you can stick your head in the sand if you want, but you'll be part of the problem.
1. Water vapor is by a feedback effect[sic]
To have water vapour, you usually have to start with water. Most of the more populated areas of the country have been in drought for several years, and there can be no doubt that this is a major contributing factor to the fires - the forest floor is (or was) essentially a tinderbox waiting for a spark.
...and in some countries, "fair use" is not provided for in any case. For instance, it is still illegal here in Australia to copy the contents of a legitimately bought CD which you have to your iPod, even though you will not be listening to your iPod and your CD player at the same time, thus satisfying the provisions of the original licence.
This legislation should be easy to fix. Trouble is, the greed of the copyright holders is less easy to deal with.
GCC itself is rather prolific... Is there any noteworthy platform that it doesn't already support?
In any case, the Intel compiler, with its US$599 price-tag is less than likely to be a top contender for inclusion in any distro.
Sure, there is a "free non-commercial" download available, but you don't have to be Richard Stallman to see the downside of that.
One reason why support for the blocking is so low in this nanny state might well stem from the fact that there is still a significantly large proportion of the population who cannot get any connection better than dialup (if that), who would find their snail-like traffic grind to a halt.
If you're a city-dweller, you're fine, but there are lots of areas, not necessarily even very far from cities, where broadband access is poor or non-existent. Needless to say, our government's priorities are not appreciated in those areas.
Trouble is, these politicians don't actually have any ideas beyond their narrow-minded suburban little headspace. After all, they are just glorified parking attendants; they don't have any real skills. We (Australians) can see the silver lining in the cloud of the financial crisis, in that the Government are so busy tearing their hair out about something they can't do anything about, they don't have the energy to pursue something they can (sort of) do.
I got one from Colonel Gadaffi the other day, but I disregarded it because he spelt his own name wrong. ;-)
I would suggest that it's time to people to just get over themselves. If you all really need to be able to run your Rodent's Revenge from 1992, that's fine, just dig out an old machine that does it, or set up a Linux box with Wine.
I won't use a car analogy, but try this: 20 or 30 years ago we all used cassette tapes, which were useful enough in their way, but a fairly sucky medium for sound reproduction. Nobody liked them, but they served their purpose in their time. Then along came the burnable CD, and nobody bought another cassette tape ever again, so almost nobody even bothers to manufacture tape recorders.
There are some things that should just be allowed to die, so we can move on.
So instead of telling your boss to get fucked, you should tell him to go get professionally fucked. ;-)
"Leaving with grace is always better then leaving with attitude."
:-D
I left an office party with Grace once. But since she was the boss's wife, it didn't go down too well...
Microsoft is going to fight this decision tooth and nail. They will appeal it and appeal it and appeal it.
No, they'll probably just ignore it. I seem to remember back in the mid-'90s there were similar judgements against Microsoft in their war against Netscape, but IIRC Microsoft just ignored them, cutting off Netscape's air supply until it died.
So... I really hope Microsoft says "sure" and bundles 10-20 really crappy and outdated browsers, with firefox and opera nowhere in sight.
;-)
In addition to the crappy and outdated one of their own, you mean. I'd say it's almost certain that's exactly what they will do. They won't bundle Chrome because Ballmer wants to "fucking bury" Google, and Firefox probably falls into the same category, since they're partly financed by Google. However, Lynx looks good to go...
Unfortunately, it is true. Witness Hans Reiser.
Once you've taken off, the plane can more or less fly and land itself.
OK, if you call flying a jumbo jet into the side of a hill "landing", I'll have to give you that.
It would be more interesting to conduct a survey to find what percentage of net users find Flash as annoying as I do.
Maybe some download stats for Flashblock? I would have to agree that Flash is now more or less inescapable, especially if you like YouTube, but if a site is built on Flash it's usually a surefire sign that the content won't be worth the bandwidth.
I know I'll probably get shot down in flames for saying this, but you could always use the damn thing as a phone. ;-)
What experience? Just how many centuries old are you, sorcerer?
;-)
I am approaching 50. And believe me, it sometimes feels like 50 centuries.
Plenty of time to see repeated attempts at the so-called "small-government" model in several countries. I say so-called because the concept is largely built into the ideology of "conservative" (another loaded term) governments, but as I said before, they never deliver except to cut services while continuing to slug us for the same taxes.
...have the right idea. Small government == beautiful government == more freedom to enjoy your life without Mommy/Daddy Congress looking over your shoulder.
Yes, this is OT, but merits a bite anyway:
The idea of small government=good is not so bad in itself, but experience shows that "smaller" governments gouge us for at least as much money in taxes as bigger governments, while delivering fewer services.
Personally, I would rather see my tax dollar used for some more useful purpose than as a pork-barrel to roll out at election day.
Logging will be built in for you by the manufacturer with no "off" switch.
Hmmm. There might not be an "off" switch, but unless you've got some sort of serious enterprise-grade hardware, there will be a way to reset it to factory settings, wiping any logs. A ballpoint pen is often enough.
Maybe I'm just being silly, but my home network really doesn't have enough hosts (!>6) attached to justify running DHCP at all. Static IPs work for me...
Add a fourth: the redneck brigade who will tell everybody they've got nothing to hide, and if it leaves an excuse to victimise an ethnic minority then they're all for it.