Sure you can go out and get a gun (of sorts) if you have the money and the inclination. You can't (legally) go carrying the thing around in the street, though. Good thing too, as far as I'm concerned.
But you did vote for them (if you filled out the paper work corrctly)...1 is your preferred and ten is least preferred -- or is it the other way around...
If you can't be bothered checking your facts then don't bother posting.
The purpose of the preference system is not to indicate a positive preference for the voter's least favourite party, but to provide a mechanism for redistribution of votes in the case where a particular candidate does not have a clear majority.
The voter can distribute his or her own preferences in any order they choose, or they can put a 1 in the box next to the party name to accept the preferences that the party has negotiated "on your behalf" if you trust them (!).
In practice, it is rare for preferences to be counted at all, particularly beyond the 2nd preference, and if this does happen, many ballot papers are simply not counted at all.
Since I bought myself a TI-89, I've been using my HP48G+ to wedge the door of my study shut so the dogs can't get in... it's just the right shape & size for the job. Forward thinking on HP's part...:-)
But let's face it, any distro (or quasi-distro for that matter) that appears to be troublesome or tedious to set up and get productive with is unlikely to get any support from corporate linux newbies or seasoned hackers alike. This is where RH, Slackware, Debian or [insert favourite distro here] win hands down. I wouldn't be in the least surprised if United Linux dies an ignominious death.
In many cases I've seen (in Perth, Western Australia), businesses have chosen RedHat initially, but made the switch (usually to Debian) when they realize it hasn't been _quite_ as stable as claimed. This may be changing with RH7.3 (I've had no contact with it, but have long and bitter experience with 6.x and 7.0-7.1).
Strikes me there's an awful lot of crap being flung around in the distro wars, but let's face it, we all have different needs...
When I was a newbie, I found RH a relatively easy way to start out with Linux, but I have never liked the broken packages I always got with RH or MDK.
Debian is nice and stable, good for servers, and the packaging is good, but it is usually a year out of date by the time it is released.
I am running Slack 8.0 now, and love it. Stable as all hell, critical apps are up to date and built from source, the rest just left as they came out of the box. Don't think I will be changing distro for a while.
I fail to see that a few bytes of bogus registration data is an invasion of privacy. For example, if a non-trusted website asks me for my phone number, I give the number of the local police station - let them explain to the plods why they are trying to sell me 7yearoldsextoys...
It doesn't take much to link cookies to/dev/null and clear cache frequently.
On the other hand, if you insist on providing your real name and address, I guess you're on your own...
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This happened to me about 13 years ago: only 10 days out of port and I was back to the clock and sextant I'd brought with me "just in case".
Since when is Unix an app?
I can whore for karma too...release motes here
She won't, though. She's kept her paws off ever since Whitlam was sacked.
Sure you can go out and get a gun (of sorts) if you have the money and the inclination. You can't (legally) go carrying the thing around in the street, though. Good thing too, as far as I'm concerned.
Actually he was writing about totalitarianism, not necessarily communism. It's not the same thing at all.
He has a mind? ...damn, looks like I just stepped in it... :-)
If you can't be bothered checking your facts then don't bother posting.
The purpose of the preference system is not to indicate a positive preference for the voter's least favourite party, but to provide a mechanism for redistribution of votes in the case where a particular candidate does not have a clear majority.
The voter can distribute his or her own preferences in any order they choose, or they can put a 1 in the box next to the party name to accept the preferences that the party has negotiated "on your behalf" if you trust them (!).
In practice, it is rare for preferences to be counted at all, particularly beyond the 2nd preference, and if this does happen, many ballot papers are simply not counted at all.
Since I bought myself a TI-89, I've been using my HP48G+ to wedge the door of my study shut so the dogs can't get in... it's just the right shape & size for the job. Forward thinking on HP's part... :-)
But your misuse of the apostrophised elision of "you are" in place of the possessive "your" is not.
'Nuff about the C64... Does anybody remember the Commodore PET?
Guess I could always use the caravan I built from that old Burroughs B3700 cabinet...
Grrr mumble grumble....
I think Gentoo is, but (correct me if I'm wrong) surely LFS is not a distribution by definition?
But let's face it, any distro (or quasi-distro for that matter) that appears to be troublesome or tedious to set up and get productive with is unlikely to get any support from corporate linux newbies or seasoned hackers alike. This is where RH, Slackware, Debian or [insert favourite distro here] win hands down. I wouldn't be in the least surprised if United Linux dies an ignominious death.
In many cases I've seen (in Perth, Western Australia), businesses have chosen RedHat initially, but made the switch (usually to Debian) when they realize it hasn't been _quite_ as stable as claimed. This may be changing with RH7.3 (I've had no contact with it, but have long and bitter experience with 6.x and 7.0-7.1).
When I was a newbie, I found RH a relatively easy way to start out with Linux, but I have never liked the broken packages I always got with RH or MDK.
Debian is nice and stable, good for servers, and the packaging is good, but it is usually a year out of date by the time it is released.
I am running Slack 8.0 now, and love it. Stable as all hell, critical apps are up to date and built from source, the rest just left as they came out of the box. Don't think I will be changing distro for a while.
As far as I was aware (maybe I've been living in a cone of silence :-P ) those of us who are attracted to Linux wouldn't touch OSX with a bargepole...
Academic in my case, I know the exchequer won't stand for one of these anytime soon (sigh...)
Go back to assembly! :-)
I still find I really prefer the taste of FORTRAN :-) OK, I admit it, I've dated myself by saying that, but who cares? :-)
It doesn't take much to link cookies to /dev/null and clear cache frequently.
On the other hand, if you insist on providing your real name and address, I guess you're on your own...
More echoes of Max Headroom? Advertising you can't skip -> TVs you can't switch off -> blipverts?
Let the man speak his mind - it won't take him long...
Ummm... I know my geography is sometimes a bit hazy, but I don't think the Caribbean was anywhere near Oceania last time I looked...