I know you meant no disrespect when you said this, but it should be noted that "that astronaut lady" was mission specialist Laurel Clark, one of the seven brave astronauts killed the morning of February 1st, 2003, when the space shuttle Columbia tragically disintegrated over Texas.
Though your comment was made before this accident, it just didn't seem right leaving it without saying something.
So what are we going to name our new country?
<Canuck_2> I have an idea! We'll put a bunch of letters in this hat and draw them at random.
<Canuck_1> Brilliant! That's aboot the smartest thing I've ever heard.
<Canuck_2> Let us begin...
<Canuck_1> C, eh?
<Canuck_1> N, eh?
<Canuck_1> D, eh?
Currently the only thing preventing Linux from taking the desktop market, is the fact that the currently Linux interface doesnt look polished enough, theres enough programs for grandma, theres games, theres plenty of office apps, the casual user can use Linux, the only reason they wont use Linux is because OSX is better than Linux.
The problem is, there are caveats to all of your statements.
IMHO, KDE3 with some of the themes they have look much better than Windows and OS X, the plenty of programs for grandma aren't as easy to use, there are games but not many, there are plenty of office apps but none can replace Office 'cause of compatability, and the casual user can use Linux until a problem comes up and then they are farked.
Why? 'Cause casual users can't use the command-line well, and if there is for example a driver problem in Linux you don't just download the latest driver installer. No, there are thinks like dealing with kernel modules, symlinks, and worse of all, READMEs.
Sure, any of these users could get figure it all out eventually and get good at it, but people are lazy.
For those of you wondering, this is not a proof that you cannot optimize something to be more than 10 times faster in general.
For example, suppose you have an algorithm A that takes X time. And then suppose you change it to algorithm B that takes 11X time by making it do algorithm A 11 times. Well algorithm B can be optimized to be 11 times faster by making it algorithm A instead, since they give the same result.
Anyway, just wanted to make sure no one was missing the "processor-related activities" clause in your statement.
Halon kills Ozone, from the given. This means more Halon implies more Ozone killed, which implies less Ozone. However, Ozone in the atmosphere saves you from cancer, and less Ozone leaves you at higher risk to be killed by cancer. In other words, less Ozone kills you. Therefore, from transitivity of implications, Halon kills you. Q.E.D.
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Not even Emacs comes with one of those. ;)
How many floppies would it take to reflash your BIOS with the newest GNU Emacs 83.2?
Gollum is denied of his preciousss...
According to Java History on Sun's website, 1.0a didn't come out till 1995.
There was no Jar-Jar Binks.
You may want to check out Fresco, which would allow exactly that. In particular, the Fresco vs. X page might be interesting to you.
Somehow he manages too misspell something in a post he doesn't even directly comment on.
It's "damn", not "sodding".
Though your comment was made before this accident, it just didn't seem right leaving it without saying something.
Don't you mean (H|Cr)acker?
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Yes, not to mention the fact that mplayer has some of the sweetest-sounding, crispest-looking null audio/video output the world has ever seen!
All this talk of shells is getting to my head. I read that as /bin/cash. The Courne Again Shell, another ksh replacement?
...the equivalent of .6 penises.
If you have a suspicion they might be moving from white to black.
So what are we going to name our new country?
<Canuck_2> I have an idea! We'll put a bunch of letters in this hat and draw them at random.
<Canuck_1> Brilliant! That's aboot the smartest thing I've ever heard.
<Canuck_2> Let us begin...
<Canuck_1> C, eh?
<Canuck_1> N, eh?
<Canuck_1> D, eh?
The problem is, there are caveats to all of your statements.
IMHO, KDE3 with some of the themes they have look much better than Windows and OS X, the plenty of programs for grandma aren't as easy to use, there are games but not many, there are plenty of office apps but none can replace Office 'cause of compatability, and the casual user can use Linux until a problem comes up and then they are farked.
Why? 'Cause casual users can't use the command-line well, and if there is for example a driver problem in Linux you don't just download the latest driver installer. No, there are thinks like dealing with kernel modules, symlinks, and worse of all, READMEs.
Sure, any of these users could get figure it all out eventually and get good at it, but people are lazy.
Only think preventing Linux: people are lazy.
Regards,
kentyman
Regards
-kentyman
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kentyman
Regards, kentyman
CTWT: 'Cause They Want To.
Can be changed to work better in first person...
CIWT: 'Cause I Want To.
Maybe I'll try it on my girlfriend next time she "has a headache."
-kentyman
http://www.fresco.org/namechange.html
If I saw a sweet-ass product on TV, hopped on the computer to buy it, and noticed a spam for this product, I wouldn't buy it in a million years.
Maybe it's because I don't need/want a penile enlargement, breast augmentation, or a mail-order university diploma (or bride, for that matter).
-kentyman
For example, suppose you have an algorithm A that takes X time. And then suppose you change it to algorithm B that takes 11X time by making it do algorithm A 11 times. Well algorithm B can be optimized to be 11 times faster by making it algorithm A instead, since they give the same result.
Anyway, just wanted to make sure no one was missing the "processor-related activities" clause in your statement.
I claim Halon kills you. The proof is as follows:
Halon kills Ozone, from the given. This means more Halon implies more Ozone killed, which implies less Ozone. However, Ozone in the atmosphere saves you from cancer, and less Ozone leaves you at higher risk to be killed by cancer. In other words, less Ozone kills you. Therefore, from transitivity of implications, Halon kills you. Q.E.D.
It's like he's not even trying. :)