Just out of curiosity have you tried any of the newer openSuSE versions? Its what I deploy when I just need a straight-up business/scientific desktop with everything just working and integrated seamlessly. That said, I haven't used it myself in a while, I'm on slackware ATM. Spent *years* on RH tho I think SuSE has the far better quality.
Re:Fun Read? (Score:5, Funny) by earlymon ( 1116185 ) Alter Relationship on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @12:38AM (#27826527) Homepage Journal
Kindly have the decency to identify us correctly by our Sacred Relic - Strunk and White's Elements of Style, First Edition.
I hope you did not mean for us to lump us in the Later Editioners - who eat off of their bellies, when there are perfectly good tables about for use of that function.
In any case, your abbreviation of the Holy Name of our Sacred Relic may well have been alleviated by the acceptable, yet colloquial (although arcane), use of et cetera, hereby illustrated as per Rule 2, as you are but no doubt aware of so to do: Stunk and White, etc.
(And yes, I thank you in advance for the opportunity of scoring points with my peers to compact my typography by ending a sentence with the abbreviated form of et cetera, thereby saving a full period. My deep appreciation is also given for the bonus points scored as well that the word period preceded it's synonymously named punctuation mark in the previous sentence. It is for this alone that I defer to kindness and not rag upon the lack of calendar year reference, similarly missing.
After all, a good Grammar Nazi is never a quibbling Sematics Nazi, nor worse, a Syntax Nazi (this last reference having been given, quite naturally, with highest reverence to the ghosts of alt.syntax).) *
Kindly remember, and please never forget: if something can be said with few words, it's worth saying very well; therefore, it worth saying with a great many words, in order to be at one's best, if for no other reason. (N.B., it is well and good that initiates question the validity of verbosity over being succinct, as an object lesson that the admonishment for clarity overrides.)
In closing, I am further compelled to compliment you upon the quite deft class-naming used for our gathering place, indicating, as it does, this modern forum while simultaneously not excluding Usenet, that is, as goes without saying, our one true Kobol, with the codex modification as it applies, naturally, to the mythology presented only in the contempory BattleStar Gallactica.
* Note the parenthetical salvation of the egregious Usenet syntax error had the sentence been constructed to end thus: alt.syntax.
Sanders stated up front that he would endorse the nominee. The party was the one doing the swindling. He kept his word even tho the situation sucks hard.
Bernie supporters have known this all along. We've been waiting for everyone else to figure out that its real, not tin-foil conspiracy. The NYT and WaPo were particularly egregrious.
Some asshole needs to explain to me how this is "over rated". Frankly, I LOVE being completely unplugged and disconnected from it all.... almost like a vacation.
basically a supercomputer on a card. I'd be *really* interested in finding out if those cores are individually addressable, etc and the memory setup. I remember the computer my Dad did his PhD calculations on -- an IBM 704 with memory expansion to a whopping 48K
The fact that some Abble users are migrating to Lunix is *proof* that homosexuality is a choice, and it can be cured. There just needs to be a free enough market.
You too? I remember sitting up all night and day with my folks and a bowl of cheerios. Dad being an aerospace engineer, he was saying "This is what I do". After a while it cut to Cronkite and then they finally got back around to Vietnam.
I'm from NY and I *guarantee* this is all about the state getting a few more $$$ under the guise of "environment". Wouldn't surprise me if it was basically Schumer.
Yes, thank you for saying that... I been keeping mu mouth shut. Around here (Western NY/Buffalo area) a big farm is 400 acres and a smal guy is 40 acres. We all got wiped out by the really big guys and tax laws back in the 1990s. Every one I ever worked for starting in high school was middle class, and some pretty poor off too. BUT they all owned their machines and usually paid cash for everything.
Ongoing operating costs is a very god argument, yes that it true. BUT how efficient is a broken machine? I have yet to see one of the modern wonders hold up like the old timers. I don't care how fast the payback is in efficiency if it costs too much to be worth fixing.
Correction: SOME farmers have debt. The farm I grew up working has zero debt as do most of its neighbors. We've all been operating in the same location for the past 200 years or so, there are family gravestones in the back yard with dates in the 1700's.
Properly cared-for ag equipment can easily last and be productive, money making machines for 50 years. That's about what the depreciation schedule looks like, too. Its not uncommon to see a 40 yr old tractor sell for 1/2 of the new price.
Just curious what part of the country you're in, and what do you grow? Around here (western NY/Buffalo area) most farms are betwen 50 -200 acres and people insist on owning everything. The only people that lease around here are the one large combine for the buckwheat/oats guys, and a grape picker for those that mechanically harvest their grapes. We never did, we picked 200 acres by hand and were able to get 3x more $$$ for our grapes because of that. The mechanical pickers bruise them too much for the fancy wines. Lots of fruit/veg around here, not so much grain -- not enough open land.
How enforcable is an "implied license"? How can we know what words are in it, to enforce?
I strongly sympathize with the farmers in this case, but then I've been fixing mechanical things my entire life, both personally and professionally. This bullshit has crippled a large chunk of the aftermarket and the auto industry, and now its spreading to here..????? Excuse me, but why would I pay 5- grand for a tractor that I'm only licensing? Are they gona do *all* the maintenance on it for the 50 grand they are charging? If no then they can go pound sand.
(General -purpose row crop 50-90 PTO HP 4x4 w/remote hydraulic and a bucket)
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Just out of curiosity have you tried any of the newer openSuSE versions? Its what I deploy when I just need a straight-up business/scientific desktop with everything just working and integrated seamlessly. That said, I haven't used it myself in a while, I'm on slackware ATM. Spent *years* on RH tho I think SuSE has the far better quality.
Support bacteria. Its the only culture some people have.
Re:Fun Read? (Score:5, Funny)
by earlymon ( 1116185 ) Alter Relationship on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @12:38AM (#27826527) Homepage Journal
Kindly have the decency to identify us correctly by our Sacred Relic - Strunk and White's Elements of Style, First Edition.
I hope you did not mean for us to lump us in the Later Editioners - who eat off of their bellies, when there are perfectly good tables about for use of that function.
In any case, your abbreviation of the Holy Name of our Sacred Relic may well have been alleviated by the acceptable, yet colloquial (although arcane), use of et cetera, hereby illustrated as per Rule 2, as you are but no doubt aware of so to do: Stunk and White, etc.
(And yes, I thank you in advance for the opportunity of scoring points with my peers to compact my typography by ending a sentence with the abbreviated form of et cetera, thereby saving a full period. My deep appreciation is also given for the bonus points scored as well that the word period preceded it's synonymously named punctuation mark in the previous sentence. It is for this alone that I defer to kindness and not rag upon the lack of calendar year reference, similarly missing.
After all, a good Grammar Nazi is never a quibbling Sematics Nazi, nor worse, a Syntax Nazi (this last reference having been given, quite naturally, with highest reverence to the ghosts of alt.syntax).) *
Kindly remember, and please never forget: if something can be said with few words, it's worth saying very well; therefore, it worth saying with a great many words, in order to be at one's best, if for no other reason. (N.B., it is well and good that initiates question the validity of verbosity over being succinct, as an object lesson that the admonishment for clarity overrides.)
In closing, I am further compelled to compliment you upon the quite deft class-naming used for our gathering place, indicating, as it does, this modern forum while simultaneously not excluding Usenet, that is, as goes without saying, our one true Kobol, with the codex modification as it applies, naturally, to the mythology presented only in the contempory BattleStar Gallactica.
* Note the parenthetical salvation of the egregious Usenet syntax error had the sentence been constructed to end thus: alt.syntax.
Nah It has to do with Bruce Jenner on the Wheaties box. Last I checked anyways.
Sanders stated up front that he would endorse the nominee. The party was the one doing the swindling. He kept his word even tho the situation sucks hard.
Bernie supporters have known this all along. We've been waiting for everyone else to figure out that its real, not tin-foil conspiracy. The NYT and WaPo were particularly egregrious.
Some asshole needs to explain to me how this is "over rated". Frankly, I LOVE being completely unplugged and disconnected from it all.... almost like a vacation.
True that. Makes you wonder how humanity even functioned before they were invented. (sarc)
OR you could just leave it home. I do.
1966 HH Scott Stereomaster w/ Klipsch horns.
Oh wow, two companies that suck found a way to make each other suck even more! (Leveraging mutual synergies...)
basically a supercomputer on a card. I'd be *really* interested in finding out if those cores are individually addressable, etc and the memory setup. I remember the computer my Dad did his PhD calculations on -- an IBM 704 with memory expansion to a whopping 48K
"How to succeed in business when your customers aren't making a living wage"
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The fact that some Abble users are migrating to Lunix is *proof* that homosexuality is a choice, and it can be cured. There just needs to be a free enough market.
You too? I remember sitting up all night and day with my folks and a bowl of cheerios. Dad being an aerospace engineer, he was saying "This is what I do". After a while it cut to Cronkite and then they finally got back around to Vietnam.
"Nickel-and-diming your customers to death is an American tradition."
Yep, and then claiming that they hate you for your freedoms.
I'm from NY and I *guarantee* this is all about the state getting a few more $$$ under the guise of "environment". Wouldn't surprise me if it was basically Schumer.
Yes, thank you for saying that... I been keeping mu mouth shut. Around here (Western NY/Buffalo area) a big farm is 400 acres and a smal guy is 40 acres. We all got wiped out by the really big guys and tax laws back in the 1990s. Every one I ever worked for starting in high school was middle class, and some pretty poor off too. BUT they all owned their machines and usually paid cash for everything.
Ongoing operating costs is a very god argument, yes that it true. BUT how efficient is a broken machine? I have yet to see one of the modern wonders hold up like the old timers. I don't care how fast the payback is in efficiency if it costs too much to be worth fixing.
You didn't taste NY wine 39 years ago. :) I never said it was worth a shit anymore, it isn't. Back then we competed with Napa and the French.
Correction: SOME farmers have debt. The farm I grew up working has zero debt as do most of its neighbors. We've all been operating in the same location for the past 200 years or so, there are family gravestones in the back yard with dates in the 1700's.
Properly cared-for ag equipment can easily last and be productive, money making machines for 50 years. That's about what the depreciation schedule looks like, too. Its not uncommon to see a 40 yr old tractor sell for 1/2 of the new price.
Yep, Kubota has a VERY good reputation and is very popular around here for the smaller sizes.
Just curious what part of the country you're in, and what do you grow? Around here (western NY/Buffalo area) most farms are betwen 50 -200 acres and people insist on owning everything. The only people that lease around here are the one large combine for the buckwheat/oats guys, and a grape picker for those that mechanically harvest their grapes. We never did, we picked 200 acres by hand and were able to get 3x more $$$ for our grapes because of that. The mechanical pickers bruise them too much for the fancy wines. Lots of fruit/veg around here, not so much grain -- not enough open land.
Mod up. I started out on a 1955 Case, which is still working and making money every day.
How enforcable is an "implied license"? How can we know what words are in it, to enforce?
I strongly sympathize with the farmers in this case, but then I've been fixing mechanical things my entire life, both personally and professionally. This bullshit has crippled a large chunk of the aftermarket and the auto industry, and now its spreading to here..????? Excuse me, but why would I pay 5- grand for a tractor that I'm only licensing? Are they gona do *all* the maintenance on it for the 50 grand they are charging? If no then they can go pound sand.
(General -purpose row crop 50-90 PTO HP 4x4 w/remote hydraulic and a bucket)