(Something like: autoSpaceLikeWord95 in a Word document translates to "allow 2px of space on either side of the character, except in years evenly divisible by 3, in which case allow 3px.)
This is completely incorrect - these rules only apply on Mondays and Wednesdays in countries (information gathered from the local installation of the OS) in which either Friday or Sunday but not both are considered workdays. When either Sunday is not a workday or the Moon is neither in Pisces nor between Virgo and Sagittarius, the rules are reversed and they allow for 3 pixels on years divisible by 2 and 2 in years divisible by 3. Years divisible by 4 or 5 require a fractional number of pixels that is not defined in this document. In years that are divisible by 2 and also palindromes the whole paragraph is substituted by an animation depicting a military parade...
Since there is a lot of liquid-fuel rockets, rocket scientists are required to understand thoroughly things that suck (the fuel and oxidizer pumps). Since a lot of that stuff is very cold, they also know a lot about things that freeze.
And since they have to be prepared when things go wrong, they must also now a lot about things that blow up.
They seem to be pretty well qualified to understand Office OpenXML and other assorted stuff that comes from Microsoft.
Sorry to say, but it's attitudes like yours that burn a lot of developers.
Let me be very clear. I will work for free to solve _my_ problems. I will stop working when _I_ am satisfied with _my_ solution to _my_ problem. I will work to solve other people's problems for a (hefty) fee.
If you want me (or anyone else, BTW) to work to solve _your_ problems, you will have to pay for it.
Enjoy the free ride, but stop telling me where to go.
This is the mechanics of Linux and its surroundings. You can't expect to pay nothing for something really cool and still think you can order or direct developers to do or fix what _you_ think is important in order for their project to succeed.
the haven't appointed you as their leader or advisor and, while they care if the software work, they care even more for the cool stuff the infrastructure they are building allows them to create.
If you really want your issues fixed, you either fix them yourself or hire someone who can. That help will be gladly accepted as everyone, even the developers, can recognize good code and, while not always wanting to return to some parts of the programs to tidy them up, they will be happy if it's stabler or faster.
Until _they_ feel they need to fix things, they won't.
It's just like Aero and Aqua, but here you have the option to get involved and fix the issues you think are important and, if you do it, you may get a lot of respect from them.
For me, Linux is very successful on my desktop (notebook, really) and on the server I depend. It beats Windows XP and 2003 hands down on many tasks I do on a daily basis and, when compared to it, Vista and its brain-dead UAC mechanisms are a bad joke. When considering my job, Windows - every single version - fails miserably.
On the other hand, most users seem to be happy with its shortcomings and Windows commands a huge market share.
But, really, I couldn't care less about their needs.
What kind of "groupthink" is it that tells you they don't know whether it will be 1.4 or 5.8 degrees C of increase, tells you the probability that they're wrong about human causation, and argues in public about why Greenland is melting faster than they had predicted?
To think about global warming as just that (an increase of temperature) is incredibly naïve.
What happens is that more energy is retained in the atmosphere and, like a glass of boiling water, it will get more and more chaotic as you increase the energy in the system.
Hotter summers, with more storms and rain. More evaporation could mean more deserts in one place and floods in others. Colder, drier, winters are also part of the package. More desertification and radical change in several ecosystems. While the average raises by a couple degrees, the maximum and minimum temperatures raise and drop by several.
It's really too chaotic to predict accurately but, nevertheless, they represent very unwelcome changes.
Now, since most scientists (i.e., the ones actually qualified to study climate who aren't being paid by the oil industry) have come to a consensus, we really have no choice but to believe them.
Well... People do have a choice. It's not a clever one, but it's a choice.
Then I saw 9/11, Patriot Act, the war on Iraq and the general crackdown on civil-liberties. I saw a questionable first election and a _very_ questionable re-election. I never imagined the US could be in such danger.
It's conceivable that a people can have to rise against its government to defend the country against it. If the government has the exclusive right to the possession of weapons, then it becomes very hard to win.
Allowing people to have guns may be risky, but I would rather take that risk.
Except that your property is, probably, the box and the DVD inside it.
The program is not yours - it's Microsoft's property. What you are paying for, besides the plastic and paper, is for the right to use the program in accordance with their terms.
"You are coming to a sad realization, cancel or allow?"
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Remember intelligence is only one way to solve the problem of keeping your species away from extinction.
Sharks are very dumb and have been doing just fine.
It is perfectly possible to imagine a universe full of life and yet with very few intelligent multi-planetary technological civilizations.
We are smart because we could not outrun (our outbite) our predators. We had to evolve other way.
We stockpile them for use when the next ice age comes.
We will need all greenhouse gases we can get.
While not surprising AC didn't answer my question, I am curious about why kubuntu-desktop (the package, I suppose) is broken and kubuntu itself isn't.
Anyone cares to say something?
Would you care to explain this?
I am really curious.
This is completely incorrect - these rules only apply on Mondays and Wednesdays in countries (information gathered from the local installation of the OS) in which either Friday or Sunday but not both are considered workdays. When either Sunday is not a workday or the Moon is neither in Pisces nor between Virgo and Sagittarius, the rules are reversed and they allow for 3 pixels on years divisible by 2 and 2 in years divisible by 3. Years divisible by 4 or 5 require a fractional number of pixels that is not defined in this document. In years that are divisible by 2 and also palindromes the whole paragraph is substituted by an animation depicting a military parade...
;-)
Since there is a lot of liquid-fuel rockets, rocket scientists are required to understand thoroughly things that suck (the fuel and oxidizer pumps). Since a lot of that stuff is very cold, they also know a lot about things that freeze.
And since they have to be prepared when things go wrong, they must also now a lot about things that blow up.
They seem to be pretty well qualified to understand Office OpenXML and other assorted stuff that comes from Microsoft.
Better yet: he sprays his roof with a high-pressure washer.
Sorry to say, but it's attitudes like yours that burn a lot of developers.
Let me be very clear. I will work for free to solve _my_ problems. I will stop working when _I_ am satisfied with _my_ solution to _my_ problem. I will work to solve other people's problems for a (hefty) fee.
If you want me (or anyone else, BTW) to work to solve _your_ problems, you will have to pay for it.
Enjoy the free ride, but stop telling me where to go.
This is the mechanics of Linux and its surroundings. You can't expect to pay nothing for something really cool and still think you can order or direct developers to do or fix what _you_ think is important in order for their project to succeed.
the haven't appointed you as their leader or advisor and, while they care if the software work, they care even more for the cool stuff the infrastructure they are building allows them to create.
If you really want your issues fixed, you either fix them yourself or hire someone who can. That help will be gladly accepted as everyone, even the developers, can recognize good code and, while not always wanting to return to some parts of the programs to tidy them up, they will be happy if it's stabler or faster.
Until _they_ feel they need to fix things, they won't.
It's just like Aero and Aqua, but here you have the option to get involved and fix the issues you think are important and, if you do it, you may get a lot of respect from them.
There are different measures of success.
For me, Linux is very successful on my desktop (notebook, really) and on the server I depend. It beats Windows XP and 2003 hands down on many tasks I do on a daily basis and, when compared to it, Vista and its brain-dead UAC mechanisms are a bad joke. When considering my job, Windows - every single version - fails miserably.
On the other hand, most users seem to be happy with its shortcomings and Windows commands a huge market share.
But, really, I couldn't care less about their needs.
To think about global warming as just that (an increase of temperature) is incredibly naïve.
What happens is that more energy is retained in the atmosphere and, like a glass of boiling water, it will get more and more chaotic as you increase the energy in the system.
Hotter summers, with more storms and rain. More evaporation could mean more deserts in one place and floods in others. Colder, drier, winters are also part of the package. More desertification and radical change in several ecosystems. While the average raises by a couple degrees, the maximum and minimum temperatures raise and drop by several.
It's really too chaotic to predict accurately but, nevertheless, they represent very unwelcome changes.
Well... People do have a choice. It's not a clever one, but it's a choice.
Maybe some of them were damaged and misreported as stolen to avoid some penalty.
The problem arises when the somewhat limited brain is controlling the largest military.
Bo, but, with some training, it could write it.
If the idea catches on, Sites like digg.com will have a lot less traffic. ;-)
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http://digg.com/offbeat_news/UK_fake_bloggers_soo
If it's targeted at Fox News audience and has a good chance of reducing their lifespan, I would say it may be for the greater good...
I would rephrase that as "The speech is free. The speaker is not allowed to con people by pretending to be something he/she is not.
Wish I had some mod-points I could give you...
I think we are not exactly doing a terrific job on educating people.
Is 1984 required reading in US schools?
Pardon me, but there are possible ways that are also illegal ones.
I used to believe in gun control.
Then I saw 9/11, Patriot Act, the war on Iraq and the general crackdown on civil-liberties. I saw a questionable first election and a _very_ questionable re-election. I never imagined the US could be in such danger.
It's conceivable that a people can have to rise against its government to defend the country against it. If the government has the exclusive right to the possession of weapons, then it becomes very hard to win.
Allowing people to have guns may be risky, but I would rather take that risk.
WinFS is neither a database, nor a filesystem. It's vaporware designed to create the perception Microsoft has some technology the others can't have.
It's been promised since NT 4.
"Maybe its hypervisors, I don't know what it is "
If he doesn't know, how they expect to deliver something in 2.5 years?
It's a very smart idea that has no chance of being adopted in the current state-of-mind of the US.
Maybe in the 60's
Except that your property is, probably, the box and the DVD inside it.
The program is not yours - it's Microsoft's property. What you are paying for, besides the plastic and paper, is for the right to use the program in accordance with their terms.
"You are coming to a sad realization, cancel or allow?"