If someone wanted to redo the icons as a project in itself, would you accept them? I'd think that that would be worthwhile in itself, just to lift one of the major restrictions from the CSS designers~
If so, would you insist on keeping *all* the icons, even the ones which haven't been used for more than 5 years, and are never likely to be used in the future?
*whoosh*, indeed -- I'm almost certain great grandparent was actually referring to this specific story, rather than illustrating absurdity with absurdity.
The point of web pages is to be browsed, in the same way the point of snacks is to be eaten -- hence this should be "eat off the shelves (view webpages)". A more appropriate analogy for browsing a convenience store would be only reading the web page titles.
And they have to pay for theirs -- bandwidth is needed for servers as well as clients. When you pay money to an ISP it only covers your end of the connection, none of the money goes to people running the other end:-P
It isn't your bandwidth
So how are they sending you data?
and I can't steal what you're handing out for free anyway.
Much like things on a shop shelf are "free"; sure you can take them and walk out of the shop, but the business model relies on customers paying, be it cash or ad views.
Text - there could be an entire volume on just how OS X textfields work - and what is wrong with Linux text fields
Would you mind writing a couple of sentances then? I've not noticed much difference:-/ Also some backing up of your statements generally would be a good idea -- a lot of moaning "it sucks!" with no specifics or suggestions make you look like just another troll
On a tangent; I got 8 PIIs working together with clusterknoppix - then having spent the day setting it up, realised I had absolutely no use for it -- any ideas?
There should be no legal distinction between stealing chewing gum from a shop and performing an illegal download.
While they're at it, can they make breaking into a server the same as breaking into an office? While breaking copyright seems to have been ignored compared to other petty crimes, all the other digital offenses seem to carry far harsher punishments than their real life equivalents:-/
How hard can it be to move mail from A to B? Speaking as someone who's never written a mail server, I didn't think it was complicated enough to have so many security holes... (Serious explanations of what it does to warrant the complexity would be appreciated~)
What does this mean for Microsoft and its reputation as a company that can eventually ship software?
Not much, they'll still have a reputation for eventually shipping, as they always have done
What will this mean for office managers who have to plan upgrades and budgets?
They'll get over it
Will this make anyone look at OpenOffice.org?
No; they don't trust any software they've not seen advertised (whereas if it's advertised, it shows the company is making lots of money, so it's products must be good)
The problem with Linux is getting drivers for your hardware installed and working.
Step 1) There is no step 1, your hardware works already.
Really, I only own one bit of hardware where the default kernel drivers weren't fine (a more recent nvidia card); compared to my experiences of windows insisting on new drivers every time any tiny bit of hardware changes, I find the linux way *much* easier...
It seems to me that the fact that you are surprised when everything just works says quite a bit.
Judging by Windows and OSX (and every other OS I've used), I would have though it *impossible* to run software compiled for another platform; so yes, Linux doing the "impossible" with no problems is quite impressive:)
What can be done with Debian that I can't do with a blank partition and a hex editor?
The point isn't what we (eg, slashdotters) can do, but what our families and friends can do. In my experience, they can install and run Ubuntu, while Debian gives too many confusing choices.
Slashdot Mirror
But there are already some articles without icons (ask slashdot, book reviews, interviews, etc), and they seem to work fine...
If so, would you insist on keeping *all* the icons, even the ones which haven't been used for more than 5 years, and are never likely to be used in the future?
listusers | print user.name
cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{ print $1 }'
(A demonstration of how if could be easier, I don't know if it actually works like that~)
*whoosh*, indeed -- I'm almost certain great grandparent was actually referring to this specific story, rather than illustrating absurdity with absurdity.
RTFA; they're asking people to not take their newspaper, cut out the ads, then distribute the ad-removed version in competition with the paid version.
(To get away from the analogy, the problem is LJ bloggers using CSS to remove ads -- the end user can still remove them for themselves)
The point of web pages is to be browsed, in the same way the point of snacks is to be eaten -- hence this should be "eat off the shelves (view webpages)". A more appropriate analogy for browsing a convenience store would be only reading the web page titles.
And they have to pay for theirs -- bandwidth is needed for servers as well as clients. When you pay money to an ISP it only covers your end of the connection, none of the money goes to people running the other end :-P
It isn't your bandwidth
So how are they sending you data?
and I can't steal what you're handing out for free anyway.
Much like things on a shop shelf are "free"; sure you can take them and walk out of the shop, but the business model relies on customers paying, be it cash or ad views.
Would you mind writing a couple of sentances then? I've not noticed much difference :-/ Also some backing up of your statements generally would be a good idea -- a lot of moaning "it sucks!" with no specifics or suggestions make you look like just another troll
General concensus is that the people who read the articles and the people who make the comments are two entirely separate groups
sudo -s /var/spool/mqueue/qf*
egrep '^From: Postmaster'
Ctrl-D
All the power of a root shell is still there, it's just easier to not use it~
Because a blob of plasma is so much friendlier than a high-speed rod?
On a tangent; I got 8 PIIs working together with clusterknoppix - then having spent the day setting it up, realised I had absolutely no use for it -- any ideas?
. <-- the point.
You --> :D|-<
It gives you the option to say "pay us for a separate licence if you want to use our code in your closed source app".
Returns 1 if the computer is on. If the computer isn't on, the value returned by this function is undefined.
... what? Is this real? It looks it, but... WTF?
While they're at it, can they make breaking into a server the same as breaking into an office? While breaking copyright seems to have been ignored compared to other petty crimes, all the other digital offenses seem to carry far harsher punishments than their real life equivalents :-/
How hard can it be to move mail from A to B? Speaking as someone who's never written a mail server, I didn't think it was complicated enough to have so many security holes... (Serious explanations of what it does to warrant the complexity would be appreciated~)
Not much, they'll still have a reputation for eventually shipping, as they always have done
What will this mean for office managers who have to plan upgrades and budgets?
They'll get over it
Will this make anyone look at OpenOffice.org?
No; they don't trust any software they've not seen advertised (whereas if it's advertised, it shows the company is making lots of money, so it's products must be good)
Step 1) There is no step 1, your hardware works already.
Really, I only own one bit of hardware where the default kernel drivers weren't fine (a more recent nvidia card); compared to my experiences of windows insisting on new drivers every time any tiny bit of hardware changes, I find the linux way *much* easier...
Judging by Windows and OSX (and every other OS I've used), I would have though it *impossible* to run software compiled for another platform; so yes, Linux doing the "impossible" with no problems is quite impressive :)
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I've seen "FLPR" (FreeBSD / LigHTTPd / Postgres / Ruby (on Rails)) gaining popularity...
... no it isn't :-/ The mozilla foundation is, but all the monetary dealings we're talking about are done by The Mozilla Corporation
The point isn't what we (eg, slashdotters) can do, but what our families and friends can do. In my experience, they can install and run Ubuntu, while Debian gives too many confusing choices.
How much money does slashdot make from all the advertising?