Try comparing it to having sex with either Roseanne Barr or Kate Moss. The basics are the same, but I'm sure look and feel alone will create a preference of one over the other.
Specifically, these tools make installing and uninstalling menus, icons, and icon-resources easier for developers
Aha.
Developers already have easy.desktop files for menus and application icons.
And KDE and GNOME applications already (should) use KDE and GNOME icon resource interfaces anyway, the standardisation here is primarily a level below, in the desktop core. Desktop-agnostic or -ignorant applications tend to have sufficient legacy/NIH/individuality in them to not use these new tools either.
But even if it's all true: this is minor stuff. For example, OpenOffice, The GIMP and Firefox will still look odd on a KDE system. Not using KFileDialog (with global and app-specific bookmarks, full KIO network file support, etc) would be one of many dead giveaways. Throw in a bit of Oracle (Java interface) and Skype (Qt interface) and it becomes clear that menus and icons are not in the least bit the worrisome concerns about desktop standards.
The discussion after the Portland announcement (1.0 planned for June, sure) on here confirms my suspicion that end-user widgets are far more important than menus and icons, but nonetheless kudos to the developers. I just hope their next improvement will actually be significant.;-)
I actually use Spamhaus and still most of that information was new (read: "Informative") to me. The poster has a good posting history (not frequent, but all of the posts which visibly show moderation are modded up). I understand why people would consider this to be karma whoring, but it's not at all blatant and a single click shows there's no reason to think so.
This may sound harsh, but development communities (professional or not) lose developers all the time, seniors included, so even if he is found guilty the long-term consequences will be minor.
I will accept that it's virtually impossible to eradicate rogue states, terrorism and nuclear proliferation. It's definitely a huge (and increasingly difficult) challenge to come up with geopolitical policies that will improve the security and welfare of the world and it's also a huge challenge to find politicians (of either side, party or flavour) who manage.
But I refuse to be afraid. What's the point.. I'd rather be ready.
Good question. I've been wondering myself why that clock never changed the past months/years, certainly we've seen some developments (Kahn proliferation, Iranian desire, Korean accomplishments) that would set it forward.
On the other hand, I suspect that doomsday clock is mostly a political effort trying to reduce our own use of nuclear fission. I doubt anyone in Pyongyang or Tehran or even the DOD cares about it.
Oh, please, not that statistical trick again. Poverty in the west is defined as earning less than half the average income. If everyone's wealth doubles, the poverty rate actually stays the same. Poverty in the west means "only one TV and game console, only one car, no air conditioning and perhaps skipping a warm meal once or twice a week" for the majority of "poor" people. In North Korea it often means "find edible plants and drink from puddles".
That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to integrate our poor into society in efficient ways. The basic needs 10% of the US apparently don't meet, would be considered luxury in the majority of the world.
Actually, if you respect to the age of consent (US: 18, most of Europe: 16), you can be paedophile all you want and you have to worry only about social acceptance and not legal matters. There's nothing inherently bad about a preference for young(er) partners, as long as you take responsibility.
- Name - Passport no. and nationality - Creditcard no. - DOB and POB - Food preference - Religion - Seat (preference)
I wonder how this is going to work though, I've never had an airliner ask me for my religion and if they would, they could file me with all the other Pastafarians on the flight. Good luck profiling that.
I call bullshit. Nobody wants to drag the US/west down to third world levels. The majority of people would probably indeed rather see more of the world catch up with us.
The key is not to focus on reducing resource use, it's about reducing impact to the environment. Well, I don't think there's room to panic. Hydrogen storage is near and will reduce environmental impact because power plants are more efficient than cars engines. We could then also use fission as source, of which the environmental impact is easier to control also than just throwing stuff back in the air. Commercial fusion plants might be with us within two or three decades. We're underway with the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER]ITER[/url] prototype.
That's the kind of world I want to see: plentiful environmentally-friendly energy. Why worry when we're so obviously heading that way rapidly?
The 5-25% phrase bugs me. It's designed to make the US look wasteful while that's definitely not the case.
According to Angus Maddison's [url=http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/Historical_Stati stics/horizontal-file_2006.xls]world population and GDP.xls[/url], the US GDP is 8.2 billion and the world's 38.9 billion. So the US accounts for 21% of global economical output using 25% of energy resources. That's below average and something to think about, but it definitely puts a different perspective on matters.
How does Slackware work with modern hardware? (Wifi, SATA, etc)
- See the 'compile your own kernel' comment.
I've had no problems whatsoever getting sound, SATA, USB, network, WiFi, Bluetooth working on my Dell Inspirion 6400 (six months old) on my Slackware 10.2. I upgraded to Linux 2.6, followed some clear kernel instructions for my Intel card and moved to -current because it was nearing release anyway and I already happily used -current on another system.
A few extra notes:
- most SATA controllers work with one of the SATA kernel images you can choose when installing. I had to use a 2.6 kernel for mine though. - sometimes you'll need user space add-ons to make the most of your hardware, my Intel WiFi requires a binary 2.6 driver module and daemon. - if you do compile your own kernel: copy your working kernel config (Slackware's default is a good start), make oldconfig to check new options, then make oldconfig your way towards a leaner kernel with fewer modules plus the things enables that you'll need. Keep dual/triple booting into working configurations to test things out. Nobody ever got fired for learning grub or lilo. - with Slackware you start with a vanilla setup. You have more control and responsibility when it comes to non-critical patches that add functionality. Understand this and use it to your advantage. Slapt-get and SWARET are apt-get like clones which you can also point to linuxpackages.net, this gives you access to a good amount of extras. - Patrick is conservative. Expect security fixes and grave bug fixes to release versions only. Even -current gets relatively few updates, you can see the entire Changelog from 10.2 to 11.0 on the Slackware site and it's a very plain and forward list of changes. Again, linuxpackages might help out. - Slackware does no development of its own. Report software bugs to the source and important released (security) fixes to Slackware. This is a bit decentralised but also removes bureaucracy.
I always say: it works for me, but YMMV. Slackware has always worked really well for me and I can tell people how it behaves, but they do have to make up their own mind whether that suits them or not.
I suppose some might have a Torrent client on their installation CDs, but the closest you can get with Slackware, if you have slapt-get installed:
echo "SOURCE=http://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/linuxpackages/Sl ackware-10.2/" >>/etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc slapt-get --update slapt-get --install ktorrent (assuming you have a functional KDE)
Congratulations, and kudos to Pat Volkerding. Many distributions have tried to convert me away from Slack in the past decade: none managed. Debian got close at some point, but with slapt-get in place Slackware's package management has become much easier (updated my laptop from 10.2 to -current with ease). Vanilla rocks.
(Actually, I have more legal CDs (around 2000) than copyrighted MP3s in total.)
I've toured with a few artists (one signed by Epitaph) and in my experience artists themselves don't earn much from the tour. It's only the merchandise where they have a significant profit margin themselves because merchandise doesn't usually fall under record company contracts (for artists who weren't created by the record companies).
Actually, artists make money from merchandise. Tour revenues pay for the tour, CD sales for the recording studio.. any serious money comes from the merch.
It doesn't even matter whether it is our fault or not. Climate is changing and we need to adapt.
Amen.
I'd love to see a politician stand up for projects that allow us to cope with or adapt to global temperature changes.
Kyoto is a perfect example: it takes care of just a fraction of man-made's alleged part in global warming. A hundred Kyotos and (my) the Netherlands would still flood. If the allegations are of and indeed we play a smaller part than the alarmists think we do, not even a million Kyotos would save us. Better dikes would, however.
Yes, it is. Most European "budget" airliners have won amazing marketshares by doing just that: no more drinks etcetera free-of-charge (and where possibly/feasible using cheap airports instead of the main ones). And what they charge are normal commercial rates for public places. Actually, by the gallon beer is cheaper on a flight than in some of the clubs I visit.
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Try comparing it to having sex with either Roseanne Barr or Kate Moss. The basics are the same, but I'm sure look and feel alone will create a preference of one over the other.
Specifically, these tools make installing and uninstalling menus, icons, and icon-resources easier for developers
.desktop files for menus and application icons.
;-)
Aha.
Developers already have easy
And KDE and GNOME applications already (should) use KDE and GNOME icon resource interfaces anyway, the standardisation here is primarily a level below, in the desktop core. Desktop-agnostic or -ignorant applications tend to have sufficient legacy/NIH/individuality in them to not use these new tools either.
But even if it's all true: this is minor stuff. For example, OpenOffice, The GIMP and Firefox will still look odd on a KDE system. Not using KFileDialog (with global and app-specific bookmarks, full KIO network file support, etc) would be one of many dead giveaways. Throw in a bit of Oracle (Java interface) and Skype (Qt interface) and it becomes clear that menus and icons are not in the least bit the worrisome concerns about desktop standards.
The discussion after the Portland announcement (1.0 planned for June, sure) on here confirms my suspicion that end-user widgets are far more important than menus and icons, but nonetheless kudos to the developers. I just hope their next improvement will actually be significant.
I actually use Spamhaus and still most of that information was new (read: "Informative") to me. The poster has a good posting history (not frequent, but all of the posts which visibly show moderation are modded up). I understand why people would consider this to be karma whoring, but it's not at all blatant and a single click shows there's no reason to think so.
This may sound harsh, but development communities (professional or not) lose developers all the time, seniors included, so even if he is found guilty the long-term consequences will be minor.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
No.
I will accept that it's virtually impossible to eradicate rogue states, terrorism and nuclear proliferation. It's definitely a huge (and increasingly difficult) challenge to come up with geopolitical policies that will improve the security and welfare of the world and it's also a huge challenge to find politicians (of either side, party or flavour) who manage.
But I refuse to be afraid. What's the point.. I'd rather be ready.
Good question. I've been wondering myself why that clock never changed the past months/years, certainly we've seen some developments (Kahn proliferation, Iranian desire, Korean accomplishments) that would set it forward.
On the other hand, I suspect that doomsday clock is mostly a political effort trying to reduce our own use of nuclear fission. I doubt anyone in Pyongyang or Tehran or even the DOD cares about it.
Oh, please, not that statistical trick again. Poverty in the west is defined as earning less than half the average income. If everyone's wealth doubles, the poverty rate actually stays the same. Poverty in the west means "only one TV and game console, only one car, no air conditioning and perhaps skipping a warm meal once or twice a week" for the majority of "poor" people. In North Korea it often means "find edible plants and drink from puddles".
That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to integrate our poor into society in efficient ways. The basic needs 10% of the US apparently don't meet, would be considered luxury in the majority of the world.
Actually, if you respect to the age of consent (US: 18, most of Europe: 16), you can be paedophile all you want and you have to worry only about social acceptance and not legal matters. There's nothing inherently bad about a preference for young(er) partners, as long as you take responsibility.
I don't know all of them but they include:
- Name
- Passport no. and nationality
- Creditcard no.
- DOB and POB
- Food preference
- Religion
- Seat (preference)
I wonder how this is going to work though, I've never had an airliner ask me for my religion and if they would, they could file me with all the other Pastafarians on the flight. Good luck profiling that.
He said fifth last, not fifth.
I call bullshit. Nobody wants to drag the US/west down to third world levels. The majority of people would probably indeed rather see more of the world catch up with us.
The key is not to focus on reducing resource use, it's about reducing impact to the environment. Well, I don't think there's room to panic. Hydrogen storage is near and will reduce environmental impact because power plants are more efficient than cars engines. We could then also use fission as source, of which the environmental impact is easier to control also than just throwing stuff back in the air. Commercial fusion plants might be with us within two or three decades. We're underway with the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER]ITER[/url] prototype.
That's the kind of world I want to see: plentiful environmentally-friendly energy. Why worry when we're so obviously heading that way rapidly?
The 5-25% phrase bugs me. It's designed to make the US look wasteful while that's definitely not the case.
i stics/horizontal-file_2006.xls]world population and GDP .xls[/url], the US GDP is 8.2 billion and the world's 38.9 billion. So the US accounts for 21% of global economical output using 25% of energy resources. That's below average and something to think about, but it definitely puts a different perspective on matters.
According to Angus Maddison's [url=http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/Historical_Stat
How does Slackware work with modern hardware? (Wifi, SATA, etc)
- See the 'compile your own kernel' comment.
I've had no problems whatsoever getting sound, SATA, USB, network, WiFi, Bluetooth working on my Dell Inspirion 6400 (six months old) on my Slackware 10.2. I upgraded to Linux 2.6, followed some clear kernel instructions for my Intel card and moved to -current because it was nearing release anyway and I already happily used -current on another system.
A few extra notes:
- most SATA controllers work with one of the SATA kernel images you can choose when installing. I had to use a 2.6 kernel for mine though.
- sometimes you'll need user space add-ons to make the most of your hardware, my Intel WiFi requires a binary 2.6 driver module and daemon.
- if you do compile your own kernel: copy your working kernel config (Slackware's default is a good start), make oldconfig to check new options, then make oldconfig your way towards a leaner kernel with fewer modules plus the things enables that you'll need. Keep dual/triple booting into working configurations to test things out. Nobody ever got fired for learning grub or lilo.
- with Slackware you start with a vanilla setup. You have more control and responsibility when it comes to non-critical patches that add functionality. Understand this and use it to your advantage. Slapt-get and SWARET are apt-get like clones which you can also point to linuxpackages.net, this gives you access to a good amount of extras.
- Patrick is conservative. Expect security fixes and grave bug fixes to release versions only. Even -current gets relatively few updates, you can see the entire Changelog from 10.2 to 11.0 on the Slackware site and it's a very plain and forward list of changes. Again, linuxpackages might help out.
- Slackware does no development of its own. Report software bugs to the source and important released (security) fixes to Slackware. This is a bit decentralised but also removes bureaucracy.
I always say: it works for me, but YMMV. Slackware has always worked really well for me and I can tell people how it behaves, but they do have to make up their own mind whether that suits them or not.
I suppose some might have a Torrent client on their installation CDs, but the closest you can get with Slackware, if you have slapt-get installed:
l ackware-10.2/" >> /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc
echo "SOURCE=http://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/linuxpackages/S
slapt-get --update
slapt-get --install ktorrent (assuming you have a functional KDE)
There's more to a web site than its front page. Slackware keeps development news where it belongs:
http://www.slackware.com/changelog/
Congratulations, and kudos to Pat Volkerding. Many distributions have tried to convert me away from Slack in the past decade: none managed. Debian got close at some point, but with slapt-get in place Slackware's package management has become much easier (updated my laptop from 10.2 to -current with ease). Vanilla rocks.
Sony's dropping the price of the PS3 to $410 six months AFTER they should have dropped it to $399 is a day late and a dollar short.
Why use a metaphor when the real thing is ten bucks and roughly 180 days worse?
(Actually, I have more legal CDs (around 2000) than copyrighted MP3s in total.)
I've toured with a few artists (one signed by Epitaph) and in my experience artists themselves don't earn much from the tour. It's only the merchandise where they have a significant profit margin themselves because merchandise doesn't usually fall under record company contracts (for artists who weren't created by the record companies).
I love to be a jerk, so.. Konqueror's textarea has spell checking built-in, using [ia]spell. ;-)
Actually, artists make money from merchandise. Tour revenues pay for the tour, CD sales for the recording studio.. any serious money comes from the merch.
cdparanoia + lame, done. Well if you want pretty names add Grip to the list.
Very retro, but KDE users shall prefer the audiocd:/ KIO slave. Drag, drop, done.
It doesn't even matter whether it is our fault or not.
Climate is changing and we need to adapt.
Amen.
I'd love to see a politician stand up for projects that allow us to cope with or adapt to global temperature changes.
Kyoto is a perfect example: it takes care of just a fraction of man-made's alleged part in global warming. A hundred Kyotos and (my) the Netherlands would still flood. If the allegations are of and indeed we play a smaller part than the alarmists think we do, not even a million Kyotos would save us. Better dikes would, however.
Yes, it is. Most European "budget" airliners have won amazing marketshares by doing just that: no more drinks etcetera free-of-charge (and where possibly/feasible using cheap airports instead of the main ones). And what they charge are normal commercial rates for public places. Actually, by the gallon beer is cheaper on a flight than in some of the clubs I visit.
If other people annoy you that much, you should consider taking private transportation.
Almost there: no one is breaching privacy at all, unless CCTV were to be installed in private homes.
In public places, privacy does not and should not exist. Try wanking in public and asking for some if you don't believe me..