I don't understand what the obsession with going to Mars is. Frankly I think Venus is where we should target our efforts. It has an atmosphere (albeit hazardous to human life) and is about 20% closer to us then Mars. Granted, Venus' atmosphere is about 97% CO2 but I would think that it would be a lot easier to bioengineer something which would survive and thrive in the Venutian atmosphere while changing the CO2 to Oxygen.
Probably something to do with Venus's high temperatures and high air pressure.
Currently, younger generations have been texting and chatting on internet as soon as they began to be able to write phonetically. To their great joy, communication worked well between them even without this fancy 'grammar' grown-ups brag about. We were told that one should not write unless he writes correctly, because the writing skills we were given have the idea that you always write for some kind of "serious" publication. We never were taught to write for text messages.
From the perspective of a "Young Professional": I feel very comfortable stating that anyone using 'cuz', 'lol', or any of the like frustrate the hell out of working professionals. A large portion of this frustration comes when reading emails whilst on the computer, but I try to keep in mind that many of the emails which use abbreviaitions such as 'b4' are because the sender is typing on their Blackberry.
However, the most atrocious occurances I have been tolerating lately are 'OMG.' The worst part about 'OMG' is that I hear people spell out the acronym instead of using full words such as "Seriously," "Really," or "You must be joking."
Or were you just going to dick around, switching the left workspace, then the right one, then the left, then the right?
My guess is the following scenario: OP uses 3 main applications App A needs to always be visible Apps B and C don't, but still rely on App A to be visible if the OP wants to be productive.
The "best" workaround for this would be to have 3 screens instead of 2. However, I can see legitimate reasons preventing having a third monitor (space being the primary,) and the alternative would best the following from above:
Place App A in monitor X and mark it visible on all desktops Place App B and App C in monitor Y and rotate VD's.
Other news sources which are held in high regard (and many say that these are better than the two listed above): BBC World News Naked News
One of the problems, though, is that the vast majority of people are complacent with regards to civic duties that they feel it's not worth it to get depressed by the news. After all, how can one person do anything about it?
But, what if life on another planet started off with a different scenario, and rather than massive competition for resources, cooperation was the overriding measure of fitness? Any species there that attempted to consume another might quickly go extinct, while species that were cooperative might thrive.
The Soviets tried that- the results weren't pretty.
Not self-destructing, that would be just silly. But if there are valid reasons like MMO player base dying, DVD's getting scratched, or new technology making old devices obsolete, I'll live on and do something else.
Player base dying is a legitimate reason (after all, the whole point of the game is that the game is there to be played with others. However, the vendor should open up the game to private servers once it takes down its own.) DVD's getting scratched and new technology making old devices obsolete are "self-destructive a la Mission Impossible"
Or, if you want to focus on examples of FOSS programs competing with commercial programs, some of the most obvious examples are Apache HTTP Server and Eclipse come to my head. Granted, those are back-end programs, but they kill a lot of the competition.
If they drop the unlimited plan then they will lose me as a customer.
Really? What if the new plan offers more data than you currently still use in a month?
Good question. I switched from T-Mobile to AT&T because I didn't perform enough homework and got shafted by T-Mobile's 3G network frequency. Apparently, T-Mobile decided they wanted to use 1700/1900MHz for 3G whilst AT&T went the more standard (for the Americas) 850/1900MHz. I, being the not-educated-enough consumer, purchased the 5800 whilst still a T-Mobile customer because I figured "It has a SIM card and is for North America, I should be good!"
Wrong.
If you only use WLAN and are fine with Edge, you can move your phone to T-Mobile. Otherwise, you're either stuck with AT&T or a regional GSM carrier.
Visa Signature, Mastercard, and AMEX already provide extended warranties when you purchase items with their branded cards. It's just that nobody ever knows these benefits. If you want to find out what benefits your cards have, see the links below (benefits vary by the bank and card- Citi may include different benefits than Chase, etc)
That quote is not surprising, considering that military service is compulsory in Finland. It's tantamount to being surprised that there is a strong correlation of people who do well in business performed well in school.
If I had a Blackberry or an iPhone, they would charge me $30-40/mo just for data for said phone. Same deal for any smartphones that AT&T sells themselves.
Fortunately for me, I purchased a smartphone that AT&T doesn't sell (got it from Nokia's website) and can get away with paying $10-15/mo for "Unlimited" (i.e. 3GB/mo) data.
That said, I don't think I've ever used more than 400MB/mo, probably averaging less than 200MB/mo. Now if they would provide a 200 min/mo voice plan, I would be much happier. I've somehow managed to wrack up over 1,500 Rollover minutes in the past 5 months with a 450min plan....
This is presuming that somebody buys the Tesla because it's environmentally friendly. This doens't apply to people who buy the Tesla because they:
A) Love cars and love collecting them (e.g. Jay Leno) B) Want a quieter ride C) Think it's a cool car, regardless of its fuel source D) Consider it a gadget, and therefore 'need' to have it
There are many more reasons besides these and "Save the planet" for wanting a Tesla
It's just a ruse. I've ripped the little label off of every mattress I've ever owned and they never once filed charges.
All the label says is that nobody other than the consumer can remove the label. So whilst the manufacturers and retailers can't remove the label (primarily because the label tells you what materials are used, etc,) it does not limit the rights of the consumer.
Just for curiosity's sake, could we ensure the following if these laws get passed?
Company A becomes convicted of copyright infringement 3 times Company A loses permanent access to the internet
I'm sure that Time Warner, Sony, et. al. have all been convicted of copyright infringement at least 3 times. Can we have their access to the internet permanently revoked?
However, this configuration setting was still a Bad Move on RedHat's part. If a corporation wants to allow this, they'll probably also want to think about the list of signing authorities they want to use. So this should be OFF by default and if an administrator wants to turn it ON they'd need to take action (and would presumably know what they are doing and why).
What corporation in its right mind would ever contemplate using Fedora? RHEL, yes, and many are using this. Fedora? Hell no
You're assuming they knew. Just because the newer versions of windows have Chinese character support doesn't mean the company automatically knows its their font being used.
How could they not? Unless this company is using Linux, OSX (even less likely than Linux) or Win95, they would have to know.
My Nokia has full GPS capabilities. This, combined with an Offline profile and maps of North America (I could do all continents if I plan on visiting them) saved on the phone, mean that I have a working GPS unit on the phone without the battery drain of a GSM or any other cell connection. The only thing which would require a connection to cell towers is if I wanted satellite pictures as opposed to maps. This is all a result of Nokia purchasing Navteq in 2007.
Now if only Nokia would push its v31 firmware upgrade to the NAM models so that I can use my GPS program in landscape mode....
I'd be willing to pay for Hulu, especially if it meant no commercials. An even better thing would be if viewers all around the world could watch programming from all around the world. The vast majority of stuff I downloaded from the pirate bay is programming from ITV and the BBC, and that's because BBC America sucks ass (too many commercials, and more censorship for something on cable than was originally OTA?, etc.) Ever since my US shows became available on Hulu, I quit going to the Bay to watch them.
I think the following price-points would be more than acceptable to the average viewer:
$5/mo for 480p $10/mo for either 720p, 1080i, or 1080p
And to the person who complained paying for Hulu is more expensive than paying for TiVO: in addition to the [monthly fee/$800 one-time fee], I guarantee that the majority of TiVO owners are also spending at least $60/mo on cable or satellite.
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So far, my only exposure to Dune is the 1992 computer game. Here I was hoping to be able to play it again....
I don't understand what the obsession with going to Mars is. Frankly I think Venus is where we should target our efforts. It has an atmosphere (albeit hazardous to human life) and is about 20% closer to us then Mars. Granted, Venus' atmosphere is about 97% CO2 but I would think that it would be a lot easier to bioengineer something which would survive and thrive in the Venutian atmosphere while changing the CO2 to Oxygen.
Probably something to do with Venus's high temperatures and high air pressure.
"In fact, atmospheric pressure on Venus is about 90 times the atmospheric pressure on the Earth. This would be comparable to water pressure 1000 meters below the surface of the ocean."
Remember that this is a Japanese company, so there may be an attempt to push the problem off onto outside suppliers to avoid loss of face.
Since when has this been limited to Japanese companies?
Currently, younger generations have been texting and chatting on internet as soon as they began to be able to write phonetically. To their great joy, communication worked well between them even without this fancy 'grammar' grown-ups brag about. We were told that one should not write unless he writes correctly, because the writing skills we were given have the idea that you always write for some kind of "serious" publication. We never were taught to write for text messages.
From the perspective of a "Young Professional":
I feel very comfortable stating that anyone using 'cuz', 'lol', or any of the like frustrate the hell out of working professionals. A large portion of this frustration comes when reading emails whilst on the computer, but I try to keep in mind that many of the emails which use abbreviaitions such as 'b4' are because the sender is typing on their Blackberry.
However, the most atrocious occurances I have been tolerating lately are 'OMG.' The worst part about 'OMG' is that I hear people spell out the acronym instead of using full words such as "Seriously," "Really," or "You must be joking."
The Russians protested the Iraq war and Putin at the time (2003) called it an "error".
I thought Russia fabricated the intelligence the US used to justify its invasion of Iraq....
Or were you just going to dick around, switching the left workspace, then the right one, then the left, then the right?
My guess is the following scenario:
OP uses 3 main applications
App A needs to always be visible
Apps B and C don't, but still rely on App A to be visible if the OP wants to be productive.
The "best" workaround for this would be to have 3 screens instead of 2. However, I can see legitimate reasons preventing having a third monitor (space being the primary,) and the alternative would best the following from above:
Place App A in monitor X and mark it visible on all desktops
Place App B and App C in monitor Y and rotate VD's.
Two American news sources do just that:
NPR
News Hour With Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Other news sources which are held in high regard (and many say that these are better than the two listed above):
BBC World News
Naked News
One of the problems, though, is that the vast majority of people are complacent with regards to civic duties that they feel it's not worth it to get depressed by the news. After all, how can one person do anything about it?
I was under the understanding that Gimp is still in the repository, but just not automatically installed.
Evidenced by:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/graphics/gimp
Fatherland. Motherland is Mother Russia
But, what if life on another planet started off with a different scenario, and rather than massive competition for resources, cooperation was the overriding measure of fitness? Any species there that attempted to consume another might quickly go extinct, while species that were cooperative might thrive.
The Soviets tried that- the results weren't pretty.
Not self-destructing, that would be just silly. But if there are valid reasons like MMO player base dying, DVD's getting scratched, or new technology making old devices obsolete, I'll live on and do something else.
Player base dying is a legitimate reason (after all, the whole point of the game is that the game is there to be played with others. However, the vendor should open up the game to private servers once it takes down its own.) DVD's getting scratched and new technology making old devices obsolete are "self-destructive a la Mission Impossible"
Or, if you want to focus on examples of FOSS programs competing with commercial programs, some of the most obvious examples are Apache HTTP Server and Eclipse come to my head. Granted, those are back-end programs, but they kill a lot of the competition.
Really? What if the new plan offers more data than you currently still use in a month?
Good question. I switched from T-Mobile to AT&T because I didn't perform enough homework and got shafted by T-Mobile's 3G network frequency. Apparently, T-Mobile decided they wanted to use 1700/1900MHz for 3G whilst AT&T went the more standard (for the Americas) 850/1900MHz. I, being the not-educated-enough consumer, purchased the 5800 whilst still a T-Mobile customer because I figured "It has a SIM card and is for North America, I should be good!"
Wrong.
If you only use WLAN and are fine with Edge, you can move your phone to T-Mobile. Otherwise, you're either stuck with AT&T or a regional GSM carrier.
Visa Signature, Mastercard, and AMEX already provide extended warranties when you purchase items with their branded cards. It's just that nobody ever knows these benefits. If you want to find out what benefits your cards have, see the links below (benefits vary by the bank and card- Citi may include different benefits than Chase, etc)
Mastercard
VISA Signature
That quote is not surprising, considering that military service is compulsory in Finland. It's tantamount to being surprised that there is a strong correlation of people who do well in business performed well in school.
If I had a Blackberry or an iPhone, they would charge me $30-40/mo just for data for said phone. Same deal for any smartphones that AT&T sells themselves.
Fortunately for me, I purchased a smartphone that AT&T doesn't sell (got it from Nokia's website) and can get away with paying $10-15/mo for "Unlimited" (i.e. 3GB/mo) data.
That said, I don't think I've ever used more than 400MB/mo, probably averaging less than 200MB/mo. Now if they would provide a 200 min/mo voice plan, I would be much happier. I've somehow managed to wrack up over 1,500 Rollover minutes in the past 5 months with a 450min plan....
This is presuming that somebody buys the Tesla because it's environmentally friendly. This doens't apply to people who buy the Tesla because they:
A) Love cars and love collecting them (e.g. Jay Leno)
B) Want a quieter ride
C) Think it's a cool car, regardless of its fuel source
D) Consider it a gadget, and therefore 'need' to have it
There are many more reasons besides these and "Save the planet" for wanting a Tesla
It's just a ruse. I've ripped the little label off of every mattress I've ever owned and they never once filed charges.
All the label says is that nobody other than the consumer can remove the label. So whilst the manufacturers and retailers can't remove the label (primarily because the label tells you what materials are used, etc,) it does not limit the rights of the consumer.
Just for curiosity's sake, could we ensure the following if these laws get passed?
Company A becomes convicted of copyright infringement 3 times
Company A loses permanent access to the internet
I'm sure that Time Warner, Sony, et. al. have all been convicted of copyright infringement at least 3 times. Can we have their access to the internet permanently revoked?
However, this configuration setting was still a Bad Move on RedHat's part. If a corporation wants to allow this, they'll probably also want to think about the list of signing authorities they want to use. So this should be OFF by default and if an administrator wants to turn it ON they'd need to take action (and would presumably know what they are doing and why).
What corporation in its right mind would ever contemplate using Fedora? RHEL, yes, and many are using this. Fedora? Hell no
You're assuming they knew. Just because the newer versions of windows have Chinese character support doesn't mean the company automatically knows its their font being used.
How could they not? Unless this company is using Linux, OSX (even less likely than Linux) or Win95, they would have to know.
Or they could use teleportation. By the time we are able to colonize Mars, I'm presuming we will have this technology under better control.
My Nokia has full GPS capabilities. This, combined with an Offline profile and maps of North America (I could do all continents if I plan on visiting them) saved on the phone, mean that I have a working GPS unit on the phone without the battery drain of a GSM or any other cell connection. The only thing which would require a connection to cell towers is if I wanted satellite pictures as opposed to maps. This is all a result of Nokia purchasing Navteq in 2007.
Now if only Nokia would push its v31 firmware upgrade to the NAM models so that I can use my GPS program in landscape mode....
I'd be willing to pay for Hulu, especially if it meant no commercials. An even better thing would be if viewers all around the world could watch programming from all around the world. The vast majority of stuff I downloaded from the pirate bay is programming from ITV and the BBC, and that's because BBC America sucks ass (too many commercials, and more censorship for something on cable than was originally OTA?, etc.) Ever since my US shows became available on Hulu, I quit going to the Bay to watch them.
I think the following price-points would be more than acceptable to the average viewer:
$5/mo for 480p
$10/mo for either 720p, 1080i, or 1080p
And to the person who complained paying for Hulu is more expensive than paying for TiVO: in addition to the [monthly fee/$800 one-time fee], I guarantee that the majority of TiVO owners are also spending at least $60/mo on cable or satellite.
How about Switzerland?