How would it make Abbott a hypocrite if he opposes internet filtering?
This is politics. There will be posturing.
If Abbott opposes the filter, various family groups will be trotted out to express horror that he endorses pedophiles having access to filth on the (uncensored) internet.
The new leader of the opposition, Tony Abbott, is an outspoken catholic. His party has opposed the ISP-based filter in the past, so it's just possible this nasty piece of trash legislation is an attempt to politically embarrass him.
If he opposes the bill, the government can accuse him of hypocrisy. If he supports it, he faces rebellion in his own party.
But if it is brinkmanship, Conroy is playing with fire. There could be a very serious electoral backlash from this.
Just because there are multiple evils, doesn't make one of them less evil.
Right,
And the evil in this case, since everybody seems to have forgotten, is Microsoft.
Microsoft stole Plurk's design and code. Not the Chinese. Not the Americans.
This business with a long history of unethical behavior and misappropriation is what we should be discussing here, not two nations of very diverse people.
If I wanted the latest version of Open Office to work on our mission critical Redhat 7.1 PCs which we cant upgrade for reasons beyond our control in the year 2059, all I have to do is hire about 20 devs and 5-6 testers and pay them a salary. $70,000 per year (or w/e with inflation)? Just a drop in the bucket !! Glad we didn't use that expensive proprietary shit !!! LOLZZZ !!!
Nice trolling, but Open Office 3.1 (the latest) will work fine on Redhat 7.1. Go ahead and install away.
AS a regular Blender user, and one who's been impressed by the stability, I'm astonished you've been able to crash it. Do you have any logs/scenes you can provide to show how you managed that?
I thought a netbook was by definition a low-end, portable laptop used only for browsing and light typing. You know, a "net" book...
Microsoft's marketing team is trying to push that definition because otherwise they'd have to lower their prices.
AU$180 for an OS, plus AU$350 for an Office suite is a marginal value proposition for an average priced (AU$1000) desktop computer. On a AU$300 netbook, it makes no sense at all.
In reality, netbooks are at least as capable as mainstream business machines from just a few years ago. They have no problems running the same software and, given a large external screen, would make very useful low-cost business machines. The prospect of businesses realising that scares the shit out of Microsoft.
Just because you can post a screenshot of a Linux machine running multi-head, doesn't rebut at all the fact that it's a pain in the ass to set up,
Plug in monitor.
Click System/Preferences/Display.
Click X-Server Display Configuration.
Click Detect Displays.
Select Twinview from the combo selector.
Click Apply.
Close the dialog box.
You'd have to be a real mouth-breather to find that difficult.
Maybe it made it to the front page because of posts like this that, instead of helping this guy out, simply show your "uber-l337" Linux knowledge and elitism and have left this guy in a position where he doesn't know about these DEs you speak of.
Are any of the major desktop environments adding such features?
He is aware of them and chose to remain ignorant. The most cursory Google search would have been enough - there's even videos showing how to do it.
FWIW, I just tried adding the monitor to my vanilla Xubuntu laptop. I achieved this tremendous feat by clicking System/Preferences/Display, then Detect Monitors (screenshot below). I'm so "uber-l337"...
I thought the mockups looked bland, uninspiring and derivative.
That might be fine if you want to take on Microsoft on the desktop, but it's unlikely to fly in the phone world where there's plenty of real competition.
Which illustrates the problem. Man pages are good (enough) if you want to know how to use a command... However if want to know which command to you are kinda out of luck
bob@smartie:~$ apropos cd
apt-cdrom (8) - APT CDROM management utility
brasero (1) - Simple and easy to use CD/DVD burning application for...
etc
Slashdot Mirror
I dunno, how about:
Checking before selling it to the public as their own?
Having systems in place to ensure their products aren't stolen property?
Having a corporate culture/pride/ethics that would make code theft unlikely?
It's not like this is an isolated instance of unethical behaviour from them, is it?
This is politics. There will be posturing.
If Abbott opposes the filter, various family groups will be trotted out to express horror that he endorses pedophiles having access to filth on the (uncensored) internet.
If he opposes the bill, the government can accuse him of hypocrisy. If he supports it, he faces rebellion in his own party.
But if it is brinkmanship, Conroy is playing with fire. There could be a very serious electoral backlash from this.
Right,
And the evil in this case, since everybody seems to have forgotten, is Microsoft.
Microsoft stole Plurk's design and code. Not the Chinese. Not the Americans.
This business with a long history of unethical behavior and misappropriation is what we should be discussing here, not two nations of very diverse people.
Nice trolling, but Open Office 3.1 (the latest) will work fine on Redhat 7.1. Go ahead and install away.
Next strawman, please!
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
Exactly.
And I'm so glad I backed up all of my documents to my Sidekick before this happened.
Wow, that's crazy. Why did you bother going to all that trouble when IBM's already done it for you?
If you don't like Symphony, there's plenty more choices. That's the great thing about being open and having competition, right?
Actually, it's not really a bug, just the usual friendly reminder from Microsoft that there's a new version out and it's time to ante up again.
Why would this change anything for copyright infringers?
Actually, rumour has it that in the 80s, KFC switched to using just salt, pepper, MSG and flour. I do think the modern version is less tasty.
Just mix these commonly-found spices together! Great when used for skinless chicken fingers too.
2 tablespoons salt
2 cups flour
2 tablespoons pepper
4 tablespoons paprika
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon mustard, ground
1 tablespoon French thyme, ground
1 tablespoon sweet basil
1 teaspoon oregano, ground
1 tablespoon jamaica ginger, ground
http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=14201&page=2
AS a regular Blender user, and one who's been impressed by the stability, I'm astonished you've been able to crash it. Do you have any logs/scenes you can provide to show how you managed that?
What's so hard about using Network Manager?
WPA2 is right there under the "Wireless Security" tab.
Microsoft's marketing team is trying to push that definition because otherwise they'd have to lower their prices.
AU$180 for an OS, plus AU$350 for an Office suite is a marginal value proposition for an average priced (AU$1000) desktop computer. On a AU$300 netbook, it makes no sense at all.
In reality, netbooks are at least as capable as mainstream business machines from just a few years ago. They have no problems running the same software and, given a large external screen, would make very useful low-cost business machines. The prospect of businesses realising that scares the shit out of Microsoft.
It's the only way to make Windows Mobile usable.
Yes it damn well does!
Plug in monitor.
Click System/Preferences/Display.
Click X-Server Display Configuration.
Click Detect Displays.
Select Twinview from the combo selector.
Click Apply.
Close the dialog box.
You'd have to be a real mouth-breather to find that difficult.
Are any of the major desktop environments adding such features?
He is aware of them and chose to remain ignorant. The most cursory Google search would have been enough - there's even videos showing how to do it.
FWIW, I just tried adding the monitor to my vanilla Xubuntu laptop. I achieved this tremendous feat by clicking System/Preferences/Display, then Detect Monitors (screenshot below). I'm so "uber-l337"...
http://imgur.com/k47cK
Did you seriously not expect to get called out on that?
http://imgur.com/RSTFx
How the hell does this sort of crap keep getting modded informative?
This is as real as "Get the Facts". How'd it ever get to the front page?
Oh yeah?
How do you explain this then?
I thought the mockups looked bland, uninspiring and derivative.
That might be fine if you want to take on Microsoft on the desktop, but it's unlikely to fly in the phone world where there's plenty of real competition.
Beautiful.
Modern American Existence expressed in a single sentence. You deserve an award.
bob@smartie:~$ apropos cd
apt-cdrom (8) - APT CDROM management utility ...
brasero (1) - Simple and easy to use CD/DVD burning application for
etc