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They obviously can't afford to buy the software because their economy is still based on tulip exports, cheesemaking and windmill power. Businesses in the netherlands need bootstrapping because those wooden clogs are holding them back - once they get on their bikes things will improve I expect.
Although decisions about balancing conservation with economic benefits have already been made democratically you choose to elevate your own opinions above the collective opinion of others. As a result of your self granted position of superiority you then choose to break the law and endanger the lives of employees of the timber and construction industry who are (after all) only trying to provide for themselves and their dependents.
I'd have to go with a non-IDE approach initially and introduce an IDE later on so as to avoid teaching dependence on something which shouldn't be required. Incidentally - vi would be a bad idea, it's got to much of a learning curve when they're really supposed to be learning programming - gedit or notepad might be better.
Even if the warranty is void that doesn't mean you've got no rights - if it's a faulty product they have to replace or refund anyway. Not that they wouldn't try not to of course.
While on the subject of mouses - I've got a usb wireless mouse which I use with my work laptop (windows) but I can't get it to work on my personal laptop (debian). Anybody here know how to go about configuring something like that?
That's a dangerous conclusion - it's just as likely that they can crack it but it takes too much computing power to crack every bit of encrypted data in Britain.
I don't think w3c is a lame duck but I certainly agree that customers (generally) don't know what it is so slavish adherence is a bad idea, it's better looked at as a guideline.
Developing x/html is not much different from writing code and I bet most/.ers would agree that is an iterative process. I look at w3c as a waypoint, once you've got a page which is close to what you want and compliant you can then add just the non-compliant stuff you must - if you keep a check on how it downgrades you end up with a site close to compliant which downgrades without problems and is fairly easy to maintain.
I had a desktop with a dodgy hard disk which would crash XP, usually in under a minute, OpenBSD would run on the same machine for days at a time. Although, eventually (as the disk got worse and worse) even OpenBSD wouldn't work.
The fertility criterion can be for the definition of a species - and the ring species thing is a red herring, after all it's hard to imagine how a chihuahua could breed with a great dane but nobody (I hope) would claim they're different species. This is a perfectly reasonable and acceptable definition which was used successfully for centuries.
Unfortunately some modern zoologists decided that they didn't like this definition and more or less arbitrarily started defining species however they saw fit. The result is complete chaos and no workable defintion of "species" now exists.
I still go with the original definition - if polar bears and grizzly bears can reproduce (and produce fertile offspring) they are the same species as far as I'm concerned. Modern biologist who would argue with this are arrogant assholes, at it's simplest they're just plain wrong.
Well I've never claimed to be 1337, and I dare say more than a few people consider me a twat but I object to being called paranoid.
And I can't resist pointing out that I use windows *for work* because that's what I'm required to use, not because it's necessarily what I would chose myself.
I'm a teleworker, I have a password to open up windows on my laptop, another to access the encrypted disk. To log into the work system I have to use 3 passwords, then there are passwords for the "Employee Self Service System", the requisition system, etc.
Offhand I'd say I have a dozen different passwords (just for work), all of these have to be changed regularly but on different cycles, most of them are required to be non-repeating for at least eight changes and be at least 8 characters long.
To say it's a pain in the ass is a massive under-statement.
OK, so you might say that passwords should contain upper and lower case as well as numerical digits and so forth, but it's not that simple - can you imagine trying to remember 12 new truly random passwords per month (all changing on different dates).
I've found that without some systematic method it's impossible to make this work, as a result of using a system I know that my passwords are relatively weak but what would you do?
Fascist: of, or related to, the ruling faction of the Italian Government 1922-1943 or the policies thereof, characterised by excessive nationalism, militarism and restriction of civil liberties.
I'd certainly agree that current US society fits this definition of fascist, but it has nothing to do with detention without trial or torture. I don't believe that there is a society currently in existence which wholly and completely abstains from both.
This is a really simple business decision - these are the customers you don't want, you need to get rid of them to have a healthy business. Dump this guy, politely, but firmly. "I'm sorry but I'm not going to be able to provide support any more because priorities have had to change and I won't have the time, it's nothing personal it's just business".
The one thing I always hated about vi/vim was the constant need to reach for the escape key. Until someone on in a previous/. discussion was kind enough to point out CTRL-[ as an alternative - I haven't looked back since.
. . . then you deserve to be used and abused like a cheap hooker
See, it's you that "deserve" to be used and abused, the cheap hooker merely "is" used and abused without a value judgement. Not that it's a particularly pleasant analogy but the GP didn't say what you're objecting to.
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As a port maintainer I wonder if you know whether OpenOffice has been added to the ports. I've managed to get it working (after a fashion) on previous releases but it's never been stable.
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out of the netherlands They obviously can't afford to buy the software because their economy is still based on tulip exports, cheesemaking and windmill power. Businesses in the netherlands need bootstrapping because those wooden clogs are holding them back - once they get on their bikes things will improve I expect.
Although decisions about balancing conservation with economic benefits have already been made democratically you choose to elevate your own opinions above the collective opinion of others. As a result of your self granted position of superiority you then choose to break the law and endanger the lives of employees of the timber and construction industry who are (after all) only trying to provide for themselves and their dependents.
And you think the GP is confused - geez . . .
I'd have to go with a non-IDE approach initially and introduce an IDE later on so as to avoid teaching dependence on something which shouldn't be required. Incidentally - vi would be a bad idea, it's got to much of a learning curve when they're really supposed to be learning programming - gedit or notepad might be better.
No idea what the problem was but "SendCoreEvents" solved it anyway. What does SendCoreEvents mean anyway?
Even if the warranty is void that doesn't mean you've got no rights - if it's a faulty product they have to replace or refund anyway. Not that they wouldn't try not to of course.
Cool - in fact close to "guru" cool. Thanks
While on the subject of mouses - I've got a usb wireless mouse which I use with my work laptop (windows) but I can't get it to work on my personal laptop (debian). Anybody here know how to go about configuring something like that?
As best I know there's no evidence to support this but personally I assume they are anyway - care for a small wager?
That's a dangerous conclusion - it's just as likely that they can crack it but it takes too much computing power to crack every bit of encrypted data in Britain.
I don't think w3c is a lame duck but I certainly agree that customers (generally) don't know what it is so slavish adherence is a bad idea, it's better looked at as a guideline.
/.ers would agree that is an iterative process. I look at w3c as a waypoint, once you've got a page which is close to what you want and compliant you can then add just the non-compliant stuff you must - if you keep a check on how it downgrades you end up with a site close to compliant which downgrades without problems and is fairly easy to maintain.
Developing x/html is not much different from writing code and I bet most
I had a desktop with a dodgy hard disk which would crash XP, usually in under a minute, OpenBSD would run on the same machine for days at a time. Although, eventually (as the disk got worse and worse) even OpenBSD wouldn't work.
The fertility criterion can be for the definition of a species - and the ring species thing is a red herring, after all it's hard to imagine how a chihuahua could breed with a great dane but nobody (I hope) would claim they're different species. This is a perfectly reasonable and acceptable definition which was used successfully for centuries.
Unfortunately some modern zoologists decided that they didn't like this definition and more or less arbitrarily started defining species however they saw fit. The result is complete chaos and no workable defintion of "species" now exists.
I still go with the original definition - if polar bears and grizzly bears can reproduce (and produce fertile offspring) they are the same species as far as I'm concerned. Modern biologist who would argue with this are arrogant assholes, at it's simplest they're just plain wrong.
Clearly a "quad" is a quadraplegic and one "kilo-quad" is the computing power of 1000 quads.
Perhaps I'll mention that to our sysadmins.
PS. on second thoughts I don't object to being called paranoid - you may have been right on all three counts.
Well I've never claimed to be 1337, and I dare say more than a few people consider me a twat but I object to being called paranoid.
And I can't resist pointing out that I use windows *for work* because that's what I'm required to use, not because it's necessarily what I would chose myself.
I'm a teleworker, I have a password to open up windows on my laptop, another to access the encrypted disk. To log into the work system I have to use 3 passwords, then there are passwords for the "Employee Self Service System", the requisition system, etc.
Offhand I'd say I have a dozen different passwords (just for work), all of these have to be changed regularly but on different cycles, most of them are required to be non-repeating for at least eight changes and be at least 8 characters long.
To say it's a pain in the ass is a massive under-statement.
OK, so you might say that passwords should contain upper and lower case as well as numerical digits and so forth, but it's not that simple - can you imagine trying to remember 12 new truly random passwords per month (all changing on different dates).
I've found that without some systematic method it's impossible to make this work, as a result of using a system I know that my passwords are relatively weak but what would you do?
Fascist: of, or related to, the ruling faction of the Italian Government 1922-1943 or the policies thereof, characterised by excessive nationalism, militarism and restriction of civil liberties.
I'd certainly agree that current US society fits this definition of fascist, but it has nothing to do with detention without trial or torture. I don't believe that there is a society currently in existence which wholly and completely abstains from both.
Much better - that's deductive proof . . . you're learning.
Inductive proof - tsck.
The farmer comes and feeds the turkey every day so the turkey knows that when the farmer comes at thanksgiving it's going to get fed.
This is a really simple business decision - these are the customers you don't want, you need to get rid of them to have a healthy business. Dump this guy, politely, but firmly. "I'm sorry but I'm not going to be able to provide support any more because priorities have had to change and I won't have the time, it's nothing personal it's just business".
If the guy takes it badly, that's his problem.
The one thing I always hated about vi/vim was the constant need to reach for the escape key. Until someone on in a previous /. discussion was kind enough to point out CTRL-[ as an alternative - I haven't looked back since.
Joss Whedon's done some great stuff but Serenity certainly isn't his best work. Very disappointing if you ask me - "Buffy in Space" is about right.
Hurd is currently due for release shortly after Duke Nukem Forever.
. . . then you deserve to be used and abused like a cheap hooker
See, it's you that "deserve" to be used and abused, the cheap hooker merely "is" used and abused without a value judgement. Not that it's a particularly pleasant analogy but the GP didn't say what you're objecting to.
As a port maintainer I wonder if you know whether OpenOffice has been added to the ports. I've managed to get it working (after a fashion) on previous releases but it's never been stable.