Ummm, which operating system would that be? Not all programmers have the advantage of an operating system as such; my current development target has no OS, runs at 8MHz, and has 4kbytes of memory. Something like this could be extremely useful for me.
I, too, have a dual CPU rig, with a reserator to cool it. It cools it well, however the system is not silent, as the reserator has a pump which in mine has slightly boisy bearings...
I know it doesn't help you at all, but it's not possible to register a.com.au domain without having a company with, you know, the *actual name of the domain you're trying to register*.
It's the same story with all the other forms of the.au domain (.org.au,.asn.au, etc). You have to prove registration of the name in question in real-world-land in order to register. I couldn't even register [myname].org.au, I had to register [myname].id.au, since I am not an organisation, but an individual.
Do you honestly believe I care what the average user thinks? Sloppy focus and focus-without-raise add enormously to my productivity, and I miss them on Windows.
As to the taskbar being a generic container, maybe it is a dead simple API, but I have yet to see anything like my KDE taskbar on a windows desktop.
The last comment you make is interesting; I would have thought that a better window manager would be the most important thing to being a better desktop...
Interesting that you refused to try slackware, yet that is the distro that I would first try on such a machine.
Also interesting is the statement that you couldn't find a "replacements for Windows95/98 let alone WindowsXP for the hardware". I'd like to see XP running on that hardware...
That one's a no-brainer. The high virus infestation rate is an incentive for sucke^Wcustomers to pony up the $199 for the upgrade to the latest and greatest. Clearly that is an advantage to MS' bottom line.
I like it. An interesting development could be to allow creatures to devolve; that is, to allow them to occasionally spawn creatures of a lesser level. This would allow the universe to not ever die out due to lower level life forms becoming extinct.
Another interesting (IMO) modification would be to have the creatures that die to somehow form a fertiliser/garden bed for more A's, and also to allow A's to be eaten to death (meaning there will possibly be some kind of equilibrium forming). Great work; I might look at the source tonight at home.
And your point is what, exactly? The reporter should at least make the distinction to regular foks that spyware only affects Windows machines, and there are actually alternatives.
Is it your network? It might be her computer, but I wouldn't let it on the network if she wouldn't comply. I don't let my kids or my wife on the network while using IE. There's this wonderful thing called an ethernet plug that I can disconnect whenever they don't comply...
Type A people are better suited to college courses like arts, law, business administration, etc. Type B people are better suited to college courses like science, engineering, IT, etc. Different strokes for different folks.
I'd never thought of exactly the way the GP described before, but it certainly explains a lot about the way my step-doughter cooks (can't do it without a recipe, while I can't do it with a recipe.
"Just remove all your clothes, and step in front of the, errm, laser scanner, madam - it will take your pict- I mean, measurements, so we can have a perfect model of you..."
Slackware has runlevels. In fact, the slackware runlevels are more intuitive than RedHat's (for me, at least). Slackware is the easiest distro I've come across to make into a dedicated machine ie, embedded/appliance. Others may be just as easy, but I've had great experience with slackware.
I've managed to acquire through people at work throwing them out and cheaply(!) off ebay, the following:
Sun Sparcstation LX;
HP 712/80 (with NeXTStep for PA-RISC, to keep slightly on-topic);
DEC Alpha (4000/300? Can't remember the exact designation);
SGI Indigo2 Teal;
SGI Indigo2 Purple (Max Impact R10k);
DEC Personal DECStation;
SGI Indy;
HP 735/100 workstations (x2);
As well as numerous scsi cases, disks, cables, CD drives etc.
It's amazing that things that just a few years ago cost in the tens of thousands of dollars, can now be thrown out even though they still are as functional as when they were bought (though not as functional as the latest machines, of course).
But if you modify the car, you might not be allowed to drive it on a public road. However, the modification itself should not be illegal (cf modding an XBOX and not being able to play games anymore).
I had the same problem reading a couple of Irvine Welsh books. Although I wouldn't consider my normal reading super-fast, I was slowed down noticeably by the Scottish dialogue in his novels. The upside, though, was that after a long time reading it, I had to consciously refrain from talking in a bad scottish accent...
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Ummm, which operating system would that be? Not all programmers have the advantage of an operating system as such; my current development target has no OS, runs at 8MHz, and has 4kbytes of memory. Something like this could be extremely useful for me.
I, too, have a dual CPU rig, with a reserator to cool it. It cools it well, however the system is not silent, as the reserator has a pump which in mine has slightly boisy bearings...
It's the same story with all the other forms of the .au domain (.org.au, .asn.au, etc). You have to prove registration of the name in question in real-world-land in order to register. I couldn't even register [myname].org.au, I had to register [myname].id.au, since I am not an organisation, but an individual.
So do many of Shakespeare's works. Do we consider his works to be literature, or to be history?
In Korea: only old queens spank their bishops all knight while rooking at pawn.
Didn't need the karma, anyway...
You mis-spelled 'both'. HTH.
Maybe, however my experience with Vector is that it is harder than slackware, and not as refined.
As to the taskbar being a generic container, maybe it is a dead simple API, but I have yet to see anything like my KDE taskbar on a windows desktop.
The last comment you make is interesting; I would have thought that a better window manager would be the most important thing to being a better desktop...
I wrote a little while ago a small list of things that were wrong out-of-the box with windows. I'll reproduce it here:
Also interesting is the statement that you couldn't find a "replacements for Windows95/98 let alone WindowsXP for the hardware". I'd like to see XP running on that hardware...
That one's a no-brainer. The high virus infestation rate is an incentive for sucke^Wcustomers to pony up the $199 for the upgrade to the latest and greatest. Clearly that is an advantage to MS' bottom line.
Another interesting (IMO) modification would be to have the creatures that die to somehow form a fertiliser/garden bed for more A's, and also to allow A's to be eaten to death (meaning there will possibly be some kind of equilibrium forming). Great work; I might look at the source tonight at home.
And your point is what, exactly? The reporter should at least make the distinction to regular foks that spyware only affects Windows machines, and there are actually alternatives.
In Korea, only old people have a geek license.
Is it your network? It might be her computer, but I wouldn't let it on the network if she wouldn't comply. I don't let my kids or my wife on the network while using IE. There's this wonderful thing called an ethernet plug that I can disconnect whenever they don't comply...
I'd never thought of exactly the way the GP described before, but it certainly explains a lot about the way my step-doughter cooks (can't do it without a recipe, while I can't do it with a recipe.
"Just remove all your clothes, and step in front of the, errm, laser scanner, madam - it will take your pict- I mean, measurements, so we can have a perfect model of you..."
Slackware has runlevels. In fact, the slackware runlevels are more intuitive than RedHat's (for me, at least). Slackware is the easiest distro I've come across to make into a dedicated machine ie, embedded/appliance. Others may be just as easy, but I've had great experience with slackware.
It's amazing that things that just a few years ago cost in the tens of thousands of dollars, can now be thrown out even though they still are as functional as when they were bought (though not as functional as the latest machines, of course).
But if you modify the car, you might not be allowed to drive it on a public road. However, the modification itself should not be illegal (cf modding an XBOX and not being able to play games anymore).
I think they like to be called homosexuals these days.
"should have": ~49,000,000
"should of": 741,000
Should have wins, as it should of .
I had the same problem reading a couple of Irvine Welsh books. Although I wouldn't consider my normal reading super-fast, I was slowed down noticeably by the Scottish dialogue in his novels. The upside, though, was that after a long time reading it, I had to consciously refrain from talking in a bad scottish accent...
Clearly you have hit upon something there.