Often it's not even possible to use Office formats between versions. Try to edit an MS Office 2003 file on a system that's using MS Office '97.
I'm not a fan of Office, but that is just a dumb argument. How exactly do you expect any program to edit files from a later version without problems? Do you think the programmers know the additional features they need to support before they even write them?
Okay, with an XML based document format it's probably easier to ignore parts you don't understand, but that doesn't mean the problem goes away.
Yes, but you have to admit, when you accidently unplug that fiber line, raw sewage doesn't usually come out of it!
Well, sometimes it does. Cambridge Uni had some contractors come in to do some work a few years ago, and they managed to hook up the waste pipes to the network ducting. Insert dumb jokes about packet loss etc...;)
Look at the difference in the screenshots between MacOS X and Linux versions. GNUstep is really, really ugly. Perhaps if they tarted it up a bit, they might get a little more exposure. From what I have heard and read though, the internals are very good. Nothing wroing with getting the core stuff working right first, but don't underestimate the benefit of a purty interface.
I remember looking at the features of D a couple of years ago and being quite impressed. Has anyone here made use of it? Is it ready for serious projects, or is it still a work in progress?
Passive entertainment is mush, and forces your mind into the mold of the creators of that entertainment. Gaming puts you on an equal footing with someone else, the designer - or even better, the people you play a network game against.
Utter bollocks. There is certainly a lot of crap television, no argument there. But I can happily sit down and watch a documentary, or wildlife programme and actually learn something. What do you learn by running around in a virtual environment shooting other virtual characters? Okay, it's an extreme example, but you're making it out to be black and white, TV bad, games good, when it's a far more complicated issue.
Actually, my sister saw this happen. In one of her lectures the lecturer flipped a coin (probably a pound) and it bounced around and landed on it's edge... *cue music*:)
I don't mean to be rude, but do you understand the difference between a desktop environment and a window manager? KDE is the former, Fluxbox the latter. They are two entirely different beasts. You can still run KDE or Gnome applications under any window manager. I run mine under Window Maker. To be fair, you're not the only one giving this sort of advice. I see it every time a Gnome or KDE story comes up, but it's annoyed me enough now that I just have to speak up.
Stephen Baxter (I think?) wrote a very good book (Time) based around the idea of heat death. Some of the ideas that civilzations come up with to make the most out the last remaining energy in the universe is very neat. Well worth a read.
This is a chicken and egg situation. Unless there is widespread testing of a kernel, some bugs won't be found. But not everyone wants to risk running a development kernel, so the only way to get them to test is to bend the truth slightly, and call a beta version the new stable kernel. At the end of the day, the number just reflects the developers opinion on the stability of the thing as a whole. They could make no changes to 2.6.3 and release it as 2.7.0, but that wouldn't make it any less unstable.
Personally I'm not keen on the name. But a lot of open source software has what I would call dumb names. But at the end of the day, it's their software and they can call it whatever name they choose. The important thing is that the software is functional, and firebox certainly seems to be that. Congratulations and thanks go out to all those involved.
Depp's character was fantastic and he really led the movie and he probably deserves the award out of the list IMHO.
Got to agree. The film was very entertaining and Depp really made that character his own. You could see he was really enjoying it too, which makes all the difference. The special effects were excellent too, without being over the top as a lot of films are. For example, the parts where Depp is running in and out of the moonlight and changing from flesh and blood to skeleton are really good, but a lot of it is shot from afar so it's not right in your face. Definately one of my favourite films in recent years.
... and we still will, regardless of these patents (which I haven't even bothered to read about). It's my fucking data, and I'll do what the fuck I like with it thank you very much.
Use bf24 to get a 2.4 kernel. That would probably take care of the ata100 problem. Yes, the installer has it's problems (the new version is a lot better), but once you've installed it, who cares? There's never any need to use it again.
Now, that's not to say that there's anything wrong with Linux, but its frequent updates to stay on the absolute bleeding edge does cost it a measure of reliability. On the FreeBSD end of things, you've got "running water", but not many of the newer toys. Things like firewire support, new file systems, CD and DVD burner support don't make it into the FreeBSD-STABLE line until long, long after Linux and Windows have had them.
BSD doesn't have the monopoly on this. You can always run Debian stable. This is not intended as a joke or flamebait. Debian stable is exactly what you're describing above - rock solid, well supported and timely security updates, but nothing bleeding edge. Just the ticket for a server you depend on. I swear by it. Of course if you want bleeding edge, unstable is there for the taking.
I'm tired of hearing this argument! If you just adhere to the standards when creating web pages you'll be just fine.
If you adhere to the standards it will work just fine in Mozilla. It might work in IE, but quite probably won't if you're doing any CSS2 or some CSS1. IE plains sucks when it comes to standards support.
This is both a blessing and a curse for Mozilla really. On the one hand it's good that there is an open source browser will full support for the latest standards, while MS still don't have one. On the other, since MS don't plan on releasing any updates to IE until Longhorn is released, we'll be stuck with this shit version for years to come. And going by past evidence, I doubt they'll get a standards compliant version out even then.
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The best line ever is:
Rimmer: Step up to red alert!
Kryten: Sir, are you sure? It does mean changing the bulb!
Love it!
Often it's not even possible to use Office formats between versions. Try to edit an MS Office 2003 file on a system that's using MS Office '97.
I'm not a fan of Office, but that is just a dumb argument. How exactly do you expect any program to edit files from a later version without problems? Do you think the programmers know the additional features they need to support before they even write them?
Okay, with an XML based document format it's probably easier to ignore parts you don't understand, but that doesn't mean the problem goes away.
He can probably see Blair's shoes then.
Yes, but you have to admit, when you accidently unplug that fiber line, raw sewage doesn't usually come out of it!
;)
Well, sometimes it does. Cambridge Uni had some contractors come in to do some work a few years ago, and they managed to hook up the waste pipes to the network ducting. Insert dumb jokes about packet loss etc...
Look at the difference in the screenshots between MacOS X and Linux versions. GNUstep is really, really ugly. Perhaps if they tarted it up a bit, they might get a little more exposure. From what I have heard and read though, the internals are very good. Nothing wroing with getting the core stuff working right first, but don't underestimate the benefit of a purty interface.
"...and Duke Nukem Forever". No sorry, that's just silly. No way it'll be released by then ;)
I think it was only a very small part, so its doubtful he'd be listed on there anyway.
I remember looking at the features of D a couple of years ago and being quite impressed. Has anyone here made use of it? Is it ready for serious projects, or is it still a work in progress?
Passive entertainment is mush, and forces your mind into the mold of the creators of that entertainment. Gaming puts you on an equal footing with someone else, the designer - or even better, the people you play a network game against.
Utter bollocks. There is certainly a lot of crap television, no argument there. But I can happily sit down and watch a documentary, or wildlife programme and actually learn something. What do you learn by running around in a virtual environment shooting other virtual characters? Okay, it's an extreme example, but you're making it out to be black and white, TV bad, games good, when it's a far more complicated issue.
"She barks, she drools, she snarls!
;)
It's not the girl Peter, it's the building!"
I really can quote most of that film. I really am that sad!
Actually, my sister saw this happen. In one of her lectures the lecturer flipped a coin (probably a pound) and it bounced around and landed on it's edge... *cue music* :)
I don't mean to be rude, but do you understand the difference between a desktop environment and a window manager? KDE is the former, Fluxbox the latter. They are two entirely different beasts. You can still run KDE or Gnome applications under any window manager. I run mine under Window Maker. To be fair, you're not the only one giving this sort of advice. I see it every time a Gnome or KDE story comes up, but it's annoyed me enough now that I just have to speak up.
Stephen Baxter (I think?) wrote a very good book (Time) based around the idea of heat death. Some of the ideas that civilzations come up with to make the most out the last remaining energy in the universe is very neat. Well worth a read.
This is a chicken and egg situation. Unless there is widespread testing of a kernel, some bugs won't be found. But not everyone wants to risk running a development kernel, so the only way to get them to test is to bend the truth slightly, and call a beta version the new stable kernel. At the end of the day, the number just reflects the developers opinion on the stability of the thing as a whole. They could make no changes to 2.6.3 and release it as 2.7.0, but that wouldn't make it any less unstable.
I, doubt, he'd, bother, to, read, it, since, you, obviously, have, a, fetish ,with, the, comma.
Maybe one of his testes, to put on a fish hook and use for bait.
;-)
I'm sure there are laws against contaminating rivers with industrial waste...
Personally I'm not keen on the name. But a lot of open source software has what I would call dumb names. But at the end of the day, it's their software and they can call it whatever name they choose. The important thing is that the software is functional, and firebox certainly seems to be that. Congratulations and thanks go out to all those involved.
Depp's character was fantastic and he really led the movie and he probably deserves the award out of the list IMHO.
Got to agree. The film was very entertaining and Depp really made that character his own. You could see he was really enjoying it too, which makes all the difference. The special effects were excellent too, without being over the top as a lot of films are. For example, the parts where Depp is running in and out of the moonlight and changing from flesh and blood to skeleton are really good, but a lot of it is shot from afar so it's not right in your face. Definately one of my favourite films in recent years.
... and we still will, regardless of these patents (which I haven't even bothered to read about). It's my fucking data, and I'll do what the fuck I like with it thank you very much.
Use bf24 to get a 2.4 kernel. That would probably take care of the ata100 problem. Yes, the installer has it's problems (the new version is a lot better), but once you've installed it, who cares? There's never any need to use it again.
Now, that's not to say that there's anything wrong with Linux, but its frequent updates to stay on the absolute bleeding edge does cost it a measure of reliability. On the FreeBSD end of things, you've got "running water", but not many of the newer toys. Things like firewire support, new file systems, CD and DVD burner support don't make it into the FreeBSD-STABLE line until long, long after Linux and Windows have had them.
BSD doesn't have the monopoly on this. You can always run Debian stable. This is not intended as a joke or flamebait. Debian stable is exactly what you're describing above - rock solid, well supported and timely security updates, but nothing bleeding edge. Just the ticket for a server you depend on. I swear by it. Of course if you want bleeding edge, unstable is there for the taking.
I use Eclipse (www.eclipse.net.uk). They are very good.
Can I accept it on behalf of someone else? I have a small list of people I'd like to volunteer ;)
Indeed. He should probably look up the difference between their and they're too, seeing as he used neither correctly.
I'm tired of hearing this argument! If you just adhere to the standards when creating web pages you'll be just fine.
If you adhere to the standards it will work just fine in Mozilla. It might work in IE, but quite probably won't if you're doing any CSS2 or some CSS1. IE plains sucks when it comes to standards support.
This is both a blessing and a curse for Mozilla really. On the one hand it's good that there is an open source browser will full support for the latest standards, while MS still don't have one. On the other, since MS don't plan on releasing any updates to IE until Longhorn is released, we'll be stuck with this shit version for years to come. And going by past evidence, I doubt they'll get a standards compliant version out even then.