I definitely use and love screen, but it's not quite as workable. On the afore-mentioned page with the remote logins to my home servers, I run screen constantly so I don't have to reset my context.
But,for example, on my page with my C++ project, I have several xterms. One is a build and run window. Another holds a header file with some class definitions. Another two windows hold C++ source I'm working on. All these things are visible to me at once, on one screen. I generally don't cover my windows with each other. (!) Screen is very cool, and it works great when there's nothing else. But I like to see everything all at once. Yes, I know, I'm weird. Or, maybe I'm not so weird after all. Just a while ago there was an article up here that talked about a productivity boost from having a dual-headed monitor setup. Something about being more efficient if everything is visible all at once, without having to raise and lower windows (more of those painful context switches). So, maybe I'm not so weird, and I've just figured out a way to work that would benefit a lot of other people if only they'd figure it out too...
I never quite thought about how complex my little setup really is. I've been using this exact setup for so many years that it's completely natural to me. When I'm forced into a single window on a Windows machine I definitely feel the pain.
But we vote for the legislators. They don't fear us anymore, because they are elected by a very small number of people. All they have to do is keep that small number of people happy and the rest can go to hell.
Having 30 xterms, more or less, is a beautiful thing.
Everything on page 1 is logins to a server at home. Everything on page 2 is logins to a development server at work. Everything on page 3 is logins to a different development server at work. Everything on page 4 is mozilla windows Everything on page 5 is a python project I'm working with. Everything on page 6 is a C++ project I'm working with Everything on page 7 is a scratch, used for any kind of general shit - untarring, unzipping, running a ps, whatever.
You get the idea. Pages are categories of work that I'm performing. When I have to work on a Windows machine with one desktop, it's exactly like someone ran all my work through a shredder and dumped it on top of my desk.
For me, the GUI has reached the end of development. It's got all the features that I could ever use. And I use WindowMaker, not Gnome or KDE.
You see, I'm a programmer. I have windows full of 'bash' open, plus one Mozilla. I keep 10 virtual desktops, indexed by 'alt+number', at my fingertips. On each of those desktops, I have 3 xterms open. That's all I need or want.
Now take this feature. I'd have 30 little boxes on my screen to select from, and all would be unreadable greek text. Impossible to use.
Please clarify what you mean by business cyles and why you feel they matter.
Try to avoid phrases like "This is the problem with you."
I just can't avoid it. Here's my points:
1) I don't disagree with you. Really, I don't. 2) Cato is full of shit. 3) You're just too eager to fight. 4) This person had a very specific paper. He had a very specific view of business cycles, and almost everything else about it was specific. 5) You on the other hand are bothering me about very general things. I doubt you've read his paper. I doubt that you are an economist. More likely, you are a libertarian. 5.9) I was originally just telling a story about my friend. 6) And that IS the problem with you.
Now take a look at your response to me in light of what I just wrote to you and ask yourself seriously "do I like to argue about things I don't quite understand with people who agree with me?"
Sorry about the two responses, but I thought I'd be more helpful with this one.
That's what I have. So far, I have 4 of them stacked - 12 drawers total. Every once in a while I go through them and reduce an item of a single type. For example, I go through them, pull out all the power cords. I keep a couple of them, and donate the rest to charity. Lots of charities will accept assorted computer hardware.
You're right that a Democrat would do the same thing - and that Democrat's name is Joe Lieberman.
This is one lefty that loudly denounces Joe Lieberman, for his past transgressions against liberty.
Lefties are not blind supporters of their party. It's quite a big deal now that lefties are quite disgusted with the Democratic party. We're not willing to support the candidate just because he's a Democrat.
Given the choice between Lieberman and McCain, I'd vote for John McCain even though I disagree with most of his politics.
I found these graphs on the web. I really hate to post them, because just like the Cato Institute, the source of these graphs is politically biased, a bad thing when it comes to science. So, don't take these as 100% fact, because I don't represent them as such. I though I might agree with their conclusions, I may or may not agree with their chain of reasoning.
I am just posting these graphs as an example of how the tax rate graph doesn't look like a graph of some economic indicators, much less resemble the business cycle.
If you could show that the economy does not respond to tax rate changes
This is the problem with you. You're talking about something other than what I am talking about. You're talking economy, I'm talking business cycle. It's the understanding of the ups and downs of business, not the economy in general.
And no, it wouldn't rewrite macro-economic theory, except in the minds of non-economists at the Cato Institute. They put too high of an emphasis on the tax rate, because politically they like to see low taxes. I don't disagree with that, but science and politics should not be mixed.
OK, in a nutshell, what do your reports say about the business cycle in Sweden vs. tax rate? Not much. All they say is that the economy there must suck because of the high tax rate. Maybe, maybe not.
But the papers do not show why sometimes in Sweden when you raise taxes the economy gets better.
We have the same situation right here in the US. We're spending a lot of money on a war, but the economy is getting better. On the other hand, Bush's tax cuts don't seem to have done much to help the economy, because the cuts were long ago, not recent.
The tax rate at the time does not drive the economy. It's overwhelmed by things such as the prime interest rate, and even psychological factors.
1) Cato is full of shit. Rabidly pro-capitalist, to the point of rejecting anything that doesn't fit their world view. 2) The study doesn't address the business cycle. Read what I wrote carefully, and avoid putting up straw men.
Note that nowhere in what I just wrote did I disagree with you specifically, so there's no need to respond with a defense of your arguments. I'm sure they are good arguments, just that they don't apply to what I'm talking about.
It's hard to understand that because you first have to show that the prevailing tax rate has any effect on the business cycle.
It doesn't. I know someone personally who was all set to get his PhD in economics with the assumption that business cycles are driven by the tax rate. He got all the way to the end, and then someone asked him about his assumption. He checked into it, found that the business cycle isn't linked to the tax rate, and he had to throw out all of his work.
So, please retire the bogus argument that the tax cut has anything to do with the current recovery. There's a lot of reasons for it, and I'm not going to go into who is responsible for it, but it's definitely not the tax break that's doing it.
The book it too general to be useful. For example, attacking your enemies where they are weak and not expecting it sounds a hell of a lot like "sue some 12 year olds to establish precident".
Looks like the RIAA is following the book to a tee.
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In the 1990's we weren't involved in a major war, and my salary quintupled, with low inflation.
Yep, the 1990's sucked, and it was all Clinton's fault. Oh, and if you invite Rush Limbaugh over for dinner, you can trust him not to peek in your medicine cabinets.
My Toshiba digital camera has a Cannon lens and produces top quality images. Combined with a low price, a full manual mode, and the fact that the device behaves like a USB mass storage device, I think that it's an ideal digital camera to use with Linux, and seriously underrated in the marketplace. Nobody considers Toshiba for digital cameras - only Cannon, Nikon, or Olympus - but they should.
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I definitely use and love screen, but it's not quite as workable. On the afore-mentioned page with the remote logins to my home servers, I run screen constantly so I don't have to reset my context.
But,for example, on my page with my C++ project, I have several xterms. One is a build and run window. Another holds a header file with some class definitions. Another two windows hold C++ source I'm working on. All these things are visible to me at once, on one screen. I generally don't cover my windows with each other. (!)
Screen is very cool, and it works great when there's nothing else. But I like to see everything all at once. Yes, I know, I'm weird. Or, maybe I'm not so weird after all. Just a while ago there was an article up here that talked about a productivity boost from having a dual-headed monitor setup. Something about being more efficient if everything is visible all at once, without having to raise and lower windows (more of those painful context switches). So, maybe I'm not so weird, and I've just figured out a way to work that would benefit a lot of other people if only they'd figure it out too...
I never quite thought about how complex my little setup really is. I've been using this exact setup for so many years that it's completely natural to me. When I'm forced into a single window on a Windows machine I definitely feel the pain.
But we vote for the legislators. They don't fear us anymore, because they are elected by a very small number of people. All they have to do is keep that small number of people happy and the rest can go to hell.
Having 30 xterms, more or less, is a beautiful thing.
Everything on page 1 is logins to a server at home.
Everything on page 2 is logins to a development server at work.
Everything on page 3 is logins to a different development server at work.
Everything on page 4 is mozilla windows
Everything on page 5 is a python project I'm working with.
Everything on page 6 is a C++ project I'm working with
Everything on page 7 is a scratch, used for any kind of general shit - untarring, unzipping, running a ps, whatever.
You get the idea. Pages are categories of work that I'm performing. When I have to work on a Windows machine with one desktop, it's exactly like someone ran all my work through a shredder and dumped it on top of my desk.
For me, the GUI has reached the end of development. It's got all the features that I could ever use. And I use WindowMaker, not Gnome or KDE.
You see, I'm a programmer. I have windows full of 'bash' open, plus one Mozilla. I keep 10 virtual desktops, indexed by 'alt+number', at my fingertips. On each of those desktops, I have 3 xterms open. That's all I need or want.
Now take this feature. I'd have 30 little boxes on my screen to select from, and all would be unreadable greek text. Impossible to use.
Please clarify what you mean by business cyles and why you feel they matter.
Try to avoid phrases like "This is the problem with you."
I just can't avoid it. Here's my points:
1) I don't disagree with you. Really, I don't.
2) Cato is full of shit.
3) You're just too eager to fight.
4) This person had a very specific paper. He had a very specific view of business cycles, and almost everything else about it was specific.
5) You on the other hand are bothering me about very general things. I doubt you've read his paper. I doubt that you are an economist. More likely, you are a libertarian.
5.9) I was originally just telling a story about my friend.
6) And that IS the problem with you.
Now take a look at your response to me in light of what I just wrote to you and ask yourself seriously "do I like to argue about things I don't quite understand with people who agree with me?"
Sorry about the two responses, but I thought I'd be more helpful with this one.
OK, so you took all that I said, and just disregarded it.
Dude, the story I told was about an economist who couldn't get his PhD because he made an unwarranted assumption.
And now, you're telling me that you're an economist. Maybe you should have been his advisor.
That's what I have. So far, I have 4 of them stacked - 12 drawers total. Every once in a while I go through them and reduce an item of a single type. For example, I go through them, pull out all the power cords. I keep a couple of them, and donate the rest to charity. Lots of charities will accept assorted computer hardware.
OK, I get it now. good one.
You're right that a Democrat would do the same thing - and that Democrat's name is Joe Lieberman.
This is one lefty that loudly denounces Joe Lieberman, for his past transgressions against liberty.
Lefties are not blind supporters of their party. It's quite a big deal now that lefties are quite disgusted with the Democratic party. We're not willing to support the candidate just because he's a Democrat.
Given the choice between Lieberman and McCain, I'd vote for John McCain even though I disagree with most of his politics.
What do you mean passing laws "without consent" from the citizens?
Over half of the citizens of the US don't vote, so they HAVE COMPLETELY CONSENTED to being fucked in the ass by their politicians.
So who are we going to blame for this? Let's start with the people who don't vote.
Another response to you:
I found these graphs on the web. I really hate to post them, because just like the Cato Institute, the source of these graphs is politically biased, a bad thing when it comes to science. So, don't take these as 100% fact, because I don't represent them as such. I though I might agree with their conclusions, I may or may not agree with their chain of reasoning.
I am just posting these graphs as an example of how the tax rate graph doesn't look like a graph of some economic indicators, much less resemble the business cycle.
OK, I hope that was a good enough disclaimer:
http://www.stw.org/research/TrickleDown.html
If you could show that the economy does not respond to tax rate changes
This is the problem with you. You're talking about something other than what I am talking about. You're talking economy, I'm talking business cycle. It's the understanding of the ups and downs of business, not the economy in general.
And no, it wouldn't rewrite macro-economic theory, except in the minds of non-economists at the Cato Institute. They put too high of an emphasis on the tax rate, because politically they like to see low taxes. I don't disagree with that, but science and politics should not be mixed.
OK, in a nutshell, what do your reports say about the business cycle in Sweden vs. tax rate? Not much. All they say is that the economy there must suck because of the high tax rate. Maybe, maybe not.
But the papers do not show why sometimes in Sweden when you raise taxes the economy gets better.
We have the same situation right here in the US. We're spending a lot of money on a war, but the economy is getting better. On the other hand, Bush's tax cuts don't seem to have done much to help the economy, because the cuts were long ago, not recent.
The tax rate at the time does not drive the economy. It's overwhelmed by things such as the prime interest rate, and even psychological factors.
1) Cato is full of shit. Rabidly pro-capitalist, to the point of rejecting anything that doesn't fit their world view.
2) The study doesn't address the business cycle. Read what I wrote carefully, and avoid putting up straw men.
Note that nowhere in what I just wrote did I disagree with you specifically, so there's no need to respond with a defense of your arguments. I'm sure they are good arguments, just that they don't apply to what I'm talking about.
If your friend found that the tax rate has nothing to do with the economy, he should have published that!
There's not even a correlation. It would have been a very short paper. I'll reproduce it here:
"Taxes and the economic cycle"
Graph 1: The tax rate over time
Graph 2: The GNP over time
This researcher used his own two eyes to see that the two graphs don't look anything alike. The End.
Come on, moderators, read what you are moderating.
It's funny, not insightful. I don't think that eMachines would be proud of 519 dead pixels.
It's hard to understand that because you first have to show that the prevailing tax rate has any effect on the business cycle.
It doesn't. I know someone personally who was all set to get his PhD in economics with the assumption that business cycles are driven by the tax rate. He got all the way to the end, and then someone asked him about his assumption. He checked into it, found that the business cycle isn't linked to the tax rate, and he had to throw out all of his work.
So, please retire the bogus argument that the tax cut has anything to do with the current recovery. There's a lot of reasons for it, and I'm not going to go into who is responsible for it, but it's definitely not the tax break that's doing it.
Bitch.
Why you bother me?
screw that
I once had a manager who's favorite movie was "The Godfather", and you could have guessed it by the way he ran his team.
We even started referring to the firings as "Bob's not here anymore. He woke up this morning with a horse's head in his bed."
The book it too general to be useful. For example, attacking your enemies where they are weak and not expecting it sounds a hell of a lot like "sue some 12 year olds to establish precident".
Looks like the RIAA is following the book to a tee.
In the 1990's we weren't involved in a major war, and my salary quintupled, with low inflation.
Yep, the 1990's sucked, and it was all Clinton's fault. Oh, and if you invite Rush Limbaugh over for dinner, you can trust him not to peek in your medicine cabinets.
My Toshiba digital camera has a Cannon lens and produces top quality images. Combined with a low price, a full manual mode, and the fact that the device behaves like a USB mass storage device, I think that it's an ideal digital camera to use with Linux, and seriously underrated in the marketplace. Nobody considers Toshiba for digital cameras - only Cannon, Nikon, or Olympus - but they should.
Where is the information about the password leak published? It would be nice if some official statement with that was on the debian.org website.