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The only real weakness of vi is formatting written paragraphs...
:set textmode :set textwidth=80
This will get you by, however if you do any editing to your text after composing, it won't "back-wrap" words from the previous line... Can't have everything I suppose.;-)
For completeness, here's what I'd do in vim...
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/functionName - jumps me to the function
shift-v - enter "visual" mode
select to opening brace
press % - finds the matching closing brace for the function
Do people still USE BeOS? I stopped using it after they sold out on me. I bought three consecutive version upgrades of BeOS and then they sold the friggin' thing. Fuck BeOS. They were/are a shitty little company with no future and have forgotten the values they had in their past. Or in BeSpeak "To Be or not to Be..." Well, we found out the answer to that question. And to think I even patched my BIOS "Energy Star" logo once to look like the Be logo! I have since put the "Energy Star" back...
The day I can go to pricewatch.com and buy commodity PowerPC parts is the day I will become a "Mac user".(With linux installed of course...) Oops, I forgot, Apple sues any and all competitors out of business and makes it impossible for anyone to "clone" their beloved Apples. No, I'm not talking about stealing their cutesie aesthetic designs here. I am talking about "meat and potatoes" hardware under the hood. Apple certainly produces quality hardware. However, I refuse to be trapped into one vendor "for all my hardware and software needs". How is this better than owning a PC?? Last time I checked, Apple was a publicly traded company just like Microsoft, which makes them vulnerable to the same market pressures and makes them consider shifty business dealings to make an extra buck. If you own stock in Apple you'd be pissed off if they didn't do this. So no, I will continue to choose the hardware I want in my computer and buy it at the price I want from the vendor I choose. As far as software goes, well, I damn sure have more options on software in linux than I have ever experienced on a Mac. (Mac gaming? WTF is that?!)
If I'm not mistaken, they probably rejected your submission faster than you could click 'submit', followed by 'submit story'. I have literally had stories rejected that fast after spending the better part of a half hour composing them. I will never submit another story because of this. They didn't even take the time to read it. Don't waste your time. And don't waste your time reading about Taco's omelette either. It'll make you puke.
Would you prefer the media outlets to play judge or jury?
Of course they don't come out and call it fraud. That would be an editorial piece not a solid news piece. Judgement has not been passed by the COURTS, therefore the media does not predict the verdict. Of course we all suspect it is fraud at this point, since they've already been busted before. I'll bet you wouldn't want someone to proclaim you were guilty before you hit the court room, now would you? This is just something to think about for the site that calls themselves "News for Nerds..."
That book by Jeffrey Friedl really is an excellent book. Although I'm still trying to figure out whether I have the second edition or not...
While I'm here though, I think I'll add my recommendation for the best book you'll find if you want to learn C++ as a first programming language: Problem Solving, Abstraction, and Design Using C++, by Frank L. Friedman and Elliot B. Koffman, Addison Wesley Longman Inc. Why do I recommend this book in particular? It touches on a subject that is sorely lacking in most programming books: problem solving and software engineering. It is the book that was used in my intro computer science course at the university. I must've tried to teach myself programming a dozen times before finding this book and just never "got it" because all the books I had been reading left out the most crucial part of programming, how to solve problems...
...They want something they can sit down and use.. today. Not in a week, not in a few days. Within minutes. And Linux doesn't offer that right now...
I just want to point out that the reason I use linux is because it always teaches me something new. Most people who actually use linux already know this of course, but it sometimes helps to not be so general by stating "People just want something they can use." Last I checked I was one of those beings called "people" and the main reason I choose not to use Windows is because I can't do anything BUT "just use it".
When you sit down at a Windows machine you check your brain in at the door, along with your coat. Having choice is liberating. Of course, most people who use Linux know this too, but sometimes it helps to remind others _why_ we have twenty different applications that allow us to resize windows. I get pretty fuckin' bored with Windows lack of ability to customize the desktop metaphor. Also, it seems it doesn't matter how many iterations of Windows we see, they'll never manage to stabilize explorer.exe and keep it from crashing/consuming most of my system's memory.
As far as Rasterman's opinions go, he is entitled to them. He has far exceeded "doing his part" to help the linux community/movement as a whole. The man is entitled to say whatever the fuck he wants, just like you and me.
We could have the very best Desktop in the world, but without it being preinstalled on PC's we'll never going to make any inroads as far as mainstream home PC's go.
Well stated. See, if it were true that any other OS would fail on the desktop PC than windows, wouldn't it also stand to reason that any other OS would fail on your average pocket computer besides windows? After all, people want to use what they know right?
If this were true, pocket PC would be far more popular than devices that come with PalmOS. As you probably know, this isn't the case. How many pocket PC users do you know? Because free software does not attempt to leverage the PC desktop in a way that creates an appealing solution for commercial companies like Dell and Gateway, who are looking for competitive advantage, it will simply be ignored.(if you have trouble digesting this last statement, think DRM, AOL icon on your desktop, reduced cost of office licensing applications, etc...)
How much "up-time" did you really need in your car anyway? Unless you keep your car powered on 24 hours a day for more than a month, you will likely have no problems.;o)
If you don't like the advertising you find on _commercial_ television you don't have to watch it. Noone is forcing you to watch Oprah. Noone is holding your head, peeling your eyelids back, forcing you to watch re-runs of "The Antiques Road Show" or any other of cable's lovely programming. Personally, I can't stand television. Reason: you can only do a few things while watching television. You can eat. You can drink. You can waste your life away hour after hour doing nothing particularly useful or even really all that entertaining. And of course, most importantly, you can be spoon fed all of the social engineering bullshit that television stations try to cram down your throat, letting you know what you should be thinking about certain ideas. No, you need not bring your own thoughts to the table if you are going to watch television.("noone in particular" have mercy on your soul if you actually get your news from TV...)
For all of you who like to watch television, I have a book for you: "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. If you couldn't locate the public library if it was up your ass on fire, here is a web site for you:
http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/
If all else fails, consider getting off the couch and going for a walk. You might even consider showing some affection to your significant other. Whatever you do, know that the sooner you turn off the TV forever, the sooner life gets better for you.
What is the purpose of designing such a piece of hardware if you don't trust _any_ hardware manufacturer to produce it? Are we all just going to download the 6,000 page instruction manual and 8,000 page design plan and then head over to Radio Shack to pick up the needed parts? About the only people who would be interested in building their own laptop from copper plates, etching compound, and FPGAs would be students.
Let me see if I understand this correctly: You have a user ID of 662 and have only posted 21 comments, the earliest of which dates back to August of last year? Damn, you spent some time lurking didn't you?;o)
Shoot crack? Is this some new method? I apparently have been away from the drug scene for too long. I thought crack was a rock you smoked...
Also, you seem to assume that noone is being harmed outside of the individual who is "shooting" crack. You have apparently never lived in a neighborhood that had a crack house. Just to give you an idea, imagine an entire building of people who are fucked up at all hours of the day. Now realize that none of these people have jobs and that their habits cost money. How do you get money to support your habit if you can't possibly hold down a job? By doing lots of illegal shit, that's how. Everything from violent crimes(beating someone down with a bat for their wallet or purse, or just plain shooting them with the stolen gun from that dudes apartment they broke into earlier that morning) to theft and vandalism. Here's a lovely picture for you: Imagine you're outside one morning getting ready to go to work, when you witness some fucked up lookin' dude rip the CB antenna off of your neighbor's full size conversion van. Any idea what he plans on doing with that antenna that he is now running down the street with? If you thought "He's gonna make a crack pipe out of it!", give yourself a gold star.
There are good reasons for many of our nation's laws. I won't argue that all laws are good because I strongly believe there are _many_ ridiculous laws on the books. However laws that discourage violent crimes are not among them. It is however debatable whether or not they help prevent such crimes from occurring in the first place.
I second this. It seems most adults never gave a single thought to what the "pledge" actually means. I also find it ironic that something that was written by a socialist Christian minister could become something of a fascist tool of patriotism in a time when there was a communist hiding under every rug.
Once again, making children swear an oath to something they don't understand is idiotic at best, outright brainwashing at worst. And please don't try to tell me that children can be made to understand what it means. If you have never had to do without freedom, you don't understand what it means to not have freedom.
Swearing an oath to a nation that supposedly embodies what freedom is and being _forced_ to do it no less! Nah, just forget I said anything. Go back to your television. There are _no_ fascists in our government.
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Dumb people don't like to learn. Dumb people tend to make up a greater percentage of our population than smart people. Therefore if the largest market of PC users are desktop users and the largest percentage of desktop users operate on windows, it stands to reason that there are a lot of dumb people using windows. Also, by the author's own logic, if text commands are arcane because you have to actually think before you type, then GUIs must provide users with the opposite of arcane? I think not. Giving a GUI to your average windows user is somewhat like taking that first click when playing Minesweeper. You just don't know if it is gonna blow up in your face or not.
Seriously though, it does require far less thought/effort to just "click here" and see what the result is than to take a moment to read a man page, compose your thoughts of what you want to accomplish and then enter your command. Do you see the difference in mindset? I can see how for a non-critical desktop system the GUI paradigm has its strengths in the eyes of the masses. However, on the server there is IMHO NO excuse for playing minesweeper. Kind of funny how Windows 2000 Advanced Server actually comes with Minesweeper pre-installed...
I'll never understand why people consider a system that actually _makes_ you think before you click to be arcane/unproductive.
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Yes, Linux, with its emphasis on POSIX compliance, is more UNIX than many other Unices on the market.
The point I was trying to make with the lack of document portability from one windows APPLICATION to another non-windows application is that MS considers this a feature. For example, if you want to import mail from another program into Outlook, no problem. They will even let you sort the old data files yourself with a text-like viewing window if you need to. Now, try to export from Outlook to ANY other program. MS has made this so incredibly difficult to do that it isn't even worth trying.
I am talking about flexibility to use a product in a way that the original designer never envisioned being necessary. I can think of any number of linux e-mail clients that will gladly let me export my e-mail data in plain text format, should I desire to do so. For an example of ultimate flexibility, try mutt.
As for the comment about not needing to know where your address book is, I suppose you are next going to tell me you have never had to rebuild a windows system for anyone and they wouldn't have had any concerns about losing their data anyway. This is a very simple concept. I was simply trying to illustrate a complete lack of planning here. If I want to back up all user data, I simply back up/home. If I want to back up all user data on a windows machine, well, the data might be in any number of places. Unless of course you don't care about the threat posed by Windows viruses, you should be concerned with backing up your data.
You say: "I'm not going to hammer them for giving us greater flexibility."
I say: "You apparently don't really use linux."
Windows gives you flexibility? Try moving your Outlook contacts from Outlook to Groupwise some time. Yes, that is in your own words the definition of flexibility.
From an admin's point of view, I can't stand Windows. (Let's forget for a moment that MS tried to eliminate my necessity with something they called ZAW, yet another failed MS pursuit.)
Quick, think: Where is that user's address book stored right now? Is it in "Documents and settings", under "Local Data" or "Applications"? Is it in the Windows directory under profiles? Is it in some folder named after some GUID?
Now, quick, think: Where is the user's address book in linux? Well, it's definitely in their HOME Directory. What e-mail program are they using? Evolution? I'll bet it's in a folder called ~/evolution.
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This will get you by, however if you do any editing to your text after composing, it won't "back-wrap" words from the previous line... Can't have everything I suppose. ;-)
/functionName - jumps me to the function
shift-v - enter "visual" mode
select to opening brace
press % - finds the matching closing brace for the function
press d - deletes the function
Do people still USE BeOS? I stopped using it after they sold out on me. I bought three consecutive version upgrades of BeOS and then they sold the friggin' thing. Fuck BeOS. They were/are a shitty little company with no future and have forgotten the values they had in their past. Or in BeSpeak "To Be or not to Be..." Well, we found out the answer to that question. And to think I even patched my BIOS "Energy Star" logo once to look like the Be logo! I have since put the "Energy Star" back...
The day I can go to pricewatch.com and buy commodity PowerPC parts is the day I will become a "Mac user".(With linux installed of course...) Oops, I forgot, Apple sues any and all competitors out of business and makes it impossible for anyone to "clone" their beloved Apples. No, I'm not talking about stealing their cutesie aesthetic designs here. I am talking about "meat and potatoes" hardware under the hood. Apple certainly produces quality hardware. However, I refuse to be trapped into one vendor "for all my hardware and software needs". How is this better than owning a PC?? Last time I checked, Apple was a publicly traded company just like Microsoft, which makes them vulnerable to the same market pressures and makes them consider shifty business dealings to make an extra buck. If you own stock in Apple you'd be pissed off if they didn't do this. So no, I will continue to choose the hardware I want in my computer and buy it at the price I want from the vendor I choose. As far as software goes, well, I damn sure have more options on software in linux than I have ever experienced on a Mac. (Mac gaming? WTF is that?!)
If I'm not mistaken, they probably rejected your submission faster than you could click 'submit', followed by 'submit story'. I have literally had stories rejected that fast after spending the better part of a half hour composing them. I will never submit another story because of this. They didn't even take the time to read it. Don't waste your time. And don't waste your time reading about Taco's omelette either. It'll make you puke.
You can find one of these at your local car audio dealer, err rather your local 'bass shop'.
And RISC will never make it onto the PC desktop. But I would still love to own an Alpha. ;-)
Would you prefer the media outlets to play judge or jury?
Of course they don't come out and call it fraud. That would be an editorial piece not a solid news piece. Judgement has not been passed by the COURTS, therefore the media does not predict the verdict. Of course we all suspect it is fraud at this point, since they've already been busted before. I'll bet you wouldn't want someone to proclaim you were guilty before you hit the court room, now would you? This is just something to think about for the site that calls themselves "News for Nerds..."
That book by Jeffrey Friedl really is an excellent book. Although I'm still trying to figure out whether I have the second edition or not...
While I'm here though, I think I'll add my recommendation for the best book you'll find if you want to learn C++ as a first programming language: Problem Solving, Abstraction, and Design Using C++, by Frank L. Friedman and Elliot B. Koffman, Addison Wesley Longman Inc. Why do I recommend this book in particular? It touches on a subject that is sorely lacking in most programming books: problem solving and software engineering. It is the book that was used in my intro computer science course at the university. I must've tried to teach myself programming a dozen times before finding this book and just never "got it" because all the books I had been reading left out the most crucial part of programming, how to solve problems...
I just want to point out that the reason I use linux is because it always teaches me something new. Most people who actually use linux already know this of course, but it sometimes helps to not be so general by stating "People just want something they can use." Last I checked I was one of those beings called "people" and the main reason I choose not to use Windows is because I can't do anything BUT "just use it".
When you sit down at a Windows machine you check your brain in at the door, along with your coat. Having choice is liberating. Of course, most people who use Linux know this too, but sometimes it helps to remind others _why_ we have twenty different applications that allow us to resize windows. I get pretty fuckin' bored with Windows lack of ability to customize the desktop metaphor. Also, it seems it doesn't matter how many iterations of Windows we see, they'll never manage to stabilize explorer.exe and keep it from crashing/consuming most of my system's memory.
As far as Rasterman's opinions go, he is entitled to them. He has far exceeded "doing his part" to help the linux community/movement as a whole. The man is entitled to say whatever the fuck he wants, just like you and me.
Well stated. See, if it were true that any other OS would fail on the desktop PC than windows, wouldn't it also stand to reason that any other OS would fail on your average pocket computer besides windows? After all, people want to use what they know right?
If this were true, pocket PC would be far more popular than devices that come with PalmOS. As you probably know, this isn't the case. How many pocket PC users do you know? Because free software does not attempt to leverage the PC desktop in a way that creates an appealing solution for commercial companies like Dell and Gateway, who are looking for competitive advantage, it will simply be ignored.(if you have trouble digesting this last statement, think DRM, AOL icon on your desktop, reduced cost of office licensing applications, etc...)
Sure... ;o)
How much "up-time" did you really need in your car anyway? Unless you keep your car powered on 24 hours a day for more than a month, you will likely have no problems. ;o)
If you don't like the advertising you find on _commercial_ television you don't have to watch it. Noone is forcing you to watch Oprah. Noone is holding your head, peeling your eyelids back, forcing you to watch re-runs of "The Antiques Road Show" or any other of cable's lovely programming. Personally, I can't stand television. Reason: you can only do a few things while watching television. You can eat. You can drink. You can waste your life away hour after hour doing nothing particularly useful or even really all that entertaining. And of course, most importantly, you can be spoon fed all of the social engineering bullshit that television stations try to cram down your throat, letting you know what you should be thinking about certain ideas. No, you need not bring your own thoughts to the table if you are going to watch television.("noone in particular" have mercy on your soul if you actually get your news from TV...)
For all of you who like to watch television, I have a book for you: "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. If you couldn't locate the public library if it was up your ass on fire, here is a web site for you:
http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/
If all else fails, consider getting off the couch and going for a walk. You might even consider showing some affection to your significant other. Whatever you do, know that the sooner you turn off the TV forever, the sooner life gets better for you.
Anyone here able to read those symbols?
Seriously, why the hell would you link to that page?
What is the purpose of designing such a piece of hardware if you don't trust _any_ hardware manufacturer to produce it? Are we all just going to download the 6,000 page instruction manual and 8,000 page design plan and then head over to Radio Shack to pick up the needed parts? About the only people who would be interested in building their own laptop from copper plates, etching compound, and FPGAs would be students.
Let me see if I understand this correctly: You have a user ID of 662 and have only posted 21 comments, the earliest of which dates back to August of last year? Damn, you spent some time lurking didn't you? ;o)
Shoot crack? Is this some new method? I apparently have been away from the drug scene for too long. I thought crack was a rock you smoked...
Also, you seem to assume that noone is being harmed outside of the individual who is "shooting" crack. You have apparently never lived in a neighborhood that had a crack house. Just to give you an idea, imagine an entire building of people who are fucked up at all hours of the day. Now realize that none of these people have jobs and that their habits cost money. How do you get money to support your habit if you can't possibly hold down a job? By doing lots of illegal shit, that's how. Everything from violent crimes(beating someone down with a bat for their wallet or purse, or just plain shooting them with the stolen gun from that dudes apartment they broke into earlier that morning) to theft and vandalism. Here's a lovely picture for you: Imagine you're outside one morning getting ready to go to work, when you witness some fucked up lookin' dude rip the CB antenna off of your neighbor's full size conversion van. Any idea what he plans on doing with that antenna that he is now running down the street with? If you thought "He's gonna make a crack pipe out of it!", give yourself a gold star.
There are good reasons for many of our nation's laws. I won't argue that all laws are good because I strongly believe there are _many_ ridiculous laws on the books. However laws that discourage violent crimes are not among them. It is however debatable whether or not they help prevent such crimes from occurring in the first place.
I second this. It seems most adults never gave a single thought to what the "pledge" actually means. I also find it ironic that something that was written by a socialist Christian minister could become something of a fascist tool of patriotism in a time when there was a communist hiding under every rug.
Once again, making children swear an oath to something they don't understand is idiotic at best, outright brainwashing at worst. And please don't try to tell me that children can be made to understand what it means. If you have never had to do without freedom, you don't understand what it means to not have freedom.
Swearing an oath to a nation that supposedly embodies what freedom is and being _forced_ to do it no less! Nah, just forget I said anything. Go back to your television. There are _no_ fascists in our government.
Dumb people don't like to learn. Dumb people tend to make up a greater percentage of our population than smart people. Therefore if the largest market of PC users are desktop users and the largest percentage of desktop users operate on windows, it stands to reason that there are a lot of dumb people using windows. Also, by the author's own logic, if text commands are arcane because you have to actually think before you type, then GUIs must provide users with the opposite of arcane? I think not. Giving a GUI to your average windows user is somewhat like taking that first click when playing Minesweeper. You just don't know if it is gonna blow up in your face or not.
Seriously though, it does require far less thought/effort to just "click here" and see what the result is than to take a moment to read a man page, compose your thoughts of what you want to accomplish and then enter your command. Do you see the difference in mindset? I can see how for a non-critical desktop system the GUI paradigm has its strengths in the eyes of the masses. However, on the server there is IMHO NO excuse for playing minesweeper. Kind of funny how Windows 2000 Advanced Server actually comes with Minesweeper pre-installed...
I'll never understand why people consider a system that actually _makes_ you think before you click to be arcane/unproductive.
Yes, Linux, with its emphasis on POSIX compliance, is more UNIX than many other Unices on the market.
The point I was trying to make with the lack of document portability from one windows APPLICATION to another non-windows application is that MS considers this a feature. For example, if you want to import mail from another program into Outlook, no problem. They will even let you sort the old data files yourself with a text-like viewing window if you need to. Now, try to export from Outlook to ANY other program. MS has made this so incredibly difficult to do that it isn't even worth trying.
/home. If I want to back up all user data on a windows machine, well, the data might be in any number of places. Unless of course you don't care about the threat posed by Windows viruses, you should be concerned with backing up your data.
I am talking about flexibility to use a product in a way that the original designer never envisioned being necessary. I can think of any number of linux e-mail clients that will gladly let me export my e-mail data in plain text format, should I desire to do so. For an example of ultimate flexibility, try mutt.
As for the comment about not needing to know where your address book is, I suppose you are next going to tell me you have never had to rebuild a windows system for anyone and they wouldn't have had any concerns about losing their data anyway. This is a very simple concept. I was simply trying to illustrate a complete lack of planning here. If I want to back up all user data, I simply back up
Heheh, that was the funniest reply I've ever gotten on Slashdot. Someone trolled me for making fun of a Microsoftie.
You say:
"I'm not going to hammer them for giving us greater flexibility."
I say:
"You apparently don't really use linux."
Windows gives you flexibility? Try moving your Outlook contacts from Outlook to Groupwise some time. Yes, that is in your own words the definition of flexibility.
From an admin's point of view, I can't stand Windows. (Let's forget for a moment that MS tried to eliminate my necessity with something they called ZAW, yet another failed MS pursuit.)
Quick, think: Where is that user's address book stored right now? Is it in "Documents and settings", under "Local Data" or "Applications"? Is it in the Windows directory under profiles? Is it in some folder named after some GUID?
Now, quick, think: Where is the user's address book in linux? Well, it's definitely in their HOME Directory. What e-mail program are they using? Evolution? I'll bet it's in a folder called ~/evolution.
Now, please tell me about intuitive design...
You missed one:
"You know, you guys are just jealous because MS rulez dude!"