And I wouldn't mind the bikers if they'd obey the damn traffic laws. I'll deal with them riding on the shoulder, but when they're impeding 50mph+ traffic by riding side by side, and riding through stop signs and red lights, it pisses me off. Even pedestrians have to obey the walk signals... what makes bicycle riders so special that they don't have to do obey traffic laws?
The problem is that with vinyl, you are required to sanely mix their tracks, whereas with a CD you can blow out everything with no repercussion. On vinyl if you do that, you wind up with the needle skipping. It sounds better than a CD simply because of the physical limitations of the medium. Which wouldn't be an issue if "artists" didn't think blindly that louder is better, period.
Because "Trainyard" is a much more professional name? "Harmony"? "Dolly"? "Frosting"? They're Microsoft code names. "Diana"? "Adam Ant"? "Rambo?" Apple code names. The release is "Ubuntu 7.04". Go ahead, try to find the word "feisty" or "fawn" on the first page of www.ubuntu.com. If you want to hate Linux, go for it. But get a clue about the rest of the world (including the one you prefer), first.
Apt-get is not a band-aid. That's spoken like someone who hasn't ever used it, and doesn't understand it. It's not "fixing" anything, it's providing an entirely new way of installing software and updating your computer. Windows installers? They depend on the application developer being a "good citizen". And that's it. Hopefully you didn't just google "screensaver" and download something dodgy that just infected your computer with spyware/trojans/viruses/whatever. Try searching for "screensaver" in adept or synaptic. It'll return tons of results, and all of them will be virus-free and easily installable. Ubuntu/Debian apps depend on the operating system maintainers to be good citizens. Who do you trust more to make a compatible, non-buggy installer, Random Q. Developer, or the person who supplies your operating system?
The people who would do it for elitism have already done so. The rest of us just like the freedom to tinker, along with the functionality of Linux. FreeBSD, etc. just don't give me the functionality, and Microsoft restricts my freedom to use my machine and my data with other systems.
Because figuring out which patches are affecting what services by reading every associated kb is really easier than typing "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade" and then letting it figure it out itself, restarting services as needed to get you completely updated, with no intervention! The only time you need to reboot is when you update the kernel or libc, and that very rarely happens.
Ubuntu is easier to update, and doesn't require cryptic command lines and research every time you apply an update to make it work like it should in the first place.
Because regular users will NOT want to log in as root to share a folder, or do a lot of other relatively menial tasks, or even know why they need to log in as this funny user called 'root'. Root is for sysadmin types, who need a full shell for whatever reason. Sudo allows normal users temporarily elevated priveliges. It's not asked for often, so is always a rare case, and therefore some configuration the user either specifically asks to happen, or is a warning that something is amiss. Users want to administrate their own computers. If you don't like sudo, set a root password, make an account that isn't part of the admin group, and log in as that. No one's stopping you from doing your own silly things. Just don't think that your way is the only way, or even the correct way, for most people.
Make sure your green LED has some blue tinge to it, and the Red has a little bit of yellow to it. I have a number of friends who are color blind, and it's not exactly an uncommon condition. Red and green are really not good colors to choose. Perhaps blue for "normal", and leave amber and red as they are? Time for NEMA to keep up with the rest of the world in accessibility and safety.
I actually used it for that damned "Shift" light on my old Blazer. I will shift when I want to, thank you very little. I have a damn tachometer... I don't need a little annoying light, too, especially when I'm accelerating in anticipation of a hill. Tiny little 2.8L V6 barely got it up in the mountains in Colorado here...
I just talk to them as if they were talking to me, pretend to be oblivious to the fact that they have a headset on. It gets them to give me weird looks and shut the hell up. I plan on doing the same if they allow cell phones on airplanes.
I have a deal with my family and friends... if it's an emergency, they call back immediately after they try the first time. Then I will make time for them, excuse myself from a meeting, whatever. Otherwise, I ignore the phone until I want to deal with it. Fortunately, my friends and family are quite good about that, and don't abuse it.
Umm... my Wii can connect to the 'net. Even with WPA2. Games that use it haven't come out yet, but it's quite possible to make online games with the Wii.
Where is your proof for your second claim? It MAY produce a better, more efficient solution, but a "work around" is just that, working around a roadblock. I would really doubt that it often creates better solutions. And your third claim is just bullshit.
It was originally called the Dark Ages because of the supposed character of Latin literature, but it I'm using the historian's definition of it, which happened because the church controlled education and information so much. Anything contrary to the Bible was heretical.
Some atheists are kinda militant, but if it keeps that "intelligent design" bullshit out of science classrooms, I'm all for it. We've progressed past religion dictating education (they called it the Dark Ages for a reason, kids). Discuss it in theology, discuss it in other classes, but it has no place in a science book or classroom, because it's not science.
But the ten commandments in a city park? Meh. No big deal, as long as the taxpayers didn't pay for it, and aren't paying for the upkeep, and I could theoretically fund a statue of Baron d'Holbach with a plaque saying "There is no God" in the same way. What is that, I can't? Guess there's still disparity then.
I'm already seeing typos and repeated misspellings (ex. loser vs. looser) on the pages of things like CNN and Reuters. I fear that it's only the tip of the iceberg, though.
So what you're saying is that as technology progresses, the market doesn't have to, unless it really really wants to recognize the reality of it's situation?
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And I wouldn't mind the bikers if they'd obey the damn traffic laws. I'll deal with them riding on the shoulder, but when they're impeding 50mph+ traffic by riding side by side, and riding through stop signs and red lights, it pisses me off. Even pedestrians have to obey the walk signals... what makes bicycle riders so special that they don't have to do obey traffic laws?
The problem is that with vinyl, you are required to sanely mix their tracks, whereas with a CD you can blow out everything with no repercussion. On vinyl if you do that, you wind up with the needle skipping. It sounds better than a CD simply because of the physical limitations of the medium. Which wouldn't be an issue if "artists" didn't think blindly that louder is better, period.
Because "Trainyard" is a much more professional name? "Harmony"? "Dolly"? "Frosting"? They're Microsoft code names. "Diana"? "Adam Ant"? "Rambo?" Apple code names. The release is "Ubuntu 7.04". Go ahead, try to find the word "feisty" or "fawn" on the first page of www.ubuntu.com. If you want to hate Linux, go for it. But get a clue about the rest of the world (including the one you prefer), first.
Apt-get is not a band-aid. That's spoken like someone who hasn't ever used it, and doesn't understand it. It's not "fixing" anything, it's providing an entirely new way of installing software and updating your computer. Windows installers? They depend on the application developer being a "good citizen". And that's it. Hopefully you didn't just google "screensaver" and download something dodgy that just infected your computer with spyware/trojans/viruses/whatever. Try searching for "screensaver" in adept or synaptic. It'll return tons of results, and all of them will be virus-free and easily installable. Ubuntu/Debian apps depend on the operating system maintainers to be good citizens. Who do you trust more to make a compatible, non-buggy installer, Random Q. Developer, or the person who supplies your operating system?
The people who would do it for elitism have already done so. The rest of us just like the freedom to tinker, along with the functionality of Linux. FreeBSD, etc. just don't give me the functionality, and Microsoft restricts my freedom to use my machine and my data with other systems.
Because figuring out which patches are affecting what services by reading every associated kb is really easier than typing "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade" and then letting it figure it out itself, restarting services as needed to get you completely updated, with no intervention! The only time you need to reboot is when you update the kernel or libc, and that very rarely happens.
Ubuntu is easier to update, and doesn't require cryptic command lines and research every time you apply an update to make it work like it should in the first place.
Because regular users will NOT want to log in as root to share a folder, or do a lot of other relatively menial tasks, or even know why they need to log in as this funny user called 'root'. Root is for sysadmin types, who need a full shell for whatever reason. Sudo allows normal users temporarily elevated priveliges. It's not asked for often, so is always a rare case, and therefore some configuration the user either specifically asks to happen, or is a warning that something is amiss. Users want to administrate their own computers. If you don't like sudo, set a root password, make an account that isn't part of the admin group, and log in as that. No one's stopping you from doing your own silly things. Just don't think that your way is the only way, or even the correct way, for most people.
Way to post a link to a site with less content than a normal slashdot article. I salute you!
Make sure your green LED has some blue tinge to it, and the Red has a little bit of yellow to it. I have a number of friends who are color blind, and it's not exactly an uncommon condition. Red and green are really not good colors to choose. Perhaps blue for "normal", and leave amber and red as they are? Time for NEMA to keep up with the rest of the world in accessibility and safety.
If I had a choice of more than one manufacturer for a blower for my Corolla, I'd consider making the choice on the one with less noise.
But that's assuming I had that much disposable income already.
And meanwhile, my laptop cost $1000 less than yours, and is just as fast. Alienware is a rip-off unless you have more money than sense.
I actually used it for that damned "Shift" light on my old Blazer. I will shift when I want to, thank you very little. I have a damn tachometer... I don't need a little annoying light, too, especially when I'm accelerating in anticipation of a hill. Tiny little 2.8L V6 barely got it up in the mountains in Colorado here...
I just talk to them as if they were talking to me, pretend to be oblivious to the fact that they have a headset on. It gets them to give me weird looks and shut the hell up. I plan on doing the same if they allow cell phones on airplanes.
I have a deal with my family and friends... if it's an emergency, they call back immediately after they try the first time. Then I will make time for them, excuse myself from a meeting, whatever. Otherwise, I ignore the phone until I want to deal with it. Fortunately, my friends and family are quite good about that, and don't abuse it.
I've found kernel builds mirror those results on my dual 3.06GHz Xeon workstation, with hyperthreading enabled, -j5 gives me the best performance.
Why not just get an RCA switching box? Those are cheap as hell, and will solve your problem.
Umm... my Wii can connect to the 'net. Even with WPA2. Games that use it haven't come out yet, but it's quite possible to make online games with the Wii.
Where is your proof for your second claim? It MAY produce a better, more efficient solution, but a "work around" is just that, working around a roadblock. I would really doubt that it often creates better solutions. And your third claim is just bullshit.
Later historians expanded the term to include not only the lack of Latin literature, but also a lack of contemporary written history and material cultural achievements in general..
Crusades? Mass burnings of "pagan" written knowledge? Torture of brilliant minds like Galileo Galilei for his heretical heliocentric teachings and beliefs?
It was originally called the Dark Ages because of the supposed character of Latin literature, but it I'm using the historian's definition of it, which happened because the church controlled education and information so much. Anything contrary to the Bible was heretical.
I would
Some atheists are kinda militant, but if it keeps that "intelligent design" bullshit out of science classrooms, I'm all for it. We've progressed past religion dictating education (they called it the Dark Ages for a reason, kids). Discuss it in theology, discuss it in other classes, but it has no place in a science book or classroom, because it's not science. But the ten commandments in a city park? Meh. No big deal, as long as the taxpayers didn't pay for it, and aren't paying for the upkeep, and I could theoretically fund a statue of Baron d'Holbach with a plaque saying "There is no God" in the same way. What is that, I can't? Guess there's still disparity then.
You must be in a room with short ceilings, otherwise your comment would have been more creative ;)
Naah, being in an office with co-workers is what causes the behavioral/affective disorders. It's not the fluorescent lights.
But it does give you a damn good idea of where to start looking. Correlation doesn't PROVE causation, but it sure as hell implies it.
I'm already seeing typos and repeated misspellings (ex. loser vs. looser) on the pages of things like CNN and Reuters. I fear that it's only the tip of the iceberg, though.
So what you're saying is that as technology progresses, the market doesn't have to, unless it really really wants to recognize the reality of it's situation?