Good thing I'm not blind and reliant on a screen reader isn't it.
I, too, am outraged that the blind are deprived of information about this graphical database frontend. When, oh, when, will people make graphical programs for the blind?
Any rule that you yourself don't abide by will be instantly disregarded as hypocritical the moment your back is turned. And rightly so.
If they haven't seen it on the Internet, they'll learn about it at school. And most likely do it after school. Make sure they know about condoms and safe sex. Practice your "Way to go, son!" speech just in case they get lucky.
Allow them to view any content (within reason) that they're willing to explain, and talk about. Conversely, forbid anything that they're too ashamed to bring up. Let their own moral compass pester them for you, and save yourself the trouble.
Make sure they realize that cutie_doll17 is actually a sweaty, overweight, 45-year-old truck driver named Jim. Don't let them meet online people in real life except in a public place when you are present. (That's a pretty standard blurb in any internet-safety pamphlet. Ironically those pamphlets have cause more paper-cut-related deaths than the number of lives they've purportedly saved. Avoid hardcopy and sharp corners.)
Make sure they realize that script kiddie shit has consequences. Punish them severely if they root any box with a script that they did not author themselves. This will teach them that plagiarism is wrong.
No dessert until all their software is patched and up to date. Ground them if they leave unnecessary services listening on open ports.
Department policy forbids payment of parking tickets that have not first been duly affixed to the windshield of the vehicle. Please let us know when you have done so.
100% means he got all 15 energy tanks, all 250 missiles, all the power bombs, all the suit upgrades and all the beam upgrades. These items amount to 99%, but when you get the last upgrade, it gives you two percentage points.
Scanning 100% of items though, will unlock an image gallery.
Good to know. (I started a new game yesterday, and am apparently going for that image gallery.;-)
Very good points. But a lot of that stuff still could stand to be automated (perhaps not in Gentoo, but in the hypothetical "dummy distro" I mentioned). Of course, passwords and the like need customization, so it'd be more like:
Post CD and USB key containing/root directory including/root/.ssh/authorized_keys", and site-specific install instructions, if any (including, perhaps, a remote server on which to register the IP address for remote login)
CD autodetects USB key and copies site-local data from it
CD installs automagically
User comes back from lunch, and is delighted by shiny new Linux box
I've got my little sister running Gentoo, 3000 miles away*. Have it set to auto-update daily, and if there's ever a problem or question, I just log in remotely via SSH.
No muss, no fuss.:)
(*) Note that I did have to set it up locally. There really ought to be a "dummy linux" distro where you just boot off the CD, say "This machine is to be a desktop system.", "YES, it's okay to wipe my HD", go out to lunch, come back to your new linux system, remove the disc, and never worry about it again (Including automated daily software patching). That is the day Linux is truly ready for the desktop.
Vorbak: Gleebok, quit leaning on the "transmit" button... they'll hear you! Gleebok: Yipes!
[At this point, their civilization is wiped out by a pod of radio-hating space-slugs. Who then turn their attention on the last remaining radio-transmitting civilization in the galaxy...]
I read about this the other day in the Journal; the article there was about an Aussie phone company partnering with Coke to enable purchasing drinks from a vending machine with your cellphone. The article also mentioned the potential for just about anything to be purchased in this manner. The product prices are just added to your phone bill.
And I soon got to thinking, what about people who have kids, or especially teenagers, and want to give them cellphones (very useful in an emergency, f'rinstance). Suddenly, giving them a cellphone is tantamount to giving them a credit card.
And someone is going to come up the idea of a special cell phone, or a special subscription, that disables cellphone-based purchases, and some bozo is going to try and patent that idea, despite the fact that you heard it here first.
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Good thing I'm not blind and reliant on a screen reader isn't it.
I, too, am outraged that the blind are deprived of information about this graphical database frontend.
When, oh, when, will people make graphical programs for the blind?
TeXinfo
texi2html
I see the personal website as kind of like a mountain of mashed potatoes
It means something!
Yes, but you're still 25.6 teraflops short of "Hello, Simulated Earth!"
Careful, there is a small but finite chance that you'll generate the actual movie!
He's in MY universe
And I charge $100 bucks a week for rent. Me thinks he owes me quite a bit of back rent.
I think it's about time to send him an eviction notice.
Dear OrbDev,
Department policy forbids payment of parking tickets that have not first been duly affixed to the windshield of the vehicle. Please let us know when you have done so.
Love,
NASA
I've never read the book, only seen the movie. What happens in the last chapter?
:-)
Frodo learns he is The One, and has to battle Agent Elrond.
100% means he got all 15 energy tanks, all 250 missiles, all the power bombs, all the suit upgrades and all the beam upgrades. These items amount to 99%, but when you get the last upgrade, it gives you two percentage points.
;-)
Scanning 100% of items though, will unlock an image gallery.
Good to know. (I started a new game yesterday, and am apparently going for that image gallery.
"CalFoolio" doesn't even play Metroid Prime anymore. (Probably got sick of it after countless speed runs.)
And there are not 100 items in the game. A 100% score indicates that you've been everywhere and scanned everything.
Hear, hear.
:-P
Cowboyneal, please use your update:ly powers to axe that line before you piss off everyone.
After all, some people haven't read the article yet.
why isn't the DOJ all over this like ugly on an ape?
;)
Ugly on an ape? But Janet Reno doesn't even work for the DoJ anymore!
The company was obviously crippled by the other 60%. The fact that the company survived this long is testament to Linux's wholesome GNUey goodness! :-D
If you're head(1)ing from /dev/random, does that imply that your kids come from the "shallow end of the entropy pool"? ;-)
Play it in reverse the whole way... not only does she leave the yellow brick road, but this super-strong witch hurls her house back to Kansas!
Yeesh. Quit being such a Briggsing, Bryanting Rhenquist. ;-)
Howard Strauss is the manager of technology strategy and outreach at Princeton University. (Emph. mine)
It would appear that "outreach" is the only thing this guy does worse than "technology strategy".
I suspect the article is one of those stroke-your-ego-by-increasing-your-budget trips that bureaucrats are so fond of.
Fear, Stupidity and Doubt, I say.
I've got my little sister running Gentoo, 3000 miles away*. Have it set to auto-update daily, and if there's ever a problem or question, I just log in remotely via SSH.
:)
No muss, no fuss.
(*) Note that I did have to set it up locally. There really ought to be a "dummy linux" distro where you just boot off the CD, say "This machine is to be a desktop system.", "YES, it's okay to wipe my HD", go out to lunch, come back to your new linux system, remove the disc, and never worry about it again (Including automated daily software patching). That is the day Linux is truly ready for the desktop.
Renders perfectly in Sodipodi.
Mmmm... Spam and crackers.... :)
Vorbak: Gleebok, quit leaning on the "transmit" button... they'll hear you!
Gleebok: Yipes!
[At this point, their civilization is wiped out by a pod of radio-hating space-slugs. Who then turn their attention on the last remaining radio-transmitting civilization in the galaxy...]
I read about this the other day in the Journal; the article there was about an Aussie phone company partnering with Coke to enable purchasing drinks from a vending machine with your cellphone. The article also mentioned the potential for just about anything to be purchased in this manner. The product prices are just added to your phone bill.
And I soon got to thinking, what about people who have kids, or especially teenagers, and want to give them cellphones (very useful in an emergency, f'rinstance). Suddenly, giving them a cellphone is tantamount to giving them a credit card.
And someone is going to come up the idea of a special cell phone, or a special subscription, that disables cellphone-based purchases, and some bozo is going to try and patent that idea, despite the fact that you heard it here first.