I think Windows will still run the autoexec.bat file on boot, if it exists. You could put that line in there. If not that, one of the.ini files should do.
What I'm saying is, I doubt it's very hard to automate -- a couple minutes of googling (that I haven't bothered with) would probably do it. Any of us who have to use Windows (at work or otherwise), may as well make it work (as much as possible) the way we want...
His best bet would be if he could get anyone to remember the two (or maybe more) albums he made before "Baby got back". Swass and Seminar were both cool albums. I had never heard a hip-hop song with a cowbell in it before that (cue the SNL cowbell jokes...)
Red Hat (the most popular distro) is dropping support, and nobody has stepped up.
Uh, actually Progeny is offering support for Redhat. If you want an up-to-date debian, you use unstable, which isn't. And most aborted sourceforge projects I've seen seem to have been aborted due to lack of interest. So what?
Stardust Apparently Successful... The encounter went without a hitch, with about 72 images taken and comet coma (tail) dust collected! The first images will be downloaded to JPL over between 1:30 and 2:30 pm
Apparently? It returned pictures, but was only apparently successful?
Are we suggesting that the Stardust mission was faked, like themoonlanding?
Shocking. Will the lies never stop? Even more damning evidence found here.
That could actually be really interesting programming, I would think. On the surface, it seems like it wouldn't be too hard to set up a word processor to run right to left (though a project as complex as OOo probably would take a lot of bug-checking before it was "ready")....
The other thing that occurs to me -- has there ever been a CLI that ran right to left? Now that would be an interesting project.
...is the author of a staggering amount of SF novels and stories of varying levels of brilliance, though all of them are worth reading. The best ones, such as VALIS, A Scanner Darkly, and Martian Time-Slip, will probably never be made into movies, although if they were done right, they would be fantastic. I nominate Terry Gilliam as director.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I figured it was a movie largely because of the `3 laws compliant' line at the end of the trailer/commercial.
But, how would people unfamiliar with Asimov pick that up? I guess they wouldn't. Go figure -- Hollywood wants to generate hype, wonder and curiosity about one of their movies.
The other thing that tipped me off was the sheer technical unlikelihood of such a `product' being available by just next summer. Heck, even Sony's QRIO still looks fairly `clunky,' (in comparison to anything on the I, Robot trailer, that is -- compared to anything else I've ever seen, the QRIO is actually quite fluid in its movement) and AFAIK it's among the most advanced `humanoid'-seeming robots there is right now.
How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
...for example, even some of those die-hard "Buy American" folks, who will always have a Cadillac over a Mercedes/BMW/Jaguar because it's an American car; I don't think they think about "who wrote the software I use? Who designed the web pages I surf to? What country will I call for tech support for my new PC?" I don't think those things are concrete enough for the "Buy American" folks to consider.
That's just a guess; for a lot of others, yeah, I guess people just stopped caring about "Made in America."
Funny, though: in Canada (when I lived there) it's a lot more common, I think, to have people actively looking out to buy Canadian-made or to deal with Canadian corporations. I lived there till I was 24, and that's my perception, anyway.
They might not call it linux, but hasn't Windows been POSIX(Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX) compliant since Win2k-XP? Mind you, I think their POSIX compliance is probably about as complete as IE's CSS2 compliance, but that's beside the point; they've been openly adopting (some) unix-like features into their command line since at least win2k, not sure about NT4.
But I agree, they won't call it "linux"... They'll say Unix.
Doesn't shift-click in mozilla/firebird open a new tab, though? That is, I know it does in Firebird, and I'm sure it can be easily set in mozilla. One of the first big reasons I switched was to use tabs instead of multiple windows. You actually like having every link open in it's own window?
I was exposed to some of Chomsky's linguistic work (as opposed to his political writing/interviews) awhile back, and it was indeed neat. I wasn't taking the course myself, and so didn't dig too deep into it, but I was trying to help someone else with their homework, and even the surface bits I comprehended while I was helping were pretty cool. Chomsky is a smart guy.
I still find it hard to believe the original parent was serious, though... Roman numerals...:)
back when all mathematicians only had Roman Numerals, the process for explaining how to multiple 3-digit numbers was extremely opaque, and it was nearly impossible to describe how to do long division.
Especially considering that 3, 7 and 12 were all 3 digit numbers, whereas 2, 6, and 9 had 2 digits, and 1, 5 and 10 had one; and 8 had four! Holy crap!
This has to be the funniest troll I've read in ages. My compliments!
Sorry, that's not my experience. I started with Linux a rank beginner -- I didn't have C/C++ experience, I wasn't already a TCP/IP geek, I did not build my own PCs from spare parts -- I have posted plenty of questions to forums/mailing lists, and even my stupid questions (like when I thought my system's lousy performance was due to a Gnome bug, rather than my not having installed nvidia's graphics drivers:oops:) were always answered respectfully.
I was never once told to RTFM, even in cases where reading the documentation was really what I should have been doing.
But hey, you go ahead and rant anyways. Do you feel better?
By the way, I know the people you describe exist, and you're right; I'm sure they do turn a certain percentage of potential Linux users off to the idea of trying it. I just wanted to say that I had not had this experience, and I don't really expect to. All the Linux users I communicated to via forum or IRC have been nothing but helpful.
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What I'm saying is, I doubt it's very hard to automate -- a couple minutes of googling (that I haven't bothered with) would probably do it. Any of us who have to use Windows (at work or otherwise), may as well make it work (as much as possible) the way we want...
Uh, but I guess this is off-topic. Oh well.
Considering your nickname, you may not want to send them a link, if you at all suspect that they might read down a few comments.... :-)
Is it just me, or does the whole ad sound like the marketing department reworked a "Netcraft confirms it: BSD is dying" troll?
Uh, actually Progeny is offering support for Redhat. If you want an up-to-date debian, you use unstable, which isn't. And most aborted sourceforge projects I've seen seem to have been aborted due to lack of interest. So what?
Apparently? It returned pictures, but was only apparently successful?
Are we suggesting that the Stardust mission was faked, like the moon landing?
Shocking. Will the lies never stop? Even more damning evidence found here.
The other thing that occurs to me -- has there ever been a CLI that ran right to left? Now that would be an interesting project.
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...is the author of a staggering amount of SF novels and stories of varying levels of brilliance, though all of them are worth reading. The best ones, such as VALIS, A Scanner Darkly, and Martian Time-Slip, will probably never be made into movies, although if they were done right, they would be fantastic. I nominate Terry Gilliam as director.
I wish I had a mod point. This is funny.
I don't think MySQL is intended to be `comparable' to OracleSQL, but someone else may be able to clarify.
But, how would people unfamiliar with Asimov pick that up? I guess they wouldn't. Go figure -- Hollywood wants to generate hype, wonder and curiosity about one of their movies.
The other thing that tipped me off was the sheer technical unlikelihood of such a `product' being available by just next summer. Heck, even Sony's QRIO still looks fairly `clunky,' (in comparison to anything on the I, Robot trailer, that is -- compared to anything else I've ever seen, the QRIO is actually quite fluid in its movement) and AFAIK it's among the most advanced `humanoid'-seeming robots there is right now.
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
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Heh. I didn't write it, it came from here.
That's just a guess; for a lot of others, yeah, I guess people just stopped caring about "Made in America."
Funny, though: in Canada (when I lived there) it's a lot more common, I think, to have people actively looking out to buy Canadian-made or to deal with Canadian corporations. I lived there till I was 24, and that's my perception, anyway.
...it could make a few good "In Soviet Russia" knock-offs. :-)
Really! I've been using gnome, so I was not aware of that; I like using keyboard shortcuts, too, so I can see how that could be annoying.
Can't we all just... get along?
Funny, I can switch between tabs with ctrl-tab. It's very convenient.
But I agree, they won't call it "linux"... They'll say Unix.
Nevermind, that's what I get for not testing it. In firebird, at least, shift-click opens a new window... ctrl-click opens a new tab.
Doesn't shift-click in mozilla/firebird open a new tab, though? That is, I know it does in Firebird, and I'm sure it can be easily set in mozilla. One of the first big reasons I switched was to use tabs instead of multiple windows. You actually like having every link open in it's own window?
OSDN has announced that they will be charging license fees to all websites with slashes and dots in their URLs.
I still find it hard to believe the original parent was serious, though... Roman numerals... :)
Especially considering that 3, 7 and 12 were all 3 digit numbers, whereas 2, 6, and 9 had 2 digits, and 1, 5 and 10 had one; and 8 had four! Holy crap!
This has to be the funniest troll I've read in ages. My compliments!
You do know this is /., right?
I was never once told to RTFM, even in cases where reading the documentation was really what I should have been doing.
But hey, you go ahead and rant anyways. Do you feel better?
By the way, I know the people you describe exist, and you're right; I'm sure they do turn a certain percentage of potential Linux users off to the idea of trying it. I just wanted to say that I had not had this experience, and I don't really expect to. All the Linux users I communicated to via forum or IRC have been nothing but helpful.