Major version number bumps mean that the plugin API has changed - give the autoprofile guys a few days to get their shit together. I've got a shell script profile plugin that I'm using internally...now that Gaim 2 is out I think I'll pretty it up and steal some of the autoprofile GUI and release it. =D
Actually, libgaim isn't really available yet - the Adium people have hacked up the gaim code to get the protocol stuff out. Gaim still hasn't finished its core/UI split...I think I was told that was set for Gaim 3 last time I asked in #gaim.
Ah, but stealing credit card numbers isn't wrong in of itself - every business I buy something from has my credit card number. The wrong comes in when (possibly indirectly) I am deprived of some physical good through the use of that number to take money (that I've already got; potential revenue ain't money) from me. I wouldn't tell give out my credit card number because it would facilitate someone misusing it in the above way. Keep trying. =)
Well, if I send you a file, all I've really done is used my computer to tell you a rather large number, which you've used your computer to remember. It's a lot closer to speech than property transfer...it even takes place over a _communications_ network, not a shipping line.
Gaim, at least on Linux, has an option to make new conversations show up in new windows and lets you put tabs on either the top, left, bottom, or right of the windows.
What's this strange gray box with the ball on the bottom and two buttons? How do I use it? Is it a foot pedal? Sorry, but the mouse isn't "intuitive" either; you're just bitching that it isn't _the same_ as Windows.
Wait wait wait...you mean I have to what the thing that works my computer is called and how to use it? Scandalous! To install on Linux, you must only know three things:
1. How your distro's package management works. Pick one with package management you think is easy; after all, this is the big thing that differentiates distros.
2. How to type./configure && make && sudo make install in case of unpackaged apps;
3. Whether your distro uses sudo or su so you can modify Step 2 appropriately.
Sounds like that's approaching what Plan 9 was supposed to be...very interesting. I don't like network filesystems (an example from the linked article) that much, though, because mv, cp, rm, and friends don't give you progress indications.
I'm not sure what the polite way to do this is, but Linux distro websites should make it explicit that the correct way to install software does not involve a web browser. It seems that lots of Linux newbies just need that Zen slap to "get it", and if you don't know this, your system will quickly turn into dependency hell.
If you made a game in 5 minutes, it sure as hell doesn't need an installer on Linux. Tell your friend to install the libraries it uses with the normal packaging system and send him a binary, assuming he uses the same distro as you. If he doesn't, send him source, the command line you use to build it, and the names of the dev libraries he should install with his friendly package management.
If you've read "Cryptonomicon" you may already have seen embedded advertising in a book.
Can you elaborate? I rather like that book and I can't think of advertising in it off hand.
One could argue that OSS' goals are best served on open source operating systems. After all, if it's better, why do we give a rat's ass about those inferior closed source operating systems?
Don't the masses _work_ for the corporations? don't those same masses include stockholders in those corporations? (i.e., the people who get a good chunk of the money?) I'm not supporting capitalism, but let's at least have arguments that somewhat mesh with reality.
I do wonder though if the Debian volunteers will really stick around and still take pride in working on the distro that makes Ubuntu so good.
I'm inclined to believe that merging with Debian Unstable every six months will be the downfall of Ubuntu. That was cool when Debian had taken forever to get a new release out and unstable was more like testing is now, but unstable is now much more "broken". They'll be wasting a lot of effort rushing to a release before the Debian people (who are, in some sense, experts on the topic) consider it appropriate, so they'll just duplicate a lot of effort, at best.
Well, personally, what I seem to mean when I say "Asians" is "people who appear to be from countries in Southeast Asia (i.e. China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, etc.) or descended from people in those countries". Would it be acceptable if I said "Southeast Asians", then? I certainly don't trust myself to guess since my only real clue is probability, and Southeast Asians understandably tend to get annoyed at people who refer to them as "Chinese" despite their country of origin. I _can_ tell a Chinese person from a Japanese person, and _maybe_ I'll pick up if someone is Korean, but I'm not willing to risk insulting someone by guessing his or her nationality wrong. How am I supposed to refer to these people?
I can remember when "suck" was not ever used in polite company unless you were discussing soda straws or vacuum cleaners, otherwise it was considered a reference to fellatio. Then somewhere along the line as the sixties slid through the seventies to become the eighties it came into use as a general purpose non-sexual derogative.
Oh, _that's_ why old people get pissy when I use it. I always wondered why my mom bitched about it all the time.
Um, doesn't XP Home stuff the concept of multiple users into a deep, dark corner? (Owner account with no password by default and no one tells you about it, etc.) I would _hope_ that XP Pro doesn't do that, but since I can't check a website, I can't tell you for sure. =P
Every USB drive I've ever owned has started to get a little flaky after a bit, and I don't abuse them (except the first one). It'd be a bummer if I couldn't start my car because my USB drive had bad sectors.
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Major version number bumps mean that the plugin API has changed - give the autoprofile guys a few days to get their shit together. I've got a shell script profile plugin that I'm using internally...now that Gaim 2 is out I think I'll pretty it up and steal some of the autoprofile GUI and release it. =D
Actually, libgaim isn't really available yet - the Adium people have hacked up the gaim code to get the protocol stuff out. Gaim still hasn't finished its core/UI split...I think I was told that was set for Gaim 3 last time I asked in #gaim.
Ah, but stealing credit card numbers isn't wrong in of itself - every business I buy something from has my credit card number. The wrong comes in when (possibly indirectly) I am deprived of some physical good through the use of that number to take money (that I've already got; potential revenue ain't money) from me. I wouldn't tell give out my credit card number because it would facilitate someone misusing it in the above way. Keep trying. =)
Actually, stealing the TV involves a physical "reaction" - there's nothing chemical about the actual movement of the TV. Sorry, try again.
Well, if I send you a file, all I've really done is used my computer to tell you a rather large number, which you've used your computer to remember. It's a lot closer to speech than property transfer...it even takes place over a _communications_ network, not a shipping line.
Gaim, at least on Linux, has an option to make new conversations show up in new windows and lets you put tabs on either the top, left, bottom, or right of the windows.
Also, don't forget the (now rather literal) Microsoft tax, which they'd be "crazy" not to put on. Either that or points won't be redeemable for cash.
What's this strange gray box with the ball on the bottom and two buttons? How do I use it? Is it a foot pedal? Sorry, but the mouse isn't "intuitive" either; you're just bitching that it isn't _the same_ as Windows.
Wait wait wait...you mean I have to what the thing that works my computer is called and how to use it? Scandalous! To install on Linux, you must only know three things: 1. How your distro's package management works. Pick one with package management you think is easy; after all, this is the big thing that differentiates distros. 2. How to type ./configure && make && sudo make install in case of unpackaged apps;
3. Whether your distro uses sudo or su so you can modify Step 2 appropriately.
Sounds like that's approaching what Plan 9 was supposed to be...very interesting. I don't like network filesystems (an example from the linked article) that much, though, because mv, cp, rm, and friends don't give you progress indications.
I'm not sure what the polite way to do this is, but Linux distro websites should make it explicit that the correct way to install software does not involve a web browser. It seems that lots of Linux newbies just need that Zen slap to "get it", and if you don't know this, your system will quickly turn into dependency hell.
The desktop environment and/or window manager is completely irrelevant to the correct functioning of a program.
memory goes away when the power goes out, and apparently flash memory is too expensive or slow.
If you made a game in 5 minutes, it sure as hell doesn't need an installer on Linux. Tell your friend to install the libraries it uses with the normal packaging system and send him a binary, assuming he uses the same distro as you. If he doesn't, send him source, the command line you use to build it, and the names of the dev libraries he should install with his friendly package management.
If you've read "Cryptonomicon" you may already have seen embedded advertising in a book.
Can you elaborate? I rather like that book and I can't think of advertising in it off hand.
One could argue that OSS' goals are best served on open source operating systems. After all, if it's better, why do we give a rat's ass about those inferior closed source operating systems?
Don't the masses _work_ for the corporations? don't those same masses include stockholders in those corporations? (i.e., the people who get a good chunk of the money?) I'm not supporting capitalism, but let's at least have arguments that somewhat mesh with reality.
I'm pretty sure you meant to say "true libertarians".
I do wonder though if the Debian volunteers will really stick around and still take pride in working on the distro that makes Ubuntu so good.
I'm inclined to believe that merging with Debian Unstable every six months will be the downfall of Ubuntu. That was cool when Debian had taken forever to get a new release out and unstable was more like testing is now, but unstable is now much more "broken". They'll be wasting a lot of effort rushing to a release before the Debian people (who are, in some sense, experts on the topic) consider it appropriate, so they'll just duplicate a lot of effort, at best.
Sorry, I meant to say "in or around Southeast Asia". I guess "in or directly off the coast of Southeast Asia" would have worked too. Damn pedants...
Well, personally, what I seem to mean when I say "Asians" is "people who appear to be from countries in Southeast Asia (i.e. China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, etc.) or descended from people in those countries". Would it be acceptable if I said "Southeast Asians", then? I certainly don't trust myself to guess since my only real clue is probability, and Southeast Asians understandably tend to get annoyed at people who refer to them as "Chinese" despite their country of origin. I _can_ tell a Chinese person from a Japanese person, and _maybe_ I'll pick up if someone is Korean, but I'm not willing to risk insulting someone by guessing his or her nationality wrong. How am I supposed to refer to these people?
I can remember when "suck" was not ever used in polite company unless you were discussing soda straws or vacuum cleaners, otherwise it was considered a reference to fellatio. Then somewhere along the line as the sixties slid through the seventies to become the eighties it came into use as a general purpose non-sexual derogative.
Oh, _that's_ why old people get pissy when I use it. I always wondered why my mom bitched about it all the time.
That's, uh, not physically possible without systems (e.g. large magnets) that would produce other undesirable effects. It would be cool, though.
Um, doesn't XP Home stuff the concept of multiple users into a deep, dark corner? (Owner account with no password by default and no one tells you about it, etc.) I would _hope_ that XP Pro doesn't do that, but since I can't check a website, I can't tell you for sure. =P
Every USB drive I've ever owned has started to get a little flaky after a bit, and I don't abuse them (except the first one). It'd be a bummer if I couldn't start my car because my USB drive had bad sectors.