His comment actually makes perfect sense. He speaks of the Firefox "File -> Save Page As..." and "File -> Open File..." dialogs, which are _really_ ugly and nonfunctional. Especially the Save Page As dialog. There is no way, for example, to see a list of files which includes sizes. The GIMP has the same ugly and nonfunctional save/open interfaces.
If I didn't like Firefox so much more than Konqueror, I'd switch myself. I hate the dialogs. The KDE versions are _much_ better, and I say this as a Fluxbox user who has spent a lot of time in both gnome and KDE.
I likely had Asperger's syndrome, or at least I was diagnosed with it as a child. Luckily, over time I have managed to apply numerous types of analyses to social situations. This has allowed me to pass for normal when need be. I don't believe I was seriously stricken with the symptoms, but I was extremely socially awkward when I was young. Teachers took notice and made remarks to my parents. People still find me to be an unusual element in social settings, but I don't find one-on-one conversations difficult, so I have friendships and a love life. It's difficult to put myself in someone else's shoes.
I find many parallels to what you say in my own life. I do just fine in 1-on-1, and might even be considered talkative, but put me in a group and I clam up. If I don't have something I can directly contribute to the conversation, I don't say anything at all. I just sit and listen. Friends have called me out on that before and all I've had to say is that it's how I work.
As for relationships, I generally do fine once I get into a relationship. It's the "getting into" part that I struggle with. I give the wrong cues, too many cues, say the wrong things. Girls just don't seem to react well to me when I want to be "more than just friends".
I view the world very analytically, and people often seem to have a difficult time dealing with that. When I like a girl, it's pretty obvious. When I don't enjoy around someone, I have an extremely hard time acting like I do. Related to this is my seeming inability to express emotion appropriately. In school, I was a cryer - if I didn't know how to deal with a situation, I just gave up on it. I'm in better control of my external emotions now, but internally much of the same still happens.
Over time I've learned to be more social. I have friends (really just acquaintances - I have the same issues turning acquiantances into close friends as I do with turning female friends into girlfriends). I hang out with people. But inside I'm often still far away in my own separate place even when I'm surrounded by friends. Or I'm just going through iterations of what I'm thinking about saying and analyzing their potential responses...
I can relate all too well to your statements. I wouldn't be suprised if I had a bit of aspergers or autism lurking there below the surface. I just have to work a bit every day to try to deal with it a little better and avoid retreating back into myself when I don't know what to do.
The relationship between web sites and search engines is symbiotic, or specifically a type of symbiotic relationship called Mutualism where both sides benefit.
The search engine benefits from the ad revenue; the sites benefit from the increase in visitors. Both sides win.
>* with GPLv2, if you expose the service of the software but not the binary, you don't have to distribute changes. So I >could take slash code (if it's GPL, which I don't recall), hack some changes, and sell access to the website using >those changes, and never have to share my code, which violates the spirit of the GPL.
I can say right now that were a clause such as this included, I would not use any software on my website which was licensed as GPLv3. Why? I don't want to deal with the hassle of providing it on the website, especially when I just installed it via apt-get. Also, how far does that go? Do I have to provide the source to:
a. Only public-facing web software, such as gallery b. All software which interacts with the public, which would include postfix, apache, php, courier, etc... c. All software involved with delivering public content, which would basically be everything installed on the system
Can you see the problems it might create? As a system administrator, I shudder to think of the implications.
I've used mod_ssl and mod_deflate together with apache 2.0.50 and above on slackware, debian, and solaris 9 without any issues. If you're using an older version of apache, you might try upgrading to see if it fixes the issue.
>I'm pretty sure my 486 could run it *very* smoothly.
You'd actually be wrong on that one. I have a Pentium III 1Ghz Laptop that can't play BZFlag at anything but the lowest quality settings. Playing against my roommates in college with their fast desktop graphics cards was always an adventure.
I'll second that - I've worked with a lot of old LaserJet 4's that pumped out hundreds of thousands of pages without flinching. All you need is a maintenance kit every once in a while and all is happy. In fact, last year, when I wanted a new laser printer for myself, I opted for a refurbished LJ 4+. Works like a charm, not very expensive, and built like a tank.
A certain site wouldn't load in Mozilla unless we changed the useragent to Netscape or IE. When we called tech support for the site, they said: "We don't support Mozilla. Only Internet Explorer and Netscape 7.1."
When I tried to explain to them that Mozilla and Netscape are one and the same, he got a bit flustered and made some excuse about not having tested Mozilla.
It's guys like him that make me scream in frustration.
I have seen too many "old school" developers who havn't the foggiest idea about OO who think they can code in Java because they know the syntax.
As one who has done some Java programming and studied OO methodologies a bit, I am currently running into this very problem. I'm tutoring a friend who is taking a Java course at a local university. Her professor most definitely falls into the above category.
Examples:
He started out the semester having them run everything statically from the main() method
He taught them JavaDocs that the javadoc tool wouldn't even accept
He got mad when we used the jdk1.4 instead of his beloved 1.3, even though 1.4 has been out for 2 years already
He taught them (by example) to use magic numbers instead of named constants
And many more...
I go to the tutoring sessions dreading to hear the latest fallacy she has been taught. I don't doubt that the prof's a great C programmer, but he shouldn't be allowed to touch Java with a ten foot pole.
It seems that an article written in jest has gotten everyone riled up! He is just poking fun at all the "I, a Windows user, tried Linux for a $time_period" articles out there, so don't take it seriously. If anything, you can laugh about it when the next "I tried Linux" article comes out.
And to the author: Thanks for a great piece of satire!
All I know is that PowerSchool is based on the 4D database and runs in OS 9, OS X, and Windows 2000 Server. It seems to run OK as a server app in OS 9, though it's not really a server OS.
I'm a techie for an Arizona charter school district. Our equipment is almost entirely made up of low-end PC's, often donated boxes. We're currently running Win98 on most of our computers, but are working to make the switch over to Linux.
I currently know of 9 working Macs in our district, and they are PowerSchool servers. I'm not a big Mac fan myself, but since PowerSchool only works on Windows and Mac OS, we chose the macs (running OS 9). Do I wish we were running it on Windows? Sometimes - OS 9 isn't very configurable and is very clunky for a server OS. Of course, we didn't have to worry about the Blaster worm, either...
Now only if they would make a PowerSchool version for Linux... That would be a Good Thing(TM).
WOW! I've been looking for these books for years! I read them as a child but for the life of me couldn't remember the name of the series.
Thank you, Slashdot!
I am one who has been particularly lazy in the past about contacting political folk.
That just changed.
I hope this is a fluke in his thinking. Even if it is just a fluke, if this gets to the general public in a way they can understand it, he just lost his office.
christ, you wouldn't say that if you knew my kids. They are demons....I work late just to _avoid_ seeing them, let alone speaking with them for prolonged periods.
Frankly, if they went on a killing spree it would be a relief...the authorities would finally remove the mad little fuckers from our house...
disclaimer: if the parent AC was speaking in jest, the following rant may not be fully applicable.
<rant>
And that lack of parental care would be why they are such "demons" in the first place. Why should a child respect a parent who would rather work long hours than interact with them? Why should a child love a parent who takes active steps " to avoid seeing them" and wants to get them out of his home?! I'm not saying they don't have problems. I'm just saying they're not the only ones with problems. </rant>
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His comment actually makes perfect sense. He speaks of the Firefox "File -> Save Page As..." and "File -> Open File..." dialogs, which are _really_ ugly and nonfunctional. Especially the Save Page As dialog. There is no way, for example, to see a list of files which includes sizes. The GIMP has the same ugly and nonfunctional save/open interfaces.
If I didn't like Firefox so much more than Konqueror, I'd switch myself. I hate the dialogs. The KDE versions are _much_ better, and I say this as a Fluxbox user who has spent a lot of time in both gnome and KDE.
--Tyler
I find many parallels to what you say in my own life. I do just fine in 1-on-1, and might even be considered talkative, but put me in a group and I clam up. If I don't have something I can directly contribute to the conversation, I don't say anything at all. I just sit and listen. Friends have called me out on that before and all I've had to say is that it's how I work.
As for relationships, I generally do fine once I get into a relationship. It's the "getting into" part that I struggle with. I give the wrong cues, too many cues, say the wrong things. Girls just don't seem to react well to me when I want to be "more than just friends".
I view the world very analytically, and people often seem to have a difficult time dealing with that. When I like a girl, it's pretty obvious. When I don't enjoy around someone, I have an extremely hard time acting like I do. Related to this is my seeming inability to express emotion appropriately. In school, I was a cryer - if I didn't know how to deal with a situation, I just gave up on it. I'm in better control of my external emotions now, but internally much of the same still happens.
Over time I've learned to be more social. I have friends (really just acquaintances - I have the same issues turning acquiantances into close friends as I do with turning female friends into girlfriends). I hang out with people. But inside I'm often still far away in my own separate place even when I'm surrounded by friends. Or I'm just going through iterations of what I'm thinking about saying and analyzing their potential responses...
I can relate all too well to your statements. I wouldn't be suprised if I had a bit of aspergers or autism lurking there below the surface. I just have to work a bit every day to try to deal with it a little better and avoid retreating back into myself when I don't know what to do.
--Tyler
The search engine benefits from the ad revenue; the sites benefit from the increase in visitors. Both sides win.
It's also illegal for a convicted felon to even _touch_ a firearm or even a bow and arrow...
>* with GPLv2, if you expose the service of the software but not the binary, you don't have to distribute changes. So I
>could take slash code (if it's GPL, which I don't recall), hack some changes, and sell access to the website using
>those changes, and never have to share my code, which violates the spirit of the GPL.
I can say right now that were a clause such as this included, I would not use any software on my website which was licensed as GPLv3. Why? I don't want to deal with the hassle of providing it on the website, especially when I just installed it via apt-get. Also, how far does that go? Do I have to provide the source to:
a. Only public-facing web software, such as gallery
b. All software which interacts with the public, which would include postfix, apache, php, courier, etc...
c. All software involved with delivering public content, which would basically be everything installed on the system
Can you see the problems it might create? As a system administrator, I shudder to think of the implications.
I've used mod_ssl and mod_deflate together with apache 2.0.50 and above on slackware, debian, and solaris 9 without any issues. If you're using an older version of apache, you might try upgrading to see if it fixes the issue.
The post above mentions mod_gzip - that will work if you're using apache 1. If you're using apache 2, the module you'll need is mod_deflate.
It's not hard to set up and works well.
>I'm pretty sure my 486 could run it *very* smoothly.
You'd actually be wrong on that one. I have a Pentium III 1Ghz Laptop that can't play BZFlag at anything but the lowest quality settings. Playing against my roommates in college with their fast desktop graphics cards was always an adventure.
--Tyler
--Tyler
Is this really something Congress should be regulating? Is it really worth their time?
If so, then I guess that means they've already balanced the budget, solved Social Security, and cleaned up the DMCA! Wow!
Oh, wait...
Sigh.
A certain site wouldn't load in Mozilla unless we changed the useragent to Netscape or IE. When we called tech support for the site, they said: "We don't support Mozilla. Only Internet Explorer and Netscape 7.1."
When I tried to explain to them that Mozilla and Netscape are one and the same, he got a bit flustered and made some excuse about not having tested Mozilla.
It's guys like him that make me scream in frustration.
As one who has done some Java programming and studied OO methodologies a bit, I am currently running into this very problem. I'm tutoring a friend who is taking a Java course at a local university. Her professor most definitely falls into the above category.
Examples:
I go to the tutoring sessions dreading to hear the latest fallacy she has been taught. I don't doubt that the prof's a great C programmer, but he shouldn't be allowed to touch Java with a ten foot pole.
Tyler
It seems that an article written in jest has gotten everyone riled up! He is just poking fun at all the "I, a Windows user, tried Linux for a $time_period" articles out there, so don't take it seriously. If anything, you can laugh about it when the next "I tried Linux" article comes out.
And to the author: Thanks for a great piece of satire!
TylerS
All I know is that PowerSchool is based on the 4D database and runs in OS 9, OS X, and Windows 2000 Server. It seems to run OK as a server app in OS 9, though it's not really a server OS.
TylerS
I currently know of 9 working Macs in our district, and they are PowerSchool servers. I'm not a big Mac fan myself, but since PowerSchool only works on Windows and Mac OS, we chose the macs (running OS 9). Do I wish we were running it on Windows? Sometimes - OS 9 isn't very configurable and is very clunky for a server OS. Of course, we didn't have to worry about the Blaster worm, either...
Now only if they would make a PowerSchool version for Linux... That would be a Good Thing(TM).
TylerS
WOW! I've been looking for these books for years! I read them as a child but for the life of me couldn't remember the name of the series. Thank you, Slashdot!
Immediately!? No! We're only beginning the discovery phase of researching our il^h^hlegal options.
Darl
I am one who has been particularly lazy in the past about contacting political folk.
That just changed.
I hope this is a fluke in his thinking. Even if it is just a fluke, if this gets to the general public in a way they can understand it, he just lost his office.
Now, what would Cooney from UHF say...?christ, you wouldn't say that if you knew my kids. They are demons....I work late just to _avoid_ seeing them, let alone speaking with them for prolonged periods. Frankly, if they went on a killing spree it would be a relief...the authorities would finally remove the mad little fuckers from our house...
disclaimer: if the parent AC was speaking in jest, the following rant may not be fully applicable.
<rant> And that lack of parental care would be why they are such "demons" in the first place. Why should a child respect a parent who would rather work long hours than interact with them? Why should a child love a parent who takes active steps " to avoid seeing them" and wants to get them out of his home?! I'm not saying they don't have problems. I'm just saying they're not the only ones with problems. </rant>