Installed on a HP AMD 2500+ laptop the day of release. The advanced features of the touchpad (tapping, scrolling) didn't work (they did in FC1).
After finding the Synaptic driver and modifying the X config file (something I don't do lightly), everything is good.
So far as I know, the a/b/g onboard wireless card isn't supported in linux, and I haven't had an opportunity to use firewire, but overall the distro works great.
Well, sort of. "A New Hope" was always supposed to kinda bring us in in the middle of a story. My understanding is that the initial prints of SW did not have the Ep. IV or A New Hope stuff. This was added somewhat later, and theatrical runs with BOTH sets of titles happened.
Atheists only try to judge religion like a science when folks try to treat religion as though it were a serious competitor for science.
I'd be interested in a lengthy discussion on this, but I just decided that atheists are possible bigger assholes than bible-thumpers (rationalists should know better and are thus more annoying), so I shall not.
Here's why scientists are more likely to be atheist (altho I call shenanegains on that 90% number):
Scientific theories are built up from base principles. If we forgot everything we know back to the stone age, man would eventually figure out the speed of light, gravitation, etc. Evidence + time + observation = truth.
Religion only works if you get the whole book at once, or at least in big chunks. You can't build it up from base principles... you can't build it up at all, you either believe or burn.
Since this pretty much contradicts how science works, it makes sense that many scientists reject it.
Many scientists are very religious... A stance I find confounding, but it's their life, not mine.
Eh, you don't have to buy it... it's just my personal observation. For example, I've failed to take the GPL as holy writ and been penalized many times for it.
This board works like a lot of society. People are free to be jerks, and generally they are shunned in time. In the long run it seems to work OK. So far as people abusing mod points, well... that's what meta-mod is for.
OK, but how would you fix this? OK, some dipshit is a troll... I don't think it's fair to expect mods to examine his history and make a judgement call on every poster they look at.
The mods messed up, other mods caught it... check and balances and all that shit.
Now, there is something to be said for checking a poster's history before responding (to avoid said trolls), but even that it tough to trust, given that any number of valid opinions (against the quasi-groupthink around here) can get you moderated troll...
What's wrong with the system? Someone carelessly didn't check the link. Others DID and modded it down as appropriate. The system worked, as well as any community based one can.
I suppose a simple dead man switch is the easiest way to hide things... at least for files on your HDD. If you don't stop the program ever night, it nukes all of your private stuff.
Burned floppies, DVDs, whatever would be problems, though.
For anything else, get a safe deposit box, write all the passwords down and give a trusted friend the key/instructions. He can destroy or recover different data as necessary.
Wow... you're taking this much more seriously than I. Perhaps you should consider that none of this really matters before you spend all that energy getting offended. It's just a website, after all.
No, the purpose of the woman is to have babies. The purpose of the man is to fertilize them. It's pretty basic. These are not stereotypes, they are biological facts. Any further connotation you add on the subject are your hang-ups, not mine.
Moreover, people who "take offense" at anything are just intellectually lazy fools who don't realize that their emotions are only governed by themselves. Some people, you can treat them incredibly politely, and they still find something to get mad about. Fuck 'em, I've got no time for folks who can't take responsibility for their own feelings.
Not interested in a pissing contest here, but it seemed to me that the response basically said "while it is true that point A is false, I'll call it point B and argue as though it were not true". Clever, and a decent debate tactic (always fun to make your opponent go "wha... what?"), but not terribly logical.
Blah blah blah, say what you will... I still prefer nipples!
I would argue that a car is NOT intutive. The steering is analogous to walking, so I'll give you that. But the placement of pedals, shifter, etc. has no inherent meaning (other than they're easily reachable by limbs). We grow up watching our parents drive, so we're used to it, and don't notice the training so much, but it is very much a learned experience.
I understand that early drivers often crashed cars, because they didn't stop when the driver yelled "WHOA!". Relevant? maybe not. interesting tho.
right click and look is not particularly better than "click the menu at the top", is it?
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Lilo is no longer an option on the install disks, nor was it in FC1. You could manually install it, I suppose.
Installed on a HP AMD 2500+ laptop the day of release. The advanced features of the touchpad (tapping, scrolling) didn't work (they did in FC1).
After finding the Synaptic driver and modifying the X config file (something I don't do lightly), everything is good.
So far as I know, the a/b/g onboard wireless card isn't supported in linux, and I haven't had an opportunity to use firewire, but overall the distro works great.
Actually, try installing Win2K AFTER installing linux. Winders doesn't play nice and overwrites the MBR.
When being an anti-zealot, just make sure the facts on your side.
Well, sort of. "A New Hope" was always supposed to kinda bring us in in the middle of a story. My understanding is that the initial prints of SW did not have the Ep. IV or A New Hope stuff. This was added somewhat later, and theatrical runs with BOTH sets of titles happened.
FYI, Fedora 1 (and presumably 2) ships with an editor called "nano", that is (I believe) Pico w/o all of pine and the licensing issues.
It has the added benefit that you won't get harassed for abusing Pine by vi freaks quite so much (yeah, right...)
Atheists only try to judge religion like a science when folks try to treat religion as though it were a serious competitor for science.
I'd be interested in a lengthy discussion on this, but I just decided that atheists are possible bigger assholes than bible-thumpers (rationalists should know better and are thus more annoying), so I shall not.
Perhaps if you sacrifice a penguin idol, Linus will heal you...
Here's why scientists are more likely to be atheist (altho I call shenanegains on that 90% number):
Scientific theories are built up from base principles. If we forgot everything we know back to the stone age, man would eventually figure out the speed of light, gravitation, etc. Evidence + time + observation = truth.
Religion only works if you get the whole book at once, or at least in big chunks. You can't build it up from base principles... you can't build it up at all, you either believe or burn.
Since this pretty much contradicts how science works, it makes sense that many scientists reject it.
Many scientists are very religious... A stance I find confounding, but it's their life, not mine.
Eh, you don't have to buy it... it's just my personal observation. For example, I've failed to take the GPL as holy writ and been penalized many times for it.
This board works like a lot of society. People are free to be jerks, and generally they are shunned in time. In the long run it seems to work OK. So far as people abusing mod points, well... that's what meta-mod is for.
OK, but how would you fix this? OK, some dipshit is a troll... I don't think it's fair to expect mods to examine his history and make a judgement call on every poster they look at.
The mods messed up, other mods caught it... check and balances and all that shit.
Now, there is something to be said for checking a poster's history before responding (to avoid said trolls), but even that it tough to trust, given that any number of valid opinions (against the quasi-groupthink around here) can get you moderated troll...
What's wrong with the system? Someone carelessly didn't check the link. Others DID and modded it down as appropriate. The system worked, as well as any community based one can.
Alright, who the hell let a morning person in??? :)
I don't really have this problem, if I get up at noon, I'm up until 6 the next day and stuff gets done.
Of course, if I get up at 6, I still don't do anything until 2pm... I think my brain forgot what time zone I live in..
You think folks take jobs as telemarketers because they want to be annoying? Hell no, they need a job.
I know it's fun to make extreme statements, but a little compassion ( or at least empathy) might be in order here.
Most of us aren't cheering because someone is losing their job, but because the company that is being such a shit is in trouble.
Kind of like how you might feek bad for telemarketers (the employees), but were happy when the do - not - call list went into effect.
eh, he was continuing a sentence from the subject. But yeah, an ass nonetheless.
I suppose a simple dead man switch is the easiest way to hide things... at least for files on your HDD. If you don't stop the program ever night, it nukes all of your private stuff.
Burned floppies, DVDs, whatever would be problems, though.
For anything else, get a safe deposit box, write all the passwords down and give a trusted friend the key/instructions. He can destroy or recover different data as necessary.
Well, having written it, I know that there was no sexual connotation at all (them nipples is fer feeding, son). Moreover, I feel it's true.
A statement is not offensive, you take offense to it. So if you don't like it, it's your problem.
Another quote:
"Don't argue with idiots... They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience".
you win.
Wow... you're taking this much more seriously than I. Perhaps you should consider that none of this really matters before you spend all that energy getting offended. It's just a website, after all.
Heh, you have come to Slashdot... where even the rational lose their minds on a boring friday afternoon... :)
I would like to say that Paint Shop Pro is way better (for my webish needs) than either.
And, if the point it to make me puke, PSP8's new UI is extremely intuitive and effective.
No, the purpose of the woman is to have babies. The purpose of the man is to fertilize them. It's pretty basic. These are not stereotypes, they are biological facts. Any further connotation you add on the subject are your hang-ups, not mine.
Moreover, people who "take offense" at anything are just intellectually lazy fools who don't realize that their emotions are only governed by themselves. Some people, you can treat them incredibly politely, and they still find something to get mad about. Fuck 'em, I've got no time for folks who can't take responsibility for their own feelings.
Hmm... how is this either sexist or untrue? Last I heard, babies didn't need to be trained to nurse (and... gasp... babies come from women).
And I thought it was clever, yes. I dunno who wrote it originally.
damnit.. "argue as though it WERE not false", sorry.
Not interested in a pissing contest here, but it seemed to me that the response basically said "while it is true that point A is false, I'll call it point B and argue as though it were not true". Clever, and a decent debate tactic (always fun to make your opponent go "wha... what?"), but not terribly logical.
Blah blah blah, say what you will... I still prefer nipples!
I would argue that a car is NOT intutive. The steering is analogous to walking, so I'll give you that. But the placement of pedals, shifter, etc. has no inherent meaning (other than they're easily reachable by limbs). We grow up watching our parents drive, so we're used to it, and don't notice the training so much, but it is very much a learned experience.
I understand that early drivers often crashed cars, because they didn't stop when the driver yelled "WHOA!". Relevant? maybe not. interesting tho.
right click and look is not particularly better than "click the menu at the top", is it?