The problem with131I is that it gets incorporated in your thyroid gland, and as you write, it is very hot and can do a lot of damage in a shorte time. The problem with 90Sr is that it chemically behaves like calcium, and is accumulated in your teeth and bones, and also contaminates milk. Although it's not as hot as 131I, 90Sr can stay in your body for a very long time, and do damage over time. The problem with 137Cs is that it is chemically very soluble, and can make its way into all cells of the body via various ion channels and transporters, and it spreads easily in the environment where it remains quite hot during the time of a human life-span.
".. we can only hope the core of Betelgeuse undergoes catastrophic failure in our lifetime."
I have mixed feelings about this. Although it would be quite spectacular and interesting to witness the demise of Betelgeuse, Orion, one of the most beautiful constellations, would be destroyed. That would be extremely sad.
Yeah, that works great if you want a blog. If you want to create anything other then that, Joomla becomes one giant headache to customize.
That is simply not correct. It is very, very easy to produce a non-blog website with Joomla. Wordpress is a blog system, and Drupal needs lots of work to not be one.
Microsoft is going the way of SCO. When their business started to crumble, they stopped innovating and started suing. Certain death of the company is at the end of that route.
I agree. The school could have spun it around and used this to promote science teaching. There's a great deal of interesting science in the SETI project, (although I don't believe they will ever find an signals from distant civilizations.) "Our school is searching for E.T.!" The kids would have loved that.
I've used sparklines that were updated "automatically" from the values in a database. The software in question tracked the coffee consumption pr. person in the lab, and displayed it using sparklines on a web page (no longer online). The sparkline code was a PHP snippet I found on the net somewhere. There must be plenty of prior art.
So, yes, I could remove it. But judging from that description, I'm gonna have to assume that's a generally bad idea.
The ubuntu-desktop package is a meta-package and its only purpose is to make sure certain other packages are installed. The worst that can happen during an upgrade is that you miss out on new packages that are considered by the devs to be desired on the default desktop. If you're worried about breakage, fake OO packages would worry me more.
Worse, because of the ubuntu-desktop meta-package, I can't even remove it (well, I can, but I have to create dummy OO.o packages to satisfy ubuntu-desktop's dependencies) without risking breaking upgrades. Such a pain in the ass...
No you don't. Just remove the ubuntu-desktop package.
Ubuntu wants the installation to fit on a single CD. Most other distros, including Debian, distribute on DVDs, but unless you receive a hardcopy from somewhere, it can be problematic to download if you have a slow or unstable Internet connection, and basically, on the DVD image you download lots of software you don't need or want. CDs are much more manageable, and once the system has been installed, you can carry on customizing your system.
With the growing number of drivers and kernel modules, occasionally software needs to go from the CD image, and here, as in writing, the rule is: "kill your darlings." Nobody *wants* to get rid of The Gimp (like others have said, it's a seminal application) but taking a hard look at the facts, you need to admit that The Gimp is a program you need to spend lots of time with to be able to use efficiently, and users who want it can get it faster than you can say: "in a few clicks." (Well, almost:-))
OTOH, a photo app is valuable to have on the install image when you have to win the hearts and minds of users coming from other OSes... it's all a part of fixing Ubuntu bug #1.
I just ordered a Dell Mini 10 from Dell Denmark and they can only deliver the machine with Windows XP pre-installed. I ordered via the phone, and was offered a discount of ~$35. I have no use for XP and plan to install Ubuntu on the machine when it arrives.
Unfortunately, my machine will also count in Balmer's statistics.
Please explain why you need a program like 1Password? I use Apple's Keychain Access that is a part of OS X. It works with Safari and can save login info from websites you register with. Firefox comes with its own built-in master password system that works in a similar fashion.
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The problem with131I is that it gets incorporated in your thyroid gland, and as you write, it is very hot and can do a lot of damage in a shorte time. The problem with 90Sr is that it chemically behaves like calcium, and is accumulated in your teeth and bones, and also contaminates milk. Although it's not as hot as 131I, 90Sr can stay in your body for a very long time, and do damage over time. The problem with 137Cs is that it is chemically very soluble, and can make its way into all cells of the body via various ion channels and transporters, and it spreads easily in the environment where it remains quite hot during the time of a human life-span.
Hey, that's great. In fourty years I'll be dead.
to buy son.com . It hosts some kind of search engine. Looks like it's been parked.
".. we can only hope the core of Betelgeuse undergoes catastrophic failure in our lifetime."
I have mixed feelings about this. Although it would be quite spectacular and interesting to witness the demise of Betelgeuse, Orion, one of the most beautiful constellations, would be destroyed. That would be extremely sad.
Apparently, Palin didn't think it was necessary to know more. The death list is gone from her web site.
... and I'm at the end of my lifecycle.
Ah. Forget about it. TL;DR
It sounds like the Boost project might be something for you:
http://www.boost.org/
The weight of the ashes of an average male is around 3 kg.
That's much too much material for a single vinyl record. So either they throw away most of the ashes, or it's a scam altogether.
Yeah, that works great if you want a blog. If you want to create anything other then that, Joomla becomes one giant headache to customize.
That is simply not correct. It is very, very easy to produce a non-blog website with Joomla. Wordpress is a blog system, and Drupal needs lots of work to not be one.
Microsoft is going the way of SCO. When their business started to crumble, they stopped innovating and started suing. Certain death of the company is at the end of that route.
Who's talking about blame?
DRM is more like forcing women to wear a chastity belt, but everyone who has paid you for a key can rape them...
Wow. You can glean information from the Internets. I didn't realize that.
I agree. The school could have spun it around and used this to promote science teaching. There's a great deal of interesting science in the SETI project, (although I don't believe they will ever find an signals from distant civilizations.) "Our school is searching for E.T.!" The kids would have loved that.
I've used sparklines that were updated "automatically" from the values in a database. The software in question tracked the coffee consumption pr. person in the lab, and displayed it using sparklines on a web page (no longer online). The sparkline code was a PHP snippet I found on the net somewhere. There must be plenty of prior art.
So, yes, I could remove it. But judging from that description, I'm gonna have to assume that's a generally bad idea.
The ubuntu-desktop package is a meta-package and its only purpose is to make sure certain other packages are installed. The worst that can happen during an upgrade is that you miss out on new packages that are considered by the devs to be desired on the default desktop.
If you're worried about breakage, fake OO packages would worry me more.
Worse, because of the ubuntu-desktop meta-package, I can't even remove it (well, I can, but I have to create dummy OO.o packages to satisfy ubuntu-desktop's dependencies) without risking breaking upgrades. Such a pain in the ass...
No you don't. Just remove the ubuntu-desktop package.
The Gimp is in Ubuntu main (see https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp )
Ubuntu wants the installation to fit on a single CD. Most other distros, including Debian, distribute on DVDs, but unless you receive a hardcopy from somewhere, it can be problematic to download if you have a slow or unstable Internet connection, and basically, on the DVD image you download lots of software you don't need or want. CDs are much more manageable, and once the system has been installed, you can carry on customizing your system.
With the growing number of drivers and kernel modules, occasionally software needs to go from the CD image, and here, as in writing, the rule is: "kill your darlings." Nobody *wants* to get rid of The Gimp (like others have said, it's a seminal application) but taking a hard look at the facts, you need to admit that The Gimp is a program you need to spend lots of time with to be able to use efficiently, and users who want it can get it faster than you can say: "in a few clicks." (Well, almost :-))
OTOH, a photo app is valuable to have on the install image when you have to win the hearts and minds of users coming from other OSes... it's all a part of fixing Ubuntu bug #1.
Most sensible comment I've seen on /. in a long, long time! Thank you!
Tonight pinky, we try to TAKE OVER THE WORLD
dooooohhh, isn't that what we try to do every night, Brain?
This is sad. Linus isn't getting enough sex, that must be why he acts very unprofessionally sometimes. Alan Cox, please come back, we really need you.
Of course we can always revert to UUCP.
I just ordered a Dell Mini 10 from Dell Denmark and they can only deliver the machine with Windows XP pre-installed. I ordered via the phone, and was offered a discount of ~$35. I have no use for XP and plan to install Ubuntu on the machine when it arrives.
Unfortunately, my machine will also count in Balmer's statistics.
No, not for Jaunty. Mark Shuttleworth has announced that the color scheme will be revised in the "Karmic Koala" release, 9.10.
Please explain why you need a program like 1Password? I use Apple's Keychain Access that is a part of OS X. It works with Safari and can save login info from websites you register with. Firefox comes with its own built-in master password system that works in a similar fashion.