Just for reference, I happen to know off the top of my head that the school I went to in Tuscaloosa, AL in 1990 cost 7 million and holds at least 600.
bc 1.06 Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For details type `warranty'. 65000000/3000 21667 7000000/600 11 667
I have to agree with you here. The problem is not that large companies like Dell won't cater to small companies and individuals.
I've never bought anything from Dell in my life. My current PC was bought from a company called Ibex because they had a linux compatible hardware section. I've never bought any Microsoft software either. I use Gentoo.
The problem is that small companies and individuals expect large corporations to cater to them. They won't, but there are so many smaller corporations and open source projects that will. I understand that not everyone can easily install a Gentoo system (I had to recompile my kernel with an 8 KB kernel stack and without SMP to get my wireless card to work), but the alternatives range from Apple to Fedora.
In conclusion, consumers ultimately need to look out for their own best interests. Dell is not going to do that for you!
You're on some money right there. If only I had some extra free time to learn Asterisk, I'd be making serious bank. All the support companies I know of that Dell hires use Asterisk to lower cost.
Many, of course, suck. But they, too, will spend loot if it means being more cost effective.
I believe that!
I work for very little and would accept less if the work was fun enough, or included more leisure time. That's because I live in DC.
One thing I would never do, even if you paid me 7 figures, is live out the rest of my life in Chattanooga. I've lived in Tuscaloosa, AL and Columbus, MS before. You literally could not pay me enough to move back. The return on investment for companies willing to locate in urban areas is mindblowingly enormous.
For some context, I write and maintain enterprise-level (S&P, Deutsche Bank, WaMu, etc) cashflow projection software. I'm also part of a Windows to Gentoo/Red Hat migration.
I write intranet applications for large corporations. I test in Firefox first and IE second. I suspect that most corporate intranet applications either already work in Firefox, or could be brought up to speed quite fast. Of course there are numerous exceptions. but they're exceptions, are not the rule.
I use Gentoo as well, but I'm running KDE. GIMP is under the Graphics menu and is designated "Image Editor (The GIMP)". This is a setting in KDE. You have three choices:
Name
Name (Description)
Description (Name)
The third option is the default. A user-friendly, configurable desktop environment more than makes up for funny application names.
You left out X. On my Gentoo system, X is currently using 195 MB of memory. Note, however, that this is to run KDE, Firefox, XMMS, etc (each of which consumes additional memory). On my XFCE machine at work, the memory used is less.
Dude, I think I've been through your town! Hicksville, right?
Here in DC, there's no shortage of muscular, buff, intelligent, nice, financially stable men. None of them are the software developer geek that I am. While I'm sure they don't all get laid, the ones I see with girls have beautiful women at their sides.
From the way you tell it, there's no competition out there. I'm sure that may be true where you live, but here, the MBAs get the hotties.
The world doesn't revolve around American partisan politics....
I'd like to see you tell that to the Iraqi people with a straight face. More relevantly, have you ever heard of the Kyoto Accord?
The world does revolve around American partisan politics in the sense that the Republicans stand in the way of global cooperation. Now I'm sure that Australian political parties may do the same, but the effect is not as great as the world's only remaining superpower destroying man's last hope (at working together to resolve our differences).
I'm not saying the Democrats are saints either, I'm saying that a journey has to begin with a step in the right direction.
Better yet, why not use Konqueror to both reply to your post, and rip mp3's?
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So, what do you want to do today; be correct or be productive?
Please remember that what you do correctly today will help your successor be productive tomorrow.
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You hint at it, but no one has yet pointed out the most wonderful thing about Java that makes it a much nicer environment than the P* scripting languages: javac.
Seriously, haven't you ever mispelled a varible in perl? Doesn't it suck? Such a fiasco never occurs in Java because the compiler catches the error no matter what. Scripting languages may gain popularity, but you can pry the JVM from my cold, dead fingers!
The really disgusting thing about the sugar tariff is the environmental impact. Most of the subsidized sugar is grown in what used to be part of the Everglades. The fertilizer runoff allows cattails, a non-native species, to grow taller than the native sawgrass. In doing so, they block out light to the sawgrass and it dies. Without sawgrass, there is no Everglades. So because of this tariff, we are loosing a unique environmental resource that can never be replaced.
It's called KDE and I'm using it now. In fact, it's the only desktop environment I would say is perfect. XFCE is close (and is ideal for older hardware), but lacks many features. My reasoning is simply that I consider a desktop environment broken if the windows don't snap together in a certain way. So, I completely agree with you. If KDE had an XML config file like you suggest, I could post it and you'd understand exactly how I think windows are supposed to behave.
This is not funny. This is seriously the only need I have for comments. Many have built off of my code and none have complained. If it were not for insane requirements from management, I would definitely have no need for comments.
All this talk about the size of OO and this guy only gets 3 points? And don't give me that "well you can't compare OO to that crappy Microsoft Office". OO truly is a clone of MS Office, and not a very good one at that.
The chances of finding a solution to a problem depend a lot on the category of the problem. Generally, Windows users can expect much better hardware support than Linux users. On the software side, I've spent hours googling a problem (with file permissions, for example) on Windows. The information to solve a similar problem with Linux didn't even require googling, just reading the chown and chmod man pages. For Windows, I needed subinacl, which isn't even installed along with the OS.
On the flip side, I've been using Linux for years but finally switched to Windows for home use this year because I couldn't get my usb wireless adapter to work with Linux.
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I completely agree with you, but 'emerge vim' is easy.
However to call these models "the most accurate" is quite a stretch....
Some of the best estimates say that cutting CO2 by 50% will cost 1.5 BILLION LIVES by 2100. Are you so eager to pull the trigger?
What exactly do we have to loose?
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Just for reference, I happen to know off the top of my head that the school I went to in Tuscaloosa, AL in 1990 cost 7 million and holds at least 600.
I've never bought anything from Dell in my life. My current PC was bought from a company called Ibex because they had a linux compatible hardware section. I've never bought any Microsoft software either. I use Gentoo.
The problem is that small companies and individuals expect large corporations to cater to them. They won't, but there are so many smaller corporations and open source projects that will. I understand that not everyone can easily install a Gentoo system (I had to recompile my kernel with an 8 KB kernel stack and without SMP to get my wireless card to work), but the alternatives range from Apple to Fedora.In conclusion, consumers ultimately need to look out for their own best interests. Dell is not going to do that for you!
You're on some money right there. If only I had some extra free time to learn Asterisk, I'd be making serious bank. All the support companies I know of that Dell hires use Asterisk to lower cost.
Many, of course, suck. But they, too, will spend loot if it means being more cost effective.One thing I would never do, even if you paid me 7 figures, is live out the rest of my life in Chattanooga. I've lived in Tuscaloosa, AL and Columbus, MS before. You literally could not pay me enough to move back. The return on investment for companies willing to locate in urban areas is mindblowingly enormous.
For some context, I write and maintain enterprise-level (S&P, Deutsche Bank, WaMu, etc) cashflow projection software. I'm also part of a Windows to Gentoo/Red Hat migration.I write intranet applications for large corporations. I test in Firefox first and IE second. I suspect that most corporate intranet applications either already work in Firefox, or could be brought up to speed quite fast. Of course there are numerous exceptions. but they're exceptions, are not the rule.
- Name
- Name (Description)
- Description (Name)
The third option is the default. A user-friendly, configurable desktop environment more than makes up for funny application names.Indeed, the truth is surprisingly ignorant of public opinion.
You left out X. On my Gentoo system, X is currently using 195 MB of memory. Note, however, that this is to run KDE, Firefox, XMMS, etc (each of which consumes additional memory). On my XFCE machine at work, the memory used is less.
I laughed.
Here in DC, there's no shortage of muscular, buff, intelligent, nice, financially stable men. None of them are the software developer geek that I am. While I'm sure they don't all get laid, the ones I see with girls have beautiful women at their sides.
From the way you tell it, there's no competition out there. I'm sure that may be true where you live, but here, the MBAs get the hotties.Try Opera. I've come across sites that will only work in IE and Opera because Opera will lie and say that it's IE.
The world does revolve around American partisan politics in the sense that the Republicans stand in the way of global cooperation. Now I'm sure that Australian political parties may do the same, but the effect is not as great as the world's only remaining superpower destroying man's last hope (at working together to resolve our differences).
I'm not saying the Democrats are saints either, I'm saying that a journey has to begin with a step in the right direction.Better yet, why not use Konqueror to both reply to your post, and rip mp3's?
Please remember that what you do correctly today will help your successor be productive tomorrow.
Seriously, haven't you ever mispelled a varible in perl? Doesn't it suck? Such a fiasco never occurs in Java because the compiler catches the error no matter what. Scripting languages may gain popularity, but you can pry the JVM from my cold, dead fingers!
That is one of the funnies posts I've ever read. Thanks for making shitty day worth waking up this morning!
The really disgusting thing about the sugar tariff is the environmental impact. Most of the subsidized sugar is grown in what used to be part of the Everglades. The fertilizer runoff allows cattails, a non-native species, to grow taller than the native sawgrass. In doing so, they block out light to the sawgrass and it dies. Without sawgrass, there is no Everglades. So because of this tariff, we are loosing a unique environmental resource that can never be replaced.
That's right. I live in a crime-ridden DC ghetto with no real problems. I lock my doors. Surprisingly effective.
It's called KDE and I'm using it now. In fact, it's the only desktop environment I would say is perfect. XFCE is close (and is ideal for older hardware), but lacks many features. My reasoning is simply that I consider a desktop environment broken if the windows don't snap together in a certain way. So, I completely agree with you. If KDE had an XML config file like you suggest, I could post it and you'd understand exactly how I think windows are supposed to behave.
This is not funny. This is seriously the only need I have for comments. Many have built off of my code and none have complained. If it were not for insane requirements from management, I would definitely have no need for comments.
All this talk about the size of OO and this guy only gets 3 points? And don't give me that "well you can't compare OO to that crappy Microsoft Office". OO truly is a clone of MS Office, and not a very good one at that.
On the flip side, I've been using Linux for years but finally switched to Windows for home use this year because I couldn't get my usb wireless adapter to work with Linux.
I completely agree with you, but 'emerge vim' is easy.
However to call these models "the most accurate" is quite a stretch ....
Some of the best estimates say that cutting CO2 by 50% will cost 1.5 BILLION LIVES by 2100. Are you so eager to pull the trigger?
What exactly do we have to loose?