Agreed. I seem to remember some random college class I was in. Towards the start of the semester we were given some lame assignment to type up something. If I recall we were attempting to reproduce the format of an existing document...or something equally stupid.
I remember sitting there while a student handed in his paper. The prof stood there, looked at it, and said "What did you use to make this?" The student replies, "OpenOffice."
The only difference in the documents were fonts, and some spacing--neither of which were a big deal, the document was still in its proper format...it just looked a bit different from the same document produced in Word.
Needless to say, the prick stood there and said... "My assignment was to use Word, not OpenOffice. You do not receive full credit."
Actually, I think it belongs more in the area of either Episode I-III, or VII-IX considering all these new music stores and Lucas sing this new song called Cash Cow.
"Yahoo Plans Its Own Music Player, Download Service"
Maybe this is because I'm only halfway through my morning coffee...but...why?
It seems at this point these companies are merely flooding a drowning market that is online music stores. Seems like a new one pops up weekly among the big companies.
" Since nobody knew this one was missing until it was found, how many more are out there?"
It's been known for a long time that it's been missing...like, since the plane carrying it dropped it. The problem has always been that they were never able to locate it; granted the Government only searched for it for 9 weeks immediately after the incident.
You'd think with our current technology the military would have been able to find it now. In 2001, the Air Force conducted a study where they claim the safest thing to do with it is leave it where it's at. Whether or not that report is actually accurate...I won't speculate.
"Holy shit, spammers have loyal friends. I'd rat 'em out for a happy meal."
They should have plenty of loyal friends. I mean, by now they surely have some of the largest p3n1s specimens on Earth along with millions of cash found in African business dealings as well as being the healthiest people on earth with all the vitamins they take.
You know...I don't even think stealing all the +5 comments from the original post would work...as everyone likely still remembers who posted what in the old story.
A mouse that can be moved by the nose and eyelids? I think the most obvious question is, "What happens when you sneeze?" I'd hate to accidentally send a reboot command during a sneeze.
I'd also be curious to see how it would affect twitch gaming where quick reflexes with a mouse are paramount.
While I will ignore the lack of proof in your comment to back it up (Even if it is in TFA) I must point out that looking to the bible for help does not necessarily indicate a person is not pro-science.
Being agnostic myself, I obviously don't do this...however, it is my opinion that religion as a whole is designed to instill hope, etc in a person. So what's wrong with reading a book while looking for a little help/inspiration/whatever?
If you were to actually pay closer attention to TFA, You'd have noticed the related articles linked at the bottom. More specifically this
"The case centres on allegations that between the end of 2001 and mid-2002, Samsung, Hynix, Micron, Infineon and others covertly agreed to up prices. The alleged jump in prices followed a two-year slump in demand that drove most memory production lines into operating at a loss."
They may not have been named in the settlement, but they certainly have been named at one point or another.
Introduction Ok, this is my first review and the kickoff to Linuxforums.org's Editorial Content Section, so lets get started. Yoper Linux is built around the idea of light, compact and wicked fast distro that is available to the average Linux user. Its 100% GPL compliant and the full ISO is free to anyone with an Internet connection. Yoper's popularity has absolutely skyrocketed with the release of v2.1 and is currently sitting at #18 on the distrowatch.com Page Hit Ranking.
Yoper's claim to fame is the speed at which it runs, out of the box. Yoper is a distro that targets the desktop Linux user from a brand new convert to the legendary guru. The latests release (2.1) improves upon the the installer, making it more user friendly and now includes non-destructive partitioning.
Speed applies to every aspect of the system. The install was completed, start to finish, in under 15 minutes. Once the system booted, the kernel took little time to load. It may seem little slow as compared to a custom kernel (like one created in a Gentoo install), but thats to be expected with a universal build. Once KDE started to load I noticed the speed kick. It was loaded in less than 10 seconds - which is good compared to my lovingly tweaked Gentoo system. Applications opened almost instantly and the overall feel of the system is similar to that of a fine Italian sports car, suave and fast.
The Yoper team accomplished this with the use of several methods that have always been available to those with enough experience, but generally beyond the average user, They include, but are by no means limited too:
Several performance enhancing patches to the kernel All packages compiled specifically for the i686 against the latest and greatest of the gcc All the binaries were 'stripped' (ie. all the debug symbols and other nonessential data are removed.) in order to create an even faster base system. Prelinking
A short description of prelinking:
Due to Yoper's success, the process has been getting a lot of talk recently, and I was intrigued by the mechanics of this intriguing little utility. The results are readily evident: incredible startup times, even for massive applications. Basically whenever you start a program it has to find all the libraries that it will draw upon and link them to the correct location in the program. Prelinking does this when you run the Prelink, so when you start the program, 1/2 of all the startup work is already completed. Now should you be a developer, you will need to re-run the prelink code (a simple command available on their website) more frequently. They recommend it after major upgrades (such as KDE 3.2 to 3.3).
Installation After downloading the single ISO and burning it, I booted into a BASH prompt. This might sound intimidating to those newer to Linux, but wherever a user is required to type something in there are directions included. In this instance it indicated 'type Yoper to begin setup'. A little fiddling reviled that the prompt had a few basic commands such as mount and access to Vim. Ready to begin the install, I typed Yoper, pressed enter and was greeted by the installer. Overall the feel of the install was similar to that of Slackware and comfortable enough for any user: even a Linux 'newbie'. While some may frown on the lack of a GUI installer, the Yoper team wanted to keep this all on one CD, resulting in a GUIless install. After a few simple steps (the installer holds your hand through the entire process) you arrive at qtparted, a graphical partition tool. The best part of this is that it not only makes the hardest part of the install possible through a simple GUI, but allows for non-destructive partitioning.
After that I hopped through the selection of a few mount points, selected a file system from ext2, ext3, reiserfs, and reiser4 then the install started. No progress bar or indicter of any sort was present, but the installer notified you that it would take 5-15 minutes. The lack of a package selection menu was a little surpr
"Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has said Diebold deceived California with aggressive marketing that led to the installation of touch-screen voting systems that were not tested or approved nationally or in California."
From the sounds of it, the person(s) involved with authorizing the installation gave in to Diebold's hype without bothering to give system a thourough inspection/review prior to making the decision. In addition to suing Diebold, maybe the AG should be looking for some heads to chop for making a bad situation[company pushing false claims] even worse[installation and failure of product]?
What they need is to rethink their current strategy and figure out how to make it more efficient in their current market.
If they rely on a new populous for their future plans...well, I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but eventually they're going to run out of new blood...unless ET visits us, but, I doubt a lifeform capable of extra-solar travel is going to be interested in licesensing MS software.
You know, the one thing that irks me the most is all this post-9.11 crap that people must endure in their daily lives now...
Is presenting ID THAT big a deal? Has anyone ever bothered to think about what airline security, etc was like before 9/11? IIRC the nice(or not) lady/man at the counter would ask for my ID and ticket(s) while checking my baggage in. This certainly isn't something *new* except that maybe now some people on the Hill want to make it federal law rather than corporate policy.
What's next, are we going to fight the law that requires people to show ID when purchasing alcohol or tobacco? Yes, in reality you cannot compare the two...but think about it, we're given state ID/Driver's Licenses for a reason--just like passports. Last time I checked I didn't have anything on any form of identification (except military id [ssn]) that isn't public record.
Further up I saw a post that other methods of travel do not require identification. What do you think the license plate on your car is for? Sure, those can be fake--just like id cards--but the fact is those numbers and letters attached to your car identifies you to anyone willing to look up the information.
Most K-12 schools now have identification cards. Does that mean that the evil administrators of that district are sitting in their offices tracking the whereabouts of the students? Unlikely--in this case those cards provide a variety of functions such as meal purchases and entrance into the building. Colleges have had the same for a while now as well.
My view may be crazy, and a minority one at that...but I feel that some people need a reality check to realize that not everything is Evil, not everything is the result of Terrorism, and the Government couldn't really care less about what you do in your bathroom.
If you sit and think for more than 30 seconds, you'll realize that in the great US of A, you have to present identification in one form or another for just about everything you do that has a financial liability or carries some type of responsibility with it. Why should this be any different from boarding an airline; not only because you don't want terrorists getting on a plane, but because you want to make sure the person who purchased the ticket is the one using it, and heck...what about the few individuals that have a history of unruly behaviour during flight? I could go on, but I see the sun outside and would rather enjoy it than debate such a futile argument.
"Living on campus is a money racket for colleges.
Rent housing in a nearby ghetto (there's always one) and get broadband. You'll enjoy yourself much more not living beneath the college administration's thumb, you'll receive a basic instruction in how things work, and you may not even need roommates to pay for your dwelling."
I couldn't agree more. In some cases, like mine, you'll be able to find a bigger, better place to live that is actually less expensive than dorm housing.
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Agreed. I seem to remember some random college class I was in. Towards the start of the semester we were given some lame assignment to type up something. If I recall we were attempting to reproduce the format of an existing document...or something equally stupid.
I remember sitting there while a student handed in his paper. The prof stood there, looked at it, and said "What did you use to make this?" The student replies, "OpenOffice."
The only difference in the documents were fonts, and some spacing--neither of which were a big deal, the document was still in its proper format...it just looked a bit different from the same document produced in Word.
Needless to say, the prick stood there and said... "My assignment was to use Word, not OpenOffice. You do not receive full credit."
Back in my day...we simply had to hold it until we got back to Earth. You kids and your weak bladders/intestines.
Excuse me while I file this in the Mr Obvious category...right next to the Lysol and plunger in my bathroom.
Actually, I think it belongs more in the area of either Episode I-III, or VII-IX considering all these new music stores and Lucas sing this new song called Cash Cow.
"Yahoo Plans Its Own Music Player, Download Service"
Maybe this is because I'm only halfway through my morning coffee...but...why?
It seems at this point these companies are merely flooding a drowning market that is online music stores. Seems like a new one pops up weekly among the big companies.
" Since nobody knew this one was missing until it was found, how many more are out there?"
It's been known for a long time that it's been missing...like, since the plane carrying it dropped it. The problem has always been that they were never able to locate it; granted the Government only searched for it for 9 weeks immediately after the incident. You'd think with our current technology the military would have been able to find it now. In 2001, the Air Force conducted a study where they claim the safest thing to do with it is leave it where it's at. Whether or not that report is actually accurate...I won't speculate.
"Holy shit, spammers have loyal friends. I'd rat 'em out for a happy meal."
They should have plenty of loyal friends. I mean, by now they surely have some of the largest p3n1s specimens on Earth along with millions of cash found in African business dealings as well as being the healthiest people on earth with all the vitamins they take.
You know...I don't even think stealing all the +5 comments from the original post would work...as everyone likely still remembers who posted what in the old story.
I suppose this dupe was the result of Hurricane Ivan?
When Firefox's Googlebar supports the display of PageRank info, then I'll be excited considering Firefox already has a google search box by default.
"It's official. I'm the last surviving human who knows how to use an apostrophe properly."
Glad to see you have also mastered the use of the period as well.
A mouse that can be moved by the nose and eyelids? I think the most obvious question is, "What happens when you sneeze?" I'd hate to accidentally send a reboot command during a sneeze.
I'd also be curious to see how it would affect twitch gaming where quick reflexes with a mouse are paramount.
It's not really a tinfoil hat failure, I was simply taking into account the fact that the story is usually twisted as it spreads
"Lots of folks think the hurricane hits in Florida, the Sunshine (and Spam!) State have taken slowed the volume of spam."
Lots of folks think there are black helicopters poisoning the citizens of our country too, but that doesn't make it the slightest bit true.
According to my Spam Stats (Coral Link) the level of spam going through my server is relatively steady.
"I love being screwed."
Well, I would hope you do...
While I will ignore the lack of proof in your comment to back it up (Even if it is in TFA) I must point out that looking to the bible for help does not necessarily indicate a person is not pro-science.
Being agnostic myself, I obviously don't do this...however, it is my opinion that religion as a whole is designed to instill hope, etc in a person. So what's wrong with reading a book while looking for a little help/inspiration/whatever?
If you were to actually pay closer attention to TFA, You'd have noticed the related articles linked at the bottom. More specifically this
"The case centres on allegations that between the end of 2001 and mid-2002, Samsung, Hynix, Micron, Infineon and others covertly agreed to up prices. The alleged jump in prices followed a two-year slump in demand that drove most memory production lines into operating at a loss."
They may not have been named in the settlement, but they certainly have been named at one point or another.
Unfortunately Corel doesn't help when the server caches the error page...
/usr/local/apache/vhosts/linuxforums.org/www/forum /db/mysql4.php on line 49
Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in
Introduction
Ok, this is my first review and the kickoff to Linuxforums.org's Editorial Content Section, so lets get started. Yoper Linux is built around the idea of light, compact and wicked fast distro that is available to the average Linux user. Its 100% GPL compliant and the full ISO is free to anyone with an Internet connection. Yoper's popularity has absolutely skyrocketed with the release of v2.1 and is currently sitting at #18 on the distrowatch.com Page Hit Ranking.
Yoper's claim to fame is the speed at which it runs, out of the box. Yoper is a distro that targets the desktop Linux user from a brand new convert to the legendary guru. The latests release (2.1) improves upon the the installer, making it more user friendly and now includes non-destructive partitioning.
Speed applies to every aspect of the system. The install was completed, start to finish, in under 15 minutes. Once the system booted, the kernel took little time to load. It may seem little slow as compared to a custom kernel (like one created in a Gentoo install), but thats to be expected with a universal build. Once KDE started to load I noticed the speed kick. It was loaded in less than 10 seconds - which is good compared to my lovingly tweaked Gentoo system. Applications opened almost instantly and the overall feel of the system is similar to that of a fine Italian sports car, suave and fast.
The Yoper team accomplished this with the use of several methods that have always been available to those with enough experience, but generally beyond the average user, They include, but are by no means limited too:
Several performance enhancing patches to the kernel
All packages compiled specifically for the i686 against the latest and greatest of the gcc
All the binaries were 'stripped' (ie. all the debug symbols and other nonessential data are removed.) in order to create an even faster base system.
Prelinking
A short description of prelinking:
Due to Yoper's success, the process has been getting a lot of talk recently, and I was intrigued by the mechanics of this intriguing little utility. The results are readily evident: incredible startup times, even for massive applications. Basically whenever you start a program it has to find all the libraries that it will draw upon and link them to the correct location in the program. Prelinking does this when you run the Prelink, so when you start the program, 1/2 of all the startup work is already completed. Now should you be a developer, you will need to re-run the prelink code (a simple command available on their website) more frequently. They recommend it after major upgrades (such as KDE 3.2 to 3.3).
Installation
After downloading the single ISO and burning it, I booted into a BASH prompt. This might sound intimidating to those newer to Linux, but wherever a user is required to type something in there are directions included. In this instance it indicated 'type Yoper to begin setup'. A little fiddling reviled that the prompt had a few basic commands such as mount and access to Vim. Ready to begin the install, I typed Yoper, pressed enter and was greeted by the installer. Overall the feel of the install was similar to that of Slackware and comfortable enough for any user: even a Linux 'newbie'. While some may frown on the lack of a GUI installer, the Yoper team wanted to keep this all on one CD, resulting in a GUIless install. After a few simple steps (the installer holds your hand through the entire process) you arrive at qtparted, a graphical partition tool. The best part of this is that it not only makes the hardest part of the install possible through a simple GUI, but allows for non-destructive partitioning.
After that I hopped through the selection of a few mount points, selected a file system from ext2, ext3, reiserfs, and reiser4 then the install started. No progress bar or indicter of any sort was present, but the installer notified you that it would take 5-15 minutes. The lack of a package selection menu was a little surpr
C'mon now, since this is Slashdot nobody is expected to actually RTFA, but did you even read the summary?
"Plus 1000 more HD local channels and 150 national HD channels by the end of 2007"
"The bandwidth crunch for satellite providers is over, and the Ka band is the answer."
Such little insight...
Of course, next week we'll be hearing about KBv6 (Ka-Band v6)
"Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has said Diebold deceived California with aggressive marketing that led to the installation of touch-screen voting systems that were not tested or approved nationally or in California."
From the sounds of it, the person(s) involved with authorizing the installation gave in to Diebold's hype without bothering to give system a thourough inspection/review prior to making the decision. In addition to suing Diebold, maybe the AG should be looking for some heads to chop for making a bad situation[company pushing false claims] even worse[installation and failure of product]?
In a word: no.
What they need is to rethink their current strategy and figure out how to make it more efficient in their current market.
If they rely on a new populous for their future plans...well, I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but eventually they're going to run out of new blood...unless ET visits us, but, I doubt a lifeform capable of extra-solar travel is going to be interested in licesensing MS software.
You know, the one thing that irks me the most is all this post-9.11 crap that people must endure in their daily lives now...
Is presenting ID THAT big a deal? Has anyone ever bothered to think about what airline security, etc was like before 9/11? IIRC the nice(or not) lady/man at the counter would ask for my ID and ticket(s) while checking my baggage in. This certainly isn't something *new* except that maybe now some people on the Hill want to make it federal law rather than corporate policy.
What's next, are we going to fight the law that requires people to show ID when purchasing alcohol or tobacco? Yes, in reality you cannot compare the two...but think about it, we're given state ID/Driver's Licenses for a reason--just like passports. Last time I checked I didn't have anything on any form of identification (except military id [ssn]) that isn't public record.
Further up I saw a post that other methods of travel do not require identification. What do you think the license plate on your car is for? Sure, those can be fake--just like id cards--but the fact is those numbers and letters attached to your car identifies you to anyone willing to look up the information.
Most K-12 schools now have identification cards. Does that mean that the evil administrators of that district are sitting in their offices tracking the whereabouts of the students? Unlikely--in this case those cards provide a variety of functions such as meal purchases and entrance into the building. Colleges have had the same for a while now as well.
My view may be crazy, and a minority one at that...but I feel that some people need a reality check to realize that not everything is Evil, not everything is the result of Terrorism, and the Government couldn't really care less about what you do in your bathroom.
If you sit and think for more than 30 seconds, you'll realize that in the great US of A, you have to present identification in one form or another for just about everything you do that has a financial liability or carries some type of responsibility with it. Why should this be any different from boarding an airline; not only because you don't want terrorists getting on a plane, but because you want to make sure the person who purchased the ticket is the one using it, and heck...what about the few individuals that have a history of unruly behaviour during flight? I could go on, but I see the sun outside and would rather enjoy it than debate such a futile argument.
"Living on campus is a money racket for colleges. Rent housing in a nearby ghetto (there's always one) and get broadband. You'll enjoy yourself much more not living beneath the college administration's thumb, you'll receive a basic instruction in how things work, and you may not even need roommates to pay for your dwelling."
I couldn't agree more. In some cases, like mine, you'll be able to find a bigger, better place to live that is actually less expensive than dorm housing.
"All joking aside though, I have no idea how people got anything done before the internet."
:)
That was back when people still left their houses to find their friends, and read books to research those obscure factoids