Whose resources? The kinds of people developing new widgets for Gnome or KDE aren't the ones that will finally fix ACPI, enable support for the damn thumb buttons on mice, or lobby manufacturers for better driver support. Those are the real failures of OSS on the desktop, not competing GUIs.
Why is everyone so offended by what is obviously a joke game on a cellphone? To use the parent analogy, it isn't like the phone reminds you when to hug your kids.
Actually, this is much easier. Go to your Acrobat\Reader folder and take everything from the "plug_ins" folder and move it into "Optional" except the following: Search.api, Search5.api, IA32.api, EWH32.api, EScript.api. Printing and search will still work, and it will load 75% faster. This is on Reader 6.0.
Come on now. You can say many things about Microsoft, but shoddy phone support is not one of them. Every time I've called them with non-KB issues, a patch or workaround was available (and the call was free because it was an 'easy' solution). The person answering the call was fluent in English. A thick accent greets me with every Cisco support call, and every time I post questions regarding Linux I get "RTFM!"
I'm stumped as to why we're so eager to deregulate trade with China when such basic human rights as "Freedom to Worship" and "Freedom of Speech" are suppressed.
Perhaps an anonymous proxy could be set up and funded by the US, as it has in Iran.
I still cringe when I think of that episode, especially Data explaining, "Humans are 85.9% water, and from their perspective, we ARE ugly" in that smug way with those tics. Damn that show sucked sometimes.
The Apple interface is pretty bloated, but I have yet to find any player that has such intuitive playlist and library management. I currently use Quintessential, have used Winamp. Do you recommend any library plugins for either of those (or another player)?
The 'might mess up your machine' and 'would take up hd space' arguments are pretty weak. It's legal free music. The Kazaa and bundled spyware you currently use to download tunes take up more space than that. I've never, nor will I ever exceed Apple's level of restrictions on my mp3 (non iTunes) collection. I don't see the big deal about being able to burn a playlist to CD 10 times and use a file on up to 5 computers.
You can say this why? Because an unprecedented number of electronic voting machines have been deployed, only to fail in some districts? And the backlash from that previous debacle was quietly swept under the rug? Your cynicism doesn't apply in this particular situation. I'm actually writing and waiting for things to happen, and they probably will - at least in some of the districts.
You can speed up Acrobat Reader loading time dramatically by copying everything in the "\Reader\plug_ins" folder to the "\Reader\Optional" folder. You may need to put some back if you actually use some plugins...but it worked for everyone in my office.
Some chat software automatically saves chatlogs. ICQ and Yahoo allow offline messaging, and act as 3rd-party brokers of the conversation. I can't see this standing up under further judicial scrutiny.
Because commandline is NOT END-USER FRIENDLY. Things are different when you're a system admin. Click a picture of a music note, you get music. Click a picture with a music note flowing into a CD, you burn your CD. That's much easier than " CD_DA
TRACK AUDIO
FILE "secret-pregap.wav"
START
FILE "track1.wav""
Companies that create software to exploit security vulnerabilities in common software in order to get commandline access to any system don't kill systems. Script kiddies do.
You could replace Joan Cusack as the most annoying shill for 'easy' cell phone providers. I realize you're being funny, but that joke is quite old. It all fits in a five column table.
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That's quite a dry wit you have.
Whose resources? The kinds of people developing new widgets for Gnome or KDE aren't the ones that will finally fix ACPI, enable support for the damn thumb buttons on mice, or lobby manufacturers for better driver support. Those are the real failures of OSS on the desktop, not competing GUIs.
Why is everyone so offended by what is obviously a joke game on a cellphone? To use the parent analogy, it isn't like the phone reminds you when to hug your kids.
OpenOffice didn't waste any time on clippy, and how much time did you spend with that program today?
Actually, this is much easier. Go to your Acrobat\Reader folder and take everything from the "plug_ins" folder and move it into "Optional" except the following: Search.api, Search5.api, IA32.api, EWH32.api, EScript.api. Printing and search will still work, and it will load 75% faster. This is on Reader 6.0.
I bet NOBODY USES THIS THING except for the groupies from /. that follow him around.
Come on now. You can say many things about Microsoft, but shoddy phone support is not one of them. Every time I've called them with non-KB issues, a patch or workaround was available (and the call was free because it was an 'easy' solution). The person answering the call was fluent in English. A thick accent greets me with every Cisco support call, and every time I post questions regarding Linux I get "RTFM!"
The benefit is subjective. It can be "sold" to us a variety of ways. At what Walmart sale price do we place freedom?
Perhaps an anonymous proxy could be set up and funded by the US, as it has in Iran.
My apologies for the unfounded DVD-ripping comment. Regardless, 500 hours of Cartoon Network anime is a little obsessive.
I still cringe when I think of that episode, especially Data explaining, "Humans are 85.9% water, and from their perspective, we ARE ugly" in that smug way with those tics. Damn that show sucked sometimes.
You would use less space if you stopped renting DVDs at Blockbuster to rip them to your HD.
The Apple interface is pretty bloated, but I have yet to find any player that has such intuitive playlist and library management. I currently use Quintessential, have used Winamp. Do you recommend any library plugins for either of those (or another player)?
The 'might mess up your machine' and 'would take up hd space' arguments are pretty weak. It's legal free music. The Kazaa and bundled spyware you currently use to download tunes take up more space than that. I've never, nor will I ever exceed Apple's level of restrictions on my mp3 (non iTunes) collection. I don't see the big deal about being able to burn a playlist to CD 10 times and use a file on up to 5 computers.
And exactly how much extra trouble and time is it to plan your page formatting ahead of time and laugh at hidden characters in coworkers documents?
You can say this why? Because an unprecedented number of electronic voting machines have been deployed, only to fail in some districts? And the backlash from that previous debacle was quietly swept under the rug? Your cynicism doesn't apply in this particular situation. I'm actually writing and waiting for things to happen, and they probably will - at least in some of the districts.
Meddling Washington bureaucrats create the market regulations that prevent Libertarian anarchy.
Somebody mod parent up informative! Way to contribute.
You can speed up Acrobat Reader loading time dramatically by copying everything in the "\Reader\plug_ins" folder to the "\Reader\Optional" folder. You may need to put some back if you actually use some plugins...but it worked for everyone in my office.
Some chat software automatically saves chatlogs. ICQ and Yahoo allow offline messaging, and act as 3rd-party brokers of the conversation. I can't see this standing up under further judicial scrutiny.
And we know that influential lawmakers frequent Slashdot, Fark, Plastic, and Sourceforge.
Because commandline is NOT END-USER FRIENDLY. Things are different when you're a system admin. Click a picture of a music note, you get music. Click a picture with a music note flowing into a CD, you burn your CD. That's much easier than " CD_DA TRACK AUDIO FILE "secret-pregap.wav" START FILE "track1.wav""
Companies that create software to exploit security vulnerabilities in common software in order to get commandline access to any system don't kill systems. Script kiddies do.
You could replace Joan Cusack as the most annoying shill for 'easy' cell phone providers. I realize you're being funny, but that joke is quite old. It all fits in a five column table.
I can't help but notice the precipitous rise in the use of 'ergo' after the latest Matrix abominations.