<5mm thick tinfoil>considering that a lot of the open source inside linux (including the kernel and compiler) is written by people who are hired by various large and small companies, and considering that you don't really know who pays the rest of the volunteers and for what, unless you're validating all source code you're compiling, and have bootstrapped and compiled your compiler yourself, you're not very much ahead of people who run binary distros, and only a little ahead of people who use binary blobs. </5mm thick tinfoil>
apple hasn' been rewarded for the planning horizon, but for the quarterly sales figures and the ability to create hype.
the moment sales figures trip, or the ability to geneate hype shakes, the market will short them with the same zeal it has been bying them, whatever the long-term propects.
it wasn't a migration - they simply ditched their old stuff, appropriated a free OS, slapped a graphical shell on top and graciously allowed third-party developers rework their applications.
apps that people write for that particular OS in many languages run on a vastlly larger array of hardware than apple makes.
Of course it was a hoax. How come they can find all the Russian craft, and yet there is no picture of the WAVING FLAG and the FOOTSTEPS YET?!???!!!!?!!?!11! Ah, I see, the wind from the ET's attack ship removed them from the surface. (Yes, I am 120% serious.)
The gear costs less than the deposit on this thing, there is no waiting, and it is immense fun. Besides, for paragliding you don't need a license, so you can start trying to kill yourself right away. This says "ultralight", so probably needs a license. (Note: paragliding without license may be allowed, but doing so without adequate training is pretty lethal).
It has always been the case that those Americans who want to avoid taxes can do so in the US easily -- simply setup up a non-profit for the purpose, and be done with it, safely and legally. I know quite a few Americans who do just that, and don't bother with offshore accounts.
Shipping data wholesale to the US authorities is a legal problem in Europe mostly because there privacy protection still has some limited meaning.
that is quite true, but in the case of toy yoda (and the other japanese cars) there is the additional motive of pressuring the new japanese government into political obedience - part of the platform they were elected included revision of certain aspects of US-Japan military "cooperation" etc. so, it is a bit more complicated than pure protectionist drive, but the protectionism is definitely there -- and was even before the elections.
Having read the linked Russian article, I think it is BS.
The folks are basing their claims on maps of stations that show supposed biased distribution of stations. They are making the claim that the selected stations somehow exhibit a trend which doesn't exist.
Obviously I haven't played with underlying data (available at meteo.ru -- the Russian meteorological agency), but the maps that show "suspicious" selections are showing the coordinate system as rectangles with equal sides. It seems to me that with this projection, the selection will look like polar stations are under-represented, when, in fact, that will not be the case at all.
If you consider the actual territory (i.e. choose a different projection) you'll likely get a totally different story. So, while I am unsure if we have global warming, and while I think handling of the CRU email scandal was a disaster and the ongoing investigation is warranted, it seems this particular piece is not very strong reason for skepticism.
Knowing how stations are actually selected would solve this mistery easily.
Or, way easier, just avoid places and companies that do things to you you don't like, whatever the reason. I've seen what boarding an Israeli plane looks like -- I see no point in dealing with a country that needs such security. I've had to put a TSA thug in his proper place at an international airport once -- I'll pass on visiting US or using US airlines until such time I hear such thuggery isn't the norm anymore. And so on.
To do that on Linux you have to either read the documentation of your window manager, or assign the same sequence via one of the many mechanisms available - or do it with the mouse. The first and last methods work out of the box.
Which of the above utilities isn't "well thought out" or "well integrated" exactly and why?
To achieve similar level of customization and comfort on a mac or windows pc, I needed to spend comparable time locating and researching the respective "well integrated" and "well thought out" tools, and I'm still not as happy with the result. The X tools above have served me very well over two decades.
Your throwing around of phrases you've likely heard in product ads don't make you sound knowledgeable, just slightly trollish.
xfce,
xev,
devilspie,
xbindkeys,
xmodmap,
xrandr,
vim,
man. you can do every crazy thing that comes to mind with this, except window wobbling. i haven't had the need for that, hence no tool for it. reading the man pages won't take more than two hours. you can even use emacs or nano instead of vim with the same great result.
I've seen the GP's story copypasta-ed word for word several times in the last 4-5 threads on global warming. It'd be interesting to see other people from Australia chiming in whether it is as bad there as the copypasta claims.
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<5mm thick tinfoil>considering that a lot of the open source inside linux (including the kernel and compiler) is written by people who are hired by various large and small companies, and considering that you don't really know who pays the rest of the volunteers and for what, unless you're validating all source code you're compiling, and have bootstrapped and compiled your compiler yourself, you're not very much ahead of people who run binary distros, and only a little ahead of people who use binary blobs. </5mm thick tinfoil>
wake me up when apple reconsiders its near-moronic app policy, not a single case. because it is the policy that is the problem, not its application.
apple hasn' been rewarded for the planning horizon, but for the quarterly sales figures and the ability to create hype. the moment sales figures trip, or the ability to geneate hype shakes, the market will short them with the same zeal it has been bying them, whatever the long-term propects.
use the jesus phone - i'm sure there's an app that'll help you get a clue.
it wasn't a migration - they simply ditched their old stuff, appropriated a free OS, slapped a graphical shell on top and graciously allowed third-party developers rework their applications. apps that people write for that particular OS in many languages run on a vastlly larger array of hardware than apple makes.
Of course it was a hoax. How come they can find all the Russian craft, and yet there is no picture of the WAVING FLAG and the FOOTSTEPS YET?!???!!!!?!!?!11! Ah, I see, the wind from the ET's attack ship removed them from the surface. (Yes, I am 120% serious.)
Yep. My 40,000 settlers protest this evil insinuation in one voice. AND MY WORDS ARE BACKED BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
and I've heard that isn't even true.
The gear costs less than the deposit on this thing, there is no waiting, and it is immense fun. Besides, for paragliding you don't need a license, so you can start trying to kill yourself right away. This says "ultralight", so probably needs a license. (Note: paragliding without license may be allowed, but doing so without adequate training is pretty lethal).
jyaa, zannenshou wo itadaitekudasaimasuyouni onegaiitashimasu.
This ain't about tax avoidance at all.
It has always been the case that those Americans who want to avoid taxes can do so in the US easily -- simply setup up a non-profit for the purpose, and be done with it, safely and legally. I know quite a few Americans who do just that, and don't bother with offshore accounts.
Shipping data wholesale to the US authorities is a legal problem in Europe mostly because there privacy protection still has some limited meaning.
that is quite true, but in the case of toy yoda (and the other japanese cars) there is the additional motive of pressuring the new japanese government into political obedience - part of the platform they were elected included revision of certain aspects of US-Japan military "cooperation" etc. so, it is a bit more complicated than pure protectionist drive, but the protectionism is definitely there -- and was even before the elections.
you misunderstand. it is a pretext to remove it from those of us who wear it all the time in the first place.
Besides, EVEN taking in account all data, they are still getting a global warming trend. So ... who knows, maybe it is real?
Having read the linked Russian article, I think it is BS.
The folks are basing their claims on maps of stations that show supposed biased distribution of stations. They are making the claim that the selected stations somehow exhibit a trend which doesn't exist.
Obviously I haven't played with underlying data (available at meteo.ru -- the Russian meteorological agency), but the maps that show "suspicious" selections are showing the coordinate system as rectangles with equal sides. It seems to me that with this projection, the selection will look like polar stations are under-represented, when, in fact, that will not be the case at all.
If you consider the actual territory (i.e. choose a different projection) you'll likely get a totally different story. So, while I am unsure if we have global warming, and while I think handling of the CRU email scandal was a disaster and the ongoing investigation is warranted, it seems this particular piece is not very strong reason for skepticism.
Knowing how stations are actually selected would solve this mistery easily.
Or, way easier, just avoid places and companies that do things to you you don't like, whatever the reason. I've seen what boarding an Israeli plane looks like -- I see no point in dealing with a country that needs such security. I've had to put a TSA thug in his proper place at an international airport once -- I'll pass on visiting US or using US airlines until such time I hear such thuggery isn't the norm anymore. And so on.
To do that on Linux you have to either read the documentation of your window manager, or assign the same sequence via one of the many mechanisms available - or do it with the mouse. The first and last methods work out of the box.
Which of the above utilities isn't "well thought out" or "well integrated" exactly and why?
To achieve similar level of customization and comfort on a mac or windows pc, I needed to spend comparable time locating and researching the respective "well integrated" and "well thought out" tools, and I'm still not as happy with the result. The X tools above have served me very well over two decades.
Your throwing around of phrases you've likely heard in product ads don't make you sound knowledgeable, just slightly trollish.
Whaddya mean it didn't happen? I SAW the documentary. Even got a copy off the bittorrent for the kids.
is what got the aliens beaten by a macintosh and a loser like jeff goldblum. compile everything in, disable all dynamic modules!
xfce, xev, devilspie, xbindkeys, xmodmap, xrandr, vim, man. you can do every crazy thing that comes to mind with this, except window wobbling. i haven't had the need for that, hence no tool for it. reading the man pages won't take more than two hours. you can even use emacs or nano instead of vim with the same great result.
Mod the parent up.
I've seen the GP's story copypasta-ed word for word several times in the last 4-5 threads on global warming. It'd be interesting to see other people from Australia chiming in whether it is as bad there as the copypasta claims.
My bad.
To be fair, you forgot Poland. Don't forget Poland.
My point exactly. It is all pocket change when you're not paying for it.