Try Xfce. I have Xfce 4 on an old PII of mine (the computer I'm typing this on, actually), and with a light GTK theme (Bluecurve), it runs much faster than even Win98 did on the same hardware.
This is somewhat offtopic, but I can't seem to find this information anywhere, so I was hoping that an Opera user might know - when did Opera add tabbed browsing?
I'll be reminding you that when the American police show up at your door for breaking a Chinese law.
That's ridiculous. You make it sound as if American copyrights are not valid in Finland or wherever, which isn't true. Finland is a signatory of the Berne convention, and Finland is required to respect and enforce American copyrights just as the United States is required to respect and enforce Finnish copyrights.
Yes, which is why I said, "I realize that the GIMP is not exactly a program for blind users, but this is the same file selector in all GTK2 programs.";3
Perhaps for some people, but it makes accessibility more difficult. *Why* is it required to type ctrl-L instead of simply providing a text box *in addition to* the much-improved graphical selection box? Surely this only adds an extra step for those who like to type, and the blind, when it would be just as easy to put it there by default or at least give the option of putting it there.
I realize that the GIMP is not exactly a program for blind users, but this is the same file selector in all GTK2 programs.
To be more precise, *some* international copyright laws apply in Taiwan. Works published by U.S. nationals, or created by nationals of the U.K., Hong Kong and Spain are also protected. Works created in other countries aren't; but, as you of course imply, it's not legal to export the Taiwanese knockoffs outside of Taiwan.
Are you sure that they're not pirated copies? In my experience, most Japanese albums being sold on eBay are actually Taiwanese knockoffs, and the price you give there seems suspicious for expensive Japanese albums.
Check the label; if it's Son-May (SM), Ever Anime, Smile Face, Xu Shing or Ho Son it's definately pirated. Those are the most common piraters, and you can find their knockoffs everywhere. Naturally, the artist didn't get a penny; so if your 30 CDs for 100$ were pirates, then it's no wonder it was cheaper than iTunes.
Just a nitpick: Shakespeare wrote in Modern English, not Middle English. The end of the Middle English period is commonly said to be around around 1500.
Actually, that's not quite true. The NES cartridges (and, later, the SNES cartridges) had a chip commonly known as the "lockout chip;" they called it 10NES, I believe. The same chip existed in both cartridges and the console, set to work as either a "lock" or a "key." To boot properly, the NES has to have a cartridge with a "key" 10NES chip inside it, to interact with the hardware's "lock."
Most unlicensed game companies made their games by making their cartridges deliver little shocks to the 10NES chip in the NES console; that caused the console's 10NES to reboot, and because the system didn't receive any "locking" command from the 10NES it goes ahead and launches the game.
Tengen instead looked up Nintendo's patents on the 10NES chips and used it to make their own 10NES chips, with illegally-copied copyrighted Nitnendo software to run on their bootleg 10NES chips. (As an aside, it's worth noting that they got this information by lying; they told the clerks at the appropriate government offices that they were in the middle of a lawsuit with Nintendo, and that they needed the hardware schematics and software in order to defend themselves.)
So it's no surprise that Nintendo sued, and won. Tengen were pretty clearly in the wrong. This information is taken from the account in David Sheff's excellent book Game Over, for reference.
I may have heard incorrectly; but there was certainly more than that. The gameplay was a bit unbalanced in the original Japanese release; they tweaked some things for the American version, especially the minigames. They also refined the Materia system, which they apparently hadn't had time to do before, and finished up a few extra normal enemies. Nothing too earth-shattering, mind.
Not to detract from your general point, but Final Fantasy 7 came out in Japan so much earlier because it was rushed to the market, and they didn't have the time to get everything finished. They took seven months for North American release in order to actually finish up the game, so North American gamers ended up with a superior product.
The old one is depreciated and may be removed at a later date. All of the software developers I've talked to won't even offer the option at compile time to use the old one because it's officially depreciated.
As for Ctrl-L, it seems needless to add an extra step to what I could already do before. If they recognize that some people will want to type in the path, why in Goddess' name should they impose an extra keyboard press? Surely they could include the rest of the improved interface as it is, but not require the user to jump through hoops just to use a feature that was there before.
I have to completely agree. The new GTK file selector is awful; I can't understand why they won't even offer the old one as an option, except that it would mean admitting that they might be wrong. I really can't stand the new file selector.
Well, games can be as books for working up one's own imagination. I'm an (aspiring) author, and I've taken quite an interest in game narrative as an art form, which I certainly wouldn't have if I hadn't much experience with the medium.
It looks like not all of the music that's in the US store is available in the Canadian one at the moment.:( And I was looking forward to picking up some Lemon Jelly...
Nice troll, but that's not how the GPL works.;3 For the benefit of anyone who believed it - you're only required to distribute source code to people you've distributed binaries to. If no one outside the company has a binary, there is no obligation to give the source code away outside the company.
OpenGL isn't exclusively 3D. And Apple's Quartz Extreme, which OS X uses, uses hardware-accelerated 2D, not 3D, for Aqua, although applications can of course use 3D.
One of the reasons, I would imagine, is that very assumption that a person having to do with computers is male.
For an example, one study (Briere & Lanktree, 1983) examined the reactions of students to two sentences: "The psychologist believes in the dignity and worth of the individual human being. He is committed to increasing man's understanding of himself and others" and "Psychologists believe in the dignity and worth of the individual human being. They are committed to increasing people's understanding of themselves and others." The subjects were asked to rate the attractiveness of psychology for the different genders; those who saw the first statement generally rated it as less attractive for women than those who read the second statement.
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Try Xfce. I have Xfce 4 on an old PII of mine (the computer I'm typing this on, actually), and with a light GTK theme (Bluecurve), it runs much faster than even Win98 did on the same hardware.
This is somewhat offtopic, but I can't seem to find this information anywhere, so I was hoping that an Opera user might know - when did Opera add tabbed browsing?
Probably so, yes. Sorry, I did get the two confused.
That's ridiculous. You make it sound as if American copyrights are not valid in Finland or wherever, which isn't true. Finland is a signatory of the Berne convention, and Finland is required to respect and enforce American copyrights just as the United States is required to respect and enforce Finnish copyrights.
You're right, I missed a comma. I'll fix that up. Thank you for pointing that out!
Yes, which is why I said, "I realize that the GIMP is not exactly a program for blind users, but this is the same file selector in all GTK2 programs." ;3
I realize that the GIMP is not exactly a program for blind users, but this is the same file selector in all GTK2 programs.
This is nice, but the good people over at Something Awful beat them to it four years ago!
To be more precise, *some* international copyright laws apply in Taiwan. Works published by U.S. nationals, or created by nationals of the U.K., Hong Kong and Spain are also protected. Works created in other countries aren't; but, as you of course imply, it's not legal to export the Taiwanese knockoffs outside of Taiwan.
Check the label; if it's Son-May (SM), Ever Anime, Smile Face, Xu Shing or Ho Son it's definately pirated. Those are the most common piraters, and you can find their knockoffs everywhere. Naturally, the artist didn't get a penny; so if your 30 CDs for 100$ were pirates, then it's no wonder it was cheaper than iTunes.
Just a nitpick: Shakespeare wrote in Modern English, not Middle English. The end of the Middle English period is commonly said to be around around 1500.
Most unlicensed game companies made their games by making their cartridges deliver little shocks to the 10NES chip in the NES console; that caused the console's 10NES to reboot, and because the system didn't receive any "locking" command from the 10NES it goes ahead and launches the game.
Tengen instead looked up Nintendo's patents on the 10NES chips and used it to make their own 10NES chips, with illegally-copied copyrighted Nitnendo software to run on their bootleg 10NES chips. (As an aside, it's worth noting that they got this information by lying; they told the clerks at the appropriate government offices that they were in the middle of a lawsuit with Nintendo, and that they needed the hardware schematics and software in order to defend themselves.)
So it's no surprise that Nintendo sued, and won. Tengen were pretty clearly in the wrong. This information is taken from the account in David Sheff's excellent book Game Over, for reference.
I may have heard incorrectly; but there was certainly more than that. The gameplay was a bit unbalanced in the original Japanese release; they tweaked some things for the American version, especially the minigames. They also refined the Materia system, which they apparently hadn't had time to do before, and finished up a few extra normal enemies. Nothing too earth-shattering, mind.
Not to detract from your general point, but Final Fantasy 7 came out in Japan so much earlier because it was rushed to the market, and they didn't have the time to get everything finished. They took seven months for North American release in order to actually finish up the game, so North American gamers ended up with a superior product.
As for Ctrl-L, it seems needless to add an extra step to what I could already do before. If they recognize that some people will want to type in the path, why in Goddess' name should they impose an extra keyboard press? Surely they could include the rest of the improved interface as it is, but not require the user to jump through hoops just to use a feature that was there before.
Er, that should read "is awful, too." >.; I don't mean to sound like I didn't actually know what you were talking about.
I have to completely agree. The new GTK file selector is awful; I can't understand why they won't even offer the old one as an option, except that it would mean admitting that they might be wrong. I really can't stand the new file selector.
Well, games can be as books for working up one's own imagination. I'm an (aspiring) author, and I've taken quite an interest in game narrative as an art form, which I certainly wouldn't have if I hadn't much experience with the medium.
It looks like not all of the music that's in the US store is available in the Canadian one at the moment. :( And I was looking forward to picking up some Lemon Jelly...
Nice troll, but that's not how the GPL works. ;3 For the benefit of anyone who believed it - you're only required to distribute source code to people you've distributed binaries to. If no one outside the company has a binary, there is no obligation to give the source code away outside the company.
OpenGL isn't exclusively 3D. And Apple's Quartz Extreme, which OS X uses, uses hardware-accelerated 2D, not 3D, for Aqua, although applications can of course use 3D.
I prefer XFce, personally.
I don't believe that it is the major contributing factor; it's a small part of a pervailing attitude, and that attitude is what needs to be changed.
For an example, one study (Briere & Lanktree, 1983) examined the reactions of students to two sentences: "The psychologist believes in the dignity and worth of the individual human being. He is committed to increasing man's understanding of himself and others" and "Psychologists believe in the dignity and worth of the individual human being. They are committed to increasing people's understanding of themselves and others." The subjects were asked to rate the attractiveness of psychology for the different genders; those who saw the first statement generally rated it as less attractive for women than those who read the second statement.
Yes, and the songwriters are paid royalties for radio play.