To be fair, it doesn't really take very much to deliver a better impression than the stock FreeBSD installer. True, it works well enough, but a "You're done, please reboot" screen would be nice.
There's this saying, "Linux is for people who hate Microsoft, BSD is for people who love UNIX."
It's tongue-in-cheek and very debatable, of course. But isn't there an undercurrent of truth in it, that BSD fans on average are driven by a positive force, and linux fans on average are driven by a negative one?
I'm ASKING, not trolling. FYI, while I conceptually prefer BSD, in practice I'm using linux.
> Killing people for a fucking MP3 file !!!!???? MP3 files, and ebooks, and unhindered Internet access, and unhindered Internet use, and unhindered free software use, and...
True, but I can't see this being "taught" (to Haitians in particular and Internet users in general) until there is not only a functioning proof of concept, but it's a well-tested, wide-spread, common thing to do.
That said, that's exactly what I think we will have to do in the future if regulation continues on its current path.
The Haitians can only rely on the NGO's instead of their ISP's while the NGO's are there, offering aid. So it's more a case of "give them fish for a while", which, if you think about it, is even more catastrophic because it undercuts the existing system with something that's only transient.
how to connect without ISPs?
If you have a method for this, you truly have struck gold! Even more so in light of ACTA and so on.
Besides, if you yanks were going to try and pull a fast one on the rest of the world, you should have used a football analogy - its the international sport!
(thats the one with the round ball by the way)
See, there's your problem. Haven't you been paying attention to the recent "document format war" discussions? It's better to use one specific format, however obscure it may be, than something else that can be god-knows-what depending on regional settings.
That is, you ought to stick with the baseball analogy....I can't believe we're joking about this unfathomably creepy issue. I guess we know we're doomed already anyway?
Wasn't it, "and all the enemies that have that wall in their field of view immediately dies"?
I seem to recall surviving that weapon by quickly turning away and back again at strategic moments. But of course, that was a long time ago and my mind has begun to fade...
The one good feature in Second Life: If you're having a bad day, you can literally walk around with a thundercloud over your head. Just like the "missile balloons" (google it), this would be an awesome thing to have and use ever so rarely.
I must agree with you, and also with u64 (the other respondent to your post).
You can have your privacy. Or you can have a life. Some time ago I ranted about the *real* problem actually being the fact that you must rely on 3rd parties in order to maintain your social life, and that those 3rd parties have totally different and arguably conflicting interests (monetary, of course).
20 years ago, if someone would not have a phone in the house, that would be a similar social disadvantage. The difference between then and now is that the phone service is much less of a privacy invasion, as the phone company does not *absorb* everything you speak into your phone and strip you of your rights to your own words.
One might say that you always have a choice. True; I do not have a Facebook account.
But, I also notice almost daily how that puts me at a social disadvantage. Not because of Facebook *per se*, but because of how they operate and because any other service is effectively as good as *no* service (how good is an Appleseed account when there are so few other users, and none of my actual friends care to join?).
half of the time I'll be reading Slashdot, half of the time left I'll be debugging, half of the time left I'll be thinking about the implementation and the hour I have left will be used for writing and tweaking the code. Seriously.
BTW, what I usually do is give a rough estimate on how long it takes to come up with a slightly less rough estimate. Then I start fighting to get every little detail of the RQs sorted out. Only then do I pick apart the problem, which often includes writing the actual code, so my sizing ends up being "well, that took x time units" rather than "well, I guess it'll take x time units"...
Also, mod my employer down, for refusing to spend dollar one on anything remotely resembling this -- but giving us free leash to spend as much as we want on our 'spare work time' on reimplementing the same thing in our in-house platform.
I've already asked Joel to open up a branch office on this side of the pond. He said, "maybe later".
Annoying when that happens, isn't it? The *only* time I fell asleep in front of the telly was in 1986, during the broadcast of the Giotto space probe rendezvous with Halley's Comet. That's not something that'll be re-aired, though, and I doubt if I have my wits about me by the next time Halley comes around.:'-(
I would agree with you, in that HMTL is very good as an information markup language. However, HTML was never intended to play well with fixed media (in fact, one might argue the opposite), so page margins and numbering, footnotes, etc. would be a mess.
Also consider that ODF is not just for text documents, it also covers spread sheets, presentations, and (most tricky for HTML) drawings.
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To be fair, it doesn't really take very much to deliver a better impression than the stock FreeBSD installer. True, it works well enough, but a "You're done, please reboot" screen would be nice.
There's this saying, "Linux is for people who hate Microsoft, BSD is for people who love UNIX."
It's tongue-in-cheek and very debatable, of course. But isn't there an undercurrent of truth in it, that BSD fans on average are driven by a positive force, and linux fans on average are driven by a negative one?
I'm ASKING, not trolling. FYI, while I conceptually prefer BSD, in practice I'm using linux.
I can see your point, but I don't think "this" is the way to do it. Do you?
> Killing people for a fucking MP3 file !!!!???? ...
MP3 files, and ebooks, and unhindered Internet access, and unhindered Internet use, and unhindered free software use, and
Newspeak is a gradual process.
"If I can guess the real color of your car, can I have my dog back?"
Behind this cryptic topic:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/47548-firmware-i7500xefjb2.html
is hidden the key to running v1.6! It's not 2.1, but it's a step in the right direction.
Samsung has done big-time wrong by a lot of customers, but the community is brilliant.
True, but I can't see this being "taught" (to Haitians in particular and Internet users in general) until there is not only a functioning proof of concept, but it's a well-tested, wide-spread, common thing to do.
That said, that's exactly what I think we will have to do in the future if regulation continues on its current path.
The Haitians can only rely on the NGO's instead of their ISP's while the NGO's are there, offering aid. So it's more a case of "give them fish for a while", which, if you think about it, is even more catastrophic because it undercuts the existing system with something that's only transient.
how to connect without ISPs?
If you have a method for this, you truly have struck gold! Even more so in light of ACTA and so on.
Somebody needs to update "Epic" with this narrative! At least, that's the voice I naturally read it with.
http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/
Besides, if you yanks were going to try and pull a fast one on the rest of the world, you should have used a football analogy - its the international sport!
(thats the one with the round ball by the way)
See, there's your problem. Haven't you been paying attention to the recent "document format war" discussions? It's better to use one specific format, however obscure it may be, than something else that can be god-knows-what depending on regional settings.
That is, you ought to stick with the baseball analogy. ...I can't believe we're joking about this unfathomably creepy issue. I guess we know we're doomed already anyway?
Wasn't it, "and all the enemies that have that wall in their field of view immediately dies"?
I seem to recall surviving that weapon by quickly turning away and back again at strategic moments. But of course, that was a long time ago and my mind has begun to fade...
Oh my god it's already happening! Whaaaaaaaagh!
The one good feature in Second Life: If you're having a bad day, you can literally walk around with a thundercloud over your head. Just like the "missile balloons" (google it), this would be an awesome thing to have and use ever so rarely.
At least you get to keep your karma points.
Will my new me remember the password to my Slashdot account?
I must agree with you, and also with u64 (the other respondent to your post).
You can have your privacy. Or you can have a life. Some time ago I ranted about the *real* problem actually being the fact that you must rely on 3rd parties in order to maintain your social life, and that those 3rd parties have totally different and arguably conflicting interests (monetary, of course).
20 years ago, if someone would not have a phone in the house, that would be a similar social disadvantage. The difference between then and now is that the phone service is much less of a privacy invasion, as the phone company does not *absorb* everything you speak into your phone and strip you of your rights to your own words.
One might say that you always have a choice. True; I do not have a Facebook account.
But, I also notice almost daily how that puts me at a social disadvantage. Not because of Facebook *per se*, but because of how they operate and because any other service is effectively as good as *no* service (how good is an Appleseed account when there are so few other users, and none of my actual friends care to join?).
Great! Point me the way to a half-meg reader for five quid!
;-)
I kid, I kid. I wouldn't mind paying a tenner.
If you're a politician, you're screwed the minute you set foot in a strip joint.
Aww man, those VIP's always get special treatment!
half of the time I'll be reading Slashdot, half of the time left I'll be debugging, half of the time left I'll be thinking about the implementation and the hour I have left will be used for writing and tweaking the code. Seriously.
+1 honest
+1 truthful
+1 me too
BTW, what I usually do is give a rough estimate on how long it takes to come up with a slightly less rough estimate. Then I start fighting to get every little detail of the RQs sorted out. Only then do I pick apart the problem, which often includes writing the actual code, so my sizing ends up being "well, that took x time units" rather than "well, I guess it'll take x time units"...
Mod parent up.
Also, mod my employer down, for refusing to spend dollar one on anything remotely resembling this -- but giving us free leash to spend as much as we want on our 'spare work time' on reimplementing the same thing in our in-house platform.
I've already asked Joel to open up a branch office on this side of the pond. He said, "maybe later".
As is magic, only rarer.
Annoying when that happens, isn't it? The *only* time I fell asleep in front of the telly was in 1986, during the broadcast of the Giotto space probe rendezvous with Halley's Comet. That's not something that'll be re-aired, though, and I doubt if I have my wits about me by the next time Halley comes around. :'-(
Calvin and Hobbes on Ritalin
That is without a doubt the saddest C&H strip I've seen. Ever.
By $DEITY, don't take away a child's imagination!
Neat! Thanks for the info.
I would agree with you, in that HMTL is very good as an information markup language.
However, HTML was never intended to play well with fixed media (in fact, one might argue the opposite), so page margins and numbering, footnotes, etc. would be a mess.
Also consider that ODF is not just for text documents, it also covers spread sheets, presentations, and (most tricky for HTML) drawings.