Though it wouldn't allow for quick sorting of files according to creation date (or, if I'd put the date at the beginning of filename, would dissalow sorting by "true" filename)
So there is no straightforward way to keep track of file creation times under POSIX systems? (nevermind translating between the conventions, if some obscure one is possible for POSIX, under dualboot scenario) That's a very dissapointing to me, since I find absolute file creation dates very usefull when navigating the filesystem...
Using Windows terminology to describe it: there are two file attributes that interest me, "Created" and "Modified". Under any version of Windows, when moving a file, they remain intact (when copying we have of course new "Created"). That is, I believe, the correct behaviour - if you want to move a file, you want to retain as much info about it as possible.
Not sure what is the convention under OSX, haven't used it enough, but when using Linux GUI enviroments there are two corresponding attributes, which seem to be the same thing (from the name...). AFAI remember what seems to be the "Created" attribute indeed acts like 'ctime' that you describe. Perhaps I remember incorrectly.
But here's the thing: when I'm back to Windows, "Created" attribute has definatelly changed (to the date of moving operation). Irritating, to say the least...
At least few distros I've tried does that (and a) I wasn't bothered enough yet to search more thoroughly than quick google search b) it wouldn't help much anyway, since that's apparently a default behaviour...a big problem when using flashdisks with alien machines)
Namely, when moving files across volumes, only the modification date remained intact, with creation date being "reset" to the time of moving (essentialy it worked the same as copying and then deleting the original; and while that's what the OS is doing under the hood, it is not the intention of the user if he chooses "cut" instead of "copy")
That's a destruction of very, very basic file attribute; almost falls under the category of destroying user data... (yes, file creation dates are not important to some of you, I get it...but they are to others)
Most games in multimon scenarios really need odd number of displays; 5 is better than 6 in this case (and you just know some people will say this is unusable, because of monitor bezel in the center)
BTW...goodbye Matrox, last stronghold just went away.
Regarding 1b, Developers only have to worry about ONE platform again - the multicore PC with a high end graphics card and lots and lots of RAM (that's what the GaiKai data centers will be stocked with). Much easier to develop for than a console - if you run into resource limitations, you can just tell GaiKai that your game needs higher end hardware."
It won't work light that. You see, the devs on PC side don't care about resource limitations the way console ones do, not only because PCs can be upgraded, but also because they don't foot the bill, players do (and additional cost is hidden a bit, not directly tied to a particular game)
In this case, they will, hardware requirements will have direct correlation with price of subscription and/or profits. Expect very agrresive optimisations.
And I wes discussing courtship behaviors and not large scale societal patterns...where exactly?
(though what I'm saying proved...usefull when said appropriatelly, somewhere between humorous and bold, with a touch of reminder that the only people without facial hair are woman and children;p )
Now, I'm not saying that we should disregard all other factors, courtships, customs that are present in selecting a partner in favor of those which correlate the most with health/etc.
I'm just saying that currently common preference for men with short haircut and no facial hair is insane from reproductive point of view. It helps unhealthy ones remain hidden, makes access to better females easier for them, helps them at the game and at YOUR cost (if you play by their rules and bring yourself towards the common denominator).
1) They are a priority. A species that doesn't select for them, doesn't survive long. Where you might misunderstand me is in having the impression that I suggest health, and even healthy hair, is all that matters - nonsence, I said no such thing. I'm simply amazed at the fact that current sexual selection in western societies promotes (among other things!!!) traits that are advantegous only to small group of unhealthy males. It's against the interests of females, it's against the interests of large group of healthy males...and yet most of them play along. That I find...interesting, to say the least.
2) Read my other post in this thread, I adressed it. Suffice to say - you are far from "probably correct"
3) Of course, it's never a certainty. But gives a strong, very visible hint, with a probability far from trivial (for a woman, given her investment in pregnancy and associated risk)
4) What I wrote in 1). Of course those are also factors, but they eradicate the one I mentioned. Given two men of roughly equal social status, one visibly much more healthy...would you really argue he won't be preferred over the other?
But hey, I'm completelly confused, must be all rubbish above...
It's a bit of a shame there will be two vastly different performance levels now, with large number of 1st gen machines excluded from running some of the stuff...especially since they could conceivably do it, given different, leaner software choices at the beginning (say, basing UI on Gnustep/Etoile libraries, Webkit instead of Gecko, packing XFCE in dualboot fashion like Gnome currently is only for 1.5-gen machines)
1) Sorry, I can only hope that for a third language I'm doing rather fine
2) That argument actually works the other way around: if you are not only able to have healthy long hair, but also survive with them in a highly hostile environment, that means your genes and health (and/or abilities and intelligence) are not merely good - they're probably almost perfect. Having short hair in such circumstances falls under an act of avoiding your weaknesses, as in the case of hygiene/health/genetic disorders in current times.
(and actually...the "surviving in battle" part still happens today to some degree - several times I was selected for attack solely on the basis of how I look; considering that I'm doing fine, with the worst thing that came out of those attacks beeing a typical palm boxing fracture, perhaps it is indeed safe to assume that those particular bald shitheads had some genetic disorders/etc., hm?)
Don't kid yourself that I'm the one being hostile; hearing from various jerks in real life that I should look like them (helping some of them disguise their defects) is a semi-regular occurence, not the other way around (unless I respond, such as in the case of my post above)
And if I would ever loose a girl I care about due to those factors...well, her loss, for deciding on a mate using factors that are statistically disadvantageous to the health of her offspring.
Those of us who would want to use iPod nano in a gym or some other place disallowing photo cameras, and who still don't have one - now it's the time to grab it, it seems.
Honestly, I think people who associated "short hair = manly" (after wars of XIX and first half of XX century, where shaving was an effective way of supressing diseases without access to sanitation; when millions of young, shawed pawns in hands of rulers were coming back they suddenly became hero veterans...just for being pawns) should mind their own business.
Really, I can't believe how so many woman were scammed into this "model" of manhood - one that disguises poor personal hygiene, diseases and genetic disorders. Body hair is a very obvious giveaway if any of those things are lacking (not if you shave them of course), a very useful thing for a female when selecting a male. Historically, mainly cultures lacking in those areas preferred shaving...because they couldn't get healthy looking hair anyway.
It seems you forgot the concept of independant countries, with different laws...
PS. The really scary part (of the summary, why would I read TFA?;p ) is the potential for creative interpretation of literary works as a basis for prosecution...
T-mobile also, although the market seems to resist the efforts of German high command at rebranding, so it still functions under the name "Era" (plus fully dependant prepaid network "Heyah")
Just so you know - I'm thinking seriously about moving very close to the construction site of first nuclear powerplant in my country. This time it should go through...we really have no other choice.
We had one 90% completed, with one of two reactors installed (though not fuelled), but moronic part of society sold it for scrap on an altar of post-Chernobyl hysteria and anti-communism; accidentally, scrapping this costly project, wasting any benefits, certainly caused large part of economic hardships in early 90's and made sure that we're the place with largest in the world brown coal powerplant (meant originally as temporary measure before nuclear), supplying 1/4th of our energy. Cancelling that nuclear one 20 years ago can easily be used as a case study for most of the factors why my country is frelled up.
OTOH moving to the planned site of new one...only benefits: - beautiful and sane (culturally/ideologically) area, close to interesting aglomeration (ok, this factor is external) - as a rule of thumb areas around nuclear powerplants are actually quite "green" in Europe - nicer microclimate - better emergency services for free - cheap property thanks to idiots fleeing the area - good schools thanks to idiots fleeing the area and qualified workers at the plant expecting good education for their children - nice neighbours thanks to idiots fleeing the area and large number of educated people arriving - did I mention IDIOTS FLEEING THE AREA?!
Though I've never met a teacher who could touch-type. Never. Heck, even CS teacher in highschool, while typing fast, was looking at the keyboard most of the time and using only two fingers (but tbh he was great, almost as good as they get here; we suspected he started on machines with only O and 1 for inputs;) )
That is also their fault; most teachers are very conservative in the way they do things. Helps them to feel authoritattive, I imagine (and possibly is an extreme case of "my times were better, now world is in downfall" coping mechanism that many older people have when confronted with current life & possibilities of youth; I guess teachers by the nature of their work might be highly volnurable to that)
For a better job, and more ideologically pure, why not?;p
But seriously, what you've done was of course completelly reasonable (accidentally...using Opera might also fall under similar categories, since its advantages become more apparent the slower the machine and connection is). And so is liking OSS, even if not exclusively using it (I do try to limit my pet projects to OSS). It's mostly just "I must have OSS browser on Windows" that I have a problem with...
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Getting cheap prepaid simcard wherever you are isn't really inferior...just different (and generally a good idea)
Bot solutions have their pros and cons.
And this is, I guess, best of both worlds:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Skypephone_Series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INQ
Doh...
Though it wouldn't allow for quick sorting of files according to creation date (or, if I'd put the date at the beginning of filename, would dissalow sorting by "true" filename)
So there is no straightforward way to keep track of file creation times under POSIX systems? (nevermind translating between the conventions, if some obscure one is possible for POSIX, under dualboot scenario) That's a very dissapointing to me, since I find absolute file creation dates very usefull when navigating the filesystem...
Using Windows terminology to describe it: there are two file attributes that interest me, "Created" and "Modified". Under any version of Windows, when moving a file, they remain intact (when copying we have of course new "Created"). That is, I believe, the correct behaviour - if you want to move a file, you want to retain as much info about it as possible.
Not sure what is the convention under OSX, haven't used it enough, but when using Linux GUI enviroments there are two corresponding attributes, which seem to be the same thing (from the name...). AFAI remember what seems to be the "Created" attribute indeed acts like 'ctime' that you describe. Perhaps I remember incorrectly.
But here's the thing: when I'm back to Windows, "Created" attribute has definatelly changed (to the date of moving operation). Irritating, to say the least...
At least few distros I've tried does that (and a) I wasn't bothered enough yet to search more thoroughly than quick google search b) it wouldn't help much anyway, since that's apparently a default behaviour...a big problem when using flashdisks with alien machines)
Namely, when moving files across volumes, only the modification date remained intact, with creation date being "reset" to the time of moving (essentialy it worked the same as copying and then deleting the original; and while that's what the OS is doing under the hood, it is not the intention of the user if he chooses "cut" instead of "copy")
That's a destruction of very, very basic file attribute; almost falls under the category of destroying user data... (yes, file creation dates are not important to some of you, I get it...but they are to others)
Most games in multimon scenarios really need odd number of displays; 5 is better than 6 in this case (and you just know some people will say this is unusable, because of monitor bezel in the center)
BTW...goodbye Matrox, last stronghold just went away.
Again, learn to read (for example - where did I trully wrote there about myself?)
Or perhaps you're just affected by severe middle-aged balding and can't get over it. (see? both can play this silly game...)
Learn to read.
Regarding 1b, Developers only have to worry about ONE platform again - the multicore PC with a high end graphics card and lots and lots of RAM (that's what the GaiKai data centers will be stocked with). Much easier to develop for than a console - if you run into resource limitations, you can just tell GaiKai that your game needs higher end hardware."
It won't work light that. You see, the devs on PC side don't care about resource limitations the way console ones do, not only because PCs can be upgraded, but also because they don't foot the bill, players do (and additional cost is hidden a bit, not directly tied to a particular game)
In this case, they will, hardware requirements will have direct correlation with price of subscription and/or profits. Expect very agrresive optimisations.
People discreetly recording JB, at least for some time. "It's only an MP3 player"
And I wes discussing courtship behaviors and not large scale societal patterns...where exactly?
(though what I'm saying proved...usefull when said appropriatelly, somewhere between humorous and bold, with a touch of reminder that the only people without facial hair are woman and children ;p )
Now, I'm not saying that we should disregard all other factors, courtships, customs that are present in selecting a partner in favor of those which correlate the most with health/etc.
I'm just saying that currently common preference for men with short haircut and no facial hair is insane from reproductive point of view. It helps unhealthy ones remain hidden, makes access to better females easier for them, helps them at the game and at YOUR cost (if you play by their rules and bring yourself towards the common denominator).
in point 4)
Of course those are also factors, but they don't eradicate the one I mentioned.
1) They are a priority. A species that doesn't select for them, doesn't survive long. Where you might misunderstand me is in having the impression that I suggest health, and even healthy hair, is all that matters - nonsence, I said no such thing. I'm simply amazed at the fact that current sexual selection in western societies promotes (among other things!!!) traits that are advantegous only to small group of unhealthy males. It's against the interests of females, it's against the interests of large group of healthy males...and yet most of them play along. That I find...interesting, to say the least.
2) Read my other post in this thread, I adressed it. Suffice to say - you are far from "probably correct"
3) Of course, it's never a certainty. But gives a strong, very visible hint, with a probability far from trivial (for a woman, given her investment in pregnancy and associated risk)
4) What I wrote in 1). Of course those are also factors, but they eradicate the one I mentioned. Given two men of roughly equal social status, one visibly much more healthy...would you really argue he won't be preferred over the other?
But hey, I'm completelly confused, must be all rubbish above...
Complete "baldness" (as opposed to "male pattern baldness", which progresses very, very gradually) is simply a sign of being very old.
It's a bit of a shame there will be two vastly different performance levels now, with large number of 1st gen machines excluded from running some of the stuff...especially since they could conceivably do it, given different, leaner software choices at the beginning (say, basing UI on Gnustep/Etoile libraries, Webkit instead of Gecko, packing XFCE in dualboot fashion like Gnome currently is only for 1.5-gen machines)
1) Sorry, I can only hope that for a third language I'm doing rather fine
2) That argument actually works the other way around: if you are not only able to have healthy long hair, but also survive with them in a highly hostile environment, that means your genes and health (and/or abilities and intelligence) are not merely good - they're probably almost perfect. Having short hair in such circumstances falls under an act of avoiding your weaknesses, as in the case of hygiene/health/genetic disorders in current times.
(and actually...the "surviving in battle" part still happens today to some degree - several times I was selected for attack solely on the basis of how I look; considering that I'm doing fine, with the worst thing that came out of those attacks beeing a typical palm boxing fracture, perhaps it is indeed safe to assume that those particular bald shitheads had some genetic disorders/etc., hm?)
Don't kid yourself that I'm the one being hostile; hearing from various jerks in real life that I should look like them (helping some of them disguise their defects) is a semi-regular occurence, not the other way around (unless I respond, such as in the case of my post above)
And if I would ever loose a girl I care about due to those factors...well, her loss, for deciding on a mate using factors that are statistically disadvantageous to the health of her offspring.
Those of us who would want to use iPod nano in a gym or some other place disallowing photo cameras, and who still don't have one - now it's the time to grab it, it seems.
Honestly, I think people who associated "short hair = manly" (after wars of XIX and first half of XX century, where shaving was an effective way of supressing diseases without access to sanitation; when millions of young, shawed pawns in hands of rulers were coming back they suddenly became hero veterans...just for being pawns) should mind their own business.
Really, I can't believe how so many woman were scammed into this "model" of manhood - one that disguises poor personal hygiene, diseases and genetic disorders. Body hair is a very obvious giveaway if any of those things are lacking (not if you shave them of course), a very useful thing for a female when selecting a male. Historically, mainly cultures lacking in those areas preferred shaving...because they couldn't get healthy looking hair anyway.
It seems you forgot the concept of independant countries, with different laws...
PS. The really scary part (of the summary, why would I read TFA? ;p ) is the potential for creative interpretation of literary works as a basis for prosecution...
T-mobile also, although the market seems to resist the efforts of German high command at rebranding, so it still functions under the name "Era" (plus fully dependant prepaid network "Heyah")
Just so you know - I'm thinking seriously about moving very close to the construction site of first nuclear powerplant in my country. This time it should go through...we really have no other choice.
We had one 90% completed, with one of two reactors installed (though not fuelled), but moronic part of society sold it for scrap on an altar of post-Chernobyl hysteria and anti-communism; accidentally, scrapping this costly project, wasting any benefits, certainly caused large part of economic hardships in early 90's and made sure that we're the place with largest in the world brown coal powerplant (meant originally as temporary measure before nuclear), supplying 1/4th of our energy. Cancelling that nuclear one 20 years ago can easily be used as a case study for most of the factors why my country is frelled up.
OTOH moving to the planned site of new one...only benefits:
- beautiful and sane (culturally/ideologically) area, close to interesting aglomeration (ok, this factor is external)
- as a rule of thumb areas around nuclear powerplants are actually quite "green" in Europe
- nicer microclimate
- better emergency services for free
- cheap property thanks to idiots fleeing the area
- good schools thanks to idiots fleeing the area and qualified workers at the plant expecting good education for their children
- nice neighbours thanks to idiots fleeing the area and large number of educated people arriving
- did I mention IDIOTS FLEEING THE AREA?!
Though I've never met a teacher who could touch-type. Never. Heck, even CS teacher in highschool, while typing fast, was looking at the keyboard most of the time and using only two fingers (but tbh he was great, almost as good as they get here; we suspected he started on machines with only O and 1 for inputs ;) )
That is also their fault; most teachers are very conservative in the way they do things. Helps them to feel authoritattive, I imagine (and possibly is an extreme case of "my times were better, now world is in downfall" coping mechanism that many older people have when confronted with current life & possibilities of youth; I guess teachers by the nature of their work might be highly volnurable to that)
For a better job, and more ideologically pure, why not? ;p
But seriously, what you've done was of course completelly reasonable (accidentally...using Opera might also fall under similar categories, since its advantages become more apparent the slower the machine and connection is). And so is liking OSS, even if not exclusively using it (I do try to limit my pet projects to OSS). It's mostly just "I must have OSS browser on Windows" that I have a problem with...