Darwin, the Beagle, discovery of our true origins - monkeys, ahem, move on. Find out if there is bacteria on Mars... there is... ugh! Make astute observation that there probably is weird and wonderful bacteria everywhere. Now what is the application of all this effort? If I could tell you that the nearest planet outside our system has monkeys just as cool as us on it how would that change our lives? Be unperturbed - its VERY far away.
Mac OSX okay, Windows? Ugh! If ever there was an anti-argument. Personally I don't like the KDE look but in the past have found the KApplications to work better than the GNOME stuff. I like to mess about with the window managers, being able to choose. If you wanted one-size fits all then you'll disappoint one or the other camp. I wouldn't miss KDE but some might and eventually end up on MacOSX. I understand the developer's argument but must we choose? Isn't there a way you can develop without worring about the presentation layer?
There was a joke in Russia about how (allegedly) NASA spent zillions on developing the prototype Papermate; a special pen which could write in zero-gravity. The Russians would say 'We used a pencil'. Beagle is an elegant solution. Our media portrays Americans to be obsessed with size and having a penchant for solving problems by throwing money at them. Some of us shall be feeling quite smug if all goes well this Christmas. Even though we were 'feeling the love' from Dubya recently, for many here yank-bashing is a preoccupation. I doubt if this species would have had any of its excursions in space were it not for the everyday American's imagination. They created a demand for what many non-americans still view as pure misadventure.
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Darwin, the Beagle, discovery of our true origins - monkeys, ahem, move on. Find out if there is bacteria on Mars... there is... ugh! Make astute observation that there probably is weird and wonderful bacteria everywhere. Now what is the application of all this effort? If I could tell you that the nearest planet outside our system has monkeys just as cool as us on it how would that change our lives? Be unperturbed - its VERY far away.
Mac OSX okay, Windows? Ugh! If ever there was an anti-argument. Personally I don't like the KDE look but in the past have found the KApplications to work better than the GNOME stuff. I like to mess about with the window managers, being able to choose. If you wanted one-size fits all then you'll disappoint one or the other camp. I wouldn't miss KDE but some might and eventually end up on MacOSX. I understand the developer's argument but must we choose? Isn't there a way you can develop without worring about the presentation layer?
There was a joke in Russia about how (allegedly) NASA spent zillions on developing the prototype Papermate; a special pen which could write in zero-gravity. The Russians would say 'We used a pencil'. Beagle is an elegant solution. Our media portrays Americans to be obsessed with size and having a penchant for solving problems by throwing money at them. Some of us shall be feeling quite smug if all goes well this Christmas. Even though we were 'feeling the love' from Dubya recently, for many here yank-bashing is a preoccupation. I doubt if this species would have had any of its excursions in space were it not for the everyday American's imagination. They created a demand for what many non-americans still view as pure misadventure.