to me it's simple - A client connects to a Server. Servers do not connect to clients.
the X server does not open a window on the client, the client requests that the server open a window. That's all there is to it, you can't just swap the names around as the usage of them is well defined.
If you want to avoid confusion, then don't use the term client and server at all as they already have very clear meanings - come up with new names.
people use command line tools because command line tools are _useful_ It is often far quicker to do something on a command line than to perform the same action via a GUI.
There is definite benefit in graphical tools, but just because something is easier to learn, doesn't mean that it is better - it just means it's easier to learn.
> Being able to apply XSL alone on a document means it incredibly simplifys the process of converting from one format to another WITHOUT having to learn YA proprietary format/tools.
Actually - in most cases except where the XML in question is very simple, I'd say it's esaier to write a custom conversion program based on SAX or even DOM than to battle with XSLT. The result would definitely be more readable and easier to maintain.... However, you're still pretty much right - you're not forced to use proprietry tools. You do have to learn a proprietry format though (in either the custom coversion case or the XSLT case) - as the format of the XML document itself may be proprietry, but it's generally much easier to reverse engineer an XML format than a binary one (or even a lot of plain text ones)
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Actually, whilst some changes in American English were in fact deliberate (and mostly due to Webster and his peers), quite a lot of the differences are simply due to changes to the language that happened in the UK not being propogated to the USA.
I would guess that this is one of the latter cases - as it appears that burglarize is an old word that has been obsoleted by burgle in the UK (and Australia and New Zealand).
Quite a lot of how Americans speak is not an "abuse" of English - it's just a result of the separation in a time when the fastest way to communicate between the two countries was a few weeks on a boat.
I suggest you do some reading on the topic - I'd recommend "The Adventure of English" by Melvyn Bragg, and "Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson.
lots of things are figures of speech. That doesn't mean they don't piss people off. And I think holding the population of a city responsible for the actions of a government they didn't even vote for is a pretty poor use of language.
Canberra doesn't need anything other than for other Australians to recognise that Canberra has nothing whatsoever to do with what goes on under that aluminium monstrosity on the hill.
Canberra voted Labor - both Federally and Locally, as it almost always does...
> Well, most of us don't need no freakin support contract.
you are not the intended market.
For those that do want support, 3 digits is nothing - without support they'd probably end up paying more than that per instance for a third party to come in and fix something...
Besides, I don't think it's the ES and WS versions that are the trouble - they're pretty reasonable, it'd be the AS version that could do with some lowering. It seems like it's in the "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" range, as it's very difficult to impossible to find a price for it on their website.
Couldn't/Shouldn't you look in to RTFA or something?
"And Dell has the marketing muscle to make its opinions clear. Indeed, Red Hat's pricing was instrumental in Dell's decision to sign its October pact to sell Novell's SuSE Linux. "
it's made from _recycled_ cardboard - that means it's already been used, so no, it won't use more wood - at least not that hadn't already been used anyway...
I had friends with Commodores (Vic20, 16, 16/plus4, 64), Amigas, Amstrads, ZX 81s, SX Spectrums, and Spectravideo/MSX
I think there was one guy who's father had a home office, and had a PC, and another who's parents ran a magazine from their home, and had some Macs... and One of my Schools had Applie IIes...but the bulk of home computers were the 8 bit z80 and 65xx machines - with the occasional 68k showing up.
This guy really must have lived in a cave in the 80s - or his definition of 80s starts at 1989.
I would ask them if they had a job yet. If yes, and in the field they were aiming for, then I'd say yes.
Otherwise they'd need a better reason.
Note: I dropped out, and have been employed in the industry for 8 years now. (code monkey, then sysadmin, now senior software engineer)
I'm painfully aware of my own lack of degree, but I've been involved in the hiring process often enough to know it doesn't really matter as long as the applicant has the ability, and can write a good resume.
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If you say so
well, not exactly...
/dev/rmt? device....
not unless a worm was smart enough to run tar on every tape drive - or to dd some random junk at every
a mounted tape is not the same as a mounted hard drive or floppy...
actually, This site is better, as it lists more than PHP based CMSs
If you can't copy and paste by now, you shouldn't be on slashdot.
what the hell are you talking about?
Michael didn't make any comment at all...
and if you're talking about the from the.....dept line, then you need to step away from the computer, and go take a walk outside for a bit.
to me it's simple -
A client connects to a Server.
Servers do not connect to clients.
the X server does not open a window on the client, the client requests that the server open a window. That's all there is to it, you can't just swap the names around as the usage of them is well defined.
If you want to avoid confusion, then don't use the term client and server at all as they already have very clear meanings - come up with new names.
Application and Display work well for me.
people use command line tools because command line tools are _useful_
It is often far quicker to do something on a command line than to perform the same action via a GUI.
There is definite benefit in graphical tools, but just because something is easier to learn, doesn't mean that it is better - it just means it's easier to learn.
Gah! Multiple previews and still the typos win.
It must be Monday.
> Being able to apply XSL alone on a document means it incredibly simplifys the process of converting from one format to another WITHOUT having to learn YA proprietary format/tools.
Actually - in most cases except where the XML in question is very simple, I'd say it's esaier to write a custom conversion program based on SAX or even DOM than to battle with XSLT.
The result would definitely be more readable and easier to maintain....
However, you're still pretty much right - you're not forced to use proprietry tools.
You do have to learn a proprietry format though (in either the custom coversion case or the XSLT case) - as the format of the XML document itself may be proprietry, but it's generally much easier to reverse engineer an XML format than a binary one (or even a lot of plain text ones)
Actually, whilst some changes in American English were in fact deliberate (and mostly due to Webster and his peers), quite a lot of the differences are simply due to changes to the language that happened in the UK not being propogated to the USA.
I would guess that this is one of the latter cases - as it appears that burglarize is an old word that has been obsoleted by burgle in the UK (and Australia and New Zealand).
Quite a lot of how Americans speak is not an "abuse" of English - it's just a result of the separation in a time when the fastest way to communicate between the two countries was a few weeks on a boat.
I suggest you do some reading on the topic - I'd recommend "The Adventure of English" by Melvyn Bragg, and "Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson.
If you think you're on a technology news site, then I think you got a little lost somewhere on the web.
this is _exactly_ the sort of story that makes slashdot worth reading....
SCO, Politics and the MPAA/RIAA can all go fuck themselves...
the GP post was referring to the person submitting the article (who mentioned the lack of electricity), not the guy who built the clock....
lots of things are figures of speech.
That doesn't mean they don't piss people off.
And I think holding the population of a city responsible for the actions of a government they didn't even vote for is a pretty poor use of language.
Canberra doesn't need anything other than for other Australians to recognise that Canberra has nothing whatsoever to do with what goes on under that aluminium monstrosity on the hill.
Canberra voted Labor - both Federally and Locally, as it almost always does...
I think you meant to say "The Federal Government"
Only very specific 3rd party driver downloads....
> Well, most of us don't need no freakin support contract.
you are not the intended market.
For those that do want support, 3 digits is nothing - without support they'd probably end up paying more than that per instance for a third party to come in and fix something...
Besides, I don't think it's the ES and WS versions that are the trouble - they're pretty reasonable, it'd be the AS version that could do with some lowering.
It seems like it's in the "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" range, as it's very difficult to impossible to find a price for it on their website.
Couldn't/Shouldn't you look in to RTFA or something?
"And Dell has the marketing muscle to make its opinions clear. Indeed, Red Hat's pricing was instrumental in Dell's decision to sign its October pact to sell Novell's SuSE Linux. "
so he uses an external trigger mechanism....
if you look really hard enough I think you'd be able to find something suspicious in just about everything on the planet....
are you sure that apache actually has special code to check for it, and that it's not something that's exposed at the standard library level?
it's made from _recycled_ cardboard - that means it's already been used, so no, it won't use more wood - at least not that hadn't already been used anyway...
> although I can almost guarantee they won't take off.
except in a strong wind!
I had friends with Commodores (Vic20, 16, 16/plus4, 64), Amigas, Amstrads, ZX 81s, SX Spectrums, and Spectravideo/MSX
I think there was one guy who's father had a home office, and had a PC, and another who's parents ran a magazine from their home, and had some Macs...
and One of my Schools had Applie IIes...but the bulk of home computers were the 8 bit z80 and 65xx machines - with the occasional 68k showing up.
This guy really must have lived in a cave in the 80s - or his definition of 80s starts at 1989.
you have _no_ idea how slashdot works do you?
The summary text is not written by a member of the slashdot staff - it is exactly what was submitted by "Jeff Clark".
here's a question, why do people still complain about it, given that there have always been NYT articles posted here?
Besides, you're implying that people would actually READ the articles....
I would ask them if they had a job yet.
If yes, and in the field they were aiming for, then I'd say yes.
Otherwise they'd need a better reason.
Note: I dropped out, and have been employed in the industry for 8 years now. (code monkey, then sysadmin, now senior software engineer)
I'm painfully aware of my own lack of degree, but I've been involved in the hiring process often enough to know it doesn't really matter as long as the applicant has the ability, and can write a good resume.