I doubt you'd be using so many f-words if you were speaking to someone face to face. If your communication online is similar to offline as you say, then it's just as well you do most of it here and not out there!
And don't you let Linux get in the way of blaming Windows when something goes wrong:-)
Whether or not it's Windows' fault, you gotta deal with what's likely to happen. And I think you guys are referring to Fedora 2 - they should've tested that shit and accomodated the bug before release.
it seems like every big linux distributor now has officialy dumped XFree86
But is XFree86 actually dumped? Surely their future work (even if it does come out slowly) will continue to be utilised by X.org. And right now all they've done is fork a version of XFree86 anyway. In effect everyone is still using XFree86, and unless X.org has some kind of wild new direction planned, it doesn't look like much is going to change for users. Bah. It's all too political and boring.
What's the problem? Why do people keep talking about the/. effect? Someone's computer/connection can't respond to all the requests, so you wait a little while and view it later if you're still interested. Wow. Hilarious.
as long as Java remains "under strict control", it will be limited to what Sun can do with it. Want Java on a new platform? Wait for Sun to port it and support it. Want an urgent bug fix in JDK? Wait for Sun to do it
Yep, that's all true. So what? You take something and you work with it. Many people like an approach like that. You treat the JRE as a magical black box that executes your code, and if it stuffs up, you live with it and you keep moving.
Yes, sometimes this will be bad for your security or give you a headache or cause you some compatibility problems. Yes, if it was open source you'd have an avenue to deal with the problems yourself, rather than be at the mercy of the vendor, but so what? People don't want to deal with those problems most of the time. And have you ever, for example, ever hit a limitation in Java because of Sun's control over it? No? Didn't think so. Neither have most people. You don't see people sitting around stewing and not using Java because Sun has taken until 1.5beta to put in generics, do you. They just use what the language provides. If later new features become available or new platforms are supported, then great. If not, people use what the platform provides, or they don't use it at all. And plenty of people are using Java.
You don't have to blindly trumpet open source all the time y'know. Not everything is better off open source 'just because'. If Big Bad Sun wants to keep Java for themselves then good on 'em.
I'm sick to death of hearing this stupid moral argument for using OSS all the time, just because there's the possibility that at some stage, at some time in the future, something will no longer be maintained, or there'll be a bug that doesn't get fixed for a century or whatever, and we're all supposed to just wither and die because of it, and if only we'd had the source, blah blah blah. Yes, this is the reality for some companies, they've gotta avoid that risk, there's exceptions, I don't need to hear it. But for you to get on/. and blather on about open source Java, as if 20 years from now you're still going to be maintaining your little Java app, sigh... it is such a tiresome argument. There is stuff out there. There'll always be some risk attached to investing in a platform. Use it if you think it fits now and will fit later. Or don't. Doesn't mean Sun is making some grevious mistake by not opening everything up.
How will you lose any of your own self respect if you hand over your possessions to avoid being injured? It's up to you whether you respect yourself or not. If another person can take it away from you - or you need a gun just to feel it - then you've got issues dude.
thats what 'driving skill' in racing is all about anyways.
Driving skill = car control.
In Outrun there was no car control whatsoever! You just 'turned' left or right and the car sprite changed, and the track moved either way a bit. And the same formations of cars came and went all the time... as far as racing goes, there was nothing there and it was boring and repetitive. But it looked good, had some good music etc.
Colours and button/text sizes don't have anything to do with an application being skinnable... those can be provided by the host OS eg. Windows display properties, or gtk/qt options etc. The problem is Mozilla's non-standard, slowish UI that doesn't fit as well as it could on ANY platform, and the only reasons for it are to not have to write platform-specific UI code presumably, and to make it skinnable eg. new pixmaps for 4/5 buttons on the toolbar. It's naff, and has naught to do with accessibility.
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surely I'm not the only Liberal voter to have such a complete about face in the way I intend voting
No, you're not the only one.
This is the first election I really care about (haven't voted in many). I'm nervous!
However, on the other hand he's absolutely set in withdrawing our commitment in Iraq, something I think would be a very bad idea at this point
You think wrong. Vote ALP.
You guys have trade in New Zealand?
:)
Who would have thought?
I doubt you'd be using so many f-words if you were speaking to someone face to face. If your communication online is similar to offline as you say, then it's just as well you do most of it here and not out there!
But don't let the facts get in the way of a rant
:-)
And don't you let Linux get in the way of blaming Windows when something goes wrong
Whether or not it's Windows' fault, you gotta deal with what's likely to happen. And I think you guys are referring to Fedora 2 - they should've tested that shit and accomodated the bug before release.
What's wrong with 'whinging'? That is a word. Unless you're just pretending not to know... I dunno these things.
it seems like every big linux distributor now has officialy dumped XFree86
But is XFree86 actually dumped? Surely their future work (even if it does come out slowly) will continue to be utilised by X.org. And right now all they've done is fork a version of XFree86 anyway. In effect everyone is still using XFree86, and unless X.org has some kind of wild new direction planned, it doesn't look like much is going to change for users. Bah. It's all too political and boring.
What's the problem? Why do people keep talking about the /. effect? Someone's computer/connection can't respond to all the requests, so you wait a little while and view it later if you're still interested. Wow. Hilarious.
And having said all that... /. will continue to post many more stories exactly like this one.
Congratulations.
So, again, why not just use your Esc key as your Esc key?
We reported this weeks ago.
Would you like a pat on the head for that?
Taking a look at those screenshots and hearing the new features, I really don't think I'm going to be installing that s--t on my computer.
:-(
Is there a plain-jane alternative? Something like foobar, but which can play video? I use foobar because of its standard looking interface.
Sigh. I don't want storefronts in my software
Sure does.
How are all you bastards doing?
as long as Java remains "under strict control", it will be limited to what Sun can do with it. Want Java on a new platform? Wait for Sun to port it and support it. Want an urgent bug fix in JDK? Wait for Sun to do it
/. and blather on about open source Java, as if 20 years from now you're still going to be maintaining your little Java app, sigh... it is such a tiresome argument. There is stuff out there. There'll always be some risk attached to investing in a platform. Use it if you think it fits now and will fit later. Or don't. Doesn't mean Sun is making some grevious mistake by not opening everything up.
Yep, that's all true. So what? You take something and you work with it. Many people like an approach like that. You treat the JRE as a magical black box that executes your code, and if it stuffs up, you live with it and you keep moving.
Yes, sometimes this will be bad for your security or give you a headache or cause you some compatibility problems. Yes, if it was open source you'd have an avenue to deal with the problems yourself, rather than be at the mercy of the vendor, but so what? People don't want to deal with those problems most of the time. And have you ever, for example, ever hit a limitation in Java because of Sun's control over it? No? Didn't think so. Neither have most people. You don't see people sitting around stewing and not using Java because Sun has taken until 1.5beta to put in generics, do you. They just use what the language provides. If later new features become available or new platforms are supported, then great. If not, people use what the platform provides, or they don't use it at all. And plenty of people are using Java.
You don't have to blindly trumpet open source all the time y'know. Not everything is better off open source 'just because'. If Big Bad Sun wants to keep Java for themselves then good on 'em.
I'm sick to death of hearing this stupid moral argument for using OSS all the time, just because there's the possibility that at some stage, at some time in the future, something will no longer be maintained, or there'll be a bug that doesn't get fixed for a century or whatever, and we're all supposed to just wither and die because of it, and if only we'd had the source, blah blah blah. Yes, this is the reality for some companies, they've gotta avoid that risk, there's exceptions, I don't need to hear it. But for you to get on
Hopefully longer. Current installer is the bee's knees.
I have tried Debian (horrendously dated - even SID)
Oh go poop your pants.
How will you lose any of your own self respect if you hand over your possessions to avoid being injured? It's up to you whether you respect yourself or not. If another person can take it away from you - or you need a gun just to feel it - then you've got issues dude.
True, but the Baja has nothing to do with Subaru Japan. "designed and built exclusively for the North American market". It shows ;-)
Glad Herbert Xu quit Debian - the project doesn't need someone like that.
e bi an.org/msg43619.html
Look at this posting to see what his real attitude is:
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-boot@lists.d
He says: "Who cares? It'd be much better if you [Taiwanese] didn't use Debian at all.". Idiot.
protect people from the site of Fords and chevys
If only! American cars mostly look awful, just awful. Here are some:
http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ugly_cars (actually there's a jap car in there too)
Do you, like... totally produce death?
Or what?
I wonder how hard the XBox port really is? and what's involved?
Not very, and not much. Mainly a whole lot of bullshitting.
thats what 'driving skill' in racing is all about anyways.
Driving skill = car control.
In Outrun there was no car control whatsoever! You just 'turned' left or right and the car sprite changed, and the track moved either way a bit. And the same formations of cars came and went all the time... as far as racing goes, there was nothing there and it was boring and repetitive. But it looked good, had some good music etc.
Colours and button/text sizes don't have anything to do with an application being skinnable... those can be provided by the host OS eg. Windows display properties, or gtk/qt options etc. The problem is Mozilla's non-standard, slowish UI that doesn't fit as well as it could on ANY platform, and the only reasons for it are to not have to write platform-specific UI code presumably, and to make it skinnable eg. new pixmaps for 4/5 buttons on the toolbar. It's naff, and has naught to do with accessibility.