Well... I *never* saw gmail going down. The worst that I saw was a weird error on logout that lasted for a day but that didn't caused problem to use my account.
They are working on it and meanwhile, why don't you save your mails on text files on your computer ?
Notice that when you patch Windows, you patch... Windows.
When you patch your Linux distro you patch ALL the software that are included with it. There is tons of packages included !
And they are patched fast. Red Hat for instance include fixes for critical problems within a day of their publication.
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I've read the book and no, I didn't found any cooking reference.
One reference to wine (not the software), once in the book. That's all.
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There is no way to know how much they lose. They usually try to add the retail price of all the pirated copies but:
- The people that have pirated them would not necessary have bought the game - If they did, they could have waited until the price droped - How do you count how much pirated copies exist anyway ?
I'm not saying that they don't suffer huge lost because of this however.
Not only adverts but also relevant links that are not commercial at all. Both are clearly identified.
I guess that non-commercial links were created so you take the habit to look at the right of your screen and see the adverts because they really are non-intrusive.
They don't have the storage capability to give 1 gigabyte to every user because almost no user is near the quota.
Since price of hardware are always falling they upgrade the storage when they need.
It's beta. They are currently working on features. The ones they are currently trying to implent are :
- Automatic forwarding of your email to another account
- Plain HTML version of Gmail
- Export Contacts
The actual version isn't plain html, it uses lot of javascript. This is really good, it makes the interface speedy. The page doesn't have to reload every time you click something it just morph. But I guess an alternate version for people with disabled javascript or non-supported browsers is a great idea.
Yes better. I dropped Thunderbird too.
You don't create folders, you create labels. They do all that folders and more. To apply a lable just chose the right one from the dropbox near the title. If you want to create one, chose New Label.
The strenght of labels over is that you can chose many labels for a single message (but if you chose just one, it will work as folders).
To send a message to your contact, type it's name and let autocompletion work (or open the contact window).
No calendar support yet.
More seriously, you should have read the entire article. It is pointed out that many of his 'inventions' are neither new ideas nor patentable - although I see it as an indication of an active mind that he 'invented' things to fill an observed void, and an active mind is good.
Prior art almost never prevent people from getting patents in practice
What I can't do, is redistribute what I've taped. (barring special circumstances, which would obviously include FCC violations, or real crimes that actually hurt people)
Legally, could you redistribute it to people that were allowed to get it in the first place but didn't recorded it for whatever reason ?
I wonder how we must understand this sentence in the article. Is it : "We know IE is pretty bad but don't switch to Linux, use Firefox and everything will be ok." ?
I strongly recommand reading this PDF file about this topic, it is A Comparison of the GPL and the Microsoft EULA that could as well be named "EULA and GPL explained to non-lawyers".
I think that windows users should know what they really agreed to.
It wasn't Linspire yet when I tried it. I might try their LiveCD just to know what it's about but I don't plan installing that thing on my computer anymore.
I know you can set account by clicking on "Advanced" but how many newbies will click on it ? Writing "Advanced" is the best way to scare newbies. It should instead be easy to do it in the installation. And they don't mention why accounts are important.
Ease of installing applications can be found in all distribution that have ways to download applications and resolve dependencies by themselves.
However, I think it is positive that they now acknowledge that they are a Linux distribution. When they were still called Lindows they were acting as if they were a different OS.
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Well... I *never* saw gmail going down. The worst that I saw was a weird error on logout that lasted for a day but that didn't caused problem to use my account.
They are working on it and meanwhile, why don't you save your mails on text files on your computer ?
Since when does RedHat == Linux ?
You didn't understood. A roll model is for RPG player. ;-)
Notice that when you patch Windows, you patch... Windows. When you patch your Linux distro you patch ALL the software that are included with it. There is tons of packages included ! And they are patched fast. Red Hat for instance include fixes for critical problems within a day of their publication.
I've read the book and no, I didn't found any cooking reference.
One reference to wine (not the software), once in the book. That's all.
There is no way to know how much they lose. They usually try to add the retail price of all the pirated copies but :
- The people that have pirated them would not necessary have bought the game
- If they did, they could have waited until the price droped
- How do you count how much pirated copies exist anyway ?
I'm not saying that they don't suffer huge lost because of this however.
The basic commands are :
yum update
yum install
The first command update everything, the second install the package you asked.
No need to sync or update the database.
Replace the /etc/yum.conf with the version found on this page : http://www.fedorafaq.org/
I am a Canadian and the first time I heard "aboot" was in a movie made in US.
They just have to use bayesian filters.
Not only adverts but also relevant links that are not commercial at all. Both are clearly identified.
I guess that non-commercial links were created so you take the habit to look at the right of your screen and see the adverts because they really are non-intrusive.
They don't have the storage capability to give 1 gigabyte to every user because almost no user is near the quota. Since price of hardware are always falling they upgrade the storage when they need.
And it makes a wonderful and fast interface that just morph to fit your need rather than reload.
For instance, if you want to reply to an e-mail, the compose form appear at the bottom oft he screen so :
- reload time saved
- and you can still see the mail you are replying to
It's beta. They are currently working on features. The ones they are currently trying to implent are : - Automatic forwarding of your email to another account - Plain HTML version of Gmail - Export Contacts The actual version isn't plain html, it uses lot of javascript. This is really good, it makes the interface speedy. The page doesn't have to reload every time you click something it just morph. But I guess an alternate version for people with disabled javascript or non-supported browsers is a great idea.
Yes better. I dropped Thunderbird too. You don't create folders, you create labels. They do all that folders and more. To apply a lable just chose the right one from the dropbox near the title. If you want to create one, chose New Label. The strenght of labels over is that you can chose many labels for a single message (but if you chose just one, it will work as folders). To send a message to your contact, type it's name and let autocompletion work (or open the contact window). No calendar support yet.
I matters. Spam is *mass* mailing.
I don't know but personally, I installed Fedora and reverted back to the gnome default.
Firefox have profiles you know.
The FSF don't officially support translations ? So what ?
What prevent you from licensing your software under it and write that all the terms of the license apply anyway ?
It's your software, it's your terms.
It actually have good ranking on Google when you search for a topic that exist in it. I guess it help people to discover it.
Personally, I found it when Pamela Jones of Groklaw linked to it.
I want one ! :)
iwantagmailaccount.azmodan@spamgourmet.com
In most Linux Distributions (probably all with the exeption of Linspire), by default the main user isn't an administrator.
If you attempt an administrative task, you get asked root's password.
Prior art almost never prevent people from getting patents in practice
Legally, could you redistribute it to people that were allowed to get it in the first place but didn't recorded it for whatever reason ?
I wonder how we must understand this sentence in the article. Is it : "We know IE is pretty bad but don't switch to Linux, use Firefox and everything will be ok." ? I strongly recommand reading this PDF file about this topic, it is A Comparison of the GPL and the Microsoft EULA that could as well be named "EULA and GPL explained to non-lawyers". I think that windows users should know what they really agreed to.
It wasn't Linspire yet when I tried it. I might try their LiveCD just to know what it's about but I don't plan installing that thing on my computer anymore.
I know you can set account by clicking on "Advanced" but how many newbies will click on it ? Writing "Advanced" is the best way to scare newbies. It should instead be easy to do it in the installation. And they don't mention why accounts are important.
Ease of installing applications can be found in all distribution that have ways to download applications and resolve dependencies by themselves.
However, I think it is positive that they now acknowledge that they are a Linux distribution. When they were still called Lindows they were acting as if they were a different OS.