This was my first distro. After trying Red Hat, Slackware, and Mandrake I returned to SuSE 8.2 and have stuck with it ever since. Why? It just seems to have a more complete set of desktop applications than the others. Configuration is quite simple with YaST. I can set it and forget it. I don't have to constantly search for the settings to add to some configuration file somewhere on my system. Yes, it's end-useritis and blasphemous to admit, but I like to use my system, not configure it.
I don't want a G5 on my lap anyway. It'd make me feel guilty, having that much power in a small package while other people can't even get it in a PC tower.
If you really want to vanquish your guilt, get yourself an 8088 with a monochrome text mode display running CP/M. Be sure to pay an obscene amount of money for it. Do not allow yourself to plug into any networks. And wear a gray and black ribbon proclaiming how much you care about those less fortunate computer users who have to cope with graphical interfaces and wireless Internet connections.
Whenever it is reported that something may be a "possible cause" it means that there is no evidence, that the link is pure speculation. When so-called environmentalists went after power lines they sponsored studies to show a correlation between tissue heating caused by exposure to electric fields and rates of cancer. Their results were inconclusive and contradictory. Most studies found no correlation whatsoever. Tissue heating is far more pronounced by simply taking a walk in the sunshine. And it is not tissue heating that is a problem there; it is ultraviolet light, which is known to cause skin cancer.
That didn't stop the FCC from issueing exposure limit guidelines and requiring licensees to learn complex formulas for evaluating exposure risks at their radio stations. This was off-putting enough for many licensees that it resulted in the removal of antennas from the roofs of many tall buildings.
All of it was driven purely by politics. I personally had to spend a couple of days learning about this crap when upgrading my amateur radio licence from Technician to General class.
To understand how ridiculous this all is, just think about the inverse square law.
But I digress. To create exposure guidelines and counter-measures when there is absolutely no evidence of risk is laughable.
The article you cite (which was published over a year ago) starts by saying, "Accelerated melting of Earth's glaciers in recent years has forced the planet to let a notch out of its belt as its midsection gains girth, according to a study released today."
The only source linked by the author of that article says, "They considered that ice melting at the poles and raising the overall sea level could be the culprit. Calculations showed, however, that 'you would have to drop a 10x10x5 kilometer cube of it into the ocean every year for the past five years.' Separate measurements of sea surface height from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon mission don't support this scenario."
The article concludes by tempering its opening assertion. "Dickey cautioned that the study is not entirely conclusive, as the changes in sea level are measured in millimeters and represent a "daunting task" that requires numerous corrections to account for various known factors, such as natural short-term fluctuations."
So it is conceded that glacial melting cannot account for the few millimeter changes in sea level observed, and that they don't know enough to conclude that it is anything more than a natural short-term fluctuation. Once again, "journalists" are inflating the conclusions of scientists and alarming the public with no more justification than a desire to sell a weekly rag.
So tell us. Why are you bothering to bring up an article published more than a year ago as though it were breaking news?
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This was my first distro. After trying Red Hat, Slackware, and Mandrake I returned to SuSE 8.2 and have stuck with it ever since. Why? It just seems to have a more complete set of desktop applications than the others. Configuration is quite simple with YaST. I can set it and forget it. I don't have to constantly search for the settings to add to some configuration file somewhere on my system. Yes, it's end-useritis and blasphemous to admit, but I like to use my system, not configure it.
If you really want to vanquish your guilt, get yourself an 8088 with a monochrome text mode display running CP/M. Be sure to pay an obscene amount of money for it. Do not allow yourself to plug into any networks. And wear a gray and black ribbon proclaiming how much you care about those less fortunate computer users who have to cope with graphical interfaces and wireless Internet connections.
"The method works for only about half of all e-mails received - but in all of those cases, it sorts the mail into the right category."
Yes, indeed, getting it right in every one of half of all cases is quite an advance over getting it wrong in every one of the remainder.
That didn't stop the FCC from issueing exposure limit guidelines and requiring licensees to learn complex formulas for evaluating exposure risks at their radio stations. This was off-putting enough for many licensees that it resulted in the removal of antennas from the roofs of many tall buildings.
All of it was driven purely by politics. I personally had to spend a couple of days learning about this crap when upgrading my amateur radio licence from Technician to General class.
To understand how ridiculous this all is, just think about the inverse square law.
But I digress. To create exposure guidelines and counter-measures when there is absolutely no evidence of risk is laughable.
The article you cite (which was published over a year ago) starts by saying, "Accelerated melting of Earth's glaciers in recent years has forced the planet to let a notch out of its belt as its midsection gains girth, according to a study released today."
The only source linked by the author of that article says, "They considered that ice melting at the poles and raising the overall sea level could be the culprit. Calculations showed, however, that 'you would have to drop a 10x10x5 kilometer cube of it into the ocean every year for the past five years.' Separate measurements of sea surface height from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon mission don't support this scenario."
The article concludes by tempering its opening assertion. "Dickey cautioned that the study is not entirely conclusive, as the changes in sea level are measured in millimeters and represent a "daunting task" that requires numerous corrections to account for various known factors, such as natural short-term fluctuations."
So it is conceded that glacial melting cannot account for the few millimeter changes in sea level observed, and that they don't know enough to conclude that it is anything more than a natural short-term fluctuation. Once again, "journalists" are inflating the conclusions of scientists and alarming the public with no more justification than a desire to sell a weekly rag.
So tell us. Why are you bothering to bring up an article published more than a year ago as though it were breaking news?
Good question. Perhaps if there were no security issues, their TCO "studies" might bear a closer resemblance to reality.