and Konqueror as the default/only web browser, and itunes installed, which replaces apt as well for package installation. see, they're uniting everyone.
I wonder if that was available when last I tried in ubuntu. I bet I sat there trying to do it from the command line when all I had to do was click it! Sorry for posting bad info.
I wish I'd been following this better. Around Fedora 8 I disabled kpackagekit and haven't re-enabled it. Good to hear it's effective, I swear I'm re-enabling it now and trying it right away! Thanks for testing it.
I haven't tried it in a while as I'm on Fedora right now and otherwise use Arch, but I think deb is as bad as rpm/yum for local files. I occasionally download a rpm and do
$ su -c 'yum localinstall some.rpm'
I would like that built into a gui package manager. If not for me than for people I recommend linux to. How do you locally install a deb file that isn't in a repo?
I do have to say that yum uninstalls rpms better and more consistently than windows does for msi's
That's what I'd expect as a winxp sysadmin. Worst I have to do is delete a profile. But I can't resist since one of my laptops is the same hardware:
T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu
(ok, I obviously haven't had my T60 since 2005 but the point is that Arch doesn't have releases just continuous upgrades. That's a smooth upgrade experience.)
Exactly. I have a sales background and think this is funny. They're implying that win7 vs linux is a reasonable choice. They're talking about built-in support for devices which people might remember having to install a cd to run. If people even know what Linux is I'm sure it was from someone (probably more knowledgable) saying Linux is more secure even if it was followed up by a critique of Linux. My friend that I work with as a sysadmin is very pro ms but wouldn't buy half the stuff in these slides.
It's important to realize that boycotts aren't meant to put a company out of business (at least usually aren't). The goal is to force them to change their behaviour. Focus on, for instance, Bravia TVs. If a significant dent was made in sales to the point that it didn't look like statistical noise then that might start at dialog between two sony divisions something like, "Hey people don't want to watch DRM encumbered crap from an anti-consumer corporation on a sony TV. They know who we are and are choosing more consumer-friendly brands."
Actually though I'd ignore most sony divisions (like the PS3 or technical engineering that invents and creates CDs) and focus on the relevant ones like sony pictures and sony bmg. That would make it a little more obvious where the lost profits went and why.
I actually have 3 profiles at home and 4 at work, keeping not just history but also extensions and saved tab sessions separate. But if you use it for porn don't name it that!
right there in the article they basically say that when they subtract the people who are returning the netbooks because it isn't windows, then the returns are a non-issue.
Did we read the same article? I can't find where they say this.
"I'm not upper class. Currently lower, probably." However the OP had the foresight to say "identify with" and not just assume you were rich. In arguments like this the rich don't even need to hurl the class warfare accusations, too many people anticipate their own wealth.
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I'm sorry I don't know the technical reasons. xml parsers are faster than html parsers. I imagine it's due to supporting fewer tags. There are difficulties serving the pages as application/xhtml+xml that don't exist for text/html though.
From my perspective I'd like to support this as much as I can because I look forward to a day when the web is mostly xml documents with css layouts. I can dream.
I don't think someone dual-booting ubuntu accidentally manually changed his default browser and possibly that browser's home page (it wasn't explicitly stated that igoog was the default homepage for ie). As a MS sysadmin I have seen this behavior or something similar I think. At any rate it's never happened to me in Linux.
1. Users will just think IE8 broke their favorite web site, or their own web site. They will blame IE8 before going to help pages or trying to figure out what happened...
--at first, but it will eventually only be true of old and crappy sites. the people upgrading to ie8 will be more technical at first. even when it's true it won't be that important. as a ff user how often are sites broken for you? I went from Netscape to Opera and remember when it was a problem, not so much now.
2. Most of the internet is an archive. They are no longer updated. This will break all of those pages...
--yup, the way they were broken for me when I had IE as my user agent in opera. MS shouldn't claim to be ie, problem solved:-)
3. IE *is* a standard. They are breaking their own standard...
--which ie? 3? a standard that wasn't consistent even within itself, if you call that a standard...Solution? If webmasters are suppose to update their site for IE8, then have them do that, but have them declare it in their code...
--that wouldn't force anyone's hand. Let's be honest, this pressure on MS came about because they largely were the cause of all this. They need to fix it, or stop making a browser.
He claims that websites require hacks for more than one popular browser. If firefox opera or safari need hacks to render they are rare enough that I've never come across them. Back in the day Netscape needed some hackery. The only reason I even validate now is to catch typos (and I occasionally do something wrong that I understand when it gets caught). Do I completely understand the specs? No. But I understand what I use. I thought it was an interesting article, with some good insights, but I think there were some pretty alarming statements that need some evidence to back up the claims. It's also very useful as an example of why argument by analogy is wrong.
getting the page as text/html is slower but doesn't break anything. If opera users have ie as their user agent there's not much you can do to give them xml (which loads faster) without breaking the site for ie users. hence the message. There's no doubt that having opera claiming to be ie deflates opera's usage statistics and inflates ie's.
For anyone who believes in any kind of copyright at all that is exactly what should be protected against. Seriously, though, it doesn't sound like fair use (aside from being non-commercial). It's not a true parody IMO (and probably the courts) and not any kind of review or statement and certainly of no benefit to society (nor was the original song).
If you call them socialists then I'll happily call McCain a fascist. (Note to any supporters of McCain that know what a socialist is--I'm just feeding the trolls.)
"54 And when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Ye have wronged yourselves by your choosing of the calf (for worship) so turn in penitence to your Creator, and kill (the guilty) yourselves. That will be best for you with your Creator and He will relent toward you. Lo! He is the Relenting, the Merciful."
That would be true in situations like horseshoes and hand grenades, but not here where mostly compliant is very good and not very compliant sucks and causes headaches. Where browsers like Firefox, Opera and Safari fail are largely (unfortunately not exclusively) obscure test cases that don't show up in the real world. I would like it to be that an even slight failure to meet the standards would set a browser apart from everyone else. But that just isn't true.
What's really awesome is that this article made me think of updating Safari. I then proceeded to update Quicktime and iTunes. Neither of which had been installed on this PC.
This wasn't a case of them tricking me as it was forgetting what was already installed, but there's a mild inconvenience that they didn't tell me the truth about what I've got installed or don't have installed.
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maybe bartPE, it replaces the Windows Preinstallation Environment, and my friend was using it with portable apps
and Konqueror as the default/only web browser, and itunes installed, which replaces apt as well for package installation. see, they're uniting everyone.
damn FreeBSD trolls
I wonder if that was available when last I tried in ubuntu. I bet I sat there trying to do it from the command line when all I had to do was click it! Sorry for posting bad info.
I wish I'd been following this better. Around Fedora 8 I disabled kpackagekit and haven't re-enabled it. Good to hear it's effective, I swear I'm re-enabling it now and trying it right away! Thanks for testing it.
I haven't tried it in a while as I'm on Fedora right now and otherwise use Arch, but I think deb is as bad as rpm/yum for local files. I occasionally download a rpm and do
I would like that built into a gui package manager. If not for me than for people I recommend linux to. How do you locally install a deb file that isn't in a repo?
I do have to say that yum uninstalls rpms better and more consistently than windows does for msi's
That's what I'd expect as a winxp sysadmin. Worst I have to do is delete a profile. But I can't resist since one of my laptops is the same hardware:
T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu
T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu
T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu
T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu
T60 Arch Linux rolling upgrade pacman -Syu
(ok, I obviously haven't had my T60 since 2005 but the point is that Arch doesn't have releases just continuous upgrades. That's a smooth upgrade experience.)
Exactly. I have a sales background and think this is funny. They're implying that win7 vs linux is a reasonable choice. They're talking about built-in support for devices which people might remember having to install a cd to run. If people even know what Linux is I'm sure it was from someone (probably more knowledgable) saying Linux is more secure even if it was followed up by a critique of Linux. My friend that I work with as a sysadmin is very pro ms but wouldn't buy half the stuff in these slides.
It's important to realize that boycotts aren't meant to put a company out of business (at least usually aren't). The goal is to force them to change their behaviour. Focus on, for instance, Bravia TVs. If a significant dent was made in sales to the point that it didn't look like statistical noise then that might start at dialog between two sony divisions something like, "Hey people don't want to watch DRM encumbered crap from an anti-consumer corporation on a sony TV. They know who we are and are choosing more consumer-friendly brands."
Actually though I'd ignore most sony divisions (like the PS3 or technical engineering that invents and creates CDs) and focus on the relevant ones like sony pictures and sony bmg. That would make it a little more obvious where the lost profits went and why.
firefox.exe -profilemanager
I actually have 3 profiles at home and 4 at work, keeping not just history but also extensions and saved tab sessions separate. But if you use it for porn don't name it that!
right there in the article they basically say that when they subtract the people who are returning the netbooks because it isn't windows, then the returns are a non-issue.
Did we read the same article? I can't find where they say this.
"I'm not upper class. Currently lower, probably."
However the OP had the foresight to say "identify with" and not just assume you were rich. In arguments like this the rich don't even need to hurl the class warfare accusations, too many people anticipate their own wealth.
With over 380 member companies, we represent the vast majority of commercial picture libraries and agencies in the UK.
Companies range from small specialists to multinationals, collectively managing in excess of 350 million images, within an industry estimated to be worth over £500m per year in domestic revenue alone.
The market for photography is hugely competitive, and part of our role at BAPLA is to draw up standard contracts, arrange collective agreements that help protect our members and offer extensive profile raising to promote them.
We are dedicated to supporting our members in the following ways:
* Promoting our members on our website and in our newsletter
* Promoting established best practice and standard contracts
* Directing client enquiries with an image search referral scheme
* Publishing news and events on our website, offering regular e-mail communications to BAPLA members
* Researching and reporting market developments
* Collecting and sharing information, skills and knowledge
* Stimulating debate on key issues in the industry
* Raising the profile of the picture library industry and promoting greater understanding of its value and diversity
* Addressing issues of interest to our members on a local, national and international level and working to ensure that picture library users and suppliers enjoy an efficient service of the highest standard.
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I'm sorry I don't know the technical reasons. xml parsers are faster than html parsers. I imagine it's due to supporting fewer tags. There are difficulties serving the pages as application/xhtml+xml that don't exist for text/html though.
From my perspective I'd like to support this as much as I can because I look forward to a day when the web is mostly xml documents with css layouts. I can dream.
I don't think someone dual-booting ubuntu accidentally manually changed his default browser and possibly that browser's home page (it wasn't explicitly stated that igoog was the default homepage for ie). As a MS sysadmin I have seen this behavior or something similar I think. At any rate it's never happened to me in Linux.
1. Users will just think IE8 broke their favorite web site, or their own web site. They will blame IE8 before going to help pages or trying to figure out what happened...
:-)
...Solution? If webmasters are suppose to update their site for IE8, then have them do that, but have them declare it in their code...
--at first, but it will eventually only be true of old and crappy sites. the people upgrading to ie8 will be more technical at first. even when it's true it won't be that important. as a ff user how often are sites broken for you? I went from Netscape to Opera and remember when it was a problem, not so much now.
2. Most of the internet is an archive. They are no longer updated. This will break all of those pages...
--yup, the way they were broken for me when I had IE as my user agent in opera. MS shouldn't claim to be ie, problem solved
3. IE *is* a standard. They are breaking their own standard...
--which ie? 3? a standard that wasn't consistent even within itself, if you call that a standard
--that wouldn't force anyone's hand. Let's be honest, this pressure on MS came about because they largely were the cause of all this. They need to fix it, or stop making a browser.
He claims that websites require hacks for more than one popular browser. If firefox opera or safari need hacks to render they are rare enough that I've never come across them. Back in the day Netscape needed some hackery. The only reason I even validate now is to catch typos (and I occasionally do something wrong that I understand when it gets caught). Do I completely understand the specs? No. But I understand what I use.
I thought it was an interesting article, with some good insights, but I think there were some pretty alarming statements that need some evidence to back up the claims.
It's also very useful as an example of why argument by analogy is wrong.
getting the page as text/html is slower but doesn't break anything. If opera users have ie as their user agent there's not much you can do to give them xml (which loads faster) without breaking the site for ie users. hence the message. There's no doubt that having opera claiming to be ie deflates opera's usage statistics and inflates ie's.
For anyone who believes in any kind of copyright at all that is exactly what should be protected against. Seriously, though, it doesn't sound like fair use (aside from being non-commercial). It's not a true parody IMO (and probably the courts) and not any kind of review or statement and certainly of no benefit to society (nor was the original song).
I think I meant to type "pool and sniper rifles".
Seriously, maybe this will teach me not to use cliched analogies in situations where they are clearly unnecessary anyway.
Nice to see this come back from (Score:2 ,Troll)
If you call them socialists then I'll happily call McCain a fascist. (Note to any supporters of McCain that know what a socialist is--I'm just feeding the trolls.)
The first search result for Qur-an and kill popped this up, FWIW
http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/002.htm
"54 And when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Ye have wronged yourselves by your choosing of the calf (for worship) so turn in penitence to your Creator, and kill (the guilty) yourselves. That will be best for you with your Creator and He will relent toward you. Lo! He is the Relenting, the Merciful."
That would be true in situations like horseshoes and hand grenades, but not here where mostly compliant is very good and not very compliant sucks and causes headaches. Where browsers like Firefox, Opera and Safari fail are largely (unfortunately not exclusively) obscure test cases that don't show up in the real world. I would like it to be that an even slight failure to meet the standards would set a browser apart from everyone else. But that just isn't true.
What's really awesome is that this article made me think of updating Safari. I then proceeded to update Quicktime and iTunes. Neither of which had been installed on this PC.
This wasn't a case of them tricking me as it was forgetting what was already installed, but there's a mild inconvenience that they didn't tell me the truth about what I've got installed or don't have installed.