> What I really think is the issue here is this french security firm that admittedly has a new zero-day against Flash and a way of compromising the Google Flash sandbox and they refuse to let Google or Adobe fix it.
Actually, ever since 4.5, things have been OK. 4.6 is really stable and has reached feature parity. Or will have once they fix the bug that makes you unable to use the classic mouse pointers without resetting them every time you log in.
Why, KDE 4 even has quadkonsole now (not in mainline, yet), something that has been missing since 3.2!
I used to be a _strong_ proponent of sticking to KDE 3, I even stuck my work computer to Debian stable instead of sid to keep 3.5.10. But really, you can switch now. It's OK.
All that being said, KDE 4 uses an incredible amount of resources when compared to KDE 3. You want LXDE, Fluxbox or similar on an older Laptop. Point in case, I upgraded my Thinkpad X31 from KDE 4.4 to LXDE. Pity, really.
> 1) You mean how the universe is made out of matter instead of antimatter? The truth is we don't know, and we're only just starting to come up with some good guesses
And I was asking about the viability of my guess.
> 2) Pose that a different way- why haven't antimatter black holes changed everything into antimatter? (Morbo: Black holes do not work that way!)
Also, that is not what I asked;)
> 3) Anti-matter has exactly the same properties of matter (we think, so far). If the universe were made out of antimatter instead of matter, we would have just named the terms the other way around.
We don't know if anti-matter has gravity or anti-gravity. We will be able to test this soonish as 32(?) anti-hydrogen atoms existed for several seconds, just a few days ago.
1) Could this explain how the symmetric particle soup go asymmetric, allowing "proper" particles, dust clouds, galaxies etc to form?
2) If I had a lot of very large black holes, could they account for the missing anti-matter? If we assume a _large_ pre-existing universe, this would/might shift the problem from "where is it" to "it's really far away" due to distribution and "local" fluctuation.
3) Assuming anti-matter has normal gravity, could we detect black holes made from anti-matter other than seeing them dwindle, over time?
Either they burn up "quickly" or they have orbits that allow them to refreeze which slows down their inevitable evaporation down to a few rocky bits and pieces.
> The gaming world at large is devastated by this news.
And a good thing also.
But seriously, releasing things under non-Free licences seems to be very 90ies and while it's nice that they are making an effort, it's mis-guided, imo.
git-annex uses git to track your metadata and rsync to move your files around. It knows which repos hold what files and can enforce minimum copies, trust levels, etc.
Also, it can store transparently encrypted data with untrusted third parties like Amazon S3. You can even have it use bup as a back-end which gives you change tracking of actual data, not only metadata. Oh, and a FUSE front-end is in the works which means you get 100% transparent file tracking, distribution and backup. All based on FLOSS and you are in control.
If you know how awesome VCS are and want to use them to actually get some order into your files, configs and maybe even life, click the links below.
They have _nothing_ of value to add to anything. Sensationalist crap which is not reported elsewhere, _because it it not an issue_.
Regressions in the development kernels are part of the process. Even actively trying to avoid Phoronix, I have seen tons of those non-news about some random regression and the breathless follow-up that, lo surprise, they didn't just release but fix the issue. Woooooo!
Phoronix is shit and it should be blacklisted globally on Slashdot and anywhere else. Stop linking to them, stop commenting on them (other than making others aware of this).
In related news, Konqueror has been able to embedd PDF an incredible PDF viewer, has been running flash in a separate process, has had customizable web shortcuts, and the only decent password and cookie management for almost a decade, now. Oh, and their HTML engine is what Webkit came from.
> This made them great when making exact measuring devices was extremely difficult.
No. As you pointed out yourself: A foot in Belgium is not the same distance as a foot in America
People were forced to create exact measuring devices for all units. Else, they will be cheated. There's a reason why every old church in Europe has circles etched on their front-side. People could hold bread to them to verify they were bought the correct amount. Etc pp.
> However, none of these units are remotely useful EXCEPT when measuring natural phenomena (which never happen in convenient SI units).
Celsius comes to mind.
> then do all the SI internally
Last I checked, computers used base 2, not SI units.
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What an unexpected comment ;)
Still, a _lot_ of people who loved those old games have little time but paying jobs, now.
> where many gamers loyal to the TA-SC franchise just didn't want to play it and stuck with Supreme Commander
I would argue that the true fans are still sticking to TA Spring. SC is (was?) so unbalanced, it wasn't even funny.
> On another note, Chrome integration of Flash is the #1 reason I stick with Firefox.
Chromium?
> What I really think is the issue here is this french security firm that admittedly has a new zero-day against Flash and a way of compromising the Google Flash sandbox and they refuse to let Google or Adobe fix it.
No, they just want money for it.
Depends...
If you link statically, then yes, it's your bug.
If you link dynamically, then no, it's not your bug.
I am not saying who caused it, mind. Just that by packaging it into your code, you are the one who gets to handle the bug.
As Google is packaging Flash, it's a Chrome bug, but not a bug in Chrome. Important difference.
Secret. Of. Mana.
Chrono. Trigger.
That is all.
I am not buying any games these days. No time and no motivation. I would shell out 100 Euro for a _proper_ remake of either without a blink.
Split any way you want, start typing.
You will type in all splits at once. Not quite useful.
Obviously, you did not actually try splitting in Konsole and merely saw that the option exists.
It's totally and utterly broken.
Also, get a Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000.
Damn you for implying that timothy should proof-read submissions! Heretic!
Key word: almost.
Actually, ever since 4.5, things have been OK. 4.6 is really stable and has reached feature parity. Or will have once they fix the bug that makes you unable to use the classic mouse pointers without resetting them every time you log in.
Why, KDE 4 even has quadkonsole now (not in mainline, yet), something that has been missing since 3.2!
I used to be a _strong_ proponent of sticking to KDE 3, I even stuck my work computer to Debian stable instead of sid to keep 3.5.10. But really, you can switch now. It's OK.
All that being said, KDE 4 uses an incredible amount of resources when compared to KDE 3. You want LXDE, Fluxbox or similar on an older Laptop. Point in case, I upgraded my Thinkpad X31 from KDE 4.4 to LXDE. Pity, really.
In former times, people made sure you knew they used Slackware, then LFS, then Gentoo, now Ubuntu.
Distributions are like a penis and religion...
Anyway, get off my lawn.
Apparently there is a way. Don't ask me which, though.
> 1) You mean how the universe is made out of matter instead of antimatter? The truth is we don't know, and we're only just starting to come up with some good guesses
And I was asking about the viability of my guess.
> 2) Pose that a different way- why haven't antimatter black holes changed everything into antimatter? (Morbo: Black holes do not work that way!)
Also, that is not what I asked ;)
> 3) Anti-matter has exactly the same properties of matter (we think, so far). If the universe were made out of antimatter instead of matter, we would have just named the terms the other way around.
We don't know if anti-matter has gravity or anti-gravity. We will be able to test this soonish as 32(?) anti-hydrogen atoms existed for several seconds, just a few days ago.
1) Could this explain how the symmetric particle soup go asymmetric, allowing "proper" particles, dust clouds, galaxies etc to form?
2) If I had a lot of very large black holes, could they account for the missing anti-matter? If we assume a _large_ pre-existing universe, this would/might shift the problem from "where is it" to "it's really far away" due to distribution and "local" fluctuation.
3) Assuming anti-matter has normal gravity, could we detect black holes made from anti-matter other than seeing them dwindle, over time?
Either they burn up "quickly" or they have orbits that allow them to refreeze which slows down their inevitable evaporation down to a few rocky bits and pieces.
> The gaming world at large is devastated by this news.
And a good thing also.
But seriously, releasing things under non-Free licences seems to be very 90ies and while it's nice that they are making an effort, it's mis-guided, imo.
git-annex uses git to track your metadata and rsync to move your files around. It knows which repos hold what files and can enforce minimum copies, trust levels, etc.
Also, it can store transparently encrypted data with untrusted third parties like Amazon S3. You can even have it use bup as a back-end which gives you change tracking of actual data, not only metadata. Oh, and a FUSE front-end is in the works which means you get 100% transparent file tracking, distribution and backup. All based on FLOSS and you are in control.
If you know how awesome VCS are and want to use them to actually get some order into your files, configs and maybe even life, click the links below.
http://git-annex.branchable.com/
https://github.com/apenwarr/bup
http://lists.madduck.net/listinfo/vcs-home
#vcs-home on irc.oftc.net
So not GPL nor APL nor BSD. Not interested.
> You mean Kelvin.
I mean Celsius as that's based on nature which is what GGP talked about SI never being based upon.
Phoronix is shit. Pure, grade-A shit. Worthless.
They have _nothing_ of value to add to anything. Sensationalist crap which is not reported elsewhere, _because it it not an issue_.
Regressions in the development kernels are part of the process. Even actively trying to avoid Phoronix, I have seen tons of those non-news about some random regression and the breathless follow-up that, lo surprise, they didn't just release but fix the issue. Woooooo!
Phoronix is shit and it should be blacklisted globally on Slashdot and anywhere else. Stop linking to them, stop commenting on them (other than making others aware of this).
Rant over.
> but adds a host of social networking
Yep, better.
In related news, Konqueror has been able to embedd PDF an incredible PDF viewer, has been running flash in a separate process, has had customizable web shortcuts, and the only decent password and cookie management for almost a decade, now. Oh, and their HTML engine is what Webkit came from.
tl;dr: Try Konqueror today.
While true, all modern computers use base 2 internally which is what my parent got wrong.
> This made them great when making exact measuring devices was extremely difficult.
No. As you pointed out yourself: A foot in Belgium is not the same distance as a foot in America
People were forced to create exact measuring devices for all units. Else, they will be cheated. There's a reason why every old church in Europe has circles etched on their front-side. People could hold bread to them to verify they were bought the correct amount. Etc pp.
> However, none of these units are remotely useful EXCEPT when measuring natural phenomena (which never happen in convenient SI units).
Celsius comes to mind.
> then do all the SI internally
Last I checked, computers used base 2, not SI units.