That would be a great argument for defaulting to Icon View if most people liked and used Icon View, but since most people don't as the GP pointed out
Said GP did not state anything about what most people like, he just said:
Nautilus and most other file browsers also default to Icon view, which is fine if you have only about 5 files on your computer, which was probably true for Windows for Workgroups 3.1, but these days List view should be the default.
But in any case, as you prefer not to answer anything else I said, let's just stop here.
First of all, thanks for your belittling manner of speech. I really appreciate it!
While your experience may be as described (yes, you may call that empirical though I kind of doubt you were using a double-blind study setup), mine is different. I think I am sorry for this as you are my mental superior?
Unless you misanalyzed the content of what I wrote, it should be obvious to you that I keep my files organized and _thus_ icon view makes sense, for me.
I do have to admit that your sig fits in nicely with the general tone and attitude of what you are writing, though:)
Nautilus and most other file browsers also default to Icon view, which is fine if you have only about 5 files on your computer, which was probably true for Windows for Workgroups 3.1, but these days List view should be the default.
Unless you prefer to keep a proper and useful layout of your data in which case icon view is a lot better. And as soon as there are more than 20 files/directories in a directory, I am on the shell, anyway.
> I had no idea that traffic there gets like that.
If a truck falls over and blocks all lanes (a friend got stuck in that, recently), you will have jams like that. Usually, it's better, though.
> We decided to follow a small group of cars that were driving on the shoulder and trying to find a way out. This was probably illegal, but whatever.
Correct:p
> Check the GPS, we found exactly where we were (with the traffic lady letting us know that noone was moving) and it was one a dirt road. I zoomed in on the map, found the next nearest hamlet and we navigated there.
There are signs near all Autobahns, telling you which way to drive to get to the next ramp in either direction. Pre-GPS traffic jam avoidance system.
> Later, back on the main highway, we were stopped at a light or something
I assume you do _not_ refer to an Autobahn?;) We have a few lights in front of tunnels, but unless there is something burning in the tunnel, those are off.
I love science, I gobble news about it, I probably understand more of it than most.
That being said, what makes you assume that it is _not_ driven by a need for grants, thus subject to politics and a need for publication, thus subject to infighting and a need for clear-cut results, thus subject to cheating? Being close friends with several PhDs and university professors, I can't imagine what this assumption is being based on.
I love science, I gobble news about it, I probably understand more of it than most, but I know that scientists are human.
But at least I can still tell you to go fuck yourself by using the magic reply button. Ideally, you would use something large & pointy; ramming it up yourself at least a few meters.
Oh, and I don't need to hide behind the AC veil to say this.
No way! There is such a thing as a value-added chain and the ones who control how and where it lies make the most money out of a particular one? *GASP*!
What they did _not_ see is that the Chinese start to build their own stuff. And as you can see with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, that path lead to total and utter economic destruction of those countries. Oh, wait...
It's easy: You rip off a country as cheap labour, but as you are required to give them more and more expertise as their capacity for labour increases, you actually boot-strap their economy with your own.
I am not saying if this is a bad or a good thing, just that it's painfully obvious. And history proves that again and again.
There may be some truth to that, but it doesn't change the fact that forcing me not to punch, maim and kill you is itself and abridgment of my freedom.
As I said, total freedom is anarchy which results in the bully with the most guns getting his way and no one else.
While I am a fan of saying stuff in the open, I am able to so because the society I live in allows me to do so.
Apart from the fact that a boss has _no_ right to know your personal beliefs (obvious exceptions apply), what if your wife is a spy from the government or if your kids might beat you up. Both _can_ happen. So while you probably enjoy the same luxury as I do, please be more considerate when making such broad statements.
You need rules in human interaction and a combination of a few pretty important of said rules is "you do not hunt down and stigmatize someone for making a sexual joke".
I do congratulate you on your subtle twisting of words, though.
Of course it is. But the general assumption is that new packages will not break your system. Obviously, you need apt-listchanges and you need to be willing & able to fix your system if it goes down the drain.
But the general assumption that running unstable leaves you with an unstable system is simply not true.
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That would be a great argument for defaulting to Icon View if most people liked and used Icon View, but since most people don't as the GP pointed out
Said GP did not state anything about what most people like, he just said:
Nautilus and most other file browsers also default to Icon view, which is fine if you have only about 5 files on your computer, which was probably true for Windows for Workgroups 3.1, but these days List view should be the default.
But in any case, as you prefer not to answer anything else I said, let's just stop here.
Merry plonkmas ;)
Richard
First of all, thanks for your belittling manner of speech. I really appreciate it!
While your experience may be as described (yes, you may call that empirical though I kind of doubt you were using a double-blind study setup), mine is different. I think I am sorry for this as you are my mental superior?
Unless you misanalyzed the content of what I wrote, it should be obvious to you that I keep my files organized and _thus_ icon view makes sense, for me.
I do have to admit that your sig fits in nicely with the general tone and attitude of what you are writing, though :)
Although I realize that $prefix/Library is a NextStep thing, the naming choice is horribly horrible... Granted, $prefix/etc is not much better, but...
I am not sure where you learned what the majority of people prefer. _I_ certainly don't presume to know that.
But yes, being able to change stuff is good in any case.
That is something FreeDesktop could fix. Though please please please use a path like
~/.etc/desktop/preferences
I suggest you write to their mailing list about it and see what you get. If you don't, please reply to this post and I will.
Nautilus and most other file browsers also default to Icon view, which is fine if you have only about 5 files on your computer, which was probably true for Windows for Workgroups 3.1, but these days List view should be the default.
Unless you prefer to keep a proper and useful layout of your data in which case icon view is a lot better.
And as soon as there are more than 20 files/directories in a directory, I am on the shell, anyway.
I.e.: It all depends on the particular use case.
The linked list (without reading it, sorry ;)
300 feet aka 100 meters? The worst I can get my satnavs to is close to 10 meters and that is while going 240 km/h..
A few points:
> I had no idea that traffic there gets like that.
If a truck falls over and blocks all lanes (a friend got stuck in that, recently), you will have jams like that. Usually, it's better, though.
> We decided to follow a small group of cars that were driving on the shoulder and trying to find a way out. This was probably illegal, but whatever.
Correct :p
> Check the GPS, we found exactly where we were (with the traffic lady letting us know that noone was moving) and it was one a dirt road. I zoomed in on the map, found the next nearest hamlet and we navigated there.
There are signs near all Autobahns, telling you which way to drive to get to the next ramp in either direction. Pre-GPS traffic jam avoidance system.
> Later, back on the main highway, we were stopped at a light or something
I assume you do _not_ refer to an Autobahn? ;) We have a few lights in front of tunnels, but unless there is something burning in the tunnel, those are off.
I want something ARM-based that can do 1080p, has decent networking, a SATA port.
Ideally, I could throw Debian onto it, but that is not a hard need.
While being able to get DVB-T out of the box and a pretty GUI would be nice, I have no problem calling MPlayer from the command line, either.
Does something like that exist?
Please please please tell me what that system was. I need something like that!
I love science, I gobble news about it, I probably understand more of it than most.
That being said, what makes you assume that it is _not_ driven by a need for grants, thus subject to politics and a need for publication, thus subject to infighting and a need for clear-cut results, thus subject to cheating? Being close friends with several PhDs and university professors, I can't imagine what this assumption is being based on.
I love science, I gobble news about it, I probably understand more of it than most, but I know that scientists are human.
So I take it you have not used Debian before? And the Linux Kernel does not count, though I heard rumours about reboot-less patch-sets..
By the way, the same goes for whoever modded you up.
But at least I can still tell you to go fuck yourself by using the magic reply button. Ideally, you would use something large & pointy; ramming it up yourself at least a few meters.
Oh, and I don't need to hide behind the AC veil to say this.
No way! There is such a thing as a value-added chain and the ones who control how and where it lies make the most money out of a particular one? *GASP*!
What they did _not_ see is that the Chinese start to build their own stuff. And as you can see with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, that path lead to total and utter economic destruction of those countries. Oh, wait...
It's easy: You rip off a country as cheap labour, but as you are required to give them more and more expertise as their capacity for labour increases, you actually boot-strap their economy with your own.
I am not saying if this is a bad or a good thing, just that it's painfully obvious. And history proves that again and again.
Get an Alix or a RouterBOARD. You will love it.
Might not be relevant to the topic at hand per se, but this is _old_ news. I saw this several years ago...
There may be some truth to that, but it doesn't change the fact that forcing me not to punch, maim and kill you is itself and abridgment of my freedom.
As I said, total freedom is anarchy which results in the bully with the most guns getting his way and no one else.
While I am a fan of saying stuff in the open, I am able to so because the society I live in allows me to do so.
Apart from the fact that a boss has _no_ right to know your personal beliefs (obvious exceptions apply), what if your wife is a spy from the government or if your kids might beat you up. Both _can_ happen.
So while you probably enjoy the same luxury as I do, please be more considerate when making such broad statements.
Actually a "truly free country" is an anarchy.
You need rules in human interaction and a combination of a few pretty important of said rules is "you do not hunt down and stigmatize someone for making a sexual joke".
I do congratulate you on your subtle twisting of words, though.
...while this tech is inevitable, I fail to see how it is cool. If anything, it speeds up the non-nuculer (sic) arms race.
5. And the carcharhiniforme mounted on a Trebutchet!
Richard
PS: Ninjas are cooler than pirates!
Punching press? ;)
Of course it is. But the general assumption is that new packages will not break your system. Obviously, you need apt-listchanges and you need to be willing & able to fix your system if it goes down the drain.
But the general assumption that running unstable leaves you with an unstable system is simply not true.