Does anyone know when Debian Unstable will include KDE 3.2 packages? I know there are unofficial packages but I want to know when I can get the offical ones straight from debian!
I know someone who has an older Digital camera that used floppy disks. With cheap floppys and with 95%+ machines with floppy drives (I don't have one) it was really verisitile and could store 30 pictures (very good for a floppy). Floppys are cheaper than film, and reusable. The world was set to be conquered by floppies. But this was a 1997 era camera. My digital camera came with Flash ram, that could be accessed by a USB port. Most newer machines are far more likely to have a USB port than a floppy drive.
But digital bits can be recycled and reused more easily, so digital cameras are better for the evironment than analog ones. Most people have a USB port hanging around somewhere, but not everyone has a dark room. So non propreitery and cheap technology (digital) will destroy the analog razors.
I as a recent user of digital photography am amazed how versitile it is! Insert your batteries, and start taking pictures. 240 exposures (or 40 high quality ones), and even short video clips!
Then, instead of going down to my local photo developers, I can just plug it into a USB port, and start viewing my pictures. No paying development fees, all you have to pay is for the hard disk space (which is real cheap these days, grab a 100Gb drive today).
Its fast. no having to wait hours for development or spending large amounts of money on "instant" film.
In its digital format, I can open it up in the Gimp, edit my photos to my liking and add cool effects. I can then create a digital photo album using gthumb for all my pictures.
No wasted exposures, you can delete pictures you don't like on the fly! Privacy. Take pictures of things you always wanted to take, because you can. I have taken pictures of my Linux box being smashed up by a hammer and its so hilarious to put it on my Windows box as a wallpaper!
Conclusion. Digital Cameras are cheaper, more effective and more fun. Analogue cameras will slowly die out, with only a few Zealots still using them.
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Does anyone know when Debian Unstable will include KDE 3.2 packages? I know there are unofficial packages but I want to know when I can get the offical ones straight from debian!
I know someone who has an older Digital camera that used floppy disks. With cheap floppys and with 95%+ machines with floppy drives (I don't have one) it was really verisitile and could store 30 pictures (very good for a floppy). Floppys are cheaper than film, and reusable. The world was set to be conquered by floppies. But this was a 1997 era camera. My digital camera came with Flash ram, that could be accessed by a USB port. Most newer machines are far more likely to have a USB port than a floppy drive.
But digital bits can be recycled and reused more easily, so digital cameras are better for the evironment than analog ones. Most people have a USB port hanging around somewhere, but not everyone has a dark room. So non propreitery and cheap technology (digital) will destroy the analog razors.
I as a recent user of digital photography am amazed how versitile it is! Insert your batteries, and start taking pictures. 240 exposures (or 40 high quality ones), and even short video clips!
Then, instead of going down to my local photo developers, I can just plug it into a USB port, and start viewing my pictures. No paying development fees, all you have to pay is for the hard disk space (which is real cheap these days, grab a 100Gb drive today).
Its fast. no having to wait hours for development or spending large amounts of money on "instant" film.
In its digital format, I can open it up in the Gimp, edit my photos to my liking and add cool effects. I can then create a digital photo album using gthumb for all my pictures.
No wasted exposures, you can delete pictures you don't like on the fly! Privacy. Take pictures of things you always wanted to take, because you can. I have taken pictures of my Linux box being smashed up by a hammer and its so hilarious to put it on my Windows box as a wallpaper!
Conclusion. Digital Cameras are cheaper, more effective and more fun. Analogue cameras will slowly die out, with only a few Zealots still using them.