In the law California has been at the forefront for a long time. It used to be New York but now most "unusual" laws come out of Californians. Thank goodness they experiment so the others can adopt.
Federal funds should not go to schools with legacy
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Who Needs Harvard?
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Letting a couple poorer people in doesn't forgive all the spots they give to legacies.
Personally, I don't see why federal funds should go to schools that admit based on legacy.
Generally, you do not have privacy rights in your communications to other people. It is presumed that someone could be overhearing / listening in. So 3rd parties in this case don't really have any rights.
If you who email / communicate with people besides your doctor or lawyer, don't think the other party or their successors have a duty to be tight-lipped.
He didn't get damages or an injunction (or the equivalent in Pakistan). If we had better international and national laws for this kind of thing he would have been compensated by the crook for the time he put in dealing with this not to mention get an injunction against this behavior if the obviously immature crook decided to change his mind.
Drowning? Physical impact of wave? Earthquake?
If you're supposed to get in a doorway when there's an earthquake, what are you supposed to do when a tsunami hits anyway?
Re:"no one has..survived a landing without a chute
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Closer to Human Flight
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Can someone explain to me how the hell these people survived? I always thought you could even hit water and still be crushed at such heights. (On the other hand it's nice to know you pass out before hitting the ground).
SP2 is a difficult upgrade. Once it's done, it's good.
One upgraded marvelously. A lousy laptop that used to crash doesn't crash anymore under windows xp. This was a huge benefit for me. The other elements have been fine to.
Another failed miserably and required a complete re-install. With the re-install (including SP2), it works fine.
That's why at the end of the day the verdict is good for SP2 once it's installed but the install process was pretty risky).
I have an i-river player. It's great except you need special software to access (as opposed to other players that are seen as removable storage). It's (the software that is) also not very good and I don't think there's a linux version.
From the reviews I've read A Tale in the Desert is more about socializing then about killing gnomes or whatever. It's a sort of hippie equivalent of mmorpg (I don't mean that in a bad way). That goes a long way to explaining the outrage I think...
There's a lot of whining about whining going on here, "e.g. OMFG these people should shut up and stop whining. Vote with their wallets and shut up."
What's the matter with complaining? You're doing it. I'm doing it. If you don't want to listen to their whining don't read about it.;)
It's a shame I won't be able to read this thread because of all the obvious "crashing cars" jokes.:( Just can't handle it.
Anyway to filter out (Funny) posts?
Episode 1 sucked but the rest were entertaining and I'm glad they exist. The extended universe is fun too. Where else can I see tao monks fighting in outerspace?
I'll take as much sci-fi as the pretentious directors and producers want to put out there. That said I'm not going to buy the DVDs-- I'm not into watching things over and over again.
I find firefox to be adequately speedy on my 900mhz duron. However thunderbird is lethargic. Recently I've just used the web yahoo mail interface because thunderbird is so slow. I'm reticent about using sunbird if it shares thunderbird's speed problems.
Also, for people with high-speed connections it seems like having the data on a server is the best solution because you can access it from whereever you are. For PIM information, this is really important.
I remember reading an interesting game-theory book (Robert Axelrod) that stated, basically, that reciprocity promotes cooperation. In other words, tit-for-tat is a good strategy.
After I read the book in college, I actually employed the strategy in everyday life. My experience also suggests tit-for-tat works. One guy did a bad deed; and I responded in kind. It did feel very satisfying to get revenge-- like an intrinsic form of justice. He didn't do it again.
As long as you respond proportionally third parties don't look down on you and you don't have to worry about the same person screwing with you again because they learn the lesson of reciprocity.
ONE CAVEAT: Don't use tit-for-tat on crazy / unstable people. They're liable to respond again disproportionately. There the strategy doesn't work so well.
You'd probably get some nasty comments about gnome's speed if you gave them middle-aged computers.
Right now gnome's main usability problem is it's speed. That's the only reason I don't use it. I have a 900mhz Duron. Sure it's old but it runs wind32 and qt apps quickly-- quickly enough for most tasks. I hope gtk gets speed tweaks soon. (I've even heard people with recent CPUs saying gtk feels lethargic on their systems.)
I know the study was aimed at the layout of the desktop and such but let's face it responsiveness is a big part of a user's experience.
First we had that scandal with Jason Blair who made up stories-- okay even top notch organizations make mistakes.
But then they came out and admitted they didn't do their job in the run up to the war (i.e., underreporting the suspect issues with the war and putting it in back pages).
OOOPS.
After such big mistakes I don't really consider them the best anymore. And like other reputations in this world, it seems to be more based on momentum than anything else.
I'm not saying they're a bad paper, just that we should demand more from the US's supposed #1 paper.
Unfair editorializing: "ambulance chasers"
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This kind of biased editorializing that has been pointed in the past but why not point it out again: I don't remember the anti-MS California class action attorneys being labeled "ambulance chasers."
What bothers me more though is just any old lawyer being called an ambulance chaser. Sharks, maybe. Ambulance-chasers, no.
It reminds me of when people call liberals "terrorists" because they are anti-war. I don't care if you think they are bad because they are anti-war, but don't use some irrelevant word. Same thing goes here. Ambulance chasers are laywers that solicit clients soon after personal injury.
Anyway, it doesn't look like the class has been certified. It could be this case goes nowhere and it doesn't even cost RH that much (relatively).
(Don't mod me troll because I mentioned lawyers, liberals, and M$ in the same post:P)
"class-action suits against a company for mickey-mouse bullshit is repulsive. If the company was actually doing something sleezily financially bad (eg enron) or dumping arsenic in the public water supply, then these class-action suits are deserved."
Contrary to popular belief, class actions are not just to get bad guys like Erin Brocovich.
One of the goals of the class action is in a way to punish mickey mouse bs. Class actions are designed in part to punish / deter cumulative small wrongdoing that amounts to a lot in the end. The courts recognize that nobody is going to sue to recover a 10 cent loss. They also recognize that there is a need for self-interested lawyers to do it on behalf of the many people that aren't going to bother. Otherwise, the wrongdoer doesn't get punished.
(I'm not saying this class action is valid or not OR that redhat is a wrongdoer, only that class actions are in a lot of ways about what may seem to be small change to many people).
This is good news. Alas, it will still have been too long when Sarge comes out.
I've heard others elsewhere suggest that there should be a server distro and a desktop distro in Debian. I like the idea personally.
Yes, I know about testing and unstable. I use unstable as my desktop. However, I'd like to have reasonable recent software without dealing with the constant moving target that is unstable. I'd like to see a desktop version that is updated every six to twelve months and that isn't held to the same standards the server sub-distro would held to. I think unstable updates too often. Stability is also a factor. Yes, unstable is relatively stable, but you have to keep close watch on incoming packages to make sure they don't break something.
This would also allow for docs to be made for the majority of Desktop Debian users who don't seem to be using stable.
That's my advice. People won't care if you are smart unless it brings them something (e.g., money, entertainment, etc). And intelligence isn't the fastest way to get people money IMO (a lot of other skills are required) so in the any you may make friends because they value your intelligence but beyond that don't expect recognition.
The author says you shouldn't even bother installing gnome because of spatial nautilus. You can turn spatial nautilus off. It's one thing to say you don't like a feature, it's another to say you shouldn't install something because of a feature you can turn off. The author talks system administrators being hampered by the new file selector. If he is such a haxor why doesn't he just disable spatial nautilus with a simple gconf tweak? Not to mention fedora has a browse filesystem icon in the panel by default which does not use spatial.
Anyway, I'm sick of reviews like these, not because they're critical of fedora, which I don't even use, but because they're so superficial. This "review" would be more aptly named "first impressions" or an installation report. We need more discussion about distros beyond what versions of gnome they are using. Talk about documentation, community, and how hard it is to troubleshoot problems in general.
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Does it still feel sluggish on lower end machines?
In the law California has been at the forefront for a long time. It used to be New York but now most "unusual" laws come out of Californians. Thank goodness they experiment so the others can adopt.
Letting a couple poorer people in doesn't forgive all the spots they give to legacies. Personally, I don't see why federal funds should go to schools that admit based on legacy.
Generally, you do not have privacy rights in your communications to other people. It is presumed that someone could be overhearing / listening in. So 3rd parties in this case don't really have any rights.
If you who email / communicate with people besides your doctor or lawyer, don't think the other party or their successors have a duty to be tight-lipped.
He didn't get damages or an injunction (or the equivalent in Pakistan). If we had better international and national laws for this kind of thing he would have been compensated by the crook for the time he put in dealing with this not to mention get an injunction against this behavior if the obviously immature crook decided to change his mind.
Drowning? Physical impact of wave? Earthquake? If you're supposed to get in a doorway when there's an earthquake, what are you supposed to do when a tsunami hits anyway?
Can someone explain to me how the hell these people survived? I always thought you could even hit water and still be crushed at such heights. (On the other hand it's nice to know you pass out before hitting the ground).
Isn't the line between species whether they can reproduce? And I mean _successfully_ reproduce. ;)
SP2 is a difficult upgrade. Once it's done, it's good.
One upgraded marvelously. A lousy laptop that used to crash doesn't crash anymore under windows xp. This was a huge benefit for me. The other elements have been fine to.
Another failed miserably and required a complete re-install. With the re-install (including SP2), it works fine.
That's why at the end of the day the verdict is good for SP2 once it's installed but the install process was pretty risky).
I use thunderbird but it's irritating how slow it is. I've recently thought about switching to another app that might be faster. Has this improved?
I have an i-river player. It's great except you need special software to access (as opposed to other players that are seen as removable storage). It's (the software that is) also not very good and I don't think there's a linux version.
From the reviews I've read A Tale in the Desert is more about socializing then about killing gnomes or whatever. It's a sort of hippie equivalent of mmorpg (I don't mean that in a bad way). That goes a long way to explaining the outrage I think...
There's a lot of whining about whining going on here, "e.g. OMFG these people should shut up and stop whining. Vote with their wallets and shut up." What's the matter with complaining? You're doing it. I'm doing it. If you don't want to listen to their whining don't read about it. ;)
It's a shame I won't be able to read this thread because of all the obvious "crashing cars" jokes. :( Just can't handle it.
Anyway to filter out (Funny) posts?
Episode 1 sucked but the rest were entertaining and I'm glad they exist. The extended universe is fun too. Where else can I see tao monks fighting in outerspace?
I'll take as much sci-fi as the pretentious directors and producers want to put out there. That said I'm not going to buy the DVDs-- I'm not into watching things over and over again.
I find firefox to be adequately speedy on my 900mhz duron. However thunderbird is lethargic. Recently I've just used the web yahoo mail interface because thunderbird is so slow. I'm reticent about using sunbird if it shares thunderbird's speed problems. Also, for people with high-speed connections it seems like having the data on a server is the best solution because you can access it from whereever you are. For PIM information, this is really important.
I remember reading an interesting game-theory book (Robert Axelrod) that stated, basically, that reciprocity promotes cooperation. In other words, tit-for-tat is a good strategy.
After I read the book in college, I actually employed the strategy in everyday life. My experience also suggests tit-for-tat works. One guy did a bad deed; and I responded in kind. It did feel very satisfying to get revenge-- like an intrinsic form of justice. He didn't do it again.
As long as you respond proportionally third parties don't look down on you and you don't have to worry about the same person screwing with you again because they learn the lesson of reciprocity.
ONE CAVEAT: Don't use tit-for-tat on crazy / unstable people. They're liable to respond again disproportionately. There the strategy doesn't work so well.
That's my experience.
You'd probably get some nasty comments about gnome's speed if you gave them middle-aged computers.
Right now gnome's main usability problem is it's speed. That's the only reason I don't use it. I have a 900mhz Duron. Sure it's old but it runs wind32 and qt apps quickly-- quickly enough for most tasks. I hope gtk gets speed tweaks soon. (I've even heard people with recent CPUs saying gtk feels lethargic on their systems.)
I know the study was aimed at the layout of the desktop and such but let's face it responsiveness is a big part of a user's experience.
First we had that scandal with Jason Blair who made up stories-- okay even top notch organizations make mistakes.
But then they came out and admitted they didn't do their job in the run up to the war (i.e., underreporting the suspect issues with the war and putting it in back pages).
OOOPS.
After such big mistakes I don't really consider them the best anymore. And like other reputations in this world, it seems to be more based on momentum than anything else.
I'm not saying they're a bad paper, just that we should demand more from the US's supposed #1 paper.
This kind of biased editorializing that has been pointed in the past but why not point it out again: I don't remember the anti-MS California class action attorneys being labeled "ambulance chasers." What bothers me more though is just any old lawyer being called an ambulance chaser. Sharks, maybe. Ambulance-chasers, no. It reminds me of when people call liberals "terrorists" because they are anti-war. I don't care if you think they are bad because they are anti-war, but don't use some irrelevant word. Same thing goes here. Ambulance chasers are laywers that solicit clients soon after personal injury. Anyway, it doesn't look like the class has been certified. It could be this case goes nowhere and it doesn't even cost RH that much (relatively). (Don't mod me troll because I mentioned lawyers, liberals, and M$ in the same post :P)
This kind of thing has been pointed in the past but why not point it out again: I don't remember the anti-MS class action attorneys being labeled "am
"class-action suits against a company for mickey-mouse bullshit is repulsive. If the company was actually doing something sleezily financially bad (eg enron) or dumping arsenic in the public water supply, then these class-action suits are deserved."
Contrary to popular belief, class actions are not just to get bad guys like Erin Brocovich.
One of the goals of the class action is in a way to punish mickey mouse bs. Class actions are designed in part to punish / deter cumulative small wrongdoing that amounts to a lot in the end. The courts recognize that nobody is going to sue to recover a 10 cent loss. They also recognize that there is a need for self-interested lawyers to do it on behalf of the many people that aren't going to bother. Otherwise, the wrongdoer doesn't get punished.
(I'm not saying this class action is valid or not OR that redhat is a wrongdoer, only that class actions are in a lot of ways about what may seem to be small change to many people).
This is good news. Alas, it will still have been too long when Sarge comes out.
I've heard others elsewhere suggest that there should be a server distro and a desktop distro in Debian. I like the idea personally.
Yes, I know about testing and unstable. I use unstable as my desktop. However, I'd like to have reasonable recent software without dealing with the constant moving target that is unstable. I'd like to see a desktop version that is updated every six to twelve months and that isn't held to the same standards the server sub-distro would held to. I think unstable updates too often. Stability is also a factor. Yes, unstable is relatively stable, but you have to keep close watch on incoming packages to make sure they don't break something.
This would also allow for docs to be made for the majority of Desktop Debian users who don't seem to be using stable.
That's my advice. People won't care if you are smart unless it brings them something (e.g., money, entertainment, etc). And intelligence isn't the fastest way to get people money IMO (a lot of other skills are required) so in the any you may make friends because they value your intelligence but beyond that don't expect recognition.
The author says you shouldn't even bother installing gnome because of spatial nautilus. You can turn spatial nautilus off. It's one thing to say you don't like a feature, it's another to say you shouldn't install something because of a feature you can turn off. The author talks system administrators being hampered by the new file selector. If he is such a haxor why doesn't he just disable spatial nautilus with a simple gconf tweak? Not to mention fedora has a browse filesystem icon in the panel by default which does not use spatial. Anyway, I'm sick of reviews like these, not because they're critical of fedora, which I don't even use, but because they're so superficial. This "review" would be more aptly named "first impressions" or an installation report. We need more discussion about distros beyond what versions of gnome they are using. Talk about documentation, community, and how hard it is to troubleshoot problems in general.