And so, to prevent mistakes, you have to check the status line before each command? If it were actually to happen, it would make editting slow and cumbersome, but it wouldn't/doesn't happen for precisely that reason. Most of the time, people remember what's going on, so they have no need for a status line. However, no one is likely to remember that all of the time (I'm sure even the most well-rehearsed vi user must make the occasional mistake) so mistakes are made.
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The only way? I don't think so! Vi is a means to an end, not an end in itself, so any other way of doing the same thing (text editting) will get give you the same end abilities.
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Settings/Utilities/System seem to be placed without rhyme or reason. I thought I'd worked out something logical, but apparently not, because there's always something that bucks the trend. I also don't like the WinXP style "change where everything lives every two seconds because $THING knows best." If that's not If I can't turn that off, well.. it'll be a big turn-off.
Given two arguments, one expressing two possible explanations for the evidence (the high radar absorption) and discounting one of these due to its unlikelihood, and another one saying "All the evidence for water before turned out to be wrong" the former is much more convincing. Because it is a scientific argument based on evidence. The false colour is irrelevant - the areas of low radar reflection still need an explanation, and "lake" is currently the most likely. You also seem to be under the impression that these are water lakes, which they are not.
Furthermore, they have not taken the rough areas and coloured them rock, etc, they have taken the dark areas and coloured them blueish, and the light areas brown. Smoothness has nothing to do with it, since this is not a height map but a radar reflection map.
With regard to one, I wonder whether there is a possible solution. If the Administrators, in general, remained unpaid, and it was only really those at the top who worked in a professional capacity, then NPOV could still be maintained. If a Mod is not paid, he will not be motivated by profit to let through POV on articles about advertisers or their products. The other stuff would still have sway, I suppose, but they would be forced to ban unruly Mods, since they cannot be sacked. The slope would still be there, but perhaps not as slippery.
To my knowledge, a lot of drug research these days is trying to find out how to improve on existing drugs. So this probably would have been found, regardless.
Which is fine for Joe's such as me, because, while I think Frappachinos are satan's spawn, I do not have the tastebuds or attitude required to savour the coffee to its full. Perhaps I could if I drank coffee with more vigour, but I don't see it as paying off. Having said that, Starbucks, like most coffee shops, suffers from what seem to be ludicrous prices. That's not ludicrous in terms of costs they're paying, I have no idea of their profit margins, but compared to how much it costs me to prattle around with my cheapo pump-operated espresso maker at home for a while, it seems quite expensive, and that puts me off.
It's their job? With respect to the GP, we would indeed not be bothered, but two things would warrant "pointing the finger." The first is increased frequency, and the second is a mechanism that we know could cause something of this kind. If these are observed, then being curious is probably the correct response.
Damn straight. It's shocking, but sometimes I actually follow context-based ads from google. Because I'm actually interested in buying the service. In other words, I was already thinking of buying something similar to what they advertised, the advert made me aware the company sold it. The right wing half of my brain thinks any other form of advertising ought to be banned.
At least in the UK, I'm pretty sure it does. "Expert Witness" is not so much a description as a title, and if you, as an expert witness, are found to have screwed something up, you're likely to get said status revoked. (So the one Expert Witness i've met tells me) at least if you could have avoided it.
Not only that, but apparently open-source drivers, distributed by the hardware company will be less likely, since at least a portion of them must be closed source to maintain MS' DRM bullcrap.
But it didn't say cause, did it? It said "set in motion," which is a much better description of what happens. The first domino sets the chain in motion, but if there are no intermediary dominoes, there will be no chain.
If you're going to kill your meat to eat it, what difference does it make whether you shot it while it was paralysed or not? Do you ever complain that it's an unfair advantage to kill cows in slaughterhouses? I assume you would hunt for pleasure, meat, and perhaps reduced cost - if someone just wants the meat and doesn't care about enjoying the hunt, why shouldn't they paralyse the thing? If anything, it'll be less painful for it, since they can probably get a cleaner shot.
I was the born the year after, but have been posting on slashdot for a a few years (I have been using linux for longer than that, and coding for longer still!)
My favourite is that whenever anyone tries to crack a password, they magically have a progress bar (presumably to heighten the anticipation as the bomb ticks down) - if you know how long it's going to take, you should probably know what the password is, already, at least if you're brute-forcing.
More recently, Torchwood has utterly appalling UIs. For some reason, graphic designers think it desirable for futuristic applications to have moving backgrounds, serving no purpose, yet being nonetheless distracting.
In The Matrix did anyone else think that a load of green floaty letters has absolutely no chance of displaying the data contained in a computer simulation of one room, let alone of the entire world?
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I'd say it's less irritating because it's rarer. However, if you accidentally engage overwrite, that is indeed a bitch.
Which, oddly enough, is exactly what the image at the bottom of the second article shows, yet the text appears to contradict it.
And so, to prevent mistakes, you have to check the status line before each command? If it were actually to happen, it would make editting slow and cumbersome, but it wouldn't/doesn't happen for precisely that reason. Most of the time, people remember what's going on, so they have no need for a status line. However, no one is likely to remember that all of the time (I'm sure even the most well-rehearsed vi user must make the occasional mistake) so mistakes are made.
The only way? I don't think so! Vi is a means to an end, not an end in itself, so any other way of doing the same thing (text editting) will get give you the same end abilities.
Thank you. Kate all the way.
Settings/Utilities/System seem to be placed without rhyme or reason. I thought I'd worked out something logical, but apparently not, because there's always something that bucks the trend. I also don't like the WinXP style "change where everything lives every two seconds because $THING knows best." If that's not If I can't turn that off, well.. it'll be a big turn-off.
Well, I have no problems with that. Reservation is something that seems all to often to be lacking, from all kinds of people.
Given two arguments, one expressing two possible explanations for the evidence (the high radar absorption) and discounting one of these due to its unlikelihood, and another one saying "All the evidence for water before turned out to be wrong" the former is much more convincing. Because it is a scientific argument based on evidence. The false colour is irrelevant - the areas of low radar reflection still need an explanation, and "lake" is currently the most likely. You also seem to be under the impression that these are water lakes, which they are not.
Furthermore, they have not taken the rough areas and coloured them rock, etc, they have taken the dark areas and coloured them blueish, and the light areas brown. Smoothness has nothing to do with it, since this is not a height map but a radar reflection map.
Did you even read the summary? Genes that automatically kill the host are a slightly different kind of thing than the internet.
With regard to one, I wonder whether there is a possible solution. If the Administrators, in general, remained unpaid, and it was only really those at the top who worked in a professional capacity, then NPOV could still be maintained. If a Mod is not paid, he will not be motivated by profit to let through POV on articles about advertisers or their products. The other stuff would still have sway, I suppose, but they would be forced to ban unruly Mods, since they cannot be sacked. The slope would still be there, but perhaps not as slippery.
To my knowledge, a lot of drug research these days is trying to find out how to improve on existing drugs. So this probably would have been found, regardless.
And what will a corrupt government realistically do with video cameras? Rule with an iron fist by... Watching you as you buy your vegetables?
Which is fine for Joe's such as me, because, while I think Frappachinos are satan's spawn, I do not have the tastebuds or attitude required to savour the coffee to its full. Perhaps I could if I drank coffee with more vigour, but I don't see it as paying off. Having said that, Starbucks, like most coffee shops, suffers from what seem to be ludicrous prices. That's not ludicrous in terms of costs they're paying, I have no idea of their profit margins, but compared to how much it costs me to prattle around with my cheapo pump-operated espresso maker at home for a while, it seems quite expensive, and that puts me off.
OK, with Bush/Putin... maybe it is likely; I'll shut up.
It's their job? With respect to the GP, we would indeed not be bothered, but two things would warrant "pointing the finger." The first is increased frequency, and the second is a mechanism that we know could cause something of this kind. If these are observed, then being curious is probably the correct response.
Damn straight. It's shocking, but sometimes I actually follow context-based ads from google. Because I'm actually interested in buying the service. In other words, I was already thinking of buying something similar to what they advertised, the advert made me aware the company sold it. The right wing half of my brain thinks any other form of advertising ought to be banned.
At least in the UK, I'm pretty sure it does. "Expert Witness" is not so much a description as a title, and if you, as an expert witness, are found to have screwed something up, you're likely to get said status revoked. (So the one Expert Witness i've met tells me) at least if you could have avoided it.
Is that all they observed? Iron II Hydroxide is green :)
Not only that, but apparently open-source drivers, distributed by the hardware company will be less likely, since at least a portion of them must be closed source to maintain MS' DRM bullcrap.
I suppose "Doesn't grasp the subtleties of the English language" is too long for a moderation tag. Never mind.
But it didn't say cause, did it? It said "set in motion," which is a much better description of what happens. The first domino sets the chain in motion, but if there are no intermediary dominoes, there will be no chain.
If you're going to kill your meat to eat it, what difference does it make whether you shot it while it was paralysed or not? Do you ever complain that it's an unfair advantage to kill cows in slaughterhouses? I assume you would hunt for pleasure, meat, and perhaps reduced cost - if someone just wants the meat and doesn't care about enjoying the hunt, why shouldn't they paralyse the thing? If anything, it'll be less painful for it, since they can probably get a cleaner shot.
I was the born the year after, but have been posting on slashdot for a a few years (I have been using linux for longer than that, and coding for longer still!)
As a child watching "The Famous Five" on the BBC, I noted that they never answered nature's call. If it occurs to a 7-year-old, it must be true!
More recently, Torchwood has utterly appalling UIs. For some reason, graphic designers think it desirable for futuristic applications to have moving backgrounds, serving no purpose, yet being nonetheless distracting.
In The Matrix did anyone else think that a load of green floaty letters has absolutely no chance of displaying the data contained in a computer simulation of one room, let alone of the entire world?