You said it in the title. Ubuntu linux is for non-geeks; that's the big deal. Linux has always possessed a geeky userbase and geek connotations. Ubuntu is project that successfully provides a reason for linux to shed that mantle. I, personally, prefer debian for non-release updates (ubuntu-backports notwithstanding) but that doesn't mean I don't recognise what Ubuntu does.
That may be how it's used, but the name does actually give it away - an actual excuse excuses you from your action. For example, if you don't hand your homework in, then a reason would be because you forgot. An excuse would be because your dog ate it.
You probably disagree that it's a good excuse because it isn't an excuse at all - it's a reason. It doesn't have to justify pirating, but it is one cause of it, so we can understand it.
"Insightful" becomes a synonym for (usually) "I agree with this point." "Interesting" on the other hand means, "I don't agree, or am not sure I agree, but the point was well written."
Ahh right, I knew that was a possibility from the initiation of Cl. radicals. I thought that the relative electronegativities of the halogens in CFCs was responsible for allowing homolytic fission - I presume that's something else, though, perhaps bond strength.
Well, if you got that from Biology, no wonder it's a bit off! I'll give the chemist's take on it - you've got the UV bit right, but hydrogen bonds don't exist in methane, which is CH4 (CH3 is a methyl group) What it can do is break the covalent bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms, splitting the molecule. I don't know for sure, but intuition tells me you'll get a CH3- anion, and a H+ cation. Not sure though, you might get a carbocation...
The number of times I've been reading a book and try to find a way to type grep somewhere is untold. Not only do we need undo sequences (I often do the exact same thing as you describe when drawing, by the way) but also a decent search utility. Not just grep (for passages in books) but something like beagle to find that sheet of paper I know I had on my desk somewhere.
All of the instances you cite, however, are hypothetically falsifiable - it doesn't matter that they're unverifiable if they are falsifiable. What needs to be established, and I don't know enough to do this, is whether String Theory is falsifiable.
And that, also, goes for dynamic range. A camera has an excellent "range," - it can go from f/2.8 to f/32, 1/4000 of a second to 30 seconds etc etc, but it's only realistic to take one picture. In effect, as we move across different bits of the image, we take many different pictures, with vastly different exposures. In reality, our eye is only good in the foveal area - elsewhere, the equipment is pretty damn shoddy, and most cameras easily surpass it.
I can see how, in very specific situations, a large picture might be useful. But in those situations, I don't see why you would need this ridiculousness to capture it.
There are always going to be particular tools for particular jobs. If one map favours weapon X for the specops, and weapon Y for the terrorists, and that week X is expensive but Y is cheap, then the terrorists will have it easier.
Having not played CS, I can't comment, but I'd like to echo the fact that most of the people you come across on TCE are funny and friendly. For people thinking of downloading it, be aware that the new version, 0.49, is coming out on 29th, so you might want to wait. The maps and gameplay are, apparently going to change not insignficantly. Many of the changes are directly down to comments on the TCE forums on realism flaws.
Looking forward to trying out the new gametypes and the new official maps (which look awesome from the screenshots) having said that, demolition and (to a much lesser extent) bodycount have kept me occupied.
Give me a shout! -- gonzo|FishFace.
What is it that portage actually does that you can't do with at most deb-src or srpm, at least with actual source tarballs? As far as I know, there's nothing going on there that is much different. If I don't want perl or jpg in my imagemagick, I can still quite easily compile a custom setup. Too be honest, I don't give a flying fish, but if I did, it's still quite simple and possible.
I can't make judgements on Gentoo, since I've not used it (OK, OK, yes, I'm new here.) But I installed Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian without following the directions at all. I just popped in the CD and responded to the prompts. I recall a bit of wriggling due to a corrupt ISO, but other than that, all was fine.
Like I say, no judgements.
It's also invalid, because it patents a concept, not a method. The patent is way too broad - I expect, although I'm not sure, that online multilingual dictionaries already have this, and the patent would cover them. The patent does not enter into any specifics at all. It is yet another example of a patent obviously designed to capture as much stuff as possible, and should be chucked out.
On Earth, CO2 causes the temperature to be too hot for the ecology. On Mars, there is no ecology (that we know of) and the planet is already much cooler than us by virtue of being further from the sun. Duh.
Well, did you fill out the form? If so, did it get answered? If you couldn't get anywhere, did you ask to speak to a supervisor or manager? A complaint form is a perfectly viable method of dealing with problems, as long as it's taken seriously. Just because you don't get to inconvenience a cashier is no reason to label the procedure bad.
Pluto does not dominate its orbit around the sun, it shares it with Charon, they spin around each other, one is not a moon of the other. None of the other planets in the solar system have such a symbiosis, they all have moons that orbit them.
Technically, you're wrong in both situations. Two bodies orbit a point between them determined by their relative masses. Our moon moves the earth towards it by its gravitational pull, so if you were standing on the moon, it would be exactly as if the earth was orbiting you. It's simply convenient to say that an object significantly smaller than another is orbiting the larger object. Thus the only point you can make is that Charon is significantly larger in proportion to pluto than other moons.
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You said it in the title. Ubuntu linux is for non-geeks; that's the big deal. Linux has always possessed a geeky userbase and geek connotations. Ubuntu is project that successfully provides a reason for linux to shed that mantle. I, personally, prefer debian for non-release updates (ubuntu-backports notwithstanding) but that doesn't mean I don't recognise what Ubuntu does.
That may be how it's used, but the name does actually give it away - an actual excuse excuses you from your action. For example, if you don't hand your homework in, then a reason would be because you forgot. An excuse would be because your dog ate it.
You probably disagree that it's a good excuse because it isn't an excuse at all - it's a reason. It doesn't have to justify pirating, but it is one cause of it, so we can understand it.
"Insightful" becomes a synonym for (usually) "I agree with this point." "Interesting" on the other hand means, "I don't agree, or am not sure I agree, but the point was well written."
If you'd just said `I disagree because I'm a Capitalist,` I think everything would be much clearer.
Ahh right, I knew that was a possibility from the initiation of Cl. radicals. I thought that the relative electronegativities of the halogens in CFCs was responsible for allowing homolytic fission - I presume that's something else, though, perhaps bond strength.
Well, if you got that from Biology, no wonder it's a bit off! I'll give the chemist's take on it - you've got the UV bit right, but hydrogen bonds don't exist in methane, which is CH4 (CH3 is a methyl group) What it can do is break the covalent bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms, splitting the molecule. I don't know for sure, but intuition tells me you'll get a CH3- anion, and a H+ cation. Not sure though, you might get a carbocation...
The number of times I've been reading a book and try to find a way to type grep somewhere is untold. Not only do we need undo sequences (I often do the exact same thing as you describe when drawing, by the way) but also a decent search utility. Not just grep (for passages in books) but something like beagle to find that sheet of paper I know I had on my desk somewhere.
All of the instances you cite, however, are hypothetically falsifiable - it doesn't matter that they're unverifiable if they are falsifiable. What needs to be established, and I don't know enough to do this, is whether String Theory is falsifiable.
Everyone knows that tinfoil AMPLIFIES the signals, not reduces them!
And that, also, goes for dynamic range. A camera has an excellent "range," - it can go from f/2.8 to f/32, 1/4000 of a second to 30 seconds etc etc, but it's only realistic to take one picture. In effect, as we move across different bits of the image, we take many different pictures, with vastly different exposures. In reality, our eye is only good in the foveal area - elsewhere, the equipment is pretty damn shoddy, and most cameras easily surpass it.
I can see how, in very specific situations, a large picture might be useful. But in those situations, I don't see why you would need this ridiculousness to capture it.
Yes, you tell yourself that when a sudden burst of adrenalin relaxes your sphincter...
There are always going to be particular tools for particular jobs. If one map favours weapon X for the specops, and weapon Y for the terrorists, and that week X is expensive but Y is cheap, then the terrorists will have it easier.
Having not played CS, I can't comment, but I'd like to echo the fact that most of the people you come across on TCE are funny and friendly. For people thinking of downloading it, be aware that the new version, 0.49, is coming out on 29th, so you might want to wait. The maps and gameplay are, apparently going to change not insignficantly. Many of the changes are directly down to comments on the TCE forums on realism flaws. Looking forward to trying out the new gametypes and the new official maps (which look awesome from the screenshots) having said that, demolition and (to a much lesser extent) bodycount have kept me occupied. Give me a shout! -- gonzo|FishFace.
Yes but the actual colours are supposed to have originated on Mars itself, not just pulled out of a technician's ass.
Since when has that been an issue?
What is it that portage actually does that you can't do with at most deb-src or srpm, at least with actual source tarballs? As far as I know, there's nothing going on there that is much different. If I don't want perl or jpg in my imagemagick, I can still quite easily compile a custom setup. Too be honest, I don't give a flying fish, but if I did, it's still quite simple and possible.
I can't make judgements on Gentoo, since I've not used it (OK, OK, yes, I'm new here.) But I installed Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian without following the directions at all. I just popped in the CD and responded to the prompts. I recall a bit of wriggling due to a corrupt ISO, but other than that, all was fine.
Like I say, no judgements.
According to other posters, the sharing feature applies only to groups that opt-in, and whose songs have been bought from Microsoft's store.
It's also invalid, because it patents a concept, not a method. The patent is way too broad - I expect, although I'm not sure, that online multilingual dictionaries already have this, and the patent would cover them. The patent does not enter into any specifics at all. It is yet another example of a patent obviously designed to capture as much stuff as possible, and should be chucked out.
On Earth, CO2 causes the temperature to be too hot for the ecology. On Mars, there is no ecology (that we know of) and the planet is already much cooler than us by virtue of being further from the sun. Duh.
Well, did you fill out the form? If so, did it get answered? If you couldn't get anywhere, did you ask to speak to a supervisor or manager? A complaint form is a perfectly viable method of dealing with problems, as long as it's taken seriously. Just because you don't get to inconvenience a cashier is no reason to label the procedure bad.
Technically, you're wrong in both situations. Two bodies orbit a point between them determined by their relative masses. Our moon moves the earth towards it by its gravitational pull, so if you were standing on the moon, it would be exactly as if the earth was orbiting you. It's simply convenient to say that an object significantly smaller than another is orbiting the larger object. Thus the only point you can make is that Charon is significantly larger in proportion to pluto than other moons.
So we can do a lot of things, badly. Great.