Look, I disagree with the GP too, but your counterargument is bogus. First, many file systems (HFS, ext2-3 spring to mind) don't need debugging. Second, the warranty is set to just under the MTBF for a reason, and there's no tin-foil hat their - the companies will admit it, because there's nothing illegit or sneaky about it.
OTOH, you have a group of largely unknown people writing viruses, and a group of people who profit off of their bad behavior. Besides, even if the AV companies didn't have a symbiotic relationship with the writers, why spark an arms race?
Much like biological pathogens, which is why bioweapons can't be too efficiently lethal - they don't want to kill off the carriers! So why aren't destructive virus authors using the same tactic that proved successful for bio pathogens - an incubation/infection phase, a transmission/contagious stage, and finally a destructive phase? Or is there an assumption that that gives people enough time to detect, disinfect and patch?
"You're right, it's pure genius - they couldn't guess we'd do that, because only a frickin' idiot would do that!" - paraphrased from (approximately) 3.14 million movies.
I don't like to reply to myself, but how far do you need to go? If you just don't want to stand behind the computer, you could get a USB mouse and a USB extension cable or two, then swap it in and out with a more normal mouse for extended stuff (there's gotta be software to switch mice, or you could just unplug the "remote" one and plug the other one in, assuming the port is easily reachable (you said it's a laptop, so I assume that's the case)).
Get something that does IRDA - the kernel itself supports that. Maybe even just a cheapo remote and a receiver from radio shack, then script it - use the configuration in X (don't recall ATM) or lineakd (for multimedia keyboards) to make it act like enter or page dn or whatever. You might be able to get it to work with wireless of some sort, too (mouse has been suggested), but I know IRDA would be supported (in software, not as in "help me please").
Heck, if you use the remote and lineakd, you could probably script all sorts of stuff - open the most recently, 2nd/3rd most recently opened slideshow, go back/forwards, pause a timed presentation, close the window, switch between Impress and another screen (maybe even scroll). All sorts of options.
I'm just a college kid with no real qualifications to chime in here. However... when I was in high school, we all got a free dayplanner that had cutsie sayings on every page, and a "how to study" guide in the back.
For the smart, motivated student, it was mostly crap and common sense. But there were a few gems - one was a 2x2 matrix of urgent vs. important. That one has stuck with me. I don't see very many situations, however, where things can be boiled down to 2 binary variables.
The problem is, the institutions large enough (rich enough) to pay to create new stem cell lines are afraid of having money taken away from other (non-stem-cell) projects, as well as the stem cell projects they already have (research continues; it's just crippled). It's like how some organizations don't want to offer certain types of sex ed counseling (definitely abortion; I believe also HIV and STD/birth control) overseas because that'd lose their status as a "humanitarian aid organization that is eligible for financial aid".
Besides, do you have any fscking idea how many people stem cell research would help? Pretty much anyone with an enzyme or hormonal deficiency or chemical imbalance (and that includes tons of diseases - diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's). Pharmacos will still have to do expensive research to target stem cell treatments to specific diseases. But as of now, it's too risky for them to pay for *all* stem cell research - that's an incredibly broad category.
Dangit, hit enter. If you set someone up to do something and give them reasonable expectation that you will do something in return, that's legally binding.
I realize the 419eater is a UK'ian, but I imagine the laws involved would be similar.
Just to back you up, my Dell-branded XP Pro was on one CD, but but Office XP took 3, and the Dell driver/utility discs (DVD player, Roxio EZ CD, etc) took 3. That's 7 CDs. And I didn't get anywhere near the variety of stuff I got with FC2, and I only used 3 of the 5 CDs.
Plus, to get my Dell CDs replaced, I had to call in three times, one original call, once because they sent me XP Home, once 'cuz they forgot to send XP Pro. To get all 5 FC2 disks took three hours, and I got the warm 'n' fuzzies of using Bit Torrent and helping others get it too. Don't even get me started on how long it took to install XP versus FC2.
It's not RH's fault. It's in the kernel. Meaning it's probably been fixed, or in the process of being fixed. Now, maybe RH/FC shouldn't've gone with 2.6, maybe 2.6 was too young and untested, but it's been done. Don't make this out to be some huge Redhat bug.
What search engine are you using? Google, Altavista and Yahoo all come up with the "Firefox, the browser reloaded" page at mozilla.org as the first result for "firefox". Ask Jeeves comes up with it 3rd, but the 1st result is a "freedictionary" definition of firefox that has a link.
I mean, for $DIETY{}'s sake, MSN's search engine comes up with the mozilla.org page as the first result for "firefox"! Sheesh.
No - replace it with the Firefox icon. Y'know, the picture of a fox eating (or suffocating or.../me resists the urge to make a dirty joke) the IE logo?
Well, assuming that you're not using the keyboard, how hard could it be to cut it down to size (cut off the ends, make it "foldable", etc) and put it inside the case somewhere? And if it's a $5.00 keyboard like we've been talking about, who cares if you break one or two figuring out what is and isn't essential?
Nope. Expanding relative to each other... not "absolute" expansion, but relative. I can't explain it well, but it appears in both Brief History of Time or (my personal favorite) Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland. Probably some online references, too.
Or you could say that what we can observe is obviously infinite, regardless of whether the universe is finite.
You're not being trolled. I do some amateur tech work during the summer to support my actual job (I'm a college kid). I did some work for a neighbor who had porn bookmarks in their browser. I assumed it was because of all the crapware they had, until I saw the guy's porn collection, and the stack of His & Hers burned DVDs lying on the desk. Shudder.
They do for me. You might have to wipe the old browser first, though. That's a known issue. And having new windows open as tabs is in the context menu, if you don't want to do that. Not everyone likes session saving, and it would make the browser more bloated, so it's obvious why they left it for some extension author to do.
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Look, I disagree with the GP too, but your counterargument is bogus. First, many file systems (HFS, ext2-3 spring to mind) don't need debugging. Second, the warranty is set to just under the MTBF for a reason, and there's no tin-foil hat their - the companies will admit it, because there's nothing illegit or sneaky about it.
OTOH, you have a group of largely unknown people writing viruses, and a group of people who profit off of their bad behavior. Besides, even if the AV companies didn't have a symbiotic relationship with the writers, why spark an arms race?
Much like biological pathogens, which is why bioweapons can't be too efficiently lethal - they don't want to kill off the carriers! So why aren't destructive virus authors using the same tactic that proved successful for bio pathogens - an incubation/infection phase, a transmission/contagious stage, and finally a destructive phase? Or is there an assumption that that gives people enough time to detect, disinfect and patch?
"You're right, it's pure genius - they couldn't guess we'd do that, because only a frickin' idiot would do that!" - paraphrased from (approximately) 3.14 million movies.
Dammit, just a few months away from being able to do that, too.
I'm only a few months from no longer being a "kid" (legally, of course, although IANAL).
I don't like to reply to myself, but how far do you need to go? If you just don't want to stand behind the computer, you could get a USB mouse and a USB extension cable or two, then swap it in and out with a more normal mouse for extended stuff (there's gotta be software to switch mice, or you could just unplug the "remote" one and plug the other one in, assuming the port is easily reachable (you said it's a laptop, so I assume that's the case)).
Get something that does IRDA - the kernel itself supports that. Maybe even just a cheapo remote and a receiver from radio shack, then script it - use the configuration in X (don't recall ATM) or lineakd (for multimedia keyboards) to make it act like enter or page dn or whatever. You might be able to get it to work with wireless of some sort, too (mouse has been suggested), but I know IRDA would be supported (in software, not as in "help me please").
Heck, if you use the remote and lineakd, you could probably script all sorts of stuff - open the most recently, 2nd/3rd most recently opened slideshow, go back/forwards, pause a timed presentation, close the window, switch between Impress and another screen (maybe even scroll). All sorts of options.
An Abfahrt, IIRC, is like a highway exit. The word itself does mean departure or exit ... I'd guess it's kind of a "getaway car" race.
I'm just a college kid with no real qualifications to chime in here. However ... when I was in high school, we all got a free dayplanner that had cutsie sayings on every page, and a "how to study" guide in the back.
For the smart, motivated student, it was mostly crap and common sense. But there were a few gems - one was a 2x2 matrix of urgent vs. important. That one has stuck with me. I don't see very many situations, however, where things can be boiled down to 2 binary variables.
The problem is, the institutions large enough (rich enough) to pay to create new stem cell lines are afraid of having money taken away from other (non-stem-cell) projects, as well as the stem cell projects they already have (research continues; it's just crippled). It's like how some organizations don't want to offer certain types of sex ed counseling (definitely abortion; I believe also HIV and STD/birth control) overseas because that'd lose their status as a "humanitarian aid organization that is eligible for financial aid".
Besides, do you have any fscking idea how many people stem cell research would help? Pretty much anyone with an enzyme or hormonal deficiency or chemical imbalance (and that includes tons of diseases - diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's). Pharmacos will still have to do expensive research to target stem cell treatments to specific diseases. But as of now, it's too risky for them to pay for *all* stem cell research - that's an incredibly broad category.
Dangit, hit enter. If you set someone up to do something and give them reasonable expectation that you will do something in return, that's legally binding.
I realize the 419eater is a UK'ian, but I imagine the laws involved would be similar.
Just to back you up, my Dell-branded XP Pro was on one CD, but but Office XP took 3, and the Dell driver/utility discs (DVD player, Roxio EZ CD, etc) took 3. That's 7 CDs. And I didn't get anywhere near the variety of stuff I got with FC2, and I only used 3 of the 5 CDs.
Plus, to get my Dell CDs replaced, I had to call in three times, one original call, once because they sent me XP Home, once 'cuz they forgot to send XP Pro. To get all 5 FC2 disks took three hours, and I got the warm 'n' fuzzies of using Bit Torrent and helping others get it too. Don't even get me started on how long it took to install XP versus FC2.
It's not RH's fault. It's in the kernel. Meaning it's probably been fixed, or in the process of being fixed. Now, maybe RH/FC shouldn't've gone with 2.6, maybe 2.6 was too young and untested, but it's been done. Don't make this out to be some huge Redhat bug.
If it wouldn't boot, why did you care about music and the network?
/me ducks
Yeah, and I think it dropped the ")." at the end of your post.
What search engine are you using? Google, Altavista and Yahoo all come up with the "Firefox, the browser reloaded" page at mozilla.org as the first result for "firefox". Ask Jeeves comes up with it 3rd, but the 1st result is a "freedictionary" definition of firefox that has a link.
I mean, for $DIETY{}'s sake, MSN's search engine comes up with the mozilla.org page as the first result for "firefox"! Sheesh.
It's open source, write your own. Methinks you'll have plenty of exploits to work with ...
No - replace it with the Firefox icon. Y'know, the picture of a fox eating (or suffocating or ... /me resists the urge to make a dirty joke) the IE logo?
What are these logical arguments? I haven't heard any logical arguments.
Well, assuming that you're not using the keyboard, how hard could it be to cut it down to size (cut off the ends, make it "foldable", etc) and put it inside the case somewhere? And if it's a $5.00 keyboard like we've been talking about, who cares if you break one or two figuring out what is and isn't essential?
2 GBP != US$3.72, just as (some amount of gold) != (some amount of silver). They are equivalent in one sense, but not another. That was the joke.
Nope. Expanding relative to each other ... not "absolute" expansion, but relative. I can't explain it well, but it appears in both Brief History of Time or (my personal favorite) Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland. Probably some online references, too.
Or you could say that what we can observe is obviously infinite, regardless of whether the universe is finite.
You're not being trolled. I do some amateur tech work during the summer to support my actual job (I'm a college kid). I did some work for a neighbor who had porn bookmarks in their browser. I assumed it was because of all the crapware they had, until I saw the guy's porn collection, and the stack of His & Hers burned DVDs lying on the desk. Shudder.
They do for me. You might have to wipe the old browser first, though. That's a known issue. And having new windows open as tabs is in the context menu, if you don't want to do that. Not everyone likes session saving, and it would make the browser more bloated, so it's obvious why they left it for some extension author to do.
You can become a member, and other members'll see your name. For me, it's more of a 'hey look what I did' thing.