IIRC, the AK-47 is a gas operated gun - the reciever is made to work using the energy of the gas from the firing. There's also a recoil spring system which absorbs energy from the shot round and helps reducing recoil. The person firing the rifle doesn't absorb all of the kinetic energy of the round; and even then, those guns can kickback strong.
There's no easy way to disipate the energy of an incoming high-powered proyectile. I recall seeing a show about this subject... assault rifle ammo, for example (like the 7.62x39mm round fired by an AK-47) has enough power to knock down a person, even if the bullet doesn't penetrate the armor. Bruises are common too, specially with kevlar vests designed for pistol ammo - they showed a few examples with a dummy wearing a vest and being shot with 9mm ammo.
Even if it's true? It's not like non-US citizens are critic about the country just because they want to be pejorative, but you've got to agree, things are pretty crazy in the US these days. And US foreign involvement is no exception.
What i'm trying to say is that criticism is as valid from Americans as from foreigners. It has little to do with stereotypes.
Just don't publish programs in magazines. That really was a painful and stupid way to distrubute software.
It also happened to be the only viable way to distribute software, economically atleast. But hey, atleast running software you spent hours transcribing was rewarding:) I did, and also happened to learn a lot in the process.
At the end of the article, they mention that the company offered to settle for $2,000. That's a LOT better than $14,000+ she'd have to pay if she loses (with interest).
That's also about $2000 more than she spent in calls in the first place.
Oh come on; it took me a day. It takes people longer to figure out VI/Emacs, and i don't see them whining... Opera is a browser after all, and the things i mean with "getting used to" are UI details that add up. Others, like mouse gestures, take 5 minutes to learn and love.
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It needs to get used to it in the sense that the best UI features are not inmediatly apparent, like the excellent keyboard browsing or the mouse gestures. When you get used to them, they become so natural using anything else becomes annoying.
Other than that, it's perfectly useable right out the box, and in fact not very different from other browsers. But the devil is in the details.
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It's a much more polished browser, IMHO. Firefox is great, but Opera still beats it in performance, resource usage and (most important) its terrific user interfase, IMHO. Once you get used to it, you just can't go back.
Give it a whirl - it's completely, 100% free for desktop users now, as you can get your own key for free on Operas' site. Don't diss it because it's not OSS. I still think that if Opera were open source, 99% of the/. users that bash it now would be drooling all over it.
I know how you feel, but again: it's a damn RSS icon. Nothing more. The story came from a developers' blog - you can rest assured Steve Ballmer had litte to do with the decision:) It's just a cute RSS icon, and that's it.
I surely know Microsoft isn't exactly known to play fair with others, but people here are overreacting a bit, IMHO. Not everything Microsoft does is a conspiracy targeted at OSS.
Indeed. This might come as a shocker for some people arround here, but both MS and Sony have a lot more interests than merely their console buisnesses.
I don't know, but i'll be damned if that wouldn't be fun to watch... the whole DMCA thing is a bomb waiting to go off, specially when it comes to issues like this between major companies. Me? I can't wait for it to happen.
Or maybe they'll just make some agreement that benefits both parties and be done with it, but hey, i can dream:)
On a completely unrelated (and offtopic, sorry) note - does any of my fellow/.tters know if there are plans for a Pinky & the Brain DVD set? I'm dying for it.
I don't know about Debian or OpenBSD, but on Gentoo is as easy to install as any other package:
emerge opera
It doesn't have weird requirements (it uses QT, but on the default package it's compiled statically) and works right away from a clean install. What i'm trying to say, it's not more difficult to install than any other binary package. And this is on a source-based distro...
For me, it really just boils down to the philosophies behind them. Use Firefox if you really care that much about everything being open source or fiddling with your browser. Use Opera if you really don't care and just want something that works with advanced features.
Exactly. I said it before and i'll say it again: Opera has, hands down, the best UI of any browser i've tried, and any software package as of lately for that matter. Firefox is an extremely nice browser aswell, but i keep gravitating back to Opera. It's just much more confortable to use.
And, can we please dispense with the Opera bashing? It was adware before, and 100% free now. Hell, if it were open source, Firefox would have a tough competition among the/. crowd. I bet most of the people that trash Opera hasn't spent more than 10 minutes with it, if any.
I use both, even though i make no attemps to hide my love for Opera... but, objectively, yes, both are as customizable. Opera is just much more easier to customize. Not that i fiddle much with the defaults, which are quite nice (except for placing the close button for each tab on the tab itself... WTF?).
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IIRC, the AK-47 is a gas operated gun - the reciever is made to work using the energy of the gas from the firing. There's also a recoil spring system which absorbs energy from the shot round and helps reducing recoil. The person firing the rifle doesn't absorb all of the kinetic energy of the round; and even then, those guns can kickback strong.
There's no easy way to disipate the energy of an incoming high-powered proyectile. I recall seeing a show about this subject... assault rifle ammo, for example (like the 7.62x39mm round fired by an AK-47) has enough power to knock down a person, even if the bullet doesn't penetrate the armor. Bruises are common too, specially with kevlar vests designed for pistol ammo - they showed a few examples with a dummy wearing a vest and being shot with 9mm ammo.
Even if it's true? It's not like non-US citizens are critic about the country just because they want to be pejorative, but you've got to agree, things are pretty crazy in the US these days. And US foreign involvement is no exception.
What i'm trying to say is that criticism is as valid from Americans as from foreigners. It has little to do with stereotypes.
Just don't publish programs in magazines. That really was a painful and stupid way to distrubute software.
:) I did, and also happened to learn a lot in the process.
It also happened to be the only viable way to distribute software, economically atleast. But hey, atleast running software you spent hours transcribing was rewarding
At the end of the article, they mention that the company offered to settle for $2,000. That's a LOT better than $14,000+ she'd have to pay if she loses (with interest).
That's also about $2000 more than she spent in calls in the first place.
Noiser? I had a couple of 80gb Seagate Barracudas that were so quiet i actually thought they were broken the first time i powered them up!
Oh come on; it took me a day. It takes people longer to figure out VI/Emacs, and i don't see them whining... Opera is a browser after all, and the things i mean with "getting used to" are UI details that add up. Others, like mouse gestures, take 5 minutes to learn and love.
Cutting your teeth into a good UI pays off, IMHO.
Maddox said it better!
It needs to get used to it in the sense that the best UI features are not inmediatly apparent, like the excellent keyboard browsing or the mouse gestures. When you get used to them, they become so natural using anything else becomes annoying.
Other than that, it's perfectly useable right out the box, and in fact not very different from other browsers. But the devil is in the details.
It's a much more polished browser, IMHO. Firefox is great, but Opera still beats it in performance, resource usage and (most important) its terrific user interfase, IMHO. Once you get used to it, you just can't go back.
/. users that bash it now would be drooling all over it.
Give it a whirl - it's completely, 100% free for desktop users now, as you can get your own key for free on Operas' site. Don't diss it because it's not OSS. I still think that if Opera were open source, 99% of the
I know how you feel, but again: it's a damn RSS icon. Nothing more. The story came from a developers' blog - you can rest assured Steve Ballmer had litte to do with the decision :) It's just a cute RSS icon, and that's it.
I surely know Microsoft isn't exactly known to play fair with others, but people here are overreacting a bit, IMHO. Not everything Microsoft does is a conspiracy targeted at OSS.
Hell, i've seen it. And it's scary.
All the aforementioned were designed for things other then copyright infringement but can be used to infringe.
You mean like guns?
Come on, it's a damn icon! 28x28 pixels, thats it. Don't too read much into it.
I used to tune MTV at 2am just to watch that show (Argentina). I mourned its loss like it was a close relative.
Come on, don't be mean. You get to see my dawg Xzibit pimpin' your ride, ya! Who needs music?
*shoots himself*
Indeed. This might come as a shocker for some people arround here, but both MS and Sony have a lot more interests than merely their console buisnesses.
I don't know, but i'll be damned if that wouldn't be fun to watch... the whole DMCA thing is a bomb waiting to go off, specially when it comes to issues like this between major companies. Me? I can't wait for it to happen.
:)
Or maybe they'll just make some agreement that benefits both parties and be done with it, but hey, i can dream
I second that. XFCE is gnome sans the bloat, and it's damn fast and configurable. I love it.
On a completely unrelated (and offtopic, sorry) note - does any of my fellow /.tters know if there are plans for a Pinky & the Brain DVD set? I'm dying for it.
Meh. Whiners :D
I don't know about Debian or OpenBSD, but on Gentoo is as easy to install as any other package:
emerge opera
It doesn't have weird requirements (it uses QT, but on the default package it's compiled statically) and works right away from a clean install. What i'm trying to say, it's not more difficult to install than any other binary package. And this is on a source-based distro...
For me, it really just boils down to the philosophies behind them. Use Firefox if you really care that much about everything being open source or fiddling with your browser. Use Opera if you really don't care and just want something that works with advanced features.
/. crowd. I bet most of the people that trash Opera hasn't spent more than 10 minutes with it, if any.
Exactly. I said it before and i'll say it again: Opera has, hands down, the best UI of any browser i've tried, and any software package as of lately for that matter. Firefox is an extremely nice browser aswell, but i keep gravitating back to Opera. It's just much more confortable to use.
And, can we please dispense with the Opera bashing? It was adware before, and 100% free now. Hell, if it were open source, Firefox would have a tough competition among the
I use both, even though i make no attemps to hide my love for Opera... but, objectively, yes, both are as customizable. Opera is just much more easier to customize. Not that i fiddle much with the defaults, which are quite nice (except for placing the close button for each tab on the tab itself... WTF?).
Preach on, bro! It's well known that Firefox nerds all look like male strippers... :)