Unix for the masses is here, and it's called OS X. Hardy Heron is difficult to use, poorly documented junk. Hmm.. How well did OS X install on that machine setup? I'm guessing not so well since OS X isn't here for the masses either; it's here for the purchasers of Apple hardware.
And I'm not about to call OS X "junk" for that reason or any other. Why resort to such derogatory terms toward Ubuntu because your system happens to be something of a corner case?
Hardy's still beta, BTW. And once it's released, it's LTS. So maybe give Ubuntu support a chance to get you running before labeling it "junk".
C++ vs. Java! Perl vs. Python! vi vs. Emacs! BASH vs. csh! Gnome vs. KDE! Linux vs. *BSD! Torvalds vs. Stallman! Free Software vs. Open Source! Soviet Russia vs. Our new flavor-of-the-month overlords! Not Enough Options vs. CowboyNeal! Steps 1 & 2 vs. Step 3: PROFIT! Dogs vs. Cats! Ketchup vs. Mustard! Peanut Butter vs. Jelly!
"Learn Python" has been a standing entry on my to-do list for quite some time. What would people suggest -- should I bother learning 2.x or just wait for the shiny new 3.0?
Granted, by the time I get that far on my to-do list they'll probably be on version 9...
In TFA and in another posted summary that had more details, the focus (expectedly) is on standard Ubuntu. I'm just wondering if anyone knows if and how much focus and time is put on improving Kubuntu as well? I read things about improvements to GUI tools and apps, and it's always Gnome/GTK related. Are the KDE/Qt counterparts getting attention as well?
(Please, no flame wars on Gnome v. KDE - it's just my preference and you have yours.)
We bought our house just under a year ago and it had FiOS already (our town was supposedly an early test market) and no copper line. We had just 2 weeks between close of the sale and move-in, and we needed phone service pronto. To get a regular copper line put in and provisioned was going to take "several weeks" and "several dollars" from what little I can remember.
In the end we signed on for the FiOS, and indeed their Internet service was cheaper than the Comcast.
The point is, the decision was effectively made for me before I bought the place, and I never had any opportunity to request the copper be left in place.
So what are the odds that down the road there will be petitions for competitors to gain access to the fiber?
I thought one of the reasons Mars' atmosphere is so thin is thought to be due to it having a much weaker magnetosphere than Earth? (People who know better than me, please chime in.) The idea being that a gaseous atmosphere can be somewhat "blown away" by the solar wind without the protection of a planetary magnetic field.
And isn't it also thought that in the past it may have had a stronger magnetosphere that could attribute for it having once had a thicker, more moist atmosphere in the past more like Earth's?
I watch Nova when I'm half asleep, so I may have dreamt all of this...
But assuming anything I just said is right to some degree, how does terraforming take it into account? Would it be all for naught if the solar wind comes and blows it all into space?
My parents have albums that they no longer can listen to, because they don't own a record player.
Obsolete data formatting is an issue - I can agree with your point here. But consider how much hieroglyphics would seem like useless gibberish if it weren't for the Rosetta Stone. Data formatting translations need to be maintained for data to be "immortal". In the digital age, data formats change far more rapidly than written/spoken language. We need to adjust.
I have lost touch with friends for months at a time when my cell phone died and took their numbers with it.
You could lose your Rolodex in a fire too. If it's important information, you'll have 2 or more copies in 2 or more places. Digitized vs. printed doesn't matter.
And as for things like purchasing a car or house, (gym membership?) and records for college or marital status, they all are vulnerable to the same threats. How many written records get lost in a flooded bank or university records building?
I completely agree with the root of your concern - reliability of data storage. So we need to build that reliability into the technologies we develop. I think we've come a long way. (Remember not being able to write with a pen on a floppy disk for fear of messing it up?) It's the same reason methods for storing and protecting written records have been developed over time. And none of them are completely, totally fool proof either.
I had to snicker at how TFA had to invest a few paragraphs to fully describe Space Invaders for those young-uns who may not even have heard of it. A screenshot may have helped.
Oh, btw - "Atari" was a home video game system. It's on Wikipedia. No, really - go look it up...
I've been swearing at this for a long time too. I finally found out how to actually USE it:
When presented with the file chooser dialog, type '/' and another dialog pops up so you can actually enter a path by hand - way easier than clicking your way to setting an app to handle a specific file type.
I've had it complain before if there's a trailing '/' in the path - I can't recall the context of that occurrence.
I wish Firefox wasn't bound to GTK+. The rest of my KDE environment works very well for me.
I see a ton of posts about how this kid "missed out" on what college is all about and speculation that he never socialized or had any leisure time.
From TFA:
His first semester, he took 23 credits and found he had more time than he did in high school to spend with friends, playing games (video games or board games, he clarified, not drinking games). Or just hanging out. "I don't feel like I missed out," he said. "Most of college was euphoria." ... And the most important thing he learned in college, he said, "is to value the people you spend time with, your friends."
I'm nowhere's near as smart and motivated as this guy. But I've been ragged on before about not doing enough socializing or not having enough fun. Perhaps each person has their own idea of what is "enough" for them.
Once they work out how to do this without a dedicated signal analyzer and neural network processing, it's the end of MAC spoofing on wireless networks.
... and the beginning of transceiverprint spoofing on wireless networks. Right?
Accomplishing what's stated doesn't sound all that trivial. Or cheap. Which might make manufacturers unenthusiastic. But if it is (trivial and cheap), then won't everyone eventually obtain and use such technology, including the black hats?
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I thought StarOffice began as a proprietary/corporate version, and then Sun opened it as OOo?
Ah yes.
Is that band saw sterile?
Yes. I think my biggest pet peeve about GNOME, other than button issues is instant apply.
So very annoying (to me).
If someone knows how to make this go away in GNOME, I'm all ears.
If KDE ever started adopting it, I'd be very sad.
I'm guessing not so well since OS X isn't here for the masses either; it's here for the purchasers of Apple hardware.
And I'm not about to call OS X "junk" for that reason or any other. Why resort to such derogatory terms toward Ubuntu because your system happens to be something of a corner case?
Hardy's still beta, BTW. And once it's released, it's LTS. So maybe give Ubuntu support a chance to get you running before labeling it "junk".
[Disclaimer: I'm a happy Feisty user.]
Elwood: "I'll bet they've got SCMODS."
Jake: "SCMODS?"
Elwood:
"State.
County.
Municipal.
Offender.
Data.
System."
I say, let the fires rage and the blood spill!
C++ vs. Java!
Perl vs. Python!
vi vs. Emacs!
BASH vs. csh!
Gnome vs. KDE!
Linux vs. *BSD!
Torvalds vs. Stallman!
Free Software vs. Open Source!
Soviet Russia vs. Our new flavor-of-the-month overlords!
Not Enough Options vs. CowboyNeal!
Steps 1 & 2 vs. Step 3: PROFIT!
Dogs vs. Cats!
Ketchup vs. Mustard!
Peanut Butter vs. Jelly!
ARRGGHHH!!
TACOpalypse now!
Repent! KARMAgeddon is at hand!!
"Learn Python" has been a standing entry on my to-do list for quite some time.
What would people suggest -- should I bother learning 2.x or just wait for the shiny
new 3.0?
Granted, by the time I get that far on my to-do list they'll probably be on version 9...
I agree - I don't care for that glitzy Ferrari shell either.
I just use BASH.
Oh wait...
In TFA and in another posted summary that had more details, the focus (expectedly) is on standard Ubuntu. I'm just wondering if anyone knows if and how much focus and time is put on improving Kubuntu as well? I read things about improvements to GUI tools and apps, and it's always Gnome/GTK related. Are the KDE/Qt counterparts getting attention as well?
(Please, no flame wars on Gnome v. KDE - it's just my preference and you have yours.)
Hmm, I should go try their forums too...
"It's ATRAP!"
returned '1'
We bought our house just under a year ago and it had FiOS already (our town was supposedly an early test market) and no copper line. We had just 2 weeks between close of the sale and move-in, and we needed phone service pronto. To get a regular copper line put in and provisioned was going to take "several weeks" and "several dollars" from what little I can remember.
In the end we signed on for the FiOS, and indeed their Internet service was cheaper than the Comcast.
The point is, the decision was effectively made for me before I bought the place, and I never had any opportunity to request the copper be left in place.
So what are the odds that down the road there will be petitions for competitors to gain access to the fiber?
I thought one of the reasons Mars' atmosphere is so thin is thought to be due to it having a much weaker magnetosphere than Earth? (People who know better than me, please chime in.) The idea being that a gaseous atmosphere can be somewhat "blown away" by the solar wind without the protection of a planetary magnetic field.
And isn't it also thought that in the past it may have had a stronger magnetosphere that could attribute for it having once had a thicker, more moist atmosphere in the past more like Earth's?
I watch Nova when I'm half asleep, so I may have dreamt all of this...
But assuming anything I just said is right to some degree, how does terraforming take it into account? Would it be all for naught if the solar wind comes and blows it all into space?
GAAA! Another memory leak!
Yes! That's seven! Seven wonderful studies!!
AH! AH! AH! AHH! (lightning and thunder)
I LOVE counting them!
Every day I sit and read Slashdot, my E-waist is growing and growing...
Oh, E- waste . That's different.
I use the bathroom for that.
Obsolete data formatting is an issue - I can agree with your point here. But consider how much hieroglyphics would seem like useless gibberish if it weren't for the Rosetta Stone. Data formatting translations need to be maintained for data to be "immortal". In the digital age, data formats change far more rapidly than written/spoken language. We need to adjust.
You could lose your Rolodex in a fire too. If it's important information, you'll have 2 or more copies in 2 or more places. Digitized vs. printed doesn't matter.
And as for things like purchasing a car or house, (gym membership?) and records for college or marital status, they all are vulnerable to the same threats. How many written records get lost in a flooded bank or university records building?
I completely agree with the root of your concern - reliability of data storage. So we need to build that reliability into the technologies we develop. I think we've come a long way. (Remember not being able to write with a pen on a floppy disk for fear of messing it up?) It's the same reason methods for storing and protecting written records have been developed over time. And none of them are completely, totally fool proof either.
I had to snicker at how TFA had to invest a few paragraphs to fully describe Space Invaders for those young-uns who may not even have heard of it. A screenshot may have helped.
Oh, btw - "Atari" was a home video game system. It's on Wikipedia. No, really - go look it up...
I've been swearing at this for a long time too. I finally found out how to actually USE it:
When presented with the file chooser dialog, type '/' and another dialog pops up so you can actually
enter a path by hand - way easier than clicking your way to setting an app to handle a specific file type.
I've had it complain before if there's a trailing '/' in the path - I can't recall the context of
that occurrence.
I wish Firefox wasn't bound to GTK+. The rest of my KDE environment works very well for me.
From TFA:
His first semester, he took 23 credits and found he had more time than he did in high school to spend with friends, playing games (video games or board games, he clarified, not drinking games). Or just hanging out.
...
"I don't feel like I missed out," he said. "Most of college was euphoria."
And the most important thing he learned in college, he said, "is to value the people you spend time with, your friends."
I'm nowhere's near as smart and motivated as this guy. But I've been ragged on before about not doing enough socializing or not having enough fun. Perhaps each person has their own idea of what is "enough" for them.
Once they work out how to do this without a dedicated signal analyzer and neural network processing, it's the end of MAC spoofing on wireless networks.
... and the beginning of transceiverprint spoofing on wireless networks. Right?
Accomplishing what's stated doesn't sound all that trivial. Or cheap. Which might make manufacturers unenthusiastic.
But if it is (trivial and cheap), then won't everyone eventually obtain and use such technology, including the black hats?
...critical professional skills like how to compile a PowerPoint presentation...
Critical?
BWAAAAH HA HA HA HO HO HA HAAAAAAA!!!!!
Your site just went up in flames too.
Here's a cached copy.
Does that river ever flood?
Seems mighty close to the banks...
Sounds awfully similar to when I bite down slowly on an ice cube and it melts under the pressure.
Try it. If you bite too hard, the cube breaks.