The license for Java doesn't allow you to use it for life-critical software, so you're violating copyright law if you're letting it control your air-supply anyway.
UK law is quite clear - you can use reasonable force in the cause of self-defense. You can't, as he did, lie in wait for a burglar then shoot him in the back as he runs away from you. There is no self-defense case there.
It's not really surprising that assault with a firearm carries a higher penalty than a failed attempt at burglary.
According to some definitions, a gun isn't a weapon - the bullets are weapons, and the gun is a weapons platform. Of course, if you fix a bayonet to your gun it becomes a weapon.
Have you tried a recent release of SuSE? I've not used it extensively but it looked as though the preferred way to perform simple administrative tasks was with the graphical tool YaST2.
why hasn't the gui been streamlined to permit that range of functions at greater or better speed than manual command entry
Mainly because there isn't a GUI-equivalent of the tcsh history features, or even tab-completion. I have yet to see a workable graphical scheme which comes anywhere close.
The main things which have to be done with the console is writing and/or fixing the X server configuration files, or fixing a corrupted filesystem so that you can get at your data again. These things are rare, sure, but it's easier to only remember one way of doing things.
It's interesting that you mention "a gui console shell which parses the information into a hybrid console/GUI dialog box", because I've been planning to implement something along those lines for the Y windows file manager. My intent was to have it work both ways - so you would see the shell commands which are equivalent to each GUI action. My intent was to get users off the inefficient GUI way of doing things by showing them the speedier commandline way, without them having to go through the near-vertical learning curve.
W <- this is an example of a capital letter. It has 25 friends you can use too.
Back on topic, you said:
by casting off people like you whose ideas hold back the commercial progress of linux, the linux community could thrust itself into the mainstream and compete directly with other dominant OSs
And why would the "linux community" want to do that? The community gains nothing by being a mainstream OS, but it does lose the benefit of being a low-profile target for malware authors. Linux-based businesses would benefit, but most of the "community" doesn't have any commercial connection to Linux-on-the-desktop.
Removing the console would not "advance the functionality" of Linux, it would retard it.
Once you know what you're doing in console-land you can do everything you need to do quicker than using a GUI. And, having done it once, you can copy your shell history into a script and do the same thing to the other 800 linux machines you're responsible for adminning.
Remote admin is a billion times easier if you can get all the crappy GUI shit out of the equation. Of course, Linux started with no crappy GUI shit to remove so the hard work doesn't need doing.
If you can't use the console you shouldn't have root, and will therefore have no need to use the console.
"Brushed titanium" means that the titanium has been finished by brushing it. This gives a noticeable grain-like effect to the surface. It doesn't mean that it's a something else with titanium brushed over the top of it.
In this case, the titanium element is a removable fascia and not a structural element of the laptop - it's purely cosmetic.
They're typically retractable, so unless someone's sitting there you put the headrest down. If someone is sitting there, their head would be in the way anyway.
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They're our old patent-wielding overlords in this case.
Well, as one example, the newer Virgin trains in the UK have power points.
The license for Java doesn't allow you to use it for life-critical software, so you're violating copyright law if you're letting it control your air-supply anyway.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=orthogon says that Webster's says an orthogon is a rectangular figure. Therefore orthogonal := rectangular, and OP makes no sense.
I always assumed it meant "Like unto an orthogon". Of course, that leaves the question of what an orthogon looks like.
You mean you don't?!?!?!?
More likely a penny-arcade reference. http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-09- 21&res=l is the latest in the FF2000 series.
They can sue for trademark infringement for as long as they want - trademarks do not expire.
I assume you're talking about Tony Martin?
UK law is quite clear - you can use reasonable force in the cause of self-defense. You can't, as he did, lie in wait for a burglar then shoot him in the back as he runs away from you. There is no self-defense case there.
It's not really surprising that assault with a firearm carries a higher penalty than a failed attempt at burglary.
Phil
According to some definitions, a gun isn't a weapon - the bullets are weapons, and the gun is a weapons platform. Of course, if you fix a bayonet to your gun it becomes a weapon.
Have you tried a recent release of SuSE? I've not used it extensively but it looked as though the preferred way to perform simple administrative tasks was with the graphical tool YaST2.
why hasn't the gui been streamlined to permit that range of functions at greater or better speed than manual command entry
Mainly because there isn't a GUI-equivalent of the tcsh history features, or even tab-completion. I have yet to see a workable graphical scheme which comes anywhere close.
The main things which have to be done with the console is writing and/or fixing the X server configuration files, or fixing a corrupted filesystem so that you can get at your data again. These things are rare, sure, but it's easier to only remember one way of doing things.
It's interesting that you mention "a gui console shell which parses the information into a hybrid console/GUI dialog box", because I've been planning to implement something along those lines for the Y windows file manager. My intent was to have it work both ways - so you would see the shell commands which are equivalent to each GUI action. My intent was to get users off the inefficient GUI way of doing things by showing them the speedier commandline way, without them having to go through the near-vertical learning curve.
It still doesn't make any sense...
W <- this is an example of a capital letter. It has 25 friends you can use too.
Back on topic, you said:
by casting off people like you whose ideas hold back the commercial progress of linux, the linux community could thrust itself into the mainstream and compete directly with other dominant OSs
And why would the "linux community" want to do that? The community gains nothing by being a mainstream OS, but it does lose the benefit of being a low-profile target for malware authors. Linux-based businesses would benefit, but most of the "community" doesn't have any commercial connection to Linux-on-the-desktop.
Removing the console would not "advance the functionality" of Linux, it would retard it.
Fuck off.
Once you know what you're doing in console-land you can do everything you need to do quicker than using a GUI. And, having done it once, you can copy your shell history into a script and do the same thing to the other 800 linux machines you're responsible for adminning.
Remote admin is a billion times easier if you can get all the crappy GUI shit out of the equation. Of course, Linux started with no crappy GUI shit to remove so the hard work doesn't need doing.
If you can't use the console you shouldn't have root, and will therefore have no need to use the console.
Speaking of moronic, where did the "ass-backwards" come from? Surely ass-forwards is a more unconventional orientation?
Hitachi also bought the key patents when they bought the disk division of IBM.
"Brushed titanium" means that the titanium has been finished by brushing it. This gives a noticeable grain-like effect to the surface. It doesn't mean that it's a something else with titanium brushed over the top of it.
In this case, the titanium element is a removable fascia and not a structural element of the laptop - it's purely cosmetic.
s/tv/tiv/ I guess.
Also, to karma-whore even further, here is a more readable version of this page for those who object to slush-brown.
...THEN knock him.
Hackers in Quake3 and UT2004 can railgun you while jumping off a bouncer pad and strafing.
Hate to break it to you, but I've played clan games with people who could do that without cheating.
Of course, most of them now have RSI so badly that all they can play is DDR...
That can only be measured if you stop drinking at some point.
They're typically retractable, so unless someone's sitting there you put the headrest down. If someone is sitting there, their head would be in the way anyway.
Surely should be post-PPC, unless they've ditched Intel already.
I have also heard that live auctions a la Sothebys might also be a possibility.
Well, there's a definitive statement for you....
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