Intellectual expertise - in any field or discipline, especially technical - makes you a geek.
I've ran Linux for a year and a half, code my own website, and am definitely interested in computers. I know HTML, SQL, CSS and I'm learning Perl. I love science fiction. I'm also a senior in college (Poli Sci major), am getting married this summer, had a 4:40 mile in high school, and took an honest-to-god model to prom. According to your definition, I'm not a geek - I don't have expertise in Linux - I'd make a crappy sysadmin, for instance. However, my computer skills definitely don't make me a "normal", either - I'm significantly geekier than your average MySpace user. I'm one of those 25% "intellectually curious" that the article mentions, and I just don't think you're correct.
4400 RPM Hard Drive... 4-5 minute boot time? Ouch.
Seriously, this reminds me of a LiveCD of some kind. I love the idea and think that some people will find the H2 invaluable, but to me it just doesn't seem very practical.
What does a "linux-powered" mobile phone mean, actually? How different is embedded linux from what I'm running on my computer right now? Basically, what I'm tryin to ask is,
Could I hook one of these up to my SuSE box with way less problems than I would have with a phone with another OS?
I know this sounds trollish, but...
About all this "review" showed me was that Gnome is ugly as hell. I read TFA, and I agree with someone earlier: "screenshots do not a review make."
I think you can say the same thing about our physical well-being in the real world. Taken to extremes, the "safest" place in all the world is in a sterile, rubber-padded room beneath a mile or two of bedrock. How many of us, despite our desire to be safe, would be willing to put up with that?
It reminds me of that guy who made his kids memorize different 20char passwords weekly for his family's home network.
Obviously, there has to be some type of security-related compromise for sanity's sake.
I agree: If that's you, get some manners, and get a life.
Those people are rude. But, by and large, people don't do business (or homework) on Saturdays and Sundays. And if they're committed enough that they do, then they should be committed enough to buy their own internet access and their own espresso machine.
Jaguars, actually, are New World only. No jaguars in Africa - lions, perhaps.
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I dunno if this'll help... but I had a similar problem running as user in Suse 9.3.
Firefox came pre-installed with the distribution, and I couldn't add new search engines whatsoever. Then, I figured out that it was installed as root, and I had to add them as root for everything to show up in my user profile.
The iPod headphones scream yuppie. I know people who have been mugged for wearing them; if they've got an iPod, and don't mind showing the world how hip and tech-conscious they are, who knows what more expensive gadgetry they have on them?
/Owns an iPod, loves it, is scared/too embarassed to wear the headphones.
Slashdot Mirror
http://69.51.148.7/2004_april15_bugattack!.jpg
Do any of these afflicte vicars read slashdot? What is your sermon-writing application like?
I just clicked on that link and got really confused: how did my Linux box suddenly start running Internet Exporer mid-Firefox session?
Then I heard the noise, and that really didn't help things any.
4400 RPM Hard Drive... 4-5 minute boot time? Ouch. Seriously, this reminds me of a LiveCD of some kind. I love the idea and think that some people will find the H2 invaluable, but to me it just doesn't seem very practical.
I agree. Firefox was my first real introduction to free/open source software. I give Firefox full credit for starting me on the path to Linux.
What does a "linux-powered" mobile phone mean, actually? How different is embedded linux from what I'm running on my computer right now? Basically, what I'm tryin to ask is,
Could I hook one of these up to my SuSE box with way less problems than I would have with a phone with another OS?
Crap. I'm learning Perl as my first programming language. ....
Am I screwed?
Cory Doctorow from BoingBoing is going to jump all over this.
(Not without reason though, it seems.)
From the website...
Novell iFolder® 3 lets your files follow you, everywhere. iFolder allows you to access, organize, and manage your files from anywhere, anytime.
That might be pretty cool. (Especially if it's easier to implement than sshd)
yeah...
heterogenius should be "heterogeneity"
If you throw big words around, you should know how to use them.
Maybe I'm naive or something, but...
Can anyone tell me how they were able to do this?
In the 21st century, it's klotho nikto barrada.
Am I the only person that thinks of "enormous vagina" when I hear the word "ginormous?"
I know better, but still it makes me cringe.
I know this sounds trollish, but... About all this "review" showed me was that Gnome is ugly as hell. I read TFA, and I agree with someone earlier: "screenshots do not a review make."
I think you can say the same thing about our physical well-being in the real world. Taken to extremes, the "safest" place in all the world is in a sterile, rubber-padded room beneath a mile or two of bedrock. How many of us, despite our desire to be safe, would be willing to put up with that?
It reminds me of that guy who made his kids memorize different 20char passwords weekly for his family's home network.
Obviously, there has to be some type of security-related compromise for sanity's sake.
I agree: If that's you, get some manners, and get a life.
Those people are rude. But, by and large, people don't do business (or homework) on Saturdays and Sundays. And if they're committed enough that they do, then they should be committed enough to buy their own internet access and their own espresso machine.
Jaguars, actually, are New World only. No jaguars in Africa - lions, perhaps.
I dunno if this'll help... but I had a similar problem running as user in Suse 9.3.
Firefox came pre-installed with the distribution, and I couldn't add new search engines whatsoever. Then, I figured out that it was installed as root, and I had to add them as root for everything to show up in my user profile.
I added this to del.icio.us
Awesome.
They should call it the "ass."
(I bet they're not.)
The iPod headphones scream yuppie. I know people who have been mugged for wearing them; if they've got an iPod, and don't mind showing the world how hip and tech-conscious they are, who knows what more expensive gadgetry they have on them?
/Owns an iPod, loves it, is scared/too embarassed to wear the headphones.
Can anyone say "Boston Tea Party"?
Personally, I think this is AWESOME. I hope it works out; Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow will be Today.