I hate Microsoft because they try to buy instead of creating and fixing. They do not exhibit any innovation and have not for a very long time. Their products are buggy, restrictive and expensive. All of these are important, but restrictive is probably the most crucial. Have you ever read their EULA? It's ridiculous. On the contrary, a community developed system and packages are much better as they do not exhibit nearly the same amount of problems.
Your 1st amendment was NOT created with protection from the government in mind. That amemdment was created for ueseless jibberish and rude comments and remarks.
My strongest political conviction is that morals and the Government should not intermix. What the kid said (as long as it was not inciting hate, etc.) or whether or not it was a good idea, or whether or not you agree with it (or the Government agrees with it) is irrelevant. What is important is whether or not he had a right to say it without retribution from the Government.
I assume that the above-quoted segment of your post was sarcastic. The case is about protection from the Government. In this case, the Government is the school (being a public school, it is an extension of the Government), and the kid is not getting the protection he deserves.
This is a *public* school, which is an extension of the government. Therefore, they (ideally) cannot infringe on your rights (except that they do anyways).
Wow, good reply, and thank you. I stand corrected. I won't switch to Konqueror because it does not work nicely with GNOME, but I really respect what you said. I will try to be more considerate next time.
Your argument is a good one, but it is only valid in a closed-source product. Then, it is the duty of the owner to listen to the demands of the users and change the program accordingly. In an open source product, however, it belongs to the community of people who own it and use it. Therefore, it is just as much your mother's duty to fix it as mine. Of course, there are different ways to fix it. She can, for example, donate to the Mozilla foundation so that the people who actually spend their day working on it, fix it sooner.
It is, of course, her right to leave Firefox for another browser. However, the OP is doing nothing to help. He is merely pointing out problems, not solutions.
Right, but the writer of the article implied that these are very important bugs, since they are causing Firefox to lose its way. Since they are not fixed, we can assume that the Firefox development team does not agree. However, they are providing the source to fix it. Therefore, he can either...
Ignore it
Learn how to fix it himself
Hire someone else to fix it
None of these are ridiculous, BTW. If it is that important to him, learning how to fix it is not out of the question. If he does not have the time, he can hire someone to do it for him.
And how, pray ask, is Konqueror better? Not only does it require KDE, which I don't want to use, it does not have an extension system, is not compatible with other operating systems and in some cases, websites.
Your comment is arrogant and typical of a lot of programmers that don't feel someone has worth unless they can code.
How? All the comment was saying was that if you do not like how something works, and the developers gave you every right and convenience of fixing it, then the only thing you have a right to do is to fix it yourself. If you do not know how, then learn. Many programmers out there are self-taught (myself included). Worst case, hire a programmer to do it for you.
No one is forcing you to use Firefox. But if really want something to be fixed, and the source is provided for you, then go and fix it yourself
My initial reflex would be to say that you cannot own a language. Then again, however, what if you invented a language? What if I wrote a book claiming that I invented Elvish? Could whoever holds the copyright for Tolkien's work sue me?
And what about accents? If I start using an accent on a show, and it begins to be associated with me. Then, someone else uses it. Can I sue them?
I am not sure, but I think that the answer is this:
A language is a way for people to communicate. That is, it is a system known to both of them, using which they can send each other messages. One can patent such a system to prevent others from using it. I am not sure, but I do not think that the tribe patented their language. Therefore, I doubt that they have any grounds on which to sue.
The iffy area, of course, is when does one have to pay royalties? If I create a language, patent it and teach it to you, and then, you teach it to your friend, do you or he have to pay me royalties? Here, I am not sure.
Oh, whoops. Sorry, about that. I was just reading about Wine and automatically typed it. Obviously we do not install Wine on Windows boxes. What I actually meant was Thunderbird.
Last year, this summer and to a lesser extent now, I have been working for a school's technology department, which puts together old computers that they have no use for anymore and distributes them to the poor citizens in our town. We install Windows 2000 on them (because we have the licenses to do so, and the department does not want an OS that they, themselves, cannot support), but beyond that only free software. That is, Wine, Firefox, OpenOffice, Gaim, the works (I even (semi-secretly) got Emacs on it:-)).
Now, we have a fairly nice security system, plus we live in a pretty quiet town, so I do not think that those machines are likely to get stolen, but still...
Yes, I was kidding. Also, most people who refuse to switch programming practices are either:
1) Senior programmers who have been working there for a long time (and so firing them poses problems) 2) Good enough programmers that they can easily find another job (and so you need them more than they need you).
> What ways have you used to convince your developers and engineers to adopt a new set of practices that may or may > not get in the way of their daily work habits?
Why? The great thing Unix is that is has been proven to work. There is a good reason why the directories are the way they are. Let's look:/lib vs/Library: the difference is capitalization and abbreviation.
Capitalization is easy: It is easier to type something in lowercase than uppercase. Furthermore, it is good when there is consistency within the system, and capitalization just adds another time when it can be inconsistent.
Abbreviation: It is longer to type Library than lib. Tab completion solves this somewhat, but what if you are going through SSH or something, and it is for some reason not forwarding it correctly (happens to me all the time). Or what if there are other things that begin with those letters?
I am an experienced Windows user and a GNU/Linux geek. This summer, I worked at a company which used Macs, primarily, and I was loaned a G5 server to use at home.
Mac OSX did not run well on it, and it was considerably better than a 400MhZ G3. Applications took a fairly long time to load, and if the machine was on for a few days it got so unresponsive/slow, that I had to upgrade. I was never happy to work on it, and always glad to get back to my nice GNU/Linux computer (though never to Windows).
But seriously, though, Gnome-Panel is a very nice piece of software. It very occasionally does crash, but other than that is very powerful and customizable. For example, my setup is sort of a home-made OSX-esque creation: I have a panel at the top with my windows list, clock, weather applet, power charger (i.e. things that I rarely click on), and then a much thicker one that does not expand at the bottom, which auto-hides, a la Dock. This one has my most common application launchers.
I am a GNU/Linux user. I am typing from an Ubuntu laptop, and administer several Debian servers. My family owns a Windows XP computer. Every once in a while, I end up using it (mostly for multimedia, as it is probably the best hardware in the house). We almost never turn it off, and it has been known to reach uptimes of several weeks, far longer than the reported uptime of most other people (albeit considerably less than GNU/Linux).
The point is, that it is not a crime to use and even like GNU/Linux. I just disagree with you;-)
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I hate Microsoft because they try to buy instead of creating and fixing. They do not exhibit any innovation and have not for a very long time. Their products are buggy, restrictive and expensive. All of these are important, but restrictive is probably the most crucial. Have you ever read their EULA? It's ridiculous. On the contrary, a community developed system and packages are much better as they do not exhibit nearly the same amount of problems.
.NET are terrible.
Plus, VB and
My strongest political conviction is that morals and the Government should not intermix. What the kid said (as long as it was not inciting hate, etc.) or whether or not it was a good idea, or whether or not you agree with it (or the Government agrees with it) is irrelevant. What is important is whether or not he had a right to say it without retribution from the Government.
I assume that the above-quoted segment of your post was sarcastic. The case is about protection from the Government. In this case, the Government is the school (being a public school, it is an extension of the Government), and the kid is not getting the protection he deserves.
This is a *public* school, which is an extension of the government. Therefore, they (ideally) cannot infringe on your rights (except that they do anyways).
As I already pointed out, the OP *does* have ways of helping fixing the problem. One is hiring a coder to do it. Another is donating money.
Wow, good reply, and thank you. I stand corrected. I won't switch to Konqueror because it does not work nicely with GNOME, but I really respect what you said. I will try to be more considerate next time.
Your argument is a good one, but it is only valid in a closed-source product. Then, it is the duty of the owner to listen to the demands of the users and change the program accordingly. In an open source product, however, it belongs to the community of people who own it and use it. Therefore, it is just as much your mother's duty to fix it as mine. Of course, there are different ways to fix it. She can, for example, donate to the Mozilla foundation so that the people who actually spend their day working on it, fix it sooner.
It is, of course, her right to leave Firefox for another browser. However, the OP is doing nothing to help. He is merely pointing out problems, not solutions.
Right, but the writer of the article implied that these are very important bugs, since they are causing Firefox to lose its way. Since they are not fixed, we can assume that the Firefox development team does not agree. However, they are providing the source to fix it. Therefore, he can either...
None of these are ridiculous, BTW. If it is that important to him, learning how to fix it is not out of the question. If he does not have the time, he can hire someone to do it for him.
First of all, it is not Mozilla's fault if the patches it receives are crap.
Second, you can always recompile Firefox yourself and run a customized version. Or, better yet, write an extension!
And how, pray ask, is Konqueror better? Not only does it require KDE, which I don't want to use, it does not have an extension system, is not compatible with other operating systems and in some cases, websites.
Hmm, so here's a question: what about IE7 is so great?
I myself use both GNU/Linux and FF2, but I will try to be as unbiased as possible. What don't you like about FF2 and what do you like about IE?
How? All the comment was saying was that if you do not like how something works, and the developers gave you every right and convenience of fixing it, then the only thing you have a right to do is to fix it yourself. If you do not know how, then learn. Many programmers out there are self-taught (myself included). Worst case, hire a programmer to do it for you.
No one is forcing you to use Firefox. But if really want something to be fixed, and the source is provided for you, then go and fix it yourself
My initial reflex would be to say that you cannot own a language. Then again, however, what if you invented a language? What if I wrote a book claiming that I invented Elvish? Could whoever holds the copyright for Tolkien's work sue me?
And what about accents? If I start using an accent on a show, and it begins to be associated with me. Then, someone else uses it. Can I sue them?
I am not sure, but I think that the answer is this:
A language is a way for people to communicate. That is, it is a system known to both of them, using which they can send each other messages. One can patent such a system to prevent others from using it. I am not sure, but I do not think that the tribe patented their language. Therefore, I doubt that they have any grounds on which to sue.
The iffy area, of course, is when does one have to pay royalties? If I create a language, patent it and teach it to you, and then, you teach it to your friend, do you or he have to pay me royalties? Here, I am not sure.
Oh, whoops. Sorry, about that. I was just reading about Wine and automatically typed it. Obviously we do not install Wine on Windows boxes. What I actually meant was Thunderbird.
Last year, this summer and to a lesser extent now, I have been working for a school's technology department, which puts together old computers that they have no use for anymore and distributes them to the poor citizens in our town. We install Windows 2000 on them (because we have the licenses to do so, and the department does not want an OS that they, themselves, cannot support), but beyond that only free software. That is, Wine, Firefox, OpenOffice, Gaim, the works (I even (semi-secretly) got Emacs on it :-)).
Now, we have a fairly nice security system, plus we live in a pretty quiet town, so I do not think that those machines are likely to get stolen, but still...
Yes, I was kidding. Also, most people who refuse to switch programming practices are either:
1) Senior programmers who have been working there for a long time (and so firing them poses problems)
2) Good enough programmers that they can easily find another job (and so you need them more than they need you).
> What ways have you used to convince your developers and engineers to adopt a new set of practices that may or may > not get in the way of their daily work habits?
Adopt the new practicer. Or you're fired.
Sorry, a mere typo. Give me a break, I was drunk (just kidding)!
Thanks! I don't quite understand how this is offtopic. Mod's, you suck!
Hey, Nov. 13 is my birthday! (Happy birthday to me...) The WWW and I were born on the same day! Well, this explains a lot!
I have considerably more extensions. The majority of them worked, but some did not. Hopefully, they will soon.
Why? The great thing Unix is that is has been proven to work. There is a good reason why the directories are the way they are. Let's look: /lib vs /Library: the difference is capitalization and abbreviation.
Capitalization is easy: It is easier to type something in lowercase than uppercase. Furthermore, it is good when there is consistency within the system, and capitalization just adds another time when it can be inconsistent.
Abbreviation: It is longer to type Library than lib. Tab completion solves this somewhat, but what if you are going through SSH or something, and it is for some reason not forwarding it correctly (happens to me all the time). Or what if there are other things that begin with those letters?
I am an experienced Windows user and a GNU/Linux geek. This summer, I worked at a company which used Macs, primarily, and I was loaned a G5 server to use at home.
Mac OSX did not run well on it, and it was considerably better than a 400MhZ G3. Applications took a fairly long time to load, and if the machine was on for a few days it got so unresponsive/slow, that I had to upgrade. I was never happy to work on it, and always glad to get back to my nice GNU/Linux computer (though never to Windows).
Or, better yet, use gnome-panel! :-)
But seriously, though, Gnome-Panel is a very nice piece of software. It very occasionally does crash, but other than that is very powerful and customizable. For example, my setup is sort of a home-made OSX-esque creation: I have a panel at the top with my windows list, clock, weather applet, power charger (i.e. things that I rarely click on), and then a much thicker one that does not expand at the bottom, which auto-hides, a la Dock. This one has my most common application launchers.
I am a GNU/Linux user. I am typing from an Ubuntu laptop, and administer several Debian servers. My family owns a Windows XP computer. Every once in a while, I end up using it (mostly for multimedia, as it is probably the best hardware in the house). We almost never turn it off, and it has been known to reach uptimes of several weeks, far longer than the reported uptime of most other people (albeit considerably less than GNU/Linux).
;-)
The point is, that it is not a crime to use and even like GNU/Linux. I just disagree with you
My top five are:
XJump - This is a clone of Falling Tower. It is available (AFAIK) only as a Debian package (http://packages.debian.org/stable/games/xjump.)
Tetris - I don't care which version too much, but since I use GNOME, I usually go with GNOMETris
Age of Empires II - Some may disagree, but I think that this is one of Microsoft's good products
Armagetron - The Tron clone
Unreal Tournament GOTY - Usually multiplayer with my friend