But I thought that all of our enviromental problems were because the sun had previously been overly active and was now calming down. This seems to contradict that.
The XE Game Machine was years ahead of the Nintendo. Too bad Atari had a very poor marketing department and a CEO that liked to shoot himself in the foot...
Sorry, had to bite, I never liked the original Nintendo.
This probably won't be my most intelligent post, and I probably won't get any karma, but what the hell...
Editing the menu through context menus and drag & drop is intuitive if you are only changing one item. However, it's a pain to weed through multiple levels of menus when you want to change multiple items or move items between levels. For that, I much prefer to be able to see the whole picture at once. This is where a nice editor that shows the structure is a god-send.
Now I haven't tried Gnome since I used SuSE 7.3, so I don't know what has changed. Every once in a while I get fed up with KDE and concider switching. KDE menus have come a long way since I started using it. Use of the menu editor is not required. KDE supports context menus and drag & drop for simple editing and the menu editor for more complex editing. However, there is a lot of room for improvement. I'd like to see the dedicated menu editing application replaced by a Konqueror plug-in. Something simular to how tar files are browsable in Konqueror. It would also be nice if I could edit the global menus as easily as the per user menus. As it stands now, to edit the global menus, you have to load the.desktop file in kwrite. That's if you can figure out where they are. KDE does have an application for creating menu profiles. However, I just want some simple way to edit global menus. I shouldn't have to set up a system of profiles to accomplish that.
My last thought... I often hear about human interface studies from Gnome users. I think these studies are a great idea and very useful. However, isn't it a contradiction to say the way a user wants to do something is bad because it doesn't agree with your study? I thought the point of these studies was to find the most intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Sure, maybe users are creating more work for themselves.Maybe there are better methods. Show those methods to the user and see if they agree. Don't call the user stupid if what's intuitive to you isn't to them. Not everyone thinks exactly the same way.
Will this be the first game in a series of many to come that will be pulled off the market to be changed due to questionable content?
My thoughts concerning this game's rating are throughly covered by other posts. However, I couldn't help notice this part of the summary. When was GTA:SA pulled off the market? Yes, their rating was changed. However, it was not removed from the market. Rather, most business removed it from their shelves in an effort to promote the idea that game software is only for children. It was blantent censorship. Perhaps there wouldn't be so much sex and violence in children's games if video game stores didn't discriminate against adults.
I see three possibilities, though I'm only guessing.
They didn't know who to list as the owner and wanted to wait until someone claimed the government.
Being a US organization, they were on a power-trip.
Iraq's DNS server got hit in the bombing and it's just coming back online.
With possibility 1, I don't see why they couldn't just list Iraq as the owner.
If 2 is true, it's a big argument in favor of handing ICANN responsibilities over to an international body. Politics should not play part in a nations connectivity, or their ability to get a message out.
What can I say about 3? If your server is down, it's down.
How exactly is "intellectual property" going to be enforced once you leave the confines of our planet?
It seems to me that whom ever makes it to Mars, controls Mars. Considering they are talking about developing the infrastructure themselves, it really isn't that hard to see them renting their infrastructure out once the USA manages to make it to Mars. It really shouldn't be that hard to enforce. I wonder how difficult it is to chuck a rock at a space ship that takes six months to get to your location. Of course, your customers might not like having rocks chucked at them. I guess it's as good a basis as any for the start of the solar civilization.
This should be handy for journalists, demonstrators, etc.
Or corperate espionage. I work in a secure building, Cameras are not allowed. However, with a small camera and wifi, what's to stop someone from connecting to an AP in their car? Of course, the flip-side, this isn't new. My PDA has both wifi and a camera...
I never used to release anything I wrote or developed into the public domain. As restrictions increase though I am more and more inclined to release my material, in part, as a protest.
I've seen this sentiment quite a bit. However, I don't really understand it. Unless people start boycotting non-public domain material, how will this help? I only see this as helping to ensure the status que remains. Those who make millions off the public domain will continue to have new material without having to contribute back.
The second reason is that companies like to sell the same product several times. First you buy a ticket to see a movie in a theater, then you buy it in a DVD. If theater and DVD versions were available at the same time, they would compete with each other - you might decide to simply rent the DVD and skip the theater completely. Because of this, the DVD version only appears after the movie has disappeared from the theater.
I always thought this was a shame. I personaly enjoy going out to the movies and often prefer the theater over the television. However, theaters only show new movies. I'm stuck with DVD if I want to watch something that's been out a while. Going out to the theater to see a favorite movie and being able to purchase the DVD from the lobby afterwards would be a business plan I'd heavily support. Unfortunely, movie companies are deaf, blind and dumb. They have their 50 year old business model and their suing to keep it viable.
I have a dual-boot XP/Gentoo system and own Doom 3. I'd have to say Doom 3 plays better (native) under Gentoo than it does under Windows. It just seems more responcive. Of course, your milage may vary...
I think that is worth the yearly US$100 investment
As it is, the group that gets the most of it is MS (who gets fees from issuers for being in their OS's root certificate) and the certificate issuers.
I always figured signed code was just a money generater for Microsoft and company. Kind of like "Microsoft: Give us money or we'll encourage people to think your code is malicious". I also figure it's a way for Microsoft to control what software goes on your computer, using scare tactics.
Based on how many people download the tar.gz vs how many people download the.asc, very few people actually verify their downloads. But a tiny fraction do, and its worth the 2 seconds signing takes to help those people know that they downloaded what they thought they downloaded.
Or to verify the download didn't get corrupted. That's what I use the.asc and.md5 files for.
Personaly, I love hearing stuff like this. I do not currently carry any certifications and my degree (AS Computer Information Systems) is a joke. However, I work around a lot of PhD's who respect my experience. When something new comes up, I'm the guy they ask for advice.
As for my thoughts on certifications, most are worthless. I currently run the computer refurbishing department. We take off-lease computers and returns, fix them, and resell them. I've meet so many A+ certified techs that can't tell the difference between an IDE and floppy cable, it's not funny.
As for being over-certified, I defer to the help-desk manager... His thought was A+ is alright. However, anything more probably means that your going to move on before you become useful to the department.
SuSE uses Yast to fetch updates automaticly. You could also add Gentoo to the list of distributions that support auto-update: emerge --sync && emerge -u world. In fact, are there any distributions that don't have an auto-update feature?
Zealot: "Oh that's easy! From a shell, su so you have rights to install software and execute emerge quake3.
User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Windows?"
Zealot: "Just click on the setup icon."
User: "What setup icon?"
Zealot:"The one that appeared in windows explorer when you put the cd in"
User: "What CD? I need a CD?"
Zealot:"Yes, or you can download a demo from any random site. Just make sure your anti-virus is up to date and your spyware programs are running."
An interesting side note, The parent suggested editing/etc/X11/XF86Config and adding a section called "GL" and put "driver nv" in it. The Section is called Device and the nv driver doesn't support 3D. You need the nVidia driver for 3D.
Can't say I've ever had a problem using Grub with LVM. I've used Grub with LVM under both SuSE and Gentoo. I'm not sure what you mean concerning setting the command line. Do you mean changing the default run level? I seem to remember being able to pass the runlevel as a kernel paraimiter using the gentoo sources.
I started using Grub because it was such a pain to set up dual booting with SuSE/Windows XP using Lilo. In Lilo, I had to use dd to copy the boot sector to a floppy and copy the floppy to the C: drive in Windows. In Grub, I just had to edit the grub.conf file. Granted, it's been a few years since I used Lilo, so maybe they improved it.
Farm land in Canada. I wish I could remember which congress critter said it, or if the story was true. However, I remember hearing about a US congressman being asked about global warming and his reponce was "Well, it will make for a good investment in Canadian farm land".
The moment Google 'forks' the Internet, they lose value because less people can use their services.
If Google were to fork the Internet, I'd sign up in a heart-beat. Would I disconnect from the current Internet? No. I'd use it as I use the.com namespace now, for shopping, looking up manufacturer data, etc. However, on a independent network, I might be able to communicate without worrying about who is easedropping. I might be able to use IPv6 without going through IPv4 networks. Heck, Newsgroups might even become useful again. Leave the commercial traffic on the Internet and port everything else to GNet and I'd be very happy.
all playing WinHoldEm bots which are communicating with one another
When I first read the summery, I wondered what the big deal was. I understand why bots in FPS games are a problem, reaction time. However, I didn't understand it with poker. Now I understand the problem more. It's not bots, but an uncontrolled environment. In the casino, they have cameras that can keep an eye on you. However, on the Net, it's just messages coming in and going out; nothing visual. So this still isn't a bot problem. People could take advantage of this as well, and often try to in the casinos.
And what long-term consequences are those? I do supose they have to put up with the large majority of perverts that think the natural body is a nasty, sick, disgusting thing that needs to be hidden at all times.
As for the age range you list, I supose you're right. Only those who are at the end of their lives should be able to realise how foolish it is to hate your own body.
I've met a lot of women who have taken full advantage of modern feminism. However, I also know a lot of women that think feminism was about the stupidest thing women ever did. Their reasoning goes along the lines of "What? I have to work and support myself? What ever happened to the good old days when all I had to do was put on a cute dress and bat an eyelash to have anything I wanted?". Personal freedom is a powerful force, but too many people don't want the responsibilities that come with it.
Yes, but the previews are generally better than the movie...:)
That said, the only time I've showen up before the movie was supposed to start was opening night. I generally avoid opening night due to long lines. You end up missing the beginning because the pop-corn line blocks the entrance.
I generally try to make the movies twice a month. I've read a lot of comments saying just stay home and watch the DVD. I supose a lot of this crowd have 70-inch plasma televisions with 7.1 surround sound. As well, I'd guess most of them don't care for crowds. Personally, I enjoy going OUT to the movies. It's always enjoyable to go see a movie in the theater with fiends and hit a coffee house after to talk about it. As for the cost, my local drive-in charges $6.00 a car load for two movies. There are also several "Dollar" theaters that are reasonable as long as you stay away from the concession stand. I've never been to a theater that allowed cell phones, though I've seen ushers escort people from the theater for using them. As for kids, I don't recall them bothering me much. If I'm at a kids movie, I expect it. Most parents in my area don't take their kids to adult movies. Those that do had better make sure their kids act like adults or they are asked to leave.
I'm just believe your tactics are off. With respect to Google and open source, you are a 4 to 5 star general. To stretch the military analogy (too far?), replies to individual posts are something that should be handled at the squad level (okay, Slashdot might need a platoon or even a whole company:-). Generals shouldn't go beating the bush hunting snipers.
For me at least, Chris's responce is a major reason I read Slashdot and an important factor in the open source movement. Yes, open source has several factors that make it great. However, it's being able to talk directly to the developers that holds the greatest attraction to me. With closed source software, the best you get is some out-sourced flunky, that doesn't have a clue, looking up answers in a database. Open source is a lot more personal. I remember the first time I sent feedback to a major project. I didn't really know what to say when I got a responce directly from the developer. This never happened with closed source software.
As for how this applies to Slashdot, I can go to half a dozen sites that feature comments on news articles. Slashdot is one of the very few where you get comments directly from the horse's mouth. As a good example, a while back there was an article about research being done with crocodile immune systems and AIDS. Several comments were made by the guy doing the research. You just don't find that many other places.
Perhaps Generals shouldn't go beating the bush hunting snipers. However, handing off public relations to a squad of drones is not any more appropreate. Especially when that public has a very real interest in what you are doing.
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But I thought that all of our enviromental problems were because the sun had previously been overly active and was now calming down. This seems to contradict that.
The XE Game Machine was years ahead of the Nintendo. Too bad Atari had a very poor marketing department and a CEO that liked to shoot himself in the foot...
Sorry, had to bite, I never liked the original Nintendo.
This probably won't be my most intelligent post, and I probably won't get any karma, but what the hell...
.desktop file in kwrite. That's if you can figure out where they are. KDE does have an application for creating menu profiles. However, I just want some simple way to edit global menus. I shouldn't have to set up a system of profiles to accomplish that.
Editing the menu through context menus and drag & drop is intuitive if you are only changing one item. However, it's a pain to weed through multiple levels of menus when you want to change multiple items or move items between levels. For that, I much prefer to be able to see the whole picture at once. This is where a nice editor that shows the structure is a god-send.
Now I haven't tried Gnome since I used SuSE 7.3, so I don't know what has changed. Every once in a while I get fed up with KDE and concider switching. KDE menus have come a long way since I started using it. Use of the menu editor is not required. KDE supports context menus and drag & drop for simple editing and the menu editor for more complex editing. However, there is a lot of room for improvement. I'd like to see the dedicated menu editing application replaced by a Konqueror plug-in. Something simular to how tar files are browsable in Konqueror. It would also be nice if I could edit the global menus as easily as the per user menus. As it stands now, to edit the global menus, you have to load the
My last thought... I often hear about human interface studies from Gnome users. I think these studies are a great idea and very useful. However, isn't it a contradiction to say the way a user wants to do something is bad because it doesn't agree with your study? I thought the point of these studies was to find the most intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Sure, maybe users are creating more work for themselves.Maybe there are better methods. Show those methods to the user and see if they agree. Don't call the user stupid if what's intuitive to you isn't to them. Not everyone thinks exactly the same way.
Will this be the first game in a series of many to come that will be pulled off the market to be changed due to questionable content?
My thoughts concerning this game's rating are throughly covered by other posts. However, I couldn't help notice this part of the summary. When was GTA:SA pulled off the market? Yes, their rating was changed. However, it was not removed from the market. Rather, most business removed it from their shelves in an effort to promote the idea that game software is only for children. It was blantent censorship. Perhaps there wouldn't be so much sex and violence in children's games if video game stores didn't discriminate against adults.
- They didn't know who to list as the owner and wanted to wait until someone claimed the government.
- Being a US organization, they were on a power-trip.
- Iraq's DNS server got hit in the bombing and it's just coming back online.
With possibility 1, I don't see why they couldn't just list Iraq as the owner.If 2 is true, it's a big argument in favor of handing ICANN responsibilities over to an international body. Politics should not play part in a nations connectivity, or their ability to get a message out.
What can I say about 3? If your server is down, it's down.
How exactly is "intellectual property" going to be enforced once you leave the confines of our planet?
It seems to me that whom ever makes it to Mars, controls Mars. Considering they are talking about developing the infrastructure themselves, it really isn't that hard to see them renting their infrastructure out once the USA manages to make it to Mars. It really shouldn't be that hard to enforce. I wonder how difficult it is to chuck a rock at a space ship that takes six months to get to your location. Of course, your customers might not like having rocks chucked at them. I guess it's as good a basis as any for the start of the solar civilization.
This should be handy for journalists, demonstrators, etc.
Or corperate espionage. I work in a secure building, Cameras are not allowed. However, with a small camera and wifi, what's to stop someone from connecting to an AP in their car? Of course, the flip-side, this isn't new. My PDA has both wifi and a camera...
I never used to release anything I wrote or developed into the public domain. As restrictions increase though I am more and more inclined to release my material, in part, as a protest.
I've seen this sentiment quite a bit. However, I don't really understand it. Unless people start boycotting non-public domain material, how will this help? I only see this as helping to ensure the status que remains. Those who make millions off the public domain will continue to have new material without having to contribute back.
The second reason is that companies like to sell the same product several times. First you buy a ticket to see a movie in a theater, then you buy it in a DVD. If theater and DVD versions were available at the same time, they would compete with each other - you might decide to simply rent the DVD and skip the theater completely. Because of this, the DVD version only appears after the movie has disappeared from the theater.
I always thought this was a shame. I personaly enjoy going out to the movies and often prefer the theater over the television. However, theaters only show new movies. I'm stuck with DVD if I want to watch something that's been out a while. Going out to the theater to see a favorite movie and being able to purchase the DVD from the lobby afterwards would be a business plan I'd heavily support. Unfortunely, movie companies are deaf, blind and dumb. They have their 50 year old business model and their suing to keep it viable.
Have not bought Doom3 yet.
I have a dual-boot XP/Gentoo system and own Doom 3. I'd have to say Doom 3 plays better (native) under Gentoo than it does under Windows. It just seems more responcive. Of course, your milage may vary...
I think that is worth the yearly US$100 investment
As it is, the group that gets the most of it is MS (who gets fees from issuers for being in their OS's root certificate) and the certificate issuers.
I always figured signed code was just a money generater for Microsoft and company. Kind of like "Microsoft: Give us money or we'll encourage people to think your code is malicious". I also figure it's a way for Microsoft to control what software goes on your computer, using scare tactics.
Based on how many people download the tar.gz vs how many people download the .asc, very few people actually verify their downloads. But a tiny fraction do, and its worth the 2 seconds signing takes to help those people know that they downloaded what they thought they downloaded.
.asc and .md5 files for.
Or to verify the download didn't get corrupted. That's what I use the
Personaly, I love hearing stuff like this. I do not currently carry any certifications and my degree (AS Computer Information Systems) is a joke. However, I work around a lot of PhD's who respect my experience. When something new comes up, I'm the guy they ask for advice.
As for my thoughts on certifications, most are worthless. I currently run the computer refurbishing department. We take off-lease computers and returns, fix them, and resell them. I've meet so many A+ certified techs that can't tell the difference between an IDE and floppy cable, it's not funny.
As for being over-certified, I defer to the help-desk manager... His thought was A+ is alright. However, anything more probably means that your going to move on before you become useful to the department.
Has anyone here ever seen a sticker on a hardware product that says LINUX COMPATIBLE like you see with Windows Compatible products?
My HDTV3000 tv card was marked Linux Compatible, as was my Samsung laser printer.
That's because Microsoft acts based upon their standards
Yes, that's part of the problem. When is Microsoft going to support a common standard, like EFI? Linux has supported it for a while now.
SuSE uses Yast to fetch updates automaticly. You could also add Gentoo to the list of distributions that support auto-update: emerge --sync && emerge -u world. In fact, are there any distributions that don't have an auto-update feature?
User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Gentoo?"
/etc/X11/XF86Config and adding a section called "GL" and put "driver nv" in it. The Section is called Device and the nv driver doesn't support 3D. You need the nVidia driver for 3D.
Zealot: "Oh that's easy! From a shell, su so you have rights to install software and execute emerge quake3.
User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Windows?"
Zealot: "Just click on the setup icon."
User: "What setup icon?"
Zealot:"The one that appeared in windows explorer when you put the cd in"
User: "What CD? I need a CD?"
Zealot:"Yes, or you can download a demo from any random site. Just make sure your anti-virus is up to date and your spyware programs are running."
An interesting side note, The parent suggested editing
Can't say I've ever had a problem using Grub with LVM. I've used Grub with LVM under both SuSE and Gentoo. I'm not sure what you mean concerning setting the command line. Do you mean changing the default run level? I seem to remember being able to pass the runlevel as a kernel paraimiter using the gentoo sources.
I started using Grub because it was such a pain to set up dual booting with SuSE/Windows XP using Lilo. In Lilo, I had to use dd to copy the boot sector to a floppy and copy the floppy to the C: drive in Windows. In Grub, I just had to edit the grub.conf file. Granted, it's been a few years since I used Lilo, so maybe they improved it.
Farm land in Canada. I wish I could remember which congress critter said it, or if the story was true. However, I remember hearing about a US congressman being asked about global warming and his reponce was "Well, it will make for a good investment in Canadian farm land".
The moment Google 'forks' the Internet, they lose value because less people can use their services.
.com namespace now, for shopping, looking up manufacturer data, etc. However, on a independent network, I might be able to communicate without worrying about who is easedropping. I might be able to use IPv6 without going through IPv4 networks. Heck, Newsgroups might even become useful again. Leave the commercial traffic on the Internet and port everything else to GNet and I'd be very happy.
If Google were to fork the Internet, I'd sign up in a heart-beat. Would I disconnect from the current Internet? No. I'd use it as I use the
all playing WinHoldEm bots which are communicating with one another
When I first read the summery, I wondered what the big deal was. I understand why bots in FPS games are a problem, reaction time. However, I didn't understand it with poker. Now I understand the problem more. It's not bots, but an uncontrolled environment. In the casino, they have cameras that can keep an eye on you. However, on the Net, it's just messages coming in and going out; nothing visual. So this still isn't a bot problem. People could take advantage of this as well, and often try to in the casinos.
And what long-term consequences are those? I do supose they have to put up with the large majority of perverts that think the natural body is a nasty, sick, disgusting thing that needs to be hidden at all times.
As for the age range you list, I supose you're right. Only those who are at the end of their lives should be able to realise how foolish it is to hate your own body.
Am I jaded that I think real feminism is dead?
I've met a lot of women who have taken full advantage of modern feminism. However, I also know a lot of women that think feminism was about the stupidest thing women ever did. Their reasoning goes along the lines of "What? I have to work and support myself? What ever happened to the good old days when all I had to do was put on a cute dress and bat an eyelash to have anything I wanted?". Personal freedom is a powerful force, but too many people don't want the responsibilities that come with it.
Yes, but the previews are generally better than the movie... :)
That said, the only time I've showen up before the movie was supposed to start was opening night. I generally avoid opening night due to long lines. You end up missing the beginning because the pop-corn line blocks the entrance.
I generally try to make the movies twice a month. I've read a lot of comments saying just stay home and watch the DVD. I supose a lot of this crowd have 70-inch plasma televisions with 7.1 surround sound. As well, I'd guess most of them don't care for crowds. Personally, I enjoy going OUT to the movies. It's always enjoyable to go see a movie in the theater with fiends and hit a coffee house after to talk about it. As for the cost, my local drive-in charges $6.00 a car load for two movies. There are also several "Dollar" theaters that are reasonable as long as you stay away from the concession stand. I've never been to a theater that allowed cell phones, though I've seen ushers escort people from the theater for using them. As for kids, I don't recall them bothering me much. If I'm at a kids movie, I expect it. Most parents in my area don't take their kids to adult movies. Those that do had better make sure their kids act like adults or they are asked to leave.
I was thinking a small daemon could monitor a text-based configuration file. It could issue those commands as changes are detected.
I'm just believe your tactics are off. With respect to Google and open source, you are a 4 to 5 star general. To stretch the military analogy (too far?), replies to individual posts are something that should be handled at the squad level (okay, Slashdot might need a platoon or even a whole company :-). Generals shouldn't go beating the bush hunting snipers.
For me at least, Chris's responce is a major reason I read Slashdot and an important factor in the open source movement. Yes, open source has several factors that make it great. However, it's being able to talk directly to the developers that holds the greatest attraction to me. With closed source software, the best you get is some out-sourced flunky, that doesn't have a clue, looking up answers in a database. Open source is a lot more personal. I remember the first time I sent feedback to a major project. I didn't really know what to say when I got a responce directly from the developer. This never happened with closed source software.
As for how this applies to Slashdot, I can go to half a dozen sites that feature comments on news articles. Slashdot is one of the very few where you get comments directly from the horse's mouth. As a good example, a while back there was an article about research being done with crocodile immune systems and AIDS. Several comments were made by the guy doing the research. You just don't find that many other places.
Perhaps Generals shouldn't go beating the bush hunting snipers. However, handing off public relations to a squad of drones is not any more appropreate. Especially when that public has a very real interest in what you are doing.