4 years? You, my friend, have no vision. In 4 years we should all be on 128bit systems with more RAM than we know how to use, and full system throughputs in excess of terabytes per second....Hey, I can dream, can't I?
Why does everyone always assume that wireless networks are only ever used for internet access? Am I forbidden from running VNC to my desktop from my laptop? Can I not transfer files to my wifi-enabled Archos? Streaming media from my desktop to a TV downstairs?
Funny. I thought it was still a matter of personal choice in whether you caved and broke your websites so they "worked" in IE. I've given up that approach; anything that doesn't work in IE yet conforms and validates to the W3C standards means that it's a Microsoft problem. Which means any complaints can be forwarded on to Microsoft.
Is this why Office 2003 doesn't use standard environment widgets? How about Nero? Winamp? NVMixer? Widnows Live Messenger? IE7?
Every man and his dog seems to want to use completely custom widgets on Windows. Linux software usually uses a major toolkit; be it Qt, GTK, standard X11...
Skype: Qt Firefox: GTK+ Thunderbird: GTK+ Most KDE apps: Qt GIMP: GTK+ OpenOffice: GTK+/Qt (integration with native window manager; it even uses Win32-style widgets when run under Xming over an SSH tunnel) Google Earth: Qt
Machinae Supremacy (http://www.machinaesupremacy.com/) first started with web release. They're currently signed with Spinefarm Records, and still have the ability to distribute via the web. Also:
The Underground Edition of REDEEMER was released at the opening of the MACHINAE SUPREMACY webshop (a.k.a The MACHINAESHOP) on March 28th 2006, and the band broke even on the album production costs in only a few hours.
You mean that nice manual on/off rocker switch that instantly cuts AC input to the PSU? Still got that on my ATX 2.2 supply.
Also, the situation you describe has a workaround; it's called holding the off switch for four seconds - after that point the motherboard cuts the power. Try it sometime.
I happen to like the +5VSB line. It does many useful things. Imagine you have six rooms of computers that get "turned off" every night, and you want them all to be up and running by 0830 every morning... Wake-on-LAN script that goes through a list of MAC addresses and powers them all up, thus saving you the time taken to manually go round each machine and switch them on, or the time taken by an employee who switches on the machine, then goes and gets coffee and has a chat for 15 minutes. Or your router has a WOL capability, and remote SSH login - power cut. Router comes back up, PC doesn't. WOL signal brings the machine up even if you're 1000 miles away.
The KDE menu works fine (I can't speak for GNOME as I don't use it); a standardised storage location is all that is needed. And the "more common area to install the software" is/opt if you really want to segregate stuff out, but/usr,/bin,/sbin and their ilk work perfectly fine. If you want to find something on Linux, use "which " or "whereis " or "slocate ".
We asked for help fairly early on. You gave us the finger.
OH LOOK! You got bombed! Now it's YOUR collective asses on the line, NOW you're interested.
Also, last I checked, a US court ruling has no validity in UK courts. EOD. Spamhaus have nothing to fear from the court case except the threat of having their domain ownership revoked by ICANN (which in and of itself is probably illegal in some shape or form).
Listen to heavy metal with double bass. Try and keep up.
I recommend Fear Factory for that; works a treat (although anyone below you might object to hear THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUD...THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHU D...THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTH UDTHUD for long periods of time).
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I've been running my S754 Athlon64 2800+ at 400MHz over spec (2200MHz, +/- 50MHz) for over two years. It still whips 3.2GHz P4s into shape.
At first I thought, "damn, popped cap". Then my eye went across a bit.
Microsoft.
Says it all, really.
5 billion is less than a trillion. Ergo, the sun is going to explode in the next trillion years.
Sun may explode in next trillion years.
4 years? You, my friend, have no vision. In 4 years we should all be on 128bit systems with more RAM than we know how to use, and full system throughputs in excess of terabytes per second. ...Hey, I can dream, can't I?
Why does everyone always assume that wireless networks are only ever used for internet access? Am I forbidden from running VNC to my desktop from my laptop? Can I not transfer files to my wifi-enabled Archos? Streaming media from my desktop to a TV downstairs?
Brilliant! Let's give them an OS! What will they do with it?
Answer: nothing.
XP ships with no software. Your average Linux distribution ships with gigs of it; hundreds of packages.
Small note.
The US Constitution was written by men, just like the bible. Therefore any rights given in the Constitution are, in fact, given by man.
"Adults with imaginary friends are stupid."
Funny. I thought it was still a matter of personal choice in whether you caved and broke your websites so they "worked" in IE. I've given up that approach; anything that doesn't work in IE yet conforms and validates to the W3C standards means that it's a Microsoft problem. Which means any complaints can be forwarded on to Microsoft.
Cthulhu 2008. Why vote for the lesser evil?
Adults with imaginary friends are stupid.
Instead it's a clone of X.25 or Frame Relay. Wonderful.
...I take offence to this.
My classmates might not. I doubt they read Slashdot.
Is this why Office 2003 doesn't use standard environment widgets? How about Nero? Winamp? NVMixer? Widnows Live Messenger? IE7?
Every man and his dog seems to want to use completely custom widgets on Windows. Linux software usually uses a major toolkit; be it Qt, GTK, standard X11...
Skype: Qt
Firefox: GTK+
Thunderbird: GTK+
Most KDE apps: Qt
GIMP: GTK+
OpenOffice: GTK+/Qt (integration with native window manager; it even uses Win32-style widgets when run under Xming over an SSH tunnel)
Google Earth: Qt
Wow, you guys have a library now? So how come the average American is still so uneducated? :P
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
-- The Friends of Voltaire, 1906
Download their music. Enjoy.
You mean that nice manual on/off rocker switch that instantly cuts AC input to the PSU? Still got that on my ATX 2.2 supply.
Also, the situation you describe has a workaround; it's called holding the off switch for four seconds - after that point the motherboard cuts the power. Try it sometime.
I happen to like the +5VSB line. It does many useful things. Imagine you have six rooms of computers that get "turned off" every night, and you want them all to be up and running by 0830 every morning... Wake-on-LAN script that goes through a list of MAC addresses and powers them all up, thus saving you the time taken to manually go round each machine and switch them on, or the time taken by an employee who switches on the machine, then goes and gets coffee and has a chat for 15 minutes. Or your router has a WOL capability, and remote SSH login - power cut. Router comes back up, PC doesn't. WOL signal brings the machine up even if you're 1000 miles away.
You just described Windows.
/opt if you really want to segregate stuff out, but /usr, /bin, /sbin and their ilk work perfectly fine. If you want to find something on Linux, use "which " or "whereis " or "slocate ".
Seriously.
The KDE menu works fine (I can't speak for GNOME as I don't use it); a standardised storage location is all that is needed.
And the "more common area to install the software" is
...I thought the song went "Danger, danger; high voltage!"
Oh god, not the WWII card AGAIN.
We asked for help fairly early on. You gave us the finger.
OH LOOK! You got bombed! Now it's YOUR collective asses on the line, NOW you're interested.
Also, last I checked, a US court ruling has no validity in UK courts. EOD. Spamhaus have nothing to fear from the court case except the threat of having their domain ownership revoked by ICANN (which in and of itself is probably illegal in some shape or form).
As always, the behaviour can be changed as much as you like. Tab Mix Plus is a good one to get to alter the behaviour.
To be honest, I'm glad of the changes; scrolling tab bar is something I've wanted builtin for a long while.
Listen to heavy metal with double bass. Try and keep up.
U D...THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTH UDTHUD for long periods of time).
I recommend Fear Factory for that; works a treat (although anyone below you might object to hear THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUD...THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTH
I'm all for him if he funds (note; FUNDS. No control over end result) another few series of Firefly ^^