The DVD says "don't skip this" and some players choose to obey. Any DVD player worth using will just ignore it and let the user do whatever they want. For example, when I play DVDs (or disk images or VIDEO_TS directories or whatever) on Linux, I can skip around however I want.
I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 instead of a more memory intensive OS
When I was on Windows XP, my 1 GB of memory almost never got filled. On Linux, I spill over into virtual memory all the time. Linux also seems to be much worse at switching data in and out of virtual memory. I have no idea what's causing this, but I've definitely noticed it.
Chances are your job isn't remotely related to medical research. Maybe you should actually go out and research anything before you attack people who are actually researching something.
I'd just like to point out how the word "discrimination" has been hijacked.
You make it sound like a dictionary is being held at gunpoint. A word gaining another definition doesn't mean it's being hijacked. Very few words in English only have one definition.
I've gotten used to Windows simply not having UI guidelines
Your ability to convince yourself of anything is truly remarkable. I'm sure you also have a 12+ inch penis, an ex-model girlfriend, ripped abs, and hundreds of mansions all over the world, right?
How do I get Linux to display multiple virtual desktops at once? I've wanted to do this often, but I haven't found any information about how. Beryl can do it, but when you try to interact with anything, it maximizes the virtual desktop that window is in.
I recently switched to Ubuntu, and I think sudo sucks. If you aren't running something as root and you want to do something that requires root privileges, you have to start the program up again.
Have Konqueror open to a directory with a file you want to delete? Doesn't matter! You have to open up Konqueror again, probably from the command line, and navigate back to the directory if you want to delete that file. Every time I run Adept or Add/Remove Programs from Ubuntu, I have to squint because root doesn't have the same font settings. Multiple users sharing the same computer can't just each setup root the way they want it, and even if they could, they'd have to configure everything twice.
From what I understand, UAC pops up a nice dialog box when you want to do something requiring higher privileges, instead of just saying "lol can't do that". If that's true, it is much nicer in that regard.
There has never been a 5.1 release. Ubuntu uses a versioning system where a number derived from the year comes first and the month comes second. Ubuntu 5.10 was released in the tenth month of 2005. Single digit months are padded with a zero, so even if a release was made in the first month of 2005, it would have been version 5.01.
I've seen Ubuntu's weird versioning explained over and over again many times on Slashdot. I wish they had chosen a more conventional versioning system, but I guess it's become too much tradition now.
Firefox's integration with KDE is some of the worst I've ever seen. Firefox still offers the "Set As Desktop Background..." option when running under KDE, but using it doesn't produce any results. It seems that Firefox does not even try to check to see if Gnome is even installed, much less running, before it sets the wallpaper for Gnome.
That was my point. Google Trends is a really great way of seeing what people are searching for on Google, but it isn't a good way to learn what software people are using.
I see now why you think I called you an elitist, but that was RedBear (207369), not me. I'm HeroreV (869368) and I just said that most (certainly not all) documentation sucks because documentation is hard, not that documenters are lazy or elitist or anything.
Do you have any idea how many hours I spent on writing... ?
That's part of my point. Documentation is a huge pain. That's why it often isn't as good as it needs to be. I didn't say nobody put any effort into it. Even poor documentation may have required a lot of work.
And now you suddenly jump out of the bushes, calling me an elitist?
I didn't call anybody an elitist. I have no idea why you think I did.
you destroy everything
I didn't destroy anything. The documentation you created is still up and still done very well.
by pasting a stupid stereotype label on me
I didn't mean to label anybody.
while ignoring all the hard work that I've done.
I specifically said creating documentation with nice circled screen shots is harder than providing a few command line instructions.
You've created some very nice documentation. And although I absolutely do not blame anyone at all, I really do wish such quality was more common.
Even if all a user has to do is copy some text, open a terminal, paste the text, and hit enter, they may still have problems. Most tutorials don't include instructions on how to open a terminal. Many users don't know how to copy and paste text, and rewriting is error prone and possibly dangerous. Users may be confused when Ctrl+V doesn't paste the text.
And it's usually not just copy and paste. What if an error occurs? What if the user need to enter information? What if the command depends on their setup? Most people won't know if / is on/dev/hda1,/dev/hda2, etc. Most commands for Ubuntu assume the user is running Gnome.
Even if that doesn't cause problems, it's still very scary if hundreds of lines start spilling out onto the screen, and it's very scary to be doing something without any understanding of what's going on. The command line is just plain scary to most people, and it's important to make users feel comfortable.
BitTorrent is a way to transfer information, not to store it. BitTorrent wouldn't help any here.
Maybe you were trying to say a solution would be making the materials available to the general public and hoping they archive the data. Somehow I don't think many people are interesting in downloading hundreds of gigs of raw footage and keeping a torrent going for decades.
To people familiar with a command line, copy & pasting can be easier. But for people who aren't, it is much much more difficult.
For a distribution aimed at advanced users who prefer the command line over GUIs, it would be perfectly fine, even desirable, to provide mostly/entirely command line instructions. But for a distribution like Ubuntu, documentation should be for GUI front ends whenever a GUI front end is available. Ubuntu is clearly aimed at people who aren't familiar with the command line.
Some people think it's a better idea to get new users to learn the command line, but I think that's a terrible approach. An operating system should conform to its users, not the other way around.
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Are you purposely trying to confuse people? If so, that may be the worst trolling attempt I've ever seen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541
Chances are your job isn't remotely related to medical research. Maybe you should actually go out and research anything before you attack people who are actually researching something.
It's not as questionable as all that 1337 5p34k spam.
How do I get Linux to display multiple virtual desktops at once? I've wanted to do this often, but I haven't found any information about how. Beryl can do it, but when you try to interact with anything, it maximizes the virtual desktop that window is in.
The only thing funnier than a Mac user is a Mac user who doesn't realize that a Mac is a PC.
That image is being sent without a Content-Type HTTP header. It's people like you that hold the web back.
I think it would be great to have that as an option, but currently it isn't optional.
To learn more, see XDCC at Wikipedia.
I recently switched to Ubuntu, and I think sudo sucks. If you aren't running something as root and you want to do something that requires root privileges, you have to start the program up again.
Have Konqueror open to a directory with a file you want to delete? Doesn't matter! You have to open up Konqueror again, probably from the command line, and navigate back to the directory if you want to delete that file. Every time I run Adept or Add/Remove Programs from Ubuntu, I have to squint because root doesn't have the same font settings. Multiple users sharing the same computer can't just each setup root the way they want it, and even if they could, they'd have to configure everything twice.
From what I understand, UAC pops up a nice dialog box when you want to do something requiring higher privileges, instead of just saying "lol can't do that". If that's true, it is much nicer in that regard.
I've seen Ubuntu's weird versioning explained over and over again many times on Slashdot. I wish they had chosen a more conventional versioning system, but I guess it's become too much tradition now.
What is the deal with so much "wallpaper" being way too small to be used as wallpaper? That tiny image would hardly fill my cell phone's screen.
Firefox's integration with KDE is some of the worst I've ever seen. Firefox still offers the "Set As Desktop Background..." option when running under KDE, but using it doesn't produce any results. It seems that Firefox does not even try to check to see if Gnome is even installed, much less running, before it sets the wallpaper for Gnome.
That was my point. Google Trends is a really great way of seeing what people are searching for on Google, but it isn't a good way to learn what software people are using.
Explain this.
I see now why you think I called you an elitist, but that was RedBear (207369), not me. I'm HeroreV (869368) and I just said that most (certainly not all) documentation sucks because documentation is hard, not that documenters are lazy or elitist or anything.
You've created some very nice documentation. And although I absolutely do not blame anyone at all, I really do wish such quality was more common.
Even if all a user has to do is copy some text, open a terminal, paste the text, and hit enter, they may still have problems. Most tutorials don't include instructions on how to open a terminal. Many users don't know how to copy and paste text, and rewriting is error prone and possibly dangerous. Users may be confused when Ctrl+V doesn't paste the text.
/dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, etc. Most commands for Ubuntu assume the user is running Gnome.
And it's usually not just copy and paste. What if an error occurs? What if the user need to enter information? What if the command depends on their setup? Most people won't know if / is on
Even if that doesn't cause problems, it's still very scary if hundreds of lines start spilling out onto the screen, and it's very scary to be doing something without any understanding of what's going on. The command line is just plain scary to most people, and it's important to make users feel comfortable.
BitTorrent is a way to transfer information, not to store it. BitTorrent wouldn't help any here.
Maybe you were trying to say a solution would be making the materials available to the general public and hoping they archive the data. Somehow I don't think many people are interesting in downloading hundreds of gigs of raw footage and keeping a torrent going for decades.
To people familiar with a command line, copy & pasting can be easier. But for people who aren't, it is much much more difficult.
For a distribution aimed at advanced users who prefer the command line over GUIs, it would be perfectly fine, even desirable, to provide mostly/entirely command line instructions. But for a distribution like Ubuntu, documentation should be for GUI front ends whenever a GUI front end is available. Ubuntu is clearly aimed at people who aren't familiar with the command line.
Some people think it's a better idea to get new users to learn the command line, but I think that's a terrible approach. An operating system should conform to its users, not the other way around.
Your post only has four periods. One is in "7.04" and three form an ellipsis. Do you see the problem with that?