Wikipedia says 62 dams were destroyed and about 5,960,000 buildings collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Nearly 6 million buildings collapsing sure sounds much worse than any of those other distasters listed. I don't know what the Chinese government did to "hide" this, but they sure succeded.
Maybe you are unsure about what a "major release" is. A gigantic pack of patches to fix security holes discovered years ago doesn't count as a "major release".
Maybe you are referring to the Service Packs. If so, maybe you should read up on all the problems associated with that.
I'd never be able to surf without the control-scroll wheel hack.
Hack? Since when are built in features considered hacks?
In any case, there's no need to resize the text every time you load a page. For Firefox, go to Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colors > Advanced and change the "Display resolution" or "Minimum font size".
Why on earth isn't it already? I thought Linux was suppossed to be the "super mega ultra amazing bestest thing ever ever ever in the entire multiverse ever OMG it's so awesome Linux is the best Linux makes me horny Linux is God in kernel form *hyperventilate* I wish I could marry Linux for real cause it's so really really cool". If Linux is really as great as so many people think it is, shouldn't something like this already be in there?
Being an open extensible format is the main reason I see XML as superior. A single parser can be used for all dialects of XML.
nothing prevents a binary format from being open and extensible. While that's true, there is no format yet that has taken that place. What I actually meant is that using XML is better than creating a new special purpose binary format. If a popular extensible binary format existed, I would be glad for ODF to use it.
There has been some work in the area, (see binary XML) but the support just isn't there yet.
spyware companies, virus writers, and horrible programs that give it a bad rap
I think it's actually the massive security holes that allow in spyware and viruses that give Windows a bad rap. There's also many other things that you don't mention such as settings organization, the registry, lack of bundled software, etc.
I'll still be able to glean the content of OpenDocument files with any program that understands by-then legacy encodings like ASCII.
XML documents use UTF-8 encoding by default, and OpenDocument explicitly specifies UTF-8 anyway. So even today, the content of OpenDocument files can not be gleaned by programs that only understand ASCII.
UTF-8 is becoming very popular for good reason. Crusty old ASCII is dying.
I wish Microsoft wouldn't offer OpenXML but a truely open, unpatented, compact binary format to compete with ODF.
I of course agree that binary formats are less CPU intensive, but do you really feel that in this case the extra speed is enough to warrant it? XML has many benefits over binary files which far outway the detriment of excess CPU cycles, at least for simple things like formated text. Just how powerful do computers have to be before XML is a better choice?
For pictures like photos that are filled with lots of gradients all over the place and few solid areas, lossless JPEG 2000 is much better at compression than PNG. For pictures with lots of solid areas, like drawings, PNG is better.
It is completely rediculous to compare 2 things simply because they have the same name. If you are dating a girl named Sarah and she catches you sleeping with another girl named Sarah, your argument isn't going to go over to well. If you offer somebody a peice of pie and you draw part of the symbol for pi then they are going to think you're half retarded.
Do multicellular organisms ever have genetic mutations that go throughout their entire bodies (thus making the almost-chicken a chicken) and get passed along to their offspring? I don't know much about this, but common sense at least says that it's unlikely. Anybody want to share?
And MNG?! Why haven't I heard about this? That is pretty big news. The lack of MNG support is about the only good reason left for using GIF. Maybe Firefox will add MNG support back in now. It's about time MNG had its day.
Code that uses the GPLed version of Qt is considered a derivative work and thus must also be under the GPL. Are you saying that if code in such a situation begins using a licensed version of Qt (assuming Trolltech allowed such a thing), the code is suddenly no longer derived from GPL code, and thus it is no longer under the GPL?
As mindtriggerz pointed out, this is entirely due to the GPL and has nothing to do with Trolltech's commercial licensing terms. If you want to blame something, you should blame the GPL.
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Just stop reading Wired magazine. Duh.
When is politics not a mistake?
Wikipedia says 62 dams were destroyed and about 5,960,000 buildings collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Nearly 6 million buildings collapsing sure sounds much worse than any of those other distasters listed. I don't know what the Chinese government did to "hide" this, but they sure succeded.
I'm glad to somebody not treating those morons seriously.
System > Administration > Update Manager
For those who do not want to know the command.
Maybe you are unsure about what a "major release" is. A gigantic pack of patches to fix security holes discovered years ago doesn't count as a "major release".
Maybe you are referring to the Service Packs. If so, maybe you should read up on all the problems associated with that.
Wow, that really is quite bad. That really may be the ugliest UI I've ever seen.
I frequently use eLinks because it's a whole lot faster than firing up a graphical browser
What kind of ancient technology are you using? If Opera runs noticeably slower than eLinks, you need to get a new computer.
That's what RSS/Atom/webfeeds are for. You can view them any twisted-up mangled way you want.
I'd never be able to surf without the control-scroll wheel hack.
Hack? Since when are built in features considered hacks?
In any case, there's no need to resize the text every time you load a page. For Firefox, go to
Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colors > Advanced
and change the "Display resolution" or "Minimum font size".
I'm sure some obscure Firefox plug-in replicates that functionality
Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Display resolution
Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Minimum font size
Available right away in a bare install. Stop the FUD!
Why on earth isn't it already? I thought Linux was suppossed to be the "super mega ultra amazing bestest thing ever ever ever in the entire multiverse ever OMG it's so awesome Linux is the best Linux makes me horny Linux is God in kernel form *hyperventilate* I wish I could marry Linux for real cause it's so really really cool". If Linux is really as great as so many people think it is, shouldn't something like this already be in there?
Being an open extensible format is the main reason I see XML as superior. A single parser can be used for all dialects of XML.
nothing prevents a binary format from being open and extensible.
While that's true, there is no format yet that has taken that place. What I actually meant is that using XML is better than creating a new special purpose binary format. If a popular extensible binary format existed, I would be glad for ODF to use it.
There has been some work in the area, (see binary XML) but the support just isn't there yet.
spyware companies, virus writers, and horrible programs that give it a bad rap
I think it's actually the massive security holes that allow in spyware and viruses that give Windows a bad rap. There's also many other things that you don't mention such as settings organization, the registry, lack of bundled software, etc.
but how is a newbie to figure out which distro is right for him or her?
Ask a nerdy friend. Duh. Most people do not stand alone.
I'll still be able to glean the content of OpenDocument files with any program that understands by-then legacy encodings like ASCII.
XML documents use UTF-8 encoding by default, and OpenDocument explicitly specifies UTF-8 anyway. So even today, the content of OpenDocument files can not be gleaned by programs that only understand ASCII.
UTF-8 is becoming very popular for good reason. Crusty old ASCII is dying.
I wish Microsoft wouldn't offer OpenXML but a truely open, unpatented, compact binary format to compete with ODF.
I of course agree that binary formats are less CPU intensive, but do you really feel that in this case the extra speed is enough to warrant it? XML has many benefits over binary files which far outway the detriment of excess CPU cycles, at least for simple things like formated text. Just how powerful do computers have to be before XML is a better choice?
I second that. I can easily read XHTML 2.0.
(Or at least I could just a few weeks ago. It is a draft in progress after all.)
Which is why JPEG 2000 caught on so quickly.
For pictures like photos that are filled with lots of gradients all over the place and few solid areas, lossless JPEG 2000 is much better at compression than PNG. For pictures with lots of solid areas, like drawings, PNG is better.
It is completely rediculous to compare 2 things simply because they have the same name. If you are dating a girl named Sarah and she catches you sleeping with another girl named Sarah, your argument isn't going to go over to well. If you offer somebody a peice of pie and you draw part of the symbol for pi then they are going to think you're half retarded.
Do multicellular organisms ever have genetic mutations that go throughout their entire bodies (thus making the almost-chicken a chicken) and get passed along to their offspring? I don't know much about this, but common sense at least says that it's unlikely. Anybody want to share?
And MNG?! Why haven't I heard about this? That is pretty big news. The lack of MNG support is about the only good reason left for using GIF. Maybe Firefox will add MNG support back in now. It's about time MNG had its day.
Code that uses the GPLed version of Qt is considered a derivative work and thus must also be under the GPL. Are you saying that if code in such a situation begins using a licensed version of Qt (assuming Trolltech allowed such a thing), the code is suddenly no longer derived from GPL code, and thus it is no longer under the GPL?
As mindtriggerz pointed out, this is entirely due to the GPL and has nothing to do with Trolltech's commercial licensing terms. If you want to blame something, you should blame the GPL.