I took AP Calculus BC in '93-4. It wasn't decided whether or not graphing calculators were going to be allowed during the AP test until practically the last moment, so the teacher had prepare us all to handle it both with or without 'em.
Best thing that could have happened. As it turned out, they didn't allow the graphing calculators, and we were ready.
We came away knowing how to use them while not depending on them.
Though I use both regularly. Opera's RSS is it's killer feature for me. I fly through 1000+ items a day with it in no time...it made me drop FeedDemon and Thunderbird's RSS feature.
Actually, on this linux box (Ubuntu, using Gnome) I have Kazehakase set as my default browser...mostly because it loads far faster than either of them--less than one second to open even when not cached. It's Gecko based and uses Gtk, so integrates well with my system (also nice when using Xfce on less powerful systems).
It's easy to set up to keep a searchable full-text history (with thumbnails), plus has a few features Firefox lacks without extensions...session saving, toggle between multiple proxies and mouse gestures to name a few. Its zoom enlarges images like Opera's does, unlike Firefox's which just does text.
It is a bit unpolished still, however, but it's a neat project:
I should be able to find out every time my records (at least the important ones) are accessed, and by whom. If I can't be anonymous, then the people investigating me shouldn't be either.
I have a Gateway 2000 with a K6-400Mhz cpu (upgraded from a P200MMX) with 64mb of ram running a REALLY stripped down copy of XP reasonably well. I used NLite http://www.nliteos.com/ to strip out huge chunks of it before installing, and disabled a number of services post install (there's ~10 running in the tasklist at startup).
Also switched to LiteStep as an alternate shell, and Opera's the browser of choice on it. Running Kerio 2.something as a lightweight firewall, and BitDefender as a free AV prog to run on demand (wouldn't go for something resident).
It's running better on it than WinME ever did (like that's difficult, heh). Previously ran Beatrix http://www.watsky.net/ on it just to see how well Gnome 2.8 would run in a really stripped down distro. (Answer: surprisingly not too badly, though the XP lite install is a bit snappier.)
Something using Fluxbox (like damn small linux), IceWM or even XFce would be better of course, but the point was to see how well it would run something heavier.
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But does it run Linux?
Beige? I have a case with a shiny piano black finish that's more attractive than any Apple (or Sony, Dell or any other major OEM).
I took AP Calculus BC in '93-4. It wasn't decided whether or not graphing calculators were going to be allowed during the AP test until practically the last moment, so the teacher had prepare us all to handle it both with or without 'em. Best thing that could have happened. As it turned out, they didn't allow the graphing calculators, and we were ready. We came away knowing how to use them while not depending on them.
Actually, on this linux box (Ubuntu, using Gnome) I have Kazehakase set as my default browser...mostly because it loads far faster than either of them--less than one second to open even when not cached. It's Gecko based and uses Gtk, so integrates well with my system (also nice when using Xfce on less powerful systems).
It's easy to set up to keep a searchable full-text history (with thumbnails), plus has a few features Firefox lacks without extensions...session saving, toggle between multiple proxies and mouse gestures to name a few. Its zoom enlarges images like Opera's does, unlike Firefox's which just does text. It is a bit unpolished still, however, but it's a neat project:
http://kazehakase.sourceforge.jp/
I should be able to find out every time my records (at least the important ones) are accessed, and by whom. If I can't be anonymous, then the people investigating me shouldn't be either.
Also switched to LiteStep as an alternate shell, and Opera's the browser of choice on it. Running Kerio 2.something as a lightweight firewall, and BitDefender as a free AV prog to run on demand (wouldn't go for something resident).
It's running better on it than WinME ever did (like that's difficult, heh). Previously ran Beatrix http://www.watsky.net/ on it just to see how well Gnome 2.8 would run in a really stripped down distro. (Answer: surprisingly not too badly, though the XP lite install is a bit snappier.)
Something using Fluxbox (like damn small linux), IceWM or even XFce would be better of course, but the point was to see how well it would run something heavier.