As a developer that worked on foo, my protocols are not open for public use. If you want to buy a license- ok I'll think about it but that should be my option.
And there we have it. Vendor lock in.
Not everyone thinks it's a good idea, hence the requirement for APIs.
Once you have installed gnome-panel and xfce4-panel stick a symlink to both in ~/.kde/Autostart and they will fire up when you log in. Customise to suit.
I use KDE with a full width Gnome panel at the top of the screen containing a workspace switcher, window list, network monitor, clock and a couple of other applets.
At the bottom of the screen I have an Xfce4 panel as an application launcher for my most used programs, not full width, centered and set to auto hide.
On the left I have a minimal KDE panel containing the shutdown/lock buttons, the systray, and the menu. This is set to auto hide and pops up when the mouse is in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Well, I'm not going to pull rank, but I am an ex R22 flying instructor.
The interesting thing about R22's and other helicopters is that the aerofoil section of the main rotor is symmetrical, so the air flowing over the upper surface has the same distance to travel as the air flowing over the lower surface, and hence travels at the same speed.
Lift is produced by deflecting air downwards in this case, not by the Bernoulli principle. It is less efficient, but has the benefit of a virtually static centre of pressure for all angles of attack, greatly reducing control pressures.
I believe a lot of aerobatic aircraft use symmetrical wings too.
It is not a question of what the BBC themselves use, it is what I and others would have to use to view the content.
Even if the BBC use Sony cameras exclusively you can watch their TV programmes on any suitable television from any manufacturer. This is how it should be with their online content. They may use Microsoft software exclusively to produce it, but it should not be necessary for the audience to pay Microsoft to view it.
The Guardian is hardly a counterpart to the Sun. The Grauniad is a newspaper, the Sun is a comic with bits of news thrown in - mainly about so called celebrities.
Murdoch is no fool, what attracts people to the Sun is tits and titillation and that gives him an opportunity to feed them his propaganda. However, you should be aware there are people who know it's bollocks but buy it anyway.
The copyright owners grant you the privilage, not the right, to burn the CD x amount of times,
You have this back to front, it's the government that grants the copyright owner the privilege of having a monopoly on copying the work for a resticted period of time.
We threw out King George by force with our hunting rifles and any other tools we could poke stab or claw with. We were technically out matched, but we won.
We threw out King George by force with our hunting rifles and any other tools we could poke stab or claw with, and the help of the French and Spanish armies and navies. - There, fixed it for you.
Source code is not the "ultimate documentation", it is pretty useless as documentation. Imagine if the Windows help system popped up the relevant source code whenever you had a problem, do you think that would be an improvement?
They have defined what they want, they want Microsofts protocols documented in a way that makes it possible for other companies to talk to them. This is what Microsoft refuses to do.
If you were competent enough to be trusted with a root account you would know it is trivial to achieve what you require on Ubuntu.
The sudo program used in Ubuntu is the same as used in every other distribution, so all you have to do is provide a password for root, edit the sudoers file to your taste and your good to go.
If you don't know how to do this are you sure a root account is a good idea?
I'm also a member of Mensa. Which means there's a 98% chance I'm smarter than you.
I think you should hand your membership card back.
You *may* be considered to be more intelligent than 98% of the population, but it is unlikely that Slashdot posters are a true representation of the complete IQ spectrum.
Your quite right. Better still, travel at 55 rather than 65. But then 45 would be even safer - though not as safe as 35, of course. Mind you, 25 would allow you to stop sooner in an emergency, if not as quickly as 15, while 5 should enable you to avoid almost all accidents in the first place.
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And there we have it. Vendor lock in.
Not everyone thinks it's a good idea, hence the requirement for APIs.
It's not just getting the data off, but also still being able to interact with people who continue to use microsoft products.
In case your interested, this is what it looks like:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12615696@N04/
Once you have installed gnome-panel and xfce4-panel stick a symlink to both in ~/.kde/Autostart and they will fire up when you log in. Customise to suit.
You know you can mix and match, right?
I use KDE with a full width Gnome panel at the top of the screen containing a workspace switcher, window list, network monitor, clock and a couple of other applets.
At the bottom of the screen I have an Xfce4 panel as an application launcher for my most used programs, not full width, centered and set to auto hide.
On the left I have a minimal KDE panel containing the shutdown/lock buttons, the systray, and the menu. This is set to auto hide and pops up when the mouse is in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Works well for me.
Actually, this is only *necessary* because of copyright law. If there was no copyright law there would be no perceived need to monitor the traffic.
As does my Sharp.
Well, I'm not going to pull rank, but I am an ex R22 flying instructor.
The interesting thing about R22's and other helicopters is that the aerofoil section of the main rotor is symmetrical, so the air flowing over the upper surface has the same distance to travel as the air flowing over the lower surface, and hence travels at the same speed.
Lift is produced by deflecting air downwards in this case, not by the Bernoulli principle. It is less efficient, but has the benefit of a virtually static centre of pressure for all angles of attack, greatly reducing control pressures.
I believe a lot of aerobatic aircraft use symmetrical wings too.
Ok, lets check.
Religion is a belief system based on basic rules -> Atheism is not a belief system and has no rules whatsoever.
Well, I think we can stop there, then. It already fails as a religion.
No, atheism cannot be considered a religion.
It may well be a belief, but it is not a "belief system", it is simply a rejection of the idea that gods exist.
Ask yourself, is it a religion to believe that unicorns don't exist?
Atheism is a lack of religion, not a religion. Do you consider not collecting stamps a hobby?
I think it is you that has missed the point.
It is not a question of what the BBC themselves use, it is what I and others would have to use to view the content.
Even if the BBC use Sony cameras exclusively you can watch their TV programmes on any suitable television from any manufacturer. This is how it should be with their online content. They may use Microsoft software exclusively to produce it, but it should not be necessary for the audience to pay Microsoft to view it.
The Guardian is hardly a counterpart to the Sun. The Grauniad is a newspaper, the Sun is a comic with bits of news thrown in - mainly about so called celebrities.
Murdoch is no fool, what attracts people to the Sun is tits and titillation and that gives him an opportunity to feed them his propaganda. However, you should be aware there are people who know it's bollocks but buy it anyway.
It's not so confusing. Microsoft are simply better players than SCO or Novell. Ever heard the phrase "Divide and conquer"?
Now that this debacle is over Microsoft are at it again with their patent deals.
Just in case you don't know, adding
to the "Device" section of xorg.conf should get rid of it.I can see why you're posting as a coward.
Source code is not the "ultimate documentation", it is pretty useless as documentation. Imagine if the Windows help system popped up the relevant source code whenever you had a problem, do you think that would be an improvement?
They have defined what they want, they want Microsofts protocols documented in a way that makes it possible for other companies to talk to them. This is what Microsoft refuses to do.
Actually, Ubuntu is not its own OS.
It is the same GNU/Linux as other distributions, but configured differently.
It's not my argument, it's Ubuntu's argument. They seem to think it's a good way to protect new users from themselves.
I don't like it so I changed it, but I still think it has its merits.
As for multiple commands as root, 'sudo xterm' will give you a root environment to work in.
If you were competent enough to be trusted with a root account you would know it is trivial to achieve what you require on Ubuntu.
The sudo program used in Ubuntu is the same as used in every other distribution, so all you have to do is provide a password for root, edit the sudoers file to your taste and your good to go.
If you don't know how to do this are you sure a root account is a good idea?
You *may* be considered to be more intelligent than 98% of the population, but it is unlikely that Slashdot posters are a true representation of the complete IQ spectrum.
Your quite right. Better still, travel at 55 rather than 65. But then 45 would be even safer - though not as safe as 35, of course. Mind you, 25 would allow you to stop sooner in an emergency, if not as quickly as 15, while 5 should enable you to avoid almost all accidents in the first place.