I didn't mean to be rude. My points:
1) You yourself said you have to move the script everytime you do an apt-get upgrade. That's just crazy, I'm sorry. If you're like me you'd have to do that every day
2) I believe it's better for a newbie to at least once read the relevant howto and then know how the thing works and where to look next time. Far better than executing a random command which will cause his system to complain at every update, because he forgot the 'move back' part
3) I fail to see how my 'rm/etc/rc2.d/S??gdm' is harder than your "'mv/etc/init.d/gdm ~', 'mv ~/gdm/etc/init.d whenever you do any apt-get upgrades'"
4) ksysvinit + reading of one section of howto is not hard at all
5) Give a man a fish and... teach him how to fish and...
6) BTW, '/etc/init.d/gdm start' (or stop or restart) is a much better way of starting/stopping daemons by hand than using just the command since it's a generic way to do it. Some daemons may need some magic before or after starting
That's the worst way to stop gdm from starting I've ever seen recommended. Here comes the right way:
(You're root)
The default runlevel is given in/etc/inittab, like this:
"id:2:initdefault:" The number is the runlevel your machine boots into.
Now do
rm/etc/rc2.d/S??gdm (where ?? is some number)
(If the default runlevel is 3, use rc3.d)
This prevents gdm from running when entering runlevel 2 or 3, respectively.
On debian try "man update-rc.d". On RedHat there is some tool whose name I don't know. With KDE try ksysvinit (I think that's the name) for a GUI tool. Read section 6 of the
From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO, probably at file:///usr/doc/HOWTO/en-html/From-PowerUp-To-Bash -Prompt-HOWTO-6.html or at the LDP . In general, if a stable debian system does things to your config files you are doing something wrong. Debian is very nice in this regard (and in others), compared to other dists. Also look in/usr/share/doc/sysvinit/ (location on debian).
Cartridges or optical? Cartridges for me, please.
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Everybody is still jumping on Nintendo for their decision to use cartridges for N64. I have come to another opinion. We all know the frequently mentioned respective advantages and disadvantages of carts vs. optical media, so I won't repeat it here. However, CD drives have two characteristics that drive me nuts: loading times and especially noise. N64 was the first console I owned after many years (my first one was the worst console ever sold: Philips G7000), so I didn't fully appreciate the quiteness and quick loading. But some months ago I purchased a Dreamcast and I simply can't use it. The "eeeeeeek eeeeeeeeeeeek grgrgrgrpfffffff eeeeeeek" everytime I turn a corner turns me off enormously. The wait I hate. After 30 minutes in a game I can't take it anymore. For this to stop I'm more than willing to sacrifice streaming music, sheer game world size for nothing and cheap prices.
Why not just rewrite the functions needed? The more libraries an application depends on, the easier it is to break and more difficult it is to fix bugs and such
The more you duplicate the same functionality in different places, the easier it is to break and more difficult it is to fix bugs and such:)
You are talking out of your ass, obviously. What is "some time ago?" V0.01? Try the nightly snapshots. Of course they sometimes break, they are snapshots after all, but in general you can witness evo get better day by day. It's been my mail client for > 2 months now and it rocks .
When's the Hindi (or Arabic or Chinese) version of Linux coming out
I don't know about Hindi or Arabic, but Chinese has been available for quite some time. Go to Red Flag Linux were the official Linux of the People's Republic of China is available for Download. And yes, it has a Chinese install and KDE. GNOME is coming. The box stands on my desk righht before me, so don't bother to deny its existance;o)
I'v found a list, but lost it already. Evolution is not part of 1.4, app launch feedback (IIRC Mandrakes Xalf) should have made it. Otherwise it's just updates, no major changes. The most important thing is stabilization of Bonobo, IMO.
That's what I immediately thought, too. But it all depends on how it's implemented. You can simply have a button in the clip arts folder, labeled "More". This could take you to sites with downloadable clip arts, some of which have to be payed for. And you could simply do this from within the Gimp dialog. This scheme could be useful in a number of contexts. Depends on intent of the implementers.
Example: you input the letter "T" and it throws up a list of the 10 most recent "T" words you have used, and if you input "R" it will show the best 10 guesses for "TR"
Which is similar to how the dictionary-based input for SMS writing on Nokia mobiles works. I was pretty amazed when I first used that. And I swear, I was able to write "linux kernel hacker" with just 19 key presses (spaces included)
But when dealing with a foreign company that simply imports products, what will the EC do? Impose tariffs? Fines?
Have you read the article? it says If Microsoft fails to satisfy the Commission that its concerns are unfounded, it could face a 10% fine on its revenues. However, in practice fines have never exceeded 1%.
VW did receive a high fine, IIRC >100 million USD, for prohibiting private reimport of their cars (well, maybe not so much for an industry giant). While MS is not an EU company, they have enough branches here to make execution of a fine not too difficult.
That's a pretentious way of talking around the fact that you have no rights as men or as citizens
Well, the original comment in this thread talked about europa, and i for one am not a subject to any queen. I'm subjected to my fellow voters, some of whome like to vote for proto-fascists, but that's another story
Fact: European tax rates vary between 70% and 90%
First, "european tax rates" means nothing at all if you don't specify which taxes you talk about. I'm not aware of rates that high anywhere in Europe. Where I live (austria) max. income tax rate is 42%. So, obviously you hav no clue. 43% may seem high to you (don't know), but I prefer high taxes in exchange for things like a decent public school system and a rather small amount of people dying in the streets, thank you.
As far as the firearm remark in the original comment is concerned (on which you elaborate): It serves to demonstrate the AC's cluelessness when he talks about outlawed firearms in Switzerland, of all countries! You know, in Switzerland you get a gun and ammunition from the government, when you do military service (and you are to keep it at home)
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anything that is good for corporations is good for us Score +5 (Funny) ROFL
Yeah, you did;) In Stephenson's Cryptonomicon the Ordo guys had a metal doorframe to their machine room. Embedded in the doorframe were wire loops. (You can guess it now).
The website states: SAS Storm Administration System for local and secured remote administration. So their SAS seems to be neither a developer tool nor some sort of statistics tool.
You're joking, right? Tom Christiansen and a sane voice, i don't think so. In case you're serious: Stallman and the FSF are a main reason that the thing we know as Linux exists in the first place.
This piece is not even funny. Obviously Christiansen has a much bigger ego problem than he can make RMS'look. Tom, better go back to coding, even if it's your BSD/Linux.
by making a computer or robot with processor(s) that reach a level of complexity roughly equal to the human brain, then intelligence will emerge. (...) If we continue improving them at the current rate, then in another 5 or 10 years we'll probably have a true artificial intelligence.
Problem is, that the brain reorganizes itself , that is, if you're busy doing something for a while, the neurons rearrange themselves so that they are better at accomplishing the needed task. Try this in silicone.
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I didn't mean to be rude. My points:
1) You yourself said you have to move the script everytime you do an apt-get upgrade. That's just crazy, I'm sorry. If you're like me you'd have to do that every day
2) I believe it's better for a newbie to at least once read the relevant howto and then know how the thing works and where to look next time. Far better than executing a random command which will cause his system to complain at every update, because he forgot the 'move back' part
3) I fail to see how my 'rm /etc/rc2.d/S??gdm' is harder than your "'mv /etc/init.d/gdm ~', 'mv ~/gdm /etc/init.d whenever you do any apt-get upgrades'"
4) ksysvinit + reading of one section of howto is not hard at all
5) Give a man a fish and ... teach him how to fish and ...
6) BTW, '/etc/init.d/gdm start' (or stop or restart) is a much better way of starting/stopping daemons by hand than using just the command since it's a generic way to do it. Some daemons may need some magic before or after starting
That's the worst way to stop gdm from starting I've ever seen recommended. Here comes the right way: /etc/inittab, like this: /etc/rc2.d/S??gdm (where ?? is some number)h -Prompt-HOWTO-6.html or at the LDP . In general, if a stable debian system does things to your config files you are doing something wrong. Debian is very nice in this regard (and in others), compared to other dists. Also look in /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/ (location on debian).
(You're root)
The default runlevel is given in
"id:2:initdefault:" The number is the runlevel your machine boots into.
Now do
rm
(If the default runlevel is 3, use rc3.d) This prevents gdm from running when entering runlevel 2 or 3, respectively.
On debian try "man update-rc.d". On RedHat there is some tool whose name I don't know. With KDE try ksysvinit (I think that's the name) for a GUI tool. Read section 6 of the From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO, probably at file:///usr/doc/HOWTO/en-html/From-PowerUp-To-Bas
Everybody is still jumping on Nintendo for their decision to use cartridges for N64. I have come to another opinion. We all know the frequently mentioned respective advantages and disadvantages of carts vs. optical media, so I won't repeat it here. However, CD drives have two characteristics that drive me nuts: loading times and especially noise. N64 was the first console I owned after many years (my first one was the worst console ever sold: Philips G7000), so I didn't fully appreciate the quiteness and quick loading. But some months ago I purchased a Dreamcast and I simply can't use it. The "eeeeeeek eeeeeeeeeeeek grgrgrgrpfffffff eeeeeeek" everytime I turn a corner turns me off enormously. The wait I hate. After 30 minutes in a game I can't take it anymore. For this to stop I'm more than willing to sacrifice streaming music, sheer game world size for nothing and cheap prices.
You bet! No doubt there will be CG programs for kids in the markt Nintendo care for: Japan.
The more you duplicate the same functionality in different places, the easier it is to break and more difficult it is to fix bugs and such :)
It's better to have everything i one huge package or what? Statically linked? Libraries and components are a Good Thing
You are talking out of your ass, obviously. What is "some time ago?" V0.01? Try the nightly snapshots. Of course they sometimes break, they are snapshots after all, but in general you can witness evo get better day by day. It's been my mail client for > 2 months now and it rocks .
I don't know about Hindi or Arabic, but Chinese has been available for quite some time. Go to Red Flag Linux were the official Linux of the People's Republic of China is available for Download. And yes, it has a Chinese install and KDE. GNOME is coming. The box stands on my desk righht before me, so don't bother to deny its existance ;o)
Sigh, where are the mod points when you need 'e? +1 funny
I'v found a list, but lost it already. Evolution is not part of 1.4, app launch feedback (IIRC Mandrakes Xalf) should have made it. Otherwise it's just updates, no major changes. The most important thing is stabilization of Bonobo, IMO.
That's what I immediately thought, too. But it all depends on how it's implemented. You can simply have a button in the clip arts folder, labeled "More". This could take you to sites with downloadable clip arts, some of which have to be payed for. And you could simply do this from within the Gimp dialog. This scheme could be useful in a number of contexts. Depends on intent of the implementers.
Which is similar to how the dictionary-based input for SMS writing on Nokia mobiles works. I was pretty amazed when I first used that. And I swear, I was able to write "linux kernel hacker" with just 19 key presses (spaces included)
Moderators, "-1 Flamebait" is not appropriate for the above post.
And most Germans wouldn't find Massachusetts either
Have you read the article? it says If Microsoft fails to satisfy the Commission that its concerns are unfounded, it could face a 10% fine on its revenues. However, in practice fines have never exceeded 1%.
VW did receive a high fine, IIRC >100 million USD, for prohibiting private reimport of their cars (well, maybe not so much for an industry giant). While MS is not an EU company, they have enough branches here to make execution of a fine not too difficult.
Well, the original comment in this thread talked about europa, and i for one am not a subject to any queen. I'm subjected to my fellow voters, some of whome like to vote for proto-fascists, but that's another story
Fact: European tax rates vary between 70% and 90%
First, "european tax rates" means nothing at all if you don't specify which taxes you talk about. I'm not aware of rates that high anywhere in Europe. Where I live (austria) max. income tax rate is 42%. So, obviously you hav no clue. 43% may seem high to you (don't know), but I prefer high taxes in exchange for things like a decent public school system and a rather small amount of people dying in the streets, thank you.
As far as the firearm remark in the original comment is concerned (on which you elaborate): It serves to demonstrate the AC's cluelessness when he talks about outlawed firearms in Switzerland, of all countries! You know, in Switzerland you get a gun and ammunition from the government, when you do military service (and you are to keep it at home)
anything that is good for corporations is good for us Score +5 (Funny) ROFL
It's in the interview:
Q: 4b.) "And how could it be prevented in the future??"
A: "For here on out all online promotions will be run through the PR department and voted on by a panel of marketing executives within NVIDIA."
Yeah, you did ;)
In Stephenson's Cryptonomicon the Ordo guys had a metal doorframe to their machine room. Embedded in the doorframe were wire loops. (You can guess it now).
The website states: SAS Storm Administration System for local and secured remote administration. So their SAS seems to be neither a developer tool nor some sort of statistics tool.
You're joking, right? Tom Christiansen and a sane voice, i don't think so. In case you're serious: Stallman and the FSF are a main reason that the thing we know as Linux exists in the first place.
This piece is not even funny. Obviously Christiansen has a much bigger ego problem than he can make RMS'look. Tom, better go back to coding, even if it's your BSD/Linux.
Does anybody get there? That's what you get, when you want "proof" :o)=)
Funny, IIRC LinuxJournal or similar had an article about it some months ago