What if you cut off the leg of a pig and had a nice ham without killing the pig? Just curious as it seems like this would fit into your personal rules.
BTW, if you find a server with the RC1 images, they are identical to the actual release images so abuse their bandwitdh. Make sure you hash 'em to make sure they are the same.
I'll be sharing it on eDonkey as soon as I can download it. I searched a few minutes ago and it doesn't look like anybody is sharing it yet. I'll post the links as a response to this post if anybody is interested. If you don't know about the donk, check out at edonkey2000.com
Since the laser of a CD drive has to read "something", I would surmise that that "something" could be read by alternate means. Pits are pits. I'm sure a scanning electron microscope can see them just fine. Don't limit yourself to the limited capabilities of a CCD or CMOS image sensor in a consumer-grade camera.
you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, you can't however, pick your friends' nose.
That's the boring version. Here's my personal rendition:
You can pick your nose and you can pick your friends but you can't roll your friends up into little balls and flick them.
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Not the original poster but I'm a few steps down the road you're contemplating so I thought I'd share.
First and foremost, IMHO, the printed output is so much more visually appealing from LaTeX than Word. That is what got me started investigating LaTeX and continues to put a smile on my face. Nevertheless, I wouldn't put up with it if that was the only benefit.
I think the greatest benefit is that the focus is on the content, not the appearance. You decide what type of content you are writing and let LaTeX determine how best to format it. In a way, it's similar to HTML in that you define the content type (H1, H2, etc. ..) and the underlying engine determines how to display it.
Of course, you can define how those types should look but that takes place separately from the content creation. If you've ever used styles in the new version of Word, you'll have an idea of what I'm talking about except that LaTeX did styles right (and long before Word). Word's use of styles always felt broken to me.
One huge benefit is the presentation of equations. It was designed by a mathmetician after all. If you've ever struggled to make an equation look halfway decent in Word then you need to give LaTeX a try.
In the end, I use LaTeX because it is more closely aligned with my goals of spending time writing, not formatting and getting good looking output. I love the fact that it breaks the typewriter paradigm to which almost every other document preparation system is bound. You don't need to put in two spaces between sentences, That should be the typesetters job. Tabs are not layout devices.
If you prefer a GUI approach, I'd suggest checking out LyX. It takes the concept of visual editing and marries it to a LaTeX backend. Be sure to take the LyX Graphical Tour to get a feel for what it does and how it does it. In any case, choose the tool that makes you most effective. If that happens to be Word, so be it.
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LaTeX? Sure, I could use it, but why would I want to waste my time marking something up in LaTeX when I can open Word, type it out, spend four seconds formatting it the way I need, and then save it to any of five dozen file formats (most importantly, Word).
That's why you should use LyX for all your document processing needs. It's a GUI frontend to LaTeX that calls itself WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean). It makes LaTeX output available to the point-and-click crowd.
Try comparing the printed output of Word and LyX and then answer that question. Word has made great strides over the last 5 years but it still leaves a great deal to be desired. Give LyX a try and see how you like it. I did and I don't think I'll ever go back to Word if given a choice.
You can even run Lyx under Windows if you don't have a Linux machine to run it on. It's not the easiest of installs but when you've come to appreciate the power and beauty of LyX (and the underlying LaTeX engine), it's worth the hassle.
Guess again. The CE mark has absolutely nothing to do with the FCC.
The FCC is an independent United States government agency that is is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
The CE mark is used the by the European Commission as a "passport" which can allow a manufacturer to freely circulate their products within the European marketplace
He did, kind of, by using his credit card. He got his money back and didn't have to pay an escrow fee so actually, in a strange turnaround of circumstances, it is your stupidity that is being pointed out.
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I guess Kazaa has slipped in under your radar screen.
eDonkey 2000 would be a better choice for this type of distribution since it has a Linux client. In fact, I like your idea so much that I'm going to share my Mandrake 8.1 ISO images on eDonkey right now. Thanks.
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That looks pretty cool but it sounds just like Tagged Message Delivery Agent (TMDA). Is there any difference?
Mmmm... unbeatable
CLONE! That's my favorite sound bite.
I clearly stated that the pig in question would not be killed. It would be a medical-grade amputation performed by a vet.
What if you cut off the leg of a pig and had a nice ham without killing the pig? Just curious as it seems like this would fit into your personal rules.
It looks like Slashdot isn't smart enough to deal with eDonkey links.
Here's a page with eDonkey links to all 3 cd images. http://www.geocities.com/beansisfat/
Second image is up. Mandrake82-cd2-ext.i586.iso
BTW, if you find a server with the RC1 images, they are identical to the actual release images so abuse their bandwitdh. Make sure you hash 'em to make sure they are the same.
First image is ready to go. Grab an eDonkey client for your favorite platform and start leeching.
Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso
I'll be sharing it on eDonkey as soon as I can download it. I searched a few minutes ago and it doesn't look like anybody is sharing it yet. I'll post the links as a response to this post if anybody is interested. If you don't know about the donk, check out at edonkey2000.com
Since the laser of a CD drive has to read "something", I would surmise that that "something" could be read by alternate means. Pits are pits. I'm sure a scanning electron microscope can see them just fine. Don't limit yourself to the limited capabilities of a CCD or CMOS image sensor in a consumer-grade camera.
you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, you can't however, pick your friends' nose.
That's the boring version. Here's my personal rendition:
Not the original poster but I'm a few steps down the road you're contemplating so I thought I'd share.
First and foremost, IMHO, the printed output is so much more visually appealing from LaTeX than Word. That is what got me started investigating LaTeX and continues to put a smile on my face. Nevertheless, I wouldn't put up with it if that was the only benefit.
I think the greatest benefit is that the focus is on the content, not the appearance. You decide what type of content you are writing and let LaTeX determine how best to format it. In a way, it's similar to HTML in that you define the content type (H1, H2, etc. . .) and the underlying engine determines how to display it.
Of course, you can define how those types should look but that takes place separately from the content creation. If you've ever used styles in the new version of Word, you'll have an idea of what I'm talking about except that LaTeX did styles right (and long before Word). Word's use of styles always felt broken to me.
One huge benefit is the presentation of equations. It was designed by a mathmetician after all. If you've ever struggled to make an equation look halfway decent in Word then you need to give LaTeX a try.
In the end, I use LaTeX because it is more closely aligned with my goals of spending time writing, not formatting and getting good looking output. I love the fact that it breaks the typewriter paradigm to which almost every other document preparation system is bound. You don't need to put in two spaces between sentences, That should be the typesetters job. Tabs are not layout devices.
If you prefer a GUI approach, I'd suggest checking out LyX. It takes the concept of visual editing and marries it to a LaTeX backend. Be sure to take the LyX Graphical Tour to get a feel for what it does and how it does it. In any case, choose the tool that makes you most effective. If that happens to be Word, so be it.
LaTeX? Sure, I could use it, but why would I want to waste my time marking something up in LaTeX when I can open Word, type it out, spend four seconds formatting it the way I need, and then save it to any of five dozen file formats (most importantly, Word).
That's why you should use LyX for all your document processing needs. It's a GUI frontend to LaTeX that calls itself WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean). It makes LaTeX output available to the point-and-click crowd.
Try comparing the printed output of Word and LyX and then answer that question. Word has made great strides over the last 5 years but it still leaves a great deal to be desired. Give LyX a try and see how you like it. I did and I don't think I'll ever go back to Word if given a choice.
You can even run Lyx under Windows if you don't have a Linux machine to run it on. It's not the easiest of installs but when you've come to appreciate the power and beauty of LyX (and the underlying LaTeX engine), it's worth the hassle.
There's a lot interesting things in asian and arab world/history besides terrorists and communism.
Like wasabi and hummus? Mmm, I'm hungry now.
You're right, my bad. I meant to write FreeBSD, otherwise, the first part of my post makes no sense. Thanks for the correction.
I wish someone would create a single floppy OpenBSD firewall.
Is OpenBSD-based good enough? Try GNAT Box Light.
Guess again. The CE mark has absolutely nothing to do with the FCC.
The FCC is an independent United States government agency that is is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
The CE mark is used the by the European Commission as a "passport" which can allow a manufacturer to freely circulate their products within the European marketplace
Isn't spam, by definition, illegal?
He did, kind of, by using his credit card. He got his money back and didn't have to pay an escrow fee so actually, in a strange turnaround of circumstances, it is your stupidity that is being pointed out.
I guess Kazaa has slipped in under your radar screen.
If all you want to do is see the episodes, there are plenty of sites that can help you accomplish that goal (or so I'm told).
That is not myopia. Myopia is a genetic condition caused by an elongated eye.
I don't believe myopia can be caused by environmental factors. It is a genetic phenomenon where the eye is simply too long.
eDonkey 2000 would be a better choice for this type of distribution since it has a Linux client. In fact, I like your idea so much that I'm going to share my Mandrake 8.1 ISO images on eDonkey right now. Thanks.
He could have at least anti-aliased his title graphic.
You are correct. Here is the transcript from CNN.