A little bit of overkill when X support would still exist. The ongoing kwin project which makes this possible was to abstract the composting from the rest of kwin so that people could choose which compositor to use. The first example is OpenGL ES vs OpenGL 2, which currently has to be compiled separately but in 4.8 will be a runtime option.
(The story is focusing on Martin's KWin talk so I'm addressing that aspect)
Maybe if you're really careful, but a lot of us end up with homes, wives, children, aging relatives, and a ton of other distractions. I fondly look back on when I had as much free time as University.
Not so much Linux, the kernel knows nothing about these files. The structure they are using to specify menu entries is specified by freedesktop.org, who are suppose to provide specifications for ensuring desktop environments are compatible so in a sense it's their fault. Suddenly the Windows pseudo-standard of CompanyName -> Application Name makes a little more sense.
What do they do with the waste, as far as I can tell they use it for compost, but using human waste as compost for edible products, or even being in contact with it can lead to several diseases
Google Maps is replaceable by Bing Maps, or openstreetmap.org I would have though you'd lose street view, but Bing Maps even has that. Whether you consider Bing or Google the lesser of two evils is up to you.
But only the handful of computer operators and nuclear scientists use UTC; the rest can use UT1 or more accurately continue to use EST, or MST, or GMT, which will likely track UT1 which will continue to take into account leap seconds.
From the article:
Reprogramming of operational software that already presumes UT1 and UTC are always within a second of each other would be required, and some space operations and astronomical applications would need to distinguish between the UTC without leap seconds and UT1.
Sure there is a lot of people without jobs right now, so if you have no way of distinguishing yourself from them you might be tempted to settle on something you hate doing for someone you hate working for - on the otherhand if you've distinguished yourself you can be quite picky.
If you're in a position where you can't distinguish yourself, then you can further blend in by not posting anything that could be disliked by anyone on your facebook and ensure that all your web comments are 'annonymous' or you could move/get creditation/start a business or whatever it takes to make your resume stand out and at the same time be yourself. Who knows, you may get a job with the association for gun carrying marijuana users.
It would be hard for him to do once he has advanced Alzheimer, and it would be hard to find a doctor willing to do it while it's still illegal. Moreover this way he gets to stand up for a cause and make his death meaningful which might be important to him right now.
As was made all too clear in the Jack Kevorkian trials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian) assisted suicide is not legal in the states either. (Though it is allowed in specific circumstances: Terri Schiavo, Death and Dignity Act, etc.)
"When Steve Jobs announced last night that he was 'going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device,' it was the clearest indication yet that Apple is phasing out Mac OS X, argues PC Pro's Barry Collins
In context, this was while hyping a cloud computing solution that at the moment is a little more than shared storage. To me this isn't a very clear indication of anything except increased interoperability with a cloud service, possibly for automatic synchronization of settings and access to the same documents and media. I'll take that to mean that there is no clear indication yet that Apple is phasing out Mac OS X.
Based on the 5th edition, which I read a few years ago - about half the book is a 'reference' which makes for pretty dull and unproductive reading easily replaced by web sites like w3schools and quirksmode. Part 1 on core JavaScript on the other hand is well worth the reading and greatly enhanced my understanding of the language. I would recommend the book just based on that part.
I'd give it to Arch, much more bleeding edge than Gentoo, at least if you compare stable to stable. I'm sure someone else is going to come here with a distro that updates even faster than Arch though... and some might consider Fedora with it's ton of backports.
Specifically it's the spot where you type your username and password before logging in. Since most Ubuntu users run their computers as single users on a desktop box, and only ever access one session profile (gnome) I doubt this will make any impact on anyone's life.
I run slim on my mediacenter because it was easy to configure kiosk mode (auto login), and also I could launch other programs in it without learning to write proper session files; but it has some problems and I may look into lightDM.
Luckily your box will continue to work fine; people seem confused by end of life. If you've never had problems and you don't need anything new (like patches to keep up with virus writers) then this end of life won't change your experience at all.
It's like selling you a car with a really long warranty that includes modifications due to changing laws - except the internet is a country that changes it's it's vehicle requirements all the time. When that warranty expires and they're not willing to keep working on your car (for free), doesn't mean you can't drive it around your own lot; leave it parked somewhere as a garage, or even drive on the road and try to avoid the police. It just means that the manufacturer is no longer providing a value added service; when they said they wouldn't.
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By making it a porn site themselves, ala PETA and reap the profits. After all it promotes ... baby nutrition.
A little bit of overkill when X support would still exist. The ongoing kwin project which makes this possible was to abstract the composting from the rest of kwin so that people could choose which compositor to use. The first example is OpenGL ES vs OpenGL 2, which currently has to be compiled separately but in 4.8 will be a runtime option.
(The story is focusing on Martin's KWin talk so I'm addressing that aspect)
Maybe if you're really careful, but a lot of us end up with homes, wives, children, aging relatives, and a ton of other distractions. I fondly look back on when I had as much free time as University.
I believe we call such a system an Air Conditioner, which is exactly what the article was trying to avoid.
Not so much Linux, the kernel knows nothing about these files. The structure they are using to specify menu entries is specified by freedesktop.org, who are suppose to provide specifications for ensuring desktop environments are compatible so in a sense it's their fault. Suddenly the Windows pseudo-standard of CompanyName -> Application Name makes a little more sense.
Second time. Recall IE Team send Firefox a cake.
What do they do with the waste, as far as I can tell they use it for compost, but using human waste as compost for edible products, or even being in contact with it can lead to several diseases
I'm lead to believe that Canadian banking regulations worked out pretty well while the US was deep in credit crisis. Could be propaganda though.
Google Maps is replaceable by Bing Maps, or openstreetmap.org I would have though you'd lose street view, but Bing Maps even has that. Whether you consider Bing or Google the lesser of two evils is up to you.
But only the handful of computer operators and nuclear scientists use UTC; the rest can use UT1 or more accurately continue to use EST, or MST, or GMT, which will likely track UT1 which will continue to take into account leap seconds.
From the article:
Reprogramming of operational software that already presumes UT1 and UTC are always within a second of
each other would be required, and some space operations and astronomical applications would need to
distinguish between the UTC without leap seconds and UT1.
I own this: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/2/Appliances/DeepFryers/PRD~0431679P/T-Fal%252BEZ%252BClean%252BPro%252BDeep%252BFryer.jsp?locale=en and it has a magnetic power connector... I don't know about 'bi-directional' - never checked.
You better, because I don't think Australian Web Developers are a small enough subset of people to scare him yet.
(Unlike gp I know I'm easy to trace, so getting my info wouldn't impress me much)
Reminds me of something... http://thedailywtf.com/Comments/The-Defect-Black-Market.aspx
Sure there is a lot of people without jobs right now, so if you have no way of distinguishing yourself from them you might be tempted to settle on something you hate doing for someone you hate working for - on the otherhand if you've distinguished yourself you can be quite picky.
If you're in a position where you can't distinguish yourself, then you can further blend in by not posting anything that could be disliked by anyone on your facebook and ensure that all your web comments are 'annonymous' or you could move/get creditation/start a business or whatever it takes to make your resume stand out and at the same time be yourself. Who knows, you may get a job with the association for gun carrying marijuana users.
So make sure your gun photos are private and that you're not part of any 'Legalize marijuana' Facebook groups."
Or the opposite to ensure that you're only hired by people that share your values or won't spy on your social media.
It would be hard for him to do once he has advanced Alzheimer, and it would be hard to find a doctor willing to do it while it's still illegal. Moreover this way he gets to stand up for a cause and make his death meaningful which might be important to him right now.
As was made all too clear in the Jack Kevorkian trials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian) assisted suicide is not legal in the states either. (Though it is allowed in specific circumstances: Terri Schiavo, Death and Dignity Act, etc.)
http://www.regular-expressions.info/unicode.html#prop
"When Steve Jobs announced last night that he was 'going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device,' it was the clearest indication yet that Apple is phasing out Mac OS X, argues PC Pro's Barry Collins
In context, this was while hyping a cloud computing solution that at the moment is a little more than shared storage. To me this isn't a very clear indication of anything except increased interoperability with a cloud service, possibly for automatic synchronization of settings and access to the same documents and media. I'll take that to mean that there is no clear indication yet that Apple is phasing out Mac OS X.
Based on the 5th edition, which I read a few years ago - about half the book is a 'reference' which makes for pretty dull and unproductive reading easily replaced by web sites like w3schools and quirksmode. Part 1 on core JavaScript on the other hand is well worth the reading and greatly enhanced my understanding of the language. I would recommend the book just based on that part.
I'm pretty sure that's not the DRM he's looking for.
God and freewill are independent concepts; the existence of one tells you nothing about the other.
I'd give it to Arch, much more bleeding edge than Gentoo, at least if you compare stable to stable. I'm sure someone else is going to come here with a distro that updates even faster than Arch though... and some might consider Fedora with it's ton of backports.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_display_manager_(program_type)
Specifically it's the spot where you type your username and password before logging in. Since most Ubuntu users run their computers as single users on a desktop box, and only ever access one session profile (gnome) I doubt this will make any impact on anyone's life.
I run slim on my mediacenter because it was easy to configure kiosk mode (auto login), and also I could launch other programs in it without learning to write proper session files; but it has some problems and I may look into lightDM.
Luckily your box will continue to work fine; people seem confused by end of life. If you've never had problems and you don't need anything new (like patches to keep up with virus writers) then this end of life won't change your experience at all.
It's like selling you a car with a really long warranty that includes modifications due to changing laws - except the internet is a country that changes it's it's vehicle requirements all the time. When that warranty expires and they're not willing to keep working on your car (for free), doesn't mean you can't drive it around your own lot; leave it parked somewhere as a garage, or even drive on the road and try to avoid the police. It just means that the manufacturer is no longer providing a value added service; when they said they wouldn't.