You have to actually restart GNOME, not just logout. I am under the impression, with the "login" screen on, GNOME is running.
I searched for my question and found "edit the xorg config file, and some syntax tips. I googled the location of the config file, but didn't find anything. I knew that/etc was where preferences are stored, so I just cd/ls-ed. As for the sudo thing, I am used to being able to authenticate when I save.
I shouldn't have to do anything but pick a resolution from a list. Things like this should just work. A good OS doesn't require reading a manual for every little thing.
If I was using Gentoo, or making my own distro, I wouldn't really have a problem. But Ubuntu is supposed to be easy to use. Not something that people should have to hire someone to set up.
And thanks to all the moderators who modded me troll for pointing out a legitimate problem.
Can you back up that there are millions of Windows users and a couple of "hunderts" of OS X users that have that problem? I don't use Windows much, but OS X seems to get the right resolution for everything. And if it doesn't, you can easily change it in system preferences. With Linux, I have to:
cd etc ls cd local ls cd xfreeblahblah ls nano config (spend a century trying to edit it properly in nano) (insufficient privileges) (lose changes) sudo nano config type password (try to edit it again) (enter some arcane command to restart GNOME) login (same resolution) repeat ^ ??? profit!!!
it could be exploited in some nefarious way by some nefarious person
What can't? I say we ban cheese, because if you melt it you could drown people in it. And cotton, because you can suffocate if it is used to block your breathing. And cows, because if they are dropped from an airplane onto a person they could kill them. We need to ban people too, since they can do bad stuff. And animals, since they do too. And plants, since they can die and catch on fire. And fire! And what if the Earth crashed into an alien planet? Do we need to ban the Earth too?
It potentially violates others rights. The right to go around killing people isn't mentioned in the Constitution, but it isn't retained by the people, either.
It doesn't need to be obtrusive, but the instructions above are ridiculously hard. Since it is rare, you can sort of hide it but it should only be one thing to do (open window, edit key, "okay", ???, profit!). Why should you need to open regedit? Why should you need to restart the computer. Why should you have to type multiple, arcane commands?
Then there is the nonsense about "the withering away of the state". That could never happen, as the state would not give up power willingly. And if it did, who would make everyone share?
I understand that the murders of Stalin et al were not mandated by the Communist Manifesto, but the complete abolition of freedom is.
Marx talked of class strife. In a free society, people can rise above where they were born. With communism, everyone is pulled down to poverty.
The "Communism is good, but doesn't work" nonsense is repeated too often without thought.
How is this a violation of civil liberties? If anything, his taking a picture was a violation of the officer's and the person being arrested's privacy. What if one of the people arrested turns out to be not guilty, but their are still tons of pictures of them being arrested circulating? There is no right to take a picture of whatever and whomever you want.
1. Those cases are rare, and I believe Apple covers both of them. 2. They will fix them for you. If you have a problem, call them. They aren't very public about it, but what good would that do anyone, since they fix them? 3. I have a MacBook Pro, rather than a MacBook, but it doesn't seem to run very hot to me. I'd think the MBP would running warmer.
I had one of the first MacBook Pros, and the only issue I had was my battery went bad. They sent me a new one without a problem.
People use Word because it is all they know. Personally, I think that word processors are a poor concept. Either you just want to get words down, with minimal formatting, or you want to make a presentable document. Word processors are bloated for doing the former, and crippled in doing the latter. A better option is a simple rich text editor (or one of those writer's editors), and a simple page layout application.
I don't really have a problem with it, but it seems pointless. The article talks about bandwidth costs, but how much can $1.00 help? If it was a small shareware company, sure, but Microsoft, who loses money on every XBox? If it was $5-10, it would be useful to filter out people who aren't really going to beta test the software, just maybe open it up. $1.00 isn't any worse than the 15 pages of "signing up" (at least for Vista). $1.00 is hardly worth getting a credit card out for.
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Huh, you think you're tough. A real computer only needs a kernel, a shell, and ed. ed for programming (binary), ed for writing, ed for editing pictures/movies/music (hexadecimally), ed as a browser, ed for everything. Output other than "?" is useless.
I like cordless devices because they reduce cable clutter. The battery situation, can be solved by rechargeable batteries. You could still run out in the middle of a game, which can be solved with a recharging dock, at the cost of more cables.
The term Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information online. In contrast to the first generation, Web 2.0 gives users an experience closer to desktop applications than the traditional static Web pages.
I use the USPS and tape drives. Sure, google may take a week or two to load, but it is far better than my old method of having the hexadecimal value of every character sent back to me on stacks of paper, and then having to enter them into a text editor.
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Yes it does, but as we all know, more is better.
Nano? That bloated editor? ed is best.
You have to actually restart GNOME, not just logout. I am under the impression, with the "login" screen on, GNOME is running.
/etc was where preferences are stored, so I just cd/ls-ed. As for the sudo thing, I am used to being able to authenticate when I save.
I searched for my question and found "edit the xorg config file, and some syntax tips. I googled the location of the config file, but didn't find anything. I knew that
I shouldn't have to do anything but pick a resolution from a list. Things like this should just work. A good OS doesn't require reading a manual for every little thing.
If I was using Gentoo, or making my own distro, I wouldn't really have a problem. But Ubuntu is supposed to be easy to use. Not something that people should have to hire someone to set up.
And thanks to all the moderators who modded me troll for pointing out a legitimate problem.
Can you back up that there are millions of Windows users and a couple of "hunderts" of OS X users that have that problem? I don't use Windows much, but OS X seems to get the right resolution for everything. And if it doesn't, you can easily change it in system preferences. With Linux, I have to:
cd etc
ls
cd local
ls
cd xfreeblahblah
ls
nano config
(spend a century trying to edit it properly in nano)
(insufficient privileges)
(lose changes)
sudo nano config
type password
(try to edit it again)
(enter some arcane command to restart GNOME)
login
(same resolution)
repeat ^
???
profit!!!
My company only accepts resumes on paper in binary.
it could be exploited in some nefarious way by some nefarious person
What can't? I say we ban cheese, because if you melt it you could drown people in it. And cotton, because you can suffocate if it is used to block your breathing. And cows, because if they are dropped from an airplane onto a person they could kill them. We need to ban people too, since they can do bad stuff. And animals, since they do too. And plants, since they can die and catch on fire. And fire! And what if the Earth crashed into an alien planet? Do we need to ban the Earth too?
It potentially violates others rights. The right to go around killing people isn't mentioned in the Constitution, but it isn't retained by the people, either.
It doesn't need to be obtrusive, but the instructions above are ridiculously hard. Since it is rare, you can sort of hide it but it should only be one thing to do (open window, edit key, "okay", ???, profit!). Why should you need to open regedit? Why should you need to restart the computer. Why should you have to type multiple, arcane commands?
How is it a great idea? Everyone is a slave.
Then there is the nonsense about "the withering away of the state". That could never happen, as the state would not give up power willingly. And if it did, who would make everyone share?
I understand that the murders of Stalin et al were not mandated by the Communist Manifesto, but the complete abolition of freedom is.
Marx talked of class strife. In a free society, people can rise above where they were born. With communism, everyone is pulled down to poverty.
The "Communism is good, but doesn't work" nonsense is repeated too often without thought.
How is this a violation of civil liberties? If anything, his taking a picture was a violation of the officer's and the person being arrested's privacy. What if one of the people arrested turns out to be not guilty, but their are still tons of pictures of them being arrested circulating? There is no right to take a picture of whatever and whomever you want.
That's ridiculously hard. What would be wrong with Control Panel->License->(a text field for changing the key) ?
1. Those cases are rare, and I believe Apple covers both of them.
2. They will fix them for you. If you have a problem, call them. They aren't very public about it, but what good would that do anyone, since they fix them?
3. I have a MacBook Pro, rather than a MacBook, but it doesn't seem to run very hot to me. I'd think the MBP would running warmer.
I had one of the first MacBook Pros, and the only issue I had was my battery went bad. They sent me a new one without a problem.
Is there an OS X frontend?
People use Word because it is all they know. Personally, I think that word processors are a poor concept. Either you just want to get words down, with minimal formatting, or you want to make a presentable document. Word processors are bloated for doing the former, and crippled in doing the latter. A better option is a simple rich text editor (or one of those writer's editors), and a simple page layout application.
I don't really have a problem with it, but it seems pointless. The article talks about bandwidth costs, but how much can $1.00 help? If it was a small shareware company, sure, but Microsoft, who loses money on every XBox? If it was $5-10, it would be useful to filter out people who aren't really going to beta test the software, just maybe open it up. $1.00 isn't any worse than the 15 pages of "signing up" (at least for Vista). $1.00 is hardly worth getting a credit card out for.
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How is that informative? The only information he provided was that he had adblock.
If that is really 2, informative then this should be 5:
I'm using RSS
I'm using http
I'm using email
I'm using Safari
I'm using NetNewsWire
I'm at 7, informative already
Adblock has nothing to do with this. Sure, you can't see the ads, but the articles are still broken up.
Go to wikipedia.
In the search field type "web 2"
Press go.
Read.
Wikipedia needs to be a verb, like google. So when people ask what things like web 2 are you can tell them "wikipedia it!".
Huh, you think you're tough. A real computer only needs a kernel, a shell, and ed. ed for programming (binary), ed for writing, ed for editing pictures/movies/music (hexadecimally), ed as a browser, ed for everything. Output other than "?" is useless.
I like cordless devices because they reduce cable clutter. The battery situation, can be solved by rechargeable batteries. You could still run out in the middle of a game, which can be solved with a recharging dock, at the cost of more cables.
They don't support the abolition of net neutrality, they just don't support requiring it.
The term Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information online. In contrast to the first generation, Web 2.0 gives users an experience closer to desktop applications than the traditional static Web pages.
- Wikipedia
Just because there are no laws against it does not mean it isn't wrong.
I use the USPS and tape drives. Sure, google may take a week or two to load, but it is far better than my old method of having the hexadecimal value of every character sent back to me on stacks of paper, and then having to enter them into a text editor.