No, I'm a Gnome fan really. I tried KDE 4 and it wasn't bad, but I find KDE a bit cluttered. There are too many options. I did a column recently on the Linux Haters blog, and the writer of that blog really summed it up with KDE. They're like, "Oh, change your encoding to ISO 8859-1". I know what that means, but my brother doesn't. Firefox says 'use Western European encoding' when it means the same thing.
This pegs the meh-o-meter. Even if I was the biggest fan of KDE I would still shrug at it (but I like XFCE better nowadays)
That happened to me once, I used an ATM from my old bank, which "helpfully" offered other services besides drawing cash. You had to punch a button to get your card back after taking your money, but I was talking to a friend while doing this, and just as you said, in my mind my task was "complete" and we walked away. Luckily the next guy in line was honest and yelled at me to come back. I thanked him profusely and mentally kicked myself a couple hundred times.
For anyone who doubts that Âde jure is a French expression, you have it right. De jure is of course a Latin expression and the spelling used by the GP is correct.
Well, if you guys both like math challenges, you should check out http://projecteuler.net./ To quote the homepage:
Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.
Maybe you could tackle those problems together ? You could design algorithms together, let your son do the writing and then review his code and discuss better approaches. Also, when you solve a problem, you can access a forum on the website where other users post their solutions. You can learn a lot by comparing the approaches there. And since every user on the site has his or her favorite programming language, you can broaden your horizons by looking at solutions to the same problem written in K, Python, C, assembly language...
I've solved 51% of the problems and they've been great at making me remember some good programming practices.
The whole point of the Dvorak layout is touch typing, you don't need it to be labeled with the Dvorak layout, and if you do, you learned Dvorak the wrong way.
I use a Dvorak layout on a standard AZERTY keyboard and I actually think of it as a courtesy to my hunt-and-peck-typing co-workers and friends. I've configured xkb so that I just have to push Shift-Alt to switch the layout to azerty before handing it to them.
Well, it's a problem for you English speakers. Not for me. I think I'd have a harder time keeping a straight face telling someone to install libcaca and libcucul. In French, caca == poop and cul == ass.
This discussion makes me wonder if there is such a thing as "moral rights" in the US law. Let me explain : in France, the law gives you two sets of rights to protect your works. One is the "author rights" (droits d'auteur) and is the equivalent to US copyright law, ie, it expires some time after your death. The other set of rights is the "moral rights" (droits moraux), which are _inalienable_, and state that YOU are the sole author of the work and should be credited for it. So basically if you put your work in the public domain, and if someone distributes it and claims it as his own, under French law you can sue him. Is there such a protection in the US ?
We were going along nicely on this 12th day of December, almost forgetting the ridiculous amount of human stupidity displayed throughout this year, looking forward for 2008 to try and better ourselves. Now this piece of "news".
Someone will likely bring out a study that concludes that your brain interprets one-sided conversations differently than if you hear both sides of the conversation.
That, and the fact that phone conversations are extremely phatic by nature. Not only do you get much less than 100% of the information, but most of the babble that's going on isn't information at all, which to you will gradually translate from a mild irritation at such a boring stream of uninteresting yakking, to eventually snatching the annoyer's cellphone, shoving it down his f*ck*n throat, and uppercutting him with superb, glorious, healing might.
Slashdot Mirror
http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/
A Guitar Hero clone that you can play with a regular keyboard (F1-F5 for "frets", Enter to "pick")
This pegs the meh-o-meter. Even if I was the biggest fan of KDE I would still shrug at it (but I like XFCE better nowadays)
whoosh ?
What, you wanted us to RTFA ? You must be new here.
I've learned to open that kind of bag by grabbing the top and tearing through the seal, perpendicularly.
Settings > Filters > Create a new filter > Has the words : "in:spam" > Next step > OK to the warning > Check "Delete it" > Create filter.
Boom baby, spam-free GMail.
That happened to me once, I used an ATM from my old bank, which "helpfully" offered other services besides drawing cash. You had to punch a button to get your card back after taking your money, but I was talking to a friend while doing this, and just as you said, in my mind my task was "complete" and we walked away. Luckily the next guy in line was honest and yelled at me to come back. I thanked him profusely and mentally kicked myself a couple hundred times.
You can already access the archives of The Times online :
http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/
It's quite interesting to read about Marie-Antoinette's execution or Jack the Ripper's crimes, I especially like the writing style :)
Score 3, Troll ?
My hat's off to you, sir.
[...] (I hate the constant cheese-eating-surrender-monkey jokes whenever the French are mentioned). [...]
Thank you for that. Those jokes are getting really old.
Yup, protesting is our national sport :)
For anyone who doubts that Âde jure is a French expression, you have it right. De jure is of course a Latin expression and the spelling used by the GP is correct.
Well, if you guys both like math challenges, you should check out http://projecteuler.net./ To quote the homepage :
Maybe you could tackle those problems together ? You could design algorithms together, let your son do the writing and then review his code and discuss better approaches. Also, when you solve a problem, you can access a forum on the website where other users post their solutions. You can learn a lot by comparing the approaches there. And since every user on the site has his or her favorite programming language, you can broaden your horizons by looking at solutions to the same problem written in K, Python, C, assembly language...
I've solved 51% of the problems and they've been great at making me remember some good programming practices.
There's one for every Slashdot discussion !
http://www.xkcd.com/435/
The whole point of the Dvorak layout is touch typing, you don't need it to be labeled with the Dvorak layout, and if you do, you learned Dvorak the wrong way.
I use a Dvorak layout on a standard AZERTY keyboard and I actually think of it as a courtesy to my hunt-and-peck-typing co-workers and friends. I've configured xkb so that I just have to push Shift-Alt to switch the layout to azerty before handing it to them.
those things in a lion's mouth = teeth
those things on a bear's feet = claws
that thing a scorpion carries around = I guess you mean its sting
A weapon is a *tool* which can be used to hurt or kill. None of your examples are tools.
No, "viola" doesn't mean anything in french. "Viol" means rape.
That was hilarious :'D
Well, it's a problem for you English speakers. Not for me. I think I'd have a harder time keeping a straight face telling someone to install libcaca and libcucul. In French, caca == poop and cul == ass.
Let me help you parse that :
((We) (can totally feel) (how) (an HTC TyTN II) (might be paired) (with) (an (earthy) (unlimited plan)) (followed by) (the soft nutty finish) (of) (a (200-minute a month) (daytime calling) (package)))
This discussion makes me wonder if there is such a thing as "moral rights" in the US law. Let me explain : in France, the law gives you two sets of rights to protect your works. One is the "author rights" (droits d'auteur) and is the equivalent to US copyright law, ie, it expires some time after your death. The other set of rights is the "moral rights" (droits moraux), which are _inalienable_, and state that YOU are the sole author of the work and should be credited for it. So basically if you put your work in the public domain, and if someone distributes it and claims it as his own, under French law you can sue him. Is there such a protection in the US ?
We were going along nicely on this 12th day of December, almost forgetting the ridiculous amount of human stupidity displayed throughout this year, looking forward for 2008 to try and better ourselves. Now this piece of "news".
*sobs softly*