I am a compassionate person, far from indifferent, and yet I believe everyone is ultimately responsible for themselves. That nobody stood up for him is no excuse.
All these Harry Potter stories have alluded to separate editions for children and adults. I didn't know there were adult versions of the Harry Potter books until recently. Is there a difference, content-wise?
I'm thinking I've been getting the childrens' versions so far.
Yeah, I tried real hard to love Evolution. To keep my email, contacts, calendars, and task lists synced between two computers. I discovered IMAP and embraced it. I kept hoping for a CalDAV service provider, never got it. Never got to investigate LDAP that much. I'm no expert, as far as I knew I needed those acronyms to my data in sync.
At the end I just gave up, and embraced Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Disclaimer: yes I work for Google. By all means, use whatever works best for you. I was sad to realize Evolution wasn't it.
Some people are vegan for environmental reasons. It takes a lot more resources to raise a calf, even a cloned one, than to raise the same number of calories as fruits and vegetables.
I will always have a soft spot for Fedora because of this. First Linux distro I was able to use as my primary OS. First one where everything just worked.
Wait, what? A disaster? Am I the only person who doesn't mind that dialog at all? Couldn't you always have Ctrl+Led to get a path entry?
FWIW, it got a permanent one in 2.16. Am I going to immediately say, "Oh, total improvment!" Nope. *shock gasp!*
GNOME is fighting the hard fight it seems. I do subscribe to the simpler is better philosophy. I am one of those GNOME admirers. And I am a Linux power user: I have gotten Gentoo to run. I'm also more sensitive to usability issues than most, I've programmed UIs for 7 (going on 8) years.
I've had my share of itches to try Gentoo. Just wanted to let you in on what this reviewer said:
Gentoo is a source based distro, meaning all of the programs you download through the manager are compiled prior to installing. This generally means the end result is a program that's optimized for your system for better performance. Real world performance gains are debatable, but don't expect an instant message to send faster because you compiled GAIM. However, it may start up quicker than a binary installed version. In the end, this should not really be a factor weighed into your distro making decision. Unless you drink a -lot- of coffee, you will not likely notice a difference between compile > binary.
I'm a big advocate of the cashless society. And I've had arguments over that exact point. I firmly believe it's possible to set up a cashless system and allow for anonymous transactions.
Go to the cash card store, use your credit card to buy a $500 cash card, and use that to buy things you'd rather not have anyone else know about. All the cash card needs to do is keep track of how much it's worth. Yes, your credit card statement will have the $500 record, but it won't be itemized.
Who says it's just non-techies? My name is Juan Nuno. I am a technical user, and I suffer from Upgraditis.
I just switched over to Gentoo, just to try it out, because I was frustrated with the rate packages are backported to Ubuntu. (Yes, I know about Ubuntu Backports. I got the line in my sources.list.) I'm completely new at it, went ahead and applied the GCC 3.4.5 update, only to have my GNOME compile break.
Can it be a deep-seated psychological need for what's new? Who knows? I guess the trick is to find the right balance. Don't blindly upgrade willy-nilly, do a bit of research. And at the same time if nobody upgraded their browsers, we'd still be using Netscape 4.
Why does something either have to be worthless or perfect? To me, it's enough that Wikipedia has value. Why would anyone use it as a serious information source? I don't think Wikipedia tries to be anything more than it is. I can't find anywhere on the front page where it says, "The contents therein are the gospel truth. Feel free to bet your life on it and use it for your thesis paper."
Part of being a good critical thinker is questioning everything. Take in all available input, and form your own conclusions. Not just blindly believing what you're fed. Whether it comes from CNN or Wikipedia.
Slashdot used to be the website I'd take to a desert island with me. Now it's Wikipedia. And in the near future, it might be something completely different. That's what excites me about the future. Because I am not so jaded and cynical to believe that humanity has become incapable of great things.
Wikipedia stores all article versions. If you look on the left, you can get a permanent link to the article you direct students to. And it won't matter if the article gets edited later, that link will point to the version you saw first.
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I am a compassionate person, far from indifferent, and yet I believe everyone is ultimately responsible for themselves. That nobody stood up for him is no excuse.
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All these Harry Potter stories have alluded to separate editions for children and adults. I didn't know there were adult versions of the Harry Potter books until recently. Is there a difference, content-wise?
I'm thinking I've been getting the childrens' versions so far.
Thanks.
Yeah, I tried real hard to love Evolution. To keep my email, contacts, calendars, and task lists synced between two computers. I discovered IMAP and embraced it. I kept hoping for a CalDAV service provider, never got it. Never got to investigate LDAP that much. I'm no expert, as far as I knew I needed those acronyms to my data in sync.
At the end I just gave up, and embraced Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Disclaimer: yes I work for Google. By all means, use whatever works best for you. I was sad to realize Evolution wasn't it.
Some people are vegan for environmental reasons. It takes a lot more resources to raise a calf, even a cloned one, than to raise the same number of calories as fruits and vegetables.
Yup. Yes, the focus is on gasoline hybrids, but anyone can contribute.
Here's another good site where people can enter real-world mileage numbers: http://greenhybrid.com/.
This is my own hybrid: http://greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/car/1201.ht ml.
You can see how new, regular and not low rolling resistance, tires affect mileage. And the couple of times I drove down to LA from the Bay Area.
I will always have a soft spot for Fedora because of this. First Linux distro I was able to use as my primary OS. First one where everything just worked.
They already did that. Part of the reason why Netscape lost.
Silicon Valley has a sense of aesthetics? It's all apartment buildings, strip malls, and tech parks.
Wait, what? A disaster? Am I the only person who doesn't mind that dialog at all? Couldn't you always have Ctrl+Led to get a path entry?
FWIW, it got a permanent one in 2.16. Am I going to immediately say, "Oh, total improvment!" Nope. *shock gasp!*
GNOME is fighting the hard fight it seems. I do subscribe to the simpler is better philosophy. I am one of those GNOME admirers. And I am a Linux power user: I have gotten Gentoo to run. I'm also more sensitive to usability issues than most, I've programmed UIs for 7 (going on 8) years.
I've had my share of itches to try Gentoo. Just wanted to let you in on what this reviewer said:
Gentoo is a source based distro, meaning all of the programs you download through the manager are compiled prior to installing. This generally means the end result is a program that's optimized for your system for better performance. Real world performance gains are debatable, but don't expect an instant message to send faster because you compiled GAIM. However, it may start up quicker than a binary installed version. In the end, this should not really be a factor weighed into your distro making decision. Unless you drink a -lot- of coffee, you will not likely notice a difference between compile > binary.
Above quote taken from here.
I'd choose to lose my email access. I can just call my friends on my phone.
But if you were to take away my Wikipedia and Slashdot, I would just DIE.
There's a difference:
Houses are designed to be comfortable and provide shelter, not to facilitate child abuse.
Credit cards are designed to be secure, not to facilitate fraud.
Guns are designed to injure.
So it's OK to have cameras on police, but not on us? Police are people too.
The "Rooskie" Buran shuttle had the ability to fly unmanned. The first and only orbital flight was unmanned.
As is Konqueror.
I'm a big advocate of the cashless society. And I've had arguments over that exact point. I firmly believe it's possible to set up a cashless system and allow for anonymous transactions.
Go to the cash card store, use your credit card to buy a $500 cash card, and use that to buy things you'd rather not have anyone else know about. All the cash card needs to do is keep track of how much it's worth. Yes, your credit card statement will have the $500 record, but it won't be itemized.
I don't think I've ever seen an article summary with so many links!
Who says it's just non-techies? My name is Juan Nuno. I am a technical user, and I suffer from Upgraditis.
I just switched over to Gentoo, just to try it out, because I was frustrated with the rate packages are backported to Ubuntu. (Yes, I know about Ubuntu Backports. I got the line in my sources.list.) I'm completely new at it, went ahead and applied the GCC 3.4.5 update, only to have my GNOME compile break.
And I ain't the only one. Steven Garrity has it too.
Can it be a deep-seated psychological need for what's new? Who knows? I guess the trick is to find the right balance. Don't blindly upgrade willy-nilly, do a bit of research. And at the same time if nobody upgraded their browsers, we'd still be using Netscape 4.
Why does something either have to be worthless or perfect? To me, it's enough that Wikipedia has value. Why would anyone use it as a serious information source? I don't think Wikipedia tries to be anything more than it is. I can't find anywhere on the front page where it says, "The contents therein are the gospel truth. Feel free to bet your life on it and use it for your thesis paper."
Part of being a good critical thinker is questioning everything. Take in all available input, and form your own conclusions. Not just blindly believing what you're fed. Whether it comes from CNN or Wikipedia.
Slashdot used to be the website I'd take to a desert island with me. Now it's Wikipedia. And in the near future, it might be something completely different. That's what excites me about the future. Because I am not so jaded and cynical to believe that humanity has become incapable of great things.
I believe Wikipedia is one of those great things.
Doubly-linked lists have been in Java since 1.2.
Firefox is not designed to run on constrained devices. That's what Minimo's for.
> When we have children, I won't want them to go through a typical school in Japan.
Will you have a choice?
Wikipedia stores all article versions. If you look on the left, you can get a permanent link to the article you direct students to. And it won't matter if the article gets edited later, that link will point to the version you saw first.