Azuma = east or eastern Japan (cf. Higashi, for some reason), Hazuki = leaf (ha) + moon (tsuki --> [d]zuki), also the archaic name for the month of August.
See also here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkoImlyMHtU&feature=related . She's the scary dark-haired one. She's also exactly like I was at her age. I have, of course, since become a cynical, sarcastic geekess with a fatal attraction to the natural sciences, but I'm still just as creepy and intense.
...something from the infamous/b/ actually. Every time I see the BSA, RIAA, etc, do something like this, it reminds me of that picture of the Beast from Beauty and the Beast with a gigantic evil grin on his face and the caption "DO IT FAGGOT" on it. I hope these people crack down on piracy so hard no one wants to use their shitty software anymore. Piracy is the only reason a lot of people, even businesses, use a lot of expensive stuff in the first place. What home user has $700 for photoshop anyway? That could be more expensive than his computer these days.
You know, I used to hate KDE for this exact reason, but around 2.14 or so Gnome just became an absolute bloatmonger. And KDE at least does something with all that bloat; Gnome is packed with misfeatures "in the name of simplicity" that make it harder to add much more functionality to your desktop than you can on Windows.
And what do you use to change this? GConfEditor which looks so much like the Windows registry I actually cried when I saw it.
I used to use Gnome exclusively for about a year after starting with Linux. After that I went into a Fluxbox phase, then XFCE once version 4.4 came out (and to my mind, XFCE 4.4 is what Gnome always should have been...). Now I'm on KDE, and I find it actually goes faster than Gnome and very nearly as quick as XFCE on my machine. And it's tweakable, oh, God, it's tweakable. I can change *everything.*
And now they say KDE 4 is supposed to be leaner and faster. This is just...wow. I have never, ever in my life seen a major software project that got *faster* as it got older, especially not with a major version increment. I'm really looking forward to this.
Okay, I understand the audience Gnome is aimed at, and for recent Windows expatriates (i.e., 95% of the *buntu crowd) it makes sense. But something that limiting should at least have the decency to be lighter. If they ever make a GControl application that's analogous to KControl I may try it again, but I'll never go back to Gnome exclusively.
You've said, in far more articulate terms, everything I wish I always could have said to the people who believe there's no cost in letting people fall by the wayside. Thank you; I'm going to remember this the next time this comes up in conversation.
Oh, I know! Let's turn the waste into depleted uranium shells. They'd have penetration power like you would not believe, and they can't possibly cause any weird diseases no one knows how to treat or will even admit to existing because there's absolutely no radioactivity left in them. That's why they're called depleted, duh. I say use 'em in the Middle East. Problem. SOLVED. Or should I say "mission accomplished?"
...the above was sarcasm, for the humor- and/or obvious-impaired
There is only one reason for a fine this large, and it has nothing to do with morals: protectionism. The fine is well above and beyond what's proportionate to what is, really, a very small moral offense even in the minds of the socially "conservative." It is not, however, out of proportion when you consider the real "crime" being punished here: contradiction of the states' God-given right to your tax money. This is about nothing more than tax dollars, and has little if anything to do with morals, though I'm sure some slimeball politician will try to spin it that way.
I've had to deal with more than enough bullshit both online and off already about these exact same issues, so it's a bit of a sensitive area. And I don't believe you were "just poking fun" either. Sounds more like you're backpedaling now that you realize you screwed up.
Are you that threatened by the idea of a well-spoken, technically-literate woman? We are out there, we exist, and we (or at least I) don't give a damn what society and gender roles tell us we should be, act, do, say, or look like. I will curse, argue, rant, geek out, and weigh in with opinions as much as any guy here, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Get over yourself!
And why would my orientation matter to you in the first place? You're obviously never going to have sex anyway, if this is how you act online. I can't even imagine what kind of a disaster you are face-to-face with a woman who can actually see you and read your body language. I'm not defined by my sexuality either; I'm a woman who happens to like women, not a separatist man-hater, though you make a VERY good argument for that cause...
In case you're one of those tl;dr types: Go to Hell. Thank you.
I am a dedicated AMD fangirl...every computer I've ever built had an AMD chip in it. But Intel really hit it on the head with the Core 2 arch and I see no sign of them slackening. I am actually looking forward to Nehalem and its shrink (which is probably the next time I'll have the money to spend on anything not college or food/supply-related).
If this is how it ends for AMD, this is how it goes. I'll be sad, and may buy AMD anyway for some other reason (even if it's just stubborn fangirlism) but I respect Intel's design team. Their ethics, no, but their design is top notch this time around.
You know, as much as I want to kick Ayn Rand in the balls (yes, I am certain she has a pair in there somewhere, like Ann Coulter), that line from Atlas Shrugged about creating a nation of criminals has never rang truer than in the last half decade. And about 5 years ago I would have been surprised that the Democrats sponsored a bill like this, but now I'm not. At all.
Advertising goes both ways...it take two to advertise effectively, one to create and place the content, and one to watch it. The simplest way is just not to watch TV, and before anyone protests that that's not possible in this world, I've done it. All you miss is inane reality TV shows, artificial drama, and government-sponsored propaganda (which blows the anticipated "how do you stay on top of current events?" rebuttal out of the water). TV is a wasteland, and people have been saying it for over 30 years.
I'd pay *not* to watch TV (which I do in a way by having less to talk about with the average person, but it's a good buy in my opinion). I am one of the media and advert corporations' worst nightmares: the person who doesn't watch TV, doesn't consume anything more than she needs, and, in short, doesn't give a damn about anything these slimes have to sell. It's not just them that has to change; it's us.
If the U of O uses the Resnet system I think it does, this should really read "Windows or not Windows." At my university there is a "CAT" (client assessment tool) that scans Windows and forces one to install the latest Symantec AV and XP SP2 patches (that's right, only XP can run on the network). If you're using any OS but Windows you get to skip this. I know this because I tried to register using my XP image in VMWare and got the CAT forced on me, but was able to plug right in and register under my main OS (Gentoo).
I don't know what the author is on about, but I've been able to run KDE 3.5.x on a P3 450 MHz with 128 MB of RAM. It takes a while to load things, but it's nice and responsive once it does. Granted, I installed the kdebase package, so I didn't get such essentials of life as a chemistry-tutoring program or a full-featured real-time astronomy suite, but it runs and runs well....plus I dolled it up to look like Vista with KBFX and have gotten some really *strange* looks from people who walk by and see the case...
Hydrogen-boron fusion? Boron is fairly rare; the holy grail won't come until we get pure hydrogen fusion working (and even then, if it's deuterium-tritium we'll have a tritium problem).
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See also here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkoImlyMHtU&feature=related . She's the scary dark-haired one. She's also exactly like I was at her age. I have, of course, since become a cynical, sarcastic geekess with a fatal attraction to the natural sciences, but I'm still just as creepy and intense.
Of course Republicans are less vulnerable to radiation; they only have one helix.
Don't you mean "Portege?" Or is this the first laptop to come with Gentoo Linux preinstalled? :)
Install KDE, KXDocker, and the Baghira theme. Instant Mac. Free, too, in terms of software.
So, is that a penguin in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
...something from the infamous /b/ actually. Every time I see the BSA, RIAA, etc, do something like this, it reminds me of that picture of the Beast from Beauty and the Beast with a gigantic evil grin on his face and the caption "DO IT FAGGOT" on it. I hope these people crack down on piracy so hard no one wants to use their shitty software anymore. Piracy is the only reason a lot of people, even businesses, use a lot of expensive stuff in the first place. What home user has $700 for photoshop anyway? That could be more expensive than his computer these days.
And what do you use to change this? GConfEditor which looks so much like the Windows registry I actually cried when I saw it.
I used to use Gnome exclusively for about a year after starting with Linux. After that I went into a Fluxbox phase, then XFCE once version 4.4 came out (and to my mind, XFCE 4.4 is what Gnome always should have been...). Now I'm on KDE, and I find it actually goes faster than Gnome and very nearly as quick as XFCE on my machine. And it's tweakable, oh, God, it's tweakable. I can change *everything.*
And now they say KDE 4 is supposed to be leaner and faster. This is just...wow. I have never, ever in my life seen a major software project that got *faster* as it got older, especially not with a major version increment. I'm really looking forward to this.
Okay, I understand the audience Gnome is aimed at, and for recent Windows expatriates (i.e., 95% of the *buntu crowd) it makes sense. But something that limiting should at least have the decency to be lighter. If they ever make a GControl application that's analogous to KControl I may try it again, but I'll never go back to Gnome exclusively.
So...since they're in favor of death can we kill them? I *know* it doesn't work that way, but I can dream...
Everything from "change me!" to "turn off that damn Raffi record!"
You've said, in far more articulate terms, everything I wish I always could have said to the people who believe there's no cost in letting people fall by the wayside. Thank you; I'm going to remember this the next time this comes up in conversation.
"People with pacemakers should stay away from this thing."
There is only one reason for a fine this large, and it has nothing to do with morals: protectionism. The fine is well above and beyond what's proportionate to what is, really, a very small moral offense even in the minds of the socially "conservative." It is not, however, out of proportion when you consider the real "crime" being punished here: contradiction of the states' God-given right to your tax money. This is about nothing more than tax dollars, and has little if anything to do with morals, though I'm sure some slimeball politician will try to spin it that way.
I know about the stereotypes. You're a perfect example of them, from the sound of it. Now shut up and quit harassing me.
I've had to deal with more than enough bullshit both online and off already about these exact same issues, so it's a bit of a sensitive area. And I don't believe you were "just poking fun" either. Sounds more like you're backpedaling now that you realize you screwed up.
And why would my orientation matter to you in the first place? You're obviously never going to have sex anyway, if this is how you act online. I can't even imagine what kind of a disaster you are face-to-face with a woman who can actually see you and read your body language. I'm not defined by my sexuality either; I'm a woman who happens to like women, not a separatist man-hater, though you make a VERY good argument for that cause...
In case you're one of those tl;dr types: Go to Hell. Thank you.
"And ye shall know them by their works..."
I am a dedicated AMD fangirl...every computer I've ever built had an AMD chip in it. But Intel really hit it on the head with the Core 2 arch and I see no sign of them slackening. I am actually looking forward to Nehalem and its shrink (which is probably the next time I'll have the money to spend on anything not college or food/supply-related).
If this is how it ends for AMD, this is how it goes. I'll be sad, and may buy AMD anyway for some other reason (even if it's just stubborn fangirlism) but I respect Intel's design team. Their ethics, no, but their design is top notch this time around.
You know, as much as I want to kick Ayn Rand in the balls (yes, I am certain she has a pair in there somewhere, like Ann Coulter), that line from Atlas Shrugged about creating a nation of criminals has never rang truer than in the last half decade. And about 5 years ago I would have been surprised that the Democrats sponsored a bill like this, but now I'm not. At all.
Advertising goes both ways...it take two to advertise effectively, one to create and place the content, and one to watch it. The simplest way is just not to watch TV, and before anyone protests that that's not possible in this world, I've done it. All you miss is inane reality TV shows, artificial drama, and government-sponsored propaganda (which blows the anticipated "how do you stay on top of current events?" rebuttal out of the water). TV is a wasteland, and people have been saying it for over 30 years.
I'd pay *not* to watch TV (which I do in a way by having less to talk about with the average person, but it's a good buy in my opinion). I am one of the media and advert corporations' worst nightmares: the person who doesn't watch TV, doesn't consume anything more than she needs, and, in short, doesn't give a damn about anything these slimes have to sell. It's not just them that has to change; it's us.
"Correlation does not necessarily mean causation." There are so many confounding factors here it's not funny.
If the U of O uses the Resnet system I think it does, this should really read "Windows or not Windows." At my university there is a "CAT" (client assessment tool) that scans Windows and forces one to install the latest Symantec AV and XP SP2 patches (that's right, only XP can run on the network). If you're using any OS but Windows you get to skip this. I know this because I tried to register using my XP image in VMWare and got the CAT forced on me, but was able to plug right in and register under my main OS (Gentoo).
I don't know what the author is on about, but I've been able to run KDE 3.5.x on a P3 450 MHz with 128 MB of RAM. It takes a while to load things, but it's nice and responsive once it does. Granted, I installed the kdebase package, so I didn't get such essentials of life as a chemistry-tutoring program or a full-featured real-time astronomy suite, but it runs and runs well. ...plus I dolled it up to look like Vista with KBFX and have gotten some really *strange* looks from people who walk by and see the case...
Miguel de fucking Icaza has been kissing Microsoft's ass for years now. Can we please get rid of him already?!
Hydrogen-boron fusion? Boron is fairly rare; the holy grail won't come until we get pure hydrogen fusion working (and even then, if it's deuterium-tritium we'll have a tritium problem).