Dunno about you but I prefer music in the background than devoting all my time to watching it. I can't listen to rock music by watching lots of videos, I'd have to search for and play the video to listen to it. Radio 1, Video 0. Besides, video is only good for hit singles.
Sorry, I should've been more clear. Ubuntu is a better desktop OS for new users. Many of the new features they've included I believe aren't in Debian (i.e. autoinstalling codecs, that Add/Remove thing they have, upstart and usplash) or at least aren't installed by default. You are right, though. Debian works just fine for the desktop too. I'd be using it myself but I spent ages getting Ubuntu to how I want it and I don't want to go through the whole thing again for what'll be only a small change.
Ubuntu users do. Ubuntu completely relies on the Debian upstream packages for each release. Ubuntu them patches everything and submits the patches back to Debian. You could argue that Ubuntu could do all this by itself but Debian is massive and is known for its high packaging standards which is a good thing. Ubuntu and Debian, at the end of it, are two different things with two different goals. Debian wants stability, Ubuntu wants the latest technology and packages. Ultimately, Debian should still be important for servers and Ubuntu for the desktop. Just don't dismiss Debian yet.
What they don't realise is that firewall configuration goes something like this:
You are now entering port 80. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. The batteries have gone on your flashlight. > CHANGE BATTERIES You have no new batteries. You were eaten by a grue, port 80 is now open.
To be fair, most of the memory issues in Firefox are because of the way it keeps previously visited pages stored so they can be quickly opened again. Unless their text editor/email client/whatever acted in the same manner then it shouldn't be too big an issue.
In my opinion, Mozilla should really leave this kind of idea to other developers. Songbird developed by itself just fine and I'm sure after this idea's been mentioned there will be other random developers toying around with the idea. Firefox and Thunderbird are good but attention should be focused on them before moving on to bigger, wilder ideas.
I've had no problems installing Etch and every version of Ubuntu from 5.04 onwards and every piece of hardware I've thrown at it (admittedly not a great deal being on a laptop) has been perfect. Perhaps I've just had the good side of it all but I've considered Debian and its derivatives to be good when it comes to driver support
Why not include it by default then? There really isn't anything stopping them, they simply do it to appease the technologically-minded users who will actually look for an ODF plugin before complaining. At least providing native ODF support from the off would be a step in the right direction, even if it wasn't the default filetype to save as.
I played through Warcraft once, I still play the C&C games (TD onwards). People complain that the C&C series was rehashed continuously but the honest truth is that it worked just fine. Whether you were building Stealth Tanks to do hit and run attacks against GDI Medium Tanks or using Cruisers to annihilate Tesla Coils before engineer rushing the construction yard there was fun to be had. Total Annihilation got massive and destructive battles perfected, C&C got the basic RTS formula right and has kept it going ever since.
It's not me who came up with selling a MMOG to kids, they're not thinking of the children! These evil monsters are getting the poor children hooked at an early age to fleece them later. I'll stop exaggerating now.
An unbalanced game alternates between hordes of enjoyment-less cannon fodder (that only serve to drain ammunition) and ill-equipped players battling bosses.
Example: Serious Sam II. The game moves from one grind to another, the only viable strategy is running in circles, hoping that the boss will show up before all Sam's guns are empty. Sometimes just playing a game where you just mindlessly kill stuff is very enjoyable. You don't ALWAYS want a deep plot or innovative gameplay, you do occasionally want to have hordes of enemies charging at you. FPS games could probably be subcategorised anyway. You'll want your deep, immersive enivronment like HL2, fast action like Serious Sam or maybe more of a horror FPS like FEAR.
I can agree with the writer at places, but one person's set of ideas for what an FPS should be will be completely different to that of others.
That's because society has changed. 100 years ago, many children died at an early age from illnesses that are easily cured today. Also, there were no pension schemes, when you became too old to work you had to rely on your children to look after you and the more children you have, the more likely it is one will actually care and be supportive. As well, more children = more workers = more family cash flow.
But the people on Slashdot are the people who buy the operating systems. The average person would never go out to the shops and buy Vista, they'd buy a computer with it preinstalled.
Why toil to understand the coils and springs of the universe if life has no purpose? Because we can. Humans are inherently curious buggers so we may as well find a way to have something to do and exploit this soft spot of ours. While each and every one of us will make an insignificant mark on the universe that doesn't mean we can't look around for something to keep us occupied.
Signatures are better theoretically but worse in practice as they require human verification whereas a machine does not care as long as a code is put in. Of course, humans are lazy and tend to accept the card regardless. I'd say both have specific advantages and disadvantages, ultimately if the bank and customer wanted better security then both should be used side-by-side.
I considered doing Computer Science at university but I decided against it (doing physics instead) as I was told by many people that job prospects were limited due to an already saturated market. Not actually being in that business I can't claim it's a valid reason but if I was told it then perhaps others were too and decided against it?
Of course, with tuition fees introduced in British universities there's been a fairly large decrease in students applying this year as compared to previous years. It could just be that people aren't taking this into account and are just claiming a decrease in interest in the subject.
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Dunno about you but I prefer music in the background than devoting all my time to watching it. I can't listen to rock music by watching lots of videos, I'd have to search for and play the video to listen to it. Radio 1, Video 0. Besides, video is only good for hit singles.
Sorry, I should've been more clear. Ubuntu is a better desktop OS for new users. Many of the new features they've included I believe aren't in Debian (i.e. autoinstalling codecs, that Add/Remove thing they have, upstart and usplash) or at least aren't installed by default. You are right, though. Debian works just fine for the desktop too. I'd be using it myself but I spent ages getting Ubuntu to how I want it and I don't want to go through the whole thing again for what'll be only a small change.
Ubuntu users do. Ubuntu completely relies on the Debian upstream packages for each release. Ubuntu them patches everything and submits the patches back to Debian. You could argue that Ubuntu could do all this by itself but Debian is massive and is known for its high packaging standards which is a good thing. Ubuntu and Debian, at the end of it, are two different things with two different goals. Debian wants stability, Ubuntu wants the latest technology and packages. Ultimately, Debian should still be important for servers and Ubuntu for the desktop. Just don't dismiss Debian yet.
What they don't realise is that firewall configuration goes something like this:
You are now entering port 80.
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
The batteries have gone on your flashlight.
> CHANGE BATTERIES
You have no new batteries.
You were eaten by a grue, port 80 is now open.
Ok then.
When the other 52% accounts for several religions as opposed to one.
You should've just claimed it was a bug in /. that turned out to be an interesting feature of some sort. Problem solved!
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar /
Written by Eric Raymond about the differences between open and closed source, pretty much.
To be fair, most of the memory issues in Firefox are because of the way it keeps previously visited pages stored so they can be quickly opened again. Unless their text editor/email client/whatever acted in the same manner then it shouldn't be too big an issue.
In my opinion, Mozilla should really leave this kind of idea to other developers. Songbird developed by itself just fine and I'm sure after this idea's been mentioned there will be other random developers toying around with the idea. Firefox and Thunderbird are good but attention should be focused on them before moving on to bigger, wilder ideas.
I've had no problems installing Etch and every version of Ubuntu from 5.04 onwards and every piece of hardware I've thrown at it (admittedly not a great deal being on a laptop) has been perfect. Perhaps I've just had the good side of it all but I've considered Debian and its derivatives to be good when it comes to driver support
In Soviet Russia, television controls you!
Why not include it by default then? There really isn't anything stopping them, they simply do it to appease the technologically-minded users who will actually look for an ODF plugin before complaining. At least providing native ODF support from the off would be a step in the right direction, even if it wasn't the default filetype to save as.
I played through Warcraft once, I still play the C&C games (TD onwards). People complain that the C&C series was rehashed continuously but the honest truth is that it worked just fine. Whether you were building Stealth Tanks to do hit and run attacks against GDI Medium Tanks or using Cruisers to annihilate Tesla Coils before engineer rushing the construction yard there was fun to be had. Total Annihilation got massive and destructive battles perfected, C&C got the basic RTS formula right and has kept it going ever since.
I can see it now, get an RFID-enabled passport and get a tin foil hat for free!
It's not me who came up with selling a MMOG to kids, they're not thinking of the children! These evil monsters are getting the poor children hooked at an early age to fleece them later. I'll stop exaggerating now.
Start them on this and move them up to WoW, it's a perfect scheme to get more people addicted, don't you think?
I can agree with the writer at places, but one person's set of ideas for what an FPS should be will be completely different to that of others.
That's because society has changed. 100 years ago, many children died at an early age from illnesses that are easily cured today. Also, there were no pension schemes, when you became too old to work you had to rely on your children to look after you and the more children you have, the more likely it is one will actually care and be supportive. As well, more children = more workers = more family cash flow.
But the people on Slashdot are the people who buy the operating systems. The average person would never go out to the shops and buy Vista, they'd buy a computer with it preinstalled.
What about prostitutes?
Signatures are better theoretically but worse in practice as they require human verification whereas a machine does not care as long as a code is put in. Of course, humans are lazy and tend to accept the card regardless.
I'd say both have specific advantages and disadvantages, ultimately if the bank and customer wanted better security then both should be used side-by-side.
You need a dupe option, so say "hello" and "how are you?" a second time.
I considered doing Computer Science at university but I decided against it (doing physics instead) as I was told by many people that job prospects were limited due to an already saturated market. Not actually being in that business I can't claim it's a valid reason but if I was told it then perhaps others were too and decided against it?
Of course, with tuition fees introduced in British universities there's been a fairly large decrease in students applying this year as compared to previous years. It could just be that people aren't taking this into account and are just claiming a decrease in interest in the subject.
Perhaps because most of their new customers have never had an internet connection before?