Sorry, I'll be sticking with Linux since I can't stand the click-to-focus.
The rest of the OS and developer tools seem ok. But, since I have the choice I'll stick with a window manager I can configure properly. I'm probably in a minority (and yes, I know about mondo-mouse
All I usually see of Amarok is the little wolf icon in the panel, which actually gives a lot of information (like the state of the player, the time remaining), etc.
For me, this is great. Unlike many players which always have a window open, Amarok is out of my face and takes up almost no screen real-estate.
One feature I love about Amarok is the "shuffle by album". Some albums are meant to be listened to in their entirety. Also, the fact that you can interact with the player through the command line (i.e. queue music etc.).
You can actually find a wand of wishing on the first level and get any three items in the game...
In fact, you should probably wish for 2 blessed scrolls of charging and get up to 5 additional items... And if you're willing to zap till dust, you should be able to get 6.. Depending on how many charges are in the wand when you find it of course...
But you're right, that's no guarantee that you have a chance of winning -- even if you wish for the right stuff.
High entropy random data, but the guy at the border is looking for a 5 minutes spree tops - I seriously doubt he knows what entropy is let alone enough to check for it.
gzipped data also has high entropy, so it's hard to tell whether you simply have compressed data, or random junk. Except for the gzip header/magic number of course.
As far as I can tell, the only thing you don't get is VirtualDub and DVD shrink. Mplayer/mencoder do a pretty good job for me...
Oh, and winamp. But there are plenty of fine mp3 players
available.
I probably should have read the replies to your message first since this has probably been stated ad infinitum. And you probably have a fine rebuttal, but still, I don't see the point (but I'm not you I guess).
3) The battery gives you a backup power source. I've already managed to run out of gas and the battery lets you keep on going for a couple of more miles to the freeway exit which was very cool.
Not having the engine available makes driving a Prius using just
electricity very risky. Without gasoline it is very easy to push the
motor & battery-pack beyond the tolerances they were designed to
operate. The motor is never suppose to exceed 42 MPH (68 km/h) all by
itself and the battery-pack is never suppose to be fully depleted.
Avoiding running out of gas will insure the mechanical & electrical
components won't overheat and the battery-pack provides the longest
life possible.
Having said that, I drive a Prius up here in Canada and to add that I never had to
worry about starting up the car in the bitter cold. That is
one advantage of a big battery pack.
My mother-in-law (75 years old this year) is running Dapper on a PII laptop with 256 MB of RAM with no problems. It's a little sluggish, but then again, it's a PII. No ether-NIC in the machine, the PCMCIA wireless card works just fine.
I haven't even though about upgrading her to Eft or Fawn. Dapper works just fine for her.
I think eye candy adds to the overall appeal of an operating system, but only if it's tasteful. Take virtual desktop switching - it's great to have a cube rotate, because it establishes what you're doing in spatial terms; however, I don't think anybody who actually wants to use their computer wants to waste time manipulating a cube themselves. I feel that many of the effects in Compiz are too much eye candy with too little usability.
I spend most of my time on a computer looking at a terminal. I edit
code in vim, I read mail in mutt. But I also use FF for surfing. I
don't use Lynx/Links.
On the other hand, there are a lot of people out there who use
Thunderbird (or KMail or other graphical clients like *gasp*
Outlook) to read mail. Personally, I think that's just so much eye
candy. Can't everyone just use a terminal to read mail? And why
do people insist on sending me crappy HTML mail?
I think that everyone has their own tolerance level to graphics
bling/efficiency. When I try to explain desktops to my grandmother,
manipulating a cube might allow her to grasp the concept of multiple
desktops. Right now, I've had to configure her box with a single
desktop since the idea of multiple desks was too complex for her.
I'd always heard it called the department of redundancy department when I heard about it. I guess there can't be enough of those departments, I guess.
The department of redundancy department
The redundant department of redundancy
The department of redunant redundancy
The redundancy department of redundancy
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H: Why did you come in here then?
M: I wanted to complain.
H: Oh no, that's next door. It's being-hit-on-the-head lessons in here.
M: What a stupid concept.
Note to moderators. Please flag this comment as redudant.
And then the next 120 pages are disclosures, articles, correspondance, photos of cars, editorial cartoons and song lyrics. I am NOT joking.
I was dubious. However, I actually read the source material. The guy is a crackpot.
Appendix B: An invitation to drive a XEBRA electric car Appendix E: Some spam about a psychology professor and techniques for memorization. Appendix UU: Cartoons Appendix BBB: The lyrics to 90 Pounds SUV
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The rest of the OS and developer tools seem ok. But, since I have the choice I'll stick with a window manager I can configure properly. I'm probably in a minority (and yes, I know about mondo-mouse
All I usually see of Amarok is the little wolf icon in the panel, which actually gives a lot of information (like the state of the player, the time remaining), etc.
For me, this is great. Unlike many players which always have a window open, Amarok is out of my face and takes up almost no screen real-estate.
One feature I love about Amarok is the "shuffle by album". Some albums are meant to be listened to in their entirety. Also, the fact that you can interact with the player through the command line (i.e. queue music etc.).
I take it you don't have vimperator installed.
You can actually find a wand of wishing on the first level and get any three items in the game...
In fact, you should probably wish for 2 blessed scrolls of charging and get up to 5 additional items... And if you're willing to zap till dust, you should be able to get 6.. Depending on how many charges are in the wand when you find it of course...
But you're right, that's no guarantee that you have a chance of winning -- even if you wish for the right stuff.
gzipped data also has high entropy, so it's hard to tell whether you simply have compressed data, or random junk. Except for the gzip header/magic number of course.
Yay, I can hardly wait for the 64-bit port of this application!
No, wait, I welcome our new TradeBots overlords...
Yikes, who am I supposed to welcome? I welcome our new CowboyNealBots!
Same reason I won't switch to Opera. I like vim.
Oh, and don't forget about noscript, even if Chrome runs javascript faster, most of the time, I don't care.
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True. This could be a lot of hyperbole. But, the researchers are from IBM and VMware, so that lends a little credence in my books.
I meant to get first post, but I forgot.
I'd put Gentoo on it, so it's more usable and easier to update.
http://www.kevinmackart.com/ Original artwork from an academy award winning artist. Computer generated, mathematical foundations.
My kids (9 & 11) are going on about the world ending in 2012 (apparently, there are a bunch of hokey reasons, like the Mayan calendar ending).
I figure they will get a good dose of skepticism by January 2013.
Well, there you have it, 90% of IT professionals prefer Linux. Ok, maybe 50%, with 40% preferring OSX :-)
As far as I can tell, the only thing you don't get is VirtualDub and DVD shrink. Mplayer/mencoder do a pretty good job for me...
Oh, and winamp. But there are plenty of fine mp3 players available.
I probably should have read the replies to your message first since this has probably been stated ad infinitum. And you probably have a fine rebuttal, but still, I don't see the point (but I'm not you I guess).
Counting actual installations gives a different number though.
http://john1701a.com/prius/prius-advice.htm
Having said that, I drive a Prius up here in Canada and to add that I never had to worry about starting up the car in the bitter cold. That is one advantage of a big battery pack.Have you ever tried to remove two applications at once on Windows?
Whew, it wasn't goatse.
My mother-in-law (75 years old this year) is running Dapper on a PII laptop with 256 MB of RAM with no problems. It's a little sluggish, but then again, it's a PII. No ether-NIC in the machine, the PCMCIA wireless card works just fine. I haven't even though about upgrading her to Eft or Fawn. Dapper works just fine for her.
On the other hand, there are a lot of people out there who use Thunderbird (or KMail or other graphical clients like *gasp* Outlook) to read mail. Personally, I think that's just so much eye candy. Can't everyone just use a terminal to read mail? And why do people insist on sending me crappy HTML mail?
I think that everyone has their own tolerance level to graphics bling/efficiency. When I try to explain desktops to my grandmother, manipulating a cube might allow her to grasp the concept of multiple desktops. Right now, I've had to configure her box with a single desktop since the idea of multiple desks was too complex for her.
I'd always heard it called the department of redundancy department when I heard about it. I guess there can't be enough of those departments, I guess.
- The department of redundancy department
- The redundant department of redundancy
- The department of redunant redundancy
- The redundancy department of redundancy
Obligatory Python: Note to moderators. Please flag this comment as redudant.Appendix B: An invitation to drive a XEBRA electric car
Appendix E: Some spam about a psychology professor and techniques for memorization.
Appendix UU: Cartoons
Appendix BBB: The lyrics to 90 Pounds SUV
There's more common sense at the Time Cube
Awesome.