Not to say... AJAX is an overhyped new name for JavaScript. Do you wanna know AJAX? Well, this is it:
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=callback_js_function;
xmlHttp.open("GET",uri,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
Those are the four lines you need to know to do AJAX. It's nothing more that JavaScript. If you already know HTML, JavaScript and CSS, you can show off your AJAX leet skills.
If you think JavaScript is going to replace C/C++/Python/whatever in the desktop anytime soon... think again. It doesn't have the power, the flexibility or the libraries needed for succeed. Hell, you can even do more serious "programming" in Flash.
In my town you can carry weed around if your careful, Spanish law lets you smoke in private. It's a bit dangerous because if they think you've got enought dope to sell, you can get a fine. But then again, that has to be decided by a judge. Also you'll never go to the prison for that.
No war on terror over here. You can spreed flour all over the ground and nobody would think it's something nasty. My town is also full of Arabs immigrants that traditionally come in the harvest season. I've never seen one of them being treated as a terrorist.
Sex crimes? Well I stopped being a virgin many many years ago, when I was 17 or so, it's something quite normal over here. Hell, even my father got me some condoms. I can walk on the street wearing just some shorts and it would be just fine.
And I sometimes complain about how tought our law is! Yes, granted, we also have stupid politicians. But they don't steal our freedom, and when they do, we vote some others. All that law inforcement is against all of you. Do you feel more secure? I think I'd feel less secure: you're likely to be arrested with that crappy laws!
Well, at least you actually know what 'eft' means, but for non-native English speakers (like me), Ubuntu codenames are a nightmare. They're hard to pronounce and hard to remember. I've had to look every frikin' fancy codename up in the dictionary, and then I was disappointed to know what they mean.
They should use more common words ('longhorn' is not too bad). It's like I release a program and I call it 'El Guepardo Guarrete". Would you remember that name?
That's completely false. We don't usually write in all caps (fortunately), and when we do, we *have* to write with accent marks. (e.i. MELÓN)
It's true that some people don't put the accents but that's grammatically wrong. I think it's a mith from the times of the typewriters, when you couldn't write uppercase letters with accents because they overlapped. But the RAE (Royal Academy of Spanish) dicts the rules, and they are very clear about this.
I've run Slackware on my computer for 4 or 5 years, then switched to Ubuntu. Each one has its own advantages and disadvantages, but if you know your way around, Slack is way better.
Slackware is significantly faster. And much faster with a custom kernel. All the system scripts are written in plain old bash, and the init system, based on BSD's, it's simpler and more elegant. It's just more Unix-ish.
The package system is simple, so simple it'll never break. You won't have dependency problems, because there aren't any dependencies. All the headers come with the packages, so you don't have to install any *-dev packages to compile some app.
All the software bundled with Slack is unmodified. It's a plain Kernel from kernel.org, with plain GNU stuff and a plain KDE. No especial artwork, nor funny shit you'll never use. Come on, everybody changes the wallpaper and theme after installing a distro.
Never crashes, unless you've messed up the config files. I've sometimes seen Fedora and Ubuntu behaving sluggish or buggy. In Slack this NEVER happens (or never happens to me).
Ubuntu is still installed on my computer, and although it's a nice distro, I'll be back slackin' in no time.
The problem with malware and other stuff is that they trick the user into doing something stupid, ie running an executable attachment or visiting some malicious web with IE. Any experienced user wouldn't do that.
Suscribing to a RSS feed isn't what the average user do, and I don't think you'd do it without realizing. Most people won't even have a RSS reader installed.
But wait until Vista have mass adoption. It'll have RSS everywhere and average users will start to use it. Then there will be a problem.
Yeah, right, that's what I think. Also I'd never use MS Messenger because it's full of ads, and there's a lot of free (as in speech) and ad-free alternatives. But in spite of it, people don't seem to care.
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Depends on the amount of tubes and the size of the truck.
Not to say... AJAX is an overhyped new name for JavaScript. Do you wanna know AJAX? Well, this is it:
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=callback_js_function;
xmlHttp.open("GET",uri,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
Those are the four lines you need to know to do AJAX. It's nothing more that JavaScript. If you already know HTML, JavaScript and CSS, you can show off your AJAX leet skills.
If you think JavaScript is going to replace C/C++/Python/whatever in the desktop anytime soon... think again. It doesn't have the power, the flexibility or the libraries needed for succeed. Hell, you can even do more serious "programming" in Flash.
Totally agree here. What if an angry user kicks his computer and causes mass hysteria?
Everyone knows that [mod this up] subliminal messages [mod this up] don't work!
Boy what a city.
In my town you can carry weed around if your careful, Spanish law lets you smoke in private. It's a bit dangerous because if they think you've got enought dope to sell, you can get a fine. But then again, that has to be decided by a judge. Also you'll never go to the prison for that.
No war on terror over here. You can spreed flour all over the ground and nobody would think it's something nasty. My town is also full of Arabs immigrants that traditionally come in the harvest season. I've never seen one of them being treated as a terrorist.
Sex crimes? Well I stopped being a virgin many many years ago, when I was 17 or so, it's something quite normal over here. Hell, even my father got me some condoms. I can walk on the street wearing just some shorts and it would be just fine.
And I sometimes complain about how tought our law is! Yes, granted, we also have stupid politicians. But they don't steal our freedom, and when they do, we vote some others. All that law inforcement is against all of you. Do you feel more secure? I think I'd feel less secure: you're likely to be arrested with that crappy laws!
Yes, it is an English word: here's a definition, or you can see it with your eyes.
Well, at least you actually know what 'eft' means, but for non-native English speakers (like me), Ubuntu codenames are a nightmare. They're hard to pronounce and hard to remember. I've had to look every frikin' fancy codename up in the dictionary, and then I was disappointed to know what they mean.
They should use more common words ('longhorn' is not too bad). It's like I release a program and I call it 'El Guepardo Guarrete". Would you remember that name?
Yeah, I really hate tabs too!! It's sweet to have my taskbar crammed, so that finding a window is like where's Waldo.
Oh, and another stupid thing is the 'back' button... I'm the kind of person who never looks back!
That's completely false. We don't usually write in all caps (fortunately), and when we do, we *have* to write with accent marks. (e.i. MELÓN)
It's true that some people don't put the accents but that's grammatically wrong. I think it's a mith from the times of the typewriters, when you couldn't write uppercase letters with accents because they overlapped. But the RAE (Royal Academy of Spanish) dicts the rules, and they are very clear about this.
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Slackware is significantly faster. And much faster with a custom kernel. All the system scripts are written in plain old bash, and the init system, based on BSD's, it's simpler and more elegant. It's just more Unix-ish.
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The package system is simple, so simple it'll never break. You won't have dependency problems, because there aren't any dependencies. All the headers come with the packages, so you don't have to install any *-dev packages to compile some app.
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All the software bundled with Slack is unmodified. It's a plain Kernel from kernel.org, with plain GNU stuff and a plain KDE. No especial artwork, nor funny shit you'll never use. Come on, everybody changes the wallpaper and theme after installing a distro.
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Never crashes, unless you've messed up the config files. I've sometimes seen Fedora and Ubuntu behaving sluggish or buggy. In Slack this NEVER happens (or never happens to me).
Ubuntu is still installed on my computer, and although it's a nice distro, I'll be back slackin' in no time.The problem with malware and other stuff is that they trick the user into doing something stupid, ie running an executable attachment or visiting some malicious web with IE. Any experienced user wouldn't do that.
Suscribing to a RSS feed isn't what the average user do, and I don't think you'd do it without realizing. Most people won't even have a RSS reader installed.
But wait until Vista have mass adoption. It'll have RSS everywhere and average users will start to use it. Then there will be a problem.
Thanks a lot! Curiosity was killing me :)
All the food in the fridge is now baked. DoD'ing fridges, the geek way of cooking?
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Enlarge your pennis!
Yeah, right, that's what I think. Also I'd never use MS Messenger because it's full of ads, and there's a lot of free (as in speech) and ad-free alternatives. But in spite of it, people don't seem to care.
Ay, Caramba!