One only "earns" what others are willing to pay them. Why do pro ball players earn millions of $$$$ each year? Because there is someone willing to pay them that much.
It may not always seem fair, but ones 'worth' is really defined as what someone is willing to pay them. Not by what that person actually brings to society.
Perjury must be "knowingly lying under oath" though I believe. Perhaps Fruad?
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Try talking, or being friendly, or helping to try to recover their data. Let the "bully" see that perhaps you can be better allies than enemies.
I'm sick of this liberal shit. I was not only geeky throughout school, but short and not very strong as well. I was a *supreme* target for bullying. It started in grade-school. One of the older students would make fun of me, push me around, slap me in the face with wet-gloves (one fond memory of a rainy day). All your *talking* and *working things out* means shit to a 5th grader.
One day I was crying (remember I was in about the 3rd grade) about having recently been beat up. My mother that day told me "the next time that bully hits you, you hit him with your lunchbox, and punch him in the nose." I did. I got about a three month reprieve from being harrased from it too. About every three months we would fight, but there were periods of nothing in between. This carried into higher grades (different bullies).
Did the teasing and bullying stop? No. But I *did* keep my self-respect, and dignity. Talking to irrational people does *not* work. Ususally bullies are too stupid.
No need too be so rude and insulting, it's a valid question.
In case you haven't missed it, this is how apt-get works. It fetches a list of the most recent versions of software on apt servers, and compares against local versions.
Just how big do you think a compressed text file with *thousands* of entries is going to be? If you think it'll take you 10 days to download, better upgrade to a 14.4k modem buddy.
But why must this be done on the server, and collected at Microsoft? Can't the client download a list of what MS has for updates, and decide what the local system has?
Bloatware? I assume you missed the 'Custom Install' option while installing RedHat? Or are you one of those who has never installed RedHat, but love to bash it?
If you're one of the latter group: RedHat includes an option to individually select which packages are installed. You are fully within your rights to select nearly nothing.
I think the point is:
In a blizzard, a car at *least* keeps you dry. I got to work fine yesterday in my car. The segway probably wouldn't have made it out of the driveway, and I'd have been drenched while trying.
The segway is a bicycle replacement that costs as much as a car. Like one of the parents posted: Useless.
Dave Barry's humor is not so much *about* something, but in the style of his writting like Douglas Adams.
For instance, much of his response was not 'funny' per se, but I almost hurt myself when I got to:
I get recognized a fair amount in Miami, but it's a low-key thing; people sometimes say hello, or compliment me on a column, or fire a revolver my way.
Sure, it's not *about* anything, but it's funny in it's style, how it catches you off-guard. Thows something entirely silly into an otherwise boring boilerplate remark.
And now that I've analyzed the hell out of it, I'm not sure It's funny anymore. Dave Barry's humor is a "You had to be there" type funny.:-)
Actually, I have. But since I kept all my 'dot-files' in my home directory, I never even saw Bluefin (or whatever the new UI is called).
This is my point. I type 'startx' and it uses my.xinitrc to load Afterstep. Afterstep uses all my configs in ~/GNUStep/Library/Afterstep. I could switch to Debian and it will still work the same.
I'm not necessarilly talking about 'nicer', but more 'consistant'. What the article seemed to be complaining abou the most was "I just got used to *this* system, you want me to change to *that* system now?" Each version of Windows changes silly things (layout of the Control Panel comes to mind), and puts things in new places (the XP start-menu is a world away from '95). Not to mention that the default location for users files has changed over the last several years ('9x - no home directory; NT - C:/winnt/profiles/username; 2k - C:/Documents & Settings/username).
What I'm saying is that under Linux (and basically any Unix system) most of these things have remained the same (if you're reasonably comfortable with the system, ignore the redhat tools). ifconfig is the same as it's always been./home/username is where I've kept my settings, and documents for the last x years. My GUI is almost exactly the same as it's always been.
Consistancy means a lot to people. They will learn whatever system you put in front of them, but they hate when you change if on them.
I face this with my dad a lot. He's an engineer in his 60's now. He can learn whatever archaic system he needs to. But boy does he complain when things change.
Then apparently you've never tried to configure networking under Windows. Each version of Windows has a different control panel layout, and the networking config window gets a facelift as well.
in 5 years ifconfig has maintained the same interface.
Upgrading to XP would suck. I've used it, and it ain't purty.
But come to think of it, this is one area where Linux is *much* nicer from an end-user perspective. I've been using Linux since RedHat 5.0, running Afterstep. I 'perfected' my GUI years ago, and it hasn't changed since. No matter how many times I've upgraded. Granted, the other apps I've used have changed, but this one constant would be nice for many end users.
In my experience with the press in general, you should believe half of what they tell you, and take the other half with a grain of salt.
Many times today the press is more interested in the 'big story' than the truth, and they will sacrifice much of the truth to get that big story.
Believe me, once you've had reporters targeting you or a situation you were involved in, you find it very difficult to believe *anything* those bloodsucking vultures say again.
Bloody hell - there is "the glass is half empty" and then there's "I hate glasses and really don't see what use they are to me or the rest of the planet".
I couldn't have put it better myself. Have you noticed the massive influx of people with a "New technology? Bah!" attitude? Every time someone develops something new there's one idiot with a "My aunt Tilly doesn't use it, so I don't see how it could be of use for anybody." attitude.
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Dell: Weight: 6.9 lbs. (2.96 kg) with travel module, battery and Harddrive.
Apple: Weight: 6.8 pounds (3.1 kg) with battery and optical drive installed.
Interesting trick. The Apple weighs more if you use metric measurements!
One only "earns" what others are willing to pay them. Why do pro ball players earn millions of $$$$ each year? Because there is someone willing to pay them that much.
It may not always seem fair, but ones 'worth' is really defined as what someone is willing to pay them. Not by what that person actually brings to society.
Fraud even...
Perjury must be "knowingly lying under oath" though I believe. Perhaps Fruad?
One day I was crying (remember I was in about the 3rd grade) about having recently been beat up. My mother that day told me "the next time that bully hits you, you hit him with your lunchbox, and punch him in the nose." I did. I got about a three month reprieve from being harrased from it too. About every three months we would fight, but there were periods of nothing in between. This carried into higher grades (different bullies).
Did the teasing and bullying stop? No. But I *did* keep my self-respect, and dignity. Talking to irrational people does *not* work. Ususally bullies are too stupid.
I believe the difference between a 'grid' and 'parallel computing' is that a grid tends to just run individual un-related instances on each server.
Though I could be wrong...
Wrong scheduler. This is the I/O scheduler...
They're focusing only on new products. Forsake the existing. Yet another reason for you to upgrade in the future!
Now Windows 2048 with Trustworthy Computing(TM)!!!
No need too be so rude and insulting, it's a valid question.
In case you haven't missed it, this is how apt-get works. It fetches a list of the most recent versions of software on apt servers, and compares against local versions.
Just how big do you think a compressed text file with *thousands* of entries is going to be? If you think it'll take you 10 days to download, better upgrade to a 14.4k modem buddy.
But why must this be done on the server, and collected at Microsoft? Can't the client download a list of what MS has for updates, and decide what the local system has?
Self, someday you will meet a man who calls himself "Mucko". Have him drawn and quartered asap.
Oh, and on Sept. 11 2001, pull as many fire-alarms in the WTC in NewYork as you can before 10:00AM.
BSD is dead!
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Appologies.
That so? I've never actually installed with *no* packages... Did you happen to do a 'rpm -qa' to see which were deemed 'mandatory' by RH?
Bloatware? I assume you missed the 'Custom Install' option while installing RedHat? Or are you one of those who has never installed RedHat, but love to bash it?
If you're one of the latter group: RedHat includes an option to individually select which packages are installed. You are fully within your rights to select nearly nothing.
Oooh, wait... Did I just respond to a troll? Doh!
I think the point is:
In a blizzard, a car at *least* keeps you dry. I got to work fine yesterday in my car. The segway probably wouldn't have made it out of the driveway, and I'd have been drenched while trying.
The segway is a bicycle replacement that costs as much as a car. Like one of the parents posted: Useless.
For instance, much of his response was not 'funny' per se, but I almost hurt myself when I got to: Sure, it's not *about* anything, but it's funny in it's style, how it catches you off-guard. Thows something entirely silly into an otherwise boring boilerplate remark.
And now that I've analyzed the hell out of it, I'm not sure It's funny anymore. Dave Barry's humor is a "You had to be there" type funny.
This is my point. I type 'startx' and it uses my
I'm not necessarilly talking about 'nicer', but more 'consistant'. What the article seemed to be complaining abou the most was "I just got used to *this* system, you want me to change to *that* system now?" Each version of Windows changes silly things (layout of the Control Panel comes to mind), and puts things in new places (the XP start-menu is a world away from '95). Not to mention that the default location for users files has changed over the last several years ('9x - no home directory; NT - C:/winnt/profiles/username; 2k - C:/Documents & Settings/username).
/home/username is where I've kept my settings, and documents for the last x years. My GUI is almost exactly the same as it's always been.
What I'm saying is that under Linux (and basically any Unix system) most of these things have remained the same (if you're reasonably comfortable with the system, ignore the redhat tools). ifconfig is the same as it's always been.
Consistancy means a lot to people. They will learn whatever system you put in front of them, but they hate when you change if on them.
I face this with my dad a lot. He's an engineer in his 60's now. He can learn whatever archaic system he needs to. But boy does he complain when things change.
Then apparently you've never tried to configure networking under Windows. Each version of Windows has a different control panel layout, and the networking config window gets a facelift as well.
in 5 years ifconfig has maintained the same interface.
Upgrading to XP would suck. I've used it, and it ain't purty.
But come to think of it, this is one area where Linux is *much* nicer from an end-user perspective. I've been using Linux since RedHat 5.0, running Afterstep. I 'perfected' my GUI years ago, and it hasn't changed since. No matter how many times I've upgraded. Granted, the other apps I've used have changed, but this one constant would be nice for many end users.
- Order a glass of water with a straw
- Put your fingers 'in your ears'
- Take a deep breath, and hold it
- While holding your breath, take several large gulps of water through the straw
I've had *great* success with this. I've also had minor success on small variations. The key part being to hold your breath while gulping water.Remember, use this advice only for good, not for evil!
In my experience with the press in general, you should believe half of what they tell you, and take the other half with a grain of salt.
Many times today the press is more interested in the 'big story' than the truth, and they will sacrifice much of the truth to get that big story.
Believe me, once you've had reporters targeting you or a situation you were involved in, you find it very difficult to believe *anything* those bloodsucking vultures say again.
I am not your aunt Tilly people!