I don't get that. If I pay to be able to download x for y time, why should I be limited on reaching the 'top 15% of users'? I keep my eye on 'unlimited' accounts but they all seem to have these weird rolling average restrictions.
I've gone back to the accounts where I'll probably just hit the limit but can purchase more data should I choose. That said, everyone in Australia seems to market products around the bandwidth. I tried to use my bandwidth I had purchased then restricted once I reached the top 15%. Gah.
Like above for me it is all about distros --- unfortunately on the same system.
That said, I agree. There should be an upload boot configuration to bios/efi/openbios and let the OS take care of the variables.
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3. Use less code. Not useless code. Like most things in life, think about how you are going land before you take off. 5. Part and parcel with promoting a new idea anywhere. Be persuasive and reasonably logical.
Coreboot is one implementation of this, or more correctly OpenBoot(Openfirmware) type ideas enable Coreboot or HyperSpace to be possible.
now I'll go read gpp.
Yeah, I have no idea where gpp was going with 5. or 4. or 3. the other two are this article.
5. Hardware is only as good as the drivers for it... if they are terrible it doesn't matter where they are. If they are waiting for users input it doesn't matter where they are. EEPROM doesn't rectify drivers or make users choose faster. Otherwise this is kinda the point too. VMs make for a unified popular system; less unknowns. They are essentially another abstraction. That there can be multiples is a bonus.
In fact I'm not sure they have even a vague idea of how a computer works. The main point of these systems (including Coreboot & OpenBoot) is they allow you have a usable system faster. Hence 4 is not so good unless 3. is very capable.
3. The kernel is part of an operating system. It depends on what it is programmed to do on how useful it is. It would probably be somewhat larger than most kernels to be useful to the venerable Joe Blogs this will be marketed to. Hence they have a linux distro not just the kernel...
Does that mean that the college degree making your doctor an MD doesn't count anymore? The logic like, "Yeah, he has the skills but that MD thing it like 20 years old. It doesn't count. He needs to go back to school if he wants to be called a doctor!"
Most degrees and trades do become redundant if you don't stay updated. I was an electrician 3 years ago. I am useless as an electrician now because the laws and standards have changed. Sure I could pull off a lot of things, but I personally wouldn't want me to wire my house. I haven't studied, updated etc.
As it happens I'm married to a doctor. Trust me, they do have to keep studying; my wife has 3 study sessions a week without including conferences, training days random updates via miscellaneous communications.
If you write a book, copyright it, then store it in your basement for 10 years you obviously don't care much about making a profit from it. So sure. Or, you could just wait to copyright it till after you get it out of your basement.
Why the F**K do you want to treat intellectual work different from any other work?
Exactly!! What kind of sense does it make to treat it differently from any other work?
That would suggest that Windows is in even worse shape than we thought. It is bad enough there have been so many attack vectors without adding that they still haven't been fixed in 7 years.
I think you are wrong and there are simply been quite a few, well publicised exploits. Of course that is just an opinion from someone majoring in a different area of using operating systems.
There isn't exactly a plague of malware outside of Microsoft products. The 'something' is not necessarily because of OS X, but in spite of it.
That said, my next machine will be a Mac. All weighed up, (I'm married, so ease of use has a significant factor for my spouse) OS X will be the center at which my computing world shall spin. Linux will be regulated back to a toy OS and if Windows appears it shall be for nostalgia --- I'm not very sentimental.
I did realise it wasn't truly an ignorant misuse, but... I've been bashed enough for misusing it from ignorance and I wished to get my own back. Vindictive, see.
Wouldn't it be smarter to pump the saltwater into the desert and utilize the abundant space, sun and heat? The salts left over would of course need to be purified and sold.
I believe that is the point of talking about the 'singularity'. It is not about achieving a state of infinitely fast change, but a point at which the accepted methods of dealing with change become to cumbersome for practical use. This changes anyone/thing willing to look at the problem and consider the solutions. It may be a bubble, i.e., there comes a point where everything crashes back down to a stable change rate. It may also be where the characteristics of a species is fundamentally changed; such as the change from neanderthal to human.
My extrapolations of the summaries of peoples opinions of the 'singularity' (okay, I've never even read a book on the subject, let alone studied it) is that humans would lose the distinctive individuality and begin to function more like a single organisms again. These are the optimists, the pessimists picture some Apocalypse occurring.
Ah. I've found that Mint works better on my machine for now; I found it jaw droppingly better than Ubuntu and a little lighter than Kubuntu. My isp only mirrors the Gnome version and I've already maxed out my GB allowance. Next month I'll be downloading the KDE and XFCE Mint versions (There goes my limit again! Gah!)
I think that what everyone is trying to tell you, is that estimates are based on anecdotes, not data. Experience is a great anecdote. It is often under-valued, except where and when the judgment given is subjective and then it is almost always over-valued.
Ext3 looses data, ext4 loses data. ah god I have to stop focusing on tangents.(I know you used the word correctly, I can't help examining the words 'loose' and 'lose' to the nth degree. Ext3 would be the answer.
"Set yourself a goal in life, then make a plan and most importantly; stick to it" -V!NCENT
To clarify, I'm under the impression you have got some distorted idea about me and are pursuing it to its logical end. I may be wrong about the pursuing it to the logical end.
I was making out I didn't run Gnome or Windows.
So then I can run KDE-Windows on wine in KDE
I may keep them in mind as I use my KDE & WM desktops in future.
I specifically said I ran KDE. I also run WindowMaker and used to dabble with E17... I occasionally experience the dark side of interfaces. I have no trouble swapping between a multitude of interfaces. I just find some more limiting thus to be avoided.
If I truly cared I would bug fix, whine etc to Gnome devs. I don't care enough but doesn't mean not I'm disgruntled with the general perception outside of OSS users that Gnome is better, simpler, more correct than KDE.
The entire reason for my original comment. I am disgruntled. Happy?
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I didn't realise. I'll stop using it then.
I don't get that. If I pay to be able to download x for y time, why should I be limited on reaching the 'top 15% of users'? I keep my eye on 'unlimited' accounts but they all seem to have these weird rolling average restrictions.
I've gone back to the accounts where I'll probably just hit the limit but can purchase more data should I choose. That said, everyone in Australia seems to market products around the bandwidth. I tried to use my bandwidth I had purchased then restricted once I reached the top 15%. Gah.
Like above for me it is all about distros --- unfortunately on the same system.
Funny you should say that, because I had more the arguement about lost sales woe than strong copyright.
You can turn some of that off y'know.
That said, I agree. There should be an upload boot configuration to bios/efi/openbios and let the OS take care of the variables.
3. Use less code. Not useless code. Like most things in life, think about how you are going land before you take off.
5. Part and parcel with promoting a new idea anywhere. Be persuasive and reasonably logical.
Coreboot is one implementation of this, or more correctly OpenBoot(Openfirmware) type ideas enable Coreboot or HyperSpace to be possible.
now I'll go read gpp.
Yeah, I have no idea where gpp was going with 5. or 4. or 3. the other two are this article.
5. Hardware is only as good as the drivers for it... if they are terrible it doesn't matter where they are. If they are waiting for users input it doesn't matter where they are. EEPROM doesn't rectify drivers or make users choose faster. Otherwise this is kinda the point too. VMs make for a unified popular system; less unknowns. They are essentially another abstraction. That there can be multiples is a bonus.
In fact I'm not sure they have even a vague idea of how a computer works. The main point of these systems (including Coreboot & OpenBoot) is they allow you have a usable system faster. Hence 4 is not so good unless 3. is very capable.
3. The kernel is part of an operating system. It depends on what it is programmed to do on how useful it is. It would probably be somewhat larger than most kernels to be useful to the venerable Joe Blogs this will be marketed to. Hence they have a linux distro not just the kernel...
Okay...
Meh?
Most degrees and trades do become redundant if you don't stay updated. I was an electrician 3 years ago. I am useless as an electrician now because the laws and standards have changed. Sure I could pull off a lot of things, but I personally wouldn't want me to wire my house. I haven't studied, updated etc.
As it happens I'm married to a doctor. Trust me, they do have to keep studying; my wife has 3 study sessions a week without including conferences, training days random updates via miscellaneous communications.
Endo13 had it right.
What percentage would have bought the item had there been no free alternative?
That would suggest that Windows is in even worse shape than we thought. It is bad enough there have been so many attack vectors without adding that they still haven't been fixed in 7 years.
I think you are wrong and there are simply been quite a few, well publicised exploits. Of course that is just an opinion from someone majoring in a different area of using operating systems.
There isn't exactly a plague of malware outside of Microsoft products. The 'something' is not necessarily because of OS X, but in spite of it.
That said, my next machine will be a Mac. All weighed up, (I'm married, so ease of use has a significant factor for my spouse) OS X will be the center at which my computing world shall spin. Linux will be regulated back to a toy OS and if Windows appears it shall be for nostalgia --- I'm not very sentimental.
2?
More like ta dah!
Yer 'Aussies' are ... different.
I did realise it wasn't truly an ignorant misuse, but... I've been bashed enough for misusing it from ignorance and I wished to get my own back. Vindictive, see.
How does Plan 9 do this? From memory it wasn't precisely sockets... but more interesting. gah... I'll go research
Health Welfare.
Come on. Admit it, it was funny.
Wouldn't it be smarter to pump the saltwater into the desert and utilize the abundant space, sun and heat? The salts left over would of course need to be purified and sold.
A quantum leap in software would be incremental as it would be the smallest alteration possible...
Yes, I know you don't care; I was compelled by a vision from on high
I believe that is the point of talking about the 'singularity'. It is not about achieving a state of infinitely fast change, but a point at which the accepted methods of dealing with change become to cumbersome for practical use. This changes anyone/thing willing to look at the problem and consider the solutions. It may be a bubble, i.e., there comes a point where everything crashes back down to a stable change rate. It may also be where the characteristics of a species is fundamentally changed; such as the change from neanderthal to human.
My extrapolations of the summaries of peoples opinions of the 'singularity' (okay, I've never even read a book on the subject, let alone studied it) is that humans would lose the distinctive individuality and begin to function more like a single organisms again. These are the optimists, the pessimists picture some Apocalypse occurring.
Ah. I've found that Mint works better on my machine for now; I found it jaw droppingly better than Ubuntu and a little lighter than Kubuntu. My isp only mirrors the Gnome version and I've already maxed out my GB allowance. Next month I'll be downloading the KDE and XFCE Mint versions (There goes my limit again! Gah!)
Idiot, that is why the LHC broke.
You changed from Mint to Ubuntu? Heh, I've just done the opposite for a general use desktop. What was the main reason for dropping Mint?
I think that what everyone is trying to tell you, is that estimates are based on anecdotes, not data. Experience is a great anecdote. It is often under-valued, except where and when the judgment given is subjective and then it is almost always over-valued.
yes they do mate, yes they do...
Hmmm...
Ext3 looses data, ext4 loses data. ah god I have to stop focusing on tangents.(I know you used the word correctly, I can't help examining the words 'loose' and 'lose' to the nth degree. Ext3 would be the answer.
*blink* *blink*
Well, thank you for that interesting conversation! err... have a nice day now.
To clarify, I'm under the impression you have got some distorted idea about me and are pursuing it to its logical end. I may be wrong about the pursuing it to the logical end.
I was making out I didn't run Gnome or Windows.
I specifically said I ran KDE. I also run WindowMaker and used to dabble with E17... I occasionally experience the dark side of interfaces. I have no trouble swapping between a multitude of interfaces. I just find some more limiting thus to be avoided.
The entire reason for my original comment. I am disgruntled. Happy?