This is one of the factors that quells jury nullification. Maybe some rich guy should fund a public service announcement informing people of jury nullification.
Seriously stop calling it OO.o, it makes 90% of military acronyms
actually make sense, and that is messed up.
Its proper name is OpenOffice.org. Thereby we derive the acronym OO.o. I'm
generally an advocate of calling products and people by their actual proper
nouns rather than a shorter or insulting name.
Use a text file and never save to the hard drives. Bring a flash drive with portable apps on it so you don't have to use insecure apps.
[...]of giving up freedoms[...]
You have the freedom not to go to the school, and thus not use the operating system if you like.
[...]and of supporting a criminal corporation?
I'm all for due process of the law. Will they violate the laws? Probably yes. But I as a consumer won't support them. I'll use Windows if it's given to me as a service, but I won't support them directly.
The bottom line is that freedom will probably cost something. If you have exotic values such as to never use proprietary standards, then you are going to have to make some sacrifices. Most people just don't give a shit. I use Windows at my college and Linux at home because I don't have enough money to grab Windows, nor is Windows actually a priority for me to own.
I don't give a shit. Given that I have 1 GiB of RAM, 20 MB isn't going to impact my system. It's the 500 fucking MiB that Firefox keeps taking up because the Mozilla devs can't be bothered to optimize their code and cut their bloat, or make their config options actually do something. I need Firefox because of crappy web developers who can't understand that there's more than just the mainstream Firefox, IE, and Safari (and now coming up, Chrome).
If I compiled my Xorg to be tiny, then I might have less usage. But compiling with -O3 and -ggdb (among other options), I have a larger footprint. But, again, I don't care because of the system I have. If I had only 64 MiB of RAM, then I would be more wary about my memory.
OTOH the modal interface of vi gives an additional error source because you always have to remember if you are in insert of command mode.
That's not the correct way to use vi. Command mode is normal mode. Never leave it in any other mode, including insert mode. Ever. Only use insert mode when you're actually inserting something.
There's also usually a status area which tells you which mode it's in as well.
But there is no justification to make a program with a steep learning curve.
Says you. vi and emacs have steep learning curves, but it pays off with high efficiency in editing text in the long run. Using something like AutoCAD has a high learning curve in order to efficiently use it. For a physical example, we have fork lifts, caterpillars, and heavy machinery in general.
uzbl may have a steep learning curve, but it's worth it to the power users that want the type of functionality it can offer.
Alright. I'll stick with making crossbows for when that happens. Silent, really deadly, no registration required, and pretty easy to build compared to guns.
Not to mention possibly troublesome for multi-user systems on a guest account where flash is grabbed from a global directory. But, I suppose if a sysadmin were to update firefox, they should also probably update flash. If they don't value security, that is.
However, flash can be installed to ~/.mozilla/plugins/ for precedency over the global directory. I'd hate to be support on that:
User: "Where's.mozilla? I can't see it!" Support: "What file manager are you using?" [...]
This is a really fun web browser to tinker with. However, I'd recommend people should use a backup browser until they get it up and functioning to their specific needs.
I'm still trying to work around with the cookies scripts, myself.
> One problem with X is that it gobbles up huge amounts of memory and > doesn't give it back. Watch your X server's virtual and resident > sizes with top over the course of a day. Leave it up for a week. > What possible excuse does it have to get this big?
This is wrong, plain and simple. I've never had a problem with X taking up large amounts of memory. 20 MB, maximum. Other applications that use X take up so much more memory.
If one wants to compete, they have to take a test. If they don't consent, they don't compete. This is not a violation of rights because there is no necessity or right to compete.
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I'd rather have no justice.
Doesn't work. The games force you to grab a special controller to play.
I think you dropped an 'r' somewhere in there.
This is one of the factors that quells jury nullification. Maybe some rich guy should fund a public service announcement informing people of jury nullification.
Its proper name is OpenOffice.org. Thereby we derive the acronym OO.o. I'm
generally an advocate of calling products and people by their actual proper
nouns rather than a shorter or insulting name.
Use a text file and never save to the hard drives. Bring a flash drive with portable apps on it so you don't have to use insecure apps.
You have the freedom not to go to the school, and thus not use the operating system if you like.
I'm all for due process of the law. Will they violate the laws? Probably yes. But I as a consumer won't support them. I'll use Windows if it's given to me as a service, but I won't support them directly.
The bottom line is that freedom will probably cost something. If you have exotic values such as to never use proprietary standards, then you are going to have to make some sacrifices. Most people just don't give a shit. I use Windows at my college and Linux at home because I don't have enough money to grab Windows, nor is Windows actually a priority for me to own.
I don't give a shit. Given that I have 1 GiB of RAM, 20 MB isn't going to impact my system. It's the 500 fucking MiB that Firefox keeps taking up because the Mozilla devs can't be bothered to optimize their code and cut their bloat, or make their config options actually do something. I need Firefox because of crappy web developers who can't understand that there's more than just the mainstream Firefox, IE, and Safari (and now coming up, Chrome).
If I compiled my Xorg to be tiny, then I might have less usage. But compiling with -O3 and -ggdb (among other options), I have a larger footprint. But, again, I don't care because of the system I have. If I had only 64 MiB of RAM, then I would be more wary about my memory.
That's not the correct way to use vi. Command mode is normal mode. Never leave it in any other mode, including insert mode. Ever. Only use insert mode when you're actually inserting something.
There's also usually a status area which tells you which mode it's in as well.
Says you. vi and emacs have steep learning curves, but it pays off with high efficiency in editing text in the long run. Using something like AutoCAD has a high learning curve in order to efficiently use it. For a physical example, we have fork lifts, caterpillars, and heavy machinery in general.
uzbl may have a steep learning curve, but it's worth it to the power users that want the type of functionality it can offer.
Alright. I'll stick with making crossbows for when that happens. Silent, really deadly, no registration required, and pretty easy to build compared to guns.
Not to mention possibly troublesome for multi-user systems on a guest account where flash is grabbed from a global directory. But, I suppose if a sysadmin were to update firefox, they should also probably update flash. If they don't value security, that is.
However, flash can be installed to ~/.mozilla/plugins/ for precedency over the global directory. I'd hate to be support on that:
User: "Where's .mozilla? I can't see it!"
Support: "What file manager are you using?"
[...]
This is a really fun web browser to tinker with. However, I'd recommend people should use a backup browser until they get it up and functioning to their specific needs. I'm still trying to work around with the cookies scripts, myself.
> One problem with X is that it gobbles up huge amounts of memory and
> doesn't give it back. Watch your X server's virtual and resident
> sizes with top over the course of a day. Leave it up for a week.
> What possible excuse does it have to get this big?
This is wrong, plain and simple. I've never had a problem with X
taking up large amounts of memory. 20 MB, maximum. Other
applications that use X take up so much more memory.
Never asserted such. However, I will say I happily have a girlfriend that has as little of a life as me.
Besides. It's not my job to verify others' assertions. You should learn that.
Hehe. Sources would be nice.
Still, it is a step better. I personally would like a manifest of what all personal data an app takes. I'm just too lazy to not install it.
"M" vs. "m" also makes a difference. Namely, "M" = "Mega", "m" = "mille". So, therefore, "mb" stands for "millebit", or one thousandth of one bit.
http://bisnotb.com/
One pass is indeed enough.
http://blog.epcusa.com/2009/03/data-destruction-is-one-pass-overwriting-enough/
http://www.anti-forensics.com/disk-wiping-one-pass-is-enough-part-2-this-time-with-screenshots
I don't think anyone in history has used a 100mb line.
You mean like this scary thing?
Even criminals have rights.
If one wants to compete, they have to take a test. If they don't consent, they don't compete. This is not a violation of rights because there is no necessity or right to compete.
False. One pass is enough. Massive linkdump:
http://www.anti-forensics.com/disk-wiping-one-pass-is-enough-part-2-this-time-with-screenshots
http://sansforensics.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/overwriting-hard-drive-data/
http://blog.epcusa.com/2009/03/data-destruction-is-one-pass-overwriting-enough/
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/the-great-drive-wiping-controversy-settled-at-last/
But multiple OSes that use the kernel can.