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Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2005 10:34:03 am PST #5604 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Gudanov - Nov 17, 2005 11:19:32 am PST #5605 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Of course then there's the whole Xfce vs. KDE vs. GNOME issue. So far I'm liking GNOME the best, but Xfce isn't too bad either. I haven't warmed up to KDE.
Gris - Nov 17, 2005 12:06:39 pm PST #5606 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Gentoo was my favorite, but it's very very much for somebody who likes complete control.
Ubuntu is beautifully done, and much easier to use than Gentoo, without quite as much customizability. I like the debian packaging system a lot more than RPMs - if you could handle RPMs, you can probably handle debs.
I hate each of KDE, Gnome, and XFCE, and always ran primarily GTK+ programs on top of a simple window manager like fluxbox for my own self. But I'm a minimalist - I didn't even set the fluxbox menus and used shortcut keys to start all of my programs (or a terminal window). I'm sure Gnome has improved since I last used it, though, it's been years and years.
In other news: I remember a bunch of announcements about (bad?) changes in PalmOne not long ago. Does this mean I should not get a Treo 650 refurbished for $140 with 2-year contract? The idea of a PDA attached to my phone so I actually take it with me and use it is a very nice one, especially as my life gets ever-more complicated post-college, and they seem the best. If the Palm is a bad idea for business reasons, though, I may go for the not-as-optimal Blackberry 7290 instead...
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 1:15:25 pm PST #5607 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the Palm thing, at least on the surface, is ironed out -- the article of doom was retracted.
I just noticed that Jasc PSP is now Corel PSP. Which is fine. However Corel's positioning it very much like a photoeditor, to the point of selling camera accessories with it. Anyone know how much it may have changed since 8, which is the version I own?
I'm also googling to find out.
Gris - Nov 17, 2005 1:59:15 pm PST #5608 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Cool. Treo ordered. Heck, for $140 and renewing a contract on a number I've had for 7 years and don't see getting rid of anytime soon is a serious steal.
Tom Scola - Nov 18, 2005 6:40:04 am PST #5609 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
A man brings his Mac SE into a Genius Bar: [link]
tommyrot - Nov 18, 2005 6:41:49 am PST #5610 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A man brings his Mac SE into a Genius Bar
Wait, isn't there supposed to be a duck?
I'm tempted to try that with my Mac Portable.
Jessica - Nov 18, 2005 6:44:14 am PST #5611 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I actually recommended that a friend take hers in to TekServe -- she's been holding onto this machine for years because she doesn't want to lose the files that are on there, but she has no current way to read them or move them to another computer.
Jon B. - Nov 18, 2005 6:55:49 am PST #5612 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
A man brings his Mac SE into a Genius Bar
Sounds like the opening line of a bad joke.
t edit I forget to hit post and tommy totally shows me up.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2005 11:14:04 am PST #5613 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I stopped by Costco and they're selling the Nikon D50 kit (includes a 256MB SD card and an 18-55 Nikkor zoom) for $769.
I'm pretty committed to that being my birthday/Christmas present...can I wait that long, is the question?
I handled their shackled unit, and it's so light! And it did have batteries in. Weird feel, but basically similar to my current non-digital SLR.
Can I wait?