Just out of curiosity, what linux apps are you using that can't be installed using one of the many mac package managers such as Macports, Fink, Homebrew, etc?
I was developing Linux-only software. It wouldn't have been practical to develop it from within OS X.
This is not exactly a Mac-specific problem, in my experience.
I agree, but it's worse with the MacBooks. IIRC, the keyboard I had looked something like this. There's no clear indication what key combination I'd use to even simualte home, end, etc.
In contrast, all of the non-Apple laptops I've used either had those keys present (in 17" laptops), or had the keys silk-screened to indicate what key combo I'd use to simulate a home key, end key, etc.
A recent employer issued me a new 15" MacBook Pro. I really liked the weight, battery life, screen quality, and the feel of the keyboard. But the non-PC keyboard layout drove me nuts. I.e., the absence of stand-alone keys like home, end, page-up, alt, etc.
If I was using only native Mac apps, I would have been okay enough. But I was accessing Linux GUI apps within a VM, and linux console apps via SSH. It was a real challenge to get decent Mac-to-PC key bindings. I also had real finger-memory issues as I'd switch between driving Mac and Linux programs from the same keyboard.
If I could get a laptop that's just like a MacBook Pro, except it had a PC keyboard layout and a 17" screen, I'd be all over it for my Linux work. But barring that, I'll choose a non-Apple laptop.
Are you still on about that? It was Reagan, in the '80s. Let it go, man.
It's a betrayal regardless of the traitor's party affiliation.
Did any of the other areas have a congress that was actively importing cheaper labor?
No, but the POTUS is actively trying to give every semi-skilled American worker competition from anyone who chooses to illegally immigrate. Does that count?
I wonder if it would have been a security violation for him to admit it, so this is the best he can do?
I'd like to hear him explain his regret in a little more detail. Was it morally wrong? Was it against civil ethics? Was it anti-democratic? Was it illegal? Or was it that they got caught?
Also, "is regrettable" is basically the passive tense. Does he regret it? Does he thing that the congressional oversight committees are morally culpable for not having stopped it?
The market is not failing us; there is no market. This is a step towards creating one.
If you like your fiber you can keep your fiber.
When federal law eclipses state law, your right to democratic self-determination is reduced. About the only exceptions I can think of a when blacks and women were granted voting rights, but that's not what's happening here.
It's always good when terrorist groups act like 13-year old haxxor boys.
I hope their god is proud of them.
Yeah, joke's on them. Those script kiddies are the 72 virgins!
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful...
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
To be fair, they're saying God is merciful, not themselves.
Clapper lid to Congress under oath. What are the odds he'll tell the truth at a random conference?
I don't feel like looking it up, but I'm fairly sure I remember news stories about the FBI lying as well. (To the FISA court? I forget.) Anyway, their word is meaningless. They are without honor.
So how is it that you were able to type your comment?
Well, if Randy can do it......
It's as if millions of left hands suddenly cried out in terror and stopped moving.
Speaking of "About Time", I recommend the movie of that name. It was a bit sad, but I felt worth the ride. Haunting musical score, too.
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire
