On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 06:23 +, Martin Owens wrote:
>
> Isn't laziness a good thing? If the OP is willing to pay for the
> development of tools to speed or make easier the setup of these systems,
> then we should support them, not ridicule them as being lazy.
>
> The target of computing design
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 22:22 +0530, arshad wrote:
> hi all,
> not sure whether this is the right place to ask.
> but asking in other places didn't help me much or at all.
> my apt-get update is not working.
> here is the output:
>
> $ sudo apt-get update
> [sudo] password for arshad:
> Hit http:/
On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 16:20 +1000, Chris Jones wrote:
> I'm still a little shocked that F-Spot is still included by default. Any
> software developer or any geek with a basic understanding of software
> development and programming knows that F-Spot is one of the worst
> examples of programming cod
Am 26.12.2009 um 07:23 schrieb Martin Owens:
> The target of computing design is to make the very complex, simple
> to operate.
Unfortunately, many software designers think that way. The more
demanding, but technically superior way is to reduce complexity.
Markus
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On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 12:00 +, Chris Jones wrote:
> I'm a photographic imaging professional and I use too many imaging apps
> to list here, but F-Spot is not one of them, for the simple reason it is
> slow, clunky and has crap file format support for anything outside of
> JPEG format.
>
> The
On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 13:58 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
> Am 26.12.2009 um 07:23 schrieb Martin Owens:
>
> > The target of computing design is to make the very complex, simple
> > to operate.
>
> Unfortunately, many software designers think that way. The more
> demanding, but technically supe
While we are getting more and more philosophical about the origin
question, I am wondering if the Cyber Cafe as we used to think of is
not dying anyways. At least the fact, that somebody is renting out
hardware that runs with a specific operating system and you as
customer are charged by the time t
>
> The Ubuntu Developers clearly have no understanding of this sector of
> technology and the IT industry and that sector being
> digital/photographic imaging. And if they did, they would ditch F-Spot
> and replace it with a suitable and "real" image management package.
First of all, I think you
I ran into a problem with my log files growing really huge. I went to launch
pad to file a bug about it and found that it had already been filed.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysklogd/+bug/71870
Under status it is listed as won't fix. Why would this be?
Please forgive me if i haven'
Am 26.12.2009 um 17:50 schrieb paul Hartman:
> I ran into a problem with my log files growing really huge. I went
> to launch pad to file a bug about it and found that it had already
> been filed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysklogd/+bug/
> 71870
>
> Under status it is listed
On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 17:15 +, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote:
> 2009/12/26 paul Hartman <276...@gmail.com>:
> > I ran into a problem with my log files growing really huge. I went to launch
> > pad to file a bug about it and found that it had already been filed.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu
Am 26.12.2009 um 15:13 schrieb Martin Owens:
> On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 13:58 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
>> Am 26.12.2009 um 07:23 schrieb Martin Owens:
>>
>>> The target of computing design is to make the very complex, simple
>>> to operate.
>>
>> Unfortunately, many software designers think that
2009/12/26 paul Hartman <276...@gmail.com>:
> I ran into a problem with my log files growing really huge. I went to launch
> pad to file a bug about it and found that it had already been filed.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysklogd/+bug/71870
>
> Under status it is listed as won't fi
On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 18:37 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
> That's what I often do. As a rule of thumb, if there's more than one
> way to achieve a goal, there's too much functionality.
>
> Not exactly mainstream, I know. By profession I'm a mechanical
> designer and there the cost of redundant
Am 26.12.2009 um 18:47 schrieb Martin Owens:
> On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 18:37 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
>
>> That's what I often do. As a rule of thumb, if there's more than one
>> way to achieve a goal, there's too much functionality.
> [...]
> What did you think I was saying? that we should repe
On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 19:57 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
> To get back to the initial topic, instead of paying people to write
> tools for taming complexity, paying people for getting rid of unused
> stuff would be even better.
Culling is a valid job, it's just not valid to remove functionalit
Am 26.12.2009 um 20:18 schrieb Patrick Freundt:
> why do people write free software. And I believe they do that
> because its fun. And terms like minimum redundancy or cost
> effectiveness do not really fit into that context.
Cost isn't only about money. It's also about the time people have
On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Markus Hitter wrote:
> Cost isn't only about money. It's also about the time people have to invest
> to pick the right choice.
[...]
> If you want to see people having fun in reducing complexity, watch out for
> projects like [...]
You are not removing complexity
On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 10:11 +, Mohammed Bassit wrote:
>
> I'd really love to know more about the alternatives that have been
> mentioned a 100 times if you don't mind. I can't find any personally.Not
> that I like F-Spot, but I can't see much of an alternative.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Mohammed Ba
Am 26.12.2009 um 22:33 schrieb Patrick Freundt:
> You are not removing complexity by reducing choices, at least not
> in my humble opinion.
Such statements make me feel like I want to run away and kiss Apple's
Snow Leopard, which removes a lot of old cruft while maintaining full
usability.
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