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Comment Re:And a round of slow clapping began.... (Score 1) 202

I've been a Fedora user since Fedora Core 3. It's my only OS, and most of my time is spent in front of it (for work and leisure). I was shocked when I discovered Gnome 3 and all the things it "broke" for me and the way I interact with my computer. I felt like my computer had suddenly lost a lot of its value and functionality.

I tried to get used to it, I tried add-ons, I tried Cinnamon, Xfce, Lxde... But nothing felt right. Until I tried KDE. I was shocked to find that it was -or could be made to look and feel- exactly like Gnome 2, but more modern and with a ton of options and cool features Gnome2 didn't have. I'm not going back to Gnome 2.

Movies

The Home-Built Dark Knight Batmobile 87

ElectricSteve writes "RM Auctions recently declared James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 to be 'the world's most famous car,' but there's no doubt that there is another contender for that title — the Batmobile. One thing that muddies the waters a bit is the fact that the term 'Batmobile' actually describes at least three different vehicles: the modified Lincoln Futura concept car from the '60s TV series, the vaguely Corvette-shaped 1989-and-beyond movie cars, and now the car from the most recent two movies, the military-spec Tumbler. Michigan-based movie props artist Bob Dullam really likes the Tumbler, so he did what any of us would do in his position — he built one of his own from scratch."
Earth

Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half 414

bonch writes "A new study on Greenland's and West Antarctica's rate of ice loss halves the estimate of ice loss. Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the study takes into account a rebounding of the Earth's crust called glacial isostatic adjustment, a continuing rise of the crust after being smashed under the weight of the Ice Age. 'We have concluded that the Greenland and West Antarctica ice caps are melting at approximately half the speed originally predicted,' said researcher Bert Vermeeersen."

Comment Zero (Score 1) 384

In the unfortunate event that I have to reboot my computer, I will then spend about 10 seconds pressing Alt+F2 and a few keystrokes to relaunch the three Apps I need.

I then place each app on its own virtual desktop to keep things organized and I'm back to work.

Comment Re:Doesn't matter (Score 1) 181

As a web developer with more than ten years experience who doesn't use any kind of "IE only" hacks and code, I disagree.

IE wastes time, because it's the only browser that needs extra care, but when you know what it can and can't do properly, you know how to code css that just works on every browser, IE 6 included, without hacks and without extra CSS files for IE.

Writing extra IE-only css code is a sign of incompetence.

Javascript is a different matter, but jQuery takes care of that problem just fine (mostly).

Comment Re:Coward. (Score 1) 1081

I don't know about lesbians but as for atheists not saying "god damn it" or "go to hell", it's quite easy to find as it's mostly dependent on the language and culture, not the religion. These expressions exist in french too for instance, but they aren't commonly used and sound quite ridiculous and outdated.

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