both Mac OS & Windows lack a centralised package manager OSX has fink. Sure you have to install it yourself, but once it's installed it will do as you request. I think it even use some aptget code, but I'm not sure. Also while the system is CLI on it...
That's what I was thinking. I tried a bit (not hard) to figure out how to do this on OSX. I came up with nothing so far, but then again usually the thumbnail is just the first image and it's often all black or a logo or something else, which isn't re...
I first used Commodore 64, then Amiga 500 and then mac. I never used Windows as primary OS, except for a single laptop running XP. I know it sounds strange to buy an XP notebook when you use mac, but this predates bootcamp and I needed it to run some...
making my next PC entirely Linux/Unix compatible Sounds good. Using a POSIX system (which is basically all linux/unix families, including OSX) gives access to the entire world of free linux applications. Quite a lot of them are actually quite good. A...
I also used to think that Macs didn't have any software. While Windows users have the choice of zillions of FTP apps, Macs have only a handful. But coming to think of it - its the quality over quantity that counts and a handful is all thats needed I...
so that means train can be hacked too? Good question. It's a closed system without external access so accessing it would be the first issue. You would have to break into a closet on the train, then use a non-standard access point. I don't think this...
The first thing I see in this picture is the fact that it's a narrow gauge railroad (which is true for most railroads in Japan). Next thing is that the cab seems to be somewhat dated and then all sorts of stuff have been added later, making it look p...
I hope he is a driver, not a conductor :P Still I wonder the same thing. Imagine how many times you do stuff you don't want others to see, such as pick nose or scratch yourself. It's ok to be in public, but to be watched for say 4 hours with few and...
That said, I believe what's so "American" about owning guns USA is the only countries I know of which added permission to carry guns in the constitution. I say this makes it pretty "American". I don't like that kind of usage of American because I thi...
It's ridicules that the general policeforce is so weakly armed. The criminals have guns and I'm told the question if the police should have them or not becomes a hot topic every time an unarmed police officer is shot. A British friend once told me th...
Ohhh.... reminds me of the story where a group of school kids (age 7 or something) went on a tour of the local policestation. They passed a confiscated illegal homebrewing set and one of the kids goes out loud "my dad has one just like that one in th...
I think there is a limit to how many times "D'oh" is funny when you go "darn, that's a one way street... going the wrong way". TomTom should improve their maps rather than their voice. It's possibly the worst one to get around here. Way too many imag...
Do you use car navigation systems in your neck of the woods? Most people do and it's causing problems. There is a place not far from my home where the "clever" GPS routing software tells people to turn left because the 20-25% reduced distance is a go...
I never understood the fascination for girls wearing headphones. Somehow I find it something which makes the picture worse than if they had been without those. Another thing, I don't like headphones in general. They feel uncomfortable, specially in t...
Japan has given permits of up to 50 people nationwide to be able to use a gun for their sport. So basically hunters still use bow and arrow? ^^ Here it works like this: normal people aren't allowed to have guns unless they are in the army or hunters....
Our manhole covers aren't painted. However some of them have a 3D texture which provide them with name and icon for the city they are in. I think they kind of dropped that idea today since it makes them more expensive and no politicians wants to be k...
I wouldn't mind going back in time. Being interested in history means such a trip would be quite interesting. I could accept a one-way ticket but then you guys would miss me, so I better not ^^
70 years ago the trains here never departed on time. The railroad had a problem with their crew where they took a break whenever they had any time and each break resulted in card playing. The problem was that they didn't stop when they were supposed...
Oh... one important note: I don't have a problem with people from Eastern Europe in general, just those who wants to trick me into giving them money or steal from me. I know a few lawful people from Eastern Europe and I have spent quite a deal of hap...
Do you donate to their cause? After EU opened the borders to Eastern Europe some mafia over there decided to get money from the "west". This means they sent a lot of people to do all sorts of tricks to get people to give/lose money. Street performers...
People here would respond like in Germany ^^; I once noticed unattended bags on a station and started looking around for potential owners. If they haven't had arrived as quickly as they did I might have raised a bomb alarm. After all the police has a...
An air freshener is actually an air dirtifier. It fills the air with chemicals and the more places you are exposed to something like that, the more likely it will be to become allergic towards smell chemicals. Considering how severe an issue it is fo...
You are excused to leave the room to fart. It's no good to fart smelly ones "on purpose". Toilets are a dedicated room for behaviour like that. Dining rooms and similar aren't and I can imagine better smells when I like to eat ^^
I knew about the water sound machine for some time. It's made to save water since women will let the water run to hide their sounds O_O I really don't get why it's that bad to make sounds in a toilet. I mean we all go to the toilets once in a while a...
Portable means it can run out of battery ^^; What happens if it runs out of battery? Somebody spends all day not going to the toilet? That's downright harmful to the body (worse for female than male for some reason)
World Trade Centre defence. Some engineers actually had the assignment to secure WTC against being hit by any manmade flying object and they did make it durable enough to handle the impact. They just forgot about exploding/burning fueltanks >_<
Worst one was the one in Germany. They were making a subway tunnel and somehow they made 3 buildings collapse (more or less). The totally destroyed one was the historical archive with the original writings about all sorts of stuff in Germany. In a wa...
The temperature and humidity is altered a little bit by adding grass or other plants. The change in your garden should help you on non-windy summer day (air feels nicer outside). If it should help on windy days, then people around you should do the s...
I agree. They look quite tranquil. However the one in the picture looks rocky and lacks plants... plants is sort of mandatory in a garden if you ask me ^^
Do you have a garden? Do you keep it weed-free and tidy or let nature do it's thing? If nature could just do whatever it wanted, then it wouldn't really be possible to grow food, would it -_^ It really matters what you do with your garden. I'm so luc...
You will likely never get a 250 GB SSD at a reasonable price tag since it would have to be custom made. The standard says 256 GB :P Apart from that minor number issue I agree with you. I discarded SSD for now. Still too expensive. I think it has the...
Are you talking about loss of drive with all it's data or just bad blocks showing up everywhere? I know both are bad, but the latter is less likely to result in loss of data. Personally if I buy an SSD, it would be for speed only and using time machi...
