dead

dit

2009-03-23

commandline software, dead, disliked, freeware, glances, Linux software, loved, ncurses software, open-source software, software, software with Git repositories, text editors

Software >

https://github.com/hishamhm/dit
http://hisham.hm/dit/

A sane text editor.

Not impressive compared to mcedit from Midnight Commander.

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BitTornado

2009-03-23

abandoned, BitTorrent clients, BitTorrent software, commandline software, dead, freeware, glances, GUI software, internet software, liked, Linux software, open-source software, reviews, software

Software > BitTorrent >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.bittornado.com/

A hacker’s BitTorrent client.

I had used this for a while, but using something like it is a bit frustrating for me. It’s rarely updated and is lacking a number of convenience features.

I was thinking of hacking some solutions to my grievances when I just got frustrated and dumped it to try Deluge again.

Abandoned: As of 2019-11-21, version 0.3.18 was released on 2006-12-24.

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Philosophy in the Flesh - (1999 book), by Lakoff, Johnson image

Entertainment > Reading >

https://www.alibris.com/Philosophy-in-the-Flesh-George-Lakoff/book/10659440

To read

This book is mind blowing. I think the best description I can give of what it’s topic and goals are is to present the first chapter, in full. From here I think anyone interested in the subject will understand fully where this book is going and the intentions of the authors.

Properly titled Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought
By George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.
ISBN-10 0-465-05674-1
TODO – The various Wikipedia topics would need references to cognitive philosophy as a contraindication to the various topics, and in those topics to specifically cite passages in the introduction in this book.
TODO – Finish the linking.

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The Day the Universe Changed – (1985 show)

2009-03-20

beliefs entertainment, British-accent shows, dead, disliked, entertainment, evil, fiction, hated, reviews, shows, the past, the present, unrated

The Day the Universe Changed - (1985 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199208/

A documentary-style mini-series that touches on bunches of the history of western science, but then gets absolutely horrifyingly abysmally wrong. So wrong as to be a bunch of lies.

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autofs

2009-03-17

abandoned, commandline software, dead, freeware, Linux software, mount, open-source software, reviews, software, utilities

Software >

www.autofs.org ^[ 1 ] (archive)

Automatically mount stuff like CD-ROM disks when inserted.

Footnotes[+]

^ 1

(archive)

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locate

2009-03-17

commandline software, dead, disliked, file utilities, freeware, glances, Linux software, open-source software, software

Software > Search >

(on Wikipedia)

Maintains a database for easy filename finding. Part of findutils.

I don’t like this idea at all; it presents one single point of attack to get the knowledge of the filesystem(s). This is also installed by default on so many systems, so I uninstall it and delete its database because that gets left after uninstallation!