Comments on: The 75% answer http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/ { on programming and the internets, every monday } Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:39:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jenna http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6561 jenna Wed, 13 May 2009 17:34:37 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=784#comment-6561 Paper is FAR better than plastic. Plastic doesn't degrade, and you end up with flotillas in the Pacific the size of Texas (with only a very small exaggeration on my part there). Paper comes from both recycled resources, as well as renewable resources. Trees harvested for paper production are replanted (we're not talking forests that are clear-cut for farming, that's a different issue). Unless you're saving bags to clean up dog poo in your yard, go with paper on the bag. Paper is FAR better than plastic. Plastic doesn’t degrade, and you end up with flotillas in the Pacific the size of Texas (with only a very small exaggeration on my part there).

Paper comes from both recycled resources, as well as renewable resources. Trees harvested for paper production are replanted (we’re not talking forests that are clear-cut for farming, that’s a different issue).

Unless you’re saving bags to clean up dog poo in your yard, go with paper on the bag.

]]> By: Steve http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6530 Steve Wed, 13 May 2009 03:51:34 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=784#comment-6530 75% of comments will nitpick minute details of a good article. 75% of comments will nitpick minute details of a good article.

]]> By: Dhaval http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6514 Dhaval Tue, 12 May 2009 18:45:34 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=784#comment-6514 Well, most of your Answers are very useful and I really appreciate them but I am a newbie, somewhat and I have seen that ubuntu is not the best OS for switching. It left a very bad taste in my mouth. It was full of problems and I had to go to Google every five minutes for one thing or another and even then, it was too much. As for GNOME and KDE I'll quote the statement I saw while installing openSUSE (several times because I... nevermind) that "It's purely a matter of preference." So guiding someone to GNOME seems kinda wrong. Well, most of your Answers are very useful and I really appreciate them but I am a newbie, somewhat and I have seen that ubuntu is not the best OS for switching. It left a very bad taste in my mouth. It was full of problems and I had to go to Google every five minutes for one thing or another and even then, it was too much.

As for GNOME and KDE I’ll quote the statement I saw while installing openSUSE (several times because I… nevermind) that “It’s purely a matter of preference.” So guiding someone to GNOME seems kinda wrong.

]]> By: Duarte http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6485 Duarte Tue, 12 May 2009 07:36:15 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=784#comment-6485 That's quite similar to the paretto principle! 20% of the research gives you 80% of the answer That’s quite similar to the paretto principle! 20% of the research gives you 80% of the answer

]]> By: KodaK http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6475 KodaK Tue, 12 May 2009 01:50:52 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=784#comment-6475 Emacs? For a complete newbie? How about pico? Not that I'm into either (I'm a vi kind of guy) but pico makes much more sense for a newbie. The instructions are right there on the screen. Emacs? For a complete newbie? How about pico? Not that I’m into either (I’m a vi kind of guy) but pico makes much more sense for a newbie. The instructions are right there on the screen.

]]> By: Andres http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6474 Andres Tue, 12 May 2009 01:48:04 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=784#comment-6474 s/came/come/ s/came/come/

]]> By: Andres http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6473 Andres Tue, 12 May 2009 01:47:42 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=784#comment-6473 And how did you came up with the magic number? And how did you came up with the magic number?

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