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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
NZ Birds
Trip Part 6
Every country has some special birds and New Zealand is no exception. I was fortunate to see some of them - and unfortunate to miss some of the birds I remembered as fairly common when I grew up over there.
As we waited at the Homer Tunnel to drive through to Milford Sound a Kea came to investigate us - but it was only just getting light and we were in a hurry to get to our cruise on time so I didn't even try for photos. Later on while we were at Fox Glacier on the west coast I was lucky to see another one that certainly didn't mind posing for my camera. Kea are only found in forested and Alpine areas of South New Zealand. They are about 48cms or 19ins long. They are intelligent, inquisitive and very destructive. Scientists studying them found that they can quite easily master 2-part puzzles to get to food rewards. They can also master puzzles that require two of them to work together. We remembered one coming and sitting on the front of our car when we were children traveling with our parents all those years ago. It was attracted by some of the picnic our Mum had rested on the dash just inside the front windscreen. We children were delighted - but our Dad was much less so when the bird started pulling the windscreen wipers apart! The one we saw this time at the Fox Glacier was attracted by some people in the parking lot who were resting in chairs outside their camper with things scattered around on the ground. It then marched around looking for whatever might be in reach.
It even put on a display preening what appeared to be its mate.
And finally demonstrated just how loudly it could scream. The only thing we did not see was the beautiful orange color under its wings.
The Takahe is a large flightless bird belonging to the Rail family. It is 63cms or nearly 35ins long. There were four birds taken from the wild in 1898 and then no more seen for 50 years. It was assumed to be extinct but then in 1948 some were found in mountainous country in Fiordland in the South Island. Now, they are being bred in captivity and released into the wild. However, once again, it is a very slow process and there are only about 220 known birds today. The ones I saw and photographed were in the wildlife center run by the Department of conservation at Te Anau. It was raining while I was there and I was photographing through the wire of the enclosure so the photos are not good quality but I was pleased to even see these birds and getting photos was a bonus!
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the kea has a dangerous looking beak! but such pretty scalloped feathers! lovely!ReplyDelete
Very interesting photos and information about birds I will never hope to see.ReplyDelete
WOW, - awesome!ReplyDelete
Perfect for WBW!
Beautiful series!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.ReplyDelete
Lovely images of a stunning little bird... you have some wonderful birds down under..ReplyDelete
Cool birds and great sightings, Mick! The Kea reminds me of a parrot? The beak looks dangerous. It is wonderful news that the Takahe is being breed and released. Wonderful post and I enjoyed your photos.ReplyDelete
The keas are wonderful -- but back then when you were a kid, I bet your father was worried he'd bite - that bill looks wicked. I knew about the kea only from seeing the word in crossword puzzles. (If it's not an emu, it must be a kea ;>) ).ReplyDelete
Never heard about the other one ever and it is wonderful. This is a great post for WBW -- I love learning in this painless (and beautiful) way.
Great photos of the beautiful kea! What a beak! :)ReplyDelete
Oh I have never heard of Keas, or seen images before now. How very lovely they are too! Great images. Thank you for sharing them with us~ReplyDelete
Super shots of the Kea Mick. What a cool looking bird and yes, that beak looks pretty intimidating. The Takahe looks huge. What was the reason that it nearly became extinct? Habitat loss or hunting? Or what?ReplyDelete
How cool is this. As far as I know Kea is rare today. And you got super-shots of it. I visited NZ about 15 years ago and I only saw his one once in captivity in a park.ReplyDelete
I really love the Kea's colours; a great looking bird. The other bird (rail?) reminds me of an oversize Coot. Thanks,ReplyDelete
The Kea is a beautiful bird. Those green feathers are quite lovely. Would have loved to see the orange under the wings as well.ReplyDelete
That Takahe is banded for everything isn't he! :)
Fantastic shots, Mick! Love that Kea! What a cool looking bird.ReplyDelete
I always thought the Natural History of Australia was strange - and then I found New Zealand!ReplyDelete
Nice post.
Stewart M
Fascinating post! Both birds are new to me. The kea looks vicious! About the Takahe...that's interesting. Glad to read/learn about another flightless bird.ReplyDelete
Beautiful birds.ReplyDelete
Regards and best wishes
The second shot is so sweet!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2012 at 5:20 AM
The Kea is a cheeky little bird. What a thrill to see such a rare bird as the Takahe!ReplyDelete
Wow! What amazing birds! I love the feathers and the beaks on the Kea. That Takahe story is amazing! How we all wish we could tell the same story for our Ivory-billed woodpecker here! That Takahe looks like our common moorhen on steroids! I cannot even imagine how big it is at 35"!ReplyDelete
Love that feather pattern and crazy detail. Good show!ReplyDelete
I can't wait to get there and see them for myself!
In the meantime I admire your shots!
As all parrots, they mate for life, so I bet these 2 are mates!
I would love to see the Kea in the wild. I've heard so much about them. Thank you for sharing. You have us very interested in taking this trip next year.ReplyDelete
Unbelievable place, and those birds, Wow!ReplyDelete


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If you want to see car control, look no further.
This was reportedly Fernando Alonso in some kind of little kart track from who knows when.
I'm somewhat convinced this is indeed the two-time world champ because 1) the helmets match, 2) Alonso karts reasonably often, and 3) the way he holds a car sideways, even linking turns all the way through at angle, is absolutely incredible.
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le Maire, Daniel; Schjerning, Bertel (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between self-employment choice, expected earnings, and uncertainty. Several interesting results emerge from our analysis on Danish longitudinal register data: Firstly, self-employed (taxable) personal income bunch at kink points in the tax system since self-employed can retain earnings and thereby transfer income across tax-years. Secondly, expected income level and income variance are important determinants in choice of occupation. Thirdly, men put more emphasis on expected earnings level, while women appears more risk averse, which contribute to explain why fewer women are self-employed. Finally, our results suggest that non-western immigrants are marginalized into self-employment. Occupational choice, self-employment, wage-dierentials, income uncertainty, risk aversion, overcon dence, self-selection, gender dierences. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7701
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Abstract: As sustainable development practices expand among companies, innovation appears more and more as a required path to progress towards the integration of ecological concerns at the very heart of business activities. Ecodesign not only requires this integration but can also be a concrete tool for its implementation (Le Pochat, 2005). Our results show that while implementing ecodesign practices, companies mobilize existing competences, that they combine with new ones. These new competences originate from exploration-orientated external cooperations. This original combination of competences paves the way for an internal research, made mostly of exploitation but still including some exploration projects. Long-term continuous innovation (Verona, Ravasi, 2003) requires an appropriate balance between exploration and exploitation. The litterature refers to this balance as « ambidexterity ». The present paper provides evidence for a competence development process associated to the implementation of ecodesign. By combining contextual and network ambidexterity, this process promotes a continuous stream of innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7118
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Strategic Policy Implications for Southeast AsiaKui, Ng Beoy (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze strategic policy implications arising from possible threats and opportunities in the face of the emergence of China as an economic powerhouse. The focus of the paper is not on the regional approach through mainly regional co-operations but more on policy strategies and responses at the national level. Depending on their degree of national economic development, economic structure and comparative advantage, eight strategic positionings have been identified. Of these eight positionings, direct competition is considered as an unwise move, considering China being endowed with relatively cheap labour resources. Together with its huge domestic market which can serve as a magnet for direct foreign investment, competition in attracting FDI can be a daunting task for most to the Southeast Asian countries. Instead, competition based on niche areas through branding, for instance provides a feasible alternative. The other alternative is to avoid direct competition by upgrading its economy, venturing into those areas where China has no comparative advantage as well as looking inward for sources of growth. Others may adopt 'connecting' strategies such as complementing or supplementing the Chinese economy by meeting China's increasing demand for natural resources or exploiting its huge domestic market. Still others may explore the possibilities of forging strategic alliance with China in the global market or playing the role of a middleman between China the West. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7397
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Some Cross-Country EvidenceBjørnskov, Christian; Foss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: While much attention has been devoted to analyzing how the institutional framework and entrepreneurship impact growth, how economic policy and institutional design affect entrepreneurship appears to be much less analyzed. We try to explain cross-country differences in the level of entrepreneurship by differences in economic policy and institutional design. Specifically, we use measures of economic freedom from the Economic Freedom of the World database to examine which elements of economic policy making and the institutional framework are responsible for the supply of entrepreneurship Our data on entrepreneurship are derived from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. The combination of these two datasets is unique in the literature. We find that the size of government is negatively correlated with entrepreneurial activity but that sound money is positively correlated with entrepreneurial activity. Other measures of economic freedom are not significantly correlated with entrepreneurship. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7876
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Economic impact of the protection of unoriginal databases in developing countries and countries in transitionRiis, Thomas (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Some Austrian InsightsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: I critically discuss recent claims about economic organization in the emerging "knowledge economy," specifically that authority relations will tend to disappear (or at least become radically transformed), the boundaries of the firm will blur, and coordination mechanisms will be much more malleable than assumed in organizational economics, resulting in various "new organizational forms." In particular, the price mechanism will be used inside hierarchies to a much greater extent. In order to obtain an analytical focus on the knowledge economy, I assume that it may be approximated by "Hayekian settings" (after Hayek 1945), that is, settings in which knowledge is distributed and where knowledge inputs are relatively more important in production than physical capital inputs. I then argue, drawing on organizational economics as well as Mises' insights in property rights and comparative systems, that the presence of Hayekian settings does not mean that authority will disappear, etc., although economic organization will in fact be affected by the emergence of the knowledge economy. This suggests that Austrian economics has an important contribution to make to the study of economic organization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7899
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Its Threats and Opportunities from the Perspective of Southeast AsiaBeoy Kui, Ng (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to examine the economic impact of China on the Southeast Asian countries, mainly in terms of trade and investment. The paper attempts to examine whether the rise of China poses a threat to Southeast Asia as a region in the area of international trade, especially competition in the third markets. Can they be comrades rather than competitors in international market? Secondly, the paper also questions the concentration of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China implies a diversion of FDI away from the region. Are the FDI in China and Southeast Asian region complement each other in the international division of labour? On the other hand, the increasing role of China as an international trader and global investor provides an opportunity for Southeast Asia countries to integrate with the Chinese economy. The huge domestic market of China also provides vast opportunities for investment, especially through connections of their respective ethnic Chinese businesses in the region. In return, Southeast Asian countries, through their respective ethnic groups can also play a middleman role between China and the West, as well as between China and India together with the Middle East. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7395
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evidence from the BalticsJones, Derek C.; Mygind, Niels (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Turisme (besöksnäring) og kultur i Øresundsregionen ved bygning af en Øresundsmetro i perspektiv af regionaliseringenLyck, lise (København, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: I juli 2000 blev Øresundsbroen åbnet. Fra 2000 til 2013 vurderes Øresundsbroen at have skabt et overskud på DKK 57 mia. (beregnet af Øresundskomiteen jf. Øresundsbron, marts 2013). Broens kapacitetsgrænse forventes at være nået mellem 2030 og 2035. Det indebærer, at der derfor er kommet øget fokus på, hvordan kapaciteten kan forøges. Der har længe været tanker om en forbindelse mellem Helsingør og Helsingborg, men i de senere år har idéen om en Øresundsmetro mellem København og Malmö vundet frem. Der er derfor initieret en række projekter på initiativ af Københavns Kommune og Malmö stad med økonomisk støtte fra EU til belysning af de tekniske og samfundsøkonomiske konsekvenser af en Øresundsmetro. Afgørende for diskussionen af en Øresundsmetro som en rentabel investering er sammenhængen til Øresundsregionalisering, hvilket allerede blev understreget i Uffe Palludan's visionsrapport fra 2012. Nærværende publikation skal ses i denne sammenhæng. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8873
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Elkjær-Larsen, Jens Kristian; Goldschmidt, Lars (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Trods vore meget forskellige faglige baggrunde som hhv. ingeniør og statsaut. revisor har vi begge løbende funderet over kontrolverdenens mangfoldighed i såvel det offentlige som det private regi. Vi har begge skrevet om det, Elkjær-Larsen (2002) og Goldschmidt (1993 og 1997) og ved et tilfælde fandt vi anledning til at definere et fælles projekt, som vi herefter har arbejdet med i et års tid. Vi har udvalgt syv områder, som vi kender bedst, og de har dannet et iterativt samspil med en opstillet kontrolmodel, som vi herefter har afprøvet og brugt på de syv forvaltningers kontrolstruktur. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6761
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AnalyserapportFosse, Henrik Barslund; Højbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus; Kuhn, Johan Moritz (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Hovedformålet med denne rapport har været at foretage sammenligninger på to planer: For det første at sammenligne de økonomiske modeller ADAM og DREAM, og for det andet at sammenligne to mulige scenarier for danske økonomi. Hovedvægten er lagt på at undersøge, hvordan udviklingen i boligpriserne og de offentlige finanser varierer på tværs af de økonomiske forudsætninger og de økonomiske modeller. Vi arbejder i hovedtræk med tre forløb: Et reform- og genopretningsforløb, et laden-stå-til-forløb med negativ udvikling i udlandet og et grundforløb i de to modeller, som vi bruger til at sammenligne de øvrige forløb med. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8537
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Yu, Zhiqian; Zhu, Ning; Zheng, Yuan (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The study investigates the efficiency of local public educational expenditure of 31 provinces in China during 2005-2010, using the Slack-based Measurement (SBM) directional distance function. The results show that public educational expenditure is the most efficient in eastern China, followed by middle and western areas. The inefficiency can be explained mostly by the number of master graduates, while the impacts of the number of undergraduates and graduates from secondary school are also significant. Additionally, bootstrap method is applied to explore the contextual factors influencing the efficiency. The results suggest that economic development and urbanization process increase the efficiency, while the state-owned industry obstructs the development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8762
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Duus, Henrik Johannsen (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: E-learning området er meget varieret hvad angår produkter, holdninger og meninger, og indeholder også en del "støj" og mytedannelser, som afspejles i såvel den akademisk-videnskabelige som den journalistisk-offentlige debat om området. Denne variation i såvel produkter som udtrykte meninger søges systematiseret og ordnet i fire idealtypiske paradigmer. Det vises, hvorledes disse fire paradigmer har hver sine bestemte karakteristika og udviklingsgrænser. Dette har afgørende strategisk betydning for virksomheders og læreanstalters udvikling af e-learning, idet forkerte paradigmevalg vil hæmme udviklingen. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7679
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Abstract: The e-learning area is characterized by a magnitude of different products, systems and approaches. The variations can also be observed in differences in the views and notions of e-learning among business people, researchers and journalists. This article attempts to disentangle the area by using economic and sociological theories, the theories of marketing management and strategy as well as practical experience gained by the author while working with leading edge suppliers of e-learning. On this basis, a distinction between knowledge creation e-learning and knowledge transfer e-learning is outlined. In so doing, the existence of a huge gap between the practice and ideas of leading edge suppliers and several mainstream notions in business and academia is identified. The various views are divided into four different ideal-typical paradigms, each with its own characteristics and limitations. The selection of which paradigm to use in the development of an e-learning strategy may prove crucial for success. Implications for the development of an e-learning strategy in businesses and learning institutions are outlined. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7678
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Hovedresultater fra undersøgelse i kommuner, regioner og statAndersen, Kim Normann; Vatrapu, Ravi (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
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Comparing inter-firm labor mobility in the music industry and manufacturing industriesFrederiksen, Lars; Sedita, Silvia Rita (Frederiksberg, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper adds new knowledge to the phenomenon of transferring embodied knowledge through labor mobility by means of a comparative study of the entertainment and manufacturing industries. Explorative in nature, the paper takes advantage of unique data on the Danish labor market (i.e. IDA) to investigate labor mobility patterns for the two selected industries and to detect internal differences within industry segments and regarding creative intensive and invention activities in particular. We use the music industry as a proxy for the entertainment industries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7887
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Challenges and CharacteristicsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The "knowledge governance approach" is characterized as a distinctive, emerging approach that cuts across the fields of knowledge management, organisation studies, strategy, and human resource management. Knowledge governance is taken up with how the deployment of governance mechanisms influences knowledge processes, such as sharing, retaining and creating knowledge. It insists on clear micro (behavioural) foundations, adopts an economizing perspective, and examines the links between knowledge-based units of analysis with diverse characteristics and governance mechanisms with diverse capabilities of handling these transactions. Research issues that the knowledge governance approach illuminates are sketched. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7880
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Worm, Verner; Jakobsen, Michael (Frederiksberg, 2018)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyses the concept of empathy in multinational organizations. In the 21st century "You need to be soft to get hard results!" as McDonald (2008) aptly stated. Based on contextual changes in both costumer clienteles and among younger employees, empathy or compassion is becoming central concepts in international business. We analyses the concept of empathy in a global context describing it mainly from a phenomenological perspective, but also introduce other approaches for comparative and informative reasons. After having defined empathy as consisting of three elements i.e. know yourself, know the other and create positive communication, we focus on intentional mode of understanding involving envisaging the actions and emotions of 'the other'. Empathy, triggered and mediated by various social encounters, assume different form and encompassing an array of possibilities for interpersonal understanding depending on the constitution of a given context. Based on this we analyze Maersk Line's organizational culture and how employees navigate it accordingly. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9670
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Abstract: In this paper the empirical performance of ve di erent models for barrier op- tion valuation is investigated: the Black-Scholes model, the constant elasticity of variance model, the Heston stochastic volatility model, the Merton jump-di usion model, and the in nite activity Variance Gamma model. We use time-series data from the USD/EUR exchange rate market: standard put and call (plain vanilla) option prices and a unique set of observed market values of barrier options. The models are calibrated to plain vanilla option prices, and prediction errors at dif- ferent horizons for plain vanilla and barrier option values are investigated. For plain vanilla options, the Heston and Merton models have similar and superior performance for prediction horizons up to one week. For barrier options, the continuous-path models (Black-Scholes, constant elasticity of variance, and Hes- ton) do almost equally well, while both models with jumps (Merton and Variance Gamma) perform markedly worse. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9179
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4.5 RC2 Available
While many KDE developers are enjoying, contemplating, hacking, discussing, designing, planning and promoting KDE's trinity of software products (The Plasma Desktop, the Application Suite and the Development Platform), the release team also found some time to make another release candidate available. 4.5 RC2 is now available in source form from KDE's FTP servers for everybody to give a test run. There is still some time to fix last minute bugs, so please help us by reporting them, so we can make this a smooth release.
Tarballs missing?
Where are the tarballs?
Are they going to be in the "stable" folder on mirrors, as the announcement says?
By Jakub Caban at Thu, 2010/07/08 - 1:11pm
Apologies, the ftp server was not set to be readable. It now is but will take a wee while to sync the images to ftp.kde.org and elsewhere.
By Jonathan Riddell at Thu, 2010/07/08 - 5:23pm
could you please say when the
could you please say when the ftp server will be set to be readable?thanks
By miska at Sat, 2010/07/10 - 12:37pm
The first line of the linked page say: "KDE Software Compilation 4.5 RC1 Release Announcement". Guess that should be RC2.
By Morty at Fri, 2010/07/09 - 5:05pm
What's the point ? I've
What's the point ? I've reported a number of serious issues in both packaging and KDE, and nothing has happened despite many people saying 'yup, broke here too'.
Ex 1: a problem in the powerbtn.sh ACPI support script Ubuntu uses that makes the machine always shutdown when you press the power button, no matter the KDE seting, because of
By Tom Chiverton at Fri, 2010/07/09 - 5:48pm
bug reports?
If you've filed bugs then you can track the progress there. If you haven't then the developers probably don't know about it and won't fix it. The 'point' is that there is still time to get fixes in before the final release.
1. sounds like it might be Ubuntu/Kubuntu specific, but I don't know
By Stuart Jarvis at Sun, 2010/07/11 - 8:58am
could you please provide us
could you please provide us with the bugnumbers for this? the fisrt is not a kde problem, but the third i thin is fixed in rc1 a and the second i never heard of.
By Beat Wolf at Sun, 2010/07/11 - 9:45am
Is there a changelog from rc1 to rc2?
Also the distribution information for Gentoo on
is wrong.
I currently run 4.4.90. The latest versions and even SVN versions are available via the kde overlay.
The stable version in the main tree is 4.4.4, the testing one 4.4.5.
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Fri, 2010/07/09 - 6:29pm
Very buggy and still not on par with KDE3.5 feature wise
244169, 244173, 244174.
I'll be waiting for 4.6.
P.S. I'm not a spammer.
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Sun, 2010/07/11 - 10:09am
yes and no
The first one is definitely an issue, it's not huge but annoying nonetheless. The second is a minor visual glitch - something we can't fix during an RC cycle, it'll have to wait until the first bugfix release.
And the third is technically simply impossible - and completely irrelevant for normal users anyway.
BTW there is no 'kicker' anymore, that one is dead. The new desktop technology is called 'Plasma', and there is nothing else there but applets (including the panel & background themselves).
Either way, not using the Plasma desktop for these reasons is imho a bit silly - they don't hurt normal usage.
Besides, you can use KDE apps in Gnome or on Windows or Mac - so if you don't like the desktop shell, fine, don't use it, use something else. No reason to delay the releases of Kate, Dolphin or Gwenview for that :D
By Jos Poortvliet at Mon, 2010/07/12 - 1:27pm
Mod me down - it just shows your inferiority
I don't care about fanboys but I'm getting really upset when KDE developers deny some common sense.
An environment experience is a sum of many little subtle things and if I'm able to discover 5 bugs during 10 minutes of usage (I wasn't actively trying to break something I just played a bit with this or that feature), something tells me that someone cares much more about new features, not about how already existing features function.
The second RC IMO must be a paragon of clarity and speed, alas, it's not a case for KDE 4.5 (from the point of my short failed attempt of trying to use KDE4 for the 20th time - yes, I still cannot make myself migrate from KDE 3.5.10 to KDE4).
P.S. dot.kde.org antispam protection is incorrectly set up - and I'm reminding everyone about that for the 10th time, but who really cares? ;)
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Mon, 2010/07/12 - 7:46pm
I haven't seen any developer
I haven't seen any developer deny any common sense in the bugreports. Can you give an example?
Oh and what is the problem with the anti-spam setup? I have never seen any issues at all...
And if you found so many bugs, why did you only report these three minor or irrelevant issues? I'm not saying they should be fixed at some point, but they're hardly showstoppers and will be fixed as soon as someone gets to it. We've got limited resources and little control over how they're used so that's just life.
By Jos Poortvliet at Sat, 2010/07/24 - 9:36am
About the third one.
I'm not affected! I get a flash after three seconds and the Plasma theme is fully switched.
OTOH, what's really a bug, biting us since ever, is metrics. Some Plasma themes have different metrics for the pager and for Folder Views, and, when a theme defines them and I want to switch to another theme that doesn't define them but uses the defaults (like Air), I get wrong metrics.
Please, require always a definition or impose the defaults after the lack of definition. But do not forget to impose defaults on those themes who don't have metrics defined!
By Ernesto Manríquez at Tue, 2010/07/13 - 4:49am
discussion style
That people vote you down is to be expected, if you post only bugnumbers (without eve nan info what they are about) and then say "4.5 is bad".
Noone can see any reasoning from your post without first checking the bugtracker, so you force people to read external stuff before being able to understand your reasons, which isn't really nice to other people discussing here.
And if you're not nice to others, don't expect them to see your post as worthwhile for reading.
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Thu, 2010/07/15 - 1:49pm
I didn't say "4.5 is bad".
I just want something as polished as any Windows release, and believe me, if you run Windows without shitty software this OS barely has any visible bugs or crashes or misbehaviour.
Or maybe I want too much from something that's given to me for free. OK, I step back and shut up.
And mind that those bugs number weren't meant for a general public consumption. I don't care about Gnome/KDE/Windows/MacOS/etc fanboys - most of them are pathetic and don't see beyond their nose.
P.S. I'm not a spammer, f**k! Even this little pestering problem cannot be solved here.
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Thu, 2010/07/15 - 8:55pm
How to enable webkit?
After upgrading I can't find any obvious way to switch to webkit instead of KHTML in Konqueror, any hints?
By Andreas Joseph Krogh at Sat, 2010/07/17 - 8:32pm
sudo apt-get install kpart-webkit
...restart konqueror and voila!
By Andreas Joseph Krogh at Sat, 2010/07/17 - 9:02pm
Random window bug
Every time i log in, i get a random small window and a thumbnail in the taskbar. If i right click on the taskbar and close is, plasma desktop exits and doesnt restart. Strange bug. Seems to correspond with desktop effects because when i suspend compositing, the window disappears.
By Josh at Sun, 2010/07/18 - 5:24am
Could you report this as a
Could you report this as a bug on bugs.kde.org, please, if it's still relevant with the latest RC?
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I've been trying to get Sky connected through to the tv in the bedroom. I want decent picture, so I splashed out and bought this from Jaycar.
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HDMI Splitter Box > HDMI Sender (into 'Output 1' via HDMI cable)
HDMI Splitter Box > Sony Home Theatre box (into 'Output 2' via HDMI cable)
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I use a Harmony remote to power on the Sony Home Theatre and TV in order to watch tv. I keep the Sky HDMI box on all the time. I've been leaving the HMDI splitter on all the time.
In the bedoom:
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Have been trying for 5 days but I just can't get this to work consistently. Sometimes it all seems to be working, but turning something off and then on again will screw it all up. Last night I thought I'd nailed it when I changed the order that the Harmony remote turns things on in the lounge, and HDMI cabled everything with all the power off, and then turned power on from the source (Sky box) all the way through the process. The Sky feed into the bedroom was completely stable until I gave up on the cricket about 11pm. I turned everything off in the bedroom (so the Sky box and splitter box and HMDI Sender in lounge was left on). However this morning the kids woke me up complaining at 6am that the lounge tv wouldn't turn on. They'd pushed 'Watch TV' on the Harmony remote, which turns on the Sony Home Theatre and TV, but that didn't trigger the light on the HDMI splitter to provide a feed. So the screen was blank.
Does anyone know what this might be, or what I should try?
At the point my plan is to give up on splitting the HDMI signal (and try to get a refund from Jaycar for the splitter) and perhaps get a Component to HDMI cable and hook the Component end to the back of the Sky Box and the HDMI end into the HDMI Sender. I assume that would work? However I'm reluctant to give up just yet, I get the feeling I'm missing something simple?
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