We need a new fork. Gubuntu, for everybody who was perfectly fine with GNOME. Then their flagship Ubuntu releases can sport whatever hot new thing they want to roll out every six months.
Now that they want to offer me 2 games, why can't I pick any 2 games that I want?
Cry me a fucking river. You get your free credit protection, what more do you want for not being able to play your precious video games through a free online service?
(I presume based on the OP's inane whining that they are not paying for PSN+.)
Yeah, it's suddenly not so portable if you need an HDMI-capable display and a USB keyboard with a female connector.
I can see how being pocket-sized is an advantage as you could have this thing completely hidden on the back of a monitor or HDTV; and not because you'd actually want to be hauling it around in your pocket.
It's nice but in terms of polish it's back 10 years to where you have to configure it by hand. That's an epic fail.
As opposed to doing it telepathically?
I do agree though, and Canonical has the tendency to push out the latest and (arguably) greatest things before they're really ready for showtime. KDE4 and PulseAudio immediately come to mind. Granted, these matured into very usable components of the OS but not before having to deal with an adoption of GNOME and no sound on my laptop for half a year, respectively.
Of course, the obvious response is to just stick with the LTS and not dist-upgrade every six months, though even that will be no good after three years. And I do enjoy pulling in the latest offering from Canonical each release just as a hobby. I confess that I do kind of like Unity...
What use case would adding a BD-ROM or BD-R drive solve that isn't already solved by Netflix streaming, iTunes streaming, or external hard drives?
Streaming services don't enable me to watch my existing library of Blu-Ray movies, nor do they enable me to read BD-ROM discs. Streaming services have a monthly cost and I am not subscribed. Streaming services are no good where there is not a usable Internet connection. Though this argument would be more applicable to portable Macs.
I certainly agree with the benefits of public safety. So instead of opting in or out when you power on the device for the first time, perhaps it should be made clear in a EULA that the device will be anonymously submitting data in real time, whether you like it or not. That way they can gather their statistics from all users without finding themselves in the same mess as Apple. Though for all I know, maybe they already do this.
What irks me though is that while your submitted speed and coordinates may not be directly traceable back to you, it's not truly anonymous. Supposing that the police in the area could watch real-time submissions of your speed and location, they could still head you off at the pass and nab you just the same. All because of the TomTom sitting on your dashboard.
I agree that drivers who break traffic laws and risk lives deserve to be caught, but TomTom treading on very iffy ground.
the vast majority of comments I've seen so far have been along the lines of "APPLE SI TEH EVül!!1 STAEV JOBS IS SUING IS SATTEILT IN ORBIT TO TARKC UR POSISHION!!! ANY1 STIL USING CRAPPLE IPHONIE IS AN IDIOTS OR A FAGET 4 STAVE JOBS CAWK!!11one"
I'd say that the vast majority of comments have been mature and legibly typed, albeit with varying degrees of FUD. The only instance I see that is similar to the example above is, well, the example above.
I think it's very important to note that TrueCrypt, by default, will never update the time stamp of an encrypted volume. Not sure if the Dropbox client is checking file hashes or time stamps, but other file synchronization clients I've used would skip over modified TryeCrypt volumes every time.
Fortunately, it is very easy to change the setting and enable time stamp updating.
"I suspect that the majority of users are more likely to be satisfied with KDE 4.6 than GNOME 3."
I would imagine so. But is that really a fair comparison? GNOME 3.0 will be rough around the edges, just as KDE 4.0 was. Give it some time to mature and then see how they fare against each other...
Unless the whole thing happened within the same minute. To make up a plausible example...
At 07:54:00, the Facebook status was updated. At 07:54:10, the accident occurred. At 07:54:30, with her cellphone already in her hand or nearby, she called 911.
Whatever the case, she'll have a hard time disputing that in court.
In the case of home broadband such as cable or DSL, the modem (which is a technical misnomer, but still the accepted name) is, in its simplest description, just a way to adapt digital network traffic from a cable or land line to ethernet. On the user end there still needs to be a device to accept the IP address assigned by the ISP, whether it is a computer, web router, etc. There do exist combination cable modem / routers which do all of this as one encased device. Cisco/Linksys is a manufacturer of these, in fact. I have also used Qwest DSL modems in the past which also had a router built in. But as a standalone unit, a modem cannot hold an IP address.
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We need a new fork. Gubuntu, for everybody who was perfectly fine with GNOME. Then their flagship Ubuntu releases can sport whatever hot new thing they want to roll out every six months.
Now that they want to offer me 2 games, why can't I pick any 2 games that I want?
Cry me a fucking river. You get your free credit protection, what more do you want for not being able to play your precious video games through a free online service?
(I presume based on the OP's inane whining that they are not paying for PSN+.)
Yeah, it's suddenly not so portable if you need an HDMI-capable display and a USB keyboard with a female connector.
I can see how being pocket-sized is an advantage as you could have this thing completely hidden on the back of a monitor or HDTV; and not because you'd actually want to be hauling it around in your pocket.
despite some AT&T dickery
Then why support them? =)
That's funny, because it reminded me of that long nose that Steve Martin had in "Roxanne."
It's nice but in terms of polish it's back 10 years to where you have to configure it by hand. That's an epic fail.
As opposed to doing it telepathically?
I do agree though, and Canonical has the tendency to push out the latest and (arguably) greatest things before they're really ready for showtime. KDE4 and PulseAudio immediately come to mind. Granted, these matured into very usable components of the OS but not before having to deal with an adoption of GNOME and no sound on my laptop for half a year, respectively.
Of course, the obvious response is to just stick with the LTS and not dist-upgrade every six months, though even that will be no good after three years. And I do enjoy pulling in the latest offering from Canonical each release just as a hobby. I confess that I do kind of like Unity...
What use case would adding a BD-ROM or BD-R drive solve that isn't already solved by Netflix streaming, iTunes streaming, or external hard drives?
Streaming services don't enable me to watch my existing library of Blu-Ray movies, nor do they enable me to read BD-ROM discs.
Streaming services have a monthly cost and I am not subscribed.
Streaming services are no good where there is not a usable Internet connection. Though this argument would be more applicable to portable Macs.
You, sir, have just been whooshed.
And even still, writing with NTFS-3G isn't 100% perfect. It is progressing very nicely but it's far from being bulletproof.
I certainly agree with the benefits of public safety. So instead of opting in or out when you power on the device for the first time, perhaps it should be made clear in a EULA that the device will be anonymously submitting data in real time, whether you like it or not. That way they can gather their statistics from all users without finding themselves in the same mess as Apple. Though for all I know, maybe they already do this.
What irks me though is that while your submitted speed and coordinates may not be directly traceable back to you, it's not truly anonymous. Supposing that the police in the area could watch real-time submissions of your speed and location, they could still head you off at the pass and nab you just the same. All because of the TomTom sitting on your dashboard.
I agree that drivers who break traffic laws and risk lives deserve to be caught, but TomTom treading on very iffy ground.
In newer versions of iOS, you can group app icons into nameable "folders" in order to save space or hide rarely-used items.
China is not stealing from USA. Thieves and scammers are stealing from people and businesses.
the vast majority of comments I've seen so far have been along the lines of "APPLE SI TEH EVül!!1 STAEV JOBS IS SUING IS SATTEILT IN ORBIT TO TARKC UR POSISHION!!! ANY1 STIL USING CRAPPLE IPHONIE IS AN IDIOTS OR A FAGET 4 STAVE JOBS CAWK!!11one"
I'd say that the vast majority of comments have been mature and legibly typed, albeit with varying degrees of FUD. The only instance I see that is similar to the example above is, well, the example above.
I think it's very important to note that TrueCrypt, by default, will never update the time stamp of an encrypted volume. Not sure if the Dropbox client is checking file hashes or time stamps, but other file synchronization clients I've used would skip over modified TryeCrypt volumes every time.
Fortunately, it is very easy to change the setting and enable time stamp updating.
Even the simplest of data has feelings, you insensitive clod!
your != you're
"I suspect that the majority of users are more likely to be satisfied with KDE 4.6 than GNOME 3."
I would imagine so. But is that really a fair comparison? GNOME 3.0 will be rough around the edges, just as KDE 4.0 was. Give it some time to mature and then see how they fare against each other...
Yes, just using a wireless router. Not using it for anything. But just using such a router is considered a sign of infringement.
That (mis)use of words hurts me inside.
Web Development != Serious Web Hosting
Guess you're another overzealous AC.
but they have no problem with the BSD-style licensing
Boy, they'd be in big trouble if they did.
...never thought I'd see someone suffer actual consequences for being a jerk on the internet. Maybe a sign of changing times?
I remember Winsock. I used to tote it around on a 3.5" floppy. Similarly I kept an HFS floppy with MacTCP for the Mac System 6 crowd.
I do confess that I never paid a penny for Winsock. I feel guilty, now...
Unless the whole thing happened within the same minute. To make up a plausible example...
At 07:54:00, the Facebook status was updated.
At 07:54:10, the accident occurred.
At 07:54:30, with her cellphone already in her hand or nearby, she called 911.
Whatever the case, she'll have a hard time disputing that in court.
In the case of home broadband such as cable or DSL, the modem (which is a technical misnomer, but still the accepted name) is, in its simplest description, just a way to adapt digital network traffic from a cable or land line to ethernet. On the user end there still needs to be a device to accept the IP address assigned by the ISP, whether it is a computer, web router, etc. There do exist combination cable modem / routers which do all of this as one encased device. Cisco/Linksys is a manufacturer of these, in fact. I have also used Qwest DSL modems in the past which also had a router built in. But as a standalone unit, a modem cannot hold an IP address.
...what?