Seriously, get the fuck off of yourself. People in this community will use any, any excuse to bash Microsoft, citing "bad design" when there are... I don't know, millions of software download sites that don't check details about your computer.
"Bad design" would be if the software itself didn't first check important details about the system before making any serious changes to it. And it appears to me that this Fix-It program was well-designed to take these things into consideration.
Valid arguments about how MS may do something poorly is one thing. Extremely common around here. But nitpicking an "issue" as stupid and trivial as this made the main site is just pathetic.
And my biggest PITA's of all: deployment of updated software, and multiple versions of the program floating around.
Citing all those listed PITA's in the parent post, I much prefer using web applications in my line of work because they're the best tool for the specific job at hand.
Yeah, after spending nearly three months trying to give KDE4 the benefit of the doubt, I gave up with it. Ignoring the performance hit my system took, the whole experience was just tedious and frustrating. I had to re-learn where to find things, lost the ability to customize other things, couldn't read the clock (since it was clipping its edges), and completely deleted my task bar with one accidental click (nice). The whole "primarily-widgets" thing is an interesting idea but just ain't what I want to see as the future of user interfaces.
So I switched to GNOME, and it's been a smooth, painless and generally pleasant experience. Vastly evolved from when I used to tinker with it back in the RedHat 2 days, pleased to say, and it runs so much quicker on my system. I'll likely be here to stay.
Their system requires a login/password which is generated via their Windows-only software when you're setting things up.
Are you sure that's the only way? Please inform me if I'm wrong since I have no experience with Verizon's DSL. But when I used to use Qwest for DSL they also had Windows-only software for configuring the DSL modem.
The software was actually nothing more than a picturebook guide that helped you make sure that everything was wired correctly, and it would then interface with the modem to collect authentication information.
However, it was also possible for me to just access the modem's configuration directly with a web browser (via default gateway, just the same as any common home web router). I was able to completely configure my sister's DSL this way, using only Firefox on a Debian computer.
If the general masses don't have to pay for it, then according to the majority it's "free". Stallman always has and always will argue about the true definition and scope of "freedom" and this case is no exception. I'd be inclined to say !news, both for the true freedom of FF and for RMS's opinion about it, but then again FF is a really tough one to call...
To a community full of geeks, nerds, gamers, hackers and programmers, the ability for us to enhance the functionality of our gadgets and gizmos (to the point that we can make our own homebrew apps) is news that appeals to many.
You don't... you don't actually think that the image data came from one photo... do you? Nope.
If you can find them, zoom in on those Beatles bobble heads that the article describes. They're very highly defined. Then zoom out a bit and scroll around to (for example) the surrounding Hard Rock Cafe frame. Wonderfully blurry with respect to the bobble heads.
As you zoom out further, you'll notice how the "container" holding those bobble heads antialiases itself differently from the surrounding different-res artwork.
If you move amongst the different images of guitars and clothes (etc) you'll notice in the lower right that it identifies who the centered item belongs to.
So it appears to me that this is a number of different graphical objects that can be zoomed at relatively different distances at the same time. And it looks like they can be embedded within each other.
...uh, no. In fact, that has absolutely nothing to do with the point of my post, nor was it what I was insinuating.
But I like how you try to stretch some very basic examples into something completely unrelated. Then use them assume things about me which I'm pretty sure you're trying to leverage into some kind of insult? Please correct me if I misunderstand.
Either way, welcome to Slashdot. You'll fit in well.
Would this be a good thing or a bad thing? I would say, neither.
If you're using Ubuntu, Fedora or Suse, then there's a possibility that you're an average Joe and you use your computer for general things like web surfing, email, word processing, perhaps even movies or managing your music collection. Or, you use it at work and only care about its general productivity applications. If you're this person, then a uniform interface across distros isn't a big deal. If you can point, click, and drag, then you probably won't ask for much more than that.
If you're a "power user" on any *nix distro (be it the three above or any others) and you like to customize every aspect of your kernel, desktop environment, and everything in between, then you'll already know which environment is your favorite and you're going to set it up the way you want it, anyway. So it doesn't really matter what the distro has by default.
So whatever a distro has by default really shouldn't matter, be it varied or vanilla.
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This is a great example poor design.
Seriously, get the fuck off of yourself. People in this community will use any, any excuse to bash Microsoft, citing "bad design" when there are... I don't know, millions of software download sites that don't check details about your computer.
"Bad design" would be if the software itself didn't first check important details about the system before making any serious changes to it. And it appears to me that this Fix-It program was well-designed to take these things into consideration.
Valid arguments about how MS may do something poorly is one thing. Extremely common around here. But nitpicking an "issue" as stupid and trivial as this made the main site is just pathetic.
...they could deliver virtualized XP desktops to a worker's own PC and/or mobile device...
Anybody else just throw up a little bit in their mouth?
And my biggest PITA's of all: deployment of updated software, and multiple versions of the program floating around.
Citing all those listed PITA's in the parent post, I much prefer using web applications in my line of work because they're the best tool for the specific job at hand.
...including a kid-mode, which optionally turns off the blood -- a nice option for a change...
This version of the game is called "Frontier".
Yeah, after spending nearly three months trying to give KDE4 the benefit of the doubt, I gave up with it. Ignoring the performance hit my system took, the whole experience was just tedious and frustrating. I had to re-learn where to find things, lost the ability to customize other things, couldn't read the clock (since it was clipping its edges), and completely deleted my task bar with one accidental click (nice). The whole "primarily-widgets" thing is an interesting idea but just ain't what I want to see as the future of user interfaces.
So I switched to GNOME, and it's been a smooth, painless and generally pleasant experience. Vastly evolved from when I used to tinker with it back in the RedHat 2 days, pleased to say, and it runs so much quicker on my system. I'll likely be here to stay.
Their system requires a login/password which is generated via their Windows-only software when you're setting things up.
Are you sure that's the only way? Please inform me if I'm wrong since I have no experience with Verizon's DSL. But when I used to use Qwest for DSL they also had Windows-only software for configuring the DSL modem.
The software was actually nothing more than a picturebook guide that helped you make sure that everything was wired correctly, and it would then interface with the modem to collect authentication information.
However, it was also possible for me to just access the modem's configuration directly with a web browser (via default gateway, just the same as any common home web router). I was able to completely configure my sister's DSL this way, using only Firefox on a Debian computer.
If the general masses don't have to pay for it, then according to the majority it's "free". Stallman always has and always will argue about the true definition and scope of "freedom" and this case is no exception. I'd be inclined to say !news, both for the true freedom of FF and for RMS's opinion about it, but then again FF is a really tough one to call...
...a 3D fly-through reconstruction of your home, your vacation, or anything else...
Is anyone else unsettled by the prospect of Microsoft making a 3D reconstruction of people's homes or vacations?
I'm a certified geek, but I don't have any motivation whatsoever to get Blue-Ray.
If you were a certified geek then you'd know that it's Blu-ray. Not Blue-Ray. :P
Are you fucking serious? This is a joke, It has to be, no one could be so stupid and still type.
You're a fucking idiot.
This shit is illegal for that very reason you fucking tard.
All this in response to an AC's joke. The subject of the article is a major issue for sure, but dude, it's an internet forum. Lighten up.
I vote we call it the Eeemote!
Cell CPU is not about gaming, but about the multimedia experience.
Not sure about anyone else, but by my definition, gaming is a multimedia experience
(Firmware modification == illegal breaking) != Piracy
To a community full of geeks, nerds, gamers, hackers and programmers, the ability for us to enhance the functionality of our gadgets and gizmos (to the point that we can make our own homebrew apps) is news that appeals to many.
...scientists have confirmed that the components of genetic material could have originated in a place other than Earth. Let me fix that.
...scientists have confirmed that the components of genetic material could have existed in a place other than Earth.If you can find them, zoom in on those Beatles bobble heads that the article describes. They're very highly defined. Then zoom out a bit and scroll around to (for example) the surrounding Hard Rock Cafe frame. Wonderfully blurry with respect to the bobble heads.
As you zoom out further, you'll notice how the "container" holding those bobble heads antialiases itself differently from the surrounding different-res artwork.
If you move amongst the different images of guitars and clothes (etc) you'll notice in the lower right that it identifies who the centered item belongs to.
So it appears to me that this is a number of different graphical objects that can be zoomed at relatively different distances at the same time. And it looks like they can be embedded within each other.
Ah Slashdot, always so warm and welcoming.
* spine shivers *
D'oh! I meant to say, Castlevania Legends!
Castlevania is a more recent traditional CV game than Bloodlines.
// We use powerdns_recursor which seems very similar, and is very good.
// Return to parent comment.
Dang it, I want to read further into the thread but I keep getting a stack overflow before I can get past the second comment.
The username is rather ambiguous, don't you think?
...uh, no. In fact, that has absolutely nothing to do with the point of my post, nor was it what I was insinuating.
But I like how you try to stretch some very basic examples into something completely unrelated. Then use them assume things about me which I'm pretty sure you're trying to leverage into some kind of insult? Please correct me if I misunderstand.
Either way, welcome to Slashdot. You'll fit in well.
Dunno...
In the whole KDE vs GNOME thing, I lean very heavily in favor of KDE 3.5 and would choose it over GNOME in any situation.
Yet I would much sooner use GNOME than KDE 4, as things stand.
If you're using Ubuntu, Fedora or Suse, then there's a possibility that you're an average Joe and you use your computer for general things like web surfing, email, word processing, perhaps even movies or managing your music collection. Or, you use it at work and only care about its general productivity applications. If you're this person, then a uniform interface across distros isn't a big deal. If you can point, click, and drag, then you probably won't ask for much more than that.
If you're a "power user" on any *nix distro (be it the three above or any others) and you like to customize every aspect of your kernel, desktop environment, and everything in between, then you'll already know which environment is your favorite and you're going to set it up the way you want it, anyway. So it doesn't really matter what the distro has by default.
So whatever a distro has by default really shouldn't matter, be it varied or vanilla.