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  1. Re:Wget is a download manager on FTP Resources Will Be Marked Not Secure in Chrome Starting Later This Year (google.com) · · Score: 1

    A 'download manager'? That sounds like one of those derpy graphical FTP clients. Wget is a mirroring utility.

  2. Re:Still a bag of unusable shit on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You just described why I like fvwm2.

    Because the Tab Window Manager (twm), while a built in binary with basic X11, just wasn't enough.

  3. Re:No surrender on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows 10 is a wunnerful place for touchscreens.

    On my Asus Transformer Book, Windows 10 disabled the keyboard. Oh, it sometimes lets me type in a password to log into Windows, just to taunt me and make sure that I know it isn't a hardware problem.

    But after logging in, nope, the keyboard doesn't do anything. So I am just as grateful as all fuck that I can detatch the keyboard and use the 'Transformer' as a Windows 10 tablet.

    You don't want to try and track down problems like this on the forums for people with Transformer Books running Windows 10. I guess you could want that, if you have a lot of time to waste.

  4. Re:Hyperlinks in Terminal on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    What is GNOME terminal? Is that what you type 'xterm&' into to get a terminal to open? What a waste of time.

    Wouldn't it be easier just to put an 'exec xterm&' line in my .fvwm2rc file? Or even better, put an 'xterm' line as the last line in my ~/.xinitrc file? (after the 'fvwm&' line, most likely)

  5. Re:why do i (still) have to search? on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    "Just search for common system settings, go into the settings section, click on dash panel configuration....."

  6. Re:Colour emoji! on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Get the new Applephone X and you can get shitfaced emoji.

  7. Re:Performance on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm really considering a hackintosh at this point. A nice BSD unix subsystem with fast graphics, what more could you ask for?

    A nice BSD unix system that wasn't frozen in time a decade ago, perhaps?

  8. Mom and Pop Corner Stores want to make Google obsolete.

    It won't be that hard. A little recession could do the job easily.

  9. Re:So how about FTPS on FTP Resources Will Be Marked Not Secure in Chrome Starting Later This Year (google.com) · · Score: 1

    Google won't hire you if you're that old.

  10. Re:So how about FTPS on FTP Resources Will Be Marked Not Secure in Chrome Starting Later This Year (google.com) · · Score: 1

    I download large files over HTTP using wget. You can even configure wget to ignore robots.txt.

  11. Re: Duh. Globalization = Cheap Labor on Silicon Valley Bosses Are Globalists, Not Libertarians (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it's more things like the propritary 'lightening' connector for only Apple phones, the 'extended' bluetooth protocol on their new earplugs, the closed off app store for iOS.

    Kay, now. Come back with your bulleted list of rebuttals.

  12. Re: H1B, cheap labor on Silicon Valley Bosses Are Globalists, Not Libertarians (economist.com) · · Score: 2

    Hey, the Union Bosses do at least a nominal amount of labor.

  13. No, a lot of Samsung devices were catching fire because of a flawed battery being built into them.

  14. Re: It doesn't make sense to use Apple on Target's Sales Floors Are Switching From Apple To Android Devices (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You mean the dock in the dashboard of your car?

    Apple says it's obsolete. Get a new car.

  15. Re: There's still an iPod Touch? on Target's Sales Floors Are Switching From Apple To Android Devices (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I had an iPod Touch for awhile. I did not need or want a cellphone. In this day and age, it would make more sense to buy an inexpensive no-contract Android phone at Walmart for $30-50 and just never activate it. The Touches have always featured significantly degraded components (displsy, camera, etc.) than their iPhone of the same generation , so it would be nuts to spend three figures on a Touch to hand to your kid in today.

  16. Re: Honestly... on Target's Sales Floors Are Switching From Apple To Android Devices (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Whichever hardware Target standardises on, I would bet they make sure it's robust and comes with assurance of future upgrades. If necessary. Remember, these things are built into a closed retail ecosystem. I doubt that employees are allowed to install bad Candy Crush clones from the Play Store.

  17. Re: What do you expect from apple? on Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The quotes signify 'trademark pending'

  18. Re: Phones only last a year on Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    They last much longer than a year. Families hand them down multi-levels to their kids, i.e. little Tim is using a 4, until the kids are so sick of used iPhones that they spend the money from their first paycheck on a fresh new Android phone.

  19. Re: Why not buy American? on Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Actually you just dump more money into the Apple bubble. Be careful of cultish tendencies, now that Apple has that "Heaven's Gate" spaceship building.

  20. Re: Beats have been over hyped on Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Damnit, now you've gone and spoiled our pork chop dinner, cooked on my vintage George Foreman Grill.

  21. Psst: Apple can't design a battery compartment to house a commodity industry standard battery. They just aren't that good at product design. The last time I know of them trying them trying was on the Newton, and it had a totally shit over-engineered battery compartment. I suspect Newtons with an unbroken battery compartment are VERY collectable by now.

  22. My Pebble Steel seems to have gone that route. But since Fitbit killed the company anyway I treated myself to a nice new Casio watch for $20 that does everything I actually was using on the Pebble (the important part was a stopwatch function with practical and robust start/stop/clear buttons).

  23. Re: Once & for all, Apple is fashion not funct on Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    'Her old Macbook was full, so she had to go out and get a new one.'

  24. No, the darkening (lightning) connector is still very much in the loop.

    Its better than some dumb industry standard.

  25. Apparently an iPod Touch.

    This change must eliminate the last practical reason for the iPod Touch to exist.

    Disclaimer: I used to own and really liked my iPod Touch 3rd gen.