Just imagine someone walking down the street with 500TiB of space in their pocket, using around 0.5% of it. I know someone's probably going to respond with a '640k' post, but I just can't help but look at that number and wonder if I'll even be alive when individuals start using all that (for more than OMGWTFHD video).
'Idiot-proofing' has nothing to do with browser security, just user education. There's no reason to cling to such a feature in the event that it isn't needed. This is merely another CYA measure by the sleazy bastards at PayPal and nothing more.
Still, referring to things as siblings usually implies that they are in the same class. Luna doesn't even have its own orbital path, it's just dragged along by Earth. 'Daughter' would be a much more fitting term than 'sister'.
Too bad I might be dead before they figure out how to interface a "google chip" of sorts and all the knowledge known to mankind is just a thought away.
If something like that ever comes to exist, I want a better link repository than Google. Just imagine what would happen if groups started gaming search engines to spread misinformation. Influencing popular thought would be easier than ever.
Prosthetic brains? Who would willingly give up their position as master of their own body? Rather than digging in and swapping out all of the old hardware, why not just tape on an accessory 'brain'? It would provide a standard interface for all further accessory systems while avoiding those messy metaphysical arguments tied to fake brains.
It's a beta, designed to show some concepts and trials. The released software can be sped up or modified. Why not review the features that are included. Presumably, importing bookmarks isn't a core feature for a beta.
What do you think beta testing is for? It's not about bragging about some new, glossy turd (that's what 'NEW!' is for); it's for bringing the flaws of a product to the attention of those developing it. Saying something is 'in beta' is asking for constructive criticism, while disavowing responsibility for any problems it may cause, not covering one's ears and singing loudly.
I really could have phrased that post a lot better. In the first sentence, I wasn't really referring to any laws when I said that. It was more about it being in good taste to do so, since.org is usually associated with non-profit organizations.
And when the schools introduce a method of reducing their need for your hard-earned money, you complain?
Loudly, and until they take a cut in funding to make up for their new source of revenue. They can profit on it when they stop receiving funding for whatever they're using to make more money.
As long as it's not for profit, I fail to see how selling ads goes against anything on a.org site. Then again, how many people really associate non-restricted TLDs with categories? How many non-commercial.com sites do you come visit every day? It seems like a lot of sites just use it because it sounds better than '*.that-other-tld'. Just imagine 'Slashdot.info'.
Doctrow is a hack. A pretentious windbag who a certain element of people seem to think represents their beliefs.
He's not running for office. You're free to pick which ever ideas of his that you agree with and act upon them in whatever way, as you only have to agree with those few ideas rather than the person presenting them.
Regardless of name recognition (and lack thereof), it's one less customer. People should stop paying for services provided by people/groups they don't like when given an option (even if the other option is 'nothing', provided the service isn't essential), even if the reason's something as stupid as 'I don't like the founder's fashion sense.'; if your reason is good enough, perhaps people will read what you have to say and think 'I could do that too'. Even if everyone goes back after a few months because the alternatives blow, it's still lost revenue. Also, while '99.999999%' of people don't know who the hell he is, Boing Boing is fairly popular and gives him quite a nice soapbox to preach atop (as evidenced by this being plastered on the front page of Slashdot). I wouldn't be at all surprised if at least a handful of people were inspired to do the same and perhaps inspire others to.
A million ~1MB Word documents versus countless 10MB-10GB songs/movies/games/compilations of songs/movies/games? I never thought of that. The Internet will be crushed under the weight of office work, ruining everyone's multi-gigabyte torrents.
It basically means that it can compute anything that should be computable (regardless of how long it takes). A good example would be one system emulating another.
Except the "average computer user" cannot use the command line interface where you yupe "sudo aptitude update", because that's too hard, and this article is about Linux on the desktop.
'Average' =/= 'Elephant with a keyboard' I've seen people do some stupid things with computers (like forgetting about the power cord), but I've never seen someone unable to use a keyboard. Granted, an 'average user' probably won't know what the hell goes in/etc/,/var/, or/sbin/, but anyone with hands can click that 'funny-looking icon with the black box and the bracket' and type a command. Perhaps you meant 'first-time user' or something equally non-average.
In my experience, they're pretty damn similar. If you want to compare defaults (Ubuntu Server Edition with everything needed for LAMP/SSH/DNS vs Etch with the same packages), Ubuntu is larger, uses more resources, and handles dependencies much better (<3 autoremove). As for the desktop edition, the only real difference (besides the brown) is the update notifier. As for ease of installation, Ubuntu dumbs things down (on the desktop edition) for the 'I'm afraid to touch this' crowd, and Debian has the 'Goodbye Microsoft' installer, which I found quite nice to use (not as dumbed-down as Ubuntu's, but I was able to configure everything and install as much or as little as I wanted without it seeming the least bit complex).
How exactly does this dismiss any notion of 'free will'? All I gathered from TFA was that our brains process information in multiple areas before higher processes, like subvocalization, begin. Perhaps it disproves 'visible' decision-making, but that doesn't seem too essential to free will. I'll make sure to blame the horrendous lag next time I get into a car accident, however. (Or perhaps my bran decided it before I could decide on that myself...with whatever else I would think with.)
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Everyone ignoring them all at once, including the soldiers they command. That doesn't sound difficult at all!
Just imagine someone walking down the street with 500TiB of space in their pocket, using around 0.5% of it. I know someone's probably going to respond with a '640k' post, but I just can't help but look at that number and wonder if I'll even be alive when individuals start using all that (for more than OMGWTFHD video).
It certainly made me laugh.
'Idiot-proofing' has nothing to do with browser security, just user education. There's no reason to cling to such a feature in the event that it isn't needed. This is merely another CYA measure by the sleazy bastards at PayPal and nothing more.
Still, referring to things as siblings usually implies that they are in the same class. Luna doesn't even have its own orbital path, it's just dragged along by Earth. 'Daughter' would be a much more fitting term than 'sister'.
And for Konqueror, it's 'Tools > Change browser identification'.
Really, I'd love to see someone knock PayPal out of the spotlight. For those of us without credit cards, it's usually the only option.
Prosthetic brains? Who would willingly give up their position as master of their own body?
Rather than digging in and swapping out all of the old hardware, why not just tape on an accessory 'brain'? It would provide a standard interface for all further accessory systems while avoiding those messy metaphysical arguments tied to fake brains.
So...you're proposing that we propel spacecraft with baseballs?
Yes, but what about a mechanical arm reading directly from the brain?
Not to mention that plants also have cell walls, making them more resistant to...popping than animals are.
Other than the GPL, what is compatable with the GPL?
+1, Informative!
I really could have phrased that post a lot better. In the first sentence, I wasn't really referring to any laws when I said that. It was more about it being in good taste to do so, since .org is usually associated with non-profit organizations.
As long as it's not for profit, I fail to see how selling ads goes against anything on a .org site. Then again, how many people really associate non-restricted TLDs with categories? How many non-commercial .com sites do you come visit every day? It seems like a lot of sites just use it because it sounds better than '*.that-other-tld'. Just imagine 'Slashdot.info'.
Regardless of name recognition (and lack thereof), it's one less customer. People should stop paying for services provided by people/groups they don't like when given an option (even if the other option is 'nothing', provided the service isn't essential), even if the reason's something as stupid as 'I don't like the founder's fashion sense.'; if your reason is good enough, perhaps people will read what you have to say and think 'I could do that too'. Even if everyone goes back after a few months because the alternatives blow, it's still lost revenue.
Also, while '99.999999%' of people don't know who the hell he is, Boing Boing is fairly popular and gives him quite a nice soapbox to preach atop (as evidenced by this being plastered on the front page of Slashdot). I wouldn't be at all surprised if at least a handful of people were inspired to do the same and perhaps inspire others to.
A million ~1MB Word documents versus countless 10MB-10GB songs/movies/games/compilations of songs/movies/games? I never thought of that. The Internet will be crushed under the weight of office work, ruining everyone's multi-gigabyte torrents.
It basically means that it can compute anything that should be computable (regardless of how long it takes). A good example would be one system emulating another.
Awesome idea! We could pay poor people to live in a giant metal box and read punch cards all day.
I've seen people do some stupid things with computers (like forgetting about the power cord), but I've never seen someone unable to use a keyboard.
Granted, an 'average user' probably won't know what the hell goes in
As far as I know, Windows doesen't support EFI, so probably not.
In my experience, they're pretty damn similar. If you want to compare defaults (Ubuntu Server Edition with everything needed for LAMP/SSH/DNS vs Etch with the same packages), Ubuntu is larger, uses more resources, and handles dependencies much better (<3 autoremove). As for the desktop edition, the only real difference (besides the brown) is the update notifier.
As for ease of installation, Ubuntu dumbs things down (on the desktop edition) for the 'I'm afraid to touch this' crowd, and Debian has the 'Goodbye Microsoft' installer, which I found quite nice to use (not as dumbed-down as Ubuntu's, but I was able to configure everything and install as much or as little as I wanted without it seeming the least bit complex).
tl;dr - Server: Debian; Desktop: Either one.
True. His sockpuppets seem to enjoy reading his posts quite a bit.
How exactly does this dismiss any notion of 'free will'? All I gathered from TFA was that our brains process information in multiple areas before higher processes, like subvocalization, begin. Perhaps it disproves 'visible' decision-making, but that doesn't seem too essential to free will.
I'll make sure to blame the horrendous lag next time I get into a car accident, however. (Or perhaps my bran decided it before I could decide on that myself...with whatever else I would think with.)