yes, but the underlying driving thing is the technology. politics and money push the "deploy" button, but when they do, it's because a newer better technology arrived. maybe we'll jump over tunderbold and move to the Next Big Thing directly
no. we can buy a really big cloud umbrella for 7 billion, to keep us in the shade.
but when that vapour is out of the air, just like the days after 9/11, we're in for a very hot summer.
it's funny as hell to see so many people talking seriously about how many gigs / months you can download, or about municipal fiber.
i live in romania, and i bet 99% of you don't know where that is. the lowest plan comes with unlimited internet, 100 mbps metropolitan download, tv, and a phone with unlimited calls in the same network, all for about 15 euros.
competition is a beautiful thing, isn't it? the only competition americans get is how companies get to screw you harder.
god knows i tried to switch. ubuntu just doesn't work with my card.
6.10 was too new for me to bother, 7.04 and 7.10 were something like "ok, maybe the next version will work"
in 8.04 i tried really hard, but no luck. still no GUI, entered terminal and tried to reconfigure xorg, only to encounter the "debconf has locked smth" bug. i dug deeper, killed the process, only to find out they nerfed dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to keybord settings only. I edited the xorg.conf manually, only to discover the fucker rewrites the file with default settings after i reboot.
the "only free software" policy is really hurting the ease of installation. nvidia drivers, flash player, mp3 support, the like.
maybe 8.10 will be better
It's about linux versus windows. while is may do a good job, perhaps better than apache, you'll still have to reboot to get the latest upgrade, and to clear the occasional ram bloating.
linux did not fail on the desktop. linux is moving forward one step a a time . ten years ago, linux wasn't considered an operating system, just a toy for hackers, five years ago, it wasn't considered to be good enough for average joes and grandmas, now they say it's not good enough for a handful of specialized applications (read something about 50-80% of the desired features). and in 5 years some guy will say that linux doesn't have good enough libraries for some high end quantum physics simulator. the number of things that "just work" on linux is ever so increasing.
even the fact that linux is considered to be a viable option is a clear sign of winning. the grapes are sour, for now.
15.000 is an extremly small number. when one has thousands of of zombies under his control, making those mail accounts with a program would take a couple of hours at most. come back when you report millions of bogus email accounts
they won't get it. it's like a man in his forties learning chinese so he can understand their customs and culture
and besides, what does a library and computer games have in common? i can see it now: student: -i'd like a book so i can pass the physics exam librarian: oooo, i know exactly what you're looking for. this here is half-life episode 6. it's got 10000/5000 screen resolution, multiple object collision, realistic water flow and gravity simulation. what more could you want?
Why is it that america is always preparing for a war? a war on 'terrer', a cyberwar, a war on drugs, a war on immigrants, a war on pirates, a war on guns. When is the last time america made peace? I guess big budgets need big reasons
Yeah, he's fifty. But what did he do to improve the society he lives in? A geek with a webserver and a cool idea can touch millions. He's got the means, all it takes is the will.
A blogger in a basement can enlighten thousands of people with his insight about something. So, what did that man do for the community besides living healthy?
Who started this anyway? It's about the usability. I'd rather carry a phone around instead of any point and shoot camera. It's much more convenient. And in time, phone cameras will get better, picture quality will be "enough" for the average joe, while the traditional camera will be a tool for the pros
It's pretty much like modern computers. In the beggining the were for pros, than became mainstream. And now a 500$ computer is enough for most tasks, even for gaming. Would you spend 2000 on a pc that will only use word and firefox?
bottom line, it's about needs. and a camera phone is starting to suit the needs for the average joe.
even the title says it'a "a couple of years" old. and the clock seems dumb as hell the lazy ones will just put it in a bucket:D:D. or tie it with a rope, so with just one swift move of the hand, the clock will be flying out the window
a while ago somebody proposed floating off-shore wind turbines, now flying wind turbines. who knows, maybe in a couple of years there will be underground wind turbines, that will harness the strong winds in caves
I don't want to look like a troll or (gasp) anti-american (read enemy combatant). But you had it coming for a long time now. All that "sue your family and your dog, while we're at it", all that "pay us royalties or die" crap, all that "if i can't have it, than nobody will", all that "crush the little guy to protect our margins", all that "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" mentality, all these are finally taking their toll. Mix this with lots of ignorant people, that could care less about life itself if they have their hi-def plazma tv sets and the oprah or football channel, and there you have it.
Yes! Users that thought that ubuntu is someone from nigeria will now know that id *might* help their computers be more safe. That's a might from their perspective, because they're intoxicated with windoze's "get the facts" campaigns. It will at least raise some question marks about studies that find windows the most secure OS.
The switch is happening, and it can't be stopped. It just needs time
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yes, but the underlying driving thing is the technology. politics and money push the "deploy" button, but when they do, it's because a newer better technology arrived. maybe we'll jump over tunderbold and move to the Next Big Thing directly
no. we can buy a really big cloud umbrella for 7 billion, to keep us in the shade. but when that vapour is out of the air, just like the days after 9/11, we're in for a very hot summer.
it's funny as hell to see so many people talking seriously about how many gigs / months you can download, or about municipal fiber. i live in romania, and i bet 99% of you don't know where that is. the lowest plan comes with unlimited internet, 100 mbps metropolitan download, tv, and a phone with unlimited calls in the same network, all for about 15 euros. competition is a beautiful thing, isn't it? the only competition americans get is how companies get to screw you harder.
god knows i tried to switch. ubuntu just doesn't work with my card. 6.10 was too new for me to bother, 7.04 and 7.10 were something like "ok, maybe the next version will work" in 8.04 i tried really hard, but no luck. still no GUI, entered terminal and tried to reconfigure xorg, only to encounter the "debconf has locked smth" bug. i dug deeper, killed the process, only to find out they nerfed dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to keybord settings only. I edited the xorg.conf manually, only to discover the fucker rewrites the file with default settings after i reboot. the "only free software" policy is really hurting the ease of installation. nvidia drivers, flash player, mp3 support, the like. maybe 8.10 will be better
It's about linux versus windows. while is may do a good job, perhaps better than apache, you'll still have to reboot to get the latest upgrade, and to clear the occasional ram bloating.
linux did not fail on the desktop. linux is moving forward one step a a time . ten years ago, linux wasn't considered an operating system, just a toy for hackers, five years ago, it wasn't considered to be good enough for average joes and grandmas, now they say it's not good enough for a handful of specialized applications (read something about 50-80% of the desired features). and in 5 years some guy will say that linux doesn't have good enough libraries for some high end quantum physics simulator. the number of things that "just work" on linux is ever so increasing.
even the fact that linux is considered to be a viable option is a clear sign of winning. the grapes are sour, for now.
15.000 is an extremly small number. when one has thousands of of zombies under his control, making those mail accounts with a program would take a couple of hours at most. come back when you report millions of bogus email accounts
they won't get it. it's like a man in his forties learning chinese so he can understand their customs and culture
and besides, what does a library and computer games have in common? i can see it now:
student: -i'd like a book so i can pass the physics exam
librarian: oooo, i know exactly what you're looking for. this here is half-life episode 6. it's got 10000/5000 screen resolution, multiple object collision, realistic water flow and gravity simulation. what more could you want?
Why is it that america is always preparing for a war? a war on 'terrer', a cyberwar, a war on drugs, a war on immigrants, a war on pirates, a war on guns. When is the last time america made peace?
I guess big budgets need big reasons
yeah, it's what plants crave for
Yeah, he's fifty. But what did he do to improve the society he lives in? A geek with a webserver and a cool idea can touch millions.
He's got the means, all it takes is the will.
A blogger in a basement can enlighten thousands of people with his insight about something. So, what did that man do for the community besides living healthy?
make a joke about rearranging the dilithium cristals inside the car, and protecting the key with a ever changing quantum encrypted force-field
Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer.
Anybody wanna name his baby with this number?
in 3, 2, 1...
You should apply for a middle management job in IT. you are highly qualified for it :)
1. Extract Carbon from the Air.
2. Sell extracted carbon as combustible fuel
3. Profit
4. Return to Step 1
there, fixed it for you
Who started this anyway? It's about the usability. I'd rather carry a phone around instead of any point and shoot camera. It's much more convenient. And in time, phone cameras will get better, picture quality will be "enough" for the average joe, while the traditional camera will be a tool for the pros
It's pretty much like modern computers. In the beggining the were for pros, than became mainstream. And now a 500$ computer is enough for most tasks, even for gaming. Would you spend 2000 on a pc that will only use word and firefox?
bottom line, it's about needs. and a camera phone is starting to suit the needs for the average joe.
All the dwarfs i've seen are white and have a red beard.
even the title says it'a "a couple of years" old. and the clock seems dumb as hell :D:D. or tie it with a rope, so with just one swift move of the hand, the clock will be flying out the window
the lazy ones will just put it in a bucket
a while ago somebody proposed floating off-shore wind turbines, now flying wind turbines.
who knows, maybe in a couple of years there will be underground wind turbines, that will harness the strong winds in caves
what's wrong with keeping them on the ground?
i'm not so sure about the earthquake thinghie. just float a ship full of this stuff at sea and voila, enjoy free energy.
an give an insightful answer, i'll have to do a bit of.... reasearch on this one.
Gotta go now
I don't want to look like a troll or (gasp) anti-american (read enemy combatant). But you had it coming for a long time now. All that "sue your family and your dog, while we're at it", all that "pay us royalties or die" crap, all that "if i can't have it, than nobody will", all that "crush the little guy to protect our margins", all that "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" mentality, all these are finally taking their toll. Mix this with lots of ignorant people, that could care less about life itself if they have their hi-def plazma tv sets and the oprah or football channel, and there you have it.
This is not news, it's reality.
Because now, it will be easier than ever to get a date online: http://www.adultsheepfinder.com/
Yes! Users that thought that ubuntu is someone from nigeria will now know that id *might* help their computers be more safe. That's a might from their perspective, because they're intoxicated with windoze's "get the facts" campaigns. It will at least raise some question marks about studies that find windows the most secure OS.
The switch is happening, and it can't be stopped. It just needs time