WOOOOSH! (it was clear to me that every example of Microsoft software arglebargle_xiv listed was a discontinued application. That made his post either sarcastic, tongue in cheek or both. I'm surprised the folks with mod points today didn't catch that and mod him as "funny" instead of "insightful")
Actually, I agree with the "Insightful" moderation in this case, because the poster made an excellent observation of great import. Hence, insightful.
In general, I find the "Funny" moderation is often misused, because it cheapens and demeans some of the most profound comments on Slashdot, dragging them into the same pool that contains a lot of noisy posts lacking any depth or information.
Thank you, especially for mentioning rhabdomyolysis - I didn't think it would happen due to elevated temperatures in the 36, 37C range, though of course it does make sense.
While I definitely agree climate change, especially in this region, is a major problem, I think their definition of "deadly" is a little off the mark. I spent several weeks in India in April, when the temperatures routinely topped 40C(104F) and occasionally reached 45C (113F). It was clear the locals found it hot, but it didn't seem to affect the frenetic pace of commerce in the cities I visited. Then again, that was pre-monsoon, so the humidity wasn't as high.
You can only survive those temperatures if relative humidity is below 100%. At 100% relative humidity, even 36-37C is in fact deadly, because the body has no way of dissipating excess heat, and eventually you die of a heart attack.
If you think about that for just a moment you should realize how silly your question is. A person that truly believes in their religion isn't going to go and deny it, because adhering to their religion is more important than adhering to the laws and/or rules of this world. Reasonably, If one denim, then they clearly aren't passionate enough about any belief they may happen to have to be liable to pose a threat on account of any such beliefs.
There are a lot of provisions in Finnish labor law that forbid a lot of "will let" scenarios, because the employer transforms them into "must", de facto. The leverage that employers have always ends up transforming these de jure "at will" provisions into mandatory ones.
Auto update without save shows a _complete_ lack of regard for customers on Microsoft's part. I can't fathom how many person years of work must have been lost because of that horrible misfeature!
Yes, and focus stealing! Totally agree - these two get my blood boiling.
On my old iPhone 4s (I don't do iPhones anymore) it would give me the "Hello / Hola" initial welcome screen every time I reboot. It would forget the security settings I had in place before the reboot, and even the advertising privacy settings would be reset. It burns my ass to have to reset all these things back every time the phone reboots. Shit like that made me move to Android.
Who the fuck designs/tests this stuff?
Too bad you're an AC, because I've found a kindred soul.
Forced updates must die. They're the curse of Windows. But Windows has another curse: windows that steal focus. Whoever designed Windows to behave this way, didn't think about how fucking dangerous such behavior can potentially be.
More specifically, why are OSes not designed, and computing hardware not designed, so that the GUI cannot be slowed down by other slow processes, process switching, or I/O / virtual memory thrashing.
That is EXACTLY how BeOS was designed! In the 1990s! it's pathetic, really, that in 2017 no other OS has figured out this shit, yet. Not even Linux, in spite of all the development going on, there. I guess with Linux the excuse is that it's a server OS, not a desktop one.
Furthermore, in BeOS user input was king: no matter what shit the OS was doing, mouseclicks and keypresses trumped all else. Boy did BeOS run smooth (from my perspective). Sure, some files got copied 100 milliseconds later - nobody gives a fuck!
and it is the reason I escaped from Google+. Many of my friends did, too. But I guess they got new users? I am not sure, it may work - I do believe we're going full idiocracy, and Google may have sensed the trend better than I thought.
My Samsung Galaxy S4 has plenty of capacity for anything I need it for (Viber, OsmAnd, games, calendar, Gmail). My main concern is to have it work as long as possible, because switching phones is always a bit of a PITA. As long as the battery is user-replaceable, I will be able to use this phone for years.
I suspect most people reading a headline stating "you can't open laptop X without destroying it" will not interpret that as meaning "open the case for repair or upgrade".
Most people? Really? Why do you assume most people to be that dumb? maybe you're projecting.
And then there's coal, ability to hand-wave away externalities like release of fissile nuclear elements into the air..
People are (rightfully, to some extent) caught up with the radioactive shit that is released by the coal energy industry, but they forget the much worse stuff, mercury, lead, cadmium and other neurotoxic stuff. Especially mercury.
SO far they claimed Russia hacked the 2016 election...
Really? The only ones I have seen make that claim are pundits on Fox News and Breitbart trying to defend their 'Dear Leader', the greatest negotiator of all time. Most of the rest of the media claims the Russians hacked the DNC and used carefully timed leaks of that information in an attempt to influence the voting behaviour of the US electorate.
How about Rolling Stone? Are they an alt-right media outlet, too?
The SNP lost a record 21 seats in these elections, because they were threatening the independence referendum again. The Scots said enough. I think there is no appetite for independence in today's Scotland.
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WOOOOSH! (it was clear to me that every example of Microsoft software arglebargle_xiv listed was a discontinued application. That made his post either sarcastic, tongue in cheek or both. I'm surprised the folks with mod points today didn't catch that and mod him as "funny" instead of "insightful")
Actually, I agree with the "Insightful" moderation in this case, because the poster made an excellent observation of great import. Hence, insightful.
In general, I find the "Funny" moderation is often misused, because it cheapens and demeans some of the most profound comments on Slashdot, dragging them into the same pool that contains a lot of noisy posts lacking any depth or information.
Your post is one of the best proofs that we need the moderation "+1: Sarcastic but true"
Thank you, especially for mentioning rhabdomyolysis - I didn't think it would happen due to elevated temperatures in the 36, 37C range, though of course it does make sense.
Much appreciated.
While I definitely agree climate change, especially in this region, is a major problem, I think their definition of "deadly" is a little off the mark. I spent several weeks in India in April, when the temperatures routinely topped 40C(104F) and occasionally reached 45C (113F). It was clear the locals found it hot, but it didn't seem to affect the frenetic pace of commerce in the cities I visited. Then again, that was pre-monsoon, so the humidity wasn't as high.
You can only survive those temperatures if relative humidity is below 100%. At 100% relative humidity, even 36-37C is in fact deadly, because the body has no way of dissipating excess heat, and eventually you die of a heart attack.
Zyklon B, anyone?
Zyklon B is small potatoes in this context. Try slave labor used by some German corporations during WWII.
If you think about that for just a moment you should realize how silly your question is. A person that truly believes in their religion isn't going to go and deny it, because adhering to their religion is more important than adhering to the laws and/or rules of this world. Reasonably, If one denim, then they clearly aren't passionate enough about any belief they may happen to have to be liable to pose a threat on account of any such beliefs.
Taqiya (Arabic: taqiyyah, literally "prudence, fear")[1][2] is an Islamic term which refers to precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice in the face of persecution.[3][4][1][5]
I still use it in a professional setting!
Same here. It's the quickest way to paste a Printscreen and crop and save to a file.
Download MWSnap - most lightweight screenshot (and crop-screenshot) tool out there. One of the fist things I install on any desktop.
Not upgrading is not a viable option, because you need security patches.
Not "upgrading" to Windows 10 has been the best choice in computer tech I have ever made.
There are a lot of provisions in Finnish labor law that forbid a lot of "will let" scenarios, because the employer transforms them into "must", de facto. The leverage that employers have always ends up transforming these de jure "at will" provisions into mandatory ones.
especially since the Brits didn't go with the winning "Boat McBoatface". In this instance, Sweden beats Britain :)
Auto update without save shows a _complete_ lack of regard for customers on Microsoft's part. I can't fathom how many person years of work must have been lost because of that horrible misfeature!
Yes, and focus stealing! Totally agree - these two get my blood boiling.
On my old iPhone 4s (I don't do iPhones anymore) it would give me the "Hello / Hola" initial welcome screen every time I reboot. It would forget the security settings I had in place before the reboot, and even the advertising privacy settings would be reset. It burns my ass to have to reset all these things back every time the phone reboots. Shit like that made me move to Android.
Who the fuck designs/tests this stuff?
Too bad you're an AC, because I've found a kindred soul.
At every single passport control my face was scanned. That includes the EU countries.
I am not particularly outraged by this US airport policy (though I don't travel to the US much, lately).
Forced updates must die. They're the curse of Windows. But Windows has another curse: windows that steal focus. Whoever designed Windows to behave this way, didn't think about how fucking dangerous such behavior can potentially be.
More specifically, why are OSes not designed, and computing hardware not designed, so that the GUI cannot be slowed down by other slow processes, process switching, or I/O / virtual memory thrashing.
That is EXACTLY how BeOS was designed! In the 1990s! it's pathetic, really, that in 2017 no other OS has figured out this shit, yet. Not even Linux, in spite of all the development going on, there. I guess with Linux the excuse is that it's a server OS, not a desktop one.
Furthermore, in BeOS user input was king: no matter what shit the OS was doing, mouseclicks and keypresses trumped all else. Boy did BeOS run smooth (from my perspective). Sure, some files got copied 100 milliseconds later - nobody gives a fuck!
and it is the reason I escaped from Google+. Many of my friends did, too. But I guess they got new users? I am not sure, it may work - I do believe we're going full idiocracy, and Google may have sensed the trend better than I thought.
But it's not for me.
My Samsung Galaxy S4 has plenty of capacity for anything I need it for (Viber, OsmAnd, games, calendar, Gmail). My main concern is to have it work as long as possible, because switching phones is always a bit of a PITA. As long as the battery is user-replaceable, I will be able to use this phone for years.
Sorry, but this seems so ludicrous, I must try it for myself as I can barely believe this could happen on slashdot. Yep, "Lameness filter encountered"
Let's try muzzie
Huh, that worked.
I suspect most people reading a headline stating "you can't open laptop X without destroying it" will not interpret that as meaning "open the case for repair or upgrade".
Most people? Really? Why do you assume most people to be that dumb? maybe you're projecting.
And then there's coal, ability to hand-wave away externalities like release of fissile nuclear elements into the air..
People are (rightfully, to some extent) caught up with the radioactive shit that is released by the coal energy industry, but they forget the much worse stuff, mercury, lead, cadmium and other neurotoxic stuff. Especially mercury.
I dunno, I think Pascal was awesome and I would always love to use it. I see absolutely no downside to Pascal.
I fucking hope not
SO far they claimed Russia hacked the 2016 election ...
Really? The only ones I have seen make that claim are pundits on Fox News and Breitbart trying to defend their 'Dear Leader', the greatest negotiator of all time. Most of the rest of the media claims the Russians hacked the DNC and used carefully timed leaks of that information in an attempt to influence the voting behaviour of the US electorate.
How about Rolling Stone? Are they an alt-right media outlet, too?
Dude, Lufthansa is larger than BA by any metric.
The SNP lost a record 21 seats in these elections, because they were threatening the independence referendum again. The Scots said enough. I think there is no appetite for independence in today's Scotland.