I remember in middle school it took the teacher a week to teach us enough to put a white box on the screen and have it move from one side to the other. I couldn't imagine 3rd and 4th graders. Maybe since they have grown up in a completely digital age, their little minds are more open to the concepts.
Ever notice how all this malware tries to run in kernel mode? Seems to me that if installing software were password protected it would fix this; Not the type that pops up a window that most people tend to ignore and just click it to get off the screen as fast as possible. People won't like being forced to put in their password to install that latest game, though.
There was still so much that could have been done with the 2.x base. As much as I hate Unity, GNOME started it because they made change for change's sake in 3.x because they felt there wasn't anything else that they could do with 2.0, and thought they had to do something.
Have you tried to use ffmpeg lately? Right now, it's a broken hodgepodge of avconv and ffmpeg, with the commands for both changed away from the official ffmpeg version, rendering current tutorials useless. What about changing the names of standard tools you should expect to find on any linux, or removing of/var/log/messages? It's becoming harder and harder to hit the moving target that is Ubuntu. When people bring this up, they are derided on a personal level or bug fixes are closed with 'won't fix'. One could argue that this started long before Unity, but with pulseaudio. When Ubuntu forced pulse out on the masses, the main creator at the time was even saying it wasn't ready. pulse still causes issues to this day.
I am one of the minority here as well, but there were only a few bits that I liked. I liked that the War Doctor was gruff and had some good lines. I liked all 13 Doctors coming together. Rose's outfit looked cool... But, this seemed more like a love letter to the Moffat era. If you lopped off the last 15-30 mins, not a single classic Doctor was mentioned. The peace treaty was only there for filler and we never see the end of it. The Zygons weren't really scary because of how easily distracted they were. Attack.. Attack.. Oh, Two Doctors.. I think I'll just stand about and look at them. That's not to begin to throw in the fact that Daleks aren't stupid, wouldn't continue firing once the planet is gone. They would be confused, yes, but then go on to spread their own personal brand of hatred across the galaxy without skipping a beat. It was a sloppy attempt to retcon everything from 2005 on. "Oh, but Tennant incarnation wouldn't remember the events once he left and thinks he used the Moment, but he remembered the Zygons, Elizabeth I and the fez coming through the portal in Smith incarnation." Be consistent with the time travel rules in the SAME EPISODE! At least Moffat had the courtesy to write in a big red reset button, which wasn't the first time. I bet you a lifetime of regenerations, for the Christmas episode, he's going to reboot further, wipe out the past 50 years and make Smith the First Doctor. (Which is why Moffat has dancing around the renumbering questions)..
Before we start electing contractors to represent us in Congress. (bit of a hyperbole, yes, but it seems we have sold off the government to all of these private companies)
Wouldn't data caps fall under this? I play PS3 and mostly watch TV shows from Amazon on a roku.. and my bandwidth is butting up to the cap every month.
This just furthers my impression that he is a sad little man. Any time someone disagrees with him, be it over this, the local computer searches being sent to Amazon, Unity -- his first reaction is to lob baseless attacks over the castle walls. There are surely many Mir opponents who disagree on purely technical grounds.
No basically about it. I had that same thought reading the summary and thought that was going to be what set off/., not the use of the polygraph itself.
That's part of the reason for my whole fake identity online when signing up for websites. A little disinformation never hurt.:p I'm more scared of the amount ad agencies know about me, once they marry up websites visited to credit card information from grocery stores.
They could, but it'll be ignored just like the federal do not call list. The FCC now has no teeth, thanks in no small part to the lobbyists who care about protecting their bottom line, not the rights of the citizenry.
Your comment reminded me of that picture that was floating around with all the toolbars and utilities installed, leaving only about a square inch of viewable space in IE. I honestly stopped caring for ads the day they went from being static like in a magazine and moved more to the "Poke the bear in the butt and win an iPod" variety.
Nothing more annoying than trying to load a webpage and at the bottom you see it's hung accessing the ad server. I'm to the point now, if something covers the entire article and must be dismissed before reading, the article probably wasn't worth reading in the first place. I just close out and go to the next site.
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I remember in middle school it took the teacher a week to teach us enough to put a white box on the screen and have it move from one side to the other. I couldn't imagine 3rd and 4th graders. Maybe since they have grown up in a completely digital age, their little minds are more open to the concepts.
We did programming in primary school, but it was more of the LOGO Turtle variety. I didn't start writing while loops until college.
People are probably using the mobile phones so they don't go over the data cap on their home internet.
Ever notice how all this malware tries to run in kernel mode? Seems to me that if installing software were password protected it would fix this; Not the type that pops up a window that most people tend to ignore and just click it to get off the screen as fast as possible. People won't like being forced to put in their password to install that latest game, though.
There was still so much that could have been done with the 2.x base. As much as I hate Unity, GNOME started it because they made change for change's sake in 3.x because they felt there wasn't anything else that they could do with 2.0, and thought they had to do something.
Have you tried to use ffmpeg lately? Right now, it's a broken hodgepodge of avconv and ffmpeg, with the commands for both changed away from the official ffmpeg version, rendering current tutorials useless. What about changing the names of standard tools you should expect to find on any linux, or removing of /var/log/messages? It's becoming harder and harder to hit the moving target that is Ubuntu. When people bring this up, they are derided on a personal level or bug fixes are closed with 'won't fix'. One could argue that this started long before Unity, but with pulseaudio. When Ubuntu forced pulse out on the masses, the main creator at the time was even saying it wasn't ready. pulse still causes issues to this day.
And Jon Pertwee's son.. (He's in the chair in the beginning).. I enjoyed this reboot WAY more than the Moffat reboot.
I am one of the minority here as well, but there were only a few bits that I liked. I liked that the War Doctor was gruff and had some good lines. I liked all 13 Doctors coming together. Rose's outfit looked cool... But, this seemed more like a love letter to the Moffat era. If you lopped off the last 15-30 mins, not a single classic Doctor was mentioned. The peace treaty was only there for filler and we never see the end of it. The Zygons weren't really scary because of how easily distracted they were. Attack.. Attack.. Oh, Two Doctors.. I think I'll just stand about and look at them. That's not to begin to throw in the fact that Daleks aren't stupid, wouldn't continue firing once the planet is gone. They would be confused, yes, but then go on to spread their own personal brand of hatred across the galaxy without skipping a beat. It was a sloppy attempt to retcon everything from 2005 on. "Oh, but Tennant incarnation wouldn't remember the events once he left and thinks he used the Moment, but he remembered the Zygons, Elizabeth I and the fez coming through the portal in Smith incarnation." Be consistent with the time travel rules in the SAME EPISODE! At least Moffat had the courtesy to write in a big red reset button, which wasn't the first time. I bet you a lifetime of regenerations, for the Christmas episode, he's going to reboot further, wipe out the past 50 years and make Smith the First Doctor. (Which is why Moffat has dancing around the renumbering questions)..
hahaha cute.. :D That usually takes the form of freshly baked cookies.. :D
Before we start electing contractors to represent us in Congress. (bit of a hyperbole, yes, but it seems we have sold off the government to all of these private companies)
Wouldn't data caps fall under this? I play PS3 and mostly watch TV shows from Amazon on a roku.. and my bandwidth is butting up to the cap every month.
Precisely why I made the switch to Linux Mint. Well, that, and I value my privacy and screen real estate.
2c. Call the detractors losers who live in their mom's basement, "Open Source Tea Party", etc
This just furthers my impression that he is a sad little man. Any time someone disagrees with him, be it over this, the local computer searches being sent to Amazon, Unity -- his first reaction is to lob baseless attacks over the castle walls. There are surely many Mir opponents who disagree on purely technical grounds.
I always thought that was the right to a keep (with moat, of course) and some bear's arms...
I don't have mod points today, so take a virtual +1 Insightful
No basically about it. I had that same thought reading the summary and thought that was going to be what set off /., not the use of the polygraph itself.
That's part of the reason for my whole fake identity online when signing up for websites. A little disinformation never hurt. :p I'm more scared of the amount ad agencies know about me, once they marry up websites visited to credit card information from grocery stores.
I want internet rights. $3.99 for the first 30 days, autobilling at $29.99 a month after.
Autoplay ads are evil! Since the US is, apparently, going to metered access, we should start blocking them en masse!
I already block any link with the word "ad" or "ads" at the router level. Maybe it's time to add SF to that list.
They could, but it'll be ignored just like the federal do not call list. The FCC now has no teeth, thanks in no small part to the lobbyists who care about protecting their bottom line, not the rights of the citizenry.
I'm partial to "drawn and quartered". We haven't had one of those in awhile.
Your comment reminded me of that picture that was floating around with all the toolbars and utilities installed, leaving only about a square inch of viewable space in IE. I honestly stopped caring for ads the day they went from being static like in a magazine and moved more to the "Poke the bear in the butt and win an iPod" variety.
Nothing more annoying than trying to load a webpage and at the bottom you see it's hung accessing the ad server. I'm to the point now, if something covers the entire article and must be dismissed before reading, the article probably wasn't worth reading in the first place. I just close out and go to the next site.
My thought to this is the same that I tell people who sell shit door to door: "If I need you, I'll seek you out."