The equivalent of SSN in other countries (e.g. the National Insurance number in the UK, DNI in Spain, etc) are not secret in any way, and it causes no problems whatsoever.
That's because in every other country, it identifies you within the social security database (that is the public health system). Therefore at the most, someone could possibly collect your social security reimbursements by impersonating you.Very little potential for problems. Works as designed.
In the US, it identifies you in each and every database under the sun (and probably most underground ones). Major potential for problems. Design has been completely broken by the corporations.
I hope they got permission to use Klingons in their video.
At the end there is a text saying "Star Trek courtesy of CBS Paramount Television".
On a sidenote, I found the girls comment in DCTF 1 "I'm too young for a life of crime" quite daft as it imply that once you reach a certain age a life of crime is acceptable.
Now you got me wondering if I'm too old for a life of crime. Maybe I've missed my calling.
I'd just like a keyboard with proper generic unbranded Super and Meta (and possibly Hyper) keys on top of the shift and Alt ones. No fruits, birds, building openings or anything. A compose key should be part of the default as well.
A lot of laptop keyboards are severely lacking in the modifier key department (on top of the Windows branding).
>>Are you seriously suggesting that a person can judge speed 35000 ft over the ocean, at night in a storm by looking out the window?
Well, I might not know if it can be done in airplane, but I have a decent speed feeling when I'm driving, given I have multiple frames of reference. But I would think pilot's would have the same skills also.
Right. It's just the same thing really. That's why car analogies work so well after all.
And of course the pilots could have rolled down a window and stuck out a wet finger to judge the speed of the wind... But the thunderstorm made it too risky (wet finger you see ?).
There's not a lot choices other than "die or don't die" in the Aliens movies and games so far...how deep could it really get?
You could play an employee in Weyland-Yutani. There could be inter-office feuds. Collect enough paperclips and get promoted ! Fight your way to the cafeteria past those damn marketing guys with rubber bands ! Become a PHB and redecorate your office !
The possibilities are endless. Those Sony guys have no imagination.
Given a choice between a better user experience or a better license *most* users will choose experience.
They don't care. That's why VHS was a success against the other formats that were vastly superior and why nobody cares much about BluRay. Users get what's conveniently available. Whether it sucks or not (experience or licence wise) is completely irrelevant. You could get a terrible codec out with a horrible license, if all the [buffering] content was only [buffering] available in it, people would use that without a second thought. It's happened [buffering] before.
It really doesn't matter - the codec that will be used is the one that is installed on most machines. Is that theora? Not likely.
And yet XviD / DivX managed to get there despite not being supported by anybody (among the commercial systems) out of the box in the beginning. Now you can't even get a DVD player that doesn't play them.
You really couldn't figure out how to manage font scaling in KDE?
1.) Well, all of the KDE settings are located in one place. Remember KControl from KDE 3.5.x? They call it "System Settings" now. It's the first item of the "Computer" section of the menu. 2.) This handy dandy menu consists of a list of items separated by two tabs, and a search bar. Let's type "font" into the search bar. 3.) This eliminates all items in the main tab but "appearance" and "font installer". You were complaining about the appearance, weren't you? 4.) The fourth item down the list is fonts. Let's click it.
Oh look! It has a list of all the different fonts/sizes within KDE, and even a button labeled "adjust all fonts".
Now I'm the confused one.
In his defence, he's used to Gnome where you probably have to use some kind of XML file to change font sizes since they have been set to a "user friendly default".:)
(although actually it's in "Appearance", just like in Gnome)
But of course, the fact that he ended up with a broken install has nothing to do with the usability of KDE. More with the fact that his screen might not provide any EDID or might be limited in other ways. On my 1920x1200 display, KDE 4 picked 8 and 9 point fonts which are fine.
Be careful, or one day "Windows" will be the generic term used for "Operating System."
Outside of/., it seems to me that it is already the case. Most people have a hard time understanding what my computers run since they don't bear any visible fruit and their display doesn't look like XP or Vista. Still, in the eyes of most it has to be some kind of "Windows", because after all, what else is there ?
I'm sure it works well for some, but many others still have problems.
It usually works for me but my typical gripe on the end user side is with the mixers. Here are the channels for my motherboard audio (HDA intel) :
Master
Front
Surround
Center
LFE (no idea what this is)
PCM
CD
Headphone
Front Mic
Front Mic Boost
Side
Line
Mic
Mic Boost
IEC958 (huh ?)
IEC958 Default PCM
PC Speaker
Capture
Capture 2
Channel Mode (6 or 8 speakers apparently, why 8, does it do top and bottom ?)
Input Source (is that different from Capture ? or Line ?)
Input Source 2
Ok, so I can use 2 headsets and 2 mikes at the same time, which can probably come in handy sometimes. And capture at least 4 sources at once. Yay.
Of course I also have a "USB sound card" in my keyboard (kind of weird I know), and my USB DTV thingie is also seen as an audio source, so there's an other mixer. All in all it's certainly not very convenient to use. And figuring what app outputs where can be lots of fun too.
At least I finally have audio in Flash on my laptop with ?ubuntu 9.04. I'd wrestled with that for months and never got it to work.
Instead of using the g-sensor in the phone, put a g-sensor and a small RF unit in a small stylus. Then you can write on a piece of paper or the table/wall while seeing the text appear on the screen of your mobile phone in the other hand.
Or you could use, I don't know, a special kind of paper that would display the writing of the stylus in real time and store it. Made compact enough this would be awesome for note taking on the go. I can't believe nobody thought of it before. You wouldn't even need a cell phone to use it ! Think of the possibilities !
Isn't that one "read only" for some files ? Such as ODS (aka. spreadsheets) and possibly others (But ODS is the only one where I've heard of real problems).
MS has the source code for their implementation of whatever standard they're following at the moment (MOOXML possibly, or whatever), they have the specs for ODF (which, granted are incomplete for spreadsheets for *very good reasons*, look it up), *and* they have the source code. But being *MS* they somehow manage to generate something that's illegible.
Hmmm.
Disclaimer : I don't use MS stuff (or rather haven't for the last 15 yrs, I just use their OS to run games every now and then), I do switch small businesses *away* from Microsoft (successfully too, thanks to *ubuntu most of the time). It doesn't mean I have to know the intricacies of their software. I wish I could care but I don't have the time anymore. I just read the news.
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The equivalent of SSN in other countries (e.g. the National Insurance number in the UK, DNI in Spain, etc) are not secret in any way, and it causes no problems whatsoever.
That's because in every other country, it identifies you within the social security database (that is the public health system). Therefore at the most, someone could possibly collect your social security reimbursements by impersonating you.Very little potential for problems. Works as designed.
In the US, it identifies you in each and every database under the sun (and probably most underground ones). Major potential for problems. Design has been completely broken by the corporations.
I hope they got permission to use Klingons in their video.
At the end there is a text saying "Star Trek courtesy of CBS Paramount Television".
On a sidenote, I found the girls comment in DCTF 1 "I'm too young for a life of crime" quite daft as it imply that once you reach a certain age a life of crime is acceptable.
Now you got me wondering if I'm too old for a life of crime.
Maybe I've missed my calling.
apt-get installs amule
So I would guess that they don't even understand the meaning of the word irony.
On several levels.
But then, why would metallurgists work for the RIAA ?
Why? The Veyron is an incredible piece of engineering. Bugatti sell them at a LOSS if I recall. The workmanship is astounding.
They sell it at a loss because they love you.
Thinkpads should not have a Windows key. :)
I'd just like a keyboard with proper generic unbranded Super and Meta (and possibly Hyper) keys on top of the shift and Alt ones. No fruits, birds, building openings or anything. A compose key should be part of the default as well.
A lot of laptop keyboards are severely lacking in the modifier key department (on top of the Windows branding).
>>Are you seriously suggesting that a person can judge speed 35000 ft over the ocean, at night in a storm by looking out the window?
Well, I might not know if it can be done in airplane, but I have a decent speed feeling when I'm driving, given I have multiple frames of reference. But I would think pilot's would have the same skills also.
Right. It's just the same thing really. That's why car analogies work so well after all.
And of course the pilots could have rolled down a window and stuck out a wet finger to judge the speed of the wind... But the thunderstorm made it too risky (wet finger you see ?).
There's not a lot choices other than "die or don't die" in the Aliens movies and games so far...how deep could it really get?
You could play an employee in Weyland-Yutani. There could be inter-office feuds. Collect enough paperclips and get promoted !
Fight your way to the cafeteria past those damn marketing guys with rubber bands !
Become a PHB and redecorate your office !
The possibilities are endless. Those Sony guys have no imagination.
The question we should also be asking is what happens when we start messing around with the total amount of mass the moon has.
First time I LOLed at a /. comment.
Sorry.
Actually we can ask. We can also answer (hint : nothing much, given the mass of the moon and the ridiculous amount we'd remove).
What if it was a face on a picture of two dogs going at it? Is it bestiality?
I think it would be called child exploitation bestiality.
Wouldn't it depend on the age of the dogs ?
Wait, should we count in real years or in dog years ? At what age is a dog old enough ? What if you photoshopped a puppy's head on an adult's body ?
Not coincidentally, most IT shops never consider Linux for anything outside of webserving.
Huh ?
Or :
including
All of those I've seen deployed everywhere.
I don't know what shops you've been to.
Given a choice between a better user experience or a better license *most* users will choose experience.
They don't care. That's why VHS was a success against the other formats that were vastly superior and why nobody cares much about BluRay.
Users get what's conveniently available. Whether it sucks or not (experience or licence wise) is completely irrelevant. You could get a terrible codec out with a horrible license, if all the [buffering] content was only [buffering] available in it, people would use that without a second thought.
It's happened [buffering] before.
It really doesn't matter - the codec that will be used is the one that is installed on most machines. Is that theora? Not likely.
And yet XviD / DivX managed to get there despite not being supported by anybody (among the commercial systems) out of the box in the beginning. Now you can't even get a DVD player that doesn't play them.
Warner claims that U.S. copyright won't expire until 2030 [ ... ]
Maybe it's just me but I'd be really surprised if that actually ever happened (with a Steamboat Willie sining "Happy Birthday" on YouTube maybe ?).
Geez, I should stop whistling popular tunes to myself while in public areas. Bad, bad habit!
Ooops, you forgot to check the "Post Anonymously" button. Expect trouble soon.
I'd call my lawyer if I were you, just in case.
And stop whistling too.
Um. Do you know what 'double blind' means? [mind wanders...]
It means they put their condoms in the wrong places ?
Also, I meant stumble upon, not stomp ;)
Don't want to leave you folks with the impression that I am somehow responsible for the state of the linux desktop.
Oh.
*Puts out torch and throws pitchfork.*
Never mind then.
You really couldn't figure out how to manage font scaling in KDE?
1.) Well, all of the KDE settings are located in one place. Remember KControl from KDE 3.5.x? They call it "System Settings" now. It's the first item of the "Computer" section of the menu.
2.) This handy dandy menu consists of a list of items separated by two tabs, and a search bar. Let's type "font" into the search bar.
3.) This eliminates all items in the main tab but "appearance" and "font installer". You were complaining about the appearance, weren't you?
4.) The fourth item down the list is fonts. Let's click it.
Oh look! It has a list of all the different fonts/sizes within KDE, and even a button labeled "adjust all fonts".
Now I'm the confused one.
In his defence, he's used to Gnome where you probably have to use some kind of XML file to change font sizes since they have been set to a "user friendly default". :)
(although actually it's in "Appearance", just like in Gnome)
But of course, the fact that he ended up with a broken install has nothing to do with the usability of KDE. More with the fact that his screen might not provide any EDID or might be limited in other ways. On my 1920x1200 display, KDE 4 picked 8 and 9 point fonts which are fine.
Be careful, or one day "Windows" will be the generic term used for "Operating System."
Outside of /., it seems to me that it is already the case. Most people have a hard time understanding what my computers run since they don't bear any visible fruit and their display doesn't look like XP or Vista.
Still, in the eyes of most it has to be some kind of "Windows", because after all, what else is there ?
I'm sure it works well for some, but many others still have problems.
It usually works for me but my typical gripe on the end user side is with the mixers. Here are the channels for my motherboard audio (HDA intel) :
Ok, so I can use 2 headsets and 2 mikes at the same time, which can probably come in handy sometimes. And capture at least 4 sources at once. Yay.
Of course I also have a "USB sound card" in my keyboard (kind of weird I know), and my USB DTV thingie is also seen as an audio source, so there's an other mixer.
All in all it's certainly not very convenient to use. And figuring what app outputs where can be lots of fun too.
At least I finally have audio in Flash on my laptop with ?ubuntu 9.04. I'd wrestled with that for months and never got it to work.
Software should not be a religious issue.
Heretic ! Put him to the question !
Everybody should expect the GNU-Inquisition !
I really expected that to be a link to TdWTF...
Instead of using the g-sensor in the phone, put a g-sensor and a small RF unit in a small stylus.
Then you can write on a piece of paper or the table/wall while seeing the text appear on the screen of your mobile phone in the other hand.
Or you could use, I don't know, a special kind of paper that would display the writing of the stylus in real time and store it. Made compact enough this would be awesome for note taking on the go.
I can't believe nobody thought of it before.
You wouldn't even need a cell phone to use it ! Think of the possibilities !
s/will/does/g
Don't believe they waited for you. ODF *definitely* has a tick mark next to it in MS land nowadays (as in "we fucked those suckers").
Microsoft.
Now supporting open standards (cough cough *spit*).
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Isn't that one "read only" for some files ? Such as ODS (aka. spreadsheets) and possibly others (But ODS is the only one where I've heard of real problems).
MS has the source code for their implementation of whatever standard they're following at the moment (MOOXML possibly, or whatever), they have the specs for ODF (which, granted are incomplete for spreadsheets for *very good reasons*, look it up), *and* they have the source code. But being *MS* they somehow manage to generate something that's illegible.
Hmmm.
Disclaimer : I don't use MS stuff (or rather haven't for the last 15 yrs, I just use their OS to run games every now and then), I do switch small businesses *away* from Microsoft (successfully too, thanks to *ubuntu most of the time). It doesn't mean I have to know the intricacies of their software. I wish I could care but I don't have the time anymore. I just read the news.
On the other hand, there also is lots of support for MOO XML :
- Microsoft
- cows
And there are *lots* of cows.