Absolutely. The device as described sounds to me exactly like an app on a smartphone. Albeit it would have to be a pretty damn secure app, not the garbage most apps seem to be these days.
Why would I want to carry one of these gadgets around when I already have a smartphone which can do the same job?
I'm happy enough with Gnome 3 as implemented in Fedora, and I thought Unity in Ubuntu was pretty decent. Neither is flawless, but I prefer either of them to any other desktop UI I've tried.
I can understand the frustration with a sudden change in the Gnome UI. But I don't understand the depth or breadth of the rage.
Perhaps because if I wanted a radically different desktop experience, I'd have liked to choose it myself rather than have it dumped on me without my say-so?
No, they didn't. I bought an 'OnDigital' box when they came out and never had to pay another penny to anybody. I received an updated card once in the post, I think, but that was the only contact I ever had with them once I had done the initial registration (to activate the supplied card).
That box was still in use (without card) to receive Freeview until February this year - digital changeover. I took it out of service because the newer boxes now available use much less power.
Way to misunderstand the anecdote, there. If you read it carefully, you'll realize that the teacher was probably a Bahraini educated either in England or by a British teacher. He almost certainly wasn't an Englishman. Most Englishmen are quite familiar with accents from all round the world these days, and a US twang of any kind would be no problem at all.
Did they actually manage to get the thin client server/client packages working properly in 2011? All I ever found were cut/pasted Fedora packages which were never tailored for Mandriva, so never worked.
So basically if we discover the particle that gives mass, then we figure out how to manipulate the particle that gives mass, does that mean we get mass effect drives? Because that would be AWESOME.
Yup. Unfortunately, your spaceship has to be 17 miles in diameter...
So, imagine you have this Electronic Tag which the local judge ordered to be strapped to your leg... if they can't tell where you are, how can they tell if you've broken the curfew restrictions?
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Absolutely. The device as described sounds to me exactly like an app on a smartphone. Albeit it would have to be a pretty damn secure app, not the garbage most apps seem to be these days.
Why would I want to carry one of these gadgets around when I already have a smartphone which can do the same job?
That's fine until you drop the server while installing it...
They had that years ago. Let me see... Oh, yes! It was called ActiveX.
I seem to remember it worked exactly in the fashion you describe.
All atheism is, is a lack of belief in gods.
Not believing in a god (or gods) is not the same as believing that there are no god(s).
I understand that atheism is the latter.
I'm happy enough with Gnome 3 as implemented in Fedora, and I thought Unity in Ubuntu was pretty decent. Neither is flawless, but I prefer either of them to any other desktop UI I've tried.
I can understand the frustration with a sudden change in the Gnome UI. But I don't understand the depth or breadth of the rage.
Perhaps because if I wanted a radically different desktop experience, I'd have liked to choose it myself rather than have it dumped on me without my say-so?
Gnome 3. WTF?
That's not depression, that's just normal paranoia.
Use of -1's to hide
Collection of IP's for anonymous users
Whimsical & arbitrary silencing of these IP's, including discrediting censorship complaints as spam
Sorry, that's not how you write a Haiku.
People thought "digital tv == subscription"
No, they didn't. I bought an 'OnDigital' box when they came out and never had to pay another penny to anybody. I received an updated card once in the post, I think, but that was the only contact I ever had with them once I had done the initial registration (to activate the supplied card).
That box was still in use (without card) to receive Freeview until February this year - digital changeover. I took it out of service because the newer boxes now available use much less power.
Do not question our infallible overlords.
Heh. Read this as 'Do not question our inflatable overlords'...
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Perhaps you should try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordant's_Need
It's as different than the Thomas Covenant books as it is possible to be.
Way to misunderstand the anecdote, there. If you read it carefully, you'll realize that the teacher was probably a Bahraini educated either in England or by a British teacher. He almost certainly wasn't an Englishman. Most Englishmen are quite familiar with accents from all round the world these days, and a US twang of any kind would be no problem at all.
Did they actually manage to get the thin client server/client packages working properly in 2011? All I ever found were cut/pasted Fedora packages which were never tailored for Mandriva, so never worked.
As I use LTSP a modern version would be useful.
As for the rest, I agree with most of the above.
Well, isn't "God did it" the ultimate fallback answer?
No, it's foot and mouth disease... we're talking about politicians here.
What's an iPad?
You may be right, but...
How many of those were in the atmosphere?
How many of those were recent?
Atmospheric testing of atomic weapons lasted perhaps 25 years. Good luck spotting that narrow window from another star system.
So basically if we discover the particle that gives mass, then we figure out how to manipulate the particle that gives mass, does that mean we get mass effect drives? Because that would be AWESOME.
Yup. Unfortunately, your spaceship has to be 17 miles in diameter...
Idiot. An organism doesn't have to gain information to evolve. It just has to survive.
All those airplanes, of course.
Yup. All of which will be toast courtesy of the same solar flare which takes out GPS. Any other bright ideas?
So, imagine you have this Electronic Tag which the local judge ordered to be strapped to your leg... if they can't tell where you are, how can they tell if you've broken the curfew restrictions?
In the Carbonifierous Era they saved a compressed image of everything interesting...
...we call it coal.
Problem solved... just take a thunderstorm with you!
Not had your eyes tested recently?