Let's be honest if a key resides on my head then the kind of 'brute force' method of recovery is likely to hit against my singular lack of resolve - being a geek and not a spy I don't tend to fare well under torture!
The OP does not owe Opera the opportunity to be installed on his machine when such quality choices exist.
Fair enough - but you can't blame Opera for the GP's 5 year abstinence - if the guy was so offended by the ad's that he not only hasn't tried the browser but has also managed to filter any news about Opera since then he's obviously not very technically curious. It is clear that from a technical point of view Opera has been up there for some time . . .
Or people whom, through callous disregard, 15,000 people in Bhopal die from a venting of tonnes of poisonous gas?
AND
None of those are 'violent' crime.
Only for someone with an extremely narrow view of what constitutes violence. I agree with the GP so long as one has a sensibly broad interpretation of 'violence'
Do you really expect people to buy a product that makes you happy regardless of their needs?
Errr no - I'm guessing you have some issues with reading comprehension . . . When discussing the pros and cons of a company/product it is important to be able to detach ones personal preferences/choices from the wider issues at hand, else all we end up doing is cheerleading the shit we like - which, although fun, is hardly enlightening . . .
Actually I probably misrepresented my views. I think it is fair enough to just 'not care' and use a product because it does what you want. But detaching personal preferences from the wider issue is important. The creeping control mindset which is increasingly evident at Apple does have negative consequences. To think that Apple used to be about individual expression . . . to see what it has become is frankly depressing!
The oddness here is that these apps were ever approved to begin with.
No - the oddness here is that people can't see beyond the end of their nose. The issue is not that a specific class of applications has been pulled but that any application is pulled. I am not going to argue with Apple's right to choose what happens on their App Store but I do question a geeks's choice when he supports a closed system over an open one. When others are making the decisions the function he takes for granted in the form that he deems pleasing is eventually going to be eroded. The market will decide whether this is a good thing for Apple's bottom line but for a geek to be an Apple apologist now just seems plain weird.
I think it's quite obvious what's going on. The new sacred cows of America are not free speech, individual pursuit of happiness and safety from tyranny, but corporate profits and dictating morals to others.
well you'd be right if you omitted the 'new'. The free speech hyperbole was just there to fool the masses, seems to me it worked a bit too well because we all think we used to have it . . .
Any movement founded on the principle of 'Do what you're told', irrespective of the source of that commandment, has got off on the wrong foot if you ask me. And the fact that from those authoritarian roots there has sprouted a vast edifice of hierarchical institutions very much at the behest of man seems to justify my skepticism!
That's a nice fluffy version of Christianity you have there but it doesn't seem to have much to do with the Bible. The Ten Commandments might be good place to start if you want a more balanced view of authoritarianism in Christianity.
but when more effort is spent on making a UI pretty as opposed to functional, then the whole point of the exercise has been lost.
er you're missing the point with your trenchant views!! Quite often Pretty = Functional. When someone spends time on making a UI look nice they are often making it more usable too, either by design or by accident.
I read that in Britain they pass on average a law a day
This is because once you have established the bureaucratic machinery required to debate, amend, pass, enact and enforce laws the people that constitute this administrative mass must do something to justify their wages. This is the same problem we have with the current Health and Safety obsession, the original motivation was good i.e. to reduce the amount of work place injuries, but once the machine was in place it's difficult to remove hence the absurdity now of SOP's and Risk Assessments for using a hole punch.
This seems to be a common, but understandable problem. Marx predicted the withering away of the Dictatorship by the Proletariat once the evils of capitalism had been redressed, but this never happened - Turkey's don't vote for Christmas. And what's the answer? As always with a radical problem one needs a radical solution: to periodically take back power through whatever means necessary. I'd like to reiterate that Turkey's don't vote for Christmas - if you expect the problem of stupid laws which increase the power and influence of one group (politicians) at the expense of the freedom of another (us) to just go away on it's own then you're whistling in the wind . . .
Slashdot Mirror
Unless of course 5% of his holdings equates to $5 . . .
Let's be honest if a key resides on my head then the kind of 'brute force' method of recovery is likely to hit against my singular lack of resolve - being a geek and not a spy I don't tend to fare well under torture!
Belly Laugh - I'd mod you up but I want to comment . . .
The biggest problem with Linux is it doesn't "just work". It in fact often "doesn't work" unless you go hunting for patches . . .
he, he
Roll up! Roll up! chuck that ole 2010 in the bin and welcome to version 1.1 of 1993!
The OP does not owe Opera the opportunity to be installed on his machine when such quality choices exist.
Fair enough - but you can't blame Opera for the GP's 5 year abstinence - if the guy was so offended by the ad's that he not only hasn't tried the browser but has also managed to filter any news about Opera since then he's obviously not very technically curious. It is clear that from a technical point of view Opera has been up there for some time . . .
one word: drizzle
drizzle is the spawn of the devil
She finds comfort in the company of others who, like her, live counter to the conventional rhythm of a sunny-day world
Like most people in Britain then . . .
Or people whom, through callous disregard, 15,000 people in Bhopal die from a venting of tonnes of poisonous gas?
AND
None of those are 'violent' crime.
Only for someone with an extremely narrow view of what constitutes violence. I agree with the GP so long as one has a sensibly broad interpretation of 'violence'
Do you really expect people to buy a product that makes you happy regardless of their needs?
Errr no - I'm guessing you have some issues with reading comprehension . . . When discussing the pros and cons of a company/product it is important to be able to detach ones personal preferences/choices from the wider issues at hand, else all we end up doing is cheerleading the shit we like - which, although fun, is hardly enlightening . . .
Actually I probably misrepresented my views. I think it is fair enough to just 'not care' and use a product because it does what you want. But detaching personal preferences from the wider issue is important. The creeping control mindset which is increasingly evident at Apple does have negative consequences. To think that Apple used to be about individual expression . . . to see what it has become is frankly depressing!
The oddness here is that these apps were ever approved to begin with.
No - the oddness here is that people can't see beyond the end of their nose. The issue is not that a specific class of applications has been pulled but that any application is pulled. I am not going to argue with Apple's right to choose what happens on their App Store but I do question a geeks's choice when he supports a closed system over an open one. When others are making the decisions the function he takes for granted in the form that he deems pleasing is eventually going to be eroded. The market will decide whether this is a good thing for Apple's bottom line but for a geek to be an Apple apologist now just seems plain weird.
I think it's quite obvious what's going on. The new sacred cows of America are not free speech, individual pursuit of happiness and safety from tyranny, but corporate profits and dictating morals to others.
well you'd be right if you omitted the 'new'. The free speech hyperbole was just there to fool the masses, seems to me it worked a bit too well because we all think we used to have it . . .
I don't think clever means what you think it means
Any movement founded on the principle of 'Do what you're told', irrespective of the source of that commandment, has got off on the wrong foot if you ask me. And the fact that from those authoritarian roots there has sprouted a vast edifice of hierarchical institutions very much at the behest of man seems to justify my skepticism!
If the predominant lesson learned from Slums is not how to prevent them then I think we are missing something . . .
That's a nice fluffy version of Christianity you have there but it doesn't seem to have much to do with the Bible. The Ten Commandments might be good place to start if you want a more balanced view of authoritarianism in Christianity.
As far as I can tell, christianity is directly opposed authoritarianism.
So can you explain the role of God in your non-authoritarian Christianity?
Heomeopathy = Placebo so no surprise there . . .
Damn.... here I was just about to submit v1.00 of VirtualCunt.
Don't give up hope yet, a quick refactor to iCunt should get it past the censors . . .
but when more effort is spent on making a UI pretty as opposed to functional, then the whole point of the exercise has been lost.
er you're missing the point with your trenchant views!! Quite often Pretty = Functional. When someone spends time on making a UI look nice they are often making it more usable too, either by design or by accident.
in other words: let the poor die of diseases while the rich get to spend their cash on body enhancing robotics. Nice philosophy.
Especially given that one is programmed NOT to fire on it's own kind - if it ain't pointed at flesh it just fires blanks!
I read that in Britain they pass on average a law a day
This is because once you have established the bureaucratic machinery required to debate, amend, pass, enact and enforce laws the people that constitute this administrative mass must do something to justify their wages. This is the same problem we have with the current Health and Safety obsession, the original motivation was good i.e. to reduce the amount of work place injuries, but once the machine was in place it's difficult to remove hence the absurdity now of SOP's and Risk Assessments for using a hole punch.
This seems to be a common, but understandable problem. Marx predicted the withering away of the Dictatorship by the Proletariat once the evils of capitalism had been redressed, but this never happened - Turkey's don't vote for Christmas. And what's the answer? As always with a radical problem one needs a radical solution: to periodically take back power through whatever means necessary. I'd like to reiterate that Turkey's don't vote for Christmas - if you expect the problem of stupid laws which increase the power and influence of one group (politicians) at the expense of the freedom of another (us) to just go away on it's own then you're whistling in the wind . . .
where's +1 'Used fungible in a sentence' when you need it?
or not