but the fact that the Linux market is too small to develop and support for and Netflix can't guarantee the studio-required DRM will not be circumvented.
ChromeOS has a netflix plugin. ChromeOS is basically a limited Linux distro, with a very limited X11 window manager. Netflix already *has* a working solution for the Linux market, and they added special checks so it won't run on non-ChromeOS machines.
I'm glad we have this workaround now, and I donated to the developer, but if I'm going to buy a video, I'd at least buy it from Amazon -- where they don't go out of their way to sabotage Linux and at least have a few help page entries about it.
Then they can go home satisfied, knowing that their world view is intact. All they really did was use coercion to force somebody to lie.
You'd think so -- that forcing a bully to apologize was pointless as they never mean it -- but what other solutions are there? Public shame is very effective in the schoolyard. You may be right that it's just the teacher's worldview that shaking down the kid in glasses for lunch money is wrong, but that -- oh. Wait.
Yeah, I guess... um. Would a fine as a fraction of a company's profits work better? The way these companies try to "use coercion to force" the competition out of the market is pretty troubling.
This is as bad as when Big Government sinisterly destroyed the hardworking Americans employed in the Asbestos industries. Damn that rascally "the State" and the institutions that strive to protect its citizens! The sooner we use these overzealous examples as an excuse to throw the whole thing out, the better we'll be.
Unless history is any indication, I suppose, but hyperbole and false indignation is all that separates us from animals.
I'm not sure of the exact term for it, but your example assumes the user is looking for photos of Scotland that they took and have stored on their local drive. What if they want to search for Scotland on the internet? Maybe someone else said something about Scotland, so they type in "Scotland" to look it up on Wikipedia, or to see image results for Scotland from Google. Or, more relevant to the shopping lens, maybe they typed in "kilts" because they want to buy one, not search for pictures of kilts on their local drive -- or to search for an app named "kilt", which is how the original feature worked.
I think that if Ubuntu had debuted Unity with web searches built in to the lens thing, people wouldn't be nearly as surprised and even outraged. It's the change from a purely local search (albeit one with several modules) to one that includes results from Amazon that's made it shocking. Nobody is protesting amazon being included in the search bar in Firefox, for example.
Personally, I'd prefer it if there was a toggle for internet searches in the search bar, down where the privacy notice is now, and add way more useful lenses like the wikipedia one. I'd actually use that.
They don't even have to raise the fee; that's the best part of this, to them. They can just increase profit by going "Oh, let's pick accounts at random and accuse them of piracy."
35 dollars later, they say "oh, our bad", and they keep the money.
That's good advice, but what if he wants to keep getting promoted? He should dress like a CEO -- that means either jeans and a hoodie, or jeans and a black turtleneck, depending on the industry he's in.
So, would I have any reason to want to switch from Unity to Gnome 3 ?
I don't use gnome3 myself, but I did try it out for a while, and it did a few things that might meet your needs better.
Gnome3 can look pretty good, with themes. To my personal taste, the default looks terrible, though. It's also a lot easier to customize than Unity is now, though this wasn't the case earlier.
I tried it out for a while, and I actually really like how it handles notifications, though your taste may go the opposite way. And Compiz still has issues with snapping on resize, so getting away from that is nice.
Gnome3 also will dynamically manage your desktops/workspaces, adding or deleting them as you move windows to them. I personally couldn't stand that, but from what I hear it matches some people's needs perfectly.
I am a bit in awe; you posted a link, then outright fabricated entirely different results to rant against -- and still you have several people nodding and agreeing with you... and a score of 4, while I'm writing this.
That's making being adverse to RTFM to a new level and making it work for you.
The game developers calling for a share of used market profits are advocating the death of First Sale doctrine in the name of perpetuating a doomed business model.
Hey, Linux can run Android Apps -- in fact, aside from that Bluestack or something that runs it on Windows, and Blackberry's Android Player, that's where it runs natively.
I bought one and really like it. It's a nice choice if you really want a netbook, and maybe sometimes to use a tablet -- which turns out to be precisely my preference... aside from seldom using it outside the dock.
The main advantage over a netbook that costs less would be the IPS screen and battery life. All the same, to be honest -- I think I would have been just as happy or more so with a netbook or chromebook, which would also have been thinner and lasted a bit less on battery, but not been quite as fun for PDFs and the like.
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but the fact that the Linux market is too small to develop and support for and Netflix can't guarantee the studio-required DRM will not be circumvented.
ChromeOS has a netflix plugin. ChromeOS is basically a limited Linux distro, with a very limited X11 window manager. Netflix already *has* a working solution for the Linux market, and they added special checks so it won't run on non-ChromeOS machines.
I'm glad we have this workaround now, and I donated to the developer, but if I'm going to buy a video, I'd at least buy it from Amazon -- where they don't go out of their way to sabotage Linux and at least have a few help page entries about it.
Oh, wow. I was wondering why my news feed suddenly had less spam; the guiding hand of the free market was keeping it away! Thanks, capitalis--
This seems really strange. "Yes! I am the product, so they have to pay for it."
Then they can go home satisfied, knowing that their world view is intact. All they really did was use coercion to force somebody to lie.
You'd think so -- that forcing a bully to apologize was pointless as they never mean it -- but what other solutions are there? Public shame is very effective in the schoolyard. You may be right that it's just the teacher's worldview that shaking down the kid in glasses for lunch money is wrong, but that -- oh. Wait.
Yeah, I guess... um. Would a fine as a fraction of a company's profits work better? The way these companies try to "use coercion to force" the competition out of the market is pretty troubling.
This is as bad as when Big Government sinisterly destroyed the hardworking Americans employed in the Asbestos industries. Damn that rascally "the State" and the institutions that strive to protect its citizens! The sooner we use these overzealous examples as an excuse to throw the whole thing out, the better we'll be.
Unless history is any indication, I suppose, but hyperbole and false indignation is all that separates us from animals.
What does God need with a starship?
I'm not sure of the exact term for it, but your example assumes the user is looking for photos of Scotland that they took and have stored on their local drive. What if they want to search for Scotland on the internet? Maybe someone else said something about Scotland, so they type in "Scotland" to look it up on Wikipedia, or to see image results for Scotland from Google. Or, more relevant to the shopping lens, maybe they typed in "kilts" because they want to buy one, not search for pictures of kilts on their local drive -- or to search for an app named "kilt", which is how the original feature worked.
I think that if Ubuntu had debuted Unity with web searches built in to the lens thing, people wouldn't be nearly as surprised and even outraged. It's the change from a purely local search (albeit one with several modules) to one that includes results from Amazon that's made it shocking. Nobody is protesting amazon being included in the search bar in Firefox, for example.
Personally, I'd prefer it if there was a toggle for internet searches in the search bar, down where the privacy notice is now, and add way more useful lenses like the wikipedia one. I'd actually use that.
They don't even have to raise the fee; that's the best part of this, to them. They can just increase profit by going "Oh, let's pick accounts at random and accuse them of piracy."
35 dollars later, they say "oh, our bad", and they keep the money.
The US is absurd: you don't have to wear a helmet on a motorbike, but you need one on a pedal bike ?!?
I don't think that's the law; a least in my state, you have to wear a helmet until you turn 18, after which it is your choice.
The real cost is users later choosing not to buy more games they won't be able to play.
I'm not saying 'pirate!' either. It is undeniably legitimate to choose other ways of spending one's money and time.
Accept that and move along.
Okay.
:) Bye, gnome.
Hmm, but what to? XFCE, Unity, KDE, Cinnamon... well, there are a lot of choices, at least.
Well... that explains that. Ooops. ._.
The UK couldn't raid the Libyan embassy when they literally shot a policewoman dead (and at protestors, too), but they can go in for Assange?
That's too cruel, really.
(Just reading the headline and wildly assuming is fine, right?)
That's good advice, but what if he wants to keep getting promoted? He should dress like a CEO -- that means either jeans and a hoodie, or jeans and a black turtleneck, depending on the industry he's in.
The story links almost entirely to FOSS Patents, which is the Microsoft-paid Florian Schillers website. Did no one else report this story ?
Seriously. This is *slashdot*. We should know better.
So, would I have any reason to want to switch from Unity to Gnome 3 ?
I don't use gnome3 myself, but I did try it out for a while, and it did a few things that might meet your needs better.
Gnome3 can look pretty good, with themes. To my personal taste, the default looks terrible, though. It's also a lot easier to customize than Unity is now, though this wasn't the case earlier.
I tried it out for a while, and I actually really like how it handles notifications, though your taste may go the opposite way. And Compiz still has issues with snapping on resize, so getting away from that is nice.
Gnome3 also will dynamically manage your desktops/workspaces, adding or deleting them as you move windows to them. I personally couldn't stand that, but from what I hear it matches some people's needs perfectly.
You can also use bluetooth keyboards with this. It is more like the Brydge, only, well, first party: http://thebrydge.com/
They game and spam other search engines
I clicked your link. I read the article you linked. It has nothing at all to do with the text you provided for it. O_o
:o
I can't tell if you accidentally linked the wrong article, or were doing a pretty clever gamble...
I am a bit in awe; you posted a link, then outright fabricated entirely different results to rant against -- and still you have several people nodding and agreeing with you... and a score of 4, while I'm writing this.
That's making being adverse to RTFM to a new level and making it work for you.
Hobbyists might value their time less, but employee hour for a company costs A LOT.
I thought a lot of what you said made sense, but -- hobbyists don't value their time less; they just enjoy their hobby. It's different from a company.
The game developers calling for a share of used market profits are advocating the death of First Sale doctrine in the name of perpetuating a doomed business model.
Maybe I should RTFA more often.
I have one! It is an excellently designed tablet, with a nice feel in the hand, physical buttons for media and volume, cameras, a great screen.
I sincerely wish I had paid more and bought a cheap android tablet instead.
Hey, Linux can run Android Apps -- in fact, aside from that Bluestack or something that runs it on Windows, and Blackberry's Android Player, that's where it runs natively.
Kinda wish it could run on desktop linux.
I actually clicked and read that... and, err... that's a bit of fuss about nothing, isn't it?
I bought one and really like it. It's a nice choice if you really want a netbook, and maybe sometimes to use a tablet -- which turns out to be precisely my preference... aside from seldom using it outside the dock.
The main advantage over a netbook that costs less would be the IPS screen and battery life. All the same, to be honest -- I think I would have been just as happy or more so with a netbook or chromebook, which would also have been thinner and lasted a bit less on battery, but not been quite as fun for PDFs and the like.