That depends. I've stood calf-deep in muddy water and bumped a live cattle-rated (at any rate, it was around a cow pasture) electric fence with my coat-covered shoulder. The experience was unpleasant, but I didn't fall over, lose control of my bladder, or freeze in place until the current was cut. It was more surprising than anything else, and I was able to disengage myself after a couple seconds.
Then I did it a second time with the same results. Perhaps that fence was low-voltage.
You're the second or third poster to completely miss my point and drivel on about your personal politics. I don't give a fuck about your politics. This is about the fact that when Slashdot posts a story about government, I tend to suspect the opposite of what's claimed is true.
There's that, and then there's the fact that Windows 7 has gotten a much better UI than previous versions of Windows... and to a real extent, to current versions of Linux.
I've been using Linux since early 1999, started on Debian and switched to Ubuntu in late 2005. None of the current desktop environments or window managers have the same "get the hell out of the way and let me run my programs" feel of Win7, likewise discoverability. I quite liked GNOME 2 paired with Compiz Fusion, but that's gone away unless I want to stick with an old distro[1], and MATE just isn't the same without Compiz and a good suite of supporting programs.
Then there's fucking PulseAudio and its refusal to run 100% reliably, with all features running, on my sound hardware (Asus Xonar DX). Part of this is undoubtedly Asus' fault for not releasing proper drivers to enable Dolby et al, but part of it is just fucking PulseAudio. Fucking PulseAudio.
Last is that it's been IME a huge pain in the ass to get multi-monitor support running properly compared to the epsilon effort on Windows. Again, a deal of this is going to be drivers, and I've had negative experiences with Intel and AMD video (haven't had an Nvidia card lately), but it really should be easier to get full-resolution dual-monitor 3D acceleration going. On Win7 you install the driver (often not requiring a reboot these days) and visit a single control panel to set resolution and screen position, done.
[1] Ubuntu 10.04 with the window buttons moved back to the right is IMO about the high-water mark for Linux UIs right now.
I saw the summary and immediately thought "oh, surely this is Yet Another example of the submitter tarting up a story and the editor not bothering to read the story first to verify the truth of it".
The story seems to be true (except that it's just in the bill stage, so the headline should read "will let", but let's not let facts get in the way, Slashdot), but that's immaterial to my post here.
...and no conservatards who somehow always forget that the Dems had a filibuster-proof majority for six weeks, and then later for about four months (and probably less than that considering the holiday recesses) when Paul Kirk filled in for Ted Kennedy, and who are too ignorant to know what is involved in filibustering the Senate nowadays.
I strongly suspect the reason for that is because the Republicans don't like the idea of
1) some part of the government actually working, because it puts the lie to their ideology, and 2) some part of the government competing with the private sector, to wit UPS, FedEx, etc, even when those carriers aren't that interested in first-class mail.
the Ohio Secretary of State has illegally placed "experimental" software on voting machines in some counties; illegal because he should have gotten approval from a board. This was done just a few days before the election and an emergency suit has been filed to stop it.
Oh, fucking brilliant. You're supposed to put laminated safety glass in cars. Do you know what happens when you put in standard sheet glass instead and have a wreck?
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Evolution doesn't happen on that timescale, fuckwit.
Yeah, it's the new Republican strategy to be hip and reach out to the voters: the GOPher service.
You laugh, but a gopher server can be more useful and easier to navigate than the farrago on some companies' webshites.
You can still get 64-bit Firefox. It's called Waterfox and tends to lag behind the official version a bit, but it's there.
That depends. I've stood calf-deep in muddy water and bumped a live cattle-rated (at any rate, it was around a cow pasture) electric fence with my coat-covered shoulder. The experience was unpleasant, but I didn't fall over, lose control of my bladder, or freeze in place until the current was cut. It was more surprising than anything else, and I was able to disengage myself after a couple seconds.
Then I did it a second time with the same results. Perhaps that fence was low-voltage.
Just because there are two sides doesn't mean that one of them is lying or only partly right.
OK, seriously.
You're the second or third poster to completely miss my point and drivel on about your personal politics. I don't give a fuck about your politics. This is about the fact that when Slashdot posts a story about government, I tend to suspect the opposite of what's claimed is true.
You are part of the problem here.
There's that, and then there's the fact that Windows 7 has gotten a much better UI than previous versions of Windows... and to a real extent, to current versions of Linux.
I've been using Linux since early 1999, started on Debian and switched to Ubuntu in late 2005. None of the current desktop environments or window managers have the same "get the hell out of the way and let me run my programs" feel of Win7, likewise discoverability. I quite liked GNOME 2 paired with Compiz Fusion, but that's gone away unless I want to stick with an old distro[1], and MATE just isn't the same without Compiz and a good suite of supporting programs.
Then there's fucking PulseAudio and its refusal to run 100% reliably, with all features running, on my sound hardware (Asus Xonar DX). Part of this is undoubtedly Asus' fault for not releasing proper drivers to enable Dolby et al, but part of it is just fucking PulseAudio. Fucking PulseAudio.
Last is that it's been IME a huge pain in the ass to get multi-monitor support running properly compared to the epsilon effort on Windows. Again, a deal of this is going to be drivers, and I've had negative experiences with Intel and AMD video (haven't had an Nvidia card lately), but it really should be easier to get full-resolution dual-monitor 3D acceleration going. On Win7 you install the driver (often not requiring a reboot these days) and visit a single control panel to set resolution and screen position, done.
[1] Ubuntu 10.04 with the window buttons moved back to the right is IMO about the high-water mark for Linux UIs right now.
"supercomputer".
You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I saw the summary and immediately thought "oh, surely this is Yet Another example of the submitter tarting up a story and the editor not bothering to read the story first to verify the truth of it".
The story seems to be true (except that it's just in the bill stage, so the headline should read "will let", but let's not let facts get in the way, Slashdot), but that's immaterial to my post here.
What the hell does Meraki do? You can safely assume we've heard of Cisco, but not Meraki.
...and no conservatards who somehow always forget that the Dems had a filibuster-proof majority for six weeks, and then later for about four months (and probably less than that considering the holiday recesses) when Paul Kirk filled in for Ted Kennedy, and who are too ignorant to know what is involved in filibustering the Senate nowadays.
Shotgun mouthwash, my boy.
I strongly suspect the reason for that is because the Republicans don't like the idea of
1) some part of the government actually working, because it puts the lie to their ideology, and
2) some part of the government competing with the private sector, to wit UPS, FedEx, etc, even when those carriers aren't that interested in first-class mail.
It should only slow down old/cheap computers whose CPUs don't support the AES instructions, and TrueCrypt now supports TRIM... and AES instructions.
It'd be nice if someone would write a front-end for TrueCrypt that supports enterprise-type manageability.
And that's the thread, folks!
Followed shortly by party vans.
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o.0 That's disgusting!
Clickbait.
Heck of a job, Brownie.
It'd be classy if someone bought the domain and presented it to Mr. Silver.
The House of Representatives is supposed to represent the will of the people.
And then gerrymandering happened. Bet you if we still had circa-2009 district maps the House would have changed hands.
the Ohio Secretary of State has illegally placed "experimental" software on voting machines in some counties; illegal because he should have gotten approval from a board. This was done just a few days before the election and an emergency suit has been filed to stop it.
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/05/ohio_republicans_sneak_risky_software_onto_voting_machines/
Oh, fucking brilliant. You're supposed to put laminated safety glass in cars. Do you know what happens when you put in standard sheet glass instead and have a wreck?
Damn near four years, now. Supposedly people are getting polled about whom they think should run in 2016.
Bet you he doesn't pay rent.