Wow. A bit elitist eh.
I should consider every usage of any device without proper level of competence wrong and stupid. Just because people do not get injured or killed during untrained computer use doesn't mean that untrained use isn't irresponsible. How do you suggest that my aforementioned demographic educate themselves if they don't even know that they 'need' education?? Especially when the market and the media do their best to tell people that computers are 'point and click' and require no education and training?
So, how is the user at fault?
Defective by design == wrong and stupid in my book. Yeah, true. But some people have no choice. If you are required by your University or employer to access a government data repository that is Active X only, you're kinda fucked aren't you?
Again, how is the user at fault?
All I'm trying to say, is pissing on users who don't know any better, or are between a rock and a hard place is hardly helpful. You'd be more productive lobbying relevant parties, educating anyone you can, and boycotting technologies you disagree with.
I don't think I put anything in your mouth at all, I just interpreted your post as elitist drivel, and quite frankly so would someone who is a little insecure about their tech competence, who are also incidentally the IE using crowd.
How is Gnome 2 inferior to Gnome 1? I'd genuinely like to know as I'm quite a fan of Gnome 2, and definitely don't understand your lumping it with the bizarre mess that is KDE 4 (fingers crossed for 4.1)...
I should say that using IE is wrong and stupid enough. That's pretty bloody harsh. Here's a couple (there are many more) of scenarios I'd like you to think about:
1. 30 - 50 year old couple with no technically competent friends or family (or kids) using a computer from Dell or a corner store. This is actually a pretty large fraction of 'Net users out there, and they use IE and windows through no fault of their own. 2. Scientists and Researchers having to use Active X only data repository sites because they need to get aerial maps from a government site etc... 3. Office workers being forced into using IE due to corporate compliance.
I'd like to see you have the nerve and belligerence to walk up to any of these people and say: "you're using IE so therefore you are wrong and stupid", when they are not actually at fault.
I love how at the bottom of TFA there is this bit:
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Well, personally in my case, my clothes are either made in India or Australia, being Australian myself. So yes, I understand your point completely, I was merely being facetious.
rather than the the 30-year-old burnt-out techies on/. or the 19-year-old college students on Digg or the who-knows perverts on 4chan. You say it like it's a bad thing...
Well, whilst i agree that most OSS games suck quite hard (as in my opinion the OSS development model doesn't lend itself well to game development), they are still games, and there are heaps out there.
Uhm, DDT was banned as it is a carcinogen, and not for the environmental impact. All Organochlorides were phased out on most developed countries for that reason.
What we now use are mostly Organophosphate based pesticides (which are probably just as bad, but 'luckily' the metabolites are much harder to trace, so you can't get sued if your products poison an entire generation:roll eyes:).
Still, is that terrible to browse at +1? I regularly browse at +3 to only get the registered+karma bonus+modded up comments, and drop it down when there's an interesting discussion going on. If you're walking in the sewers, it's not much point complaining the walls are dirty.
lol, you brought me out of my depressed stupor by your lucid and rational comment. That makes sense I guess, thanks mate:) Keep it real! Either way, I'll switch from -1 to +1 comment trawling:)
Flamebait?? Huh?? I'm not trying to start a flamewar, I'm just at a loss to communicate my frustration with Slashdot lately. If you're gonna mod me down, at least do it sensibly, like Offtopic or something.
Seriously, what the fuck is up with this shit? Can't we do something about these 'nigger' trolls OTHER than reading at +1 only? This nigger stuff is either spread by immature 13 year old fucktards who giggle when someone says penis, or anti Slashdot trolls on someone's payroll out on a mission. And what gives you the right to disrespect the dead!
My advice to you, 'nigger' trolls:
Stop being a moron, you're wasting precious moments of your life that you will be regretting on your deathbed, which if Heath is anything to go by may not be when you are 70. Either way, get a life and FUCK OFF!
Also, I realise I'll be modded down for feeding trolls and being off topic, but I feel I have to speak up, as if nothing happens soon I'm leaving Slashdot for good (and no doubt many others).
I know, but unfortunately I'm a fairly lousy developer, being more on the documentation side of FOSS contribution. What made MySQL different was that they were corporate entity as well as an open source database, which made it a bit easier to convince pointy haired manager to use MySQL.
The bubble created a heartbeat effect, which actually went with the beat of the song. It elevated the song to a whole other level. Made the track even more epic.
Wow, that's so freaking cool:)
I still find it amazing though how the human mind is so good at looking for pattens in the chaos to the point where defects in media complement the music they store. Or how often it is the blemishes or asymmetries in people that make them beautiful.
Most titles do not use the region controls, and there are fewer regions than DVD had - which means greater, not lesser, consumer acceptance of the format on region bounds. That's fine, but in my experience (I buy a lot of European DVD's as I speak several languages) there was a lot of stuff on DVD that was released in one region, and one region only due to lack of demand, and was region-locked it was low budget, and had to obey a draconian publishing contract or risk rejection.
I certainly hope that what you say (and respond to the next guy) is true, but I'm taking it all with a bucket of salt as this is Sony and movie studios we're talking about...
Yes, ever so slightly. BUT, it costs more to manufacture, more for the drives, and it natively supports region locking and other consumer nightmares.
Plus, the storage capacity of HD-DVD (the other thing commonly touted as it's inferiority) is more than plenty for 1K HD content, and we're a REALLY long way away from (vaguely) affordable 2K+ HD capable TV's and Projectors...
What a load of crap. The PS3 and the Wii have as much DRM as the Xbox 360. Get over yourself. I took the plunge and bought an Xbox 360 + HD-DVD drive a few months ago, and am quite pleased.
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Just because people do not get injured or killed during untrained computer use doesn't mean that untrained use isn't irresponsible. How do you suggest that my aforementioned demographic educate themselves if they don't even know that they 'need' education?? Especially when the market and the media do their best to tell people that computers are 'point and click' and require no education and training?
So, how is the user at fault? Defective by design == wrong and stupid in my book. Yeah, true. But some people have no choice. If you are required by your University or employer to access a government data repository that is Active X only, you're kinda fucked aren't you?
Again, how is the user at fault?
All I'm trying to say, is pissing on users who don't know any better, or are between a rock and a hard place is hardly helpful. You'd be more productive lobbying relevant parties, educating anyone you can, and boycotting technologies you disagree with.
I don't think I put anything in your mouth at all, I just interpreted your post as elitist drivel, and quite frankly so would someone who is a little insecure about their tech competence, who are also incidentally the IE using crowd.
How is Gnome 2 inferior to Gnome 1? I'd genuinely like to know as I'm quite a fan of Gnome 2, and definitely don't understand your lumping it with the bizarre mess that is KDE 4 (fingers crossed for 4.1)...
Cheers!
1. 30 - 50 year old couple with no technically competent friends or family (or kids) using a computer from Dell or a corner store. This is actually a pretty large fraction of 'Net users out there, and they use IE and windows through no fault of their own.
2. Scientists and Researchers having to use Active X only data repository sites because they need to get aerial maps from a government site etc...
3. Office workers being forced into using IE due to corporate compliance.
I'd like to see you have the nerve and belligerence to walk up to any of these people and say: "you're using IE so therefore you are wrong and stupid", when they are not actually at fault.
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Well, personally in my case, my clothes are either made in India or Australia, being Australian myself. So yes, I understand your point completely, I was merely being facetious.
Well, whilst i agree that most OSS games suck quite hard (as in my opinion the OSS development model doesn't lend itself well to game development), they are still games, and there are heaps out there.
Yeah, I know whooosh and all that...
I don't get the point you're trying to make... Explanation?
Uhm, DDT was banned as it is a carcinogen, and not for the environmental impact. All Organochlorides were phased out on most developed countries for that reason.
:roll eyes:).
http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/actives/ddt.htm
What we now use are mostly Organophosphate based pesticides (which are probably just as bad, but 'luckily' the metabolites are much harder to trace, so you can't get sued if your products poison an entire generation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organophosphorous
lol, you brought me out of my depressed stupor by your lucid and rational comment. That makes sense I guess, thanks mate
Again, thank you!
Flamebait?? Huh?? I'm not trying to start a flamewar, I'm just at a loss to communicate my frustration with Slashdot lately. If you're gonna mod me down, at least do it sensibly, like Offtopic or something.
Seriously, what the fuck is up with this shit? Can't we do something about these 'nigger' trolls OTHER than reading at +1 only? This nigger stuff is either spread by immature 13 year old fucktards who giggle when someone says penis, or anti Slashdot trolls on someone's payroll out on a mission. And what gives you the right to disrespect the dead!
My advice to you, 'nigger' trolls:
Stop being a moron, you're wasting precious moments of your life that you will be regretting on your deathbed, which if Heath is anything to go by may not be when you are 70. Either way, get a life and FUCK OFF!
Also, I realise I'll be modded down for feeding trolls and being off topic, but I feel I have to speak up, as if nothing happens soon I'm leaving Slashdot for good (and no doubt many others).
Well, Monday January 21, @08:20PM according to the first post...
Mod parent up please. Most dangerous times during flight are during landing and takeoff, as the ground is far closer and you have less time to react.
The track record of the 777 is right up there amongst the best. Probably why it is such a freaking expensive aircraft.
Well, two reasons.
1. I don't think that (other than Servers) Sun produces any decent products.
2. Look what Novell did to Ximian, Suse and (by association) Gnome.
These are personal views mind you, so feel free to disagree.
I know, but unfortunately I'm a fairly lousy developer, being more on the documentation side of FOSS contribution. What made MySQL different was that they were corporate entity as well as an open source database, which made it a bit easier to convince pointy haired manager to use MySQL.
There goes another independent and relatively good quality FOSS product. Extra managementy foo and "vision" can only bollocks up the whole show :/ Sigh
Surely an Oscar being one of the awards won in Europe would indicate that this is a very clever hoax:
:)
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Gentlemen, I think we've found the Borat of CES
ROFL
:) More stuff to shout at ford supporters at Bathurst.
I haven't actually heard those before, cheers
FORD = Found On Rubbish Dumps
FORD = Fucked On Race Days
FORD = Fixed Or Repaired Daily
Wow, that's so freaking cool
I still find it amazing though how the human mind is so good at looking for pattens in the chaos to the point where defects in media complement the music they store. Or how often it is the blemishes or asymmetries in people that make them beautiful.
I certainly hope that what you say (and respond to the next guy) is true, but I'm taking it all with a bucket of salt as this is Sony and movie studios we're talking about...
Yes, ever so slightly. BUT, it costs more to manufacture, more for the drives, and it natively supports region locking and other consumer nightmares.
Plus, the storage capacity of HD-DVD (the other thing commonly touted as it's inferiority) is more than plenty for 1K HD content, and we're a REALLY long way away from (vaguely) affordable 2K+ HD capable TV's and Projectors...
You go pick which is more important to you.
What a load of crap. The PS3 and the Wii have as much DRM as the Xbox 360. Get over yourself. I took the plunge and bought an Xbox 360 + HD-DVD drive a few months ago, and am quite pleased.
Please, troll somewhere else...