We on slashdot are pretty much the only ones who care about net neutrality. My dad(*) doesn't have a clue why it's important.
The App Store is the most flagrant example of non-neutral app built on top of the Internet. But if you were to push the argument further, I have restrictions on how many pictures I can upload on Flickr. Is that neutral?
Sure. There's lots of other sites where you can upload as many photos as you'd like. You're not restricted to using Flickr and Flickr alone like you are with the App Store. The App Store is the only "certified" place to download apple applications for iPod Touches/iPhones, while Flickr is one of many different sites that do the same thing.
Flickr's just trying to earn some money; is that wrong? I happen to like Flickr as it is and I'd gladly pay for more space if I needed it; or I could just use Imageshack or Photobucket or any of the other dozens of image hosts out there. With the App Store, you're "locked-in". See the difference?
Yes but all it does is surf wikipedia from an SD card.
It's a neat device, but hardly a netbook call me when it can play a movie, view slashdot, check my email, view slashdot, update a few trouble tickets for work, view slashdot, submit an order to Jimmy Johns for lunch, view slashdot, run an SSH client, view slashdot AND load wikipedia.
I think you forgot "view slashdot". I thought it would have been obvious; guess I was wrong =\
This isn't as simple as you think it is. Let me give you a classic car analogy:
You buy a car. You really, really like it and it does almost everything you want it to do, and it does it well. Note the "almost". You want it to, say, play back FLAC/Vorbis files in its CD drive and you know that it's possible, so you find a way to hack into its computer system and insert some code someone else wrote that will give you what you want. However, you are not legally allowed to do so. Why not? It's your car, right? You should be legally able to do whatever you want with your car, regardless what any company says about it. It's YOUR car.
Apply this to iPhones. What if you don't want to use AT&T? What if you want to run an app (such as a SNES emulator) that's not available on the App Store? You can't. Why not? It's YOUR phone, right? There lies the issue.
The DMCA, limiting what consumers can and cannot do with their LEGALLY PURCHASED products? What if I want to rip a DVD I bought overseas? What if I want to play NES games on my DS? Why should ANYONE limit your legal right to do these kinds of things?
If you want to be "normal" and not care about anything, go ahead, but PLEASE as least swear a *little* less? You're not making anyone think you're smarter by doing that, you know.
What exactly do all these "Gnome won't let you configure anything! KDE 4Evar!" people want to be able to do with Gnome that they can't?
I wholeheartedly agree. There's absolutely nothing in Gnome that I've wanted to do that KDE could do. Some more lockdown would be nice, but other than that, my mind's blank. Examples, maybe? Anyone?
Am I the only one that's not mad at them for doing this? In the article, it clearly states that this is entirely optional. Just hold down the alt key and it'll change for you.
The absolute best gaming experience I've had when it comes to immersion is definitely Metroid Prime. The game completely blew me away the first time I played it. It's just you, nobody else, on a planet fighting against ETs and Space Pirates while trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Retro Studios never made the game too unlike the previous games in the series as well; this isn't an FPS, it's a First Person Adventure. The puzzles were innovative, expansions were well hidden and fun to find, and the controls, while awkward, worked surprisingly well. The graphics were absolutely beautiful to look at; your HUD would show things like raindrops hitting it or condensation appearing from steam/heat!
The reason why I think the game was so immersive was this: Retro never made players care about the story! The game went on without any real "story" happening. You had to figure out for yourself where to go next, how to beat certain enemies, and everything! You had to "scan" items and enemies to figure out parts of the story and how to defeat enemies. The game gave you this feeling like the world in the game was going on without you animal-crossing style; go to an area one time and something happens, go there another time and different enemies/sequences are present. I was only a pre-teen when I played the game first, so you can imagine how thrilling it was to watch a metroid breaking out of its casing to attack me, and after wondering where to go next for a split second a space-pirate jumps through the window and attacks me.
If more shooters want to be successful, make the design choices that Metroid Prime made.
People like you need to understand that there is no point refuting Evolution. Evolution is the glue that holds Biology together, and without it we wouldn't have: Paleontology, Micro-biology, Medicine, Genetics, among other fields.
Here's a simple thought experiment: If Evolution is false, what created swine flu? The only other possible explanation is that God is a dick, and I don't believe that.
I believe you're confusing Evolution with Natural Selection. Natural Selection makes absolute perfect sense, and a man would be a fool to not believe it (its like denying gravity's existence). On the other hand, the assumption that everything descended from a common ancestor, which the Theory of Evolution says, is still open to debate. Sure, there's "evidence" to support these claims, but has it been 100% proven? No! So I suggest shutting your mouth and getting your vocabulary straight before you criticize creationists. Thank you.
Last time I checked, "Scientology" wasn't really a word (even though it technically is). Heck they even made fun of it on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody once, when London said that she was really good at scientology or something. Thats enough to show how much people dislike it; they don't even recognize that its a real religion sometimes.
What makes you think it is dvd::rip that has the language mixed up? It is a Japanese movie and it is not surprising that the first audio track is Japanese. Fortunately you can select to rip a different audio track.
Actually, I set the language to English. And for some demented reason, dvd::rip rips my movies into multiple files of the exact same size (except for the last one) and one of the files was in the wrong language.
I am betting you set it up wrong, since the disc name really shouldn't effect anything. It could be your ripper program should point at/dev/dvd (or equivalent), not "/mnt/Mounted File System"
I always have it set to point to/dev/dvd, but that never works and claims it cant find anything. Only if that doesn't work I set it to/media/[insert mounted filesystem here].
Actually, IF YOU READ TFA, it states that if you already have 8.10 or an earlier release then you'll only get the updates for that release (obviously). You can only update to the beta if you choose to. Basically all that it does is removes your old official repos, switches to the Jaunty ones, temporarily disables your 3rd-party repos, and updates/installs the new packages.
Personally, I don't really give a care about the patent system. I WILL care, however, when somebody makes non-profit works such as FLOSS patent-proof. I mean if they're not making any money, how could they be stealing it? And if they somehow are decreasing revenue then they should spend their time improving their product, not whining about it in court like little babies.
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We on slashdot are pretty much the only ones who care about net neutrality. My dad(*) doesn't have a clue why it's important.
The App Store is the most flagrant example of non-neutral app built on top of the Internet. But if you were to push the argument further, I have restrictions on how many pictures I can upload on Flickr. Is that neutral?
Sure. There's lots of other sites where you can upload as many photos as you'd like. You're not restricted to using Flickr and Flickr alone like you are with the App Store. The App Store is the only "certified" place to download apple applications for iPod Touches/iPhones, while Flickr is one of many different sites that do the same thing.
Flickr's just trying to earn some money; is that wrong? I happen to like Flickr as it is and I'd gladly pay for more space if I needed it; or I could just use Imageshack or Photobucket or any of the other dozens of image hosts out there. With the App Store, you're "locked-in". See the difference?
Yes but all it does is surf wikipedia from an SD card.
It's a neat device, but hardly a netbook call me when it can play a movie, view slashdot, check my email, view slashdot, update a few trouble tickets for work, view slashdot, submit an order to Jimmy Johns for lunch, view slashdot, run an SSH client, view slashdot AND load wikipedia.
I think you forgot "view slashdot". I thought it would have been obvious; guess I was wrong =\
Wubi? http://wubi-installer.org/
*cough*http://getsongbird.com/*cough*
Familiar interface, more features, can play music encoded with FairPlay, 2-way-sync with iTunes, everything. Get it. Now.
True, but which OS has more issues that can be fixed without re-installing or running a virus scan?
This isn't as simple as you think it is. Let me give you a classic car analogy:
You buy a car. You really, really like it and it does almost everything you want it to do, and it does it well. Note the "almost". You want it to, say, play back FLAC/Vorbis files in its CD drive and you know that it's possible, so you find a way to hack into its computer system and insert some code someone else wrote that will give you what you want. However, you are not legally allowed to do so. Why not? It's your car, right? You should be legally able to do whatever you want with your car, regardless what any company says about it. It's YOUR car.
Apply this to iPhones. What if you don't want to use AT&T? What if you want to run an app (such as a SNES emulator) that's not available on the App Store? You can't. Why not? It's YOUR phone, right? There lies the issue.
The DMCA, limiting what consumers can and cannot do with their LEGALLY PURCHASED products? What if I want to rip a DVD I bought overseas? What if I want to play NES games on my DS? Why should ANYONE limit your legal right to do these kinds of things?
If you want to be "normal" and not care about anything, go ahead, but PLEASE as least swear a *little* less? You're not making anyone think you're smarter by doing that, you know.
What exactly do all these "Gnome won't let you configure anything! KDE 4Evar!" people want to be able to do with Gnome that they can't?
I wholeheartedly agree. There's absolutely nothing in Gnome that I've wanted to do that KDE could do. Some more lockdown would be nice, but other than that, my mind's blank. Examples, maybe? Anyone?
Am I the only one that's not mad at them for doing this? In the article, it clearly states that this is entirely optional. Just hold down the alt key and it'll change for you.
...couldn't he fix them himself? With supervision, I mean.
The whole point of this is:
1. Sell to customers who blindly trust in it.
2. Fail to detect anything on many an occasion because it most likely isn't perfect.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!!!
"Aww, dangit! I got a BSOD again! Well, I knew it'd happen..."
The absolute best gaming experience I've had when it comes to immersion is definitely Metroid Prime. The game completely blew me away the first time I played it. It's just you, nobody else, on a planet fighting against ETs and Space Pirates while trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Retro Studios never made the game too unlike the previous games in the series as well; this isn't an FPS, it's a First Person Adventure. The puzzles were innovative, expansions were well hidden and fun to find, and the controls, while awkward, worked surprisingly well. The graphics were absolutely beautiful to look at; your HUD would show things like raindrops hitting it or condensation appearing from steam/heat!
The reason why I think the game was so immersive was this: Retro never made players care about the story! The game went on without any real "story" happening. You had to figure out for yourself where to go next, how to beat certain enemies, and everything! You had to "scan" items and enemies to figure out parts of the story and how to defeat enemies. The game gave you this feeling like the world in the game was going on without you animal-crossing style; go to an area one time and something happens, go there another time and different enemies/sequences are present. I was only a pre-teen when I played the game first, so you can imagine how thrilling it was to watch a metroid breaking out of its casing to attack me, and after wondering where to go next for a split second a space-pirate jumps through the window and attacks me.
If more shooters want to be successful, make the design choices that Metroid Prime made.
Two words: Metroid Prime.
I guess you are new to proprietary operating systems.
There, fixed it for ya ;)
People like you need to understand that there is no point refuting Evolution. Evolution is the glue that holds Biology together, and without it we wouldn't have: Paleontology, Micro-biology, Medicine, Genetics, among other fields.
Here's a simple thought experiment: If Evolution is false, what created swine flu? The only other possible explanation is that God is a dick, and I don't believe that.
I believe you're confusing Evolution with Natural Selection. Natural Selection makes absolute perfect sense, and a man would be a fool to not believe it (its like denying gravity's existence). On the other hand, the assumption that everything descended from a common ancestor, which the Theory of Evolution says, is still open to debate. Sure, there's "evidence" to support these claims, but has it been 100% proven? No! So I suggest shutting your mouth and getting your vocabulary straight before you criticize creationists. Thank you.
Have her do Through The Fire and Flames, that's sure to be a challenge ;).
Yeah, I was sure hoping Epiphany would make the list... guess my dreams are eternally shattered, Micro$oft!
Last time I checked, "Scientology" wasn't really a word (even though it technically is). Heck they even made fun of it on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody once, when London said that she was really good at scientology or something. Thats enough to show how much people dislike it; they don't even recognize that its a real religion sometimes.
Even NASA fell in the DRM trap.
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What makes you think it is dvd::rip that has the language mixed up? It is a Japanese movie and it is not surprising that the first audio track is Japanese. Fortunately you can select to rip a different audio track.
Actually, I set the language to English. And for some demented reason, dvd::rip rips my movies into multiple files of the exact same size (except for the last one) and one of the files was in the wrong language.
I am betting you set it up wrong, since the disc name really shouldn't effect anything. It could be your ripper program should point at /dev/dvd (or equivalent), not "/mnt/Mounted File System"
I always have it set to point to /dev/dvd, but that never works and claims it cant find anything. Only if that doesn't work I set it to /media/[insert mounted filesystem here].
crap I forgot to read the parent of the earlier one... disregard this and my earlier post X_X
Actually, IF YOU READ TFA, it states that if you already have 8.10 or an earlier release then you'll only get the updates for that release (obviously). You can only update to the beta if you choose to. Basically all that it does is removes your old official repos, switches to the Jaunty ones, temporarily disables your 3rd-party repos, and updates/installs the new packages.
The browser itself will probably still be called Internet Explorer 9, no reason to throw away a strong brand.
What is this "brand" you speak of? All the average user cares to know about it is that its a big E on their desktop and its name is "the internet".
This does kinda seem obvious since they have "Why is the Sky Blue" listed as a FAQ question of all things.
Personally, I don't really give a care about the patent system. I WILL care, however, when somebody makes non-profit works such as FLOSS patent-proof. I mean if they're not making any money, how could they be stealing it? And if they somehow are decreasing revenue then they should spend their time improving their product, not whining about it in court like little babies.