China is the only country that truly thinks of the children. Not only because it doesn't allow them to be born in the first place, but because it can effectively control for the rest of their lives what they will and what they won't see, not only on the Internet, but also in newspapers, books, TV and the media.
Chinese software will inevitably become a leading force in western industry.
Their logic is inverse: They know you are going to buy something and what you will buy, so they judge you can wait and you will wait, because you cannot buy it from anywhere else.
Employees focus their energy on undecided customers, to ensure they will buy something and that this something will be the most expensive option they can afford.
Why on earth would they rush to service you? After all, the more crowded the store appears to be, the better.
Yes, I read your post and being a physicist I know about Faraday cages. I am not aware of the precise reasoning behind jammer ban, however using a passive Faraday cage is the same as using an active RF blocker, the end result being inhibiting communication in a public place. Perhaps the intention of the law is to make sure 911 or emergency calls are still possible (I vaguely recall there was an underground tunnel accident somewhere and many people were saved just because emergency cellphone calls still worked).
No need to defend me, I was righteously modded troll for overreacting. All I wanted to do was to complain about the submission's style and rhetoric that sounded like a blatant slashvertisement to me.
For me, an OS description or review in plain words or even videos and benchmarks (especially from Tom) is more misguiding than informative. The important thing about an OS is its feel and functionality and (call me a troll again, but) I can't get that experience unless I actually install it and try it for myself. To provide an analogy, I have never eaten shark fin soup and no Tom's hardware reviews are ever going to convince me it's good, unless I taste it.
How do you know your friend has a spare HDMI cable? And if he doesn't, is it really easy to detach it from the back of his DVD/Bluray player to connect it to your tablet?
If my intention was to show off my new bling device, I'd make sure I brought with me a suitable cable anyway.
I'm just not so sure what's so great about this kind of device. A netbook is much easier to operate, is more versatile, and is almost as light. I can't see myself sitting on the bus with my Galaxy Tab like an asshole, so it's mostly going to stay at my apartment, where it just feels like a slower, harder to navigate version of the devices I already have.
I think this paragraph is great and has debunked the whole tablet mythology in the most objective and eloquent way possible.
Unless I see results of the same benchmarks on both iOS and Android devices, such articles provide no data as to which device is more powerful. TFA just compares various Android devices.
What gets published in the media as "news" is heavily filtered and several criteria have to be met before an event becomes "news". One of the criteria is whether the item has brought enough ad clicks in the recent past and the PSN hack certainly did.
Do you really think that the hacking of a minor gov site would make the news in e.g. CNN two years ago?
The number of such news stories recently has increased but it's mainly positive feedback: the more publicity the villains get, the more they are at it.
IIRC there is legislation in the US and elsewhere preventing the use of RF blockers in public places. In addition, the theater would be obliged to have big signs saying "your phone is blocked", which would certainly send the customers away.
Some people think that when they pay for a service they have the right to do anything they want, the idea being "my dollars are as good as yours". These people don't give a shit about your pathetic family and your pathetic $50, they'll definitely do what they want to do and ignore all house policies or etiquettes.
My bet is that if the admission were free, she'd be more willing to respect your complaint and turn her phone off.
When you have a pre-defined 6-month release cycle, exact deadlines and dozens of bugs pending, any new release is "released too soon".
With every new release new bugs are introduced, the old ones are given less priority and the user experience remains about the same. I hate to tell this, but the situation is the same with every piece of software and hardware (laptops and mobile phone models, anyone?) and reminds me of the saying "technology is something that does not work yet".
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I find this very insightful, because from a gov's perspective, talk/publicity about a protest is much worse than the protest itself.
China is the only country that truly thinks of the children. Not only because it doesn't allow them to be born in the first place, but because it can effectively control for the rest of their lives what they will and what they won't see, not only on the Internet, but also in newspapers, books, TV and the media.
Chinese software will inevitably become a leading force in western industry.
Their logic is inverse: They know you are going to buy something and what you will buy, so they judge you can wait and you will wait, because you cannot buy it from anywhere else.
Employees focus their energy on undecided customers, to ensure they will buy something and that this something will be the most expensive option they can afford.
Why on earth would they rush to service you? After all, the more crowded the store appears to be, the better.
Must have been a "click my boobs to see them juggle" email.
Thank you for the encouraging words, Anonymous. I believe you meant Charles Sanders Peirce and not Pierce.
Thank you for spelling out the word I didn't dare to mention, but I think the chessboard is much bigger.
Yes, I read your post and being a physicist I know about Faraday cages. I am not aware of the precise reasoning behind jammer ban, however using a passive Faraday cage is the same as using an active RF blocker, the end result being inhibiting communication in a public place. Perhaps the intention of the law is to make sure 911 or emergency calls are still possible (I vaguely recall there was an underground tunnel accident somewhere and many people were saved just because emergency cellphone calls still worked).
According to conspiracy theories, bringing the current currencies down so that a new world order arises will be an Inside Job (TM).
As the parent post says, probably XFCE. Fast, simple, functional, no useless eye candy. Less is more.
No need to defend me, I was righteously modded troll for overreacting. All I wanted to do was to complain about the submission's style and rhetoric that sounded like a blatant slashvertisement to me.
For me, an OS description or review in plain words or even videos and benchmarks (especially from Tom) is more misguiding than informative. The important thing about an OS is its feel and functionality and (call me a troll again, but) I can't get that experience unless I actually install it and try it for myself. To provide an analogy, I have never eaten shark fin soup and no Tom's hardware reviews are ever going to convince me it's good, unless I taste it.
How do you know your friend has a spare HDMI cable? And if he doesn't, is it really easy to detach it from the back of his DVD/Bluray player to connect it to your tablet?
If my intention was to show off my new bling device, I'd make sure I brought with me a suitable cable anyway.
If I had my own Lear Jet I'd certainly also buy an iPad.
I'm just not so sure what's so great about this kind of device. A netbook is much easier to operate, is more versatile, and is almost as light. I can't see myself sitting on the bus with my Galaxy Tab like an asshole, so it's mostly going to stay at my apartment, where it just feels like a slower, harder to navigate version of the devices I already have.
I think this paragraph is great and has debunked the whole tablet mythology in the most objective and eloquent way possible.
Unless I see results of the same benchmarks on both iOS and Android devices, such articles provide no data as to which device is more powerful. TFA just compares various Android devices.
+1 insightful.
People don't know the difference and they won't know it in the future either, in the same way they don't know what freedom is.
Android users typically don't even want to touch an iPhone or iPad
Precisely my policy too, I never touch a religious item if I'm not a member of the cult.
+1 insightful, precisely my thought too.
You didn't say how many more minutes it would take before I hear a knock on my door... Thank you for helping me get arrested.
What gets published in the media as "news" is heavily filtered and several criteria have to be met before an event becomes "news". One of the criteria is whether the item has brought enough ad clicks in the recent past and the PSN hack certainly did.
Do you really think that the hacking of a minor gov site would make the news in e.g. CNN two years ago?
The number of such news stories recently has increased but it's mainly positive feedback: the more publicity the villains get, the more they are at it.
IIRC there is legislation in the US and elsewhere preventing the use of RF blockers in public places. In addition, the theater would be obliged to have big signs saying "your phone is blocked", which would certainly send the customers away.
Some people think that when they pay for a service they have the right to do anything they want, the idea being "my dollars are as good as yours". These people don't give a shit about your pathetic family and your pathetic $50, they'll definitely do what they want to do and ignore all house policies or etiquettes.
My bet is that if the admission were free, she'd be more willing to respect your complaint and turn her phone off.
It's on slashdot because: a) it was a phone and not a low-tech flashlight; and b) it probably was an iPhone.
The word "asshole" in capital letters sounds pretty copyrighted to me :-)
When you have a pre-defined 6-month release cycle, exact deadlines and dozens of bugs pending, any new release is "released too soon".
With every new release new bugs are introduced, the old ones are given less priority and the user experience remains about the same. I hate to tell this, but the situation is the same with every piece of software and hardware (laptops and mobile phone models, anyone?) and reminds me of the saying "technology is something that does not work yet".
and the news is that somebody just discovered unity?
Please have mercy on us.