Because the UK is really underdeveloped in this respect. Their current definition of "IT" is learning how to use MS Word, and that's how the curriculum is.
The Raspberry Pi guys can explain this one a lot better than I can. It's their mission statement to improve the poor state of IT in the UK, after all.
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Why should he be banned for making a joke? Should you be banned for not laughing at it, then?
That was just speculation. Better reasons are given in the comments. Basically, it mostly seems to be about convenience: HBO doesn't make it very convenient for most people to get to watch the show.
It's all about how you divide your work. I sometime use three different desktop workspaces: two containing windows for two different school subjects, and another one for all the entertainment stuff I had open. It keeps me focused.
Flipping between them is as simple as pressing ctrl+alt+left or ctrl+alt+right, and it keeps my task bar organized, too.
If we're talking about icons, let's think a bit further and discuss other metaphors. Anyone really know what an arrow symbol comes from? Most people probably don't or they just forgot (this is a guess), but we all get the meaning of "it's pointing to something" behind it.
By the way, in case you were wondering, the arrow symbol was derived from, well, actual arrows from bows. An arrow always has a destination, just like the symbolic arrows.
The model is Asus K93S (or K93SV). It's also the most well-cooled laptop I've ever owned (seriously, it simply doesn't get hot at all). Comes with Win7 as a sort of bonus.
One catch for Linux with this laptop, though: you need to install and use bumblebee in order to be able to use the discrete graphics card (NVidia GT540M). This is also recommended because bumblebee can disable the discrete graphics card for you when it's not being used, which is good for battery life.
The laptop is indeed quite huge, but that's what you get for good specs, I suppose! Especially since it's about half a year old by now. With my next lappy I'll try to keep the size in account.:)
I have approximately the specs you mentioned (but with a 1 TB HDD, 6 GB RAM, USB 3 port and 2.5 hours of battery life) for 1250 euros total. It's about half a year old. So your figures do seem to scale rather well.
1080p on a laptop monitor just doesn't work, though. The thing's an 18.4" beast and the pixels are STILL rather small. You really need an external monitor for a good full HD experience.
Finding the hash and converting it certainly is a lot more technical and convoluted than it needs to be. So if "The Hard Way" makes it this easy then there's nothing to worry about whatsoever... Especially when people will start figuring out "The Actually Hard Way'.
The actual usefullness of compiz, in my particular working environment of managing IT infrastructure, is close to if not 0.
I think this is the case. There are some mighty useful plugins for Compiz which can be rather handy depending on what you do with your computer. For example, there's a zoom functionality with which you can zoom in the entire screen. I've found this useful on numerous occasions, for example, when operating from a TV screen that's a few metres away. There's also plugins that allow you to draw on the screen, which is useful for presentations and such.
So yeah. Compiz *does* actually add functionality next to the eye candy. It's just stuff that not everybody will need.
That's too bad, but at least you can get 2GB! And that's a pretty good amount to have, at the moment.
Also, I get what you're saying, but at this point, I'd just wanted to point out that you *can* upgrade it at least a bit more. I agree on software not having to take up more RAM just for the heck of it (I loathe a lot of commercial software out there exactly because of such bloat; I mean, there's no reason Photoshop should take over a minute to load on my overpowered notebook, either...).
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Because the UK is really underdeveloped in this respect. Their current definition of "IT" is learning how to use MS Word, and that's how the curriculum is.
The Raspberry Pi guys can explain this one a lot better than I can. It's their mission statement to improve the poor state of IT in the UK, after all.
Why should he be banned for making a joke? Should you be banned for not laughing at it, then?
That was just speculation. Better reasons are given in the comments. Basically, it mostly seems to be about convenience: HBO doesn't make it very convenient for most people to get to watch the show.
...My daily Slashdot digest mail said "Diablo III unleashed". Funny.
It's all about how you divide your work. I sometime use three different desktop workspaces: two containing windows for two different school subjects, and another one for all the entertainment stuff I had open. It keeps me focused.
Flipping between them is as simple as pressing ctrl+alt+left or ctrl+alt+right, and it keeps my task bar organized, too.
If we're talking about icons, let's think a bit further and discuss other metaphors. Anyone really know what an arrow symbol comes from? Most people probably don't or they just forgot (this is a guess), but we all get the meaning of "it's pointing to something" behind it.
By the way, in case you were wondering, the arrow symbol was derived from, well, actual arrows from bows. An arrow always has a destination, just like the symbolic arrows.
I think they're still in the "make it work" stage, meaning that they haven't gotten around to "make it work fast" yet.
Of course, good design would probably have made it work quickly enough from the start.
The model is Asus K93S (or K93SV). It's also the most well-cooled laptop I've ever owned (seriously, it simply doesn't get hot at all). Comes with Win7 as a sort of bonus.
One catch for Linux with this laptop, though: you need to install and use bumblebee in order to be able to use the discrete graphics card (NVidia GT540M). This is also recommended because bumblebee can disable the discrete graphics card for you when it's not being used, which is good for battery life.
The laptop is indeed quite huge, but that's what you get for good specs, I suppose! Especially since it's about half a year old by now. With my next lappy I'll try to keep the size in account. :)
Let's not forget that good IDEs also make use of their horizontal space rather well.
Asus K93S?
Quad Core i7
1TB HD
6GB RAM
1920x1080 screen
1250EUR = $1620
I have approximately the specs you mentioned (but with a 1 TB HDD, 6 GB RAM, USB 3 port and 2.5 hours of battery life) for 1250 euros total. It's about half a year old. So your figures do seem to scale rather well.
1080p on a laptop monitor just doesn't work, though. The thing's an 18.4" beast and the pixels are STILL rather small. You really need an external monitor for a good full HD experience.
Arch boots about thrice faster than Win7, in my experience. But setting it up initially may take away a few of your hours (depending on experience).
Finding the hash and converting it certainly is a lot more technical and convoluted than it needs to be. So if "The Hard Way" makes it this easy then there's nothing to worry about whatsoever... Especially when people will start figuring out "The Actually Hard Way'.
I quote:
"MS is pretty irrelevant these days outside of the enterprise desktop arena."
That's what Missing.Matter replied too. Seems totally appropriate.
There are any number of app-stores out there for Linux but a gaming-centric, game-developer-supported one is a big plus.
Like Desura! But I'd like Steam on Linux, too. ;)
Ummm... False! I'll go with false.
More seriously, most oses have people with elitist Attitudes. Not gonna stop this from succeeding.
Please stay. The more people like you leave, the more people like the other guy stay behind. Your comment was totally informative.
The actual usefullness of compiz, in my particular working environment of managing IT infrastructure, is close to if not 0.
I think this is the case. There are some mighty useful plugins for Compiz which can be rather handy depending on what you do with your computer. For example, there's a zoom functionality with which you can zoom in the entire screen. I've found this useful on numerous occasions, for example, when operating from a TV screen that's a few metres away. There's also plugins that allow you to draw on the screen, which is useful for presentations and such.
So yeah. Compiz *does* actually add functionality next to the eye candy. It's just stuff that not everybody will need.
...It'll always be Commander Keen Day.
That's too bad, but at least you can get 2GB! And that's a pretty good amount to have, at the moment.
Also, I get what you're saying, but at this point, I'd just wanted to point out that you *can* upgrade it at least a bit more. I agree on software not having to take up more RAM just for the heck of it (I loathe a lot of commercial software out there exactly because of such bloat; I mean, there's no reason Photoshop should take over a minute to load on my overpowered notebook, either...).
Have you heard the stories about what a huge clusterfuck the Facebook code is?
Look, I love you for all the things you say. But I smell troll. So it's better if you just leave it alone, too.
It's extremely difficult to convince people who are so sure of themselves, even if that what they're so sure about doesn't hold water.
Less than two years? A 4GB DIMM will probably fit in the 1GB's stead.
You cared enough to know what the hell he meant.
you are living in a fantasyland if you believe that slashdot is not massively corrupted by widespread shilling
You should take some reading classes. That's exactly what he didn't say.