I'm usually quite supportive of Microsoft because I honestly believe some of their products (e.g. Visual Studio) are best of breed, but this is just a joke. [...]
Did me and you use the same Visual Studio? Does it crash on you daily or was there something abnormally wrong with my computer when I used. I used it for four months and I hope that I won't be required to use it extensively again.
There's more to a browser than rendering and Javascript performance. Firefox has become a hard disk hog. It almost continually writes to disk, which can be very slow, for example on netbooks with first generation SSDs or when you keep your profile on a USB stick (portable Firefox). Worst of all, when it does write to disk, the whole browser locks up. It's barely usable on netbooks for that single reason. You'd think that nothing a browser does could justify writing or reading megabytes of data almost every minute. That's still what happens. (No, extensions or plugins are not involved.)
I'm running the latest update from the firefox 4 daily build ppa on my netbook and it runs nicely. Here is a screenshot of my current workspace: http://i55.tinypic.com/2qa5tn6.png. The only lag that I suffer is when a slashdot page initially loads. Scrolling becomes impossible during that time but once the page is loaded there are no more problems.
I will note that Firefox 4 still uses a lot of memory at times. Right now, I have 13 tabs open, firefox has been running for 44:58 and is using up 16% of my 2 GB of memory.
Also, my netbook does not have a ssd but a slow hard drive.
Everyone on Slashdot should download as many copies as they can and then delete them (Shift + Delete only!). That way the world will run out of copies and everyone will be safe.
Welcome to the Internet, where October 2007 was "years ago" and being over 40 and able to program assembly makes you a "greybeard". I am sure those guys at Mozilla are referring to their own grandmother's generation, however, the distinction would be subtle to them.
Dude, I don't even remember 2007 anymore. There's no need for the double quotes around years ago.
The test is interesting but in my opinion the data set is too small to draw any real conclusions. It would be nice to see this test done at least a few times per mail carrier.
I agree with most of your points but there are some very good games for the Wii. Red Steel 2 is an incredibly fun game. I played that game shortly after finishing the campaign in Modern Warfare 2 and I have to admit that I had more fun with Red Steel 2. Monster Hunter for the Wii is another incredibly well made game and pretty much the only RPG on the Wii.
However, both of these games are outliers to the typical games released for the Wii. I recommend them if you own a Wii.
Facebook's selling point was its exclusivity - you originally joined Facebook because only college kids were on it, and no one else. You stayed on it for the clean interface.
There's no incentive to join Diaspora.
There is at least one very good reason to join quickly. By being on of the first to join I get my pick of pretty much any username. I signed up for an invite purely to grab my username before someone else takes it. My username is pretty lame but dang it, it's mine. So, if against all odds Diaspora becomes popular then I'll be prepared.
I'm wondering if the Ubuntu crowd isn't letting their success go to their heads just a tad. Just because they're the most popular distribution doesn't mean that they can start changing everything around and have everyone else follow their lead. It's one thing to make some incremental changes that you think are best for the distribution or for Linux as an operating system. [...]
Being the most popular distribution has nothing to do with it. Of course they can do what they want. We've known for a long time now that Canonical isn't a democratic company.
I don't think this should be as shocking to people as it seems to be. Meego is moving to Wayland. We've had numerous articles on how the X.org spec is outdated. And don't forget how Canonical couldn't get their multitouch code in where they wanted it.
Is Slashdot on the side of the company or the author? Copyright law is constantly described as being "broken" around here, and posters are often on the side of music pirates and other pro-piracy entities, like Pirate Bay and the Pirate Party.
*sigh* "Slashdot" does not have an opinion. There is no hive mind. If you are spending your time trying to connect to share in the wonders of an awesome group think I would recommend a cult. Thanks.
Because it's utter crap. IE8 (I have not tested IE9) makes me wait until the "tab home" is loaded before I'm allowed to open my bookmarks and click on a site to go there. If I open the bookmarks before that tab is loaded, it loads the bookmark in the now non-active tab.
This is why my home page in IE has always been about:blank.
I have tried that and if I type into the address bar before about:blank loads completely (this would happen almost daily at my last job) then whatever I'm typing gets replaced with about:blank when about:blank finally loads. My supervisor at that job had an infatuation with IE that I will never understand. But then, he also used yahoo search.
Much like you can't fathom why we have it -- if you grew up with it, you can't fathom why everyone else doesn't have it.
Wrong. I grew up with it and I can't fathom it. Maybe I live too far north to appreciate the effect but I would love to get rid of the horrible idea that is DST.
That video had an awful lot of editing... and some 'instant response' from the device... almost like the commercials for iDevices & Droids on TV. It would have been nice to see a longer video with the actual response times for everything. I'm just sayin'
Yeah, definitely a lot of editing. When I run the Unity interface on my lowly netbook, it is very sluggish. Click... wait... should I click again...? wait... yes... oops, it just popped up and went away quickly... click again... wait... I didn't use it for very long before going back to my regular interface. Of course, the device in the video may be a whole lot more powerful than my netbook but I thought that the Unity interface was "optimized" for the netbook.
But I want to say that the video looks very nice. The marketing teem did a very good job putting together a very nice, short video.
Microsoft and Adobe merging is an option that would increase efficiency. That way I can direct my hatred in one direction with less distraction from various evil companies.
Possibly some of us who frequent slashdot are hypocrites. But to label everyone who visits slashdot as a hypocrite is quite arrogant.
There are in fact quite a few different individuals who post here and people tend to post in articles that interest them. Some days it seems as though nearly every user hear uses nothing but Linux. Other days it seems as though everyone is talking about the benefits of Windows 7. You see? There is no one opinion here. And to claim that there should be is ridiculous.
You are correct though that Canada is not a great contry, it is the greatest country in the world. Canada is safe, beautiful, clean, and rich.
Hi, although I applaud your patriotism there is no way that this is the greatest country in the world. The number of stupid drivers alone will drop us several ranks alone in any fair judging.
“Steve did visit Japan this summer for a vacation in Kyoto, but the incidents described at the airport are pure fiction. Steve had a great time and hopes to visit Japan again soon.”
I see the move to e-books in libraries as a bad thing. If anything, it's the antithesis of what a library is for. Libraries exist so that everybody, no matter how poor or disenfranchised can both educate and entertain themselves (LCD = "lowest common denominator"). Anybody can read a book. Only the wealthy can afford e-book readers and the subsequent fees. If libraries move to having titles on ebooks instead of having hard copies, that immediately eliminates people who cannot or won't buy those silly, overpriced book readers.
You talk of the LCD as the poorest person who is unable to afford an ebook reader. Well consider the LCD who is bed-ridden or for some reason unable to visit the public library. This type of model allows them to now also make use of the library.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm usually quite supportive of Microsoft because I honestly believe some of their products (e.g. Visual Studio) are best of breed, but this is just a joke. [...]
Did me and you use the same Visual Studio? Does it crash on you daily or was there something abnormally wrong with my computer when I used. I used it for four months and I hope that I won't be required to use it extensively again.
..nm I got used to it.
I see that you're from Facebook.
Agreed. I hate floating bars on top or bottom. Maybe if I had a screen with a larger resolution then I wouldn't hate them so much.
Good one. Here's another comic: http://www.hiwiller.com/2010/04/29/if-mario-was-designed-in-2010/
There's more to a browser than rendering and Javascript performance. Firefox has become a hard disk hog. It almost continually writes to disk, which can be very slow, for example on netbooks with first generation SSDs or when you keep your profile on a USB stick (portable Firefox). Worst of all, when it does write to disk, the whole browser locks up. It's barely usable on netbooks for that single reason. You'd think that nothing a browser does could justify writing or reading megabytes of data almost every minute. That's still what happens. (No, extensions or plugins are not involved.)
I'm running the latest update from the firefox 4 daily build ppa on my netbook and it runs nicely. Here is a screenshot of my current workspace: http://i55.tinypic.com/2qa5tn6.png. The only lag that I suffer is when a slashdot page initially loads. Scrolling becomes impossible during that time but once the page is loaded there are no more problems.
I will note that Firefox 4 still uses a lot of memory at times. Right now, I have 13 tabs open, firefox has been running for 44:58 and is using up 16% of my 2 GB of memory.
Also, my netbook does not have a ssd but a slow hard drive.
Everyone on Slashdot should download as many copies as they can and then delete them (Shift + Delete only!). That way the world will run out of copies and everyone will be safe.
Welcome to the Internet, where October 2007 was "years ago" and being over 40 and able to program assembly makes you a "greybeard". I am sure those guys at Mozilla are referring to their own grandmother's generation, however, the distinction would be subtle to them.
Dude, I don't even remember 2007 anymore. There's no need for the double quotes around years ago.
The test is interesting but in my opinion the data set is too small to draw any real conclusions. It would be nice to see this test done at least a few times per mail carrier.
Exactly.
[snip]
(Or maybe I need to look harder?)
I agree with most of your points but there are some very good games for the Wii. Red Steel 2 is an incredibly fun game. I played that game shortly after finishing the campaign in Modern Warfare 2 and I have to admit that I had more fun with Red Steel 2. Monster Hunter for the Wii is another incredibly well made game and pretty much the only RPG on the Wii.
However, both of these games are outliers to the typical games released for the Wii. I recommend them if you own a Wii.
It's more open than Facebook.
Facebook's selling point was its exclusivity - you originally joined Facebook because only college kids were on it, and no one else. You stayed on it for the clean interface.
There's no incentive to join Diaspora.
There is at least one very good reason to join quickly. By being on of the first to join I get my pick of pretty much any username. I signed up for an invite purely to grab my username before someone else takes it. My username is pretty lame but dang it, it's mine. So, if against all odds Diaspora becomes popular then I'll be prepared.
because it's WOT (Waste of time)
WOT is already taken for Wheel of Time. You'll have to find yourself a new acronym.
I'm wondering if the Ubuntu crowd isn't letting their success go to their heads just a tad. Just because they're the most popular distribution doesn't mean that they can start changing everything around and have everyone else follow their lead. It's one thing to make some incremental changes that you think are best for the distribution or for Linux as an operating system. [...]
Being the most popular distribution has nothing to do with it. Of course they can do what they want. We've known for a long time now that Canonical isn't a democratic company.
I don't think this should be as shocking to people as it seems to be. Meego is moving to Wayland. We've had numerous articles on how the X.org spec is outdated. And don't forget how Canonical couldn't get their multitouch code in where they wanted it.
Mod parent up.
Is Slashdot on the side of the company or the author? Copyright law is constantly described as being "broken" around here, and posters are often on the side of music pirates and other pro-piracy entities, like Pirate Bay and the Pirate Party.
*sigh* "Slashdot" does not have an opinion. There is no hive mind. If you are spending your time trying to connect to share in the wonders of an awesome group think I would recommend a cult. Thanks.
Because it's utter crap. IE8 (I have not tested IE9) makes me wait until the "tab home" is loaded before I'm allowed to open my bookmarks and click on a site to go there. If I open the bookmarks before that tab is loaded, it loads the bookmark in the now non-active tab.
This is why my home page in IE has always been about:blank.
I have tried that and if I type into the address bar before about:blank loads completely (this would happen almost daily at my last job) then whatever I'm typing gets replaced with about:blank when about:blank finally loads. My supervisor at that job had an infatuation with IE that I will never understand. But then, he also used yahoo search.
Much like you can't fathom why we have it -- if you grew up with it, you can't fathom why everyone else doesn't have it.
Wrong. I grew up with it and I can't fathom it. Maybe I live too far north to appreciate the effect but I would love to get rid of the horrible idea that is DST.
That video had an awful lot of editing ... and some 'instant response' from the device ... almost like the commercials for iDevices & Droids on TV. It would have been nice to see a longer video with the actual response times for everything. I'm just sayin'
Yeah, definitely a lot of editing. When I run the Unity interface on my lowly netbook, it is very sluggish. Click... wait... should I click again...? wait... yes... oops, it just popped up and went away quickly... click again... wait... I didn't use it for very long before going back to my regular interface. Of course, the device in the video may be a whole lot more powerful than my netbook but I thought that the Unity interface was "optimized" for the netbook.
But I want to say that the video looks very nice. The marketing teem did a very good job putting together a very nice, short video.
Microsoft and Adobe merging is an option that would increase efficiency. That way I can direct my hatred in one direction with less distraction from various evil companies.
Possibly some of us who frequent slashdot are hypocrites. But to label everyone who visits slashdot as a hypocrite is quite arrogant.
There are in fact quite a few different individuals who post here and people tend to post in articles that interest them. Some days it seems as though nearly every user hear uses nothing but Linux. Other days it seems as though everyone is talking about the benefits of Windows 7. You see? There is no one opinion here. And to claim that there should be is ridiculous.
You are correct though that Canada is not a great contry, it is the greatest country in the world. Canada is safe, beautiful, clean, and rich.
Hi, although I applaud your patriotism there is no way that this is the greatest country in the world. The number of stupid drivers alone will drop us several ranks alone in any fair judging.
The Wii will play all Gamecube games [...]
:( Not Phantasy Star Online.
“Steve did visit Japan this summer for a vacation in Kyoto, but the incidents described at the airport are pure fiction. Steve had a great time and hopes to visit Japan again soon.”
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100914/qotd-the-ninja-throwing-stars-they%E2%80%99re-for-my-friend-larry-ellison/
Caps-lock much?
Windoze.
I see the move to e-books in libraries as a bad thing. If anything, it's the antithesis of what a library is for. Libraries exist so that everybody, no matter how poor or disenfranchised can both educate and entertain themselves (LCD = "lowest common denominator"). Anybody can read a book. Only the wealthy can afford e-book readers and the subsequent fees. If libraries move to having titles on ebooks instead of having hard copies, that immediately eliminates people who cannot or won't buy those silly, overpriced book readers.
You talk of the LCD as the poorest person who is unable to afford an ebook reader. Well consider the LCD who is bed-ridden or for some reason unable to visit the public library. This type of model allows them to now also make use of the library.