I tend to agree with him - on a certain level. There are some life experiences that do need to be dealt with - I don't dispute that, but as a whole, Western society has grown soft. So oozy soft that any day now you're going to be walked all over by someone who has real balls.
Agreed. I'm still surprised that people have not got this.
Also, I predict that in 1 - 2 years (perhaps less) when this 'whole thing' has fallen from public eyes that Ecuador will somehow be sanctioned as a nation for something - anything - that the US can lay on them. Noone will make the connection and noone would believe there was one.
Yes and no. Lines get blurry. There is a lady at my work who is (according to her job description) a "Safety Data Coordinator Analyst". Putting aside how stupid it sounds, is she actually that or no?
At what point in a remote, basic lifestyle village is the guy at the pub who people depend on to fight fires actually a 'firefighter'.
The point is, labels are labels. If my 'architectural drawing' is used to create a building then I am indeed the architect of that building. Does that make me an architect? It seems I can certainly do that if I want. Is the only real reason to label someone as something because they do it as their primary line of work? A piece of paper from a University perhaps?
The cashew? Never heard it get called an acorn. =D
I tend to agree though - its usefulness doesn't extend very far (for example, the same contextual menu can be accessed with a right-click). However, I think one of the main reasons behind the cashew was to allow access to that same contextual menu regardless of your desktop setup. For example, there are some 'desktop layouts' (found in Desktop Settings) that entirely change the behaviour of right-clicking on the desktop: the 'folder view' layout displays a folder, therefore right-clicking won't give you the same menu, the 'search and launch' layout is similar. Having the cashew there allows people 'quick' access to this menu.
Still I think there is a better way to do it than use a screen corner - putting it on the default panel could work well.
The problem with having this in the documentation is the same as the problem KDE 4.0 had. 'Activities' is not quite there yet - the idea is great, the developers are keen, but noone has quite picked it up yet. Not many user facing applications have yet integrated themselves with 'Activities' which makes the whole point of them less clear. Which, as I said, is partly why KDE 4.0 got off to such a bad start too.
Having said that, along the lines of what you're suggesting, it would be good if in the documentation (or something closely linked to it) there was a clear 'design goal'/concept write-up that thoroughly explained the future purpose and use of the idea.
That's the problem with a lot of 'future proofed' tech, noone sees it as useful until everything ties together.
Activities haven't been picked up nearly as much as was first desired. It was (and still is in many respects) a great idea.
The idea was that you could be using your IM, email, and a host of other applications and services all set up for your work environment (or any environment you desire, for that matter) - your IM contacts were your workmates, your email was work email, your browser had your work bookmarks and started up with your work webapps open, etc - THEN, with the click of a button, you could switch to 'home' or 'personal' or whatever and suddenly you'd be seeing your setup for that environment - your personal email, your personal IM contacts, your personal browser setup, your personal folders being displayed on the desktop with a pic of your dog, etc.
The power was with the user to set this up as they wished, you could have as many (or as few) activities as you desired. Perhaps a Music Creation activity that had all your perferred apps open for music creation + any other stuff you so desired to be configured, or perhaps an activity set up for your Development environment with folders on the desktop pointing directly to your files, etc. The list goes on.
The power of the idea streched even further to 'networked Activities'. The idea was that you could walk into a hotel for instance and KDE would inform you that there was an 'Activity' that the hotel was offering you to use. This could include things like links to common items in the browser, Icons on the desktop for the menu in the hotel's restaurant, IM contacts that were the hotel's helpdesk, a document explaining the local area and local attractions, etc.
When it comes down to it, the idea was actually very cool - your desktop environment could mould itself to suit your 'Activity' making access to the things you needed far, far easier and quicker. A great idea. But, the takeup has been bad, misinformation has been rampant and there has been no clear explination of the concept for user's benefit.
Personally, I'd still like to see it get a run - I love the idea.
Firstly, you've got to be kidding. Android security has been broken multiple times since its inception and it will continue to happen. Secondly, "necessary" is a very subjective term, my friend.
At some point, the companies/people making these services available should 'do the right thing' - because, well, its the right thing to do. They're responsible for the world's privacy, they should take it seriously.
I feel I'm being entirely unrealistic, but it is something to at least pursue with good conscience.
Mark my words. Anyone who wants to get in to your SecureBoot enabled device will (read: governments now, crackers later). This is an abuse of monopoly and an attempt to seize more control of the user's device.
I'm under no illusion that a large code base is hard to secure, but I'm still baffled^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hannoyed that when a new point of access to a device is born that it isn't done with utmost security in mind. We live in an age where the devices we own hold the keys to our lives, why aren't they as secure as they possibly can be short of not existing??
I cannot believe..........no wait....I cannot understand why these things aren't being made with security at the forefront. Surely anyone with half a brain realises that every point of communication with a phone is a potential point of exploitation. LOCK IT DOWN PEOPLE - FOR BLINKY'S SAKE, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON TOO LONG.
This is exactly my experience too. Never pirated an app, have never wanted to and none of my friends have ever done it either. Its just so easy and convenient to do the right thing - plus you generally don't have to pay through the nose for it.
The fact that pirating apps is the number one way to get your device r00ted is another reason not to.
Have you watched the latest Google I/O? Per-device app encryption has come to the Play Store for all paid apps, plus the developer doesn't need to do anything before it starts working.
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Because the semantic desktop was one of the core goals of KDE4.
I tend to agree with him - on a certain level. There are some life experiences that do need to be dealt with - I don't dispute that, but as a whole, Western society has grown soft. So oozy soft that any day now you're going to be walked all over by someone who has real balls.
Interesting. However, I don't think you'd be attracting many new users when they see 90% spam on your forums.
Agreed. I'm still surprised that people have not got this.
Also, I predict that in 1 - 2 years (perhaps less) when this 'whole thing' has fallen from public eyes that Ecuador will somehow be sanctioned as a nation for something - anything - that the US can lay on them. Noone will make the connection and noone would believe there was one.
Congratulations on being so politically inept that you cannot read between the lines.
Yes and no. Lines get blurry. There is a lady at my work who is (according to her job description) a "Safety Data Coordinator Analyst". Putting aside how stupid it sounds, is she actually that or no?
At what point in a remote, basic lifestyle village is the guy at the pub who people depend on to fight fires actually a 'firefighter'.
The point is, labels are labels. If my 'architectural drawing' is used to create a building then I am indeed the architect of that building. Does that make me an architect? It seems I can certainly do that if I want. Is the only real reason to label someone as something because they do it as their primary line of work? A piece of paper from a University perhaps?
The cashew? Never heard it get called an acorn. =D
I tend to agree though - its usefulness doesn't extend very far (for example, the same contextual menu can be accessed with a right-click). However, I think one of the main reasons behind the cashew was to allow access to that same contextual menu regardless of your desktop setup. For example, there are some 'desktop layouts' (found in Desktop Settings) that entirely change the behaviour of right-clicking on the desktop: the 'folder view' layout displays a folder, therefore right-clicking won't give you the same menu, the 'search and launch' layout is similar. Having the cashew there allows people 'quick' access to this menu.
Still I think there is a better way to do it than use a screen corner - putting it on the default panel could work well.
The problem with having this in the documentation is the same as the problem KDE 4.0 had. 'Activities' is not quite there yet - the idea is great, the developers are keen, but noone has quite picked it up yet. Not many user facing applications have yet integrated themselves with 'Activities' which makes the whole point of them less clear. Which, as I said, is partly why KDE 4.0 got off to such a bad start too.
Having said that, along the lines of what you're suggesting, it would be good if in the documentation (or something closely linked to it) there was a clear 'design goal'/concept write-up that thoroughly explained the future purpose and use of the idea.
That's the problem with a lot of 'future proofed' tech, noone sees it as useful until everything ties together.
Activities haven't been picked up nearly as much as was first desired. It was (and still is in many respects) a great idea.
The idea was that you could be using your IM, email, and a host of other applications and services all set up for your work environment (or any environment you desire, for that matter) - your IM contacts were your workmates, your email was work email, your browser had your work bookmarks and started up with your work webapps open, etc - THEN, with the click of a button, you could switch to 'home' or 'personal' or whatever and suddenly you'd be seeing your setup for that environment - your personal email, your personal IM contacts, your personal browser setup, your personal folders being displayed on the desktop with a pic of your dog, etc.
The power was with the user to set this up as they wished, you could have as many (or as few) activities as you desired. Perhaps a Music Creation activity that had all your perferred apps open for music creation + any other stuff you so desired to be configured, or perhaps an activity set up for your Development environment with folders on the desktop pointing directly to your files, etc. The list goes on.
The power of the idea streched even further to 'networked Activities'. The idea was that you could walk into a hotel for instance and KDE would inform you that there was an 'Activity' that the hotel was offering you to use. This could include things like links to common items in the browser, Icons on the desktop for the menu in the hotel's restaurant, IM contacts that were the hotel's helpdesk, a document explaining the local area and local attractions, etc.
When it comes down to it, the idea was actually very cool - your desktop environment could mould itself to suit your 'Activity' making access to the things you needed far, far easier and quicker. A great idea. But, the takeup has been bad, misinformation has been rampant and there has been no clear explination of the concept for user's benefit.
Personally, I'd still like to see it get a run - I love the idea.
I like Ubuntu's idea - I'm putting this on my phone the second it becomes stable enough: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
Firstly, you've got to be kidding. Android security has been broken multiple times since its inception and it will continue to happen. Secondly, "necessary" is a very subjective term, my friend.
I hate it, but you are right.
At some point, the companies/people making these services available should 'do the right thing' - because, well, its the right thing to do. They're responsible for the world's privacy, they should take it seriously.
I feel I'm being entirely unrealistic, but it is something to at least pursue with good conscience.
That's what people said about RFID tags until people started skimming them at distances beyond a kilometre.
Do you only have one finger?
Mark my words. Anyone who wants to get in to your SecureBoot enabled device will (read: governments now, crackers later). This is an abuse of monopoly and an attempt to seize more control of the user's device.
Perhaps it is their sexual harassment policy.
Society sucks. Agh, just got myself fired.
Troll. =P
Congratulations on missing the point.
I'm under no illusion that a large code base is hard to secure, but I'm still baffled^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hannoyed that when a new point of access to a device is born that it isn't done with utmost security in mind. We live in an age where the devices we own hold the keys to our lives, why aren't they as secure as they possibly can be short of not existing??
I agree with your point. But this isn't just about cash. NFC can be used for divers purposes - its like even shorter-range Bluetooth.
I cannot believe..........no wait....I cannot understand why these things aren't being made with security at the forefront. Surely anyone with half a brain realises that every point of communication with a phone is a potential point of exploitation. LOCK IT DOWN PEOPLE - FOR BLINKY'S SAKE, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON TOO LONG.
This is exactly my experience too. Never pirated an app, have never wanted to and none of my friends have ever done it either. Its just so easy and convenient to do the right thing - plus you generally don't have to pay through the nose for it.
The fact that pirating apps is the number one way to get your device r00ted is another reason not to.
Considering the cycle of phones, 1 - 2 years is more likely. I'd probably say 2014 - 2015 is a more realistic bet.
Have you watched the latest Google I/O? Per-device app encryption has come to the Play Store for all paid apps, plus the developer doesn't need to do anything before it starts working.
Does that seems like a fix?
....plus every other creature that walks, slithers, crawls, flys or swims.
It does work. In fact, its running more smoothly on Jellybean than Icecream IMHO.