So, does the use of anecdotal data and made-up stats fit well with the requirements of critical thinking, or are they all just another load of the self-aggrandising bullshit that programmers like to surround themselves with (as evidenced by the rest of this./ discussion)?
Wow, +5 for a shill account with one paranoid delusional comment.
1) It's not obvious that Google is behind this. Roy Fielding, the man responsible for it, works for Adobe.
2) If Roy Fielding were a sock puppet for Google, and Google would prefer DNT not to exist at all, then he probably wouldn't have made DNT in the first place.
It's all hype and nothing but hype, either deliberately trying to fool people into buying new gadgets (it's the future!!!) or stupidly buying into the hype created by said salespeople. Tablets, or specifically the iPad, are crippled environments, worse for everything except couch surfing and computing-while-walking (for which a mobile phone with a keyboard in many cases is better). I regularly see people asking for help with the most trivial tasks that any real computer can do (even with Linux!), and most solutions are either cumbersome or "there's an app for that!" -- a euphemism for "you need an app for that, buy more stuff". Joe Sixpack will be so impressed when he finds he needs an app to share pictures on some web site.
So yeah, the tablet is the future. Buy more stuff, support the economy.
No, the great failing of Santayana's 'wisdom' is that it's evident bullshit. There's oh so much stuff that no one has ever bothered learning from history, yet rarely is any of it repeated. That's some exceptionally weak condemnation right there. It's just another saying that has some air of wisdom while being absolutely void of any insight whatsoever. Pure, unadulterated dumbfuckery, perfectly tailored for the free market of ideas.
You were ridiculing in an ineffectual and impotent manner, relying on trite clichés of the kind made popular by people who know nothing about what they talk about. It's not sarcasm. Sarcasm is said to be the lowest form of wit, of which your comment was completely lacking.
You can be politically incorrect and offensive while defending human dignity at the same time. Also, I'm pretty sure the suggested punishment didn't involve rape -- only embarrassment and perceived vulnerability.
As I said, you're someone who lets Apple spec your computer for you, so that you can gloat about it when others don't meet the same spec. You're an idiot fanboi, and no one should bother listening to you.
Very funny. Last time I wanted a computer, I specced one that was capable of doing what I wanted. After that, I checked the price of the cheapest Mac that could meet the spec, and saved $1000 by not buying from Apple. You see, a sane person will spec his computers himself, not force others to meet Apple's specs.
You're thinking like someone who first wants to buy a Mac, and then wants to gloat about it.
Which semi-reputable idiots on the AGW team are you talking about? Citation needed, etc.
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So you have done security programming for 30 years, but still make up statistics on the spot, and use sock puppet accounts on Slashdot. From the number of Linux kernel vulnerabilities I've seen reported (and some rather moronic configuration error in Debian's libssl -- a library, as opposed to an application or a kernel; know the difference), I can only assume that you're a liar.
Also, pretending to be an expert while proving you're not just makes you look like a giant failure. Why do you bother with this? Making up years of experience when you evidently have none.
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Yes, and by that definition, free software is fundamentally politics-free, quite the opposite of what the GP believes. You can't have a standardised GUI because if a few people dislike that "standard", it will simply be forked. Asking for one is just misguided: you won't have it. Ever.
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So, does the use of anecdotal data and made-up stats fit well with the requirements of critical thinking, or are they all just another load of the self-aggrandising bullshit that programmers like to surround themselves with (as evidenced by the rest of this ./ discussion)?
... which is no more competitive with Windows 7's graphics performance than Linux is. In fact less so with nvidia.
Meh. It's a proprietary extension to a free protocol, with lock-in included. Fuck them.
Well, they certainly had resources enough to game me.
Wow, +5 for a shill account with one paranoid delusional comment.
1) It's not obvious that Google is behind this. Roy Fielding, the man responsible for it, works for Adobe.
2) If Roy Fielding were a sock puppet for Google, and Google would prefer DNT not to exist at all, then he probably wouldn't have made DNT in the first place.
It's all hype and nothing but hype, either deliberately trying to fool people into buying new gadgets (it's the future!!!) or stupidly buying into the hype created by said salespeople. Tablets, or specifically the iPad, are crippled environments, worse for everything except couch surfing and computing-while-walking (for which a mobile phone with a keyboard in many cases is better). I regularly see people asking for help with the most trivial tasks that any real computer can do (even with Linux!), and most solutions are either cumbersome or "there's an app for that!" -- a euphemism for "you need an app for that, buy more stuff". Joe Sixpack will be so impressed when he finds he needs an app to share pictures on some web site.
So yeah, the tablet is the future. Buy more stuff, support the economy.
Once you publish it, it's no longer your personal data. It might be yours, but it's public.
But were any of their previous hack pieces about Apple? Last I read Gizmodo, they were still massive Apple fanboys, to the point of unreadability.
No, the great failing of Santayana's 'wisdom' is that it's evident bullshit. There's oh so much stuff that no one has ever bothered learning from history, yet rarely is any of it repeated. That's some exceptionally weak condemnation right there. It's just another saying that has some air of wisdom while being absolutely void of any insight whatsoever. Pure, unadulterated dumbfuckery, perfectly tailored for the free market of ideas.
Let me guess: Autism?
Why do you assume the AC is a programmer?
You were ridiculing in an ineffectual and impotent manner, relying on trite clichés of the kind made popular by people who know nothing about what they talk about. It's not sarcasm. Sarcasm is said to be the lowest form of wit, of which your comment was completely lacking.
You can be politically incorrect and offensive while defending human dignity at the same time. Also, I'm pretty sure the suggested punishment didn't involve rape -- only embarrassment and perceived vulnerability.
LOL, you own a Mercedes too? Your parents must be so proud.
But consider this: even if all of what you say were true, I would still be right.
As I said, you're someone who lets Apple spec your computer for you, so that you can gloat about it when others don't meet the same spec. You're an idiot fanboi, and no one should bother listening to you.
True, but that's just how capitalism works.
Very funny. Last time I wanted a computer, I specced one that was capable of doing what I wanted. After that, I checked the price of the cheapest Mac that could meet the spec, and saved $1000 by not buying from Apple. You see, a sane person will spec his computers himself, not force others to meet Apple's specs.
You're thinking like someone who first wants to buy a Mac, and then wants to gloat about it.
If only you were on the internet, it would be fairly easy to find out on your own.
Which is incorrect. There was a class action suit, which Sony in the end settled.
But Xerox was a xeroxing company. They made products for copying.
It's off by default on my Nokia N9. Also, it only works over really sort distances, like centimetres.
Which semi-reputable idiots on the AGW team are you talking about? Citation needed, etc.
So you have done security programming for 30 years, but still make up statistics on the spot, and use sock puppet accounts on Slashdot. From the number of Linux kernel vulnerabilities I've seen reported (and some rather moronic configuration error in Debian's libssl -- a library, as opposed to an application or a kernel; know the difference), I can only assume that you're a liar.
Also, pretending to be an expert while proving you're not just makes you look like a giant failure. Why do you bother with this? Making up years of experience when you evidently have none.
Yes, and by that definition, free software is fundamentally politics-free, quite the opposite of what the GP believes. You can't have a standardised GUI because if a few people dislike that "standard", it will simply be forked. Asking for one is just misguided: you won't have it. Ever.