I honestly thought he might have a valid point of view worth considering for at least a moment; until I got to the part that went "Nerds nerds nerds nerds nerds."
And the saddest part is how surprised I am; which is to say not at all. In fact I will be surprised if Nokia is the last one to make claims about Google's tablet. No company can announce any new significant mobile device without patents hitting the fan.
Just like measures they tried to introduce in the name of stopping child pornography, this seems harmless and well-intentioned at first; but with the BSA and DHS involved I cringe to think how it will be abused.
It will be just like Windows. I recommend installing Common Sense 2012. Seriously, people need to start learning information street smarts so to speak. If they were walking home and some dude in a trench coat popped out and said "You're sick! Quick, bend over and let me give you this suppository!" would they listen to him? Every time someone throws up the "I'm not computer savvy" excuse card I want to punch them in the face. It's like wrecking your car and telling the mechanic "I don't know how to drive!" as an excuse.
The thing that I don't get is how everyone talks as if Nvidia's Linux video drivers are far behind AMD's because they are not open source. Yes, it would be nice if they were, but in my experience they are far superior in terms of actual stability and performance. Using ATI/AMD graphics in Linux has been a living nightmare in most cases for me. The open source drivers are missing features that are in the proprietary ones, and as soon as I install said proprietary drivers everything turns to crap if it hadn't already. In fact if I recall correctly, both Firefox and Flash Player only support hardware acceleration in Linux if you are using Nvidia; since they are the only drivers that are stable enough. Do correct me and don't flame me if I am wrong. In any case, it would be fan-friggin-tastic if all the Linux video drivers were completely open-sourced, but it looks like licensing, patents, and good old fashioned bureaucracy will keep that from happening for a while.
I really could care less because I already determined that suicidal thoughts decrease significantly when you just don't even bother trying to use AMD/ATI graphics on Linux.
It doesn't bother me too much because I think giving the middle finger in your pic demonstrates a total lack of class, but it isn't exactly Google's place to regulate people making buffoons of themselves.
If you look a little more closely you will see that I did not say "All iPhone users view their phones as toys and all Android users view their phones as tools." Perhaps I should clarify. Most(not all) Android owners choose it over an apple product for one of two reasons: Because it is more open and/or because it is cheaper; whereas there are far more(again, not all) iPhone/iPad owners that bought it basically because it is shiny and trendy, and didn't mind shelling out for it. It might also be worth noting that there are more free apps on Android than iOS. Which audience do you think is more likely to pay for apps impulsively?
Although I might add that the hardcore android users are much more likely to view their phone as a tool rather than a toy, resulting in a lot fewer apps bought on a whim.
I don't even want to try picking through and debating every single detail of your convoluted essay on desktop interface history so I will revise my comment instead. Every Linux UI has been aping windows and mac for the last decade. Happy now? I'm not sure we are even on the same page as I am not talking about what's under the hood or performance compared to W/M, only the visual layout and basic functionality(taskbar, menus, minimize-maximize-close buttons, etc). And like I said, it will never be possible to please everyone with one interface. That is why there are so many available. My opinion doesn't speak for everyone and neither does yours. You have every right to hate Gnome 3, but the religious fervor some of you are displaying over the ordeal is what amazes me. Take a stool softener or something.
You have to give the Gnome team credit for trying. While I don't think Gnome 3 is fantastic, it has a lot of ideas and features that hold a lot of potential IMHO, and it is growing on me the more I get used to it. It certainly is a damn sight better than that slow and buggy mess known as Unity. The fact of the matter is that the Gnome team has attempted to give Linux something that it has never truly had: It's OWN blasted user interface. Lets face it; every prior UI has simply been aping Windows and Mac. Hence why desktop Linux has never truly gained traction. Who wants to use an OS that appears to be playing monkey-see-monkey-do when they can simply have the real thing? It needs to blaze it's own trail, and that is impossible to accomplish while pleasing everyone that wants to stay in their comfort zone. The Linux Mint team has shown us that Gnome 3 can be flexible, and now that the extensions are live we will see if it is up to the task. Only time will tell. Declaring it's death or success at this point is extremely premature.
I finally gave up and switched to Chrome on Windows, and I may end up doing the same on Linux. I just got sick of the crashes and constantly breaking add-ons as a result of their Chrome-envious development model. It's been a shame to see. Firefox was the browser that freed me from IE6 and introduced me to the world of open-source software. Mozilla may have dropped the ball lately, but I salute them for reigniting the browser wars and spurring on next-gen web development. I only hope that if Firefox is doomed then another browser will rise up to take it's place and keep this healthy competition going.
No overtime pay for people who tend to work A LOT of overtime will result in a lot of disgruntled tech-savvy employees with access to valuable and sensitive data and systems. What do you think the less scrupulous IT workers will do? I hope they like increases in cybercrime and identity theft because that is exactly what this will give us.
While I don't think that threats like these are nonexistent, they are still extremely overblown, and the media jumps on them at a moment's notice. My biggest concern is that this could be the beginning of the military industrial complex evolving to exist on the internet.
Of course changes made to draw in the average user will alienate power users, and I'm not sure if Canonical really cares. Personally, I don't hate Unity for it's interface quite so much as it's horrendous performance. It's buggy and slow, even on a decently powered machine, and they are planning to use it on phones and tablets? They have a lot of work to do. As far as Gnome 3, I actually really like it for my netbook, but not for my desktop machine. I look forward to seeing what Linux Mint pulls off with it.
I got the e-mail yesterday and it looks like I will be paying about $5 more per month. My reaction? "Wow that kind of sucks. Moving on." I use both the DVD and streaming services enough that it is still well worth it to me. Maybe I will go down to one DVD at a time instead of two. If Netflix made a mistake here, it was that they had such low prices to start with. Anyone who has ever worked in any retail or service industry knows what happens when you raise prices, regardless of how justified you are in doing so. People. Go. APESHIT. Nelflix knew this just as well as anyone else. The fact that they still raised rates tells me that there was a compelling reason for them to do so; and don't give me that anti-competitive nonsense. You could just as easily go back to your ad-saturated $70+ a month cable subscription. In any case the source of the greed is most likely the content industry, not Netflix. We are seriously barking up the wrong tree here.
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I can only hope that some of the more clueless net neutrality opponents will be singing a different tune once it starts affecting them personally.
I honestly thought he might have a valid point of view worth considering for at least a moment; until I got to the part that went "Nerds nerds nerds nerds nerds."
And the saddest part is how surprised I am; which is to say not at all. In fact I will be surprised if Nokia is the last one to make claims about Google's tablet. No company can announce any new significant mobile device without patents hitting the fan.
Just like measures they tried to introduce in the name of stopping child pornography, this seems harmless and well-intentioned at first; but with the BSA and DHS involved I cringe to think how it will be abused.
Perhaps they are poor BECAUSE they waste so much time doing unproductive things. Depends on your definition of poor, though.
It will be just like Windows. I recommend installing Common Sense 2012. Seriously, people need to start learning information street smarts so to speak. If they were walking home and some dude in a trench coat popped out and said "You're sick! Quick, bend over and let me give you this suppository!" would they listen to him? Every time someone throws up the "I'm not computer savvy" excuse card I want to punch them in the face. It's like wrecking your car and telling the mechanic "I don't know how to drive!" as an excuse.
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Indeed I HAVE donated to the EFF. Several times in fact. What exactly made you draw the conclusion that I hadn't? Do enlighten me O wise one.
More IT bills introduced by an old fart that has flat-out admitted his computer illiteracy. Heaven help us.
I do have to agree with you there. Dual monitor setups have always been a pain for me with Nvidia.
The thing that I don't get is how everyone talks as if Nvidia's Linux video drivers are far behind AMD's because they are not open source. Yes, it would be nice if they were, but in my experience they are far superior in terms of actual stability and performance. Using ATI/AMD graphics in Linux has been a living nightmare in most cases for me. The open source drivers are missing features that are in the proprietary ones, and as soon as I install said proprietary drivers everything turns to crap if it hadn't already. In fact if I recall correctly, both Firefox and Flash Player only support hardware acceleration in Linux if you are using Nvidia; since they are the only drivers that are stable enough. Do correct me and don't flame me if I am wrong. In any case, it would be fan-friggin-tastic if all the Linux video drivers were completely open-sourced, but it looks like licensing, patents, and good old fashioned bureaucracy will keep that from happening for a while.
Any time now.
I really could care less because I already determined that suicidal thoughts decrease significantly when you just don't even bother trying to use AMD/ATI graphics on Linux.
It's not fair to them until they can have their system of guilty until proven innocent. Or rather guilty until guilty guilty guilty.
is quite the understatement.
It doesn't bother me too much because I think giving the middle finger in your pic demonstrates a total lack of class, but it isn't exactly Google's place to regulate people making buffoons of themselves.
If you look a little more closely you will see that I did not say "All iPhone users view their phones as toys and all Android users view their phones as tools." Perhaps I should clarify. Most(not all) Android owners choose it over an apple product for one of two reasons: Because it is more open and/or because it is cheaper; whereas there are far more(again, not all) iPhone/iPad owners that bought it basically because it is shiny and trendy, and didn't mind shelling out for it. It might also be worth noting that there are more free apps on Android than iOS. Which audience do you think is more likely to pay for apps impulsively?
Although I might add that the hardcore android users are much more likely to view their phone as a tool rather than a toy, resulting in a lot fewer apps bought on a whim.
I don't even want to try picking through and debating every single detail of your convoluted essay on desktop interface history so I will revise my comment instead. Every Linux UI has been aping windows and mac for the last decade. Happy now? I'm not sure we are even on the same page as I am not talking about what's under the hood or performance compared to W/M, only the visual layout and basic functionality(taskbar, menus, minimize-maximize-close buttons, etc). And like I said, it will never be possible to please everyone with one interface. That is why there are so many available. My opinion doesn't speak for everyone and neither does yours. You have every right to hate Gnome 3, but the religious fervor some of you are displaying over the ordeal is what amazes me. Take a stool softener or something.
You have to give the Gnome team credit for trying. While I don't think Gnome 3 is fantastic, it has a lot of ideas and features that hold a lot of potential IMHO, and it is growing on me the more I get used to it. It certainly is a damn sight better than that slow and buggy mess known as Unity. The fact of the matter is that the Gnome team has attempted to give Linux something that it has never truly had: It's OWN blasted user interface. Lets face it; every prior UI has simply been aping Windows and Mac. Hence why desktop Linux has never truly gained traction. Who wants to use an OS that appears to be playing monkey-see-monkey-do when they can simply have the real thing? It needs to blaze it's own trail, and that is impossible to accomplish while pleasing everyone that wants to stay in their comfort zone. The Linux Mint team has shown us that Gnome 3 can be flexible, and now that the extensions are live we will see if it is up to the task. Only time will tell. Declaring it's death or success at this point is extremely premature.
I finally gave up and switched to Chrome on Windows, and I may end up doing the same on Linux. I just got sick of the crashes and constantly breaking add-ons as a result of their Chrome-envious development model. It's been a shame to see. Firefox was the browser that freed me from IE6 and introduced me to the world of open-source software. Mozilla may have dropped the ball lately, but I salute them for reigniting the browser wars and spurring on next-gen web development. I only hope that if Firefox is doomed then another browser will rise up to take it's place and keep this healthy competition going.
No overtime pay for people who tend to work A LOT of overtime will result in a lot of disgruntled tech-savvy employees with access to valuable and sensitive data and systems. What do you think the less scrupulous IT workers will do? I hope they like increases in cybercrime and identity theft because that is exactly what this will give us.
While I don't think that threats like these are nonexistent, they are still extremely overblown, and the media jumps on them at a moment's notice. My biggest concern is that this could be the beginning of the military industrial complex evolving to exist on the internet.
Of course changes made to draw in the average user will alienate power users, and I'm not sure if Canonical really cares. Personally, I don't hate Unity for it's interface quite so much as it's horrendous performance. It's buggy and slow, even on a decently powered machine, and they are planning to use it on phones and tablets? They have a lot of work to do. As far as Gnome 3, I actually really like it for my netbook, but not for my desktop machine. I look forward to seeing what Linux Mint pulls off with it.
I got the e-mail yesterday and it looks like I will be paying about $5 more per month. My reaction? "Wow that kind of sucks. Moving on." I use both the DVD and streaming services enough that it is still well worth it to me. Maybe I will go down to one DVD at a time instead of two. If Netflix made a mistake here, it was that they had such low prices to start with. Anyone who has ever worked in any retail or service industry knows what happens when you raise prices, regardless of how justified you are in doing so. People. Go. APESHIT. Nelflix knew this just as well as anyone else. The fact that they still raised rates tells me that there was a compelling reason for them to do so; and don't give me that anti-competitive nonsense. You could just as easily go back to your ad-saturated $70+ a month cable subscription. In any case the source of the greed is most likely the content industry, not Netflix. We are seriously barking up the wrong tree here.