Yes, because all files for all programs have these comments and examples, and noone has ever had to dig through google searches and forums to find this crap.
Oh wait, that isn't at all reality. Tell me again the purpose of your comment?
Example I had to do last night: setup TightVNC Server. 2 config files, 3 different commands in terminal (with switches) to start and stop it.
Example I have to do to get my microphone working on both my desktop and my laptop: Complete rebuild of alsa and alsa drivers from source, on laptop have to manually install kernel modules.
Now I have never said that these are problems for *me*, but this is what keeps normal people from adopting the OS. Regular Joe installs Ubuntu, microphone doesn't work? Reinstalls Windows.
Because Apple is a huge, influential player now after the success of the iPhone, Slashdot has decided that they don't like Apple anymore
No, I think most people here have always hated Apple - they are the Fisher-Price of consumer electronics. We do not hate them because they are popular, we hate them because their products are garbage yet they market them as if they are gold, and some people buy into it.
Users were never supposed to be allowed to 'install' anything, though.
Great attitude. "we make things hard to do so that noone can do them."
And if you're having a hard time editing a string in a text file
This comment is just ignorant. Having to figure out what goes in that text file for my given distro/config is the pain in the ass.
That said, you're grossly over-exagerating. You're not just stalling "something" you're either installing something incorrectly, or something esoteric not in repositories.
Even the most *esoteric* of Windows/Mac programs contain installers and a GUI for configuration. A large number Linux programs do not having these things, and it is ignorant attitudes like yours that make this absence of configuration tools so common.
I am not talking about what things "used" to be like. Even in Ubuntu today, to install a lot of software does require these steps - it depends on the software you want. If you haven't had to do that, you obviously are not doing very much with your system or using a variety of applications.
Depends on what software you are talking about. There is a core set of software in Linux that can be one-click install, but if it is not in this core set it will take you much, much longer. eg. Try getting any vnc server running without having to google for which conf files to edit.
Hopefully Linux will continue to be Team Discovery Channel.
requiring 20 manual edits to conf files and 3 commands with 15 switches, all just to install something is not exactly what I'd call "good user interface design" either.
Well, there's this one http://idle.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1638213/casino-denies-man-166-million-jackpot
but I don't think that's the one he's talking about. Casinos claiming "malfunctions" when you win is more common than you think. What is not as common as them claiming the same "malfunctions" when you lose, and voluntarily handing out money.
He's complaining about the horrible grammar and punctuation, and the weird christmas reference. This submission was horribly written and obviously no attempt was made to edit or proof read it before just slapping it on the front page.
Why? Because they are better languages that have power/flexibility their predecessors did not. This EGL does not seem to have any benefit. Not exactly "Insightful".
Using up Food is a non-problem, because it's not exactly used up, just placed in another form, converting it back is a well understood chemical process that can be done by any number of mechanisms - (As long as you don't mind the taste.)
The IAEA report you cite contains no new evidence, and was written by the new head who has shown he will say anything the American govnt tells him to. Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program, this is American propaganda that you and many others have fallen victim too, just as you probably believed them when they said Iraq had WMDs. Isreal however does and would like nothing more than to start a war with Iran. Isreal and the U.S. are the real threat to peace in the area.
"slumping" is an ambiguous word, and chosen by them for good reason - they can't actually say they are "declining" because they are most certainly not. Look at the actual sales figures (and yes I mean North America). The "growth" is "slumping", but there's still growth, not a decline as all of these "opinion pieces" would have you believe.
News flash: The U.S. is the only country pushing anti-Iran propaganda down their citizen's throat. The rest of the world does not see Iran as a threat, and actually perceives Israel and America a much bigger threat to the stability of that region. There will be no "multi-national" invasion.
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2. Collect ad revenue
3. ???
4. Profit!!
Yes, because all files for all programs have these comments and examples, and noone has ever had to dig through google searches and forums to find this crap.
Oh wait, that isn't at all reality. Tell me again the purpose of your comment?
Example I had to do last night: setup TightVNC Server. 2 config files, 3 different commands in terminal (with switches) to start and stop it.
Example I have to do to get my microphone working on both my desktop and my laptop: Complete rebuild of alsa and alsa drivers from source, on laptop have to manually install kernel modules.
Now I have never said that these are problems for *me*, but this is what keeps normal people from adopting the OS. Regular Joe installs Ubuntu, microphone doesn't work? Reinstalls Windows.
Because Apple is a huge, influential player now after the success of the iPhone, Slashdot has decided that they don't like Apple anymore
No, I think most people here have always hated Apple - they are the Fisher-Price of consumer electronics. We do not hate them because they are popular, we hate them because their products are garbage yet they market them as if they are gold, and some people buy into it.
Users were never supposed to be allowed to 'install' anything, though.
Great attitude. "we make things hard to do so that noone can do them."
And if you're having a hard time editing a string in a text file
This comment is just ignorant. Having to figure out what goes in that text file for my given distro/config is the pain in the ass.
That said, you're grossly over-exagerating. You're not just stalling "something" you're either installing something incorrectly, or something esoteric not in repositories.
Even the most *esoteric* of Windows/Mac programs contain installers and a GUI for configuration. A large number Linux programs do not having these things, and it is ignorant attitudes like yours that make this absence of configuration tools so common.
I am not talking about what things "used" to be like. Even in Ubuntu today, to install a lot of software does require these steps - it depends on the software you want. If you haven't had to do that, you obviously are not doing very much with your system or using a variety of applications.
Then you obviously don't do very much with your server.
Depends on what software you are talking about. There is a core set of software in Linux that can be one-click install, but if it is not in this core set it will take you much, much longer. eg. Try getting any vnc server running without having to google for which conf files to edit.
Hopefully Linux will continue to be Team Discovery Channel.
requiring 20 manual edits to conf files and 3 commands with 15 switches, all just to install something is not exactly what I'd call "good user interface design" either.
Oh I found some more
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/06/05/1828218/malfunction-costs-couple-11-million-slot-machine-jackpot
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/06/2246234/man-arrested-for-exploiting-error-in-slot-machines
These casinos pay the politicians in their states a lot of money to allow them to continue ripping people off. It's the american way!
Well, there's this one
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1638213/casino-denies-man-166-million-jackpot
but I don't think that's the one he's talking about. Casinos claiming "malfunctions" when you win is more common than you think. What is not as common as them claiming the same "malfunctions" when you lose, and voluntarily handing out money.
He's complaining about the horrible grammar and punctuation, and the weird christmas reference. This submission was horribly written and obviously no attempt was made to edit or proof read it before just slapping it on the front page.
Why? Because they are better languages that have power/flexibility their predecessors did not. This EGL does not seem to have any benefit. Not exactly "Insightful".
Enterprise/Systems: Java, C#, C++, C
Web: the above + PHP/Ruby/Javascript
Scripting: the above + Python
Why do we need another language? From a cursory look over EGL it does not appear to offer anything these don't.
this
one of the most irresponsible, corrupt and ruthless governments in the world
So you mean the U.S. government?
Face it, he got you. You were wrong, there was *some* evidence. Now stop posting you look like a moron.
If I have access to the URL stream I can probably figure out a lot more about you than that.
Using up Food is a non-problem, because it's not exactly used up, just placed in another form, converting it back is a well understood chemical process that can be done by any number of mechanisms - (As long as you don't mind the taste.)
Given the credibility that the U.S. has, I wouldn't necessarily assume that they're being above the board without more information.
FTFY. inb4 more american propaganda about how "Iran committed the first strike"
So because one group of christians was radical, all christians must be radical amirite?
The IAEA report you cite contains no new evidence, and was written by the new head who has shown he will say anything the American govnt tells him to. Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program, this is American propaganda that you and many others have fallen victim too, just as you probably believed them when they said Iraq had WMDs. Isreal however does and would like nothing more than to start a war with Iran. Isreal and the U.S. are the real threat to peace in the area.
"slumping" is an ambiguous word, and chosen by them for good reason - they can't actually say they are "declining" because they are most certainly not. Look at the actual sales figures (and yes I mean North America). The "growth" is "slumping", but there's still growth, not a decline as all of these "opinion pieces" would have you believe.
What is it with polititians and always trying to give money to their friends?
FTFY
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/10615244-campaign-contributions-solyndra-disaster-and-president-obama
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News flash: The U.S. is the only country pushing anti-Iran propaganda down their citizen's throat. The rest of the world does not see Iran as a threat, and actually perceives Israel and America a much bigger threat to the stability of that region. There will be no "multi-national" invasion.