Time and again, they have been shown to be much easier to subvert than people thought and, worse, once compromised, they can't be repudiated - imagine getting new fingerprints or a new iris.
They tend to choose very similar, rather nondescript and boring, names for different products, and then they tend to change those names into others, similarly nondescript and boring. It is difficult to keep track of what product is what this particular month.
To all those who keep looking forward to the year of Linux in the desktop - don't. The status quo is excellent. You can run Linux in the desktop without any problems and without much effort, if you want to, to do just about everything that you need and want. As long as Windows maintains its stranglehold, the bad guys and three letter government agencies world over will focus their efforts on Windows, leaving Linux desktops alone. The time has come to understand that the dominance of Windows in the desktop is a blessing to those of us who wish to run Linux in the desktop. We do not want for Linux to rule in the desktop, we want for Windows to carry on taking the heat. Fortunately, the asinine efforts behind Gnome and KDE (and the fading Unity) almost guarantee that Windows will remain the desktop of choice for the masses. And that is a very good thing for the rest of us.
They have no choice. It is either that, or else acknowledge that, without a de facto monopoly, they can't compete. Consider yourself, once again, middle-fingered, Microsoft.
Thanks to Canonical's efforts (and Red Hat's, to a somewhat lesser extent) Linux remains a nonentity in the desktop. Which is a good thing - I can still set up my Linux desktop without any of their bloatware, confident in the fact that the general public will not replace their Windows systems with Linux (what for? It is just a Windows wannabee) and therefore keeping the crooks mostly focused on Windows. Most Linux fans will not understand it that way, but the lack of a significant presence of Linux in the desktop is a blessing to many of us.
After all, it is a Samsung phone - such phones are well known for their explosiveness and their bloatware load. Well, if you are stupid enough to pay $800 for a gadget, better make sure that it comes with lots of software. And that it is really explosive.
State-of-the-art digital assistants are little more than toys for party games. They do a good job of dealing with specific, unambiguous queries. However, as soon as even a little bit of intelligence is required, they spin their wheels pathetically. As it happens, those issues that they can tackle you can probably tackle just as fast, if not faster, at the keyboard. Maybe at some point they will become useful; however, as of today, they are just toys, and the kind of toy that you play with for a few minutes and then you drop for good.
If only you were to put that much effort to provide running water, electricity and sanitation to the more than 600 million Indian citizens who lack it, the rest of the world would start taking you seriously.
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So, I was wondering, if God's chosen people are the Jews, what exactly did he choose them for?
He chose them to chastise the buffoons who refuse to stay on topic.
Anything to do with science is nop priority for this administration, with a young earth creationist, evolution-denier as a VP.
Time and again, they have been shown to be much easier to subvert than people thought and, worse, once compromised, they can't be repudiated - imagine getting new fingerprints or a new iris.
I would be surprised.
They tend to choose very similar, rather nondescript and boring, names for different products, and then they tend to change those names into others, similarly nondescript and boring. It is difficult to keep track of what product is what this particular month.
To all those who keep looking forward to the year of Linux in the desktop - don't. The status quo is excellent. You can run Linux in the desktop without any problems and without much effort, if you want to, to do just about everything that you need and want. As long as Windows maintains its stranglehold, the bad guys and three letter government agencies world over will focus their efforts on Windows, leaving Linux desktops alone. The time has come to understand that the dominance of Windows in the desktop is a blessing to those of us who wish to run Linux in the desktop. We do not want for Linux to rule in the desktop, we want for Windows to carry on taking the heat. Fortunately, the asinine efforts behind Gnome and KDE (and the fading Unity) almost guarantee that Windows will remain the desktop of choice for the masses. And that is a very good thing for the rest of us.
The Sun. The Daily Mail. The Mirror. The only thing worse than them is Julius Streicher's Der Stürmer. Thanks, Rupert Murdoch, for the daily garbage.
Relatively easy to fake, and can't be repudiated once compromised. Brilliant.
They are the prototypical definition of obsolete.
This time, Microsoft, there is no need for you to consider yourself middle-fingered - you are.
They have no choice. It is either that, or else acknowledge that, without a de facto monopoly, they can't compete. Consider yourself, once again, middle-fingered, Microsoft.
Thanks to Canonical's efforts (and Red Hat's, to a somewhat lesser extent) Linux remains a nonentity in the desktop. Which is a good thing - I can still set up my Linux desktop without any of their bloatware, confident in the fact that the general public will not replace their Windows systems with Linux (what for? It is just a Windows wannabee) and therefore keeping the crooks mostly focused on Windows. Most Linux fans will not understand it that way, but the lack of a significant presence of Linux in the desktop is a blessing to many of us.
After all, it is a Samsung phone - such phones are well known for their explosiveness and their bloatware load. Well, if you are stupid enough to pay $800 for a gadget, better make sure that it comes with lots of software. And that it is really explosive.
AI not living up to hype and hoopla. Unprecedented. Who would have thunk.
So you only but products that are unpopular? How's that working out for you?
Non sequitur. Study some basic logic, without or without other iSheep.
Never underestimate the herding power of the iSheep.
The UK is becoming a country of populism and a police state.
State-of-the-art digital assistants are little more than toys for party games. They do a good job of dealing with specific, unambiguous queries. However, as soon as even a little bit of intelligence is required, they spin their wheels pathetically. As it happens, those issues that they can tackle you can probably tackle just as fast, if not faster, at the keyboard. Maybe at some point they will become useful; however, as of today, they are just toys, and the kind of toy that you play with for a few minutes and then you drop for good.
So their breakthrough is a vanishingly small one?
There is no way Intel can come up with chips even half as explosive as Samsung's. Not in vain is Samsung a company on fire.
Are they for real? They would have to pay me $40/mo to watch those commercial-ridden, mostly worthless, channels.
If only you were to put that much effort to provide running water, electricity and sanitation to the more than 600 million Indian citizens who lack it, the rest of the world would start taking you seriously.
Nothing much to see here - the author of the article is also the author of a book on Python and wants, understandably, drum up interest.
I have managed to live through the past decade without even knowing what RSS is for. Well, to each his own.
This time, Microsoft, you may not consider yourself middle-fingered - you ARE middle-fingered.