In windows, ctrl-c/ctrl-v or ctrl-c/shift-ins is the universal way to copy/paste. No matter what application you're using. Not so in gnome. oh no, that's way too god-damn simple, gnome has to spice things up. Ctrl-c (or simply highlighting) seems to be universal except in those apps where you have no choice but to right-click on the mouse and select Copy (which is fucking stupid, since it takes my hand away from the kb), but paste is schizophrenic: ctrl-v, shift-ins, shift-ctrl-ins, right-click on mouse and select paste (ie, sometimes this is the only way to fucking paste). What a joke. It seems like every application has their own interpretation on how to copy/paste and co-operating between apps is a vague afterthought....and Linux wants to compete with windows? excuse me while I spit./hawks 'n spits
Can we please have a simple, built in, universal copy/paste mechanism?...and no, don't suggest I install some stupid app just to get copy/paste to work. This is basic shit that must work out of the box.
I remember predicting the.com bubble poppage to my wife in the nineties (we own an ISP which was actually generating revenue, as opposed to so many.com's which were receiving funding based on future predicted/possible income).
I see two bubbles in China: economic and social.
The only question is: *when* they're going to pop, and whether they'll pop *together*.
targeted marketing is so beneficial that it's worth all these billions of dollars
As a company owner, I can categorically state that it is. TV is the ultimate since it provides the highest volumes, but it's carpet bombing. Radio is great, but requires constant repetition and is also un-targeted.
Also, don't forget that marketing people are not stupid - they'll not keep pouring money into a medium which does not provide a return. Online/targeted ads give you real measurable returns.
Thank fuck someone else realises this. I thought I was the only one vomiting with frustration at the mucoussy slowness of anything with a bloody Atom in it. I eventually reformatted the windows crap and tried ubuntu. Even that was a fucking joke. I remember my old 486DX being faster than this shit.
I eventually broke the thing's spine with maniacal glee while having an argument with my wife.
You can't be fucking serious. If you are, you make this guy's point for him: if you actually believe that worker threads and local storage are new concepts in CS, you're a young clueless moron.
Christ, but you're stupid. Having a curtain ajar does not give a criminal the right to peer in to see what he can steal or surreptitiously record on a camcorder. Thank fuck most people do not think like you and know what privacy means.
What evidence do you have that it's politically motivated? Do you not think it a good idea to set a strong precedent where people's privacy is concerned and corporate buggery and laziness is concerned -- or do you hail from the USA and don't mind having your privacy invaded not only by your Gov, but by company XYZ? Do you speak for Google when you say "never intended anyway", or did you gleefully swallow their cool-aid? "Waste of time" by who's measure? Yours? Google's?
It's a sound policy of legally pursuing large and pervasive corporates who "mistakenly" break the law. The same way that MS was held accountable for breaking the law, Google also needs to be, or does their pretty logo and quaint platitudes make you feel all warm, fuzzy and moist?
You need to take your nose out of Google's bum and smell reality. Your rights (and privacy) are inexorably being eroded by the Googles of this world.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love some of Google's services, but they must be held accountable.
You'd be surprised how many people who lurk around here also have almost 30 years in the IT industry.
When you start your post with I don't get this one. WHY is it wrong? then there really isn't much need to read the rest of your post, is there? If you fail to understand why it's wrong, then I'm afraid you remind me of these religious zealots -- just no reasoning with them.
You'd be surprised in how many countries around the world it's illegal to go around sniffing networks (how is this behaviour any different to going around trying doors until you find one unlocked -- or lurking around at night around your mother's home looking for an open curtain so a wanker can have a peep at her shaving?). You don't get a get-out-of-jail-free card just because you said sorry....and what's up with your Google-cock-sucking? You work there or something?
I think they'd argue anything to protect their "do no evil" image -- an image which was already tarnished before this "accident".
I think they considered a public apology to be the lesser damaging -- the other being a possible damaging disclosure by a whistle-blower with them caught holding their peepee.
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I'm curious, let's say this is the Higgs. What then?
Pure buggers, their prematurity is incurable.
In windows, ctrl-c/ctrl-v or ctrl-c/shift-ins is the universal way to copy/paste. No matter what application you're using. Not so in gnome. oh no, that's way too god-damn simple, gnome has to spice things up. Ctrl-c (or simply highlighting) seems to be universal except in those apps where you have no choice but to right-click on the mouse and select Copy (which is fucking stupid, since it takes my hand away from the kb), but paste is schizophrenic: ctrl-v, shift-ins, shift-ctrl-ins, right-click on mouse and select paste (ie, sometimes this is the only way to fucking paste). What a joke. It seems like every application has their own interpretation on how to copy/paste and co-operating between apps is a vague afterthought. ...and Linux wants to compete with windows? excuse me while I spit. /hawks 'n spits
Can we please have a simple, built in, universal copy/paste mechanism? ...and no, don't suggest I install some stupid app just to get copy/paste to work. This is basic shit that must work out of the box.
What a sad, boring and desolate universe you live in.
Lack of proof is not proof of lack, or some such shit.
I remember predicting the .com bubble poppage to my wife in the nineties (we own an ISP which was actually generating revenue, as opposed to so many .com's which were receiving funding based on future predicted/possible income).
I see two bubbles in China: economic and social.
The only question is: *when* they're going to pop, and whether they'll pop *together*.
targeted marketing is so beneficial that it's worth all these billions of dollars
As a company owner, I can categorically state that it is. TV is the ultimate since it provides the highest volumes, but it's carpet bombing. Radio is great, but requires constant repetition and is also un-targeted.
Also, don't forget that marketing people are not stupid - they'll not keep pouring money into a medium which does not provide a return. Online/targeted ads give you real measurable returns.
You may know a little about exchange, but you seem to be as clueless as MS about how to treat your customers.
Thank fuck someone else realises this. I thought I was the only one vomiting with frustration at the mucoussy slowness of anything with a bloody Atom in it. I eventually reformatted the windows crap and tried ubuntu. Even that was a fucking joke. I remember my old 486DX being faster than this shit.
I eventually broke the thing's spine with maniacal glee while having an argument with my wife.
Atom is rubbish. Stay away.
As a Brit, I follow the US space programme with intereset, because it's the best hope the human race has for getting off this rock.
As a semi-brit, I follow the US private space programmes with interest, because it's the best hope the human race has for getting off this rock.
I bet "18% of Americans, 16% of Germans, and 19% of Britons" is probably representative of those folks you see in The Jerry Springer show too.
You can't be fucking serious. If you are, you make this guy's point for him: if you actually believe that worker threads and local storage are new concepts in CS, you're a young clueless moron.
Don't worry, I hate the young fucker as well.
Well, allow me to be the first to say, "fuck 'em."
No, not shame on them. Congrats to them for holding a powerful company accountable.
Christ, but you're stupid. Having a curtain ajar does not give a criminal the right to peer in to see what he can steal or surreptitiously record on a camcorder. Thank fuck most people do not think like you and know what privacy means.
This kind of information would have come out no matter what, and Google should be prosecuted. Period.
Right you are. I've had a truck load of 1TB's fail, yet the old 80GB/160GB drives just refuse to die.
Sadly, this seems to be the case with quality as well.
We buy batches, and my experience has shown a minimum of 10-15% of the drives (seagate) will be defective in some way.
They used to be so damn reliable.
What evidence do you have that it's politically motivated? Do you not think it a good idea to set a strong precedent where people's privacy is concerned and corporate buggery and laziness is concerned -- or do you hail from the USA and don't mind having your privacy invaded not only by your Gov, but by company XYZ? Do you speak for Google when you say "never intended anyway", or did you gleefully swallow their cool-aid? "Waste of time" by who's measure? Yours? Google's?
It's a sound policy of legally pursuing large and pervasive corporates who "mistakenly" break the law. The same way that MS was held accountable for breaking the law, Google also needs to be, or does their pretty logo and quaint platitudes make you feel all warm, fuzzy and moist?
You need to take your nose out of Google's bum and smell reality. Your rights (and privacy) are inexorably being eroded by the Googles of this world.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love some of Google's services, but they must be held accountable.
It was about Google recording traffic
There, fixed that for you. In most countries, as far as the law is concerned, mistakenly breaking the law does not absolve you.
Exactly. Do it in Perl.
You'd be surprised how many people who lurk around here also have almost 30 years in the IT industry.
When you start your post with I don't get this one. WHY is it wrong? then there really isn't much need to read the rest of your post, is there? If you fail to understand why it's wrong, then I'm afraid you remind me of these religious zealots -- just no reasoning with them.
You'd be surprised in how many countries around the world it's illegal to go around sniffing networks (how is this behaviour any different to going around trying doors until you find one unlocked -- or lurking around at night around your mother's home looking for an open curtain so a wanker can have a peep at her shaving?). You don't get a get-out-of-jail-free card just because you said sorry. ...and what's up with your Google-cock-sucking? You work there or something?
WHY is it wrong
I think you have serious trust issues, and not in the way you think.
Somehow, because it's Do-No-Evil-Google, it's not wrong. If it was your gov, you'd be pissing in your pants.
I'm afraid you seem to fall in the "people" category of your sig, no offence.
I think they'd argue anything to protect their "do no evil" image -- an image which was already tarnished before this "accident".
I think they considered a public apology to be the lesser damaging -- the other being a possible damaging disclosure by a whistle-blower with them caught holding their peepee.
Similar to Google's "accidental" sniffing of public wifi -- they didn't use it, so that makes it all right.
Bloody criminals.
not going to delete it unless we're ordered to
Fuck sakes. Need I say more? This is the same character who made that statement about privacy and things to hide, etc.