I know this goes 100% against the Slashdot groupthink, but really - this Elon Musk character bores me to no end. If he's not pissing and moaning about the (actually pretty good overall) review his car received on a comedy show, or making excuses for why some of the models he's sold aren't living up to expectations, or acting like a martyr because a certain state won't bend their car selling rules just for little-ol-Elon, he's criticizing everyone and everything that presents a challenge to his own bottom line.
Basically, the dude is Donald Trump, minus the guard-weasel that sleeps on his head.
'Hydrogen is quite a dangerous gas. you know, it's suitable for the upper stage of rockets, but not for cars,' [Musk] said."
Man, just wait until he finds out how many people are unwittingly using the deadly substance dihydrogen monoxide! He might just have a conniption.
I would nap and probably do a bunch of much worse stuff too if I were them. My other buddies from the academy are stationed in tropical paradises picking up the locals when they go on leave, General Sleeps with His Biographer is getting some, and here I am stuck in America's asscrack buried deep in a bunker with another guy who won't shut up and keeps eating my lunch out of the fridge.
These guys specifically sign up to be part of the nuclear arsenal team - it's not like they assign these jobs to random privates fresh out of boot.
Kinda like the saying*, 'don't join the Marines if you don't want to kill anyone,' you shouldn't join the nuclear arsenal team if you don't want to spend the majority of your time sitting on your ass guarding missiles from nobody.
You don't get it - Sony removed the ability to install Linux on a PS3.
Not being a software engineer, I lack the expertise to hack the thing back to working condition. It's not a reasonable expectation to say that all consumers should be able to reverse engineer every single thing they buy.
That's my bitch - not that they would void my warranty for installing Linux, but that they removed my ability to do it, period.
Torvalds is ESR with half a brain. If all he cares about is driver support why doesn't he just install Cygwin on a Windows 8 tablet and be done with it.
Yeah, exactly like how Tivo buyers were all open source advocates, and Apple TV buyers are primarily interested in the fact that the kernel has posix API's. Though, there may be a small group of SteamBox buyers who buy it mainly because of playing games, and don't really care about what OS it runs.
Don't forget those of us who like to occasionally play PC games on the big TV in the living room, but don't want to have to deal with unhooking the tower, dragging it downstairs, then hooking it all back up again.
AC is dead on on this one. If you have an Xbox a PS3 and a desktop (Windows) why on earth would you want to run Linux on your Desktop just so you can game?
You wouldn't.
HOWEVER, if you didn't want to have to pay almost $200 for a proprietary OS that's so locked down and filled with trash it makes the Georgia State prison system look like an all-inclusive Hawaiian resort, then the fact that gaming on Linux is finally getting some respect would be a very good thing for you.
Not on the box, but in the warranty sections of the user manuals. Which one would do well to read, particularly if one is in the habit of trying out these experiments
So, in contradiction to the previous poster's statements, they do try and fool consumers by hiding the "rules" deep in documents most people don't bother with, instead of being up-front about how "your" property is treated by the company that made it.
An AR-15 for personal protection? Why would you buy one of them for personal protection?
Well, I wouldn't, because I don't like AR-15's.
depending on the situation, I would consider an AK-47 for the same purpose; contrary to what randomly-shooting-a-shotgun vice presidents might say, not all personal protection scenarios are created equal.
To that end, I live in bear/mountain lion country. To anyone else who shares their home region with apex predators, I think that says it all.
Um... what does the technologies put in Mac computers have to do with iPads?
Taking the bait, I see one major issue with relegating all types of connections to dongles that feed into a single port: There will, inevitably, not be enough ports for all the stuff you want to connect.
Of course, in fairness, that's not an issue exclusive to Apple products.
Perhaps much of what he said is true...the truth should not be insulting.
You're right, it shouldn't be.
However, remember the words of the great Robert Heinlein: "Being right too soon is socially unacceptable."
Unfortunately for this gentleman, the social group which found him unacceptable just so happens to be the biggest, most paranoid government in the history of mankind.
> What grounds would you fire such a person under?
Doesn't every single employment contract in the world contain words to the effect that you'll be fired if you give the employer a bad name?
Not in At-Will states like mine* - there's no need to get that specific.
* Either party can terminate employment at any time, for (almost) any reason, and nobody ever has to explain why, outside an illegal discrimination charge.
even better, mandate a standard size and power interface so anybody can produce an infotainment system to put in the space like they have been doing with car radio/cassettes for decades... you'll note that the aftermarket caters for car radio/cd players that are a simple drop in replacement...
You would think, considering how much trouble the auto manufacturers seem to have with figuring out a decent head unit and operating system, that they'd jump at the chance to pawn responsibility off onto the aftermarket.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Actually if you parse it carefully the "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State" is being offered as support for not infringing the right of the People to bear arms. The argument is militia is required for the security of a free state, the right to bear arms is a requirement to have a militia. The right to bear arms clause is NOT however dependent on the militia clause.
Well, sure, but again we have the same problem as with defining 'regulated' in the amendment - the anti-gun crowd had decided to reject reality and substitute it with their own, and no amount of pointing out facts will change their minds.
"Trust me," said the fox to the hen, "You can keep your eggs in my basket and I'll make sure the other foxes don't eat them."
Google is saying exactly the opposite. Google is saying you should find someone you do find trustworthy, and route your traffic through their machine, not suggesting that you trust Google.
They (Google) wrote the software, right? And they're trying to get people to use the software they made to create super-secret-squirrel, "private" connections between individual machines, through which data shall be passed?
Yea, actually, they aren't "saying exactly the opposite."
Google is the fox, your data is the eggs (are the eggs?), and uProxy is the basket.
Not to bash the iPhone, but how is it that Apple seems to be so much ahead of the pack when it comes to the iPad but the iPhone seems to be just another high-end smartphone?
Oh, so you mean they finally got around to inventing that NFC chip that Google tablets have had for a while now?
Why is it abusive? It's their hardware, their rules.
You just answered your own question: because once I pay for it, it's not their hardware anymore. It's mine, and I'll do whatever I damn well please with it.
And yes, I apply that logic to every single one of the greedy bastards who prevent consumers from having full control over their own property, not just Apple.
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I know this goes 100% against the Slashdot groupthink, but really - this Elon Musk character bores me to no end. If he's not pissing and moaning about the (actually pretty good overall) review his car received on a comedy show, or making excuses for why some of the models he's sold aren't living up to expectations, or acting like a martyr because a certain state won't bend their car selling rules just for little-ol-Elon, he's criticizing everyone and everything that presents a challenge to his own bottom line.
Basically, the dude is Donald Trump, minus the guard-weasel that sleeps on his head.
'Hydrogen is quite a dangerous gas. you know, it's suitable for the upper stage of rockets, but not for cars,' [Musk] said."
Man, just wait until he finds out how many people are unwittingly using the deadly substance dihydrogen monoxide! He might just have a conniption.
I would nap and probably do a bunch of much worse stuff too if I were them. My other buddies from the academy are stationed in tropical paradises picking up the locals when they go on leave, General Sleeps with His Biographer is getting some, and here I am stuck in America's asscrack buried deep in a bunker with another guy who won't shut up and keeps eating my lunch out of the fridge.
These guys specifically sign up to be part of the nuclear arsenal team - it's not like they assign these jobs to random privates fresh out of boot.
Kinda like the saying*, 'don't join the Marines if you don't want to kill anyone,' you shouldn't join the nuclear arsenal team if you don't want to spend the majority of your time sitting on your ass guarding missiles from nobody.
* Yes, I just now made that up.
You don't get it - Sony removed the ability to install Linux on a PS3.
Not being a software engineer, I lack the expertise to hack the thing back to working condition. It's not a reasonable expectation to say that all consumers should be able to reverse engineer every single thing they buy.
That's my bitch - not that they would void my warranty for installing Linux, but that they removed my ability to do it, period.
Torvalds is ESR with half a brain. If all he cares about is driver support why doesn't he just install Cygwin on a Windows 8 tablet and be done with it.
Um... because that's not all he cares about?
Yeah, exactly like how Tivo buyers were all open source advocates, and Apple TV buyers are primarily interested in the fact that the kernel has posix API's. Though, there may be a small group of SteamBox buyers who buy it mainly because of playing games, and don't really care about what OS it runs.
Don't forget those of us who like to occasionally play PC games on the big TV in the living room, but don't want to have to deal with unhooking the tower, dragging it downstairs, then hooking it all back up again.
Why mod Troll?
AC is dead on on this one. If you have an Xbox a PS3 and a desktop (Windows) why on earth would you want to run Linux on your Desktop just so you can game?
You wouldn't.
HOWEVER, if you didn't want to have to pay almost $200 for a proprietary OS that's so locked down and filled with trash it makes the Georgia State prison system look like an all-inclusive Hawaiian resort, then the fact that gaming on Linux is finally getting some respect would be a very good thing for you.
Not on the box, but in the warranty sections of the user manuals. Which one would do well to read, particularly if one is in the habit of trying out these experiments
So, in contradiction to the previous poster's statements, they do try and fool consumers by hiding the "rules" deep in documents most people don't bother with, instead of being up-front about how "your" property is treated by the company that made it.
This is Slashdot; we don't do that.
An AR-15 for personal protection? Why would you buy one of them for personal protection?
Well, I wouldn't, because I don't like AR-15's.
depending on the situation, I would consider an AK-47 for the same purpose; contrary to what randomly-shooting-a-shotgun vice presidents might say, not all personal protection scenarios are created equal.
To that end, I live in bear/mountain lion country. To anyone else who shares their home region with apex predators, I think that says it all.
Whatever you've got to tell yourself to gets through your day, stoner.
Um... what does the technologies put in Mac computers have to do with iPads?
Taking the bait, I see one major issue with relegating all types of connections to dongles that feed into a single port: There will, inevitably, not be enough ports for all the stuff you want to connect.
Of course, in fairness, that's not an issue exclusive to Apple products.
Oh noes! The poow widdle man can't buy his assault rifle for "self protection". Jeez. Grow up already.
Ha, irony is funny.
Seriously, bro, if you can't make your argument without being a childish dick about it, you probably don't have an argument worth making.
the social group which found him unacceptable just so happens to be the biggest, most paranoid government in the history of mankind.
Unfortunately the next administration will make this one's efforts seem like child's play.
Yea, it's a cascading failure. I weep for future generations who will live their entire lives under the boot of authoritarian fascism.
Tell that to Sony - I want linux on my PS3, dammit!
Perhaps much of what he said is true...the truth should not be insulting.
You're right, it shouldn't be.
However, remember the words of the great Robert Heinlein: "Being right too soon is socially unacceptable."
Unfortunately for this gentleman, the social group which found him unacceptable just so happens to be the biggest, most paranoid government in the history of mankind.
Is it against the law to criticize your employer?
Actually it is, in most civilized countries. The law states that an employee must respect the employer, his property and his reputation
Criticism and respect are not diametrically opposed.
Hell, some of the criticisms I have for companies are because I respect them, and want them to do better.
But no, at least in the US there is no law that says people cannot criticize their employers.
> What grounds would you fire such a person under?
Doesn't every single employment contract in the world contain words to the effect that you'll be fired if you give the employer a bad name?
Not in At-Will states like mine* - there's no need to get that specific.
* Either party can terminate employment at any time, for (almost) any reason, and nobody ever has to explain why, outside an illegal discrimination charge.
even better, mandate a standard size and power interface so anybody can produce an infotainment system to put in the space like they have been doing with car radio/cassettes for decades... you'll note that the aftermarket caters for car radio/cd players that are a simple drop in replacement...
You would think, considering how much trouble the auto manufacturers seem to have with figuring out a decent head unit and operating system, that they'd jump at the chance to pawn responsibility off onto the aftermarket.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Actually if you parse it carefully the "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State" is being offered as support for not infringing the right of the People to bear arms. The argument is militia is required for the security of a free state, the right to bear arms is a requirement to have a militia. The right to bear arms clause is NOT however dependent on the militia clause.
Well, sure, but again we have the same problem as with defining 'regulated' in the amendment - the anti-gun crowd had decided to reject reality and substitute it with their own, and no amount of pointing out facts will change their minds.
"Trust me," said the fox to the hen, "You can keep your eggs in my basket and I'll make sure the other foxes don't eat them."
Google is saying exactly the opposite. Google is saying you should find someone you do find trustworthy, and route your traffic through their machine, not suggesting that you trust Google.
They (Google) wrote the software, right? And they're trying to get people to use the software they made to create super-secret-squirrel, "private" connections between individual machines, through which data shall be passed?
Yea, actually, they aren't "saying exactly the opposite."
Google is the fox, your data is the eggs (are the eggs?), and uProxy is the basket.
"Trust me," said the fox to the hen, "You can keep your eggs in my basket and I'll make sure the other foxes don't eat them."
Should've my ass - I'm teaching men to fish, not feeding them for the day.
that's just utterly ridiculous. Outside of slashdot, people don't root their phones and install a custom build of android.
No, but they do ask Slashdotters to do it for them.
At least, that's my experience.
"Hey, man, how do you keep that old Droid X running so smooth? Cyanogenmod, what's that? Can you put it on my phone for me?"
...in 1-2 years, they'll toss it and get another one... They'll play angry birds and dick around with wallpaper and ringtones and never give a shit...
That I cannot disagree with.
Not to bash the iPhone, but how is it that Apple seems to be so much ahead of the pack when it comes to the iPad but the iPhone seems to be just another high-end smartphone?
Oh, so you mean they finally got around to inventing that NFC chip that Google tablets have had for a while now?
Zing.
Why is it abusive? It's their hardware, their rules.
You just answered your own question: because once I pay for it, it's not their hardware anymore. It's mine, and I'll do whatever I damn well please with it.
And yes, I apply that logic to every single one of the greedy bastards who prevent consumers from having full control over their own property, not just Apple.