"Why not just preface all their settings with their name? Such as "KDE System Settings", "Gnome System Settings", "Xfce System Settings", and so forth?"
Because that isn't sufficiently "cute" or "user friendly".
It's the right of developers who work hard to give us Free stuff to be Aspies and not "get" users other than themselves.
I'd note that modern diesels are extremely expensive to repair, so if you buy one replace it while it's still in warranty. (Those who buy new vehicles and afford this.)
"* Keystroke monitoring. THL has gpggrid , a wrapper for GPG that lets you use a video game style character entry system instead of typing in your passphrase. Keystroke loggers get a random set of grid points, not your passphrase."
"But why do we see no releases of secrets from potential threats to free societies? Like China, various idiot countries like N. Korea, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc? Just sayin'..."
Because they are serious about deterring leaks and will do Bad Things to leakers.
Current veterans have NO desire to fuck over the discharged veterans they will someday BECOME. They are very conscious of the whole career path from Basic to retirement.
It's bureaucracy.
BTW, the Army is hardly desperate for Javelins now the Cold War is over and there is no enemy armor to shoot, but the program will live on like all the others. Besides, we need to sell them overseas (and use FMS leverage to kill off Israeli Spike sales to that end!).:)
The other shit doesn't worry me either. This is a rather peaceful period in history, the wars are tiny (though financially expensive), and "slave labor" is how nearly every country must compete to kickstart economic development.
People don't "explore", they operate the systems which "explore".
Terrestrial example: A Predator UAV is far more efficient than a manned aircraft, and can stay at "work" with a "crew" far larger than could be packed into the airframe itself.
If the Predator crashes, launch another, no problem and NO EXCESSIVE COST because not only don't you lose a crew, the Predator didn't have to have life support systems.
Space is utterly hostile, we MUST have superb probes, remote-manned systems, and robots to interact with it efficiently.
If something cannot now be done efficiently by a machine, that means "build a better machine" (the development and life cycles of systems without local crew can be much faster) not "send meat tourists NAO for teh tasty DRAMA!".
...while taping the pigs and worn a transmitting microphone.
The right lens would allow photography from elevated cover in a building. Just as snipers shoot through holes, so can photographers. No need to stick anything out out so you can be identified.
"$2.4 Billion in Jets for the Pentagon that they did not want."
Airlifters are normally underfunded yet we rent Antonovs from Russia. There are good reasons for civilian oversight and the preference for the game of "budget chicken" by the Pentagon (ask for icing, let Congress figure out you need cake to go with it and add that later) is old news.
"$1.2 Million to ship 2 packages overnight from the Pentagon (aircraft parts costing less than $1 each)."
Citation with details needed. WHICH parts and were they grounding a mission essential system somewhere?
Slashdot is in love with archaic "wooden ship" methods of "exploration" in preference to developing remote-manned and robotic systems which are mandatory anyway for human travel in and exploitation of outer space.
The environment is permanently hostile. Humans will merely operate machines, so make better machines first. We need those on Terra too.
"Meat first" was fine when wooden ships and human crews were throwaways, but that has not been the case for some time. Now, the BURDEN of supporting humans with the primitive OVERALL level of technology we have is absurdly expensive. The idea that supporting engineering, materials, and computing tech in the rest of society can catch up while we focus on remote-manned systems is anathema to the Cold War model of penis-waving astronaut launch media opportunity.
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"Why not just preface all their settings with their name? Such as "KDE System Settings", "Gnome System Settings", "Xfce System Settings", and so forth?"
Because that isn't sufficiently "cute" or "user friendly".
It's the right of developers who work hard to give us Free stuff to be Aspies and not "get" users other than themselves.
It's our right to point that out.
"This whole kind of idiocy is why we can't have nice things..."
XFCE _IS_ nice!
Use Portable Firefox and make your app portable as well. Installing sucks.
"Unfortunately the American citizenry turned out to be anything but "alert and knowledgeable"."
Americans get the government most deserve, though it sucks to be in the blast radius. The country is a Hellmouth.
If you contemplate the average "person in the street" they inspire so much contempt it's no surprise their betters don't hesitate to shit on them.
"the engines last longer"
Depends on the engine. Ford/Navistar have made some horrors, and when diesels break so does your wallet.
"There's no ignition system to worry about, no plugs and so on."
Price a high pressure pump....
IAAM (I Am A Mechanic) and strongly agree.
I'd note that modern diesels are extremely expensive to repair, so if you buy one replace it while it's still in warranty. (Those who buy new vehicles and afford this.)
"It's 45 degrees centigrade."
Visiting foreigner?
"It's like using a condom"
It will get stuck to my Fleshlight?
...have seeded a copy!
An OLD distro which solves that problem:
http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/readme.txt
"* Keystroke monitoring.
THL has gpggrid , a wrapper for GPG that lets you use a video game style character entry system instead of typing in your passphrase. Keystroke loggers get a random set of grid points, not your passphrase."
"Are we reporting news in general?"
Yes, because "no one here keeps up with news on other websites" and /. needs page hits.
"*shudder*"
A shudder can be Good or Bad, or both....
"But why do we see no releases of secrets from potential threats to free societies? Like China, various idiot countries like N. Korea, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc? Just sayin'..."
Because they are serious about deterring leaks and will do Bad Things to leakers.
Compared to their methods, Gitmo is a joke.
Current veterans have NO desire to fuck over the discharged veterans they will someday BECOME. They are very conscious of the whole career path from Basic to retirement.
It's bureaucracy.
BTW, the Army is hardly desperate for Javelins now the Cold War is over and there is no enemy armor to shoot, but the program will live on like all the others. Besides, we need to sell them overseas (and use FMS leverage to kill off Israeli Spike sales to that end!). :)
The other shit doesn't worry me either. This is a rather peaceful period in history, the wars are tiny (though financially expensive), and "slave labor" is how nearly every country must compete to kickstart economic development.
That's the local culture.
Who are we to judge any of the areas outside EUSia?
People don't "explore", they operate the systems which "explore".
Terrestrial example:
A Predator UAV is far more efficient than a manned aircraft, and can stay at "work" with a "crew" far larger than could be packed into the airframe itself.
If the Predator crashes, launch another, no problem and NO EXCESSIVE COST because not only don't you lose a crew, the Predator didn't have to have life support systems.
"All the science is done by unmanned probes."
Space is utterly hostile, we MUST have superb probes, remote-manned systems, and robots to interact with it efficiently.
If something cannot now be done efficiently by a machine, that means "build a better machine" (the development and life cycles of systems without local crew can be much faster) not "send meat tourists NAO for teh tasty DRAMA!".
...while taping the pigs and worn a transmitting microphone.
The right lens would allow photography from elevated cover in a building.
Just as snipers shoot through holes, so can photographers. No need to stick anything out out so you can be identified.
This would be a fine topic for Ask Slashdot.
No, "kill" is left.
Americans are MUCH too comfortable to exercise that option at the moment. Nothing to see here for a long time.
"$2.4 Billion in Jets for the Pentagon that they did not want."
Airlifters are normally underfunded yet we rent Antonovs from Russia. There are good reasons for civilian oversight and the preference for the game of "budget chicken" by the Pentagon (ask for icing, let Congress figure out you need cake to go with it and add that later) is old news.
"$1.2 Million to ship 2 packages overnight from the Pentagon (aircraft parts costing less than $1 each)."
Citation with details needed. WHICH parts and were they grounding a mission essential system somewhere?
Slashdot is in love with archaic "wooden ship" methods of "exploration" in preference to developing remote-manned and robotic systems which are mandatory anyway for human travel in and exploitation of outer space.
The environment is permanently hostile. Humans will merely operate machines, so make better machines first. We need those on Terra too.
"Meat first" was fine when wooden ships and human crews were throwaways, but that has not been the case for some time. Now, the BURDEN of supporting humans with the primitive OVERALL level of technology we have is absurdly expensive.
The idea that supporting engineering, materials, and computing tech in the rest of society can catch up while we focus on remote-manned systems is anathema to the Cold War model of penis-waving astronaut launch media opportunity.
"My condom won't stop buckshot and is therefore useless."
We need a way to sort out science from shit.
I like the False Prophet method.
Prove scientifically that an assertion is valid, or be stoned to death in public. :)
That's purely a matter of where you live.