If I may, I believe mfwitten is talking about keyboard-centric uses, not the environment. For example, sending an email. It is far more efficient to use a real keyboard (keyboard-centric) than it is to use an on-screen keyboard program with a mouse (GUI). Either way, you are still logged into your Gmail through a browser, but the way that you interact with that GUI is different. Ubuntu is mentioned because in Unity it is more efficient to hit the key with the flag on it and start typing the name of the program you want to use than it is to click on the Ubunto logo and scroll through all umptillion things you have installed looking for that same specific app.
One thing I never understand about "might makes right": it doesn't. You tell me that Earth is a star. I say it isn't. You kick my ass. Poof, the Earth magically turns into a star through the Power of Right. Wait, no it doesn't. So how did this become our way of deciding things in the first place?
If they had any brains, they would know that the CEO does not need access to individual customer's credit card numbers and only needs high level reporting data so getting his password off the monitor wouldn't reveal anything that isn't published on the company's press release page.
I will spend the rest of the day imagining the parts in between the cookie and obtaining the Active Directory credentials. My boss will hate you. I will not.
It is also not unreasonable that I would not be decapitated, but rather trapped in my seat with a stupid cloth strap cutting off my air. This is really what I am worried about, not decapitation. I found a clip for $1 that fixes the problem, but still...
What I ended up doing is getting a $1 clip made for such problems. Seatbelt no longer goes across my neck. But I think you missed my point. The minor law made to keep me safe was really putting me in greater danger. I am padded enough I could probably survive a moderate collision without the seatbelt. I'm not so sure I would survive the same collision with a strap cutting across my throat.
I'm a pretty big guy (on Slashdot? Shocking!) and in every car I have ever been in, the seatbelt goes right across my neck because of my stomach. I am working on reducing my stomach, but in the meantime I either have to break the law or ride in fear of instant decapitation from the seatbelt in case of a crash. That seatbelt will not protect me at all. It will break my neck or take off my head.
She got some great publicity about her commitment to customers. She got her name out there on the greater Internet. She even did it in a way that gives her a tax break. All she had to do was apologize and say "Sorry these aren't that good, but I was busy. Buy some later and they will be better quality, I promise!" Sounds like she is doing pretty good to me.
And a stylus doesn't provide a good handwriting experience.
Could you please explain this? How does something that works like a pen/pencil not provide a good handwriting experience? I have a tablet that works with both stylus and finger touch. The stylus works so much better at handwriting that I am having a really hard time taking you seriously. What works so much better?
My iPad says that when I plug it into a USB2.0 port on my non-Apple laptop with the official Apple plug and cord. I guess it will only charge on iUSB ports.
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To be fair, it wasn't all that prodigious to her after all the ones she's seen.
Dude, THERE'S my car!!
If I may, I believe mfwitten is talking about keyboard-centric uses, not the environment. For example, sending an email. It is far more efficient to use a real keyboard (keyboard-centric) than it is to use an on-screen keyboard program with a mouse (GUI). Either way, you are still logged into your Gmail through a browser, but the way that you interact with that GUI is different. Ubuntu is mentioned because in Unity it is more efficient to hit the key with the flag on it and start typing the name of the program you want to use than it is to click on the Ubunto logo and scroll through all umptillion things you have installed looking for that same specific app.
One thing I never understand about "might makes right": it doesn't. You tell me that Earth is a star. I say it isn't. You kick my ass. Poof, the Earth magically turns into a star through the Power of Right. Wait, no it doesn't. So how did this become our way of deciding things in the first place?
right on the money
All the banks and investment firms
I see what you did there!
No
Mod parent up.
I would rather mod you up for giving coherent reason WHY the answer is no that adds to the discussion.
True. I was including the CEO in the "if they had brains" group... Ahh, there's the problem.
If they had any brains, they would know that the CEO does not need access to individual customer's credit card numbers and only needs high level reporting data so getting his password off the monitor wouldn't reveal anything that isn't published on the company's press release page.
First posts are NOT material objects.
I will spend the rest of the day imagining the parts in between the cookie and obtaining the Active Directory credentials. My boss will hate you. I will not.
After Bell Labs, MIT, the US Navy, CERN, Stanford University, and Xerox PARC did all the hard work,
Sounds like tax dollars paid for most of that, so we should get most of it for free.
It is also not unreasonable that I would not be decapitated, but rather trapped in my seat with a stupid cloth strap cutting off my air. This is really what I am worried about, not decapitation. I found a clip for $1 that fixes the problem, but still...
What I ended up doing is getting a $1 clip made for such problems. Seatbelt no longer goes across my neck. But I think you missed my point. The minor law made to keep me safe was really putting me in greater danger. I am padded enough I could probably survive a moderate collision without the seatbelt. I'm not so sure I would survive the same collision with a strap cutting across my throat.
I'm a pretty big guy (on Slashdot? Shocking!) and in every car I have ever been in, the seatbelt goes right across my neck because of my stomach. I am working on reducing my stomach, but in the meantime I either have to break the law or ride in fear of instant decapitation from the seatbelt in case of a crash. That seatbelt will not protect me at all. It will break my neck or take off my head.
Spellcheck over IPSEC.
When advertisers regain my trust, I will stop blocking their ads.
I completely agree, but how will you know? I don't plan on killing my adblocker to find out either.
Why do I never have mod points at the right time? And as a bonus, the coffee cleared up my sinuses as it passed through my nose!
He only needs/wants the red one.
I mean, he could get a job as a janitor too, that's starting at the bottom, and it's equally relevant to his field as help desk.
Disagree. People still respect the janitor when crap piles up.
She got some great publicity about her commitment to customers. She got her name out there on the greater Internet. She even did it in a way that gives her a tax break. All she had to do was apologize and say "Sorry these aren't that good, but I was busy. Buy some later and they will be better quality, I promise!" Sounds like she is doing pretty good to me.
Or it has to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary. I'll accept that.
Webster's a little short for ya?
Limp Bizkit already has it covered. "They did it all for Tanuki. C'mon! Tanuki. C'mon! So you can take that cookie..."
And a stylus doesn't provide a good handwriting experience.
Could you please explain this? How does something that works like a pen/pencil not provide a good handwriting experience? I have a tablet that works with both stylus and finger touch. The stylus works so much better at handwriting that I am having a really hard time taking you seriously. What works so much better?
My iPad says that when I plug it into a USB2.0 port on my non-Apple laptop with the official Apple plug and cord. I guess it will only charge on iUSB ports.
To be fair, who wants to think about their parents having sex either?
Be careful. Rule 34 lurks in even the most innocent looking places.