Not really, you just don't have to move your wrists nearly as much as around 70% of your typing (compared to about 30% on Qwerty) is done by simply pushing one of your fingers straight down. Check out http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?colemak for some interesting statistics comparing Qwerty, Dvorak and Colemak.
Android currently has ~400 million devices active, so that's ~99.5% of the android population that is NOT running cyanogen mod. Sure it may not be 99.99%, but you get the idea. In case you don't, compare the 0.5% of Android users running Cyanogen to the 1% of PC users running Linux and you start to see how it's just a little obscure...
And when it comes to customization, tweaking and development I have no problem with that. When it prevents critical security enhancements is when I start having a problem with how things are being run!
Acoustic fire suppression also leaves a LOT less mess behind. Think server rooms, restaurants and print shops where the fire suppression system typically causes about as much damage (in that area) as the fire itself.
I would love it if we could get rid of all this password nonsense and just append pgp signatures to everything. Whole-site encryption (unless it's a private site) would be pointless, you wouldn't need to give them an e-mail account and there would be NOTHING to protect on the websites.
Note: The above only applies to forum/blog style sites and not private (bank, corporate, etc) sites that hold *confidential* information.
That's just stupid, encryption has a definite end. If the content you see is encrypted (properly) you probably have no way of know how "deep" it is, but once you hit the bottom, it's pretty damn obvious.
3D's bubble will have "popped" when they stop making cheesy effects with it. When color TV's first came out, shows and movies were designed to "show off" that they were 3D (2001 Space Odyssey is a good example). When they stop launching things into the audience and having peoples heads pop out of the screen and 3D just becomes another non-integral part of the video, THEN we can consider calling the bubble "popped".
I switched from Qwerty to Colemak about 2 years ago (tried Dvorak for an hour and gave up). While there is a noticeable improvement in my typing speed (after the 2 month "transition" phase), the BIGGEST difference by far is that I can now type for 12 hours straight (done a few time when programming "in the zone") with absolutely NO finger or hand discomfort. I used to have to take breaks every hour when I used Qwerty or my fingers would start to ache. This by far is the absolute #1 reason why I will never switch back to Qwerty.
Not really. The keyboard itself is basically the same, you just switch the letters around. It's not much more work to make a different sticker/printing layer on the keyboard than it is to make different covers for the each language.
As someone that lives in the North-West, I feel then need to correct you about our weather. it is not damp as many non north-western dwellers would lead you to believe. It is in fact soaking fucking wet. "Damp" is the grass on a hot day up here!
And 99.99 percent of Android users have never heard of any of those. Let us know when an out-of-the-box Android phone supports it (and an app bothers to implement it).
Correct, I have contributed nothing to the Kernel. I do however contribute to Ubuntu's brainstorm system (as a moderator) and irc channel, arch's wiki (translations), FreeBSD's ports (notmuch mail port) and help to file bug reports on 4+ operating systems whenever necessary.
Tell us: How much have you contributed to slashcode? Zero, right?
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Don't forget w3cHTML5.0, w3cHTML5.1, w3cHTML5.2, whatwgHTML5.0, whatwgHTML5.1, whatwgHTML5.2, etc.
Actually, it will probably cost more because it won't be being subsidized by all the "basic" crap they force you to buy to get it.
effect != affect.
I don't think he was suggesting they provide the damn TV, just the equipment you hook it up to (exactly like your phone company does).
That's a bad example. How hard could it possibly be to memorize a combined 10 words?
I never said they were worse than their competition. In my opinion all smartphones lack sufficient sandboxing and security permissions enhancements.
I found the camp, but there was nobody else there!
Not really, you just don't have to move your wrists nearly as much as around 70% of your typing (compared to about 30% on Qwerty) is done by simply pushing one of your fingers straight down. Check out http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?colemak for some interesting statistics comparing Qwerty, Dvorak and Colemak.
Android currently has ~400 million devices active, so that's ~99.5% of the android population that is NOT running cyanogen mod. Sure it may not be 99.99%, but you get the idea. In case you don't, compare the 0.5% of Android users running Cyanogen to the 1% of PC users running Linux and you start to see how it's just a little obscure...
And when it comes to customization, tweaking and development I have no problem with that. When it prevents critical security enhancements is when I start having a problem with how things are being run!
Acoustic fire suppression also leaves a LOT less mess behind. Think server rooms, restaurants and print shops where the fire suppression system typically causes about as much damage (in that area) as the fire itself.
And believe it or not, Vic Towes is being considered to take one of those soon to be vacant positions.
I would love it if we could get rid of all this password nonsense and just append pgp signatures to everything. Whole-site encryption (unless it's a private site) would be pointless, you wouldn't need to give them an e-mail account and there would be NOTHING to protect on the websites.
Note: The above only applies to forum/blog style sites and not private (bank, corporate, etc) sites that hold *confidential* information.
This is a venue where central planning kicks the almighty shit out of independent, irrational actors.
FTFY
That's just stupid, encryption has a definite end. If the content you see is encrypted (properly) you probably have no way of know how "deep" it is, but once you hit the bottom, it's pretty damn obvious.
3D's bubble will have "popped" when they stop making cheesy effects with it. When color TV's first came out, shows and movies were designed to "show off" that they were 3D (2001 Space Odyssey is a good example). When they stop launching things into the audience and having peoples heads pop out of the screen and 3D just becomes another non-integral part of the video, THEN we can consider calling the bubble "popped".
I switched from Qwerty to Colemak about 2 years ago (tried Dvorak for an hour and gave up). While there is a noticeable improvement in my typing speed (after the 2 month "transition" phase), the BIGGEST difference by far is that I can now type for 12 hours straight (done a few time when programming "in the zone") with absolutely NO finger or hand discomfort. I used to have to take breaks every hour when I used Qwerty or my fingers would start to ache. This by far is the absolute #1 reason why I will never switch back to Qwerty.
Not really. The keyboard itself is basically the same, you just switch the letters around. It's not much more work to make a different sticker/printing layer on the keyboard than it is to make different covers for the each language.
You log into yahoo from porn sites? Next time try opening a new tab and typing in "yahoo.com" or just using your bookmark.
As someone that lives in the North-West, I feel then need to correct you about our weather. it is not damp as many non north-western dwellers would lead you to believe. It is in fact soaking fucking wet. "Damp" is the grass on a hot day up here!
And 99.99 percent of Android users have never heard of any of those. Let us know when an out-of-the-box Android phone supports it (and an app bothers to implement it).
What, no video?!?
Correct, I have contributed nothing to the Kernel. I do however contribute to Ubuntu's brainstorm system (as a moderator) and irc channel, arch's wiki (translations), FreeBSD's ports (notmuch mail port) and help to file bug reports on 4+ operating systems whenever necessary.
Tell us: How much have you contributed to slashcode? Zero, right?
Wow, can't believe I missed that one!
s/not illegal/illegal/ :(
That's exactly what I said, but without explaining WHY firefox/chrome "works" and "ubuntu" doesn't when it comes to common websites/software.