Time Machine saved my arse countless times in the past, and it the thing that I miss most about Macs. However, at least (circa 2010 or so) there was no mechanism for choosing an update schedule. And it takes a bit more knowledge than most users possess to google the command to run it manually from the CLI and create a cronjob.
I have known people who were prone to doing that without a VR headset. Apparently complex reasoning and "higher" skills do not convey basic survival instinct.
It probably helps in IBM's case, the current CEO started working for the company in 1981 as an engineer. Since she was recruited from inside the company, and has had a long career with them, she is less likely to pull the crap you're mentioning.
Good job, and I mean that in all sincerity. As much as in my meat-world life that I joke about hating kids, I think that in many ways, they're better than most of us adults in that they basically just want to learn, play, and create. I have come to the conclusion that basically only children and the elderly are just honest about their thoughts and feelings. I was helping a friend clean out her flat when her kid stared at me and said "you're crazy". My only response is "yeah, but I'm not the bad kind of crazy, so get off the iPad and grab a sponge".
Considering that the last time I checked, OpenSUSE still has KDE3 repos, I'm sure that it will. I haven't bothered installing it for a year after I had to replace the drive with / on it, but before that, I sometimes logged in to a 3.x session for nostalgia's sake.
You're far from the only couple. When I still played Warcrack, I was in one guild where half the raiders were couples playing together. There even was a couple who let their daughter stay up a bit on raid nights to join in as a healer. Everybody also had lives out of game, since these were some of the nicest, best-adjusted people I have ever known.
I wonder if sometimes, people complaining are doing so because the films changed it too much, or not enough. Sure, there are purists out there, but I'm sure that there are some Shakespeare fans who hate Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" and "Ran" for being "unfaithful" to "MacBeth" and "King Lear", respectively. Though the latter includes a total re-interpretation for cultural reasons, in both cases, the directors changed the source material to adapt it to film, and tell a good story. Whether or not Jackson made the LoTR films or the Hobbit films the latter is up for debate, but demanding absolute accuracy seems a bit silly.
Hmm. click on the "one click install" option, and use a UI switcher on Chrome. All of about 30 seconds of actual work, including the time to google pipelight and search for the extension.
Now how Netflix decides to tell me that I'm using the platform every time I try to reload because of a playback timeout, I have to go back to the main menu because I get an error message that I'm on the wrong platform. Obviously, Netflix doesn't care what platform, since another request from my account that's now magically on a different OS/browser within 1s is obviously a sign that someone is bypassing the studio-mandated nonsense, and they want to keep paying customers. I don't think their tech folk care about externally-mandated blockages.
My personal anecdotal evidence is that I can't even go to a rock concert without having to taking clonazepam beforehand and immediately heading to the bar for booze, just to prevent the serious crazy that happens if I even get a whiff of second-hand weed smoking. That's right, even a contact high fucks me horribly. However, on the other hand, I know scores of people who smoke the stuff regularly, either for recreational reasons or medicine, and either benefit or have neutral effects. It's a drug, and like other drugs, it causes varying reactions amongst various people.
I think it should be legal, but I don't know whether it's better to regulate it like medicine, or like other recreational drugs like alcohol or tobacco, both of which are more harmful.
Victim blaming in rape cases happens *all* the time in the US as well. Look at that case in Ohio, where the rapists were given a slap on the wrist sentence only *after* Anon got involved, and the media kept going on about how "these poor boys' lives are ruined". Nothing for the victim. No federal charges for filming kiddie pr0n on the rapists who filmed it. But they were "promising football players".
We'll know the moment when their servers become self-aware, realise the extent and in some cases twistedness of all the pr0n online and decide to morph into SkyNet.
A lot of the creative folk are now moving over to Oakland, which has a bit of a cost of living advantage over both Berkeley and SF as well as a pretty thriving cultural scene. It's also rather conveniently located between the two on BART.
He's saying the interface is crap, not the OS. And I'm inclined to agree. I didn't even have time to test all the improvements under the hood that many people here have mentioned when I installed Win8 in a VM, because I wiped that image within 15 min after dealing with that shit interface. Hell, Unity is better than the Win 8 UI.
The only mistake the GP made was writing "slightly more powerful" than "slightly less powerful". The first Corvettes were (assume Wikipdia wasn't totally shitting me) rated for 150 horsepower. The modern ones are obviously far more powerful, but the GP knows far about automotive history than you (or I, since I had to look it up).
I'm looking forward to 12.3 as well. However, like all updates, I'll probably wait a month or so before actually doing it in case of any residual bugs. Then again, I tend to do do that with any OS, whether it be some flavour of Linux, Windows, or OS X.
Plucky songs may not be useful for "wishing it away", but sometime the right music, the right words, really small things, can make getting through one day possible. Having serious mood and anxiety disorders myself, I must say that on the really bad days feel like serious adversity. And that's just what my fucked-up brain chemistry is doing. I shudder to think about how Swartz must have felt towards the end there, if even the functionality for daily living can be a struggle.
Sure, engineering and build quality do matter, but that's not the whole equation. Depending on one's upgrade cycle, budget, and usage needs, "good enough" for a couple of years actually is. Different users have different needs.
Um... It really isn't that hard these days. Hasn't been for a few years. I don't use the CLI on my Linux systems (all using whatever is the current version of KDE) any more than I do on my Windows installs or my old Macs. Basically, I only use it when it's faster/more convenient. The *only* reason it (Linux) doesn't work for most average folks is because a metric shit-ton of apps that your average Joe needs to use every day aren't ported. And I really can't blame someone for not wanting to spend hours googling how to get something working under WINE. I tend to fire up Windows rather than fuck with that, myself. As much as I hate Gnome 3 and Unity, they're still fine enough environments (well, now that the bugs are worked out). Just like how OS X and Win7 have great desktops.
I have never used Mint for any long period of time, so I may not be as experienced as many others here.. The most I've done with it is run it under VMWare just to play around. I quite liked it, and didn't experience a single problem. Whereas it seems as though Canonical has lost the plot, I think that the Mint folk really care about user experience. Out of any Linux distro I have tried, Mint could do the most "out of the box," and with the fewest hiccups. I don't want to use it myself, but that has nothing to do with the quality of the product, merely personal preference.
Funny thing is that even if I drove, I'd never buy a new car. Damned things lose about half their value as soon as you drive 'em off the lot. I'd much rather buy something second-hand that is in good condition and preferably still under warranty.
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Time Machine saved my arse countless times in the past, and it the thing that I miss most about Macs. However, at least (circa 2010 or so) there was no mechanism for choosing an update schedule. And it takes a bit more knowledge than most users possess to google the command to run it manually from the CLI and create a cronjob.
I have known people who were prone to doing that without a VR headset. Apparently complex reasoning and "higher" skills do not convey basic survival instinct.
It probably helps in IBM's case, the current CEO started working for the company in 1981 as an engineer. Since she was recruited from inside the company, and has had a long career with them, she is less likely to pull the crap you're mentioning.
Good job, and I mean that in all sincerity. As much as in my meat-world life that I joke about hating kids, I think that in many ways, they're better than most of us adults in that they basically just want to learn, play, and create. I have come to the conclusion that basically only children and the elderly are just honest about their thoughts and feelings. I was helping a friend clean out her flat when her kid stared at me and said "you're crazy". My only response is "yeah, but I'm not the bad kind of crazy, so get off the iPad and grab a sponge".
Considering that the last time I checked, OpenSUSE still has KDE3 repos, I'm sure that it will. I haven't bothered installing it for a year after I had to replace the drive with / on it, but before that, I sometimes logged in to a 3.x session for nostalgia's sake.
just posting to erase my mis-mod. I hit "redundant" instead of the intended "insightful"
You're far from the only couple. When I still played Warcrack, I was in one guild where half the raiders were couples playing together. There even was a couple who let their daughter stay up a bit on raid nights to join in as a healer. Everybody also had lives out of game, since these were some of the nicest, best-adjusted people I have ever known.
I wonder if sometimes, people complaining are doing so because the films changed it too much, or not enough. Sure, there are purists out there, but I'm sure that there are some Shakespeare fans who hate Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" and "Ran" for being "unfaithful" to "MacBeth" and "King Lear", respectively. Though the latter includes a total re-interpretation for cultural reasons, in both cases, the directors changed the source material to adapt it to film, and tell a good story. Whether or not Jackson made the LoTR films or the Hobbit films the latter is up for debate, but demanding absolute accuracy seems a bit silly.
The Reptoids, or whatever conspiracy theory suits one's fancy.
Or, it could be a bit more simple than that and they're just working for themselves and their own power.
Hmm. click on the "one click install" option, and use a UI switcher on Chrome. All of about 30 seconds of actual work, including the time to google pipelight and search for the extension.
Now how Netflix decides to tell me that I'm using the platform every time I try to reload because of a playback timeout, I have to go back to the main menu because I get an error message that I'm on the wrong platform. Obviously, Netflix doesn't care what platform, since another request from my account that's now magically on a different OS/browser within 1s is obviously a sign that someone is bypassing the studio-mandated nonsense, and they want to keep paying customers. I don't think their tech folk care about externally-mandated blockages.
It is rather amusing, since as every time I see a Humble Bundle come out, Linux users pay more on average than Mac or Windows (in that order) users.
My personal anecdotal evidence is that I can't even go to a rock concert without having to taking clonazepam beforehand and immediately heading to the bar for booze, just to prevent the serious crazy that happens if I even get a whiff of second-hand weed smoking. That's right, even a contact high fucks me horribly. However, on the other hand, I know scores of people who smoke the stuff regularly, either for recreational reasons or medicine, and either benefit or have neutral effects. It's a drug, and like other drugs, it causes varying reactions amongst various people.
I think it should be legal, but I don't know whether it's better to regulate it like medicine, or like other recreational drugs like alcohol or tobacco, both of which are more harmful.
Victim blaming in rape cases happens *all* the time in the US as well. Look at that case in Ohio, where the rapists were given a slap on the wrist sentence only *after* Anon got involved, and the media kept going on about how "these poor boys' lives are ruined". Nothing for the victim. No federal charges for filming kiddie pr0n on the rapists who filmed it. But they were "promising football players".
We'll know the moment when their servers become self-aware, realise the extent and in some cases twistedness of all the pr0n online and decide to morph into SkyNet.
If I recall correctly, the Church of the Subgenius is actually incorporated as a for-profit enterprise, and proudly pays its taxes.
A lot of the creative folk are now moving over to Oakland, which has a bit of a cost of living advantage over both Berkeley and SF as well as a pretty thriving cultural scene. It's also rather conveniently located between the two on BART.
He's saying the interface is crap, not the OS. And I'm inclined to agree. I didn't even have time to test all the improvements under the hood that many people here have mentioned when I installed Win8 in a VM, because I wiped that image within 15 min after dealing with that shit interface. Hell, Unity is better than the Win 8 UI.
A combination of benzos and beta-blockers would probably do the job a bit more easily.
The only mistake the GP made was writing "slightly more powerful" than "slightly less powerful". The first Corvettes were (assume Wikipdia wasn't totally shitting me) rated for 150 horsepower. The modern ones are obviously far more powerful, but the GP knows far about automotive history than you (or I, since I had to look it up).
I'm looking forward to 12.3 as well. However, like all updates, I'll probably wait a month or so before actually doing it in case of any residual bugs. Then again, I tend to do do that with any OS, whether it be some flavour of Linux, Windows, or OS X.
Plucky songs may not be useful for "wishing it away", but sometime the right music, the right words, really small things, can make getting through one day possible. Having serious mood and anxiety disorders myself, I must say that on the really bad days feel like serious adversity. And that's just what my fucked-up brain chemistry is doing. I shudder to think about how Swartz must have felt towards the end there, if even the functionality for daily living can be a struggle.
Sure, engineering and build quality do matter, but that's not the whole equation. Depending on one's upgrade cycle, budget, and usage needs, "good enough" for a couple of years actually is. Different users have different needs.
Um... It really isn't that hard these days. Hasn't been for a few years. I don't use the CLI on my Linux systems (all using whatever is the current version of KDE) any more than I do on my Windows installs or my old Macs. Basically, I only use it when it's faster/more convenient. The *only* reason it (Linux) doesn't work for most average folks is because a metric shit-ton of apps that your average Joe needs to use every day aren't ported. And I really can't blame someone for not wanting to spend hours googling how to get something working under WINE. I tend to fire up Windows rather than fuck with that, myself. As much as I hate Gnome 3 and Unity, they're still fine enough environments (well, now that the bugs are worked out). Just like how OS X and Win7 have great desktops.
I have never used Mint for any long period of time, so I may not be as experienced as many others here.. The most I've done with it is run it under VMWare just to play around. I quite liked it, and didn't experience a single problem. Whereas it seems as though Canonical has lost the plot, I think that the Mint folk really care about user experience. Out of any Linux distro I have tried, Mint could do the most "out of the box," and with the fewest hiccups. I don't want to use it myself, but that has nothing to do with the quality of the product, merely personal preference.
Funny thing is that even if I drove, I'd never buy a new car. Damned things lose about half their value as soon as you drive 'em off the lot. I'd much rather buy something second-hand that is in good condition and preferably still under warranty.