it's because people who like it don't feel the need to post comments to unrelated discussions. i for one, despise the current look and look forward to having the new one as standard. then again, i would not want to impose it on people who hate it just because I like it. theme should be settable in account preferences.
what kind of mentality is this? you hate assholes like me? do you know me or anything about me?
do you objectively not see anything wrong with this approach to people? i.e.: you're not for us, therefore you're against us and i hate your guts.
i have not, in my entire life, seen a christmas parade (probably an american thing) but if there ever was one, i'm sure it was just as inclusive a commercial event as any coca cola advert. on the other hand I have personally seen no fewer than 3 major gay protests/parades/events this year.
While I'm in no way defending the russian approach, surely I cannot be the only one who, after reading this, thinks of all the stupid omnipresent parades, billboards, buses with posters, tv shots, etc... that rub gay behaviour in people's faces in UK. We need a "we don't care (but you are getting annoying), get used to it!" campaign.
Obligatory Simpsons s13e06, Gay pride parade scene:
Gay Men: We're here, we're queer, get used to it!
Lisa: You do this every year. We are used to it!
Gay Man: Spoilsport!!
to give USians a real example of how different EU market is: I pay £7 a month ($11.41) for 250 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB on a 1 month rolling contract (i.e. i can move to different provider any time i want without a penalty.) http://www.talkmobile.co.uk/tariffs/sim-only
being a geek that I am, i use about 3 of those 250 minutes, 3 texts and 499 MB. all this thanks to sim cards and unlocked phones.
I don't think that's his main target. Shuttleworth is one of the few people (Newell may be another) willing to make fundamental changes to gnu/linux desktop computer to bring it to masses as opposed to just opinionated geekdom. This non-traditional desktop experience is bound to annoy traditional gnu/linux power users who feel their vision is being ignored. What they fail to see is that their vision is not attractive enough for average people.
I for one welcome canonical's changes. For me, the more they deviate from 'traditional gnu/linux desktop', the better. I want to see how far they can push it and how many fresh ideas they can bring. KDE desktop has looked pretty much the same for the last 10 years. Gnome is getting uglier and less useful with each new version (but I do like that they're starting anew). Windows 8's interface, despite its questionable usability, is fresh and people who have used it for more than 10 minutes in a shop, like it.
For the last 4 years I've had to deal with WD RE2, RE3 and RE4 hard drives. Although they are enterprise sata hard drives, they seem to fail at a rate much worse than the consumer ones Backblaze based their report on. I see much fewer problems in the first year but they usually start dying when they reach 16000 power-on hours, with only about 40% exceeding 26000 hours.
Having said that, I count sector reallocation as a failure. In my experience, as soon as a disk has non-zero value in Reallocated_Sector_Ct and Reallocated_Event_Count, it usually fails completely within a few weeks or months.
Fortunately, WD has a tool on their website which you must run before they give you an RMA number. I managed to get its source code:
int main() {
printf ("Disk OK, no errors found.");
return 0; }
Just like with every other company, canonical's lawyers have little choice. The general rule with trademarks is "use it or lose it". Once they start turning a blind eye to this behaviour, it'll be hard to defend in court should the need arise.
At FOSDEM 2013 I talked to guys at ubuntu booth and they explained to me how they were unable to make and sell/give away plain Ubuntu t-shirts. Canonical would only allow them to have "ubuntu.be" ones.
that is exactly what i thought. guy creates a lame picture with NSA and LINUX in it, comes up with a fascinating heading and uses yesterday's info from slashdot discussion to create FUD. if i were Linus, i wouldn't have bothered with such a long response.
if the whole world goes for one cipher, then nsa can concentrate on creating and improving a single ASIC design for breaking it. we should be using hundreds of different algorithms. then they'd have to design hundreds of types of ASICs, build 100x more datacentres, increase taxation in USofA to 10x what it is now, yanks would rebel and overthrow that government and then there would be no more evil NSA. simples
i never understood why people go for AES. clearly, if NSA recommends it, in my view it is something to be avoided (i personally go for twofish instead). in ubuntu, ecryptfs uses aes by default, so i would not trust that.
I have been to places where they printed without the ribbon completely. Just a sheet of used paper, 100x reused carbon paper and another sheet of paper. Nothing but dot matrix printer will survive dust and sand. Half of the garages where I've had my car serviced use dot matrix.
Gates Foundation has always been primarily a wealth investing and patent acquiring entity. I seriously doubt they are here for the benefit of humanity, more likely for the benefit of future little Gateses.
I do not deny that the areas they invest in are areas that would benefit us all but the way they do it is not in any way open, accessible or selfless.
Simple inductive reasoning: If it walks like Microsoft, swims like Microsoft and quacks like Microsoft, it doesn't matter that it's got 'Foundation' in the name.
Please observe how I commented on what you wrote without actually insulting YOU personally. I didn't tell YOU to shut the fuck up, I didn't call YOU anything degrading, I simply commented on what you wrote and there is no reason for you to feel personally humiliated or offended.
That's what the lady was pointing out and I fully support her in this.
What about the fact that, by default, widgets are so thick, you can barely see any content? When I tried Gnome 3, Gnome 3 was pretty much all I could see. Nothing else would fit on the screen. In Gnome2 and KDE3, vertical resolution of 768 points was still perfectly usable. Now, unless you have >= 1080, you're suffering. Do people with gnu/linux not use their computers to consume/create content? I do. I'm not interested in flicking through dynamic workspaces just to prove I don't need to minimise windows.
Therefore, in my opinion - anybody using Gnome 3 and liking it, is insane. (Yes, my middle name is 'insensitive clod'.)
Although this is kind of true (for good quality CAT5 cables), it needs to be pointed out that the range will be shorter than with CAT5e. You will never be able to get 1Gbps over a 100m long CAT5 cable. If you're lucky, you can get devices to negotiate gigabit speed at slightly over 60m.
Rijndael is recommended by US government. Therefore inherently suspicious to any paranoid person. If I were trying to hide my data, I would personally go for twofish or a combination of 2 algorithms. (Having said that, I only use EncFS with default settings == AES)
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it's because people who like it don't feel the need to post comments to unrelated discussions. i for one, despise the current look and look forward to having the new one as standard. then again, i would not want to impose it on people who hate it just because I like it. theme should be settable in account preferences.
i have nothing to hide, i use 'wall'
Don't all modern databases run in RAM now? Is I/O therefore still a limiting factor?
what kind of mentality is this? you hate assholes like me? do you know me or anything about me?
do you objectively not see anything wrong with this approach to people? i.e.: you're not for us, therefore you're against us and i hate your guts.
i have not, in my entire life, seen a christmas parade (probably an american thing) but if there ever was one, i'm sure it was just as inclusive a commercial event as any coca cola advert. on the other hand I have personally seen no fewer than 3 major gay protests/parades/events this year.
While I'm in no way defending the russian approach, surely I cannot be the only one who, after reading this, thinks of all the stupid omnipresent parades, billboards, buses with posters, tv shots, etc... that rub gay behaviour in people's faces in UK. We need a "we don't care (but you are getting annoying), get used to it!" campaign.
Obligatory Simpsons s13e06, Gay pride parade scene:
Gay Men: We're here, we're queer, get used to it!
Lisa: You do this every year. We are used to it!
Gay Man: Spoilsport!!
I've got karma to waste, so go ahead.
to give USians a real example of how different EU market is:
I pay £7 a month ($11.41) for 250 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB on a 1 month rolling contract (i.e. i can move to different provider any time i want without a penalty.) http://www.talkmobile.co.uk/tariffs/sim-only
being a geek that I am, i use about 3 of those 250 minutes, 3 texts and 499 MB. all this thanks to sim cards and unlocked phones.
I don't think that's his main target. Shuttleworth is one of the few people (Newell may be another) willing to make fundamental changes to gnu/linux desktop computer to bring it to masses as opposed to just opinionated geekdom. This non-traditional desktop experience is bound to annoy traditional gnu/linux power users who feel their vision is being ignored. What they fail to see is that their vision is not attractive enough for average people.
I for one welcome canonical's changes. For me, the more they deviate from 'traditional gnu/linux desktop', the better. I want to see how far they can push it and how many fresh ideas they can bring. KDE desktop has looked pretty much the same for the last 10 years. Gnome is getting uglier and less useful with each new version (but I do like that they're starting anew). Windows 8's interface, despite its questionable usability, is fresh and people who have used it for more than 10 minutes in a shop, like it.
must have been the old version
For the last 4 years I've had to deal with WD RE2, RE3 and RE4 hard drives. Although they are enterprise sata hard drives, they seem to fail at a rate much worse than the consumer ones Backblaze based their report on. I see much fewer problems in the first year but they usually start dying when they reach 16000 power-on hours, with only about 40% exceeding 26000 hours.
Having said that, I count sector reallocation as a failure. In my experience, as soon as a disk has non-zero value in Reallocated_Sector_Ct and Reallocated_Event_Count, it usually fails completely within a few weeks or months.
Fortunately, WD has a tool on their website which you must run before they give you an RMA number. I managed to get its source code:
int main()
{
printf ("Disk OK, no errors found.");
return 0;
}
Just like with every other company, canonical's lawyers have little choice. The general rule with trademarks is "use it or lose it". Once they start turning a blind eye to this behaviour, it'll be hard to defend in court should the need arise.
At FOSDEM 2013 I talked to guys at ubuntu booth and they explained to me how they were unable to make and sell/give away plain Ubuntu t-shirts. Canonical would only allow them to have "ubuntu.be" ones.
ah the good old internet, where every "anonymous coward" has at least 3 doctorates directly related to the topic discussed.
actually, he had his fingers in all the things that make my operating system feel like unix. e.g.: see the credits/changelog for coreutils
that is exactly what i thought. guy creates a lame picture with NSA and LINUX in it, comes up with a fascinating heading and uses yesterday's info from slashdot discussion to create FUD. if i were Linus, i wouldn't have bothered with such a long response.
if the whole world goes for one cipher, then nsa can concentrate on creating and improving a single ASIC design for breaking it. we should be using hundreds of different algorithms. then they'd have to design hundreds of types of ASICs, build 100x more datacentres, increase taxation in USofA to 10x what it is now, yanks would rebel and overthrow that government and then there would be no more evil NSA. simples
i never understood why people go for AES. clearly, if NSA recommends it, in my view it is something to be avoided (i personally go for twofish instead). in ubuntu, ecryptfs uses aes by default, so i would not trust that.
I have been to places where they printed without the ribbon completely. Just a sheet of used paper, 100x reused carbon paper and another sheet of paper. Nothing but dot matrix printer will survive dust and sand. Half of the garages where I've had my car serviced use dot matrix.
Gates Foundation has always been primarily a wealth investing and patent acquiring entity. I seriously doubt they are here for the benefit of humanity, more likely for the benefit of future little Gateses.
I do not deny that the areas they invest in are areas that would benefit us all but the way they do it is not in any way open, accessible or selfless.
Simple inductive reasoning: If it walks like Microsoft, swims like Microsoft and quacks like Microsoft, it doesn't matter that it's got 'Foundation' in the name.
http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gates_Foundation_Critique
What a load of horse sh*t.
Please observe how I commented on what you wrote without actually insulting YOU personally. I didn't tell YOU to shut the fuck up, I didn't call YOU anything degrading, I simply commented on what you wrote and there is no reason for you to feel personally humiliated or offended.
That's what the lady was pointing out and I fully support her in this.
What about the fact that, by default, widgets are so thick, you can barely see any content? When I tried Gnome 3, Gnome 3 was pretty much all I could see. Nothing else would fit on the screen. In Gnome2 and KDE3, vertical resolution of 768 points was still perfectly usable. Now, unless you have >= 1080, you're suffering.
Do people with gnu/linux not use their computers to consume/create content? I do. I'm not interested in flicking through dynamic workspaces just to prove I don't need to minimise windows.
Therefore, in my opinion - anybody using Gnome 3 and liking it, is insane.
(Yes, my middle name is 'insensitive clod'.)
Simple. Do good, make people working for you feel they're doing something good for the world.
Although this is kind of true (for good quality CAT5 cables), it needs to be pointed out that the range will be shorter than with CAT5e. You will never be able to get 1Gbps over a 100m long CAT5 cable. If you're lucky, you can get devices to negotiate gigabit speed at slightly over 60m.
V GER toying with us
And this, dear teenagers, is what the word "hacker" means.
Has nobody read Joe Haldeman's Marsbound? Clearly the solution is to set up a camp under ground. It's obviously working well enough for the Martians.
Rijndael is recommended by US government. Therefore inherently suspicious to any paranoid person. If I were trying to hide my data, I would personally go for twofish or a combination of 2 algorithms. (Having said that, I only use EncFS with default settings == AES)
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/08/new_attack_on_a_1.html