I though this too at first, but it's not really so close to a holodeck. The holodeck had holographic proyections (ie: 3D stuff), this talks about 2D proyections on the walls. So this is closer to "big screens on your sides" than a holodeck.
Aren't VR glasses better? The room in the article looks larger than my entire flat - not to mention it's full of stuff, not empty walls.
While this is cool for dedicated locations, and especially shared experiences, I think average home users would be better off with some cool 3D glasses, which seems to be sony's approach.
Apple doesn't have any power in the browser market to kill Opus (what's safari's usage share??). I also don't see how they could benefit by killing it in any way. Though I agree they may not use it internally for some of their own software (ie: voice chat).
Cells can only repair themselves up to a certain point. Transistors can be replaced if designed properly. It's just a matter of finding the right balance.
Why can't you manually lock it when you're about to walk away from it? You know, just bind one of those useless media keys to "lock computer" and you're done. There nothing complicated about that.
Yes, because you always know ahead of time whether you're stepping away for a few minutes or for longer. The default is far more useful.
Lock it every time and be done with it. It's just a keypress.
Also, if it's auto-locked after a few minutes, people are free to use it if they start just as soon as you're out of the room.
In the 10 seconds I thought of this I can come up with about 10 scenarios where an autolock is better than your suggestion.
It's a shame you couldn't describe any of those.
I wouldn't live with people I can't trust. If you think your roommate/gf will use snoop into your computer while you're asleep, you should get a new roommate/gf. Seriously.
Spoken like someone who has never gone away to college - the way mine was set up the desks were in a shared common area with 5 other people. You could fit a desk in the bedroom by stacking the dressers and bunking the beds, but then, who gets the desk?
I studied 1800km away from home. I wouldn't rent a room with some stranger. Don't know anyone else who does that either. It's pretty funny that you can afford to go away to collage but can't afford a place to live in.
And I bet you had to edit your response from saying "get a new sibling". As far as the girlfriend thing is concerned, "likely to want to use my computer while I'm away" doesn't even make my list of disqualifiers, but to each their own.
My whole point is, not everyone's needs are the same as yours. This new option is useful for people who have their computers in a shared space. Those who live in their parent's basement or alone with their cat need not apply.
Android doesn't really belong here, because (a) we're talking about linux desktop, (b) I don't think you'd want the same UI on desktop and phones.
Gnome programs work fine in KDE, and viceversa. I run plenty of Qt and GTK based apps and they all look the same, and work the same. Plenty of linux apps are easily ported to OS X, though, for desktop apps, the look and feel might not be too seamless since OS X has a bit different UI. But porting the app to make it "work" is still way easier than windows, where everything from the ground up is totally different.
Flac is already the de-facto standard, and it's free, open, and royalty-free. There's really no real need for Opus (or anyone else) to replace it in any way.
There is no dominant format at the moment. Music is ogg, mp3, flac and probably a few others. Flac is loosless, so it won't dissapear, but the other two gradualy will. The html5 <audio> tag hasn't been used much yet, and I'm betting <audio>+Opus will be the one to domainte over current flash-only players (since it seems it'll be the best supported format).
Movies in MKV files are actually container with video streams and audio streams. There's also a small variety of formats used for those audio streams, and maybe Opus catches on. I certainly hope it does.
But the market is fragmented, there's lots of different format being used in different areas. Opus has a lot of giants behind it, if they do their part, Opus support will be better than that of many other formats in the long run, hence users will tend to adopt it, in time.
Actually, I belive this one might be the exception. So many mayor players major playes have participated and are standing behing Opus, I can easily see this becoming the dominant codec for loosy audio. It won't displace flac, as flac is looseless, but it will displace oga, mp3, and other major players given time.
I'm pretty sure it'll become the de facto standard in web as well, given the browser support, and HTML5's new <audio> tag.
(I know that XKCD comic is meant to be a joke, but it does actually prefectly reflect what happens with almost every new standard these days)
Actually, it's called "Microsoft SQL Server". That's just them being silly. If you follow that argument, then gnome controls the web (since their browser is just called "web" now). I could just make a file manager called "File Manager" as well.
You know, you usually purchase the right tool for the right job; ie: the right hardware for a particular OS. You can't just get any laptop and expect your OS of choice to work, check first, it's only 5 minutes of reading.
Did you even read the article? The article talks about PostgreSQL, which is an SQL Server from a different vender. There's also MySQL, and plenty of other SQL Servers.
Says someone who has never used Gnome, or possibly ever linux. How did you ever get to +2 by pulling stuff like this out of your ass?
I do use linux actually. Linux (mainly arch) and BSD are the only OS I've used in the last several years.
For most popular Linux distros, the gnome screensaver by default locks after several minutes of inactivity. Locking screensavers are quite useful if your computer is in a quasi-public area, such as a kitchen, college dorm, library, etc.
And a particularly stupid counter of yours:
Why can't you manually lock it when you're about to walk away from it? You know, just bind one of those useless media keys to "lock computer" and you're done. There nothing complicated about that.
Also, if it's auto-locked after a few minutes, people are free to use it if they start just as soon as you're out of the room.
Again, do you need to lock your computer to do this? If someone's going to use it while you're sleeping, they might just steal it too.
In addition to it being impractical to disable/enable the auto-lock situationally, do you really feel it is more likely for your sibling/college roommate/girlfriend to steal your computer than poke around out of curiosity?
I wouldn't live with people I can't trust. If you think your roommate/gf will use snoop into your computer while you're asleep, you should get a new roommate/gf. Seriously.
I've really no idea what you mean by form data, since I last used MS Office circa 1999.
The recipient can use whatever he wants, (ie: RTF). If the recipient has a buggy client (I'd consider MS Office the buggy one, since they're the ones who don't follow the ISO specification they themselves helped write) why should your wife have to use the buggy client as well? My guess is it should be the other way around; both go with the client that support the MS/ISO standard.
The truth is, most people use windows because it's the only thing they know or simply FUD, not because "it's the right tool", or because they chose to.
Because as long as propietary software dominates, all free software will be second-class citizens to big hardware companies. Because if we all used POSIX-compliant OSs (this includes OS X, BTW), developers would have way less headaches making cross-platfrom software. And availability of applications amogst all OS would increase.
The problem isn't Linux, or the office apps. You might think that the format is the problem, but it's not that either. The real problem lies in whomever is asking your wife to deliver documents tailored with a specific software program instead of some standard format (ie: LaTeX or RTF), and the culture behind those people (generally, ignorace to the issue entirely).
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I though this too at first, but it's not really so close to a holodeck. The holodeck had holographic proyections (ie: 3D stuff), this talks about 2D proyections on the walls. So this is closer to "big screens on your sides" than a holodeck.
Aren't VR glasses better? The room in the article looks larger than my entire flat - not to mention it's full of stuff, not empty walls.
While this is cool for dedicated locations, and especially shared experiences, I think average home users would be better off with some cool 3D glasses, which seems to be sony's approach.
Apple doesn't have any power in the browser market to kill Opus (what's safari's usage share??).
I also don't see how they could benefit by killing it in any way. Though I agree they may not use it internally for some of their own software (ie: voice chat).
Cells can only repair themselves up to a certain point. Transistors can be replaced if designed properly. It's just a matter of finding the right balance.
Why can't you manually lock it when you're about to walk away from it? You know, just bind one of those useless media keys to "lock computer" and you're done. There nothing complicated about that.
Yes, because you always know ahead of time whether you're stepping away for a few minutes or for longer. The default is far more useful.
Lock it every time and be done with it. It's just a keypress.
Also, if it's auto-locked after a few minutes, people are free to use it if they start just as soon as you're out of the room.
In the 10 seconds I thought of this I can come up with about 10 scenarios where an autolock is better than your suggestion.
It's a shame you couldn't describe any of those.
I wouldn't live with people I can't trust. If you think your roommate/gf will use snoop into your computer while you're asleep, you should get a new roommate/gf. Seriously.
Spoken like someone who has never gone away to college - the way mine was set up the desks were in a shared common area with 5 other people. You could fit a desk in the bedroom by stacking the dressers and bunking the beds, but then, who gets the desk?
I studied 1800km away from home. I wouldn't rent a room with some stranger. Don't know anyone else who does that either. It's pretty funny that you can afford to go away to collage but can't afford a place to live in.
And I bet you had to edit your response from saying "get a new sibling".
As far as the girlfriend thing is concerned, "likely to want to use my computer while I'm away" doesn't even make my list of disqualifiers, but to each their own.
My whole point is, not everyone's needs are the same as yours. This new option is useful for people who have their computers in a shared space. Those who live in their parent's basement or alone with their cat need not apply.
Android doesn't really belong here, because (a) we're talking about linux desktop, (b) I don't think you'd want the same UI on desktop and phones.
Gnome programs work fine in KDE, and viceversa. I run plenty of Qt and GTK based apps and they all look the same, and work the same. Plenty of linux apps are easily ported to OS X, though, for desktop apps, the look and feel might not be too seamless since OS X has a bit different UI. But porting the app to make it "work" is still way easier than windows, where everything from the ground up is totally different.
The experience gained from government sponsored anti-poverty plans would also allow the government to tackle large problems in a coordinated way.
Flac is already the de-facto standard, and it's free, open, and royalty-free. There's really no real need for Opus (or anyone else) to replace it in any way.
I can play ogg on any of the music-playing devices I have access to. My main music library is ogg. What are you talking about "5 devices"!?
There is no dominant format at the moment. Music is ogg, mp3, flac and probably a few others. Flac is loosless, so it won't dissapear, but the other two gradualy will.
The html5 <audio> tag hasn't been used much yet, and I'm betting <audio>+Opus will be the one to domainte over current flash-only players (since it seems it'll be the best supported format).
Movies in MKV files are actually container with video streams and audio streams. There's also a small variety of formats used for those audio streams, and maybe Opus catches on. I certainly hope it does.
But the market is fragmented, there's lots of different format being used in different areas. Opus has a lot of giants behind it, if they do their part, Opus support will be better than that of many other formats in the long run, hence users will tend to adopt it, in time.
Actually, I belive this one might be the exception. So many mayor players major playes have participated and are standing behing Opus, I can easily see this becoming the dominant codec for loosy audio. It won't displace flac, as flac is looseless, but it will displace oga, mp3, and other major players given time.
I'm pretty sure it'll become the de facto standard in web as well, given the browser support, and HTML5's new <audio> tag.
(I know that XKCD comic is meant to be a joke, but it does actually prefectly reflect what happens with almost every new standard these days)
If you're suggesting they switch to something else, you ought to suggest something that runs on their hardware.
Actually, it's called "Microsoft SQL Server".
That's just them being silly. If you follow that argument, then gnome controls the web (since their browser is just called "web" now). I could just make a file manager called "File Manager" as well.
You know, you usually purchase the right tool for the right job; ie: the right hardware for a particular OS.
You can't just get any laptop and expect your OS of choice to work, check first, it's only 5 minutes of reading.
Did you even read the article? The article talks about PostgreSQL, which is an SQL Server from a different vender. There's also MySQL, and plenty of other SQL Servers.
Says someone who has never used Gnome, or possibly ever linux. How did you ever get to +2 by pulling stuff like this out of your ass?
I do use linux actually. Linux (mainly arch) and BSD are the only OS I've used in the last several years.
For most popular Linux distros, the gnome screensaver by default locks after several minutes of inactivity. Locking screensavers are quite useful if your computer is in a quasi-public area, such as a kitchen, college dorm, library, etc.
And a particularly stupid counter of yours:
Why can't you manually lock it when you're about to walk away from it? You know, just bind one of those useless media keys to "lock computer" and you're done. There nothing complicated about that.
Also, if it's auto-locked after a few minutes, people are free to use it if they start just as soon as you're out of the room.
Again, do you need to lock your computer to do this? If someone's going to use it while you're sleeping, they might just steal it too.
In addition to it being impractical to disable/enable the auto-lock situationally, do you really feel it is more likely for your sibling/college roommate/girlfriend to steal your computer than poke around out of curiosity?
I wouldn't live with people I can't trust. If you think your roommate/gf will use snoop into your computer while you're asleep, you should get a new roommate/gf. Seriously.
DOCX isn't a closed format, it's an ISO standard, which MS doesn't follow (even though they wrote it).
I've really no idea what you mean by form data, since I last used MS Office circa 1999.
The recipient can use whatever he wants, (ie: RTF).
If the recipient has a buggy client (I'd consider MS Office the buggy one, since they're the ones who don't follow the ISO specification they themselves helped write) why should your wife have to use the buggy client as well?
My guess is it should be the other way around; both go with the client that support the MS/ISO standard.
The truth is, most people use windows because it's the only thing they know or simply FUD, not because "it's the right tool", or because they chose to.
Because as long as propietary software dominates, all free software will be second-class citizens to big hardware companies.
Because if we all used POSIX-compliant OSs (this includes OS X, BTW), developers would have way less headaches making cross-platfrom software. And availability of applications amogst all OS would increase.
The problem isn't Linux, or the office apps. You might think that the format is the problem, but it's not that either.
The real problem lies in whomever is asking your wife to deliver documents tailored with a specific software program instead of some standard format (ie: LaTeX or RTF), and the culture behind those people (generally, ignorace to the issue entirely).
This really depends on the distro (or how you configure it); many distros don't look like windows, and traditinally, they didn't either.
Personally, I hate distros that try to imitate windows as well, yet there are few (if any) newbie-friendly distros that try to be different.
I honestly don't know why they don't use AU for these sort of distances. It gives much more perspective than kilometers.
I wonder if we'll ever retrieve Voyager 1 on some distant future or not. It'd sure be an interesting relic for our space-traveling descendants.
a) Why don't you use adblock!?
b) Why would you have flash installed AT WORK? With no adblock?