You probably don't know but I have a disability which requires me to me wear an eye patch currently so any sort of pirate reference is in shockingly bad taste:)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jriddell/6868957819
I agree with ya on Kubuntu..I'll be trying that,Cinnamon and Xubuntu when my support runs out on 10.10.
I'll eat a plate of pickled herring before I use Gnome3 or Unity..
BTW,eye patch is really impressive swag!
This is not a Tablet-OS, It is a "Desktop-OS". If I Wanted a FUCKING Phone or Tablet, I would buy a FUCKING Phone or Tablet! and there are already better interfaces than the Shit that is Gnome3 and Unity for them (iOS and Adroid 3.x)
STOP SHOVING SHITTY MOBILE PHONE TOUCH-SCREEN INTERFACES DOWN OUR THROATS FOR DESKTOPS!
If I had a dollar for every time I have typed this,I'd be laughing all the way to the bank.
They can certainly do what they want, but I think concerned members of the Linux community also have a responsibility to speak out about their crap, and make it known that we don't consider their junk DE to be the standard-bearer for Linux.
I have the sneaky feeling they would react the same way Shuttleworth has reacted...They know what is best for us. If we can't embrace the joy of their creative juices, we are just ignorant users afraid to try anything different.
Developers at Gnome have reduced the entire UI to a single button and they're even trying to get rid of that.
This is true...You will eventually have to mouse over the whole desktop to find something that might be a button...Then mouse over again till you find something to type in...Such fun...
And who says the KDE boat is sinking?
IIRC, paper's ignition point is 451 degrees Farenheight (about 233 degrees C). If things get that hot in your computer, you have bigger things to worry about than the case catching fire. Then again, a bit of water cooling and you have a cofffe maker.
Seriously though, as someone who has a hearing range beyond the standard I sympathise with people forced to endure irritating stimuli that noone else notices and hence cares about..
I have the same problem..Above average hearing and I've been tested to confirm this...Sounds that are not loud to everyone else are REALLY loud for me.Needless to say,I have worn ear plugs and ear protectors most of my life.
I agree with just how important science fiction is in the long run. It's a shame that it's scoffed at as just being about bug eyed monsters and little green men..It's also such a shame so much science fiction spewed out by Hollywood is just the same tired old plots over and over again.
Science fiction says so much and can be as compelling and moving as other forms of fiction.
I am interested in this tablet, not because it is best / most up to date, but it pushes Linux. What I mean is, it's not relying on a locked down version that the likes of Google pretend is Linux. It's not just a question of free as in no cost OS, but freedom to do what you like.
I agree. And it's got a KDE desktop,which is quite nice.
This SOPA/PIPA is only a symptom of a deeper underlying problem we have in the world today. There is a massive disconnect between the people who pass the laws and the people they're supposed to represent. They have been bought many times over by the private interests who changed the laws for their selfish benefit at the expense of the people.
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So true.They don't give a sparrow fart about us or what we think...All they care about is money,power and control.
I think the media industry goes way too far. They want to control what you view, how you view it, what you view it on... and they abuse the law as a standard practice. They want to inhibit all progress in how we use media because the old way is so damn profitable. They want to sell us something and include a list of unreasonable restrictions. If I buy something, I should own it and be allowed to do whatever I want with it.
I agree...They want us to consume their content the way they tell us..NO sharing,NO fair use.
I also think it's really not about pirating at all but about power,control and pure,never ending greed.
Check out this informative Ted Talk...They have been behaving this way for years.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea.html
NOT TO BELIEVE WHAT GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY ARE SAYING. This is important. People are continually told that repressive measures are only for the good of the country. This is a lie and people need to be exposed to the fact that they are being lied to.
People need to be told that this is NOT a copyright issue, but an excuse where governments and large corporations can have unprecedented control over YOUR communications. They need to be told that this measure is used to enforce corporate power and greed, and that ordinary artists, like usual will not be the benefactors of "copyright" enforcement, but only the people who actually own and control the copyrights (which is usually a corporate entity) will benefit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ol56z/reddit_founder_alexis_ohanian_on_cnbc_why_is_it/
Agreed...And they have been planning this for a very long time..Watch the video in my sig to see how they started this:
The terms they use are just scare words like "terrorist" used to manipulate others into doing their dirty work for them and giving them the power and control they desire. They are not being hurt by piracy in my way of thinking. Their end goal is to control the Internet the same way they control mass media. Once they control the net,it's game over for the 99%.
"While this is obviously a huge problem for the people whose works are being pirated,"
Is it?
I don't think so.
Avatar was one of the top pirated movies ever produced and look how much it made. I think their real agenda is something very different than stopping piracy,I really do. Also,watch the video in my sig..It's a real eye opener as to how this got started in the first place. It's all about a power grab and they started the whole thing for their own greedy,megalomaniac reasons.
"Nobody should be in a position to subsidise their businesses and risks that they take when they choose a business model with government money and power."
Agreed...
Quoting Heinlein:
"There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private benefit. That is all."
From Life-Line by "There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private benefit. That is all."
From Life-Line by Robert A. Heinlein (1967)
(1967)
We are outraged by this power grab...Stopping them is going to be way harder as they have worked on this for years and paid off a lot of people are are determined to get their way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkC9qg9hxxg
I also am curious if you are aware of the back story,that is who started distributing downloading software in the first place and who profited from it? If not,I would suggest you watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkC9qg9hxxg
Quite some time ago I made the observation that eventually there would be three types of computers,one running Apple,one running Linux and one running Windows.
So us Linux users will no longer have to pay the Microsoft tax,we will just go straight to a company that sells Linux boxes...Like ZaReason or System76.
"And in one fell swoop you abolish the entertainment industry.
So what. Industries that weren't profitable anymore have been lost in the past, yet somehow the world continued without them. "
*****
I agree. Given a choice between having the entertainment industry running the Internet and controlling all humans who use it with an iron fist,I'd be quite happy if they would just vanish in a puff of smoke...Nothing of value would be lost.
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You probably don't know but I have a disability which requires me to me wear an eye patch currently so any sort of pirate reference is in shockingly bad taste :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jriddell/6868957819
I agree with ya on Kubuntu..I'll be trying that,Cinnamon and Xubuntu when my support runs out on 10.10. I'll eat a plate of pickled herring before I use Gnome3 or Unity.. BTW,eye patch is really impressive swag!
WHAT THE FUCK?
This is not a Tablet-OS, It is a "Desktop-OS". If I Wanted a FUCKING Phone or Tablet, I would buy a FUCKING Phone or Tablet! and there are already better interfaces than the Shit that is Gnome3 and Unity for them (iOS and Adroid 3.x)
STOP SHOVING SHITTY MOBILE PHONE TOUCH-SCREEN INTERFACES DOWN OUR THROATS FOR DESKTOPS!
If I had a dollar for every time I have typed this,I'd be laughing all the way to the bank.
They can certainly do what they want, but I think concerned members of the Linux community also have a responsibility to speak out about their crap, and make it known that we don't consider their junk DE to be the standard-bearer for Linux.
I have the sneaky feeling they would react the same way Shuttleworth has reacted...They know what is best for us. If we can't embrace the joy of their creative juices, we are just ignorant users afraid to try anything different.
To the person who scored my comment as a troll: Don't you think that Gnome 3 can piss people off all by itself without any help from me?
Absolutely! Been there,tried that...Moved back to Ubuntu 10.10. If I'd been modding,you would have got:"Insightful."
It sure isn't usability to the bone...
I could not have said it better! /. is on a roll tonight!
Developers at Gnome have reduced the entire UI to a single button and they're even trying to get rid of that.
This is true...You will eventually have to mouse over the whole desktop to find something that might be a button...Then mouse over again till you find something to type in...Such fun... And who says the KDE boat is sinking?
IIRC, paper's ignition point is 451 degrees Farenheight (about 233 degrees C). If things get that hot in your computer, you have bigger things to worry about than the case catching fire. Then again, a bit of water cooling and you have a cofffe maker.
:>D I'm so,so sorry I used up my mod points!
Sometimes, computers can get pretty warm.... and paper doesn't exactly have a very high point of combustion. How flammable is this stuff?
Errrr,I'd not thought of this from that angle! :>O
Well, it's my 'God Given Right', to buy stuff that doesn't break, not ever. Buy it once, last a lifetime.
Fuck recyclable, give me government mandated, cut the testicles off the manufacturing executives, life time warranties.
YES! This plan sounds like Planned obsolescence to me..In five years,your computer's case starts to fall apart.
Let's see evolution in action, want shoddy products out of the market, let's remove the evolutionary opportunities of people who make shoddy products.
Last a lifetime, don't need no recycling, we'll have a whole lot less rubbish to deal with. ;D.
I agree...Steampunk for all that lasts a lifetime!
...when you have X-ray vision!
Seriously though, as someone who has a hearing range beyond the standard I sympathise with people forced to endure irritating stimuli that noone else notices and hence cares about..
I have the same problem..Above average hearing and I've been tested to confirm this...Sounds that are not loud to everyone else are REALLY loud for me.Needless to say,I have worn ear plugs and ear protectors most of my life.
I agree with just how important science fiction is in the long run. It's a shame that it's scoffed at as just being about bug eyed monsters and little green men..It's also such a shame so much science fiction spewed out by Hollywood is just the same tired old plots over and over again. Science fiction says so much and can be as compelling and moving as other forms of fiction.
I am interested in this tablet, not because it is best / most up to date, but it pushes Linux. What I mean is, it's not relying on a locked down version that the likes of Google pretend is Linux. It's not just a question of free as in no cost OS, but freedom to do what you like.
I agree. And it's got a KDE desktop,which is quite nice.
We are not the users,the advertisers are the users..We are the product for said advertisers to buy.
"We would like to reassure the public that there is no way this can ever escape the la"
This SOPA/PIPA is only a symptom of a deeper underlying problem we have in the world today. There is a massive disconnect between the people who pass the laws and the people they're supposed to represent. They have been bought many times over by the private interests who changed the laws for their selfish benefit at the expense of the people.
.
So true.They don't give a sparrow fart about us or what we think...All they care about is money,power and control.
Indeed.
I think the media industry goes way too far. They want to control what you view, how you view it, what you view it on... and they abuse the law as a standard practice. They want to inhibit all progress in how we use media because the old way is so damn profitable. They want to sell us something and include a list of unreasonable restrictions. If I buy something, I should own it and be allowed to do whatever I want with it.
I agree...They want us to consume their content the way they tell us..NO sharing,NO fair use. I also think it's really not about pirating at all but about power,control and pure,never ending greed. Check out this informative Ted Talk...They have been behaving this way for years. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea.html
What Can You Do About SOPA and PIPA?
NOT TO BELIEVE WHAT GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY ARE SAYING. This is important. People are continually told that repressive measures are only for the good of the country. This is a lie and people need to be exposed to the fact that they are being lied to.
People need to be told that this is NOT a copyright issue, but an excuse where governments and large corporations can have unprecedented control over YOUR communications. They need to be told that this measure is used to enforce corporate power and greed, and that ordinary artists, like usual will not be the benefactors of "copyright" enforcement, but only the people who actually own and control the copyrights (which is usually a corporate entity) will benefit. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ol56z/reddit_founder_alexis_ohanian_on_cnbc_why_is_it/
Agreed...And they have been planning this for a very long time..Watch the video in my sig to see how they started this: The terms they use are just scare words like "terrorist" used to manipulate others into doing their dirty work for them and giving them the power and control they desire. They are not being hurt by piracy in my way of thinking. Their end goal is to control the Internet the same way they control mass media. Once they control the net,it's game over for the 99%.
"While this is obviously a huge problem for the people whose works are being pirated," Is it? I don't think so. Avatar was one of the top pirated movies ever produced and look how much it made. I think their real agenda is something very different than stopping piracy,I really do. Also,watch the video in my sig..It's a real eye opener as to how this got started in the first place. It's all about a power grab and they started the whole thing for their own greedy,megalomaniac reasons.
Yes,help us please!
"Nobody should be in a position to subsidise their businesses and risks that they take when they choose a business model with government money and power." Agreed... Quoting Heinlein: "There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private benefit. That is all." From Life-Line by "There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private benefit. That is all." From Life-Line by Robert A. Heinlein (1967) (1967)
We are outraged by this power grab...Stopping them is going to be way harder as they have worked on this for years and paid off a lot of people are are determined to get their way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkC9qg9hxxg
Agreed...And they have been planning this takeover for years...Observe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkC9qg9hxxg
I also am curious if you are aware of the back story,that is who started distributing downloading software in the first place and who profited from it? If not,I would suggest you watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkC9qg9hxxg
Quite some time ago I made the observation that eventually there would be three types of computers,one running Apple,one running Linux and one running Windows. So us Linux users will no longer have to pay the Microsoft tax,we will just go straight to a company that sells Linux boxes...Like ZaReason or System76.
"And in one fell swoop you abolish the entertainment industry. So what. Industries that weren't profitable anymore have been lost in the past, yet somehow the world continued without them. " ***** I agree. Given a choice between having the entertainment industry running the Internet and controlling all humans who use it with an iron fist,I'd be quite happy if they would just vanish in a puff of smoke...Nothing of value would be lost.