Not that I agree with GP point-of-view, but you usually (in most country) need a driving licence in order to be allowed to drive a car.
And guess what is not covered in getting a license? Checking the oil, changing a tyre, finding and replacing a blown fuse, changing a bulb, correctly inflating tyres or any number of other actions which could be considered "administration" of the car. If there were an equivalent driving test to routers/Internet it would be thus: Can you 1) plug the router in? 2) press the shiny button? 3) connect your PC to the router (cable or wireless)? 4) find the router's administration page (no actual use of page is required)? 5) get teh download codez? Depressing.
I just checked my re-bradged Netgear router and WPS was on by default (it's now off). Why is it so hard to have these things off by default and a clear explanation of what they are? The "help" on the Netgear is useless. For WPS it tells me "An external registrar can only configure the Super Hub's wireless settings through WPS when the Super Hub's PIN is enabled. When it's disabled, users still can add a wireless client through WPS with either Push Button or PIN Number method." Eh? So if I disable the PIN I can still use the PIN? That makes no fucking sense. WTF is WPS? Oh, not going to tell me. And the push button...what push button? There's no button on the router. Oh, wait, do they mean one of the buttons on the web page? Which one? Is it beyond their wit to tell me? Seems it is. Then there is this gem "Keep Existing Wireless Settings - This option shows whether the Super Hub is in the WPS configured state." How does the explanation relate to the topic? The two seem totally unrelated. Which wireless setting? My own wireless? if I uncheck that will my wireless access be disabled? The same repeats for WPA vs WEP - there is nothing about what these actually are and it contains stuff like this as an explanation: "Primary Radius Server IP Address - This field is required. Enter the IP address of the Radius Server on either WAN side or LAN side. " Really? Wow. The "help" for the techno-babble contains yet more techno-babble with no further explanation. I have an understanding of what all the above means, but only because I have a passing interest in tech and not being cyber-raped by the script kiddies. Joe Average won't and the use of techno-babble will just freak them out on making changes, thus they are likely to leave everything at the insecure defaults.
I'm not asking for the above to be explained (my router is configured and works correctly), I am just pointing out that what precious little documentation is provided is utterly pathetic and totally useless. The little 12 page leaflet I got with the new washing machine contained lots of pertinent information on how it works, how to install it (which I did, the clear instructions made it really easy) and basic trouble shooting. If they can do it for a washing machine, they can do it for a router. There is no excuse.
Well, a friend. Their HDD had died and they asked me what to do. "Buy a new one" says I. Turns out they had no back-ups of pictures etc, so I offered to try a recovery (no promises and I warned them everything could be lost). Anyhoo, the recovery worked with the failed HDD working as a slave to the new one. I picks up loads of deleted pictures and felt rather chuffed with my little self.
"You seems to have made loads of friends on that Egypt trip." I say. "Never been to Egypt." they reply.
It takes 5 seconds for me to twig that donkey-boy here had done the recovery on the wrong HDD and more stuff was still being found. School reports, banking spreadsheets, tonnes of stuff. Not really what one expects to find on a "new" HDD. Once I had the pictures recovered from the correct drive (and backed-up) my friend took the "new" HDD back to the shop for a bit of a word.
Selling hooky equipment to a police officer? Not one of the storekeeper's greatest ideas. And for the previous owner, there was enough information on there for someone to do them serious ill. Luckily for them, my friend made the storekeeper physically destroy the drive (and got a full refund).
There's no issue with selling 2nd hand kit, just advertise it as such and make sure it's properly wiped first.
Almost time to play "plug-in roulette". Which ones will work, which ones not? Where the compatibility is, no one knows! Still this is just a Beta, maybe I'm being overly pessimistic.
As other have stated, you company and your department are unique. The only criteria is: does anyone complain? Does IT hold up new products/expansion? If the answer to both of those is "No", then there is no problem. Carry on. Any metrics you collect will be totally pointless. Work for a company of morons? All tickets will be simple "How do I turn the monitor off?" types and solved in seconds. This makes you look good. The users will like you for helping them.l Work for a company of technical literates? Any tickets they raise are bound to be utter bastards that take weeks of investigation/implementation because the user will fix most issues themselves. This makes you look bad but the users will still like you for not getting in their way. So perhaps there is one metric: how many complaints has the team received and what action was taken to resolve those complaints? Also, I'd look at updating the CV and begin to look for a new job. Better to leave than be pushed (unless voluntary redundancy is in the offing)
How much do you want to pay? Average price is around $5-$6. You take a look, decide what it's worth, pay that. You can increase your donation later on if you like.
I've had to do the odd wee bodge to get sound to work on Ubuntu, but that's mostly because sound is still a joke on GNU/Linux. As for.debs everywhere, that'll keep the Fedora users happy.:) I'm not buying this one for no other reason that I'm still playing through all the games I bought on the others and there's simply too many Humble Bundles coming. They're ruining a great idea through over-use. Which is kind of a shame as I really like the general idea and the fact these devs are playing fair. No DRM, ports to new platforms and even the source at times. Can't say fairer than that really! Hmm...maybe as a stocking filler....
Really? Really, really? Here are some devs playing the fair and open game (you can pay one cent if you want) and you have to be a total shit and still rip them off? Exactly where do you get off being such a cock? It's people doing exactly this kind of venture you should be supporting! If you can afford your monthly broadband, you can afford a few dollars to pay them. If you can't, don't play. It really is that simple. And as for "free", you do know that doesn't necessarily mean "without charge" don't you? I guess not, otherwise you would be acting like such a total fuckwad. You're probably such a clueless shit-head that you torrent songs from Mangatunes and Jamendo to "fight the man, man". Piss off.
You must work for Microsoft TechNet; while your answer is technically correct, it is also useless for the person who asks.
Ah, an ad hominem as the very first thing. It's kind of hard to offer support (which I wasn't trying to do) without knowing which VM and I would suggest a forum dedicated to that VM would be a more appropriate place rather than/. especially as there are conflicting comments about 3D working/not working under OS X depending on the exact VM and OS X. Perhaps some combinations are simply a no-go.
Neither VMware nor VBox support 3D acceleration for remote or shared images.
As to VMWare, one of the things that kept me on VMWare Workstation for so long as the fact that it did 3D accelerations whilst VBox did not. It seems that even Server offers 3D acceleration (I have not tried it myself) although server hardware is not usually known for its killer graphics card. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualization-3d-support-vmware.html
You are quite correct on remote/shared images. Whilst the server might be able to do the acceleration and the guest set-up to run the acceleration, it simply will not work/appear on the remote client. There may be some help in getting that to work, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to look into it just now http://blogs.oracle.com/vizsun/entry/hardware_accelerated_remote_3d_windows
I have run Mint 12 and Fedora 16 (Gnome 3 Shell) and Arch (KDE) amongst others without issue (not as a remote, obviously). All with full transparencies, eye candy etc. One can even run 3D games in these virtualised environments without issue (as a quick test, "Extreme Tux Racer" at 60fps, Saurebraten [high settings] at 20fps in a Mint 12 guest). XPsp3 (checked via dxdiag) had failures for DirectX 7 and 8, but the test for 9 worked perfectly.
The acceleration offered isn't as good as native hardware acceleration and one doesn't get all the latest features due to the nature of the virtualised hardware exposed to the guest. Hardware: Dell Dimension 9200, 4GB with a NVidia GT240, Ubuntu 10.10 (proprietary NVidia drivers installed); not cutting edge by any means.
Gnome 3 and Unity depend on Compiz and 3D acceleration - when I've tried them on VirtualBox (on Mac) they've been unusably glitchy (just like Windows Aero Glass). This also means that you have to install the guest tools before the default desktop on recent distros will work - not insurmountable, but messy.
Even under the likes of VMWare one needs to install the guest utils to get all the features (host folder shares, proper mouse focus etc). I installed Mint 12 yesterday under VBox 4.1.6 with Ubuntu 10.10 as the host - no issues with Gnome 3. Even Arch with KDE4 in the same environment is quite happy. Windows uses DirectX and Gnome/Unity OpenGL, the fact that both of those do not seem to work well on your Mac points more to something environmental rather than a fault with Gnome/Unity. As I don't use a Mac, I am not sure if the hardware or OS could be the cause. Disclaimer: I am using the evil, anti-freedom extension pack with VBox, but I do not think that affects 3D.
I am not sure which VM you are using, but Gnome Shell has been available under VirtualBox for a while now. I would guess that the same is true for VMWare as well. I don't like Gnome Shell (or Unity) for the same reason; they are a touch interface for a desktop and that is fairly silly IMHO. A monitor should be beyond arm's length, so why the hell do I want it to behave like a touch interface? KDE is processor heavy and has so many switches/options/gadgets that workflow is interfered with and required functionality masked. Yes I could RTFM and configure to be the way I want, but like is too short to waste days pissing around with GUI options. Obviously "KISS" is a concept that has passed KDE by entirely. For now I'll stick with Gnome 2 for GUI until I have to change. Gnome 2 is the worst desktop environment imaginable, apart from all the others.
Thanks for the names and info. After reading the links I'm saddened to say I am not really surprised. The USA has regularly engaged in acts of outrage (e.g. extraordinary rendition, torture). Not that this makes the USA the dark evil of the world, various countries have also engaged in outrages (UK, France etc) in the name of defence/war on terror/whatever. It's a sick sad world.
I could go on and on about the crazy, anti-freedom, anti-democratic laws being passed in my own country; but so could anyone in their own state. There's always been crazy laws (either through malice or ignorance). What you'd need to do to convince anyone of anything is cite actual references and instances. I do not think my state is "out to get me", just pig ignorant at times and running a bit of an "old boy's club". Corporations...yeah, I might give credence to the idea that democracy is being eroded by the increasing power of tax evading mega corps via lobbying and media control. Representation and no taxation? Gotta love that.
The main worry I have about Obama (and in general I'd say he's a lot better than Bush, but I'm on the outside looking in so a lot of the internal politics goes unreported here) is how cosy the Democrats are with the MAFIAA. SOPA is a stupid act and needs to be killed dead. But once again the USA thinks it is fit to lord it's policies, laws and culture over the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
People *IGNORING* those [limits] and not paying attention generate most of those [crashes] ([barring] the imponderable)
Bingo. A lack of observation leads to a lack of planning leads to increased risk.
such people should not be allowed to [possess] a car if they can't respect the local road law.
Then no one should be allowed to possess a motor vehicle, the law is absolute and everyone breaks it. Speeding is a specific offence written into law (in my country at least).
Sorry saying one get bored or want to go above the limit is no excuse.
It's not about "want", it's about "will" and human nature - everyone has an arousal state they are comfortable with and we do what we can to adjust the environment to suit that. You can be as pious as you like, but you can't escape your basic nature. This is why making the environment "feel" more dangerous works. Did you know Italy increase the limits to try and improve road safety? I have yet to see the stats to know if it worked. Interesting idea though and sort of ties in with what is seen on the unrestricted autobahns.
Don't want to respect the speed limit ? Go the FUCK on a ring circuit and speed there.
I agree with that, and this is deffo the case if one wants to race. Why people feel the need to do race/traffic light drag when using a circuit/strip is dirt cheap and much safer beats the hell out of me.
I bet [you] are the typical fucktard [who passes] pass me [at] double the [speed limit] in [the] city because I am going *only* at the 30 [km/h limit].
Nice ad hominem, really helps your case. I do my utmost not to speed in urban areas although I do not claim perfection (no one is perfect). All the points on my license are now expired (I deserved them when I got them). But am I some kind of born again angel? No. Show me someone who says they are and I'll show you a hypocrite with a massively over-inflated opinion of their own abilities. I've even taken advanced training and, if you've not done it, I can thoroughly recommend it. Just beware of the observers with a god-complex and find a new group if they are all like that. Also buy a copy of the police driver's handbook (there's various one available depending on vehicle type and where you live) - a real eye opener.
If you wish to debate further, I'm happy to do so; but only if you keep a civil tongue in your head and post under a registered account. If you believe in what you say, person up and put your name to it.
Depends on the autobahn, only some are unrestricted.
It used to be (here at least) that the speed of a road was set at close to the 85th percentile (no one wants to read that the speed limit is "46.8734mph", so there's a bit of rounding). When the hand-wringers got all uppity about a few bad crashes (hello, random cluster) the limits were reduced. This was hailed as the answer due to the lower accident rate next year (oh, hi there Regression to the Mean). Then there were a few more accidents (cluster), speed cameras brought in, accidents dropped again and the hand-wringers went away happy. Until the next cluster of course. Meanwhile the various councils and private companies/partnerships who run the cameras realised they were cashing in big-time. So more cameras went up, more limits lowered, more money made; all was good with the world if you were a civil servant (or an importer of cameras, as some "expert" witnesses were...bias, really?) until the cracks began to show. i.e. people started to ask why regression to the mean hadn't been accounted for? Why other measures were not tried first? Why cameras were place in areas without a history of speed related accidents? Where was the money going? Why was speed the only focus? etc. Then, of course, there is a bit of human psychology. Negative reinforcement is one. You break the limit, nothing happens, so you feel safe to break the limit again. The limit feels too low, so you start to do other things (e.g. tailgate, make more lane changes, whatever) to try and bring the state or arousal back to a level you feel comfortable with. Or you stick to the limit and nod-off due to boredom. Crunch.
Trials have been done with removing traffic lights, road markings and other measures to make roads "feel" more dangerous. Result? Drivers took more care. Problem is these measure cost money to implement and raise no revenue.
And finally, there is my one of my pet hates. Moronic parents who *MUST* drive their brat to the school gates. There are the same hand-wringing excrement who campaign for cameras and cause major problems by double-parking and disgorging their progeny into traffic. Here's an idea: park away from the school and WALK your little precious to the gates. Not only will that ease congestion, but you can take the time to teach them road safety (assuming you know any). And let's face it, it's probably the only exercise the wee bugger will get.
The best thing they could do is bring back the traffic police. But then a trained traffic officer does on raise revenue, they merely help make roads safer, catch criminals and save lives. What does that matter when one has beans to count, eh?
Am I the only one who find the ability to search with the "persona" of another person rather disturbing? And, if you are sick enough in the head to use this service, how can you be sure that any "persona"is accurate? Wouldn't it be skewed by the celeb claiming to like XYZ and then trousering a nice pay-off for the promotion? Also, I assume that this "persona" is based on what the celeb make publicly available or how they wish to appear in public. But that's not them, that's just a veneer. So will the search use the veneer or the real person?
Finally, how long before parents demand the ability to search using the "persona" of their child. They need to protect their child by finding out what they ware doing. Dear god people, what is wrong with you? WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?
It's relatively hard, unless you are an expert in a very narrow field, to cut through the B.S. of a typical patent, figure out what it is really supposed to cover, and realize that IBM already did it back in 1963.
Actually, it's very easy. "Is this a software or business process patent? Yes? Rejected."
Hasn't the "First to File" rule changed all this in the USA? Whether or not prior art exists is now moot, it is the first to file a patent that is the important thing. So if those designers did not patent their idea, they are out of luck.
Moral relativism much? Copyright infringement is (AIUI) a civil wrong. Child porn is a criminal wrong (and results in actual harm to a person).
If the corporates want to stop copyright infringement there is a simple answer, stop being such a shower when in comes to fair use. Why is is easier for me to go to a pirate site to watch the movie I have recorded, than it is for me to stream it from my set-top box to my PC? Really. Why? I *pay* for my services It's crap like that that has made me largely give up on the major and support the likes of jamendo, magnatune and vo.do. Heck, when I go to the movies these days I go to an independent (better choice, lower prices).
And, sure as x is x, these 'pages' will require libraries/extensions that can only be found in Windows/IE. Does anyone really expect MS to follow standards?
...that the screen be about 63cm away (some would say over 110cm, a safe-ish bet is beyond arms-reach), otherwise your eyes suffer. Windows will now demand I have a touch-screen (even though I have all these 'keys' and a mouse thingy and a tablet doofer and...) This means that the screen must be within arms-reach (and and quite possible within the resting point of vergence for the eyes). Screw. That. I have got nothing against touch-screens in the right use case (e.g. a kiosk) where I will use them briefly but on my desktop?
I try to keys my fingers on the keys and keep the work going. Having to reach up and stab at a too-close screen sounds horrific. Expect shoulder RSI cliams to follow.
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Not that I agree with GP point-of-view, but you usually (in most country) need a driving licence in order to be allowed to drive a car.
And guess what is not covered in getting a license? Checking the oil, changing a tyre, finding and replacing a blown fuse, changing a bulb, correctly inflating tyres or any number of other actions which could be considered "administration" of the car.
If there were an equivalent driving test to routers/Internet it would be thus:
Can you
1) plug the router in?
2) press the shiny button?
3) connect your PC to the router (cable or wireless)?
4) find the router's administration page (no actual use of page is required)?
5) get teh download codez?
Depressing.
I just checked my re-bradged Netgear router and WPS was on by default (it's now off). Why is it so hard to have these things off by default and a clear explanation of what they are? The "help" on the Netgear is useless. For WPS it tells me "An external registrar can only configure the Super Hub's wireless settings through WPS when the Super Hub's PIN is enabled. When it's disabled, users still can add a wireless client through WPS with either Push Button or PIN Number method." Eh? So if I disable the PIN I can still use the PIN? That makes no fucking sense. WTF is WPS? Oh, not going to tell me.
And the push button...what push button? There's no button on the router. Oh, wait, do they mean one of the buttons on the web page? Which one? Is it beyond their wit to tell me? Seems it is.
Then there is this gem "Keep Existing Wireless Settings - This option shows whether the Super Hub is in the WPS configured state." How does the explanation relate to the topic? The two seem totally unrelated. Which wireless setting? My own wireless? if I uncheck that will my wireless access be disabled?
The same repeats for WPA vs WEP - there is nothing about what these actually are and it contains stuff like this as an explanation: "Primary Radius Server IP Address - This field is required. Enter the IP address of the Radius Server on either WAN side or LAN side. "
Really? Wow. The "help" for the techno-babble contains yet more techno-babble with no further explanation. I have an understanding of what all the above means, but only because I have a passing interest in tech and not being cyber-raped by the script kiddies. Joe Average won't and the use of techno-babble will just freak them out on making changes, thus they are likely to leave everything at the insecure defaults.
I'm not asking for the above to be explained (my router is configured and works correctly), I am just pointing out that what precious little documentation is provided is utterly pathetic and totally useless. The little 12 page leaflet I got with the new washing machine contained lots of pertinent information on how it works, how to install it (which I did, the clear instructions made it really easy) and basic trouble shooting. If they can do it for a washing machine, they can do it for a router. There is no excuse.
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Well, a friend. Their HDD had died and they asked me what to do. "Buy a new one" says I. Turns out they had no back-ups of pictures etc, so I offered to try a recovery (no promises and I warned them everything could be lost). Anyhoo, the recovery worked with the failed HDD working as a slave to the new one. I picks up loads of deleted pictures and felt rather chuffed with my little self.
"You seems to have made loads of friends on that Egypt trip." I say.
"Never been to Egypt." they reply.
It takes 5 seconds for me to twig that donkey-boy here had done the recovery on the wrong HDD and more stuff was still being found. School reports, banking spreadsheets, tonnes of stuff. Not really what one expects to find on a "new" HDD. Once I had the pictures recovered from the correct drive (and backed-up) my friend took the "new" HDD back to the shop for a bit of a word.
Selling hooky equipment to a police officer? Not one of the storekeeper's greatest ideas. And for the previous owner, there was enough information on there for someone to do them serious ill. Luckily for them, my friend made the storekeeper physically destroy the drive (and got a full refund).
There's no issue with selling 2nd hand kit, just advertise it as such and make sure it's properly wiped first.
Almost time to play "plug-in roulette". Which ones will work, which ones not? Where the compatibility is, no one knows!
Still this is just a Beta, maybe I'm being overly pessimistic.
As other have stated, you company and your department are unique. The only criteria is: does anyone complain? Does IT hold up new products/expansion? If the answer to both of those is "No", then there is no problem. Carry on.
Any metrics you collect will be totally pointless. Work for a company of morons? All tickets will be simple "How do I turn the monitor off?" types and solved in seconds. This makes you look good. The users will like you for helping them.l
Work for a company of technical literates? Any tickets they raise are bound to be utter bastards that take weeks of investigation/implementation because the user will fix most issues themselves. This makes you look bad but the users will still like you for not getting in their way.
So perhaps there is one metric: how many complaints has the team received and what action was taken to resolve those complaints?
Also, I'd look at updating the CV and begin to look for a new job. Better to leave than be pushed (unless voluntary redundancy is in the offing)
How much do you want to pay? Average price is around $5-$6. You take a look, decide what it's worth, pay that.
You can increase your donation later on if you like.
I've had to do the odd wee bodge to get sound to work on Ubuntu, but that's mostly because sound is still a joke on GNU/Linux. .debs everywhere, that'll keep the Fedora users happy. :)
As for
I'm not buying this one for no other reason that I'm still playing through all the games I bought on the others and there's simply too many Humble Bundles coming. They're ruining a great idea through over-use. Which is kind of a shame as I really like the general idea and the fact these devs are playing fair. No DRM, ports to new platforms and even the source at times. Can't say fairer than that really!
Hmm...maybe as a stocking filler....
Really? Really, really?
Here are some devs playing the fair and open game (you can pay one cent if you want) and you have to be a total shit and still rip them off? Exactly where do you get off being such a cock?
It's people doing exactly this kind of venture you should be supporting!
If you can afford your monthly broadband, you can afford a few dollars to pay them. If you can't, don't play. It really is that simple.
And as for "free", you do know that doesn't necessarily mean "without charge" don't you? I guess not, otherwise you would be acting like such a total fuckwad.
You're probably such a clueless shit-head that you torrent songs from Mangatunes and Jamendo to "fight the man, man".
Piss off.
You must work for Microsoft TechNet; while your answer is technically correct, it is also useless for the person who asks.
Ah, an ad hominem as the very first thing. It's kind of hard to offer support (which I wasn't trying to do) without knowing which VM and I would suggest a forum dedicated to that VM would be a more appropriate place rather than /. especially as there are conflicting comments about 3D working/not working under OS X depending on the exact VM and OS X. Perhaps some combinations are simply a no-go.
Neither VMware nor VBox support 3D acceleration for remote or shared images.
3D Acceleration has been available in VBox since around version 2.1, they're now on 4.1.6. One does need to have the guest additions installed
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-video
As to VMWare, one of the things that kept me on VMWare Workstation for so long as the fact that it did 3D accelerations whilst VBox did not. It seems that even Server offers 3D acceleration (I have not tried it myself) although server hardware is not usually known for its killer graphics card.
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualization-3d-support-vmware.html
You are quite correct on remote/shared images. Whilst the server might be able to do the acceleration and the guest set-up to run the acceleration, it simply will not work/appear on the remote client. There may be some help in getting that to work, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to look into it just now
http://blogs.oracle.com/vizsun/entry/hardware_accelerated_remote_3d_windows
I have run Mint 12 and Fedora 16 (Gnome 3 Shell) and Arch (KDE) amongst others without issue (not as a remote, obviously). All with full transparencies, eye candy etc. One can even run 3D games in these virtualised environments without issue (as a quick test, "Extreme Tux Racer" at 60fps, Saurebraten [high settings] at 20fps in a Mint 12 guest).
XPsp3 (checked via dxdiag) had failures for DirectX 7 and 8, but the test for 9 worked perfectly.
The acceleration offered isn't as good as native hardware acceleration and one doesn't get all the latest features due to the nature of the virtualised hardware exposed to the guest.
Hardware: Dell Dimension 9200, 4GB with a NVidia GT240, Ubuntu 10.10 (proprietary NVidia drivers installed); not cutting edge by any means.
Gnome 3 and Unity depend on Compiz and 3D acceleration - when I've tried them on VirtualBox (on Mac) they've been unusably glitchy (just like Windows Aero Glass). This also means that you have to install the guest tools before the default desktop on recent distros will work - not insurmountable, but messy.
Even under the likes of VMWare one needs to install the guest utils to get all the features (host folder shares, proper mouse focus etc). I installed Mint 12 yesterday under VBox 4.1.6 with Ubuntu 10.10 as the host - no issues with Gnome 3. Even Arch with KDE4 in the same environment is quite happy.
Windows uses DirectX and Gnome/Unity OpenGL, the fact that both of those do not seem to work well on your Mac points more to something environmental rather than a fault with Gnome/Unity. As I don't use a Mac, I am not sure if the hardware or OS could be the cause.
Disclaimer: I am using the evil, anti-freedom extension pack with VBox, but I do not think that affects 3D.
I am not sure which VM you are using, but Gnome Shell has been available under VirtualBox for a while now. I would guess that the same is true for VMWare as well.
I don't like Gnome Shell (or Unity) for the same reason; they are a touch interface for a desktop and that is fairly silly IMHO. A monitor should be beyond arm's length, so why the hell do I want it to behave like a touch interface?
KDE is processor heavy and has so many switches/options/gadgets that workflow is interfered with and required functionality masked. Yes I could RTFM and configure to be the way I want, but like is too short to waste days pissing around with GUI options. Obviously "KISS" is a concept that has passed KDE by entirely.
For now I'll stick with Gnome 2 for GUI until I have to change. Gnome 2 is the worst desktop environment imaginable, apart from all the others.
Thanks for the names and info.
After reading the links I'm saddened to say I am not really surprised. The USA has regularly engaged in acts of outrage (e.g. extraordinary rendition, torture). Not that this makes the USA the dark evil of the world, various countries have also engaged in outrages (UK, France etc) in the name of defence/war on terror/whatever.
It's a sick sad world.
They* killed a killed a guy for being ... "dangerous terrorist". No trial, no judge, no lawyer, no oversight.
Care to share the name? News reports? Evidence? If you have evidence, go to the press, or Cryptome or...
The only suspected terrorist I can think of right now who was effectively summarily executed is Jean Charles de Menezes, and that did not happen in the USA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes
I could go on and on about the crazy, anti-freedom, anti-democratic laws being passed in my own country; but so could anyone in their own state. There's always been crazy laws (either through malice or ignorance). What you'd need to do to convince anyone of anything is cite actual references and instances. I do not think my state is "out to get me", just pig ignorant at times and running a bit of an "old boy's club". Corporations...yeah, I might give credence to the idea that democracy is being eroded by the increasing power of tax evading mega corps via lobbying and media control. Representation and no taxation? Gotta love that.
The main worry I have about Obama (and in general I'd say he's a lot better than Bush, but I'm on the outside looking in so a lot of the internal politics goes unreported here) is how cosy the Democrats are with the MAFIAA. SOPA is a stupid act and needs to be killed dead. But once again the USA thinks it is fit to lord it's policies, laws and culture over the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
So, back to the point, citations please.
At last! Something to run Crysis at an acceptable frame rate!
At last! Something to run Firefox at an acceptable frame rate!
At last! Something to run Flash at an acceptable frame rate!
(Any more for any more?)
People *IGNORING* those [limits] and not paying attention generate most of those [crashes] ([barring] the imponderable)
Bingo. A lack of observation leads to a lack of planning leads to increased risk.
such people should not be allowed to [possess] a car if they can't respect the local road law.
Then no one should be allowed to possess a motor vehicle, the law is absolute and everyone breaks it. Speeding is a specific offence written into law (in my country at least).
Sorry saying one get bored or want to go above the limit is no excuse.
It's not about "want", it's about "will" and human nature - everyone has an arousal state they are comfortable with and we do what we can to adjust the environment to suit that. You can be as pious as you like, but you can't escape your basic nature. This is why making the environment "feel" more dangerous works. Did you know Italy increase the limits to try and improve road safety? I have yet to see the stats to know if it worked. Interesting idea though and sort of ties in with what is seen on the unrestricted autobahns.
Don't want to respect the speed limit ? Go the FUCK on a ring circuit and speed there.
I agree with that, and this is deffo the case if one wants to race. Why people feel the need to do race/traffic light drag when using a circuit/strip is dirt cheap and much safer beats the hell out of me.
I bet [you] are the typical fucktard [who passes] pass me [at] double the [speed limit] in [the] city because I am going *only* at the 30 [km/h limit].
Nice ad hominem, really helps your case. I do my utmost not to speed in urban areas although I do not claim perfection (no one is perfect). All the points on my license are now expired (I deserved them when I got them). But am I some kind of born again angel? No. Show me someone who says they are and I'll show you a hypocrite with a massively over-inflated opinion of their own abilities.
I've even taken advanced training and, if you've not done it, I can thoroughly recommend it. Just beware of the observers with a god-complex and find a new group if they are all like that. Also buy a copy of the police driver's handbook (there's various one available depending on vehicle type and where you live) - a real eye opener.
If you wish to debate further, I'm happy to do so; but only if you keep a civil tongue in your head and post under a registered account. If you believe in what you say, person up and put your name to it.
Depends on the autobahn, only some are unrestricted.
It used to be (here at least) that the speed of a road was set at close to the 85th percentile (no one wants to read that the speed limit is "46.8734mph", so there's a bit of rounding).
When the hand-wringers got all uppity about a few bad crashes (hello, random cluster) the limits were reduced. This was hailed as the answer due to the lower accident rate next year (oh, hi there Regression to the Mean). Then there were a few more accidents (cluster), speed cameras brought in, accidents dropped again and the hand-wringers went away happy. Until the next cluster of course.
Meanwhile the various councils and private companies/partnerships who run the cameras realised they were cashing in big-time. So more cameras went up, more limits lowered, more money made; all was good with the world if you were a civil servant (or an importer of cameras, as some "expert" witnesses were...bias, really?) until the cracks began to show.
i.e. people started to ask why regression to the mean hadn't been accounted for? Why other measures were not tried first? Why cameras were place in areas without a history of speed related accidents? Where was the money going? Why was speed the only focus? etc.
Then, of course, there is a bit of human psychology. Negative reinforcement is one. You break the limit, nothing happens, so you feel safe to break the limit again.
The limit feels too low, so you start to do other things (e.g. tailgate, make more lane changes, whatever) to try and bring the state or arousal back to a level you feel comfortable with. Or you stick to the limit and nod-off due to boredom. Crunch.
Trials have been done with removing traffic lights, road markings and other measures to make roads "feel" more dangerous. Result? Drivers took more care. Problem is these measure cost money to implement and raise no revenue.
And finally, there is my one of my pet hates. Moronic parents who *MUST* drive their brat to the school gates. There are the same hand-wringing excrement who campaign for cameras and cause major problems by double-parking and disgorging their progeny into traffic. Here's an idea: park away from the school and WALK your little precious to the gates. Not only will that ease congestion, but you can take the time to teach them road safety (assuming you know any). And let's face it, it's probably the only exercise the wee bugger will get.
The best thing they could do is bring back the traffic police. But then a trained traffic officer does on raise revenue, they merely help make roads safer, catch criminals and save lives. What does that matter when one has beans to count, eh?
Am I the only one who find the ability to search with the "persona" of another person rather disturbing?
And, if you are sick enough in the head to use this service, how can you be sure that any "persona"is accurate? Wouldn't it be skewed by the celeb claiming to like XYZ and then trousering a nice pay-off for the promotion?
Also, I assume that this "persona" is based on what the celeb make publicly available or how they wish to appear in public. But that's not them, that's just a veneer. So will the search use the veneer or the real person?
Finally, how long before parents demand the ability to search using the "persona" of their child. They need to protect their child by finding out what they ware doing.
Dear god people, what is wrong with you? WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?
It's relatively hard, unless you are an expert in a very narrow field, to cut through the B.S. of a typical patent, figure out what it is really supposed to cover, and realize that IBM already did it back in 1963.
Actually, it's very easy. "Is this a software or business process patent? Yes? Rejected."
That's clearer now, thanks!
Hasn't the "First to File" rule changed all this in the USA? Whether or not prior art exists is now moot, it is the first to file a patent that is the important thing. So if those designers did not patent their idea, they are out of luck.
Please someone, correct me if I am wrong in this.
Yours, and all other commentators to this effect, assume that the USPTO cares about prior art.
I put it to you that the USPTO does not care.
Moral relativism much?
Copyright infringement is (AIUI) a civil wrong.
Child porn is a criminal wrong (and results in actual harm to a person).
If the corporates want to stop copyright infringement there is a simple answer, stop being such a shower when in comes to fair use. Why is is easier for me to go to a pirate site to watch the movie I have recorded, than it is for me to stream it from my set-top box to my PC? Really. Why? I *pay* for my services
It's crap like that that has made me largely give up on the major and support the likes of jamendo, magnatune and vo.do. Heck, when I go to the movies these days I go to an independent (better choice, lower prices).
And, sure as x is x, these 'pages' will require libraries/extensions that can only be found in Windows/IE.
Does anyone really expect MS to follow standards?
It would not surprise me to find out that this is on the cards. Expect to see monitors with embedded Kinect soon....
...that the screen be about 63cm away (some would say over 110cm, a safe-ish bet is beyond arms-reach), otherwise your eyes suffer.
Windows will now demand I have a touch-screen (even though I have all these 'keys' and a mouse thingy and a tablet doofer and...)
This means that the screen must be within arms-reach (and and quite possible within the resting point of vergence for the eyes).
Screw. That.
I have got nothing against touch-screens in the right use case (e.g. a kiosk) where I will use them briefly but on my desktop?
I try to keys my fingers on the keys and keep the work going. Having to reach up and stab at a too-close screen sounds horrific. Expect shoulder RSI cliams to follow.
Windows 8! The Ubuntu 11.04 of ntoskrnl distros.