I'm surprised I only saw about one other comment pointing out that this whole thing is most likely fake. At best, it was a real story that was published by marketing department for the parent company.
I hope it was at least something real that they chose to embellish and propagate. In either case, it all feels rather sleazy.
If you have doubts - read the story again and notice how many times the article has to mention the company that makes it by name, and how often they have to tout the various features of the device.
You already mentioned Tux Paint, but I wanted to express how truly great that program is for kids.
I found it several years ago when my 7 year old was 2 and he loved it. Since then, my current 5 and 3 year olds, along with many cousins and friends have all truly enjoyed it.
It is probably the best example of how to design open source software for kids, in my mind.
Thank you for summarizing my theory entirely in your last paragraph. I feel fully qualified to pick and choose the items I want. I never want someone coming to me (push advertising) in any circumstances.
This is why I take the hard line of even if I like a product, I would never buy it if sold over the phone or at my door, purely out of principle. I'll buy it when I'm damn good and ready, and I'll let the commerce folks know, not the other way around.
You ask about dream office, and then you describe nothing but things that I would burn before allowing into my dream office.
Rephrase the question as: "I'm Milton from Office Space. How best can my closet/commode be arranged so that I will wait the longest amount of time before going postal on my co-workers?"
I wouldn't sweat it. With his attitude, yes, he and democracy have lost.
You, on the other hand, share my belief, that as was always intended if enough people care and want to make a difference, democracy can still lead to change and improvement.
That doesn't mean that it is easy or trivial. You have to go to a lot of work to convince people such as him that they can make a difference, and to get off their lazy ass. However, if that can be done, it is a force to be reckoned with.
I like to refer to this as the "build them up, tear it down" mentality, or basically little guy vs. big guy.
People in general, but seemingly more so in technical circles, like to root for the underdog, and promote and praise them. Often to fan-like obsessive levels.
However, once that same company starts to realize some success, or grow in size, the tables slowly turn. They are no longer the underdog, and must be torn apart.
I don't understand it, and I try to stop myself from doing it as well.
iTunes does have a label field, it is the "Group" field. Whether this solves your issue with iTunes lacking, I don't know, but it does at least support the concept of labels.
I use it for all sorts of things like "live", "remix", etc.
...and universal asshole-ism. I agree his methods are pathetic, and this story is barely filler at best. I fully believe that being stupid is not unique to America also.
No, it wouldn't. You are absolutely right sir. There is no black market, or foreign market for guns. Thus, if his government had not provided him with his gun, he would have either had to hire Chuck Norris, or simply tickle everyone until they collapsed from laughter.
On one hand, I actually think it's too bad that this was apparently unintentionally leaked. This is the sort of response I would want to see from the leader of my company. Taking an interest in the future, and what others think, that is far better in my opinion than sitting at the top and not showing any interest. Throwing in the expletives and keeping it terse just serves to make him seem more human as well.
At the same time, I agree with others that I have seen many execs yelling their loudest right on their way out. Trying to correct for past non-caring at a time when it is too little, too late.
I think Yahoo has more than enough potential still to stay around. At the same time, I think Google came in and essentially yanked their market away, and MSN is now scrounging the crumbs. What is really left for Yahoo?
Wow, how dramatic! I didn't realize it was so bad that we abandoned all digital music on metallic discs when digital music players arrived. Vinyl is now our only fallback, long live vinyl, our musical savior.
That's just the start. They will end up owning all other video sites out there too, Google Video, iFilm, etc. They will then just shuffle their content between them all, until they are all playing Real World 53 24/7.
Yes, absolutely. You are free to release Linux user applications under any license you choose. Kernel contributions are a different story, but user-applications are completely up to you.
Have you tried dropping a new Hemi in your 1996 Saturn lately, or are you still using the original engine? Have you felt it necessary to upgrade your fridge lately, to make it more energy-efficiency comparable to a brand new model?
I'm guessing the answer is no, just like you don't HAVE to upgrade Firefox. Keep using what you have, your computer will probably last this 10 years that you have created as your expected lifetime for any product.
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I'm surprised I only saw about one other comment pointing out that this whole thing is most likely fake. At best, it was a real story that was published by marketing department for the parent company.
I hope it was at least something real that they chose to embellish and propagate. In either case, it all feels rather sleazy.
If you have doubts - read the story again and notice how many times the article has to mention the company that makes it by name, and how often they have to tout the various features of the device.
You already mentioned Tux Paint, but I wanted to express how truly great that program is for kids.
I found it several years ago when my 7 year old was 2 and he loved it. Since then, my current 5 and 3 year olds, along with many cousins and friends have all truly enjoyed it.
It is probably the best example of how to design open source software for kids, in my mind.
Thank you for summarizing my theory entirely in your last paragraph. I feel fully qualified to pick and choose the items I want. I never want someone coming to me (push advertising) in any circumstances.
This is why I take the hard line of even if I like a product, I would never buy it if sold over the phone or at my door, purely out of principle. I'll buy it when I'm damn good and ready, and I'll let the commerce folks know, not the other way around.
You ask about dream office, and then you describe nothing but things that I would burn before allowing into my dream office.
Rephrase the question as: "I'm Milton from Office Space. How best can my closet/commode be arranged so that I will wait the longest amount of time before going postal on my co-workers?"
If only I had moderator points, that is one of the best comments I have read in a long time.
Yes, I know where to get that data.
I believe I have it shoved up my ass, right next to other off-topic shit.
I wouldn't sweat it. With his attitude, yes, he and democracy have lost.
You, on the other hand, share my belief, that as was always intended if enough people care and want to make a difference, democracy can still lead to change and improvement.
That doesn't mean that it is easy or trivial. You have to go to a lot of work to convince people such as him that they can make a difference, and to get off their lazy ass. However, if that can be done, it is a force to be reckoned with.
I like to refer to this as the "build them up, tear it down" mentality, or basically little guy vs. big guy.
People in general, but seemingly more so in technical circles, like to root for the underdog, and promote and praise them. Often to fan-like obsessive levels.
However, once that same company starts to realize some success, or grow in size, the tables slowly turn. They are no longer the underdog, and must be torn apart.
I don't understand it, and I try to stop myself from doing it as well.
iTunes does have a label field, it is the "Group" field. Whether this solves your issue with iTunes lacking, I don't know, but it does at least support the concept of labels.
I use it for all sorts of things like "live", "remix", etc.
You're not familiar with the concept of irony, are you? I'm pretty sure that YOU are exactly who this article is referencing.
Anyone who uses the phrase "normal people" (even with quotes) into a post is clearly delusional.
Have the stories here finally sunk as low as they can possibly go? Can it only go up from here? Let's hope so.
'nix and 'dozers was bad enough, but then a splog with nothing of substance was just too much.
...and universal asshole-ism. I agree his methods are pathetic, and this story is barely filler at best. I fully believe that being stupid is not unique to America also.
No, it wouldn't. You are absolutely right sir. There is no black market, or foreign market for guns. Thus, if his government had not provided him with his gun, he would have either had to hire Chuck Norris, or simply tickle everyone until they collapsed from laughter.
On one hand, I actually think it's too bad that this was apparently unintentionally leaked. This is the sort of response I would want to see from the leader of my company. Taking an interest in the future, and what others think, that is far better in my opinion than sitting at the top and not showing any interest. Throwing in the expletives and keeping it terse just serves to make him seem more human as well.
At the same time, I agree with others that I have seen many execs yelling their loudest right on their way out. Trying to correct for past non-caring at a time when it is too little, too late.
I think Yahoo has more than enough potential still to stay around. At the same time, I think Google came in and essentially yanked their market away, and MSN is now scrounging the crumbs. What is really left for Yahoo?
I think the Neo Geo with 945 gibberish points is much worse than the Turbo Grafix 16 that had only 214 gibberish points.
Man, I hate worthless numbers that are not defined in a summary.
You're right. We're screwed, nothing we can do about natural disasters. We should just give up.
In fact, I'm so afraid of something bad happening to my house I just sleep out on my front lawn...
Agree 100%. The loss of Alt-S for Sage is probably my only remaining gripe with 2.0 after I turned off the new tab handling.
These are not providing critical improvements, so the breaking of existing functionality is definitely not worth making the change.
You've seen the source code for IE? You know how it is programmed? That is completely different from how Firefox is written?
Yes, I like Firefox very much also, and never use IE. However, your arguments are ignorant.
Give me a fucking break.
Wow, how dramatic! I didn't realize it was so bad that we abandoned all digital music on metallic discs when digital music players arrived. Vinyl is now our only fallback, long live vinyl, our musical savior.
Stop posting. Now. Go learn basic grammer and how to cohesively form a thought before typing a rambling, barely related to topic, post.
That may be the best Slashdot post ever. If it were possible, I would burn 5 mod points on that one alone, marking it as insightful.
That's just the start. They will end up owning all other video sites out there too, Google Video, iFilm, etc. They will then just shuffle their content between them all, until they are all playing Real World 53 24/7.
Yes, absolutely. You are free to release Linux user applications under any license you choose. Kernel contributions are a different story, but user-applications are completely up to you.
Have you tried dropping a new Hemi in your 1996 Saturn lately, or are you still using the original engine? Have you felt it necessary to upgrade your fridge lately, to make it more energy-efficiency comparable to a brand new model?
I'm guessing the answer is no, just like you don't HAVE to upgrade Firefox. Keep using what you have, your computer will probably last this 10 years that you have created as your expected lifetime for any product.