If you designate someone the 'team idiot', that does not make for a climate pf productivity. The receiving end becomes bitter and the team members wind-up with a scapegoat for his/her own shortcomings.
Rookies might start off as the idiot, but they can surpass established members. You have to think, what is the mentality behind 'team idiot'? Is the 'idiot' getting all the resources they need? Are they kept up to speed on the project? Are they part of meetings and social outings? Sometimes business is discussed during these outings and this is how ideas gel. Do we have a culture of exclusivity or inclusivity? If you call someone the idiot, get rid of him/her and do it yourself. If you cannot function without 'the idiot', perhaps you have underestimated her/his abilitiies.
That America does not have funding for education and that there are schools in need. It is tremendously sad that 1 in 4 children in the USA grow up illitertate (as per the Kickstarter website). I wish the USA public infrastructure had funding to serve and educate their citizenry. Too bad they have to rely on private donors for this sort of thing. I guess the USA is really a poor country.
I mean really, who is twisting their arm to use the stupid program? Sheep thinkers use it. Make your own app, make it transparent that respects the users' freedom. Use GNU Social. Zuckerberg made suckers of the American people among other users, selling their habits for data-mining to the highest bidder. Facebook is a big help to Prism. But no one is focing Iranians to use Facebook. Educate people and offer free (as in freedom) alternatives. Arabs and Persians used to be foremost in maths and sciences in the civilized world, they have long lost that distinction. Maybe it is time to get it back. Make a better alternative. Creat something even Amercians would want. That would be a breakthrough.
I thought this was a Slashdot story from years ago when China was supposed to ditch Windows...so here we are again and China still has no viable homegrown distro. I thought years ago they phased out Windows and used GNU/Linux. Not so. I know a Chinese insider who tells me that the Government handed out bales of cash to develop a GNU/Linux distro of their own and all Red Flag Linux is, is Fedora with a some Catonese/Mandarin. It was a scam of public funds. They really did not develop their own GNU/Linux distro properly. was interested because, in a racist way, I thought--wow, Asians doing GNU/Linux, it must be AWESOME and kick the other distro's ass. Asians are hard working and fastidious and the distro will intall without a hitch and it will be great. Not really. One of the issues with investing in China when it comes to business are corrupt officials and lack of accountability. In China, you pay off the right people, you do what you want--until you get caught and are made an example of for the press. Linus Torvalds mentioned something about how GNU/Linux could not really come out of places like India and China as the peole are far too concerned about trying to survive, and Linux is something that came about 'just for fun'.
Adobe is filled with issues, among them when I am compelled to sign in to verify I am an authentic user each time I use the software. This does not bode well when I am in transit and have no access to wifi. I used the forums and asked about this issue but receive a robotic response that you do not need to sign in each time you use the product. My experience proved the contrary. I call Adobe tech support, who asks to log onto my computer, and over several days it feels like half of India is lgging onto my computer to try to repair this issue. I figure a reinstall would do the trick, several reinstalls later, no change. India still needs to get on my machine to try to figure out what the hell is going on and the engineers over at Adobe are laughing because they tell their outsourced labour nothing. You get the forums and get little help or call in and get no help either. Adobe has the largest market share in their industry, so they do not care. Only when an upstart gives them a run for their money will you see Adobe shake a leg.
As long as the drone targets are persons of color and poor ones at that, it does not matter about so-called "collateral damage". The US of A is militarily superior and therefore in their legal rights to do as they wish, without concern of consequences. We are on a mission to bring freedom and democracy to these people, and if it takes a lot of drones and a lot of collateral damage, than so be it. Here is an important link on the topic: http://drones.pitchinteractive...?
These people in Pakistan/Afghanistan need to be educated about freedom, the hard way. http://www.clowncrack.com/wp-c... America is doing all it can to correct these people and those who contest her policies are a bunch of unpatriotic cowards.
Have you actually seen what is on Netflix? I used a free trial this month for a Bluray player I got about a year ago. There is nothing to watch on Netflix. Really. It is the lowest form of film/tv show programming. I scour the directory for ages to look for something to watch. For THIS we need DRM? Man, you're giving away a wealth of freedom for a flaming bag of dogshit? I figure, 'okay, maybe there are some ground breaking programs that are worth this sacrifice.' But there is nothing. NOTHING.
I run a Libre version of Linux called Trisquel, and already know what being DRM-free is like. I noticed a lot of websites do use Flash, A LOT. I thought Flash was on its way out. Clearly this is not the case. Then, sites like Vimeo show that it is possible to run HTML5 videos that work or Ogg videos that run on Archive.org. The videos look nice too. Non DRM OS' can work well, I think Trisquel is more stable than Ubuntu. If a Libre OS can surface, then the same can be said for browsers. I e-mail the likes of AlJazeera, BBC, and other news sites to ask they stop with DRM. It seems they may migrate to more open standards...here's hoping...
Most do not understand about DRM, and that is what Mozilla is acting upon--complacency. Sure, you have a handful who understand the dangers of DRM, and why it is important to have a free internet and free open software but not enough. That is why Mozilla caves in, not enough users hold them accountable. Most of their funding comes from Google anyway. More need to be educated about this. When Stallman started the GNU operating system, their numbers were few. Now GNU is a bigger force. It may be time for another browser that respects the users' freedom. To Mozilla, I say, Fork You!
What is to stop someone from creating a blog and posting from various public hotspots? From using VPS's and a whole whack of other tools. As much as the State likes to play the Almighty Knower Of All, there are still plenty of ways you can evade them. Think of it as the Samizdat of our day. If you have purpose and some trustworthy people, you can speak truth to power.
Please allow me to explain. When I first got an Android phone some years back, I was appalled when my service provider told me that I could not update any firmware unless I had Widows. At the time, I was only running GNU/Linux on my desk and latop. My phone would be howling for updates and experienced all sorts of glitches, while I looked for someone with Windows. I wondered, 'how the hell is this a GNU/Linux OS when I need freaking Windows to update it?' Could the service provider not have released a tar ball update? How hard would that be? Then I learned that Android comes loaded with proprietary software blobs. That you have to do pretty much what the service provider wants you to do, and not what you want to do. Also, the Android phone howls for a gmail account or it gets very moody. That is why Replicant is around, but my understanding is that most of the features re disabled (like mobile internet--not wifi) once you install. So I figure, you really have to do what companies say if you want the fraking thing to work, which does not look/feel like GNU/Linux to me. I might as well get any number of other phone OS', like a Windows, Blackberry, or whatever. I am still waiting for a GNU/Linux tablet, phone, and the like. It will happen...any day now...yes..any day...one day...I hope...
Please, give me even more reason to not buy food-like substances. I also appreciate another reason to not use Facebook. It's time we support sustainable economies and the slow-food movement and leave prepared crap behind. These companese use legalese because their products are not real food anyway. Eat a healthy breakfast, chomp on an apple or banana if you don't have time. Just don't support these cancers to society. I am giving GNU Social a try, bring power back to the users, to the people.
How can you be a good chess player if you do not lose the odd game? So the opensource code got a strike against it, I am sure GNU/Opensource teams are coming back at this with a vengeance, developing better protection methods. Stuff like this will rally security teams. Sure, not all bugs/vulnerabilities can be caught, but the ones that are...will have the living s--t kicked out of it. Chalk it up to valuable experience. I am sure developers are whipping themsleves into a mea culpa frenzy. A bit of humility will go a long way to making something superior.
It is far better to get a laptop with local software and storage. Laptops are mobile devices. If you are mobile, you may not always have a net connection. Therefore local program/storage is far more productive then some cloud crap. Why not a nice netbook with a light GNU/Linux flavor like Puppy? Heck, even Slackware can run on modest environs. Go L/K/Ubuntu if you have to. You will have a far more useful device with a lot more tools at your disposal. Rasberry Pi can run GNU/Linux, and it is wayyyy cheaper. Depends on what you want the kids to do, but more tools and functionality is better than something tethered not only to the cloud, but one specific company. Heck, even when I search on the 'net, I use other search engines like Wolfram Alpha, Blekko, Duckduckgo and on besides the big turd.
My thinkpad I picked up for over 2K back in 1996 has about 16 megs of ram and boots into DOS, but will run Windows 3.1. Both Word and WordPerfect runs okay on it, and I have a floppy disc that runs off USB to move files around. A friend installed a bunch of text based e-novels on it. I may consider installing early versions of Slackware on it though. The battery is shot, but the thing still works. This was pretty much my computer until 2006. Then I got internet at home...
So you justify backwards thinking with, "we have always done it this way, which is why we must continue to do it this way" versus the kids growing up and going and telling the companies, "What, you use Microsoft suite?, let me show you something BETTER! What, you need a certain feature? Well it turns out I am well versed in Libre software, so let me add that for you." This sounds a lot better than what you propose.
My dear fellow, never forget that proprietary software is in our schools, where it has no right to be. If you want proprietary, knock yourself out. But not in the public sphere. Mmmkay?
The four freedoms are an ideal to aspire to. The fact is, Microsoft runs the show. We have to conform to Microsoft and (for you) Apple's ideology. In the words of the old Apple ads, 'think different'. ; - )
Let us see, do we have the four freedoms? 1. The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). No, only the purposes designated by the Microsoft EULA. When you buy a laptop, even if you disagree with a EULA, the manufacturer (like HP) will not even permit you to refund the OS. 2) The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. The Micorosft EULA specifically prohibits this. 3) The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). Once again, the Microsoft EULA specifically prohibits this. 4) The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. This again, violates the Microsoft EULA. Micorsoft is not interested in a a better world, rather it is interested in their share value and market dominance. Better to have the kids work on Libreoffice.
There are better alternatives, like Archive.org--especially for Libre/Opensource projects. I would not bother with Youtube, which is riddled with ads anyway. Archive.org has a mandate to serve the public, Youtube has a mandate to line the pockets of the rich. I'll take Archive.org. The Blender team should have known better.
And you have what facts to go on? Mass produced milk, wheat, meats, fruits and vegetables are routinely dumped. Putting needed food to good use is far better than wasting it. I see America now, crumbling infrastructure, mass unemployment, environmental decay, crippling debt, failed education system, vanishing industries, and I do not like it. This failure is America now, and it is sinking like the Titanic while everyone dances blissfuly along. I am not a big fan of it. Putting a stop to mass waste is a good start. You obviously sound privileged and well fed, and you could care less about waste. Start reading this guy http://michaelpollan.com/ and others who research and write about sustainable food. You see this idea of mass production which in turn begets mass waste, and is unsustainable. Changing our consumption patterns to something more sustainable is far better than your Reaganomics.
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If you designate someone the 'team idiot', that does not make for a climate pf productivity. The receiving end becomes bitter and the team members wind-up with a scapegoat for his/her own shortcomings. Rookies might start off as the idiot, but they can surpass established members. You have to think, what is the mentality behind 'team idiot'? Is the 'idiot' getting all the resources they need? Are they kept up to speed on the project? Are they part of meetings and social outings? Sometimes business is discussed during these outings and this is how ideas gel. Do we have a culture of exclusivity or inclusivity? If you call someone the idiot, get rid of him/her and do it yourself. If you cannot function without 'the idiot', perhaps you have underestimated her/his abilitiies.
That America does not have funding for education and that there are schools in need. It is tremendously sad that 1 in 4 children in the USA grow up illitertate (as per the Kickstarter website). I wish the USA public infrastructure had funding to serve and educate their citizenry. Too bad they have to rely on private donors for this sort of thing. I guess the USA is really a poor country.
I mean really, who is twisting their arm to use the stupid program? Sheep thinkers use it. Make your own app, make it transparent that respects the users' freedom. Use GNU Social. Zuckerberg made suckers of the American people among other users, selling their habits for data-mining to the highest bidder. Facebook is a big help to Prism. But no one is focing Iranians to use Facebook. Educate people and offer free (as in freedom) alternatives. Arabs and Persians used to be foremost in maths and sciences in the civilized world, they have long lost that distinction. Maybe it is time to get it back. Make a better alternative. Creat something even Amercians would want. That would be a breakthrough.
I thought this was a Slashdot story from years ago when China was supposed to ditch Windows...so here we are again and China still has no viable homegrown distro. I thought years ago they phased out Windows and used GNU/Linux. Not so. I know a Chinese insider who tells me that the Government handed out bales of cash to develop a GNU/Linux distro of their own and all Red Flag Linux is, is Fedora with a some Catonese/Mandarin. It was a scam of public funds. They really did not develop their own GNU/Linux distro properly. was interested because, in a racist way, I thought--wow, Asians doing GNU/Linux, it must be AWESOME and kick the other distro's ass. Asians are hard working and fastidious and the distro will intall without a hitch and it will be great. Not really. One of the issues with investing in China when it comes to business are corrupt officials and lack of accountability. In China, you pay off the right people, you do what you want--until you get caught and are made an example of for the press. Linus Torvalds mentioned something about how GNU/Linux could not really come out of places like India and China as the peole are far too concerned about trying to survive, and Linux is something that came about 'just for fun'.
Adobe is filled with issues, among them when I am compelled to sign in to verify I am an authentic user each time I use the software. This does not bode well when I am in transit and have no access to wifi. I used the forums and asked about this issue but receive a robotic response that you do not need to sign in each time you use the product. My experience proved the contrary. I call Adobe tech support, who asks to log onto my computer, and over several days it feels like half of India is lgging onto my computer to try to repair this issue. I figure a reinstall would do the trick, several reinstalls later, no change. India still needs to get on my machine to try to figure out what the hell is going on and the engineers over at Adobe are laughing because they tell their outsourced labour nothing. You get the forums and get little help or call in and get no help either. Adobe has the largest market share in their industry, so they do not care. Only when an upstart gives them a run for their money will you see Adobe shake a leg.
oh, pfff, excuse me. I forgot how tiny Netflix is. Just one puny little streaming company with barely any marketshare.
As long as the drone targets are persons of color and poor ones at that, it does not matter about so-called "collateral damage". The US of A is militarily superior and therefore in their legal rights to do as they wish, without concern of consequences. We are on a mission to bring freedom and democracy to these people, and if it takes a lot of drones and a lot of collateral damage, than so be it. Here is an important link on the topic: http://drones.pitchinteractive...? These people in Pakistan/Afghanistan need to be educated about freedom, the hard way. http://www.clowncrack.com/wp-c... America is doing all it can to correct these people and those who contest her policies are a bunch of unpatriotic cowards.
Have you actually seen what is on Netflix? I used a free trial this month for a Bluray player I got about a year ago. There is nothing to watch on Netflix. Really. It is the lowest form of film/tv show programming. I scour the directory for ages to look for something to watch. For THIS we need DRM? Man, you're giving away a wealth of freedom for a flaming bag of dogshit? I figure, 'okay, maybe there are some ground breaking programs that are worth this sacrifice.' But there is nothing. NOTHING.
I run a Libre version of Linux called Trisquel, and already know what being DRM-free is like. I noticed a lot of websites do use Flash, A LOT. I thought Flash was on its way out. Clearly this is not the case. Then, sites like Vimeo show that it is possible to run HTML5 videos that work or Ogg videos that run on Archive.org. The videos look nice too. Non DRM OS' can work well, I think Trisquel is more stable than Ubuntu. If a Libre OS can surface, then the same can be said for browsers. I e-mail the likes of AlJazeera, BBC, and other news sites to ask they stop with DRM. It seems they may migrate to more open standards...here's hoping...
Most do not understand about DRM, and that is what Mozilla is acting upon--complacency. Sure, you have a handful who understand the dangers of DRM, and why it is important to have a free internet and free open software but not enough. That is why Mozilla caves in, not enough users hold them accountable. Most of their funding comes from Google anyway. More need to be educated about this. When Stallman started the GNU operating system, their numbers were few. Now GNU is a bigger force. It may be time for another browser that respects the users' freedom. To Mozilla, I say, Fork You!
What is to stop someone from creating a blog and posting from various public hotspots? From using VPS's and a whole whack of other tools. As much as the State likes to play the Almighty Knower Of All, there are still plenty of ways you can evade them. Think of it as the Samizdat of our day. If you have purpose and some trustworthy people, you can speak truth to power.
Please allow me to explain. When I first got an Android phone some years back, I was appalled when my service provider told me that I could not update any firmware unless I had Widows. At the time, I was only running GNU/Linux on my desk and latop. My phone would be howling for updates and experienced all sorts of glitches, while I looked for someone with Windows. I wondered, 'how the hell is this a GNU/Linux OS when I need freaking Windows to update it?' Could the service provider not have released a tar ball update? How hard would that be? Then I learned that Android comes loaded with proprietary software blobs. That you have to do pretty much what the service provider wants you to do, and not what you want to do. Also, the Android phone howls for a gmail account or it gets very moody. That is why Replicant is around, but my understanding is that most of the features re disabled (like mobile internet--not wifi) once you install. So I figure, you really have to do what companies say if you want the fraking thing to work, which does not look/feel like GNU/Linux to me. I might as well get any number of other phone OS', like a Windows, Blackberry, or whatever. I am still waiting for a GNU/Linux tablet, phone, and the like. It will happen...any day now...yes..any day...one day...I hope...
What does the alpha look like?
Your notes can be as detailed or as slim as you want. This is some pretty good project management software.
Please, give me even more reason to not buy food-like substances. I also appreciate another reason to not use Facebook. It's time we support sustainable economies and the slow-food movement and leave prepared crap behind. These companese use legalese because their products are not real food anyway. Eat a healthy breakfast, chomp on an apple or banana if you don't have time. Just don't support these cancers to society. I am giving GNU Social a try, bring power back to the users, to the people.
Have you heard of an old cliche that goes "learn from your mistakes". By your logic, no errors can ever be made and learned from.
How can you be a good chess player if you do not lose the odd game? So the opensource code got a strike against it, I am sure GNU/Opensource teams are coming back at this with a vengeance, developing better protection methods. Stuff like this will rally security teams. Sure, not all bugs/vulnerabilities can be caught, but the ones that are...will have the living s--t kicked out of it. Chalk it up to valuable experience. I am sure developers are whipping themsleves into a mea culpa frenzy. A bit of humility will go a long way to making something superior.
It is far better to get a laptop with local software and storage. Laptops are mobile devices. If you are mobile, you may not always have a net connection. Therefore local program/storage is far more productive then some cloud crap. Why not a nice netbook with a light GNU/Linux flavor like Puppy? Heck, even Slackware can run on modest environs. Go L/K/Ubuntu if you have to. You will have a far more useful device with a lot more tools at your disposal. Rasberry Pi can run GNU/Linux, and it is wayyyy cheaper. Depends on what you want the kids to do, but more tools and functionality is better than something tethered not only to the cloud, but one specific company. Heck, even when I search on the 'net, I use other search engines like Wolfram Alpha, Blekko, Duckduckgo and on besides the big turd.
My thinkpad I picked up for over 2K back in 1996 has about 16 megs of ram and boots into DOS, but will run Windows 3.1. Both Word and WordPerfect runs okay on it, and I have a floppy disc that runs off USB to move files around. A friend installed a bunch of text based e-novels on it. I may consider installing early versions of Slackware on it though. The battery is shot, but the thing still works. This was pretty much my computer until 2006. Then I got internet at home...
So you justify backwards thinking with, "we have always done it this way, which is why we must continue to do it this way" versus the kids growing up and going and telling the companies, "What, you use Microsoft suite?, let me show you something BETTER! What, you need a certain feature? Well it turns out I am well versed in Libre software, so let me add that for you." This sounds a lot better than what you propose.
My dear fellow, never forget that proprietary software is in our schools, where it has no right to be. If you want proprietary, knock yourself out. But not in the public sphere. Mmmkay?
The four freedoms are an ideal to aspire to. The fact is, Microsoft runs the show. We have to conform to Microsoft and (for you) Apple's ideology. In the words of the old Apple ads, 'think different'. ; - )
Let us see, do we have the four freedoms? 1. The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). No, only the purposes designated by the Microsoft EULA. When you buy a laptop, even if you disagree with a EULA, the manufacturer (like HP) will not even permit you to refund the OS. 2) The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. The Micorosft EULA specifically prohibits this. 3) The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). Once again, the Microsoft EULA specifically prohibits this. 4) The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. This again, violates the Microsoft EULA. Micorsoft is not interested in a a better world, rather it is interested in their share value and market dominance. Better to have the kids work on Libreoffice.
There are better alternatives, like Archive.org--especially for Libre/Opensource projects. I would not bother with Youtube, which is riddled with ads anyway. Archive.org has a mandate to serve the public, Youtube has a mandate to line the pockets of the rich. I'll take Archive.org. The Blender team should have known better.
And you have what facts to go on? Mass produced milk, wheat, meats, fruits and vegetables are routinely dumped. Putting needed food to good use is far better than wasting it. I see America now, crumbling infrastructure, mass unemployment, environmental decay, crippling debt, failed education system, vanishing industries, and I do not like it. This failure is America now, and it is sinking like the Titanic while everyone dances blissfuly along. I am not a big fan of it. Putting a stop to mass waste is a good start. You obviously sound privileged and well fed, and you could care less about waste. Start reading this guy http://michaelpollan.com/ and others who research and write about sustainable food. You see this idea of mass production which in turn begets mass waste, and is unsustainable. Changing our consumption patterns to something more sustainable is far better than your Reaganomics.