This article's summary pretty much sums up why I still have no interest in Linux as a desktop OS.
The blame isn't on Linux entirely. It's long past time we get past this sort of nonsense and focus on the real problems in computing. Having different types of incompatible drivers for every OS (and often different versions of the OS) is inexcusable.
If the OS vendors can't get their shit together, we need to find a way to package drivers directly into the firmware and bypass the OS entirely. Basically, we need what UEFI promised to deliver but didn't.
How cute that you think CNN and BBC are in the same category as Fox News. How jaded do you have to be before you start making absurd false equivalencies like that?
That's not really fair, since we don't have actual free markets with which to run the experiment.
Exactly the same argument the communists use. Fortunately, they're both wrong -- free markets AND communism have both been tested and they've both failed.
tReason.com would never post anything that goes against the idea that the free market is perfect and always corrects itself, in spite of an avalanche of evidence to the contrary.
They're sort of like Ann Coulter, but replace the name calling with a smug sense of self-superiority.
I hate the way iOS has gradually made it harder and harder for me to interact with the app I have open rather than the OS. Dragging from screen edge, tapping with the wrong number of fingers... All sorts of things get eaten by the OS, so I end up doing something other than interacting with the app.
If you look carefully at the screenshots floating around, some of those screen edge toolbars are coming from the OS, but some of them are coming from the current app. Very confusing.
I've been to theaters that sell monthly/yearly passes to frequent movie-goers. From what I've seen though the model is typically to offer a steep discount for tickets if you hold a pass.
Putting web content in a UI element I use to start programs is simply frustrating. To make matters worse, the content is very minimal and there's no way to do anything without launching a browser.
So why is this problem being addressed in the first place? Is it just a way to make money from affiliate programs, or is there really a demand for this "feature"?
Got an email notification that I received a gift digital subscription to a magazine the other day. I'm waiting until Christmas day to redeem it so it feels more Christmassy.
If this turns out to have any truth to it, it raises two questions in my mind:
1. Why? What's the link between this bacteria and weight gain? 2. What can we do? Is it possible to safely eliminate just this one bacteria via a vaccine or antibiotic?
It's funny, I was just watching Shirley Phelps-Roper (daughter of WBC founder Fred Phelps and a spokesperson for the group) talk on YouTube. The way she speaks ranges from over-the-to self-righteous indignation to outright hysteria.
Somehow, she's exactly what I'd expect from an IRL internet troll.
Code Hero was a scam from the start. The guy in charge of the project previously ran a scam where he sold corsets online, hapily taking money but failing to fill the actual orders.
Code Hero's description should have set off a major red flag. It's software designed to teach people to program -- and it's being developed in Unity? WTF? Reminds me of the old saying: "Those who can do; those who can't, teach."
It's sad to see people getting duped, but on the other hand they should have done their research first, or at least Googled the name of the guy asking for money.
They're not "getting rid of pixels," since you'll still have pixels on your monitor and your graphics card will still buffer what it's drawing to the screen.
The paper sounds interesting enough, but the summary has essentially nothing to do with it.
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It's GNU/Linux, not GUN/Linux.
Walmart is enormous, its workers are paid poorly, and occasionally there's safety issues with their products.
So yes, Walmart has always been a third-world country.
Sure, why not? I mean, letting your citizens starve has worked out so well for North Korea, we should try it here.
Just wait 'till you see the Ubuntu Software Center!
The blame isn't on Linux entirely. It's long past time we get past this sort of nonsense and focus on the real problems in computing. Having different types of incompatible drivers for every OS (and often different versions of the OS) is inexcusable.
If the OS vendors can't get their shit together, we need to find a way to package drivers directly into the firmware and bypass the OS entirely. Basically, we need what UEFI promised to deliver but didn't.
How cute that you think CNN and BBC are in the same category as Fox News. How jaded do you have to be before you start making absurd false equivalencies like that?
Al Jazeera is more like CNN or BBC than Fox or Russia Today. It's an actual news organization rather than a propaganda outlet.
Exactly the same argument the communists use. Fortunately, they're both wrong -- free markets AND communism have both been tested and they've both failed.
Since when has a low inflation rate been a bad thing?
tReason.com would never post anything that goes against the idea that the free market is perfect and always corrects itself, in spite of an avalanche of evidence to the contrary.
They're sort of like Ann Coulter, but replace the name calling with a smug sense of self-superiority.
If you look carefully at the screenshots floating around, some of those screen edge toolbars are coming from the OS, but some of them are coming from the current app. Very confusing.
I've been to theaters that sell monthly/yearly passes to frequent movie-goers. From what I've seen though the model is typically to offer a steep discount for tickets if you hold a pass.
Putting web content in a UI element I use to start programs is simply frustrating. To make matters worse, the content is very minimal and there's no way to do anything without launching a browser.
So why is this problem being addressed in the first place? Is it just a way to make money from affiliate programs, or is there really a demand for this "feature"?
This is a tech site. If only someone could invent a way to spell properly with technology!
Got an email notification that I received a gift digital subscription to a magazine the other day. I'm waiting until Christmas day to redeem it so it feels more Christmassy.
I've long speculated that gut bacteria plays a role in obesity, but based on my personal experience, alcohol merely exacerbates the problem.
If this turns out to have any truth to it, it raises two questions in my mind:
1. Why? What's the link between this bacteria and weight gain?
2. What can we do? Is it possible to safely eliminate just this one bacteria via a vaccine or antibiotic?
There was never any requirement that saved programs actually compile, of course, which means the calculator has a nifty spot to keep your crib sheet.
Someone should check if the spiders were doing this before 1996, because I bet they stole the idea from Duke 3D.
Take us out of orbit, set the heading for Tau Ceti. Maximum warp. Engage!
It's funny, I was just watching Shirley Phelps-Roper (daughter of WBC founder Fred Phelps and a spokesperson for the group) talk on YouTube. The way she speaks ranges from over-the-to self-righteous indignation to outright hysteria.
Somehow, she's exactly what I'd expect from an IRL internet troll.
Seems like every time I sign up for a Google service and get used to it, within a couple years they pull the rug out from under me.
Say what you want about Microsoft's shoddy products, at least they're consistent.
Code Hero was a scam from the start. The guy in charge of the project previously ran a scam where he sold corsets online, hapily taking money but failing to fill the actual orders.
Code Hero's description should have set off a major red flag. It's software designed to teach people to program -- and it's being developed in Unity? WTF? Reminds me of the old saying: "Those who can do; those who can't, teach."
It's sad to see people getting duped, but on the other hand they should have done their research first, or at least Googled the name of the guy asking for money.
Okay, but when did they figure out how to make pizza?
They're not "getting rid of pixels," since you'll still have pixels on your monitor and your graphics card will still buffer what it's drawing to the screen.
The paper sounds interesting enough, but the summary has essentially nothing to do with it.