Seriously though, I actually like Unity's interface quite a bit. What I don't like is the bugginess of Unity (and Compiz) which makes it nearly impossible to use with more than a few windows open. You wind up with windows flying every which way, like one of those cheap video games with a broken physics engine.
If criminals are the problem, why are we focusing on immigrants in general? Why not focus on, you know, the crime?
For that matter, cutting off crime from the supply side has never actually worked. Repeating an action that doesn't lead to the desired result is a sign of poor intelligence.
Why did no one complain that they used a sexy male model for a scientist too?
Why should a sexy male be offensive? What makes this video offensive isn't directly related to who is or isn't physically attractive.
The truly offensive aspect of the video is the assumption that the only concept women respond to is fashion commercials. The inclusion of attractive men is common in ads for women's products, and is part of the overall stereotype demonstrated by this commercial.
Slightly OT, but forgive me -- why have so many tech companies either merged or split in the past couple decades?
I ask because it seems it's often a poor move in the long run if you think about it. Yahoo, Microsoft, and HP seem especially prone to questionable purchases an sales.
Is it just about making a quick buck? Or is there some other benefit to all of this that I'm not seeing?
Apple's online services have never integrated terribly well, and they have a bad habit of renaming things and moving features from one service to another.
Which seems to mimic a certain Redmond based software company's online ventures...
Why should I whine or cry about it? This is probably where someone might see you as trolling because you are oblivious to the types of expectations based on the type of transaction. Oh well.
This tired argument again?
Get real. If expecting software to actually work is now considered "trolling" on Slashdot, then I'm proud to be a troll.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but the same could be said for Linux, particularly on the desktop. Yet Slashdotters don't hate Linux in spite of all the half-finished applications and constant promises that fixes to long standing bugs are "just around the corner," do they?
Seems a bit hypocritical to complain about about this same issue when it comes to a Microsoft product.
This is the problem with Chomsky -- people skim what he wrote, then pull out a couple quotes to "prove" whatever point they're trying to make.
In this case, you're making it sound like Chomsky is a "truther," which is pretty damn far from the case. Nowhere in that article (or any other, afaik) does he deny the connection between al Qaeda, Osama, and the 9/11 attacks.
He's simply explaining why he disagrees with the decision to execute bin Laden without a trial. Of course, if you'd bothered reading the article, you'd know that.
Trying a whole bunch of stuff is great -- in a closed beta. Once you open it up to the world it's a different story because the expectations are different.
I might also add that nobody pays to use Google Search, Google Maps, etc. So in that respect, it's no different than App Creator, Code Search, Wave, Meebo, or any of the other products they've killed.
When you bring a product to market, your users just don't expect it to suddenly go away and be replaced by something else a year down the road.
If you violate this expectation too many times, people will stop paying attention. For this reason, "maintenance mode" is one of the most overlooked -- yet most important -- parts of the product lifecycle.
Look Google, yeah, we get it: you like inventing stuff. Great. But here's the thing -- people want to use the products you've invented. We'd rather have you support your existing products than throw them away and spend a year or two developing a replacement. Yes, there's a cost to doing this. But if you care about the long term, you'll put in the extra effort.
Why would anyone waste their time reading a bunch of divisive partisan nonsense? That blog post is about as relevant as anything Glenn Beck or DailyKos has to say on the issue.
When everything from hosted email to renting CPU time is described as "cloud computing," I'm not sure how you're able to say with a straight face that it's not a buzzword.
A few months ago the British government decided not to pardon Turing for his "crime" of being gay.
Their reasoning for rejecting the pardon request seems reasonable:
"However, the law at the time required a prosecution and, as such, long-standing policy has been to accept that such convictions took place and, rather than trying to alter the historical context and to put right what cannot be put right, ensure instead that we never again return to those times."
So it seems that's been addressed by the British government recently. Even though full equality may be a few steps away -- and we shouldn't whitewash that fact -- it's also important to acknowledge that there was far more to Turing than his sexuality.
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Ah, okay. I forget about the HUD because it requires Ubuntu's indicator-menu system, which is far too buggy for daily use.
Worse yet it takes over your Alt key, which means it breaks many keyboard shortcuts.
Does anyone plan on building a webOS device at this point? If not, why does this matter?
So it's exactly like Windows 7?
Seriously though, I actually like Unity's interface quite a bit. What I don't like is the bugginess of Unity (and Compiz) which makes it nearly impossible to use with more than a few windows open. You wind up with windows flying every which way, like one of those cheap video games with a broken physics engine.
If criminals are the problem, why are we focusing on immigrants in general? Why not focus on, you know, the crime?
For that matter, cutting off crime from the supply side has never actually worked. Repeating an action that doesn't lead to the desired result is a sign of poor intelligence.
In Montana's case, maybe the Canadians should build a fence?
Or no, that's right -- Canada doesn't want to make it a pain the ass to visit their country, unlike the US.
Why should a sexy male be offensive? What makes this video offensive isn't directly related to who is or isn't physically attractive.
The truly offensive aspect of the video is the assumption that the only concept women respond to is fashion commercials. The inclusion of attractive men is common in ads for women's products, and is part of the overall stereotype demonstrated by this commercial.
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Can you name another party that had primary debates on TV this year? Please elaborate.
People who live in Detroit? All they have to do is open a window and look outside.
Just because X is worse than Y doesn't mean Y isn't unacceptable.
After watching the Republican primary debates, I certainly NEVER would have guessed that Americans had poor reasoning abilities.
Slightly OT, but forgive me -- why have so many tech companies either merged or split in the past couple decades?
I ask because it seems it's often a poor move in the long run if you think about it. Yahoo, Microsoft, and HP seem especially prone to questionable purchases an sales.
Is it just about making a quick buck? Or is there some other benefit to all of this that I'm not seeing?
Maybe you should learn English before accusing others of being ignorant. Might help.
Oh look, it's the old trolling-by-calling-someone-a-troll technique. You must think you've oh so very clever.
Apple's online services have never integrated terribly well, and they have a bad habit of renaming things and moving features from one service to another.
Which seems to mimic a certain Redmond based software company's online ventures...
I'd definitely want AppleCare for this one, those Apple 1 computers are notoriously fragile.
This tired argument again?
Get real. If expecting software to actually work is now considered "trolling" on Slashdot, then I'm proud to be a troll.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but the same could be said for Linux, particularly on the desktop. Yet Slashdotters don't hate Linux in spite of all the half-finished applications and constant promises that fixes to long standing bugs are "just around the corner," do they?
Seems a bit hypocritical to complain about about this same issue when it comes to a Microsoft product.
This is the problem with Chomsky -- people skim what he wrote, then pull out a couple quotes to "prove" whatever point they're trying to make.
In this case, you're making it sound like Chomsky is a "truther," which is pretty damn far from the case. Nowhere in that article (or any other, afaik) does he deny the connection between al Qaeda, Osama, and the 9/11 attacks.
He's simply explaining why he disagrees with the decision to execute bin Laden without a trial. Of course, if you'd bothered reading the article, you'd know that.
Trying a whole bunch of stuff is great -- in a closed beta. Once you open it up to the world it's a different story because the expectations are different.
I might also add that nobody pays to use Google Search, Google Maps, etc. So in that respect, it's no different than App Creator, Code Search, Wave, Meebo, or any of the other products they've killed.
When you bring a product to market, your users just don't expect it to suddenly go away and be replaced by something else a year down the road.
If you violate this expectation too many times, people will stop paying attention. For this reason, "maintenance mode" is one of the most overlooked -- yet most important -- parts of the product lifecycle.
Look Google, yeah, we get it: you like inventing stuff. Great. But here's the thing -- people want to use the products you've invented. We'd rather have you support your existing products than throw them away and spend a year or two developing a replacement. Yes, there's a cost to doing this. But if you care about the long term, you'll put in the extra effort.
Why would anyone waste their time reading a bunch of divisive partisan nonsense? That blog post is about as relevant as anything Glenn Beck or DailyKos has to say on the issue.
When everything from hosted email to renting CPU time is described as "cloud computing," I'm not sure how you're able to say with a straight face that it's not a buzzword.
Well I can't say much on the topic because I don't live in the UK, but they still don't allow gay couples to get married, for example.
A few months ago the British government decided not to pardon Turing for his "crime" of being gay.
Their reasoning for rejecting the pardon request seems reasonable:
So it seems that's been addressed by the British government recently. Even though full equality may be a few steps away -- and we shouldn't whitewash that fact -- it's also important to acknowledge that there was far more to Turing than his sexuality.