---------------- but the MINUTE they get spammed, they are all shouting about accountability and how we need better records of who is using the internt. -----------------
He didn't once start whining about accountability. He just cracked them and MADE them accountable.
Cry Me a River. Why should we care about lusers who don't know how to utilize resources. Dumbing down Linux makes it bad bad bad bad bad bad.... lynx rules i am leet and stuf and more stuff and i like cli it will live forever
Correct me if I am wrong, but is this not the sort of think that kernel.org takes care of? I love my Slashdot, but I think that this sort of thing should be posted (especially for devel kernels). If people want to keep up to date on the kernel situation, they can use the kernotes.org Slashbox.
This may seem like anathema, but I don't understand why we should be targeting regular people (meaning people who just want to get their work done and be done with it)? If the motivation is to "rescue" windows users from the evil grips of Microsoft, thit is the *wrong* motivation. People who only deal with computers out of necessity have windows; people who like computers have a *nix.
I am relatively new to the Linux world, and I had to learn the hard way (meaning that I had to adapt and evolve from a windows/GUI only mindset to a *nix mindset and way of thinking). It takes time, hard work, and energy..but that is the way it should be! Anything that is worth having requires hard work. The benefits that result from such work are worth it..and windows users pay the price of user-friendliness.
As for the author's (of "It's the User, Stupid") complaint that the desktop environments for Linux/Open Source are not good enough is, IMHO, false. Both GNOME/KDE are both competent desktop environments and should be user-friendly enough for users with even a small amount of experience. The only element of the GUI Linux experience that I think needs evaluation is the interface to customization of window managers...although they are already done quite well.
Another question that begs to be asked is whether or not a user that needs such a dumbed-down UI can even benefit from the versatility of the system that he/she is using. I highly doubt that a user who has difficulty with the UI as it currently is can fully benefit from the Linux environment.
"If a member picks yes, we make their lives simple," said Jeff Kimball, AOL's executive director for its client software.
...ignorance is blisssss. I don't think I will ever understand why people will not take the opportunity to learn something new if they have a chance. Why don't people just spend a couple minutes a day learning how their computer works. If AOL customers had actually educated themselves before purchasing the service, they would not be running into these problem as they never would have gotten it in the first place. In this case, and many others, education is the way to keep from getting fucked.
Hmmm...thats funny, this was not the tune that SCO was humming a while ago. From the 17 Jan./. frontpage:
"SCO is tuning now to be a service company (not just to Linux but to AIX and other unices)..."
But the following was on/. on 4 Sep.:
"An interesting look at what SCO is telling it's customers about Linux is found
here. There seems to be a great deal of fear and loathing."
Strange how just a few months ago SCO was saying:
"Linux at this moment can be considered more a play thing for IT students rather than a serious operating system in which to place the functioning, security and future of a business."
All these issues are why my friends and I have "procured" some server space from our school and gotten our own subdomains from dyndns.org. If there is ever a problem with the server, we fix it ourselves. The only problem is that one has trouble convincing their school to spring for a decent machine; case in point, right now the server is down (damn cable connection/AMD K6-2/lack of RAM) and it's the weekend so we can't fix it...so I guess I just accidentally convinced everybody to get a proffesional hosting service when that was not my intention at all. Oh well, I guess you live and learn. Now to put up that Tribes server (duct-taped to the bottom of the table of course).
The original thinking behind patents, IMHO, is to encourage the development of novel products. Google has a superior product based on a search algorithm that is head and shoulders above the rest, both in originality and accuracy. In order to fully benefit from their superior product, they need to have their bread and butter insured against the actions of parasitic organizations that would otherwise leech ideas off of pioneering companies (in this case Google). Patents are not bad, they are just more susceptible to abuse than they could be. Fault lies with the USPTO, not the intrinsic concept of patents itself.
I know that I am not supposed to be using Amazon (you know the whole one-click fiasco) but, frankly, I don't care. I figured: "better order from a store that has enough resources to get all my stuff to my house on time" and it worked like a charm...I ordered on the 22nd and received it on the 24th.
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"The prototype contains the first three chapters of Genesis, in 1,000 languages. "
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What a waste of storage. Why not all the Subgenius that's fit to print?
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"Lawrence Lessig == smart."
.{redmist}.
Call me a nitpick, but == is for comparing/defining numerical values...not strings (at least in Perl).
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What about dual-booters? *GASP*...redmist ACTUALLY uses Windows? Infidel!
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Haven't you ever heard of an ICQ clone?
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Intel gives money to harvard, harvard becomes intels bitch. what is so hard to understand?
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WTF are you talking about?
.{redmist}.
---------------- but the MINUTE they get spammed, they are all shouting about accountability and how we need better records of who is using the internt. -----------------
He didn't once start whining about accountability. He just cracked them and MADE them accountable.
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open(COLA, "cola") || die "No cola for you: $!";
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my friend has flashcom and they are horrible. It took flashcom 3 WEEKS to even have someone come out and look at it.
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Well no shit Napster hurts record sales. How could someone not understand that? The next question is: "Who Cares?"
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"He said on a ?stack of bibles? that?s the ?arrangement? he and the board came to."
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I'd rather he swear on Programming Perl.
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How dare you post such an inappropriate link such as that you anonymous beast!? -redmist
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Cry Me a River. Why should we care about lusers who don't know how to utilize resources. Dumbing down Linux makes it bad bad bad bad bad bad .... lynx rules i am leet and stuf and more stuff and i like cli it will live forever
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I mean NOT be posted (lack of sleep).
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Correct me if I am wrong, but is this not the sort of think that kernel.org takes care of? I love my Slashdot, but I think that this sort of thing should be posted (especially for devel kernels). If people want to keep up to date on the kernel situation, they can use the kernotes.org Slashbox.
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This may seem like anathema, but I don't understand why we should be targeting regular people (meaning people who just want to get their work done and be done with it)? If the motivation is to "rescue" windows users from the evil grips of Microsoft, thit is the *wrong* motivation. People who only deal with computers out of necessity have windows; people who like computers have a *nix.
...Besides, it's a bastardization of the form.
.{redmist}.
I am relatively new to the Linux world, and I had to learn the hard way (meaning that I had to adapt and evolve from a windows/GUI only mindset to a *nix mindset and way of thinking). It takes time, hard work, and energy..but that is the way it should be! Anything that is worth having requires hard work. The benefits that result from such work are worth it..and windows users pay the price of user-friendliness.
As for the author's (of "It's the User, Stupid") complaint that the desktop environments for Linux/Open Source are not good enough is, IMHO, false. Both GNOME/KDE are both competent desktop environments and should be user-friendly enough for users with even a small amount of experience. The only element of the GUI Linux experience that I think needs evaluation is the interface to customization of window managers...although they are already done quite well.
Another question that begs to be asked is whether or not a user that needs such a dumbed-down UI can even benefit from the versatility of the system that he/she is using. I highly doubt that a user who has difficulty with the UI as it currently is can fully benefit from the Linux environment.
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Is this really important enough for its own story?
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All these issues are why my friends and I have "procured" some server space from our school and gotten our own subdomains from dyndns.org. If there is ever a problem with the server, we fix it ourselves. The only problem is that one has trouble convincing their school to spring for a decent machine; case in point, right now the server is down (damn cable connection/AMD K6-2/lack of RAM) and it's the weekend so we can't fix it...so I guess I just accidentally convinced everybody to get a proffesional hosting service when that was not my intention at all. Oh well, I guess you live and learn. Now to put up that Tribes server (duct-taped to the bottom of the table of course).
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SSL 3.0, RC4 with 40 bit encryption (Low); RSA with 512 bit exchange
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ARRGGGH...you are forgetting aboot Perl, how could you? After all, it is postmodern.
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The original thinking behind patents, IMHO, is to encourage the development of novel products. Google has a superior product based on a search algorithm that is head and shoulders above the rest, both in originality and accuracy. In order to fully benefit from their superior product, they need to have their bread and butter insured against the actions of parasitic organizations that would otherwise leech ideas off of pioneering companies (in this case Google). Patents are not bad, they are just more susceptible to abuse than they could be. Fault lies with the USPTO, not the intrinsic concept of patents itself.
.{redmist}.
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I know that I am not supposed to be using Amazon (you know the whole one-click fiasco) but, frankly, I don't care. I figured: "better order from a store that has enough resources to get all my stuff to my house on time" and it worked like a charm...I ordered on the 22nd and received it on the 24th.
.{redmist}.
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