Is there really a problem with Google search? And before I rant, I'm sure they'll be a "stop showing results from G+" link under the first result.
The WWW has never been the best part of the internet. Why does everyone get their knickers in a twist over it? What is everyone else searching for that I'm not?
I want to hang a shelf. How? If someone could show me once, I think I'd manage. Google shows me the correct videos.
I know the folder name of my favourite movie/app/mp3 but it's been years, and the folder's been deleted. Google finds me torrents.
The doctor says I have "hereditary spherocytosis". Sounds serious. Google explains all.
Hardware problems, software problems, Windows problems, Android problems. I'm pulling my hair out. Google shows me a metric ton of forum results. That's good. Someone's always asked the question before. Someone's often found a fix.
I'm surprised too. I've been warning real life friends and internet associates for too long. They're probably past the point of believing me.
I still download a movie a week. 3 times out of 4, I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd read a book or played a game instead. The wife and daughter go through phases with downloading music. I suspect they are dissapointed with their selections more often than not.
We will give up music and movies if these blocks gain more traction. That's the bottom line. We'd rather do something else with our money.
Blocking live sport is the thing that bothers me most. I watched a game at the weekend. The stadium is less than a mile away from my house but I couldn't get tickets. I ended up watching it on a Canadian TV station over 7,000 miles away.
My S2 is the best camera I've ever owned. It's perfect for the family shots. Uploading to my Google account is a killer feature (I know, I know, just another Android). Unless you are a pro or semi-pro, it's everything a camera should be.
When Shop A swaps its tracking info with Shop B, we have an even bigger problem. Comet, Dixons and PC World are all owned by the same company and I'll guess they all share their data.
Stalking is illegal in the UK. How is following me around from shop to shop not stalking?
I couldn't give a shit if they say it's anonymous, as we all know it's not.
I'm so glad most of my shopping is done online. The only shops I visit are local corner shops, many of which know my real name and where I live... maybe I haven't thought that through properly. Don;t spend money in shops is the only solution.
I too haven't read the article and I don't intend breaking the habit of a lifetime.
Combining the CLI with the GUI?
Haven't I been doing this with all the CAD programmes I've ever used? Six. I think I've used six. Maybe seven. One was complete shite. Six. I'm going with six.
Set Datum 0,0,0 Show Layer 12, 15, 35, 60 Zoom 200%
All faster than clicking. Most of the time a quick C&P from previous commands was all that was needed.
The "Zoom Window" command would prompt the user to click two points.
I explained the DNS to my aging father in a matter of minutes. It's not hard to understand the basics.
How can our lords and masters not understand the basics?
"Dad, it's like the phone book. You look up the name of the person/website, and to the right it displays the phone number/IP number. IP numbers are just like phone numbers; every computer on the internet has one"
So that took all of 10 seconds, not the minutes I first said.
How can our lords and masters not understand the basics?
The first phone I bought nearly 20 years ago, a Pansonic something-something, let me flick though the 'contacts app' during a call. It's been a feature on every phone I've bought since.
"there's ice on the road and I think I'll drive at 100mph" - only an idiot would say that.
Only drive as fast as the road conditions allow - this is bascially the law in the UK. Don't follow that law; expect to get punished for dangerous driving or driving without due care and attention.
We have speed limits here too. They aren't a target speed. You do not have to drive at the national speed limit, only under it.
I installed an add-on/theme/toolbar changer about 2 years ago. I couldn't tell you the name (from this work PC) but it was something like "minimalist".
It has survived all updates.
I couldn't even tell you what the "MeTo ChromeAlike" interface looks like, as I've never seen it.
Peeps, if you don't like how FF looks, change it. It was one of the thing that drew us all to FF in the first place - the ability to change stuff we didn't like.
S2 for 50 GBP up front, 25 GBP a month, 750 minutes, 500mb data, 5,000 SMS , from Tesco (O2 carrier in truth). Well happy with it after 4 days of playing.
T-Mobile acually offer it for 0GBP up front, 20 GBP a month. Downside is 250 minutes, but unlimted everything else.
People will continue to ignore adverts. When I walking to the pub to buy a pint of beer, I'm not going to decide to buy a cider instead because my phone told me to. Flashing it up on the door as I walk in will turn me off rather than tune me in.
And the way things are going, fewer people will be spending money in the future too. It's all wasted effort.
Same as that, but I'll add one thing: adverts actually put me off buying something. If the product or service is actually that good, why advertise it 100 times a day?
I don't know where you're from, but in the UK we have an insurance broker company called "Go Compare". It has the most annoying soundtrack ever. Don't take my word for it, it was voted as the most irritating advertisement in 2009 and 2010.
I refuse to visit their website, I'll change the radio station if it comes on, I'll pause the DVR and wait 30 seconds if I see that singing waiter. I'll not buy anything from them ever.
Add to that their Google blacklisting, on more than one occasion, and I think my job here is done.
Slashdot Mirror
Is there really a problem with Google search? And before I rant, I'm sure they'll be a "stop showing results from G+" link under the first result.
The WWW has never been the best part of the internet. Why does everyone get their knickers in a twist over it? What is everyone else searching for that I'm not?
I want to hang a shelf. How? If someone could show me once, I think I'd manage. Google shows me the correct videos.
I know the folder name of my favourite movie/app/mp3 but it's been years, and the folder's been deleted. Google finds me torrents.
The doctor says I have "hereditary spherocytosis". Sounds serious. Google explains all.
Hardware problems, software problems, Windows problems, Android problems. I'm pulling my hair out. Google shows me a metric ton of forum results. That's good. Someone's always asked the question before. Someone's often found a fix.
Maybe that someone is on G+.
Plants manage the job fine with sunlight and water.
This is the future. Trees turned into biomass wood pellets. It's cheaper to convert coal power stations to biomass than to build new ones.
The cycle is nearly complete.
I'm surprised too. I've been warning real life friends and internet associates for too long. They're probably past the point of believing me.
I still download a movie a week. 3 times out of 4, I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd read a book or played a game instead. The wife and daughter go through phases with downloading music. I suspect they are dissapointed with their selections more often than not.
We will give up music and movies if these blocks gain more traction. That's the bottom line. We'd rather do something else with our money.
Blocking live sport is the thing that bothers me most. I watched a game at the weekend. The stadium is less than a mile away from my house but I couldn't get tickets. I ended up watching it on a Canadian TV station over 7,000 miles away.
Something is truely wrong.
"All I took was my Galaxy SII"
My S2 is the best camera I've ever owned. It's perfect for the family shots. Uploading to my Google account is a killer feature (I know, I know, just another Android). Unless you are a pro or semi-pro, it's everything a camera should be.
Cheap point and clicks are dead for Joe Average.
When Shop A swaps its tracking info with Shop B, we have an even bigger problem. Comet, Dixons and PC World are all owned by the same company and I'll guess they all share their data.
Stalking is illegal in the UK. How is following me around from shop to shop not stalking?
I couldn't give a shit if they say it's anonymous, as we all know it's not.
I'm so glad most of my shopping is done online. The only shops I visit are local corner shops, many of which know my real name and where I live... maybe I haven't thought that through properly. Don;t spend money in shops is the only solution.
I've done that on my G+ profiel photo. The eyes are twice as big as normal. The aspect ratio changed. Truely munged.
My father commented on it. He said there was something different about me. "You've taken your glasses off" he finally said. That's a win in my book.
I signed up a LoveFilm trial many moons ago, before the days of streaming.
I bought a pack of 50 DVD-Rs, installed DVD-Shink and waited for my DVDs.
I think I ended up copying 10 DVDs. The rest were complete shite.
I guess LoveFilm hasn't changed much over teh years.
I too haven't read the article and I don't intend breaking the habit of a lifetime.
Combining the CLI with the GUI?
Haven't I been doing this with all the CAD programmes I've ever used? Six. I think I've used six. Maybe seven. One was complete shite. Six. I'm going with six.
Set Datum 0,0,0
Show Layer 12, 15, 35, 60
Zoom 200%
All faster than clicking. Most of the time a quick C&P from previous commands was all that was needed.
The "Zoom Window" command would prompt the user to click two points.
Is it worth reading or not?
I explained the DNS to my aging father in a matter of minutes. It's not hard to understand the basics.
How can our lords and masters not understand the basics?
"Dad, it's like the phone book. You look up the name of the person/website, and to the right it displays the phone number/IP number. IP numbers are just like phone numbers; every computer on the internet has one"
So that took all of 10 seconds, not the minutes I first said.
How can our lords and masters not understand the basics?
Dear Ask Slashdot,
I've just purchased an e-reader and downloaded all the books I could find on TPB.
Which one should I read first?
Paksennarrion?
This is why I hate fantasy books. After ten of those long made-up names I can no longer follow the story.
The first phone I bought nearly 20 years ago, a Pansonic something-something, let me flick though the 'contacts app' during a call. It's been a feature on every phone I've bought since.
I'm sure I use an 'App' to make a phone call on my phone.
Does the App excute before my call, during my call and after my call?
Swipe up to reject my question.
So drive slower.
"there's ice on the road and I think I'll drive at 100mph" - only an idiot would say that.
Only drive as fast as the road conditions allow - this is bascially the law in the UK. Don't follow that law; expect to get punished for dangerous driving or driving without due care and attention.
We have speed limits here too. They aren't a target speed. You do not have to drive at the national speed limit, only under it.
I installed an add-on/theme/toolbar changer about 2 years ago. I couldn't tell you the name (from this work PC) but it was something like "minimalist".
It has survived all updates.
I couldn't even tell you what the "MeTo ChromeAlike" interface looks like, as I've never seen it.
Peeps, if you don't like how FF looks, change it. It was one of the thing that drew us all to FF in the first place - the ability to change stuff we didn't like.
The rest of us thought it was funny
Lawn darts were for pussies!
Take one long bamboo cane. Sharpen the end.
Cut a cross in the other end and use some cardboard for the flights.
A little notch halfway down to aid the throw.
Another bamboo cane with some string attached in a loop. The loop goes in the notch of the spear/arrow/javlin.
We could throw these babies 100m if the wind was right.
They could kill a cow (but we always missed).
The facade I create at work takes just as much effort as doing the actual work.
If only they knew...
S2 for 50 GBP up front, 25 GBP a month, 750 minutes, 500mb data, 5,000 SMS , from Tesco (O2 carrier in truth). Well happy with it after 4 days of playing.
T-Mobile acually offer it for 0GBP up front, 20 GBP a month. Downside is 250 minutes, but unlimted everything else.
Calm down sir, there's no need to panic.
People will continue to ignore adverts. When I walking to the pub to buy a pint of beer, I'm not going to decide to buy a cider instead because my phone told me to. Flashing it up on the door as I walk in will turn me off rather than tune me in.
And the way things are going, fewer people will be spending money in the future too. It's all wasted effort.
It's not about being totally hidden. It's about being more hidden than the spaz next door.
I'm not a programmer like you guys, but I know ASP, JS, VBA, VBS, Python, Java, and maybe more. I don't know about bug reports either, but I try.
They normally start with: This is repeatable
Followed by the steps.
e.g
1. Open App.
2. Click this exact button.
3. App crashes with error message "XYZ".
I feel, as a user, this is enough.
When I get the reply "Doesn't happen on my PC" I could cry.
What else, as a user, can I possibly do?
So close, and yet so far.
teef, fump
Same as that, but I'll add one thing: adverts actually put me off buying something. If the product or service is actually that good, why advertise it 100 times a day?
I don't know where you're from, but in the UK we have an insurance broker company called "Go Compare". It has the most annoying soundtrack ever. Don't take my word for it, it was voted as the most irritating advertisement in 2009 and 2010.
I refuse to visit their website, I'll change the radio station if it comes on, I'll pause the DVR and wait 30 seconds if I see that singing waiter. I'll not buy anything from them ever.
Add to that their Google blacklisting, on more than one occasion, and I think my job here is done.
Karma.
Being forced to sniff my killer's balls is a crime worthy of hanging.
I demand action!
Seriously, I expect the Daily Fail to champion my cause.
And Slashdot: C'mon, enough of this shite. You don't post stories from The Sun or The Mirror. Don't post made-up shite from the Daily Fail.