90 people moved into upper management and government bureaucracies to regulate the booming new industry, I presume:-P
(I wasn't actually paying that much attention in history class; I just got the general gist of "the industrial revolution completely transformed the list of available jobs, but didn't really change the length of the list very much")
There are so many SF stories of robots making people obsolete
These have been around for quite a long time; tractors replacing large groups of field workers, factories replacing blacksmiths, steam engines replacing human muscle -- in all cases it's true that the employment for unskilled manual labour was decimated, however many more jobs opened up in higher-level areas, and the average income and quality of life was raised for all.
The devkit being written in java is irrelevant; the devkit being java does seem quite relevant though. Even though android takes the vanilla java and post-processes it a bit, it still has references to things like "java.lang.Object" in the finished binary...
Are you trying to claim that the issue is that is uses a human interface (the high level language) that looks too much like java?
Looks like java? Even if you ignore the fact that the source code is.java, and compiled with javac, and concentrate purely on the.dex binary output, you can still look inside it and see that all the classes inherit from a class called "java.lang.Object"...
Show me a functional app running on android where `strings classes.dex | grep java | wc -l` returns zero, and I will concede that you have a valid point...
It works fine if you are willing and knowledgeable enough to set up these extra steps, and dilligent enough to always go through them, yes. That doesn't help the 99% of users who signed up for dropbox for its simplicity though:P
OP states that since the users signed up for a service, having the service screw them over is acceptable; I ask if he signed up for a service, is it acceptable for the service to screw him over - can you please point out which parts of those statements aren't similar?
I wasn't actually referring to lulzsec at all - I was thinking of all the legitimate users that paypal has screwed over. The OP seemed to be implying that since they signed up to use paypal as a money transfer service, then having their accounts locked and their money inaccessable is nothing to worry about.
I don't honestly care about anyone's perceived unforgivable injustices from a private, opt-in, and largely free to use company.
So it's perfectly OK for CmdrTaco to come round your house and kick you in the nuts? You *did* sign up to his private, opt-in, and largely free to use website after all~
I thought the problems were that dropbox employees have access to your files, they just aren't allowed to read them (they originally said they didn't have access to the files); and that for a few hours it was possible to log into any account without needing a password; you don't seem to have addressed either of those...
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have you considered "git tag" + "git describe"? I give each release a version number tag (eg 1.21.1), and then "git describe" gives a "last tag + offset + UID" string (eg 1.21.1-35-g86897b0) which works wonderfully for things like package names (eg libfoo_1.21.1-35_amd64.deb)
Hope they get over it before the next LTS, or I'll be distro shopping myself.
If you are presented with a choice of two desktops (as you are, if you have installed 11.04), and you can't manage to choose the one that you like that even comes pre-installed for your convenience, I recommend you go shopping for a mac:-)
(Seriously, WTF has happened to the tech knowledge of the average slashdotter recently? A few years ago every man and his dog was writing his own window manager from scratch, and now people don't even realise that the world outside of default settings exists...)
I installed ubuntu on my nvidia ion-based laptop; as soon as I got to the desktop I didn't even need to click "find drivers", it actually prompted me saying "you're currently using the free drivers; if you want 3D acceleration, click here to use the proprietary ones". I did want 3D acceleration, so I clicked yes, and everything has worked flawlessly ever since. Not sure how that counts as unsuitable...
Also, pray tell, what magic do Intel and ATI do so that using their graphics cards causes your wifi to work?
If you don't like my comment, you're free to move onto the next one; unless you're a fucking jerk too;-)
Though I actually think both our complaints are valid for the same reason -- you don't like having to dig through piles of whiney crap to find the on-topic comments, I don't like having to dig through piles of mainstream news to find the nerdy stuff~
My definition of "nerd" is someone who cares about something that normal people don't -- sure, you can be a politics nerd and you care about this, but just because you care doesn't make it nerdy; for it to be nerdy, other people have to not care (and by other people, I specifically mean the mainstream press).
By that definition, new software / scifi releases are valid, as slashdot is one of very few places to hear about them; cool medical research which hasn't hit the market is ok too, as you probably wouldn't hear about it otherwise; terrorism is something that every newspaper the world over goes on about endlessly, so having it here too is redundant.
I find that current pirates are generally aware of the situation and the effects of their actions, and they buy to support the creators; if piracy were allowed, the normal people who don't know and don't care would see it as a valid option and download without thinking~
A minute on google can't find a specific number, but taking the total NHS spending bill and dividing by the population of the UK it comes out at ~£800 per person per year (about $1300). So $110 per month for an average person. Someone higher in the thread said that as a healthy young low-risk individual their insurance was tiny, only $150 per month, and several older higher-risk people said they were lucky to be that low -- so going by these napkin-numbers, we in the UK have it pretty good.
When Microsoft took over, people complained that non-MS platforms would stop getting updates. Now that updates are released (which is more than the original skype did in the last few years!), that's a problem too?
Personally I'm hoping that this is a sign that Linux support is on the way too...
However, Terry Pratchett is a coward. He doesn't want to commit suicide. He wants someone else to kill him when it gets so bad he can't do it himself.
Citation needed? Having actually watched the documentary, it seems his goal is to simply pass away in a calm and dignified way (your suggested methods are neither), causing as little trouble to those still alive as possible (your suggested methods would leave his friends and family in a great deal of trouble for not trying to stop him) - in practice the method is to take one's own life at the last possible moment before slipping into insanity (though to be safe, and to be very clear that one really is sane, in practice it normally happens a couple of months before the final slide)
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90 people moved into upper management and government bureaucracies to regulate the booming new industry, I presume :-P
(I wasn't actually paying that much attention in history class; I just got the general gist of "the industrial revolution completely transformed the list of available jobs, but didn't really change the length of the list very much")
There are so many SF stories of robots making people obsolete
These have been around for quite a long time; tractors replacing large groups of field workers, factories replacing blacksmiths, steam engines replacing human muscle -- in all cases it's true that the employment for unskilled manual labour was decimated, however many more jobs opened up in higher-level areas, and the average income and quality of life was raised for all.
The devkit being written in java is irrelevant; the devkit being java does seem quite relevant though. Even though android takes the vanilla java and post-processes it a bit, it still has references to things like "java.lang.Object" in the finished binary...
Are you trying to claim that the issue is that is uses a human interface (the high level language) that looks too much like java?
Looks like java? Even if you ignore the fact that the source code is .java, and compiled with javac, and concentrate purely on the .dex binary output, you can still look inside it and see that all the classes inherit from a class called "java.lang.Object"...
Show me a functional app running on android where `strings classes.dex | grep java | wc -l` returns zero, and I will concede that you have a valid point...
It works fine if you are willing and knowledgeable enough to set up these extra steps, and dilligent enough to always go through them, yes. That doesn't help the 99% of users who signed up for dropbox for its simplicity though :P
OP states that since the users signed up for a service, having the service screw them over is acceptable; I ask if he signed up for a service, is it acceptable for the service to screw him over - can you please point out which parts of those statements aren't similar?
I wasn't actually referring to lulzsec at all - I was thinking of all the legitimate users that paypal has screwed over. The OP seemed to be implying that since they signed up to use paypal as a money transfer service, then having their accounts locked and their money inaccessable is nothing to worry about.
I don't honestly care about anyone's perceived unforgivable injustices from a private, opt-in, and largely free to use company.
So it's perfectly OK for CmdrTaco to come round your house and kick you in the nuts? You *did* sign up to his private, opt-in, and largely free to use website after all~
I thought the problems were that dropbox employees have access to your files, they just aren't allowed to read them (they originally said they didn't have access to the files); and that for a few hours it was possible to log into any account without needing a password; you don't seem to have addressed either of those...
have you considered "git tag" + "git describe"? I give each release a version number tag (eg 1.21.1), and then "git describe" gives a "last tag + offset + UID" string (eg 1.21.1-35-g86897b0) which works wonderfully for things like package names (eg libfoo_1.21.1-35_amd64.deb)
Hope they get over it before the next LTS, or I'll be distro shopping myself.
If you are presented with a choice of two desktops (as you are, if you have installed 11.04), and you can't manage to choose the one that you like that even comes pre-installed for your convenience, I recommend you go shopping for a mac :-)
(Seriously, WTF has happened to the tech knowledge of the average slashdotter recently? A few years ago every man and his dog was writing his own window manager from scratch, and now people don't even realise that the world outside of default settings exists...)
I installed ubuntu on my nvidia ion-based laptop; as soon as I got to the desktop I didn't even need to click "find drivers", it actually prompted me saying "you're currently using the free drivers; if you want 3D acceleration, click here to use the proprietary ones". I did want 3D acceleration, so I clicked yes, and everything has worked flawlessly ever since. Not sure how that counts as unsuitable...
Also, pray tell, what magic do Intel and ATI do so that using their graphics cards causes your wifi to work?
If you don't like my comment, you're free to move onto the next one; unless you're a fucking jerk too ;-)
Though I actually think both our complaints are valid for the same reason -- you don't like having to dig through piles of whiney crap to find the on-topic comments, I don't like having to dig through piles of mainstream news to find the nerdy stuff~
My definition of "nerd" is someone who cares about something that normal people don't -- sure, you can be a politics nerd and you care about this, but just because you care doesn't make it nerdy; for it to be nerdy, other people have to not care (and by other people, I specifically mean the mainstream press).
By that definition, new software / scifi releases are valid, as slashdot is one of very few places to hear about them; cool medical research which hasn't hit the market is ok too, as you probably wouldn't hear about it otherwise; terrorism is something that every newspaper the world over goes on about endlessly, so having it here too is redundant.
Unless your mother's basement happens to be in Oslo, I think not.
There's a difference between "News for nerds" and "News for people in general, of which nerds may be included though it isn't really aimed at them"
I find that current pirates are generally aware of the situation and the effects of their actions, and they buy to support the creators; if piracy were allowed, the normal people who don't know and don't care would see it as a valid option and download without thinking~
Why is that a separate project to openstreetmap?
naming it after what is apparently a child famous for pantyshots
Naming it after a fictional character famous for having her pantyshots covered up, actually; which seems appropriate for the situation...
Wait, no! I've got an even better analogy!
It's like a car, with (allegedly) a dead hooker in the boot and a password instead of physical keys
A minute on google can't find a specific number, but taking the total NHS spending bill and dividing by the population of the UK it comes out at ~£800 per person per year (about $1300). So $110 per month for an average person. Someone higher in the thread said that as a healthy young low-risk individual their insurance was tiny, only $150 per month, and several older higher-risk people said they were lucky to be that low -- so going by these napkin-numbers, we in the UK have it pretty good.
When Microsoft took over, people complained that non-MS platforms would stop getting updates. Now that updates are released (which is more than the original skype did in the last few years!), that's a problem too?
Personally I'm hoping that this is a sign that Linux support is on the way too...
why Mozilla hasn't considered a Firefox OS?
I heard you like buying paying for terabytes of RAM, so I stuck a firefox in your firefox so you can bloat while you bloat...
if Google wants to help users discover what strangers can find out about them
Why would google want to do this? They're a search / advertising company - making people nervous about privacy issues helps neither
However, Terry Pratchett is a coward. He doesn't want to commit suicide. He wants someone else to kill him when it gets so bad he can't do it himself.
Citation needed? Having actually watched the documentary, it seems his goal is to simply pass away in a calm and dignified way (your suggested methods are neither), causing as little trouble to those still alive as possible (your suggested methods would leave his friends and family in a great deal of trouble for not trying to stop him) - in practice the method is to take one's own life at the last possible moment before slipping into insanity (though to be safe, and to be very clear that one really is sane, in practice it normally happens a couple of months before the final slide)
That the osmosis happens faster than the oxygen gets used up seems pretty cool to me - why can't we do that to stay underwater for extended periods?