Did you perhaps fail to read the fine article? I think he covers this pretty well: yes, choice is wonderful, and it's far better to live in this world of many choices than in one with none... but, there is such a thing as too much, and there's no conradiction between those two points of view.
People have been making this kind of complaint for a long time, but this has to be one of the best expressions of just what's wrong with typical Linux distributions.
You don't understand. Psychology (along with economics, sociology, political science, etc.) only claims to be universal, when in fact it is a description of bourgeois consciousness alone.
Another example is Nazi experiments on human endurance in (very) cold water. The average time for someone to die or suffer irreversible damage from being in cold water was used to determine when to send helicopters to rescue shipwreck victims in the north Atlantic and when it would be of no use. Robert N. Proctor, a history prof at Penn State, has some good work on the Allies' post-war use of Nazi science.
Maybe you're not talking about monocultures, but about standards. Anybody can write an application that speaks SMTP, etc. It's only when companies want to add new features for the sake of competitive advantage that the problems crop up. Just look at all the mess with Javascript, CSS, DHTML, etc. on the web, largely as a result of the browser wars; it's still not resolved.
Give each employee 15 minutes to figure out how it works. If they can't figure it out, then they have no business trying to operate a computer in the first place.
I have a serious question: If you go to a bar and can't get laid within a few hours, does that mean you have no business trying to operate your penis?
Death, a metabolic affliction causing total shutdown of all life functions, has long been considered humanity's number one health concern. Responsible for 100 percent of all recorded fatalities worldwide, the condition has no cure.
the general consensus is that Aaron Hillegass's "Cocoa Programming for Mac OSX" is the best Cocoa book out there.
That's probably right, but once you've finished it and digested it, so to speak, which probably won't take more than a couple of weeks, the next must-have is Anguish, Buck, and Yacktman: Cocoa Programming. Very in-depth reference guide with some excellent explanations of why Cocoa features work the way they do. Hillegass and Cheeseman are always saying "just do it this way, trust me," which is pretty unsatisfying when you're trying to figure out how to make your own apps do things that you want. That said, Cheeseman's book is the best all-around reference (though it's set up as one massive, continuous project) on Cocoa application "design" (showing you how to package your app, set up resource files, localization, etc.). Anyway, my $0.02 as an owner, reader, and user of all three books.
While you're right that there's no inherent benefit in quality, the issue is that _many_ more effects plug-ins are available as VSTs (and people forced to rely on DirectX complain about the lack of availability). Also, many people have a considerable investment in VST plug-ins, so they're understandably not too enthused about having to throw money away to move to a different platform.
It seems that for you, "DRM" and "fair" could never be in the same sentence without a "not" thrown in there somewhere. No surprise, then, that you're not persuaded.
They may be pricks (or trolls), but they have some good points. If you can get past the annoying exterior, you might find some good information on these issues by googling for "audiophile" in rec.audio.pro, a group populated primarily by very good recording engineers. These are guys (mostly) who got where they are through both excellent (and aesthetically attuned) hearing and scientific knowledge of how audio works at every point in the signal chain. To watch them dismiss, with unimpeachable arguments and long experience, the claims of "sensitive" audiophiles can be instructive. I speak as one who has been schooled.
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Did you perhaps fail to read the fine article? I think he covers this pretty well: yes, choice is wonderful, and it's far better to live in this world of many choices than in one with none ... but, there is such a thing as too much, and there's no conradiction between those two points of view.
People have been making this kind of complaint for a long time, but this has to be one of the best expressions of just what's wrong with typical Linux distributions.
You don't understand. Psychology (along with economics, sociology, political science, etc.) only claims to be universal, when in fact it is a description of bourgeois consciousness alone.
"You've tried the 'rest.' Now try the 'best.'"
Skywalker: "You fought in the drone wars?"
IIRC, Microsoft's compatibility-killing proprietary tag was <marquee>, which would make things scroll by.
Well, in French, "L H O O Q" sounds like "elle a chaud au cul," which sounds just plain hot.
Another example is Nazi experiments on human endurance in (very) cold water. The average time for someone to die or suffer irreversible damage from being in cold water was used to determine when to send helicopters to rescue shipwreck victims in the north Atlantic and when it would be of no use. Robert N. Proctor, a history prof at Penn State, has some good work on the Allies' post-war use of Nazi science.
Maybe you're not talking about monocultures, but about standards. Anybody can write an application that speaks SMTP, etc. It's only when companies want to add new features for the sake of competitive advantage that the problems crop up. Just look at all the mess with Javascript, CSS, DHTML, etc. on the web, largely as a result of the browser wars; it's still not resolved.
I have a serious question: If you go to a bar and can't get laid within a few hours, does that mean you have no business trying to operate your penis?
ATM machines
Is this anything like Cartoon Cartoon Friday?
No, but maybe just some plain old 'goat' or 'anal' links.
Well, in the Poet's song, that scans better, anyway ("YOU'RE an ALT-dot-TO-tal LO-ser"). :)
Is that so? Care to back that up with a link?
Sorry, but s/Ninja/EE/g alone is incapable of producing humor.
"We must close the DDoS gap!"
Or, heaven forfend, a math professor who has some expertise in writing?! The humanities have at least some benefits even outside of academia.
That's probably right, but once you've finished it and digested it, so to speak, which probably won't take more than a couple of weeks, the next must-have is Anguish, Buck, and Yacktman: Cocoa Programming. Very in-depth reference guide with some excellent explanations of why Cocoa features work the way they do. Hillegass and Cheeseman are always saying "just do it this way, trust me," which is pretty unsatisfying when you're trying to figure out how to make your own apps do things that you want. That said, Cheeseman's book is the best all-around reference (though it's set up as one massive, continuous project) on Cocoa application "design" (showing you how to package your app, set up resource files, localization, etc.). Anyway, my $0.02 as an owner, reader, and user of all three books.
I would prefer "Winux."
Doctor: Then don't do that!
While you're right that there's no inherent benefit in quality, the issue is that _many_ more effects plug-ins are available as VSTs (and people forced to rely on DirectX complain about the lack of availability). Also, many people have a considerable investment in VST plug-ins, so they're understandably not too enthused about having to throw money away to move to a different platform.
There! Now don't you feel better?
It seems that for you, "DRM" and "fair" could never be in the same sentence without a "not" thrown in there somewhere. No surprise, then, that you're not persuaded.
They may be pricks (or trolls), but they have some good points. If you can get past the annoying exterior, you might find some good information on these issues by googling for "audiophile" in rec.audio.pro, a group populated primarily by very good recording engineers. These are guys (mostly) who got where they are through both excellent (and aesthetically attuned) hearing and scientific knowledge of how audio works at every point in the signal chain. To watch them dismiss, with unimpeachable arguments and long experience, the claims of "sensitive" audiophiles can be instructive. I speak as one who has been schooled.