Great. Now how about some encryption? I notice that the one useful feature most of these services (purposely?) omit is client side [de|en]cryption with the client holding the keys. Why is that?
Do these online storage services actually data mine their customers' files?/tinfoil
To all the people asking why, I have a better question... WHY NOT? I'll run whatever the fuck I want I on my hardware. You don't like it? Tough shit.
What happened to choice is good, diversity is good? Look at all of these so-called nerds, shouting down the few who don't conform to running Windows on $300 laptops.
Congratulations, you've become what you despised./rant
So, full disclosure here (and you're going to love this): I have several Macs; my current rigs are 2011 iMac 27" and 2011 MBP 17". They both run Fedora. 90% of the time anyway. (They multiboot Fedora, Mint, Snow Leopard & Mountain Lion.) Oh, yeah: I went to Starbucks yesterday, ordered a quad Iced Latte and enjoyed the hell out of it. My television broke over a year ago, and I never got it fixed: I cancelled cable instead. So you could say that I don't watch television! I do not own a beret, nor do I wear one.
My point is, I don't have one. I'm just a regular guy, and I don't care what you think of my choices.
Did you know you can refrigerate your food by placing it in front of your air-conditioner?
And who needs a stove or oven? Simply wrap your food in your discarded tinfoil hats, and place it on your engine block; by the time you get to the office, breakfast will be ready.
I've also heard you can pound nails with a screwdriver if you adjust your grip...
As a co-worker of mine is fond of saying: "There are no stupid questions. Except for that one..."
No, I'm sure there's a couple of other people who share your point of view.
New, cool, different, and kind of fun have no place in business/productivity software. No place. It is not about cool or fun, it is about efficiently executing a task.
Let me put it in different terms. You employ several thousand (or hundred, or tens, whatever) people, who unfortunately need to use Windows in their day to day jobs. What would you rather have them be doing? Their jobs (with boring, old, uncool (whatever the fuck that means) software), or playing/struggling with the latest 'hotness', or 'cool' software. Remember, you're paying these people. What do you choose? Why?
Then again, I take the "kind of fun" comment back. OT, but an observation I once made to a friend of mine was the concept of somehow grafting WoW (I guess Angry Birds would be more timely) onto business software in some way; you'd have to kick your employees out of the office at 5pm! And in Korea, people would by literally dying just to work another hour or two (after going 96 hours straight....)
Don't get me wrong, change is NOT bad. Neither is change for the sake of change. But in the latter case, it's not bad, just stupid and pointless. Unless playing with your OS is the reason you use a computer.
Just a friendly reminder that one day soon, you, too, will be one of those dreadful "old people". So be careful what you wish for. You may actually get it!
And slightly off-topic, but I think my dog has not only restless leg syndrome, but restless vocal chord syndrome (do dogs have vocal chords? They must, or they wouldn't be able to talk). You see, he tries to run and bark in his sleep sometimes. And I always figured he was chasing that damn raccoon again (who, incidentally, stole my lamb-chop)/adjusts onion on belt
Oh no, you're right: it actually was at one time. Now/., being a shadow of its' former self, exists pretty much to inject politics and religion into nearly EVERY story/summary in order to troll the readership, thus driving revenue via ad impressions./tinfoil
>>If I wanted my mom or dad to use Linux, I'd give them Ubuntu...
You'd do that to your mom and dad? I'd at least have the decency to set them up with, say, Mint...
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Tip the veal & try the waitresses!
I think you mean "Or boot from SAN", no? Not sure what VMware (or their overrated toy software) has to do with that, other than that ESXi, too, can boot from SAN like any semi-modern or modern OS.
Now that Google is dealing in "content" (movies/music), it makes sense that they'd want to push the "other" sites down or out.
Not that I agree with this choice.
It'll be interesting to see if Google Play's ranking in the search results start to "mysteriously" climb./tinfoil
This (boring) video says more about Google and its parasitic nature than it does about Ubuntu. You'll probably want to save yourself the time and pass on it. The most noteworthy piece of information I got out of it was this: Google's internal apt repos blacklist certain packages for reasons of privacy. As the speaker mentions, many of these packages phone home, and that's unacceptable to Google. Also, no coredumps/automated bug reports will make it out alive because "who knows what's in them".
And Google has a very, very good reason to have this policy. They know *damn* well the power of data mining. And they sure as hell aren't going to willingly participate in that game. I mean, as a contributor, that is.
Yeah, and Google, instead of telling us how huge you are and that it costs you a megabuck to upgrade your workstations when the latest Ubuntu LTS comes down the pike, you could at least (a) keep your hubris to yourself (it's really, really cheap and tacky), and (b) thank the folks at Debian for their hard work and brilliant distro. (This coming from a die-hard Red Hat user)
So is the implication that there is tax evasion, fraud, or perhaps some other unsavory conspiracy afoot? I'm betting that Martin A. Sullivan has resorted to such tactics as itemized deductions and other writeoffs, and perhaps... well, I don't want to make any accusations here, all I'm saying is Mr. Sullivan really doesn't *have* to employ such tactics, and he could give up more of his (hard?) earned money to his state and federal governments. In the same way he implies that an evil corporation (my words, not his) is dodging taxes, I think he may probably, almost definitely, be involved in that kind of activity as well. Why would he want to deprive , say, the IRS of his money using legal means to limit his tax bill? Does he hate America?
Remember, the IRS happily accepts donations, as I'm sure other state run tax collection/enforcement agencies do as well. So, please, feel free to donate! They do accept donations. Feel free to give 'em more of YOUR money. Or you could, I don't know, use every available legal means at your disposal to limit your tax liability, seeing it's YOUR money, and YOU earned it.
Good points you make. I like to think of science fiction as a vehicle to discuss sociology, politics, and the human condition in a way that will interest and hold the attention of the geek mind. Several times after finishing a book, I'd realize that, even though the story was filled with cool future tech and what have you, the real meaning had nothing to do with these things, and more to do with the interactions of the characters, or perhaps some parallel in history. Or that the author was slyly pushing his religious or political viewpoints. Great stuff. SF has always been, by far, my favorite fiction genre.
Not that I agree w/this model of paying to not see ads, but a lot of sites are doing this, including slashdot. Again, that doesn't make it "right". Just a thought.
SaaS is not about "piracy" issues, it is about the subscription model. Why sell something once when you can sell "nothing" over & over to the same people. This is the holy grail of the software industry.
The lock in aspect is also very nice for the seller.
Slashdot Mirror
Great. Now how about some encryption? I notice that the one useful feature most of these services (purposely?) omit is client side [de|en]cryption with the client holding the keys. Why is that?
/tinfoil
Do these online storage services actually data mine their customers' files?
To all the people asking why, I have a better question... WHY NOT? I'll run whatever the fuck I want I on my hardware. You don't like it? Tough shit.
/rant
What happened to choice is good, diversity is good? Look at all of these so-called nerds, shouting down the few who don't conform to running Windows on $300 laptops.
Congratulations, you've become what you despised.
So, full disclosure here (and you're going to love this): I have several Macs; my current rigs are 2011 iMac 27" and 2011 MBP 17". They both run Fedora. 90% of the time anyway. (They multiboot Fedora, Mint, Snow Leopard & Mountain Lion.) Oh, yeah: I went to Starbucks yesterday, ordered a quad Iced Latte and enjoyed the hell out of it. My television broke over a year ago, and I never got it fixed: I cancelled cable instead. So you could say that I don't watch television! I do not own a beret, nor do I wear one.
My point is, I don't have one. I'm just a regular guy, and I don't care what you think of my choices.
This gets you most of the way there; check it out, it's good stuff...
Debian Kit for Android http://sven-ola.dyndns.org/repo/debian-kit-en.html
What degree (amount?) of time dilation would a traveler aboard such a craft experience I wonder...
I got a good laugh out of that...
It turns out McDonald's runs at "only" 17 Big Macs per second. I'm sure they're thrilled to hear the fuel consumption rate of the X-51A... http://www.google.com/search?q=big+Macs+per+second
How many hogsheads does that work out to?
Did you know you can refrigerate your food by placing it in front of your air-conditioner?
And who needs a stove or oven? Simply wrap your food in your discarded tinfoil hats, and place it on your engine block; by the time you get to the office, breakfast will be ready.
I've also heard you can pound nails with a screwdriver if you adjust your grip...
As a co-worker of mine is fond of saying: "There are no stupid questions. Except for that one..."
>>So that I can reduce the unpaid, frustrating, familial support calls.
Charge them the going rate. Tell them you'll do it for free if it's an Apple-branded device.
Either way, you'll never again get that call...
>>Am I alone here?
No, I'm sure there's a couple of other people who share your point of view.
New, cool, different, and kind of fun have no place in business/productivity software. No place. It is not about cool or fun, it is about efficiently executing a task.
Let me put it in different terms. You employ several thousand (or hundred, or tens, whatever) people, who unfortunately need to use Windows in their day to day jobs. What would you rather have them be doing? Their jobs (with boring, old, uncool (whatever the fuck that means) software), or playing/struggling with the latest 'hotness', or 'cool' software. Remember, you're paying these people. What do you choose? Why?
Then again, I take the "kind of fun" comment back. OT, but an observation I once made to a friend of mine was the concept of somehow grafting WoW (I guess Angry Birds would be more timely) onto business software in some way; you'd have to kick your employees out of the office at 5pm! And in Korea, people would by literally dying just to work another hour or two (after going 96 hours straight....)
Don't get me wrong, change is NOT bad. Neither is change for the sake of change. But in the latter case, it's not bad, just stupid and pointless. Unless playing with your OS is the reason you use a computer.
Now please remove yourself from my lawn.
Just a friendly reminder that one day soon, you, too, will be one of those dreadful "old people". So be careful what you wish for. You may actually get it!
A dream?
/adjusts onion on belt
And slightly off-topic, but I think my dog has not only restless leg syndrome, but restless vocal chord syndrome (do dogs have vocal chords? They must, or they wouldn't be able to talk). You see, he tries to run and bark in his sleep sometimes. And I always figured he was chasing that damn raccoon again (who, incidentally, stole my lamb-chop)
>> I thought this was a hardcore tech site
/., being a shadow of its' former self, exists pretty much to inject politics and religion into nearly EVERY story/summary in order to troll the readership, thus driving revenue via ad impressions. /tinfoil
Oh no, you're right: it actually was at one time. Now
>>If I wanted my mom or dad to use Linux, I'd give them Ubuntu...
You'd do that to your mom and dad? I'd at least have the decency to set them up with, say, Mint...
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Tip the veal & try the waitresses!
>>Or VMware's Boot from SAN.
I think you mean "Or boot from SAN", no? Not sure what VMware (or their overrated toy software) has to do with that, other than that ESXi, too, can boot from SAN like any semi-modern or modern OS.
Ah, not a bad idea. Sort of a poor man's Data Domain.
;)
Or a smart man's (or vagina) imitation DD less the 6 figure price tag.
Now that Google is dealing in "content" (movies/music), it makes sense that they'd want to push the "other" sites down or out. Not that I agree with this choice.
/tinfoil
It'll be interesting to see if Google Play's ranking in the search results start to "mysteriously" climb.
Mod parent up for creative use of "shitwaffle"
Thanks for laugh...
>>he is hardly unknown or underappreciated. you'll find his works in any library.
Those are all movie titles. If anyone is looking for the books (and I'm sure most of you know this), the titles are:
Movie Title -> Book title
Blade Runner -> Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Minority Report -> The Minority Report
Total Recall -> We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
A lot of people find his stories depressing, but more depressing IMO is a lot of this guy's life, and the fact that he died so young...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
FireGear? Your idea has merit, but I'm just going to fork IceGear...
/.'ers: Everyone looses)
Now all we need is for some of the projects to start building "defensive" patent war-chests. Then they can be like the big boys!
It'll be great! Everyone loses. (Translation for
See the glory of the Royal Scam.
So real money is gained and lost as imaginary value is created and destroyed based on imaginary things happening to real people.
The stock markets are nothing more than a scam, a fixed game, and this event only serves to underline the fact. Don't play the game.
Clearly, The Dude did not abide!
This (boring) video says more about Google and its parasitic nature than it does about Ubuntu. You'll probably want to save yourself the time and pass on it. The most noteworthy piece of information I got out of it was this: Google's internal apt repos blacklist certain packages for reasons of privacy. As the speaker mentions, many of these packages phone home, and that's unacceptable to Google. Also, no coredumps/automated bug reports will make it out alive because "who knows what's in them".
And Google has a very, very good reason to have this policy. They know *damn* well the power of data mining. And they sure as hell aren't going to willingly participate in that game. I mean, as a contributor, that is.
Yeah, and Google, instead of telling us how huge you are and that it costs you a megabuck to upgrade your workstations when the latest Ubuntu LTS comes down the pike, you could at least (a) keep your hubris to yourself (it's really, really cheap and tacky), and (b) thank the folks at Debian for their hard work and brilliant distro. (This coming from a die-hard Red Hat user)
So is the implication that there is tax evasion, fraud, or perhaps some other unsavory conspiracy afoot? I'm betting that Martin A. Sullivan has resorted to such tactics as itemized deductions and other writeoffs, and perhaps... well, I don't want to make any accusations here, all I'm saying is Mr. Sullivan really doesn't *have* to employ such tactics, and he could give up more of his (hard?) earned money to his state and federal governments. In the same way he implies that an evil corporation (my words, not his) is dodging taxes, I think he may probably, almost definitely, be involved in that kind of activity as well. Why would he want to deprive , say, the IRS of his money using legal means to limit his tax bill? Does he hate America?
Remember, the IRS happily accepts donations, as I'm sure other state run tax collection/enforcement agencies do as well. So, please, feel free to donate! They do accept donations. Feel free to give 'em more of YOUR money. Or you could, I don't know, use every available legal means at your disposal to limit your tax liability, seeing it's YOUR money, and YOU earned it.
Good points you make. I like to think of science fiction as a vehicle to discuss sociology, politics, and the human condition in a way that will interest and hold the attention of the geek mind. Several times after finishing a book, I'd realize that, even though the story was filled with cool future tech and what have you, the real meaning had nothing to do with these things, and more to do with the interactions of the characters, or perhaps some parallel in history. Or that the author was slyly pushing his religious or political viewpoints. Great stuff. SF has always been, by far, my favorite fiction genre.
Not that I agree w/this model of paying to not see ads, but a lot of sites are doing this, including slashdot. Again, that doesn't make it "right". Just a thought.
SaaS is not about "piracy" issues, it is about the subscription model. Why sell something once when you can sell "nothing" over & over to the same people. This is the holy grail of the software industry.
The lock in aspect is also very nice for the seller.