Look at how the mouse moves. Have you every seen any desktop environment where the mouse update rate is that shitty? No, you haven't.
A lot of desktop recording applications run at 10-15fps to save space and/or bandwidth, and because it's plenty to adequately show off the user interfaces of most graphical applications. I've been using WebEx and other screen recording solutions (including FRAPS) for over a decade. don't try to school me on this.
By supporting other Danish industries you ensure future goodwill, as well as a well-educated, highly-skilled and very dedicated workforce. In other words, a better society for your children to grow up in.
Mærsk has always had a hand in Danish politics and in turn, the politicians have always been happy to make changes in order to keep large Danish-owned companies in-country and integrated into the industrial infrastructure.
I have some of the animations in KDE 4 enabled, stuff like opening/closing windows, minimizing/maximizing, switching desktops and the like. I also have them set to "fast" rather than "normal". The animation is still clearly visible, but it's quick enough that they don't get in the way. Nothing at all like that horrible Crazy Compiz video linked in the summary.
Animations are perfectly OK, as long as they don't get in the way of actually using the system.
The animation is choppy because the screen recording is running at 10-15fps (my estimation), which is perfectly fine for showing off a piece of software, but not very good for showing fluid animations.
Price should not be the only metric to be used for measuring competitiveness. Supporting the society and industries that in turn support you should always be prioritized.
Unfortunately, stockholders only care about short-term savings and profits. No one dares to think in the long term, because that would mean slightly lessened profits in the short term.
I am suggesting that they put their investments into the country, society and industries that support them and have enabled them to grow to the large successful company they are today.
Thanks for playing, but your troll-fu is weak.
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I remember that episode, and I stand corrected. You can in fact polish a turd.
Because A.P Møller-Mærsk used to a point of pride for Denmark. One of our biggest companies and a big international player with influence all over the world, and they supported little ol' Denmark by making use of local labor and expertise, sponsoring public projects and *gasp* paying their taxes. It was a fully-sustainable business approach, and supported hundreds of other Danish companies, not to mention thousands of Danish shipbuilders, often lauded as the very best in the world.
South Korea is definitely not a third-world country, and I am not denigrating the great skills of their shipbuilders at all, it's a tough job for tough people. But it's still outsourcing tasks to the other side of the world, when they could very easily have been solved at home in way that would have been beneficial to both A.P. Møller-Mærsk and Denmark as a whole.
It's bullshit that they're building them in Korea, though.
We have perfectly capable, world-class shipyards in Denmark, practically begging to take on these kinds of tasks. In the old days, when Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller still ran the company, these orders would have gone to Danish companies. No more, now everything is outsourced to the lowest bidder.
Because of convenience. Updates and new features are added automatically, and the developers only have to deploy a single copy to know that everyone has the latest features and bugfixes, instead of having to rely on people updating their local copies. And as long as you have access to a computer with an Internet connection, you have access to the apps you're used to.
Of course there are downsides, but local software has downsides too. It all comes down to your user profile, and for most people, Google docs has all the features they need. For power users, you have locally-installed applications with larger feature sets and harder learning curves.
Right, it's definitely not a perfect solution. But then again, Chromebooks aren't really targeted at your type of use case. MS seems to want to resurrect the netbook, with a full Win8/10 installation to compete with Chromebooks. That's probably your best bet for cheap on-the-go development.
True, it's probably niche in the basic number of users. But the people who actually use extFS on their Chromebooks tend to be power users and developers, a lot of the time they are the very people who develop Chrome apps and extensions. That's a niche you do not want to neglect, and I think the Chrome developers realized that.
Provided the applications you want to use are ported to Chrome OS as packaged apps. I don't think all apps that I use regularly are ported, but then I'm in a minority because I do software development on my laptop. Would I need to rewrite my apps in JavaScript to develop the overall logic on a Chromebook and then port them back to the target platform on a desktop computer? I was under the impression that developing in anything but JavaScript required SSH.
Strictly speaking, you could develop anything in a basic text editor, but I assume you actually want a semi-decent IDE? I don't know of any that aren't javascript-focused on ChromeOS, no.
Sorry, I'm in Denmark, and I know mobile subscriptions vary wildly on either side of the Atlantic. The price you quote is pretty bad, and I assume it limits tethering as well?
I thought the APIs used by most iOS apps were hardcoded to point at iCloud instead of Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive). But then I've never bought an iOS device. Likewise, does Chrome OS allow switching any arbitrary app to use Dropbox or OneDrive instead of Google Drive? Or should people be choosing apps on the basis of which storage provider they support?
I own an iPad, although not by choice. I've had no issues using Google Drive for all my personal stuff, but it's true that device backups etc. are locked to iCloud.
I don't know about ChromeOS, as I don't have a Chromebook yet. I assume the Google apps use Google Drive, and MS apps use OneDrive, but I don't know about other third-party apps.
Mobile data plans are cheap as chips in most first-world countries
By "most first-world countries", do you include the United States or somewhere else where most able-bodied people born in the United States can easily qualify for a work visa? If so, to which countries are you referring?
Basically all of Western Europe. For instance, here in Denmark my plan is 3GB/month for ~$17, which also includes 5 hours talk time and unlimited SMS and MMS (and we don't pay to receive calls or messages). And there are no limits on tethering. For reference, I work at an ISP/Telco and my subscription is from our basic self-service brand. We've just measured the average data rate of our 4G network to be over 50Mbit/s basically everywhere there's coverage, and peaking at over 100Mbit/s in some areas.
plus odds are you'll have wifi access available in a lot more places than you'd think.
My laptop sees the beacons, but the bus has pulled off before it can finish associating, let alone transferring packets to and from the Internet. And I've found plenty of stores whose public Wi-Fi is limited to 30 minutes, after which the AP's captive portal enforces an hours-long cooldown period before the same MAC can regain an Internet connection. This hurts when I'm waiting for the roommate to finish shopping, eating, or whatever, or if the roommate has run into an old friend from her previous job.
I may be spoiled rotten by our infrastructure, but we actually have APs on the busses and trains, free of charge.
As for the store-provided hotspots blocking access, that's easily circumvented by spoofing your MAC. Not that I would ever engage in such shenanigans;-)
But really, your use case falls outside of what a Chromebook is meant for.
Which is ultimately my point. Too many laptop makers disappoint me by selling only Chromebooks in the form factor I want, not something that better fits my use case.
There are a handful of Chromebook-targeted Win8.1 laptops out there, and more cheaper versions are on the way: http://www.theverge.com/2014/8...
Personally, I think maybe people are going to be slightly disappointed at their performance, but for $200, you can't really complain, right? A lean Linux distro should perk up the performance nicely.
It's the default action for the backspace key for basically every browser ever on Windows, as well as in Explorer windows. I used it that way for a long time, but since switching to Linux where using backspace to go back in history isn't the default, I was annoyed for a little while and then just stopped using it. I have no idea why it's the default on Windows, though.
I did lose a lot of forums posts back in the Windows days due to backspacing while not having the text box focused.
Mobile data plans are cheap as chips in most first-world countries, plus odds are you'll have wifi access available in a lot more places than you'd think.
But really, your use case falls outside of what a Chromebook is meant for. It's meant for browsing, email, videos, chatting and that sort of thing. You can develop software on in, but it's not ideal, as it was meant for other purposes.
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Dude, everything stomped the Pentium IV. It was a shitshow from start to finish. It made a pretty decent space heater, though.
Remote support of friends and families running GUI enabled operating systems.
I used to do remote support on Windows NT 4.0 servers over a 33.6kbps dial-up connection. With the right remote admin tool, it's no problem at all.
You young ones and your insatiable hunger for bandwidth.
There will be a bootable DOS disk image for Mac and Linux users. It's supposed to be released late October, according to the download page:
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Look at how the mouse moves. Have you every seen any desktop environment where the mouse update rate is that shitty? No, you haven't.
A lot of desktop recording applications run at 10-15fps to save space and/or bandwidth, and because it's plenty to adequately show off the user interfaces of most graphical applications. I've been using WebEx and other screen recording solutions (including FRAPS) for over a decade. don't try to school me on this.
By supporting other Danish industries you ensure future goodwill, as well as a well-educated, highly-skilled and very dedicated workforce. In other words, a better society for your children to grow up in.
Money isn't everything.
Mærsk has always had a hand in Danish politics and in turn, the politicians have always been happy to make changes in order to keep large Danish-owned companies in-country and integrated into the industrial infrastructure.
I have some of the animations in KDE 4 enabled, stuff like opening/closing windows, minimizing/maximizing, switching desktops and the like. I also have them set to "fast" rather than "normal". The animation is still clearly visible, but it's quick enough that they don't get in the way. Nothing at all like that horrible Crazy Compiz video linked in the summary.
Animations are perfectly OK, as long as they don't get in the way of actually using the system.
The animation is choppy because the screen recording is running at 10-15fps (my estimation), which is perfectly fine for showing off a piece of software, but not very good for showing fluid animations.
Price should not be the only metric to be used for measuring competitiveness. Supporting the society and industries that in turn support you should always be prioritized.
Unfortunately, stockholders only care about short-term savings and profits. No one dares to think in the long term, because that would mean slightly lessened profits in the short term.
I am suggesting that they put their investments into the country, society and industries that support them and have enabled them to grow to the large successful company they are today.
Thanks for playing, but your troll-fu is weak.
I remember that episode, and I stand corrected. You can in fact polish a turd.
Also, -1 troll? For making a stupid joke?
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You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter!
Because A.P Møller-Mærsk used to a point of pride for Denmark. One of our biggest companies and a big international player with influence all over the world, and they supported little ol' Denmark by making use of local labor and expertise, sponsoring public projects and *gasp* paying their taxes. It was a fully-sustainable business approach, and supported hundreds of other Danish companies, not to mention thousands of Danish shipbuilders, often lauded as the very best in the world.
South Korea is definitely not a third-world country, and I am not denigrating the great skills of their shipbuilders at all, it's a tough job for tough people. But it's still outsourcing tasks to the other side of the world, when they could very easily have been solved at home in way that would have been beneficial to both A.P. Møller-Mærsk and Denmark as a whole.
It's bullshit that they're building them in Korea, though.
We have perfectly capable, world-class shipyards in Denmark, practically begging to take on these kinds of tasks. In the old days, when Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller still ran the company, these orders would have gone to Danish companies. No more, now everything is outsourced to the lowest bidder.
Did you choose the "sketchy" type in the pencil settings, by any chance? Try using the "plain" type instead :-)
Because of convenience. Updates and new features are added automatically, and the developers only have to deploy a single copy to know that everyone has the latest features and bugfixes, instead of having to rely on people updating their local copies. And as long as you have access to a computer with an Internet connection, you have access to the apps you're used to.
Of course there are downsides, but local software has downsides too. It all comes down to your user profile, and for most people, Google docs has all the features they need. For power users, you have locally-installed applications with larger feature sets and harder learning curves.
Right, it's definitely not a perfect solution. But then again, Chromebooks aren't really targeted at your type of use case. MS seems to want to resurrect the netbook, with a full Win8/10 installation to compete with Chromebooks. That's probably your best bet for cheap on-the-go development.
True, it's probably niche in the basic number of users. But the people who actually use extFS on their Chromebooks tend to be power users and developers, a lot of the time they are the very people who develop Chrome apps and extensions. That's a niche you do not want to neglect, and I think the Chrome developers realized that.
Well, there are a handful of sites like http://cpp.sh/ where you can test your code. I haven't used them myself, but I've had them recommended to me.
Provided the applications you want to use are ported to Chrome OS as packaged apps. I don't think all apps that I use regularly are ported, but then I'm in a minority because I do software development on my laptop. Would I need to rewrite my apps in JavaScript to develop the overall logic on a Chromebook and then port them back to the target platform on a desktop computer? I was under the impression that developing in anything but JavaScript required SSH.
That's true, but the list of offline-capable Chrome apps is quite long: https://chrome.google.com/webs...
Strictly speaking, you could develop anything in a basic text editor, but I assume you actually want a semi-decent IDE? I don't know of any that aren't javascript-focused on ChromeOS, no.
Which US carrier? Ting quotes me $35/mo for one device and 2 GB/mo.
Sorry, I'm in Denmark, and I know mobile subscriptions vary wildly on either side of the Atlantic. The price you quote is pretty bad, and I assume it limits tethering as well?
I thought the APIs used by most iOS apps were hardcoded to point at iCloud instead of Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive). But then I've never bought an iOS device. Likewise, does Chrome OS allow switching any arbitrary app to use Dropbox or OneDrive instead of Google Drive? Or should people be choosing apps on the basis of which storage provider they support?
I own an iPad, although not by choice. I've had no issues using Google Drive for all my personal stuff, but it's true that device backups etc. are locked to iCloud.
I don't know about ChromeOS, as I don't have a Chromebook yet. I assume the Google apps use Google Drive, and MS apps use OneDrive, but I don't know about other third-party apps.
Mobile data plans are cheap as chips in most first-world countries
By "most first-world countries", do you include the United States or somewhere else where most able-bodied people born in the United States can easily qualify for a work visa? If so, to which countries are you referring?
Basically all of Western Europe. For instance, here in Denmark my plan is 3GB/month for ~$17, which also includes 5 hours talk time and unlimited SMS and MMS (and we don't pay to receive calls or messages). And there are no limits on tethering. For reference, I work at an ISP/Telco and my subscription is from our basic self-service brand. We've just measured the average data rate of our 4G network to be over 50Mbit/s basically everywhere there's coverage, and peaking at over 100Mbit/s in some areas.
plus odds are you'll have wifi access available in a lot more places than you'd think.
My laptop sees the beacons, but the bus has pulled off before it can finish associating, let alone transferring packets to and from the Internet. And I've found plenty of stores whose public Wi-Fi is limited to 30 minutes, after which the AP's captive portal enforces an hours-long cooldown period before the same MAC can regain an Internet connection. This hurts when I'm waiting for the roommate to finish shopping, eating, or whatever, or if the roommate has run into an old friend from her previous job.
I may be spoiled rotten by our infrastructure, but we actually have APs on the busses and trains, free of charge.
As for the store-provided hotspots blocking access, that's easily circumvented by spoofing your MAC. Not that I would ever engage in such shenanigans ;-)
But really, your use case falls outside of what a Chromebook is meant for.
Which is ultimately my point. Too many laptop makers disappoint me by selling only Chromebooks in the form factor I want, not something that better fits my use case.
There are a handful of Chromebook-targeted Win8.1 laptops out there, and more cheaper versions are on the way: http://www.theverge.com/2014/8...
Personally, I think maybe people are going to be slightly disappointed at their performance, but for $200, you can't really complain, right? A lean Linux distro should perk up the performance nicely.
It's the default action for the backspace key for basically every browser ever on Windows, as well as in Explorer windows. I used it that way for a long time, but since switching to Linux where using backspace to go back in history isn't the default, I was annoyed for a little while and then just stopped using it. I have no idea why it's the default on Windows, though.
I did lose a lot of forums posts back in the Windows days due to backspacing while not having the text box focused.
That's a good example, and that's exactly how Chrome does it. Firefox requires you to manually reload the tabs first.
Mobile data plans are cheap as chips in most first-world countries, plus odds are you'll have wifi access available in a lot more places than you'd think.
But really, your use case falls outside of what a Chromebook is meant for. It's meant for browsing, email, videos, chatting and that sort of thing. You can develop software on in, but it's not ideal, as it was meant for other purposes.