about Google Maps? Is he going to pull the same stunt with fake listings on other sites/apps, local newspapers, shops, etc? And will he then repeat the process with the local police, hospitals, schools, shops etc etc? Where does it end?
> Who will pay you for your time? If the software that I write is free?
Who pays journalists who write for free newspapers?
> Your model works if you are going to build software for a particular end user, but if you are trying for a group of > people, than who is going to be the one that pays the bill.
One of them. Who cares? The guy you're replying to writes free software (which anyone can copy) for a customer (or customers) who need(s) it.
You're looking at it the wrong with with all competitors and everything. Sure, most companies won't want you to do that, but then again, some companies don't like you even using free software, let alone writing it. If you write free software there's a good chance you'll be using free software with licenses which force you to release your code anyway; the guy paying for the software will know this and - unless you believe the OP is lying - is totally cool with it.
now gays. Can't Americans just stop acting like utter fucking cunts for a few moments and work on their hatred? I'm guessing it's religious in nature; after all, religious texts are full of specious, homophobic nonsense. Thank fuck that shit is on the way out.
I've never suffered from the permissions required by any Android app. Should I be worried? Worried an app might read my phone book and know my friends/colleagues email addresses? And then what? Email them! A HA! We have some more email addresses!! Oh, and phone numbers. Handy - now they'll get phone calls from..who, exactly? App developers? They'll know my location? Fine - add `random, evil ad company` to the long list of people who know my location.
If you don't want to run the risk of - worst case scenario - people knowing your colleagues' email addresses, then I suggest you read the permissions required of an app and not install it if it can read your contacts. It's still possible to buy dumbphones if you don't want a smartphone.
Not heard from Atwood for a while, though. Has he done another amusing `compare mp3 codecs by using pirated copies of fuck-awful 80's music` article recently?
Is it just another link to the unsubscribe link already in the email? In which case, I probably won't want to click it, for the usual reasons (instead clicking on Delete or, more likely, Spam).
If Google is letting you unsubscribe from email lists/spam etc which don't have an unsubscribe option, by acknowledging your click of their unsubscribe button, and then treating further emails from that sender as having been unsubscribed from by simply dropping them (or sending back an unsubscribe request without the users getting involved) then it's a little more cool.
At this point in any online discussion about UI changes a bunch of clowns usually turn up and spout "uh..some people don't like change...uhhh..stuck in the mud...if you try it for a while...." like it's your moral duty to reinvent how you use the desktop every 5 years.
I wonder how many users this (and Unity in general) drove to alternative Distros/OSes.
> the Java JIT compiler can even compile the same code fragment several times, using different optimizations as > it collects more runtime statistics.
Yes, it can start off optimized for grabbing VISA credit card numbers, but if it notices more Mastercards coming through the keylogger it can adapt accordingly.
> Damage by a corporation to an individual's peace of mind should be assigned statutory damages based on the > greater of $10 Milliion, and 5 to 10% of the perpetrating company's annual revenues.
I had to work late last week - I missed EastEnders. Where's my yacht?
Go for it! Or ignore it. Your call. If they're not breaking the law, what are you going to do? "Asking questions to make him look foolish" only gets you so far, especially if you just don't answer them, or refer to your previous answer, etc.
> There is no reason to have the mobile site any more.
Hmm. Sounds good in theory but Chrome/Android has had this bug for years where is just cannot render text at the correct size. It tries to be clever, but because everything Google does is half-arsed/beta, it fails, so reading Slashdot on my phone is tedious as every 5th story headline is too small to read. Add that to the fact that Google seem to have taken a decision to not wrap text, because they're convinced there'll be a mobile version o every site, and it means panning left and right EVERY SINGLE LINE OF TEXT, which is tedious. My workaround here is to send it to a non-Google app; I'm using Pocket.
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Chances are that he's not from a country which sentences people to gang-rape:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...
Sure, it's a cultural thing; best not interfere or comment, right?
> Eventually, anyway.
And then probably twice.
about Google Maps? Is he going to pull the same stunt with fake listings on other sites/apps, local newspapers, shops, etc? And will he then repeat the process with the local police, hospitals, schools, shops etc etc? Where does it end?
No-one's ever going to trust the NS..sorry, RSA again - might as well big-up the whole "we're in it together" thing while it lasts.
Exactly - secret settlements = not a clear win and he was partly wrong. Hopefully there'll be some clarification here, otherwise what has it proved?
Man you do NOT want to be rushing into signing up for emails. That shit's like having kids.
> 'RSA could begin to fix this by going on the record with a detailed response about
> the accusations.'"
Which we'd all of course believe.
> Who will pay you for your time? If the software that I write is free?
Who pays journalists who write for free newspapers?
> Your model works if you are going to build software for a particular end user, but if you are trying for a group of
> people, than who is going to be the one that pays the bill.
One of them. Who cares? The guy you're replying to writes free software (which anyone can copy) for a customer (or customers) who need(s) it.
You're looking at it the wrong with with all competitors and everything. Sure, most companies won't want you to do that, but then again, some companies don't like you even using free software, let alone writing it. If you write free software there's a good chance you'll be using free software with licenses which force you to release your code anyway; the guy paying for the software will know this and - unless you believe the OP is lying - is totally cool with it.
now gays. Can't Americans just stop acting like utter fucking cunts for a few moments and work on their hatred? I'm guessing it's religious in nature; after all, religious texts are full of specious, homophobic nonsense. Thank fuck that shit is on the way out.
I've never suffered from the permissions required by any Android app. Should I be worried? Worried an app might read my phone book and know my friends/colleagues email addresses? And then what? Email them! A HA! We have some more email addresses!! Oh, and phone numbers. Handy - now they'll get phone calls from..who, exactly? App developers? They'll know my location? Fine - add `random, evil ad company` to the long list of people who know my location.
If you don't want to run the risk of - worst case scenario - people knowing your colleagues' email addresses, then I suggest you read the permissions required of an app and not install it if it can read your contacts. It's still possible to buy dumbphones if you don't want a smartphone.
Not heard from Atwood for a while, though. Has he done another amusing `compare mp3 codecs by using pirated copies of fuck-awful 80's music` article recently?
You mean this February then. That was last week, not last year, therefore its misleading to say "last February".
The keyboard where the keys fell out if you turned it upside down? That device was a joke, and in no way ahead of its time.
Is it just another link to the unsubscribe link already in the email? In which case, I probably won't want to click it, for the usual reasons (instead clicking on Delete or, more likely, Spam).
If Google is letting you unsubscribe from email lists/spam etc which don't have an unsubscribe option, by acknowledging your click of their unsubscribe button, and then treating further emails from that sender as having been unsubscribed from by simply dropping them (or sending back an unsubscribe request without the users getting involved) then it's a little more cool.
Only making changes if they're an improvement is fine, but making a bad mistake and stick with it? Why would anyone want to do that?
At this point in any online discussion about UI changes a bunch of clowns usually turn up and spout "uh..some people don't like change...uhhh..stuck in the mud...if you try it for a while...." like it's your moral duty to reinvent how you use the desktop every 5 years.
I wonder how many users this (and Unity in general) drove to alternative Distros/OSes.
> Once you registered, you can't unregister
You can't uninstall?
It's a non-free (both senses) phone-only app. I don't get it. Why isn't there a desktop version?
> The Internet is humanity's last chance, boys and girls. We lose it and we're looking
> at 1000 years of darkness.
Come on; reading books, listening to music and playing backgammon wasn't that bad.
Not NSA stylee!
Sentence fragment.
> the Java JIT compiler can even compile the same code fragment several times, using different optimizations as
> it collects more runtime statistics.
Yes, it can start off optimized for grabbing VISA credit card numbers, but if it notices more Mastercards coming through the keylogger it can adapt accordingly.
I refer you to the first sentence of TFA:
> If you want to ship a phone with Google's apps on it, you need to licence them
> Damage by a corporation to an individual's peace of mind should be assigned statutory damages based on the
> greater of $10 Milliion, and 5 to 10% of the perpetrating company's annual revenues.
I had to work late last week - I missed EastEnders. Where's my yacht?
Go for it! Or ignore it. Your call. If they're not breaking the law, what are you going to do? "Asking questions to make him look foolish" only gets you so far, especially if you just don't answer them, or refer to your previous answer, etc.
..they can be used for good and bad...but usually bad.
> There is no reason to have the mobile site any more.
Hmm. Sounds good in theory but Chrome/Android has had this bug for years where is just cannot render text at the correct size. It tries to be clever, but because everything Google does is half-arsed/beta, it fails, so reading Slashdot on my phone is tedious as every 5th story headline is too small to read. Add that to the fact that Google seem to have taken a decision to not wrap text, because they're convinced there'll be a mobile version o every site, and it means panning left and right EVERY SINGLE LINE OF TEXT, which is tedious. My workaround here is to send it to a non-Google app; I'm using Pocket.