1) it's impossible to write a layer of abstraction above Linux, and 2) for that system to support the installation of software outside of the control of the vendor of that layer of abstraction, and 3) for that software to potentially perform some action the user isn't aware of
I'd hate to be around such a whiny little girl. The organisers should have told her to shut the fuck up. Don't you have free speech in the US any longer? I'd hate to think what would happen if she listened to some Bill Hicks or Frankie Boyle.
Took me 3 attempts to get a working nexus 7. I know several other people who had identical problems. Shit build quality and testing. Google's customer support in the UK is shit too, as is the courier company they use. I understand you can actually buy nexus 4s here now though. Let's hope the battery, NFC and touch screens work on them.
Exactly. How is some nobody's blog-bullshit ending up on the front page of Slashdot. News for nerds? There's not a single XKCD "What if?" question less deserving of Slashdot than this pointless nonsense.
We should finish celebrating the success of the last war to bring freedom, prosperity and democracy to Iraq first, I feel. It was a textbook example of government, intelligence services, armed forces and the media all working together towards a common goal - all funded by taxpayers who go squealing about 'civilian casualties' as soon as one of THEM gets injured.
Well, he's not a Nazi. That's a bit of a change. But no, he's just another old white homophobic anti-evidence based faith-head who'll just keep parroting all the same shit all the other fuckers did. I'll bet he'll do nothing about the kiddy fiddling either.
What some sites do is to pop-up annoying reminders that I'm using ad-blocking sofrware. Uh..I know. Some of them even insist you turn it off. I can't be bothered - I'll go elsewhere. I can't imagine many people who do poke around in the menu and turn them off subsequently pay any attention to, or bother to click on, the ads.
I've been on the internet since 1996 or so, and I've never, ever clicked on an advert (other than by accident) and I never will, and I'll always use ad-blocking software (along with no-script, grease-monkey etc) so that I get the experience I want. It's like recording live tv so you can skip the ads; they're getting more and more obtrusive, and load, and the quality of TV commercials is just embarrassing. If this or that site is worried about the money side of things then they need to see how the successful sites are running. Or perhaps there's just no demand for internetgamingsite #10823724?
How about - stop mailing me stuff and email me instead? I get it quicker. I get it..period. It can be encrypted. I can reply to say I got it. It's free. It's fast. It's easy to back up, forward etc. I can print it if I want. I know there's some stuff that has to be 'served' physically, but I've never had to deal with that, and if you have some edge case then yeah, better find someone with some method of transport to bring it to you. Where I live it's just a bunch of `dear householder` crap trying to sell me broadband (already have it, thanks), credit cards (already have some, thanks) etc.
They can take the cloud from Google, yes. That'll work. They'll also have to take lots of peoples glasses to ensure they get everyone with Google Glasses, and not just ones which look similar. It's not going to look good when there are loads of court cases with police officers faces clearly visible, and the inaccurate words `you can't film me` (along with less pleasant language) played in court. It's going to be a career damaging move, isn't it.
> I have used Ubuntu for several years now, and I have never seen the reason for the > wrath some people have toward Unity.
It's funny - I went from Windows to Ubuntu and was happy until Unity came out (didn't work, everything was different and unintuitive, it wasn't anywhere near configurable enough - it was as if the developers didn't want me to configure it so there was One Experience for everyone). I moved to Mint (apparently I wasn't alone) and tried gnome 2,3, kde, lxfe and some other variations on those letters but found that I still have problems with basic functionality like 'setting the background and expecting it to appear after a reboot' and 'when I move files somewhere where there's not enough space, don't continue to attempt to move then, deleting as you go because then I'll lose all my files` and `why can't I see the mp3 tags in the file explorer like I can in windows` (no, I don't want to have to use another app to do this, pasting in the path as I move between folders because it's inefficient, and no, I don't want to use the command line to move 12 out of 88 files from a to b.
I take issue with Shuttleworths' "keep up with Android etc" statement because Ubuntu - Unity or other - is nowhere like as intuitive as Android. Perhaps it's just not possible for a desktop OS to be compared in such a way, as I don't develop on my phone, though.
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I'm more upset by the teen-twattery of "1984 much". Are YouTube comments currently inaccessible?
...an Ask toolbar I have to deselect whenever there's a security update (around twice a week), it's all good!
1) You're right.
2) You're wrong. Developers can't sell apps.
It's a draw!
> They'll make their revenue with Google Play and Chrome Web Store store
> revenue
They can't sell apps, either.
Batteries? Oh, those. No, I rarely bother with them other than the internal ones you get with mp3 players, kindles, tablets etc.
> Er...what exodus?
Haven't you been paying attention? No-one's buying Windows PCs any more!
http://parislemon.com/post/47719786064/the-year-of-windows
Microsoft are going to have to wring as much money out of their corporate muppet cash cow over the next 18 months because after that they're fucked.
> an Apple product will change the face of this market
An Android product would make more of a difference, what with the current approx 2:1 ratio in favour of Android usage on smartphones.
They've always been available. What resolution are you after?
I don't think anyone is saying:
1) it's impossible to write a layer of abstraction above Linux, and
2) for that system to support the installation of software outside of the control of the vendor of that layer of abstraction, and
3) for that software to potentially perform some action the user isn't aware of
> Sorry the iPhone is an American\GB mainly in places like China Android outsells
> 25:1 with Apples Market dropping
And in English?
billionaire investor Carl Icahn threatened to tie up the buyout in court unless a large special dividend was paid to shareholders
I'd hate to be around such a whiny little girl. The organisers should have told her to shut the fuck up. Don't you have free speech in the US any longer? I'd hate to think what would happen if she listened to some Bill Hicks or Frankie Boyle.
Took me 3 attempts to get a working nexus 7. I know several other people who had identical problems. Shit build quality and testing. Google's customer support in the UK is shit too, as is the courier company they use. I understand you can actually buy nexus 4s here now though. Let's hope the battery, NFC and touch screens work on them.
And who makes the best Nexus devices...
Exactly. How is some nobody's blog-bullshit ending up on the front page of Slashdot. News for nerds? There's not a single XKCD "What if?" question less deserving of Slashdot than this pointless nonsense.
We should finish celebrating the success of the last war to bring freedom, prosperity and democracy to Iraq first, I feel. It was a textbook example of government, intelligence services, armed forces and the media all working together towards a common goal - all funded by taxpayers who go squealing about 'civilian casualties' as soon as one of THEM gets injured.
Well, he's not a Nazi. That's a bit of a change. But no, he's just another old white homophobic anti-evidence based faith-head who'll just keep parroting all the same shit all the other fuckers did. I'll bet he'll do nothing about the kiddy fiddling either.
> they don't really "heal," they just reroute around the damage
But it says it in the title! Twice! They are 'self healing' AND they repair themselves! It leaves no doubt!
He could go thermo nuclear on that too. For all the difference that mate.
What some sites do is to pop-up annoying reminders that I'm using ad-blocking sofrware. Uh..I know. Some of them even insist you turn it off. I can't be bothered - I'll go elsewhere. I can't imagine many people who do poke around in the menu and turn them off subsequently pay any attention to, or bother to click on, the ads.
I've been on the internet since 1996 or so, and I've never, ever clicked on an advert (other than by accident) and I never will, and I'll always use ad-blocking software (along with no-script, grease-monkey etc) so that I get the experience I want. It's like recording live tv so you can skip the ads; they're getting more and more obtrusive, and load, and the quality of TV commercials is just embarrassing. If this or that site is worried about the money side of things then they need to see how the successful sites are running. Or perhaps there's just no demand for internetgamingsite #10823724?
Yeah, someone else might want it instead of a Kindle. They won't, but they might.
How about - stop mailing me stuff and email me instead? I get it quicker. I get it..period. It can be encrypted. I can reply to say I got it. It's free. It's fast. It's easy to back up, forward etc. I can print it if I want. I know there's some stuff that has to be 'served' physically, but I've never had to deal with that, and if you have some edge case then yeah, better find someone with some method of transport to bring it to you. Where I live it's just a bunch of `dear householder` crap trying to sell me broadband (already have it, thanks), credit cards (already have some, thanks) etc.
They can take the cloud from Google, yes. That'll work. They'll also have to take lots of peoples glasses to ensure they get everyone with Google Glasses, and not just ones which look similar. It's not going to look good when there are loads of court cases with police officers faces clearly visible, and the inaccurate words `you can't film me` (along with less pleasant language) played in court. It's going to be a career damaging move, isn't it.
That's one problem Google Glass will sort out - none of this `you can't film here` crap. I'll film wherever the hell I like, officer.
> I have used Ubuntu for several years now, and I have never seen the reason for the
> wrath some people have toward Unity.
It's funny - I went from Windows to Ubuntu and was happy until Unity came out (didn't work, everything was different and unintuitive, it wasn't anywhere near configurable enough - it was as if the developers didn't want me to configure it so there was One Experience for everyone). I moved to Mint (apparently I wasn't alone) and tried gnome 2,3, kde, lxfe and some other variations on those letters but found that I still have problems with basic functionality like 'setting the background and expecting it to appear after a reboot' and 'when I move files somewhere where there's not enough space, don't continue to attempt to move then, deleting as you go because then I'll lose all my files` and `why can't I see the mp3 tags in the file explorer like I can in windows` (no, I don't want to have to use another app to do this, pasting in the path as I move between folders because it's inefficient, and no, I don't want to use the command line to move 12 out of 88 files from a to b.
I take issue with Shuttleworths' "keep up with Android etc" statement because Ubuntu - Unity or other - is nowhere like as intuitive as Android. Perhaps it's just not possible for a desktop OS to be compared in such a way, as I don't develop on my phone, though.