I'm so happy about the new HTML Gmail. Even though I use Firefox (which supports Gmail in its default setting) now I can finally open new messages in a new tab.
No more "back button, click new message, back button, click new message, etc." for me!
Now if only Gmail would let you check other POP accounts, I would be in heaven!
There are places in the US where broadband is not available.
On a whole, Texas is not one of them. I've driven through the middle of Texas at least 20 times, and most of the smaller cities I see have billboards advertising cable internet. In fact, when I lived in Odessa (town of Friday Night Lights fame) I had a cable connection that was faster than my friends in the middle of Houston were getting at the time. When it comes to broadband, Texas is a lot better off than many places in the USA.
Of course, even in the worst places, you can still get satelite internet. My father actually prefers the satelite internet over broadband offered in his community.
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Unless you're content with shitty NDIS drivers, you're not going to be able to connect to your socialist utopia without using an evil capitalist operating system from Redmond...
Not true. I'm typing on my laptop right now that uses native Linux wireless drivers. In fact, all of my wireless cards work with my favorite distro (Ubuntu) out of the box- it even finds my access point without me telling it to!
But I guess you are having to much fun calling Linux users "socialists" to be bothered with something like the truth. Good thing smart tech. companies (such as IBM) don't suffer from the same ego crises.
You have solved on third of the problem. And it doesn't matter because there is no easy to access a resource that tells me how to do that. No "Debian guide." I have to insult Debian on/. before I get the answers I need.
That is the problem with plain Debian for desktop use. With Ubuntu, I do have a guide....and a large forum.
Often times I wonder if the people, who can't install Debian or Slackware, can actually pass a reading comprehension test, cause thats all it takes.
You miss the point. Installing Debian is nothing. Getting your sound to work and getting the desktop to display at the right resolution is a bitch. Getting a laptop to work correctly is hard.
I can't comment on Slackware, but I gave up on plain Debian after a week of frustration. I could install it, but I couldn't use it how I wanted.
Thanks God Ubuntu came....(and Mepis, Xandros, Knoppix, take your pick)
Sell a box after this summer that easily allows me to mod it and override the controls of the damn broadcast flags. Become the crowbar of the 21 century.
Now here is the important part: you political representatives do not care what you say when you call them--as long as opinion polling shows that they can act with impunity. The most important thing to them is whether the MASS MEDIA will make a stink about it.
Isn't that true. As a Texan, I love when my state in on CNN because it is usually because of some hick-ass thing we are doing (such as killing retards), and the coverage usually embarrasses the state enough to reform. In the Texas, the climate is so pro-corporate that the national media actually limits its power( as it is pro-corporate but less so). Yep, if you want it fixed in Texas...a CNN camera is the best way to fix it.
Want Linux picked up by more people sooner? Make it easier to use.
Hey man...I hear ya. I was born lazy. But, you might want to try Linux soon. There are many distros (Ubuntu is my fav., but Xandros is also pretty good, MEPIS works are well) that do nothing but cater to lazy desktop users. It takes me less time to set up my Ubuntu box with all the programs I want than it does in Windows. Its easier in many ways (especially installing video drivers and software). So, if you want to be as lazy as can be....try Linux out sometime. The hardest part is finding out what every program is called. Like "what's Linux's Nero (K3b)?" or "whats' Linux's Photoshop Program (the Gimp)?" Luckily its also pretty easy to find that stuff out in Ubuntu. Actually, its all easy. Thats why my windows partition might never get booted again.
I offered to help her if she'd use firefox afterwards to prevent this from happening again. She refused because she "likes using Internet Explorer." Even when I told her she could still use it for certain sites, but that it's best not to use it for web browsing.
Thats not how you do it. You do it by saying. "I'll clean off your computer, but I'm going to install Firefox while I clean it." Then, as the anti-spyware software finds 8 million things, you play up these instances as if in every single case Osama Bin Laden himself was trying to get into her computer. Then tell her the only way the evil boogey-men on the internet won't get her is if she uses the Firefox you already installed.
Don't give her a freaking choice. Scare her into doing it your way. In the modern world, the fastest way to bring change is through fear.
The 'admins' need to be built into the software you tard.
That is what is slowely happening. Microsoft now offers a firewall, a spyware cleaner, and an update system for XP. The major thing it lacks is antivirus (probably because if Microsoft added that it would be seen as monopolistic).
All of these tools are easy to use as well. I don't care because I don't use Windows, but I do appreciate the fact that MS is trying to simplify the administration of its desktop. Its easier to tell my non-nerd aunt how to download the beta antispyware program on the phone (and get her to install and run it) than it is to get her to replace windows.
This "I'm gonna give up now because it just got difficult" attitude really worries me. How do we, your fellow members of society, trust that you're going to put any effort into saving your marriage when something like this happens to it?
You can't. Why should you? Its THIS GUY's marriage. If there were kids involved than thats another thing, but without the kids the only person that guy is responsible to is himself. He didn't want to fix it, and maybe he knew that such effort would waste his time and energy anyway. This isn't the 1940s, people don't stay in a bad marriage because of social pressure anymore.
And yes, we do have a vested interest in the answer to that question.
Why? Its that guys life, that guys marriage. Society invested jack crap in his marriage that is tangible. If its over, then you go back to status quo beforehand. A big deal for him, but not for us as part of his "society."
You sound like a very much dead a Pope telling Henry 8th what to do when you have no power over him.
The US is the richest country in the world - there's no excuse.
Mate, not to make a party about it....but that is not the excuse, its the reason. More money you have, more money you have to lose when the economy gits hit by the rules of the treaty. I'm not saying thats wrong (many of the cities in the U.S. are the dirtiest I've seen), but it is why the U.S. won't sign. One thing you will never see this nation do is allow any international body, treaty, or organization have control over its economy. This has been pushed to extremes to prove the point recently, as the U.S. got its economic recovery from a war with Iraq, U.N. be damned.
My current exploration of AMD Opterons for 64 bit computing in addition to clustering and virtualization with projects like Xen prove that the average home user is moving in this direction.
For some reason, the Intel Sound (tm) rang in my head as the parent talked about the common man using something that has never been advertised on Fox.
Managers vs. techies. A manager - especially a senior one - doesn't necesserily have to have tech expertise. His job is to manage people, to stir direction, to oversee.
This writer is a troll. There has been no talk from Google to "take-over" Wikipedia. What makes it worse is that he assumes that Google would do something it has yet to do- set up a fee service for Wikipedia access.
Yup, just like that fee they charge me to use their search engine!
If anything, Google is the most reliable website I've every experianced and recent problems at Wikipedia last month indicated that Wikipedia might need such help. I know that personally I prefer to search Wikipedia with Google more than the native search engine.....
Martin: No problem. So I will get a Slashdot account tonight.
Let me be the first to say welcome.
After reading that interview, its my opinion that Mr. Taylor is one of the most honest corporate figures to ever talk to/. His willingness to get across certain messages and to try to show improvement with in his organization was very pleasing for my eyes to see. So many people are willing to judge quickly and forget slowly, and that doesn't work well in such a fast moving industry. I mean, its 2005. IBM is a new sort of hero. Real has turned a 180 from its position in the 90's (as THE most bloated and crap infested program of that time), and has given the Linux community an excellent, free player that even includes legal MP3 support on their dime. Microsoft can change to. That seems to be the major theme.
As the environment of the industry changes the corporate environment must change as well or perish. Sure maybe now to many people Microsoft is the enemy, the creator of bad licensing and DRM. But this interview proves that at least the company has some sense to hire some sense which means it has a good chance to survive. I mean.....if it grows to the point where it is superior in every respect, what prevent Microsoft from releasing a Linux or a BSD a couple of years down the line?
Faced with eating the losses for the studio's moronic rules or implementing them what retailer is going to refuse?
Wal-mart can refuse. Its the biggest company in the world, and it has more wealth than Mansa Musa ever did. I don't see why it lets this mch smaller industry push them around....unless the situation is better for them this way. Now they don't have to bother to keep track of and return such items to the producer. Sounds like Wal-mart has some fault on this one.
Look, the RIAA doesn't "control" anything. They do the bidding of the big record labels, and take all the heat from people like you so Sony Music and the other actual villains in this story don't have to....
All they do now is serve as a mouthpiece (and lightning rod) for the record labels in their efforts to lock down their IP. Ranting about how eeeeevil the RIAA is simply plays right into the hands of the labels behind it all.
Smartest post I've ever seen on/. Finally someone realizes that huge companies make other organizations- even other companies- to do their dirty work. Just like the oil companies that once were Standard Oil use Haliburton as a strawman to prevent government intervention again. Why else would a company that makes one percent of the revenue the old Standard Oil is making (if it was back together) be considered "the big oil bad guy" in America?
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No more "back button, click new message, back button, click new message, etc." for me!
Now if only Gmail would let you check other POP accounts, I would be in heaven!
On a whole, Texas is not one of them. I've driven through the middle of Texas at least 20 times, and most of the smaller cities I see have billboards advertising cable internet. In fact, when I lived in Odessa (town of Friday Night Lights fame) I had a cable connection that was faster than my friends in the middle of Houston were getting at the time. When it comes to broadband, Texas is a lot better off than many places in the USA.
Of course, even in the worst places, you can still get satelite internet. My father actually prefers the satelite internet over broadband offered in his community.
Not true. I'm typing on my laptop right now that uses native Linux wireless drivers. In fact, all of my wireless cards work with my favorite distro (Ubuntu) out of the box- it even finds my access point without me telling it to!
But I guess you are having to much fun calling Linux users "socialists" to be bothered with something like the truth. Good thing smart tech. companies (such as IBM) don't suffer from the same ego crises.
Sorry to hear that. With the Ubuntu Guide, it takes me five minutes.
I never touch the command line on my Ubuntu box. I did a little the first week I got it because I was trying to learn.
I don't need it though.
Um....guys....that deserves an insightful mod. Give that post that points it deserves.
That is the problem with plain Debian for desktop use. With Ubuntu, I do have a guide....and a large forum.
You miss the point. Installing Debian is nothing. Getting your sound to work and getting the desktop to display at the right resolution is a bitch. Getting a laptop to work correctly is hard.
I can't comment on Slackware, but I gave up on plain Debian after a week of frustration. I could install it, but I couldn't use it how I wanted.
Thanks God Ubuntu came....(and Mepis, Xandros, Knoppix, take your pick)
Sell a box after this summer that easily allows me to mod it and override the controls of the damn broadcast flags. Become the crowbar of the 21 century.
Um...the car you drive was created by a robot. In fact, many consumer items (used by adults) are made by robots.
How many handhelds are used by adults? Millions.
If you are just counting handhelds, (not PDAs) than children win this category (Gameboys have outsold every other handheld made by a large margin.)
Any questions?
Sure. What was the point of your post?
Usuable, yes. Buggy, yes.
Isn't that true. As a Texan, I love when my state in on CNN because it is usually because of some hick-ass thing we are doing (such as killing retards), and the coverage usually embarrasses the state enough to reform. In the Texas, the climate is so pro-corporate that the national media actually limits its power( as it is pro-corporate but less so). Yep, if you want it fixed in Texas...a CNN camera is the best way to fix it.
Hey man...I hear ya. I was born lazy. But, you might want to try Linux soon. There are many distros (Ubuntu is my fav., but Xandros is also pretty good, MEPIS works are well) that do nothing but cater to lazy desktop users. It takes me less time to set up my Ubuntu box with all the programs I want than it does in Windows. Its easier in many ways (especially installing video drivers and software). So, if you want to be as lazy as can be....try Linux out sometime. The hardest part is finding out what every program is called. Like "what's Linux's Nero (K3b)?" or "whats' Linux's Photoshop Program (the Gimp)?" Luckily its also pretty easy to find that stuff out in Ubuntu. Actually, its all easy. Thats why my windows partition might never get booted again.
If you were waiting for the right time, its now.
Thats not how you do it. You do it by saying. "I'll clean off your computer, but I'm going to install Firefox while I clean it." Then, as the anti-spyware software finds 8 million things, you play up these instances as if in every single case Osama Bin Laden himself was trying to get into her computer. Then tell her the only way the evil boogey-men on the internet won't get her is if she uses the Firefox you already installed.
Don't give her a freaking choice. Scare her into doing it your way. In the modern world, the fastest way to bring change is through fear.
That is what is slowely happening. Microsoft now offers a firewall, a spyware cleaner, and an update system for XP. The major thing it lacks is antivirus (probably because if Microsoft added that it would be seen as monopolistic).
All of these tools are easy to use as well. I don't care because I don't use Windows, but I do appreciate the fact that MS is trying to simplify the administration of its desktop. Its easier to tell my non-nerd aunt how to download the beta antispyware program on the phone (and get her to install and run it) than it is to get her to replace windows.
Slashdot:A group for men and golems who have lost touch with their precious.
You can't. Why should you? Its THIS GUY's marriage. If there were kids involved than thats another thing, but without the kids the only person that guy is responsible to is himself. He didn't want to fix it, and maybe he knew that such effort would waste his time and energy anyway. This isn't the 1940s, people don't stay in a bad marriage because of social pressure anymore.
And yes, we do have a vested interest in the answer to that question.
Why? Its that guys life, that guys marriage. Society invested jack crap in his marriage that is tangible. If its over, then you go back to status quo beforehand. A big deal for him, but not for us as part of his "society."
You sound like a very much dead a Pope telling Henry 8th what to do when you have no power over him.
Mate, not to make a party about it....but that is not the excuse, its the reason. More money you have, more money you have to lose when the economy gits hit by the rules of the treaty. I'm not saying thats wrong (many of the cities in the U.S. are the dirtiest I've seen), but it is why the U.S. won't sign. One thing you will never see this nation do is allow any international body, treaty, or organization have control over its economy. This has been pushed to extremes to prove the point recently, as the U.S. got its economic recovery from a war with Iraq, U.N. be damned.
My current exploration of AMD Opterons for 64 bit computing in addition to clustering and virtualization with projects like Xen prove that the average home user is moving in this direction.
For some reason, the Intel Sound (tm) rang in my head as the parent talked about the common man using something that has never been advertised on Fox.
Amen. Its enough he reads /.
No....Steve Ballmer runs the show. Has for a while.
Yup, just like that fee they charge me to use their search engine!
If anything, Google is the most reliable website I've every experianced and recent problems at Wikipedia last month indicated that Wikipedia might need such help. I know that personally I prefer to search Wikipedia with Google more than the native search engine.....
Let me be the first to say welcome.
After reading that interview, its my opinion that Mr. Taylor is one of the most honest corporate figures to ever talk to /. His willingness to get across certain messages and to try to show improvement with in his organization was very pleasing for my eyes to see. So many people are willing to judge quickly and forget slowly, and that doesn't work well in such a fast moving industry. I mean, its 2005. IBM is a new sort of hero. Real has turned a 180 from its position in the 90's (as THE most bloated and crap infested program of that time), and has given the Linux community an excellent, free player that even includes legal MP3 support on their dime. Microsoft can change to. That seems to be the major theme.
As the environment of the industry changes the corporate environment must change as well or perish. Sure maybe now to many people Microsoft is the enemy, the creator of bad licensing and DRM. But this interview proves that at least the company has some sense to hire some sense which means it has a good chance to survive. I mean.....if it grows to the point where it is superior in every respect, what prevent Microsoft from releasing a Linux or a BSD a couple of years down the line?
Wal-mart can refuse. Its the biggest company in the world, and it has more wealth than Mansa Musa ever did. I don't see why it lets this mch smaller industry push them around....unless the situation is better for them this way. Now they don't have to bother to keep track of and return such items to the producer. Sounds like Wal-mart has some fault on this one.
All they do now is serve as a mouthpiece (and lightning rod) for the record labels in their efforts to lock down their IP. Ranting about how eeeeevil the RIAA is simply plays right into the hands of the labels behind it all.
Smartest post I've ever seen on /. Finally someone realizes that huge companies make other organizations- even other companies- to do their dirty work. Just like the oil companies that once were Standard Oil use Haliburton as a strawman to prevent government intervention again. Why else would a company that makes one percent of the revenue the old Standard Oil is making (if it was back together) be considered "the big oil bad guy" in America?