All the time there's news about even more retarded legislation getting introduced in the UK.
Ever heard of 'brain drain'?
The brains have been draining out of Britain since WWII. This is what happens when only the people who can't qualify for an emgiration visa are left behind.
Why the "supposedly"? Do you have evidence that the UK's election results were not legitimate?
They're a minority government elected by around 20% of the British people. In the last election, the British people resoundingly said that they didn't want any of the three main parties on offer.
Any civilized country would be embarrassed by putting in place a government that about 80% of the people didn't vote for.
The British government is enacting this censorship policy with the full support of millions and millions of people who don't post on Slashdot.
None of my British relatives and friends have ever demanded the government 'protect' them from pr0n. Most Britons who do are idiots like the batty old Mary Whitehouse.
So? What else do you need to look at while selecting something from a menu?
You're right. When I open the bookmarks menu in Firefox, everything on my screen should go away and be replaced by a scrolling mass of big tiles. It just makes perfect sense.
Not everything has to be a tree control.
You're right. When I look for Photoshop to start it, it makes no sense for it to be under 'Adobe', with InDesign and Premiere. They should all just be scattered at random in a big scrolling mass of tiles.
WTF? I mean, really, WTF? Aren't/.ers supposed to have an IQ higher than room temperature?
That why most of us can see what a disaster Window 8 is.
Does it actually close a hung program when you tell it to close the program, or does it still force you to find the actual executable and close that way?
You've got to realize we're seeing 1.5+ GHz, quad-core tablets with 2GB RAM come down to a couple hundred dollars now. That's genuinely a lot of power no matter how you slice it, enough to serve most people's needs if only it had the interface they need.
I have a 1.5GHz quad-core tablet with 2GB of RAM. And no, it's not 'enough to serve most people's needs'. It still feels like running Windows XP on a 90MHz Pentium.
'Search' was the Big New Shiny Thing before 'Mobile' became the Big New Shiny Thing. When Google became enormously rich from 'Search', everything had to do 'Search'. Now Apple have become enormously rich from iPhone and iPad, everything has to do 'Mobile'.
It's tiresome, but the fads die when a new fad comes along. Unfortunately, we'll be stuck with the crap created during the old fad for years to come.
When all tablets come with USB-A ports (people want to use thumb drives, and their SD cards, etc) and RJ45 ports (not all networking is wireless), then they could make a run at laptops and desktops.
Dude, they're tablets. You're supposed to carry them around in your pocket and use them when you're not at a desk. Why would anyone in their right mind want a USB port and RJ45 port on a 7" tablet?
Why this insane desire to build 'one size fits all', when it just results in a horrible kludge that no-one wants? Your attitude is precisely why Window 8 has been such a failure.
If what you say is true, that's exactly what you can tell the Linux zealots who claim that if you just put a Linux PC on the store shelves, people will buy them.
Gnome 2 (and now MATE) looks pretty much like Windows XP. No-one I've put in front of my Linux machines who's previously used Windows XP has had any problem with using it.
Window 8 looks nothing like Windows XP. Most people can't even start Notepad in Window 8.
The current slow take up of Win8 has more to do with Moores Law running out.
No,. it's due to Joe Sixpack going to their local computer store, looking at the screen of a Window 8 PC and going 'WTF is this crap? Where's Windows?' and going home.
Business is far less impacted because they can just install Windows 7 instead. And they probably upgrade once the old PCs have been written off against their taxes, not when they wear out.
What I genuinely don't understand is - why break backward compatibility? Why not just layer touch on top of the existing UI?
Microsoft are desperate to get into mobile. No-one wants a smart phone with no apps. No-one wants to write apps for a smart phone OS with no users. Hence Microsoft had to push the smart phone OS onto the desktop so developers might think they'd have a market for their apps. Except no-one wants to buy a desktop PC with a smart phone OS.
Since it is well known fact that Linux is GPLv2 only, what's your intent in denying that? Trolling?
Since your response has nothing to do with the post I was replying to, which stated that Linus had removed the clause from the GPL, what's your intent in posting that? Or are you just unable to comprehend English?
Actually no, the Linux kernel is stuck on the GNU GPL v2 because Linus made that decision on purpose. The default GNU license allows for relicencing under any later version, but Linux removed that clause on purpose.
[citation needed]
Later in the very email thread you linked to, he said:
"For example, in the GPLv3 discussions, I've seen more than one person claim that I've used a special magic version of the GPLv2 that doesn't have the "v2 or any later" clause. Again, those people don't have a _clue_ about what they are talking about."
Certainly the COPYING file at the top level of kernel.org's linux repository appears to include that clause. I didn't look in indvidual kernel tar files.
Their intelligence, like all intelligence, is a complex matter, but basically, they are not as smart as their reputation suggests; although, stating that they are as smart (dumb) as chickens also overstates things.
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All the time there's news about even more retarded legislation getting introduced in the UK.
Ever heard of 'brain drain'?
The brains have been draining out of Britain since WWII. This is what happens when only the people who can't qualify for an emgiration visa are left behind.
Or Google Docs. Work anywhere.
And you get a free backup at the NSA.
No problem. They'll just let murderers and rapists out early to make room for the real criminals.
Why the "supposedly"? Do you have evidence that the UK's election results were not legitimate?
They're a minority government elected by around 20% of the British people. In the last election, the British people resoundingly said that they didn't want any of the three main parties on offer.
Any civilized country would be embarrassed by putting in place a government that about 80% of the people didn't vote for.
The British government is enacting this censorship policy with the full support of millions and millions of people who don't post on Slashdot.
None of my British relatives and friends have ever demanded the government 'protect' them from pr0n. Most Britons who do are idiots like the batty old Mary Whitehouse.
So you think the Virgin Galactic passengers might get trapped in mid-flight by Space Icebergs when they try to return to Earth?
You should write that as a SyFy channel script. Throw in some Space Sharks, and you've got a winner.
There are routine 747 flights over Antarctica which never land there, sight-seeing only through little airliner windows.
Technically speaking, one of the Antarctica sight-seeing flights landed there. It just didn't intend to.
So? What else do you need to look at while selecting something from a menu?
You're right. When I open the bookmarks menu in Firefox, everything on my screen should go away and be replaced by a scrolling mass of big tiles. It just makes perfect sense.
Not everything has to be a tree control.
You're right. When I look for Photoshop to start it, it makes no sense for it to be under 'Adobe', with InDesign and Premiere. They should all just be scattered at random in a big scrolling mass of tiles.
WTF? I mean, really, WTF? Aren't /.ers supposed to have an IQ higher than room temperature?
That why most of us can see what a disaster Window 8 is.
Does it actually close a hung program when you tell it to close the program, or does it still force you to find the actual executable and close that way?
You should try a Linux distro released after 1993. It's actually improved a lot in the last twenty years.
You've got to realize we're seeing 1.5+ GHz, quad-core tablets with 2GB RAM come down to a couple hundred dollars now. That's genuinely a lot of power no matter how you slice it, enough to serve most people's needs if only it had the interface they need.
I have a 1.5GHz quad-core tablet with 2GB of RAM. And no, it's not 'enough to serve most people's needs'. It still feels like running Windows XP on a 90MHz Pentium.
'Search' was the Big New Shiny Thing before 'Mobile' became the Big New Shiny Thing. When Google became enormously rich from 'Search', everything had to do 'Search'. Now Apple have become enormously rich from iPhone and iPad, everything has to do 'Mobile'.
It's tiresome, but the fads die when a new fad comes along. Unfortunately, we'll be stuck with the crap created during the old fad for years to come.
When all tablets come with USB-A ports (people want to use thumb drives, and their SD cards, etc) and RJ45 ports (not all networking is wireless), then they could make a run at laptops and desktops.
Dude, they're tablets. You're supposed to carry them around in your pocket and use them when you're not at a desk. Why would anyone in their right mind want a USB port and RJ45 port on a 7" tablet?
Why this insane desire to build 'one size fits all', when it just results in a horrible kludge that no-one wants? Your attitude is precisely why Window 8 has been such a failure.
If what you say is true, that's exactly what you can tell the Linux zealots who claim that if you just put a Linux PC on the store shelves, people will buy them.
Gnome 2 (and now MATE) looks pretty much like Windows XP. No-one I've put in front of my Linux machines who's previously used Windows XP has had any problem with using it.
Window 8 looks nothing like Windows XP. Most people can't even start Notepad in Window 8.
Try using it for once in your life.
We have. That's why we hate it.
Yeah, so? That's a heck of a long way from 'people just aren't buying new PCs at all'.
BTW, aren't Mac sales up significantly? I know several people who've dumped Windows and gone all Apple in the last few years.
The current slow take up of Win8 has more to do with Moores Law running out.
No,. it's due to Joe Sixpack going to their local computer store, looking at the screen of a Window 8 PC and going 'WTF is this crap? Where's Windows?' and going home.
Business is far less impacted because they can just install Windows 7 instead. And they probably upgrade once the old PCs have been written off against their taxes, not when they wear out.
What I genuinely don't understand is - why break backward compatibility? Why not just layer touch on top of the existing UI?
Microsoft are desperate to get into mobile.
No-one wants a smart phone with no apps.
No-one wants to write apps for a smart phone OS with no users.
Hence Microsoft had to push the smart phone OS onto the desktop so developers might think they'd have a market for their apps.
Except no-one wants to buy a desktop PC with a smart phone OS.
Actually, if the sales numbers are to be believed, people just aren't buying new PCs at all.
Well, if you ignore the nearly one million PCs sold every day last quarter.
Since it is well known fact that Linux is GPLv2 only, what's your intent in denying that?
Trolling?
Since your response has nothing to do with the post I was replying to, which stated that Linus had removed the clause from the GPL, what's your intent in posting that? Or are you just unable to comprehend English?
Actually no, the Linux kernel is stuck on the GNU GPL v2 because Linus made that decision on purpose. The default GNU license allows for relicencing under any later version, but Linux removed that clause on purpose.
[citation needed]
Later in the very email thread you linked to, he said:
"For example, in the GPLv3 discussions, I've seen more than one person claim that I've used a special magic version of the GPLv2 that doesn't have the "v2 or any later" clause. Again, those people don't have a _clue_ about what they are talking about."
Certainly the COPYING file at the top level of kernel.org's linux repository appears to include that clause. I didn't look in indvidual kernel tar files.
Then apply the proofs to each library or lower level as necessary for your particular application.
Yeah, good luck with that.
And if the dolphin is sentient, as seems to be the case, then what?
[citation needed]
And, by that, I mean actual science, not 'look at the pretty dolphin!' hippy crap.
In one hundred years we'll look back at the practice of eating meat with the same horror that we look upon slavery now.
In one hundred years, 99.999% of meat will come from vats.
Their intelligence, like all intelligence, is a complex matter, but basically, they are not as smart as their reputation suggests; although, stating that they are as smart (dumb) as chickens also overstates things.
But I hear they taste like chicken.