I've really been enjoying Cinnamon. I had been using Gnome 2. Then Ubuntu went off the rails with Gnome 3 and Unity. I've found KDE 3+ to be a little odd for me, in terms of look and feel. Things like Fluxbox and Icewm seemed a bit spare for my liking. Cinnamon was just what I was looking for.
There is not a single unit of electronics equipment made in China that can be trusted not to spy on you for some pretext. Not one. If you buy Chinese-made electronic equipment, you can expect to be spied on. That's what they do.
Neither can we trust the US, thanks to the traitors to the Constitution. We're kind of short on alternatives here.
Whenever making that kind of statement towards any sort of business you're telling them that there's no point to try to correct whatever upset you, as all resources spent to that end are going to be in vain anyway.
At the very least, heads should have rolled. And one of them had better be the CEO's. Better yet, the whole chain of command that made and approved the decision to install the malware.
Since this hasn't happened, we can safely conclude that Lenovo is in bad faith and unwilling to do what is right.
At the very least, Lenovo should have been sued half way into oblivion, and their executives should have been arrested and charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse act.
But they're a corporation, so... "fuck you" says the U.S. attorneys.
Although I consider Lenovo fully responsible (and liable) for SuperPhish in the first place, I could easily see the removal tool's inefficacy stemming from it being a panicked rush job.
I'm thinking of a few specific aspects of how the ACA passage happened.
The first is Pelosi actually convincing members of Congress to vote on the bill before reading it. I.e., her infamous "you'll have to pass the bill to find out what's in it" gambit. (It takes a lot of self control to not go into a tirade every time I think of that.)
The second is this: NPR did a great story talking about a variety of healthcare systems around the world, in terms of cost, outcomes, and implementation details. (Germany's looked especially good.) But nothing in the ACA seemed to indicate any of those vetted designs was seriously considered. It's like the authors of the ACA suffered from Not Invented Here syndrome. Or perhaps just as likely, the lobbyists didn't find it to their liking.
I really wish people who down-mod with "Troll" had a way to explain themselves. Sometimes for the life of me, I don't understand what they saw as troll-ish about a comment.
Happily, if systemd really is a train-wreck in the making, there are still some other distros keeping the altneraties alive. So if Canonical and/or Debian ends up regretting the choice, there should be the living knowledge for a while to revert.
I'm using Mint 17, and I also had trouble getting it to mount my Galaxy Note 4. FYI, I was able to solve it with about 15-20 minutes of Googling + a reboot.
When you pretend to be a foolish version of someone else, in order to mock them, you only make yourself look foolish.
If you really have a valid point to make, argue against your opponents' best points. Don't make an ad hominem attack against a caricature of the opponent.
I long for a police force whose sole task is to protect the clear meaning of the Constitution, with the authority and balls to arrest any federal employee or contractor.
(Not really. I have not idea that it would work out well. But a girl can fantasize...)
I suspect that If the producers maximize profit by some combination of good writing/acting, product placements, syndication / iTunes / Google Play / etc. fees, it's a win.
I don't see technical accuracy as an explicit factor anywhere in that formula. Heck, I loved The Office, and I'm just guessing they weren't realistically depicting life at a paper company.
Russia Today is quite openly the a foreign propaganda arm of the Russian Govt. that doesn't even pretend to be independent.
And NPR is a mouthpiece for liberals. That doesn't mean their stories are wrong, just that they listener needs to carefully distinguish fact from spin.
"Nej, det är lite för dyrt till mig just nu... Så jag önskar dig Gott Kineskiskt Nytt År från Guangzhou och en jättebra kväll! Tack för att du spelar!"
I'm no Doomsayer, but which group of really old people should I be rooting for to straighten out this proprietary nightmare: the Congress or the Supreme Court?
I suspect the Supreme Court is a bit less corrupt.
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No. I'm told that studies have shown it's as dangerous as drunk driving.
Are you serious??? Slashdot clearly is not interested in posting stories about getting more women into computing.
I've been begging them for years to run more stories like that, but the editors always tell me that they just don't generate enough click traffic.
I've really been enjoying Cinnamon. I had been using Gnome 2. Then Ubuntu went off the rails with Gnome 3 and Unity. I've found KDE 3+ to be a little odd for me, in terms of look and feel. Things like Fluxbox and Icewm seemed a bit spare for my liking. Cinnamon was just what I was looking for.
It might work just to amputate their arms, too.
I guess give them a choice, although I'm not sure I'd want them to collect welfare.
How about not drinking if you're going to be driving a vehicle, period?
Why should other people be at risk because someone wants to drink?
They just get drunk and stop caring about not having a license. Then drive drunk again.
This has been the motivation for my preferred policy: One drunk driving arrest, one fucking bullet in the brain.
It's the only way to be safe.
No no no no NON NO NO NO NOOOOO!!! no no no no no!!!
I'm not sure that would do anything. Obama has shown that a President can get away with simply ignoring the law.
There is not a single unit of electronics equipment made in China that can be trusted not to spy on you for some pretext. Not one. If you buy Chinese-made electronic equipment, you can expect to be spied on. That's what they do.
Neither can we trust the US, thanks to the traitors to the Constitution. We're kind of short on alternatives here.
At the very least, heads should have rolled. And one of them had better be the CEO's. Better yet, the whole chain of command that made and approved the decision to install the malware.
Since this hasn't happened, we can safely conclude that Lenovo is in bad faith and unwilling to do what is right.
At the very least, Lenovo should have been sued half way into oblivion, and their executives should have been arrested and charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse act.
But they're a corporation, so... "fuck you" says the U.S. attorneys.
Although I consider Lenovo fully responsible (and liable) for SuperPhish in the first place, I could easily see the removal tool's inefficacy stemming from it being a panicked rush job.
I'm thinking of a few specific aspects of how the ACA passage happened.
The first is Pelosi actually convincing members of Congress to vote on the bill before reading it. I.e., her infamous "you'll have to pass the bill to find out what's in it" gambit. (It takes a lot of self control to not go into a tirade every time I think of that.)
The second is this: NPR did a great story talking about a variety of healthcare systems around the world, in terms of cost, outcomes, and implementation details. (Germany's looked especially good.) But nothing in the ACA seemed to indicate any of those vetted designs was seriously considered. It's like the authors of the ACA suffered from Not Invented Here syndrome. Or perhaps just as likely, the lobbyists didn't find it to their liking.
Thank goodness for forks.
I really wish people who down-mod with "Troll" had a way to explain themselves. Sometimes for the life of me, I don't understand what they saw as troll-ish about a comment.
Happily, if systemd really is a train-wreck in the making, there are still some other distros keeping the altneraties alive. So if Canonical and/or Debian ends up regretting the choice, there should be the living knowledge for a while to revert.
I'm using Mint 17, and I also had trouble getting it to mount my Galaxy Note 4. FYI, I was able to solve it with about 15-20 minutes of Googling + a reboot.
When you pretend to be a foolish version of someone else, in order to mock them, you only make yourself look foolish.
If you really have a valid point to make, argue against your opponents' best points. Don't make an ad hominem attack against a caricature of the opponent.
This feels eerily reminiscent of the U.S.'s push for the Affordable Care Act.
It's like the proponents don't want a careful vetting of their idea, so they're pushing forward as hard as possible before resistance can mobilize.
I wonder if that's what's happening here.
Sorry, I don't know how to give one in Welsh.
Step 1: remove lyrics.
Beyond that, it'd be pretty easy.
Not for me. There are some purely instrumental pieces that captivate me every time. Especially Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Orchestra.
(Note: Even if you're not a huge fan of classical music, I suggest giving that piece a full listen through just once. It may blow your mind.)
I long for a police force whose sole task is to protect the clear meaning of the Constitution, with the authority and balls to arrest any federal employee or contractor.
(Not really. I have not idea that it would work out well. But a girl can fantasize...)
I suspect that If the producers maximize profit by some combination of good writing/acting, product placements, syndication / iTunes / Google Play / etc. fees, it's a win.
I don't see technical accuracy as an explicit factor anywhere in that formula. Heck, I loved The Office, and I'm just guessing they weren't realistically depicting life at a paper company.
This reminds me of vehicles traveling at the speed of plot.
And NPR is a mouthpiece for liberals. That doesn't mean their stories are wrong, just that they listener needs to carefully distinguish fact from spin.
I pick up spam calls only when I'm overseas.
"Nej, det är lite för dyrt till mig just nu... Så jag önskar dig Gott Kineskiskt Nytt År från Guangzhou och en jättebra kväll! Tack för att du spelar!"
What if they can't speak Spanish?
I'm no Doomsayer, but which group of really old people should I be rooting for to straighten out this proprietary nightmare: the Congress or the Supreme Court?
I suspect the Supreme Court is a bit less corrupt.