Notice that my post was specifically about the strangeness of even the very cheapest sub $50 printers having screens. One would expect the lowest category of device to have the bare minimum, but they don't.
I think the reason they do is so that they can break you in gently to the fact that your very expensive, but extremely low capacity ink refills will run out very, very quickly.
What does a printer need a screen for? Printers used to get by with maybe 3 LEDs for status. Anything more than that was given as status on the computer it was connected to, providing you had more than a basic driver.
But now, the cheapest sub $50 printers have screens built in. (And a scanner too)
Screens have got so cheap, there's no reason not to include them in cheap devices, if they can come up with the slightest excuse. A consumer might chose the device with the screen over one without if there's little difference in price.
And in Google's dystopia, the ones with screens could actually be cheaper, subsidised by the advertising.
The excuse they'll use to market fridges with screens will probably be some connection to home shopping. Finish the milk? Show the barcode to the built in camera, and the screen will offer the option to order another.
The camera would be more of a cause for concern, given that people aren't always dressed in the kitchen. Especially given today's news that LG are spying on consumers with their smart-TVs.
It's an explainable thing. The UK magazines market was largely driven by W H Smith. Not only because of their shops, but they were a wholesaler too, so a lot of the other newsagents were selling merchandise sourced from W H Smith.
And W H Smith started out as a chain of railway station concessions. People bought books and magazines to read on the train.
With a lesser railway system, and more people travelling by horse and then car in the USA, the train station bookstall/newsagent phenomenon didn't take off in the same way.
the same as we ignore people checking their phone already.
Speak for yourself. A lot of us find people checking their phone when they are supposed to be engaged in a social context to be very annoying and rude.
But not nearly as annoying and rude as someone wearing Google Glass would be.
The kind of people that want Google Glass are the exact same people that can't work out or don't care about the etiquette of when and how to use their existing phones. The Glassholes nickname is perfect.
Bravo. That's very much my experience too. I tried Linux once a year between the mid nineties till about 2003, each time encouraged by Linux users claiming that it was now ready for use. And each the experience was awful.
I briefly toyed with BEOS, which as far as user experience was concerned was everything Linux was not. But unfortunately it never got traction, so there were few apps.
But once OSX had become stable and well supported by apps, I made the move to that and never looked back. It's not perfect by any means, but it's so much better than any other desktop OS out there.
I no longer waste a day a year trying Linux out to see if it's made it yet. That boat has long since sailed. It's wasted me enough time already.
Are you suggesting that it is somehow OK for us to put money into our system for our entire life, while someone who has never worked a day in Germany can come here, collect money for them and their family to live on? How is that sustainable??
That's what many said about taking on East Germany. It's just as wrong now as it was then.
People are people. They are no more likely to shift country to live on welfare than you are. Those that move to other countries tend to be the ones with get-up and go. Most want to work.
Poles in the UK have a lower unemployment rate than the native Brits. The Poles come to work, not to claim benefits.
And just like the Huguenots, the Jews, and the Asian immigrants before them, they are opening lots of new businesses. The Polish food shops are the most obvious, but there are lots of trades too.
So far I'm 17 minutes into the video. And from the things being mentioned Linux sucks far worse than any of the commercial desktop OSs.
Looking forward to the "Linux doesn't suck" video, because I can't imagine what he can possibly say to counter the admissions of suckiness he's made so far.
These people are just arseholes who only want to get out of paying a fare. There is nothing political about their actions, they're entirely selfish.
How do you know? Are you Swedish? Do you know any of the individuals concerned?
It would not matter to them if the public transport system was government run like in Sweden or mostly private like in Singapore.
The issue doesn't appear to be who runs it, it's how it's paid for. And if it was government run and financed out of general taxation, then this form of protest wouldn't be possible.
You and other idiot seem to be unaware that there's a thing called the EU, of which Belgium and Sweden are members. Things like data protection, privacy and "human rights" (along with the majority of laws) are set at that level.
I live in the EU, and there is no law passed at that level. In those categories, the EU set minimum requirements, which local laws must deliver within their legislation. Which certainly doesn't mean what is legal in one country is legal in another.
P.S. Pretty funny an American calling someone else out on the concept of "other countries".
Another thing you are wrong about. I'm British.
Calling other people idiots when you are the one that's doubly wrong just makes you a twat.
I am not even sure what you are trying to say here. Schools do not normally get to pick their pupils
Schools selecting pupils is not that unusual. And for specialist schools such as those doing music and drama, it's the norm. If that's not true where you live, then appreciate that not everywhere in the world is like where you live.
You may not be the best person to judge if your child's violin playing is exceptional, but still the best judge by far of whether or not he actually wants to pursue it.
And so the parent with the child will decide whether to apply to the school that does the selecting.
Except that without parental choice you have no way to even know whether there are enough, or too many, schools of a particular type, or to do anything about it even if you did know!
Parental choice is not the only, nor even a very good, informational source.
The summary probably gives the wrong impression. The lighttable project is about improving the practice of programming for all programmers not just beginners. And he's probably better read in the history of such things than you are.
For sure it's simplifying. It's a post on an internet forum, not an essay. And of course there are children with different needs, and schools with specialisms. So, to take your music and drama example: the way to deal with that is for the school to choose the pupils with the best potential in those specialisms.
Parental choice is again pointless. You might think your child's violin playing is exceptional, and make the choice for that music school. But your child shouldn't get that place ahead of some child that's an even better violinist.
If it turns out that there aren't enough schools specialising in music and drama, then the constructive course of action is to set up more such schools (or repurpose existing ones.) Again, parental choice does nothing useful.
Similarly to file-sharers, they don't *actually* cost the transport companies any money.
That's a very good point. And it's notable that on slashdot file sharer's are generally supported rather than condemned. Quite the opposite to the reaction here. I guess the slashdot right-wingers only oppose freeloading that they don't personally benefit from.
These guys have no real excuse, everyone I have come across have better label clothes than I and a more expensive phone than I. It is pure egoism and nothing else.
You are either saying that very poor people don't jump the turnstile, or that you are the worst dressed person in the city.
Moreover even private companies frequently have police on-premises that they pay for.
Sounds like a symptom of the sickness of America. The country is run by and for business, not the people.
In Europe, because of a bad experience last century, we tend to steer well clear of fascism. And fascism is an offshoot of corporatism. Allowing companies to buy the right to their own police service is something to be very wary of.
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Notice that my post was specifically about the strangeness of even the very cheapest sub $50 printers having screens. One would expect the lowest category of device to have the bare minimum, but they don't.
I think the reason they do is so that they can break you in gently to the fact that your very expensive, but extremely low capacity ink refills will run out very, very quickly.
What does a printer need a screen for? Printers used to get by with maybe 3 LEDs for status. Anything more than that was given as status on the computer it was connected to, providing you had more than a basic driver.
But now, the cheapest sub $50 printers have screens built in. (And a scanner too)
Screens have got so cheap, there's no reason not to include them in cheap devices, if they can come up with the slightest excuse. A consumer might chose the device with the screen over one without if there's little difference in price.
And in Google's dystopia, the ones with screens could actually be cheaper, subsidised by the advertising.
The excuse they'll use to market fridges with screens will probably be some connection to home shopping. Finish the milk? Show the barcode to the built in camera, and the screen will offer the option to order another.
The camera would be more of a cause for concern, given that people aren't always dressed in the kitchen. Especially given today's news that LG are spying on consumers with their smart-TVs.
It's an explainable thing. The UK magazines market was largely driven by W H Smith. Not only because of their shops, but they were a wholesaler too, so a lot of the other newsagents were selling merchandise sourced from W H Smith.
And W H Smith started out as a chain of railway station concessions. People bought books and magazines to read on the train.
With a lesser railway system, and more people travelling by horse and then car in the USA, the train station bookstall/newsagent phenomenon didn't take off in the same way.
Or at least that's my theory.
the same as we ignore people checking their phone already.
Speak for yourself. A lot of us find people checking their phone when they are supposed to be engaged in a social context to be very annoying and rude.
But not nearly as annoying and rude as someone wearing Google Glass would be.
The kind of people that want Google Glass are the exact same people that can't work out or don't care about the etiquette of when and how to use their existing phones. The Glassholes nickname is perfect.
Anyone who wants them is an idiot.
See how that works?
Android is the OS with the malware again. What a surprise.
Bravo. That's very much my experience too. I tried Linux once a year between the mid nineties till about 2003, each time encouraged by Linux users claiming that it was now ready for use. And each the experience was awful.
I briefly toyed with BEOS, which as far as user experience was concerned was everything Linux was not. But unfortunately it never got traction, so there were few apps.
But once OSX had become stable and well supported by apps, I made the move to that and never looked back. It's not perfect by any means, but it's so much better than any other desktop OS out there.
I no longer waste a day a year trying Linux out to see if it's made it yet. That boat has long since sailed. It's wasted me enough time already.
Are you suggesting that it is somehow OK for us to put money into our system for our entire life, while someone who has never worked a day in Germany can come here, collect money for them and their family to live on?
How is that sustainable??
That's what many said about taking on East Germany. It's just as wrong now as it was then.
People are people. They are no more likely to shift country to live on welfare than you are. Those that move to other countries tend to be the ones with get-up and go. Most want to work.
Poles in the UK have a lower unemployment rate than the native Brits. The Poles come to work, not to claim benefits.
And just like the Huguenots, the Jews, and the Asian immigrants before them, they are opening lots of new businesses. The Polish food shops are the most obvious, but there are lots of trades too.
So far I'm 17 minutes into the video. And from the things being mentioned Linux sucks far worse than any of the commercial desktop OSs.
Looking forward to the "Linux doesn't suck" video, because I can't imagine what he can possibly say to counter the admissions of suckiness he's made so far.
The Linux people can't even organise a room without suffering from a buffer overflow.
(You have to see the disorganised nature of the event in the early part of the vid.)
Two statements:
1. (most of these idiots are likely youths or leftish individuals who don't work anyway)
2. most fare dodgers are poor people.
Clearly the second is more balanced than the first. Which is what I said.
Nothing will make me appreciate living in an oligarchy.
If you use Linux you certainly know what crappy UIs look like. UI designers are few and far between in the Linux world.
These people are just arseholes who only want to get out of paying a fare. There is nothing political about their actions, they're entirely selfish.
How do you know? Are you Swedish? Do you know any of the individuals concerned?
It would not matter to them if the public transport system was government run like in Sweden or mostly private like in Singapore.
The issue doesn't appear to be who runs it, it's how it's paid for. And if it was government run and financed out of general taxation, then this form of protest wouldn't be possible.
You and other idiot seem to be unaware that there's a thing called the EU, of which Belgium and Sweden are members. Things like data protection, privacy and "human rights" (along with the majority of laws) are set at that level.
I live in the EU, and there is no law passed at that level. In those categories, the EU set minimum requirements, which local laws must deliver within their legislation. Which certainly doesn't mean what is legal in one country is legal in another.
P.S. Pretty funny an American calling someone else out on the concept of "other countries".
Another thing you are wrong about. I'm British.
Calling other people idiots when you are the one that's doubly wrong just makes you a twat.
I am not even sure what you are trying to say here. Schools do not normally get to pick their pupils
Schools selecting pupils is not that unusual. And for specialist schools such as those doing music and drama, it's the norm. If that's not true where you live, then appreciate that not everywhere in the world is like where you live.
You may not be the best person to judge if your child's violin playing is exceptional, but still the best judge by far of whether or not he actually wants to pursue it.
And so the parent with the child will decide whether to apply to the school that does the selecting.
Except that without parental choice you have no way to even know whether there are enough, or too many, schools of a particular type, or to do anything about it even if you did know!
Parental choice is not the only, nor even a very good, informational source.
Odd. Your grammar and abbreviation imply that you are a lazy ass.
The summary probably gives the wrong impression. The lighttable project is about improving the practice of programming for all programmers not just beginners. And he's probably better read in the history of such things than you are.
That means if you send me your 'source code' you are actually sending me a sleeping, but running! program.
With all my data in it? What could possibly go wrong!
Yes I do realise that. The US Democratic party is a right wing party by European standards.
For sure it's simplifying. It's a post on an internet forum, not an essay. And of course there are children with different needs, and schools with specialisms. So, to take your music and drama example: the way to deal with that is for the school to choose the pupils with the best potential in those specialisms.
Parental choice is again pointless. You might think your child's violin playing is exceptional, and make the choice for that music school. But your child shouldn't get that place ahead of some child that's an even better violinist.
If it turns out that there aren't enough schools specialising in music and drama, then the constructive course of action is to set up more such schools (or repurpose existing ones.) Again, parental choice does nothing useful.
Similarly to file-sharers, they don't *actually* cost the transport companies any money.
That's a very good point. And it's notable that on slashdot file sharer's are generally supported rather than condemned. Quite the opposite to the reaction here. I guess the slashdot right-wingers only oppose freeloading that they don't personally benefit from.
These guys have no real excuse, everyone I have come across have better label clothes than I and a more expensive phone than I. It is pure egoism and nothing else.
You are either saying that very poor people don't jump the turnstile, or that you are the worst dressed person in the city.
Moreover even private companies frequently have police on-premises that they pay for.
Sounds like a symptom of the sickness of America. The country is run by and for business, not the people.
In Europe, because of a bad experience last century, we tend to steer well clear of fascism. And fascism is an offshoot of corporatism. Allowing companies to buy the right to their own police service is something to be very wary of.