Obviously the submitter didn't grow up with a unix background, as lots of people here have. And now I see lots of people asking what the hell submitter is thinking, "is this a joke", "not worthy of a story" et cetera.
But think about it. Submitter came from a GUI background and now discovers the commandline. I'm thinking back when I started with Linux, feeling totally amazed about so much utilities, so much power and I kinda envy the submitter:)
Except some (most?) companies don't have any common decency at all. Perhaps this UK retailer fucked around with this little guy a bit too often, refusing warranty or not honoring price guarantees. We don't know that.
Well, he is not obligated to answer, is he? I mean, it's kind of a dick move, but these fucking corporations ask for decency when they don't have any themselves.
I remember this time the cable company turned me over to a debt collection agency, without prior communication. Because they claimed I didn't send their modem back after cancelling service. Knowing these corporate shenanigans, I kept the post receipt for nearly five years. Otherwise they'd have brought me to court.
I owe NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING to these soulless corporations. I would perhaps reply but only for my own karma.
He is in his 70s and the internet is a bit of a mystery to him, but he asked me about a way to send/receive email and watch online videos
Ah yes, he wants to watch "online videos". Really, the old goat will be browsing 4chan and redtube when he hears you closing the front door behind your ass.
I can understand when this is hard or complicated. But on OS X, when you stick in an empty external harddrive, the OS will ask if it can start making backups. It couldn't be any simpler -- just connect an external drive. It couldn't be any cheaper, either -- all it takes is a $50 drive.
This all makes me wonder if the OS shouldn't include some sort of emergency backup facility in the cloud. Apparently people expect this as "infrastructure".
"The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire Step out of the car and let this m*****f***** burn Burn m*****f***** burn"
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utterly incapable of understanding OOP concepts
Funny thing is, I've been OO programming for fifteen years now, and splitting up requirements into sane objects is hard. When I do get it right, I spent abnormal amounts of time thinking about them. It's rare to see well-thought out design.
Goddamnit Foist, why haven't you finished your Sprint today? And why didn't you fill in your timesheet? I expect I can find you in the office this Saturday.
I dunno about this. Suppose I'm playing D&D. And my wizard finds heaps of treasure in a dungeon. Do you think I should call upon the ancient lords of the Undermountain to contact all the liches who once owned part of this treasure?
With Windows comes the need to manage the device as you would a full Windows PC. That means antivirus, a firewall, decent malware protection, etc. I am definitely not looking forward to that, for what should be a simple tablet. So your bye-bye Android/Apple is premature.
What's pretty funny is that if he ran OS X together with Time Machine he'd just pop in a new drive and restore from the backup that same day. He'd be running again in the time it took to put a new SSD in his machine.
Now I know there's plenty of Time Machine horror stories, but I'm just saying it would have been possible.
Note that I run Linux on all my servers, and 50% of my employer's desktops run on Linux. The rest runs on Mac.
Now it's probably true that the above issues are caused by third party drivers, and not Windows itself, but it still sucks.
I'm running a MacBook and for precisely this reason, I try to avoid hardware requiring 3rd party drivers. There are lots of better external wifi devices, but I'd rather not stick drivers in an otherwise perfectly operating machine. Same goes for stuff like VirtualBox or Parallels, which require weird drivers as well.
"Spotify's goal is to grow a service which people love, ultimately want to pay for, and which will provide the financial support to the music industry necessary to invest in new talent and music," a company spokesperson said today. "We want to help artists connect with their fans, find new audiences, grow their fan base and make a living from the music we all love. Right now we're still in the early stages of a long-term project that's already having a hugely positive effect on artists and new music. We've already paid US$500M to rightsholders so far and by the end of 2013 this number will reach US$1bn. Much of this money is being invested in nurturing new talent and producing great new music. We're 100% committed to making Spotify the most artist-friendly music service possible, and are constantly talking to artists and managers about how Spotify can help build their careers."
Unbelievable how they respond with corporate drivel. For me, this is the sign that no real human is at the helm and I'd rather keep downloading than give money to this faceless entity.
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Obviously the submitter didn't grow up with a unix background, as lots of people here have. And now I see lots of people asking what the hell submitter is thinking, "is this a joke", "not worthy of a story" et cetera.
But think about it. Submitter came from a GUI background and now discovers the commandline. I'm thinking back when I started with Linux, feeling totally amazed about so much utilities, so much power and I kinda envy the submitter :)
So give it a rest and just chip in.
IPC is between processes, not between a process and the kernel.
What a weird thing to say. Kernel support has been present since the early (SysV) days of IPC. Do you think that was wrong?
Slashdot editor Soulskill sucks cocks! And CowboyNeal is a cum-guzzling karma whore!
I always post anonymously for obvious reasons.
I don't why, in your mind, that Mac Pro can't be both a fashion statement as well as a work horse.
There's lots of off-the-road cars that are available with leather upholstery and shiny aluminum rims. It's still an off-the-road car.
It's about common decency
Except some (most?) companies don't have any common decency at all. Perhaps this UK retailer fucked around with this little guy a bit too often, refusing warranty or not honoring price guarantees. We don't know that.
Well, he is not obligated to answer, is he? I mean, it's kind of a dick move, but these fucking corporations ask for decency when they don't have any themselves.
I remember this time the cable company turned me over to a debt collection agency, without prior communication. Because they claimed I didn't send their modem back after cancelling service. Knowing these corporate shenanigans, I kept the post receipt for nearly five years. Otherwise they'd have brought me to court.
I owe NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING to these soulless corporations. I would perhaps reply but only for my own karma.
He is in his 70s and the internet is a bit of a mystery to him, but he asked me about a way to send/receive email and watch online videos
Ah yes, he wants to watch "online videos". Really, the old goat will be browsing 4chan and redtube when he hears you closing the front door behind your ass.
I use instapaper, pocket or some other offline reader for that.
99% of consumers have no backups
I can understand when this is hard or complicated. But on OS X, when you stick in an empty external harddrive, the OS will ask if it can start making backups. It couldn't be any simpler -- just connect an external drive. It couldn't be any cheaper, either -- all it takes is a $50 drive.
This all makes me wonder if the OS shouldn't include some sort of emergency backup facility in the cloud. Apparently people expect this as "infrastructure".
Wow, amazing... Didn't know that feature existed. The fact that there's a support document on that, is hilarious.
I'd make him sing a little song.
"The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
Step out of the car and let this m*****f***** burn
Burn m*****f***** burn"
utterly incapable of understanding OOP concepts
Funny thing is, I've been OO programming for fifteen years now, and splitting up requirements into sane objects is hard. When I do get it right, I spent abnormal amounts of time thinking about them. It's rare to see well-thought out design.
I love to wear my kilts, though I do tend to get a lot of dandruff on my shoes.
You're taking it to a new level, eh? :)
So? Pay for extra leg room.
Dealing with incompetent project managers.
Goddamnit Foist, why haven't you finished your Sprint today? And why didn't you fill in your timesheet? I expect I can find you in the office this Saturday.
I love Ghostery, but it makes Safari 6.0.5 crash.
Heh, this is nothing :-) :-)
I worked at Oracle, and five-pages-long SELECT queries did happen in projects. Real life is sometimes complicated
reach out to all the known historical developers
I dunno about this. Suppose I'm playing D&D. And my wizard finds heaps of treasure in a dungeon. Do you think I should call upon the ancient lords of the Undermountain to contact all the liches who once owned part of this treasure?
With Windows comes the need to manage the device as you would a full Windows PC. That means antivirus, a firewall, decent malware protection, etc. I am definitely not looking forward to that, for what should be a simple tablet. So your bye-bye Android/Apple is premature.
What's pretty funny is that if he ran OS X together with Time Machine he'd just pop in a new drive and restore from the backup that same day. He'd be running again in the time it took to put a new SSD in his machine.
Now I know there's plenty of Time Machine horror stories, but I'm just saying it would have been possible.
Note that I run Linux on all my servers, and 50% of my employer's desktops run on Linux. The rest runs on Mac.
Using utilities like IonCube to 'protect' PHP-code will never stop the dedicated people from reverse engineering the application or re-engineering it.
No, but it will stop support calls from clients that are the result of messing with the code.
Now it's probably true that the above issues are caused by third party drivers, and not Windows itself, but it still sucks.
I'm running a MacBook and for precisely this reason, I try to avoid hardware requiring 3rd party drivers. There are lots of better external wifi devices, but I'd rather not stick drivers in an otherwise perfectly operating machine. Same goes for stuff like VirtualBox or Parallels, which require weird drivers as well.
The reply from Spotify:
"Spotify's goal is to grow a service which people love, ultimately want to pay for, and which will provide the financial support to the music industry necessary to invest in new talent and music," a company spokesperson said today. "We want to help artists connect with their fans, find new audiences, grow their fan base and make a living from the music we all love. Right now we're still in the early stages of a long-term project that's already having a hugely positive effect on artists and new music. We've already paid US$500M to rightsholders so far and by the end of 2013 this number will reach US$1bn. Much of this money is being invested in nurturing new talent and producing great new music. We're 100% committed to making Spotify the most artist-friendly music service possible, and are constantly talking to artists and managers about how Spotify can help build their careers."
Unbelievable how they respond with corporate drivel. For me, this is the sign that no real human is at the helm and I'd rather keep downloading than give money to this faceless entity.
Personally I'd be happy with something twice as thick
That's what she said :'-(
I love the way the Chrome tabs take up less space. Very useful on a 13" MacBook.