It depends on _how_ the question is asked. The OP came across as a total condescending prick with shades of the pot calling the kettle black. Why even insult Woz ? All that does is make one look like a tool / fool.
Instead of putting Woz down, showing a little respect and humility would have gone a long ways. i.e.
"I admire Woz for his tech genius but I'm curious what he has done with his life post-Apple. Does anyone know?"
See -- the tone is completely different. We can respect the person asking the question because they have given respect.
But to answer your question, yeah, it is usually insufficient. It depends on context. Sometimes mirroring the same behavior the person used will help them understand that their might be a different way to behave.
Oh brother, what has/. become when I'm giving communication lessons...
> This is why I hate going to Slashdot. Not the factually incorrect articles, not the summaries needing proofreading, not the occasional "advertising". It's the asshole users.
Sort of. That's only half of the problem. The other half is:
* Bad data * Incomplete or missing data
In California and Washington I've seen incorrect map data both with Google Maps and Apple Maps. Sure a better driver _could_ (and should) be able to work around that but are they forced to in the first place??
The road data should both be:
[ ] complete [ ] accurate
Obviously construction will cause some of that but it shouldn't take _years_ for a non-moving road to be added to the system.
-- GIMP v2.8 still sucks compared to Photoshop. Where are any of the Layer Effects???
The problem is these UI / UX "experts" forgot the first rule:
Opt-In, not Opt-out.
There should be toggle for this crap, with it defaulting to OFF.
Shitty UI is what happens when you let the bean counters run things. I guess pissing off your user base is part of their corporate strategy now due to their myopic vision.
* What have you done that is even 1/10 as meaningful as what Woz has accomplished? * Where are your devices that helped change the world? * Where is your computer langue? * Where were you when they were _creating_ the personal computer movement? * After starting a fortune 50 company why _isn't_ Woz allowed to "retire"? * Why are you so insecure that you must put down others? * Why do you criticize others when you're too afraid to even use a real name?
Only a troll criticizes a visionary and great engineer due to their own insecurity.
I would highly recommend watching the excellent documentary The Corporation
Balmer in his typical MS FUD fashion shoots his mouth out without thinking when he refers to Linux instead of meaning the GPL. He also makes makes several ignorant / false statements. The full quote is (emphasis added):
Q: Do you view Linux and the open-source movement as a threat to Microsoft?
A: Yeah. It's good competition. It will force us to be innovative. It will force us to justify the prices and value that we deliver. And that's only healthy. The only thing we have a problem with is when the government funds open-source work. Government funding should be for work that is available to everybody. Open source is not available to commercial companies.The way the license is written, if you use any open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open source. If the government wants to put something in the public domain, it should. Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the way that the license works.
There are several lies here:
1. Open source is not available to commercial companies. a) Someone should notify their HotMail team! http://betanews.com/2001/06/18... b) Tell that to Red Hat or Free/Open BSD whose ENTIRE business is based on open source.
2. If you use any open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open source a) Had the man has never heard of Free BSD? b) This is false; it gives the impression that you can't write close source software while using open source programs. You can. c) Let's fix this statement so it is actually correct:
If you extend any open-source software, you have to make the rest of that software open source.
3. Linux is not in the public domain./Oblg. "You keep using this word public, it doesn't mean what you think it means." The public's rightsis what is being preserved with the GPL. So while the GPL is not 100% free with no-strings-attached, like BSD, that is to prevent someone from hoarding their changes. GPL focuses on the public's freedom, BSD focuses on the developer's freedom.
Ironically, MS was complaining about the GPL while using BSD licensed code. Go figure.
This is the same company that obfuscated Windows 7 licensing so much that ZDnet wrote an article about it: * http://www.zdnet.com/article/w...
I have been studying the topic of Windows licensing for many years. As I have discovered, Microsoft does not have all of this information organized in one convenient location. Much of it, in fact, is buried in long, dry license agreements and on sites that are available only to partners. I couldn't find this information in one convenient place, so I decided to do the job myself. I gathered details from many public and private sources and summarized the various types of Windows 7 license agreements available to consumers and business customers. Note that this table and the accompanying descriptions deliberately exclude a small number of license types: for example, I have omitted academic and government licenses, as well as those provided as part of MSDN and TechNet subscriptions and those included with Action Pack subscriptions for Microsoft partners. With those exceptions, I believe this list includes
Agreed. It is pretty phenomenal that Linux runs on over 2 billion device. You're absolutely right on scalability: from cell phones all the way up to 99.4% of supercomputers. WOW.
Hopefully nVidia and AMD will continue to support OpenGL on the desktop so that Linux can continue to make inroads into high performance heterogeneous computing & gaming.
What's ironic is for MS to have once called "Linux is a cancer" to now admitting that they use it on 33% of their Azure servers!
Slashdot Mirror
Disagree. The UI is poorly organized for my needs (Rebel T5 owner)
i.e. Some of the options I use more often then the others are buried across _multiple_ menus.
Thankfully you can put the menu items under a custom "Favorites" menu to help with the poor design / layout.
> If you're using the menu too much you're doing it wrong.
_Your_ workflow _isn't_ the same as mine.
As the summary notes, breaking into an existing entrenched market is extremely expensive.
Especially when you're trying to upset the status quo.
We'll see if Uber is still around in 5 years.
It depends on _how_ the question is asked. The OP came across as a total condescending prick with shades of the pot calling the kettle black. Why even insult Woz ? All that does is make one look like a tool / fool.
Instead of putting Woz down, showing a little respect and humility would have gone a long ways. i.e.
"I admire Woz for his tech genius but I'm curious what he has done with his life post-Apple. Does anyone know?"
See -- the tone is completely different. We can respect the person asking the question because they have given respect.
But to answer your question, yeah, it is usually insufficient. It depends on context. Sometimes mirroring the same behavior the person used will help them understand that their might be a different way to behave.
Oh brother, what has /. become when I'm giving communication lessons ...
Good point!
Yes, context is important.
While that is a start there are still numerous problems.
1. Where is the install script? I guess someone was too lazy to include:
2. Why isn't this functionality a plugin and not native to GIMP like Photoshop??? Proof that the GIMP devs are out of touch with reality.
3. Importing PSD files with Layer Effects are still broken.
> This is why I hate going to Slashdot. Not the factually incorrect articles, not the summaries needing proofreading, not the occasional "advertising". It's the asshole users.
As opposed to the asshole MS that force upgrades your Windows 7 / 8 and admits they can't disable tracking.
Methinks your priorities are out of whack.
Sort of. That's only half of the problem. The other half is:
* Bad data
* Incomplete or missing data
In California and Washington I've seen incorrect map data both with Google Maps and Apple Maps. Sure a better driver _could_ (and should) be able to work around that but are they forced to in the first place??
The road data should both be:
[ ] complete
[ ] accurate
Obviously construction will cause some of that but it shouldn't take _years_ for a non-moving road to be added to the system.
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GIMP v2.8 still sucks compared to Photoshop. Where are any of the Layer Effects???
Nope.
Strike 1.
It is when the person asking the question has done _nothing_ of significance.
Why isn't Woz allowed to retire after starting a fortune 50 company?
Why does teaching kids not count ??
The OP asking was a troll.
The problem is these UI / UX "experts" forgot the first rule:
Opt-In, not Opt-out.
There should be toggle for this crap, with it defaulting to OFF.
Shitty UI is what happens when you let the bean counters run things. I guess pissing off your user base is part of their corporate strategy now due to their myopic vision.
Are you really that retarded?
Considering most of us don't even use failbook, Yeah, good luck knowing what our political preferences are.
Actually it is. It is short hand for:
* What have you done that is even 1/10 as meaningful as what Woz has accomplished?
* Where are your devices that helped change the world?
* Where is your computer langue?
* Where were you when they were _creating_ the personal computer movement?
* After starting a fortune 50 company why _isn't_ Woz allowed to "retire"?
* Why are you so insecure that you must put down others?
* Why do you criticize others when you're too afraid to even use a real name?
Only a troll criticizes a visionary and great engineer due to their own insecurity.
/sarcasm, Riiight, because teaching kids "doesn't count."
WTF have _you_ done?
Not sure why Tim gets credit when hyper-linking was demo'd back in 1968 ...
The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Alan Kay points out the same thing @17:03
Alan Kay - Normal Considered Harmful
https://youtu.be/FvmTSpJU-Xc?t...
> It's not ironic at all if you understand the concept that "MS" is not a person
Legally, they are.
I would highly recommend watching the excellent documentary The Corporation
Balmer in his typical MS FUD fashion shoots his mouth out without thinking when he refers to Linux instead of meaning the GPL. He also makes makes several ignorant / false statements. The full quote is (emphasis added):
There are several lies here:
1. Open source is not available to commercial companies.
a) Someone should notify their HotMail team! http://betanews.com/2001/06/18...
b) Tell that to Red Hat or Free/Open BSD whose ENTIRE business is based on open source.
2. If you use any open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open source
a) Had the man has never heard of Free BSD?
b) This is false; it gives the impression that you can't write close source software while using open source programs. You can.
c) Let's fix this statement so it is actually correct:
If you extend any open-source software, you have to make the rest of that software open source.
3. Linux is not in the public domain. /Oblg. "You keep using this word public, it doesn't mean what you think it means."
The public's rights is what is being preserved with the GPL. So while the GPL is not 100% free with no-strings-attached, like BSD, that is to prevent someone from hoarding their changes. GPL focuses on the public's freedom, BSD focuses on the developer's freedom.
Ironically, MS was complaining about the GPL while using BSD licensed code. Go figure.
This is the same company that obfuscated Windows 7 licensing so much that ZDnet wrote an article about it:
* http://www.zdnet.com/article/w...
I would.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
* http://skeptics.stackexchange....
Anyone only needs to study the history of MS to see how they -effectively- drove tech company after company out of business.
Stac Electronics, Borland, etc.
Thanks! Not bad!
Not sure why RAM is limited to 2 GB though. For symmetric RAM/core usage thats only 256MB / core which isn't bad.
Definitely going to keep my eye on this series.
What part of Opt-In do you not understand? The Opt. or the In?
I didn't have to do this bullshit with Windows 7.
/sarcasm
Oh wait ...
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Which of the lesser 2 evils am I supposed to vote for? Hilary or Trump?? Or neither???
Agreed. It is pretty phenomenal that Linux runs on over 2 billion device. You're absolutely right on scalability: from cell phones all the way up to 99.4% of supercomputers. WOW.
Hopefully nVidia and AMD will continue to support OpenGL on the desktop so that Linux can continue to make inroads into high performance heterogeneous computing & gaming.
What's ironic is for MS to have once called "Linux is a cancer" to now admitting that they use it on 33% of their Azure servers!
* http://news.microsoft.com/byth...
* http://fossbytes.com/33-micros...
Not bad for the little OS that could. :-)
I guess its "professional" now that Microsoft uses it on 33% of their azure servers. :-) /me ducks
http://news.microsoft.com/byth...
What is your "answer" for Parallela?
* Parallella: The Most Energy Efficient Supercomputer on the Planet - Ray Hightower of WisdomGroup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Whoops, forgot to close a tag ...
Some of us are still waiting for a low-cost 4 GB + 4 Core embedded device with a Real-Time-Clock ( $50 < .. < $100 )
Are there any plans to support anything like that in the (near) future?
Some of us are still waiting for a low-cost 4 GB + 4 Core embedded device with a Real-Time-Clock ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Instead of wasting time with a crappy new logos (that no one asked for) how about fixing your products instead so they don't suck ?
You know, based on technical merits, like you did back in the FF 2.x and 3.x days.
/sarcasm Because I'm sure a new logo will solve all your problems.