Why don't competent UI/UX designers feel compelled to contribute to open-source projects?
Is it because UI/UX designers are universally a bunch of assholes? (unlikely)
Is it because UI/UX naturally evolves as a secondary concern to software development? (possibly)
Is it because the types that initiate/maintain open-source projects generally consider UI/UX to be of lesser importance? (now we're getting somewhere)
Thats probably why (as a general rule) server side open-source projects are more successful.
there are undoubtedly orders of magnitude more content creators in existence today - only the proportion of the whole has changed.
modern computing has made machines that are easier to use and more accessible to the masses but these 'masses' were never going to be content creators anyway.
if the story title had been: "Upgrade now to Windows 7, Support Firm Encourages Users"... then all the replies would have been "Noes way!!!1! we neeedz to waitz for SP1z mine preeecious".
most of the time slashdot is just chock full of people who like being contrary - actually its probably a cornerstone of nerd culture.
i really dont understand one element of this plan - what is the benefit of privatising the company 5 years after completetion?
while the company is publicly owned the government can ensure the wholesale pricing to retailers (ISPs) remains reasonable. as soon as we sell the company arent we back in the same screwed situation we currently have with telstra?
the jurors cant decide whether the law is bad or not - but they could have made a strong statement to that effect by awarding the absolute minimum damages.
awarding $750 per song would have been a clear statement - by her peers - that this crime is relatively insignificant and deserves the smallest amount of retribution allowable by the law.
it seems like we continually have more and more headlines that are designed to make me angry.
everyday i read the front page and bump into **AA shenanigans, patent bullshit, entity X thats apparently screwing me and lawsuits that seem all doomsday.
it would be really nice and refreshing to read down the list one day and feel EXCITED and POSITIVE about technology again.
i realise 'controversial' stuff is all the rage and keeps the forums ticking over in a glorious eternal flame but i miss the days of being dazzled by cool stuff that i just HAD to know about.
it just seems like my favourite page to read everyday leaves me feeling pissed off rather than psyched - does it have to be this way?
buy a hard disk usb device with size >= the internal lappa disk (even neater if its a laptop sized usb powered disk).
use acronis trueimage workstation, awesome software - images any disk on the fly (even current system disk), takes less than an hour to backup my 100GB disk. so you can be anywhere and have a full backup on hand. if you use the disk copy routine, you then have an exact duplicate of your existing system, so in the case of disk failure, you can just swap out the disks, boot up and carry on.
everytime there is a rover story on/. there is some karma whore who struts out the 12 gun salute and minute of silence to the engineers who worked on this job... dont get me wrong, im sure we all recognise the acheivement but is it really worth slutting up a 'i love you guys' speech each and every time?
reminds me of all the wankers who do the 'oh i love you scott adams' comments beneath each and every blog post...
for a technology based website, there sure seems to be alot of nay sayers.
i see a story like this on/. and immediately feel a cringe in my gut at the number of comments there will be shooting down the possibility that this may be useful. i thought using tech to solve real world problems was what geeks really enjoyed?
irresponsible application of tech and poor implementations certainly deserve some healthy debate - but shooting down ideas because they seem 'hard' just strikes me as negative.
cool tech has gotta start with someone who believes it can be done.
i had similar thoughts when i originally completed my comsci degree - i didnt want to be stuck behind a desk my entire life. i took a position with a company that does various remote monitoring type applications such as flood warning systems and wide area data aggregation - and i love it.
the challenges im hit with are generally more practical than theoretical (eg. ill write software to describe the functionality of the remote computing device rather than design the actual way in which it is programmed) but there is a depth of knowledge required (electrical, radio etc.) and phenomenal travel in really remote places that makes it pretty rewarding.
its pretty special building something with your own two hands that serves a physical/practical purpose that i just couldnt get from a cube farm.
of *course* DRM has benefit to apple - that was the entire point of the article. every track/movie they sell is another step closer to FairPlay becoming the ubiquitous DRM standard and when only apple devices (ipod, iphone, etc.) are capable of using this standard - thats a very powerful position.
regardless of record label mandates, apple would *love* the idea of controlling the mechanisms in which content can be used.
Thats nothing.
Im living in Kuala Lumpur and the only broadband provider i have access to give me a private IP address. Thats right, everyone is paying full broadband prices for a private address.
Whats more, there is no way of knowing before you sign up that a private address is what you're getting - and they *admit* that. They dont describe it in any of their documentation and im now locked into this contract for a year.
Complain to the consumer protection body? yeah right, this is malaysia mate.
The worst part about the whole fiasco is that they claim they do it for security reasons, not that they are cheap skates. Gets me all worked up just thinking about it.
Great.
what the filthy bastards need is their own cartel - the Published Articles Association of America.
they are never going to extort money from google when there are limitless deals to be struck with all the article providers of the world. at least with a solid bunch of the biggest news sites they may have some bargaining power with those theiving search engines types. much the same as mtv thieves from the RIAA by aggregating their video clips.
damn i should get into the evil genius business.
Not that i dont agree with your point, but just to play the devils advocate...
if you consider for a moment that DRM encumbered files which are only usable in supported environments are merely a format, similar to how tape and CD are formats, it simply means that the 'player' you are using is unable to interface with the format - just as you couldnt play CD's in your old tape playing machine.
you dont expect to play betamax videos on your handphone, why should you expect to play any other new format on your phone?
the end game of this is that no company pushing DRM is going to be able to capture the whole market as a true unencumbered standards based format could, which is going to lead to massive fragmentation of the market. as customers eventually hit the brick wall of annoyance they will start to take notice of things like open standards and non-DRM formats. unfortunately, i think this lesson can only be learnt by the masses the hard way.
you dont really appreciate your freedoms unless you've had to fight for them.
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Why don't competent UI/UX designers feel compelled to contribute to open-source projects?
Is it because UI/UX designers are universally a bunch of assholes? (unlikely)
Is it because UI/UX naturally evolves as a secondary concern to software development? (possibly)
Is it because the types that initiate/maintain open-source projects generally consider UI/UX to be of lesser importance? (now we're getting somewhere)
Thats probably why (as a general rule) server side open-source projects are more successful.
need not apply.
Way to show support.
...so like, because the ex-CEO died, apple is a feel good charity now? what exactly is he 'supporting'?
there are undoubtedly orders of magnitude more content creators in existence today - only the proportion of the whole has changed.
modern computing has made machines that are easier to use and more accessible to the masses but these 'masses' were never going to be content creators anyway.
if the story title had been: "Upgrade now to Windows 7, Support Firm Encourages Users"... then all the replies would have been "Noes way!!!1! we neeedz to waitz for SP1z mine preeecious".
most of the time slashdot is just chock full of people who like being contrary - actually its probably a cornerstone of nerd culture.
amen to that!
all the options for getting data out of PST files are currently really crappy and you lose your PST DB structure (im looking at you MAPI).
it would be AWESOME to vortex my 12 years of archived PST files into gmail.
i really dont understand one element of this plan - what is the benefit of privatising the company 5 years after completetion?
while the company is publicly owned the government can ensure the wholesale pricing to retailers (ISPs) remains reasonable. as soon as we sell the company arent we back in the same screwed situation we currently have with telstra?
am i missing something?
...one giant leap for bat kind.
the dude asked how he can optimise his existing wireless solution - not whether he should buy new wireless hardware or switch to a wired network.
(clearly im not answering the question either... but at least im not karma whoring and trying to pose as an answer)
what part of the question makes you believe he hasnt already tried all the additional things you mention?
if the submitter does ask something genuinely stupid then its fair game but give them the benefit of the doubt that they are not in fact a moron.
(may i have a sandwitch please? ...why have a sandwitch when you can have all these lovely apples here blah blah blah...)
seems to me that with longer connectors its unlikely that you'll be able to use a USB3 device in anything other than a USB3 port?
sensitive new age nazi?
the jurors cant decide whether the law is bad or not - but they could have made a strong statement to that effect by awarding the absolute minimum damages.
awarding $750 per song would have been a clear statement - by her peers - that this crime is relatively insignificant and deserves the smallest amount of retribution allowable by the law.
everyday i read the front page and bump into **AA shenanigans, patent bullshit, entity X thats apparently screwing me and lawsuits that seem all doomsday.
it would be really nice and refreshing to read down the list one day and feel EXCITED and POSITIVE about technology again.
i realise 'controversial' stuff is all the rage and keeps the forums ticking over in a glorious eternal flame but i miss the days of being dazzled by cool stuff that i just HAD to know about.
it just seems like my favourite page to read everyday leaves me feeling pissed off rather than psyched - does it have to be this way?
use acronis trueimage workstation, awesome software - images any disk on the fly (even current system disk), takes less than an hour to backup my 100GB disk. so you can be anywhere and have a full backup on hand. if you use the disk copy routine, you then have an exact duplicate of your existing system, so in the case of disk failure, you can just swap out the disks, boot up and carry on.
cheap, simple, light weight, secure, fast.
whats not to like?
reminds me of all the wankers who do the 'oh i love you scott adams' comments beneath each and every blog post...
i see a story like this on /. and immediately feel a cringe in my gut at the number of comments there will be shooting down the possibility that this may be useful. i thought using tech to solve real world problems was what geeks really enjoyed?
irresponsible application of tech and poor implementations certainly deserve some healthy debate - but shooting down ideas because they seem 'hard' just strikes me as negative.
cool tech has gotta start with someone who believes it can be done.
they both run on windows?
the challenges im hit with are generally more practical than theoretical (eg. ill write software to describe the functionality of the remote computing device rather than design the actual way in which it is programmed) but there is a depth of knowledge required (electrical, radio etc.) and phenomenal travel in really remote places that makes it pretty rewarding.
its pretty special building something with your own two hands that serves a physical/practical purpose that i just couldnt get from a cube farm.
of *course* DRM has benefit to apple - that was the entire point of the article. every track/movie they sell is another step closer to FairPlay becoming the ubiquitous DRM standard and when only apple devices (ipod, iphone, etc.) are capable of using this standard - thats a very powerful position.
regardless of record label mandates, apple would *love* the idea of controlling the mechanisms in which content can be used.
smart enough to post on /.?
wtf?
Thats nothing. Im living in Kuala Lumpur and the only broadband provider i have access to give me a private IP address. Thats right, everyone is paying full broadband prices for a private address. Whats more, there is no way of knowing before you sign up that a private address is what you're getting - and they *admit* that. They dont describe it in any of their documentation and im now locked into this contract for a year. Complain to the consumer protection body? yeah right, this is malaysia mate. The worst part about the whole fiasco is that they claim they do it for security reasons, not that they are cheap skates. Gets me all worked up just thinking about it. Great.
what the filthy bastards need is their own cartel - the Published Articles Association of America. they are never going to extort money from google when there are limitless deals to be struck with all the article providers of the world. at least with a solid bunch of the biggest news sites they may have some bargaining power with those theiving search engines types. much the same as mtv thieves from the RIAA by aggregating their video clips. damn i should get into the evil genius business.
if you consider for a moment that DRM encumbered files which are only usable in supported environments are merely a format, similar to how tape and CD are formats, it simply means that the 'player' you are using is unable to interface with the format - just as you couldnt play CD's in your old tape playing machine.
you dont expect to play betamax videos on your handphone, why should you expect to play any other new format on your phone?
the end game of this is that no company pushing DRM is going to be able to capture the whole market as a true unencumbered standards based format could, which is going to lead to massive fragmentation of the market. as customers eventually hit the brick wall of annoyance they will start to take notice of things like open standards and non-DRM formats. unfortunately, i think this lesson can only be learnt by the masses the hard way.
you dont really appreciate your freedoms unless you've had to fight for them.
Big call for a company that hasnt explicity stated that it WONT push heavy DRM. If it smells like fan boy...