I can agree with that, although I have to say that I don't know of any other OS which does this either. But then, Windows appears to be the only OS which really needs this...
Either you're trolling or you are vastly overestimating the general public computer abilities. Do you really expect Joe six-pack to setup a virtual machine to run his browser in? Even if he has a knowledgeable friend who sets this up for him, now try to explain to him why he can't apply a wallpaper he downloads or install a game without copying it from the virtual machine to is computer (which, by the way, defeats to large extent the usefulness of the virtual machine in the first place)? As for encryption, I'm not really sure of how it protects a computer from viruses and random malware, but I do know that it makes it much more difficult to recover data in case of hardware failure, sometimes impossible if the encryption depended on some certificate which had to be backed up (which wasn't done, because the user didn't know about it). You can argue that Microsoft should offer a simpler line of products, but I don't think those features are particularly useful in regards to security for the general public.
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Yes, I agree that it looks interesting. I just hate it when someone repeats the same thing again and again in a discussion, when it's not in every discussion he goes. I'm fine with discussing the merits of LLVM, this looks like the appropriate place for it. I just don't want to read the same discussion four or five times because one person ignores what has been said on the topic and just repeats his original message.
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Are you an Apple shill in your spare time?
I'm trying to read this thread, and I have to put up with your repetitive posts about how great clang is. Why don't you read some of the replies to your crap? They do a good job of debunking your claims. I have mod points, but I just hate moderating people down, even if they waste my time repeating unfounded assertions (also known as bullshit).
Yeah right, I'm sure he didn't mind spending nearly 50 thousand dollars to defend himself from something which most people would not consider to be a crime! As for the defense bit, you will have to elaborate, because it is meaningless. Are you saying Canada gives a public defender more easily? Last I heard, you need to be dirt poor to get one, just like in the US, notwithstanding the fact that the accused is not even a citizen of Canada.
You're saying your company switched to Google Docs because of the new ribbon interface in MS Office? I have no particular like for the new interface, but I mean, Word and Excel contain nearly all the functionality of Google Docs in the first tab of their respective application... I can't access Google Docs right now, so I can't test this, but last I remember, copying and pasting data from a Google spreadsheet to another document was painful. Finally, the interface is sometimes slow enough to be annoying, especially for things like sorts. I do not mean to call you dishonest, but I just don't see how it would be possible to be more productive with the Google Docs interface unless you mean to argue that the lack of options and limited power of the tools available makes someone more productive. There sure are valid options for choosing Google Docs over MS Office, such as versioning out of the box, easy sharing and collaboration features, no need for backups, etc, but increased productivity because of a superior user interface? Not so much (or as least it seems to me).
This is not the same thing at all... The passwords made by the Google password generator are meant to be truly random, so no access to one website is related to another. On the other hand, all the password this application makes are generated from the exact same password plus domain name (which is obviously known), so if someone knows you use this service and guesses your master password, he has access to all the sites you go to. It is somewhat more secure than using the same password everywhere as long as the attacker doesn't know you use this service, so it can be useful against random brute force attacks on a website you use.
This doesn't look like a bad idea... But the thing is, Google wants to get rid of on-the-fly verification of revocation certificates, and you suggest on-the-fly reception of short lived certificates, so it might run into similar issues as the current system. Remember, a revocation list is permanent, so you can just download the latest updates to it, which should not be too bandwidth intensive if you do it every time you start your browser. A list of active certificates could not be kept, and would have to be downloaded anew every time (or rather received on the fly, because it would probably be way too big).
Atlas Shrugged is a book written by Ayn Rand. The main plot idea is that human civilization is destroyed because the small working elite which humanity depends on to feed decides to go in hiding an let all the lazy people (basically everyone else than maybe a thousand people or so, all of them Americans) die. Go read the wikipedia articles on Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged for more details.
They call it a KDE ripoff because it does look a look like KDE, because they borrowed a lot from them in terms of artwork. To be honest, looking at the screenshots, I know I could be fooled into thinking these are KDE screenshots. The only difference is in the lower left part of the taskbar, as far as I can see.
Wow, looking at the screenshots from that browser, it seems the developers of that browser think that "normal people" like to have some of their valuable screen estate wasted with Facebook buttons and small pictures of their friends... No thank you, I'd rather keep that crap in its own tab. Bring you lame astroturfing elsewhere.
And wouln't it be better if you could just, say shoot them in the head, when something like this threatens you, your safety or your family safety?
You can't shoot a company in the head... They'll just hire the mob or raise a private army, or put a bomb under your car. The idea that you could defend your family against a corporation seems to me ludicrous.
The examples you mentioned from China were handled swiftly and severely - those responsible for milk contamination, for example, were executed as a warning to others.
You should go read the Wikipedia article about the Chinese milk scandal. Sure, at least some of the companies involved went bankrupt and two persons were executed, but I can't imagine a parent whose kid may suffer lifelong health problems and/or a reduced life expectancy pointing this as some sort of proof that regulations are cumbersome and unnecessary.
I don't know much about processing fees, but I do know that netflix said recently that it costs them a penny to stream a gigabyte of data. I doubt they get such a nice deal on bandwidth, but even if they pay ten times as much, I think those bundles are far more profitable to them than to the developers per hour of work invested, especially with the default money split which is suggested on purchase.
Yes, the author of noscript made a mistake once, for which he profusely apologized, and worked long and hard to fix. You can read his apology, it's in the first paragraph of the link you provided. If you choose to deprive yourself of noscript because of that, you're missing on some extremely useful functionality for a bad reason. Everybody makes mistakes, and the world is much poorer if they are never given a chance to redeem themselves.
In this particular case, "right wing" simply means "someone that displays a strong dislike of the government".
Do you believe there is a binary (right/wrong) way to answer that question and do you think a discussion like that can go WITHOUT getting into politics and economics?
No. But I think you go a long way to speak about your favorite topic. So far, in fact, that your post doesn't have much to do with the original subject at hand, which is why I agree with the moderation your post was given. The breadth of topics which have a political aspect so large that you could make the same argument about nearly any post you make. But cheer up! Your post is now at 1, so somebody thought you were on topic (or just happened to be favorable to your views).
For the record, I think when the discussion is about programming, you sometimes write interesting things, and I have laughed at some of your jokes. I'll even go as far as to say that I don't think you deserve a negative karma. But the consistent beating of the same old horse nearly every single time I read your comments gets tiresome, and your karma may be a sign that I'm not the only person who thinks the same.
I will not pretend to be unbiased towards opinions from the right. It's just that it gets tiresome to see topics which are not particularly political such as the first one (tech giants don't create jobs) get subverted over and over again into a political discussion (This is about the first link. In this case, I have read enough posts from this person to say that he is a right wing poster.). So I think a down moderation is the most appropriate action here, because I don't care to waste time reading another sterile political debate created by someone that seems to spend all day on/. preaching his political views.
About the third post I looked at, which is about digitizing records (This is the one where I accused the poster of talking out of his ass). I agree that this is a more political discussion, and that it is often more appropriate to make a reply than to moderate down. In this particular case though, the poster speculates about the execution of the digitization, and his post reeks of indignation and sarcasm. How can I expect an interesting discussion when the post starts on dishonest premises (because, remember, the digitization hasn't started yet, so why say that it's going to cost trillions?)? The answer is, I can't expect an honest discussion, because the poster's opinion is already set, and chances are that someone else will come up to present a similar viewpoint, but in a more reasonable and eloquent manner. So I think it's fair to moderate him down, and to have the discussion which the poster wants to make with someone who actually makes a few arguments in the favor of his viewpoint rather than to write a dumb act of faith.
TLDR: Yes, I am biased, yes, it is often better to write a reply than to mod down someone, but in this particular case, the poster gives no argument in favor of his view so I'd rather mod him down and read someone else with the same view who actually makes a case to argue against.
A right wing advocate subverts the thread topic to blame the government. Thread topic: Tech giants don't create jobs. Poster: You can't be a tech giant! Too much regulation! This is all because of teh evil government! Blablabla.
The poster makes a non sequitur, which is immediately picked on by the following replies. This may or may not be a troll, but it is false. There ought to be a moderation -1 False, but since there isn't, the post was modded troll.
Another right wing poster talking out of his ass. It was modded flamebait, but it seems more like offtopic to me.
I did not bother reading the other comments, but I don't think the moderation in your examples is flat out wrong. As I said, I do not particularly disagree with you, but your examples do not support your point of view (in my opinion).
You're missing the point. A casino may not be able to pay all the bets on the floor on the spot, but it has enough liquidity to be able to pay very quickly if every chip is cashed in (by quickly, in mean within a day or two) since no chip leaves the casino. Also, while I imagine some frequent players may have accounts to put money in at brick and mortar casinos (not sure, I'm not too familiar with them), most players bring in their money and leave with whatever's left of it. Online poker sites, on the other hand, are a cross between a casino and a bank. Even the smallest money players have some money kept in escrow at the casino. I don't know how much money can be on the floor of a (physical) casino at any point in time, but I am certain it is absolutely dwarfed by the amount of money an online casino keeps. This new development will almost certainly cause a run on the accounts of Absolute Poker and Full Tilt, which may very well force them to declare bankruptcy if the accusations in the summary are true. It sucks for the players, but they should have known better: Full-Tilt and Absolute bet have been caught before in a scandal where an insider was able to look at the cards of everyone at a table and gave the information to someone who played against top tournament and money players. First hand account here.
That might be a good definition if we were discussing a painting made by throwing paint at a canvas or the picture of an unmade bed, but in this case it is not. I think I'll go for the interpretation you disagreed with rather than your completely inane one.
I'll have to write a longer post if such a topic comes up again... The issue I have is that the Debian testing nvidia package won't install on my computer because of problems with some dependencies. I'd rather use an open source driver, because it would make it easier to update the software on my computer, but the nouveau driver, which is open source but pretty recent, makes the fan spin like there was no tomorrow. The drivers produced by nvidia are fine, it's just a small issue with their packaging on Debian which has caused me some troubles recently. By the way, nvclock doesn't work with nouveau, or at least it didn't a few months ago.
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I can agree with that, although I have to say that I don't know of any other OS which does this either. But then, Windows appears to be the only OS which really needs this...
Either you're trolling or you are vastly overestimating the general public computer abilities. Do you really expect Joe six-pack to setup a virtual machine to run his browser in? Even if he has a knowledgeable friend who sets this up for him, now try to explain to him why he can't apply a wallpaper he downloads or install a game without copying it from the virtual machine to is computer (which, by the way, defeats to large extent the usefulness of the virtual machine in the first place)? As for encryption, I'm not really sure of how it protects a computer from viruses and random malware, but I do know that it makes it much more difficult to recover data in case of hardware failure, sometimes impossible if the encryption depended on some certificate which had to be backed up (which wasn't done, because the user didn't know about it). You can argue that Microsoft should offer a simpler line of products, but I don't think those features are particularly useful in regards to security for the general public.
Yes, I agree that it looks interesting. I just hate it when someone repeats the same thing again and again in a discussion, when it's not in every discussion he goes. I'm fine with discussing the merits of LLVM, this looks like the appropriate place for it. I just don't want to read the same discussion four or five times because one person ignores what has been said on the topic and just repeats his original message.
Are you an Apple shill in your spare time?
I'm trying to read this thread, and I have to put up with your repetitive posts about how great clang is. Why don't you read some of the replies to your crap? They do a good job of debunking your claims. I have mod points, but I just hate moderating people down, even if they waste my time repeating unfounded assertions (also known as bullshit).
Yeah right, I'm sure he didn't mind spending nearly 50 thousand dollars to defend himself from something which most people would not consider to be a crime! As for the defense bit, you will have to elaborate, because it is meaningless. Are you saying Canada gives a public defender more easily? Last I heard, you need to be dirt poor to get one, just like in the US, notwithstanding the fact that the accused is not even a citizen of Canada.
You're saying your company switched to Google Docs because of the new ribbon interface in MS Office? I have no particular like for the new interface, but I mean, Word and Excel contain nearly all the functionality of Google Docs in the first tab of their respective application... I can't access Google Docs right now, so I can't test this, but last I remember, copying and pasting data from a Google spreadsheet to another document was painful. Finally, the interface is sometimes slow enough to be annoying, especially for things like sorts. I do not mean to call you dishonest, but I just don't see how it would be possible to be more productive with the Google Docs interface unless you mean to argue that the lack of options and limited power of the tools available makes someone more productive. There sure are valid options for choosing Google Docs over MS Office, such as versioning out of the box, easy sharing and collaboration features, no need for backups, etc, but increased productivity because of a superior user interface? Not so much (or as least it seems to me).
This is not the same thing at all... The passwords made by the Google password generator are meant to be truly random, so no access to one website is related to another. On the other hand, all the password this application makes are generated from the exact same password plus domain name (which is obviously known), so if someone knows you use this service and guesses your master password, he has access to all the sites you go to. It is somewhat more secure than using the same password everywhere as long as the attacker doesn't know you use this service, so it can be useful against random brute force attacks on a website you use.
This doesn't look like a bad idea... But the thing is, Google wants to get rid of on-the-fly verification of revocation certificates, and you suggest on-the-fly reception of short lived certificates, so it might run into similar issues as the current system. Remember, a revocation list is permanent, so you can just download the latest updates to it, which should not be too bandwidth intensive if you do it every time you start your browser. A list of active certificates could not be kept, and would have to be downloaded anew every time (or rather received on the fly, because it would probably be way too big).
Atlas Shrugged is a book written by Ayn Rand. The main plot idea is that human civilization is destroyed because the small working elite which humanity depends on to feed decides to go in hiding an let all the lazy people (basically everyone else than maybe a thousand people or so, all of them Americans) die. Go read the wikipedia articles on Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged for more details.
They call it a KDE ripoff because it does look a look like KDE, because they borrowed a lot from them in terms of artwork. To be honest, looking at the screenshots, I know I could be fooled into thinking these are KDE screenshots. The only difference is in the lower left part of the taskbar, as far as I can see.
Wow, looking at the screenshots from that browser, it seems the developers of that browser think that "normal people" like to have some of their valuable screen estate wasted with Facebook buttons and small pictures of their friends... No thank you, I'd rather keep that crap in its own tab. Bring you lame astroturfing elsewhere.
And wouln't it be better if you could just, say shoot them in the head, when something like this threatens you, your safety or your family safety?
You can't shoot a company in the head... They'll just hire the mob or raise a private army, or put a bomb under your car. The idea that you could defend your family against a corporation seems to me ludicrous.
The examples you mentioned from China were handled swiftly and severely - those responsible for milk contamination, for example, were executed as a warning to others.
You should go read the Wikipedia article about the Chinese milk scandal. Sure, at least some of the companies involved went bankrupt and two persons were executed, but I can't imagine a parent whose kid may suffer lifelong health problems and/or a reduced life expectancy pointing this as some sort of proof that regulations are cumbersome and unnecessary.
I don't know much about processing fees, but I do know that netflix said recently that it costs them a penny to stream a gigabyte of data. I doubt they get such a nice deal on bandwidth, but even if they pay ten times as much, I think those bundles are far more profitable to them than to the developers per hour of work invested, especially with the default money split which is suggested on purchase.
Yes, the author of noscript made a mistake once, for which he profusely apologized, and worked long and hard to fix. You can read his apology, it's in the first paragraph of the link you provided. If you choose to deprive yourself of noscript because of that, you're missing on some extremely useful functionality for a bad reason. Everybody makes mistakes, and the world is much poorer if they are never given a chance to redeem themselves.
He is running his stuff remotely and using the iPad solely as a terminal.
Yeah, that's obviously the future of mobile computing. We're all going to trash our laptops and run ssh on our ipads.
- what is 'right wing', please?
In this particular case, "right wing" simply means "someone that displays a strong dislike of the government".
Do you believe there is a binary (right/wrong) way to answer that question and do you think a discussion like that can go WITHOUT getting into politics and economics?
No. But I think you go a long way to speak about your favorite topic. So far, in fact, that your post doesn't have much to do with the original subject at hand, which is why I agree with the moderation your post was given. The breadth of topics which have a political aspect so large that you could make the same argument about nearly any post you make. But cheer up! Your post is now at 1, so somebody thought you were on topic (or just happened to be favorable to your views).
For the record, I think when the discussion is about programming, you sometimes write interesting things, and I have laughed at some of your jokes. I'll even go as far as to say that I don't think you deserve a negative karma. But the consistent beating of the same old horse nearly every single time I read your comments gets tiresome, and your karma may be a sign that I'm not the only person who thinks the same.
I will not pretend to be unbiased towards opinions from the right. It's just that it gets tiresome to see topics which are not particularly political such as the first one (tech giants don't create jobs) get subverted over and over again into a political discussion (This is about the first link. In this case, I have read enough posts from this person to say that he is a right wing poster.). So I think a down moderation is the most appropriate action here, because I don't care to waste time reading another sterile political debate created by someone that seems to spend all day on /. preaching his political views.
About the third post I looked at, which is about digitizing records (This is the one where I accused the poster of talking out of his ass). I agree that this is a more political discussion, and that it is often more appropriate to make a reply than to moderate down. In this particular case though, the poster speculates about the execution of the digitization, and his post reeks of indignation and sarcasm. How can I expect an interesting discussion when the post starts on dishonest premises (because, remember, the digitization hasn't started yet, so why say that it's going to cost trillions?)? The answer is, I can't expect an honest discussion, because the poster's opinion is already set, and chances are that someone else will come up to present a similar viewpoint, but in a more reasonable and eloquent manner. So I think it's fair to moderate him down, and to have the discussion which the poster wants to make with someone who actually makes a few arguments in the favor of his viewpoint rather than to write a dumb act of faith.
TLDR: Yes, I am biased, yes, it is often better to write a reply than to mod down someone, but in this particular case, the poster gives no argument in favor of his view so I'd rather mod him down and read someone else with the same view who actually makes a case to argue against.
I do not disagree with you, but I read the first three comments you posted, and I don't think they are good examples of poor usage of down moderation.
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2550822&cid=38213206
A right wing advocate subverts the thread topic to blame the government. Thread topic: Tech giants don't create jobs. Poster: You can't be a tech giant! Too much regulation! This is all because of teh evil government! Blablabla.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2550750&cid=38212350
The poster makes a non sequitur, which is immediately picked on by the following replies. This may or may not be a troll, but it is false. There ought to be a moderation -1 False, but since there isn't, the post was modded troll.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2550440&cid=38210484
Another right wing poster talking out of his ass. It was modded flamebait, but it seems more like offtopic to me.
I did not bother reading the other comments, but I don't think the moderation in your examples is flat out wrong. As I said, I do not particularly disagree with you, but your examples do not support your point of view (in my opinion).
For their next air drop, I suggest they send oyster spoons, weight loss medication and dog cologne.
You're missing the point. A casino may not be able to pay all the bets on the floor on the spot, but it has enough liquidity to be able to pay very quickly if every chip is cashed in (by quickly, in mean within a day or two) since no chip leaves the casino. Also, while I imagine some frequent players may have accounts to put money in at brick and mortar casinos (not sure, I'm not too familiar with them), most players bring in their money and leave with whatever's left of it. Online poker sites, on the other hand, are a cross between a casino and a bank. Even the smallest money players have some money kept in escrow at the casino. I don't know how much money can be on the floor of a (physical) casino at any point in time, but I am certain it is absolutely dwarfed by the amount of money an online casino keeps. This new development will almost certainly cause a run on the accounts of Absolute Poker and Full Tilt, which may very well force them to declare bankruptcy if the accusations in the summary are true. It sucks for the players, but they should have known better: Full-Tilt and Absolute bet have been caught before in a scandal where an insider was able to look at the cards of everyone at a table and gave the information to someone who played against top tournament and money players. First hand account here.
Picture of the upcoming iphone 5.
You forgot to mention that he was fired the day after he got a pension for disability from the state.
That might be a good definition if we were discussing a painting made by throwing paint at a canvas or the picture of an unmade bed, but in this case it is not. I think I'll go for the interpretation you disagreed with rather than your completely inane one.
I'll have to write a longer post if such a topic comes up again... The issue I have is that the Debian testing nvidia package won't install on my computer because of problems with some dependencies. I'd rather use an open source driver, because it would make it easier to update the software on my computer, but the nouveau driver, which is open source but pretty recent, makes the fan spin like there was no tomorrow. The drivers produced by nvidia are fine, it's just a small issue with their packaging on Debian which has caused me some troubles recently. By the way, nvclock doesn't work with nouveau, or at least it didn't a few months ago.
Thanks for the link, this wayback machine looks very useful. However, I am using testing, not unstable.