I haven't logged into/. in years (although I frequently lurk) but your comment made me search out my password and login in case, by some miracle, I had any mod points to vote your comment up (no points though, naturally).
That said, if these people *really* cared about privacy, they could have put up a gate across the road to ensure no-one just wandered in.
Why should people have to go the expense of erecting a gate? Why can't businesses like Google ensure their contractors and employees simply behave in a decent and proper manner and have respect for notices?
I wonder if the Save as dialog box will get an overhaul? It'd be nice if it were more like the Open dialog. And it'd be great if it could remember its window size and settings. I expect I'll be disappointed, though.
The 16.7 percent figure who use an older version of Firefox might be lower if Firefox Extensions didn't break with every new version. Some users install extensions and get so used to the functionality it gives them that they won't upgrade until the extension gets upgraded too. I realise that improvements gained by new versions shouldn't be held back by third party add-ons - and I think Firefox 3 is a huge improvement over 2 - but I for one would not upgrade if a couple of extensions didn't work.
Yesterday, I was talking to someone whose IT department administers about 300 Office users. Because it's so different from previous versions they're bothered by retraining issues, so they're actually looking at OpenOffice instead because it's more similar to what their users have now. Prior to Office's dramatic change, their management weren't interested in OpenOffice, but now they are. They want continuity and stability.
Also, I think corporate customers are getting fed up with the pushy Microsoft upgrade cycles. They can see that upgrades are actually for Microsoft's benefit more often than theirs.
It's getting as bad as Games I used to play games occasionally, but what stopped me was copy protection nonsense. I have an old XP machine in the office which I used to use to play games. As a principle I will never let XP connect to the internet. So, when I bought a game that I found insisted on an internet connection, I got around it but it was such a pain that I didn't bother buying games any more and I haven't played a game in years.
You're right. Those Gnome dialogs have been irritating me since I switched to Ubuntu. Three measly lines for a folder list? Pathetic! And not remembering when you manually resize them to something sensible? Amateurish! But when I discovered that they're not even going to consider fixing these horribly broken things you could have knocked me over with a light flick of a very small sardine's tail.
The footer of every page of Astron's website states:
"DERMETRICS is based on the Microsoft.NET Framework(TM) Windows XP(TM), DirectX(TM) and Windows Server(TM)."
Hmmm. I wonder if Microsoft has anything to do with this company? And I wonder if Microsoft are absolutely, totally, fanatically and maniacally desperate to get software patents accepted in Europe?
Which stupid bean-counter at Network Solutions approved this short-sighted rip-off? They'll have to stop doing this at some point because, as word gets around, no one in their right mind will check or register a domain with these crooks. Any short term gain they might get will, I believe (and fervently hope), be more than offset by the bad PR ultimately resulting from this.
And then to have the cheek to issue a press release claiming they're doing it for their customers' benefit is just laughable. It's insulting that they think anyone would be stupid enough to fall for that bollocks! When they'll sell the domain they've hijacked to absolutely anyone, how are they protecting the person who searched in the first place?
Quite so. The BBC is acting like a private company, and not just on this issue.
It saddens me to say it, but when the BBC is not bothering to even pretend to be independent any more, I think it's time to get rid of the BBC licence tax and make them a wholly commercial enterprise instead.
You utter, utter, complete and utter pillock. You unthinking twat. Are you so dim that you cannot see the wider implications of this issue? Believe me, I loathe spelling and grammar lamers as much as anyone but, in your case, since you're so obviously a fuckwit who pretends to be a writer by boasting about being published on what appear to be sockpuppet sites, I'll make an exception. Why do you 'seeth' about people who are rightly pointing out that the BBC should, at the very least, be seen to be independent rather than giving the convicted monopolist company, Microsoft, an unfair commercial advantage?
you said that the Toshiba laptop that you purchased came with Windows (unless I misunderstood your post)
Yes, I'm afraid it did have Windows installed (although it is now well and truly a Ubuntu machine). Believe me, I hate the fact that some of the price went to Microsoft. But after spending effing HOURS trying to get Dell to sell me a Linux machine and failing, I simply ran out of time and had to get a machine sorted out for work.
I had contacted Lenovo and I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't buy one because they're so damned ugly at the moment... (Did I just type that out loud?) The Lenovo sales person said that nicer-looking machines were on the way and if that's true I'll be getting one of those next, probably.
If Dell are genuinely getting behind Ubuntu, then great. That just hasn't been my experience recently.
I'm getting beaten up in this thread because I stated the same thing as you (although no doubt rather too clumsily).
Dell has made me very sceptical of their motives because of the way they've handled this. Like you, I tried to buy a Dell with Linux, but could not do so. As you so rightly put it: wake me up when Dell has actually done something.
WTF!? Let's be absolutely clear about this: I HATE, loathe and despise Microsoft and their tactics. Clear enough? I have worked hard to help prevent software patents in Europe, including personally getting on the phone and bending the ears of Members of the European Parliament and their staff. I will fight very hard to ensure that European software patents do not happen.
Did you mean to reply to another post? WHAT have I said that is pro-Microsoft? I USE Ubuntu, for crying out loud! All I've said is that Dell has been TALKING about Ubuntu for a long time without actually delivering anything. That's a fact! If Dell had been SUPPORTING Ubuntu instead of just talking about it I would have bought a Dell. (Sheesh! Is a warped translator from the planet Zarg cloaking my posts?)
So, let me get this straight: having heard of hearing of Dell's plans to sell laptops with Ubuntu in the U.K - announced 24 hours ago - you've been to their website to look for said laptop, What makes you jump to that completely wrong conclusion? Many months ago there was talk about Dell and Ubuntu which is why I was talking to them in the first place. But in all the conversations I had with their sales staff over several days I could not get a suitable laptop pre-configured with Ubuntu.
Yes, I bought a Toshiba - a couple of months ago! - but only because Dell had pissed me off by pretending to offer something that they did not supply! Yes, the Tosh had Windows Fister or whatever it's called pre-installed, but it's now running Ubuntu jolly nicely, thank you.
My only point is that Dell has been harping on about this for such a long time but without actually delivering that it has made me question their motives. And, as of today, they're still not actually offering it! Surely a company like Dell could actually get their offerings in place and then let us know? Hmm?
an attempt to get free publicity and take advantage of lower margins on software from Microsoft Holland's Dutch CEO.
I'm fed up with Dell getting all this free publicity by pretending they offer Ubuntu. Recently, when looking to buy a new laptop, I wasted too much time talking to their sales people asking about Ubuntu and Linux. I ended up buying a Toshiba.
Go to Dell's UK site and do a search for Ubuntu. No products offered. But right at the top of the screen: "Dell recommends Windows Vista."
Please: no more Dell-might-offer-Linux-machines-in-future stories. Dell are only doing this to crank more out of Mr Baalmer. (Yes, I do know how to spell his name. That's how I prefer to spell it.)
Hair? That's not hair. It's a rug. Check the video again - you can see the join. Bill Gates has no taste when it comes to wigs, and I don't mean that in a small way...
Nielsen's own site is so poorly designed that it's clear he knows nothing whatsoever about design. I'm amazed he gets the publicity he does. How dare this buffoon comment on web design?
I cannot understand why there isn't more outrage at this move by the BBC. And did anyone see the 30 minute Vista advert the BBC put out recently? Okay, the BBC called it a "documentary", but it certainly looked like a Microsoft-scripted advert to me.
If the BBC isn't called to account for this now will Linux ever be supported? And wouldn't that affect possible future uptake of Linux PCs? I can hear the sales spiel now: "Do you want to watch TV on your PC? Okay, then you have to have a Microsoft PC. No, that Ubuntu thing just can't do the job..."
You'd think with all the PIMs available these days my memory might be okay, but nope, I'd completely forgotten that I used Sidekick until I saw your post!
Am I the only one who's a fan of 'dynamic scheduling' in PIMs? I think something as original as dynamic scheduling might be a way for an open source PIM to stand out from the rest of the crowd. In most PIMs, tasks and appointments are independent of each other, with the result that you can never easily be sure how far forward your workload extends, but the method used in the PIM called Above & Beyond, is, IMHO, brilliant: you can quickly enter a task and watch as your entire schedule is reorganised automatically and immediately with 'floating' items, such as, er, 'take a break from work and visit slashdot' flowing around 'fixed items', such as meetings to explain why the project you're working is delayed. So at any given time, you can tell exactly when your next free minute is available (which is, now I come to think of it, a tad depressing!).
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I haven't logged into /. in years (although I frequently lurk) but your comment made me search out my password and login in case, by some miracle, I had any mod points to vote your comment up (no points though, naturally).
This is the first time I've thought, 'where are those mod points when I need them?'
Hey, buddies, can you spare me a point? And mod parent up?
Is Microsoft going to leverage this new InPorn mode so that Doubleclick and Google's effectiveness is hit?
There is nothing about DNF.
in motor racing, DNF stands for Did Not Finish...
That said, if these people *really* cared about privacy, they could have put up a gate across the road to ensure no-one just wandered in.
Why should people have to go the expense of erecting a gate? Why can't businesses like Google ensure their contractors and employees simply behave in a decent and proper manner and have respect for notices?
I wonder if the Save as dialog box will get an overhaul? It'd be nice if it were more like the Open dialog. And it'd be great if it could remember its window size and settings. I expect I'll be disappointed, though.
The 16.7 percent figure who use an older version of Firefox might be lower if Firefox Extensions didn't break with every new version. Some users install extensions and get so used to the functionality it gives them that they won't upgrade until the extension gets upgraded too. I realise that improvements gained by new versions shouldn't be held back by third party add-ons - and I think Firefox 3 is a huge improvement over 2 - but I for one would not upgrade if a couple of extensions didn't work.
Yesterday, I was talking to someone whose IT department administers about 300 Office users. Because it's so different from previous versions they're bothered by retraining issues, so they're actually looking at OpenOffice instead because it's more similar to what their users have now. Prior to Office's dramatic change, their management weren't interested in OpenOffice, but now they are. They want continuity and stability. Also, I think corporate customers are getting fed up with the pushy Microsoft upgrade cycles. They can see that upgrades are actually for Microsoft's benefit more often than theirs.
Why not use their bandwidth to listen to music samples or read book extracts, and then buy them elsewhere?
I used to play games occasionally, but what stopped me was copy protection nonsense. I have an old XP machine in the office which I used to use to play games. As a principle I will never let XP connect to the internet. So, when I bought a game that I found insisted on an internet connection, I got around it but it was such a pain that I didn't bother buying games any more and I haven't played a game in years.
You're right. Those Gnome dialogs have been irritating me since I switched to Ubuntu. Three measly lines for a folder list? Pathetic! And not remembering when you manually resize them to something sensible? Amateurish! But when I discovered that they're not even going to consider fixing these horribly broken things you could have knocked me over with a light flick of a very small sardine's tail.
I'm planning to look at KDE4 when it's ready.
The footer of every page of Astron's website states:
.NET Framework(TM) Windows XP(TM), DirectX(TM) and Windows Server(TM)."
"DERMETRICS is based on the Microsoft
Hmmm. I wonder if Microsoft has anything to do with this company? And I wonder if Microsoft are absolutely, totally, fanatically and maniacally desperate to get software patents accepted in Europe?
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Which stupid bean-counter at Network Solutions approved this short-sighted rip-off? They'll have to stop doing this at some point because, as word gets around, no one in their right mind will check or register a domain with these crooks. Any short term gain they might get will, I believe (and fervently hope), be more than offset by the bad PR ultimately resulting from this.
And then to have the cheek to issue a press release claiming they're doing it for their customers' benefit is just laughable. It's insulting that they think anyone would be stupid enough to fall for that bollocks! When they'll sell the domain they've hijacked to absolutely anyone, how are they protecting the person who searched in the first place?
But is this the thin end of the wedge?
Quite so. The BBC is acting like a private company, and not just on this issue.
It saddens me to say it, but when the BBC is not bothering to even pretend to be independent any more, I think it's time to get rid of the BBC licence tax and make them a wholly commercial enterprise instead.
You utter, utter, complete and utter pillock. You unthinking twat. Are you so dim that you cannot see the wider implications of this issue? Believe me, I loathe spelling and grammar lamers as much as anyone but, in your case, since you're so obviously a fuckwit who pretends to be a writer by boasting about being published on what appear to be sockpuppet sites, I'll make an exception. Why do you 'seeth' about people who are rightly pointing out that the BBC should, at the very least, be seen to be independent rather than giving the convicted monopolist company, Microsoft, an unfair commercial advantage?
Yes, I'm afraid it did have Windows installed (although it is now well and truly a Ubuntu machine). Believe me, I hate the fact that some of the price went to Microsoft. But after spending effing HOURS trying to get Dell to sell me a Linux machine and failing, I simply ran out of time and had to get a machine sorted out for work.
I had contacted Lenovo and I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't buy one because they're so damned ugly at the moment... (Did I just type that out loud?) The Lenovo sales person said that nicer-looking machines were on the way and if that's true I'll be getting one of those next, probably.
If Dell are genuinely getting behind Ubuntu, then great. That just hasn't been my experience recently.
Ah. Thank you for your post.
I'm getting beaten up in this thread because I stated the same thing as you (although no doubt rather too clumsily).
Dell has made me very sceptical of their motives because of the way they've handled this. Like you, I tried to buy a Dell with Linux, but could not do so. As you so rightly put it: wake me up when Dell has actually done something.
WTF!? Let's be absolutely clear about this: I HATE, loathe and despise Microsoft and their tactics. Clear enough? I have worked hard to help prevent software patents in Europe, including personally getting on the phone and bending the ears of Members of the European Parliament and their staff. I will fight very hard to ensure that European software patents do not happen.
Did you mean to reply to another post? WHAT have I said that is pro-Microsoft? I USE Ubuntu, for crying out loud! All I've said is that Dell has been TALKING about Ubuntu for a long time without actually delivering anything. That's a fact! If Dell had been SUPPORTING Ubuntu instead of just talking about it I would have bought a Dell. (Sheesh! Is a warped translator from the planet Zarg cloaking my posts?)
Yes, I bought a Toshiba - a couple of months ago! - but only because Dell had pissed me off by pretending to offer something that they did not supply! Yes, the Tosh had Windows Fister or whatever it's called pre-installed, but it's now running Ubuntu jolly nicely, thank you.
My only point is that Dell has been harping on about this for such a long time but without actually delivering that it has made me question their motives. And, as of today, they're still not actually offering it! Surely a company like Dell could actually get their offerings in place and then let us know? Hmm?
an attempt to get free publicity and take advantage of lower margins on software from Microsoft Holland's Dutch CEO.
LOL!
I'm fed up with Dell getting all this free publicity by pretending they offer Ubuntu. Recently, when looking to buy a new laptop, I wasted too much time talking to their sales people asking about Ubuntu and Linux. I ended up buying a Toshiba. Go to Dell's UK site and do a search for Ubuntu. No products offered. But right at the top of the screen: "Dell recommends Windows Vista." Please: no more Dell-might-offer-Linux-machines-in-future stories. Dell are only doing this to crank more out of Mr Baalmer. (Yes, I do know how to spell his name. That's how I prefer to spell it.)
Hair? That's not hair. It's a rug. Check the video again - you can see the join. Bill Gates has no taste when it comes to wigs, and I don't mean that in a small way...
Nielsen's own site is so poorly designed that it's clear he knows nothing whatsoever about design. I'm amazed he gets the publicity he does. How dare this buffoon comment on web design?
I cannot understand why there isn't more outrage at this move by the BBC. And did anyone see the 30 minute Vista advert the BBC put out recently? Okay, the BBC called it a "documentary", but it certainly looked like a Microsoft-scripted advert to me.
If the BBC isn't called to account for this now will Linux ever be supported? And wouldn't that affect possible future uptake of Linux PCs? I can hear the sales spiel now: "Do you want to watch TV on your PC? Okay, then you have to have a Microsoft PC. No, that Ubuntu thing just can't do the job..."
You'd think with all the PIMs available these days my memory might be okay, but nope, I'd completely forgotten that I used Sidekick until I saw your post!
Am I the only one who's a fan of 'dynamic scheduling' in PIMs? I think something as original as dynamic scheduling might be a way for an open source PIM to stand out from the rest of the crowd. In most PIMs, tasks and appointments are independent of each other, with the result that you can never easily be sure how far forward your workload extends, but the method used in the PIM called Above & Beyond, is, IMHO, brilliant: you can quickly enter a task and watch as your entire schedule is reorganised automatically and immediately with 'floating' items, such as, er, 'take a break from work and visit slashdot' flowing around 'fixed items', such as meetings to explain why the project you're working is delayed. So at any given time, you can tell exactly when your next free minute is available (which is, now I come to think of it, a tad depressing!).
It's a shame I keep forgetting to install it...