Almost as ironic as something you paying for screwing you over, and something you got for free being reliable. One might even say 'You get what you don't pay for'.:)
Every thing you list is a problem with the society you live in and is not a problem with mass transit or busses in general.
I don't remember saying that it was.
I'm pointing out that the current system discourages using public transportation, and that the way small governments treat the bus system (as something they have to do, but don't really want to) is a big problem.
It sounds to me like you have the typical American situation mostly the poor use the mass transit so no one cares and there's no investment in it. Perhaps that will change when the cost of a gallon of gas reflects its true value.
Surprise, surprise. An anti-american post gets modded up.
Did I ever say I was American? Do you really need to throw that cheap shot in?
While some fools honestly did hate the french, and went all out with their "Freedom Fries", most people didn't do much more than make french jokes. Not to offend, but just for laughs.
In a large city (or traveling to work where there is a train going to/from home), I can see why trains (or a bus) would make a lot of sense.
I, however, live in a smallish town (80,000 people).
While I currently use the bus for transportation, it's horrible.
The bus-drivers are not friendly, and don't seem to care if they pass a stop (and leave someone stranded).
On the weekends you may have to wait an hour or two for a bus to show up.
The buses are dirty, loud, and filled with unpleasant (and ill smelling) people.
The question I ask you, for this scenario, is this: is your time worth more to you than a few hundred dollars a month for a car (and the reliability that comes with it)?
And yes, some people are impressionable fools who read/see something, and start to seriously think about it w/o considering the effects it will have on their life.
be a pretty tawdry use of constitutional protection
Perhaps. But that's the point, isn't it? If you are given a freedom, it shouldn't come with conditions that are unreasonable.
And as people before me have posted, where do you stop when it comes to limiting questionable/immoral material? Start with games? Fine Now violent people don't have a fantasy outlet for their emotions, and take it to reality to take pleasure in the suffering of others. Ban books for the same reason! Ban pornography.
All of there are escapes, and can be damaging to someone's mental health... if they're damaged to the point where they cannot tell the diffrence between their fantasies and reality.
With just about anything, you have to be responsible for yourself and your children.
Don't get me wrong, this is very cool. Providing low cost (quality) computers to the poor is great.
Using open source software is great (even if you don't like linux, you can appreciate the fact that Windows would be very costly to keep up to date and repair... especially with dialup.)
My problem is thus:
1) Dialup. I'm not sure about the phone situation in brazil, but is it reliable? Even if it is, wouldn't DSL be a better choice (if it were financed by the government).
2) 15 hours? This doesn't seem like enough, even for casual surfing. 40 hours a month (Old NetZero, anyone?) is far more reasonable, while still making sure that people don't abuse this service.
This is a great start, but more internet solutions need to be adopted. Perhaps after enough people buy computers, there will be enough pressure for companies to provide better connections down there.
I figure that a window manager only has one purpose; opening terminal windows
While a lot of people no doubt share this view, the main purpose of a window manager is to appeal to the eye while you do everyday work (otherwise, why use a WM at all? Just use plain X for the apps you need.)
Light window managers *will* be faster even on recent hardware, this is true... but for most people the extra speed isn't needed. (Eyecandy > Responsivness, for them)
I keep seeing posts that complain that "Well, this is great if memory is a problem, but for me it isn't so here's a list of reasons why I wouldn't never use it..."
Why post useful drivel like this? (Oh, right, slashdot...)
If your machine can handle a heavy GUI, you're *probally* going to use KDE/Gnome (or maybe XFCE).
If you use a computer that's less than 600mhz, you're probally going to use Blackbox, Openbox, Fluxbox, etc. Or, once again, maybe XFCE (It's sexy, isn't it?;))
This is really great to see that they're trying to update the light WMs, while still letting them remain useful in the same way they (hopefully) will always be: A good way to revive old hardware w/o having to install Windows NT or 98.
Seems to me that most spammers will just disallow incoming mail.
Otherwise, sounds good to me.
With the increase in the cost of bandwith to ISPs (that allow zombies), this will hopefully force ISPs to shut off these connections.
Others may assume that these people will just pick up and move to another ISP... but I doubt it.
The majority of people only have a few options open to them when it comes to an ISP, and when their internet is not working they generally want to find and fix the problem, not cancel (if they even can, without breaking a contract) or pay a few hundred dollars to go to a new ISP (hardware, set-up fees, etc.).
Plus I'm betting that most people are more willing to run Ad-Aware (or get a neighboorhood kid to clean up their computer, for $30 or so), then wait a week switching to a new ISP.
Are you stupid? That's a horrible comparasion! Ever hear of "Innocent till proven guilty"?
If you're going into a court house, it's probally because many people that go in there are already guilty or suspected of a crime. If you're buying guns, they check before they give you a potentionally harmful item. You have no right to that service, because you havn't bought anything yet.
When you're a paying customer of a University, they have no right to treat you as if you are guilty. Nor should they force you to hand over your work to a private company.
There's a big diffrence between protecting life, and a student possibly cheating.
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Almost as ironic as something you paying for screwing you over, and something you got for free being reliable. One might even say 'You get what you don't pay for'. :)
You don't even have to read the article to know the answer to this... it's in the first post! (scroll up)
That was East Japan Railway. The crash was on Japan Rail West.
Every thing you list is a problem with the society you live in and is not a problem with mass transit or busses in general.
I don't remember saying that it was.
I'm pointing out that the current system discourages using public transportation, and that the way small governments treat the bus system (as something they have to do, but don't really want to) is a big problem.
It sounds to me like you have the typical American situation mostly the poor use the mass transit so no one cares and there's no investment in it. Perhaps that will change when the cost of a gallon of gas reflects its true value. Surprise, surprise. An anti-american post gets modded up.
Did I ever say I was American? Do you really need to throw that cheap shot in?
I'm not sure how honest that comment really is.
While some fools honestly did hate the french, and went all out with their "Freedom Fries", most people didn't do much more than make french jokes. Not to offend, but just for laughs.
Also, the French deserve it.
In a large city (or traveling to work where there is a train going to/from home), I can see why trains (or a bus) would make a lot of sense.
I, however, live in a smallish town (80,000 people).
While I currently use the bus for transportation, it's horrible.
The bus-drivers are not friendly, and don't seem to care if they pass a stop (and leave someone stranded).
On the weekends you may have to wait an hour or two for a bus to show up.
The buses are dirty, loud, and filled with unpleasant (and ill smelling) people.
The question I ask you, for this scenario, is this: is your time worth more to you than a few hundred dollars a month for a car (and the reliability that comes with it)?
Why is it when someone says "I expect to be modded as a troll" they almost always get +5? :P
Anyway, if people wanted peace, why do we have (need?) a military?
:)
Without a military, it's hard to have peace when people invade your country.
There will never be peace, nor should there be.
...document icons are no longer a hint of the type of file, but rather a small picture of the file itself
My Ubuntu Linux system already does this.
Video files in nautilus don't have a boring Xine icon, but show a frame of the movie.
Picture icons show a thumbnail of the image.
Text files... well that's really pointless. Text is too small.
Nice to see Microsoft stealing from linux, and calling it inovation.
Interesting, considering some of his criticism of Apple's work in the past.
I know that many on slashdot might not understand this, but being a fan of something doesn't mean you cannot criticize it.
Hard to grasp, I know.
Dear NetZero User,
....
/part *throws down a smoke bomb*
Sincerly,
Robot Ninja
The very fact that bittorrent does that is why this is (IMHO) a great way to watch what you want.
;) If we end up with DSL asshats with only 128kbps running a station...
Popular channels = Great quality, great speeds
Crap = Crap speeds
Of course, let's hope that the original seed has a good connection.
That might be true, but atleast we think up on snazzier names. We win!
Stop bitching.
There's all this pressure nowadays to be P.C.
Why is it offensive for a man to make a sexist remark, when women get applauded for calling men dogs?
Women are whores, plain and simple.
It's a fucking GNAA pop-up thing.
having lost 93% of its core developers
Why did this happen? Can I see an article please, I've always been a fan of debian, but I havn't been keeping up. =/
De-program your neighbors Oh yes, great idea.
Counter propoganda with propogana, and force your opinions down the throats of your neighboors. That'll really make them see your point of view.
Just go out and vote next time, and find some people on the other side that are *willing* to debate with you. Maybe you'll make a diffrence then.
But, surprise surprise, posting on slashdot isn't going to do jack.
Women are objects, cursing is funny, drugs are fun, and racially profiling blacks keeps my neighboorhood white-as-rain.
*ducks*
Discussion is a good thing.
And yes, some people are impressionable fools who read/see something, and start to seriously think about it w/o considering the effects it will have on their life.
be a pretty tawdry use of constitutional protection
Perhaps. But that's the point, isn't it? If you are given a freedom, it shouldn't come with conditions that are unreasonable.
And as people before me have posted, where do you stop when it comes to limiting questionable/immoral material? Start with games?
Fine
Now violent people don't have a fantasy outlet for their emotions, and take it to reality to take pleasure in the suffering of others.
Ban books for the same reason! Ban pornography.
All of there are escapes, and can be damaging to someone's mental health... if they're damaged to the point where they cannot tell the diffrence between their fantasies and reality.
With just about anything, you have to be responsible for yourself and your children.
allowing 15 hours of Web surfing.
Don't get me wrong, this is very cool. Providing low cost (quality) computers to the poor is great.
Using open source software is great (even if you don't like linux, you can appreciate the fact that Windows would be very costly to keep up to date and repair... especially with dialup.)
My problem is thus:
1) Dialup. I'm not sure about the phone situation in brazil, but is it reliable? Even if it is, wouldn't DSL be a better choice (if it were financed by the government).
2) 15 hours? This doesn't seem like enough, even for casual surfing. 40 hours a month (Old NetZero, anyone?) is far more reasonable, while still making sure that people don't abuse this service.
This is a great start, but more internet solutions need to be adopted. Perhaps after enough people buy computers, there will be enough pressure for companies to provide better connections down there.
I figure that a window manager only has one purpose; opening terminal windows
While a lot of people no doubt share this view, the main purpose of a window manager is to appeal to the eye while you do everyday work (otherwise, why use a WM at all? Just use plain X for the apps you need.)
Light window managers *will* be faster even on recent hardware, this is true... but for most people the extra speed isn't needed. (Eyecandy > Responsivness, for them)
150mb? Are you insane? Maybe in .rm format...
.avi, not counting .ogm) are 300mb+
Most fansubs (even plain
600mb isn't even uncommon.
Yet another reason why I prefer manga over anime. ^_^
I keep seeing posts that complain that "Well, this is great if memory is a problem, but for me it isn't so here's a list of reasons why I wouldn't never use it..." Why post useful drivel like this? (Oh, right, slashdot...) If your machine can handle a heavy GUI, you're *probally* going to use KDE/Gnome (or maybe XFCE). If you use a computer that's less than 600mhz, you're probally going to use Blackbox, Openbox, Fluxbox, etc. Or, once again, maybe XFCE (It's sexy, isn't it? ;))
This is really great to see that they're trying to update the light WMs, while still letting them remain useful in the same way they (hopefully) will always be: A good way to revive old hardware w/o having to install Windows NT or 98.
Seems to me that most spammers will just disallow incoming mail.
Otherwise, sounds good to me.
With the increase in the cost of bandwith to ISPs (that allow zombies), this will hopefully force ISPs to shut off these connections.
Others may assume that these people will just pick up and move to another ISP... but I doubt it.
The majority of people only have a few options open to them when it comes to an ISP, and when their internet is not working they generally want to find and fix the problem, not cancel (if they even can, without breaking a contract) or pay a few hundred dollars to go to a new ISP (hardware, set-up fees, etc.).
Plus I'm betting that most people are more willing to run Ad-Aware (or get a neighboorhood kid to clean up their computer, for $30 or so), then wait a week switching to a new ISP.
It's more likely that quite a few /.ers will find a new side to themselves after seeing pictures of this. ;)
Are you stupid? That's a horrible comparasion! Ever hear of "Innocent till proven guilty"?
If you're going into a court house, it's probally because many people that go in there are already guilty or suspected of a crime. If you're buying guns, they check before they give you a potentionally harmful item. You have no right to that service, because you havn't bought anything yet.
When you're a paying customer of a University, they have no right to treat you as if you are guilty. Nor should they force you to hand over your work to a private company.
There's a big diffrence between protecting life, and a student possibly cheating.