Why the fuck would Microsoft be distributing HP's software?
Because Joe Sixpack finds himself having to reinstall Windows fairly often to fix issues, and many computers today don't come with proper install discs, or generic ones that don't automate the installation of drivers for the hardware specific to the model of computer. So you end up with "drivers and utilities" CDs that don't make it clear which of their many drivers you need, or you have to go to the manufacturer's site to get the drivers you need -- a process beyond the technical abilities of a large portion of HP's customer base, if my conversations with them are any indication.
That certainly explains why Zillow is undervaluing this person's house they are trying to sell... because they are biased in favor of sellers....yes. Makes perfect sense.
Facebook: Facebook not existing would actually make my life better because then I wouldn't have to hear condescending "Oh, you're not on Facebook" comments from... everyone ever.
Sounds like you're doing it wrong. The condescending comments should be from you.
"Oh? I didn't hear that celebrity gossip. No, I don't use Facebook." "Yes, I've heard Facebook's site is slow. I can't say if I feel that way, I don't have a Facebook account. No, I just don't have any interest in it." "I'm sorry, I couldn't tell you how to change that on Facebook. I don't use Facebook myself." "No, sorry. I can't give you my Facebook info. I don't have an account. I just would rather do other things online"
Is it a licensing issue? Are the royalties excessive?
Duh. They want to be like Apple. Instead adopting USB-C they have the "Surface Connect" port -- a la Microsoft's own Lightning connector. I'm sure all the accessories that use it are either made by them or by companies paying them a licensing fee.
When you are managing a dozen different email accounts there is only so much vertical space. Is the concept of seeing 12 accounts taking up 12 lines instead of 100 lines of vertical space too difficult for YOU to understand?
Not as hard as it is for you to figure out the Unified Folder view apparently.
That Mozilla will fix Thunderbird to connect to my iCloud account? That stopped working several months ago and I haven't found a fix for it..
Don't know what your issue is, but I have an iCloud account, Yahoo account, Hotmail account, and a Gmail account all set up in my Thunderbird and they all work fine.
Agreed. The chat plugins could be improved, though i don't know how much can be done, since all systems use some idiotic, secret sauce home made protocol
Funny enough, Chat is one of the things I think should be removed. It seems like an unnecessary add-in to begin with. Chat is something you normally would have up visible at all times, and the Thunderbird interface is a window I would more likely have covered by other things when not using. A separate app for chat makes more sense. And with all the chat services taking their protocols private there is little use for a third-party client.
I own Sisco stock. Bad investment. It's finally getting to where I can sell it for a gain equal to my savings account. I only own a little. It was part of my learning experience in the land of investing. At least I won't lose money on it, after 15 years. Sisco is crap.
Well, there's your mistake. You wanted Cisco stock, not Sisco. Don't beat yourself up to badly others have made the same mistake
Are any Slashdot readers migrating their Cyrus-based services, or are there compelling reasons to chose it over the competition?
I must admit: I do not know much about Cyrus-based services, so can't speak to that.
So the rest of your post is going to be off-topic. Got it.
I will however talk about GMail and my frustration(s) with it.
1: It's ugly and cumbersome to use by default. An Outlook-like interface has proven itself. To make GMail look like Outlook, one must install and enable some 3rd party add-on.
Yeah, this doesn't make any sense. I know you could buy Office in stores -- but all your got was a product key card that you were them required to add to a Microsoft Account online to download the installers.
...ultimately resulted in a three-year deal, averting a threatened walkout that could have cost jobs and homes...
I mean, I guess it's correct since people without jobs may default on their mortgages, but why are homes mentioned like the writer's strike is going to have a direct impact on California's house-building industry?
distance, bandwidth, pick one. Longer wavelength has a lower shannon limit, so less speed.
Uh, yeah. We know that. The point is the network will be operating in an area of spectrum that is better for penetration through buildings and other obsticles, but doesn't allow faster speeds. This is intentional. Yet somehow this is seen as "surprising".
To use a car analogy. it's like me saying I want to buy a car that's easy to park and gets really high mileage for my commute, then somehow it's "surprising" that I bought Honda Fit instead of a Ford Mustang.
I think this is more a case of bad editing in the submission. Because T-Mobile's move is surprising considering it "goes against the conventional thinking about 5G", which is the following sentence in the summary. Looks like someone meant to stick the adjective surprising there where the use of "move" as a noun appears a second time.
Also you should probably have insurance as well as adequate proof of said items, these kind of steps would mitigate any risk of theft.
I predict a standard homeowner's policy/reneter's insurance would specifically not cover losses incurred from an Airbnb occupant, based on it being a commercial transaction. And the cost of the correct policy is likely priced for business owners.
Basically, it's a return to the Video Arcade: you walked in with a pocketful of quarters, and left with your pockets empty.
I kinda take issue with how you phrased this -- as though the arcade gamer simply gave away his money for nothing. At the arcade, you were paying for the time you spent playing the games. Like many other things in life, sometimes money is exchanged for an experience alone, and just because you don't have a tangible good to show for the exchange doesn't mean you were cheated..
Because it shows foresight? People often wait until the last minute to do something with a deadline, then when things don't work out easily blame everyone except their own lack of planning.
Issue: Can't get my taxes done in time because I do my taxes online and my home internet service is coincidentally having an outage? Response: It's Comcast's fault I didn't get my taxes filed. Even though I had weeks to do it, and my internet service doesn't come with guaranteed uptime to begin with.
Issue: I got my taxes done, but I owe $500 and wont have money before the payment deadline. Response: It's the government's fault for charging too much in taxes, not mine for not having any saving for emergencies, or dong my taxes earlier so I could have planned how to handle this expense, or having my withholding set up better to begin with to avoid having a bill to pay, etc.
Issue: I can't file my FAFSA for my college by the deadline because the site is swamped by other people trying to do the same thing as me. Response: It's the government's fault for not having more capacity at the site, even though it is not feasible to scale capacity up/down quickly enough for these specific dates. Not my fault for waiting until the last minute to do this form instead. Not the college for choosing a financial aid deadline date the same as two dozen other colleges use (causing the high site load).
Google doesn't have to publish/display anything they don't want to. Free Speech does not mean companies are required to give you a platform to express your views.
If the Trumpettes don't like that -- they are free to create their own Alternate-Google.
Really? I was going to say that hearing Uber is doing something unethical is like hearing that Trump is doing something that contracts a promise he previously made -- not newsworthy anymore.
Pretty sure that's referring to the shitty Windows 10 Mail application (the one that asks you for your email address and password on the account setup screen and doesn't allow you to manually configure the setup in some cases). Not Office Outlook.
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Why the fuck would Microsoft be distributing HP's software?
Because Joe Sixpack finds himself having to reinstall Windows fairly often to fix issues, and many computers today don't come with proper install discs, or generic ones that don't automate the installation of drivers for the hardware specific to the model of computer. So you end up with "drivers and utilities" CDs that don't make it clear which of their many drivers you need, or you have to go to the manufacturer's site to get the drivers you need -- a process beyond the technical abilities of a large portion of HP's customer base, if my conversations with them are any indication.
I would think the KDE people would have some sort of trademark on that term for computer interfaces already.
...towards sellers, not buyers.
That certainly explains why Zillow is undervaluing this person's house they are trying to sell... because they are biased in favor of sellers....yes. Makes perfect sense.
Facebook: Facebook not existing would actually make my life better because then I wouldn't have to hear condescending "Oh, you're not on Facebook" comments from... everyone ever.
Sounds like you're doing it wrong. The condescending comments should be from you.
"Oh? I didn't hear that celebrity gossip. No, I don't use Facebook."
"Yes, I've heard Facebook's site is slow. I can't say if I feel that way, I don't have a Facebook account. No, I just don't have any interest in it."
"I'm sorry, I couldn't tell you how to change that on Facebook. I don't use Facebook myself."
"No, sorry. I can't give you my Facebook info. I don't have an account. I just would rather do other things online"
Is it a licensing issue? Are the royalties excessive?
Duh. They want to be like Apple. Instead adopting USB-C they have the "Surface Connect" port -- a la Microsoft's own Lightning connector. I'm sure all the accessories that use it are either made by them or by companies paying them a licensing fee.
When you are managing a dozen different email accounts there is only so much vertical space. Is the concept of seeing 12 accounts taking up 12 lines instead of 100 lines of vertical space too difficult for YOU to understand?
Not as hard as it is for you to figure out the Unified Folder view apparently.
That Mozilla will fix Thunderbird to connect to my iCloud account? That stopped working several months ago and I haven't found a fix for it..
Don't know what your issue is, but I have an iCloud account, Yahoo account, Hotmail account, and a Gmail account all set up in my Thunderbird and they all work fine.
Agreed. The chat plugins could be improved, though i don't know how much can be done, since all systems use some idiotic, secret sauce home made protocol
Funny enough, Chat is one of the things I think should be removed. It seems like an unnecessary add-in to begin with. Chat is something you normally would have up visible at all times, and the Thunderbird interface is a window I would more likely have covered by other things when not using. A separate app for chat makes more sense. And with all the chat services taking their protocols private there is little use for a third-party client.
I own Sisco stock. Bad investment.
It's finally getting to where I can sell it for a gain equal to my savings account.
I only own a little. It was part of my learning experience in the land of investing.
At least I won't lose money on it, after 15 years.
Sisco is crap.
Well, there's your mistake. You wanted Cisco stock, not Sisco.
Don't beat yourself up to badly others have made the same mistake
Are any Slashdot readers migrating their Cyrus-based services, or are there compelling reasons to chose it over the competition?
I must admit: I do not know much about Cyrus-based services, so can't speak to that.
So the rest of your post is going to be off-topic. Got it.
I will however talk about GMail and my frustration(s) with it.
1: It's ugly and cumbersome to use by default. An Outlook-like interface has proven itself. To make GMail look like Outlook, one must install and enable some 3rd party add-on.
*cough*
...on a pentigram processor.
AMD fan boys insist that Intel is the Devil incarnate when I talk to them.
vulgarity usually detracts from a good post.
It's how millennial "journalists" show that they're "edgy".
The ISP argument will be that only the FCC or Congress have the authority to regulate these aspects of their business.
I wonder if they'll remember who signs their franchise agreements.
You couldn't buy word on the windows store?
Yeah, this doesn't make any sense. I know you could buy Office in stores -- but all your got was a product key card that you were them required to add to a Microsoft Account online to download the installers.
...ultimately resulted in a three-year deal, averting a threatened walkout that could have cost jobs and homes...
I mean, I guess it's correct since people without jobs may default on their mortgages, but why are homes mentioned like the writer's strike is going to have a direct impact on California's house-building industry?
distance, bandwidth, pick one. Longer wavelength has a lower shannon limit, so less speed.
Uh, yeah. We know that. The point is the network will be operating in an area of spectrum that is better for penetration through buildings and other obsticles, but doesn't allow faster speeds. This is intentional. Yet somehow this is seen as "surprising".
To use a car analogy. it's like me saying I want to buy a car that's easy to park and gets really high mileage for my commute, then somehow it's "surprising" that I bought Honda Fit instead of a Ford Mustang.
I think this is more a case of bad editing in the submission. Because T-Mobile's move is surprising considering it "goes against the conventional thinking about 5G", which is the following sentence in the summary. Looks like someone meant to stick the adjective surprising there where the use of "move" as a noun appears a second time.
Also you should probably have insurance as well as adequate proof of said items, these kind of steps would mitigate any risk of theft.
I predict a standard homeowner's policy/reneter's insurance would specifically not cover losses incurred from an Airbnb occupant, based on it being a commercial transaction. And the cost of the correct policy is likely priced for business owners.
I guess it's ok to be a sexist and a racist as long as you're racist and sexist against white men.
Please tell us what it's like having lived under a rock for the last 10 years.
Basically, it's a return to the Video Arcade: you walked in with a pocketful of quarters, and left with your pockets empty.
I kinda take issue with how you phrased this -- as though the arcade gamer simply gave away his money for nothing. At the arcade, you were paying for the time you spent playing the games. Like many other things in life, sometimes money is exchanged for an experience alone, and just because you don't have a tangible good to show for the exchange doesn't mean you were cheated..
Why is this drivel modded informative?!
Because it shows foresight? People often wait until the last minute to do something with a deadline, then when things don't work out easily blame everyone except their own lack of planning.
Issue: Can't get my taxes done in time because I do my taxes online and my home internet service is coincidentally having an outage?
Response: It's Comcast's fault I didn't get my taxes filed. Even though I had weeks to do it, and my internet service doesn't come with guaranteed uptime to begin with.
Issue: I got my taxes done, but I owe $500 and wont have money before the payment deadline.
Response: It's the government's fault for charging too much in taxes, not mine for not having any saving for emergencies, or dong my taxes earlier so I could have planned how to handle this expense, or having my withholding set up better to begin with to avoid having a bill to pay, etc.
Issue: I can't file my FAFSA for my college by the deadline because the site is swamped by other people trying to do the same thing as me.
Response: It's the government's fault for not having more capacity at the site, even though it is not feasible to scale capacity up/down quickly enough for these specific dates. Not my fault for waiting until the last minute to do this form instead. Not the college for choosing a financial aid deadline date the same as two dozen other colleges use (causing the high site load).
Either all speech is protected or none of it is.
Google doesn't have to publish/display anything they don't want to. Free Speech does not mean companies are required to give you a platform to express your views.
If the Trumpettes don't like that -- they are free to create their own Alternate-Google.
I doubt he is even the master of his own domain.
Well, he'll likely have a cellmate, so I should say not.
Really? I was going to say that hearing Uber is doing something unethical is like hearing that Trump is doing something that contracts a promise he previously made -- not newsworthy anymore.
Microsoft would love to help you with this!
Pretty sure that's referring to the shitty Windows 10 Mail application (the one that asks you for your email address and password on the account setup screen and doesn't allow you to manually configure the setup in some cases). Not Office Outlook.
I love the way Outlook is laid out. In order to have this layout in Gmail, I need to use some experimental add-on!
Or... you could set up your Gmail account as an IMAP account in Outlook.