Agreed. I *just* tried out Ubuntu on my Nexus 7, and I promptly went back to cyanogen 10.1; it was very cool to be able to run basically full blown Ubuntu (and it's relatively speedy), but it's definitely not tablet-optimized, and there are too many little annoyances for me to want to keep it at the moment.
In its current iteration, Ubuntu on tablets seems geared more towards those who prefer using some sort of physical keyboard with their tablet. In that case, I can already see the usefulness. For those who want a tablet they can use while on the livingroom couch, or on their commute to work, Ubuntu isn't yet ready for tablet consumption.
And do you want to remember and tap that obscure name into the phone's keyboard?
While your anecdotal use of EMD PTE is interesting, I personally have never forgotten the names of any of the apps on my phone. And other than games, I don't see any of my apps that are illogically named, or difficult to remember.
it doesn't start magically creating new fuel and putting it back in your tank the way an EV does.
...to be fair, I don't think EVs magically create new fuel and put it back in their tank either. That might be due to them not having tanks, or possibly the lack of magic. Not sure (IANAM - magician).
This. Really unsure why more people don't realize there are some very good traditional options out there for long range driving. I strongly considered a Jetta TDI when I was last car shopping (I live in a big metro area with good public transportation, so I ultimately never got a car at all), and probably would've been very happy with its mileage, range, and cost.
I would say they're not for road trips *yet*. The technology is still very much in its infancy (at least when it comes to mass production and general availability), so it's at least interesting to see what the available electric vehicles can currently do.
That said, sportscars in general aren't for road trips, nor are they that practical.
Agreed. I think the real issue is that the initial report by Broder is fairly lacking in journalistic integrity. This is a new technology (insofar as electric cars becoming ubiquitous with the public), so it makes sense for automotive journalists to be reviewing and writing about them for public dissemination.
In this case, unfortunately, it feels like Broder set the car up to fail, which could mean he made his conclusions before he even stepped foot in the vehicle. This is remarkably unhelpful to readers, and only serves to rile up Musk, a CEO who we already know to react very personally to negative press.
CNN's experience with the vehicle seems to strengthen your point about a single trip not proving anything, and seems to further discredit Broder's "test" as providing any useful conclusions.
They (now) own Slashdot, so submissions like these are more ad than substance (see: slashvertisement). This is also a bullshit article, which is kind of indicative of the rest of the stuff coming from dice.com - it's specifically tailored to recruiter-based interviews only, something (in my experience) that are actually very rare. This is essentially SEO for recruiters, and isn't really that constructive.
"Zero one zero zero one zero zero zero, zero one zero zero zero one zero one, zero one zero zero one one zero zero, zero one zero zero one one zero zero, zero one zero zero one one one one, zero zero one zero zero zero zero zero, zero one zero one zero one one one , zero one zero zero one one one one, zero one zero one zero zero one zero, zero one zero zero one one zero zero, zero one zero zero zero one zero zero.", duh.
I totally get where your intent behind this, but I would firmly disagree - the ability to type (and type well) is invaluable for kids these days, especially how many non-coding responsibilities developers have that require good writing skills (email/IM communication, maintaining documentation, etc), all of which are infinitely easier if you're a skilled typist.
Perl is relevant but pretty ugly. Java, C, C++, Python, or Visual Basic would all be fun and useful.
I specifically said, "excluding minimum wage and under-the-table type jobs." The occupations you mentioned are almost exclusively minimum wage.
I'm not really sure why your qualification excludes minimum wage jobs (unless it's just an attempt to back up your original comment, which is odd, considering you said "McDonald's", not "fast food" or "minimum wage"); are minimum wage jobs not valid? Also, the very broad set I alluded to *do* include jobs paying above minimum wage, especially when you consider advancement within an organization.
Semantically, your phrase of "every job" is hyperbole, while mine of "plenty of jobs" is not.
You're the one who said "every job that isn't at McDonald's requires one, the other, or both," so I'm not going to do your leg work for you, but feel free to call and ask your local small businesses (and gas stations, and grocery stores, and retail stores, and restaurants, etc etc).
I don't think the argument is that the number of apps directly correlating with quality - the question is whether or not any other platforms will make more of an impact than iOS and Android already have. Sure, your Windows phone may do what you need, but how exactly does that translate into marketshare (something Microsoft/Blackberry are obviously trying hard to figure out).
Email addresses are intended to be public, and an organization handing them out to their users typically don't want them to be anonymous. And by its nature, as soon as an address is used to send mail it loses its anonymity.
No, Twitter is a very strong 4th, and there doesn't appear to be a close 5th. Orkut only has about 33 million active users, which would put it much farther down.
Agreed. As is the general issue outside of gaming, the "big deal" is probably a lack of understanding and exposure to the gay community (or legit homophobia).
I think it's easy for some people who have never directly experienced being part of a minority to forget how helpful it can be for those *in* a minority to identify themselves so they can find others to connect with and share their experiences with. As you alluded to, online gaming communities are often very homophobic (and racist and sexist) in their speech, which obviously makes it difficult for someone who *is* gay to join and be a part of that community.
In some ways a lot of us online/gaming nerds seem pretty progressive, but there's still a latent fear/misunderstanding of other nerds who don't fit neatly into the young straight male stereotype.
Attention seeking? No. It's a way for people to connect with others, which can be pretty difficult if you're part of a minority (as gay gamers are). Because of the relative anonymity of online gaming communities, casual racism, sexism and homophobia have been around for years (especially near the turn of the millennium when broadband become way more ubiquitous).
It's indeed "[a] need to label oneself to identify with a group and be part of a community", a need that virtually all humans share in some capacity. Why you're labeling that desire as obsessive, I'm unsure.
No idea. Lack of exposure, maybe? It's been in my vernacular since the early 2000s when 1) my friends started coming out so I actually knew gays, 2) I was playing a lot of PC games, and 3) someone was clever enough to put 'gay' and 'gamer' together. I still don't know when or from whom I first saw the term.
I think this CNET situation shows a significant issue with the more 'popular' journalism - corporate bias. While we can all understand CBS's motivations, I feel that there needs to be far more journalistic integrity in situations like these; CNET's job was to provide awards based on merit, independent from what their parent company may be involved in (although, like you said, some of their reporting is questionable at best, even when parent company conflict of interest isn't involved).
So, basically, fuck you CBS - they should know better than most companies what journalistic integrity is, and what it means to staunchly follow it. Ultimately, this is really no different from all of the other major news outlets, which are for-profit and are organized like other standard corporations (highly-paid executive staff, ultimate motivation is the company's fiscal bottom line).
there's no way you can class simply being a douche as disorderly conduct
Agreed.
I wasn't saying that being a douche === disorderly conduct, I was just saying girlintraining's post was using the phrase "total douche" to equate to disorderly conduct (mathematically: douche-level infinity, or something).
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Agreed. I *just* tried out Ubuntu on my Nexus 7, and I promptly went back to cyanogen 10.1; it was very cool to be able to run basically full blown Ubuntu (and it's relatively speedy), but it's definitely not tablet-optimized, and there are too many little annoyances for me to want to keep it at the moment.
In its current iteration, Ubuntu on tablets seems geared more towards those who prefer using some sort of physical keyboard with their tablet. In that case, I can already see the usefulness. For those who want a tablet they can use while on the livingroom couch, or on their commute to work, Ubuntu isn't yet ready for tablet consumption.
...I was thinking Denholm from The IT Crowd.
Oh, like Spotlight, the incredibly useful search mechanism I use daily on my mbp?
While your anecdotal use of EMD PTE is interesting, I personally have never forgotten the names of any of the apps on my phone. And other than games, I don't see any of my apps that are illogically named, or difficult to remember.
...to be fair, I don't think EVs magically create new fuel and put it back in their tank either. That might be due to them not having tanks, or possibly the lack of magic. Not sure (IANAM - magician).
This. Really unsure why more people don't realize there are some very good traditional options out there for long range driving. I strongly considered a Jetta TDI when I was last car shopping (I live in a big metro area with good public transportation, so I ultimately never got a car at all), and probably would've been very happy with its mileage, range, and cost.
I would say they're not for road trips *yet*. The technology is still very much in its infancy (at least when it comes to mass production and general availability), so it's at least interesting to see what the available electric vehicles can currently do.
That said, sportscars in general aren't for road trips, nor are they that practical.
Agreed. I think the real issue is that the initial report by Broder is fairly lacking in journalistic integrity. This is a new technology (insofar as electric cars becoming ubiquitous with the public), so it makes sense for automotive journalists to be reviewing and writing about them for public dissemination.
In this case, unfortunately, it feels like Broder set the car up to fail, which could mean he made his conclusions before he even stepped foot in the vehicle. This is remarkably unhelpful to readers, and only serves to rile up Musk, a CEO who we already know to react very personally to negative press.
CNN's experience with the vehicle seems to strengthen your point about a single trip not proving anything, and seems to further discredit Broder's "test" as providing any useful conclusions.
They (now) own Slashdot, so submissions like these are more ad than substance (see: slashvertisement). This is also a bullshit article, which is kind of indicative of the rest of the stuff coming from dice.com - it's specifically tailored to recruiter-based interviews only, something (in my experience) that are actually very rare. This is essentially SEO for recruiters, and isn't really that constructive.
and then I just manually killed the spaces before the commas.
Also, today I learned I have no idea how to put tabs into <code> blocks.
"Zero one zero zero one zero zero zero, zero one zero zero zero one zero one, zero one zero zero one one zero zero, zero one zero zero one one zero zero, zero one zero zero one one one one, zero zero one zero zero zero zero zero, zero one zero one zero one one one , zero one zero zero one one one one, zero one zero one zero zero one zero, zero one zero zero one one zero zero, zero one zero zero zero one zero zero.", duh.
Worst hello world evaaaar.
I totally get where your intent behind this, but I would firmly disagree - the ability to type (and type well) is invaluable for kids these days, especially how many non-coding responsibilities developers have that require good writing skills (email/IM communication, maintaining documentation, etc), all of which are infinitely easier if you're a skilled typist.
Seconded.
I'm not really sure why your qualification excludes minimum wage jobs (unless it's just an attempt to back up your original comment, which is odd, considering you said "McDonald's", not "fast food" or "minimum wage"); are minimum wage jobs not valid? Also, the very broad set I alluded to *do* include jobs paying above minimum wage, especially when you consider advancement within an organization.
Semantically, your phrase of "every job" is hyperbole, while mine of "plenty of jobs" is not.
You're the one who said "every job that isn't at McDonald's requires one, the other, or both," so I'm not going to do your leg work for you, but feel free to call and ask your local small businesses (and gas stations, and grocery stores, and retail stores, and restaurants, etc etc).
You're fighting feigned moral superiority with hyperbole. There are plenty of jobs that don't require either of those things.
Then you may be required to get a co-signer when attempting to take out a loan.
I don't think the argument is that the number of apps directly correlating with quality - the question is whether or not any other platforms will make more of an impact than iOS and Android already have. Sure, your Windows phone may do what you need, but how exactly does that translate into marketshare (something Microsoft/Blackberry are obviously trying hard to figure out).
usernames != email addresses
Email addresses are intended to be public, and an organization handing them out to their users typically don't want them to be anonymous. And by its nature, as soon as an address is used to send mail it loses its anonymity.
Yup, the Surface Pro has a full Win8 install.
Yes, they are different OSes.
No, Twitter is a very strong 4th, and there doesn't appear to be a close 5th. Orkut only has about 33 million active users, which would put it much farther down.
Agreed. As is the general issue outside of gaming, the "big deal" is probably a lack of understanding and exposure to the gay community (or legit homophobia).
I think it's easy for some people who have never directly experienced being part of a minority to forget how helpful it can be for those *in* a minority to identify themselves so they can find others to connect with and share their experiences with. As you alluded to, online gaming communities are often very homophobic (and racist and sexist) in their speech, which obviously makes it difficult for someone who *is* gay to join and be a part of that community.
In some ways a lot of us online/gaming nerds seem pretty progressive, but there's still a latent fear/misunderstanding of other nerds who don't fit neatly into the young straight male stereotype.
Attention seeking? No. It's a way for people to connect with others, which can be pretty difficult if you're part of a minority (as gay gamers are). Because of the relative anonymity of online gaming communities, casual racism, sexism and homophobia have been around for years (especially near the turn of the millennium when broadband become way more ubiquitous).
It's indeed "[a] need to label oneself to identify with a group and be part of a community", a need that virtually all humans share in some capacity. Why you're labeling that desire as obsessive, I'm unsure.
No idea. Lack of exposure, maybe? It's been in my vernacular since the early 2000s when 1) my friends started coming out so I actually knew gays, 2) I was playing a lot of PC games, and 3) someone was clever enough to put 'gay' and 'gamer' together. I still don't know when or from whom I first saw the term.
I think this CNET situation shows a significant issue with the more 'popular' journalism - corporate bias. While we can all understand CBS's motivations, I feel that there needs to be far more journalistic integrity in situations like these; CNET's job was to provide awards based on merit, independent from what their parent company may be involved in (although, like you said, some of their reporting is questionable at best, even when parent company conflict of interest isn't involved).
So, basically, fuck you CBS - they should know better than most companies what journalistic integrity is, and what it means to staunchly follow it. Ultimately, this is really no different from all of the other major news outlets, which are for-profit and are organized like other standard corporations (highly-paid executive staff, ultimate motivation is the company's fiscal bottom line).
Agreed.
I wasn't saying that being a douche === disorderly conduct, I was just saying girlintraining's post was using the phrase "total douche" to equate to disorderly conduct (mathematically: douche-level infinity, or something).