Consumer electronics and media gifts like iPods and DVD's are what you give when your out of ideas.
Or if you're out of ideas and extremely arrogant, you give a picture frame with a picture of yourself. Better yet, just give the same damn picture and frame to everyone. Don't bother to put any thought into it.
From the NYT article:
According to news reports here, the queen gave the Obamas a silver-framed signed photograph -- a gift she gives to all visiting dignitaries.
In other words, you're lazy because writing such an app takes effort and requires making decisions that you are too lazy to make. Fortunately, there are people who see the value in making that effort. Take Samba as an example. There are several GUI configuration tools available. All of these output a text file which samba uses as the config. You can use a GUI if you want, edit the text directly, or script it until your heart's content.
[...] I hope you'll accept the first batch of reasons as proof enough that your position is indefensible.
No one will buy that "indefensible" excuse. Other operating systems and their application programs do it, handle it just fine, and have done so for decades. The expectations of current and potential users have already been set and they demand ease of use. The majority of people who use computers are not going to open a text editor and start editing xorg.conf to add a second monitor or start hacking on smb.conf to share a folder. That's not an acceptable solution when other operating systems do a better job of catering to their needs.
If Linux advocates want to attract more users to their platform they will need to cater to the needs of those users. Us nerds are a small percentage of the computer using population and many of us are already using Linux. The growth in Linux users will have to come from the pool of regular users where using GUI tools is preferred. Linux won't attract those users unless it can prove to be at least as good a value or better to the end user. Application developers can work to achieve minimum parity with other programs in terms of ease of use or stick their heads in the sand.
type "map cleveland street london" to bring up a Google Map of that location, or "amazon-search the great gatsby" to find that book on Amazon
Users can already do that with the search text field. Example1. Example2. This new feature doesn't appear to bring any new value to the user over what is already provided.
I'd really like to see Mozilla spend one release where they stop working on new features and focus solely on fixing bugs. The results of such an effort would be more valuable to the end user.
Ah, the old "you first" defense; The shield of the coward. That's okay. I'll play along.
The person that I replied to was mixing up the usage of HIV and AIDS. Every time he said AIDS, he should have said HIV for his sentences to make sense. People often use the terms interchangeably but they are different things. HIV is a virus and it's that virus that infects people. AIDS is a syndrome that HIV infected people can, and usually do, develop sometime after infection. AIDS isn't transmissible any more than depression, dementia, or mental illness is.
When the poster made statements such as "What this all boils down to is AIDS has found a new way to use the cells it hijacks", what he meant to say was "What this all boils down to is HIV has found a new way to use the cells it hijacks."
People who deny that HIV causes AIDS are making an extraordinary claim, and they need to supply extraordinary proof.
I agree. No one has made any such claim in this thread that I am aware of.
2) Go to the CFO. Explain that while you, yourself, have no intention whatsoever of blowing the whistle, there are actual *rewards* put out by the SPA for unhappy employees to take advantage of by being whistle blowers. 3) Explain that, if he's really lucky, as an officer of the company, he could face criminal charges.
These two sound like threats and you won't be received warmly if you say them.
How would you reverse proxy SSH, HTTPS, etc. to multiple servers behind a NAT gateway while keeping the services for all internal servers on default ports?
Um, what? I middle click on the might mouse all the time.
The mighty mouse is an external device. It's not three buttons built into the laptop case. Anyone can plug a USB 3-button mouse into their Mac and it'll work, but that's not what the parent was talking about.
How do you know? I looked up Photoshop CS3 and learned that "CS3" is a version number. The company that makes Photoshop also has several other products with the same "CS3" version number. He could have also been talking about any of those. The original poster should have stated the actual product name to be clear.
I suggested OpenOffice to several execs, and not a single one would consider moving away from Office. It is just unthinkable.
How did you mention it? Did you write a proposal that examined the financial ramifications of switching from MS Office to OpenOffice, including not only licensing costs but also retraining expenses? Did you outline the benefits of switching including how quality would be improved? Did you explain possible alternatives including the possibility of doing nothing? This is how executives think. They want to see a written business case before they'll consider taking actions like you propose. You'll have to make your case for how the company will improve their operations, save time and money, and most importantly how the success of the project will be measured.
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Linux is unix-like but it's not real Unix.
Or if you're out of ideas and extremely arrogant, you give a picture frame with a picture of yourself. Better yet, just give the same damn picture and frame to everyone. Don't bother to put any thought into it.
From the NYT article:
In other words, you're lazy because writing such an app takes effort and requires making decisions that you are too lazy to make. Fortunately, there are people who see the value in making that effort. Take Samba as an example. There are several GUI configuration tools available. All of these output a text file which samba uses as the config. You can use a GUI if you want, edit the text directly, or script it until your heart's content.
No one will buy that "indefensible" excuse. Other operating systems and their application programs do it, handle it just fine, and have done so for decades. The expectations of current and potential users have already been set and they demand ease of use. The majority of people who use computers are not going to open a text editor and start editing xorg.conf to add a second monitor or start hacking on smb.conf to share a folder. That's not an acceptable solution when other operating systems do a better job of catering to their needs.
If Linux advocates want to attract more users to their platform they will need to cater to the needs of those users. Us nerds are a small percentage of the computer using population and many of us are already using Linux. The growth in Linux users will have to come from the pool of regular users where using GUI tools is preferred. Linux won't attract those users unless it can prove to be at least as good a value or better to the end user. Application developers can work to achieve minimum parity with other programs in terms of ease of use or stick their heads in the sand.
Just be glad you aren't using Sunni internet.
Then it's not worth listening to you if you can't articulate your issues.
I haven't seen any in the last few years. Then again, I stopped using email several years ago.
"Thanks Dan! We'll be sure to patch this problem in the next Conficker update."
Users can already do that with the search text field. Example1. Example2. This new feature doesn't appear to bring any new value to the user over what is already provided.
I'd really like to see Mozilla spend one release where they stop working on new features and focus solely on fixing bugs. The results of such an effort would be more valuable to the end user.
Ah, the old "you first" defense; The shield of the coward. That's okay. I'll play along.
The person that I replied to was mixing up the usage of HIV and AIDS. Every time he said AIDS, he should have said HIV for his sentences to make sense. People often use the terms interchangeably but they are different things. HIV is a virus and it's that virus that infects people. AIDS is a syndrome that HIV infected people can, and usually do, develop sometime after infection. AIDS isn't transmissible any more than depression, dementia, or mental illness is.
When the poster made statements such as "What this all boils down to is AIDS has found a new way to use the cells it hijacks", what he meant to say was "What this all boils down to is HIV has found a new way to use the cells it hijacks."
I agree. No one has made any such claim in this thread that I am aware of.
I guess you'll have to explain your comment to me. I don't see how Koch's Postulates are even relevant here.
Blog postings from an anonymous nobody with no medical or biological education and training whatsoever. Yeah. That sounds credible.
s/AIDS/HIV/
You are confusing HIV and AIDS.
Alright, Stallman. We get it already.
There were plans for that version but the release slipped through the crack.
These two sound like threats and you won't be received warmly if you say them.
Here's an actual story about what is happening.
That doesn't make any sense. "Two" and "too" are pronounced identically.
How would you reverse proxy SSH, HTTPS, etc. to multiple servers behind a NAT gateway while keeping the services for all internal servers on default ports?
The mighty mouse is an external device. It's not three buttons built into the laptop case. Anyone can plug a USB 3-button mouse into their Mac and it'll work, but that's not what the parent was talking about.
How do you know? I looked up Photoshop CS3 and learned that "CS3" is a version number. The company that makes Photoshop also has several other products with the same "CS3" version number. He could have also been talking about any of those. The original poster should have stated the actual product name to be clear.
If someone is an individualist, they wouldn't care what someone else things of their style.
CS3 appears to be supported just fine on Wine. Have you posted on the wine-users mailing list regarding the issues you are having running it?
Because of companies using SharePoint.
Why undermine your point with name calling?
How did you mention it? Did you write a proposal that examined the financial ramifications of switching from MS Office to OpenOffice, including not only licensing costs but also retraining expenses? Did you outline the benefits of switching including how quality would be improved? Did you explain possible alternatives including the possibility of doing nothing? This is how executives think. They want to see a written business case before they'll consider taking actions like you propose. You'll have to make your case for how the company will improve their operations, save time and money, and most importantly how the success of the project will be measured.