Enough already. Clearly they are afraid to make a decision which is in and of itself a decision. If I keep putting off deciding to do something then I am in fact not doing it - only under the guise of indecision, procrastination or requiring further consideration. Shit or get off the pot, guys. Either way a lot of people won't be happy.
I realize I'm a jaded cynic, but nothing those asshats try even surprises me anymore. I'm sure there are a lot of other revelations just waiting to be uncovered.
The whole NoSQL concept takes a little getting used to. I'm not knocking by any means, I've just been using the whole relational model for decades and need to digest this new approach before I can fully embrace it.
You can try this wiki page for an explanation of the concept.
ARM, a mobile microprocessor power, is predicting that we'll see no less than 50 ARM processor-powered iPad clones by year's end — and these ARM-powered entertainment tablets will all be running Linux.
50? Really, 50? That can't be good for anyone of them. Market fragmentation leads to incompatible devices, applications, etc.
Surely the Linux world learned its lesson from the desktop wars, hasn't it?
* Can it multi-task?
* Does it have a camera?
* Is it free of the Apple Empire?
I guess not everything is about the technology. The content is important, too. And Apple has a head start on everyone else in that department. Remember, it's not always the best technology that survives the marketplace.
Perhaps Linux can get a better foothold in the tablet market than it has in the desktop arena. That would eventually translate to better desktop penetration.
So the current destruction of that part of the earth has revealed an earlier attempt to destroy that part of the earth... when will Mother Nature learn she can't get rid of us that easy?
Really? so all mac users hate their mac and wish they had a Windows PC? Because that exact behavior is what OSX on it's own does.
Exactly. My Mac asks very politely... in a voice named 'Alex'. And every time I have to enter my root password I ask myself "what is this program doing and why is it writing to my system folder?".
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sometimes it's worth it... Not always, but given the wide belief that censorship is wrong, if that's what it takes to start a revolution, then perhaps it's necessary...
I'm just not sure that Google, or we at/., should be the ones deciding that some of the Chinese people should start dying for this. I'm pretty sure that it should be their decision.
If they do this and win, they could start a intellectual and philosophical movement in China... If they lose, not only would they be kicked out and lose money, some of their people possibly could wind up in a Chinese prison (It is violating the law after all)...
I'm pretty sure that if Google started an intellectual and philosophical movement in China that some of their people would definitely end up in a Chinese prison or worse.
I'm not advocating we the taxpayer pay for this, I'm only contending that a government mandate that the telcos provide DSL to anyone who asks is not practical. Yes, it's a shame that not everyone has access to the same level or quality of broadband service. You can replace 'broadband service' with countless other services, options or opportunities and it will affect a different section of the population. No one ever promised that everyone would get the same chances.
Past government involvement in private enterprise hasn't always worked out so well. Recent government involvement in private enterprise hasn't exactly worked out that well either. Why on earth would I think future government involvement in private enterprise is going to produce a different result? This is a prime example of Einstein's definition of 'insanity'.
And how do you think this is going to happen? If it's manual then most users are going to just click through saying it's good all the time or when they get fed up by this behavior they'll just uninstall it.
If computer security has taught us anything, and it hasn't, it's that you can't protect users from themselves. Not only are they their own worst enemies, but they are never the person they blame when this happens. All PC's should come standard with a mirror.
I'm not letting MS off the hook - they need to get their sh!t together, but it's impossible to retrofit all the XP (and older... and newer) desktops out there with a magic bullet. At some point the users need to share the blame and responsibility for their actions (or lack there of) when it comes to their computer's security.
Because if it can't do it with 100% accuracy, then you're going to get lots of complaints about bad files being thought of as good or good files being shitcanned as being bad.
This is very true. Though in the big scheme of things I would imagine a user would rather be irritated by an errant "No write for you!" as opposed to the havoc an infection wreaks.
You conveniently chose only part of the statement.
customers will pay for it via price increases handed down by the providers to cover the extra costs.
The extra costs will be added to everyone's bill to cover your government mandated DSL program, not just the people who get it.
Your 'customer action' approach would be that everyone downgrade their service when the providers increase their charges to cover a government mandated rollout?
Zip 12345 is Schenectady, NY. You could have at least used '123 Fake Street'. It doesn't take much to fool the government but you at least gotta try a little.
- Congress should mandate with a simple law that the telephone company must provide DSL to any customer requests it (within six months). The twisted-pair lines are already there, except for the need to add a neighborhood DSLAM. If Verizon/ATT/whoever balk about expense, simply point to the billions they received circa 1996 and say "use that". Actually the expense should be quite low to upgrade existing phone lines to DSL lines.
So you're proposing that instead of the taxpayer paying for it via taxes, the customers will pay for it via price increases handed down by the providers to cover the extra costs?
So it's OK for everyone to pay for it as long as it's not called taxes? Brilliant.
That's why we should just skip LED's and go straight to lasers. Or lightning. Need to download really big file? Try our 'lightning fast wireless service'.
A Desklamp? Other light fixtures? What's next, the overheard fluorescent lights??
Now everything I own, from my Star Wars light saber to my Krusty the Klown glow-in-the-dark alarm clock, could potentially with wireless signal. Oy carumba
Someone should serve him up a mod point for the Foghorn Leghorn vernacular. Doesn't get much better than that curmudgeony old coc... um, rambunctious rootser.
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Enough already. Clearly they are afraid to make a decision which is in and of itself a decision. If I keep putting off deciding to do something then I am in fact not doing it - only under the guise of indecision, procrastination or requiring further consideration. Shit or get off the pot, guys. Either way a lot of people won't be happy.
I realize I'm a jaded cynic, but nothing those asshats try even surprises me anymore. I'm sure there are a lot of other revelations just waiting to be uncovered.
Clearly you haven't spent enough time at reddit.com lately.
It pleases us all to see you were able to relate to his post. :-)
The whole NoSQL concept takes a little getting used to. I'm not knocking by any means, I've just been using the whole relational model for decades and need to digest this new approach before I can fully embrace it.
You can try this wiki page for an explanation of the concept.
ARM, a mobile microprocessor power, is predicting that we'll see no less than 50 ARM processor-powered iPad clones by year's end — and these ARM-powered entertainment tablets will all be running Linux.
50? Really, 50? That can't be good for anyone of them. Market fragmentation leads to incompatible devices, applications, etc.
Surely the Linux world learned its lesson from the desktop wars, hasn't it?
* Can it multi-task?
* Does it have a camera?
* Is it free of the Apple Empire?
I guess not everything is about the technology. The content is important, too. And Apple has a head start on everyone else in that department. Remember, it's not always the best technology that survives the marketplace.
Perhaps Linux can get a better foothold in the tablet market than it has in the desktop arena. That would eventually translate to better desktop penetration.
So the current destruction of that part of the earth has revealed an earlier attempt to destroy that part of the earth ... when will Mother Nature learn she can't get rid of us that easy?
Really? so all mac users hate their mac and wish they had a Windows PC? Because that exact behavior is what OSX on it's own does.
Exactly. My Mac asks very politely ... in a voice named 'Alex'. And every time I have to enter my root password I ask myself "what is this program doing and why is it writing to my system folder?".
Sometimes it's worth it... Not always, but given the wide belief that censorship is wrong, if that's what it takes to start a revolution, then perhaps it's necessary...
I'm just not sure that Google, or we at /., should be the ones deciding that some of the Chinese people should start dying for this. I'm pretty sure that it should be their decision.
If they do this and win, they could start a intellectual and philosophical movement in China... If they lose, not only would they be kicked out and lose money, some of their people possibly could wind up in a Chinese prison (It is violating the law after all)...
I'm pretty sure that if Google started an intellectual and philosophical movement in China that some of their people would definitely end up in a Chinese prison or worse.
I'm not advocating we the taxpayer pay for this, I'm only contending that a government mandate that the telcos provide DSL to anyone who asks is not practical. Yes, it's a shame that not everyone has access to the same level or quality of broadband service. You can replace 'broadband service' with countless other services, options or opportunities and it will affect a different section of the population. No one ever promised that everyone would get the same chances.
Past government involvement in private enterprise hasn't always worked out so well. Recent government involvement in private enterprise hasn't exactly worked out that well either. Why on earth would I think future government involvement in private enterprise is going to produce a different result? This is a prime example of Einstein's definition of 'insanity'.
And how do you think this is going to happen? If it's manual then most users are going to just click through saying it's good all the time or when they get fed up by this behavior they'll just uninstall it.
If computer security has taught us anything, and it hasn't, it's that you can't protect users from themselves. Not only are they their own worst enemies, but they are never the person they blame when this happens. All PC's should come standard with a mirror.
... and newer) desktops out there with a magic bullet. At some point the users need to share the blame and responsibility for their actions (or lack there of) when it comes to their computer's security.
I'm not letting MS off the hook - they need to get their sh!t together, but it's impossible to retrofit all the XP (and older
Because if it can't do it with 100% accuracy, then you're going to get lots of complaints about bad files being thought of as good or good files being shitcanned as being bad.
This is very true. Though in the big scheme of things I would imagine a user would rather be irritated by an errant "No write for you!" as opposed to the havoc an infection wreaks.
You could at least try to not sound like an idiot.
Which is why I am staying out of this conversation ... except for that ... and that ... oh, never mind.
If I put one in a vending machine maybe I'll finally get to see how they really work. And for only $20! Such a deal!!
customers will pay for it via price increases handed down by the providers to cover the extra costs.
The extra costs will be added to everyone's bill to cover your government mandated DSL program, not just the people who get it.
Your 'customer action' approach would be that everyone downgrade their service when the providers increase their charges to cover a government mandated rollout?
Zip 12345 is Schenectady, NY. You could have at least used '123 Fake Street'. It doesn't take much to fool the government but you at least gotta try a little.
The solution to broadband is ridiculously easy -
- Congress should mandate with a simple law that the telephone company must provide DSL to any customer requests it (within six months). The twisted-pair lines are already there, except for the need to add a neighborhood DSLAM. If Verizon/ATT/whoever balk about expense, simply point to the billions they received circa 1996 and say "use that". Actually the expense should be quite low to upgrade existing phone lines to DSL lines.
So you're proposing that instead of the taxpayer paying for it via taxes, the customers will pay for it via price increases handed down by the providers to cover the extra costs?
So it's OK for everyone to pay for it as long as it's not called taxes? Brilliant.
Obviously it's Spinal Tap Syndrome. He wants them to be able to get an 11 so he's pretending they have a 10 now.
Requires Java and Flash? That's gotta hurt my computer's performance on everything let alone my connection speed.
This won't help any outdoor wireless networks so indoors is all they've got.
That's why we should just skip LED's and go straight to lasers. Or lightning. Need to download really big file? Try our 'lightning fast wireless service'.
Indeed I did. It appears I had an extra helping of dumbass for lunch, and I should never have that much at one sitting.
A Desklamp? Other light fixtures? What's next, the overheard fluorescent lights??
Now everything I own, from my Star Wars light saber to my Krusty the Klown glow-in-the-dark alarm clock, could potentially with wireless signal. Oy carumba
Someone should serve him up a mod point for the Foghorn Leghorn vernacular. Doesn't get much better than that curmudgeony old coc ... um, rambunctious rootser.