Have you looked at the one that comes with Ubuntu (not Synaptic, but the actual Software Centre)? It actually compares favourably with all of the examples you've given, and is nicer than some, I think.
Yes, but you can add the Firefox PPAs directly. I think Opera has one as well. Apple doesn't currently let you do that, nor are they likely to in the future.
Instead of the top global menu, I've been thinking about a 'better' way. Have the menu where it normally is on each window, but only show it on a 'hover' (or click for touchscreens) over the title bar. Saves space, but puts it more easily in reach. I think I could deal with that a lot more readily. It could be left configurable to always show as well.
As long as I can still install and configure what I want, I can deal with it. I don't like Unity much, partly because there's very little that can be changed and the OS X style global menus annoy me to no end, but mostly because it's extremely buggy. Compiz crashes or behaves poorly frequently, some panel widgets stopped working, and my wireless card is slow and flakey. I've developed a certain amount of trust for Canonical... my previous upgrades have all been relatively trouble free, but 11.04 really wasn't ready for release. Even the fonts in the unity title bar are fuzzy and poorly rendered. Perhaps it's time to stop the 6 month release cycle when the product is really not ready.
Biometrics can be captured in a revocable manner, but cannot be replaced. Several companies are working on revocable biometrics. Also, if you can reliably detect spoofing, a biometric is not really 'compromised'. Generally people use at least 2 factor authentication, just in case.
I don't really consider $2500 a "reasonable" price for a laptop. With those specs, I would consider that *double* what is reasonable. Even at that, I would expect that by this time 1920x1200 screens would be available on laptops under under $2000. (I think they were on 17" Dells for a while).
Also, many things that IT does replace manual processes. There used to be significantly more money spent on finance, payroll, HR, inventory control, etc, or it was not done as well. Maybe they need to decide whether IT or manual processes is more cost effective. In many cases they've probably not de-staffed HR or finance to get the cost benefit of automated processes.
Screw tablets, I want this resolution on a laptop. It's damn near impossible to get a reasonable priced laptop with more than 1366x768. Most companies don't have them at all. Even MBPs only have 1440x900. A laptop graphics card can handle the resolution... I would have thought these would be more common by now.
I've always been curious about that. Why don't they need to follow the same rules? It really seems that they should follow the same rules for both viewing content and how police, etc, need warrants to obtain information.
Or laptops freeze up when you revert to the laptop monitor from an external one... I've had better luck with multiple monitors in Linux as well, although there are still occasional problems on some of the more unusual graphics cards.
The Android Market is not open. It's somewhat tightly controlled by Google. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing as long as users have alternatives to it (that don't involve voiding warranties, etc).
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Have you looked at the one that comes with Ubuntu (not Synaptic, but the actual Software Centre)? It actually compares favourably with all of the examples you've given, and is nicer than some, I think.
Sadly, things now look like they're heading in exactly the opposite direction.
Religion lets you accept things without needing to understand them.
It Just Works?
but it's more akin to an excited chihuahua trying to hump your ankle than a ravening wolf.
I have a new favourite analogy.
It's probably better for his karma if he leaves it as is.
Yes, but you can add the Firefox PPAs directly. I think Opera has one as well. Apple doesn't currently let you do that, nor are they likely to in the future.
where individuals think for themselves.
If you say so.
There's stories floating around about companies complaining because Apple is not distributing available security updates to their products, supposedly because of approvals. The App store is apparently not a good solution currently.
Instead of the top global menu, I've been thinking about a 'better' way. Have the menu where it normally is on each window, but only show it on a 'hover' (or click for touchscreens) over the title bar. Saves space, but puts it more easily in reach. I think I could deal with that a lot more readily. It could be left configurable to always show as well.
As long as I can still install and configure what I want, I can deal with it. I don't like Unity much, partly because there's very little that can be changed and the OS X style global menus annoy me to no end, but mostly because it's extremely buggy. Compiz crashes or behaves poorly frequently, some panel widgets stopped working, and my wireless card is slow and flakey. I've developed a certain amount of trust for Canonical ... my previous upgrades have all been relatively trouble free, but 11.04 really wasn't ready for release. Even the fonts in the unity title bar are fuzzy and poorly rendered. Perhaps it's time to stop the 6 month release cycle when the product is really not ready.
Biometrics can be captured in a revocable manner, but cannot be replaced. Several companies are working on revocable biometrics. Also, if you can reliably detect spoofing, a biometric is not really 'compromised'. Generally people use at least 2 factor authentication, just in case.
IBM gave out USB drives laden with malware
They gave away copies of Lotus Notes?
I don't really consider $2500 a "reasonable" price for a laptop. With those specs, I would consider that *double* what is reasonable. Even at that, I would expect that by this time 1920x1200 screens would be available on laptops under under $2000. (I think they were on 17" Dells for a while).
Also, many things that IT does replace manual processes. There used to be significantly more money spent on finance, payroll, HR, inventory control, etc, or it was not done as well. Maybe they need to decide whether IT or manual processes is more cost effective. In many cases they've probably not de-staffed HR or finance to get the cost benefit of automated processes.
Screw tablets, I want this resolution on a laptop. It's damn near impossible to get a reasonable priced laptop with more than 1366x768. Most companies don't have them at all. Even MBPs only have 1440x900. A laptop graphics card can handle the resolution ... I would have thought these would be more common by now.
I've always been curious about that. Why don't they need to follow the same rules? It really seems that they should follow the same rules for both viewing content and how police, etc, need warrants to obtain information.
I don't think the Kinect even approaches the resolution required to pick up the finger movement used to play musical instruments.
Or laptops freeze up when you revert to the laptop monitor from an external one ... I've had better luck with multiple monitors in Linux as well, although there are still occasional problems on some of the more unusual graphics cards.
Perhaps they should buy Jamendo.com, enhance it, and advertise the hell out of it. I keep mentioning it here, as it's really quite good, content-wise.
Hey, this would be a great idea for someone looking for ways to improve commenting on stories!
The job of a CEO these days is to maximize profits *while he's CEO*. People seem to have completely lost sight of any long term vision.
We in Canada have already laid claim to that trademark.
... and it is more than just the Linux kernel that is open (although not for 2.3 yet , and I would like to know what the hold-up is).
The Android Market is not open. It's somewhat tightly controlled by Google. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing as long as users have alternatives to it (that don't involve voiding warranties, etc).
And, as noted here, they're not even banned, just blocked for specific carriers. (Perhaps Apple did the same, I don't know)