If you don't like DRM don't use your money to buy DRM'd media. I find it amusing people whine incessantly about a feature they are free to use or not use.
Oh noes, my car came with an AM/FM radio but AM radio has all kinds of talk radio I disagree with! I only want FM!!!!!!!!!
It's funny, I think I'm the only person reading this article who doesn't give a fuck about net neutrality. When it's a real problem and not just a bunch of FUD that could happen, maybe we think about moving our inept government into action. Until then it's just a bunch of nerds whining about a non-issue.
I don't get the series of tubes thing. Is it just some Internet smug meme about old people and politicians? One could certainly describe the Internet as a series of tubes to a layman and be correct, at a high level. He said some other stuff that was...poorly phrased but I tire of the smug smiles I assume people wear when they mock the "series of tubes" comment because it's largely correct (in as far as it goes).
You're full of shit, it was not the "de facto rule". And net neutrality is just a bunch of chicken littleism. Why not wait until there's a real problem before bringing the force of a corrupt and inept bureaucracy to bear?
Listen to you nerds on the verge of declaring the Republicans akin to the Nazi party because they didn't side with one set of corporations over another. You neckbearded dweebs crack me up with your priorities.
Republicans are evil, but for entirely different reasons. Democrats are evil too, just in different ways.
How's that working out for them? Besides, my problem isn't really with HTML5 per se - if you built your entire OS around the concept of HTML5 apps I think you'd be OK, though it still seems rather limiting. The problem is with apps-in-browser, which suck.
Except.. the web sucks. It is a shitty application platform, only popular because it's an easy _distribution_ platform and is mostly platform agnostic. Smartphones already have a distribution model, so that's right out as a reason to use HTML. So it comes down to the work required to write your app for different platforms.
If the app writer spends the time to write a nice version of the app specific to each platform, he will have a massive quality edge over the lazy fuck who just wrote it in HTML5.
Not sure why you edited my comment, you left out the "and generally boil down to cases where it's inapplicable to a specific problem domain"..NET is inapplicable to a problem domain where portability is important to you.
Who gives a fuck what their stated goal is. If you don't think the stated goal of many Christian organizations is to make the world into a big Christian state, you're full of fuck.
I piss on your scare mongering. They have marginal power in Egypt, and are largely nonviolent anyway.
Real reasons to dislike.NET are few and far between, and generally boil down to cases where it's inapplicable to a specific problem domain. "I hate anything M$" is hardly a meaningful or valid reason.
I consider NetDuino/Fez to be more or less interchangeable with Arduino, but I do vastly prefer both. I find the.NET(MF) development environment far more productive for the projects I work on. Note I do understand NETMF is not applicable to all problems (for example, realtime).
Exactly. I'm not sure what the right thinks they're accomplishing by spreading all this FUD, but it's clear they have an agenda to scare Bubba Joe and Johnny Lee half to death about the Muslim Brotherhood taking over Egypt, then apparently spreading Sharia law somehow to the US (?).
It's the latest thing among neo-cons. They think they're junior operatives for spreading FUD about the MB and acting like they're going to turn Egypt into Iran.
Yeah, we've got it so god damn bad here. Why just the other day a bunch of goons in facemasks busted down my door because I said Obama sucks in a phone conversation.
God shut up. I call rabble rousing fail, you didn't use the phrase "fat cats" or "megacorps".
Amazon isn't evading any taxes, asshole, and will pay when required to by a court. In the mean time they're telling Texes to fuck off and they're pulling out of the state.
Yeah, you're not grasping something. I think she should have been fired. I also think the person in the other story should have been fired, too. But Slashdot (generally) seemed to think that other one was a "free speech" issue, when in fact it most certainly wasn't. Free speech doesn't mean your boss can't fire you for publicly criticizing him.
I agree. And I would have fired the bitch in the other case, too. Talk bad about your employer or customers in public, get fired. The point is most Slashdotters are neckbeard hypocrites.
Your pathetic attempt at sophistry is noted, and ignored. It's not a false comparison - an employee said something concerning her place of employment on her personal time and in a public forum, and employer fired her for it.
Exactly. I think the hypocrisy in this article's replies will be funny. Most people were all "ra ra, free speech!" in the Facebook incident, now all of the sudden I bet most will be "umm, duh, you can't do that!".
The problem is most Slashdotters were hailing as "free speech" the Facebook thing where someone decided an employer couldn't fire an employee for blatantly badmouthing him on Faceboook.
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If you don't like DRM don't use your money to buy DRM'd media. I find it amusing people whine incessantly about a feature they are free to use or not use.
Oh noes, my car came with an AM/FM radio but AM radio has all kinds of talk radio I disagree with! I only want FM!!!!!!!!!
It's funny, I think I'm the only person reading this article who doesn't give a fuck about net neutrality. When it's a real problem and not just a bunch of FUD that could happen, maybe we think about moving our inept government into action. Until then it's just a bunch of nerds whining about a non-issue.
I don't get the series of tubes thing. Is it just some Internet smug meme about old people and politicians? One could certainly describe the Internet as a series of tubes to a layman and be correct, at a high level. He said some other stuff that was...poorly phrased but I tire of the smug smiles I assume people wear when they mock the "series of tubes" comment because it's largely correct (in as far as it goes).
You're full of shit, it was not the "de facto rule". And net neutrality is just a bunch of chicken littleism. Why not wait until there's a real problem before bringing the force of a corrupt and inept bureaucracy to bear?
Listen to you nerds on the verge of declaring the Republicans akin to the Nazi party because they didn't side with one set of corporations over another. You neckbearded dweebs crack me up with your priorities. Republicans are evil, but for entirely different reasons. Democrats are evil too, just in different ways.
How's that working out for them? Besides, my problem isn't really with HTML5 per se - if you built your entire OS around the concept of HTML5 apps I think you'd be OK, though it still seems rather limiting. The problem is with apps-in-browser, which suck.
Except.. the web sucks. It is a shitty application platform, only popular because it's an easy _distribution_ platform and is mostly platform agnostic. Smartphones already have a distribution model, so that's right out as a reason to use HTML. So it comes down to the work required to write your app for different platforms.
If the app writer spends the time to write a nice version of the app specific to each platform, he will have a massive quality edge over the lazy fuck who just wrote it in HTML5.
There are other models of super thin, lightweight 13" laptops.
Why not just say you were one of the Kinect haters when it came out and predicted mass failure, and are now angry that it's getting so much attention?
Not sure why you edited my comment, you left out the "and generally boil down to cases where it's inapplicable to a specific problem domain". .NET is inapplicable to a problem domain where portability is important to you.
Who gives a fuck what their stated goal is. If you don't think the stated goal of many Christian organizations is to make the world into a big Christian state, you're full of fuck.
I piss on your scare mongering. They have marginal power in Egypt, and are largely nonviolent anyway.
Real reasons to dislike .NET are few and far between, and generally boil down to cases where it's inapplicable to a specific problem domain. "I hate anything M$" is hardly a meaningful or valid reason.
I consider NetDuino/Fez to be more or less interchangeable with Arduino, but I do vastly prefer both. I find the .NET(MF) development environment far more productive for the projects I work on. Note I do understand NETMF is not applicable to all problems (for example, realtime).
Pay attention, the military has been in control for the last 60 years. What are you talking about?
Exactly. I'm not sure what the right thinks they're accomplishing by spreading all this FUD, but it's clear they have an agenda to scare Bubba Joe and Johnny Lee half to death about the Muslim Brotherhood taking over Egypt, then apparently spreading Sharia law somehow to the US (?).
It's the latest thing among neo-cons. They think they're junior operatives for spreading FUD about the MB and acting like they're going to turn Egypt into Iran.
Yeah, we've got it so god damn bad here. Why just the other day a bunch of goons in facemasks busted down my door because I said Obama sucks in a phone conversation.
Fucking perspective - get some you drama queen.
Wait, you mean a junior senator nobody from Chicago who talked a good game _wasn't_ a good vote?! Color me surprised!!!
I bet it sure felt good voting for him, though. Showed yourself and the world what a forward-thinker you were!
God shut up. I call rabble rousing fail, you didn't use the phrase "fat cats" or "megacorps".
Amazon isn't evading any taxes, asshole, and will pay when required to by a court. In the mean time they're telling Texes to fuck off and they're pulling out of the state.
Yeah, but on the plus side the middle class doesn't pump out innumerable children they can't take care of who then proceed to do the same thing.
Yeah, you're not grasping something. I think she should have been fired. I also think the person in the other story should have been fired, too. But Slashdot (generally) seemed to think that other one was a "free speech" issue, when in fact it most certainly wasn't. Free speech doesn't mean your boss can't fire you for publicly criticizing him.
I agree. And I would have fired the bitch in the other case, too. Talk bad about your employer or customers in public, get fired. The point is most Slashdotters are neckbeard hypocrites.
Your pathetic attempt at sophistry is noted, and ignored. It's not a false comparison - an employee said something concerning her place of employment on her personal time and in a public forum, and employer fired her for it.
Exactly. I think the hypocrisy in this article's replies will be funny. Most people were all "ra ra, free speech!" in the Facebook incident, now all of the sudden I bet most will be "umm, duh, you can't do that!".
The problem is most Slashdotters were hailing as "free speech" the Facebook thing where someone decided an employer couldn't fire an employee for blatantly badmouthing him on Faceboook.
So which is it?