No, he pointed out a number of reasons why people might not prefer GMail's interface. The fact that it's an extraordinarily popular service would seem to indicate that there are plenty of people who _do_ like it.
There's no objective points to argue about.
The thing inherently wrong with dynamic typing is a lack of compile-time safety, increased overhead at runtime during interpretation, and a history of quirky comparison bugs. What you mean is "dynamic typing is convenient at overcoming ambiguity", which is true, but not enough to persuade those of us in the strongly-typed camp.
Throw money at R&D until something sticks. Arguably, their investment in Android has solidified their core search business on mobile, so that's not the write-off you suggest.
But like a lot of relatively young companies, Google every so often tries to be edgy and then realizes that it's grown up and has shareholders now.
I'm a little surprised that (a) this surprises _anybody_, and (b) that there are plenty of Slashdotters who are convinced it's lies and propaganda.
You're making the mistake that because Bin Laden subscribed to an ideology that was sexually repressive, he must also have been sexually repressed. This isn't the case. The sexual mores of the conservative (read: fundamentalist) Islamic world are pretty twisted; the reason burqas are mandated for women is because the men supposedly can't help themselves if shown a bit of ladyflesh, even a bare ankle. The onus for sexual purity is placed almost _entirely_ on women (which sounds a little like the US, come to think of it); it's no surprise, then, if Bin Laden is a total pervert.
Honestly, I'd be surprised if there _wasn't_ porn in the compound.
Let's be honest, though; both Apple and Gnome have pretty much the same design approach. The only difference is that when Apple does it, all their douchebag fanboys call it a design win, but when Gnome does it, it's a terrible, uninformed, arbitrary decision.
It's stupid either way.
Am I the only one who gets irritated when people tack on -itis to a word to turn it into a malady? The suffix has a specific meaning, which is "inflammation"; hence, tonsilitis is an inflammation of the tonsils, endocarditis is an inflammation of the lining of the heart (endo = inner, card[iac] = heart), etc.
So "consolitis" would be an inflammation of the console. Wonderful.
The Fairness Doctrine does not say that a talk radio network must broadcast both right-wing and left-wing shows. It had nothing to do with allowing equal time, but simply required that anybody with a broadcast license give some recognition to opposing viewpoints, even if it's marginalized, ridiculed, and ignored. In other words, the Fairness Doctrine is Alan Colmes.
This is what I was hoping the last redesign would be: no more 10-year old icons, cleaner lines, good contrast, and better typography. I, for one, salute the designers.
If Slashdot is ugly (and it is), why are so many of its "characteristic" elements supposed to be retained? One of the first things I'd do in a redesign is drop the #006666. And why not let users submit new icon packs? Once again, the icons currently in use are pretty horrendous, and yet the criterion is "Make it look pretty while still using our shitty gifs.
So let's see: The redesign has to keep the same title font, the same top-left curve, and the same green; it must have white content areas, because it must incorporate the lovely set of circa 1999 icons. What exactly are you expecting?
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I agree. Actually, I'm surprised this thread hasn't been overwhelmed with drooling over this very subject.
In a related but more serious note: I've noticed that Kari seems to get more and more screen time; disproportionately so. Is there a concerted effort to boost her involvement (and no one is questioning her skill or usefulness) as a way to appeal to fans who, well, want to know her (in the Biblical sense)?
Substantial portions of that address space is reserved for private network, loopback, etc. You could end up using these addresses, of course, but that would require reengineering every network-capable device that's been built to-date.
You don't think that within a decade, there'll be 4 billion mobile phones, each with it's own address? NAT only goes so far.
Which is why IPv6 isn't going to be in full effect until 2025. They figured that acceptance would be slow. The fact is, at this point, people don't need IPv6. But when the numbers start to run out, they'll be clamoring for it.
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BRB, going to watch V for Vendetta now.
No, he pointed out a number of reasons why people might not prefer GMail's interface. The fact that it's an extraordinarily popular service would seem to indicate that there are plenty of people who _do_ like it. There's no objective points to argue about.
The thing inherently wrong with dynamic typing is a lack of compile-time safety, increased overhead at runtime during interpretation, and a history of quirky comparison bugs. What you mean is "dynamic typing is convenient at overcoming ambiguity", which is true, but not enough to persuade those of us in the strongly-typed camp.
Throw money at R&D until something sticks. Arguably, their investment in Android has solidified their core search business on mobile, so that's not the write-off you suggest. But like a lot of relatively young companies, Google every so often tries to be edgy and then realizes that it's grown up and has shareholders now.
I'm a little surprised that (a) this surprises _anybody_, and (b) that there are plenty of Slashdotters who are convinced it's lies and propaganda. You're making the mistake that because Bin Laden subscribed to an ideology that was sexually repressive, he must also have been sexually repressed. This isn't the case. The sexual mores of the conservative (read: fundamentalist) Islamic world are pretty twisted; the reason burqas are mandated for women is because the men supposedly can't help themselves if shown a bit of ladyflesh, even a bare ankle. The onus for sexual purity is placed almost _entirely_ on women (which sounds a little like the US, come to think of it); it's no surprise, then, if Bin Laden is a total pervert. Honestly, I'd be surprised if there _wasn't_ porn in the compound.
Actually, yes it is. It's been used in computing at least as far back as 1977.
Let's be honest, though; both Apple and Gnome have pretty much the same design approach. The only difference is that when Apple does it, all their douchebag fanboys call it a design win, but when Gnome does it, it's a terrible, uninformed, arbitrary decision. It's stupid either way.
If my calculations are correct, the resulting product should be twice as good!
Am I the only one who gets irritated when people tack on -itis to a word to turn it into a malady? The suffix has a specific meaning, which is "inflammation"; hence, tonsilitis is an inflammation of the tonsils, endocarditis is an inflammation of the lining of the heart (endo = inner, card[iac] = heart), etc. So "consolitis" would be an inflammation of the console. Wonderful.
I think there are several millions, even billions, of people who might disagree with you.
The Fairness Doctrine does not say that a talk radio network must broadcast both right-wing and left-wing shows. It had nothing to do with allowing equal time, but simply required that anybody with a broadcast license give some recognition to opposing viewpoints, even if it's marginalized, ridiculed, and ignored. In other words, the Fairness Doctrine is Alan Colmes.
That's absolutely true, but it doesn't stop idiots from trying.
This is what I was hoping the last redesign would be: no more 10-year old icons, cleaner lines, good contrast, and better typography. I, for one, salute the designers.
Yes, but will it run Linux? Oh, wait....
And this bothers the developers how?
If Slashdot is ugly (and it is), why are so many of its "characteristic" elements supposed to be retained? One of the first things I'd do in a redesign is drop the #006666. And why not let users submit new icon packs? Once again, the icons currently in use are pretty horrendous, and yet the criterion is "Make it look pretty while still using our shitty gifs. So let's see: The redesign has to keep the same title font, the same top-left curve, and the same green; it must have white content areas, because it must incorporate the lovely set of circa 1999 icons. What exactly are you expecting?
I agree. Actually, I'm surprised this thread hasn't been overwhelmed with drooling over this very subject. In a related but more serious note: I've noticed that Kari seems to get more and more screen time; disproportionately so. Is there a concerted effort to boost her involvement (and no one is questioning her skill or usefulness) as a way to appeal to fans who, well, want to know her (in the Biblical sense)?
Of course. If they had both Automatic Update AND the normal download links active at once, it's just ASKING to have their servers smoked.
Coming from Symantec, I'll take that with a grain of salt.
That's all good and fine, but do I really _want_ a bittorrent client embedded in my browser?
Give him a sedagive!
So because the link still works when you post (one of the first few responses), he's just a karma whore? Don't be a douche.
Substantial portions of that address space is reserved for private network, loopback, etc. You could end up using these addresses, of course, but that would require reengineering every network-capable device that's been built to-date. You don't think that within a decade, there'll be 4 billion mobile phones, each with it's own address? NAT only goes so far.
Which is why IPv6 isn't going to be in full effect until 2025. They figured that acceptance would be slow. The fact is, at this point, people don't need IPv6. But when the numbers start to run out, they'll be clamoring for it.