Only when the user has hit the target is the mouse "active". This is because the mouse is an imprecise and difficult to control tool
Exactly. This site is dreadful to use for that very reason. It's an innovative idea, but like many innovative ideas just not practical for normal use. If you clicked to activate things on this site instead of just mousing over things, would it be any harder to use? No. It's a click, and it's not as though it's physically exerting to do so.
I enjoyed all the "I'll bet you really want to click this!" graphics. If you have to constantly fight the urge to click, then maybe click-less navigation is not how we naturally expect to use the mouse. I don't want to use a hammer as a screwdriver and I don't want to use my mouse incorrectly either.
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Don't forget about Ishtar, er, I mean, Easter! Christians do not try to "christianize" these holidays, but recognize them for what they are.
Are you honestly saying that someone has a "right" to stop other people from making a copy of their own private property? And this "right" trumps everyone else's private property rights?
Of course not, be reasonable. I am not arguing in favor of DRM. I purchase music from iTunes and convert to mp3 for that very reason; I paid for it and I can do whatever I want to my music. I do not, however, distribute freely. Also, I do not obtain the music without paying for it. Your OP justified taking something just because it is not properly locked down. In fact, you said it is the fault of the person who produced the widget for not locking it down. How can you _not_ call that theft? That is a justification for DRM, along with the other myriad reasons the media cartels have for pushing DRM (such as hardware lock-in). Trouble is, it's quite difficult to create the image of being on the "higher moral ground" if nobody is actually stealing anything. Fortunately for the media cartels, people _are_ stealing from them by re-distributing their product.
Extremists annoy me, whether they are of the RIAA variety or of the "information wants to be free...and I want something for nothing!" kind.
Yeah, I know but thanks for the reply all the same. The MPAA sucks for that.
I guess I have two major problems with that, though: 1) it was a DVD I burned, so AFAIK there was no DRM or anything like that on it, and 2) then why bill totem/gstreamer as the DVD player? The little clapboard image in the application kind of at least implies that it'll play movies, ergo DVDs. At least that was the first thing that came to mind for me when I saw the application.
Aware of what you just told me, I grabbed lib4dvdcss but it still did not work very well. I suppose that the actual DVD format is not recognizable due to to licensing restrictions and not DRM; and I surely don't need to gripe here on/. about how stupid _that_ is that patent law is being used in this fashion.
Not that I want to necessarily watch DVDs on my PC, however many people do and if it doesn't work, they will blame the program, end of story.
Thank you for that post, you are dead right. I love using Ubuntu; it is a fabulous OS. That said, it has a ways to go. I love all the linux nerds' replies to your post, somehow implying that's you are retarded for posting such a thing. Look -- not everyone should have to understand PCs on a low level just to _use_ an OS just like you don't have to be a mechanic to use a car.
I use XP and ubuntu, and when I install apps on XP they just work. I never have to use the command prompt unless I just want to. Not saying Windows is perfect; I get frustrated with Windows for other reasons. In Ubuntu though, as much as I like the OS in general, it can be a real pain having to hack the CLI to get libraries updated, etc etc. I tried using Totem to watch a DVD I burned and same thing, in order to get the application that is implicitly the "DVD" player I had to use CLI to install more codecs and libraries, etc. What a pain! Can't stuff just work? You'd think that if an OS uses a monolithic kernel so that the OS will run about anywhere and on anything without having to install drivers, the same principle would apply for the applications. They should just work! Don't even get me started on AmaroK.
I'd take what you said and go further...once the Linux community (if you even count linux fanboys who post on/.) realizes that they need to go the last 5% and remove the need to use the CLI to get stuff to work after it's installed then Linux could and would be used by a lot of people. Not to bash the Linux community, actually, I find the community support for ubuntu to be fantastic. But for all the rabid fanboys: It's really time to move past the elitism and get a life.
Oh, what, like using AmarocK? Without having to visit the CLI?! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ha
The RIAA is a backward, stupid, evil entitiy that stifles creativity and originality and rapes artists of their due compensation. The fact that this sysadmin was locked up is a travesty. You may hate the RIAA, and rightfully so. However, just because some corporation resorts to machavellian tactics, or on the other end of the spectrum, naively distributes a product in a fashion so as to render it easily stolen, doesn't justify stealing from them. Reasoning like you have just used are a large part of why the media cartels are so aggressively pushing DRM.
Just because you do not agree with the tactics of someone, or to take things to a broader context, just because you do not agree with someone's viewpoint, does not mean that person's rights may be waived. Just because you don't like some organization doesn't mean you can steal from them. Just because you don't like what someone has to say doesn't mean you can censor them. See the connection? If you are arguing in favor of removing IP laws altogther and opening up creative works to duplication, because people tend to want something for nothing and thus IP laws are "artificial", then you have to realize that someone could take the exact same approach to free speech. Logic -- ironic, isn't it?
Your problem is that you either do nothing meaningful with your life that anyone would even want to copy anyhow, or you are a dweller of your mother's basement who wants just something for nothing. Or maybe you are a troll. I dunno. I just wish people would think their viewpoints through, as you have not done. Shouldn't you be posting on digg or something?
I recently made the mistake of installing kubuntu in addition to my ubuntu DE. Of course, I could use ubuntu instead, but I could not get rid of the stoopid K(r)apps.
The worst thing, though, are all of the stinkin settings. Yes, settings are nice and all, but must we go overboard? Do I really need a context menu on EVERYTHING? I mean, I just move my mouse around the screen and menus and popups just mushroom from everywhere. Come on, now.
I opened the sound controls, and I got a window three times as wide as my screen with volumn sliders for all kind of stuff I never even knew existed. Yeah, ok, so it was interesting seeing all of the channels/devices, but am I ever going to use those? Or are they just clutter preventing me from getting to what I really need? I'd say the latter.
It's kind of like the difference between Microsoft and Apple. Think iTunes vs Media player. iTunes has fewer options, but the ones that are there are the ones I normally want. Media Player has settings on top of settings on top of settings (like Media player's Options dialogue box), most of which I will never need and many of which could allow me to make conflicting settings. I get that same feel from KDE. A well intentioned attempt to provide lots of functionality comes off as extremely cluttered.
I guess what I am saying is this...KDE looks pretty nice (subjective, I know). It would be awesome if they would just make better choices on what is configurable, which settings are available via dialogue boxes. If I really want to enable something wierd, I can do that via the CLI. Don't pollute the things I look at 99% of the time with things I only want to see 1% of the time.
um...what? I guess maybe some apps are named that way, but you aren't beat over the head with gnome this and gnome that, like on the menus and so forth. Ok, so a theme is cute and all, but KDE takes it waaaaaay too far.
That's bananas! The corporate world is a jungle, and if you ape ready for it you'll gorilla crazy. I am sure the PHBs have their rhesus and all, but it sure makes you feel like a chimp sometimes! Hot cha cha cha cha!
heh heh...all you hippie kids, with your *OSS* ideals!
Once you work for corporate america, you realize what is important. Innovation? Heck no! Originality? I laugh.
Can you get work done in time for unrealistic deadlines, even at the expense of your health and sanity? Can you temporarily suspend your grasp on reality so that you can code what is requested of you, no matter how inane? And most importantly, can you describe what you do using loads of TLAs and buzzwords that are sure to impress the PHB?
Innovation? Creativity? The Man craves not these things!
Hey! EmperorKagato! Quit looking up! He did not mean literally "over your head". He meant that his post was an intended joke, which you did not understand. It's what's called an "idiom", which is in some ways similar to a "joke".
Dang Vulcans!
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I see what you mean. I definitely have my own list of annoyances with SQL. I think a lot of the things you pointed out, while certainly valid, are really just that, annoyances. That said, of course, I too find it a bit odd to have to repeat the same expressions with a query. It almost seems that SQL is parsed backwards, or at least each clause is parsed in a different order than you type them, because it does seem to "lose" things you already told it (like no aliases in the Group By). You of course alluded to something similar. Not sure about the last point you make, though, just not getting what you mean.
It seems you have a good understanding of SQL, but I sure get sick of people railing on SQL who clearly do not understand that SQL works with sets of data is not a procedure programming language. Typically, people don't like it cause they do not grasp it well. At least according to my experience with co-workers, etc. Despite its foibles, as relatively simple as it is it does quite a bit. There is a lot to like about its eloquence.
Heck yeah! I hate the idiots who talk too loud on their phones as is. We all hear waaaaay to much of peoples' personal lives as is.
Can you imagine what things will be like when you have people shouting search criteria into their cell phones? I personally do not want to hear the dirty old man on the bus yelling "HOT LATINA CHIX!" into his motorola. *shudder*
Think how much Linux is benefiting from things like desktop interface improvements - it's not cutting edge amazing ideas, but it does have value
Yes, but I think the point the OP is trying to make is that revolutionary ideas are needed in order for the evolutionary ones to take place. Someone has to invent something totally new before 100 people can take that idea and improve upon it.
In keeping with your analogy of the operating system... If nobody wants to support the guy who, instead of just improving upon existing user interface conventions, wants to radically change the way we use computers, he might have a hard time getting funded. That means that there are some great ideas that never see the light of day. I guess this has always been the case, but it seems increasingly like economics tower over to need to do research for the sake of research and innovation is as a result stifled.
are you willing to conceed that it constitues a less detrimental and more sustainable impetus for technological advancement than wars between nation-states
Heck yeah! Not saying it's bad at all. You just gotta picture it...in some labratory somewhere, there are a bunch of guys sitting around in white coats saying "What are we gonna do next? Silicon based life forms? Tricorders? Holidecks? Deanna Troi android? oooOOOooo!!!"
Yeah, a while ago I got frustrated and went to digg. I have to tell you, though, digg really sucks and bad. I just saw one too many 1337 PHP IS TEH ROXX0R posts for me to stick around any longer. It was pretty crappy. Needless to say, I am reading/. again.
Depends. There are a few guys that I know of who preferred solid state equipment and its harsh sound, such as Dime from Pantera. Most likely, though, most of the rock/metal guys want a nice tone. I am thinking of groups like Metallica (pre late 90s), Danzig, or on the alternative side Soundgarden, Helmet, Alice in Chains, White Stripes, and so forth. I guess I just dated myself, though, with that list of bands. Point is a good tonal quality is important to musicians of all stripes.
Now, if you listen to that Nu Metal crap then you probably like sonic equivalent of chewing on aluminum foil and it wouldn't matter anyhow.
No its not. In the major studios, digital is king these days. I've worked professionally in the field for about 20 years on and off.
Fair enough. I guess my conclusion is drawn by the SPARS codes I see on all of my CDs, and that is usually AAD. I understand that to mean that the recording and mixing are done in analogue, and then finally mastered digitally. Am I wrong about that? Are my CDs just an inaccurate sampling of most recorded music? I suppose that's possible.
Unfortunately, the idea that analogue was better had taken hold and idiots decided to parry around memes such as dynamics and warmth
Not sure exactly what context you intended this to be taken in (all sound equipment, just professional recording equipment, etc) but I can definitely hear the difference between a solid state guitar amp and a tube amp. The even order harmonics are just more pleasing to my ears (and that of many many other musicians).
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Ok, right. Bad idea. Suppose we build a large lampshade for the sun?
I enjoyed all the "I'll bet you really want to click this!" graphics. If you have to constantly fight the urge to click, then maybe click-less navigation is not how we naturally expect to use the mouse. I don't want to use a hammer as a screwdriver and I don't want to use my mouse incorrectly either.
Don't forget about Ishtar, er, I mean, Easter! Christians do not try to "christianize" these holidays, but recognize them for what they are.
Extremists annoy me, whether they are of the RIAA variety or of the "information wants to be free...and I want something for nothing!" kind.
Yeah, I know but thanks for the reply all the same. The MPAA sucks for that.
/. about how stupid _that_ is that patent law is being used in this fashion.
I guess I have two major problems with that, though: 1) it was a DVD I burned, so AFAIK there was no DRM or anything like that on it, and 2) then why bill totem/gstreamer as the DVD player? The little clapboard image in the application kind of at least implies that it'll play movies, ergo DVDs. At least that was the first thing that came to mind for me when I saw the application.
Aware of what you just told me, I grabbed lib4dvdcss but it still did not work very well. I suppose that the actual DVD format is not recognizable due to to licensing restrictions and not DRM; and I surely don't need to gripe here on
Not that I want to necessarily watch DVDs on my PC, however many people do and if it doesn't work, they will blame the program, end of story.
Thank you for that post, you are dead right. I love using Ubuntu; it is a fabulous OS. That said, it has a ways to go. I love all the linux nerds' replies to your post, somehow implying that's you are retarded for posting such a thing. Look -- not everyone should have to understand PCs on a low level just to _use_ an OS just like you don't have to be a mechanic to use a car.
/.) realizes that they need to go the last 5% and remove the need to use the CLI to get stuff to work after it's installed then Linux could and would be used by a lot of people. Not to bash the Linux community, actually, I find the community support for ubuntu to be fantastic. But for all the rabid fanboys: It's really time to move past the elitism and get a life.
I use XP and ubuntu, and when I install apps on XP they just work. I never have to use the command prompt unless I just want to. Not saying Windows is perfect; I get frustrated with Windows for other reasons. In Ubuntu though, as much as I like the OS in general, it can be a real pain having to hack the CLI to get libraries updated, etc etc. I tried using Totem to watch a DVD I burned and same thing, in order to get the application that is implicitly the "DVD" player I had to use CLI to install more codecs and libraries, etc. What a pain! Can't stuff just work? You'd think that if an OS uses a monolithic kernel so that the OS will run about anywhere and on anything without having to install drivers, the same principle would apply for the applications. They should just work! Don't even get me started on AmaroK.
I'd take what you said and go further...once the Linux community (if you even count linux fanboys who post on
The RIAA is a backward, stupid, evil entitiy that stifles creativity and originality and rapes artists of their due compensation. The fact that this sysadmin was locked up is a travesty. You may hate the RIAA, and rightfully so. However, just because some corporation resorts to machavellian tactics, or on the other end of the spectrum, naively distributes a product in a fashion so as to render it easily stolen, doesn't justify stealing from them. Reasoning like you have just used are a large part of why the media cartels are so aggressively pushing DRM.
Just because you do not agree with the tactics of someone, or to take things to a broader context, just because you do not agree with someone's viewpoint, does not mean that person's rights may be waived. Just because you don't like some organization doesn't mean you can steal from them. Just because you don't like what someone has to say doesn't mean you can censor them. See the connection? If you are arguing in favor of removing IP laws altogther and opening up creative works to duplication, because people tend to want something for nothing and thus IP laws are "artificial", then you have to realize that someone could take the exact same approach to free speech. Logic -- ironic, isn't it?
Your problem is that you either do nothing meaningful with your life that anyone would even want to copy anyhow, or you are a dweller of your mother's basement who wants just something for nothing. Or maybe you are a troll. I dunno. I just wish people would think their viewpoints through, as you have not done. Shouldn't you be posting on digg or something?
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Oh. man. I laughed out loud on this one. My co-workers now think I am nuts.
I recently made the mistake of installing kubuntu in addition to my ubuntu DE. Of course, I could use ubuntu instead, but I could not get rid of the stoopid K(r)apps.
The worst thing, though, are all of the stinkin settings. Yes, settings are nice and all, but must we go overboard? Do I really need a context menu on EVERYTHING? I mean, I just move my mouse around the screen and menus and popups just mushroom from everywhere. Come on, now.
I opened the sound controls, and I got a window three times as wide as my screen with volumn sliders for all kind of stuff I never even knew existed. Yeah, ok, so it was interesting seeing all of the channels/devices, but am I ever going to use those? Or are they just clutter preventing me from getting to what I really need? I'd say the latter.
It's kind of like the difference between Microsoft and Apple. Think iTunes vs Media player. iTunes has fewer options, but the ones that are there are the ones I normally want. Media Player has settings on top of settings on top of settings (like Media player's Options dialogue box), most of which I will never need and many of which could allow me to make conflicting settings. I get that same feel from KDE. A well intentioned attempt to provide lots of functionality comes off as extremely cluttered.
I guess what I am saying is this...KDE looks pretty nice (subjective, I know). It would be awesome if they would just make better choices on what is configurable, which settings are available via dialogue boxes. If I really want to enable something wierd, I can do that via the CLI. Don't pollute the things I look at 99% of the time with things I only want to see 1% of the time.
um...what? I guess maybe some apps are named that way, but you aren't beat over the head with gnome this and gnome that, like on the menus and so forth. Ok, so a theme is cute and all, but KDE takes it waaaaaay too far.
That's bananas! The corporate world is a jungle, and if you ape ready for it you'll gorilla crazy. I am sure the PHBs have their rhesus and all, but it sure makes you feel like a chimp sometimes! Hot cha cha cha cha!
heh heh...all you hippie kids, with your *OSS* ideals!
Once you work for corporate america, you realize what is important. Innovation? Heck no! Originality? I laugh.
Can you get work done in time for unrealistic deadlines, even at the expense of your health and sanity? Can you temporarily suspend your grasp on reality so that you can code what is requested of you, no matter how inane? And most importantly, can you describe what you do using loads of TLAs and buzzwords that are sure to impress the PHB?
Innovation? Creativity? The Man craves not these things!
Hey! EmperorKagato! Quit looking up! He did not mean literally "over your head". He meant that his post was an intended joke, which you did not understand. It's what's called an "idiom", which is in some ways similar to a "joke".
/. users since...about 1PM.
Dang Vulcans!
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Providing translations for humour and idiom impaired
I see what you mean. I definitely have my own list of annoyances with SQL. I think a lot of the things you pointed out, while certainly valid, are really just that, annoyances. That said, of course, I too find it a bit odd to have to repeat the same expressions with a query. It almost seems that SQL is parsed backwards, or at least each clause is parsed in a different order than you type them, because it does seem to "lose" things you already told it (like no aliases in the Group By). You of course alluded to something similar. Not sure about the last point you make, though, just not getting what you mean.
It seems you have a good understanding of SQL, but I sure get sick of people railing on SQL who clearly do not understand that SQL works with sets of data is not a procedure programming language. Typically, people don't like it cause they do not grasp it well. At least according to my experience with co-workers, etc. Despite its foibles, as relatively simple as it is it does quite a bit. There is a lot to like about its eloquence.
heh heh...you said "dong"
Well, doc, I guess I am replying to all of your posts today.
Better than SQL? I dare you to try. I wish more languages were as simple and powerful as SQL. Seriously here.
Heck yeah! I hate the idiots who talk too loud on their phones as is. We all hear waaaaay to much of peoples' personal lives as is.
Can you imagine what things will be like when you have people shouting search criteria into their cell phones? I personally do not want to hear the dirty old man on the bus yelling "HOT LATINA CHIX!" into his motorola. *shudder*
In keeping with your analogy of the operating system... If nobody wants to support the guy who, instead of just improving upon existing user interface conventions, wants to radically change the way we use computers, he might have a hard time getting funded. That means that there are some great ideas that never see the light of day. I guess this has always been the case, but it seems increasingly like economics tower over to need to do research for the sake of research and innovation is as a result stifled.
* falls out of chair *
...that nerds will stop at NOTHING to prove Star Trek is real. First, transparent aluminum, now this.
Yeah, a while ago I got frustrated and went to digg. I have to tell you, though, digg really sucks and bad. I just saw one too many 1337 PHP IS TEH ROXX0R posts for me to stick around any longer. It was pretty crappy. Needless to say, I am reading /. again.
Depends. There are a few guys that I know of who preferred solid state equipment and its harsh sound, such as Dime from Pantera. Most likely, though, most of the rock/metal guys want a nice tone. I am thinking of groups like Metallica (pre late 90s), Danzig, or on the alternative side Soundgarden, Helmet, Alice in Chains, White Stripes, and so forth. I guess I just dated myself, though, with that list of bands. Point is a good tonal quality is important to musicians of all stripes.
Now, if you listen to that Nu Metal crap then you probably like sonic equivalent of chewing on aluminum foil and it wouldn't matter anyhow.
Not sure exactly what context you intended this to be taken in (all sound equipment, just professional recording equipment, etc) but I can definitely hear the difference between a solid state guitar amp and a tube amp. The even order harmonics are just more pleasing to my ears (and that of many many other musicians).