Well, you can't change the perception of the image, precisely because it is banned almost everywhere! And to be honest, I don't really grasp why. The argument "oh it was used by the evil evil evil nazis" is bull to me. So what? (...)
I can only speak for Germany and Austria. Historically, post-war Germany and Austria did not want the symbol used mainly for two reasons: (1) There were still a lot on Nazis, and allowing free use of their major symbol would have meant roaming Nazi gangs brandishing swastikas in the streets (also take into account that basically everything identifiable "nazi" was banned). (2) Allowing its use would be have been an unbearable affront towards the Nazis' victims, and as far as there was a desire to bring these people home (Jews in particular), it would have been impossible if "home" was still full of Nazi symbols.
Today, things may slowly need to change, but at least in the successor states of the third reich (Germany and Austria) there are still very good reasons to keep the ban. One of which is the fact that neo-nazism is again a serious problem in parts of Germany, and allowing illegal Nazi groups to use Nazi symbols would be illogical on the one hand, and not helpful anyway.
I've been using Linux for 15 years too and I have never seen that. I don't know where you people go to have such bad experiences. OTOH, the Windows forums I sometimes stumble into via Google are usually full of clueless guys and devoid of actual help. Granted, Windows is opaque, but still.
What Shuttleworth actually wrote: "Timeframes are difficult. I’m sure we could deliver *something* in six months, but I think a year is more realistic for the first images that will be widely useful in our community. I’d love to be proven conservative on that:-) but I suspect it’s more likely to err the other way. It might take four or more years to really move the ecosystem. Progress on Wayland itself is sufficient for me to be confident that no other initiative could outrun it, especially if we deliver things like Unity and uTouch with it. And also if we make an early public statement in support of the project. Which this is!"
Me, though, I'd like to know if this change will finally allow me to have use a compositing window manager without tearing (you know, like MacOS and Windows have been doing for years now) and without having to restrict myself to an ancient or gutless graphics card.
'the software's stated goal is "every frame is perfect, by which I mean that applications will be able to control the rendering enough that we'll never see tearing, lag, redrawing or flicker".'
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server)
I use Ubuntu desktop LTS (10.04 I believe I'm on) and just download when something new is available
By default, LTS installations only update to newer LTS releases, which 10.10 isn't. You can change that in menu System > Administration > Software Sources, on the Updates tab. Read the release notes before upgrading, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes
The design team has lead the way, developing a “touch language” which goes beyond the work that we’ve seen elsewhere. Rather than single, magic gestures, we’re making it possible for basic gestures to be chained, or composed, into more sophisticated “sentences”. The basic gestures, or primitives, are like individual verbs, and stringing them together allows for richer interactions. It’s not quite the difference between banging rocks together and conducting a symphony orchestra, but it feels like a good step in the right direction
Seriously. Even difficult and old bugs do often get solved eventually. And in particular in cases as serious as it sounded in the parent post ("Can't change default app settings, can't make the compositor work properly"), there is absolutely no reason to suggest that Ubuntu would not fix them. Unless, of course, they affect only a tiny subset of machines, without any useful bug descriptions - which is why I asked the parent post about his reports.
It was a long time ago, I was not always sober during that trip, and I would not bet on it, but I'm pretty sure. OTOH, if what I say makes no sense at all then I am probably wrong.
The same NE that a number of years ago had a title page about a giant bird abducting passenger planes over the Andes? (That's one of the lasting impressions from my first US trip.)
So coming in someone's mouth during consensual oral sex is now rape? Seriously? I must be really weird because I would expect a grown-up sex partner to consider the possibility of one of the participants actually coming, and sometimes not entirely as expected. You know, it happens and it's not the end of the world.
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Well, you can't change the perception of the image, precisely because it is banned almost everywhere! And to be honest, I don't really grasp why. The argument "oh it was used by the evil evil evil nazis" is bull to me. So what? (...)
I can only speak for Germany and Austria. Historically, post-war Germany and Austria did not want the symbol used mainly for two reasons: (1) There were still a lot on Nazis, and allowing free use of their major symbol would have meant roaming Nazi gangs brandishing swastikas in the streets (also take into account that basically everything identifiable "nazi" was banned). (2) Allowing its use would be have been an unbearable affront towards the Nazis' victims, and as far as there was a desire to bring these people home (Jews in particular), it would have been impossible if "home" was still full of Nazi symbols.
Today, things may slowly need to change, but at least in the successor states of the third reich (Germany and Austria) there are still very good reasons to keep the ban. One of which is the fact that neo-nazism is again a serious problem in parts of Germany, and allowing illegal Nazi groups to use Nazi symbols would be illogical on the one hand, and not helpful anyway.
I guess it has something to do with eggs and malt.
I've been using Linux for 15 years too and I have never seen that. I don't know where you people go to have such bad experiences. OTOH, the Windows forums I sometimes stumble into via Google are usually full of clueless guys and devoid of actual help. Granted, Windows is opaque, but still.
I really really want to know what AMD, NVidia, and Intel think about the change.
As for Intel: Wayland was started by Kristian Høgsberg, of Intel's Open Source Technology Center (OSTC).
"going into production Ubuntu" says Canonical, .
"+3 insightful" /rolleyes
What Shuttleworth actually wrote: "Timeframes are difficult. I’m sure we could deliver *something* in six months, but I think a year is more realistic for the first images that will be widely useful in our community. I’d love to be proven conservative on that :-) but I suspect it’s more likely to err the other way. It might take four or more years to really move the ecosystem. Progress on Wayland itself is sufficient for me to be confident that no other initiative could outrun it, especially if we deliver things like Unity and uTouch with it. And also if we make an early public statement in support of the project. Which this is!"
-- http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/551
You missed the part where Wayland is MIT licensed, quite unlike your PS3?
There was absolutely no announcement to move away from Gnome. Unity is no move away from Gnome.
This new program is a change simply for change's sake, and is no better than the old program.
Can you elaborate how you came to this conclusion?
Me, though, I'd like to know if this change will finally allow me to have use a compositing window manager without tearing (you know, like MacOS and Windows have been doing for years now) and without having to restrict myself to an ancient or gutless graphics card.
'the software's stated goal is "every frame is perfect, by which I mean that applications will be able to control the rendering enough that we'll never see tearing, lag, redrawing or flicker".'
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server)
Except that current Unity in 10.10 is largely still Gnome except for a quite rudimentary (for a desktop) shell.
Re 3)
This is not the movie but people attending the premiere.
I don't understand why a lot of people think it's a hearing aid.
Why in the world would an old lady speak into her hearing aid? The video shows that she's clearly speaking and there is no nobody near her.
Can someone please explain that to me?
Someone mentioned that some people do it to test whether the hearing aid volume is fine.
So every app that is downloaded from the App store is guaranteed to run on an out of the box mac or a clean install of the OS and this is a bad thing?
Their app store devs should figure out dependencies.
Is 10.10 available?
Released on 10/10/10.
I use Ubuntu desktop LTS (10.04 I believe I'm on) and just download when something new is available
By default, LTS installations only update to newer LTS releases, which 10.10 isn't. You can change that in menu System > Administration > Software Sources, on the Updates tab. Read the release notes before upgrading, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes
(http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/455)
Also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch
Uh, sorry, please ignore my other post, I had misread. Mod down accordingly.
I was under the impression that Star Office was OpenOffice.org with Sun's proprietary contributions
In this case you should really read up on OO.org's history. I stopped reading your lengthy post here, because your basic assumption is wrong.
Release Notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes
Seriously. Even difficult and old bugs do often get solved eventually. And in particular in cases as serious as it sounded in the parent post ("Can't change default app settings, can't make the compositor work properly"), there is absolutely no reason to suggest that Ubuntu would not fix them. Unless, of course, they affect only a tiny subset of machines, without any useful bug descriptions - which is why I asked the parent post about his reports.
Yes, so DON'T INSTALL proprietary apps if you don't like it. No risk.
I suppose you filed bugs that are a little more specific than what you wrote here.
It was a long time ago, I was not always sober during that trip, and I would not bet on it, but I'm pretty sure. OTOH, if what I say makes no sense at all then I am probably wrong.
The same NE that a number of years ago had a title page about a giant bird abducting passenger planes over the Andes? (That's one of the lasting impressions from my first US trip.)
Playing sports and drinking water afterward.
So coming in someone's mouth during consensual oral sex is now rape? Seriously? I must be really weird because I would expect a grown-up sex partner to consider the possibility of one of the participants actually coming, and sometimes not entirely as expected. You know, it happens and it's not the end of the world.