there was an article here a week ago or so that i'm unable to find. a chinese solar panel manufacturer dumping large quantities of toxic waste on a town (near a school IIRC).
i see it as similar to the decline of the roman empire. things get too good, people get soft, then when shit gets real they all die and wonder what the hell just happened.
in my city i see people on public transport using all manner of gadgets. it honestly doesn't occur to them that in nearly any other place in the world, the moment they whipped out their tablet computer it'd be stolen from them. that's complacency.
i'd like to think i wont fuck the world. but i probably will.
exploited american citizens at least have the protection of the law. illegal immigrants have no such protection.
the only way to fix that particular situation is to allow a basic set of legal rights to illegal immigrants, or completely close the borders and leave the law as it is. or continue with the status quo. i know what is most likely to happen.
same goes for most things in ubuntu. and linux, TBH.
being an ex-windows user, it took me quite a while to figure out that the explorer-clone was called "nautilus". not exactly intuitive. what's wrong with "file browser" or something? random names might sound cool, but when someone's first trying to make sense of the familiar looking but utterly alien (from a windows user perspective) interface, it can be a needless barrier.
of course, like a swimming pool, it's much better "once you're in", but there'll always be a learning curve with the majority of ubuntu's audience (being windows users eager to make the switch).
my biggest kitchen gripe is measuring in volume rather than by weight. if you have a scale and a decent recipe, you don't need measuring cups, spoons, jugs, etc. just zero the scale and pour.
btw, australian cups are 250mL IIRC, but there's so many cup sizes out there that it's a lost cause - you've just gotta try the recipe and modify it as needed on the next run.
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indirect problems are worth considering, but the same goes for all other industry.
shall we play the numbers game with people evacuated/displaced by the tsunami then?
they were killed by the tsunami, you twat. citation fucking needed (my source is the wiki article)
there was an article here a week ago or so that i'm unable to find. a chinese solar panel manufacturer dumping large quantities of toxic waste on a town (near a school IIRC).
you can google it. i can't be bothered.
how on earth will they keep the SFP cool with all that water coming through?
dude, it was a movie. i'm sure it wouldn't have actually happened that way if it wasn't scripted.
just some of us will fuck the world.
some of us are thinking.
i see it as similar to the decline of the roman empire. things get too good, people get soft, then when shit gets real they all die and wonder what the hell just happened.
in my city i see people on public transport using all manner of gadgets. it honestly doesn't occur to them that in nearly any other place in the world, the moment they whipped out their tablet computer it'd be stolen from them. that's complacency.
i'd like to think i wont fuck the world. but i probably will.
you're a fucking idiot.
exploited american citizens at least have the protection of the law. illegal immigrants have no such protection.
the only way to fix that particular situation is to allow a basic set of legal rights to illegal immigrants, or completely close the borders and leave the law as it is. or continue with the status quo. i know what is most likely to happen.
i guess if there were no illegal immigration, obesity levels would fall dramatically due to the increased (ie proper market value) food prices.
sounds like a win-win
how do they get their backs wet from walking through a desert? do they get sweaty?
Jesus Christ! man on a mission, aren't you?
internet superhero.
ugh! metric, please! i have no idea what the hell you're talking about!
the skinny, humourless /.ers skew the figures.
they could always start compressing their images for download.
and you could discover what USB ports are for. it'll cut your install time considerably.
same goes for most things in ubuntu. and linux, TBH.
being an ex-windows user, it took me quite a while to figure out that the explorer-clone was called "nautilus". not exactly intuitive. what's wrong with "file browser" or something? random names might sound cool, but when someone's first trying to make sense of the familiar looking but utterly alien (from a windows user perspective) interface, it can be a needless barrier.
of course, like a swimming pool, it's much better "once you're in", but there'll always be a learning curve with the majority of ubuntu's audience (being windows users eager to make the switch).
fragile ego much? if i whined about every down-mod i got... well, i'd just have to stop posting here.
i don't use it for teh shiny, i use it to show off to my OSX and XP using friends - a 3 year old netbook besting their new toys is always a laugh.
first they came for gnome, but i didn't speak up, because i used 10.10 netbook remix
then they came for openoffice, but i didn't speak up, because gedit was enough for me
then they came for synaptic, but i didn't speak up, because i used apt-get
then they came for me, and there were no package managers left to... wait, what?
i think you mis-read a demographic generalization as an all-out attack on old people.
hell, even i'd like all my update stuff in one place (which of course it is - it's in terminal under apt-get).
good luck with that thesis, then.
i never used synaptic. i used apt-get and software centre when i was lazy or browsing for shit.
if you need anything more advanced than software centre, you really should be using aptitude.
i suspect he's here precisely because his mother didn't have standards
(SNAP!! BURN!)
you speak as if there's no middle ground.
like somebody wanting to take a picture that looks good, but who does not wish to place themselves on a pedestal.
not with half the datacentre gone, they can't.
the backup system was probably in one of the _racks_ the FBI seized.
my biggest kitchen gripe is measuring in volume rather than by weight. if you have a scale and a decent recipe, you don't need measuring cups, spoons, jugs, etc. just zero the scale and pour.
btw, australian cups are 250mL IIRC, but there's so many cup sizes out there that it's a lost cause - you've just gotta try the recipe and modify it as needed on the next run.
oh yeah, i forgot that Celcius was integer only.
1 celcius is 180% larger an increment than 1 fahrenheit. big whoops.