I've got no idea what's really going on, but this Ceglia guy could have been the one that goofed when using the wrong address.. and been using his parents' computer to try and keep evidence off his own machines.
Everyone already knows that Zuckerberg and his buddies are scum.
Ceglia is obviously also highly dubious - why didn't he bring all this up a long time ago if what he says is true?
That's nice. Apple isn't in the music business either then I suppose, and MS aren't in the games console business? Google's main push is advertising, but that doesn't mean they can't produce hardware. They already were doing those subsidised (ad supported) netbooks for example. They could turn a decent profit selling their phones and tablets, or do the same ad-supported subsidised deal on them..
I don't get why people keep talking about patent issues here. Sure, there are ongoing issues, but doesn't anyone consider that Google might actually want to produce their own hardware, rather than just buying up patents? I think it's a good move.
Shouldn't a "too long; didn't read" section be shorter than the rest of your comment? And it should provide a summary, rather than go off on some tangent.
You know, when you make the whole post a link I know you're trolling. When you use a link shortener I know you're trolling.... soooo.... I don't even know what you're linking to, but I don't give a fuck.
CPU sockets are not standardised, they are vendor specific.
Your reducto ad absurdum is.. well, absurd.
I'm not campaigning against standards, but neither am I going to campaign against choice.
Standards are important for things like document formats, driver models, graphics APIs, etc.
But saying that Thunderbird vs Evolution is detrimental to end users is pretty silly. Only one will come installed as standard, meaning that the people who don't give a f*** don't even need to think about it. Even Gnome vs KDE doesn't affect much these days, since most (all?) apps now work fine across both. I don't think these are the main things stopping people adopting Linux.
Call Of Duty vs Battlefield - who could possibly choose? Certainly nobody could ever like both! Brown bread vs white - when will the madness end? Blondes vs brunettes vs redheads - the human race is falling apart! Peanut butter vs jelly - the only choice at breakfast time is to cry:'( Coffee vs tea - the hot beverage industry will implode if we don't just CHOOSE ONE gods-damn-it!
Forklifts are what you use to unload trucks - not to drive 5 miles from the train station to the superstore with 3 crates. Even if you used 12 Tonne rated forklifts it would still be way less efficient (and far more dangerous) than using a truck. That kind of infrastructure is necessary unless we fit every city with an underground rail network for delivery (which would be pretty cool).
Individuals having their own transport is far less essential than well stocked local stores/markets, and public transport being available.
It's true that people would want to walk/bike more if they're fit, just to keep them fit and feeling good, and to save money. I enjoy an occasional walk home from work, since it only takes an hour. Most of the time I use the bus though.
BUT. For a large number of people walking and biking will be infeasible simply due to the distances involved, and the extra time taken. This could result in people being more careful about where they live and work, but I think the ideal would be electric vehicles plus people being better educated about nutrition and exercise (which sounds pretty damn boring, but once you experience the benefits for yourself, you will wish you did it all sooner!).
I live in quite a small city though, so it only takes a couple of hours tops to walk anywhere really. Strangely I started feeling like I had more time when I started walking places more often, but I think that was probably a result of 1) being more organised and 2) being less stressed.
I find Remote Desktop better for general usage, though when I tried to use 3D Studio Max over a slow encrypted connection, VNC felt more responsive.. I suppose when there is a lot of complex rendering going on it is sometimes better to just send the bitmap than the rendering info!
You don't see the difference between shoes and legs? Grip is obviously important, but given that any track runner could have pretty much any pair of shoes they want, and they all just run in spiked track shoes - it's the legs and form that are more important at the end of the day. If we start allowing mechanical appendages, it's easy to imagine that (eventually) there would be "legs" out there that can vastly outperform biological legs over short distances, even if they were limited to using blood glucose for energy (they would be allowed days beforehand to charge up, same as normal legs, but they could probably store energy more efficiently).
Eh? "Make a person more interesting"? That's not the point of an app.
Yeah, that was my point. The post I was initially replying to implied that only "boring" people end up using the basic browser/email/media apps and Kindle, whereas really you can do 99% of what all the other apps do with these things anyway.
I agree that dedicated apps can be better, as long as they're well designed and implemented. When I've downloaded apps for specific sites I sometimes find they're less flexible though, as they've had less development time than the real thing and are missing a couple of features that I take for granted when using the website.
Note that I do agree with some of the stuff they have done, and I think it's important for corporations to be more conscientious about data security. But not everything Anonymous does is noble or beneficial to society as a whole.
Are corporations really the source of their pain, or simply an outlet? I think a lot of their "pain" is teenage angst. The rallying might give them a sense of identity and some relief from boredom, but the world would be better off if these people put more energy towards creation than destruction.
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I've got no idea what's really going on, but this Ceglia guy could have been the one that goofed when using the wrong address.. and been using his parents' computer to try and keep evidence off his own machines.
Everyone already knows that Zuckerberg and his buddies are scum.
Ceglia is obviously also highly dubious - why didn't he bring all this up a long time ago if what he says is true?
That's nice. Apple isn't in the music business either then I suppose, and MS aren't in the games console business? Google's main push is advertising, but that doesn't mean they can't produce hardware. They already were doing those subsidised (ad supported) netbooks for example. They could turn a decent profit selling their phones and tablets, or do the same ad-supported subsidised deal on them..
I don't get why people keep talking about patent issues here. Sure, there are ongoing issues, but doesn't anyone consider that Google might actually want to produce their own hardware, rather than just buying up patents? I think it's a good move.
Shouldn't a "too long; didn't read" section be shorter than the rest of your comment? And it should provide a summary, rather than go off on some tangent.
I'm just amazed that the sun can be used as a potential energy source here on Earth. That part was completely unexpected. Who knew?
You know, when you make the whole post a link I know you're trolling. When you use a link shortener I know you're trolling.... soooo.... I don't even know what you're linking to, but I don't give a fuck.
CPU sockets are not standardised, they are vendor specific.
Your reducto ad absurdum is.. well, absurd.
I'm not campaigning against standards, but neither am I going to campaign against choice.
Standards are important for things like document formats, driver models, graphics APIs, etc.
But saying that Thunderbird vs Evolution is detrimental to end users is pretty silly. Only one will come installed as standard, meaning that the people who don't give a f*** don't even need to think about it. Even Gnome vs KDE doesn't affect much these days, since most (all?) apps now work fine across both. I don't think these are the main things stopping people adopting Linux.
In other news this week:
Call Of Duty vs Battlefield - who could possibly choose? Certainly nobody could ever like both! :'(
Brown bread vs white - when will the madness end?
Blondes vs brunettes vs redheads - the human race is falling apart!
Peanut butter vs jelly - the only choice at breakfast time is to cry
Coffee vs tea - the hot beverage industry will implode if we don't just CHOOSE ONE gods-damn-it!
Have any of them tried running across the water at super speed?
Yep, that's what my post said.
The fact that nobody has yet replied quoting the laws of thermodynamics has restored my faith in Slashdot's sense of humour at least.
That one was actually kind of funny.
Forklifts are what you use to unload trucks - not to drive 5 miles from the train station to the superstore with 3 crates. Even if you used 12 Tonne rated forklifts it would still be way less efficient (and far more dangerous) than using a truck. That kind of infrastructure is necessary unless we fit every city with an underground rail network for delivery (which would be pretty cool).
Individuals having their own transport is far less essential than well stocked local stores/markets, and public transport being available.
It's true that people would want to walk/bike more if they're fit, just to keep them fit and feeling good, and to save money. I enjoy an occasional walk home from work, since it only takes an hour. Most of the time I use the bus though.
BUT. For a large number of people walking and biking will be infeasible simply due to the distances involved, and the extra time taken. This could result in people being more careful about where they live and work, but I think the ideal would be electric vehicles plus people being better educated about nutrition and exercise (which sounds pretty damn boring, but once you experience the benefits for yourself, you will wish you did it all sooner!).
I live in quite a small city though, so it only takes a couple of hours tops to walk anywhere really. Strangely I started feeling like I had more time when I started walking places more often, but I think that was probably a result of 1) being more organised and 2) being less stressed.
Flying trains. Or, you know, cars and stuff. Emergency services have always been allowed to bend the rules.
But - how the hell does he expect stuff to get from the train station to the stores without vans/trucks...?
But the beauty of this is that you can power the netbook from its USB port, too!
I find Remote Desktop better for general usage, though when I tried to use 3D Studio Max over a slow encrypted connection, VNC felt more responsive.. I suppose when there is a lot of complex rendering going on it is sometimes better to just send the bitmap than the rendering info!
Huh? I used it all the time at work.. works great.
Isn't that just because it isn't news when it happens on Windows?
You don't see the difference between shoes and legs? Grip is obviously important, but given that any track runner could have pretty much any pair of shoes they want, and they all just run in spiked track shoes - it's the legs and form that are more important at the end of the day. If we start allowing mechanical appendages, it's easy to imagine that (eventually) there would be "legs" out there that can vastly outperform biological legs over short distances, even if they were limited to using blood glucose for energy (they would be allowed days beforehand to charge up, same as normal legs, but they could probably store energy more efficiently).
That, and perhaps the fact that he's no threat - his personal best on any distance (100m, 200m, 400m) is about 2 seconds behind the World Record.
Or so he claims ;)
But really, if he did end up beating a world record, it would open this whole can of worms again..
Eh? "Make a person more interesting"? That's not the point of an app.
Yeah, that was my point. The post I was initially replying to implied that only "boring" people end up using the basic browser/email/media apps and Kindle, whereas really you can do 99% of what all the other apps do with these things anyway.
I agree that dedicated apps can be better, as long as they're well designed and implemented. When I've downloaded apps for specific sites I sometimes find they're less flexible though, as they've had less development time than the real thing and are missing a couple of features that I take for granted when using the website.
die
noun
dies, plural
1) The cubical part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; a dado or plinth
2) A device for cutting or molding metal into a particular shape
3) An engraved device for stamping a design on coins or medals
Definitions 2 and 3 suggest that "die layer" would make more sense than "dye layer" for recording etchings on a disk IMO.
Teenagers and "tweens" then. Have you ever been to 4chan? Or know the type of people who hang out on it?
Note that I do agree with some of the stuff they have done, and I think it's important for corporations to be more conscientious about data security. But not everything Anonymous does is noble or beneficial to society as a whole.
Are corporations really the source of their pain, or simply an outlet? I think a lot of their "pain" is teenage angst. The rallying might give them a sense of identity and some relief from boredom, but the world would be better off if these people put more energy towards creation than destruction.