A version number, specifically, needs to convey both major and minor revision levels, and distinguish them.
The numbers being used here do not convey that information. Thus they are not suited for their purpose.
The 'logic' seems to be that many people dont understand the version numbers, and therefore they should be eliminated and replaced by something no one will have trouble understanding. This would make sense, if you didnt understand that the replacement fails at its basic function and is thus inadequate at best. If I dont already know exactly how many versions of Chrome have already been released, and the relationship of this one to previous ones, the version number they are using certainly isnt going to give me the slightest help with that queston.
This sort of dumbing down seems to happen in every field, not just technology, but it's evil no matter where you see it.
It may (or may not) be true that Au is somehow more likely to bring your politicians down for accepting bribes. I suspect the occasional case you see is truly the tip of the iceberg, but at any rate, what shocked me when I lived in Au and followed the politics was just how brazen they were in their attempts to bribe the voters. In the US there is still some shame left over that particular practice, and the politicians are usually pretty careful not to acknowledge it.
"Personally, I consider the $8/mo I pay for Netflix to be well worth it, especially when compared against the cost of a TV subscription."
The $8/month is not the issue. That part of the price I would be perfectly willing to pay, that would be reasonable, if the rest of the conditions were not unreasonable and unacceptable. And the alternative for me isnt a satellite or cable subscription. Seriously, it's not only possible to live without TV, it's actually something that will probably do you good.
"Easy solution: cut off your nose to spite your face."
Huh? How so?
Their product is not something that is going to get me ahead in any way, it's not something I have to have to survive, or to thrive. It's a source of entertainment. One among many. If they dont want my business I will spend my money elsewhere, simple as that.
It would punch right through early Russian tanks. I have never shot one but I imagine they must kick like the proverbial mule.
Still, if you want to talk about Finnish brass balls you should look to the air war. The Finns relied on the Brewster Buffalo as their best fighter. And averaged something like 30:1 with it.
It's been a few years but I still remember when they tore out my sweet, reliable Netware server and replaced with Windows NT. It took many months of having these guys from Washington state flying in twice a week and huddling and working, and the thing was down more often than not, but eventually they did get this working. Using two machines, each with significantly more power than the one they replaced. And it was still noticeably slower and less reliable. But I am sure someone upstairs in the corporate structure got a nice kickback on the deal.
It actually stands for Venom Incarnate, of course.
Anyway it's about time someone figure out the key to voice recognition. (I have known it for some time of course but obviously no one listens to me.) Computers have a very difficult time understanding natural human language, but humans dont have any problem at all making up verbal codes which are much more structured and regular, and a computer should have a much easier time understanding those.
Arctic troops have been dragging anti-tank weapons around on sleds since... well the first time the Russians showed up in Finland with tanks. In the winter war they used a 20mm lahti which weighs about 150lbs with a few rounds of ammo on the sled. Modern anti-tank missile systems like the Spike weigh in the same class or less, and arctic troops are already familiar with transporting them on sleds.
There are plenty of differences beyond what you mention. Behaviour of the menus is different, as is their layout, not just their gross positioning. The dock abstraction has changed greatly just over different versions of OSX, and at no point was it even a rough equivalent of the windows taskbar. (Also, btw, neither the OSX dock nor the Windows task bar is fixed at the bottom of the screen. Big mistake.)
OSX has looked somewhat similar over releases, but there have still been great changes in behavior. And OSX was a drastic break from its predecessors, OS9 and NeXT/OpenStep.
What you are describing IS corruption. It doesnt have to be bribe-taking. The fact that you can describe it so clearly and NOT call it corruption is symptomatic of our real problem here.
And typical users dont, many only use 2 apps on a regular basis, and are happy to have a menu to hunt through for other stuff once in a blue moon.
Power users just hit win and start typing. Power users dont care about win8, they still just hit win and start typing. But the more typical users get very frustrated with win8.
If they are opaque they turn the sunlight to heat themselves, and the interior will be insulated from that. But it's still likely to be generating a bit of heat inside, that will have to be dissipated somehow.
"Face it, Windows 7 was looking stale in a world of osx, Android and iOS."
There are several valid reasons to change an interface. "It was looking stale" is not one of them.
Users reject this logic violently. I see it every day. Someone needs to make a GNU OS with a solid Windows 7 theme and market it towards people that hate their new Win8 computers, you would grab a decent chunk of market share with almost no effort at all.
No one will do that though. They are all busy trying to mimic the system that customers hate instead.
Not sure whether it would matter or not, but the insulation provided by the near vaccum in the tube is likely to make heat more, not less, of a problem. It wont do anything to prevent sunlight from entering and being absorbed to create heat (or to stop the other sources of heat involved here either.) What it WILL do is prevent that heat from dissipating back out. This is why solar-thermal tubes use vaccum - to reduce heat LOSS back into the surrounding area, after the heat is initially converted from sunlight.
"Oh, I don't think the judges are being subjected to political pressure. Rather, I think they're being subjected to misinformation campaigns."
Exactly. The threats and blackmail might well be waiting in the wings, if needed, but up until very recently there would be no chance of need. Once you get them ok with the basic setup of making all their decisions in secret after hearing from only one party, and relying exclusively on that party for arguments and evidence to inform their decisions, there's no need to strong arm them. Just tell them what you want them to know, and make sure no one else can tell them different. It's no surprise they almost never turned down a request.
This is why real courts avoid ex parte proceedings.
No one can because it isnt there. Was never intended to be there. This conceit that it's ok to have our government violating rights all around the world in pursuit of whatever goals and there is no legal problem as long as US Citizens are exempted is the original sin of our current age.
Even if you change to a provider that does not host in the US, most or possibly even all your emails would still be scanned. Any message to an address outside of Canada is likely to be routed through the US. Even messages where both endpoints are in Canada, and even assuming your provider does not use any US based assets themselves, there's still probably a good chance of it being routed through Chicago.
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It's not a matter of whether I like it or not. It's a matter of whether I find the cost attached reasonable, and am willing to pay it. I am not.
Numbers are supposed to convey information.
A version number, specifically, needs to convey both major and minor revision levels, and distinguish them.
The numbers being used here do not convey that information. Thus they are not suited for their purpose.
The 'logic' seems to be that many people dont understand the version numbers, and therefore they should be eliminated and replaced by something no one will have trouble understanding. This would make sense, if you didnt understand that the replacement fails at its basic function and is thus inadequate at best. If I dont already know exactly how many versions of Chrome have already been released, and the relationship of this one to previous ones, the version number they are using certainly isnt going to give me the slightest help with that queston.
This sort of dumbing down seems to happen in every field, not just technology, but it's evil no matter where you see it.
Did you read PJs post?
Even without reading between the lines, it gives pretty clear reasons.
"And should you desire it to be truly private... encrypt it yourself."
Which does absolutely nothing against 'metadata' snooping. Nice non-solution.
It may (or may not) be true that Au is somehow more likely to bring your politicians down for accepting bribes. I suspect the occasional case you see is truly the tip of the iceberg, but at any rate, what shocked me when I lived in Au and followed the politics was just how brazen they were in their attempts to bribe the voters. In the US there is still some shame left over that particular practice, and the politicians are usually pretty careful not to acknowledge it.
"Personally, I consider the $8/mo I pay for Netflix to be well worth it, especially when compared against the cost of a TV subscription."
The $8/month is not the issue. That part of the price I would be perfectly willing to pay, that would be reasonable, if the rest of the conditions were not unreasonable and unacceptable. And the alternative for me isnt a satellite or cable subscription. Seriously, it's not only possible to live without TV, it's actually something that will probably do you good.
"But the end goal is to get joe-on-the-street to watch NetFlix"
Sounds like something NetFlix should be interested in supporting. If they are not, why should I care?
Or realize that their are a million sources for these videos and try one that doesnt work so hard to keep you out.
"Easy solution: cut off your nose to spite your face."
Huh? How so?
Their product is not something that is going to get me ahead in any way, it's not something I have to have to survive, or to thrive. It's a source of entertainment. One among many. If they dont want my business I will spend my money elsewhere, simple as that.
It would punch right through early Russian tanks. I have never shot one but I imagine they must kick like the proverbial mule.
Still, if you want to talk about Finnish brass balls you should look to the air war. The Finns relied on the Brewster Buffalo as their best fighter. And averaged something like 30:1 with it.
It's been a few years but I still remember when they tore out my sweet, reliable Netware server and replaced with Windows NT. It took many months of having these guys from Washington state flying in twice a week and huddling and working, and the thing was down more often than not, but eventually they did get this working. Using two machines, each with significantly more power than the one they replaced. And it was still noticeably slower and less reliable. But I am sure someone upstairs in the corporate structure got a nice kickback on the deal.
It actually stands for Venom Incarnate, of course.
Anyway it's about time someone figure out the key to voice recognition. (I have known it for some time of course but obviously no one listens to me.) Computers have a very difficult time understanding natural human language, but humans dont have any problem at all making up verbal codes which are much more structured and regular, and a computer should have a much easier time understanding those.
Arctic troops have been dragging anti-tank weapons around on sleds since... well the first time the Russians showed up in Finland with tanks. In the winter war they used a 20mm lahti which weighs about 150lbs with a few rounds of ammo on the sled. Modern anti-tank missile systems like the Spike weigh in the same class or less, and arctic troops are already familiar with transporting them on sleds.
There are plenty of differences beyond what you mention. Behaviour of the menus is different, as is their layout, not just their gross positioning. The dock abstraction has changed greatly just over different versions of OSX, and at no point was it even a rough equivalent of the windows taskbar. (Also, btw, neither the OSX dock nor the Windows task bar is fixed at the bottom of the screen. Big mistake.)
OSX has looked somewhat similar over releases, but there have still been great changes in behavior. And OSX was a drastic break from its predecessors, OS9 and NeXT/OpenStep.
You are clearly blind.
Also "traditional UI" would appear to be a phrase lacking referent.
What you are describing IS corruption. It doesnt have to be bribe-taking. The fact that you can describe it so clearly and NOT call it corruption is symptomatic of our real problem here.
KDE with the right theme and a little bit of customisation would be far closer to win7.
I wouldnt use an ubuntu base on anything but you're welcome to try if you think it can be made to work.
And typical users dont, many only use 2 apps on a regular basis, and are happy to have a menu to hunt through for other stuff once in a blue moon.
Power users just hit win and start typing. Power users dont care about win8, they still just hit win and start typing. But the more typical users get very frustrated with win8.
If they are opaque they turn the sunlight to heat themselves, and the interior will be insulated from that. But it's still likely to be generating a bit of heat inside, that will have to be dissipated somehow.
"Face it, Windows 7 was looking stale in a world of osx, Android and iOS."
There are several valid reasons to change an interface. "It was looking stale" is not one of them.
Users reject this logic violently. I see it every day. Someone needs to make a GNU OS with a solid Windows 7 theme and market it towards people that hate their new Win8 computers, you would grab a decent chunk of market share with almost no effort at all.
No one will do that though. They are all busy trying to mimic the system that customers hate instead.
Not sure whether it would matter or not, but the insulation provided by the near vaccum in the tube is likely to make heat more, not less, of a problem. It wont do anything to prevent sunlight from entering and being absorbed to create heat (or to stop the other sources of heat involved here either.) What it WILL do is prevent that heat from dissipating back out. This is why solar-thermal tubes use vaccum - to reduce heat LOSS back into the surrounding area, after the heat is initially converted from sunlight.
"Oh, I don't think the judges are being subjected to political pressure. Rather, I think they're being subjected to misinformation campaigns."
Exactly. The threats and blackmail might well be waiting in the wings, if needed, but up until very recently there would be no chance of need. Once you get them ok with the basic setup of making all their decisions in secret after hearing from only one party, and relying exclusively on that party for arguments and evidence to inform their decisions, there's no need to strong arm them. Just tell them what you want them to know, and make sure no one else can tell them different. It's no surprise they almost never turned down a request.
This is why real courts avoid ex parte proceedings.
No one can because it isnt there. Was never intended to be there. This conceit that it's ok to have our government violating rights all around the world in pursuit of whatever goals and there is no legal problem as long as US Citizens are exempted is the original sin of our current age.
Here's something else to think about.
Even if you change to a provider that does not host in the US, most or possibly even all your emails would still be scanned. Any message to an address outside of Canada is likely to be routed through the US. Even messages where both endpoints are in Canada, and even assuming your provider does not use any US based assets themselves, there's still probably a good chance of it being routed through Chicago.
And a double-pox on the idiots that think everything on the web needs to be duplicated in an 'app.'