Also, by the way, I thought it was interesting that a word could be considered "taboo", and that this was used to actually make Voldemort's name a keyword by which to find OOTP members
Eddings used this idea in The Belgariad. I expect others had done this before. I liked the solution they used in The Belgariad:-)
How does that relate to the point the OP was making? They seemed to be saying the license situation was a down-side of using open source (presumably vs using closed source). The point you made was that it wasn't. I already knew that:-)
In any case, it's down to the license, not whether or not the code is open source. If I have closed source that comes with a license that can't be arbitrarily revoked by the vendor/supplier, I'm in the same situation as with open source (wrt my ability to use the code in my product).
Also: iirc, Open Source != GPL - there are other licenses.
This is to me the downside of using open source code in one of your projects - at any time your ability to use future versions with their bug fixes, security fixes, etc. may go away.
And this is different to using non-open source code...how?
(Don't ask how I know about OTS fetishes - an internet search went awry a few years ago* and I found myself on an OTS page. It took me over 5 minutes to work out what the blinking flip it was all about.)
First, if someone can point out a quick keyboard shortcut for the "back" button, on any browser? But especially on IE as that's what I'm forced to use at work?
Usually Backspace. It is on IE/Firefox/Safari, anyway.
As well as forward
Alt-Right Arrow.
home
Alt-Home.
refresh
F5. Standard Windows key for refreshing a view (e.g. explorer file window, etc).
How do I know these? I went to the IE View menu, and looked at the "Go to" submenu. All the shortcuts are listed there.
Second, it annoys the hell out of me that the default in a web browser (but IE seems to be worse than Firefox, which is what I use at home) is for the "page down" key to not work at all unless the focus is on the scroll bar. Is this from stupidity or laziness on the part of browser designers?
Never really noticed that problem on Windows or Mac. I tend to use Firefox rather than IE though. I notice Flash stuff sometimes steals keys, e.g. Ctrl-T for a new tab gets swallowed by youtube pages, etc. PgUp/PgDn only occasionally fail to work for me. Space-bar is also a shortcut for PgDn in most browsers, btw.
Third, there is really only one thing I hate about KDE, and that is that if I move my mouse off of whatever form I want to type into (I.e., out of my fucking way) it loses focus. What dimwit came up with this stupid idea? Am I going to have to dig up the source and fix this glaring design ERROR myself?
Haven't used X seriously for a number of years, but that sounds like 'focus follows mouse' and you can usually switch that off. Maybe KDE prohibits that (but I doubt it - Gnome might).
Fourth, in either Windows or KDE, how can I minimize a window using the keyboard? For Windows: Alt-Space, N
And why in the hell should I need to use the mouse for that?
You don't.
Am I going to have to sue you fucktards for my medical bills?
If it's got that bad, complete with swearing/insults, surely you would have at least tried to find some of these key shortcuts before venting? They're not exactly hidden. Most of them are right there on the menus.
If I'm correct then spinning media doesn't make sense. Motors drain battery life and increase latency while throwing in a mechanical cog that can fail.
On the other hand, you get 500Gb on one disc. So it makes a bit of sense.
And if it didn't get resolved any time soon? Would you have just sucked up the $4000 charges? I mean, anyone who calls Customer Service a lot is just being difficult, right?
I've not used an iPhone, obviously (so that puts me in the same armchair as all the other critics/fanboys), but I'm guessing that one of the selling points of the iPhone is that you probably don't need to read the instructions to figure out how to do conference calling.
Okay, what's the difference between talking on a handsfree cel and talking to the person in the passenger seat?
The person in the passenger seat can see out of the windows. They often know when to shut up, and you don't usually have to explain why you're not talking right now either. There is a social pressure with a phone call not to ignore someone.
Please could you please please save us from the interminable stream of utterly shite parodies of Apple ads? There's so many of them now. They think they're funny, but they're not. They're also not well written, acted, edited, paced, focussed, produced, framed or directed. In summary, they are made of LOSE and FAIL.
I play my vinyl records all day with no damage using my ELP Laser Turntable. Now that optical players are available, only a Philistine would actually drop a goddamn needle into an analog track these days.
Or someone who doesn't have TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS to drop on a record player, perhaps.
I used to work in market research as an analyst, so I know what I am talking about.
See, I think you lost most people there.
But then, just in case, you followed it up with:
The surveys cost a lot of money to generate. So they have a value from that perspective.
And that's just freaking hilarious. Do you really honestly believe that?
I could spend a bucketload of money creating something, and it might still be worthless. The only intrinsic value something has based on the cost of producing it is a negative value. The produced goods or services have to actually be useful/beneficial in some way in order to overcome that initial negative value.
Suddenly a lot of things about market research have become much clearer to me.
If you're a user of a product by choice, you probably believe the positives outweigh the negatives, one would hope, so naturally you're going to have less negative things to say about it in general.
I can't believe there's this many comments on this story but nobody has mentioned cognitive dissonance yet. It's a powerful force.
I mention it in relation to your comment about product choice, because studies have shown that once people have chosen a product, they look for evidence to support their choice, or give greater credence to marginal advantages of one product over another, and even avoid lines of inquiry that might show that choice to have been a mistake. Which sounds like a fanboy to me:-)
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Eddings used this idea in The Belgariad. I expect others had done this before. I liked the solution they used in The Belgariad :-)
Those fecking songs, for a start. 500 points deducted from Gryffindor just for that.
That wasn't anti-intellectualism, it was a joke. Quite a funny one, I thought.
Rather like the running gag of Hermione's plaintive "Hasn't anyone read Hogwarts: A History?" questions.
Says the person with a 6-digit UID.
(I just know I'm going to have to explain that remark...sigh. Here's a clue - the number of digits in my UID is irrelevant).
Never design software.
How does that relate to the point the OP was making? They seemed to be saying the license situation was a down-side of using open source (presumably vs using closed source). The point you made was that it wasn't. I already knew that :-)
In any case, it's down to the license, not whether or not the code is open source. If I have closed source that comes with a license that can't be arbitrarily revoked by the vendor/supplier, I'm in the same situation as with open source (wrt my ability to use the code in my product).
Also: iirc, Open Source != GPL - there are other licenses.
And this is different to using non-open source code...how?
All the better for carrying women
(Don't ask how I know about OTS fetishes - an internet search went awry a few years ago* and I found myself on an OTS page. It took me over 5 minutes to work out what the blinking flip it was all about.)
*Your honour.
Usually Backspace. It is on IE/Firefox/Safari, anyway.
As well as forwardAlt-Right Arrow.
homeAlt-Home.
refreshF5. Standard Windows key for refreshing a view (e.g. explorer file window, etc).
How do I know these? I went to the IE View menu, and looked at the "Go to" submenu. All the shortcuts are listed there.
Second, it annoys the hell out of me that the default in a web browser (but IE seems to be worse than Firefox, which is what I use at home) is for the "page down" key to not work at all unless the focus is on the scroll bar. Is this from stupidity or laziness on the part of browser designers?Never really noticed that problem on Windows or Mac. I tend to use Firefox rather than IE though. I notice Flash stuff sometimes steals keys, e.g. Ctrl-T for a new tab gets swallowed by youtube pages, etc. PgUp/PgDn only occasionally fail to work for me. Space-bar is also a shortcut for PgDn in most browsers, btw.
Third, there is really only one thing I hate about KDE, and that is that if I move my mouse off of whatever form I want to type into (I.e., out of my fucking way) it loses focus. What dimwit came up with this stupid idea? Am I going to have to dig up the source and fix this glaring design ERROR myself?Haven't used X seriously for a number of years, but that sounds like 'focus follows mouse' and you can usually switch that off. Maybe KDE prohibits that (but I doubt it - Gnome might).
Fourth, in either Windows or KDE, how can I minimize a window using the keyboard? For Windows: Alt-Space, N And why in the hell should I need to use the mouse for that?You don't.
Am I going to have to sue you fucktards for my medical bills?If it's got that bad, complete with swearing/insults, surely you would have at least tried to find some of these key shortcuts before venting? They're not exactly hidden. Most of them are right there on the menus.
Penchant.
(I'm willing to let the apostrophe error slide.)
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On the other hand, you get 500Gb on one disc. So it makes a bit of sense.
And if it didn't get resolved any time soon? Would you have just sucked up the $4000 charges? I mean, anyone who calls Customer Service a lot is just being difficult, right?
troubling ur conscience
Hey - they voluntarily subscribed to slashdot, so it's not like they have anything else to do :-)
Because they pay their legal dept to handle the legal decisions and ramifications?
Even when those legal decisions and ramifications are 'obvious' to J. Random Slashdot Poster.
Just an idea, of course.
I've not used an iPhone, obviously (so that puts me in the same armchair as all the other critics/fanboys), but I'm guessing that one of the selling points of the iPhone is that you probably don't need to read the instructions to figure out how to do conference calling.
The person in the passenger seat can see out of the windows. They often know when to shut up, and you don't usually have to explain why you're not talking right now either. There is a social pressure with a phone call not to ignore someone.
Dear Lord Jesus,
Please could you please please save us from the interminable stream of utterly shite parodies of Apple ads? There's so many of them now. They think they're funny, but they're not. They're also not well written, acted, edited, paced, focussed, produced, framed or directed. In summary, they are made of LOSE and FAIL.
Thank you Lord.
kthxbye!
Or someone who doesn't have TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS to drop on a record player, perhaps.
Wow. That made no sense at all.
Invalid information is always valuable?
Good job.
See, I think you lost most people there.
But then, just in case, you followed it up with:
The surveys cost a lot of money to generate. So they have a value from that perspective.And that's just freaking hilarious. Do you really honestly believe that?
I could spend a bucketload of money creating something, and it might still be worthless. The only intrinsic value something has based on the cost of producing it is a negative value. The produced goods or services have to actually be useful/beneficial in some way in order to overcome that initial negative value.
Suddenly a lot of things about market research have become much clearer to me.
Google Street View hasn't got to his neighbourhood yet.
And clone your SIM for free at the same time! Brillant.
I can't believe there's this many comments on this story but nobody has mentioned cognitive dissonance yet. It's a powerful force.
I mention it in relation to your comment about product choice, because studies have shown that once people have chosen a product, they look for evidence to support their choice, or give greater credence to marginal advantages of one product over another, and even avoid lines of inquiry that might show that choice to have been a mistake. Which sounds like a fanboy to me :-)
Maybe they meant it in the same way as 'iPod killer'..? :-)