Who needs media player to interact with an encyclopedia? I already know who sings the songs I listen to. I've already bookmarked the band's web site, which has more photos and lyrics than Wikipedia could collect. I've seen the IMDB entry on the movie I'm watching, or I have the box it came in. What's the point?
Now, something like an e-book reader tied to a service like Wiktionary would be far more useful. I think a lot more people would take advantage of something like this (particularly those with handleld wireless devices).
All software has a life cycle. And Windows has reached the end of its life. Any decent software engineer will tell you after awhile if you are patching it this hard. All your doing is patching patches! And deffently doing that will cause more problems.
Whoops! Looks like it's time to stop using that Linux kernel you've got there. After all, there's been so many patches to it that there's no more 'real' code, right?
Maybe as an engineer who uses computers to actually accomplish something I just have a different point of view.
Or maybe you're just a pretentious holier-than-thou asshole who doesn't realize that some of us use Windows because that's what our products are delivered on, or we need a piece of legacy software to do our work, or our kids have Windows-only games, or we've never heard of Linux so we don't know there's alternatives to Microsoft, or our bank requires IE, or any of the other thousand and one reasons some people use it.
There's no need to assume we're all idiots, you know.
PS. phishing and spoofing are platform-agnostic. Without the right knowledge, your grandma would get owned by PayPal scammers no matter if she ran Windows or Warty (or anything else, for that matter).
[...] but XBox 360 uses PowerPC. My question is simple. WHY???
PPCs generally run cooler than x86 CPUs, which means the cooling solution used in the XBox360 can be made smaller and quieter (and cheaper). Since MS wants the XBox360 to replace your DVD player, stereo, etc. in your living room, it'd better be just as quiet as any of those devices.
An excellent post; I agree a hundred percent with what you've written.
Though I'd like to know how you (or others) would feel if we replaced all occurrances of "Microsoft" and "game developers" in your post with "the RIAA" and "musicians," respectively.
Electric only cars are in some ways a waste, because of lossed in electricity transmition and pollution at the plant, they might end up causing more pollution per mile than a gas car. Just its pollution somewhere else.
If you're talking about electricity from, say, regenerative braking, then nearly no pollution is generated. There's a nearly zero transmission cost, and there's not really a "plant" to cause pollution. If you're talking about electric cars that you plug into the wall socket, that's when economics comes into play. You take your pollution-control devices and place them at the power plants instead of having to have one on the tailpipe of every car and truck on the road. That way you can get away with big, bulky scrubbers instead of spending time and money to develop one small, light, and cheap enough to put on everyone's vehicle, and can cut pollution faster.
# You can get rid of the seperate search box, though many people really like the seperation.
Really? Neat, how? I saw some browser.search.* parameters in about:config, but nothing really jumped out at me. I've been looking to do this ever since I started using Firefox.
That was one of the most painful posts I've ever read on Slashdot. Do you find it even the least bit ironic that your post, rife with spelling and grammatical errors (in a language-related thread, no less), was full of pretentious language and sounded exactly like the whiny blog posts you're complaining about?
ok, apart from the wierd metaphore quite a good post methinks.
This is one of the most ridiculous posts I've ever read on slashdot.
Has Google even mentioned that they're going to make Wikipedia proprietary? Hint: they haven't. Wikipedia is still a public resource last time I checked. Google can leverage it all they want in their (largely imaginary) war against Microsoft, but Microsoft can turn around and use it in their favor as well. That's sort of what "public domain" means.
"Next up, a total web-based OS"
Right. Pure conjecture (bordering on outright fantasy) on your part. Let's not worry about latency, security, or anything like that; it'll all sort itself out, right?
...And "for the sake of all mankind?" Please. Exaggerate much?
I know, I know... IHBT, HAND. But goddamn.
>Does anyone stop to think that there may be too many flavors of Linux for the average user?
Yes, and decided the point has validity.
>"Perhaps the Linux community should get together and make a serious effort at a unified "desktop" launch."
No, they shouldn't.
Well, "kfg" said it so it must be true. Way to make strong claims and then provide no evidence, not even personal anecdotes, to back up those claims. Your post adds exactly zero to the debate.
Anyway, do you honestly think having at least the option for a unified desktop is a completely evil thing? Nobody's forcing you to use anything, but I know it would make my life a hell of a lot easier if there was a common graphical desktop shipped with every flavor of Linux. Then I could go admin my parents', girlfriend's, or whoever's computer without caring what distro they run or how they have their prefered environment set up. I'm sure there's other advantages (corporate desktops, for example) that I haven't mentioned. Maybe you should take a moment and at least consider some possible advantages for others, instead of taking a stance which seems to be "I don't need it so nobody else does either."
Ooh. Apparently I'm a clueless moron because I don't know the difference between anamorphic, non-anamorphic, widescreen, pan-and-scan, full-frame, and whatever else. Guess what? I don't give a shit about any of it. I'm not a filmmaker, I'm not a movie critic, I don't have a hard-on for every $3000 piece of home theater equipment I read about in a magazine. I just like to sit down with friends, have a beer, and watch movies once in a while.
Don't understand the strategic difference between the bombings of Dresden, Peenemunde, and Ploetsi by the RAF and USAAF during World War Two? You're obviously clueless. Can you see how stupid both of these comparisons are?
And your reference to Windows and IE, although meant to be humorous, actually shows how disingenuous you are. Does me sitting at home watching a pan-and-scan version of a movie somehow decrease your enjoyment of watching a different version in your own home (as would be the case, say, with you accessing the internet on Linux and me on an pwn'd spam zombie Windows box)? No? Then shut up and stop making stupid assumptions.
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Who needs media player to interact with an encyclopedia? I already know who sings the songs I listen to. I've already bookmarked the band's web site, which has more photos and lyrics than Wikipedia could collect. I've seen the IMDB entry on the movie I'm watching, or I have the box it came in. What's the point?
Now, something like an e-book reader tied to a service like Wiktionary would be far more useful. I think a lot more people would take advantage of something like this (particularly those with handleld wireless devices).
So if all this neat stuff is available via the Web, what's the point of paying them a monthly fee?
All software has a life cycle. And Windows has reached the end of its life. Any decent software engineer will tell you after awhile if you are patching it this hard. All your doing is patching patches! And deffently doing that will cause more problems.
Whoops! Looks like it's time to stop using that Linux kernel you've got there. After all, there's been so many patches to it that there's no more 'real' code, right?
Maybe as an engineer who uses computers to actually accomplish something I just have a different point of view.
Or maybe you're just a pretentious holier-than-thou asshole who doesn't realize that some of us use Windows because that's what our products are delivered on, or we need a piece of legacy software to do our work, or our kids have Windows-only games, or we've never heard of Linux so we don't know there's alternatives to Microsoft, or our bank requires IE, or any of the other thousand and one reasons some people use it.
There's no need to assume we're all idiots, you know.
PS. phishing and spoofing are platform-agnostic. Without the right knowledge, your grandma would get owned by PayPal scammers no matter if she ran Windows or Warty (or anything else, for that matter).
no, it's "minimalist" humor. In that the amount of humor in the post is minimal...
[...] but XBox 360 uses PowerPC. My question is simple. WHY???
PPCs generally run cooler than x86 CPUs, which means the cooling solution used in the XBox360 can be made smaller and quieter (and cheaper). Since MS wants the XBox360 to replace your DVD player, stereo, etc. in your living room, it'd better be just as quiet as any of those devices.
An excellent post; I agree a hundred percent with what you've written.
Though I'd like to know how you (or others) would feel if we replaced all occurrances of "Microsoft" and "game developers" in your post with "the RIAA" and "musicians," respectively.
knowledgeable answers appreciated
You must be new here.
He should start his own Linux distro targeted at gay men. I hear there's a certain White House reported who'd be very interested...
You're new here, aren't you?
[unintelligible garbage]
In English, with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation please?
Electric only cars are in some ways a waste, because of lossed in electricity transmition and pollution at the plant, they might end up causing more pollution per mile than a gas car. Just its pollution somewhere else.
If you're talking about electricity from, say, regenerative braking, then nearly no pollution is generated. There's a nearly zero transmission cost, and there's not really a "plant" to cause pollution. If you're talking about electric cars that you plug into the wall socket, that's when economics comes into play. You take your pollution-control devices and place them at the power plants instead of having to have one on the tailpipe of every car and truck on the road. That way you can get away with big, bulky scrubbers instead of spending time and money to develop one small, light, and cheap enough to put on everyone's vehicle, and can cut pollution faster.
# You can get rid of the seperate search box, though many people really like the seperation.
Really? Neat, how? I saw some browser.search.* parameters in about:config, but nothing really jumped out at me. I've been looking to do this ever since I started using Firefox.
So why does my TV card work in Linux but not in Windows?
That was one of the most painful posts I've ever read on Slashdot. Do you find it even the least bit ironic that your post, rife with spelling and grammatical errors (in a language-related thread, no less), was full of pretentious language and sounded exactly like the whiny blog posts you're complaining about?
ok, apart from the wierd metaphore quite a good post methinks.
Apparently not.
Does the word "Steam" ring any bells for you?
I bet he would've had it done even sooner if he didn't leave his glasses in his mom's basement and not be able to see what he was doing...
Free not-necessarily-accurate data for everyone, fact-checked and extended commercial data for some?
"fact-checked and extended commercial data for some, tiny American flags for others!"
This is one of the most ridiculous posts I've ever read on slashdot.
Has Google even mentioned that they're going to make Wikipedia proprietary? Hint: they haven't. Wikipedia is still a public resource last time I checked. Google can leverage it all they want in their (largely imaginary) war against Microsoft, but Microsoft can turn around and use it in their favor as well. That's sort of what "public domain" means.
"Next up, a total web-based OS"
Right. Pure conjecture (bordering on outright fantasy) on your part. Let's not worry about latency, security, or anything like that; it'll all sort itself out, right?
...And "for the sake of all mankind?" Please. Exaggerate much? I know, I know... IHBT, HAND. But goddamn.
More information and pretty pictures available from NOAA's Web site: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/indo20041226/hms_ scott.htm
>Does anyone stop to think that there may be too many flavors of Linux for the average user?
Yes, and decided the point has validity.
>"Perhaps the Linux community should get together and make a serious effort at a unified "desktop" launch."
No, they shouldn't.
Well, "kfg" said it so it must be true. Way to make strong claims and then provide no evidence, not even personal anecdotes, to back up those claims. Your post adds exactly zero to the debate.
Anyway, do you honestly think having at least the option for a unified desktop is a completely evil thing? Nobody's forcing you to use anything, but I know it would make my life a hell of a lot easier if there was a common graphical desktop shipped with every flavor of Linux. Then I could go admin my parents', girlfriend's, or whoever's computer without caring what distro they run or how they have their prefered environment set up. I'm sure there's other advantages (corporate desktops, for example) that I haven't mentioned. Maybe you should take a moment and at least consider some possible advantages for others, instead of taking a stance which seems to be "I don't need it so nobody else does either."
Ooh. Apparently I'm a clueless moron because I don't know the difference between anamorphic, non-anamorphic, widescreen, pan-and-scan, full-frame, and whatever else. Guess what? I don't give a shit about any of it. I'm not a filmmaker, I'm not a movie critic, I don't have a hard-on for every $3000 piece of home theater equipment I read about in a magazine. I just like to sit down with friends, have a beer, and watch movies once in a while.
Don't understand the strategic difference between the bombings of Dresden, Peenemunde, and Ploetsi by the RAF and USAAF during World War Two? You're obviously clueless. Can you see how stupid both of these comparisons are?
And your reference to Windows and IE, although meant to be humorous, actually shows how disingenuous you are. Does me sitting at home watching a pan-and-scan version of a movie somehow decrease your enjoyment of watching a different version in your own home (as would be the case, say, with you accessing the internet on Linux and me on an pwn'd spam zombie Windows box)? No? Then shut up and stop making stupid assumptions.
Just out of curiousity... I've never read anything about a WinXP serial number like that. Why is it famous, and what makes it "genius"-worthy?
Soon virtually all new major Bollywood and Hollywood movies, including entertainment will be distributed digitally [...]
You mean they're going to start including entertainment with their movies now? Good, because I was getting tired of the non-stop flow of crapfests.
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