I like your story. It reminds me of the time I was having a problem with an Epson MX-80 printer. I found the phone number for the company via information and in a few minutes I was surprised to be talking to the actual president of Epson America. Instead of directing my call elsewhere, he actually took a few minutes to help me troubleshoot my problem. Yep, all in all, I think I liked computers better when I was the only guy I knew who had one.
Why does Linux HAVE to be better?
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Linux Needs Critics
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I disagree with the premise that Linux lacks critics. What may be lacking is a certain degree of understanding on the part of Linux fans when people who don't "get" Linux have a problem with it.
I am reminded of Linus Torvald's answer to the question, "What if Linux never catches on?" He just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'll just keep working on it."
It doesn't matter if anyone likes it. It doesn't matter if Linux is "damned to an eternity of navel-gazing". The people who want to work on it will keep working on it, and the people who want to use it will keep using it. Like any other perfectly innocuous activity (bird watching, knitting, woodcarving) its relative popularity is unimportant.
I don't see it as an "ugly American" issue (especially since so many computer pioneers were British). It's just realistic. I don't think anyone is saying that programmers must be fluent in English, but certainly it's a good thing to be familiar with it. There are parallels in other languages. You can't expect to be a master chef without some familiarity with French. Composers are well advised to have some familiarity with Italian. Lawyers -- Latin. Physicians -- Greek.
Look, it's very simple. You probably did something at some time that associated your name and address with a purchase. Perhaps not this purchase, but with some purchase in the past.
Have you thought of simply asking Best Buy how they knew who to send the update to?
One of the main reasons (if not the main reason) that people stop contributing is the lack of financial reward.
I think this is nonsense. The reason people stop contributing is because the articles they are interested in are eventually pretty well fleshed out. There is nothing left to contribute. Eventually, we reach a point where pretty much all that can be said about a subject is written.
...because its browser doesn't have a built-in update mechanism like other browser makers
At first I thought, "this isn't right", but then I realized that IE updates along with the general Windows update, and not by itself. Perhaps this is because Microsoft so tightly binds IE to the operating system that it doesn't think of it as a separate product?
In this case, I think the word "proof" is being applied to the ability of the Kepler photometer to detect life-supporting compounds on exoplanets, not that the planets themselves can support life.
At which point your neighbors will then begin to dictate what content will and will not be allowed on the connection, "in the same way that condominium and homeowners' associations currently manage the shared areas of condos and gated communities" now.
The old Rocketdyne engine test center was located a few miles outside my home town many, many years ago. The old timers said that the noise was ungodly when they tested their engines. Among the many things they would complain about in this rural area, was that the cows would become so upset, they wouldn't give milk.
When I was a college student back in the early 80's my friends and I used to love to take my jeep out to explore the "ruins" of the old test center. Most impressive were the deflectors (don't know what else to call them) that shunted the rocket blast 90 degrees to vertical. They were enormous. I have no doubt that the locals weren't exaggerating too much when they described the noise and vibration from the engine tests.
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Take the classes in the other languages. It will help you.
...but are useless against phishing and keyloggers....
No kidding. Here's another news flash for you, computers do not run on magic crystals.
I like your story. It reminds me of the time I was having a problem with an Epson MX-80 printer. I found the phone number for the company via information and in a few minutes I was surprised to be talking to the actual president of Epson America. Instead of directing my call elsewhere, he actually took a few minutes to help me troubleshoot my problem. Yep, all in all, I think I liked computers better when I was the only guy I knew who had one.
'nuf said...
Perhaps the headline was written by NASA's Department Of Redundancy Department.
Without too much effort, I've been able to surf the web with my 1979 Heathkit H89.
What the hell is an "anti-slave ship"?
I disagree with the premise that Linux lacks critics. What may be lacking is a certain degree of understanding on the part of Linux fans when people who don't "get" Linux have a problem with it.
I am reminded of Linus Torvald's answer to the question, "What if Linux never catches on?" He just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'll just keep working on it."
It doesn't matter if anyone likes it. It doesn't matter if Linux is "damned to an eternity of navel-gazing". The people who want to work on it will keep working on it, and the people who want to use it will keep using it. Like any other perfectly innocuous activity (bird watching, knitting, woodcarving) its relative popularity is unimportant.
This one made me literally LOL. Thanks!
I don't see it as an "ugly American" issue (especially since so many computer pioneers were British). It's just realistic. I don't think anyone is saying that programmers must be fluent in English, but certainly it's a good thing to be familiar with it. There are parallels in other languages. You can't expect to be a master chef without some familiarity with French. Composers are well advised to have some familiarity with Italian. Lawyers -- Latin. Physicians -- Greek.
This idea was invented by Shampoo...
The AS/400 was the first thing that came to my mind too.
It can inject passing prey with a venom-loaded bite...
So can my ex-wife...
Look, it's very simple. You probably did something at some time that associated your name and address with a purchase. Perhaps not this purchase, but with some purchase in the past.
Have you thought of simply asking Best Buy how they knew who to send the update to?
One of the main reasons (if not the main reason) that people stop contributing is the lack of financial reward.
I think this is nonsense. The reason people stop contributing is because the articles they are interested in are eventually pretty well fleshed out. There is nothing left to contribute. Eventually, we reach a point where pretty much all that can be said about a subject is written.
All I can think about is nano-malware.
...because its browser doesn't have a built-in update mechanism like other browser makers
At first I thought, "this isn't right", but then I realized that IE updates along with the general Windows update, and not by itself. Perhaps this is because Microsoft so tightly binds IE to the operating system that it doesn't think of it as a separate product?
Is there a way to filter stories to cut out ones from individual editors?
Yes, it's in your system preferences.
This is the kind of misunderstanding that can happen when software advocacy becomes a kind of religion.
In this case, I think the word "proof" is being applied to the ability of the Kepler photometer to detect life-supporting compounds on exoplanets, not that the planets themselves can support life.
"The Internet Watch Foundation, guardians of the Great Firewall of Britain...
Wouldn't that be "Hadrian's Firewall" in this case?
At which point your neighbors will then begin to dictate what content will and will not be allowed on the connection, "in the same way that condominium and homeowners' associations currently manage the shared areas of condos and gated communities" now.
No thanks.
The old Rocketdyne engine test center was located a few miles outside my home town many, many years ago. The old timers said that the noise was ungodly when they tested their engines. Among the many things they would complain about in this rural area, was that the cows would become so upset, they wouldn't give milk.
When I was a college student back in the early 80's my friends and I used to love to take my jeep out to explore the "ruins" of the old test center. Most impressive were the deflectors (don't know what else to call them) that shunted the rocket blast 90 degrees to vertical. They were enormous. I have no doubt that the locals weren't exaggerating too much when they described the noise and vibration from the engine tests.
I wonder about those companies who paid the SCO license fees to use Linux? Are they free now to sue SCO for the license fees they have paid?
"Microwaving Contrails" would be a good name for a rock band...