Parent is marked as troll, but, despite his bad attitude, he makes something of a valid point: In order to attract more linux users, we need more 'only on linux' features. The one I always tell people about is package management. Once I show people (especially non geeks), how easy it is to find and install new programs and games (Just like their iPhone!), they really see the appeal. UbuntuStudio is another great example- look: you can have an entire graphics suite! However, its not quite enough. Linux needs to find/create things that it can do and others cannot- and then advertise those things.
Didn't read TFA- but the summery is worth responding to in its own right.
Nevertheless, it's worth considering what it might mean to have a robust OS like Apple's on the same tablet as one that runs a cutting-edge operating system like Chrome OS. Why wouldn't users love that?
Apple isn't going for cutting edge as much as they are going for reliable. iPad users don't want to spend time configuring their product, they want it to work, quickly and beautifully, out of the box. In short, iPad Market != Slashdot.
I hate to reply to my own comment, but apparently Slashdot actually ran this story while I wasn't looking. So yeah no need for another 400 comments on it.
"It was supposed to be a war fighter unit, not a geek unit," said task force veteran Jason Healey, who had served as an Air Force signals intelligence officer.
A fighter would understand, for instance, if an enemy had penetrated the networks and changed coordinates or target times, said Dusty Rhoads, a retired Air Force colonel and former F-117 pilot who recruited the original task force members. "A techie wouldn't have a clue," he said. --Washington Post
With their attitude towards cyber security experts (who are probably also geeks!), I am not particularly surprised they have had trouble with staffing.
As with so many other things, the situation is worse because most people don't know / don't care/are willing to put up with it. I am guilty myself. The problem is that the people making design decisions are not the people most effected by the decisions and the people effected don't understand the decisions being made.
Does Google care about illegal pharmacies? It looks to me like they just don't want to be in the rather embarrassing position of advertising them. However, it is pretty amazing that the response is a lawsuit. I would think that Google, of all people, would be able to filter them out.
There is too much emphasis throughout this book on how to fill out form fields that are fairly obvious, and yet the most important subject matter is oftentimes glossed over. For instance, the topic of conditional actions arguably deserves its own chapter, or at least an extended section — not one and a half pages up front, and then several paragraphs later. A few key e-commerce topics are absent. A glaring example of this is the lack of discussion of how to sell digital products in one's store, which nowadays is important enough to warrant its own chapter. Subscription services (typically with recurring payments) is another worthy topic completely skipped. These deficiencies may be due to the authors' focus on explaining the admin pages and settings found within the basic Ubercart modules, rather than a much more pragmatic approach of exploring the steps needed to reach a goal (e.g., selling downloadable files) regardless of what modules are utilized. Admittedly, Ubercart and all of its constituent modules comprise enough details and moving parts that could justify a book of greater length. Yet room could have been made for those details and advanced topics by spending less time describing (obvious) form fields. Lastly, if the authors had expected the reader to be able to follow their instructions throughout the book, they should have made it more clear as to which modules and options should be enabled at each step.
Books can provide a good overview of a topic, but it seems as if this particular book is somewhat lacking in that regard, preferring to explain the obvious. Also, the preceding paragraph implies that the book is poorly written and/or edited. Hence my question: Why prefer this to free tutorials and wikis?
Its a poorly written tutorial in book form?
I don't understand these things. Who buys them? Why don't they use free badly written tutorials from the internet? Is there a lack of organization for these things online? It seems hard to imagine that the market for this kind of thing could be maintained when there are up-to-date wikis out there.
If the 'innocent infringer' defense doesn't fly, how about awarding full damages? $0.99 cents per song seems reasonable. If she left bittorent running till the share ratio hit 2.0, maybe she should even pay &1.98 per song. Thats like 70 bucks, or three albums. The price is steep, but she did "steal" the songs. The RIAA deserves to be fairly compensated for their losses.
As others have explained above, this judgment isn't so much a precedent as it is a judge saying that the argument *might* work. However- it shows remarkable reasonableness on the part of the judge. After all, if I put a fruit bowl on a table with a note that said "Take one and have a nice day!", I could hardly turn around and sue you for banana-theft.
There is always the question: Diversify or focus? However, we do not need redundant diversity. Basically, in order to decide if it is worth keeping a separate distro, we should determine if Mandriva had any goals that were unique. If not, by all means merge. However, if there is something unique about Mandriva (I haven't used it, I have no idea), than some effort should be made to preserve those unique goals. I am guessing that the people who are forking the project feel that it is worth keeping Mandriva alive as a separate project.
Stunts like this one aren't just funny, they are sometimes effective. Case in point (regardless of how you feel about him): Micheal Moore. Sometimes, making a joke can be far more effective than, say, writing an angry letter to the editor.
The summary was so interesting that I clicked the link and actually read TFA. Unfortunately, the summary included basically the whole article, save for some useless details about the interface, and a tidbit about 'Safe Zones'.
Slashdot Mirror
run (on) linux? Apparently not. I guess I wont be using it.
TFA consists of two paragraphs summarizing the video clip included in TFS. So... yeah. Don't bother.
If all goes according to plan, the only space sibling team will be hooking up in orbit.
Yeeeaah. For a second there I thought I had somehow reached slashfic instead of slashdot.
Parent is marked as troll, but, despite his bad attitude, he makes something of a valid point: In order to attract more linux users, we need more 'only on linux' features. The one I always tell people about is package management. Once I show people (especially non geeks), how easy it is to find and install new programs and games (Just like their iPhone!), they really see the appeal. UbuntuStudio is another great example- look: you can have an entire graphics suite! However, its not quite enough. Linux needs to find/create things that it can do and others cannot- and then advertise those things.
Nevertheless, it's worth considering what it might mean to have a robust OS like Apple's on the same tablet as one that runs a cutting-edge operating system like Chrome OS. Why wouldn't users love that?
Apple isn't going for cutting edge as much as they are going for reliable. iPad users don't want to spend time configuring their product, they want it to work, quickly and beautifully, out of the box.
In short, iPad Market != Slashdot.
Why are they calling dishonesty "truthiness"?
So why are they calling misinformation "truthy"? Is this some sort of Steven Colbert reference?
I hate to reply to my own comment, but apparently Slashdot actually ran this story while I wasn't looking. So yeah no need for another 400 comments on it.
"It was supposed to be a war fighter unit, not a geek unit," said task force veteran Jason Healey, who had served as an Air Force signals intelligence officer.
A fighter would understand, for instance, if an enemy had penetrated the networks and changed coordinates or target times, said Dusty Rhoads, a retired Air Force colonel and former F-117 pilot who recruited the original task force members. "A techie wouldn't have a clue," he said. --Washington Post
With their attitude towards cyber security experts (who are probably also geeks!), I am not particularly surprised they have had trouble with staffing.
As with so many other things, the situation is worse because most people don't know / don't care /are willing to put up with it. I am guilty myself. The problem is that the people making design decisions are not the people most effected by the decisions and the people effected don't understand the decisions being made.
I always prefer the extremists on my side to the extremists on the other side too.
Does Google care about illegal pharmacies? It looks to me like they just don't want to be in the rather embarrassing position of advertising them.
However, it is pretty amazing that the response is a lawsuit. I would think that Google, of all people, would be able to filter them out.
I for one.... crap.
Can we ride it out to the spice harvester?
There is too much emphasis throughout this book on how to fill out form fields that are fairly obvious, and yet the most important subject matter is oftentimes glossed over. For instance, the topic of conditional actions arguably deserves its own chapter, or at least an extended section — not one and a half pages up front, and then several paragraphs later. A few key e-commerce topics are absent. A glaring example of this is the lack of discussion of how to sell digital products in one's store, which nowadays is important enough to warrant its own chapter. Subscription services (typically with recurring payments) is another worthy topic completely skipped. These deficiencies may be due to the authors' focus on explaining the admin pages and settings found within the basic Ubercart modules, rather than a much more pragmatic approach of exploring the steps needed to reach a goal (e.g., selling downloadable files) regardless of what modules are utilized. Admittedly, Ubercart and all of its constituent modules comprise enough details and moving parts that could justify a book of greater length. Yet room could have been made for those details and advanced topics by spending less time describing (obvious) form fields. Lastly, if the authors had expected the reader to be able to follow their instructions throughout the book, they should have made it more clear as to which modules and options should be enabled at each step.
Books can provide a good overview of a topic, but it seems as if this particular book is somewhat lacking in that regard, preferring to explain the obvious. Also, the preceding paragraph implies that the book is poorly written and/or edited. Hence my question: Why prefer this to free tutorials and wikis?
Its a poorly written tutorial in book form? I don't understand these things. Who buys them? Why don't they use free badly written tutorials from the internet? Is there a lack of organization for these things online? It seems hard to imagine that the market for this kind of thing could be maintained when there are up-to-date wikis out there.
If the 'innocent infringer' defense doesn't fly, how about awarding full damages? $0.99 cents per song seems reasonable. If she left bittorent running till the share ratio hit 2.0, maybe she should even pay &1.98 per song. Thats like 70 bucks, or three albums. The price is steep, but she did "steal" the songs. The RIAA deserves to be fairly compensated for their losses.
Can 2012 be the year of the not-saying-"the year of the ___"-anymore? Please?
As others have explained above, this judgment isn't so much a precedent as it is a judge saying that the argument *might* work. However- it shows remarkable reasonableness on the part of the judge. After all, if I put a fruit bowl on a table with a note that said "Take one and have a nice day!", I could hardly turn around and sue you for banana-theft.
Michael Chriton, is that you?
There is always the question: Diversify or focus? However, we do not need redundant diversity. Basically, in order to decide if it is worth keeping a separate distro, we should determine if Mandriva had any goals that were unique. If not, by all means merge. However, if there is something unique about Mandriva (I haven't used it, I have no idea), than some effort should be made to preserve those unique goals. I am guessing that the people who are forking the project feel that it is worth keeping Mandriva alive as a separate project.
And, according to the TFA, all content (except images) is automatically encrypted. I see your point.
Stunts like this one aren't just funny, they are sometimes effective. Case in point (regardless of how you feel about him): Micheal Moore. Sometimes, making a joke can be far more effective than, say, writing an angry letter to the editor.
I don't understand how a piece of unreleased software can be considered a competitor to a service that (claims) to have 500 million active users.
The summary was so interesting that I clicked the link and actually read TFA. Unfortunately, the summary included basically the whole article, save for some useless details about the interface, and a tidbit about 'Safe Zones'.