RexRollman

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by RexRollman 11y ago
My favorite movie UIs are in Alien (mother's terminal) and the interface in Tron Legacy to Encom OS[1]. http://jtnimoy.com/blogs/projects/14881671-tron-legacy
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by RexRollman 11y ago
Although my favorite free Unix-like is NetBSD, I have a great deal of admiration for what Debian does and how it does it. To me, it is one of the best Linux distibutions, along with Slackware and Arch.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
It's computer fascism and people are stupid enough to sign up for it.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I totally agree with you. I am as likely to buy this as I am to buy a router made by Facebook.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I suspect most of this is about unemployment insurance and being able to deny a fired employee insured benefits.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
It must be so nice for AT&T; making money twice on the same customer.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
Personally, I wish everyone used the 24:00 clock. Maybe the military has messed me up, but I really prefer seeing something like 18:22 over 6:22pm. It just seems simplier.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
This is why I always bought a full copy of Windows; because having to install the previous version in order to install the current version is bullshit.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I think it is worst. As least with XP, you didn't have Dell preventing you from getting a security update.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
IMO, the Android echosystem is a clusterfuck and Google needs to get a hold of it. I would buy a Windows phone before I would buy an Android device.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I had never heard of MovieLens before this. Is anyone using it?
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by RexRollman 11y ago
The default setting should be to respect the privacy of the user first. Since they know most users will blindly go with the default, it's an asshole play.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
Why didn't a single one of these hit the front? Is someone messing with them? I only found out about this because other sites were reporting it.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
This is incredibly disturbing.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
That's incredible and should be more widely reported.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
And slowly, freedom everywhere was destroyed in the name of security.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I honestly don't understand why the stock price would increase with this. It seems to me that all they did was add a layer of bureaucracy (or just shuffled it around).
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by RexRollman 11y ago
That's fucking crazy. But I would love to see examples of how OS X, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS compares.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
Which is why being open source is not enough. It needs to be non-commercial.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
iOS does tell you have to turn it off but the user has to notice a small notice on the Spotlight control panel. Same with OS X. I believe this kind is unethical as Apple knows that most people won't change the default settings.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
Apple, Microsoft, and Google are on the road to destroying computing autonomy. I have been an OS geek since 1992 and I have never felt so disgusted with the commercial OS market.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
This is why I am finally in the process of moving a commercial operating system to a free unix-like operating system: 1. No onerous licensing terms. 2. No autoupdating background proceses. 3. No built-in search tools that leak data. 4. No o
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by RexRollman 11y ago
NoScript is a great extension. Even if you never used it to block anything, it is a real eye-opener on just how much stuff is being loaded when you visit a website.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I was under the impression that DVD playback was removed back when Windows 8 came out. If so, why is this just getting noticed now?
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by RexRollman 11y ago
The judge ruled it unconstitutional. I don't believe that even the TPP can override such a ruling (assuming it is not ultimately overturned by a higher court).
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I never realized that SSH does this. Thank you.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
What they should do is require all DCMA notices to be submitted via a webform that has to pass a CAPTCHA. As far as I know, there is nothing that requires Google to accept automated DCMA notices from the MPAA.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
I don't think anyone has a problem with this being the default, because novices need it, but I think people should have the option to turn it off.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
Given the lack of enthusiasm that Windows generates, I don't think it ever had "Mojo". But it has market share, which is probably more important.
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by RexRollman 11y ago
This will fail. If we want freedom from tracking, we will have to take it; they are not going to give it to us.

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