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If using the web interface feels better for something like that, it shows just how bad the alternative is. It's not nice when something like source control feels like it gets in the way, but it could be mitigated by having better/easier client tools.

I totally get why you'd want to do that.

Thanks for the reply. How sucky is something like an SSH mount with fuse, or is that not comparable?

I thought he was meant to be a vegan, surely he wouldn't have endorsed the leather - and if he'd be a 'proper' vegan not a leather effect either!

That's all well and fine. Share the best bits - but don't get all prissy over anyone else doing the same.

At least you are in agreement that all of those devices are buggy! I for some reason just can't stand the rough edges, and am still waiting for a smartphone that I want - and I've been waiting for a long time.

Having said that I do use a Blackberry (but not really out of choice,) and it also drives me nuts!

I'd have thought that the number one priority for most of these UI developers would be to make something that was intuitive and very usable. Getting the phone part of the phone nice would be a good start.

Adding contacts, viewing call logs, checking balance, turning on and off answerphones etc.

Being able to read the display in sunlight. Being able to use it as a clock, and it be readable. Not having the thing beep at 4am to tell you that it's running out of battery etc.

There's loads of directions these UIs could go in. And they could be completely different to one another, but share some underlying principles. Like intuitive computer game interfaces, that you pretty much pick up immediately.

What I have been most impressed with is watching babies/toddlers play with iPhones. Which suggests the interface is pretty good. Though there have been cases of kids racking up huge account costs. But how about an easy way to child lock the damn thing, or make this harder.

And how about a phone that doesn't crack when you drop it. I watched someone destroy his Galaxy S the other morning, and he wasn't that pleased about it.

Hope I've suitably ranted for you.

Doesn't really say that much does it?

Email and calendar apps can't be that demanding resource wise. The indexing might be. File servers and email can be kept on a low power set-up on the LAN. I can understand the reticence about putting these up in the cloud.

I've never had a connection that I'd be happy enough to rely on to go all out to the cloud, but like the low power client, shared server model.

I'd have thought though that if people were serious about saving energy, they could do a few simple things (I've seen so many places squandering energy):

People could use heating systems more efficiently - not heat the building with the windows open!

People leave their computers on all night long even with modern OSs that can suspend or hibernate easily or even cold boot quickly. They don't even set them up to sleep - the default energy management policies under their OSs could be better. People don't change them, they use high calory screen savers and eschew sleeping them. It just doesn't seem to be a concern.

Most in house servers and workstations probably could just be turned off for 14hrs each day with no consequence. A community building that hosted many charities I worked in proposed pulling the electric to the offices at night as an energy saving exercise but met a lot of resistance. Why?

Web browser tabs could be closed, or fully backgrounded by using bookmarks. Or apps could be managed better.

Monitors could be turned off.

Phone chargers and transformers could be switched off fully while not used.

Less water in kettles, and or insulated kettles.

No disposable cups, or plastic packaging in the canteens that just gets dumped.

There's a lot of hot wind. Some people want to be green, but don't take any ownership themselves - I do a little recycling, drive a Prius and use Gmail - isn't really going green.

It's nice to finally see some inroads in some OSs like Windows 8 regarding energy management, why has this taken so long though?

I'd love to see more people remote working, particpating in online meetings etc, at least it would lighten the load off the roads.

Watching Al Gore jet setting all over the globe with his green message doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

Is ReiserFS a network file system?

Can someone chime in, with the pros and cons of each network filesystem. And which is a good fit for Linux - or rather for those OSs that don't need to cooperate with Windows? Was NFS ever updated - or replaced? How much of SMB is now open after court rulings? And is their one that is technically better than another?

Related:

http://americablog.com/2013/03/facebook-might-know-youre-gay...

One nice point raised in that article is the feeling of encroachment on personal space.

Going somewhat OT, sorry no concrete examples for you...

Like other's have said the thought that you are being watched is like being in a panopticon, or having God looking over your shoulder. Which might of course curb some people from doing wrong, but could stifle exploration and expression of our multiple personas on the web.

Some laws are easy to get on board with, others are not. You could kill your career with something like the exposure of drug taking.

There's the possibility of smear campaigns (if the data falls into the wrong hands). Did anyone hear about the news of the world police bribing scandal in the UK?

You might loose your job, if you are found to have certain political or organisational leanings.

You could find yourself the target of ethnic cleansing.

Those that have nothing to hide, probably feel right now that they are on the right side of the law. Perhaps you could identify 'criminals' by asking for a show of hands for those that 'have nothing to hide', and lock up the rest.

We all have a few skeletons in our closet, it might be nice to get these out there and seek repentence, but sadly some people are just not so tolerant, forgiving, or able to not pass judgment. And sometimes it's best to just bury these things.

Ithttp://americablog.com/2013/03/facebook-might-know-youre-gay...

Best go back to email lists and/or nntp.

A cat fish!

One thing that I find a little jarring is going from a dark background to a light background. It might not be so much of an issue on a small device / screen, but it's the kind of thing that you feel in your eyes - if say you were looking at it in the dark. I'd probably rather one, or the other. Or be able to flip between the two styles.

> That nobody in the real world has actually tried it yet?

Surely someone somewhere has bought a Windows phone ;)

In 1981 I built an all in one with my Dad:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zx81

(Or rather he built it and I played the games.)

There are fanless workstations.

I have two large silent fans: one in the power supply and one over the cpu in my monolithic 2007 PC.

How about a load of mini-itx boards suspended in cooking fat?

I agree in that most workstation units have are visually lack lustre. I was asking someone the other day why they don't wrap X model of iPhone in alumunium or titananium, and he said that it costs too much. But surely they are so small that it wouldn't hurt to add some luxury materials - a can of pop comes with a free alu can.

The design actually reminds me perhaps of a precursor to the R1 astromech droids (on the inside.)

That's not what I was getting at. I was suggesting that pointing the finger of blame at one person, and placing the onus on them - and asking them to resign is a little shortsighted. Expecting the problem to just vanish is merely wishful thinking.

Is he or is he not the establishment, that's probably another debate in itself.

I'm over the pond here, so I can't quite grok the American reaction to the recent news over this Prism stuff. I'd expect the Hacker news community to be pissed, but what's the general feeling over there?

Welcome to democracy (or rather the facade)! Does the US president actually have that much individual power anyway? I wish it was more like the film Dave, inasmuch as that the president on his first day questions all the wrongs, and suggests to put them all right!

People love a figurehead to moan and blame, but it's not ever as simple as that. I'm not making excuses for Obama, but he's also up against the establishment.

The weird thing is, I'd read about Prism a few weeks back, and like others have just been under the assumption that my electronic data isn't secure. That's not to say I'm happy about it. If the NSA wasn't doing it, then someone else would be. I know that's a pretty crappy line, but it's the normal diatribe for the advocation of defence policies.

I'm totally disillusioned with British politics, so have the same sinking feeling, along with others to the point of apathy - which is really quite sad. I think the expression is 'don't let the bastards grind you down', I feel ground down. Our current government is a sad mishmash of nearly theres, and we haven't even got a viable opposition at the moment. Good times. That along with media lies, and the average Joe paying the price for corporate crimes - is all pretty shitty.

The worst thing about all of this, is that you end up questioning whether this is legitimate or not, is the US just bigging up their capabilities - is this all just disinfo?

Either way, the hot pot of data that a silo like Facebook has, is just gagging to get into the hands of the wrong doers, and that's probably a tough force to be reckoned with.

That's it then, all hackers are now offically: crackers.

I don't blame them though, if you are lured into buying something like a smartphone, and want the convenience of say, using your addressbook across devices - than what options do you have?

I'm slightly older and a little paranoid - to the point I'm scared of even activating something like a Windows account on Windows 8 - because I'm not even aware what data will be exported from my computer.

So to a lot of people they trade privacy for convenience. Everybody else is doing it, so why not me?

I follow the thrust of what you say, and it's nice to hear that the OP is doing so well. Some of us though are still living hand to mouth.