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Submission + - GNOME to lose minimize, maximize buttons (wordpress.com)

An anonymous reader writes: When GNOME 3 arrives in a month, users might be surprised to see old UI staples "minimize" and "maximize" buttons gone and replaced by... nothing, in the case of minimizing, and either drag-up or double-click-titlebar for maximizing.
Says Allan Day, GNOME Marketing Contractor:
"Without minimize, the GNOME 3 desktop is a more focused UI, and it is a UI that has a consistent high level of quality. Yes, moving to a minimiseless world might take a little getting used to for some, but the change makes sense and has clear benefits."
Some users already welcome the change, while others are in an uproar, swearing to wait for GNOME 3.2, switch to KDE or even Windows. What do you think? A better, simpler interface for new times, or a case of making something simpler than it should be?

Comment There's an article about that at arstechnica (Score 2) 124

There's an article about that at arstechnica. It seems the air force can dial up a company called HBGary to purchase such account services, presumably using an analog line and PSTN number in order to reach HBGary. Still, I wouldn't bet that even the phone is operational.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/black-ops-how-hbgary-wrote-backdoors-and-rootkits-for-the-government.ars

In June 2010, the government was expressing real interest in social networks. The Air Force issued a public request for "persona management software," which might sound boring until you realize that the government essentially wanted the ability to have one agent run multiple social media accounts at once.

Comment Re:Short Nokia stock (Score 2) 246

Um, I am just a layman here, but I thought QT worked exactly as you describe, or darn near close to your written spec. And QT spits out Meego apps as well.

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/09/nokias-cross-platform-development-strategy-evolves-with-qt-47.ars

September 22, 2010 6:30 AM

Nokia has announced the official release of Qt 4.7, a new version of the company's open source development toolkit. The update introduces an impressive new framework called "Qt Quick" that accelerates the development of mobile user interfaces that work across multiple platforms and form factors.

Comment Re:Just trade in the Nokia for an Android (Score 1) 424

Huh?

Buy low and sell high to make a profit. GOOG is quite pricey, NOK isn't. It is your job as the investor to decide based on fundamentals, including the buy-in price, whether or not the price of the stock is deemed likely to increase. Some folks might view the NOK price as currently undervalued, which makes this a good time to invest.

Comment Re:impact force? (Score 3, Interesting) 122

A CompactCard survived a bridge explosion with the photo: http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/blast-destroys-camera-flash-card-survives/

Another card one survived the collapse of one of the Twin Towers, with photos from the photographer that perished: http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0111/biggart_intro.htm

Comment Re:Good luck with that (Score 2) 94

Glad everything is working out for you.

Here's a comment from someone more in-line with the work I do, from an expert supporting my server configuration:

"Re: your issue - it looks weird and I must admit I'm already tired supporting Ubuntu. 95% of all issues were related to some weird package updates they (Canonical) decided to introduce over last months. At the same time there was just one and simple issue in Debian Lenny, related to broken git package. My general advice is: avoid Ubuntu at all costs! They are simply crazy and I would never use Ubuntu on any server."

https://github.com/omega8cc/nginx-for-drupal/issues/issue/166#issue/166/comment/652144

Comment Re:If it's germain, why not? (Score 1) 270

TFA ends:

So defense lawyers came up with the following solution: they ask the judges to make the plaintiffs to sign a consent form, which is then added to the subpoena sent to the sites in question, who then have no reason not to comply with the request.

Why are judges issueing subpeonas merely off a plaintiffs signature? That's what I'd like to know. This seems likely overturned on appeal, except IANAL.

Transportation

Ski Lifts Can Could Help Get Cargo Traffic Off the Road 225

An anonymous reader writes with this except from a beautifully illustrated, thought-provoking article: "These days, we use them almost exclusively to transport skiers and snowboarders up snow slopes, but before the 1940s, aerial ropeways were a common means of cargo transport, not only in mountainous regions but also on flat terrain. An electrically powered aerial ropeway is one of the cheapest and most efficient means of transportation available. Some generate excess energy that can be used to power nearby factories or data centers. An innovative system called RopeCon (not to be confused with a role-playing convention held annually in Finland) can move up to 10,000 tonnes of freight per hour."

Comment Re:A link would have been nice (Score 1) 164

Wow, I thought this was a Slashvertisement for OpenXchange and your specs detail that for me. Those specs. seems to match the business model of Zimbra, another Exchange competitor, right down to the community edition being available for free unsupported. Yet I see no mention of Zimbra in TFA. And I think Zimbra has a lot of users too.

Comment UPnP Linux options (Score 1) 481

...although why you'd want to run Windows 7 in a VM just to watch Netflix I'll never know.

You might install the sanctioned PlayOn UPnP Media server to broadcast to your Linux UPnP clients maybe? Heck, if you were technically forced to, Windows networking might be VPNd which allows some degree of port control which is otherwise difficult when using an XBox, PlayStation, Roku, Wii, AppleTV etc. How would you otherwise force an XBox or some such hardware to SSH or VPN using only a router like DD-WRT?

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