Re: It's the final countdown!
 

Oh yes! OC! Thanks!

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NPM (no problem mscoin) some JavaScriptErs might think this is short for something else. It's not.

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Anyone know if stskeeps faced the final countdown when it comes to Jolla code or if he stil joining as consultant from time to time?

Or is he working full time with this?

www.zipperglobal.com

What's this? A crowed funding platform or a way for jolla to get some Russian/Chinese money?

LIQUID PRIORITY REFUND LANE ;) no? Ok!

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What can I say. You got to love Internet! :D

http://www.sadanduseless.com/2017/06...jtdcQawph5I.01

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You cannot beat the classic:

http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

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That is not my kind of fun ;) Too much text for me. But pretty nice indeed. :D The red hat syndrome.

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This is clearly a case of too little too late....

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/20/tech...ete/index.html

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Oh, I thought it was about the Jolla tablet refund :D

It's a good one :D I wonder how many times I have done that command, not to mention when it comes to the whole population. Isn't it possible to sue him for that in US?

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Who cares about logging in? That should be the least of his worries. You'd think he'd be more sorry about the stability issues in older versions of Windows. Maybe if we didn't have to use Ctrl-Alt-Delete so many times to reset our computers, there might actually be more of us still using Windows. It was probably the main factor that made me start to look at alternatives.

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What's the problem with a three-key reset? I for one would definitely not want it on a single key.

Re reasons to switch. Mine was when MS made the "Genuine Advantage" update compulsory. My installation was genuine and legal but I did not like being snooped on.

I regret to have to say that the lack of stability and, above all, usability was my main reason for switching too... from Linux back to Windows. I now use a Windows PC with FOSS everything except the OS itself.

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Do you say you want 3 button click to lock your phone? Becouse that is probobly what the user do 99% ctrl alt del :D

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Ha ha. Well, the roll of the dice did not work in my favor this month. So, in the future there is no confusion, I will reserve the phrase "Holy Sh!!!" if and when I get a refund.

Re: It's the final countdown!
 

I've just done a TMO-wide search for that word. Hands up, who can guess the identity of the only poster who uses it?

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I know you didn't, would not or couldn't answer so you switched the topic as always :)

My guess.. ... MartinK

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What's the reason behind the new form factors from Samsung and possibly others?

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I also cant figure who came up with English language! You get on the bus but you get in the car. :D

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Interesting. I'd like to know more. My experience is quite the opposite. I've found Linux (the kernel) to very stable, even on non-LTS releases. I can't say the same about Linux userspace but that's another story. I recently ditched KDE after many years due to random KWin crashes on a so-called stable release. The beauty with Linux is you easily swap it out for something else. Some will call it fragmentation but that's what I love most about it. I switched to i3 and now I have a stable system again and haven't looked back.

As for Windows, well it's no longer unstable per se as it used to be years ago. It's improved tremendously in this department but one thing they haven't fixed is the need to run a full reboot after making changes to userspace. I've noticed in Windows 10 that they are now quite aggressive in automatically rebooting overnight after updates have been installed. I came to work this morning and found my Windows PC had rebooted without my permission. Although I didn't lose any work, it took me about 10 minutes to set everything up again the way I like it. That to me is as good as a system crash.

I realise that the reboot after update behaviour is probably overrideable and may have even been configured by my company's update policy but the fact of the matter is that it's bad design. Meanwhile, Linux is gaining features like kGraft and kpatch which enable live kernel patching and Windows is stuck in the 1970s with reboots due to changes in userspace.

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Most probobly it is MartinK


pichlo and wicket ...
concur with you both...
the only way to use windows is with foss applications....
even still...the insistence of 10 to update and reboot without permissions is not at all comfortable.
7 is in my opinion more bearable ...it doesn't have the adware for starters...but even 7 has been pushed into the arena of mandatory updates..

Linux is much more comfortable...in that it just works..(shy of kde..yeah ..which is a pity...for years now I have been hoping their "stable" would actually be just that..thanks for that lil' reminder that things haven't changed much there...I was going to give 'er another go this month...I will promptly forget that now...for at least another year or two...)
ReactOS has been coming along well..for the windows-esque compat.
I do miss the co-operative linuxes that used to run on windows...

i3 eh? you're a tiler are you wicket?
I always liked the weird ones...the oddballs...the antiques...
Wmaker (classic)
Fvwm and 2
Fluxbox (loveeee flux)
Flwm
Ice even...
I loved enlightenment...buuuuutttttt....(ach there is always a "but" with enlightenment...I found it is great for optimizing to your system...but lacks real integration...)
I kinda enjoyed what there was of razor...but it keeps getting picked up and dropped ...and changed all the time ..I have pretty much given up hope..

Kde and plasma I did have big hopes for..but yeah ...stability...and I can bear instable..unstable...hell...behind-the-stable even...
but it does get tiring dealing with a system that one just ends up fighting with...

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I guess I am now. I only installed i3 a couple of weeks ago, but I think I'm going to stick with it. I've never been much of a distro hopper, or desktop environment hopper for that matter. I had considered trying a tiling window manager in the past but a combination of laziness and not being able to decide which one to learn/use left me stranded on KDE. I recently tried XFCE which came with a recent Devuan install but after a few weeks I decided I didn't really like it and I wasn't inspired to install KDE or any other desktop environment. I guess laziness got the better of me again - I didn't want to learn a new programming language (Lua for Awesome or Haskell for xmonad) just use a bloody GUI so I settled on i3. So far, so good. I've still got plenty to learn but it didn't take long to learn what was needed to make it useful.

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I'm not very much of a GUI person, hence I cross-use pretty much Gnome/KDE/none as my window manager, depending on where I am working at that moment.

To sum it up really, a "Graphical display" for me is just a place to hang my xterms on :D

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Smartphones are so 1999. Windows is so 1995. Linux is so 1989.

Jackets are so 2017. Atleast that's what I heard.

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...t-jacket-denim

Smart jacket and eBike and you are good. To go,

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Iphone 8 total cost to manufacture is approximately, parts and labor, $250
It is sold for about $600. Nice profit!

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it's not the parts we are buying.. It's the complete product. Luckily the great filter hinders any smartphone to be smart - are we almost past it?

I have now thought about it fo a While and came to the conclusion. You are right. Excellent return of investments! Could it be the metal and the long software support cycles that makes it such a great buy?

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can't wait for smart underwear...
mmmhahhahahhaahahha

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FYI, Bill Gates uses an Android phone...

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/26/tech...one/index.html

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mmmmhhahahahahhaahahaha

that made me laugh....badly...
I was swallowing a cup of coffee at the time.
lung coffee tastes terrible.

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Could be the note 8. What do you think? Would be nice to know which one. NoPhone.

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You can't block Mark Zuckerberg or Priscilla Chan as too many already have

I would not know, I have never used Fakebook in my life :D

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X-file case closed. Gates walking the streets with Samsung galaxy S7

https://www.phonearena.com/news/Bill...ch-one_id98375

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2018 will be the year of foldable phones.

http://www.androidauthority.com/zte-...e-leak-803051/

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I like it! Also, perhaps the year of AI and spying on owners!


http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_...news-27508.php

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Brilliant sleuthing on Gates!

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An intelligent machine.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...1396453242.jpg

a folding intelligent device, FID.

Either it's a phone or it's the first draft for skynet. Time will tell.

Atleast it's something new. Love it.

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Finally! The only problem as far as I can see is that it folds the wrong way. The screen should be on the inside of the fold. And there should be a hardware keyboard. Better pics would be nice. Not just one close-up of the hinge.

You are only 10 years late, mate.

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Why should the screen be on the inside? Wait, don't answer that yet. I must unfold my intelligent machine before I can answer your call or read your text ;)

Now I'm ready. hit me.

Re: It's the final countdown!
 

So true! At least Google lets you set permissions. Or at least they let you think you are....

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Wow. Ok.

I'm surprised this thing is still alive.

Hello everyone - I miss you all so f-ing much

I just wanna stop by and see how everyones doing

To give you an update of my life I started university and Im a sophomore now lol studying IT Management. Hope yall are good


Please do update me with how you are guys, I really miss you all

And regarding my art, this is what I was able to come up with so far, as this is my latest colored pencil drawing:

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@Dave999, a decade or two ago flip phones were the thing and no one batted an eye.

@AMD, welcome back! We missed you too. Nice to see your drawing going on.

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So thats your reason why the screens should be inside :D

Why do you think flip phones are almost extinct? Have you ever used a landscape flip-phone?

Anyway. If this is a success more devices will appear. Possibly also with inside screens or qwertys. Hope for the best.

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@amd of course we Are here waiting for another countdown. Great skill in that painting man.

Welcome! Happy to see you are educating your self. IT will rule the world from now on until the end of the world as we know it.

ET is also great great to study. They are just so damn hard to find. ET Mangamnent would be the obvious choice for me in a few years, hopefully.

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Haha I miss you dave. And yea I actually am liking ITM, it's not pure IT like completely scientific, it's a mix of business courses and IT courses - Mostly management, marketing, acc. and the basic business stuff, in addition to programming classes. I like it so far. Hopefully there's good enough demand for this kind of major.

Anyway guys, Imma probs be off for a while again, but I'm definitely gonna keep my regular time-to-time checkups with yall

Take care of yourselves!