Duplicate comments are not made intentionally. Its very good to know that now you are keeping check on this problem because sometimes a commenter...
"the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
Another grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick...
Kubuntu is late.
Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions.
cf.:...
@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
Excellent article. One small correction, though--although a fresh installation of Linux Mint 12 will, indeed, provide the user with a version of...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
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It seems like drawing a square on a piece of paper is now copyrighted by somebody and I can get sued.
The whole idea of copyright to not to deprive a creator of rightful financial gain in the sale of their products. However, it now seems to mean greed and can I get the big boys to pay me for some common idea.
This is like me saying that the idea of an open or closed metal container which can be used to heat food is mine and I can sue anyone who make an item that even vaguely looks and acts like my idea.
The world has changed and the copyright laws need to change as well to allow for innovation and still provide for the right of an inventor.
Greed will stifle innovation!
How an earth can such a vague coverall patent be used to attack actual useful products, independently developed with actual specific uses in mind. In any case , thumbnail views have been in use for quite some time - nothing particularly original there, obvious I would have thought.
Seems to me that copyright is more relevant than patents for software anyway and then plagiarism, i.e. theft could be properly addressed.
Expect to see even more of these cases now that the general public's purchasing power has been reduced and new revenue streams are sought.
with money being tight, I would expect over the coming months if not years copyright issues, will be come a common thing, as more people and, companies claim they own the rights to a thing.
anything for a quick buck!