Please God no; teach them anything you like - thinking rationally, the uses and misuses of data, what data is and what it's not - but leave the...
@Jack,
> Works really well for thieves....
Nice attempt to deflect the argument by tossing in a point that's totally irrelevant, even it were...
Make that 13 people now - I got refused today at Manchester airport.
I thought I was up to date on this legislation - I knew of the EU ruling from...
Don't forget to check out apps like GoodReader or SlideShark either, they're indispensible for people on the go in presentation situations. Best...
Well it seems there is something a number of us agree on. Why is the Ubuntu Unity launcher so ugly?
I thought perhaps it was something to do with...
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...
Talkback
Relevant article, Graeme. Here's a free MMS service you and other ZDNet UK readers (particularly Vodafone subscribers) may want to try (genuinely free - I'm writing from an R&D lab in Singapore and this is our free demo server - please note that this is NOT a commercial message as we do not sell to end-users):
A system we've built enables any user to set up her own PC-camera which is then accessible over MMS. Users can also set up Internet URLs as "pseudo-cameras" and access them the same way - this could include traffic cameras from bbc.co.uk. Try this: send an sms saying "camera humberbridge" to +6596832687. Vodafone subscribers will receive a picture with traffic from one of the cameras on the bbc site (and, as far as the Vodafone network is concerned, you'll have used your phone for GPRS data, NOT for MMS, so you don't get charged for MMS...). You could create a free account on our system and add your own cameras. We're seeing folks using this system for monitoring their elderly parents / grandparents, babies and young children in child-care centres, even pets (no kidding!). If you want more information, drop by www.wilabs.com/permodia/permodia.html
Once again, this is NOT a commercial message - I apologise if this offends anyone. I thought Graeme's article was relevant in the context of what we're doing and figured I'd write about it. Also, I mention Vodafone specifically as I know our demo server is accessible over their network - it may be accessible over mmO2, T-Mobile, 3, etc., and I'd be grateful if you could let me know...