Ha.There's a good poll topic. "What will it take for you/your company to embrace Windows 9 as the primary OS?"1. Nothing. We have Linux / other2. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Just, no. Never. Ever. Ever.3. Nothing. Waiting for Windows 10.4. Only when xp/Windows 7 is no longer an option5. Start menu 6. No start screen7. No Metro8. Price = free9. Removal of Windows 8 mouse gestures hot spots and related annoyances10. When there is absolutely no other choice11. Over my dead body12. When required by those who hold the purse strings13. When Windows 9 can be modified to look and act like Windows 7/XP14. I don't care15. CowboyBrian chooses my OS for me

When will XP finally "die"

It is quite surprising to see people pop up out of the woodwork to discuss pipedot itself. I suspect |. has a loyal viewership which is a good start for exanding the community.

Seconded.I am finding this to be really useful.

I still have slashdot in my rss feed. Sometimes they have articles of interest. My rss feed is on my pipedot feeds page, of course :)

I really like this type of article. Allows for the community to weigh in, feed back, vent and get involved in how pipedot in faring. I see the email discussions but cannot reply. Sorry. Gave up on mailing lists years ago. Please, keep it up. We like being involved. Mod parent up! :-)

Thanks. I like reading about topics outside my personal sphere of knowledge, however my preference is not to comment unless warrented.A rating and meta feedback system for articles sounds good. Perhaps we can prefix comments with "meta" to flag a response... or everyone could just post saying how much they like or dislike the article...

I hadn't checked PD in a couple of days due to hectic schedule and found.. a WHOLE PAGE of articles. Didn't even realise it was SN.. until I hit the article about pipedot cannibalising SN :P

bwhahahahahaha

Good one Brian. Funniest event so far this year.

Still, I'd like to be able to filter out SN articles via the GUI, an option box on the front page to hide/show news from SN perhaps? Pipedot has a different feel and while the two are aligned they are not the same.

I was looking for epub software. Will give it a try.

I have tried this path. The OS is not ready for full use. On a phone or tablet there are some things which are forgivable especially in light of past phone software. As it is I am annoyed that my phone could function as a PC but doesn't. Having a desktop with the same limitations is highly irritating.

Are you advocating that we toss the baby out with the bath water here? All Windows users can go to hell for their choice of OS?

When describing the sins of your coworker to the PHB describe from the painful money draining outage causing perspective.
One contracter screwed up royally then told management that the whole thing can be fixed by doing it properly. After it was screwed up. The line repeated was "don't you agree that doing this is the right solution". The answer is not "yes". The answer is "Yes, I will do that to prevent you from screwing this up again. You are fired. Game over. Bad. Very bad. Leave. Now."

So Nintendo can kill it like they killed off the Wii?

Putting you down as a "NFW GTFO OMDB" for using the new bitcoin atms then. Oh well. http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/64806-bitcoin-atm-comes-to-canberra

You are on to something here. Use the eye scan plus a contact lens or glassed lens which together with a pin/passphrase/drawing/code is the key.Something you know. Something you have. I would prefer a usb key with a keychain + passphrase.Don't just think an idea sucks. Improve it.

Just another example why why users need root access to their device by default. Also a good case for inbuilt firewall and permissions denied by default.

OCaml. OCaml? I thought we were voting on languages

Not a bad idea, perhaps it is time for Windows to become more like unix with users able to customise all parts of the OS to suit their needs. That way it would be flexible enough to endure another two decades as the dominant OS. As it is Google may well yet eat Microsoft's lunch.

This is already awesome :-)
and it keeps on getting better

I was asking for more details about the SN dev frontend skills being lacking... not asking what a frontend is.

This.Palemoon is now my browser of choice in place of Firefox. Pity Opera has gone down the path of stripping out features.

Define (SN) "frontend skills a bit lacking" please?

Nevermind. Removed all of the blocks for facebook and googled it. That is absolutely disgusting behaviour by Facebook. So glad I left.

How is Timeline being manipulated?I left FB when timeline was introduced..

The biggest security flaw in Android for me is the lack of user controlled fine granular permissions control. Fix that first, perhaps?

The Pipedot feed is a good starting point for the day

Thank you for the reference. FF just updated itself somehow to v29 in the background which showed when the computer was rebooted. Urg. FF29 interface is horrible.

Meanwhile, I am giving Pale Moon a try.

The layout is good.

Good analogy.

We could all buy steel reinforced doors, industrial strength security glass but we don't.
Same for software. The time and expense is not seen worthwhile.

Who can forget the Deathstars?

From >Wikipedia :

nickname of IBM Deskstar hard drives, particularly the unreliable 75GXP and 60GXP models

My vote is for Sleipnir
Just disable the gestures, and add a Custom Button >Close Current Tab :)

If I have a decent web browser why do I need specific apps? At least the browser does not broadcast my imei and contact list
How exactly can you block ads from a native app? Without root plus firewall that is

That nails it.. so many sites plaster a message about their app every. single. time. Just so frustrating. Perhaps they are trying to get people to install their app through sheer frustration?

There will always be a need to have a basic method for accessing information.

Web browsers can degrade nicely. Standard HTML can be displayed and purposed by modern computers. A mobile device with a 7" screen is capable of showing web pages just as well as a laptop. The main difference is in the UI.

We still have a range of protocols and tools which could be described as being redundant or well past their use by date, yet we still use them. FTP, telnet, http (as opposed to https or spdy), vi/notepad, text passwords all have place. Nothing is going to be thrown away just because the new shiny way of doing things has come out. Some countries still use older technology like cassette tapes.

So, the answer is no. Web browsers are not dead on mobile phones. If recent improvements like HTML5 with native video support are any sort of indication then they definitely will not be going away soon.

It is a real pity I can not easily buy non-drm ebooks. I am not installing ebook drm reader software on my mobile devices. Ever.

I'm just happy to be here

It is the built in encryption on the router they are going for. So your phone and tablet can browse via TOR or through a VPN without each device needing software and config.

My bad. Indigogo project, not Kickstarter. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/orp1-an-open-router-project

Shame that the ORP1 kickstarter failed.

A picture of the /. Logo having the stuffing beaten out of it with phb money and users flying out. The fwd slash flops over, picks itself upright and fades to |. blue. The |. description "without the corporate slant" ffades in under.

Good luck finding a decent topic which is only submitted on one site.
So, submit on them all and hope for good comments

You rock Bryan

I loved Diablo. I still get a kick out of a run through Diablo 2. I didn't buy Diablo 3. Never played it. Probably never will.

In their quest to eradicate piracy they have lost a customer.

While we're on the topic, pity about the latest SIMS; for similar reasons.

Meanwhile, Torchlight looks like fun. Thanks to HumbleBundle it's next on my list when I feel like a new RPG :-)

Wait... hold it... you are supposed to shut windows 8 down using the power button? I thought that was a joke

The term is "Testing in Production"

Why hire testers when your users can do it for you

Excellent work, keep it up!

One day I will always preview before posting... obviously that day is not today..

Yes, the copy/paste stuffed it; and now I can't find that link :P

However, I was referring to the prediction that chocolate may be as expensive as gold:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/chocolate-worth-its-weight-in-gold-2127874.html

Options options options. Give users a choice if possible. The heart of enlightenment.

Speaking of changes, I am looking at the latest OpenOffice.org Calc. It has the standard dropdown menus at the top starting from the left, File Edit Insert Format Tools Data Window Help, and on the right a large ribbonesque properties box taking up 1/7 of the screen showing icons for text alignment orientation cell border etc. I am not offended by this. It has been sitting there for the last few hours. I haven't used any of the options in this spreadsheet. It isn't offensive. It has an x in the top right corner for closing it.

I find the MS Office ribbon highly offensive. I don't find this offensive. I can't quite put my finger on why.

Your comment has inspired a theory: In OpenOffice Calc I can close this large panel of icons down easily. In MS Office I can't. Perhaps this simple ability to be able to remove the parts of the interface makes it more appealing.

Or maybe that it is taking up horizontal room for which I have lots and not crowding the screen vertically.

There is a prediction that in 20 years the price of chocolate will increases significantly ; time to stock up?

I like the colours and layout. Reminds me of the old slashdot just with a different pallete.
The ability to choose different themes or set specific colours would be nice.
This site has real potential.

The 'poor guy' is the person you responded to :P
See parent post..