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Microsoft Encouraging OEMs to Beautify Computers
Grooves writes "Microsoft has shipped a 'Vista Industrial Design Toolkit' to PC manufacturers, meant to
encourage them to design computers that are more visually appealing. From the article: 'From color palettes to suggestions about how the power and reset buttons should appear, the kit basically describes Microsoft's vision of what a Vista PC should look like. The look features accelerated curves and purposeful contrast, among other qualities.' The report goes on to say that Microsoft wants 'PCs to be objects of pure desire.' Sound familiar? It's hard to see budget-conscious OEMs stepping up to this."
In the music production business, we often say turd pollishing is a waste of time, 'cause it's still a turd inside. Might this apply here? Can you envision a sleek, sexy, powerful turd? Every blue-screen-of-death is going to generate some nasty stink.
- The Kessel run is for nerf herders. I can circumnavigate the entire Central Finite Curve in a lot less than 12 parse
Grammar/spelling nazi mode on On a side note, you don't need to use apostrophes with acronyms when showing the plural form and the market for games on Macs is nonexistent, not inexistant. Carry on. Grammar/spelling nazi mode off.
Mr. Grammar Nazi, you are wrong on both counts. My english is far from perfect but when you wish to correct someone's grammar, it helps if you are writing proper English yourself. Both the items you attempt to correct in my post are proper English (with a capital 'E').
I direct you to the following dictionary entry from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : http://dict.die.net/inexistent/
Inexistent \In`ex*ist"ent\, a. [Pref. in- in + existent: cf. F. inexistant.] Not having being; not existing.
And it is perfectly OK to use an apostrophe with an acronym to separate the plural form. As a matter of fact, it is MORE proper to do so. However, some people have an aversion to the proper usage of apostrophes with acronyms due to the fact that it violates the rule that apostrophes are not used before an S indicating a plural. Alas, proper English has many exceptions to the rule and here is one of them, esoteric as it may be. For example, why doesn't "i before e except after c" apply to weigh or neighbor? Anyhow, I direct you to the following site at Washington State University: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/acronyms.html
God I hate being right all the time. (Just Kidding!)
I look forward to your apology and if I ever should meet you in the real world, I will expect you to buy me a beer. In the meantime, I am glad to have enlightened a Grammar Nazi's understanding of English so that he may refrain from grammar-bashing poor fellows writing proper English in his future.
"Somehow Macs do this and manage to be sexy at the same time"
That "somehow" is by remaining to be only 10% of the PC market share. If they were 90%, 15 year olds everywhere would find many security flaws and vulnerabilities.
OJ
"Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity."