The whole point of pinning is so the icons stay in the same place!
no, they stay in the same order but not in the same place.
when you open something that's pinned it expands from being just an icon to a full taskbar item with icon + text. as this is larger it pushes anything you have pinned to the right of it across a bit.
i explained it (and the other reason i prefer quick launch)in this comment
XP just had a quick launch area, which is far inferior.
i personally find quick launch superiour for two main reasons: 1. quick launch icons are always in the same spot at the far left of my taskbar. wheres due to the fact that pinned apps expand in their spot when you click them. so if i had pinned [chrome][winamp][current game] and had chrome and winamp open my game has now moved from the far left to somewhere closer to the middle of the taskbar. 2. with quick launch i could set the size of the quick launch area on my taskbar, if i had more icons than will fit into this space then there will be a double arrow on the right of the quick launch area that opens a list of the remaining icons including their name (which is usefull if you have two things with the same icon) it's kinda like a mini-start menu with only what you want in there. i used to have this set up with all my main programs in the main area and all my games in the pop-up menu.
right click -> pin to taskbar is much easier than right clicking in the quick launch area selecting open, and then copying shorcuts into that folder. it's a great addition but i rarely change what's in my quick launch anyway.
i know of a few people who use their widescreen monitors sideways.......probably somewhere in the realm of half a percent so ONLY vertical would be stupid, but as an option it's not bad.
Big Media works within the laws(even trys to change them) to fuck people over, so why should TBP be punished for working within the laws to fuck big media over?
Keep in mind that non-tech HR types will be happy to call it hacking software if they are trying to fire you.
regardless of how non-tech someone is, if they consider 'following IT policy of not installing things' to be hacking they probably haven't figured out how to make it out of their front door yet, so i wouldn't be scared of them firing you.
well in instance one, i would be taking the word of someone because there is zero evidence to contradict it. you're assuming they're automatically lying when no one involved in the situation is refuting what they are saying.
in instance two there's no evidence that the iPad they purchased was ever going to Iran. you've decided this with zero evidence. they never stated they were going to take the product to Iran, only that they never mentioned anything in the store about taking it to Iran. are you assuming they are criminals because they're Muslim or do you have some sort reasoning that's not based on your obvious xenophobia?
That is somewhat hard to do. The only proof possible is either a developer stating that is the case, or to take lack of attempts to get the game past the censorship board as proof..
or you could cite a game that is freely available in other countries, yet not Australia?
you know, the United States, where we actually have protected speech and fight for it?
Yes, your speech is very protected. as long as you're in a Free Speech Zone
Australia being the most screwed up country in the English speaking world false on this topic, when they are the only country in it to employ this censorship at all?
i think you'll find virtually every developed country has ratings boards (even the US), every country has laws regarding these. the UK has threatened to ban games based on failed ratings (modified versions were released in the U.K. I'll admit ours are worse than most. that's one area of law. you have the patriot act & its secret interpretations, other secret laws regarding air travel, laws & regulations you're allowed to see if you pay for the privelege, or even laws removing your right to transit without any trial.
Because of the protests of people around the world against it? Given, this is a case where Australia is not alone (Britain is trying), but they were the first, and their proposed law was still the worst.
i think you'll find the protest around the world(which happened over a year after the australian legislation effectively died) were against SOPA, something proposed in the US. you might want to read up about it before telling me that Australia's proposed filter was worse (hint: Australia's filter would have only blocked access to content, SOPA would have done all sorts of other things, such as remove links from search engines)
you need to deal with the fact most people see some issues in your brand of democracy and would prefer what they have, which is working a damn lot better from where I am standing.
based off something we're in the process of fixing, and something that never passed into law?
I am a freman, not a serf to be ordered to do things I do not want to do.
like pay taxes, bills, the required amount for an item before leaving a store with goods you wish to purchase, wait for traffic lights to turn green, refrain from murdering that person that annoys you, and obey the other laws that your government has decided upon.
The vast majority of video games were illegal in the country until about a week ago, and that's just the only thing I remember;
you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. from searching i can find a total of 25 games that are either banned here or were modified specifically for Australia to pass ratings. that's not 25 recently released games. that's 25 games that have ever been made. while i don't agree with censored content, 25 is nowhere close to a majority of games that currently exist.
also, no games have become unbanned here in the last few weeks.
I do recall repeatedly hearing crap out of the country that even the zany southern republicans rarely spew here. Or do you think that is simply what Australia wants to be like?
depends on the situation. if someone has decided they are not going to live by the rules of society, then they can justly be stripped of the right to create the rules.
if you're gonna hit him on the head with a wrench until he tells you his pin. and bring him along with you and hit him until he tells you the six digit code everytime you shop online, then you're probably better off taking his card in the same manner than using a phone to read his card without him knowing:p
it's incredibly relevant, as for the card to be of any use to you, you would have to find a place that will accept number + exp that is willing to sell you something that you have some reason to get.
Democracy needs to evolve to something better then what was invented before the horseless carriage. You know, we have instant communication now, right?
It has, there are many other voting systems that remove this problem. Your country just hasn't caught up. (look at Australia for an example)
if only a certain type of people (in this instance those who care about US history) are allowed to vote then you are no longer representing all of the people, which would be un-democratic.
Secondly caring about history and current political matters are two very different things. in Australia even some of the the most politicaly active people may not know the first prime minister - because it's not really relevant, and not really taught in schools.
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The whole point of pinning is so the icons stay in the same place!
no, they stay in the same order but not in the same place.
when you open something that's pinned it expands from being just an icon to a full taskbar item with icon + text. as this is larger it pushes anything you have pinned to the right of it across a bit.
i explained it (and the other reason i prefer quick launch)in this comment
XP just had a quick launch area, which is far inferior.
i personally find quick launch superiour for two main reasons:
1. quick launch icons are always in the same spot at the far left of my taskbar. wheres due to the fact that pinned apps expand in their spot when you click them.
so if i had pinned [chrome][winamp][current game] and had chrome and winamp open my game has now moved from the far left to somewhere closer to the middle of the taskbar.
2. with quick launch i could set the size of the quick launch area on my taskbar, if i had more icons than will fit into this space then there will be a double arrow on the right of the quick launch area that opens a list of the remaining icons including their name (which is usefull if you have two things with the same icon) it's kinda like a mini-start menu with only what you want in there. i used to have this set up with all my main programs in the main area and all my games in the pop-up menu.
right click -> pin to taskbar is much easier than right clicking in the quick launch area selecting open, and then copying shorcuts into that folder. it's a great addition but i rarely change what's in my quick launch anyway.
you're forgetting solitaire. noone pins that to the taskbar.
i know of a few people who use their widescreen monitors sideways.......probably somewhere in the realm of half a percent so ONLY vertical would be stupid, but as an option it's not bad.
maybe the devs where in that half a percent?
Need 2 explorers to easily move files from one to other? Double middle-click on the explorer pinned icon, and boom.
i'd use win+e for that :p
Big Media works within the laws(even trys to change them) to fuck people over, so why should TBP be punished for working within the laws to fuck big media over?
i fail to see the word programming anywhere in the post you're replying to........
Keep in mind that non-tech HR types will be happy to call it hacking software if they are trying to fire you.
regardless of how non-tech someone is, if they consider 'following IT policy of not installing things' to be hacking they probably haven't figured out how to make it out of their front door yet, so i wouldn't be scared of them firing you.
so you're saying their claim was essentially 'macs are immune to all viruses that dont work on macs'
well in instance one, i would be taking the word of someone because there is zero evidence to contradict it. you're assuming they're automatically lying when no one involved in the situation is refuting what they are saying.
in instance two there's no evidence that the iPad they purchased was ever going to Iran. you've decided this with zero evidence. they never stated they were going to take the product to Iran, only that they never mentioned anything in the store about taking it to Iran. are you assuming they are criminals because they're Muslim or do you have some sort reasoning that's not based on your obvious xenophobia?
That is somewhat hard to do. The only proof possible is either a developer stating that is the case, or to take lack of attempts to get the game past the censorship board as proof..
or you could cite a game that is freely available in other countries, yet not Australia?
you know, the United States, where we actually have protected speech and fight for it?
Yes, your speech is very protected. as long as you're in a Free Speech Zone
Australia being the most screwed up country in the English speaking world false on this topic, when they are the only country in it to employ this censorship at all?
i think you'll find virtually every developed country has ratings boards (even the US), every country has laws regarding these. the UK has threatened to ban games based on failed ratings (modified versions were released in the U.K. I'll admit ours are worse than most. that's one area of law.
you have the patriot act & its secret interpretations, other secret laws regarding air travel, laws & regulations you're allowed to see if you pay for the privelege, or even laws removing your right to transit without any trial.
Because of the protests of people around the world against it? Given, this is a case where Australia is not alone (Britain is trying), but they were the first, and their proposed law was still the worst.
i think you'll find the protest around the world(which happened over a year after the australian legislation effectively died) were against SOPA, something proposed in the US. you might want to read up about it before telling me that Australia's proposed filter was worse (hint: Australia's filter would have only blocked access to content, SOPA would have done all sorts of other things, such as remove links from search engines)
you need to deal with the fact most people see some issues in your brand of democracy and would prefer what they have, which is working a damn lot better from where I am standing.
based off something we're in the process of fixing, and something that never passed into law?
And how many more were simply not considered to be brought to the country?
try and find a single example.
The great firewall of Australia?
you mean that proposed legislation that never passed into law?
I am a freman, not a serf to be ordered to do things I do not want to do.
like pay taxes, bills, the required amount for an item before leaving a store with goods you wish to purchase, wait for traffic lights to turn green, refrain from murdering that person that annoys you, and obey the other laws that your government has decided upon.
mandatory voting is no different from the above.
The vast majority of video games were illegal in the country until about a week ago, and that's just the only thing I remember;
you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. from searching i can find a total of 25 games that are either banned here or were modified specifically for
Australia to pass ratings. that's not 25 recently released games. that's 25 games that have ever been made. while i don't agree with censored content, 25 is nowhere close to a majority of games that currently exist.
also, no games have become unbanned here in the last few weeks.
I do recall repeatedly hearing crap out of the country that even the zany southern republicans rarely spew here. Or do you think that is simply what Australia wants to be like?
such as?
depends on the situation. if someone has decided they are not going to live by the rules of society, then they can justly be stripped of the right to create the rules.
if you're gonna hit him on the head with a wrench until he tells you his pin. and bring him along with you and hit him until he tells you the six digit code everytime you shop online, then you're probably better off taking his card in the same manner than using a phone to read his card without him knowing :p
it's incredibly relevant, as for the card to be of any use to you, you would have to find a place that will accept number + exp that is willing to sell you something that you have some reason to get.
Democracy needs to evolve to something better then what was invented before the horseless carriage. You know, we have instant communication now, right?
It has, there are many other voting systems that remove this problem. Your country just hasn't caught up. (look at Australia for an example)
when they provide the phone as part of the service this is perfectly valid.
Digital solutions are part of the real world.
you're not forced to vote, you're forced to go to the voting booth with a ballot.
what you do with that is still your choice.
a donkey vote is just writing 1,2,3,4 e.t.c. down the ballot, which is a valid vote.
you could just write 'fuck you' on the ballot paper and stick it in the box though.
if you exclude idiots from voting then they are not fairly represented.
if only a certain type of people (in this instance those who care about US history) are allowed to vote then you are no longer representing all of the people, which would be un-democratic.
Secondly caring about history and current political matters are two very different things. in Australia even some of the the most politicaly active people may not know the first prime minister - because it's not really relevant, and not really taught in schools.
If you fully prove the same about pen and paper voting then your comment will have some merit.
you can't - because there's no such thing as a foolproof system - just ones that you don't know how to break yet.