pfft...how about a fight we shouldn't be engaged in at all?
WE'RE BROKE AND OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER MASSIVE DEBT...but uh...we're gonna keep killing these fucks. Send gas, ammo, and armor. Thanks, mom!
Seriously?
Note the bold sections. I was referring to the fact that we shouldn't have started these conflicts in the first place, nor should we be continuing them.
He hasn't suggested any means of extracting your country from the shit
Simple. We pack up and leave. Whether we leave now, five years from now, or fifty years from now, they WILL come back. Might as well do it before more American soldiers are killed and taxpayers dollars are wasted.
I support the fact that they are serving their country...but the missions in Afghanistan and Iraq are indeed a waste of our time. That's not the soldiers' fault.
"War is a lot of young men dying and a lot of old men talking."
it's not accomplishing anything except demoralizing your own troops and encouraging the taliban fighters to keep fighting.
Right. I'm sure their encouragement has nothing to do with bombing their homes. It's me talking smack about our presence there. Of course! Alert the military!::eye roll::
I've got a better option, let's cut and run, and let those fucks continue to conquer the world.
Clearly, hurling rocks at tanks = conquering the world, while spending billions upon billions of dollars on advanced weaponry and yelling at anyone that doesn't agree with us isn't conquering the world.
And, naturally, trying to convert as many countries as possible to our way of doing things doesn't count as conquering.
So, you keep supporting our troops by encouraging our enemies, and I'll keep killing the fuckers who intend to kill you if you don't convert.
That's funny...I don't seem to recall American citizens being killed by Muslim's on a regular basis until we invaded their countries.
They are months too late, and ATI's next offering will be released (or at least announced) relatively soon, given their track record. I'm glad to see Nvidia releasing something that gives ATI a run for their money in the budget arena, but still...I think that advantage is going to disappear once ATI updates their line again.
Actually, as a usability expert, I really wish we were using one button mice. Well, not really. I wish Windows was designed to work with a single button mouse and that was the default type of mouse shipped with consumer systems. I'm also happy with variable-button mice which can become multi-button mice depending upon the software or user settings; but which default to a single button setup.
So, as a "usability expert", you advocate dumbing things down to a preschooler level...instead of advocating people learning how to distinguish between button #1 and button #2? Hell, even first graders can do that...ever see the "what's different" challenges in Highlights? Seriously...if someone is struggling with two buttons, they shouldn't be using a computer.
You can call that being a dick, you can call that not listening to user's problems, you can call it whatever you like....but people can differentiate between a gas and a brake pedal. They should do the same between a left and a right mouse button.
The truth is, a one button mouse setup leads to a great many usability improvements.
Source? If anything, it would make things WORSE. You would have to use the keyboard to modify how that one mouse button functions. So now, instead of just clicking the button next to one the user is already using, you want them to have to find a specific key on a keyboard to act as a modifier? They already have trouble using two buttons on the same object...what makes you think they could choose one out of 104 buttons on a separate object?
Look. I can understand what you're getting at...I just think you are way off base. Your point about tablets have some credence to them, but their problem isn't that the interfaces weren't originally designed for a single mouse-button....the problem is that tablets have no buttons. That takes time to perfect and for people to get used to. Nothing more.
I haven't played WoW in a LONG time, but for a while I was a devout player (closed beta, open beta, from launch until two years later), and if there is one thing I saw during my time, it was Blizzard listening to the masses.
Go ahead, let them cheat. They'll be paying for it once they get a job based on their "degree" and suddenly realize they don't know fuckall about what they're doing.
I was referring to recognizing the truth, rather than maintaining that America is the "best/most powerful/everyone should be like us" line of thinking.
My original post ("The American Way") was intended as a joke...a true joke, but still just a joke. That being said, given the -1 mod it reached, I figured I offended someone...so I figured I would be a dick, because you should never be offended when someone states the truth. "The American Way" doesn't mean no one else does it, it simply means that we do it. In no way did I mean or imply otherwise.
For the record, I wouldn't have bought a $12 toaster in the first place...that's one of the reasons why it broke;-)
I love this country as much as the next patriotic guy...and love means being able to view things honestly. Face it: as a country, we throw out a MASSIVE amount of stuff.
Come on, mods: if you can't be honest about yourself, what can you be honest about? Shut off Olbermann and Beck, accept what our country is, and just deal with it. Seriously.
I have no idea, ask the people that cite it as a reason Firefox sucks.
In case you missed it (which you apparently did), I was poking fun at people who find Firefox so abhorrent that a piece of software borders on offending them.
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Let's take a look back at my post, shall we?
pfft...how about a fight we shouldn't be engaged in at all?
WE'RE BROKE AND OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER MASSIVE DEBT...but uh...we're gonna keep killing these fucks. Send gas, ammo, and armor. Thanks, mom!
Seriously?
Note the bold sections. I was referring to the fact that we shouldn't have started these conflicts in the first place, nor should we be continuing them.
He hasn't suggested any means of extracting your country from the shit
Simple. We pack up and leave. Whether we leave now, five years from now, or fifty years from now, they WILL come back. Might as well do it before more American soldiers are killed and taxpayers dollars are wasted.
I support the fact that they are serving their country...but the missions in Afghanistan and Iraq are indeed a waste of our time. That's not the soldiers' fault.
"War is a lot of young men dying and a lot of old men talking."
it's not accomplishing anything except demoralizing your own troops and encouraging the taliban fighters to keep fighting.
Right. I'm sure their encouragement has nothing to do with bombing their homes. It's me talking smack about our presence there. Of course! Alert the military! ::eye roll::
I've got a better option, let's cut and run, and let those fucks continue to conquer the world.
Clearly, hurling rocks at tanks = conquering the world, while spending billions upon billions of dollars on advanced weaponry and yelling at anyone that doesn't agree with us isn't conquering the world.
And, naturally, trying to convert as many countries as possible to our way of doing things doesn't count as conquering.
So, you keep supporting our troops by encouraging our enemies, and I'll keep killing the fuckers who intend to kill you if you don't convert.
That's funny...I don't seem to recall American citizens being killed by Muslim's on a regular basis until we invaded their countries.
This is no longer a fight we can win.
pfft...how about a fight we shouldn't be engaged in at all?
WE'RE BROKE AND OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER MASSIVE DEBT...but uh...we're gonna keep killing these fucks. Send gas, ammo, and armor. Thanks, mom!
Seriously?
Disclaimer: No, I do not support the Iraq or Afganisthan wars. No, that doesn't mean I don't "support the troops".
I believe the damn kids these days refer to that as getting "served". I apparently have a lot to learn about the topic.
I still hate one-button mice, though :D
Smith also discusses IE work-arounds, such as HTML 5 Shiv
Shanks a lot for the info ::fft fft::
They are months too late, and ATI's next offering will be released (or at least announced) relatively soon, given their track record. I'm glad to see Nvidia releasing something that gives ATI a run for their money in the budget arena, but still...I think that advantage is going to disappear once ATI updates their line again.
Actually, as a usability expert, I really wish we were using one button mice. Well, not really. I wish Windows was designed to work with a single button mouse and that was the default type of mouse shipped with consumer systems. I'm also happy with variable-button mice which can become multi-button mice depending upon the software or user settings; but which default to a single button setup.
So, as a "usability expert", you advocate dumbing things down to a preschooler level...instead of advocating people learning how to distinguish between button #1 and button #2? Hell, even first graders can do that...ever see the "what's different" challenges in Highlights? Seriously...if someone is struggling with two buttons, they shouldn't be using a computer.
You can call that being a dick, you can call that not listening to user's problems, you can call it whatever you like....but people can differentiate between a gas and a brake pedal. They should do the same between a left and a right mouse button.
The truth is, a one button mouse setup leads to a great many usability improvements.
Source? If anything, it would make things WORSE. You would have to use the keyboard to modify how that one mouse button functions. So now, instead of just clicking the button next to one the user is already using, you want them to have to find a specific key on a keyboard to act as a modifier? They already have trouble using two buttons on the same object...what makes you think they could choose one out of 104 buttons on a separate object?
Look. I can understand what you're getting at...I just think you are way off base. Your point about tablets have some credence to them, but their problem isn't that the interfaces weren't originally designed for a single mouse-button....the problem is that tablets have no buttons. That takes time to perfect and for people to get used to. Nothing more.
Yup. Thank goodness we're all using one-button mice! All joking aside, I know what you're saying...but Apple still needs to be paying attention.
We're Apple...we don't have to care what our competitors do!
I haven't played WoW in a LONG time, but for a while I was a devout player (closed beta, open beta, from launch until two years later), and if there is one thing I saw during my time, it was Blizzard listening to the masses.
I absolutely adore the world of film, but holy fuck do I hate Hollywood.
Brother, you don't even want to KNOW what body parts my fiancee can use to make snorting sounds...
Go ahead, let them cheat. They'll be paying for it once they get a job based on their "degree" and suddenly realize they don't know fuckall about what they're doing.
Because they would sue for discrimination otherwise. One has to wonder if they crash Mensa parties...
I was referring to recognizing the truth, rather than maintaining that America is the "best/most powerful/everyone should be like us" line of thinking.
Poorly worded, on my part...sorry about that.
And nose snorts. Don't forget about the nose snorts.
Hotels lead the industry in credit card theft.
Wait...which industry? The hotel industry? So hotels lead the hotel industry in credit card theft?
Redundant statement is redundant. Or poorly worded. Or just plain stupid.
In Soviet Russia, you beat you to it!
My original post ("The American Way") was intended as a joke...a true joke, but still just a joke. That being said, given the -1 mod it reached, I figured I offended someone...so I figured I would be a dick, because you should never be offended when someone states the truth. "The American Way" doesn't mean no one else does it, it simply means that we do it. In no way did I mean or imply otherwise.
For the record, I wouldn't have bought a $12 toaster in the first place...that's one of the reasons why it broke ;-)
ARX FATALIS! ::hangs head in shame:: ::trembles::
How...how could I have forgotten...
I love this country as much as the next patriotic guy...and love means being able to view things honestly. Face it: as a country, we throw out a MASSIVE amount of stuff.
Come on, mods: if you can't be honest about yourself, what can you be honest about? Shut off Olbermann and Beck, accept what our country is, and just deal with it. Seriously.
I have no idea, ask the people that cite it as a reason Firefox sucks.
In case you missed it (which you apparently did), I was poking fun at people who find Firefox so abhorrent that a piece of software borders on offending them.
That's a weird way to spell "woosh"...