Since when has lack of drivers been a legitimate negative ramification of OSX? I'm not trolling--serious question. I've been a user since X.0 beta and can't recall a single "lack of driver" issue. That's not to say the problem doesn't exist, only that they are so far and few between that it isn't even worth mentioning.
Not true. "Better" is a superlative. Good/Better/Best. Better is better than good. Often times those who argue about the subjectivity of "good" generally have no authority or lack judgment.
I was the Registrar for a K-12 for two years. All I asked of my teachers was to have their grades submitted properly into the database before they went home the night before report cards. And by filled out properly, I mean "hit the enter key once you've entered a grade, otherwise the value doesn't take". So yeah, they filed union grievances against me for making them look bad. That, my fellow slashdotters, is why it is impossible to fire bad teachers.
I recently went into a Borders bookstore and they had dismantled their entire two aisles of Manga. It was not even a year ago when I was trying to figure out what in the hell Manga even was. Seems this fad has come and gone faster than the Harry Potter trading card game (anyone remember that one?)
Well of course there will always be the opposite of "too dumb to get it" guy. You described it yourself...the far left who are so damned snooty, they think Colbert is beneath them. They are equally annoying as "too dumb" guy, but they do not elicit as funny of a reaction!
Nah, parodying the zealotry of the right wing is funny in any western culture--English included! I lived there, and they do it just as well as Colbert (remember the funny puppets from the 80s of Reagan, Thatcher, et. al.?)
Some stuff isn't funny if you don't get the culture, like "Little Britain" (until you live there for a couple years), but some stuff is pretty funny, even without understanding of the culture, like "Top Gear", or "The Office" (UK version).
Then there's lowest-common-denominator, stupid humor that isn't funny in any culture, like "Mr. Bean".
That's not to say his bit is funny; that's obviously left to opinion.
Bah, not this stupid argument again. It is funny. It's only not funny if you are an uptight conservative who thinks he is serious. It becomes even less funny once said uptight conservative figures out he is joking, at which point it becomes really funny to everyone else around uptight conservative.
The World Health Organization will no longer refer to Virus A(H1N1) as 'Swine Flu,' citing ethnic reactions to 'swine,' for example among middle-eastern cultures who feel that swine are unclean.
I am sorry, but when you die, your work dies with you, it becomes public domain
I hope you are positing this as your opinion and not presuming it as fact. You may WISH this were true, but copyright laws are very specific, and not open to your interpretation. If you don't like them, get them changed, otherwise you have to follow them how they are written. No amount of slashdot posting will ever change this, yet everyday tens of slashdotters try (especially true with intellectual property rights and the US Constitution).
I'm not saying that you are lying (even though that's what I wrote, I didn't mean that), but just because it works for a few people, but doesn't work for the majority of people, doesn't make it ok.
I say it's poorly engineered only because it doesn't do very well (right click) what thousands of other devices just like it to without hassle. By "simplifying" the mouse, they added an unnecessary level of complexity. Short version: if it doesn't click when you click it, it's poorly engineered (unless it's poorly manufactured, which it isn't).
I'm sorry to double post, but I have to correct the rest of your post now. Since Macs went to USB only for keyboard input, they've always been able to use standard USB PC keyboards. This is not a news flash, and isn't even really that impressive of a technical feat. USB--U, as in Universal...
Also, it is a bit disingenuous to say the secondary mouse button context menus are on by default. You have to turn right click functionality on, because it is off by default, thus you can't see a menu that is invoked by a right click, even if contextual menus are on by default. Some of the smarter Apple Stores turn their floor models' right click on, but I've seen plenty of baffled potential customers trying to figure out how to right click on a Mac (thus perpetuating the 10+ year old myth that Macs only have one button).
Actually, he's right. You can't "chord" with the Mighty Mouse--a feature in WoW where you push the left and right buttons at the same time to run forward. I personally can't get it to work with a mouse with 2 physical buttons anyway, so I stick to pressing the "W" key (imagine that). Of course, instead of griping about a feature that really isn't that important, why not just map the side buttons to run--it's easier to squeeze the sides than it is to hit two mouse buttons simultaneously.
Uh, why don't you read the thread before flaming. Your flames might be a little more convincing if you actually read what people are writing. But since I see a lot of otherwise happy Mac users complaining about their crappy Mighty Mouses, your flame is an epic fail.
No, it is well documented that the Mighty Mouse is poorly engineered for the right mouse function (and this coming from a rabid mac user since 1988). Just because some people "don't have problems" with it doesn't mean it isn't poorly engineered. They do have problems--they choose to ignore them, or think they are insignificant (which is fine), but in the spirit of helping others on a discussion forum, it's best to be honest of real shortcomings.
Due to their sensitive nature, defense systems should become MORE proprietary and less open-source. To this day I can't believe we haven't developed an OS and network infrastructure specifically for military and national security uses only. I think the Navy or somebody bought on to that fast-talking pitchman, Ross Perot, and implemented his stuff, but I would take it further. NO contractors at all would be involved (read: government scientists only, and yes, at a huge expense compared to using contractors). Contractors, like any business, only care about making money, and not producing quality stuff. Given the nature of security, I want "Good", not "Cheap".
B) Totally disagree. Not that people should be pricks to people in the service industry, but, by definition, your job IS to take shit from a bunch of idiots. That's why I said quit your miserable job.
Playing WoW and being a perfectly functioning humanoid are not mutually exclusive. My kids and I play WoW, compete in BMX and competitive road racing, AND we are all pretty normal. For example, I take a shower every day, and my kids aren't addicted to video games and Mountain Dew.
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Since when has lack of drivers been a legitimate negative ramification of OSX? I'm not trolling--serious question. I've been a user since X.0 beta and can't recall a single "lack of driver" issue. That's not to say the problem doesn't exist, only that they are so far and few between that it isn't even worth mentioning.
Not true. "Better" is a superlative. Good/Better/Best. Better is better than good. Often times those who argue about the subjectivity of "good" generally have no authority or lack judgment.
I was the Registrar for a K-12 for two years. All I asked of my teachers was to have their grades submitted properly into the database before they went home the night before report cards. And by filled out properly, I mean "hit the enter key once you've entered a grade, otherwise the value doesn't take". So yeah, they filed union grievances against me for making them look bad. That, my fellow slashdotters, is why it is impossible to fire bad teachers.
I recently went into a Borders bookstore and they had dismantled their entire two aisles of Manga. It was not even a year ago when I was trying to figure out what in the hell Manga even was. Seems this fad has come and gone faster than the Harry Potter trading card game (anyone remember that one?)
Well of course there will always be the opposite of "too dumb to get it" guy. You described it yourself...the far left who are so damned snooty, they think Colbert is beneath them. They are equally annoying as "too dumb" guy, but they do not elicit as funny of a reaction!
Nah, parodying the zealotry of the right wing is funny in any western culture--English included! I lived there, and they do it just as well as Colbert (remember the funny puppets from the 80s of Reagan, Thatcher, et. al.?)
Some stuff isn't funny if you don't get the culture, like "Little Britain" (until you live there for a couple years), but some stuff is pretty funny, even without understanding of the culture, like "Top Gear", or "The Office" (UK version).
Then there's lowest-common-denominator, stupid humor that isn't funny in any culture, like "Mr. Bean".
That's not to say his bit is funny; that's obviously left to opinion.
Bah, not this stupid argument again. It is funny. It's only not funny if you are an uptight conservative who thinks he is serious. It becomes even less funny once said uptight conservative figures out he is joking, at which point it becomes really funny to everyone else around uptight conservative.
bwahahahahahahah....that's the best proof conservative are dumb I've ever seen!
The World Health Organization will no longer refer to Virus A(H1N1) as 'Swine Flu,' citing ethnic reactions to 'swine,' for example among middle-eastern cultures who feel that swine are unclean.
-1 pedantic.
I am sorry, but when you die, your work dies with you, it becomes public domain
I hope you are positing this as your opinion and not presuming it as fact. You may WISH this were true, but copyright laws are very specific, and not open to your interpretation. If you don't like them, get them changed, otherwise you have to follow them how they are written. No amount of slashdot posting will ever change this, yet everyday tens of slashdotters try (especially true with intellectual property rights and the US Constitution).
Basically, Sauron had been unable to completely break Gollum - perhaps because of Gollum's hobbit heritage.
Perhaps he should have tried water-boarding.
I'm not saying that you are lying (even though that's what I wrote, I didn't mean that), but just because it works for a few people, but doesn't work for the majority of people, doesn't make it ok.
I say it's poorly engineered only because it doesn't do very well (right click) what thousands of other devices just like it to without hassle. By "simplifying" the mouse, they added an unnecessary level of complexity. Short version: if it doesn't click when you click it, it's poorly engineered (unless it's poorly manufactured, which it isn't).
I'm sorry to double post, but I have to correct the rest of your post now. Since Macs went to USB only for keyboard input, they've always been able to use standard USB PC keyboards. This is not a news flash, and isn't even really that impressive of a technical feat. USB--U, as in Universal...
Also, it is a bit disingenuous to say the secondary mouse button context menus are on by default. You have to turn right click functionality on, because it is off by default, thus you can't see a menu that is invoked by a right click, even if contextual menus are on by default. Some of the smarter Apple Stores turn their floor models' right click on, but I've seen plenty of baffled potential customers trying to figure out how to right click on a Mac (thus perpetuating the 10+ year old myth that Macs only have one button).
Mac OS 7.5 long ago (1994) learned to cope with mice sporting more than one button.
Fixed that for ya.
Everyone hail to an incorrect five year old myth!
Actually, he's right. You can't "chord" with the Mighty Mouse--a feature in WoW where you push the left and right buttons at the same time to run forward. I personally can't get it to work with a mouse with 2 physical buttons anyway, so I stick to pressing the "W" key (imagine that). Of course, instead of griping about a feature that really isn't that important, why not just map the side buttons to run--it's easier to squeeze the sides than it is to hit two mouse buttons simultaneously.
Uh, why don't you read the thread before flaming. Your flames might be a little more convincing if you actually read what people are writing. But since I see a lot of otherwise happy Mac users complaining about their crappy Mighty Mouses, your flame is an epic fail.
No, it is well documented that the Mighty Mouse is poorly engineered for the right mouse function (and this coming from a rabid mac user since 1988). Just because some people "don't have problems" with it doesn't mean it isn't poorly engineered. They do have problems--they choose to ignore them, or think they are insignificant (which is fine), but in the spirit of helping others on a discussion forum, it's best to be honest of real shortcomings.
My 9 year old ATI AGP card that came stock with my G4 Macintosh is more video card than I need.
Due to their sensitive nature, defense systems should become MORE proprietary and less open-source. To this day I can't believe we haven't developed an OS and network infrastructure specifically for military and national security uses only. I think the Navy or somebody bought on to that fast-talking pitchman, Ross Perot, and implemented his stuff, but I would take it further. NO contractors at all would be involved (read: government scientists only, and yes, at a huge expense compared to using contractors). Contractors, like any business, only care about making money, and not producing quality stuff. Given the nature of security, I want "Good", not "Cheap".
A) Agreed.
B) Totally disagree. Not that people should be pricks to people in the service industry, but, by definition, your job IS to take shit from a bunch of idiots. That's why I said quit your miserable job.
Miserable job? Quit. There are less miserable ones out there.
Playing WoW and being a perfectly functioning humanoid are not mutually exclusive. My kids and I play WoW, compete in BMX and competitive road racing, AND we are all pretty normal. For example, I take a shower every day, and my kids aren't addicted to video games and Mountain Dew.