I've lost track (mostly during the mid to late 90s) of the times I've had to use a Mac to read and resave a PC formatted MS Office document so the stupid PC could read its own damn file. Not so much anymore, but your point is still pretty valid.
less money is spent making an electronic voting machine than on a typical ATM Perhaps that is because an ATM has far more functions than the typical voting machine would ever have.
Why you were modded troll and the guy you responded to was modded Insightful, I'll never know. You made excellent counter-points, and all he did was complain and tell us how cheap he is.
Might want to think hard about what's on your laptop if you're going to be passing through a US international airport. Or, as the overwhelming majority of law abiding citizens amongst us might agree, I'll give little thought to what's on my laptop.
I sense a trend (from the Uwe Boll Wikipedia entry):
When rumors surfaced that Boll had expressed interest in a Metal Gear Solid movie, and claimed to have been given a script to read, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima responded in his audioblog HIDECHAN, "Absolutely not! I don't know why Uwe Boll is even talking about this kind of thing. We've never talked to him. It's impossible that we'd ever do a movie with him."
D but to say that it isn't because the police claim it's only about catching criminals... that's breathtakingly naive. Call me naive, but why else would a cop care about ANYTHING on my social networking site, other than how to find me and arrest me? Are you suggesting that bored cops just pick random Facebook users to go find and arrest (I know the answer is no, but what in the hell is naive about reality?)
I'm more pragmatic than you, evidently, and realize that what I want from Apple is both selfish and unrealistic and I am not entitled to anything from any company (except the one that I work for).
A consumer can "want" all day long, but demanding something as a single user is another story altogether. The sense of entitlement that most anti-Apple people carry in this forum is simply unrealistic.
In my experience MOST computer users have one application open and maximize it. That negates any "side by side" advantage that a widescreen monitor might have. Ahh, I see now. I'm a home OSX user and I often forget the dreaded "one window-one screen" mode that most XP users seem to love. In that case, I can see how you are 100% correct, as managing XP windows in the way I use my OSX windows is nearly impossible to manage.
I only know what I myself want, and that Apple seems to think it's irrelevant. You, as a single individual, ARE irrelevant. I am irrelevant in this case too. No company can appease any one person at the expense of the larger customer base. To think any differently is presumptuous. Otherwise, I agree with the rest of your reply.
What ever happened to the 2-sided DVDs with widescreen on one side and regular on the other? (Maybe it's just one studio, but I have lots of DVDs like this).
Bringing up another issue...I just got a Blu-ray player and Pirates of the Carribean is still letterboxed, even on my HD widescreen 1080-capable tv, but the next two movies we watched played in full widescreen mode. What's up with that?
One thing to consider is that, as users, we've grown much more accustom to scrolling up and down, but scrolling left/right is still pretty awkward. Widescreen allows less left/right scrolling and keeps us scrolling the way we are used to (up/down).
The point is that Apple, once again, believes they know what their customers want and need better then the customers do. That's very presumptuous on your behalf. How do you know what Apple customers want? Are you one? Are you in the majority? Does the majority matter? Let the market decide, not your own opinion. How do you know that Apple's production decisions aren't primarily customer driven (or any company for that matter)? Why do they sell so damned well lately if the customers don't want what Apple is offering?
About the only place I see "Full Screen" (what a misleading name!) movies is WalMart. They've lost out on quite a few sales due to only having the FS version of a particular movie, while most other stores will only have the WS version. Not really true. The studios decide if there will be a full-screen or widescreen (or both) version of DVD releases, not Wal-mart.
Personally, I like the widescreens. MacOS seems designed for it. Maybe that's why I like it too, as an OSX user. Seems the interaction with desktop drag-n-drop is much more functional in OSX (most XP boxes seem to favor running a full-screen window, obscuring all other windows and the desktop). T
The quickest answer to this I think would be to take a walk through the AV section of a Walmart type store.
90% of their TV offerings today are widescreen. I'd expect their DVD offers to follow the same trend. And that's 90% because it's Wal-mart. Any other electronic store and 90% becomes 99.9%
I neverunderstood what's with this widescreen obsession. Just because a few metrosexual stylists decided the newest fad was to have widescreen screens, vendors have thrown actual usability and requirements out of the window. No, it's called using the computer the way most people do in their daily lives (i.e., not as a developer). Wider screens allow for proper full-screen video playback and side by side document viewing (or a couple web pages, etc.).
There is a proven design notion related to the shape of the letter "F", whereas content is better displayed in landscape mode with the majority of the content appearing in the horizontal spaces of the "F" and the navigation information in the vertical stem. Widescreen allows for more content on one screen this way.
Call it a fad if you want, but the visual design industry "fad" is here to stay. I for one say it's about time.
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I've lost track (mostly during the mid to late 90s) of the times I've had to use a Mac to read and resave a PC formatted MS Office document so the stupid PC could read its own damn file. Not so much anymore, but your point is still pretty valid.
(sorry, I couldn't help it...)
Why you were modded troll and the guy you responded to was modded Insightful, I'll never know. You made excellent counter-points, and all he did was complain and tell us how cheap he is.
The hole leaves room for my finger!
I hope you weren't talking about King King.
That's slashdot for you -- take an imaginary or self-created "privacy" issue and blow it out of proportion!
A consumer can "want" all day long, but demanding something as a single user is another story altogether. The sense of entitlement that most anti-Apple people carry in this forum is simply unrealistic.
Thanks a bunch. That helps tremendously.
Sorry, I wasn't taking a jab at you, just Wal-mart. I can never pass up an opportunity ;-)
Bringing up another issue...I just got a Blu-ray player and Pirates of the Carribean is still letterboxed, even on my HD widescreen 1080-capable tv, but the next two movies we watched played in full widescreen mode. What's up with that?
One thing to consider is that, as users, we've grown much more accustom to scrolling up and down, but scrolling left/right is still pretty awkward. Widescreen allows less left/right scrolling and keeps us scrolling the way we are used to (up/down).
There is a proven design notion related to the shape of the letter "F", whereas content is better displayed in landscape mode with the majority of the content appearing in the horizontal spaces of the "F" and the navigation information in the vertical stem. Widescreen allows for more content on one screen this way.
Call it a fad if you want, but the visual design industry "fad" is here to stay. I for one say it's about time.
A better summary would be: "Thousands of slashdot users who intentionally block Flash are annoyed that they can't view Flash content."