Well, without fear of reprisal, people can actually say what they want to say, which is more beneficial in the long run. As long as it is constructive, I'd rather hear the truth than some watered down politeness. Even calling that guy an asshole can be construed as constructive if the guy really is an asshole and he is bringing things down all around him. It is what it is, as someone once said, so what's the harm in saying as much?
Ok, that story is only about 10 years old. Gee thanks. As for "intentionally provocative", well...duh! Good debate requires provocative discourse. It's the feeble minded fool on the other end that doesn't understand an intellectual joust and takes it as trolling or flaming, or worse yet, calls me a "FanBoi" (lamest insult ever). Without provocation, we'd never think things through critically; we'd all be in a mass state of agreement, which is pretty lame.
We may agree, but it isn't CHRISTIAN ideals that keep our society together. Christianity is not the sole provider of morality, but christians act like it is, which is resentful to non-christians.
I've heard your line of BS before, but to tell you the truth, I don't need a belief in a mystical being to know the difference between right and wrong. Every christian I know seems to think that without god, nothing would keep me from being an unlawful, terrible human being. Somehow, though, I've managed just fine without god, thank you very little. Only people who are weak minded enough to NEED god to send them down the straight and narrow think this way. The rest of us know right from wrong, irrespective of the oppressive norms forced down society's throat by church.
This lead in paragraph posted on/. represents EVERYTHING that is wrong with modern society. Hell, my kids and I enjoy an episode of South Park (carefully screened by dad first) from time-to-time. Oscar the Grouch has got nothing on Eric Cartman.
Funny how I don't consider it "bad" news that lawyers aren't allowed to divulge classified information...Maybe it's just me, but "news" should not reported as "good" or "bad", because then it is no longer news.
Your company probably replaces those computers every couple of years anyway if they are anything like most companies. They might even have a lease program. The people in charge will use that as a justification to get the new shiny OS.
apple is completely unacceptable... as you are restricted to apple hardware and apple's hardware doesn't meet my needs at a acceptable price point...nor am i impressed with OS X in general.
You could have just left the middle part of your quote and been perfectly legitimate sounding, but instead you went off into the "biased" bin.
Then you'd have to call the Stones retro too, since they don't release albums but keep touring (just like KISS). You can't relegate them to a 70s band either, since a lot of their good tunes were in the 80s and 90s.
You need to watch the UK show "School of Rock" or "Rock School" or whatever it's called with Gene Simmons. His passion for the music comes across much more strongly than through makeup and big hair. Still, Gene Simmons is a pretty shitty bass player and an even worse vocalist, but I'll take all the classic KISS hits over the likes of shitty glam-rock bands of the mid 80s (Poison, Winger, Warrant, White Lion and the likes).
You have to be kidding me...Trent Reznor is just as much as a mediocre niche musician as Gene Simmons of KISS. At least KISS is more than a one-hit-wonder to the non-obsessed fans of the world. KISS is iconic and many of their tunes, regardless of their lack of musicality, are classics. Whatever that "f- you like an animal" song is called can be found on early 90s compilation CDs, and that's about it. Granted, Trent has written a lot of good music for OTHER artists, but unless you follow the industry closely, you'd never know it. Is it any wonder that Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" is about, oh, a million times better than Trent's version? Why is that, you ask? Because 9-inch Nails has an annoying, droning, sameness to every song ever recorded by him(them?) because he(they?) must appeal to the people to his small niche of fans who like the same sounding song for the past 15 years now.
Wow...just....wow. They are copying the Apple business model of what, three years ago? Now that apple has moved onto miniscule Nanos and Touches, Microsoft comes up with a clone of the 1st Gen iPod Nano? What's next, Microsoft? Are you going to showcase a new "Shuffle"?
You can map your right mouse button on a Mac to be the same meta-key that would MOVE instead of COPY. But then again, why would you want to make a Mac more like a PC? For that torture, I'll just boot up in PC mode.
If it is so wrong to default to COPY when moving files, then why does every version of Windows do it across a network? You can't stick this one solely on Mac. Hell, even if you don't like it, you can't say it isn't a well thought-out design element on Apple's behalf (and probably copied by Windows a few years back).
Thank you for the well thought out, mature response. My toy computer can beat up your equally spec'd Dell computer, and save you $100 at the same time. How's that for mature?
Each person has their own way of doing things which comes naturally to them...
This is so true. What ISN'T true, however, is that the Microsoft way is totally natural to anyone. It only has BECOME natural because Microsoft's totally apathetic approach to design has led to a bad BAD design that has become the defacto standard.
Just because Joe Consumer has grown accustom to the BAD GUI design of Microsoft products, doesn't make the BAD GUI good, just because a lot of people are comfortable using said bad GUI.
And every subsequent version of OS X has improved the speed of my Macs. I would say it has improved the stability of my Macs too, but they've been rock solid for every version after 10.1.
Honestly, I can say I only enjoy one new feature: quick view. There's no way in hell I paid $129 for the long list of features that are insignificant to my daily usage. Spaces looks interesting, but at home, I just don't do enough stuff to take advantage of it. I don't have an external hard drive for the Time Machine feature, and the spring loaded folder thingy is actually kind of a bad design, in that it takes long time accepted behaviors and forces you to do it a new way. It took me a week to get used to the fact that my computer randomly decides when and where to stick my files now, instead of me saying where they should go. Hey STEVE, I actually LIKE my downloads to go on my desktop, that way I can see where they are. If ALL downloads went in the download folder that would be fine, but since they don't, it's a bad feature. I'm guessing only downloads from Safari go in there?
And who came up with the new folder graphic? It looks like a blue blob, and lends nothing to visual recognition. Changing the color of the Apple icon isn't very helpful either, nor is the reflective dock shelf.
But in any case, my Mac is more responsive and quick look is worth $100 on its own.
And that means not a damn thing in the end, because everyone does things differently!
And here is why some people just don't get it. You want to do things your own way, go ahead. I'll run around the track forward, leaning slightly forward at the hips, alternating my arms to my strides. I guaranty you that I'll get around the track faster than you: the guy running backwards with his shoes tied together. Yes, that's exactly the image I came up with that seems to apply to any and all of you "but I don't do it THAT way" crowd. There IS a best way to do almost EVERYTHING. E If your screwed up view were more prevalent, why would anybody put any work into anything to try and make it better? Or should we just shitcan the entire field of Engineering because you want to do it your own, uneducated way?
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Well, without fear of reprisal, people can actually say what they want to say, which is more beneficial in the long run. As long as it is constructive, I'd rather hear the truth than some watered down politeness. Even calling that guy an asshole can be construed as constructive if the guy really is an asshole and he is bringing things down all around him. It is what it is, as someone once said, so what's the harm in saying as much?
Ok, that story is only about 10 years old. Gee thanks. As for "intentionally provocative", well...duh! Good debate requires provocative discourse. It's the feeble minded fool on the other end that doesn't understand an intellectual joust and takes it as trolling or flaming, or worse yet, calls me a "FanBoi" (lamest insult ever). Without provocation, we'd never think things through critically; we'd all be in a mass state of agreement, which is pretty lame.
We may agree, but it isn't CHRISTIAN ideals that keep our society together. Christianity is not the sole provider of morality, but christians act like it is, which is resentful to non-christians.
Good IT guy analogy, except for one small difference; liberals think that people can't help themselves but at least they TRY to help them.
I've heard your line of BS before, but to tell you the truth, I don't need a belief in a mystical being to know the difference between right and wrong. Every christian I know seems to think that without god, nothing would keep me from being an unlawful, terrible human being. Somehow, though, I've managed just fine without god, thank you very little. Only people who are weak minded enough to NEED god to send them down the straight and narrow think this way. The rest of us know right from wrong, irrespective of the oppressive norms forced down society's throat by church.
This lead in paragraph posted on /. represents EVERYTHING that is wrong with modern society. Hell, my kids and I enjoy an episode of South Park (carefully screened by dad first) from time-to-time. Oscar the Grouch has got nothing on Eric Cartman.
Funny how I don't consider it "bad" news that lawyers aren't allowed to divulge classified information...Maybe it's just me, but "news" should not reported as "good" or "bad", because then it is no longer news.
Your company probably replaces those computers every couple of years anyway if they are anything like most companies. They might even have a lease program. The people in charge will use that as a justification to get the new shiny OS.
Actually Steve isn't afraid of HP and Dell for their cheaper Macs either because Steve just wants GOOD Macs, regardless of price point.
Then you'd have to call the Stones retro too, since they don't release albums but keep touring (just like KISS). You can't relegate them to a 70s band either, since a lot of their good tunes were in the 80s and 90s.
You need to watch the UK show "School of Rock" or "Rock School" or whatever it's called with Gene Simmons. His passion for the music comes across much more strongly than through makeup and big hair. Still, Gene Simmons is a pretty shitty bass player and an even worse vocalist, but I'll take all the classic KISS hits over the likes of shitty glam-rock bands of the mid 80s (Poison, Winger, Warrant, White Lion and the likes).
You have to be kidding me...Trent Reznor is just as much as a mediocre niche musician as Gene Simmons of KISS. At least KISS is more than a one-hit-wonder to the non-obsessed fans of the world. KISS is iconic and many of their tunes, regardless of their lack of musicality, are classics. Whatever that "f- you like an animal" song is called can be found on early 90s compilation CDs, and that's about it. Granted, Trent has written a lot of good music for OTHER artists, but unless you follow the industry closely, you'd never know it. Is it any wonder that Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" is about, oh, a million times better than Trent's version? Why is that, you ask? Because 9-inch Nails has an annoying, droning, sameness to every song ever recorded by him(them?) because he(they?) must appeal to the people to his small niche of fans who like the same sounding song for the past 15 years now.
These stories about how "hard" it is to be an IT person get old. Users are stupid and now the IT guy has to deal with laptops too? Get over it.
Thanks for the anecdotal evidence. Real evidence, on the other hand, would suggest you are a very fortunate user.
Wow...just....wow. They are copying the Apple business model of what, three years ago? Now that apple has moved onto miniscule Nanos and Touches, Microsoft comes up with a clone of the 1st Gen iPod Nano? What's next, Microsoft? Are you going to showcase a new "Shuffle"?
All myths, indeed. Well, except that Windows machines lock up every 4.5 minutes, not 14.5.
You can map your right mouse button on a Mac to be the same meta-key that would MOVE instead of COPY. But then again, why would you want to make a Mac more like a PC? For that torture, I'll just boot up in PC mode.
If it is so wrong to default to COPY when moving files, then why does every version of Windows do it across a network? You can't stick this one solely on Mac. Hell, even if you don't like it, you can't say it isn't a well thought-out design element on Apple's behalf (and probably copied by Windows a few years back).
Thank you for the well thought out, mature response. My toy computer can beat up your equally spec'd Dell computer, and save you $100 at the same time. How's that for mature?
Just because Joe Consumer has grown accustom to the BAD GUI design of Microsoft products, doesn't make the BAD GUI good, just because a lot of people are comfortable using said bad GUI.
Honestly, I can say I only enjoy one new feature: quick view. There's no way in hell I paid $129 for the long list of features that are insignificant to my daily usage. Spaces looks interesting, but at home, I just don't do enough stuff to take advantage of it. I don't have an external hard drive for the Time Machine feature, and the spring loaded folder thingy is actually kind of a bad design, in that it takes long time accepted behaviors and forces you to do it a new way. It took me a week to get used to the fact that my computer randomly decides when and where to stick my files now, instead of me saying where they should go. Hey STEVE, I actually LIKE my downloads to go on my desktop, that way I can see where they are. If ALL downloads went in the download folder that would be fine, but since they don't, it's a bad feature. I'm guessing only downloads from Safari go in there?
And who came up with the new folder graphic? It looks like a blue blob, and lends nothing to visual recognition. Changing the color of the Apple icon isn't very helpful either, nor is the reflective dock shelf.
But in any case, my Mac is more responsive and quick look is worth $100 on its own.