True, but I have yet to hear any actual, valid reasons why people hate it. Until I hear one, let alone more than one, I'll put the Vista hate firmly in the FUD camp.
Ha ha, he's actually serious! Get a load of this, guys!
Have you never noticed how much slashdotters like to go into a good pun-fest? It happens in waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than just Vista threads, or even Microsoft threads. Saying it's astroturfing is absolutely laughable.
If we assume that one of the purposes of paying for Windows were to provide the user^H^H^H^Hcustomer with a "better Windows Experience" by means of fixing bugs and improving the Operating System in the next version
So far so good...
and due to the fact that Vista Sucks
OH, and he whiffs! Falling for the old Vista Sucks meme! He really needs to learn that Vista doesn't actually suck, Bob.
I say we got ripped off and piracy is our legitimate right.
And ANOTHER miss! Wow, Bob, this guy really is having an off-night tonight. Hopefully after the game, his coach will inform him that the proper recourse for a company not making a product you like is to avoid purchasing it, not stealing their other products!
The funny thing is, you're a fool if you update WGA.
What the hell? No you aren't. Microsoft makes you download it every time you get something off their site that isn't a critical update. So, to have WGA, all you need to do is want some software they make. That's not foolish in the least.
Whoever is on Slashdot right now with WGA installed(pirated copy or not) should bash their head into their monitor until their vision is nothing but a black screen.
k. Ow...
why the hell did microsoft keep such a flexible UI so locked down with that lame Blue and Green for so long?
What the heck is so bad about it? I've never understood this, someone please enlighten me.
And what, exactly, makes you think I'm joking? I'm serious: SLI is not a scam. I've seen people I know run SLI, and it gives you a performance boost. It's not 2x performance, but it's not zero either. I won't say it's the most cost-effective way to go, but it's not a scam.
Actually, you are belittling them by implying that anyone in a normal state of mind would get bored after 12 hours of gaming. Furthermore, even if you don't believe stoners are bad (which I don't, I've known some very nice potheads), you are still belittling gamers who bought GTA by implying you need to be stoned to purchase it.
I tend to agree but it also shows that there is a fundamental flaw in the design of the system. Or at least something is wrong with the priorities of the designer.... or the users?
Depends on if you value privacy or not. I certainly don't, and go to no effort to keep things private. So, even as a tech-savvy user, I would consider the functionality you describe to be "broken". Of course, I'm not super-paranoid like most geeks are.
Hmm. So, then, using your definition of compliant, standards-compliant means "disposed to comply to standards, yielding to standards". Seems like the term is pretty legitimate to me, and you're just bitching for no damn reason.
Actually, you've made a terrible case that they didn't lie. For starters, the fact that they lied is simple fact, and is not up for debate, because "everything" does not mean "a certain subset of everything". Secondly, your "case" is that anything that isn't a standard isn't relevant, which is blatantly false, as some very important parts of the Web use the non-standard Flash plugin (Youtube, for example, which the iPhone doesn't support all of because of their refusal to include Flash).
If that plumber provides me with a better product than his competitors, yes. Similarly, when I choose software, I will choose the better product, no matter which model it's from.
"In the Netherlands, the public administration, one of the most modern in the world, has decided to forbid the use of proprietary software in the public sector."
That isn't progress at all, that's fucking retarded. Saying "you can only use open-source software" is no better than saying "you can only use proprietary software". Let people choose which option is best, there's no sense in forcing one or the other.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with giving students root access if you set things up properly. For example, using the "restore on boot" thing that was previously mentioned.
I don't think you should assume it's either side's fault. I knew a girl who felt like she got dumped for WoW, but I also knew her boyfriend, and knew perfectly well that it had nothing to do with WoW: that was just his escape from the fact that he was in a relationship with a girl who was utterly crazy. If you only looked on the surface, you would say, "That bastard ignored and then dumped his girlfriend for WoW!", but you'd be wrong. It was merely a symptom of the fact that their relationship was toast... if it wouldn't have been WoW, it would've been something else.
Ooooh, the hyper-lazy way to "rebut" someone: steal from other people.
I forgot to close a quote tag, smart-ass.
Where did Apple EVER imply that they supported Flash?
When they had an ad which said the iPhone has the entire internet. Haven't you been paying attention? This necessarily implies Flash support, which they don't have, so their claim is a lie.
I know money doesn't equal happiness. That's why I didn't just say "pay more money". That is part of the balance, because having money is a part of happiness. But I pointed out, in my post, other things that can improve morale that aren't pandering.
Whatever it is, suggest positive ideas rather than complaining that they are trying to have fun at work.
I'm not, I'm complaining that they're treating their employees like children, who need to be coaxed into doing their jobs, and then expecting it to increase morale. For all I know, it does: maybe some people like being treated as children rather than equals. But it sure seems idiotic and disrespectful to me.
Then why the hell do we have standards bodies when a company designs a widget according to standards, and then people start screaming and wailing that the widget isn't up to snuff?
If you think standards can perfectly describe the way things are done, you're in for a rude awakening. Remember back in the days of IE 4.0, when IE had lots of cool stuff that wasn't standard, but people used anyway (because it was useful as hell)? Not everything that is widely used is a standard. Many things will be standardized, but saying that something isn't important because it isn't currently standardadized is ridiculously ignorant.
In other words, the root problem is that the claim is true in light of the standards that matter, and some think tank/company/whatever thinks it's better than the actual standards body with the power to declare what those standards are.
If they want to be able to have the authority to say something like that, then why the hell aren't they part of the standards body? They're not, so this is just attention being given to yet more iphone-bashers. Again.
No one gives a flying fuck about the standards here. We care that Apple is making an untrue claim. False advertising is not something we should allow. As soon as Apple removes their false claim, my problem is instantly gone. Vanished. They can not support Flash all they want, but then they can't make a claim that implies they do support it.
As far as I'm concerned, and a lot of other people from what I've seen in the comments, it's the whole Internet as outlined in the relevant standards, and anyone who bitches that the mousetrap isn't good enough can just go build their own damn mousetrap.
We don't need a standards body to tell us what "everything" means. It means everything, not "everything covered by a relevant standard" (which, as I pointed out earlier, is a retarded thing to expect anyway). You can be an apologist all you want, but the fact remains that Apple lied in their ad. Period.
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The vast majority of people disagree.
True, but I have yet to hear any actual, valid reasons why people hate it. Until I hear one, let alone more than one, I'll put the Vista hate firmly in the FUD camp.
...are you serious?
Ha ha, he's actually serious! Get a load of this, guys!
Have you never noticed how much slashdotters like to go into a good pun-fest? It happens in waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than just Vista threads, or even Microsoft threads. Saying it's astroturfing is absolutely laughable.
If we assume that one of the purposes of paying for Windows were to provide the user^H^H^H^Hcustomer with a "better Windows Experience" by means of fixing bugs and improving the Operating System in the next version
So far so good...
and due to the fact that Vista Sucks
OH, and he whiffs! Falling for the old Vista Sucks meme! He really needs to learn that Vista doesn't actually suck, Bob.
I say we got ripped off and piracy is our legitimate right.
And ANOTHER miss! Wow, Bob, this guy really is having an off-night tonight. Hopefully after the game, his coach will inform him that the proper recourse for a company not making a product you like is to avoid purchasing it, not stealing their other products!
The funny thing is, you're a fool if you update WGA.
What the hell? No you aren't. Microsoft makes you download it every time you get something off their site that isn't a critical update. So, to have WGA, all you need to do is want some software they make. That's not foolish in the least.
Whoever is on Slashdot right now with WGA installed(pirated copy or not) should bash their head into their monitor until their vision is nothing but a black screen.
k. Ow...
why the hell did microsoft keep such a flexible UI so locked down with that lame Blue and Green for so long?
What the heck is so bad about it? I've never understood this, someone please enlighten me.
Quite true. However, "scam" would apply if it didn't do anything at all. No one ever promised you that SLI was the best value. ;)
And what, exactly, makes you think I'm joking? I'm serious: SLI is not a scam. I've seen people I know run SLI, and it gives you a performance boost. It's not 2x performance, but it's not zero either. I won't say it's the most cost-effective way to go, but it's not a scam.
Actually, you are belittling them by implying that anyone in a normal state of mind would get bored after 12 hours of gaming. Furthermore, even if you don't believe stoners are bad (which I don't, I've known some very nice potheads), you are still belittling gamers who bought GTA by implying you need to be stoned to purchase it.
Isn't SLI a con?
No.
They can, but you asked what I would choose in a hypothetical scenario, and I gave you an answer. What's your point?
Same name, different tech. nVidia SLI vs 3dfx SLI.
if you can spend 12 doing something you find a lot of fun, then you're stoned. anyone else would get bored and go out.
fools. These are the people who bought a thing they find fun? do you honestly think that they don;t toke?
Fixed that for you, Mr. "I'm cool so I run around belittling gamers".
I tend to agree but it also shows that there is a fundamental flaw in the design of the system. Or at least something is wrong with the priorities of the designer .... or the users?
Depends on if you value privacy or not. I certainly don't, and go to no effort to keep things private. So, even as a tech-savvy user, I would consider the functionality you describe to be "broken". Of course, I'm not super-paranoid like most geeks are.
Excellent feature that will definitely be craved by many Slashdot users, and not because of the gift shopping or use of public terminals.
Nah, we have no girlfriends or wives to hide our porn browsing from. We wear our pr0n history like a badge of honor.
Compliant means "disposed to comply, yielding"...
Hmm. So, then, using your definition of compliant, standards-compliant means "disposed to comply to standards, yielding to standards". Seems like the term is pretty legitimate to me, and you're just bitching for no damn reason.
Actually, you've made a terrible case that they didn't lie. For starters, the fact that they lied is simple fact, and is not up for debate, because "everything" does not mean "a certain subset of everything". Secondly, your "case" is that anything that isn't a standard isn't relevant, which is blatantly false, as some very important parts of the Web use the non-standard Flash plugin (Youtube, for example, which the iPhone doesn't support all of because of their refusal to include Flash).
If that plumber provides me with a better product than his competitors, yes. Similarly, when I choose software, I will choose the better product, no matter which model it's from.
"In the Netherlands, the public administration, one of the most modern in the world, has decided to forbid the use of proprietary software in the public sector."
That isn't progress at all, that's fucking retarded. Saying "you can only use open-source software" is no better than saying "you can only use proprietary software". Let people choose which option is best, there's no sense in forcing one or the other.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with giving students root access if you set things up properly. For example, using the "restore on boot" thing that was previously mentioned.
Because thinking employees add more to a company than human automatons.
Yes they do. But practically no one is interested in actually thinking, so we have to expect them to turn out as automatons until proven otherwise.
You win!
I don't think you should assume it's either side's fault. I knew a girl who felt like she got dumped for WoW, but I also knew her boyfriend, and knew perfectly well that it had nothing to do with WoW: that was just his escape from the fact that he was in a relationship with a girl who was utterly crazy. If you only looked on the surface, you would say, "That bastard ignored and then dumped his girlfriend for WoW!", but you'd be wrong. It was merely a symptom of the fact that their relationship was toast... if it wouldn't have been WoW, it would've been something else.
Ooooh, the hyper-lazy way to "rebut" someone: steal from other people.
I forgot to close a quote tag, smart-ass.
Where did Apple EVER imply that they supported Flash?
When they had an ad which said the iPhone has the entire internet. Haven't you been paying attention? This necessarily implies Flash support, which they don't have, so their claim is a lie.
Whatever it is, suggest positive ideas rather than complaining that they are trying to have fun at work.
I'm not, I'm complaining that they're treating their employees like children, who need to be coaxed into doing their jobs, and then expecting it to increase morale. For all I know, it does: maybe some people like being treated as children rather than equals. But it sure seems idiotic and disrespectful to me.
Then why the hell do we have standards bodies when a company designs a widget according to standards, and then people start screaming and wailing that the widget isn't up to snuff?
If you think standards can perfectly describe the way things are done, you're in for a rude awakening. Remember back in the days of IE 4.0, when IE had lots of cool stuff that wasn't standard, but people used anyway (because it was useful as hell)? Not everything that is widely used is a standard. Many things will be standardized, but saying that something isn't important because it isn't currently standardadized is ridiculously ignorant.
In other words, the root problem is that the claim is true in light of the standards that matter, and some think tank/company/whatever thinks it's better than the actual standards body with the power to declare what those standards are.
If they want to be able to have the authority to say something like that, then why the hell aren't they part of the standards body? They're not, so this is just attention being given to yet more iphone-bashers. Again.
No one gives a flying fuck about the standards here. We care that Apple is making an untrue claim. False advertising is not something we should allow. As soon as Apple removes their false claim, my problem is instantly gone. Vanished. They can not support Flash all they want, but then they can't make a claim that implies they do support it.
As far as I'm concerned, and a lot of other people from what I've seen in the comments, it's the whole Internet as outlined in the relevant standards, and anyone who bitches that the mousetrap isn't good enough can just go build their own damn mousetrap.
We don't need a standards body to tell us what "everything" means. It means everything, not "everything covered by a relevant standard" (which, as I pointed out earlier, is a retarded thing to expect anyway). You can be an apologist all you want, but the fact remains that Apple lied in their ad. Period.