I sincerely hope they will implement a skinnable UI. Not that I dislike the current theme, but somtimes when I work with really dark pictures, I would prefer a black menu, not grey.
Actually the first productive argument I've ever heard for skins.
Call me retarded, but 9-pin and DOS still have its uses.
9-pin is excellent for monitoring and tasks that don't require high bandwidth. Ubiquitous support, difficult to disconnect physically by accident and cheap.
DOS is still suitable as a simple RTOS, though other options exist and probably perform better.
The problem is the source is closed, upgrading solves your problems temporarily.
Lots of developers enjoy the creation of software and appreciate reuse and freedom of software (i.e. improving computer experience)-- why not turn a hobby into work?
But, this view has proven difficult to combine with the current market as it renders development labour nearly priceless.
I can imagine the frustration of others earning the revenue of your labour; the GPL is also about fairness (remember emacs/lucent).
I use my phone more often for email than actually using it as a phone
You need a phemail.
I stopped reading as soon as I saw Motorola and usability in one sentence. Simple things like pressing 'call' and redirecting anywhere but to your addressbook is simply annoying.
javascript, camera's, dildo's, games, outlook, powerpoint etc. I don't care about. I need a phone. Long batterylife, ease of use.
A standardized battery and simple usb connection without a crappy Nokia app or bluetooth behemoth, those are high on my wishlist.
Of course, these things do happen. Al we can do is find out why, and stop it from happening again.
Misalignment of the solar panels should have been handled properly in *any* case, as the machine is relying on solar power mainly.
These things do happen at a local car shop -- we're talking NASA with smart people.
Of course, I bought 2 GB of RAM which really is the sweet spot, especially for games like Supreme Commander. I had 1 G before, but it just wasn't enough. With 2 GB of RAM it ran well, and I haven't had any problems with Vista.
There just aren't any productivity advances that I can see.
Perhaps you are blocked by the "My first Windows" appearance.
While I liked 2000, XP does offer subtle improvements over 2000, which are quite nice.
Typical practical advances are: grouping in the taskbar, commonly used items in startmenu, more intuitive dialogs in the classic control panel, easy WiFi setup built in, good scanning support/tools, user migration support, better font handling (OTF).
Heck, apart from the antivirus/spyware gook that is almost required and the apps that want Administrator, I even like XP.
Yes, of course, having gcc and bash available helped the Linux expansion. But let's consider things from a balanced point of view. It's not so hard to write a compiler, linker, command interpreter, etc, which is what the GNU/ software does.
GNU/Linux accurately describes the symbiotic relationship between the GNU toolchain and Linux.
Ever tried to compile a linux kernel with Visual C++? Ever tried GNU in a non-Linux environment? Both are possible, but most efficient when coupled.
No, it is not hard to write a compiler or linker, but neither is it to write a kernel.
It is hard to write a kernel or compiler that can compete with 10+-years evolving software if not only feature-wise.
Every other product that IBM came up with in this realm was unusable
Not really, since IBM participated in nearly every desktop product you can imagine (win,cde etc.).
My first hope when spotting the headline was that IBM plans to revive SOM, PM and finishes integrating all of the other component systems available (mozilla, kparts,orbit, etc.) by tomorrow 3pm.
Sure, xpcom, kparts, OO, orbit are adequate -some excellent-, but useless in the end; there should be one.
And now, for something completely different but not too different, I'd like to dedicate my remaining airtime
to thank Keith Packard for his relentless efforts on Xorg.
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As for WW2 and your proposal; nuking a highly populated area is genocide.
4gb on 32bit is useless.
In any case, IF email was the only thing most people used, computer appliances wouldn't be that huge a market.
9-pin is excellent for monitoring and tasks that don't require high bandwidth. Ubiquitous support, difficult to disconnect physically by accident and cheap.
DOS is still suitable as a simple RTOS, though other options exist and probably perform better.
The problem is the source is closed, upgrading solves your problems temporarily.
Lots of developers enjoy the creation of software and appreciate reuse and freedom of software (i.e. improving computer experience)-- why not turn a hobby into work?
But, this view has proven difficult to combine with the current market as it renders development labour nearly priceless.
I can imagine the frustration of others earning the revenue of your labour; the GPL is also about fairness (remember emacs/lucent).
I stopped reading as soon as I saw Motorola and usability in one sentence. Simple things like pressing 'call' and redirecting anywhere but to your addressbook is simply annoying.
javascript, camera's, dildo's, games, outlook, powerpoint etc. I don't care about. I need a phone. Long batterylife, ease of use.
A standardized battery and simple usb connection without a crappy Nokia app or bluetooth behemoth, those are high on my wishlist.
2+1=3, i dare say vista is fucking *dangerous*
The only pro arguments I can think of is that win2k is pretty stable, certified, heavily documented and easy to find developers for.
While I liked 2000, XP does offer subtle improvements over 2000, which are quite nice.
Typical practical advances are: grouping in the taskbar, commonly used items in startmenu, more intuitive dialogs in the classic control panel, easy WiFi setup built in, good scanning support/tools, user migration support, better font handling (OTF).
Heck, apart from the antivirus/spyware gook that is almost required and the apps that want Administrator, I even like XP.
No, it is not hard to write a compiler or linker, but neither is it to write a kernel. It is hard to write a kernel or compiler that can compete with 10+-years evolving software if not only feature-wise.
Most drives will fail when the PSU delivers unstable output (ref: http://www.dansdata.com/ though some drives are less sensitive to power fluctuation.
It's pretty difficult to determine which drives are ok, since the manufacturers update these things every month.
I would like to hear to *CLUNK* sounds of failing drives at google though ;-)
My first hope when spotting the headline was that IBM plans to revive SOM, PM and finishes integrating all of the other component systems available (mozilla, kparts,orbit, etc.) by tomorrow 3pm.
Sure, xpcom, kparts, OO, orbit are adequate -some excellent-, but useless in the end; there should be one.
And now, for something completely different but not too different, I'd like to dedicate my remaining airtime to thank Keith Packard for his relentless efforts on Xorg.