The Xbox UI is, to be frank, shit. Nintendo's isn't great but Xbox is light years behind that. Microsoft's UI gets in the way of what you want to do and if you want to buy a game via code, God help you. Let's not even talk of the intrusive updates and requirements to pay their subscription to use applications which are free on other platforms.
And I'd gladly live in a country where it's illegal to defend myself by lethal means if it also meant the possibility of having to defend oneself with lethal means wasn't something a normal person would have to worry about.
I felt the opposite way and now I'm an immigrant. What's your excuse?
I worked for a place that had tried to develop electronics which were supposed to improve gun safety in such manners (for the record, whilst I wouldn't want them on any gun I own, I fully support anyone who wants the option on weapons they purchase). Turns out that actually shooting the gun is *very* hard on the electronics physically and led to many early failures (meaning the gun does not go bang when you need it to).
Possibly it might be possibly to harden the electronics against such shocks but that's even more expense and complexity. Let's have some real R&D instead of pie-in-the-sky BSing.
I think the problem is that it performs the auto-complete even if that's not what you want. If I type cmd, what I want is to run cmd. This is the way every other auto-complete I have ever used works. With Windows, it assumes that it knows better than you what you want which seems to be standard Microsoft behavior (and one that is increasingly being adopted by "good guys" like Firefox)
DOS had a path variable. Not sure what version it was introduced in but I'm pretty sure it was at least since 4.something. It didn't have command completion though unfortunately.
Windows 7 completion is kinda OK. Until a program installs with the name which matches the command you're trying to use. Case in point, cmd brings up the command console. Until a program called "cmdProc" got installed. Then problems.
I was responding to a post about auditors and regulators so forget the whole roads spiel. And yes, if someone is behaving in a good and neighborly manner, why should they be punished preemptively?
FWIW, this ridiculous income tax situation is one of the very few reasons that I'm resisting the idea of becoming an American citizen despite the fact that I never plan on leaving.
So you'd prefer to pre-emptively punish companies just in case they might do something wrong? Who is supposed to benefit from all these auditors and regulators anyway? Perhaps they should be paying.
When you see some of the hardware tricks they pulled to get things to perform back in those days, sometimes not. Consider timing tricks for changing screen modes in the middle of a screen update or similar.
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When you pull the string, instead of saying "To Infinity and Beyond", it says "To the moon and that's enough for another 40 years or more"
If they're going with Hollywood inspiration, the helmets need to have lights that shine directly into the face of the wearer. You know it makes sense.
The Xbox UI is, to be frank, shit. Nintendo's isn't great but Xbox is light years behind that. Microsoft's UI gets in the way of what you want to do and if you want to buy a game via code, God help you. Let's not even talk of the intrusive updates and requirements to pay their subscription to use applications which are free on other platforms.
LEOs are private citizens. An important fact that's often overlooked.
And I'd gladly live in a country where it's illegal to defend myself by lethal means if it also meant the possibility of having to defend oneself with lethal means wasn't something a normal person would have to worry about.
I felt the opposite way and now I'm an immigrant. What's your excuse?
What is the "safe" state for a tool which when used for its intended purpose is supposed to be decidedly unsafe for someone?
I worked for a place that had tried to develop electronics which were supposed to improve gun safety in such manners (for the record, whilst I wouldn't want them on any gun I own, I fully support anyone who wants the option on weapons they purchase). Turns out that actually shooting the gun is *very* hard on the electronics physically and led to many early failures (meaning the gun does not go bang when you need it to).
Possibly it might be possibly to harden the electronics against such shocks but that's even more expense and complexity. Let's have some real R&D instead of pie-in-the-sky BSing.
I think the problem is that it performs the auto-complete even if that's not what you want. If I type cmd, what I want is to run cmd. This is the way every other auto-complete I have ever used works. With Windows, it assumes that it knows better than you what you want which seems to be standard Microsoft behavior (and one that is increasingly being adopted by "good guys" like Firefox)
But fish don't have hands to work the gas pumps. Oh wait...
DOS had a path variable. Not sure what version it was introduced in but I'm pretty sure it was at least since 4.something. It didn't have command completion though unfortunately.
Windows 7 completion is kinda OK. Until a program installs with the name which matches the command you're trying to use. Case in point, cmd brings up the command console. Until a program called "cmdProc" got installed. Then problems.
"Where do you want to go today shut up"
It's possible for many stroke sufferers to make nearly a complete recovery.
I was responding to a post about auditors and regulators so forget the whole roads spiel. And yes, if someone is behaving in a good and neighborly manner, why should they be punished preemptively?
Nonsense! Though I do feel I must tell you that your subscription has expired and your PC may be at risk.
I believe it's possible to mathematically prove that there will never be any sequels to The Matrix.
Where may I obtain a copy of this "pledge".
FWIW, this ridiculous income tax situation is one of the very few reasons that I'm resisting the idea of becoming an American citizen despite the fact that I never plan on leaving.
Spending allocates valuable resources that would be much better used elsewhere in the economy. Taxation is just accounting. Spending is the problem.
Politicians won't fix it because politicians are the primary beneficiaries. That's all you need to know.
So you'd prefer to pre-emptively punish companies just in case they might do something wrong? Who is supposed to benefit from all these auditors and regulators anyway? Perhaps they should be paying.
Boom, straight to the ad-hom.
No, they just get blown up and their employees and their families killed or crippled for life. Much better.
When you see some of the hardware tricks they pulled to get things to perform back in those days, sometimes not. Consider timing tricks for changing screen modes in the middle of a screen update or similar.
This needs to happen.
Just be careful if they hear about the speed of royalty.
I'll be on top of things for next talk-like-a-pirate day.