A Metro office will probably just have the ribbon, but BIGGER! They probably sat around thinking "How can we infuriate Office users this year? We already doubled the amount of space the UI takes up while exposing them to less features..." and then some bright spark goes "Let's double it agaiiiinnnn!:D"
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for tidying up interfaces, and the ribbon is a good try; but that's as high as my praise will go. It's a try, not a success. It's a designer's attempt at trying to figure out what's relevant to you, contextually, and when something isn't deemed relevant, it gets hard to find when you DO want it. My solution is to bury things in menus, but not like the one you see at the top of your window now (if it hasn't been eaten up by designers). Something sort of like the Ribbon, but with less contextual awareness; one that makes less assumptions and gets out of you way. There's such a thing as taking away too much when you're trying to simplify.
Most of the time, I have my laptop closed, on my desk, and I'm WAY back, using my TV as my primary monitor. MY ARMS ARE NOT 8 FEET LONG! How the hell am I meant to touch that? The Finglonger won't be reality until the year 3000!
I think it paid off because it was the only thing I ever put my foot down about, the only thing I took a stand on. I wasn't some whiny Prima donna, always demanding the business run subject to the whims of one sales guy. They even, actually, put me in a management position about two months before I handed in my resignation, so it's not as if there was an extended period of animosity over it, either.
After a minor facebook fiasco not related to me at my previous work place (small shop/office, not many of us there), I told my boss that if our posts on facebook were to be scrutinised, even when they don't relate to work, don't defame the company, and don't involve any coworkers, they could pay me at quarter-time for all of my off hours. I worked there for another 18 months before I quit due to other issues caused by factors well outside the job's influence, but in all that time, I never again heard of anyone's social networking being criticised (and with just eight of us, I'd have heard it if it were the best kept secret in the office); and numerous times after that I DID directly criticise the company, I named names and pointed out blatant illegalities, with no repercussions. If you stand up for yourself, you either get fired, or get what you want. My competence and essential position as the only guy with any product knowledge meant they weren't about to fire me.
Oh yeah? Well my NEXT company is like TOTALLY gonna crush you guys! You'll be living in cardboard boxes by the time I'm through with you! (Commence mad zealous scheme to try and use another company to crush SAP)
True, I didn't consider the large amount of underground infrastructure. I'm just blasé about storms because of the overused sensationalism, and the number I've been through. Take the advice I gave with a grain of salt then, adapt it situationally, but the basics should still be adhered to: tape your windows, bring loose stuff inside, keep a disaster kit. My kit's prepared for anything short of the Chinese invading, and even then it won't be entirely useless. Spare batteries in many shapes and sizes, torches, first aide supplies, dried foods, two way radios (essentially toys, but better than nothing), prepaid 3G sims and modems for the two major carriers (last two storms each took out a different carrier in the region), a few tools like screwdrivers, pliers, a small saw, that sort of stuff. It's one shotgun short of a zombie kit; more than a little excessive, but I don't like to come up short when something does go wrong.
It's more about the government looking like it's doing something. Republicans let New Orleans nearly go the way of Atlantis, the Democrats will say "Look at how well our new standard procedure evacuation went!
When Cyclone Yasi was in this area (North Queensland, I mean), Mackay was supposed to be evacuated because they expected a huge surge. It was a Category 5 storm sitting off the coast, and it was predicted to move in right with the king tide (the highest possible tide), THAT was the major concern. As it turned out, it stayed off coast, dropped to a 4 or something, and made landfall quite a ways north, in Tully. In that case, the storm surge was of no concern, and instead the phenomenal wind speeds ruined everything there.
Media sensationalism really stretches these things out of proportion. That big doppler radar image of it? That means practically nothing. The storm LOOKS big, but the ones that are wrapped up tight with a large, clear eye are the ones to look out for. It's just dumping rain over a large area. Storm advice for the truly concerned: I have no idea what building standards are like there, they likely aren't meant to cope with strong winds, but you're not about to see skyscrapers uprooted. Just roll up or remove any canvas awnings, bring your garden furniture in, and tape your windows with Union Jack shapes. I doubt the storm will be so destructive as to warrant these measures.
I know sitting through your first storm is a scary prospect, and the news doesn't help at all. Even though this isn't a big one, you should stock up on essentials that don't require electricity. A propane canister for your barbecue, a non-electric can opener, that sort of stuff. Make sure you bottle some water, though from what I hear you Americans have an aversion to tap water anyway, so that may be a non-issue. The last time you got a big rain dump probably technically qualified as a Cat 2, anyway. Cyclones, the Coriolic correlary to hurricanes, don't even usually get called anything more than a tropical storm, or a low, until they reach Category 3.
It's a stressful time, if you've never been through anything similar, and the steps I've suggested are really more to make you feel like you're doing something. Your biggest problem will be a likely interruption to power, so charge your gadgets, and prepare to cook your noodles in a pot on the barbecue.
Optus' other video on demand services still had metered data on them, though. The Sky News was something of an exception. There was also a brief period when Optus offered free Youtube on it's phone contracts, but they canned that pretty quickly.
Unlike most "can't compete, litigate", assertions made here, this one is pretty true. Motorola can't make a phone that doesn't fall to pieces after six months, so they're obviously trying to make money off everyone's successes. At the start of 2010, they were without a hope in the world, and were looking at leaving the cellphone market entirely, or going under; their massive hit Android phones, the Dext/Cliq, Backflip, Droid/Milestone, basically let them claw their way back up from the depths. I didn't sell a single Motorola last year that didn't have to be sent away multiple times on warranty jobs; I was lucky in that my Backflip held out a month or so longer than others before the hinge mechanism started disconnecting the screen, probably just because I use my phone less.
Cue the dozen replies saying people have never had trouble with their fifteen year old Motorola. I'm sure their old phones are fine, but nothing made in the past seven or so years lasts more than six months.
I thought political parties always had duds at the head to use as scapegoats. The same idiots pulling the strings behind the scenes, with the ever changing face of the fall guy up front... But then, I'm Australian, our political system works a little differently. You vote for the party here, and the leader of the elected party is the Prime Minister, whereas in the US, you guys vote for people who happen to be in parties, don't you?
But yes, you're quite right. This is something I was telling people at the last election. The only reason they'd run an undereducated xenophobe and a religious nut against someone the public seem to think is the Second Coming is if they wanted to lose. Or if the Republican party is down to just religious psychopaths and undereducated xenophobes.
It doesn't say smarter. In much the same way you need bigger muscles to lift a heavier object, you need a larger visual processing center in your brain to make sense of darker images, to extract detail from lower contrast situations, and low light conditions. I would assume, also, that it's an environmental adaptation; that is to say, anyone of any race, of any socioeconomic background, regardless of the intelligence or home-latitude of their most recent dozen ancestors, would experience the same boost in brain size, purely for processing visual information.
Right, let's just throw away the basic meanings of some of the simplest words in our language. Everything should be taken to mean the opposite of what is actually said, because that makes perfect sense. Thanks for your time in so clearly and concisely explaining how apparently wrong I am in being correct. Hey, I guess you're right, things can mean the opposite of their stated denotations.
I've only heard Americans say "could care less", before, and it may come as a shock to many of them, but they aren't the only nation that speaks "English". Funny word, that, "English". Wonder who speaks that language...
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If the people of this city can manage not to swallow their own tongues, I'm sure a Neanderthal had some measure of vocal communication.
Taking data from one program to another? Resharing text, images, that kind of thing? Isn't that copy and paste?
A Metro office will probably just have the ribbon, but BIGGER! They probably sat around thinking "How can we infuriate Office users this year? We already doubled the amount of space the UI takes up while exposing them to less features..." and then some bright spark goes "Let's double it agaiiiinnnn! :D"
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for tidying up interfaces, and the ribbon is a good try; but that's as high as my praise will go. It's a try, not a success. It's a designer's attempt at trying to figure out what's relevant to you, contextually, and when something isn't deemed relevant, it gets hard to find when you DO want it. My solution is to bury things in menus, but not like the one you see at the top of your window now (if it hasn't been eaten up by designers). Something sort of like the Ribbon, but with less contextual awareness; one that makes less assumptions and gets out of you way. There's such a thing as taking away too much when you're trying to simplify.
Most of the time, I have my laptop closed, on my desk, and I'm WAY back, using my TV as my primary monitor. MY ARMS ARE NOT 8 FEET LONG! How the hell am I meant to touch that? The Finglonger won't be reality until the year 3000!
I think it paid off because it was the only thing I ever put my foot down about, the only thing I took a stand on. I wasn't some whiny Prima donna, always demanding the business run subject to the whims of one sales guy. They even, actually, put me in a management position about two months before I handed in my resignation, so it's not as if there was an extended period of animosity over it, either.
That last sentence sounds more arrogant than I intended. Only intended a tenth of what's positively dripping off that.
After a minor facebook fiasco not related to me at my previous work place (small shop/office, not many of us there), I told my boss that if our posts on facebook were to be scrutinised, even when they don't relate to work, don't defame the company, and don't involve any coworkers, they could pay me at quarter-time for all of my off hours. I worked there for another 18 months before I quit due to other issues caused by factors well outside the job's influence, but in all that time, I never again heard of anyone's social networking being criticised (and with just eight of us, I'd have heard it if it were the best kept secret in the office); and numerous times after that I DID directly criticise the company, I named names and pointed out blatant illegalities, with no repercussions. If you stand up for yourself, you either get fired, or get what you want. My competence and essential position as the only guy with any product knowledge meant they weren't about to fire me.
It's so we know who to start hating, should the need arise.
This would probably end up working more like a rolling release, staying up to date would mean you ARE using the latest distro.
Try listening to some of GraphicAudio's audiobooks instead. They're more like radio dramas than audiobooks, though
Government says it will do one thing and then does the opposite!
Give me $5 Billion in funding, and I can make a rock that does it better.
Oh yeah? Well my NEXT company is like TOTALLY gonna crush you guys! You'll be living in cardboard boxes by the time I'm through with you! (Commence mad zealous scheme to try and use another company to crush SAP)
True, I didn't consider the large amount of underground infrastructure. I'm just blasé about storms because of the overused sensationalism, and the number I've been through. Take the advice I gave with a grain of salt then, adapt it situationally, but the basics should still be adhered to: tape your windows, bring loose stuff inside, keep a disaster kit. My kit's prepared for anything short of the Chinese invading, and even then it won't be entirely useless. Spare batteries in many shapes and sizes, torches, first aide supplies, dried foods, two way radios (essentially toys, but better than nothing), prepaid 3G sims and modems for the two major carriers (last two storms each took out a different carrier in the region), a few tools like screwdrivers, pliers, a small saw, that sort of stuff. It's one shotgun short of a zombie kit; more than a little excessive, but I don't like to come up short when something does go wrong.
It's more about the government looking like it's doing something. Republicans let New Orleans nearly go the way of Atlantis, the Democrats will say "Look at how well our new standard procedure evacuation went!
When Cyclone Yasi was in this area (North Queensland, I mean), Mackay was supposed to be evacuated because they expected a huge surge. It was a Category 5 storm sitting off the coast, and it was predicted to move in right with the king tide (the highest possible tide), THAT was the major concern. As it turned out, it stayed off coast, dropped to a 4 or something, and made landfall quite a ways north, in Tully. In that case, the storm surge was of no concern, and instead the phenomenal wind speeds ruined everything there.
Media sensationalism really stretches these things out of proportion. That big doppler radar image of it? That means practically nothing. The storm LOOKS big, but the ones that are wrapped up tight with a large, clear eye are the ones to look out for. It's just dumping rain over a large area. Storm advice for the truly concerned: I have no idea what building standards are like there, they likely aren't meant to cope with strong winds, but you're not about to see skyscrapers uprooted. Just roll up or remove any canvas awnings, bring your garden furniture in, and tape your windows with Union Jack shapes. I doubt the storm will be so destructive as to warrant these measures.
I know sitting through your first storm is a scary prospect, and the news doesn't help at all. Even though this isn't a big one, you should stock up on essentials that don't require electricity. A propane canister for your barbecue, a non-electric can opener, that sort of stuff. Make sure you bottle some water, though from what I hear you Americans have an aversion to tap water anyway, so that may be a non-issue. The last time you got a big rain dump probably technically qualified as a Cat 2, anyway. Cyclones, the Coriolic correlary to hurricanes, don't even usually get called anything more than a tropical storm, or a low, until they reach Category 3.
It's a stressful time, if you've never been through anything similar, and the steps I've suggested are really more to make you feel like you're doing something. Your biggest problem will be a likely interruption to power, so charge your gadgets, and prepare to cook your noodles in a pot on the barbecue.
W... T... F... Exactly what are the difficulties one might encounter in renouncing one's citizenship?
Optus' other video on demand services still had metered data on them, though. The Sky News was something of an exception. There was also a brief period when Optus offered free Youtube on it's phone contracts, but they canned that pretty quickly.
Our telcos have been doing this for years.
Unlike most "can't compete, litigate", assertions made here, this one is pretty true. Motorola can't make a phone that doesn't fall to pieces after six months, so they're obviously trying to make money off everyone's successes. At the start of 2010, they were without a hope in the world, and were looking at leaving the cellphone market entirely, or going under; their massive hit Android phones, the Dext/Cliq, Backflip, Droid/Milestone, basically let them claw their way back up from the depths. I didn't sell a single Motorola last year that didn't have to be sent away multiple times on warranty jobs; I was lucky in that my Backflip held out a month or so longer than others before the hinge mechanism started disconnecting the screen, probably just because I use my phone less.
Cue the dozen replies saying people have never had trouble with their fifteen year old Motorola. I'm sure their old phones are fine, but nothing made in the past seven or so years lasts more than six months.
I thought political parties always had duds at the head to use as scapegoats. The same idiots pulling the strings behind the scenes, with the ever changing face of the fall guy up front... But then, I'm Australian, our political system works a little differently. You vote for the party here, and the leader of the elected party is the Prime Minister, whereas in the US, you guys vote for people who happen to be in parties, don't you?
But yes, you're quite right. This is something I was telling people at the last election. The only reason they'd run an undereducated xenophobe and a religious nut against someone the public seem to think is the Second Coming is if they wanted to lose. Or if the Republican party is down to just religious psychopaths and undereducated xenophobes.
It doesn't say smarter. In much the same way you need bigger muscles to lift a heavier object, you need a larger visual processing center in your brain to make sense of darker images, to extract detail from lower contrast situations, and low light conditions. I would assume, also, that it's an environmental adaptation; that is to say, anyone of any race, of any socioeconomic background, regardless of the intelligence or home-latitude of their most recent dozen ancestors, would experience the same boost in brain size, purely for processing visual information.
Right, let's just throw away the basic meanings of some of the simplest words in our language. Everything should be taken to mean the opposite of what is actually said, because that makes perfect sense. Thanks for your time in so clearly and concisely explaining how apparently wrong I am in being correct. Hey, I guess you're right, things can mean the opposite of their stated denotations.
I've only heard Americans say "could care less", before, and it may come as a shock to many of them, but they aren't the only nation that speaks "English". Funny word, that, "English". Wonder who speaks that language...
If I could care less about something, it means I care to some measure already.