The ONLY exception I can see for using Flash is if you have a product which you want people to see all sides of and you have a short display of the product rotating.
Don't blame technology for your shortcomings in creativity.
Considering that internet connectivity is better now than it was when the project that you so dearly love to link started, 0% return is disingenuous. Unsurprisingly, of course. I don't expect intellectually honest arguments on Slashdot. But still, come on.
As opposed to the sense of entitlement displayed when people demand that public investment occur in non-necessary services so they can be further entertained? Or maybe that entitlement is more worthwhile because you agree with it... hard to tell really. Personally I find both repellent but I have an easier time accepting it from people who have actually done something towards earning it.
I can't imagine why people would actually care enough about making video calls to say that feature is necessary to take advantage of a a faster network connection. In other words, 3G is necessary for the video calls, but video calls aren't necessary for 3G. Not by a long shot.
I find your complaint to the contrary to be somewhat ridiculous.
This has the veneer of a good point, but Google isn't a required chokepoint to get to information by any means, so in what way is this protection "involuntary?"
So your reaction to something you don't understand is denigration? I hope you don't expect people to accept you as a girl in training, then. It would be hypocritical.
Nothing here "requires" Surface, but it does provide a more natural interface for the task at hand - which counts for a hell of a lot in the world outside Slashdot.
I'm kinda weirded out by how many people seem offended by this. Sorry everybody. Microsoft is capable of good work. Have some crazy glue to reconstruct your poor shattered worldviews.
You are aware that people have done it throughout history and in some rare cases are doing it right now, right? It's not that it's impossible or even too hard, it's that it's more convenient to pay someone else to do it professionally for us. If marijuana were legal, it would fall into the exact same category. Sure, I could grow it myself - but why would I bother when I could pop down to the corner store and buy it?
You'd think this would be obvious. Apparently some of you are deadset on proving the stereotypes about marijuana advocates being retarded.
That didn't refute anything I said. It's legal to make at home, it's legal to be sold in stores, and it's taxed. You just misinterpreted my meaning. Admittedly I wasn't crystal clear, but I didn't think anyone would take it to mean what you did since the obvious interpretation is the one that matches reality.
Apparently you are under the impression that throwing a seed in the ground will produce a plant that is not only smokeable but of high quality. I would like to direct you to check out just how much effort goes into producing high quality marijuana. It sure isn't "throw it in a window planter and let it do its thing."
Please stop making this ridiculous argument. Beer is easy to make at home, but is legal and taxed. Food is easy to grow at home, but is legal and taxed in some (many?) states. Clothes are easy to make at home, but are legal and taxed in some (many) states.
The evidence flies in the face of this absolutely retarded claim.
Too bad Intel didn't hire smart old you to tell them that before they wasted their time and money developing this. You'd think they'd know enough to run new ideas by the Slashdot panel of experts to see what the derision index from the peanut gallery is first.
I'd like to remind you (and everyone else) that fiction is not meant to represent reality faithfully.
I suppose my understanding of this is one of the key benefits of my successful socialization as a human being. You guys should have tried it. It really is pretty cool.
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Poor design and using scripts are not synonymous, despite the Luddite opinion that anything in computing after 1973 is evil.
Don't blame technology for your shortcomings in creativity.
Then I guess you shouldn't bother reading this US site since it offends you so very much.
Get over it already, you've had eight years of self-congratulatory bitching. It's the Republican's turn now.
As soon as people learn that modding down isn't a substitute for disagreement.
Considering that internet connectivity is better now than it was when the project that you so dearly love to link started, 0% return is disingenuous. Unsurprisingly, of course. I don't expect intellectually honest arguments on Slashdot. But still, come on.
As opposed to the sense of entitlement displayed when people demand that public investment occur in non-necessary services so they can be further entertained? Or maybe that entitlement is more worthwhile because you agree with it... hard to tell really. Personally I find both repellent but I have an easier time accepting it from people who have actually done something towards earning it.
I can't imagine why people would actually care enough about making video calls to say that feature is necessary to take advantage of a a faster network connection. In other words, 3G is necessary for the video calls, but video calls aren't necessary for 3G. Not by a long shot.
I find your complaint to the contrary to be somewhat ridiculous.
That doesn't seem anything like sarcasm to me. Perhaps snark.
This has the veneer of a good point, but Google isn't a required chokepoint to get to information by any means, so in what way is this protection "involuntary?"
So your reaction to something you don't understand is denigration? I hope you don't expect people to accept you as a girl in training, then. It would be hypocritical.
Nothing here "requires" Surface, but it does provide a more natural interface for the task at hand - which counts for a hell of a lot in the world outside Slashdot.
I'm kinda weirded out by how many people seem offended by this. Sorry everybody. Microsoft is capable of good work. Have some crazy glue to reconstruct your poor shattered worldviews.
That's why all Microsoft-related articles are published. It's a giant circle jerk.
Marijuana has been used for centuries, bub. It wasn't invented in the 60s, you know.
I guess this study just made us all privy to the new shit
Are you one of the writers of Reefer Madness? That shit was a hoot!
The phrase you are looking for is "partially replace." There is room in the market for more than one fiber, you know.
You are aware that people have done it throughout history and in some rare cases are doing it right now, right? It's not that it's impossible or even too hard, it's that it's more convenient to pay someone else to do it professionally for us. If marijuana were legal, it would fall into the exact same category. Sure, I could grow it myself - but why would I bother when I could pop down to the corner store and buy it?
You'd think this would be obvious. Apparently some of you are deadset on proving the stereotypes about marijuana advocates being retarded.
That didn't refute anything I said. It's legal to make at home, it's legal to be sold in stores, and it's taxed. You just misinterpreted my meaning. Admittedly I wasn't crystal clear, but I didn't think anyone would take it to mean what you did since the obvious interpretation is the one that matches reality.
Apparently you are under the impression that throwing a seed in the ground will produce a plant that is not only smokeable but of high quality. I would like to direct you to check out just how much effort goes into producing high quality marijuana. It sure isn't "throw it in a window planter and let it do its thing."
ARGHHH
Please stop making this ridiculous argument. Beer is easy to make at home, but is legal and taxed. Food is easy to grow at home, but is legal and taxed in some (many?) states. Clothes are easy to make at home, but are legal and taxed in some (many) states.
The evidence flies in the face of this absolutely retarded claim.
Too bad Intel didn't hire smart old you to tell them that before they wasted their time and money developing this. You'd think they'd know enough to run new ideas by the Slashdot panel of experts to see what the derision index from the peanut gallery is first.
I'd like to remind you (and everyone else) that fiction is not meant to represent reality faithfully.
I suppose my understanding of this is one of the key benefits of my successful socialization as a human being. You guys should have tried it. It really is pretty cool.
Sounds completely overwrought.
I guess the right thing to do is keep the dead-weight workers on, pay them good money for no reason, and keep the hippies happy, right?