No kidding. Ever since the release of Pac Man and Burgertime the number of obese Americans has risen dramatically. Coincedence? I doubt it.
Also consider the number of times that America has had to flex its millitary muscles since Battlezone and Missile Command. It's no wonder people are scared to death of video games.
Now, if you'll excuse me I need to go threaten my supervisor with a joystick up-down-right-right-left-left high kick medium punch if she doesn't give me a performance bonus.
If you plan on doing this you might as well factor two things:
1) You're going to also need to make an HTML site for those who don't have (and/or don't want) Flash installed in their browser, thereby adding to your work/cost, or
2) Be willing to alienate a large number of potential viewers.
If this is your personal site, then knock yourself out. Make it all blinky blinky and shit, you've got nobody to cater to but yourself. However, if this is your business site then you're better served taking that bag of cash you were going to pay the Flash "artist" and running it through the shredder. Quicker, less heartache, and less heartburn.
If you want to get your message out, it's best to do it in a manner that the majority of people can use. And that is our old friend HTML.
If you are selling a product, keep it simple. Flashy shit, while nice as eyecandy, inevitably will cause problems with SOMEONE's browser out there if they don't have installed/activated the plugin that you require and then you've alienated a potential customer.
Also, make good use of the title tags. Put the page name AND COMPANY OR PRODUCT NAME in it, and not "Home" or, worse, "Untitled Document". Think of how you want your bookmark in their list to look.
I was SO stoked when I saw this headline. I mean, not only is he a guitar GOD but now he's doing web logs? Dude must have some TOTALLY killer stories about touring with Axl and all the rock babes with the big...hair.
Imagine how totally bummed I am, now that I know what the review is about. YOU LEAD ME ON, SLASHDOT DUDES! Totally non, non non, NON-HEINOUS.
When you can give the user a "launch the installer, ask a couple simple questions, watch it install the files, and put icons wherever the user wants" installation system then you will have a better chance at the desktop. Even better if the uninstall is just as easy.
I mean, what the Hell are dependancies to the Winbox user? And why should they care? Apt-get is close, but not enough.
Eyecandy is all well and good, but if they can't install programs easily then it's not going to work.
Of course not. It would directly compete with the unit they've designed to aide the home user in understanding their Windows and Office licensing schemes.
Personally, I don't think that the DOJ and the Attorneys General are moving quickly enough, nor are they seeming to come down on Microsoft hard enough.
I need maybe two geeks from every state in America to contact the BSA to report their state's Attorney General office for not being in compliance with their software licensing.
When the BS of A breaks down their doors with guns drawn, maybe then they will see what kind of monster Microsoft has turned into.
Please understand that this, too, is covered under the umbrella statement "A fool and his money are soon parted".
It's nice to see the pastey-skinned folks that spend all their time on these online games taking advantage of the people who are willing to spend top REAL dollars for someones hard-earned virtual bounty.
How in the Hell is that a Troll? If they've brewed up a CPU that is all MHz and no balls (like AMD beating Intel performance-wise at lower MHz ratings) then it's the difference between "that's pretty neat" to "that's really awesome".
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If you'd just keep your source closed like the smart folks at Microsoft then these sorts of bugs would never be found.
"If GWB really said, 'I prefer inovation [sic] over legislation,' then Microsoft's commercials really sank into him. "
Yet another reason why the FCC should limit the kinds of commercials that are broadcast during children's programming.
Just go into CompUSA and download your favorite PIM into your iPod and take it home.
No kidding. Ever since the release of Pac Man and Burgertime the number of obese Americans has risen dramatically. Coincedence? I doubt it.
Also consider the number of times that America has had to flex its millitary muscles since Battlezone and Missile Command. It's no wonder people are scared to death of video games.
Now, if you'll excuse me I need to go threaten my supervisor with a joystick up-down-right-right-left-left high kick medium punch if she doesn't give me a performance bonus.
In about 10 minutes this whole website will be invisible thanks to the allmighty /. effect.
If they do, in fact (!), go for the telepathic interface then I'd recommend that they go for BeAmOS.
And who, exactly, will do the closing interview?
If you plan on doing this you might as well factor two things:
1) You're going to also need to make an HTML site for those who don't have (and/or don't want) Flash installed in their browser, thereby adding to your work/cost, or
2) Be willing to alienate a large number of potential viewers.
If this is your personal site, then knock yourself out. Make it all blinky blinky and shit, you've got nobody to cater to but yourself. However, if this is your business site then you're better served taking that bag of cash you were going to pay the Flash "artist" and running it through the shredder. Quicker, less heartache, and less heartburn.
If you want to get your message out, it's best to do it in a manner that the majority of people can use. And that is our old friend HTML.
A properly filled-out ballot is an innovate way to show your disgust of these practices.
1) Are you selling a product or yourself?
If you are selling a product, keep it simple. Flashy shit, while nice as eyecandy, inevitably will cause problems with SOMEONE's browser out there if they don't have installed/activated the plugin that you require and then you've alienated a potential customer.
Also, make good use of the title tags. Put the page name AND COMPANY OR PRODUCT NAME in it, and not "Home" or, worse, "Untitled Document". Think of how you want your bookmark in their list to look.
The EULA snippet from above appears in WMPlayer versions 7 onward. This is why they went with 6.4, as this requirement does not show up in 6.4's EULA.
CodeWeaver's is, however, looking for a way around this for those of us who have Windows installed on another partition.
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I was SO stoked when I saw this headline. I mean, not only is he a guitar GOD but now he's doing web logs? Dude must have some TOTALLY killer stories about touring with Axl and all the rock babes with the big...hair.
Imagine how totally bummed I am, now that I know what the review is about. YOU LEAD ME ON, SLASHDOT DUDES! Totally non, non non, NON-HEINOUS.
Why'd you remove the email addie? If they like fraud, then they'd LOVE home loan refinancing and penile enlargement mail.
Well that's just spiffy that it exists but if a large number of program writers aren't using it or anything like it then what good is it?
While I do agree that country music is painful to the ears, I hardly condone calling Mr. Pride "Crippled" because of it.
When you can give the user a "launch the installer, ask a couple simple questions, watch it install the files, and put icons wherever the user wants" installation system then you will have a better chance at the desktop. Even better if the uninstall is just as easy.
I mean, what the Hell are dependancies to the Winbox user? And why should they care? Apt-get is close, but not enough.
Eyecandy is all well and good, but if they can't install programs easily then it's not going to work.
Of course not. It would directly compete with the unit they've designed to aide the home user in understanding their Windows and Office licensing schemes.
Sounds great. We'll make sure the folks at the Darwin Awards get this link when you make their page.
Personally, I don't think that the DOJ and the Attorneys General are moving quickly enough, nor are they seeming to come down on Microsoft hard enough.
I need maybe two geeks from every state in America to contact the BSA to report their state's Attorney General office for not being in compliance with their software licensing.
When the BS of A breaks down their doors with guns drawn, maybe then they will see what kind of monster Microsoft has turned into.
Hey dude, you mind if I copy that huge set of Optimus speakers you have over there? How many CD-R's you think it'll take?
Please understand that this, too, is covered under the umbrella statement "A fool and his money are soon parted".
It's nice to see the pastey-skinned folks that spend all their time on these online games taking advantage of the people who are willing to spend top REAL dollars for someones hard-earned virtual bounty.
A computer this small means you can take it to work and finish that game of NetHack you were doing so well on at home.
This mod was so successful that they're able to host their websites on those modded hard drives, and you can SEE how well they're doing!
Next mod: the plexiglass CPU.
How in the Hell is that a Troll? If they've brewed up a CPU that is all MHz and no balls (like AMD beating Intel performance-wise at lower MHz ratings) then it's the difference between "that's pretty neat" to "that's really awesome".
Morons with mod points.
The day I changed my sig to this I had two of my funny posts modded +1 Informative. Talk about Jedi powers out of control!
"This isn't the post that you wanted to moderate '-1 Off-Topic'".