Tesla will have a beta version next week, but will have to roll it back because it causes the car to drive into the nearest tree. Elon Musk will somehow blame both the driver and the tree in one fell tweet.
Especially not one that looks like the UI was designed with MS Paint. Seriously... this is what passes for a modern and aesthetically pleasing application these days?
What were you expecting? Glossy? Skeuomorphic buttons? Glowing buttons? Glass imitation?
...does it need carrier support? What the hell does Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T or whomever the fuck sells the data plan (or the phone, or both) have to agree on?
Is it not enough that MasterCard, Visa and the banks and retailers have to agree on supporting (yet another fucking) phone payment system, that the damn carrier wants in too?
Fuck! Are these people idiots?
A Windows phone just doesn't give a good enough reward to exploit or find exploits for, it's not that there aren't vulnerabilities.
It is nice to see we've come full circle. That has been the Microsoft defense for years for Windows and everybody is quick to downplay it.
I've yet to see lag or stutter on an Android device, though I suspect that has to do more with buying crap phones than the OS
My HTC One M8 lags and stutters and I have to reboot it. Granted, not all the time, but it certainly does. You might want proof, but I'm too lazy for that, so you'll have to take it from me or ignore it. Plus, Windows pones are rumored to perform well even on low end HW, but hey, that's only what I've heard.
...and the UI looks like the garbage 8 interface.
Personal opinion. So, I really like the interface on both Windows 8.1 PRO and Windows 8.1 Phone, so there, that should balance it.
So, the fact that YOU didn't operate a Microsoft OS is evidence enough that Microsoft wasn't making strides to position itself as a monopoly in the PC market? Being at the time partnered with IBM, and for whatever reason, fair or not, actually gaining market share.
I simply refuse to use a service where the employees are checked for a criminal background. We need rapists driving uber vehicles...
I thought Uber criminal-background checked their drivers. Also, I didn't know government mandated background checks were fail-safe, and prevented people from becoming rapists.
You can call bullshit on me, I'm too lazy to go look for the reference, but once I read somewhere (probably here on/.) that before the 80's, enrollment for maths and CS majors were growing more or less equally for men and women. Then, in the 80's, around the time the movie industry created this idea that computer experts and hackers were all-male and toy computer manufacturers followed suit, enrollment for women plunged and has never recovered ever since.
According to that, the idea that computer science is for boys was a social artifact of gender differentiation for toys in the 80's.
Of course not. But every single other woman that wants to go out at night and have fun do carry a mace can already. If this particular woman does not then she deserves it. If she's too naïve, then yes, she deserves it.
No one deserves to be raped, but this is not the ideal world you fantasize about in your head. Take measures to prevent getting raped or mugged. People can't be trusted.
LOL! I only realized now that I wrote terrorista. Stupid autocorrect, having it configured to work on Spanish and English only guarantees that I will always use it on the wrong setting.
I never undrstood why, at least for technical people, this was such a big issue. Really, it isn't that different from what used to be. It's been years since I only use start menu for typing what I'm looking for... if ever, and that's exactly what I keep doing with Windows 8. If anything, I find it to be faster, Windows 7 sometimes lags for long before showing up results, Windows 8 almost always shows results immediately (Sure, MS could have fixed the performance issue without changing the looks, but then again, I don't think that's such a big deal).
On the other hand I think there are bigger issues to be talking about - both positive and negative. Like start-up time, I find it dazzling that now I have a computer ready to work in like 10 seconds, where before I got to get a coffee before the computer was usable... But NOOOO people are really annoyed about the stupid start button, go figure. And what about privacy issues with the new Windows 8.1 search? I know it has been talked about, but why are people still complaining about the stupid start button? I believe that every start button discussion should be turned into the privacy issue of Windows search.
That's right, the poster got it ALL WRONG, Did anyone opened the PDF he referred at 'actually billions'? According to the study its 'actually billions' what foreigners pay in the US to educate themselves, around 21 in fact:
NAFSA: Association of International Educators estimates that international
students and their dependents contributed approximately $21.81 billion to the U.S.
economy during the 2011-2012 academic year. This conservative figure is based
on tuition figures from Wintergreen Orchard House, enrollment figures from the
Institute of International Education's Open Doors 2012 report, living expenses
calculated from Wintergreen Orchard House figures, and overall analysis of the
data by Jason Baumgartner, Director for Information Services at Indiana
University – Bloomington’s Office of International Services.
(Emphasis mine)
This whole discussion has no reason to exist. The US owing the world an education is not an issue because nobody is being educated on US pennies. Even more, this discussion is border lining on xenophobic suggesting that education should be denied to paying students based on nationality.
Yet this particular version of Windows is not intended for Win32 apps; it is intended for Metro apps. There are probably other reasons to keep Win32 cruft, Windows internal dependency is nightmarish.
You can compare Microsoft not allowing ISVs to write Win32 apps for WinRT (Which is WinNT underneath) to Apple not allowing ISVs to write OSX apps for iOS (Which is OSX underneath).
You are aware that being intoxicated affects decision making capabilities... right?
Not trying to win an argument, I actually support your point. But just playing devil's advocate:
You might have been told so, several times. But experimental data, like friends driving drunk before you, and doing so fine and without incidents, might tell you otherwise. Until you experiment yourself how impaired you actually are, you might be aware of how it "affects [your] decision making capabilities".
Still, if you've been told, you cannot say you didn't know, only you didn't believe it.
If I had to guess I would say that despite the fact that the chip capabilities could be very broad and open ended, they will market it for detecting garlic, onion and hamburgers, and you will have the option to buy "an update" to detect chocolate cake, vomit and turd.
Breath-alyzer? The first version will come hard wired not to work as such. You will have to buy version 2, twice the price, and then it will only work 3 times a month. You will be given the option to purchase the unlimited version of the app for only $19.
Physical pictures do deteriorate, but as someone below noted, digital pictures will go to hell with the first hard disk failure or power surge; and even if you're running backups to safe keep your memories, one day you will not be here and you can't count on someone taking over your backup process.
At least from my experience, physical pictures from 50+ years ago while deteriorated, are still very useful as memories of my grand parents and before.
Also, I know for a fact, home made ink-jet prints have a very low will to survive to slightly humid weather. So, I wouldn't count on home made ink-jet prints to leave memories to my grandchildren. I would hope Walmart prints will be at least as enduring as my grandparents old pictures; if not better.
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Tesla will have a beta version next week, but will have to roll it back because it causes the car to drive into the nearest tree. Elon Musk will somehow blame both the driver and the tree in one fell tweet.
That escalated quickly.
Previewing this, I laughed; this font makes "tornadoes" look like "tomadoes" (I've seen "tomatoes" misspelled like that before).
I've seen pom.xml and then have it confused in my head for porn.xml.
Especially not one that looks like the UI was designed with MS Paint. Seriously... this is what passes for a modern and aesthetically pleasing application these days?
What were you expecting? Glossy? Skeuomorphic buttons? Glowing buttons? Glass imitation?
Thanks for the kind words!
...does it need carrier support? What the hell does Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T or whomever the fuck sells the data plan (or the phone, or both) have to agree on? Is it not enough that MasterCard, Visa and the banks and retailers have to agree on supporting (yet another fucking) phone payment system, that the damn carrier wants in too? Fuck! Are these people idiots?
A Windows phone just doesn't give a good enough reward to exploit or find exploits for, it's not that there aren't vulnerabilities.
It is nice to see we've come full circle. That has been the Microsoft defense for years for Windows and everybody is quick to downplay it.
I've yet to see lag or stutter on an Android device, though I suspect that has to do more with buying crap phones than the OS
My HTC One M8 lags and stutters and I have to reboot it. Granted, not all the time, but it certainly does. You might want proof, but I'm too lazy for that, so you'll have to take it from me or ignore it. Plus, Windows pones are rumored to perform well even on low end HW, but hey, that's only what I've heard.
...and the UI looks like the garbage 8 interface.
Personal opinion. So, I really like the interface on both Windows 8.1 PRO and Windows 8.1 Phone, so there, that should balance it.
Overreact much?
So, the fact that YOU didn't operate a Microsoft OS is evidence enough that Microsoft wasn't making strides to position itself as a monopoly in the PC market? Being at the time partnered with IBM, and for whatever reason, fair or not, actually gaining market share.
I simply refuse to use a service where the employees are checked for a criminal background. We need rapists driving uber vehicles...
I thought Uber criminal-background checked their drivers. Also, I didn't know government mandated background checks were fail-safe, and prevented people from becoming rapists.
You can call bullshit on me, I'm too lazy to go look for the reference, but once I read somewhere (probably here on /.) that before the 80's, enrollment for maths and CS majors were growing more or less equally for men and women. Then, in the 80's, around the time the movie industry created this idea that computer experts and hackers were all-male and toy computer manufacturers followed suit, enrollment for women plunged and has never recovered ever since.
According to that, the idea that computer science is for boys was a social artifact of gender differentiation for toys in the 80's.
Of course not. But every single other woman that wants to go out at night and have fun do carry a mace can already. If this particular woman does not then she deserves it. If she's too naïve, then yes, she deserves it.
No one deserves to be raped, but this is not the ideal world you fantasize about in your head. Take measures to prevent getting raped or mugged. People can't be trusted.
LOL! I only realized now that I wrote terrorista. Stupid autocorrect, having it configured to work on Spanish and English only guarantees that I will always use it on the wrong setting.
I don't think this will stop any terrorista.
Maybe it is time to use all that productivity to pay back China, just sayin'.
In the mean time, Manning - the real heroine of the story - is rotting in prison, and nobody seems to care half as much about her as they do Assange.
Move to Zimbabwe then.
I wonder if he thought his arrest would be anything like Walter's failed arrest.
I never undrstood why, at least for technical people, this was such a big issue. Really, it isn't that different from what used to be. It's been years since I only use start menu for typing what I'm looking for... if ever, and that's exactly what I keep doing with Windows 8. If anything, I find it to be faster, Windows 7 sometimes lags for long before showing up results, Windows 8 almost always shows results immediately (Sure, MS could have fixed the performance issue without changing the looks, but then again, I don't think that's such a big deal). On the other hand I think there are bigger issues to be talking about - both positive and negative. Like start-up time, I find it dazzling that now I have a computer ready to work in like 10 seconds, where before I got to get a coffee before the computer was usable... But NOOOO people are really annoyed about the stupid start button, go figure. And what about privacy issues with the new Windows 8.1 search? I know it has been talked about, but why are people still complaining about the stupid start button? I believe that every start button discussion should be turned into the privacy issue of Windows search.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators estimates that international students and their dependents contributed approximately $21.81 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2011-2012 academic year. This conservative figure is based on tuition figures from Wintergreen Orchard House, enrollment figures from the Institute of International Education's Open Doors 2012 report, living expenses calculated from Wintergreen Orchard House figures, and overall analysis of the data by Jason Baumgartner, Director for Information Services at Indiana University – Bloomington’s Office of International Services.
(Emphasis mine)
This whole discussion has no reason to exist. The US owing the world an education is not an issue because nobody is being educated on US pennies. Even more, this discussion is border lining on xenophobic suggesting that education should be denied to paying students based on nationality.
Yet this particular version of Windows is not intended for Win32 apps; it is intended for Metro apps. There are probably other reasons to keep Win32 cruft, Windows internal dependency is nightmarish.
You can compare Microsoft not allowing ISVs to write Win32 apps for WinRT (Which is WinNT underneath) to Apple not allowing ISVs to write OSX apps for iOS (Which is OSX underneath).
You know the drill: "They probably wouldn't have payed for your movie anyway, if they absolutely had to pay for it".
Also, I've been robbed on the street, and I don't recommend it. I'd rather be pirated on the web as long as I still make money.
You are aware that being intoxicated affects decision making capabilities... right?
Not trying to win an argument, I actually support your point. But just playing devil's advocate:
You might have been told so, several times. But experimental data, like friends driving drunk before you, and doing so fine and without incidents, might tell you otherwise. Until you experiment yourself how impaired you actually are, you might be aware of how it "affects [your] decision making capabilities".
Still, if you've been told, you cannot say you didn't know, only you didn't believe it.
If I had to guess I would say that despite the fact that the chip capabilities could be very broad and open ended, they will market it for detecting garlic, onion and hamburgers, and you will have the option to buy "an update" to detect chocolate cake, vomit and turd.
Breath-alyzer? The first version will come hard wired not to work as such. You will have to buy version 2, twice the price, and then it will only work 3 times a month. You will be given the option to purchase the unlimited version of the app for only $19.
Physical pictures do deteriorate, but as someone below noted, digital pictures will go to hell with the first hard disk failure or power surge; and even if you're running backups to safe keep your memories, one day you will not be here and you can't count on someone taking over your backup process.
At least from my experience, physical pictures from 50+ years ago while deteriorated, are still very useful as memories of my grand parents and before.
Also, I know for a fact, home made ink-jet prints have a very low will to survive to slightly humid weather. So, I wouldn't count on home made ink-jet prints to leave memories to my grandchildren. I would hope Walmart prints will be at least as enduring as my grandparents old pictures; if not better.
- the annoyance and ink and paper waste of calibrating it periodically.
Exactly. Every time I want to print something I have to run a cleaning routine because every time the piece of shit is plugged.