I understand the hesitancy, but at the same time is this not a something of a Luddite view? A new technology comes along, it could replace a current one, but you don't see how it could be possible or how anyone would be able to work with it. How did we move from the chisel to the pen? The pen to the keyboard? We adapted.
Maybe your hand position determines the home point of the keyboard and the hologram moves with you so you don't need to look or reposition your hands. Or I'm sure there are other ways around the loss of tactile feedback. Aural? Visual? Electrode on your scrotum?
So to your question of: "But could you really type on it?" Yes, I think you could. You may not hit 100wpm on your first day, but how fast were you when you started typing? When you picked up a pen the first time?
Actually, Disney is not the only ones that call their customers "Guests". The chain restaurant I worked at in college did as well. NOT calling people guests, even outside of the restaurant, can be a hard habit to break if you work there for any length of time.
Or maybe the poster has just seen that Disney theme park employees call themselves Cast Members and call customers Guests, and he went with their labels...when in Rome and all...And no, I've never worked at a Disney park. I've only been to one once many years ago.
Well, that was a mis-type by me. I should have written "proves one console is doing better than the others". I agree that the sales numbers do have some bearing, I guess my point was that if you are trying to refute the "Xbox is 3rd" claim, the sales figures from one game is not enough to accomplish that.
How do the sales of one game show that X-Box is wiping the floor with the Gamecube? I'm not saying it's not, but I don't think sales of a single game, one that probably didn't appeal to what are considered "core" Gamecube users, proves one console is better than the others.
A pirate walked into a bar with a steering wheel in his crotch. The bartender said "Do you know you have a steering wheel in your crotch?" The pirate responded,"Arr, it's drivin me nuts!"
That would be fine with me. That's where it used to be (and still is to some degree).
Until Napster, you had to do a bit of actual work to get music, and you can be sure "Joe Q. Kazaa" isn't going to be learning IRC just so they can save a trip to Best Buy. Hell, I've had computer savvy friends that can't use IRC after I've sat them down, explained it, and written every step and command out on paper. Something about text commands and interfaces make people's eyes glaze over.
the Oracle tell Neo that he isn't the one - Neo just doesn't tell anyone else this
Yes he does. He tells Trinity and Tank before he goes to save Morpheus and he tries to tell Morpheus after they save him. That is when Morpheus replies that the Oracle only told him what he needed to hear.
I'm not exactly sure how Neo's powers would be explained, but I have a feeling the "melding" with Smith may very well be to blame.
Except that Neo exhibits his powers BEFORE the melding with Smith. He stopped all the bullets in mid-air and he fought and beat Smith one handed with his increased speed. THEN he does the "meld with Smith" thing.
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No applications I've ever seen must assume only one mouse button. Ctrl-clicking in OS X duplicates the right mouse button for single-button mice.
It depends on the tone of the review/post. In this case, I'm glad they posted it because I've been very interested in a Sidekick since they were in development, but always put off getting one because of the rumored color model that was always on the horizon. I'd stopped following any news on them, so this is probably the only way I would have found out, for a while at least.
I thought the tone of the post was fine. It was a positive review without too much brown-nosing. It's also more info about the device than I've gotten from the comments, with over 60 posted almost all of them are complaining about the red banner.
That analogy only works if I agreed to buy a frig that I only get to use the left half of. In that case, yes it is like Tivo. If I agreed to the whole frig then your analogy is wrong. When I bought the DirecTivo, I bought a device that would hold 30 hours of programming. I still have that 30 hours, even with their star ads, since the ads don't take up any of the space I use to record my shows. If I had bought a device with a 30gig HD and they took 2gigs from me THEN we might have a problem, but I still have everything that was advertised for the unit.
I'm all for the star ads, if I don't want to watch them I just DON'T SELECT THEM. And with the revenue from the ads, Tivo gets to stay in business longer. Win-win.
(the one that comes to mind is the Nick Carter CD > )
I'm having trouble believing you actually posted that. At NO time should Nick Carter come to mind. Ever. Unless the thought process is: "There's Nick Carter, now to center him in my sights and adjust for the wind..."
Those of us who understand that effective communication is important realize that typing in complete, correctly spelled, and well formed sentences with correct puncuation gets our ideas across in a more accurate way
And there are those of us that realize that typing in complete, correctly spelled, and well formed sentences with correct puncuation gets a rocket launched up your ass and your flag stolen. Or the cleric doesn't heal you in time.
It's not all about being lazy, sometimes it's about working around technological shortcomings (voice communication) since not all of us are 100 wpm typists regardless of our grasp of spelling and grammar.
I also dont see where it creates confusion. There is no "turn on/turn off". I just move between the two, maybe u just need more prac.
What gets me is this comment:
"We thought we understood the mass ranges of planets of other stars. We thought we understood the full diversity of planets."
This just strikes me as supremely arrogant, that in a universe of infinite possibilities we think that we fully understand anything of this nature.
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I understand the hesitancy, but at the same time is this not a something of a Luddite view? A new technology comes along, it could replace a current one, but you don't see how it could be possible or how anyone would be able to work with it. How did we move from the chisel to the pen? The pen to the keyboard? We adapted.
Maybe your hand position determines the home point of the keyboard and the hologram moves with you so you don't need to look or reposition your hands. Or I'm sure there are other ways around the loss of tactile feedback. Aural? Visual? Electrode on your scrotum?
So to your question of: "But could you really type on it?" Yes, I think you could. You may not hit 100wpm on your first day, but how fast were you when you started typing? When you picked up a pen the first time?
Actually, Disney is not the only ones that call their customers "Guests". The chain restaurant I worked at in college did as well. NOT calling people guests, even outside of the restaurant, can be a hard habit to break if you work there for any length of time.
Or maybe the poster has just seen that Disney theme park employees call themselves Cast Members and call customers Guests, and he went with their labels...when in Rome and all...And no, I've never worked at a Disney park. I've only been to one once many years ago.
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.
Well, that was a mis-type by me. I should have written "proves one console is doing better than the others". I agree that the sales numbers do have some bearing, I guess my point was that if you are trying to refute the "Xbox is 3rd" claim, the sales figures from one game is not enough to accomplish that.
How do the sales of one game show that X-Box is wiping the floor with the Gamecube? I'm not saying it's not, but I don't think sales of a single game, one that probably didn't appeal to what are considered "core" Gamecube users, proves one console is better than the others.
Another...
A pirate walked into a bar with a steering wheel in his crotch.
The bartender said "Do you know you have a steering wheel in your crotch?"
The pirate responded,"Arr, it's drivin me nuts!"
Don't forget to tip your waitress.
I was hoping it would be: 4 Indy 4 Jones. But that's just me.
That would be fine with me. That's where it used to be (and still is to some degree).
Until Napster, you had to do a bit of actual work to get music, and you can be sure "Joe Q. Kazaa" isn't going to be learning IRC just so they can save a trip to Best Buy. Hell, I've had computer savvy friends that can't use IRC after I've sat them down, explained it, and written every step and command out on paper. Something about text commands and interfaces make people's eyes glaze over.
Ok, I have two problems with your theory as is:
the Oracle tell Neo that he isn't the one - Neo just doesn't tell anyone else this
Yes he does. He tells Trinity and Tank before he goes to save Morpheus and he tries to tell Morpheus after they save him. That is when Morpheus replies that the Oracle only told him what he needed to hear.
I'm not exactly sure how Neo's powers would be explained, but I have a feeling the "melding" with Smith may very well be to blame.
Except that Neo exhibits his powers BEFORE the melding with Smith. He stopped all the bullets in mid-air and he fought and beat Smith one handed with his increased speed. THEN he does the "meld with Smith" thing.
No applications I've ever seen must assume only one mouse button. Ctrl-clicking in OS X duplicates the right mouse button for single-button mice.
It depends on the tone of the review/post. In this case, I'm glad they posted it because I've been very interested in a Sidekick since they were in development, but always put off getting one because of the rumored color model that was always on the horizon. I'd stopped following any news on them, so this is probably the only way I would have found out, for a while at least.
I thought the tone of the post was fine. It was a positive review without too much brown-nosing. It's also more info about the device than I've gotten from the comments, with over 60 posted almost all of them are complaining about the red banner.
Welcome to this decade, EDS has not been associated with Ross Perot since 1986.
Then I guess you'll be happy to know that John Doe was not picked up for a second season.
That sounds like a Weird Al parody for the OJ case.
That analogy only works if I agreed to buy a frig that I only get to use the left half of. In that case, yes it is like Tivo. If I agreed to the whole frig then your analogy is wrong. When I bought the DirecTivo, I bought a device that would hold 30 hours of programming. I still have that 30 hours, even with their star ads, since the ads don't take up any of the space I use to record my shows. If I had bought a device with a 30gig HD and they took 2gigs from me THEN we might have a problem, but I still have everything that was advertised for the unit.
I'm all for the star ads, if I don't want to watch them I just DON'T SELECT THEM. And with the revenue from the ads, Tivo gets to stay in business longer. Win-win.
I'm having trouble believing you actually posted that. At NO time should Nick Carter come to mind. Ever. Unless the thought process is: "There's Nick Carter, now to center him in my sights and adjust for the wind..."
You can start by speaking to them in person. During the daytime. In public.
And stop emailing them pics from your webcam. It doesn't impress them to see your Star-wars action figures hanging on the basement wall behind you.
Ummm...there was one, but they left it on that damn asteroid with Bruce Willis!
Are you listening to yourself? It's a GAME. I consider myself a hardcore gamer but damn, lay off the Dew.
Your post screams "I'm in my parent's basement!" like no other before it.
And there are those of us that realize that typing in complete, correctly spelled, and well formed sentences with correct puncuation gets a rocket launched up your ass and your flag stolen. Or the cleric doesn't heal you in time.
It's not all about being lazy, sometimes it's about working around technological shortcomings (voice communication) since not all of us are 100 wpm typists regardless of our grasp of spelling and grammar.
I also dont see where it creates confusion. There is no "turn on/turn off". I just move between the two, maybe u just need more prac.
In otherwords, this is Microsoft's way of getting in on new developments without affecting their monopoly status.
Here you go loyal MS guy. Take this money, start your own company, and develop XYZ for us. When it's ready, just sell us the rights to use it (cheap).
Now MS has the corner on a new market, but can't get called for monopoly.
Which thieves? The ones that copy files or the ones that charge me $15 for 2 good songs and are trying to steal my rights in courts.
Maybe I missed something, but what is wrong with EDS?
Maybe I missed something, but what is with the animosity towards EDS?
What gets me is this comment: "We thought we understood the mass ranges of planets of other stars. We thought we understood the full diversity of planets." This just strikes me as supremely arrogant, that in a universe of infinite possibilities we think that we fully understand anything of this nature.