I've heard a lot of people moaning about Slashdot's appearance, and let's face it... it's not stunning. In fact in looks pretty shyte the first few times you see it.
Having said that, it is probably the most functional 'forum' type site I have seen in my entire life, and I think that the general layout is, well, an acquired taste?
Very confused about the legality of the form on Napster. I could fill that in (I don't even use Napster) with the name and address of a banned person. No signature, just text...
Typing your name qualifies as a signature, on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems, under US and UK law. Thank you.
The locals are a pack of liars... have you seen the before and after pictures?
The crew removed 3 tonnes of litter from the island, along with making the beach used on most of the film considerably nicer. They have done them a favour in many ways. AND they have increased tourists for the year ahead.
I can't comment on the erosion problem, but neither can the locals really... you need more time than the under a year given to monitor it.
First off, I have a 19" monitor, and I like to recline in my chair
The concept of a desktop computer is so un-natural! Especially with a tube firing electrons down it, producing a flickering and raditation emitting output. Bah! I want to sit/lie in my bed, with my PDA, and read it or talk to it like a book. Not that I talk to books... tell me, how easy is it to type when lying on your back in bed?
It's about time we stopped adapting to computers with keyboards and CRT tubes and adapted them to us.
The other thing is gameing. I just dont think quake would be as cool if you just touched your oponents to splatter them.
Although I would agree with you, I think that to play games you would probably want a joystick? Or just stick to chess?:o
You're right, typing is/can be faster than speaking, BUT speaking is faster than a mouse. But why was the slow to use GUI invented? Answer: to provide ease of use and a more natural working environment than a command line.
Dictation is a much more natural integration of person to computer. Slower, but better. A newbie can do it just as well as a nerd. Why learn to touchtype???
End of command lines. End of keyboard. End of mouse - use touch-sensitive screens. Sorted.
That's all very nice and stuff, but surely when you are in a public place there is far to much background noise, and announcements, to give commands/dictate a letter... and besides, that's a hell of a lot worse than being on your mobile in the train for other passengers.
The future of OSs *is* voice recognition though... I want to see the end of keyboards. And mice.
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Having said that I guess some pages would be hard to categorise.
Have you seen your own website recently? Eh....
I've heard a lot of people moaning about Slashdot's appearance, and let's face it... it's not stunning. In fact in looks pretty shyte the first few times you see it.
Having said that, it is probably the most functional 'forum' type site I have seen in my entire life, and I think that the general layout is, well, an acquired taste?
Thank you.
I thought you being on DALnet's #london was annoying enough, now I find you trolling on slashdot as well..... jeeez!
Typing your name qualifies as a signature, on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems, under US and UK law. Thank you.
Except for you unfortunately.... oh wait... DOH!
If I ran Intel, I'd certainly shaft the public for every penny they're worth and be a complete capitalist corporate cunt of a company.
I think that's why their CPUs are so expensive...
But then they were given permission to change the island, and they wouldn't have been given permission in a national park.
If they were so worried they shouldn't have given them permission - or were they just after the money? Which they got anyway?
The locals are a pack of liars... have you seen the before and after pictures?
The crew removed 3 tonnes of litter from the island, along with making the beach used on most of the film considerably nicer. They have done them a favour in many ways. AND they have increased tourists for the year ahead.
I can't comment on the erosion problem, but neither can the locals really... you need more time than the under a year given to monitor it.
The concept of a desktop computer is so un-natural! Especially with a tube firing electrons down it, producing a flickering and raditation emitting output. Bah! I want to sit/lie in my bed, with my PDA, and read it or talk to it like a book. Not that I talk to books... tell me, how easy is it to type when lying on your back in bed?
It's about time we stopped adapting to computers with keyboards and CRT tubes and adapted them to us.
The other thing is gameing. I just dont think quake would be as cool if you just touched your oponents to splatter them.
Although I would agree with you, I think that to play games you would probably want a joystick? Or just stick to chess? :o
You're right, typing is/can be faster than speaking, BUT speaking is faster than a mouse. But why was the slow to use GUI invented? Answer: to provide ease of use and a more natural working environment than a command line.
Dictation is a much more natural integration of person to computer. Slower, but better. A newbie can do it just as well as a nerd. Why learn to touchtype???
End of command lines. End of keyboard. End of mouse - use touch-sensitive screens. Sorted.
That's all very nice and stuff, but surely when you are in a public place there is far to much background noise, and announcements, to give commands/dictate a letter... and besides, that's a hell of a lot worse than being on your mobile in the train for other passengers.
The future of OSs *is* voice recognition though... I want to see the end of keyboards. And mice.