I actually want to revert to an older version than KitKat where I can actually *use* my SDcard, unlike Google's decision that they can't be used for anything but mp3s and camera pictures.
At the help desk I work at, we have a stream of people complaining about Lollipop's (STUPID!!!) decision to drop Exchange/other mail support in favor of Gmail-only.
"Is the upcoming Steam box a reasonable plan?" Um, you mean a supposed console from *THE* company who has done more to promote and force acceptance of DRM to the masses than any other?
- Fast download of new release games Irrelevant. Not specific to Valve. Plenty of other pro-consumer vendors have it.
- Ability to install your games as many times as you like? Irrelevant without DRM.
- Super cheap specials and multi-packs Irrelevant. Not specific to Valve. Plenty of other pro-consumer vendors have it.
- Offline modes Irrelevant without DRM.
- Simple game install and patch deployment Possibly. I prefer standalone patch downloads that I can opt out of or run the version I choose, if I want to run an old version.
But it's otherwise all downside: Valve's a gigantic gaping back door to social acceptance of DRM. They are the ones who began the erosion of consumer rights in the video game sector. They are the ones who implanted in the popular mind that it's okay to require a game to have an online connection before you can play it. Even the pros you mention above are all Trojan horses at best to convince you to accept their DRM practices in the name of "sales!".
My university employer tends to hire older people for development (especially DBAs). They often do a lot of interfacing with external vendors in terms of customizing canned solutions... with sales experience, they might see that as a bonus. Try them.
By some friends' words, you'll have a much tougher time in the private sector.
If I'm mousing, I'm MOUSING. If I'm keyboarding, I'm KEYBOARDING. It's usually terribly inefficient to go back and forth between the two. Keyboard shortcuts are weaker, and mousing is weaker.
You probably forgot that one of the big appeals for Lotus Notes was all that intranet "application" stuff it bundled with. Most institutions that still use it have dozens or hundreds of those that they'd have to find or create replacements for. It's *not* just used for its Mail/calendaring/etc. It's got the groupware stuff and custom forms and integrated databases... The stuff MS Sharepoint is evolving into (itself a horrendous beast).
re:2: You describe a terrible way of learning. Sure, audio notes and bookmarks might help you to pass a course, but you're sure as hell not going to get as much out of it as reprocessing the material to write it down (in your own way, too).
3: Right, friendly to the gamers? You mean Valve, the company whose DRM-DigitalStore is creating a monoculture in the industry that's already rearing its ugly head and limiting consumer choices? Look at all of those games out there (and not just the Valve 1st party ones) that are ONLY available by Steam/Steamworks.
Any system where they can and do (even if it's only one person, that's one person too many) ban people (stealing their entire libraries from them) for a forum post is unacceptable.
It's quite harmful to have all of that "power" concentrated at Valve.
Stardock's spirit was a myth. Requiring Impulse (+accounts) to download patches (especially critical ones) is DRM too. Then they did that whole Reactor/GOO stuff that is Steam with a different name.
For those of you who don't like the tiny formatting of the "linkover" box that appears when you point at a link, you can format it in your userChrome.css like thus:
* So we no longer have a slider/get-more box on the left? We have to go to the top or bottom of the page to do this, thus losing our place? * Apparently we can no longer revert to classic commenting system? * So our eyes now burn with all this white space? * Do form fields really need beveled edges, shadows, etc? * What's with the header at the top always being there? Does it serve any purpose?
Hopefully they don't intend it to continue on simply as a history tourist attraction. When I visited last summer, the "rocket garden" left me sad. Everything was terribly rusted and so on.
It seems like it'd be awfully wasteful to build a touch screen to replace a keyboard, both in terms of money and actual resources. Keyboards are fairly cheap on both.
Now we need a sports fan algorithm to rid ourselves of all these needless sports fans in the world and replace them with something more worth the resources.
When we have things like this, it really appears as though it's zero-dimensional. The R and Ds work together very well to make sure they never have any competition that's viewed as legitimate.
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I actually want to revert to an older version than KitKat where I can actually *use* my SDcard, unlike Google's decision that they can't be used for anything but mp3s and camera pictures.
At the help desk I work at, we have a stream of people complaining about Lollipop's (STUPID!!!) decision to drop Exchange/other mail support in favor of Gmail-only.
There *used to be* a used PC games market. Until Steam came around and made it vanish because of its DRM.
"Is the upcoming Steam box a reasonable plan?"
Um, you mean a supposed console from *THE* company who has done more to promote and force acceptance of DRM to the masses than any other?
- DRM done right and not invasive
No such thing.
- Fast download of new release games
Irrelevant. Not specific to Valve. Plenty of other pro-consumer vendors have it.
- Ability to install your games as many times as you like?
Irrelevant without DRM.
- Super cheap specials and multi-packs
Irrelevant. Not specific to Valve. Plenty of other pro-consumer vendors have it.
- Offline modes
Irrelevant without DRM.
- Simple game install and patch deployment
Possibly. I prefer standalone patch downloads that I can opt out of or run the version I choose, if I want to run an old version.
But it's otherwise all downside: Valve's a gigantic gaping back door to social acceptance of DRM. They are the ones who began the erosion of consumer rights in the video game sector. They are the ones who implanted in the popular mind that it's okay to require a game to have an online connection before you can play it. Even the pros you mention above are all Trojan horses at best to convince you to accept their DRM practices in the name of "sales!".
Consider that the Chromebook is about twice the price of my company's average machine... Including software costs. No.
Not to mention, our people [collectively] *use* all those features in Office that everyone claims "no one uses".
They don't even have case sensitivity on their passwords. Compromised accounts drive additional sales, including the fobs.
My university employer tends to hire older people for development (especially DBAs). They often do a lot of interfacing with external vendors in terms of customizing canned solutions... with sales experience, they might see that as a bonus. Try them.
By some friends' words, you'll have a much tougher time in the private sector.
If I'm mousing, I'm MOUSING. If I'm keyboarding, I'm KEYBOARDING. It's usually terribly inefficient to go back and forth between the two. Keyboard shortcuts are weaker, and mousing is weaker.
You probably forgot that one of the big appeals for Lotus Notes was all that intranet "application" stuff it bundled with. Most institutions that still use it have dozens or hundreds of those that they'd have to find or create replacements for. It's *not* just used for its Mail/calendaring/etc. It's got the groupware stuff and custom forms and integrated databases... The stuff MS Sharepoint is evolving into (itself a horrendous beast).
Viewsonic gTablet?
Velocity Cruz?
Superpad?
Archos 7?
There's four with minimal searching.
re:2:
You describe a terrible way of learning. Sure, audio notes and bookmarks might help you to pass a course, but you're sure as hell not going to get as much out of it as reprocessing the material to write it down (in your own way, too).
Maybe it works better at middle schools than research has shown it doesn't work in higher education.
http://chronicle.com/article/iPads-for-College-Classrooms-/126681/
3: Right, friendly to the gamers? You mean Valve, the company whose DRM-DigitalStore is creating a monoculture in the industry that's already rearing its ugly head and limiting consumer choices? Look at all of those games out there (and not just the Valve 1st party ones) that are ONLY available by Steam/Steamworks.
Any system where they can and do (even if it's only one person, that's one person too many) ban people (stealing their entire libraries from them) for a forum post is unacceptable.
It's quite harmful to have all of that "power" concentrated at Valve.
Stardock's spirit was a myth. Requiring Impulse (+accounts) to download patches (especially critical ones) is DRM too. Then they did that whole Reactor/GOO stuff that is Steam with a different name.
For those of you who don't like the tiny formatting of the "linkover" box that appears when you point at a link, you can format it in your userChrome.css like thus:
/* linkover */
.statuspanel-label {
font-size: 20pt !important;
color: brown !important;
background: InfoBackground !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
}
statuspanel[type=overLink] {
max-width: 100% !important;
}
Carriers already detect Internet traffic that isn't really an SMS and bills it as an SMS, such as various instant messengers.
* So we no longer have a slider/get-more box on the left? We have to go to the top or bottom of the page to do this, thus losing our place?
* Apparently we can no longer revert to classic commenting system?
* So our eyes now burn with all this white space?
* Do form fields really need beveled edges, shadows, etc?
* What's with the header at the top always being there? Does it serve any purpose?
Hopefully they don't intend it to continue on simply as a history tourist attraction. When I visited last summer, the "rocket garden" left me sad. Everything was terribly rusted and so on.
It seems like it'd be awfully wasteful to build a touch screen to replace a keyboard, both in terms of money and actual resources. Keyboards are fairly cheap on both.
Plus -- ergonomics?
I'd be fine with space even half of what I have. Just give me full-height walls and a door. Thanks.
Having the domain and using it as much property as "intellectual properties" of copyrights.
Planned? Hasn't it happened in the UK?
Now we need a sports fan algorithm to rid ourselves of all these needless sports fans in the world and replace them with something more worth the resources.
I initially learned to code (BASIC) from 3-2-1 Contact magazines.
http://www.pa2010.com/2010/08/sestak-seeks-to-keep-green-party-candidate-off-the-ballot/
When we have things like this, it really appears as though it's zero-dimensional. The R and Ds work together very well to make sure they never have any competition that's viewed as legitimate.