I don't know if I'd call those tricks. Just stupidity. As the reviewer says, MS wanted to blunt Symbian and rushed this thing out the door. Interestingly, it's consistent with almost all MS 1.0 releases. They're barely capable, but they improve with the later releases, then they start to get crufty and awful after about 3.0.
Yea, I don't know if I want to be stuck with something that looks like an etch-a-sketch picked for me by some nutty Austrian covered in examples of his previous attempts. That whole scene gives me the willies and when I see the look on that girl's face in the first picture, I realize I'm not alone!
Indeed, IIRC, the whole current line of 'em is German. They adopted the surname Windsor (named after the castle) when they decided that it was decidedly un-PC with WWI in full swing to have the name "Saxe-Coburg & Gothe" or "Hanover" of George II-Victoria. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I have it down.)
Well, my mother who is from England (and isn't one of those god-awful Union Jack on every article of clothing people) uses words like 'redact' all the time. Indeed, I've often heard her offer to make my dad a 'cuppa.' So some Brits do it. She just doesn't do it ostentatiously.
Now does anyone have any gumbands to bind my biros?
I know a lot of janitors who probably have twice as much dignity as you. The elitism of the technology crowd really gets under my skin. I see it from my peers, and I sometimes see it from myself.
When it comes down to it, I know a good number of janitors and service-industry employees with whom I'd rather associate than CS or IS majors.
Aaah. CGI would be a nightmare. I can think of few worse ways to butcher it.
Animation would be neat if they could capture the whimsy and lightness of Hergé's art. That would be pretty slick. Of course the voices would have to be good, then =)
Oh yay! I actually jumped from my chair when I heard this. Delight!
I adore Tintin. The sense of adventure and innocence is amazing. I hope he maintains the tenor and spirit of Hergé's creation.
What a thrill!
It's also crucial that they get just the combination of cute and mischievous for the actor. If it's Macauly Culkin or someone dippy like that, I'll be most disappointed.
Network transparency is the only thing X has going for it. In fact, it's the only thing I miss on my Mac. DPS can do it on my NeXT and X can do it in Linux, I wish Apple would implement something like xhosting or NXHosting in Quartz.
It actually appears to be. I don't really want to download it and find out if it's really "Debbie Does Dallas," but there are a few different things that claim to be such.
Sorry. It might not be pleasant, but it's best to be accurate.
You're forgetting the cost of software needed for that PDA. Also, do you know that the basic Palm has the horsepower to run voice recognition? Also, you're forgetting that it needs a relatively high quality microphone.
I'm down with what you're saying in principle, but it's just silly to think that the consumer should abide by certain perceived or actual rules that are a result from the pricing and marketing decisions of the vendor. They're in such separate domains that it's daffy to think that they should have any bearing on each other in the world or the mind of the consumer.
Oh, I do. I can't tell you how many crappy situations I've been in which I've had to overcome my inadequacies (sometimes unsuccessfully). I'm talking about a TV show. I used to really enjoy Star Trek, but now, despite giving Enterprise a season's worth of a chance, I'm just not interested any more.
Re: Janeway & crew. That's what always got me about Voyager. They had an opportunity to do something really interesting in that show. TNG was all about the biggest, bestest ship in the fleet. DS9 was all about crazy folks dealing with other crazy folks. TOS was all about cowboys in space. They had their niches and they worked. The Voyager crew was a bunch of losers stuck on a lowly science ship. On top of that, they had the nutso Maquis stuck on board with them. They were pretty much average, run-of-the-mill Starfleet officers on a so-so ship with an average captain. They never once had to confront their mediocrity. That's what would have been interesting. If they hadn't come up with a dozen scientific breakthroughs a season or figured out how to singlehandedly hand the Borg's ass to them every time they met. I would have loved to watch a show about average folks in the middle of a really crappy situation having to overcome their own inadequacies before they could even think about dealing with the rest of the universe. Big missed opportunity.
It's not that different from what's currently happening with Enterprise. They have another one of the most exciting opportunities at hand: It's before the Federation, it's mysterious and dangerous. They're totally unprepared and out of their element. Let's go explore! Who the hell cares about some contrived "temporal cold war" plot. Let's set the stage for what comes next, not for something that was just made up. Don't take every chance to moralize and celebrate humanness, let's get our asses kicked and lose once in a while.
Spot-on. I go to CMU where we have one of the first campus-wide 802.11b networks that hosts, literally, thousands of users every day. It's really impressive. Performance is fantastic and reliability is high everywhere on campus but in the elevators (they're big Faraday cages.)
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I don't know if I'd call those tricks. Just stupidity. As the reviewer says, MS wanted to blunt Symbian and rushed this thing out the door. Interestingly, it's consistent with almost all MS 1.0 releases. They're barely capable, but they improve with the later releases, then they start to get crufty and awful after about 3.0.
Dammit, now everyone's going to want an apple fruit shape calculator before my AppleCalculator(TM) is on the market. Damn you Axxackall!
Yea, I don't know if I want to be stuck with something that looks like an etch-a-sketch picked for me by some nutty Austrian covered in examples of his previous attempts. That whole scene gives me the willies and when I see the look on that girl's face in the first picture, I realize I'm not alone!
In the end, he did neither. Talk about vague allusions. The parent is right: it was just a waste of time.
Vat a kantree!
Indeed, IIRC, the whole current line of 'em is German. They adopted the surname Windsor (named after the castle) when they decided that it was decidedly un-PC with WWI in full swing to have the name "Saxe-Coburg & Gothe" or "Hanover" of George II-Victoria. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I have it down.)
Well, my mother who is from England (and isn't one of those god-awful Union Jack on every article of clothing people) uses words like 'redact' all the time. Indeed, I've often heard her offer to make my dad a 'cuppa.' So some Brits do it. She just doesn't do it ostentatiously.
Now does anyone have any gumbands to bind my biros?
Ta!
I know a lot of janitors who probably have twice as much dignity as you. The elitism of the technology crowd really gets under my skin. I see it from my peers, and I sometimes see it from myself.
When it comes down to it, I know a good number of janitors and service-industry employees with whom I'd rather associate than CS or IS majors.
I'd rather be 'just' a janitor than a prick.
It could be the only legitimate application for 'redundant' that I've yet seen.
Aaah. CGI would be a nightmare. I can think of few worse ways to butcher it.
Animation would be neat if they could capture the whimsy and lightness of Hergé's art. That would be pretty slick. Of course the voices would have to be good, then =)
Yep.
That's one of the major problems I see: nobody will see the Thompson/Thomson juxtaposition. It was fundamental to their characters.
I just can't wait to see who does Castafiore. Calculus isn't that hard, Haddock will be fun, but Mme. C. has to be delightful.
Oh yay! I actually jumped from my chair when I heard this. Delight!
I adore Tintin. The sense of adventure and innocence is amazing. I hope he maintains the tenor and spirit of Hergé's creation.
What a thrill!
It's also crucial that they get just the combination of cute and mischievous for the actor. If it's Macauly Culkin or someone dippy like that, I'll be most disappointed.
That just made my very bad day.
Network transparency is the only thing X has going for it. In fact, it's the only thing I miss on my Mac. DPS can do it on my NeXT and X can do it in Linux, I wish Apple would implement something like xhosting or NXHosting in Quartz.
It actually appears to be. I don't really want to download it and find out if it's really "Debbie Does Dallas," but there are a few different things that claim to be such.
Sorry. It might not be pleasant, but it's best to be accurate.
Hehe. I want a "Apple G4 Descktop With Up to P2 400mhz 128 MB 9 GB Of Total Storage."
"Honey, why is there a fork in the sock drawer?"
"Sorry dear, I'm an idiot."
You're forgetting the cost of software needed for that PDA. Also, do you know that the basic Palm has the horsepower to run voice recognition? Also, you're forgetting that it needs a relatively high quality microphone.
Is that the guy who used to illustrate Suck? It looks an awful lot like his style.
I'm down with what you're saying in principle, but it's just silly to think that the consumer should abide by certain perceived or actual rules that are a result from the pricing and marketing decisions of the vendor. They're in such separate domains that it's daffy to think that they should have any bearing on each other in the world or the mind of the consumer.
You know the best part? I hear that it's programmed entirely with Visual Basic.
My distribution of negative words was a bit unclear. I wanted them not to hand the Borg's ass to them every time the met. It's just improbable.
Oh, I do. I can't tell you how many crappy situations I've been in which I've had to overcome my inadequacies (sometimes unsuccessfully). I'm talking about a TV show. I used to really enjoy Star Trek, but now, despite giving Enterprise a season's worth of a chance, I'm just not interested any more.
Re: Janeway & crew. That's what always got me about Voyager. They had an opportunity to do something really interesting in that show. TNG was all about the biggest, bestest ship in the fleet. DS9 was all about crazy folks dealing with other crazy folks. TOS was all about cowboys in space. They had their niches and they worked. The Voyager crew was a bunch of losers stuck on a lowly science ship. On top of that, they had the nutso Maquis stuck on board with them. They were pretty much average, run-of-the-mill Starfleet officers on a so-so ship with an average captain. They never once had to confront their mediocrity. That's what would have been interesting. If they hadn't come up with a dozen scientific breakthroughs a season or figured out how to singlehandedly hand the Borg's ass to them every time they met. I would have loved to watch a show about average folks in the middle of a really crappy situation having to overcome their own inadequacies before they could even think about dealing with the rest of the universe. Big missed opportunity.
It's not that different from what's currently happening with Enterprise. They have another one of the most exciting opportunities at hand: It's before the Federation, it's mysterious and dangerous. They're totally unprepared and out of their element. Let's go explore! Who the hell cares about some contrived "temporal cold war" plot. Let's set the stage for what comes next, not for something that was just made up. Don't take every chance to moralize and celebrate humanness, let's get our asses kicked and lose once in a while.
Spot-on. I go to CMU where we have one of the first campus-wide 802.11b networks that hosts, literally, thousands of users every day. It's really impressive. Performance is fantastic and reliability is high everywhere on campus but in the elevators (they're big Faraday cages.)