I mean I do love hacking my gadgets, but I'm part of a very small minority, that vast, vast majority of people don't want to hear about hacking.
What people do want is something easy, safe, and that does what they want. Free is good too, but most people are not ready to hack for "free" instead of "5 bucks". I think the issue right now is Tablets not doing what people want. Things like accessing my LAN/NAS should NOT require a hack or an app for a device whose main fucntion is to watch my f**ing media !
It looks like they're not changing much on that one, just the shell (hey, several graphical shells that you can pick and choose ! that's Innovation ! oh, wait..), and a handful of drivers. I've given up hope on ReadyBoost for SSDs. So, MS might manage to not screw too badly up that mild update. Might not even be worth upgrading on the desktop. Stay tuned, though.
Actually, they are performing a service for the community: I'd much rather have security loopholes exposed in peacetime (well, relative peace) by Anonymous et seq. than exploited by more shadowy organizations and/or governments, especially by surprise during a serious war.
As opposed to the excellent engineering and high security we have today ?
Maybe is companies spend a little less time running cables, configuring SANs, and patching OSes, they'll be able to focus on stuff like features, reliability security ?
it's a lot of RAM. especially when there's only one app running, no top heavy OS, optimized, app-specific caching, and relatively low-res graphics. try filling half of that with good code, and come back to us.
I've tried a couple. My tablet is missing a component for samba or NFS access, and its not on xda, so indeed it must be FTP or HTTP download, which is as cumbersome a drag and drop from my PC. I'm guessing a 1st-tier tablet wouldn't have that issue.
People buying them does not mean they're using them. I have one (8" Android 2.2, with an excellent 1280x768 capacitive screen), and barely use it. My dilemma is whether to double down and get a better one, or just give up on it. My tablet is not so much competing vs my netbook, as vs my HTC HD2. The 4.3" screen is big enough for ereading (except pdfs), mail and keeping up to date with rss feeds.
So the tablet is justified only for browsing, reading comics, and reading pdfs and docs. I've bought QuickOffice to be able to edit docs, but haven't used it yet. Plus, when I'm home, not being able to access content directly off my NAS is a pain (I'm supposed to FTP it over, then play it, or drag and drop it, or put it on an SD card or USB key... that's too cumbersome... I've got a NAS, if've got wifi... talk ! In the end, I'm still using my netbook for that...). When I'm outside, the thing needs 2 hands or a flat surface, taking out of a bag, usually has no 'net (no wifi, and a dedicated data plan does not seem worth it at all)... I find myself reaching for my HD2 instead.
I'm sure I'll be getting the upcoming Samsung very large screen (4.65" or 5.3", rumors differ) phone (barring nasty surprises). I'm really wondering whether I should get the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet, which seems most suited to my needs (full size ports, real pen to take notes...).
Actually, that's too nice: we should buy the game, and then ask for a refund. The same way they lied to us, we can lie to them, and cost them oodles of money (restocking games is expensive, especially in countries like mine where it's a legal obligation).
My main was a healer, my backup, a tank... and my almost-full stable of DPSes was languishing 'coz doing 30 mins of dailies per day, several times per day, is no fun. In the end, I was farming the AH.
Indeed, being a DPS requires less rigour and concentration. As a tank, I always shouted loudly at the first DPS pull, and took the time to lead and explain strats if needed. And dropped group rather quickly if anarchy happened ^^
That's "Do as I say, not as I do" at its finest. Meanwhile, on the Linux front, choice is great, if you're not happy roll your own, and uniformization is death.
Actually; Blizzard IS enforcing a tank imbalance: you need 20% tank for heroics, and about 10% for raids, so tanks are kinda dead ends for high level play. Plus, the effects balloons: since tanks are scarce in heroics, they gear up faster, and stop running them. Are turn into divas.
- the rampant immaturity and callousness. MMOs need a karma system, even several, where you rate your random-grouped partners on their skill, social behaviour, and efficiency. - the endless grind, which is harder to solve: either things come too easy to anyone, or one must grind them for hours... - the lack of new stuff. Blizzard has tweaked WoW, but not really added new game mechanisms over the years. My last fights a few months ago were very similar to whatever I was doing in Molten Core way back when. - the gross imbalance in Tank/Healer/DPS numbers, leading to 30+ minutes waits to run an instance with a DPS. - my guild insisted on doing 25-players raids, which I find top heavy and boring. - permanent balance issues. I think there were too many classes filling the same roles, but not equally. They never delivered on "take the player, not the class"
You don't understand how infinitely more distracting than radio a conversation is ? Especially with someone not in the car with you, who doe not follow the environment's changes ?
1- take a perfectly working version numbering scheme 2- mess it up to try and look like Chrome, come with all love Chrome for its sexy, round version numbers. And for nothing else. 3- get rid of version numbers entirely rather than admit you're idiots,lose face, and backtrack 4- enjoy the entertaining confusion about updates, addon compatibility, features, security.... 5- watch your userbase exodus to saner pastures 6- ??? 7- Profit ! (for Google)
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I mean I do love hacking my gadgets, but I'm part of a very small minority, that vast, vast majority of people don't want to hear about hacking.
What people do want is something easy, safe, and that does what they want. Free is good too, but most people are not ready to hack for "free" instead of "5 bucks". I think the issue right now is Tablets not doing what people want. Things like accessing my LAN/NAS should NOT require a hack or an app for a device whose main fucntion is to watch my f**ing media !
It looks like they're not changing much on that one, just the shell (hey, several graphical shells that you can pick and choose ! that's Innovation ! oh, wait..), and a handful of drivers. I've given up hope on ReadyBoost for SSDs. So, MS might manage to not screw too badly up that mild update. Might not even be worth upgrading on the desktop. Stay tuned, though.
This body scanning stuff seems so inefficient and stupid, I'm guessing someone in the decision process must be lining their pockets ?
Yes. But, if they go for the locked ecosystem that seem to become so popular these days, they can try and solve the problem at the source.
As you say, the money was spent in wars. I doubt obama could have stopped those with the flick of a switch once they had been started ?
I just knew it !
Best wishes to both of you !
I think the truth of the matter is that religion is a cover for greed. And not much more.
It's killed more than most illnesses I've heard of. And still does.
Actually, they are performing a service for the community: I'd much rather have security loopholes exposed in peacetime (well, relative peace) by Anonymous et seq. than exploited by more shadowy organizations and/or governments, especially by surprise during a serious war.
but it's nice to have 5,000 people in your circles !
there's "friending" and there's "acquaintancing". And there's "making up a group to share photos and stuff from our drama/gym/science/photo... club.
As opposed to the excellent engineering and high security we have today ?
Maybe is companies spend a little less time running cables, configuring SANs, and patching OSes, they'll be able to focus on stuff like features, reliability security ?
it's a lot of RAM. especially when there's only one app running, no top heavy OS, optimized, app-specific caching, and relatively low-res graphics.
try filling half of that with good code, and come back to us.
I've tried a couple. My tablet is missing a component for samba or NFS access, and its not on xda, so indeed it must be FTP or HTTP download, which is as cumbersome a drag and drop from my PC. I'm guessing a 1st-tier tablet wouldn't have that issue.
People buying them does not mean they're using them. I have one (8" Android 2.2, with an excellent 1280x768 capacitive screen), and barely use it. My dilemma is whether to double down and get a better one, or just give up on it. My tablet is not so much competing vs my netbook, as vs my HTC HD2. The 4.3" screen is big enough for ereading (except pdfs), mail and keeping up to date with rss feeds.
So the tablet is justified only for browsing, reading comics, and reading pdfs and docs. I've bought QuickOffice to be able to edit docs, but haven't used it yet. Plus, when I'm home, not being able to access content directly off my NAS is a pain (I'm supposed to FTP it over, then play it, or drag and drop it, or put it on an SD card or USB key... that's too cumbersome... I've got a NAS, if've got wifi... talk ! In the end, I'm still using my netbook for that...). When I'm outside, the thing needs 2 hands or a flat surface, taking out of a bag, usually has no 'net (no wifi, and a dedicated data plan does not seem worth it at all)... I find myself reaching for my HD2 instead.
I'm sure I'll be getting the upcoming Samsung very large screen (4.65" or 5.3", rumors differ) phone (barring nasty surprises). I'm really wondering whether I should get the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet, which seems most suited to my needs (full size ports, real pen to take notes...).
oh my, no more paste / paste special dichotomy ?
Actually, that's too nice: we should buy the game, and then ask for a refund. The same way they lied to us, we can lie to them, and cost them oodles of money (restocking games is expensive, especially in countries like mine where it's a legal obligation).
Hey, thanks, I hadn't heard of it...
My main was a healer, my backup, a tank... and my almost-full stable of DPSes was languishing 'coz doing 30 mins of dailies per day, several times per day, is no fun. In the end, I was farming the AH.
Indeed, being a DPS requires less rigour and concentration. As a tank, I always shouted loudly at the first DPS pull, and took the time to lead and explain strats if needed. And dropped group rather quickly if anarchy happened ^^
That's "Do as I say, not as I do" at its finest. Meanwhile, on the Linux front, choice is great, if you're not happy roll your own, and uniformization is death.
Actually; Blizzard IS enforcing a tank imbalance: you need 20% tank for heroics, and about 10% for raids, so tanks are kinda dead ends for high level play.
Plus, the effects balloons: since tanks are scarce in heroics, they gear up faster, and stop running them. Are turn into divas.
- the rampant immaturity and callousness. MMOs need a karma system, even several, where you rate your random-grouped partners on their skill, social behaviour, and efficiency.
- the endless grind, which is harder to solve: either things come too easy to anyone, or one must grind them for hours...
- the lack of new stuff. Blizzard has tweaked WoW, but not really added new game mechanisms over the years. My last fights a few months ago were very similar to whatever I was doing in Molten Core way back when.
- the gross imbalance in Tank/Healer/DPS numbers, leading to 30+ minutes waits to run an instance with a DPS.
- my guild insisted on doing 25-players raids, which I find top heavy and boring.
- permanent balance issues. I think there were too many classes filling the same roles, but not equally. They never delivered on "take the player, not the class"
You don't understand how infinitely more distracting than radio a conversation is ? Especially with someone not in the car with you, who doe not follow the environment's changes ?
1- take a perfectly working version numbering scheme
2- mess it up to try and look like Chrome, come with all love Chrome for its sexy, round version numbers. And for nothing else.
3- get rid of version numbers entirely rather than admit you're idiots,lose face, and backtrack
4- enjoy the entertaining confusion about updates, addon compatibility, features, security....
5- watch your userbase exodus to saner pastures
6- ???
7- Profit ! (for Google)
there's a lot of them !