I've set up my cell phone so that any calls I get from people who aren't in my address book just get shunted straight to voice mail. The phone doesn't even ring. Problem solved!
Besides, I'm pretty dubious as to how much critics' views even matter.
Well, if you're a marketing person then they matter because they're a kind of marketing.
But they don't matter much to me overall. Here's the way I pay attention to critics: I've found a couple whose tastes generally agree with my own, and I pay attention to what those few say because I'm likely to agree with them.
I couldn't care less what any other critics have to say, because their tastes are too far away from my own to be useful to me.
The newer ones are quite a bit faster. But still, a better solution for almost the same amount of money is to get one of the boards that is designed to serve as a media center controller.
Not to me. We already have far too much horribleness resulting from web sites deciding to alter their functionality according to web browser and machine characteristics as it is.
This sort of thing is one of the main reasons why I consider HTML 5 to be a terrible specification. It allows far too much data leakage to websites. Combine that with the underlying attitude behind HTML 5 that users shouldn't have control over their machines makes is a bridge too far.
One time, I was in a grocery store using a card I had just been issued. I'd forgotten to sign the back of it first. The clerk noticed that, and handed me the card saying "this has to be signed for me to accept it".
I signed it right there and then, and handed it back. The clerk then accepted it.
Yes, years the software industry made an economic decision that developer time was more valuable than software efficiency on the hypothesis that increasing hardware power will make up for the decrease in software efficiency. That decision reduced overall software quality quite a lot. It was a terrible decision at the time, and is increasingly terrible as time goes on.
That's a pretty individual thing, though. Things that you find hard to use may be things that others find are the easiest. But, what legRoom said -- I use the plugin to restore some of the old things that work better for me, and I keep some of the new things that work better for me.
The mechanical process is the same - insert the card, wait for the beep, withdraw the card.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear: the exact process, including when to insert the card, when to enter the PIN, when you have to make the other menu selections, and when to remove the card, varies a LOT from merchant to merchant.
Yes, the basic idea is the same. But the timing and sequence varies a lot. Even simple sequences can called "confusing" if they're unpredictable.
I don't know how to tell which stores are the miserly ones and which aren't, then, because the ones I would expect to be the penny pinchers are the ones who tend to do a little better on this stuff.
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I've set up my cell phone so that any calls I get from people who aren't in my address book just get shunted straight to voice mail. The phone doesn't even ring. Problem solved!
But it's a 'fan service' movie.
Hmm, that probably explains why I thought it was a terrible movie. I wasn't its target audience.
Haven't seen it, and probably won't bother, but "OK" is pretty much what I expect of it.
The problem for me is that it's a remake, and I'm hard-pressed to think of a remake in the last 20 years that was worth the price of admission.
Besides, I'm pretty dubious as to how much critics' views even matter.
Well, if you're a marketing person then they matter because they're a kind of marketing.
But they don't matter much to me overall. Here's the way I pay attention to critics: I've found a couple whose tastes generally agree with my own, and I pay attention to what those few say because I'm likely to agree with them.
I couldn't care less what any other critics have to say, because their tastes are too far away from my own to be useful to me.
I was trying to convey that LCD screens allow a much richer UI over fixed buttons.
Yes, but for the use case of a TV remote, the most important thing is to be able to use it without looking at it.
and ignoring Best Buy
That's what I do. After the first time there, the only time I've been back was for an emergency cable purchase.
The newer ones are quite a bit faster. But still, a better solution for almost the same amount of money is to get one of the boards that is designed to serve as a media center controller.
Not sadly. This is advice being given to people who have expressly stated that they don't want the "smarts" in the TV.
So, we'll have to have a plan on midigating the "spying" thing.
Easily done. Don't connect it to the network.
Really they only need to know Full, low, and not full or low.
They don't even need to know that.
That seems like a legitimate use to me.
Not to me. We already have far too much horribleness resulting from web sites deciding to alter their functionality according to web browser and machine characteristics as it is.
This sort of thing is one of the main reasons why I consider HTML 5 to be a terrible specification. It allows far too much data leakage to websites. Combine that with the underlying attitude behind HTML 5 that users shouldn't have control over their machines makes is a bridge too far.
This wouldn't be a problem if sex offender registries only covered people who were actually sex offenders.
One time, I was in a grocery store using a card I had just been issued. I'd forgotten to sign the back of it first. The clerk noticed that, and handed me the card saying "this has to be signed for me to accept it".
I signed it right there and then, and handed it back. The clerk then accepted it.
Too bad almost no one copied it
I'm very pleased that almost nobody copied it. I strongly dislike this aspect of the Mac UI.
every indication is that the company today is a heck of a lot different than the one you're referencing.
I have seen very little such indication at all -- they look pretty much the same to me.
I'm seriously asking -- why should non-Windows OS developers care about whether or not ChakraCore is supported on non-Windows operating systems?
Yes, years the software industry made an economic decision that developer time was more valuable than software efficiency on the hypothesis that increasing hardware power will make up for the decrease in software efficiency. That decision reduced overall software quality quite a lot. It was a terrible decision at the time, and is increasingly terrible as time goes on.
the old theme is pretty poor useability wise.
That's a pretty individual thing, though. Things that you find hard to use may be things that others find are the easiest. But, what legRoom said -- I use the plugin to restore some of the old things that work better for me, and I keep some of the new things that work better for me.
The titlebar is a waste of space; I'm glad they got rid of it.
Useless to you, maybe, but I find it useful enough that I use a plugin to put it back.
I use my debit card so that the merchant doesn't have to pay as much in fees.
The mechanical process is the same - insert the card, wait for the beep, withdraw the card.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear: the exact process, including when to insert the card, when to enter the PIN, when you have to make the other menu selections, and when to remove the card, varies a LOT from merchant to merchant.
Yes, the basic idea is the same. But the timing and sequence varies a lot. Even simple sequences can called "confusing" if they're unpredictable.
I don't know how to tell which stores are the miserly ones and which aren't, then, because the ones I would expect to be the penny pinchers are the ones who tend to do a little better on this stuff.
It sounds like the systems in your area are at least an order of magnitude better than the ones in mine. I'm jealous.
But, honestly, I don't care why the situation is as it is. I'm not their troubleshooter. I only care that it's not functioning well for me.