Why is it that so-called "teachers" are unable (or unwilling) to learn new modes of speech? You would think that by learning to understand AOL-style chat text, that teacher would set an example for students: be adaptive. After all, isn't it better to understand multiple speech/text modes, instead of helplessly clinging to antiquated modes that have diminishing relevance in today's world?
I think most teachers are lazy idiots, and this story only reinforced that opinion.
...I dont think Apple has enough marketing muscle to push it assuming Microsoft could not.
M$' failure to promote this initiative might have something to do with the dismal association most people see in "Microsoft" + "Plug and Play". Also, Microsoft fucks everything up and then charges you for it, which Apple does less often.
...to STFU. And the reason I told you to STFU is that you don't have a fucking counter-argument, AC. It's been shown again and again that your gigantic shitty Korean OEM white-box 13-fan fire hazard PC is not equivalent to a PowerMac.
First David Pogue (NY Times) is biased towards the Mac for the most part.
I love Macs and want 10.2 to be great and successful and change the world, but this is such a fantastic understatement considering that David Pogue wrote the best selling O'Reilly "Missing Manual" for OS X.
BTW, according to Tim O'Reilly, Pogue's Missing Manual on OS X was "the #1 bestselling computer book at Amazon, Borders, and Barnes & Noble for most of 2002"!
1. Your fucking multibutton mice work in OS X. Plug them in and see for yourself. So STFU!
2. The upgrade costs $129 dollars. If you can't afford it, or aren't willing to pay it, then write Apple a letter and then STFU.
3. Apple controls hardware as a means of stabilizing the user experience. The hardware Apple makes is competitive in performance and price. Do some realistic comparison shopping (and then STFU).
4. Please redirect all you FUD about Mac OS X to a brick wall, and STFU!
...it was hard to get work done on one mouse button and without knowing the guts of the machine.
Not only do you tell us that you bought a cube (bleh!), but you also tell us that you can't figure out how to attach a multibutton mouse, or read the specs on your machine...and then you go on to brag about having virtual desktops in Ximian-Gnome (which is also easily accomplished on a Mac). Well, Mac OS has the features that you mentioned, you just weren't able to figure out how to implement them. Given that we're talking about Mac OS (legendary ease of use), that's pretty sad for you.
...the beauty of Hypercard, which Director utterly, completely lacks, was the ability to just riff on simple applications. The Hypercard interface was set up so that you could be tweaking interface gadgets (in Fatbits!) and sending commands CLI-style through the message box, and dropping complex scripts in behind the scenes with such ease and intuition that it was sheer joy to work on Hypercard.
Yes, if you invest the time and energy to map your brain to Macromedia's fussy interface, and are able to bridge the conceptual gap between the timeline and lingo control, and if you can wrestle away the demon of the "movie" metaphor, and if you can master the ESL-style gibberish of lingo, then you might be able to riff.
I guess I would summarize as follows: Director is like a saxophone -- it makes lovely music, but has a steep learning curve and is a serious instrument. Hypercard was like a little casio keyboard -- anyone could pick it up and be riffing on the presets and the funny little keys in no time.
....(and I'm not even going to mention the fact that you used "powerpoint" and "director" in the same sentence):P
The nintendo gamecube is the only console to *ever* offer a wireless controller that works, and works really, really well. Plus, the basic controller design is perfectly fine and basically equivalent to every other controller. They even have a cool detente at the end of the two shoulder triggers. You need to reduce your crack intake, AC.
It should be noted that there is a big ass automatic shotgun on the end of that arm appendage. I think that sequence is so fucking cool, for a hundred different reasons. They should have shot that guy in the balls, though.
You really showed me! Here a few points to clarify:
1. I'm using M1.
2. The fact remains that Mozilla doesn't handle the situation. If it doesn't work, tell me why. Don't just sit there and try to force a square peg into a round hole. Basic rule of HCI.
3. Properly integrated means that user profiles are not a kludgey modal dialogue box that appears at the start of each new session.
4. The preference panes suck. Just take the "Advanced" preferences, for instance. Under "Advanced" are a bunch of sub-items: Scripts, Caches, Proxies, etc. First of all, you need to click on the expansion arrow just to see these (mildly lame). Now, explain to me why enabling Javascript is under "Scripts and Windows" when there is a box in the "Advanced" pane that is titled "Enable features that help interpret web pages" for enabling Java. Wouldn't you expect to find these items on the same pane? Sure, there's some idiotic reason that they're not together, but that doesn't change the fact that they should be. There's about 1000 pixels of unused space on the "Advanced" pane that could be used to roll up other items that (arbitrarily) appear in the sub-panes. And what is the point of having sub-panes, when the parent pane has options, too. Why not make the parent empty and put the options in the sub-panes? It's not as if the parent pane options affect the options in the sub-pane. It's just plain dumb and counter-intuitive, which is what "function over form" people like you never understand. Mainly because your sole sense of indentity is based on the fact that you are able to interpret dumb counter-intuitive crap like the hierarchy of preference panes in Mozilla. Yay for you.
5. It is slow on OS X on a dual g4. It's slow on a P4 is W2k, too. It's slow to start up. And that splashscreen is embarassingly lame. Again, something you proudly identify yourself with. You probably wear Tevas and free convention t-shirts, too, so what's the point of me even bothering.
...the topic was the enforceability of covenants against criticizing the vendor. The original poster misinterpreted the quote regarding that specific aspect of UCITA. While your whining about post-sale disclosure of terms may have merit, that issue pre-dates UCITA, as many states have been enforcing shrink-wrap agreements for a long time now (regardless of UCITA). Your point about books shows your lack of understanding of the current intellectual property regime. Finally, when I said "...(at least partially)." I meant to suggest that UCITA is still a flawed and ambiguous piece of uniform state law (but not for any of the reasons that you cite). Suffice it to say that you've only added to the confusion (including your own).
Yeah. Well, I work on the customer side of these big consulting deals (IAAL), and I'm the guy that sits down in a room full of fifty IBM suits during the bid phase and chews them out long and hard because their technical solution is a giant POS. I *do* so enjoy my job!
Mozilla mis-renders pages in OS X 10.1.5 on my Dual G4 all the time. I'd say about one out of seven pages loads improperly, not because the site isn't standards-compliant, but because Mozilla's rendering engine doesn't play nice. I'm talking about the white spaces that appear after you resize a window, only to be filled in with content when you scoll the window. Stupid, retarded crap like that.
Also, everyone raves about the ability to kill popups. But they don't rave about all the links that just do nothing when you click on them because Mozilla isn't smart enough to follow popup links in the same window. Or what about all the links that open new windows, but then just hang indefinitely? I'd be asking for a whole lot more than goddamn arabic letters if I were a Mozilla user. It sucks so bad, I'm using IE again.
And another thing: Mozilla has learned *nothing* since Netscape 4. What is with that clumsy profile manager? It still runs like a goddamn add-on that isn't properly integrated. And don't even get me started on the *IDIOTIC* layout of the preference panels in Mozilla, which are another unwelcome hold over from Netscape. It's actually amazingly depressing how crummy Mozilla turned out to be. You only think it's good because it's not made by Microsoft. Your idea of good is tainted by Microsoft's mediocrity.
And what is with that childish splash screen? I can almost see where the geek used photoshop's finger tool to make the dragon's firebreath effect. Grow up. And what about the agonizingly long time Mozilla takes to start up? It's probably loading Chatzilla and the fucking email client that no one wants, needs or uses. Mozilla is a profound failure.
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...Jay Leno has never, ever been funny.
Why is it that so-called "teachers" are unable (or unwilling) to learn new modes of speech? You would think that by learning to understand AOL-style chat text, that teacher would set an example for students: be adaptive. After all, isn't it better to understand multiple speech/text modes, instead of helplessly clinging to antiquated modes that have diminishing relevance in today's world?
I think most teachers are lazy idiots, and this story only reinforced that opinion.
Case in point: Super Mario Sunshine fucking rules!!! Gamecube, all the way!!!
...I dont think Apple has enough marketing muscle to push it assuming Microsoft could not.
M$' failure to promote this initiative might have something to do with the dismal association most people see in "Microsoft" + "Plug and Play". Also, Microsoft fucks everything up and then charges you for it, which Apple does less often.
Putting aside the fact that you're making a joke, why can't your wife to do her own heavy lifting? Unless she's injured, that's extremely pathetic.
...just make ads that disparage lawyers, Apple Computer, the government, Star Wars: Episode 1, and forego proper grammar and spelling.
:P
I didn't tell everyone that doesn't share my fanaticism to STFU. I told the retards that continue to make the same mistakes about OS X to STFU.
...to STFU. And the reason I told you to STFU is that you don't have a fucking counter-argument, AC. It's been shown again and again that your gigantic shitty Korean OEM white-box 13-fan fire hazard PC is not equivalent to a PowerMac.
First David Pogue (NY Times) is biased towards the Mac for the most part.
I love Macs and want 10.2 to be great and successful and change the world, but this is such a fantastic understatement considering that David Pogue wrote the best selling O'Reilly "Missing Manual" for OS X.
BTW, according to Tim O'Reilly, Pogue's Missing Manual on OS X was "the #1 bestselling computer book at Amazon, Borders, and Barnes & Noble for most of 2002"!
...a few points to keep in mind:
1. Your fucking multibutton mice work in OS X. Plug them in and see for yourself. So STFU!
2. The upgrade costs $129 dollars. If you can't afford it, or aren't willing to pay it, then write Apple a letter and then STFU.
3. Apple controls hardware as a means of stabilizing the user experience. The hardware Apple makes is competitive in performance and price. Do some realistic comparison shopping (and then STFU).
4. Please redirect all you FUD about Mac OS X to a brick wall, and STFU!
Not only do you tell us that you bought a cube (bleh!), but you also tell us that you can't figure out how to attach a multibutton mouse, or read the specs on your machine...and then you go on to brag about having virtual desktops in Ximian-Gnome (which is also easily accomplished on a Mac). Well, Mac OS has the features that you mentioned, you just weren't able to figure out how to implement them. Given that we're talking about Mac OS (legendary ease of use), that's pretty sad for you.
...the beauty of Hypercard, which Director utterly, completely lacks, was the ability to just riff on simple applications. The Hypercard interface was set up so that you could be tweaking interface gadgets (in Fatbits!) and sending commands CLI-style through the message box, and dropping complex scripts in behind the scenes with such ease and intuition that it was sheer joy to work on Hypercard.
....(and I'm not even going to mention the fact that you used "powerpoint" and "director" in the same sentence) :P
Yes, if you invest the time and energy to map your brain to Macromedia's fussy interface, and are able to bridge the conceptual gap between the timeline and lingo control, and if you can wrestle away the demon of the "movie" metaphor, and if you can master the ESL-style gibberish of lingo, then you might be able to riff.
I guess I would summarize as follows: Director is like a saxophone -- it makes lovely music, but has a steep learning curve and is a serious instrument. Hypercard was like a little casio keyboard -- anyone could pick it up and be riffing on the presets and the funny little keys in no time.
...the P800 is not the T68i. And yes, Steve and Avi and the ganage were brandishing T68i's at MWNY.
...a program that shaves 0.0001 penny off the books with each transaction. My God it's genius!! They'll never notice!
...those who can't do, teach. Put that on your headstone, you self-righteous bugger you.
The nintendo gamecube is the only console to *ever* offer a wireless controller that works, and works really, really well. Plus, the basic controller design is perfectly fine and basically equivalent to every other controller. They even have a cool detente at the end of the two shoulder triggers. You need to reduce your crack intake, AC.
As a shareholder in BA, thanks a fucking lot for putting
"Boeing" and "Fraud" together in the headline. Especially these days...sheesh...
Thanks. It's from the idiotic ATMs in NYC. I think it sucks, too. I'll change it some day.
...the new name for bravery is "stupidity". Please update your records accordingly.
It should be noted that there is a big ass automatic shotgun on the end of that arm appendage. I think that sequence is so fucking cool, for a hundred different reasons. They should have shot that guy in the balls, though.
You really showed me! Here a few points to clarify:
1. I'm using M1.
2. The fact remains that Mozilla doesn't handle the situation. If it doesn't work, tell me why. Don't just sit there and try to force a square peg into a round hole. Basic rule of HCI.
3. Properly integrated means that user profiles are not a kludgey modal dialogue box that appears at the start of each new session.
4. The preference panes suck. Just take the "Advanced" preferences, for instance. Under "Advanced" are a bunch of sub-items: Scripts, Caches, Proxies, etc. First of all, you need to click on the expansion arrow just to see these (mildly lame). Now, explain to me why enabling Javascript is under "Scripts and Windows" when there is a box in the "Advanced" pane that is titled "Enable features that help interpret web pages" for enabling Java. Wouldn't you expect to find these items on the same pane? Sure, there's some idiotic reason that they're not together, but that doesn't change the fact that they should be. There's about 1000 pixels of unused space on the "Advanced" pane that could be used to roll up other items that (arbitrarily) appear in the sub-panes. And what is the point of having sub-panes, when the parent pane has options, too. Why not make the parent empty and put the options in the sub-panes? It's not as if the parent pane options affect the options in the sub-pane. It's just plain dumb and counter-intuitive, which is what "function over form" people like you never understand. Mainly because your sole sense of indentity is based on the fact that you are able to interpret dumb counter-intuitive crap like the hierarchy of preference panes in Mozilla. Yay for you.
5. It is slow on OS X on a dual g4. It's slow on a P4 is W2k, too. It's slow to start up. And that splashscreen is embarassingly lame. Again, something you proudly identify yourself with. You probably wear Tevas and free convention t-shirts, too, so what's the point of me even bothering.
...the topic was the enforceability of covenants against criticizing the vendor. The original poster misinterpreted the quote regarding that specific aspect of UCITA. While your whining about post-sale disclosure of terms may have merit, that issue pre-dates UCITA, as many states have been enforcing shrink-wrap agreements for a long time now (regardless of UCITA). Your point about books shows your lack of understanding of the current intellectual property regime. Finally, when I said "...(at least partially)." I meant to suggest that UCITA is still a flawed and ambiguous piece of uniform state law (but not for any of the reasons that you cite). Suffice it to say that you've only added to the confusion (including your own).
Yeah. Well, I work on the customer side of these big consulting deals (IAAL), and I'm the guy that sits down in a room full of fifty IBM suits during the bid phase and chews them out long and hard because their technical solution is a giant POS. I *do* so enjoy my job!
UCITA (as submitted to the states two or so years ago, and as enacted in at least VA and MD) currently allows software makers to prohibit criticism.
The quote you cite is saying that this reading of UCITA's vague and loose language will specifically prohibit that outcome.
In other words, they're finally going to get it right (at least partially).
Mozilla mis-renders pages in OS X 10.1.5 on my Dual G4 all the time. I'd say about one out of seven pages loads improperly, not because the site isn't standards-compliant, but because Mozilla's rendering engine doesn't play nice. I'm talking about the white spaces that appear after you resize a window, only to be filled in with content when you scoll the window. Stupid, retarded crap like that.
Also, everyone raves about the ability to kill popups. But they don't rave about all the links that just do nothing when you click on them because Mozilla isn't smart enough to follow popup links in the same window. Or what about all the links that open new windows, but then just hang indefinitely? I'd be asking for a whole lot more than goddamn arabic letters if I were a Mozilla user. It sucks so bad, I'm using IE again.
And another thing: Mozilla has learned *nothing* since Netscape 4. What is with that clumsy profile manager? It still runs like a goddamn add-on that isn't properly integrated. And don't even get me started on the *IDIOTIC* layout of the preference panels in Mozilla, which are another unwelcome hold over from Netscape. It's actually amazingly depressing how crummy Mozilla turned out to be. You only think it's good because it's not made by Microsoft. Your idea of good is tainted by Microsoft's mediocrity.
And what is with that childish splash screen? I can almost see where the geek used photoshop's finger tool to make the dragon's firebreath effect. Grow up. And what about the agonizingly long time Mozilla takes to start up? It's probably loading Chatzilla and the fucking email client that no one wants, needs or uses. Mozilla is a profound failure.