As a VB coder who frequently gets lost in his own code while he's writing it, I'd like to assert that my code conventions are for my own personal readablity of the code that I write. If I went much over 60 chars per line, I'd have to scroll all the time to see the stuff that just ran under the File Explorer or the Properties Explorer or the control pallette. My usual response to this is to totally forget what function I was working on, and why.
We already require users to constantly judge whether their actions will compromise their computers. They fail.
Apple has changed the user interaction style, and imho, end users fail less often with this different interaction style.
If we allow end users to install their own applications, there must be some mechanism for them to give trust to an entity that is not trusted by their OS provider. Until there's a good user-controlled software DRM system, Apple's style is the best I can imagine. Even better than your reg-key brilliance.
It requires less smarts from users.
Hahahahah! Oh man that's the best joke I've read all day. You _are_ joking, right? You think that users are...
Dude: So now MS has to make its OS work with spyware? Other dude: Yes. Sucks to be them, but they got themselves into this position in the first place. Yet another dude: How so? Someone else: By making everyone an admin. You: But that's unavoidable, due to end user confusion. Me: I have seen end user's deal with OS X's solution quite well (which is a happy medium). You: Well, it may be a good system for security. But support centers will be inundated with phone calls.
I'm saying that (judging by my limited experience) would not be the case. End users can judge pretty well whether they should trust some new program with their password. Support centers would rather get a call every time the password dialog comes up (which I propose would not happen), rather than deal with spyware all over their network. Remember, we don't want people installing things on their computers unless it's crucial!
OS X's solution to this problem has worked quite nicely. I've had several clueless users ask me "It's telling me it wants my password to run this. Is that a good idea?" when dealing with software that was kindof questionable.
They are local admins. And due to the user interaction style, they think twice about what they're doing. Works great.
Yes, whether or not it's their fault. The spyware is out there. If parts of the service pack rely on parts of the operating system that could not be secured from 'winserv', then the service pack needs to reaffirm that those DLLs & registry settings are intact.
It's a challenge, but unfortunately it's a challenge that they have to cope with.
Nevertheless, I completely understand how certain aspects of the religion can seem peculiar to those who have only a partial understanding of it.
i.e. All nonbelievers.
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And every Cretan is a liar...
You've just proved yourself wrong. When I read that review, your highly rated comment is directly underneath it. Your criticism is now a part of the review.
And some people's opinions are notable. For example, me. My opinion, here, is valid. Yours isn't. Eat it.
What they're describing would only make sense if VMWare could start transfering the machine's state while it was still running. So lower bandwidth would make the whole process take longer, but would not increase the (one or two second) amount of downtime. No, it shouldn't take 2GB/second bandwidth. But I don't know what I'm talking about.
According to Wired Magazine, some Japanese kids can type on their mobile faster than they can talk. And Japanese makes as much sense to type on a 10 key keyboard as a 105 key keyboard.
So while we might get that crap in the states, I think it'll work ok in Japan.
I think your second post is much less of a cheap shot than your first:
Well, he is Mormon. He believes in magical underoos.
I think being a Mormon is going to improve anyone, but...
But you also believe in magical underoos, so I'm not sure why I should take your opinion seriously.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. But even if that's a cheap shot, I don't see what's incorrect about it. That and many other Mormon beliefs indicate to me that any Mormon who has given any consideration to their faith has also invested serious effort in ignoring reality.
Hey, coward. Make your point or don't. What about my post indicates ignorance about the Mormon faith? If I'm full of shit, I want to hear about it. Everything I've witnessed of Mormons makes me think that they're a little separate from reality.
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Uh... make it GPL or BSD licensed please? I mean, I'm never going to get cable, let alone an HD Tivo, but wouldn't HD TeAm want the code to get integrated into other projects?
You sound like you know what you're talking about, so I'll assume that you're right about those product tradeoffs. I still don't see how that means either of those products should "beat" Apple.
People do care about volume, but not sound quality. They're listening to their iPods via earbuds on the subway. Sound quality just won't matter.
And bigger isn't fine for most people. When Apple wanted to expand their line, they built the mini. They knew what they were doing.
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You say that as if you had made the joke. Rather than me.
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What a fascinating question. It had never occured to me that this predicament could come up in programming.
As a VB coder who frequently gets lost in his own code while he's writing it, I'd like to assert that my code conventions are for my own personal readablity of the code that I write. If I went much over 60 chars per line, I'd have to scroll all the time to see the stuff that just ran under the File Explorer or the Properties Explorer or the control pallette. My usual response to this is to totally forget what function I was working on, and why.
Oh, my God, I wish I was joking.
Any relation to Walter Kovacs?
I wonder who patented the selling-DRM-music-on-the-intarweb business model.
Dunno if we're on the same page.
We already require users to constantly judge whether their actions will compromise their computers. They fail.
Apple has changed the user interaction style, and imho, end users fail less often with this different interaction style.
If we allow end users to install their own applications, there must be some mechanism for them to give trust to an entity that is not trusted by their OS provider. Until there's a good user-controlled software DRM system, Apple's style is the best I can imagine. Even better than your reg-key brilliance.
It requires less smarts from users.
Hahahahah! Oh man that's the best joke I've read all day. You _are_ joking, right? You think that users are...
You're an idiot.
submits to licensing FairPlay decoder for $400 per device and the encoder for $2,000,000 per song.
Seriously, though, what's preventing Virgin from selling songs that play on an iPod? The copyright holders. Is that Apple's fault?
You don't seem to follow:
Dude: So now MS has to make its OS work with spyware?
Other dude: Yes. Sucks to be them, but they got themselves into this position in the first place.
Yet another dude: How so?
Someone else: By making everyone an admin.
You: But that's unavoidable, due to end user confusion.
Me: I have seen end user's deal with OS X's solution quite well (which is a happy medium).
You: Well, it may be a good system for security. But support centers will be inundated with phone calls.
I'm saying that (judging by my limited experience) would not be the case. End users can judge pretty well whether they should trust some new program with their password. Support centers would rather get a call every time the password dialog comes up (which I propose would not happen), rather than deal with spyware all over their network. Remember, we don't want people installing things on their computers unless it's crucial!
OS X's solution to this problem has worked quite nicely. I've had several clueless users ask me "It's telling me it wants my password to run this. Is that a good idea?" when dealing with software that was kindof questionable.
They are local admins. And due to the user interaction style, they think twice about what they're doing. Works great.
So now MS has to make its OS work with spyware?
Yes, whether or not it's their fault. The spyware is out there. If parts of the service pack rely on parts of the operating system that could not be secured from 'winserv', then the service pack needs to reaffirm that those DLLs & registry settings are intact.
It's a challenge, but unfortunately it's a challenge that they have to cope with.
Nevertheless, I completely understand how certain aspects of the religion can seem peculiar to those who have only a partial understanding of it.
i.e. All nonbelievers.
And every Cretan is a liar...
You've just proved yourself wrong. When I read that review, your highly rated comment is directly underneath it. Your criticism is now a part of the review.
And some people's opinions are notable. For example, me. My opinion, here, is valid. Yours isn't. Eat it.
What they're describing would only make sense if VMWare could start transfering the machine's state while it was still running. So lower bandwidth would make the whole process take longer, but would not increase the (one or two second) amount of downtime. No, it shouldn't take 2GB/second bandwidth. But I don't know what I'm talking about.
According to Wired Magazine, some Japanese kids can type on their mobile faster than they can talk. And Japanese makes as much sense to type on a 10 key keyboard as a 105 key keyboard.
So while we might get that crap in the states, I think it'll work ok in Japan.
But you also believe in magical underoos, so I'm not sure why I should take your opinion seriously.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. But even if that's a cheap shot, I don't see what's incorrect about it. That and many other Mormon beliefs indicate to me that any Mormon who has given any consideration to their faith has also invested serious effort in ignoring reality.
I can't think of any for the PSX/N64 era, but they have good ones on NES, SNES, Genesis, PS2, and Xbox.
The original DOA was PSX only, right?
Hey, coward. Make your point or don't. What about my post indicates ignorance about the Mormon faith? If I'm full of shit, I want to hear about it. Everything I've witnessed of Mormons makes me think that they're a little separate from reality.
Tell me why I'm wrong.
I mean, he's not really this broken, is he?
Well, he is Mormon. He believes in magical underoos.
They cost about $200 more than your current processor, and you can buy them from Intel or AMD.
This is the opposite of blackmail, smartguy.
Not to mention my email addy & my tshirt.
You sound like you know what you're talking about, so I'll assume that you're right about those product tradeoffs. I still don't see how that means either of those products should "beat" Apple.
People do care about volume, but not sound quality. They're listening to their iPods via earbuds on the subway. Sound quality just won't matter.
And bigger isn't fine for most people. When Apple wanted to expand their line, they built the mini. They knew what they were doing.