Be fair. It's not because Apple magically did something nobody else had thought of to make tablets suddenly the bee's knees. Tablets still aren't that great (although I've got a 2nd-hand nook color I rooted and enjoy fooling around with). The ipad succeeded because... drumroll... it was made by Apple.
I am fully of the opinion that right now, Apple could announce today a slick white electronic toothpick for $300, and there'd be lines outside apple stores nationwide tomorrow morning demanding the new iPic. Apple can do no wrong as far as their fans are concerned.
1. click start button. 2. type in \\192.168.60.99 (or whatever your print server address is.) 3. double-click on the printer you want.
congratulations, you've now got your network printer configured on your machine.
the only way it could be any easier is if you just simply talked to the computer and said "computer, configure a network printer. you know which one I want."
"A spiritual successor, sometimes called a spiritual sequel or a companion piece, is a successor to a work of fiction which does not directly build upon the storyline established by a previous work as do most traditional prequels or sequels, but nevertheless features many of the same elements, themes, and styles as its source material." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_successor
replace "fiction" with "OS". I am quite familiar with the DNA of Microsoft's operating systems.
I dunno, assuming you're not emotionally invested into the FOSS vs Proprietary closed source OS arguement, which I'm not, and you're judging each OS on it's own merits and how it fits into daily computing in the modern era... Windows 7 is a pretty strong entry. Have you given it a fair shake? used it for a few weeks daily?
I switched from XP to linux in 2009. I switched back to Windows about a year later because while I liked linux better than vista, I liked 7 better than linux.
Hey, I like to say "screw the man" as much as the next guy, but I just enjoy my computing experience more on 7. your mileage may vary.
2000 was the technological successor to NT4, yes of course, but I felt at the time that 2000 was the jump-in point to the NT kernal for those of us using the 9x kernal. That's why I called it the "spiritual successor". UI and organization was much more like 98 than either NT4 or ME (or XP).
Actually, I think my windows OS experience (on computers I owned myself) went: 3.11, 95, 95osr2, 98, 98se, 2000, xp (waited until sp1 though. I liked 2000), vista, 7
I didn't really skip any version except ME, and that's only because I had already upgraded to superior technology in the NT kernal with win2000. Looking back on them, the only one I think I really would have skipped would have been Vista, and maybe the original 98, and that's only because 98se came out so quick on the heel of 98 and remained the standard for a good while... but that decision would only have been in retrospec. There was no way you could have known that at the time, and vanilla 98 was superior to win95 osr2.
I wasn't counting the non-named releases (although I ran them).
If anything, the original win95 was the "it sucks" release compared to osr2. vanilla win95 is very much the "vista" to osr2's "win7". The thing is, even in all it's buggy crashy laggy form, The UI on vanilla win95 was a breath of fresh air compared to the suck that was windows 3.1 (and 3.11), so it doesn't fall in to the "it sucks worse than its predecessor" behavior that ME and Vista exhibit, only the "it sucks worse than its successor" behavior, which I think is probably completely normal and expected.
Honestly I can't remember the major differences between windows 98 and 98se. I don't remember having a single problem with 98 that didn't also exist in 98se, but it has been a decade since I last used it so I may have forgotton.
yes but he's stretching. Only if you're going on pure chronologically does the list work. Nobody who took the time to upgrade their computer to 2000 and get all their devices and software working with the NT-based kernal likely would have though of going to ME as any sort of 'upgrade' after that, even though it was technically released afterward.
2000 is the spiritual successor to 98/98se. ME was just kind of... there.
depends on how you count it (there was nothing wrong with windows 2000, nor was windows 95 or windows 98 the "skipable" release), but if you didn't know this was a version to skip just based on what's been revealed so far... you'll find out soon enough once you "upgrade" to it.
Also, side note, Isn't this just disabling the auto-load of explorer.exe???
Yes it matters, because we're no longer in the days where websites are static HTML and images. You might wish it were so, but tough cookies.
Sure it is, if you have the right browser extensions. Hell, I browse from work with images turned off completely. The web is so responsive.
Oh, and 640k of memory isn't enough for anybody these days.
Ever looked at the demo scene from the early 90s, and seen what those guys could do with just 64k, let alone 640k?
The reason that 640k isn't enough for anybody is that once they found out they had more than 640k, they said "well hell, might as well use it". We've gotten to absurd points where tray icons and such are eating up 30, 40, or 50mb of memory, just because "hey, it's probably there". These coders are using a dump truck to move a deck of cards just because they have access to a dump truck.
although having access to a dump truck IS pretty cool.
The moon isn't small. As balls of rock in the solar system go, it's a big one. It's bigger than Pluto. It's not that far off from the size of Mercury.
The moon has a radius of about 1080 miles. since I doubt we're going to run electricity through the center of the moon, We're more concerned with surface distance. It's circumference is just shy of 6800 miles.
6800 miles is more than twice the distance from NY to LA. That's one hell of a long extension cord.
My wife and I built gaming machines right after the Core 2 Duo e8400 hit it big. Last year we really wanted to upgrade our computers, but we took a look at the current state of the art, and determined that unless we wanted to spend many hundreds (each) to get the top-of-the-line i7 extreme edition cpus, the current crop of cpus were no faster at gaming than what we had.
So we just doubled our ram and replaced our GTS 8800 512s with GTX 470s. Later on we got 28" 1920x1200 monitors and razer mice. Those last three upgrades have done more for our gaming enjoyment than a mobo/cpu upgrade ever could. CPU work-per-clock has been almost stuck in neutral since the core 2 chips came out. They just keep adding more cores.
The overclocking ability on the i5 2500k is finally making me think about upgrading... but just thinking about it, it's certainly not necessary. It's not that much faster for gaming than what I already have.
note, I understand that it would speed the hell up out of my video transcodes, etc. I'm speaking gaming only.
hmm. probably true, although you could get around it with well constructed if/case qualifiers.
Thing is, English is a really high level language and everybody seems to have their own personal compiler rules for it. May as well code in english as makes best sense to you, since other people will compile it their own way anyway sometimes.
nope. If I'm going to write more than a few words, I go to my phone (which has a physical keyboard, albeit a sucky one). if I'm going to write more than two sentences, I go to something with a real keyboard.
Should have read "ebooks" not "eboks" and "it's small and thin enough to not be uncomfortable to hold for long periods, read or listen to tunes while tucked in bed, and so on."
I have 3 PCs at home, and two laptops (one is near-perpetually docked in it's bay) at work. I have two smartphones (work phone, and personal phone).
My point is that I'm not hurting for electronic device choices.
My rooted nook color is one of my constant companions nonetheless. It is the perfect size to just carry around to the shitter, out shopping with the wife, etc. I've got an OG droid, so reading eboks/web surfing/playing games on it is functional, but not exactly ideal. The notebooks on the other hand are WAY too bulky to fiddle with in a store while the wife is trying on shoes or I'm waiting for dinner to show up etc, and the nook is ideal for that. It's small and thin enough to be not be difficult to
My wife's iPad 2 has a nicer screen and more cpu power... both of which I envy, but it's a little big. especially with her cover on it. The rooted NC has it's own nitch. The 7" screen vs 10" screen doesn't seem like a huge difference but it is. The slightly smaller size is handy.
Also it overclocks like a celeron 300a. 50% OC feels so old school awesome.
That sounds very much like the Tribes 1 games I remember. There were two tiers of broadcasts, the "local coverage" which was voice-only by the 2nd tier broadcasters, and the "featured matches" which were either between two top teams or for an important spot (usually top 5) on the ladder ranking. These matches featured a 2-person team of broadcasters, video feeds (usually available later in the night) done using the active spectator mode, and post-game interviews with either the team captains or top "personalities" on the team. It made for a highly enjoyable community. I miss it.
Top broadcasts were getting hundreds of listeners if I recall.
Some of the later era Tribes 1 broadcasts featured a team of broadcasters who got very good at focusing on the action, so good that the previous audio-only broadcasts now became videos you could download after the match, that were worth watching if you were a fan of the game. I think that after they learned the maps and the way the game is likely to flow, as well as the tendencies of the players (Which players do exciting things, and when), a good broadcaster was able to follow the interesting parts of the match fairly well. I don't think you need automated if the broadcasters are good at their job.
I've never understood how FPS capture-the-flag games that had a good active spectator mode, like Tribes, etc. never caught on as a spectator sport with video gamers and traditional sports fans alike. It seems like they've got everything your average sports fan would enjoy. a medium size squad of players who have specific positions to fill. quick turnovers, last minute saves, plenty of opportunity for both team tactical dynamics AND individual heroics to affect the match, etc. Easy-to-explain goals and dynamics that don't becoming boring (unless the map encourages turtling).
Seems like it's almost custom-built to be a great spectator sport.
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Be fair. It's not because Apple magically did something nobody else had thought of to make tablets suddenly the bee's knees. Tablets still aren't that great (although I've got a 2nd-hand nook color I rooted and enjoy fooling around with). The ipad succeeded because... drumroll... it was made by Apple.
I am fully of the opinion that right now, Apple could announce today a slick white electronic toothpick for $300, and there'd be lines outside apple stores nationwide tomorrow morning demanding the new iPic. Apple can do no wrong as far as their fans are concerned.
uhh....
1. click start button.
2. type in \\192.168.60.99 (or whatever your print server address is.)
3. double-click on the printer you want.
congratulations, you've now got your network printer configured on your machine.
the only way it could be any easier is if you just simply talked to the computer and said "computer, configure a network printer. you know which one I want."
"A spiritual successor, sometimes called a spiritual sequel or a companion piece, is a successor to a work of fiction which does not directly build upon the storyline established by a previous work as do most traditional prequels or sequels, but nevertheless features many of the same elements, themes, and styles as its source material." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_successor
replace "fiction" with "OS". I am quite familiar with the DNA of Microsoft's operating systems.
I dunno, assuming you're not emotionally invested into the FOSS vs Proprietary closed source OS arguement, which I'm not, and you're judging each OS on it's own merits and how it fits into daily computing in the modern era... Windows 7 is a pretty strong entry. Have you given it a fair shake? used it for a few weeks daily?
I switched from XP to linux in 2009. I switched back to Windows about a year later because while I liked linux better than vista, I liked 7 better than linux.
Hey, I like to say "screw the man" as much as the next guy, but I just enjoy my computing experience more on 7. your mileage may vary.
2000 was the technological successor to NT4, yes of course, but I felt at the time that 2000 was the jump-in point to the NT kernal for those of us using the 9x kernal. That's why I called it the "spiritual successor". UI and organization was much more like 98 than either NT4 or ME (or XP).
I know I'm just wading in to the insanity here... but why do all occupations have to have representative populations that mirror cultural proportions?
Maybe a lot of Jews are just funny?
Is the NFL or the NBA representative of the US population at large?
Actually, I think my windows OS experience (on computers I owned myself) went: 3.11, 95, 95osr2, 98, 98se, 2000, xp (waited until sp1 though. I liked 2000), vista, 7
I didn't really skip any version except ME, and that's only because I had already upgraded to superior technology in the NT kernal with win2000. Looking back on them, the only one I think I really would have skipped would have been Vista, and maybe the original 98, and that's only because 98se came out so quick on the heel of 98 and remained the standard for a good while... but that decision would only have been in retrospec. There was no way you could have known that at the time, and vanilla 98 was superior to win95 osr2.
I wasn't counting the non-named releases (although I ran them).
If anything, the original win95 was the "it sucks" release compared to osr2. vanilla win95 is very much the "vista" to osr2's "win7". The thing is, even in all it's buggy crashy laggy form, The UI on vanilla win95 was a breath of fresh air compared to the suck that was windows 3.1 (and 3.11), so it doesn't fall in to the "it sucks worse than its predecessor" behavior that ME and Vista exhibit, only the "it sucks worse than its successor" behavior, which I think is probably completely normal and expected.
Honestly I can't remember the major differences between windows 98 and 98se. I don't remember having a single problem with 98 that didn't also exist in 98se, but it has been a decade since I last used it so I may have forgotton.
yes but he's stretching. Only if you're going on pure chronologically does the list work. Nobody who took the time to upgrade their computer to 2000 and get all their devices and software working with the NT-based kernal likely would have though of going to ME as any sort of 'upgrade' after that, even though it was technically released afterward.
2000 is the spiritual successor to 98/98se. ME was just kind of... there.
depends on how you count it (there was nothing wrong with windows 2000, nor was windows 95 or windows 98 the "skipable" release), but if you didn't know this was a version to skip just based on what's been revealed so far... you'll find out soon enough once you "upgrade" to it.
Also, side note, Isn't this just disabling the auto-load of explorer.exe???
Exactly. If there is one thing I've learned from the internet, it is that nothing is Obama's fault.
To be more specific:
Everything bad about America today, during Obama's presidency, is Bush's fault.
Everything bad about America during Bush's presidency... was Bush's fault.
Everything bad about America during Clinton's presidency was also Bush's fault. He has a time machine.
Yes it matters, because we're no longer in the days where websites are static HTML and images. You might wish it were so, but tough cookies.
Sure it is, if you have the right browser extensions. Hell, I browse from work with images turned off completely. The web is so responsive.
Oh, and 640k of memory isn't enough for anybody these days.
Ever looked at the demo scene from the early 90s, and seen what those guys could do with just 64k, let alone 640k?
The reason that 640k isn't enough for anybody is that once they found out they had more than 640k, they said "well hell, might as well use it". We've gotten to absurd points where tray icons and such are eating up 30, 40, or 50mb of memory, just because "hey, it's probably there". These coders are using a dump truck to move a deck of cards just because they have access to a dump truck.
although having access to a dump truck IS pretty cool.
The moon isn't small. As balls of rock in the solar system go, it's a big one. It's bigger than Pluto. It's not that far off from the size of Mercury.
The moon has a radius of about 1080 miles. since I doubt we're going to run electricity through the center of the moon, We're more concerned with surface distance. It's circumference is just shy of 6800 miles.
6800 miles is more than twice the distance from NY to LA. That's one hell of a long extension cord.
I concur.
My wife and I built gaming machines right after the Core 2 Duo e8400 hit it big. Last year we really wanted to upgrade our computers, but we took a look at the current state of the art, and determined that unless we wanted to spend many hundreds (each) to get the top-of-the-line i7 extreme edition cpus, the current crop of cpus were no faster at gaming than what we had.
So we just doubled our ram and replaced our GTS 8800 512s with GTX 470s. Later on we got 28" 1920x1200 monitors and razer mice. Those last three upgrades have done more for our gaming enjoyment than a mobo/cpu upgrade ever could. CPU work-per-clock has been almost stuck in neutral since the core 2 chips came out. They just keep adding more cores.
The overclocking ability on the i5 2500k is finally making me think about upgrading... but just thinking about it, it's certainly not necessary. It's not that much faster for gaming than what I already have.
note, I understand that it would speed the hell up out of my video transcodes, etc. I'm speaking gaming only.
Dude, it's doctor bob. you must be new here.
hmm. probably true, although you could get around it with well constructed if/case qualifiers.
Thing is, English is a really high level language and everybody seems to have their own personal compiler rules for it. May as well code in english as makes best sense to you, since other people will compile it their own way anyway sometimes.
Being the most secure company on earth is awesome until you go out of business because nobody could get any work done and make the company any money.
There is a balance between convenience and security.
nope. If I'm going to write more than a few words, I go to my phone (which has a physical keyboard, albeit a sucky one). if I'm going to write more than two sentences, I go to something with a real keyboard.
wow editing fail on my part.
Should have read "ebooks" not "eboks" and "it's small and thin enough to not be uncomfortable to hold for long periods, read or listen to tunes while tucked in bed, and so on."
I have 3 PCs at home, and two laptops (one is near-perpetually docked in it's bay) at work. I have two smartphones (work phone, and personal phone).
My point is that I'm not hurting for electronic device choices.
My rooted nook color is one of my constant companions nonetheless. It is the perfect size to just carry around to the shitter, out shopping with the wife, etc. I've got an OG droid, so reading eboks/web surfing/playing games on it is functional, but not exactly ideal. The notebooks on the other hand are WAY too bulky to fiddle with in a store while the wife is trying on shoes or I'm waiting for dinner to show up etc, and the nook is ideal for that. It's small and thin enough to be not be difficult to
My wife's iPad 2 has a nicer screen and more cpu power... both of which I envy, but it's a little big. especially with her cover on it. The rooted NC has it's own nitch. The 7" screen vs 10" screen doesn't seem like a huge difference but it is. The slightly smaller size is handy.
Also it overclocks like a celeron 300a. 50% OC feels so old school awesome.
Bea Arthur in space. That's just crazy enough to work.
That sounds very much like the Tribes 1 games I remember. There were two tiers of broadcasts, the "local coverage" which was voice-only by the 2nd tier broadcasters, and the "featured matches" which were either between two top teams or for an important spot (usually top 5) on the ladder ranking. These matches featured a 2-person team of broadcasters, video feeds (usually available later in the night) done using the active spectator mode, and post-game interviews with either the team captains or top "personalities" on the team. It made for a highly enjoyable community. I miss it.
Top broadcasts were getting hundreds of listeners if I recall.
Some of the later era Tribes 1 broadcasts featured a team of broadcasters who got very good at focusing on the action, so good that the previous audio-only broadcasts now became videos you could download after the match, that were worth watching if you were a fan of the game. I think that after they learned the maps and the way the game is likely to flow, as well as the tendencies of the players (Which players do exciting things, and when), a good broadcaster was able to follow the interesting parts of the match fairly well. I don't think you need automated if the broadcasters are good at their job.
I've never understood how FPS capture-the-flag games that had a good active spectator mode, like Tribes, etc. never caught on as a spectator sport with video gamers and traditional sports fans alike. It seems like they've got everything your average sports fan would enjoy. a medium size squad of players who have specific positions to fill. quick turnovers, last minute saves, plenty of opportunity for both team tactical dynamics AND individual heroics to affect the match, etc. Easy-to-explain goals and dynamics that don't becoming boring (unless the map encourages turtling).
Seems like it's almost custom-built to be a great spectator sport.
It is clear: Google wants to get into the hardware business.
Or the patent troll business..... ?
From what I've seen over the past few years, the two are synonymous. You can't be in the hardware business if you can't counter-sue.