If I had mod points and if you could spell I'd mod you up.
Win 2000 was more stable, really just Windows 5 a step up from Windows NT 4.
Windows ME was an abomination, the worst of both worlds.
Windows XP was really just a step up from Windows 2000, turning off themes and a few other trivial changes brought it right back to what users were comfortable from Win2k. Better Games support as you say.
Windows 7 is by all accounts more stable but even after you make tweaks it is still another set of differences and just generally a bunch of pain in the ass minor changes for little extra gain.
Microsoft is increasingly facing diminshing returns, older versions remain a bigger challenge to them than Linux. Same as it ever was.
A developer got it to compile successfully, on different hardware. There are no intereface changes and the article makes it clear they are more targeting tablets anyway than mobile devices with really small specialised interefaces. It is techincally a "port" but that is misleading and suggests a lot more than has really happened.
WinRAR? PAR? Seriously. It would also be tediously slow and be a micromanaging solution that only covers the files but fails to consider the need to also keep a working backup image of the system and a properly licensed version of InDesign to ensure he can still reopen the files.
Tapes make sense especially since they can easily be couriered for offsite backup. A well thought out disaster recovery plan must include offsite backup.
The submitter mentions 60GB InDesign files and sounds like a small profession or high end amatuer, so the extra cost of a RAID setup sounds like it would be a sensible investment.
Copying to new media sounds sensible but is not exactly the right answer, the correct solution is not only to make backups but to also to check that you are able to restore from backup.
> I saw this one Nokia phone that had a feature that Apple didn't come up with, which was to make the whole display a button that was clickable, so touching was one kind of input, and that was separate from clicking. I thought that was pretty cool.
the first smartphone with a clickable touchscreen. I even enjoyed the few minutes I spent playing... But after 24 hours of actually testing the new BlackBerry side by side with its main competition... the novelty quickly wore off. I hate the click screen, and none of the handful of people I let try it had anything nice to say about it either.
Actually you might be surprised a bit of Wasabi (spicy but not exactly mustard) can take the edge off a chocolate fudge cake and enhance the overall flavor
"athletes sign a pledge saying they will not drink alcohol."
do they have any choice not to sign the pledge? can you hold a teen legally accountable for any other contract? why make liars of your children by duping them into unrealistic promises?
it is irresponsible of adults to push children or teenagers to make these kinds of pledges and it sets a terribly low standard for society in general. any non-conformist who refuses to sign such a pledge will be the nail to be hammered down and made an example of.
this kind of behaviour sickens me.
however the teens were still foolish for posting the pictures publically and I'd like to think a bullied geek took revenge on the popular but dumb jocks.
Comic books do not include DRM but they are quite able to sell multiple different editions and the movie industry manages it too.
Donnie Darko for example has a version containing little more than the file, a 2 disc version, and 3 disc collectors directors cut edition. Just look how many Lord of the Rings variations there have been, even ones packaged with collectable toys.
DRM just screws people into buying more copies than they want when there are plenty of people who will buy more copies than they need given some incentive.
>> - and of course very concerned about support (there is no company's supporting Open Office - or they have no real business plans) what they see as the greatest risk migrating to ODF !!
bzzt wrong
the correct answer is: Sun Microsystems
for partial credit I would also have accepted IBM since they support OpenOffice in the form of their Workspaces products.
Part of the reason for the monday boost is that online retailers are making no promises about shipping over Thanksgiving. So while customers stuffed full of turkey dinner have plenty of time to place orders from the comfort of their home people do not get back to work and shipping things out until Monday.
Here's hoping my order arrives sometime in the next two weeks.
Innovation? Microsoft have stripped the word innovation of all meaning.
> In a market where people are just looking for stability, simplicity & scalability, where do you turn for innovation in your products?
Actually getting those things would be innovative.
Seriously, most of what passes for innovation is packaging up other peoples ideas, possibly making small improvements if you are lucky, and selling them to a wide market. Then companies claim innovation and people believe the ideas are innovative because they didn't see all the incremental improvements and competiting similar ideas that got them to the product stage.
that would require input checking, of which Wikipedia does _NONE_.
It is a lot more efficient to allow users to spellcheck their own work and warn them of obvious mistakes (like saying now/recently/yesterday in an encyclopedia) than crossing your fingers and hoping a million monkeys will randomly correct your spelling. Wikipedia has failed horribly to provide tools to automate task and help users review their own work and provide higher quality input.
Creating this encyclopedia is not even a brute force search, it is goddamned bogosort!
> An IE plugin with these security features would tremendously cut down on some of the major malware problems that many people are currently facing. All without having to switch browsers, too.
Or how about a Mozilla plugin to switch temporarily to using the IE rendering engine! Netscape has it, there must be a version for Firefox too http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
If an automated system could warn people if their sentences were coming across as overly harsh or arrogant know it all jerks.
Of course all too often it is the list owners who are being the jerks but the system could just as easily encourage users to read the faq perhaps even recommend relevant sections.
Slashdot Mirror
How about even just getting staff to say only "slash" and "backslash" instead of pedantically saying "forward-slash" every damned time.
Wait until you have children. You'll get much better at sleeping.
If I had mod points and if you could spell I'd mod you up.
Win 2000 was more stable, really just Windows 5 a step up from Windows NT 4.
Windows ME was an abomination, the worst of both worlds.
Windows XP was really just a step up from Windows 2000, turning off themes and a few other trivial changes brought it right back to what users were comfortable from Win2k. Better Games support as you say.
Windows 7 is by all accounts more stable but even after you make tweaks it is still another set of differences and just generally a bunch of pain in the ass minor changes for little extra gain.
Microsoft is increasingly facing diminshing returns, older versions remain a bigger challenge to them than Linux. Same as it ever was.
A developer got it to compile successfully, on different hardware. There are no intereface changes and the article makes it clear they are more targeting tablets anyway than mobile devices with really small specialised interefaces. It is techincally a "port" but that is misleading and suggests a lot more than has really happened.
WinRAR? PAR? Seriously. It would also be tediously slow and be a micromanaging solution that only covers the files but fails to consider the need to also keep a working backup image of the system and a properly licensed version of InDesign to ensure he can still reopen the files.
Tapes make sense especially since they can easily be couriered for offsite backup. A well thought out disaster recovery plan must include offsite backup.
The submitter mentions 60GB InDesign files and sounds like a small profession or high end amatuer, so the extra cost of a RAID setup sounds like it would be a sensible investment.
Copying to new media sounds sensible but is not exactly the right answer, the correct solution is not only to make backups but to also to check that you are able to restore from backup.
> I saw this one Nokia phone that had a feature that Apple didn't come up with, which was to make the whole display a button that was clickable, so touching was one kind of input, and that was separate from clicking. I thought that was pretty cool.
BlackBerry Storm: The Novelty Wears Off Fast
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1860717,00.html
the first smartphone with a clickable touchscreen. I even enjoyed the few minutes I spent playing ... ... the novelty quickly wore off. I hate the click screen, and none of the handful of people I let try it had anything nice to say about it either.
But after 24 hours of actually testing the new BlackBerry side by side with its main competition
I for one welcome our new Twitter banning overlords
Maybe you were shooting for a funny moderation?
It willl take more than once bitten to make Microsoft twice shy. They weren't bitten hard, Microsoft have so much cash this was but a scratch.
It was open source but Paint.net is not open source. The author was annoyed at people misrepsenting and reselling his work and closed the codebase.
>> I found myself pulling on a door clearly marked Push.
> That is actually just an UI bug in the door.
I found myself trying to lift a door clearly marked LIFT.
Actually you might be surprised a bit of Wasabi (spicy but not exactly mustard) can take the edge off a chocolate fudge cake and enhance the overall flavor
http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=129819
First lesson of usability, learn how to spell it.
Usability.
Usable.
Sure useable is in the dictionary but so is dumbass.
The command line is an interface but it isn't a Desktop interface.
"athletes sign a pledge saying they will not drink alcohol."
do they have any choice not to sign the pledge?
can you hold a teen legally accountable for any other contract?
why make liars of your children by duping them into unrealistic promises?
it is irresponsible of adults to push children or teenagers to make these kinds of pledges and it sets a terribly low standard for society in general. any non-conformist who refuses to sign such a pledge will be the nail to be hammered down and made an example of.
this kind of behaviour sickens me.
however the teens were still foolish for posting the pictures publically and
I'd like to think a bullied geek took revenge on the popular but dumb jocks.
> them egregiously ripped off by Linux copycats.
when microsoft ripped off Apple/Xerox they set themselves up for a time when someone else would come along and copy their designs with impunity.
Comic books do not include DRM but they are quite able to sell multiple different editions and the movie industry manages it too.
Donnie Darko for example has a version containing little more than the file, a 2 disc version, and 3 disc collectors directors cut edition. Just look how many Lord of the Rings variations there have been, even ones packaged with collectable toys.
DRM just screws people into buying more copies than they want when there are plenty of people who will buy more copies than they need given some incentive.
>> - and of course very concerned about support (there is no company's supporting Open Office - or they have no real business plans) what they see as the greatest risk migrating to ODF !!
bzzt wrong
the correct answer is: Sun Microsystems
for partial credit I would also have accepted IBM since they support OpenOffice in the form of their Workspaces products.
why use PEBKAC when PICNIC says it so much better
PICNIC: Problem in Chair, Not in Computer.
Part of the reason for the monday boost is that online retailers are making no promises about shipping over Thanksgiving. So while customers stuffed full of turkey dinner have plenty of time to place orders from the comfort of their home people do not get back to work and shipping things out until Monday.
Here's hoping my order arrives sometime in the next two weeks.
Innovation? Microsoft have stripped the word innovation of all meaning.
> In a market where people are just looking for stability, simplicity & scalability, where do you turn for innovation in your products?
Actually getting those things would be innovative.
Seriously, most of what passes for innovation is packaging up other peoples ideas, possibly making small improvements if you are lucky, and selling them to a wide market. Then companies claim innovation and people believe the ideas are innovative because they didn't see all the incremental improvements and competiting similar ideas that got them to the product stage.
> penalties for vandalism or obvious weasel words
that would require input checking, of which Wikipedia does _NONE_.
It is a lot more efficient to allow users to spellcheck their own work and warn them of obvious mistakes (like saying now/recently/yesterday in an encyclopedia) than crossing your fingers and hoping a million monkeys will randomly correct your spelling. Wikipedia has failed horribly to provide tools to automate task and help users review their own work and provide higher quality input.
Creating this encyclopedia is not even a brute force search, it is goddamned bogosort!
> OO remains butt ugly, just like all GTK apps
nice try troll but openoffice is not a GTK app
> An IE plugin with these security features would tremendously cut down on some of the major malware problems that many people are currently facing. All without having to switch browsers, too.
Or how about a Mozilla plugin to switch temporarily to using the IE rendering engine! Netscape has it, there must be a version for Firefox too
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
This would be perfect for mailing lists.
If an automated system could warn people if their sentences were coming across as overly harsh or arrogant know it all jerks.
Of course all too often it is the list owners who are being the jerks but the system could just as easily encourage users to read the faq perhaps even recommend relevant sections.
Inkscape has support for Markers which are essentially arrowheads by another name.
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Inkscape developer Bryce Harrington mentions it in this comment
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157131&cid=13