yea but the windows popup balloons both go away (sometimes) and have the option to close them right then and there
things that vanish when you try to click on them remind me of the old popups on websites and I didnt tolerate it then
especially on my funky old 1024x768 laptop screen its the size of a darn mailing label on that thing
all notifications need to just piss off, I have no wifi? well guess what UI designers... I would figure that out by the BIG RED X by the clock and the fact my porn, er email is not showing up on the browser
I don't need a balloon fading in and out whenever I want to just get rid of it cause its covering up a function in an IDE and dare to sit on the far side of the living room editing a stupid text file
for example, I am working on a script in the other room on my laptop, my wifi goes out, I really don't give a shit cause I'm in the other room working on a script, now there is a notification
naturally I go to click on it to make it go the fk away... sure it does eventually but it takes its sweet ass time and has distracted me and I personally dont like crap that moves when I go to click on it
I agree about the controllers, they were like slightly less retarded Saturn 3D controllers that did not work well either, and the cord facing the player was 110% retarded, even with the after thought "groove"... 2 shakes and its loose
the VMU was a great idea, but it was expensive for the time and very under utilized, in 1999 I had 1 VMU and another 3rd party just memory stick and never noticed the difference
add in extra cost for rumble packs (years after sony had them standard), 2 buttons less than last gen's Sony controllers, and short cords, the control system did suck
though I will admit they did have that good feel and response, it would be like packaging a fine sports car around a frame of shit, and charging extra for the 8 inch fart muffler
I have a 3rd party VGA box on mine, its a pretty dumb circuit and no where near what you would need to resample NTSC / PAL to VGA
so yea its already in the system, they are just moving the breakout box to inside the system, not hardly new but I don't recall a non DIY version before
yea ok I misread the example, but If my Kia Rio had a big red sticker on it that says "great for off-roading" when in fact its not there would be some heck to pay
why its okay to falsely advertise or exaggerate features in a computer, and its not in any other industry is what I am trying to get at here
Its become so confusing I cant even keep up with it, there is more meaningless random tell you nothing numbers on computers and that needs to stop for everyone's mental stability
And there really is a limit to how much self-education you can expect your average consumer to do. Do you go out and research what kind of spark plugs are factory installed in your new car? I sure as hell don't.
no just as I said earlier about the little survey, I look in the book hanging off the shelf to quickly decide what I need for a sparkplug
Its not about joe sixpack educating themselves, its about providing reasonable information in a easy to digest format
why do most computers come with a crap video card? cause most of them say "great for gaming" on the front and is pushed out en mass as cake and people eat it up not having a clue either way
If Joe Sixpack can go out and buy an off-the-shelf machine at Best Buy and play a game on it without having to upgrade the hardware, it'll be a huge step in the right direction.
well they always could, but they are too ill informed to make a good choice for their needs, they see a half dozen intel stickers on the front of some demo box and instantly start rationalizing that intel makes the best computer, just like they play their Nintendo tapes and wear their Nike air's, while blowing their nose in a Kleenex and using Clorox
personally there ought to be a survey for the people who just dont know, cant understand or are overwhelmed by a metric fucton of TOTALLY meaningless number thingies at the store to help them choose
do you game BAM 9 machines knocked out, whats your budged BAM down to 3
how fkin hard does it really have to be for the average Joe sixpack to get a computer they want? and is it any surprise that they dont like the things cause every one they have bought is pretty much a lie
intel blah blah 1284372! EXTREME GRAPHICS = voodoo 2 with less ram, with a giant sticker saying gaming powerhouse on the front
they are not the only source of rare earth materials on the planet, and the US consumer is not going to put up with much higher prices in the current financial state, we get our same crap for about the same price, china looses out selling cheap material and some CEO does not get his 24million dollar bonus this month
life moves on
maybe, just maybe a tiny fraction of sanity gets reintroduced back into the world
yep, I had a rant above but they have had me switch out every single item in my house with no change except that I payed for a bunch of stuff I didnt need
Bah, you know what? ubuntu has an entire list of stuff that people want fixed BEFORE this years gimmick, multitouch is only half finished amd left for dead
personally on my machines I have rolled back to 9, the 10x version are just constantly irritating to me and am currently looking at other distros
I am going to comcast, I am beyond frustrated with ATT, for nearly a month my 1.5mb line has mostly been under 200k, and I have fought with these people nearly every night, they suckered me out of 80$ for a new modem (which is on its way back now) which did nothing, the dipshit says to me last night "you might need a new modem"
so I snapped yelled at him etc, and finally got him to start scheduling a lineman to come out, then he tells me that if they find nothing (I guess its in my head that it takes google 40 seconds to load) that it would be another 80$ for a service charge
so wait, if its one of the 3 times during the day that its working right, not only do I get 80$ billed to me, but I get to keep my worthless shit internet and argue with another call center monkey for an hour! F-U
cable modem is in the mail, and I am saving 10 bucks a month
though over the weekend I had to boot ubuntu on a samsung laptop to backup someones files before they formatted, and it couldn't find the network card (though windows 7 had no problem). So I am glad were focusing on the important stuff, like multitouch, that not many people have
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yea but the windows popup balloons both go away (sometimes) and have the option to close them right then and there
things that vanish when you try to click on them remind me of the old popups on websites and I didnt tolerate it then
especially on my funky old 1024x768 laptop screen its the size of a darn mailing label on that thing
all notifications need to just piss off, I have no wifi? well guess what UI designers... I would figure that out by the BIG RED X by the clock and the fact my porn, er email is not showing up on the browser
I don't need a balloon fading in and out whenever I want to just get rid of it cause its covering up a function in an IDE and dare to sit on the far side of the living room editing a stupid text file
then goes on to give an example of 2 people playing a game, which has been done on the psp and the DS for getting close to a decade
its just brand naming ad-hoc and does not show or explain how it is different
I hate the notifications thing
for example, I am working on a script in the other room on my laptop, my wifi goes out, I really don't give a shit cause I'm in the other room working on a script, now there is a notification
naturally I go to click on it to make it go the fk away ... sure it does eventually but it takes its sweet ass time and has distracted me and I personally dont like crap that moves when I go to click on it
my DEC386SX laptop still works perfectly fine with its original 128mb hard disk TYVM
and no I am not joking
it didn't loose, it was strangled by its parent company
I agree about the controllers, they were like slightly less retarded Saturn 3D controllers that did not work well either, and the cord facing the player was 110% retarded, even with the after thought "groove" ... 2 shakes and its loose
the VMU was a great idea, but it was expensive for the time and very under utilized, in 1999 I had 1 VMU and another 3rd party just memory stick and never noticed the difference
add in extra cost for rumble packs (years after sony had them standard), 2 buttons less than last gen's Sony controllers, and short cords, the control system did suck
though I will admit they did have that good feel and response, it would be like packaging a fine sports car around a frame of shit, and charging extra for the 8 inch fart muffler
I have a 3rd party VGA box on mine, its a pretty dumb circuit and no where near what you would need to resample NTSC / PAL to VGA
so yea its already in the system, they are just moving the breakout box to inside the system, not hardly new but I don't recall a non DIY version before
parent be trolling or making an impossibly bad joke
ding ding ding we have a winner
I thought linux was up to version 10.10? (Maverick something)
yea ok I misread the example, but If my Kia Rio had a big red sticker on it that says "great for off-roading" when in fact its not there would be some heck to pay
why its okay to falsely advertise or exaggerate features in a computer, and its not in any other industry is what I am trying to get at here
Its become so confusing I cant even keep up with it, there is more meaningless random tell you nothing numbers on computers and that needs to stop for everyone's mental stability
And there really is a limit to how much self-education you can expect your average consumer to do. Do you go out and research what kind of spark plugs are factory installed in your new car? I sure as hell don't.
no just as I said earlier about the little survey, I look in the book hanging off the shelf to quickly decide what I need for a sparkplug
Its not about joe sixpack educating themselves, its about providing reasonable information in a easy to digest format
why do most computers come with a crap video card? cause most of them say "great for gaming" on the front and is pushed out en mass as cake and people eat it up not having a clue either way
(and yes the cake is a lie)
If Joe Sixpack can go out and buy an off-the-shelf machine at Best Buy and play a game on it without having to upgrade the hardware, it'll be a huge step in the right direction.
well they always could, but they are too ill informed to make a good choice for their needs, they see a half dozen intel stickers on the front of some demo box and instantly start rationalizing that intel makes the best computer, just like they play their Nintendo tapes and wear their Nike air's, while blowing their nose in a Kleenex and using Clorox
personally there ought to be a survey for the people who just dont know, cant understand or are overwhelmed by a metric fucton of TOTALLY meaningless number thingies at the store to help them choose
do you game BAM 9 machines knocked out, whats your budged BAM down to 3
how fkin hard does it really have to be for the average Joe sixpack to get a computer they want? and is it any surprise that they dont like the things cause every one they have bought is pretty much a lie
intel blah blah 1284372! EXTREME GRAPHICS = voodoo 2 with less ram, with a giant sticker saying gaming powerhouse on the front
screw them
they are not the only source of rare earth materials on the planet, and the US consumer is not going to put up with much higher prices in the current financial state, we get our same crap for about the same price, china looses out selling cheap material and some CEO does not get his 24million dollar bonus this month
life moves on
maybe, just maybe a tiny fraction of sanity gets reintroduced back into the world
wasn't that the future AOL?
yep, I had a rant above but they have had me switch out every single item in my house with no change except that I payed for a bunch of stuff I didnt need
Troll? Flamebate?
Bah, you know what? ubuntu has an entire list of stuff that people want fixed BEFORE this years gimmick, multitouch is only half finished amd left for dead
personally on my machines I have rolled back to 9, the 10x version are just constantly irritating to me and am currently looking at other distros
they sold me 6, couldn't do it, maxed out at 1.5, and now it cant even sustain 256kbs, comcast gets 15 out here
oh, and I am dropping my att celphone, my pace of work is in a deadzone, but yet every single body's non ATT phone works like a charm
I am going to comcast, I am beyond frustrated with ATT, for nearly a month my 1.5mb line has mostly been under 200k, and I have fought with these people nearly every night, they suckered me out of 80$ for a new modem (which is on its way back now) which did nothing, the dipshit says to me last night "you might need a new modem"
so I snapped yelled at him etc, and finally got him to start scheduling a lineman to come out, then he tells me that if they find nothing (I guess its in my head that it takes google 40 seconds to load) that it would be another 80$ for a service charge
so wait, if its one of the 3 times during the day that its working right, not only do I get 80$ billed to me, but I get to keep my worthless shit internet and argue with another call center monkey for an hour! F-U
cable modem is in the mail, and I am saving 10 bucks a month
besides whats my other choice dialup?
oh but that plastic sheath absorbs it all (gosh dont you know nothin)
maybe
though over the weekend I had to boot ubuntu on a samsung laptop to backup someones files before they formatted, and it couldn't find the network card (though windows 7 had no problem). So I am glad were focusing on the important stuff, like multitouch, that not many people have
heh cause then they could not post a 60m "loss"
Toyota cant R and D this themselves after decades of research?
sounds like a back scratching deal to me