> OS X - Tweaks for about 1-2 hours and spending about $600 on extra applications
This hits a little too close to home for me to be happy about. Before I bought my Mac, I couldn't have imagined spending money on a file manager. But the Finder was just too bad and PathFinder just too good. So there ya go.
That's not entirely true. My school, at number 31, only recommends Cisco. They sell "University" laptops (at a "discount") with Centrino, but stick a Cisco card in them anyway. In fact, if you read the "official" documentation, you'd think that any non-Cisco cards wouldn't work at all.
Why couldn't the dialog box have an area at the bottom for status messages? For example, when a required field isn't filled in, the label for that field could be red. When it is filled in, change it to black (or whatever your standard text color is). The status area could have a message "Not all required fields have been filled in" until they are, in fact, filled in. If you try to put an incorrect SSN in, the status area could flash (drawing your attention) and display the message "there may be no spaces in the SSN". You could just cast your eyes down, read the message, and look back up to correct the problem. To me, this seems a lot better than having error messages pop up forcing me to stop what I'm doing and tend to it.
My own ideas for UI design involve the UI just getting out of the way.
I just discovered povray yesterday and, using the tutorial, was creating 3D models with vi and my commandline.::shrugs:: Maybe it's impossible to do anything complex with just vi but I wouldn't know. I'm not even close to being an artist.
I do purchase CDs (mostly less-than-mainstream bands who aren't crap) but I can echo your sentiments exactly. There's a store here (Big Lots, basically they sell somewhat crappy merchandise at great prices) that I go into whenever I'm getting my oil changed to pass the time. Everytime I do, I walk out with a stack of CDs, all costing about $3. Sure, maybe I don't *want* this orchestral arrangement of the Eagles' greatest hits...but you just never know when it might come in handy! Especially at those prices!
It's "J" and "K" on the lockers. But in the credits, it's "Jay" and "Kay". That really bugged me when I saw it. Being identified by a letter is "cool"...being identified by "Kay" is just lame.
Because I've been living in this country for nineteen years now (ever since I was born, actually) and I still have no idea what a "peck" or a "bushal" is. To the best of my knowledge, I've never seen a peck or a bushal and being well past that part of my education, I can't even remember the conversion factors. I've never seen a deciliter either, but I know that it's exactly a tenth of a liter. The point would be to get rid of all those units that don't make sense and switch to something that can be learned in a couple afternoons of prefix memorization.
For the record, I don't even think I can spell bushal. Another personal pet peeve to America's measurement standards.
I believe at one point, Netscape's browser was so bad, the source was completely trashed. AOL probably didn't want to build their Empire on that. Now, things are different. And they've got Betas of the AOL software using Gecko right now. I think Compuserve is already using it officially, though I'm probably wrong.
The Simpsons, I think. The one where Pooky (voiced by Homer) joined Itchy and Scratchy. I think it was the comic book guy who said that. Sadly, I've only seen a few Simpson's episodes. I rarely watch TV.
This sounds like a great deal! Until Time Warner starts charging me for every phone call because I'm over my bandwidth limit. I'm assuming that a phone call will use at least a good chunk of bandwidth so how good a deal is it really going to be for TW customers? And others when more companies switch to this type of pricing?
I very rarely have reason to keep telnet and ftp open. I do know that AOL Instant Messanger doesn't even realize that it's not been running for a while.
An XP user who uses AIM...yeah, I'm a terrible person.
I'm confused...what, exactly, is wrong with sailing a little boat around? Sounds like a rather enjoyable hobby to me. And I'm sure that Mr. Einstein had a great time with it. I could be wrong, but it seems that at some point, you would just stop caring about being a part of history. Escaping to a little boat would be nice indeed.
I've seen gas pumps that use Windows. They'll either be blue screened or at a desktop with an illegal operation up. The first time I saw it, I laughed for a good five minutes.
Great products? I really fail to see how Netscape qualifies as a great product. Mozilla...yeah, I think that's pretty great. But once AOL has its tendrils wrapped around it...really, they should pay me to use it. Stealing my info? Certainly not. Though the EULA thing is a good point. It just doesn't relate to the greatness of the product.
Question: In the article, it says, "more and more people are starting to address that with appliances, some of which are Linux-based, some of which are not."...are IAs bigger in Europe than in the US or are they big here and I just can't see them? I recall several IAs showing up and vanishing over here. Have they met with more success across the Atlantic?
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> OS X - Tweaks for about 1-2 hours and spending about $600 on extra applications
This hits a little too close to home for me to be happy about. Before I bought my Mac, I couldn't have imagined spending money on a file manager. But the Finder was just too bad and PathFinder just too good. So there ya go.
My wireless router completely failed to download the webpage.
I suppose it could stand to be beefed up a little.
Or having 100GB of porn and never soiling the tissues, which is probably more applicable around here anyway.
I guess the quantum bubble is about to burst.
Well, it both is and isn't.
I haven't thought about Gravy Trader in years. Truly, the ultimate in vaporware. Thanks for the memory!
>>AKA "Which Schools Recommend Centrino"
That's not entirely true. My school, at number 31, only recommends Cisco. They sell "University" laptops (at a "discount") with Centrino, but stick a Cisco card in them anyway. In fact, if you read the "official" documentation, you'd think that any non-Cisco cards wouldn't work at all.
OT, I know, but damn, The Princess Bride rocks the veritable casbah. Nice quote.
But wouldn't it be wonderful to see Microsoft go to court to protect a slander against them (M$)?
I would wager that Arthur Dent was the last user served before the fly winked out its last.
Why couldn't the dialog box have an area at the bottom for status messages? For example, when a required field isn't filled in, the label for that field could be red. When it is filled in, change it to black (or whatever your standard text color is). The status area could have a message "Not all required fields have been filled in" until they are, in fact, filled in. If you try to put an incorrect SSN in, the status area could flash (drawing your attention) and display the message "there may be no spaces in the SSN". You could just cast your eyes down, read the message, and look back up to correct the problem. To me, this seems a lot better than having error messages pop up forcing me to stop what I'm doing and tend to it.
My own ideas for UI design involve the UI just getting out of the way.
I just discovered povray yesterday and, using the tutorial, was creating 3D models with vi and my commandline. ::shrugs:: Maybe it's impossible to do anything complex with just vi but I wouldn't know. I'm not even close to being an artist.
I do purchase CDs (mostly less-than-mainstream bands who aren't crap) but I can echo your sentiments exactly. There's a store here (Big Lots, basically they sell somewhat crappy merchandise at great prices) that I go into whenever I'm getting my oil changed to pass the time. Everytime I do, I walk out with a stack of CDs, all costing about $3. Sure, maybe I don't *want* this orchestral arrangement of the Eagles' greatest hits...but you just never know when it might come in handy! Especially at those prices!
It's "J" and "K" on the lockers. But in the credits, it's "Jay" and "Kay". That really bugged me when I saw it. Being identified by a letter is "cool"...being identified by "Kay" is just lame.
Because I've been living in this country for nineteen years now (ever since I was born, actually) and I still have no idea what a "peck" or a "bushal" is. To the best of my knowledge, I've never seen a peck or a bushal and being well past that part of my education, I can't even remember the conversion factors. I've never seen a deciliter either, but I know that it's exactly a tenth of a liter. The point would be to get rid of all those units that don't make sense and switch to something that can be learned in a couple afternoons of prefix memorization.
For the record, I don't even think I can spell bushal. Another personal pet peeve to America's measurement standards.
Seven minus nine...forty-two!
No, wait. That doesn't even work in base 13.
Damn.
I believe at one point, Netscape's browser was so bad, the source was completely trashed. AOL probably didn't want to build their Empire on that. Now, things are different. And they've got Betas of the AOL software using Gecko right now. I think Compuserve is already using it officially, though I'm probably wrong.
I remember when my mom started freaking out because a forty year old man was calling her 12 year old son because of something off of the "computer"...
Oh. Well, in that case, Sen. Hollings will personally tackle you and wrestle the camcorder away...
The Simpsons, I think. The one where Pooky (voiced by Homer) joined Itchy and Scratchy. I think it was the comic book guy who said that. Sadly, I've only seen a few Simpson's episodes. I rarely watch TV.
This sounds like a great deal! Until Time Warner starts charging me for every phone call because I'm over my bandwidth limit. I'm assuming that a phone call will use at least a good chunk of bandwidth so how good a deal is it really going to be for TW customers? And others when more companies switch to this type of pricing?
I very rarely have reason to keep telnet and ftp open. I do know that AOL Instant Messanger doesn't even realize that it's not been running for a while.
An XP user who uses AIM...yeah, I'm a terrible person.
I'm confused...what, exactly, is wrong with sailing a little boat around? Sounds like a rather enjoyable hobby to me. And I'm sure that Mr. Einstein had a great time with it. I could be wrong, but it seems that at some point, you would just stop caring about being a part of history. Escaping to a little boat would be nice indeed.
I've seen gas pumps that use Windows. They'll either be blue screened or at a desktop with an illegal operation up. The first time I saw it, I laughed for a good five minutes.
Great products? I really fail to see how Netscape qualifies as a great product. Mozilla...yeah, I think that's pretty great. But once AOL has its tendrils wrapped around it...really, they should pay me to use it. Stealing my info? Certainly not. Though the EULA thing is a good point. It just doesn't relate to the greatness of the product.
Question: In the article, it says, "more and more people are starting to address that with appliances, some of which are Linux-based, some of which are not."...are IAs bigger in Europe than in the US or are they big here and I just can't see them? I recall several IAs showing up and vanishing over here. Have they met with more success across the Atlantic?