and whether they are turning down viable opportunities.
Imagine that someone might say "We think you would be a good candidate for this job you passed over. Why didn't you pursue it?" And, then one says in return "Well, I don't have this skill they are requiring." Well, they might just say "Why don't we see if they will train you up on that skill and, if not, let's see if we can't get your some training in that skill."
Oh, the HORROR that someone might encourage a job seeker, offer to get one training or talk to an employer for a job seeker to see if they will train an otherwise qualified candidate on a missing skill.
I call your post "the cry of the whinger". Don't want to pick up trash on the street or clean urinals? Get an education, do a good job at getting an education, and get a better job. When I lost my tech job in September 2001, I worked as an electrician's helper digging ditches for conduit, in Florida, in the summer. I worked as a courier. I worked in the summer and the winter in an unheated, uncooled metal building cutting, bending, welding and grinding aluminum into signs. I have picked up trash, cleaned restrooms in bars, and cooked. You know what I do know? I work as a developer.
No one is above cleaning toilet and picking up trash.
Unfortunately, the first quarter of his rant is easily explained by his inability to keep his palms off touch pad as he types. I installed the prerelease on a laptop I bought for $250, never had any of the problems he mentions , and figured out everything he couldn't in about an hour.
Using Win8 with a mouse is a bit annoying, but it is in no way "unusable" or "user hostile". He was just sloppy, resistent to change, and incompetent.
And, before the MS haters start screaming "SHILL!!1!!!1!", after about a month of using Win8, I did what I originally intended to do with that laptop. I installed Linux on it. Specfically, Debian with WindowMaker.
No. I am pointing out that most people say "That is too harsh" until they or someone they love is the victim of the crime, then the punishment isn't harsh enough. It is not about an emotional answer. It is about hypocrisy.
In other words you actually ment to say that using Windows 8 is similar to prision rape to get attention. You meant to say it, you just said it because you are an attention whore who was afraid his comment wouldn't get noticed unless he said something "a little dramatic".
So in that 10% are folk that failed to work out how to get the login prompt from the completely control free boot page. And people who failed to shutdown their PC making up the bulk of it - since that needs the charmless bar.
Please show where the article states what you have claimed.
Was the new gear touch screen? I used the Win8PR on a regular laptop and didn't like it. I thought is was a pain to use with a mouse. But, I went to a local store after release and used a touch screen model and found I liked it much more with the touch screen.
Hacking someone's website is not speech. It is a criminal act. IF someone didn't like your speech, would it be acceptable for him to hack your computers and publish your personal information?
If the individual invoices are below small claims court limit, sue them for each individual invoice in small claims court. You get to represent yourself, but they will spend to send a lawyer and have no explanation why they have not paid the bills.
Really, you seem to be making a moutain out of a mole hill. My monitors aren't even 24 inches away from me and my laptop screen is less than 10 inches from my hands.
And, as near as I can tell, Windows 8 is geared towards touchscreen devices, specifically tablets and laptops. We all have seen the slow death of the desktop computer, culminating with the all-in-one, which is effectively a deskbound laptop.
Strange. When I replaced Win8-PR with Ubuntu on this laptop, I had to go to the command line to try to get the sound working, which I couldn't. Which is why I am running WindowMaker Debian instead.
Yeah, I have seen Ubuntu lately. In fact, I am typing this using my laptop running Debian with WindowMaker. Yes, this is the same laptop I was running the Win8 pre-release on. It doesn't have a touch screen so wasn't very good with Win8
Linux was copying Windows, and denying it, back when GNOME and KDE first came out and they are still doing it. Have you tried shutting down a computer with Windows 8 on it? It isn't much harder. It is like one or two more clicks.
Mouse version of shutting down Windows 8: "Okay, mom, move your mouse over to the left side of the screen. Click the word Settings. Now click the power symbol. Yes, the circle with a line, just like on your electric blanket. Click that. Good. Yes, you want to click the "shut down" button."
One does not have to go into DOS/CMD to do anything in Windows while one HAS to go to the CLI with Linux. So, the answer to your question is "No, because even though the ability it is there, it is NEVER required."
Basically, you are committing the fallacy of False Equivalence.
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and whether they are turning down viable opportunities.
Imagine that someone might say "We think you would be a good candidate for this job you passed over. Why didn't you pursue it?" And, then one says in return "Well, I don't have this skill they are requiring." Well, they might just say "Why don't we see if they will train you up on that skill and, if not, let's see if we can't get your some training in that skill."
Oh, the HORROR that someone might encourage a job seeker, offer to get one training or talk to an employer for a job seeker to see if they will train an otherwise qualified candidate on a missing skill.
If you think litter picking is a horrible job, you have lived a sheltered life.
I call your post "the cry of the whinger". Don't want to pick up trash on the street or clean urinals? Get an education, do a good job at getting an education, and get a better job. When I lost my tech job in September 2001, I worked as an electrician's helper digging ditches for conduit, in Florida, in the summer. I worked as a courier. I worked in the summer and the winter in an unheated, uncooled metal building cutting, bending, welding and grinding aluminum into signs. I have picked up trash, cleaned restrooms in bars, and cooked. You know what I do know? I work as a developer.
No one is above cleaning toilet and picking up trash.
Read his comments below the video. He states he was using the laptop with a touchpad. It really seems he calls the cursor the "mouse".
Unfortunately, the first quarter of his rant is easily explained by his inability to keep his palms off touch pad as he types. I installed the prerelease on a laptop I bought for $250, never had any of the problems he mentions , and figured out everything he couldn't in about an hour.
Using Win8 with a mouse is a bit annoying, but it is in no way "unusable" or "user hostile". He was just sloppy, resistent to change, and incompetent.
And, before the MS haters start screaming "SHILL!!1!!!1!", after about a month of using Win8, I did what I originally intended to do with that laptop. I installed Linux on it. Specfically, Debian with WindowMaker.
Oh, shut up Brian.
No. I am pointing out that most people say "That is too harsh" until they or someone they love is the victim of the crime, then the punishment isn't harsh enough. It is not about an emotional answer. It is about hypocrisy.
If someone did what this guy did to you and/or your girlfriend/wife and/or your daughter(s), what sentence would fit the crime?
That may be true in some places, but as a whole, one can generally have a lawyer represent one in court without appearing.
In other words you actually ment to say that using Windows 8 is similar to prision rape to get attention. You meant to say it, you just said it because you are an attention whore who was afraid his comment wouldn't get noticed unless he said something "a little dramatic".
So in that 10% are folk that failed to work out how to get the login prompt from the completely control free boot page. And people who failed to shutdown their PC making up the bulk of it - since that needs the charmless bar.
Please show where the article states what you have claimed.
Was the new gear touch screen? I used the Win8PR on a regular laptop and didn't like it. I thought is was a pain to use with a mouse. But, I went to a local store after release and used a touch screen model and found I liked it much more with the touch screen.
Actually, that is exactly what you are doing. So, why are you stating one thing in your subject and denying it in the first sentence of your post?
Please provide reviewed, reliable, scientific evidence of your claim.
Hacking someone's website is not speech. It is a criminal act. IF someone didn't like your speech, would it be acceptable for him to hack your computers and publish your personal information?
If the individual invoices are below small claims court limit, sue them for each individual invoice in small claims court. You get to represent yourself, but they will spend to send a lawyer and have no explanation why they have not paid the bills.
Are you saying that one can't use keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8.
Really, you seem to be making a moutain out of a mole hill. My monitors aren't even 24 inches away from me and my laptop screen is less than 10 inches from my hands.
And, as near as I can tell, Windows 8 is geared towards touchscreen devices, specifically tablets and laptops. We all have seen the slow death of the desktop computer, culminating with the all-in-one, which is effectively a deskbound laptop.
Strange. When I replaced Win8-PR with Ubuntu on this laptop, I had to go to the command line to try to get the sound working, which I couldn't. Which is why I am running WindowMaker Debian instead.
Yeah, I have seen Ubuntu lately. In fact, I am typing this using my laptop running Debian with WindowMaker. Yes, this is the same laptop I was running the Win8 pre-release on. It doesn't have a touch screen so wasn't very good with Win8
Linux was copying Windows, and denying it, back when GNOME and KDE first came out and they are still doing it. Have you tried shutting down a computer with Windows 8 on it? It isn't much harder. It is like one or two more clicks.
Mouse version of shutting down Windows 8: "Okay, mom, move your mouse over to the left side of the screen. Click the word Settings. Now click the power symbol. Yes, the circle with a line, just like on your electric blanket. Click that. Good. Yes, you want to click the "shut down" button."
The touch version isn't much different.
Maybe you just don't know how to use it. I had none of those problems.
You mean like how lifting your hand from the keyboard and reaching out for the mouse gets tiresome fast?
Seriously, I don't see what his problem is.
One does not have to go into DOS/CMD to do anything in Windows while one HAS to go to the CLI with Linux. So, the answer to your question is "No, because even though the ability it is there, it is NEVER required."
Basically, you are committing the fallacy of False Equivalence.
Actually, the usability issues for desktops disappear if one uses a touch screen monitor.
How do you explain how to restart a Linux computer to your non technical family?