I don't get why people have such a hard time comprehending this:
Win 8 is Microsoft's entry into the mobile market, not the PC market, they ported it to the PC market... well to make money. They had to enter the mobile market to stay competitive, everything else was secondary.
You're right though, their taskbar and start button have become a standard for users, and take away the standard and you're going to have a long line of people complaining. Perhaps where Microsoft may have tripped up is confusing the mobile UXD with a desktop one.
So far they've produced multiple stories on just about anyboy who's given an account. Wrote an article on funerals, brought some stupid celeb into the mix via social media & immediately blamed terrorism. Also those pictures are not PG rated.
Almost feels like they've been waiting for another terrorist attack since 9/11 to be ready & explode content wise like this... at least to me.
HIs trading firm lost close to 6 million as a result of a trade that went bad for him that they did not authorize. They are probably the ones who reported him in the first place. All the other times he's done this, he's made money, but only for himself / accomplice.
It's about 1/2 the performance of the top rate device, but I somehow feel that it's probably running a less overhead than a phone has to.
Funny thing about 3dmark though... it doesn't score my PC very high, yet I play just about everything at 1920x1080 ultra/high settings with no lag and I'm not running an elegant cooling solution, so basically... in short... I think WEI has more merit.
U.S. government blows up Boston Marathon > then blows up N. Korea > snails are left in peace to gradually destroy an ecosystem (everglades) that's hard to profit off of for corporate America.
[Update, 5:31 p.m. ET] Boston police now appear to be backing away from their commissioner's earlier statement that a third incident – at the JFK Library 5 miles from the finish line - might have been related to the Boston Marathon blasts.
On Twitter, Boston police say: "Update JFK incident appears to be fire related."
From yours:
Davis said a third blast at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library was believed to be related to the marathon bombings, but police later said that incident was believed to be fire-related. The library said all staff and visitors are safe.
The only thing missing there is the probability of the whole thing, you're right its not 100% that the explosions were deliberate, but... the timing (during a race) and the supposed 20 second delay move the probability counter towards a bombing. Crazy enough, isn't this exactly what the movie "Four Lions" is about?
I was slightly amazed that the camera they're using... something way way above consumer grade wasn't able to get the job done to a level of high quality, I agree, the pictures are kind of grainy and its hard to tell the actual shape on some of them.
Just an FYI to implement those google technologies, devs have to go out of their way to do so by adding google code. So again, it's not google, it's the communities that are choosing to fuel google... and if nobody used google, the worst those technologies would do is accumulate interests by IP and target ads that way, effectively eliminating google's business edge.
Then that's probably the best troll i've ever seen. Kudos, while not the most senior here, I do remember a time when a troll was found only in fairy tales, so I'm quite familiar:)
I do not use 4GB of RAM I have in my current 7 machine.
You can get by with 4gb just fine 99% of the time, but the moment you start targeting perfomance 4gb starts to quickly lack.
Here's a few places upgrading to 7 has helped me out: Higher GB RAM support > helps me as both a dev and a gamer. Pinnable icons > I no longer use the start menu, though I don't like the way 8 does it either. Less compatibility issues > shit I try to avoid, they're no fun Better driver support > personal rebuilds happen A LOT quicker w 7 than xp.
So, while you may not be able to take advantage of any of that based on your usage, many people can. The last two are a novice user's dream, which for a business translates into less support.
I believe it's standard policy for IT to re-visit then re-invent the wheel every so often. At that point, what's been done historically regardless of how successful or unsuccessful it is doesn't matter. And learning from competitors is way below google's pay grade!
I'd do some research, win 7 does all the out of the box easily. There are many benefits to switching, but i'll let you research them if you feel the need. Happy Friday!
Have all the power to list themselves just about anywhere and be found...
The ones that haven't probably don't feel they need to. That's all fine and dandy till you get down to food... the good ones focus on their food rather than advertising and I've seen good ones go out of business as a result of a lack of customer base despite their food being 10x better than the deep fried garbage they served around it. It would be just to draw business to these places, but everybody else... like mechanics, CPAs, mom n pop shops should decide for themselves what level of exposure they want. It's not like it costs money to google how to advertise your business.
This is probably the reason these services aren't what the creators envisioned in regards to yelp and groupon. Also in regards to groupon, you have to offer a deal, and from experience the good ones are established and don't negotiate pricing, only the desperate ones do.
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If you can't customize your UI (as most people currently posting seem to be unable to do), you're not a nerd: discuss.
Do it yourself: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027945/how-to-banish-metro-from-your-windows-8-pc-forever.html
deviantart.com > windows customizations???
They did make it so you can make your own UI and replace theirs, what else can you want? Your own personal Microsoft programmer?
It's not a theory it's a lame duck trend and has nothing to do with business or consumer. Every other MS OS is lame, this has been a trend from 90s.
I don't get why people have such a hard time comprehending this:
Win 8 is Microsoft's entry into the mobile market, not the PC market, they ported it to the PC market... well to make money. They had to enter the mobile market to stay competitive, everything else was secondary.
You're right though, their taskbar and start button have become a standard for users, and take away the standard and you're going to have a long line of people complaining. Perhaps where Microsoft may have tripped up is confusing the mobile UXD with a desktop one.
They're really running with it aren't they?
So far they've produced multiple stories on just about anyboy who's given an account. Wrote an article on funerals, brought some stupid celeb into the mix via social media & immediately blamed terrorism. Also those pictures are not PG rated.
Almost feels like they've been waiting for another terrorist attack since 9/11 to be ready & explode content wise like this... at least to me.
Just thought I'd mention that manufacturing and marketing have very little to do with each other.
See: http://blog.thingsdesigner.com/uploads/id/tree_swing_development_requirements.jpg there's a reason this cartoon is so popular (it's mostly true & hilarious).
HIs trading firm lost close to 6 million as a result of a trade that went bad for him that they did not authorize. They are probably the ones who reported him in the first place. All the other times he's done this, he's made money, but only for himself / accomplice.
It's about 1/2 the performance of the top rate device, but I somehow feel that it's probably running a less overhead than a phone has to.
Funny thing about 3dmark though... it doesn't score my PC very high, yet I play just about everything at 1920x1080 ultra/high settings with no lag and I'm not running an elegant cooling solution, so basically... in short... I think WEI has more merit.
Speaking of price comparisons:
Ouya: $99
Samsung Galaxy S3: $699
what'd the author of TFA expect? Something for nothing?
Hmmm...
U.S. government blows up Boston Marathon > then blows up N. Korea > snails are left in peace to gradually destroy an ecosystem (everglades) that's hard to profit off of for corporate America.
Do I get an insight medal too? :)
In regards to the JFK library:
From my article:
[Update, 5:31 p.m. ET] Boston police now appear to be backing away from their commissioner's earlier statement that a third incident – at the JFK Library 5 miles from the finish line - might have been related to the Boston Marathon blasts.
On Twitter, Boston police say: "Update JFK incident appears to be fire related."
From yours:
Davis said a third blast at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library was believed to be related to the marathon bombings, but police later said that incident was believed to be fire-related. The library said all staff and visitors are safe.
The only thing missing there is the probability of the whole thing, you're right its not 100% that the explosions were deliberate, but... the timing (during a race) and the supposed 20 second delay move the probability counter towards a bombing. Crazy enough, isn't this exactly what the movie "Four Lions" is about?
I believe they're saying its fire related now: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/15/explosions-near-finish-of-boston-marathon/?hpt=hp_t2
or Koreans. Hey... we can make Kim Jong-un a peace offering!
I was slightly amazed that the camera they're using... something way way above consumer grade wasn't able to get the job done to a level of high quality, I agree, the pictures are kind of grainy and its hard to tell the actual shape on some of them.
Just an FYI to implement those google technologies, devs have to go out of their way to do so by adding google code. So again, it's not google, it's the communities that are choosing to fuel google... and if nobody used google, the worst those technologies would do is accumulate interests by IP and target ads that way, effectively eliminating google's business edge.
If you're saying geekoid is a troll...
Then that's probably the best troll i've ever seen. Kudos, while not the most senior here, I do remember a time when a troll was found only in fairy tales, so I'm quite familiar :)
I do not use 4GB of RAM I have in my current 7 machine.
You can get by with 4gb just fine 99% of the time, but the moment you start targeting perfomance 4gb starts to quickly lack.
Here's a few places upgrading to 7 has helped me out:
Higher GB RAM support > helps me as both a dev and a gamer.
Pinnable icons > I no longer use the start menu, though I don't like the way 8 does it either.
Less compatibility issues > shit I try to avoid, they're no fun
Better driver support > personal rebuilds happen A LOT quicker w 7 than xp.
So, while you may not be able to take advantage of any of that based on your usage, many people can. The last two are a novice user's dream, which for a business translates into less support.
If you hate companies that put lead in your baby's milk, stop buying from them.
Not only that, I'd sue em.
If you hate the fact that healthcare is expensive, don't get sick.
Many people live by this... what exactly is wrong w it?
If you don't like what your president is doing, stop voting.
Google = internet company
President = your boss's boss many levels up.
so in conclusion, it's not always the answer, but in this case it may very well be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire
I believe it's standard policy for IT to re-visit then re-invent the wheel every so often. At that point, what's been done historically regardless of how successful or unsuccessful it is doesn't matter. And learning from competitors is way below google's pay grade!
Damn smartphones.
I'd do some research, win 7 does all the out of the box easily. There are many benefits to switching, but i'll let you research them if you feel the need. Happy Friday!
Have all the power to list themselves just about anywhere and be found...
The ones that haven't probably don't feel they need to. That's all fine and dandy till you get down to food... the good ones focus on their food rather than advertising and I've seen good ones go out of business as a result of a lack of customer base despite their food being 10x better than the deep fried garbage they served around it. It would be just to draw business to these places, but everybody else... like mechanics, CPAs, mom n pop shops should decide for themselves what level of exposure they want. It's not like it costs money to google how to advertise your business.
This is probably the reason these services aren't what the creators envisioned in regards to yelp and groupon. Also in regards to groupon, you have to offer a deal, and from experience the good ones are established and don't negotiate pricing, only the desperate ones do.