Re:I want animated program icons
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Yeah, you know what? I've been maintaining Windows for as long as there has been Windows, and I have never had to copy something to the prefetch folder while in safe mode. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there are a couple of other people on Earth who are in the same boat as I am.
If you need to copy things to a prefetch folder while you're in safe mode to make your OS stop sucking, your OS sucks.
There are reasons to use Windows. This is not one of the good ones.
Re:I want animated program icons
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"but in terms of ease of use, I think that they release pretty good products"
What makes you say that? It seems to me that you had to replace the entire UI to get something satisfactory.
Use what you like. If that's XP, great! Knock yourself out. But you haven't defended your contention that Microsoft makes easy-to-use products. By your argument, you have to go experiment with a bunch of third party hacks to get the OS to not suck.
If they were really concerned about the welfare of their families, they wouldn't be working for SCO.
Seriously. You state your allegiance to a company (by accepting their paycheck, or buying their stock), and I've got no problems whatsoever holding you responsible for that company's actions.
The RIAA is the sock puppet that the labels use. I know whose hand is in the sock puppet. However, since Sony Music, BMG, whoever else are all (essentially) doing the same thing, it gets a little tedious to keep track of which one is being a bad citizen this week.
It's quite accurate to refer to them as a monolithic entity, fronted by (wait for it!) the RIAA.
I didn't say that there was no imagery from outside the US. That would have been a silly thing to say. It is silly to expect an American company, whose primary audience is Americans who want to navigate around America, to have as detailed imagery of France as they do of Pittsburgh.
Criticising a company for catering to its primary audience is silly. Google isn't stopping anybody from making detailed maps of anywhere...they simply happen to provide more detailed maps of America than they do of Hungary.
The RIAA currently represents the interests of the record industry cartel. They may also have served other functions in the past, but you can't read Jack Valenti's testimony before Congress and say that the RIAA is not the umbrella organization protecting the cartel.
The US has undergone a very few major party shifts, and the occasional ideological shifts.
However, I don't think that the "stability" of the two party system is worth the cost. Right now, I get to choose which set of my Constitutional rights I want to give up when I vote Republican or Democrat. That's absolutely unacceptible to me, and anathema to many (but not all) of the founders of this nation.
The RIAA is the cartel of record companies. It is fairly accurate to attribute actions of individual record companies (who all do the same things) to another body. That body is the RIAA.
I do understand, and I'm not responsible to fix anything to your satisfaction.
Yeah, because picking between a republican and a democrat is real Democracy.
The fact that you think either candidate can be described as the "best" leads me to believe that you don't really understand the question.
Re:Why is everyone so impressed with Google Maps?
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Four times the resolution? Not on the page I'm looking at.
And it's slow, and you can't scroll.
Just because you can't see the appeal, doesn't mean it's not there. But I'm sure it makes you feel like all validated and stuff that you've been doing this for four years. Where is your article in Wired? What, you never bothered to do what these guys actually did? And you're complaining about what exactly?
That doesn't appear on any boxes of software I see in the stores. Windows is the platform, and everybody on that platform is dancing to Microsoft's tune.
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Yeah, you know what? I've been maintaining Windows for as long as there has been Windows, and I have never had to copy something to the prefetch folder while in safe mode. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there are a couple of other people on Earth who are in the same boat as I am.
If you need to copy things to a prefetch folder while you're in safe mode to make your OS stop sucking, your OS sucks.
There are reasons to use Windows. This is not one of the good ones.
"but in terms of ease of use, I think that they release pretty good products"
What makes you say that? It seems to me that you had to replace the entire UI to get something satisfactory.
Use what you like. If that's XP, great! Knock yourself out. But you haven't defended your contention that Microsoft makes easy-to-use products. By your argument, you have to go experiment with a bunch of third party hacks to get the OS to not suck.
"So what does Longhorn's search do that Spotlight doesn't?"
Ship more than a year from now. : )
If they were really concerned about the welfare of their families, they wouldn't be working for SCO.
Seriously. You state your allegiance to a company (by accepting their paycheck, or buying their stock), and I've got no problems whatsoever holding you responsible for that company's actions.
The RIAA is the sock puppet that the labels use. I know whose hand is in the sock puppet. However, since Sony Music, BMG, whoever else are all (essentially) doing the same thing, it gets a little tedious to keep track of which one is being a bad citizen this week.
It's quite accurate to refer to them as a monolithic entity, fronted by (wait for it!) the RIAA.
I don't care what their corporate charters say.
Oooh, touchy! My bad. Substitute Hillary Rosen, or whoever her replacement mouthpiece is, for Jack Valenti.
Not like it matters. They're all the same companies calling the tune anyhow.
I didn't say that there was no imagery from outside the US. That would have been a silly thing to say. It is silly to expect an American company, whose primary audience is Americans who want to navigate around America, to have as detailed imagery of France as they do of Pittsburgh.
Criticising a company for catering to its primary audience is silly. Google isn't stopping anybody from making detailed maps of anywhere...they simply happen to provide more detailed maps of America than they do of Hungary.
PC hardware is a commodity too. Have you seen Apple's financial results for the past five years?
There is still money to be made selling well-designed (that is, non-commodity) hardware.
"I guess you could say that on the consumer level Windows could be considered "the platform"."
Yup. The consumers are the ones buying boxes in stores with stickers that advertise Windows (not X86) compatibility. That is precisely my point.
"Windows is one of several operating systems running on x86."
Exactly. Which is why talking about an "X86 platform" is irrelevant.
The RIAA currently represents the interests of the record industry cartel. They may also have served other functions in the past, but you can't read Jack Valenti's testimony before Congress and say that the RIAA is not the umbrella organization protecting the cartel.
What is a "typical raving Slashdotter"?
The US has undergone a very few major party shifts, and the occasional ideological shifts.
However, I don't think that the "stability" of the two party system is worth the cost. Right now, I get to choose which set of my Constitutional rights I want to give up when I vote Republican or Democrat. That's absolutely unacceptible to me, and anathema to many (but not all) of the founders of this nation.
Uh huh. That 20gb flash card is going to cost more than a 60 gb iPod. And I bet your Windows Smartphone cost pretty close to what a 20gb iPod cost.
What was your point again?
"I dont care if it get's stolen"
Wow. Your English teacher must be so proud.
Kay. Good for you. What's your point?
When you're selling the everlovin' crap out of your product, it is not "totally overpriced", by definition.
The RIAA is the cartel of record companies. It is fairly accurate to attribute actions of individual record companies (who all do the same things) to another body. That body is the RIAA.
I do understand, and I'm not responsible to fix anything to your satisfaction.
Yeah, because picking between a republican and a democrat is real Democracy.
The fact that you think either candidate can be described as the "best" leads me to believe that you don't really understand the question.
Four times the resolution? Not on the page I'm looking at.
And it's slow, and you can't scroll.
Just because you can't see the appeal, doesn't mean it's not there. But I'm sure it makes you feel like all validated and stuff that you've been doing this for four years. Where is your article in Wired? What, you never bothered to do what these guys actually did? And you're complaining about what exactly?
Stupid American company that's only bought high-res photos of the country that it's...in.
The service rolled out, what? Two months ago? Earth is big, and satellite photography is expensive. Quit your whining.
"If you don't want to fix things"
Right, because if you BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, you can get things fixed!
Uh huh. Worked real good last September, didn't it? The democratic ideal you're talking about is no more real today than the tooth fairy.
Apple buys components from vendors, yes. Do you really think that's the most important part of designing a good computer?
(Hint: The key word is DESIGN, and it's what Apple is best at. And, no, I'm not talking about just making it pretty.)
"the platform is x86"
That doesn't appear on any boxes of software I see in the stores. Windows is the platform, and everybody on that platform is dancing to Microsoft's tune.
You must be new here.
In British English, corporations are considered to be collective nouns.
Read a book.
"how are these widgets any different/better than any other app that I can write with Xcode?"
The fact that you don't have to write them with Xcode.