If windows 8 had the ability to turn off metro, it would be just like windows 7 with a few improvements, rather than a disaster.
I really, really, really do not understand how this was not the case. They should be smart enough to know that forcing a big change like that on a large user base will never work. Now matter how good or bad the change is. win 8 is not a bad OS, they just made it look like a monster. - boot to desktop on a desktop, - dont force the startscreen to be fullscreen, - put back the start button these 3 simple options would have made a world of difference for this OS...
First of all he starts by telling us what the internet has brought us: - vast amounts of information - youtube - itunes - GPS
Wait, what? GPS?
second, the problem with the internet is not the internet. the internet is not obligatory, not everything people put on it is truth, it is not a reliable information source for personal data. I am not scared of it, nor should I or anybody else be. The problem with the internet, as with everything on this planet, is the nature of human kind.
again, If alt -tabbing does not work, it's a piece of crap... this is what it did when I tested it: have 2 terminal windows open, and one other random application alt tab between the 3... you could only alt-tab between the "terminal app" and the other one... only allowing you to select the last terminal window you focused on... ie alt-tabbing only works between apps, and not windows... which is crap...
they may have fixed this by now, but that is how they first shipped it, and how it still worked when I tried out 11.10.... do I need to use more dots or are we on the same level...
practical? I don't think so... as the video shows (in the first link), (a user must probably first configure all possible gestures,) and then remeber every possible gesture, because this device has _zero_ intuitivity...
I mean, you tap your bag to mute your tablet, but what if your laptop and mobile are also in the bag... in the meeting the projector is mapped to the table, hmm yes, who would think otherwise!
The only application I see in this may be s smaller mice, or the control on the back of the tables, as also shown in the video...
lol? appart from being buggy as hell the first year or so, it is absolutely impossible to work on it a whole day when you need to multitask and use many windows... ssh terminals, chat windows, email, IDE, browsers, file managers....
I have tried it with every new stable Ubuntu release, but could never handle it for more then a workweek... and don't try to tell me I'm using it wrong... if alt-tabbing doest work properly, it's a piece of crap...
I have been running Ubuntu for a couple of years now, and am still happy with it. When they introduced Unity, I tried out some other shells and stuck with KDE, since it had most features, and was not too sluggish on my beast of a company laptop...
for these years of happy computing, I was very glad to donate a tenner to the Ubuntu people as soon as I saw the donation was online. I still payed less then 10% of what I would pay for windows...
I very much like the system they use, ie: assigning money to parts of the development you would like to see improvement on. I can only hope it will also be invested in the posts I choose, and god help me, not in Unity...
Religion in not the problem persé, it is often the tool used to oppress and keep people dumb... when they are dumb, they are yours, you can tell them to do/believe anything in the name of religion... but that doesn't mean that said religion actually supports the claims they make...
For this to work they would have to accept all gods of all religions, and acts against a christian god would also be blasphemous, not just against a muslim prophet because your country is mostly islamic...
Recognition of other religions is a problem in most religions... so good luck there....
I wouldnt have a clue, there is no wallmart in thousands of miles from here....
But still... the suppliers will probably only react when it's too late, when all small businesses have gone down, and only a couple medium to large companies are left...
look at.... any small business in your area...
you are talking about 2 big companies competing.... small businesses have no chance competing against these giants, since they cant just decide to offshore manufacturing to lower prices...
I also saw an interview with Dubravka Ugrei in which she also speaks about the impact of this trend, not only on the consumer but on literature itself.
She stated the same thing you did, that nobody will publish a book without being sure about the numbers beforehand. The result of this is that it is no longer important what you write, but this importance shifts to who wrote it.
We are already seeing this everywhere, people with a famous face are all producing books (and other nonsense) and it is selling. The content in these are generally of a much lesser quality, and this will hurt literature in the long run...
I remembered one sentence she said which says it all imo: "We are no longer writers, we are content providers"
it is making something that is supposed to be an art into the factory line seemingly constructed by Henry Ford: producing cheap, unoriginal bundled packs of paper at a great capacity. But not one has the quality of a hand built wooden frame Morgan roadster...
because a fair market prohibits selling stuff at a loss. Government must regulate stuff like this, or a fair market is impossible...
self regulation is impossible in a globalized world full of gigantic multinationals imo...
This is why I hate Ubuntu for releasing Unity as they did, it was so bugged it was unusable... they should have never released it that early.... they list many by doing that I think...
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It's not like I'm one of those Muslims who are all at 5 degrees of separation to a known terrorist.
*facepalm*
If windows 8 had the ability to turn off metro, it would be just like windows 7 with a few improvements, rather than a disaster.
I really, really, really do not understand how this was not the case. They should be smart enough to know that forcing a big change like that on a large user base will never work. Now matter how good or bad the change is.
win 8 is not a bad OS, they just made it look like a monster.
- boot to desktop on a desktop,
- dont force the startscreen to be fullscreen,
- put back the start button
these 3 simple options would have made a world of difference for this OS...
I which he got his way, then I wouldn't be able to read his stupid opinion...
First of all he starts by telling us what the internet has brought us:
- vast amounts of information
- youtube
- itunes
- GPS
Wait, what? GPS?
second, the problem with the internet is not the internet. the internet is not obligatory, not everything people put on it is truth, it is not a reliable information source for personal data.
I am not scared of it, nor should I or anybody else be.
The problem with the internet, as with everything on this planet, is the nature of human kind.
I have noscript on chrome running? (NotScripts)
so if you have no compouter, dont want one, or cant afford one (or internet) then you should have no voice?
land of the free... unless you actually want to say what you think is right...
again, If alt -tabbing does not work, it's a piece of crap...
this is what it did when I tested it:
have 2 terminal windows open, and one other random application
alt tab between the 3... you could only alt-tab between the "terminal app" and the other one... only allowing you to select the last terminal window you focused on... ie alt-tabbing only works between apps, and not windows... which is crap...
they may have fixed this by now, but that is how they first shipped it, and how it still worked when I tried out 11.10....
do I need to use more dots or are we on the same level...
MS does not even want to copy apple's walled garden...
They just want to copy the ripoff scheme and take 30% of developer's revenue....
cool? maybe..
practical? I don't think so...
as the video shows (in the first link), (a user must probably first configure all possible gestures,) and then remeber every possible gesture, because this device has _zero_ intuitivity...
I mean, you tap your bag to mute your tablet, but what if your laptop and mobile are also in the bag...
in the meeting the projector is mapped to the table, hmm yes, who would think otherwise!
The only application I see in this may be s smaller mice, or the control on the back of the tables, as also shown in the video...
in the future, please end your comments with the following string: "/sarcarsm"
no need to include the quotes. thx.
lol? appart from being buggy as hell the first year or so, it is absolutely impossible to work on it a whole day when you need to multitask and use many windows... ssh terminals, chat windows, email, IDE, browsers, file managers.... I have tried it with every new stable Ubuntu release, but could never handle it for more then a workweek... and don't try to tell me I'm using it wrong... if alt-tabbing doest work properly, it's a piece of crap...
I have been running Ubuntu for a couple of years now, and am still happy with it. When they introduced Unity, I tried out some other shells and stuck with KDE, since it had most features, and was not too sluggish on my beast of a company laptop... for these years of happy computing, I was very glad to donate a tenner to the Ubuntu people as soon as I saw the donation was online. I still payed less then 10% of what I would pay for windows... I very much like the system they use, ie: assigning money to parts of the development you would like to see improvement on. I can only hope it will also be invested in the posts I choose, and god help me, not in Unity...
what are you doing?? my 5 year old reads this website!
please come to my job and fire him... pretty please!
Religion in not the problem persé, it is often the tool used to oppress and keep people dumb... when they are dumb, they are yours, you can tell them to do/believe anything in the name of religion... but that doesn't mean that said religion actually supports the claims they make...
"In France, Hollande has been in power for 4 months and [...] he hasn't turned the economy around."
Hollande is such a douche....
For this to work they would have to accept all gods of all religions, and acts against a christian god would also be blasphemous, not just against a muslim prophet because your country is mostly islamic... Recognition of other religions is a problem in most religions... so good luck there....
I wouldnt have a clue, there is no wallmart in thousands of miles from here.... But still... the suppliers will probably only react when it's too late, when all small businesses have gone down, and only a couple medium to large companies are left... look at.... any small business in your area...
if you are hosting that party, count me in!
I agree with you, not with your spelling
you are talking about 2 big companies competing.... small businesses have no chance competing against these giants, since they cant just decide to offshore manufacturing to lower prices...
I also saw an interview with Dubravka Ugrei in which she also speaks about the impact of this trend, not only on the consumer but on literature itself. She stated the same thing you did, that nobody will publish a book without being sure about the numbers beforehand. The result of this is that it is no longer important what you write, but this importance shifts to who wrote it. We are already seeing this everywhere, people with a famous face are all producing books (and other nonsense) and it is selling. The content in these are generally of a much lesser quality, and this will hurt literature in the long run... I remembered one sentence she said which says it all imo: "We are no longer writers, we are content providers" it is making something that is supposed to be an art into the factory line seemingly constructed by Henry Ford: producing cheap, unoriginal bundled packs of paper at a great capacity. But not one has the quality of a hand built wooden frame Morgan roadster...
because a fair market prohibits selling stuff at a loss. Government must regulate stuff like this, or a fair market is impossible... self regulation is impossible in a globalized world full of gigantic multinationals imo...
This is why I hate Ubuntu for releasing Unity as they did, it was so bugged it was unusable... they should have never released it that early.... they list many by doing that I think...