Yep, that irks me too. You explain to someone why they don't need a 2nd,3rd,4th... mouse button - "because if you click and hold, it will give you all the options relevant to what you're clicking on".
Well, some of the time. Most of the time. Guru's generally realize where it won't happen, or have multi-button mice, so it's no biggie. But newbies, this lack of contextual menus on a click-n-hold confuses the hell out of them.
If I cmd-tab to an app, I may not know what/which of it's windows I want. So it shows them all to me.
If I select a window, instead, I don't want all 30 to pop up in front of me. I've told it that I want a window, and which one I want. So give it to me.
Atleast, that's my understanding of the OSX 10.1-4 Finder window behavior.
is the absurd devotion to backwards compatability. I don't understand it. I could accept software compatability, but the hardware aspect is mystifying.
Backward compatibility is not absurd. Infact, for Microsoft, it's a selling point. Example: if people know they don't have to buy a new version of Photoshop to run on Vista, they're more apt to upgrade to Vista. And MS has always had tons of drivers for all sorts of devices and such, whereas OS's like Linux and OSX are just now catching up.
What I don't understand is Vista's hardware requirements and MS's logic behind them. It's always been said that MS up's the h/w req's to satisfy it's vendor's and PC manufacturer's so as to push people to buy a new machine. But that defies the backward-compatibility that MS seems to have strived so hard for all these years such that they're latest OS still has working drivers for everything the prior OS did. Maybe it's actually a sneaky plan to get rid of all the old h/w out there so they don't have to bend over backwards for compatibility's sake;)
What's dissapointing is that TFA doesn't say why this phenomenon has formed.
From the article...
Dr Waite said the vortex, shaped like a giant child's spinning top, was created by current movement down the coast and is one of the largest ever found off of WA.
The thing to do is watch the local newspaper to find office furniture closeouts - or even relocations. We were lucky enough last year to find a business that was relocating. They didn't want to move all their inventory, so they slashed their prices quite a bit. We picked up two Steelcase fully adjustable chairs from Thomas Ruff for a total of a couple hundred. Each, brand new online was something like ~$699 at the time. Granted, they were slightly used - and one's a not particularly beautiful neon-blue color, but I couldn't pass on the price!
Each chair replaced those $79-99 leather-bound chairs you always see advertised at Sam's Club or Officemax.
The difference is quite amazing. Far far less back stiffness after sitting at the keyboard for a few hours.
I'm being serious here. If I'm paying my local cable co to get extended (extended == over the air-available channels + normal basic addons - espn, scifi, etc) and I own a DVR (replayTV in my case) I can record the show at will. I can watch it whenever. I can skip the commercials if I choose.
So what about bittorrenting a show is illegal? That I have to share the bits that I've already downloaded with others who are trying to download? And they may not have legal access to that show? It would seem to me that downloading a show that I've paid to have access to already, because my kids deleted it from the DVR, or it screwed up the scheduling, or the power was out or I did something bad and God's punishing me so I can' get my weekly dose of crack, er, uh, 24 on fox.... well, you get the point. If I've already paid for it, I fail to see how it can be illegal for me to download it again.
As far as people downloading the bits from me - if they haven't paid for it, then they're breaking the law by downloading it.
Which is why, although I would love to watch the HBO Rome series, I don't download it tho I've seen it torrented. I don't subscribe (ie pay for) HBO.
If I did, and I missed an episode, I'd have no problem with grabbing it from a torrent.
1. No more hardware headaches. Apple users will no longer have to worry about their peripherals not working with their machines. Just about every accessory has Windows drivers.
No more hardware headaches with Windows? Oh please. Yes, with each windows version it gets better, lately. But so does Linux.
2. No more software worries.
Emulators and virtual-machines will take care of this, if it comes down to it.
3. Cutting the Mac OS X development budget will save a bunch of money and cause an increase in Apple's profit margin.
But only if the majority of people who've bought Apple computers the past few years weren't buying it for OSX. If they were, then Apple shoots itself in the foot.
4. Apple can now compete directly. Dell, HP, Gateway, and Toshiba will have to watch out now.
This is already happening. Once people figure out how to run WinXP and WinVista on their Apple Intel-based hardware Apple becomes direct competition for the pc makers.
After that everyone will weight the Apple premium vs the other's cost savings vs having the Apple hardware and having the option to run OSX and/or Windows. You won't have that option (legally, atleast) with the other PC manufacturers.
Somewhere along the line I must have misplaced my white priveledge coupon book because I missed out on all these favors I was supposed to receive.
I've never personally known anyone to have had one. I thought I did once, someone I worked with had a rich daddy and everyone had always assumed Daddy paid the way through college and got him the swanky job through his connections.
Turns out the guy paid his own way through community college. It's interesting that everyone around him had assumed otherwise.
I do think he got his foot in the door for the job interview because of who his dad is.
But getting back to the lacking of the priveledge coupon book I've often wondered if it's because I didn't come from, nor am in, the higher income tax bracket.
A good IT department should make sure things happen in a controlled and documented way.... They should be proactive... have already prepared a white paper of preferred architecture for performance & security....A really good IT department brings something to the table.
And when you find a place that is willing to fund enough resources to have such a capable department, please, please, let us know where to apply.
You are absolutely right that an IT Dept (as well as others in the building) should be proactive. However, most IT Departments that I've seen are so under-funded, under-manned, under-resourced that they're scrambling to keep their heads above the water.
Hey guys! I've got a book idea. Help me come up with content for it!;)
history of the Internet
Most computer users couldn't give damn about that.
how computers talk to each other
Most computer users don't care how it works just that it does.
what a hard drive does
Again, most computer users don't care. They don't want to care. All they want to know is there "stuff" is on the computer "where they can find it". Where exactly? Doesn't matter to them. Just so they know where it is.
So, what's wrong with running the OS I want on the box I want?
Nothing, as long as you are allowed to run the OS on whatever hardware you want. And if you're not, then write your own OS.
Oh, and after you spend the time/$ to do so, be sure to let everyone run it on any hardware they want.
Linux is great, and "cool" in that respect. Heaven knows I've got my time, and $'s worth from it. (Especially being able to run it on just about anything).
But I bought OSX knowing I'm only supposed to run it on Apple's hardware. Whether I do try running it on any of my wintel boxes, eh, maybe. But I don't get all pissy thinking that because I purchased their software product, which is designed and intended for their hardware, I will have problems running it on something else.
Yes, however, do the processors in the new iMac's and Macbook Pro's have that Virtualization Tech (VT)? I read where the initial processors from Intel do not have them, or if they do, it's disabled.
We have stone on the front, but siding on the back and sides. This is typical for our area. If it's not siding, then builders will use stucko.
In our house we have floor heating with tubes in the concrete floor and it takes several hours to change the temperature
I think here it's commonly called radiant heat. We wanted to do something like that, but couldn't do it at the time. I've only heard good things about it (except for spineboy's horror story) but that's not necessarily the heating system's fault. Anyway, the idea of radiant heat would be stability, temperature wise. And like you say, it would make it difficult for quick temperature changes.
Which would suck for us, sometimes the temperature can drop here by 60 degrees in a day. It is very typical for us to have to run the air conditioning in the fall during the day, and then the heat at nite. Gotta love that fun Ohio weather:)
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Yep, that irks me too. You explain to someone why they don't need a 2nd,3rd,4th... mouse button - "because if you click and hold, it will give you all the options relevant to what you're clicking on".
Well, some of the time. Most of the time. Guru's generally realize where it won't happen, or have multi-button mice, so it's no biggie. But newbies, this lack of contextual menus on a click-n-hold confuses the hell out of them.
IMHO, that is consistent.
If I cmd-tab to an app, I may not know what/which of it's windows I want. So it shows them all to me.
If I select a window, instead, I don't want all 30 to pop up in front of me. I've told it that I want a window, and which one I want. So give it to me.
Atleast, that's my understanding of the OSX 10.1-4 Finder window behavior.
I'll second the steelcase. Worth _every_ penny.
is the absurd devotion to backwards compatability. I don't understand it. I could accept software compatability, but the hardware aspect is mystifying.
;)
Backward compatibility is not absurd. Infact, for Microsoft, it's a selling point. Example: if people know they don't have to buy a new version of Photoshop to run on Vista, they're more apt to upgrade to Vista. And MS has always had tons of drivers for all sorts of devices and such, whereas OS's like Linux and OSX are just now catching up.
What I don't understand is Vista's hardware requirements and MS's logic behind them. It's always been said that MS up's the h/w req's to satisfy it's vendor's and PC manufacturer's so as to push people to buy a new machine. But that defies the backward-compatibility that MS seems to have strived so hard for all these years such that they're latest OS still has working drivers for everything the prior OS did. Maybe it's actually a sneaky plan to get rid of all the old h/w out there so they don't have to bend over backwards for compatibility's sake
No, this is definitely front page news. Otherwise, I wouldn't have seen it ;)
What's dissapointing is that TFA doesn't say why this phenomenon has formed.
From the article...
Dr Waite said the vortex, shaped like a giant child's spinning top, was created by current movement down the coast and is one of the largest ever found off of WA.
could include the actual form to put your name/password (which I see is currently not expanded by default,
as a logged in user, you'd really never see that. they'd likely conditional that out so it'd only show the form when a user.is_anon
My ultimate recommendation is that all layouts must continue to remain liquid; no Web 2.0 designs that are made for the 90's resolution of 800x600.
Uh, their current design is already liquid. What makes you think they'd go back to the olden days of fixed-width?
For those of you that don't want to delve into the slashcode stylesheets, but are curious as to how they're done:
Details about SlashCSS layout
There's also quite of slashcode related information at http://slash.lottadot.com/.
The chair. Seriously.
Bingo!
The thing to do is watch the local newspaper to find office furniture closeouts - or even relocations. We were lucky enough last year to find a business that was relocating. They didn't want to move all their inventory, so they slashed their prices quite a bit. We picked up two Steelcase fully adjustable chairs from Thomas Ruff for a total of a couple hundred. Each, brand new online was something like ~$699 at the time. Granted, they were slightly used - and one's a not particularly beautiful neon-blue color, but I couldn't pass on the price!
Each chair replaced those $79-99 leather-bound chairs you always see advertised at Sam's Club or Officemax.
The difference is quite amazing. Far far less back stiffness after sitting at the keyboard for a few hours.
The Bittorrent method is illegal
Is it?
I'm being serious here. If I'm paying my local cable co to get extended (extended == over the air-available channels + normal basic addons - espn, scifi, etc) and I own a DVR (replayTV in my case) I can record the show at will. I can watch it whenever. I can skip the commercials if I choose.
So what about bittorrenting a show is illegal? That I have to share the bits that I've already downloaded with others who are trying to download? And they may not have legal access to that show? It would seem to me that downloading a show that I've paid to have access to already, because my kids deleted it from the DVR, or it screwed up the scheduling, or the power was out or I did something bad and God's punishing me so I can' get my weekly dose of crack, er, uh, 24 on fox.... well, you get the point. If I've already paid for it, I fail to see how it can be illegal for me to download it again.
As far as people downloading the bits from me - if they haven't paid for it, then they're breaking the law by downloading it.
Which is why, although I would love to watch the HBO Rome series, I don't download it tho I've seen it torrented. I don't subscribe (ie pay for) HBO.
If I did, and I missed an episode, I'd have no problem with grabbing it from a torrent.
1. No more hardware headaches. Apple users will no longer have to worry about their peripherals not working with their machines. Just about every accessory has Windows drivers.
No more hardware headaches with Windows? Oh please. Yes, with each windows version it gets better, lately. But so does Linux.
2. No more software worries.
Emulators and virtual-machines will take care of this, if it comes down to it.
3. Cutting the Mac OS X development budget will save a bunch of money and cause an increase in Apple's profit margin.
But only if the majority of people who've bought Apple computers the past few years weren't buying it for OSX. If they were, then Apple shoots itself in the foot.
4. Apple can now compete directly. Dell, HP, Gateway, and Toshiba will have to watch out now.
This is already happening. Once people figure out how to run WinXP and WinVista on their Apple Intel-based hardware Apple becomes direct competition for the pc makers.
After that everyone will weight the Apple premium vs the other's cost savings vs having the Apple hardware and having the option to run OSX and/or Windows. You won't have that option (legally, atleast) with the other PC manufacturers.
He said "John, you're a dumbass!"
This has got to be one of stupidest things I've heard in a while. Was Dvorak that desperate for material to fill his column?
Somewhere along the line I must have misplaced my white priveledge coupon book because I missed out on all these favors I was supposed to receive.
I've never personally known anyone to have had one. I thought I did once, someone I worked with had a rich daddy and everyone had always assumed Daddy paid the way through college and got him the swanky job through his connections.
Turns out the guy paid his own way through community college. It's interesting that everyone around him had assumed otherwise.
I do think he got his foot in the door for the job interview because of who his dad is.
But getting back to the lacking of the priveledge coupon book I've often wondered if it's because I didn't come from, nor am in, the higher income tax bracket.
A good IT department should make sure things happen in a controlled and documented way.... They should be proactive... have already prepared a white paper of preferred architecture for performance & security....A really good IT department brings something to the table.
And when you find a place that is willing to fund enough resources to have such a capable department, please, please, let us know where to apply.
You are absolutely right that an IT Dept (as well as others in the building) should be proactive. However, most IT Departments that I've seen are so under-funded, under-manned, under-resourced that they're scrambling to keep their heads above the water.
Hey guys! I've got a book idea. Help me come up with content for it! ;)
history of the Internet
Most computer users couldn't give damn about that.
how computers talk to each other
Most computer users don't care how it works just that it does.
what a hard drive does
Again, most computer users don't care. They don't want to care. All they want to know is there "stuff" is on the computer "where they can find it". Where exactly? Doesn't matter to them. Just so they know where it is.
Don't these raid controllers want the drives to be the exact same model?
My 3ware couldn't care about model. It's the *size* that matters. The replacement drive has to be >= the size of the drive it's replacing.
So, what's wrong with running the OS I want on the box I want?
Nothing, as long as you are allowed to run the OS on whatever hardware you want. And if you're not, then write your own OS.
Oh, and after you spend the time/$ to do so, be sure to let everyone run it on any hardware they want.
Linux is great, and "cool" in that respect. Heaven knows I've got my time, and $'s worth from it. (Especially being able to run it on just about anything).
But I bought OSX knowing I'm only supposed to run it on Apple's hardware. Whether I do try running it on any of my wintel boxes, eh, maybe. But I don't get all pissy thinking that because I purchased their software product, which is designed and intended for their hardware, I will have problems running it on something else.
That's the thing - when vmware for OSX comes out, and Virtual PC for macintel comes out - what'll be the difference between the two?
They both should be running natively on the new intel hardware. Both will hopefully be very fast.
Whichever one's faster, that's what I'll use. Hopefully it's MS VPC, since I already purchased that.
$1000.00US? No way.
That's what their replacement for the iBook line will be for - the $599-$1299 range.
Yes, however, do the processors in the new iMac's and Macbook Pro's have that Virtualization Tech (VT)? I read where the initial processors from Intel do not have them, or if they do, it's disabled.
I cannot believe you didn't call in sick! You're making us wait till you come home from work? Where are your geek priorities?!? ;)
Here in Denmark the houses are normally rather well insulated and made with brick walls or concrete walls.
:)
Is that because of the cold? My understanding is stone, or rock, will hold heat far longer then wood or aluminum siding.
You don't mention what type of insulation, nor the amount, that is used in your Denmark houses.
Our house was built ~3.5 years ago in Columbus, OH, US. I believe it's built close to these:
Ceilings: R-49
Walls: R-21
Floors: R-30
Basement Walls: R-13
We have stone on the front, but siding on the back and sides. This is typical for our area. If it's not siding, then builders will use stucko.
In our house we have floor heating with tubes in the concrete floor and it takes several hours to change the temperature
I think here it's commonly called radiant heat. We wanted to do something like that, but couldn't do it at the time. I've only heard good things about it (except for spineboy's horror story) but that's not necessarily the heating system's fault. Anyway, the idea of radiant heat would be stability, temperature wise. And like you say, it would make it difficult for quick temperature changes.
Which would suck for us, sometimes the temperature can drop here by 60 degrees in a day. It is very typical for us to have to run the air conditioning in the fall during the day, and then the heat at nite. Gotta love that fun Ohio weather
What's wrong with them writing their own software so that it works with their systems?
They paid their staff to develop it all.
You want the same? Either pay someone to create it, or start coding.