Americans work more than citizens of any other Western country, and of most other countries
Dude, wake up. I live in Holland (probably the country with most unproductive people per square mile in the world) and I don't know anyone who has a full time job and works less than 40 hours, with 4 weeks of vacation a year. However I do know many people who work more than 50 hours a week.
That 'work ethic' of yours is pure fantasy. The japanese work way harder than any donut-eater ever will.
...ProComp said the updated Windows XP's My Music folder called up Internet Explorer for online shopping...
Is it just me, or is someone else scared by the fact that a folder calls up IE for "online shopping"?
The web's polluted enough with advertising crap, the last thing I want is popup ad everytime I open my mp3 folder.
What's next, a random advert everytime you boot Windows?
I don't think that's the case. In most countries films are always dubbed or subtitled in the local language. This depends on local tradition, in Portugal and Holland they're subtitled, whereas in Spain and Germany they're dubbed, and so on.
In any case you'll never hear an english audiotrack without subtitles, in a non-english speaking country, unless you go to some very specialized cinemas.
Maybe some of the poorer countries who can't afford this get the original tapes, but they're a tiny fraction of the market anyway.
"Everyone else" has switched to Nero by now... Easy CD Creator is actually harder to use than Nero, with those wizards that instead of helping make things more confusing.
I think everyone knows the difference between an Audio and Data Cd by now...
Is it just me or does anyone else see something wrong in the fact that you have to learn Visual Basic in order to design a pinball table?
This is exactly why some people miss the old Construction games: bloat. Nowadays developers try to cram so many features into their games/apps that people who don't have the time/patience to learn them all are turned away.
The great thing about old software is that it looked simple, even if it wasn't. But at the time you realized the inner complexity lying behind a simple lo-res interface you were already hooked.
It's called learning curve, and it's amazing how many developers get it wrong these days.
I used to compose MODs in the old Amiga demoscene days; sure it was fun at the time, when we had too much time in our hands, but somehow I can't picture today's kids typing endless commands just to get the exact degree of volume, or browsing their CD collection for useful samples...
Anyway if you're looking for a good tracker proggie check out Impulse Tracker, the most popular nowadays.
DOA2 may have pretty gfx and the biggest boobs, but it bored me to death after just 2 days. Some developers just don't get that playability and lastability aren't related to the number of polygons on screen.
Most early PC users were jealous because their 3,000$ machine couldn't match the specs of the C64, let alone the Amiga, so now they're trying to hide the fact that the system which finally conquered the market was was the most dull and uninspired of them all.
While people thank the PC for standarizing computing and bringing it to the masses, I feel that the computing world has become more and more boring than ever. All you can expect today is the lates incarnation of Windows, whose only innovation is taking double the space on your HD and eating double the RAM.
The era of computer hacking is long gone, with O.S. manufacturers trying to hide the inner workings of their software in order to appeal to the masses of illiterate users who couldn't care less about how it all works.
Windows is going the way of MacOS; it's extremely easy to write a Word doc, but try configuring Windows for your needs, changing system paths, or putting some order in the amazingly convoluted mess that is the Windows directory. All they want is to have absolute control of what we do and turn our pcs into "black boxes". Don't mess with our O.S., unless you've paid an absurdly expensive developer license.
Im happy I still posess the last real computer made.
Too bad. What did it talk about then? Nibbles and Moppyranger?
"PC" and "gaming" didn't get along too well at that time. If you had a clue you got either a console or Amiga.
What bothers me most about banner ads (apart from those who trick you into thinking they're interactive when they're not) is the lack of targetting.
True, many sites ask you for your favorite topics when you login, but most people just leave everything unchecked for the fear of being spammed to death.
There could be something like a cookie all sites could read which contained your preferences for ads. This cookie would be only writable by you. This way sites wouldnt have to ask you everytime you logged to a new site, and you wouldn't need giving your e-mail address, and the possibility of being spammed would be reduced.
As for the points system it would be very difficult to avoid having someone taking advantage of it (Ad Karma whores?)
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No, they dont. You can share whichever folder you want, even none at all.
Well, thats the whole point of TLDs, isnt it?
we've had automatic video rental stores for quite some time here... and I live in a small village in Spain
http://cexx.org has a list of potential threats in popular Windows software as well as ways to counter them, you might want to check it out.
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Dude, wake up. I live in Holland (probably the country with most unproductive people per square mile in the world) and I don't know anyone who has a full time job and works less than 40 hours, with 4 weeks of vacation a year. However I do know many people who work more than 50 hours a week.
That 'work ethic' of yours is pure fantasy. The japanese work way harder than any donut-eater ever will.
Is it just me, or is someone else scared by the fact that a folder calls up IE for "online shopping"?
The web's polluted enough with advertising crap, the last thing I want is popup ad everytime I open my mp3 folder. What's next, a random advert everytime you boot Windows?
This isn't the first of this kind, Nectarine has been streaming C64 and Amiga demo music for a few years now.
They even stream from different mirrors, at selectable bitrates.
I don't think that's the case. In most countries films are always dubbed or subtitled in the local language. This depends on local tradition, in Portugal and Holland they're subtitled, whereas in Spain and Germany they're dubbed, and so on.
In any case you'll never hear an english audiotrack without subtitles, in a non-english speaking country, unless you go to some very specialized cinemas.
Maybe some of the poorer countries who can't afford this get the original tapes, but they're a tiny fraction of the market anyway.
"Everyone else" has switched to Nero by now... Easy CD Creator is actually harder to use than Nero, with those wizards that instead of helping make things more confusing.
I think everyone knows the difference between an Audio and Data Cd by now...
Is it just me or does anyone else see something wrong in the fact that you have to learn Visual Basic in order to design a pinball table?
This is exactly why some people miss the old Construction games: bloat. Nowadays developers try to cram so many features into their games/apps that people who don't have the time/patience to learn them all are turned away.
The great thing about old software is that it looked simple, even if it wasn't. But at the time you realized the inner complexity lying behind a simple lo-res interface you were already hooked.
It's called learning curve, and it's amazing how many developers get it wrong these days.
I used to compose MODs in the old Amiga demoscene days; sure it was fun at the time, when we had too much time in our hands, but somehow I can't picture today's kids typing endless commands just to get the exact degree of volume, or browsing their CD collection for useful samples...
Anyway if you're looking for a good tracker proggie check out Impulse Tracker, the most popular nowadays.
I run Office 2k on a p166 and it slow as molasses, takes ages to load and needs VM even tough i have 128 mb of ram. Scary.
Do we arrest gun dealers when an angst filled teen kills his tormentors? Actually, selling guns is illegal in the civilized world.
DOA2 may have pretty gfx and the biggest boobs, but it bored me to death after just 2 days. Some developers just don't get that playability and lastability aren't related to the number of polygons on screen.
Most early PC users were jealous because their 3,000$ machine couldn't match the specs of the C64, let alone the Amiga, so now they're trying to hide the fact that the system which finally conquered the market was was the most dull and uninspired of them all.
While people thank the PC for standarizing computing and bringing it to the masses, I feel that the computing world has become more and more boring than ever. All you can expect today is the lates incarnation of Windows, whose only innovation is taking double the space on your HD and eating double the RAM.
The era of computer hacking is long gone, with O.S. manufacturers trying to hide the inner workings of their software in order to appeal to the masses of illiterate users who couldn't care less about how it all works.
Windows is going the way of MacOS; it's extremely easy to write a Word doc, but try configuring Windows for your needs, changing system paths, or putting some order in the amazingly convoluted mess that is the Windows directory. All they want is to have absolute control of what we do and turn our pcs into "black boxes". Don't mess with our O.S., unless you've paid an absurdly expensive developer license.
Im happy I still posess the last real computer made.
Too bad. What did it talk about then? Nibbles and Moppyranger?
"PC" and "gaming" didn't get along too well at that time. If you had a clue you got either a console or Amiga.
Believe it or not, you can write an essay in any language, not necessarily English ;)
What bothers me most about banner ads (apart from those who trick you into thinking they're interactive when they're not) is the lack of targetting. True, many sites ask you for your favorite topics when you login, but most people just leave everything unchecked for the fear of being spammed to death. There could be something like a cookie all sites could read which contained your preferences for ads. This cookie would be only writable by you. This way sites wouldnt have to ask you everytime you logged to a new site, and you wouldn't need giving your e-mail address, and the possibility of being spammed would be reduced. As for the points system it would be very difficult to avoid having someone taking advantage of it (Ad Karma whores?)
Motore might be italian, but certainly NOT spanish.
I'm tired of these morons who to pretend they know spanish.