What was wrong with the Saturday cartoon? It was one of my favorites of the time? Then again I also liked Pac-Man Jr., though I only got to play it a grand total of twice, ever...I think it would have been more popular if they made more machines, the one I played was the only one I've ever even seen...I'd play it now if I knew where one was.
I'm wierd I use both, so I can have different profiles without whaving to use an annoying profile manager. Just use firefox for everything except things I want to use alternative profile, with an alternative set of cookies.
But do most users, even advanced users that read Slashdot, try clicking various menus while in the middle of browsing?
I don't even touch the menu bar most days.
It doesn't look quite right on my computer because I moved the toolbars around, and changed the icons to have text and icons(looks much better that way, even if it does take up more space), and that spoof only has icons, but if I was paying attention to the content of the page, I might not even notice.
What people exactly need the status bar to be hidden?
I don't want any website to ever be able to hide the status bar, for any reason.
For that matter, I don't want any website to be able to hide my address bar, toolbar, or menu bar either. Period. Why is THIS not an option in Mozilla or Firefox. This is my computer why is that not an option?
I'm not saying PC games don't have some advantages, you described them fairly well, it's still not worth buying a new PC for, when I have a PS2 that works.
There are some PS2 only games also, so that point is moot, and there's GC and XBox exclusive games also, and even though I haven't and probably won't ever buy one of those...
I'm still using a Celeron, a 600 MHz one. I still don't see a point in upgrading. I can still run the newest web browsers, office suites, etc, and there is no noticeable difference in speed compared to the new ones out now.
The only thing it can't do well is games, but that's what games consoles are for. $150 for a console to play the latest games vs. $1000+ for a computer to play the latest games.
So, can you sue the band or the record company for attempting to install a virus on your computer? Actually, isn't that a criminal offence? Scott Weiland's used to being in jail isn't he?
That's exactly what I'm talking about. I have seen job search engines that can't cope with C++. Now that I think about it, C# might not have quite as many problems as C++. One problem with C++, is that some search engines use the +'s to mean AND, and give either an error message or just give results for C.
Maybe it will mean that the results will actually be different. Quite a few search engines are "powered by Google" What's the point? If I want Google, I go to google.com. If I go to a search engine other than Google, it's because Google isn't giving me the results I want.
I actually kind of miss the days BEFORE google, where you could go to different search engines and get a different top 20.
>My neighbor can easily ask me how to do a certain >thing with her CD player/DVD player/video recorder, >while hers use an entirely different internal; >operating system then the ones I own.
And how many of your neighbors still have VCR's flashing 12:00?
There is no need for the controls on every VCR, or anything else, to be slightly different. I'd rather have a common interface. You are correct, the implementation details do not necessarily have to be the same, however the controls on non MS OS's and software are not the same either.
I used to have a car stereo that for some insane reason, to change the station you had to hold in the knob for 5 seconds and press the 3 button instead of just turning the knob, like EVERY OTHER CAR RADIO. God, that was so annoying having to tell everyone that ever tried to change the station in my car.
Whether you guys like it or not, MS is the standard, if you differ from it, you make it difficult for non-geeks to use. MS actually would have even more dominance if they would stop altering the GUI themselves as well. People, in general, don't like change.
Although choice may be good in some respects, the fact that everyone uses the same thing is good in other respects. One can ask his neighbor if he doesn't know how to do something. Most documents are in the same, albeit proprietary, formats.
If there truly were thousands of operating systems, it would also be quite hard to just go to a store and buy additional hardware or software that is guaranteed, or even likely, to work.
Or you can just dismiss Java 2 as the same thing as J++, not real Java. Really, I think both MS and Sun tried adding way too much to Java way too fast. They should have just made it work good using the Java 1.0 features. Actually, as a Java programmer myself I like MS's VM way better than Sun's. Just use the old awt stuff instead of the Swing stuff, and not use the other new stuff, and it works just fine, in fact better than the Sun VM, which IMHO is really slow and buggy. There are of course some features I do like in Java 2, although quite a lot of it, like Swing is pretty much reinventing the wheel, and they depricated a lot of features from 1.0 I did like, for what to me seems to me like no reason whatsover, or even if there was a good reason, taking stuff out of a language to me is always a dumb idea, it breaks compatibility. It should be my choice as a programmer to use the feature, I didn't like Sun coming along and taking tools out of my toolbox, anymore than I'd like someone taking my hammer out of my toolbox when I get up on my ladder and turn my head.
I kind of like my ancient cell phone. It's not nearly as small as the ones out now, and yet it still isn't big enough to reach between my mouth and my ear.
Not even all of them do though. Some of the OS "improvements" make software that once ran fast run slow, for instance, many DOS games, on XP on today's fast systems compared to on '95 on 1995 era systems, that is if they even run at all. I just want stuff to go fast, I'd give up a lot of "features", to do that, though no one, including Linus, seems to be helping me on that goal. I just want fast, not features, and sure as hell not "security."
For the most part, there's little need for the extra bits, so you are just wasting computer time processing unnecessary bits.
Maybe you should all concentrate on making things more efficient, rather than relying on faster processors to make your crappy bloatware look fast.
I don't care if you are from the GPL camp or even Microsoft, everything out there from both camps is bloatware!
Computers in 2004 should actually be faster than computers from 1995. From all I've seen, because of the constant bloatware, this is not even the case, and may actually be the opposite.
Well, I, for one, certainly hope it isn't the last OS. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's pretty good, and perhaps better than everything else, but it still sucks. It's still not as cool as the computers they have in Sci Fi movies. I want an OS that never, ever, ever, crashes(or is at least able to recover from crashing without restarting. And also one that is much easier to use. For instance, have speech recognition built in, and if you don't say exactly the right commands it figures them out for you. And most importantly, never pisses me off. I'm sorry, but even the great Linux pisses me off sometimes. Can any of you honestly say it doesn't?
5 years is very unreasonable. For what most people use computers for, even Windows 95 is more than adequate, that is if stupid companies stopped trying to rip people off and make them buy a new computer instead of continuing to update the software. Why anyone thinks that this is acceptable is beyond me. Why do people treat computers differently than other products? What if Ford stopped supporting cars made before 1998, like you take it for a repair and they said sorry, we don't support 1995 Mustangs any more, you'll have to buy a new one. They're so much better, they are faster and have more features, and the security, the locks are so much more secure.
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What was wrong with the Saturday cartoon? It was one of my favorites of the time? Then again I also liked Pac-Man Jr., though I only got to play it a grand total of twice, ever...I think it would have been more popular if they made more machines, the one I played was the only one I've ever even seen...I'd play it now if I knew where one was.
Firefox users tend to download new versions of their browser more than users of other browsers...I suspect...
Perhaps because of the HTML editing.
Just a thought.
I'm wierd I use both, so I can have different profiles without whaving to use an annoying profile manager. Just use firefox for everything except things I want to use alternative profile, with an alternative set of cookies.
But do most users, even advanced users that read Slashdot, try clicking various menus while in the middle of browsing?
I don't even touch the menu bar most days.
It doesn't look quite right on my computer because I moved the toolbars around, and changed the icons to have text and icons(looks much better that way, even if it does take up more space), and that spoof only has icons, but if I was paying attention to the content of the page, I might not even notice.
What people exactly need the status bar to be hidden?
I don't want any website to ever be able to hide the status bar, for any reason.
For that matter, I don't want any website to be able to hide my address bar, toolbar, or menu bar either.
Period. Why is THIS not an option in Mozilla or Firefox. This is my computer why is that not an option?
The web browser part of Mozilla is still called Navigator in a few places. File, New, Navigator Window for example.
But in New Zealand they have to pay by the letter.
Seeing how they've never used the .iq domain, why can't TPTB make a new domain for them like say, .iraq?
New government, new domain. Problem solved.
I'm not saying PC games don't have some advantages, you described them fairly well, it's still not worth buying a new PC for, when I have a PS2 that works.
There are some PS2 only games also, so that point is moot, and there's GC and XBox exclusive games also, and even though I haven't and probably won't ever buy one of those...
I'm still using a Celeron, a 600 MHz one. I still don't see a point in upgrading. I can still run the newest web browsers, office suites, etc, and there is no noticeable difference in speed compared to the new ones out now.
The only thing it can't do well is games, but that's what games consoles are for. $150 for a console to play the latest games vs. $1000+ for a computer to play the latest games.
So, can you sue the band or the record company for attempting to install a virus on your computer? Actually, isn't that a criminal offence? Scott Weiland's used to being in jail isn't he?
But it is in the compact disc section of the store isn't it...one would assume it is a compact disc.
That's exactly what I'm talking about. I have seen job search engines that can't cope with C++. Now that I think about it, C# might not have quite as many problems as C++. One problem with C++, is that some search engines use the +'s to mean AND, and give either an error message or just give results for C.
Can all search engines handle C#?
Quite a number of them can't handle C++. Java is much easier thing to search for, though you sometimes find things related to coffee.
Maybe it will mean that the results will actually be different. Quite a few search engines are "powered by Google" What's the point? If I want Google, I go to google.com. If I go to a search engine other than Google, it's because Google isn't giving me the results I want.
I actually kind of miss the days BEFORE google, where you could go to different search engines and get a different top 20.
>My neighbor can easily ask me how to do a certain >thing with her CD player/DVD player/video recorder, >while hers use an entirely different internal; >operating system then the ones I own.
And how many of your neighbors still have VCR's flashing 12:00?
There is no need for the controls on every VCR, or anything else, to be slightly different. I'd rather have a common interface. You are correct, the implementation details do not necessarily have to be the same, however the controls on non MS OS's and software are not the same either.
I used to have a car stereo that for some insane reason, to change the station you had to hold in the knob for 5 seconds and press the 3 button instead of just turning the knob, like EVERY OTHER CAR RADIO. God, that was so annoying having to tell everyone that ever tried to change the station in my car.
Whether you guys like it or not, MS is the standard, if you differ from it, you make it difficult for non-geeks to use. MS actually would have even more dominance if they would stop altering the GUI themselves as well. People, in general, don't like change.
Although choice may be good in some respects, the fact that everyone uses the same thing is good in other respects. One can ask his neighbor if he doesn't know how to do something. Most documents are in the same, albeit proprietary, formats.
If there truly were thousands of operating systems, it would also be quite hard to just go to a store and buy additional hardware or software that is guaranteed, or even likely, to work.
Or you can just dismiss Java 2 as the same thing as J++, not real Java. Really, I think both MS and Sun tried adding way too much to Java way too fast. They should have just made it work good using the Java 1.0 features. Actually, as a Java programmer myself I like MS's VM way better than Sun's. Just use the old awt stuff instead of the Swing stuff, and not use the other new stuff, and it works just fine, in fact better than the Sun VM, which IMHO is really slow and buggy. There are of course some features I do like in Java 2, although quite a lot of it, like Swing is pretty much reinventing the wheel, and they depricated a lot of features from 1.0 I did like, for what to me seems to me like no reason whatsover, or even if there was a good reason, taking stuff out of a language to me is always a dumb idea, it breaks compatibility. It should be my choice as a programmer to use the feature, I didn't like Sun coming along and taking tools out of my toolbox, anymore than I'd like someone taking my hammer out of my toolbox when I get up on my ladder and turn my head.
Is why they keep making them smaller?
I kind of like my ancient cell phone. It's not nearly as small as the ones out now, and yet it still isn't big enough to reach between my mouth and my ear.
X is one of the areas in Linux systems, that can really use either great improvement, or replacement, maybe this will spur on the development of that.
Not even all of them do though. Some of the OS "improvements" make software that once ran fast run slow, for instance, many DOS games, on XP on today's fast systems compared to on '95 on 1995 era systems, that is if they even run at all. I just want stuff to go fast, I'd give up a lot of "features", to do that, though no one, including Linus, seems to be helping me on that goal. I just want fast, not features, and sure as hell not "security."
For the most part, there's little need for the extra bits, so you are just wasting computer time processing unnecessary bits.
Maybe you should all concentrate on making things more efficient, rather than relying on faster processors to make your crappy bloatware look fast.
I don't care if you are from the GPL camp or even Microsoft, everything out there from both camps is bloatware!
Computers in 2004 should actually be faster than computers from 1995. From all I've seen, because of the constant bloatware, this is not even the case, and may actually be the opposite.
They sent it to look for signs of water, maybe it found some, and is at the bottom of a lake. I wonder if they even bothered to make it waterproof.
Well, I, for one, certainly hope it isn't the last OS. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's pretty good, and perhaps better than everything else, but it still sucks. It's still not as cool as the computers they have in Sci Fi movies. I want an OS that never, ever, ever, crashes(or is at least able to recover from crashing without restarting. And also one that is much easier to use. For instance, have speech recognition built in, and if you don't say exactly the right commands it figures them out for you. And most importantly, never pisses me off. I'm sorry, but even the great Linux pisses me off sometimes. Can any of you honestly say it doesn't?
5 years is very unreasonable. For what most people use computers for, even Windows 95 is more than adequate, that is if stupid companies stopped trying to rip people off and make them buy a new computer instead of continuing to update the software. Why anyone thinks that this is acceptable is beyond me. Why do people treat computers differently than other products? What if Ford stopped supporting cars made before 1998, like you take it for a repair and they said sorry, we don't support 1995 Mustangs any more, you'll have to buy a new one. They're so much better, they are faster and have more features, and the security, the locks are so much more secure.