iPod is a good example of keepin' it real
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The simple menu system, and simple set of buttons on the Ipod mimic what this article is trying to say the latest tech gadgets are not--user friendly.
If more companies tried harder on design and usage, specifically portable music players, there wouldn't be as many complaints.
On the Ipod you've got your forward/backward buttons, the play/pause button, the menu button, the blank (enter) button, and your simple-to-use scroll wheel.
Yet it does a lot. But it also can do the basic operations the consumer wants without him or her having to wade through menus and use various different buttons.
After some kids realized that net send was annoying and unblocked the district decided to punish all that used it (and got caught of course).
But, all they had to do was disable windows messenger service...
This really shows the naivety of some of our schools towards technology, which in my school, was always a huge problem. Teachers could NOT keep up with the kids in computer classes, which left a whole slew of kids "left behind" per se (thanks Bush).
I think people will continue to buy DVDs and watch them rather than using "on demand" services (even netflix) just because that seems to be the trend going on right now. Collecting DVDs still seems to be at the beginning stages of growth, and more and more people are getting more and more DVDs.
For the 15 percent claim, I think it's a little too high. For the other claims, they seem reasonable.
"Could this be the forerunner of many such cases in the future, where our cars tell the unadulterated facts, rather than subjective personal accounts?"
Yeah, for about 3 weeks before an EDR modchip hits the market that reports whatever you want it to report. -Rylfaeth
This seems awfully big brother-esque material... it's scary to think that I could be "autofined" in the future for whatever offense--running a stop sign etc... using technology available today.
But can you do a research experiment using different methods of lock picking? Or even better, how easy it is to pick locks? The latter would be a invaluable study if a crappy lock came out, IMO.
I'm one of those people with 20 gigs of files on his desktop, yet I notice no performance decrease when I move them to a "C:\my stuff" folder, or any other partition for that matter (although it does look much nicer not having a bunch of crap on my desktop).
OT: If you don't want to see icon's on your desktop, I suggest Iconoid for making icons disappear and reappear (it takes some getting used to, but makes things look tidy in the end).
Back on topic, I call BS to the Desktop folder thing (for win2k at least), unless someone can explain to me why this would matter. Windows 98 and ME or something might have a problem with that, but I don't seem to have that problem on 2000.
Also with big bmp's as backgrounds... I think it's negligible performance wise. True, bitmaps are not as small as jpegs and whatnot (which you shouldn't put on as your background because of stupid active desktop either), but they're almost always 2-3 MB anyways... unless you can't sacrifice that much (which is understandable in some circumstances).
Although it may just be me not being able to see IE render slashdot.org.003 seconds faster. Never know.
I have to agree--in psych class we learned that, on average, we can remember 7-digit numbers maximum easily enough (I don't remember the why, maybe because of phone numbers, somethign like that?)
Either way, I think it's a bad statement to say you don't want to remember something new, ESPECIALLY if there is a security risk there (identity theft anyone? Or isn't there enough of that going around:/ )
If you don't agree... well, I have a cool system where you tell me all your passwords and credit card numbers, and any time you need them, just call me up! It seems to work well for me at least.
Hrm, this is a bad comparison, comparing segregation to people's opinions on copyright laws?
Sound like you're stretching it a bit there, people don't really like the fact that they are getting less freedom from the RIAA when they take away p2p sources... or threaten to... There is NO alternative that compares well enough yet, and until there is, people will not change. If you think this is "copyright" issue or a property issue, its too vague. This is an issue of demand, there is demand for easily downloadable music, cheaply. Why don't the RIAA put out an p2p app with gator hacked into it? People would download it, use it, the RIAA would get money whenever they used it (gator), gov't wouldn't have to mess around with this crap.
Gator of course is just an example, you could also use any ad based campaign, and have a paying option for an ad free service, satisfying both worlds of free and cheap music.
They're comparing this to child pornography, which, from what I know, is totally illegal, not just for people under 17. So next is it games that contain certain obscenities? No shooting automatics in a game unless you have a license in real life? Thats a big stretch, but still, it can be connected to other things fairly easily.
It sounds as if the person payed the expenses himself, filed the claims, but Loki never paid him back. This is supported by the fact that he is owed money, meaning the company does in fact need to pay him, not that he "forgot to file claims" or such.
How is this possible at all? If this is possible, think of what it can lead to - you buy a game, then cannot proceed to connect to any server, only official servers. Imagine if Quake/Half Life was just "Official Servers." I take it they are very different cases, but what if a company did come out with a death match game, or any other for that matter, but who shut down anyone who made a server like theirs.
Also, in regards to the DMCA's power, I have no idea why they can force someone to stop so easily... shouldn't they have to go to court and prove their case? Other people have to go to court, why don't they??
I agree that some of them were Java advocates somewhat and MS haters somewhat, but I think they were mostly focusing on the smaller picture of certain.Net procedures being bad..Net haters is more like it.
Also, I remember an article about how Java is too slow, and people agreed, so that's not exactly Java advocating.
We need laws that allow us to sue people if they don't stop spamming us - such as with the "take my off your caller list" idea with telemarketers - since some of my spam has no "remove" at the bottom:/
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The simple menu system, and simple set of buttons on the Ipod mimic what this article is trying to say the latest tech gadgets are not--user friendly.
If more companies tried harder on design and usage, specifically portable music players, there wouldn't be as many complaints.
On the Ipod you've got your forward/backward buttons, the play/pause button, the menu button, the blank (enter) button, and your simple-to-use scroll wheel.
Yet it does a lot. But it also can do the basic operations the consumer wants without him or her having to wade through menus and use various different buttons.
After some kids realized that net send was annoying and unblocked the district decided to punish all that used it (and got caught of course).
But, all they had to do was disable windows messenger service...
This really shows the naivety of some of our schools towards technology, which in my school, was always a huge problem. Teachers could NOT keep up with the kids in computer classes, which left a whole slew of kids "left behind" per se (thanks Bush).
I think people will continue to buy DVDs and watch them rather than using "on demand" services (even netflix) just because that seems to be the trend going on right now. Collecting DVDs still seems to be at the beginning stages of growth, and more and more people are getting more and more DVDs.
For the 15 percent claim, I think it's a little too high. For the other claims, they seem reasonable.
they found what geeky gamers wanted most (hot chicks) which they could not get in real life (hot chicks)
:D
Virtual happiness
another ad program placed another ad over that ad?
and another...
you get the point, sounds kind of funky to me
It seems to me that if there are self destructing discs made, it would encourage, indirectly, pirating the cd/dvd for longer term use.
Going against legality of course, but people use all those p2p programs illegally with seemingly little guilt as well.
Just a thought.
This seems awfully big brother-esque material... it's scary to think that I could be "autofined" in the future for whatever offense--running a stop sign etc... using technology available today.
Makes me want to keep my 1987 Dodge Colt
But can you do a research experiment using different methods of lock picking? Or even better, how easy it is to pick locks? The latter would be a invaluable study if a crappy lock came out, IMO.
I'm one of those people with 20 gigs of files on his desktop, yet I notice no performance decrease when I move them to a "C:\my stuff" folder, or any other partition for that matter (although it does look much nicer not having a bunch of crap on my desktop).
.003 seconds faster. Never know.
OT: If you don't want to see icon's on your desktop, I suggest Iconoid for making icons disappear and reappear (it takes some getting used to, but makes things look tidy in the end).
Back on topic, I call BS to the Desktop folder thing (for win2k at least), unless someone can explain to me why this would matter. Windows 98 and ME or something might have a problem with that, but I don't seem to have that problem on 2000.
Also with big bmp's as backgrounds... I think it's negligible performance wise. True, bitmaps are not as small as jpegs and whatnot (which you shouldn't put on as your background because of stupid active desktop either), but they're almost always 2-3 MB anyways... unless you can't sacrifice that much (which is understandable in some circumstances).
Although it may just be me not being able to see IE render slashdot.org
I have to agree--in psych class we learned that, on average, we can remember 7-digit numbers maximum easily enough (I don't remember the why, maybe because of phone numbers, somethign like that?)
:/ )
Either way, I think it's a bad statement to say you don't want to remember something new, ESPECIALLY if there is a security risk there (identity theft anyone? Or isn't there enough of that going around
If you don't agree... well, I have a cool system where you tell me all your passwords and credit card numbers, and any time you need them, just call me up! It seems to work well for me at least.
I'm in school and I found this ironic because I do work on websites for that exact reason.
Just a different perspective.
Maybe I misunderstood our country, but don't we (the people) decide which we like and don't like through supply and demand?
What happened to that? MD never took off in the US, and I doubt this new format will either. However, will they force us to use it now?
What happened to our freedoms?
What happens when you turn it off? Will it get all corrupted? Or how about if you transfered the drive to a different system?
There's probably some way around that though (hopefully; this sounds more likely to work than other alternatives)
Hrm, this is a bad comparison, comparing segregation to people's opinions on copyright laws?
Sound like you're stretching it a bit there, people don't really like the fact that they are getting less freedom from the RIAA when they take away p2p sources... or threaten to... There is NO alternative that compares well enough yet, and until there is, people will not change. If you think this is "copyright" issue or a property issue, its too vague. This is an issue of demand, there is demand for easily downloadable music, cheaply. Why don't the RIAA put out an p2p app with gator hacked into it? People would download it, use it, the RIAA would get money whenever they used it (gator), gov't wouldn't have to mess around with this crap.
Gator of course is just an example, you could also use any ad based campaign, and have a paying option for an ad free service, satisfying both worlds of free and cheap music.
I bet its the centenial migration of underwater dinosaurs in the deep ocean, all moving towards the equator.
If I have to go in (I'm 16 now) with my mom to buy Doom 3 when it comes out.... I'll kill something... (just kidding on the last part)
:o
I'll guess its just another game to pirate
They're comparing this to child pornography, which, from what I know, is totally illegal, not just for people under 17. So next is it games that contain certain obscenities? No shooting automatics in a game unless you have a license in real life? Thats a big stretch, but still, it can be connected to other things fairly easily.
Looks sweet, wonder how safe it is, being that it has a loop in it hehe, the fourth page has him riding sideways.
:D
But who really cares, the real question is:
How much did this cost and how do i get one
It sounds as if the person payed the expenses himself, filed the claims, but Loki never paid him back. This is supported by the fact that he is owed money, meaning the company does in fact need to pay him, not that he "forgot to file claims" or such.
How is this possible at all? If this is possible, think of what it can lead to - you buy a game, then cannot proceed to connect to any server, only official servers. Imagine if Quake/Half Life was just "Official Servers." I take it they are very different cases, but what if a company did come out with a death match game, or any other for that matter, but who shut down anyone who made a server like theirs.
Also, in regards to the DMCA's power, I have no idea why they can force someone to stop so easily... shouldn't they have to go to court and prove their case? Other people have to go to court, why don't they??
So, how many rooms does it fill up? Considering the really old computers filled a whole room, I'd say you'd need a mall
I agree that some of them were Java advocates somewhat and MS haters somewhat, but I think they were mostly focusing on the smaller picture of certain .Net procedures being bad. .Net haters is more like it.
Also, I remember an article about how Java is too slow, and people agreed, so that's not exactly Java advocating.
We need laws that allow us to sue people if they don't stop spamming us - such as with the "take my off your caller list" idea with telemarketers - since some of my spam has no "remove" at the bottom :/
:D
At least I can dream
They need those mini-sweetheart things with geeky stuff on em, like NERD and @>--/--- etc...
:D
I'd buy them