I'd take Vista too... at least I could *find* my shit. I swear Win8's interface reminds me of some of the primitive GUIs of the late 1980s. I don't know how much the "Classic Shell" fixes (the "One Window At A Time" thing absolutely kills it for me no matter how good the rest is), but at least it skips the damned Toy Tiles startup.
Didn't find a 5YO on Youtube but I did find a 4YO... just playing as far as I can see, and as you say, what else does a kid that age have to do with their time? Most of us just want to get to our work, or our play, or whatever; we don't want to spend all day looking for where it's hidden this time.
I think that 3 point deduction is a *very* good idea, and would be a great deal more direct and to the point than any other penalty. Y'all oughta suggest it to the league office!
With today's salaries, fines don't cut it. About all I can see that does accomplish anything is a suspension, since that hurts the team, and if winning is everything, then being without your key players ain't gonna get you into the playoffs.
That's the thing -- if it's a consumer OS, and the average user can't find the ordinary functions with ordinary mouse-and-keyboard skills and little or no hand-holding, then it's lacking "intuitiveness" and no amount of handwavium or expert analysis will change that.
Compare the Win95 desktop, which for all its faults took off like a rocket, because it made things easy to find for ordinary users. If you didn't know the expert access, there was always a more obvious route.
And as I say in another post -- it's not change that people hate, it's *confusing* change that they hate.
We just found this one out. There's no more safe mode selection screen. To get it on most PCs you have to boot into the OS FIRST, then tell it to reboot into Safe Mode.
Apparently no one bothered to ask "What if your problem is that you can't boot to the login screen?"
Shift-F8 is supposed to do what F8 did, but I tried it three times and I couldn't get it to go. === And some further griping about the single window issue, which I can't find in my inbox offhand, but the gist was that you can only have a single window open for a given app, and Win8 forcibly shuts down any others. He tried it several times, several different ways, same result.
That alone would kill it for me, since I think it's normal to have multiple instances/windows open all the time.
Now, if someone with 15 years professional tech experience couldn't get it to work, how easy could it be for the average user??
No, they hate change that *confuses* them, particularly if it does so to the point of paralysis (remember the average computer user is already afraid of breaking the machine).
But -- Change that encourages exploration and understanding at the level the average person can handle, people jump right on that. Win95 was a good example, back when.
I just read the comments to the original blog, and... the pro-Win8 "well you just do this" comments remind me forcefully of linux gurus telling confused new users "Well, you just sudnxctrq -2x/g7& --wx, and bob's your uncle!"
I vaguely recall a study of some decades ago where they did indeed conclude that "more protection equals harder hits" and that with modern helmets and such, while superficial injuries were reduced, major injuries of certain types were increased.
It's not near as ugly as it was back a while, tho, when some teams played to hurt the other guy as much as to win. Now, you might find yourself traded to that other team, and longevity in the league (which you get partly by avoiding injury) equals wealth. So there's less incentive to play mean than in the old days. Or so it appears to me.
On the dosage thing, it takes a certain number (varying by the virus in question) of particles to generate the desired immune response, regardless of the size/age of the recipient. Half a dose can be worse than none (this is true of distemper vaccine in dogs -- I forget the mechanism, but in short, a poor initial response can prevent a better response from happening in the future). And when you're trying to override maternal antibodies, a very high particle count is best (I don't know to what degree this affects humans, but it's critical for parvovirus protection in puppies).
When a child is born, it is also immediately assaulted by all manner of foreign chemicals, just by touching its environment, sucking on its toes, chewing on its blanket, crawling on the floor, hugging the dog, sniffing the flowers, playing in the dirt, etc, etc, etc... I'd guess the average child encounters a great many more less-than-savory chemicals just in ordinary life than are ever injected into it as part of a full course of vaccines.
I sometimes wonder if stuff like anti-vaxers is egged on by the factions that believe human extinction would be a good thing for the planet... and being easy enough for educated idiots to believe, it gets spread at high levels (like Congress).
It could be it works because of textured coating on the ceiling that breaks up the light, thus reduces the visual effect -- same as it cuts glare from any type of light.
I cut the loaf into individual servings just after it's cooled down, then freeze 'em at -10F or lower, in a particularly impervious plastic bag (this is essential) that I get from the meat counter at Costco or Sam's Club. At mealtime I take out an individual serving and throw it in the microwave for a few seconds on each side. I'm exceedingly picky about my bread, and this makes it come out the next thing to fresh, complete with still-crispy crust.
The quick freeze is as essential as the impervious bag.
Unless someone working in the kitchen has livestock that can eat it, and a manager willing to let 'em haul it away. In which case, there's suddenly very little waste.
This is pretty much how savvy old timers work with animals that have severe personality issues (abnormal fear or aggression) -- overstress the bad pattern until it breaks, and then the animal becomes more normally-responsive and can be trained -- and will not revert to the bad pattern, even under stress.
I'd say that's more the diff between parasitic life (fetus, tapeworm, whatever) and self-sustaining life. That a fetus (or a tumor, or a tapeworm) is alive isn't in question; rather, whether it's a separate individual life deserving to be so treated. Mind you, I'm of the opinion that the host's life trumps the parasite's regardless, but I can see the opposite argument, which seems to rely on whether the parasite will eventually be capable of independent life and/or thought at the same level as its current host.
What's with the Lightscribe drives that's different?
[I've got a random bunch of Lite-On drives, some with it, some without; the machines I use for ripping are probably slow enough that any drive can keep up, being old P3s. So I haven't noticed any great difference.]
Pretty much what I had in mind, tho I do wonder how much of a change it would really cause. Only about 5 cents a pound more would make meat and milk production reasonably profitable, rather than their present marginal profit. So... likely wholesale food prices would go up, but not by much, if this tax flow went away.
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Hmmph. No wonder google search is full of holes, the pigeons are being eaten.
I've read the Infoworld review... but more to the point, the review from Jakob Nielsen: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/windows-8-disappointing-usability-both-novice-and-power-users/
I'd take Vista too... at least I could *find* my shit. I swear Win8's interface reminds me of some of the primitive GUIs of the late 1980s. I don't know how much the "Classic Shell" fixes (the "One Window At A Time" thing absolutely kills it for me no matter how good the rest is), but at least it skips the damned Toy Tiles startup.
Didn't find a 5YO on Youtube but I did find a 4YO... just playing as far as I can see, and as you say, what else does a kid that age have to do with their time? Most of us just want to get to our work, or our play, or whatever; we don't want to spend all day looking for where it's hidden this time.
Exactly...
I suspect you're right about the 5YO stabbing at random (tho I haven't seen the video), and doubtless there was plenty of coaching and editing...
I think that 3 point deduction is a *very* good idea, and would be a great deal more direct and to the point than any other penalty. Y'all oughta suggest it to the league office!
With today's salaries, fines don't cut it. About all I can see that does accomplish anything is a suspension, since that hurts the team, and if winning is everything, then being without your key players ain't gonna get you into the playoffs.
That's the thing -- if it's a consumer OS, and the average user can't find the ordinary functions with ordinary mouse-and-keyboard skills and little or no hand-holding, then it's lacking "intuitiveness" and no amount of handwavium or expert analysis will change that.
Compare the Win95 desktop, which for all its faults took off like a rocket, because it made things easy to find for ordinary users. If you didn't know the expert access, there was always a more obvious route.
And as I say in another post -- it's not change that people hate, it's *confusing* change that they hate.
I haven't tried Win8 (tho am unimpressed by what I've seen of Metro, and I detest swiping/touchscreen stuff), but here's some bitching from a friend who works the tech end of a large clone shop:
===
http://www.howtogeek.com/107511/how-to-boot-into-safe-mode-on-windows-8-the-easy-way/
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/36817-How-to-boot-to-safe-mode-on-Windows-8-Pro-MSDN-version
We just found this one out. There's no more safe mode selection screen. To get it on most PCs you have to boot into the OS FIRST, then tell it to reboot into Safe Mode.
Apparently no one bothered to ask "What if your problem is that you can't boot to the login screen?"
Shift-F8 is supposed to do what F8 did, but I tried it three times and I couldn't get it to go.
===
And some further griping about the single window issue, which I can't find in my inbox offhand, but the gist was that you can only have a single window open for a given app, and Win8 forcibly shuts down any others. He tried it several times, several different ways, same result.
That alone would kill it for me, since I think it's normal to have multiple instances/windows open all the time.
Now, if someone with 15 years professional tech experience couldn't get it to work, how easy could it be for the average user??
No, they hate change that *confuses* them, particularly if it does so to the point of paralysis (remember the average computer user is already afraid of breaking the machine).
But -- Change that encourages exploration and understanding at the level the average person can handle, people jump right on that. Win95 was a good example, back when.
Very telling indeed.
I just read the comments to the original blog, and... the pro-Win8 "well you just do this" comments remind me forcefully of linux gurus telling confused new users "Well, you just sudnxctrq -2x /g7& --wx, and bob's your uncle!"
This doesn't explain why tribal behavior (following the group) is the norm even in areas where there is NO education...
Geez, it looks like a brain tumor :D
But ugly or not, it'll only take one well-known player adopting that gear, and it'll spread throughout the league quick enough.
Remember when in baseball, only wusses wore shin protectors? Now you hardly see anyone without.
I vaguely recall a study of some decades ago where they did indeed conclude that "more protection equals harder hits" and that with modern helmets and such, while superficial injuries were reduced, major injuries of certain types were increased.
It's not near as ugly as it was back a while, tho, when some teams played to hurt the other guy as much as to win. Now, you might find yourself traded to that other team, and longevity in the league (which you get partly by avoiding injury) equals wealth. So there's less incentive to play mean than in the old days. Or so it appears to me.
Yep, tho it is now considered a collector car. But, alas, of no use to me (I need and drive a pickup).
On the dosage thing, it takes a certain number (varying by the virus in question) of particles to generate the desired immune response, regardless of the size/age of the recipient. Half a dose can be worse than none (this is true of distemper vaccine in dogs -- I forget the mechanism, but in short, a poor initial response can prevent a better response from happening in the future). And when you're trying to override maternal antibodies, a very high particle count is best (I don't know to what degree this affects humans, but it's critical for parvovirus protection in puppies).
When a child is born, it is also immediately assaulted by all manner of foreign chemicals, just by touching its environment, sucking on its toes, chewing on its blanket, crawling on the floor, hugging the dog, sniffing the flowers, playing in the dirt, etc, etc, etc... I'd guess the average child encounters a great many more less-than-savory chemicals just in ordinary life than are ever injected into it as part of a full course of vaccines.
I sometimes wonder if stuff like anti-vaxers is egged on by the factions that believe human extinction would be a good thing for the planet... and being easy enough for educated idiots to believe, it gets spread at high levels (like Congress).
Yes, but flicker that's broken up might be less annoying -- not the same thing, but the same principle.
It could be it works because of textured coating on the ceiling that breaks up the light, thus reduces the visual effect -- same as it cuts glare from any type of light.
I cut the loaf into individual servings just after it's cooled down, then freeze 'em at -10F or lower, in a particularly impervious plastic bag (this is essential) that I get from the meat counter at Costco or Sam's Club. At mealtime I take out an individual serving and throw it in the microwave for a few seconds on each side. I'm exceedingly picky about my bread, and this makes it come out the next thing to fresh, complete with still-crispy crust.
The quick freeze is as essential as the impervious bag.
Unless someone working in the kitchen has livestock that can eat it, and a manager willing to let 'em haul it away. In which case, there's suddenly very little waste.
Ugh, thanks for the info... explains why so much U.S. bread has become inedible, with no substance or flavor at all.
Oddly, the best old-style white bread I can currently buy (and it's very good indeed) is the French bread from of all places, Walmart.
This is pretty much how savvy old timers work with animals that have severe personality issues (abnormal fear or aggression) -- overstress the bad pattern until it breaks, and then the animal becomes more normally-responsive and can be trained -- and will not revert to the bad pattern, even under stress.
I'd say that's more the diff between parasitic life (fetus, tapeworm, whatever) and self-sustaining life. That a fetus (or a tumor, or a tapeworm) is alive isn't in question; rather, whether it's a separate individual life deserving to be so treated. Mind you, I'm of the opinion that the host's life trumps the parasite's regardless, but I can see the opposite argument, which seems to rely on whether the parasite will eventually be capable of independent life and/or thought at the same level as its current host.
What's with the Lightscribe drives that's different?
[I've got a random bunch of Lite-On drives, some with it, some without; the machines I use for ripping are probably slow enough that any drive can keep up, being old P3s. So I haven't noticed any great difference.]
Pretty much what I had in mind, tho I do wonder how much of a change it would really cause. Only about 5 cents a pound more would make meat and milk production reasonably profitable, rather than their present marginal profit. So... likely wholesale food prices would go up, but not by much, if this tax flow went away.