I'd have to say I agree. I mean sure the Linux desktop isn't perfect, but it already looks very good in my opinion. I think it just needs a bit more consistency in many areas. I've always had a problem with the focus behavior on pretty much every Linux desktop. I'd also like to see something like a consistent hour glass cursor so I know what in the hell is going on. And I'd still rather use any Linux desktop over Mac OS (even OS X) - and not just because of the one mouse button issue. Most of these issues just take time... and probably more time since the Linux community tends to have a hard time agreeing on certain things =) But usually in the end they evolve into pretty cool products.
Well seriously, run around in a desert in a rediculus plastic armor getup with some really f*cked up helmet, and ALWAYS shoot from the hip and see how strait YOU shoot.
Well I will admit that the major downfall of EQ is releaseing a roleplaying game to the general public - only to have it wrecked by the general populace who introduce massive farming and such. Still, as the guy above me posted, it is just bad design. Even Verant seems to know that now, and it gets to be rediculas that you have to camp things just in order to get decent items. I've heard that shadowbane is going to be much like EQ but with a better interface, and RANDOM spawning and such. It would certainly help things out.
Don't get me wrong, I used to play EQ a lot, but when you think about ATTACKING something... somehow clicking "auto-attack" once and sort of standing there seems fairly lame. Oooh, ahh, I'm a caster, I can also click some more buttons... seems like they could have come up with something better than that.
Well there is the converse of this also. Sure Word can make you productive in some respects; certainly in a work enviornment where you want to do "X" where Microsoft has a template for "X", but how many times have I seen people screw with Word for 5 to 10 minutes trying to do something where Word decides it knows what they're doing and screws everything up. I've seen it a LOT. I mean it seems fairly messed up when someone has to fight repeatedly with a word processor just to get it to do something that they want, and that you THINK would be easy to do, but they can't because the word processor thinks otherwise.
Being efficent on a word processor is one thing, but remember that there are times when the word processor itself inhibits productivity - much of the time due to its "ease of use".
oh yeah? Back in MY day we had to buy CD's that you couldn't even burn! Unfortunatly you had to buy them with music on them, which of course you never listened to, you just bought it because it was a CD
I'd have to say I agree about choice, but when it comes right down to it - a lot of people DON'T have a choice. I hope I don't get marked flaimbait for saying this, but M$ really propagates on ignorance. Most people don't even KNOW they have a choice. Many more don't know where else to look. How many people can name word processors OTHER than M$ Word?
I think this sort of worries people like me. Sure Microsoft has a FEW okay (dare I say good) products, but much of it is bloated crap. And Microsoft can use its weight to force this crap on people who don't know any better and effectively force out competition. I think this is sort of the "flawed" assumption that a better product will win... which doesn't necessarily apply to computers. Sort of like how many people don't care about who makes the transmission in their car as long as it "works". And so what if you can get a better one that's free? I mean you have to look for it, and go through the hassle of installation.
I think that is why AOL is sort of worried; because AOL too goes for the less tech oriented crowd and already they're being viewed as the "other choice" since all sorts of competing software is installed with the computer. If I were AOL, I'd definitely start looking at a Linux strategy for a ways down the road in the future.
I'm sure all this has been posted over and over... oh well.
"CDC of course is famous for tools like Back Orifice, which is mostly controversial because its a perfectly legit admin tool with a really scary sounding name,"
Um... scary sounding name? Okay it's weird but is it really scary? I mean Black Widow sounds scary. Carnivore sounds scary. Back Orifice doesn't really sound all that scary. Unless you're in prison I suppose.
this is true... And look at how powerful VB script is! Way more powerful than PERL. I mean how many e-mail clients will run PERL scripts as an attachment and modify the registry so they can run longer?
Of course theres that non portability thing, but from what I've seen UNIX people just aren't into that whole trendy virus thing...
they should be bombarded with our crappy TV programming & radio transimissions, LONG before the probe hits them. I think that would probably be enough to make them mad before the probe hits them. Think in the scope of things, one alien's house being damaged is insignificant to the entire society being forced to watch Pentium 4 commercials.
well one thing to keep in mind is that it already happens to be out there. I mean think about how long it would take to get a probe out that far. Since it's, there it might as well snoop around. It's also hard for NASA to justify sending an expensive probe out to study interstellar space way out there.
Question: so what will the new billion dollar probe study? Planets, asteroids, the moon? Nasa: No, it's going to study the vacuum of space... maybe a few dust particles here and there, that sort of thing. It should take a few decades before we know if it worked or not.
I'm not too big on Wine, either, but I'm not going to knock ANYTHING that might bring games to Linux even if it runs them at 12MHz. It'll remind me of the great fun I had on the 286.
That's good because most games that WINE will be ABLE to run probably ran on the 286. Sorry.. had to make a little jab at WINE there =)
maybe they're not too worried about dust bunnies and dirt because they're expecting people to use Petnium 4s, which would burn stray particles as a side effect of "running".
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I'd have to say I agree. I mean sure the Linux desktop isn't perfect, but it already looks very good in my opinion. I think it just needs a bit more consistency in many areas. I've always had a problem with the focus behavior on pretty much every Linux desktop. I'd also like to see something like a consistent hour glass cursor so I know what in the hell is going on. And I'd still rather use any Linux desktop over Mac OS (even OS X) - and not just because of the one mouse button issue. Most of these issues just take time... and probably more time since the Linux community tends to have a hard time agreeing on certain things =) But usually in the end they evolve into pretty cool products.
Well seriously, run around in a desert in a rediculus plastic armor getup with some really f*cked up helmet, and ALWAYS shoot from the hip and see how strait YOU shoot.
Well I will admit that the major downfall of EQ is releaseing a roleplaying game to the general public - only to have it wrecked by the general populace who introduce massive farming and such. Still, as the guy above me posted, it is just bad design. Even Verant seems to know that now, and it gets to be rediculas that you have to camp things just in order to get decent items. I've heard that shadowbane is going to be much like EQ but with a better interface, and RANDOM spawning and such. It would certainly help things out.
Don't get me wrong, I used to play EQ a lot, but when you think about ATTACKING something... somehow clicking "auto-attack" once and sort of standing there seems fairly lame. Oooh, ahh, I'm a caster, I can also click some more buttons... seems like they could have come up with something better than that.
I thought windows was the virus and the blue screen of death was just the real operating system trying to tell you to use Linux. *shrug*
Well there is the converse of this also. Sure Word can make you productive in some respects; certainly in a work enviornment where you want to do "X" where Microsoft has a template for "X", but how many times have I seen people screw with Word for 5 to 10 minutes trying to do something where Word decides it knows what they're doing and screws everything up. I've seen it a LOT. I mean it seems fairly messed up when someone has to fight repeatedly with a word processor just to get it to do something that they want, and that you THINK would be easy to do, but they can't because the word processor thinks otherwise.
Being efficent on a word processor is one thing, but remember that there are times when the word processor itself inhibits productivity - much of the time due to its "ease of use".
AOL - easy to use... if you can install the trial hard drive.
That's right Grandma, in the BIOS...
oh yeah? Back in MY day we had to buy CD's that you couldn't even burn! Unfortunatly you had to buy them with music on them, which of course you never listened to, you just bought it because it was a CD
or maybe instead of "Titanium AOL", you'll just get the cheapo "Tin AOL".
in Iraq they pay like 17 cents a gallon
um.... double sided tape?
Windows XP - 2.4 = OS2 Warp
I'd have to say I agree about choice, but when it comes right down to it - a lot of people DON'T have a choice. I hope I don't get marked flaimbait for saying this, but M$ really propagates on ignorance. Most people don't even KNOW they have a choice. Many more don't know where else to look. How many people can name word processors OTHER than M$ Word?
I think this sort of worries people like me. Sure Microsoft has a FEW okay (dare I say good) products, but much of it is bloated crap. And Microsoft can use its weight to force this crap on people who don't know any better and effectively force out competition. I think this is sort of the "flawed" assumption that a better product will win... which doesn't necessarily apply to computers. Sort of like how many people don't care about who makes the transmission in their car as long as it "works". And so what if you can get a better one that's free? I mean you have to look for it, and go through the hassle of installation.
I think that is why AOL is sort of worried; because AOL too goes for the less tech oriented crowd and already they're being viewed as the "other choice" since all sorts of competing software is installed with the computer. If I were AOL, I'd definitely start looking at a Linux strategy for a ways down the road in the future.
I'm sure all this has been posted over and over... oh well.
"CDC of course is famous for tools like Back Orifice, which is mostly controversial because its a perfectly legit admin tool with a really scary sounding name,"
Um... scary sounding name? Okay it's weird but is it really scary? I mean Black Widow sounds scary. Carnivore sounds scary. Back Orifice doesn't really sound all that scary. Unless you're in prison I suppose.
this is true... And look at how powerful VB script is! Way more powerful than PERL. I mean how many e-mail clients will run PERL scripts as an attachment and modify the registry so they can run longer?
Of course theres that non portability thing, but from what I've seen UNIX people just aren't into that whole trendy virus thing...
well realistically you could put any sort of command line prompt in front of people now days and they'd think they were a hacker.
C:>
Awesome! I'm in!
C:> cd windows
"Dude I cracked the system!"
the matrix has you, microsoft has the matrix
who watches the watcher? . . hmm...
yeah, you really must be addicted if you manged to get a monk to level 60. heh heh
they should be bombarded with our crappy TV programming & radio transimissions, LONG before the probe hits them. I think that would probably be enough to make them mad before the probe hits them. Think in the scope of things, one alien's house being damaged is insignificant to the entire society being forced to watch Pentium 4 commercials.
well one thing to keep in mind is that it already happens to be out there. I mean think about how long it would take to get a probe out that far. Since it's, there it might as well snoop around. It's also hard for NASA to justify sending an expensive probe out to study interstellar space way out there.
Question: so what will the new billion dollar probe study? Planets, asteroids, the moon?
Nasa: No, it's going to study the vacuum of space... maybe a few dust particles here and there, that sort of thing. It should take a few decades before we know if it worked or not.
hmm... so is that why floppy disks suck now days?
yeah, it's off topic, but it BUGS me
as long as he doesn't end up landing in China, who cares?
I'm not too big on Wine, either, but I'm not going to knock ANYTHING that might bring games to Linux even if it runs them at 12MHz. It'll remind me of the great fun I had on the 286.
That's good because most games that WINE will be ABLE to run probably ran on the 286.
Sorry.. had to make a little jab at WINE there =)
maybe they're not too worried about dust bunnies and dirt because they're expecting people to use Petnium 4s, which would burn stray particles as a side effect of "running".