I looked at the developer preview long enough to get frustrated that I couldn't figure out how to do some really obvious and simple tasks. That's all the time most users will want to spend on it.
Yes, Windows 8 is a superset of Windows 7, in much the same way that a computer with MS Bob was a superset of Windows 3.1. After installing Bob you could still run all of your old Windows apps, but they didn't integrate with the Bob environment, effectively undermining whatever (alleged) benefit that environment gave the machine.
"Or will Windows 8 be different enough that it will do well, no matter when it arrives?"
I think Windows 8 will be different enough that it will do badly, no matter when it arrives.
A huge population of computer users do not want "new and different". This is a large part of why Windows XP has remain entrenched for so long, not just in businesses but also in people's homes. I made a point of replacing my parents' aging XP computer with a new one while XP was still available because I knew they'd hate learning whatever changes there were in Vista. On the other hand, now that XP is no longer a realistic option for new systems, I'll be watching the release date of Win8, so I can get them their next computer with Win7 on it, because it'll be less drastic a change than Windows 8 would be. I'd even undertake the effort of switching them to OS X or Linux before I'd try to switch them to Win8. (It's the same reason I find people familiar with ye olde MS Office tend to prefer switching to Open/LibreOffice rather than to MS Office 2007/2010.)
I've never had the interest + time to go snooping. But early in my career I used my "privileged" position as the company PC tech, to look at a document that one of the executive admin assistants had neglected to put away when I came to install some software on her computer. As I swapped disks my eyes wandered and I saw this list of people, all of whom had recently been laid off, except for a few names at the bottom that had a line through them. Mine was one of those. I started looking for a new job at that point.
If you live in the US and can't remember the order of the four time zones that cover the contiguous 48, you're not trying. Heck, it sounds like you're trying not to.
I'd almost be willing to cut you some slack if you lived in Pacific or Eastern and weren't sure about the time zones in between, because being ignorant about the middle of the country is a cherished part of east-/west-coast culture. But someone in Mountain or Central time should have figured it out in elementary school, or within a year of moving there.
I'll let you look up "dun" in a dictionary if you don't know what it means. (Note the spelling.)
Asking how much Jobs had to do it is completely missing the point, on a few levels. First, because Jobs was exceptional. Second, because he probably had to do it quite a bit early on. Third, because I don't want his job, or the equivalent running some other company; I'd rather do something I am good at, like I said. What's so difficult to understand about that?
How old are you? 15? Just because we don't come to your Xbox parties doesn't mean we don't exist.
IT might not have been as "big" in the 1980s, but "data processing" (as we called it in those days) was already a substantial industry. Every college worth going to had a CS department, and every large corporation had a data processing center that needed to be staffed. Everyone knew that "computers" were the job opportunity of the future, and there was plenty of interest in it as a career. Believe me, kid: there are a lot of us from that era who haven't died off yet... there are even substantial numbers from the punch-card era still alive and kicking. We're just not finding jobs on the playground where you work.
Because polarization involves filtering out all of the light except the waves of a certain angle, they will inevitably look darker than Plain Old Glasses.
Cool and clever hack. But it assumes that what you're displaying on the screen is more embarrassing than being seen wearing 3D glasses. An easier solution would be to just never let anyone into your lair.
If your portfolio consists of stuff that's gone offline, make something new. A web site about yourself would be good start. Another –completely different in design – dedicated to your favorite not-embarrassing hobby would be a good idea. The content doesn't have to be extensive or outstanding (though it wouldn't hurt if it could bring in a little ad revenue), just enough to demonstrate your design and development skills.
According to the funniest-joke-in-the-world article, jokes with 103 words were considered especially funny, however the winning joke has 102 words. That supports my opinion that the joke works a little better if you change the line to "First, let's make sure he's really dead." It's a more plausible phrasing that makes the emergency-services person's intention clearer (to the audience), but works equally well when misunderstood by the hunter.
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I looked at the developer preview long enough to get frustrated that I couldn't figure out how to do some really obvious and simple tasks. That's all the time most users will want to spend on it.
Because the kind of people who are that careful with their data don't lose the USB sticks on the train and then fail to come looking for them.
Yes, Windows 8 is a superset of Windows 7, in much the same way that a computer with MS Bob was a superset of Windows 3.1. After installing Bob you could still run all of your old Windows apps, but they didn't integrate with the Bob environment, effectively undermining whatever (alleged) benefit that environment gave the machine.
"Or will Windows 8 be different enough that it will do well, no matter when it arrives?"
I think Windows 8 will be different enough that it will do badly, no matter when it arrives.
A huge population of computer users do not want "new and different". This is a large part of why Windows XP has remain entrenched for so long, not just in businesses but also in people's homes. I made a point of replacing my parents' aging XP computer with a new one while XP was still available because I knew they'd hate learning whatever changes there were in Vista. On the other hand, now that XP is no longer a realistic option for new systems, I'll be watching the release date of Win8, so I can get them their next computer with Win7 on it, because it'll be less drastic a change than Windows 8 would be. I'd even undertake the effort of switching them to OS X or Linux before I'd try to switch them to Win8. (It's the same reason I find people familiar with ye olde MS Office tend to prefer switching to Open/LibreOffice rather than to MS Office 2007/2010.)
I've never had the interest + time to go snooping. But early in my career I used my "privileged" position as the company PC tech, to look at a document that one of the executive admin assistants had neglected to put away when I came to install some software on her computer. As I swapped disks my eyes wandered and I saw this list of people, all of whom had recently been laid off, except for a few names at the bottom that had a line through them. Mine was one of those. I started looking for a new job at that point.
Just curious: where on the autism spectrum did your diagnosis place you?
If you live in the US and can't remember the order of the four time zones that cover the contiguous 48, you're not trying. Heck, it sounds like you're trying not to.
I'd almost be willing to cut you some slack if you lived in Pacific or Eastern and weren't sure about the time zones in between, because being ignorant about the middle of the country is a cherished part of east-/west-coast culture. But someone in Mountain or Central time should have figured it out in elementary school, or within a year of moving there.
I'll let you look up "dun" in a dictionary if you don't know what it means. (Note the spelling.)
Asking how much Jobs had to do it is completely missing the point, on a few levels. First, because Jobs was exceptional. Second, because he probably had to do it quite a bit early on. Third, because I don't want his job, or the equivalent running some other company; I'd rather do something I am good at, like I said. What's so difficult to understand about that?
I wonder if Adobe will object over the appropriation of their trademarked [Fl] icon by the periodic table?
Because I'd rather spend my time solving tech problems (something I'm good at), not schmoozing people for work and dunning them to pay me.
Because he has the wisdom and experience that you apparently lack.
How old are you? 15? Just because we don't come to your Xbox parties doesn't mean we don't exist.
IT might not have been as "big" in the 1980s, but "data processing" (as we called it in those days) was already a substantial industry. Every college worth going to had a CS department, and every large corporation had a data processing center that needed to be staffed. Everyone knew that "computers" were the job opportunity of the future, and there was plenty of interest in it as a career. Believe me, kid: there are a lot of us from that era who haven't died off yet... there are even substantial numbers from the punch-card era still alive and kicking. We're just not finding jobs on the playground where you work.
Gosh, Wally, what do you think they'd use those for?
Earphones don't solve the problem either.
Here's a clue: Why do men like to view porn movies? And what do they usually do while watching them?
I'd love to work in an office without Windows. :rimshot:
But if I'm reading the design sketches correctly, many of the offices in this structure will have windows. It will have an inverted-pyramid-shape "courtyard" down the middle of it, which will take up much of the volume and allow for plenty of windows.
The Mole Men are not going to be happy about this.
Because polarization involves filtering out all of the light except the waves of a certain angle, they will inevitably look darker than Plain Old Glasses.
Do you understand what "polarization" is? As a phenomenon of physics, it falls pretty firmly in the "hardware" field.
A notebook screen should be fundamentally the same.
As for the idea of watching porn during an airplane flight... the image on the screen is only the beginning of why doing that is frowned upon.
Cool and clever hack. But it assumes that what you're displaying on the screen is more embarrassing than being seen wearing 3D glasses. An easier solution would be to just never let anyone into your lair.
If your portfolio consists of stuff that's gone offline, make something new. A web site about yourself would be good start. Another –completely different in design – dedicated to your favorite not-embarrassing hobby would be a good idea. The content doesn't have to be extensive or outstanding (though it wouldn't hurt if it could bring in a little ad revenue), just enough to demonstrate your design and development skills.
No, a rickroll would've been entertaining. Instead it was an SNL sketch.
According to the funniest-joke-in-the-world article, jokes with 103 words were considered especially funny, however the winning joke has 102 words. That supports my opinion that the joke works a little better if you change the line to "First, let's make sure he's really dead." It's a more plausible phrasing that makes the emergency-services person's intention clearer (to the audience), but works equally well when misunderstood by the hunter.
It's true because it's funny.
That isn't funny!