I'm always hearing about the Start Menu, but really, this full-screen crap bothers me more than the absence of the Start Menu ever did. I can't even see the damn time on my computer (with Metro) unless I switch to a Clock app (which is also full-screen:-P )
Vista's UAC was one problem, and it was hard to avoid, though frankly I think MS should have done more to encourage the multi-user model when XP came out, and maybe Vista wouldn't have been such a PITA.
A bigger problem, IMO, was MS letting vendors claim their computers were "Vista ready" when they weren't. I've never tried to run Vista on the 512M boxes that were shipping with "vista-ready" labels, but I DID run it on a 1GB box, and it wasn't good. I shudder to think of what it was with half that RAM.
Oddly, my GF has relatives with the last name "Butts". I once asked if there were any "Seymours", and she looked confused for a few minutes, then gave me a dirty look.:)
For a simple household experiment, get some tasty chocolate chip cookies, set them out in front of you, and see how long you can go without eating one, even if you've just had a nice meal.
I tried that but the results were inconclusive. I couldn't hit the button on my stopwatch because my hands were full, and by the time I could, the cookies were gone.
Exactly! If I had the choice between driving to a neighborhood business and driving to the Walmart 20 miles away, I'd pick the neighborhood business, and on a nice day, I might even walk. Unfortunately, most of the local businesses are long gone.
It isn't like they used five miles per hour on most of these things, it used thirty-five, which is the typical speed most people drive through a city at (which, not surprisingly, is where most people drive each day).
35 MPH is what the signs around here say, not necessarily the actual driving speed. On some of these streets, 35 IS ludicrously slow.
You act like they are treated as slaves. I attended the wedding of my brother-in-law to his now-husband just 4 weeks ago, right here in the good ol' United States. I don't recall either of them being tied up with chains (although, he did wear a rainbow feather boa at one point...).
No, the "tied up with chains" part was after the wedding.
Depends on the noise. I expect to hear sudden noises from outside my car (in my neighborhood, it's unusual when I DON'T hear sirens). I expect normal sounds from my cellphone (ringing, noise from incoming texts/emails,etc). I don't necessarily expect a cellphone to sound off like a siren practically in the ear. Worse, I would be on the road with many other drivers with cell sirens unexpectedly going off in their ears! I can easily see that ending badly.
By my definition, I grew up "working class". I always had food, clothes, TV, but no car, air conditioner, or fancy toys. Now, I'm middle class, with some luxuries (good car, Tivo, iPad), but I still have to work for a living, and will for the foreseeable future.
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Getting your medical advice from a Playboy Bunny isn't any smarter than getting it from your preacher.
Are you kidding? I would totally trust a Playboy Bunny for my medical needs!
Worse! I don't remember ever switching between my desktop and a virtual machine by mistake. I often do so between Metro and the desktop.
I'm always hearing about the Start Menu, but really, this full-screen crap bothers me more than the absence of the Start Menu ever did. I can't even see the damn time on my computer (with Metro) unless I switch to a Clock app (which is also full-screen :-P )
Vista's UAC was one problem, and it was hard to avoid, though frankly I think MS should have done more to encourage the multi-user model when XP came out, and maybe Vista wouldn't have been such a PITA.
A bigger problem, IMO, was MS letting vendors claim their computers were "Vista ready" when they weren't. I've never tried to run Vista on the 512M boxes that were shipping with "vista-ready" labels, but I DID run it on a 1GB box, and it wasn't good. I shudder to think of what it was with half that RAM.
Oddly, my GF has relatives with the last name "Butts". I once asked if there were any "Seymours", and she looked confused for a few minutes, then gave me a dirty look. :)
For a simple household experiment, get some tasty chocolate chip cookies, set them out in front of you, and see how long you can go without eating one, even if you've just had a nice meal.
I tried that but the results were inconclusive. I couldn't hit the button on my stopwatch because my hands were full, and by the time I could, the cookies were gone.
Exactly! If I had the choice between driving to a neighborhood business and driving to the Walmart 20 miles away, I'd pick the neighborhood business, and on a nice day, I might even walk. Unfortunately, most of the local businesses are long gone.
And nature would take care of keeping us slim, thanks to natural scarcity of food (plus the exercise one gets while searching for that food).
I've always complained that when I eat fast food I get fat. When a wild cheetah eats fast food, they stay skinny.
If you don't have anything to hide, why are you against cameras?
"[L]udicrously slow speeds"??
It isn't like they used five miles per hour on most of these things, it used thirty-five, which is the typical speed most people drive through a city at (which, not surprisingly, is where most people drive each day).
35 MPH is what the signs around here say, not necessarily the actual driving speed. On some of these streets, 35 IS ludicrously slow.
What's wrong with that? It's often cheaper (and much less of a bother) to rent.
Water heater died? Well, not really my problem.
Depends on whether the landlord drags his feet fixing it.
#1 & #2 include a lot of people. #3 includes nearly everyone else. :p
That was his choice. If I want a different choice for myself, the government shouldn't interfere.
I didn't even know there WAS an outage until I read about it here. Apparently there were a few minutes when I wasn't googling anything.
You act like they are treated as slaves. I attended the wedding of my brother-in-law to his now-husband just 4 weeks ago, right here in the good ol' United States. I don't recall either of them being tied up with chains (although, he did wear a rainbow feather boa at one point...).
No, the "tied up with chains" part was after the wedding.
I'd probably be more bothered by Google Drive going down than Google Search.
He was, however, demented while holding the presidency.
And, yet, he was one of the best presidents of the modern era. Scary, isn't it?
Depends on the noise. I expect to hear sudden noises from outside my car (in my neighborhood, it's unusual when I DON'T hear sirens). I expect normal sounds from my cellphone (ringing, noise from incoming texts/emails,etc). I don't necessarily expect a cellphone to sound off like a siren practically in the ear. Worse, I would be on the road with many other drivers with cell sirens unexpectedly going off in their ears! I can easily see that ending badly.
The brains allowed them to stand in long lines waiting for their genitals to be groped, and then subject to horrible service and food?
They were smart enough to fly under their own power, thus avoiding the above.
... the telescreen watches you.
I didn't realize Samsung was a Soviet company.
The good news is, they only inspect the contents if they think you're a terrorist. The bad news, they think about 300 million of us are terrorists!
Next thing you know, they'll start binging for google.com!
What about MS Cloud? That matches their Word processor.
By my definition, I grew up "working class". I always had food, clothes, TV, but no car, air conditioner, or fancy toys. Now, I'm middle class, with some luxuries (good car, Tivo, iPad), but I still have to work for a living, and will for the foreseeable future.
The handwriting is on the wall. Literally, with all the graffiti!