Should you build your UI based on feedback from the average Joe? I'd like to lay down while driving my car, but clearly designers think the best idea so far is sitting in an upright position.
Grow a set, innovate the UI* and quit trying to clone Windows.
* and by innovate I mean think tank concepts not geeky crap like why every "average joe" linux distro comes with 700 things theyll never run. YEAH, MAN I WANT THOSE NEATO EYES THAT FOLLOW MY MOUSE ON THE TASKBAR! sigh.
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Excellent post save for one innacurracy...
Thor DOES exist - http://www.zoofur.com/thor.html
And while I myself may not worship him(it), I bet there's a few females (possibly males) who do!
Use a mail server that has a tarpit. Mdaemon, for example can be setup so say a half dozen SMTPs to invalid addresses from the same IP in a 60 second window puts up a 10 minute ignore on the IP. If they plan on dictionary attacking you, it will take them about 90 years to go through a good dictionary list of names as they wait out the time-outs.
Instead of debating definitions just look up software piracy court cases and see how many were brought up on "copyright infringement" terms and how many were brought up on "theft" terms. Off the top of my head I can remember no software piracy case or filesharing case where they said someone was a thief...
I just got a new cellphone yesterday and I started thinking... I have 5 phone numbers in my area code just of my own and Im just an average guy. With so many people having a home phone, a cell phone, a work phone, often a fax number or a second line for (heaven forbid) dialup access, that kind of thing... it sure seems like 9 million phone numbers isn't very many for a given area code... Maybe it is, I dont know, but I think theres a few million PEOPLE in my city, let alone the other 1/3 the state that share the same area code, and if most of those have 2-3 phone numbers... seems suprising to fit them all within that 9 million cap?
You're right. They shouldn't test in the environment that will likely be predominately used. They should boot into some micro-OS/benchmark suite because that's what we'll all be doing when we buy the CPUs.
The problem with all these cooling solutions is that unless the final output for the heat is "outside", it's doing nothing but making MY ROOM hotter and hotter. Put an Athlon and a 21" CRT in a room and close the door. It seriously sucks. Having to sit in a sauna to send an email is really ignorant. I dont know what the answer is, but generating 4 times more heat isn't it. I think PC's need the equivalent of a dryer vent you can hook up to suck the hot air outside.
Methinks that's exactly what I'm talking about. The things we focus on the most, the "people" stayed real. The rigs were real. A few backdrops being faked arent as noticeable, but the new trailer shows all these 3d "people", that don't move "quite" right. Mister plastic-man jumping from car to car is a great example, look at it. It's all hokey looking.
I watched the Reloaded trailer and from an effects standpoint, it sucks. Its more of that plastic-man, 100% 3D animated crap like SpiderMan and the Star Wars prequel. Like the scene where the agent jumps from car to car, so clearly 3D looking it sucks. I respected the first Matrix because most of the effects were "real world", and the looks showed it. The bullet time wasn't (so to speak) a CG thing, it was a series of cameras, and it looks so cool. But this time they've resorted to the Lucas path of "Let's just DO IT ALL IN 3D!" - Maybe the general public doesn't notice, but I sure notice, it's missing the real world feel, and turns into hokey real fast.
This is the second post Ive seen complaining about "hiding everything" and "it takes 5 minutes everytime I want to find something" in Windows 2000.
No offense, but do you people have an IQ higher than a small carrot? I have never been "trained" by any MCSE course or anything else and I've admined Windows servers since NT4 utilizing just about every service they provide from Mac printing to Active Directory and Terminal Services, and Ive not had any trouble "finding" things. Maybe you all should exaggerate a little more. All I know is if it took one of my employees 5 minutes just to find a control panel everytime, I'd probably get rid of them.
Yes. All 7.5 million inhabitants of Andalucia chose Linux today. They all went to Wal-Mart and bought eMachines with Linux on them while the other 33 million inhabitants of Spain looked on in awe. You should have seen the lines! What a monument to open source. It makes me want to "Freedom Kiss Everyone" on the mouth.
Woah. You mean 7.5 million inhabitants of Spain just chose Linux simultaneously? Did the government hand out 7.5 million linux boxes? I guess that IS impressive. "A region" chooses Linux. Is that even physically possible? I hope they hand out Linux for Dummies books too. "Ayuda me! Que es "make, make make, make install, install, install make, grep sed awk make, tar -gvxoqpeox | make install > sed?"
What I'd really like to know is how many of these "XXX chooses Linux" choose it simply because they can't afford anything else.
I can't help but laugh when an article gets posted to Slashdot that a group or government, especially in a 3rd world nation, chooses Linux. Chances are, given the choice of the massive support and userbase Microsoft offers, many would likely choose it if they could, but can't afford it, so they go the cheap route. Cheap != better. Just because someone drives a 76' Pinto to work isn't some kind of icon of justification that old Pinto's are better than big expensive, evil, Lincoln Navigators. They were just probably pidgeon-holed into one option, and they took it.
Not saying its the case in all circumstances, but probably more than a Slashbot would like to admit.
Is this the "LookWhatOtherNoNamePlaceUsesLinux.com" website, or Slashdot? I mean really. Im glad people are using Linux, and OS/2, and OSX, and anything else, but uh... so one place no ones ever heard of adopts Linux as their OS of choice today and Slashdot posts about it? I wonder how many people setup a new environment based on Windows today? Or OSX? or IRIX, or Solaris? Post some of the places on that.
With LCD's being pushed so hard, even to the point of some predicting the extinction of CRT, why do $3,000 notebooks only come with 15-pin VGA connector outs? high resolution LCD panels running through analog signals suuuuucckkkk.
Do they account for things like geographical location? Its probably much easier to find Linux admins in a big city, but in rural parts of the midwest, where businesses still need admins, the selection is fewer, so its either MCSE's or paying for the moving costs of your Linux staff.
What about the cost of TRANSFERRING from one platform to the other. Sure, maybe one is cheaper if you start out with it. But if you're a 5,000 employee business and you're running Windows, what's the cost in terms of time, research, installation, etc, to move to Linux, and vice versa.
What it comes down to is, every situation is different. Those who run Windows and it's working out for them, should probably keep at it. Those who run Linux based infrastructures should probably stay with it. If it is clear there is some reason, whether it be security, financial, or whatever to move from one to the other, it will be clear, you will do it, and you won't need some independant TCO report written by an evangelist to decide for you. TCO reports are worse than benchmarks.
Because the resolution of TV eats a dong. Because first person shooters with most hand controllers eat a dong. Because complicated RTS games that use your full keyboard while sitting on a couch balancing it in your lap eats a dong. Because not being able to switch over and check your email, answer an instant message, or lookup a cheat-code on the web eats a dong.
Consoles are great for pizza and beer parties with friends playing mindless games like Tennis, but PC's still have their place for gaming.
You know, this brings up a good point though. Forget benchmarks. Buy both cards at Best Buy. Get the ATI 9700Pro and the GeForce FX or whatever. Take them home. Put them in YOUR machine, run YOUR games, check the framerates, the quality. Decide which you want to keep, take the other back within 15 days and get a full refund.
I mean seriously. I know its sort of inconsiderate to advocate buying hardware with the intention of returning it, but A) that's Best Buy's policy, if they dont like it, they can change it. and B) the few people that care enough to read the benchmarks and do this aren't going to hurt Best Buy financially by taking back a return item.
If I was buying tomorrow this is exactly what I would do (well, once both cards were at Best Buy.)
If that's the case then I guess the $40,000 a year a piece, though only a fraction of the sales volume of their music, is a lot better than where they were right?
Heh, not saying it's right, but I'm saying even in it's current evil model the label got them closer to where they wanted to be. It's a decision the band made.
I agree with previous poster that said music is art, making music isn't about the money. There's a lot of people who get together in their spare time and play instruments or sing. It's a form of art. Should you be automatically given the right to make money doing it, whether it be $200 a night, $200,000 a year, or $2,000,000 a song? I think not. All everyone is arguing over is the right way to pimp out art.
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Should you build your UI based on feedback from the average Joe? I'd like to lay down while driving my car, but clearly designers think the best idea so far is sitting in an upright position. Grow a set, innovate the UI* and quit trying to clone Windows. * and by innovate I mean think tank concepts not geeky crap like why every "average joe" linux distro comes with 700 things theyll never run. YEAH, MAN I WANT THOSE NEATO EYES THAT FOLLOW MY MOUSE ON THE TASKBAR! sigh.
Excellent post save for one innacurracy... Thor DOES exist - http://www.zoofur.com/thor.html And while I myself may not worship him(it), I bet there's a few females (possibly males) who do!
Use a mail server that has a tarpit. Mdaemon, for example can be setup so say a half dozen SMTPs to invalid addresses from the same IP in a 60 second window puts up a 10 minute ignore on the IP. If they plan on dictionary attacking you, it will take them about 90 years to go through a good dictionary list of names as they wait out the time-outs.
Instead of debating definitions just look up software piracy court cases and see how many were brought up on "copyright infringement" terms and how many were brought up on "theft" terms. Off the top of my head I can remember no software piracy case or filesharing case where they said someone was a thief ...
Give me whatever you're smoking.
You think Dell pays Microsoft $99 for each copy of Windows they install?
I just got a new cellphone yesterday and I started thinking... I have 5 phone numbers in my area code just of my own and Im just an average guy. With so many people having a home phone, a cell phone, a work phone, often a fax number or a second line for (heaven forbid) dialup access, that kind of thing... it sure seems like 9 million phone numbers isn't very many for a given area code... Maybe it is, I dont know, but I think theres a few million PEOPLE in my city, let alone the other 1/3 the state that share the same area code, and if most of those have 2-3 phone numbers... seems suprising to fit them all within that 9 million cap?
Fun for the whole family! We can even let grandma play! -- Dr. Kevorkian --
You're right. They shouldn't test in the environment that will likely be predominately used. They should boot into some micro-OS/benchmark suite because that's what we'll all be doing when we buy the CPUs.
The problem with all these cooling solutions is that unless the final output for the heat is "outside", it's doing nothing but making MY ROOM hotter and hotter. Put an Athlon and a 21" CRT in a room and close the door. It seriously sucks. Having to sit in a sauna to send an email is really ignorant. I dont know what the answer is, but generating 4 times more heat isn't it. I think PC's need the equivalent of a dryer vent you can hook up to suck the hot air outside.
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Methinks that's exactly what I'm talking about. The things we focus on the most, the "people" stayed real. The rigs were real. A few backdrops being faked arent as noticeable, but the new trailer shows all these 3d "people", that don't move "quite" right. Mister plastic-man jumping from car to car is a great example, look at it. It's all hokey looking.
I watched the Reloaded trailer and from an effects standpoint, it sucks. Its more of that plastic-man, 100% 3D animated crap like SpiderMan and the Star Wars prequel. Like the scene where the agent jumps from car to car, so clearly 3D looking it sucks. I respected the first Matrix because most of the effects were "real world", and the looks showed it. The bullet time wasn't (so to speak) a CG thing, it was a series of cameras, and it looks so cool. But this time they've resorted to the Lucas path of "Let's just DO IT ALL IN 3D!" - Maybe the general public doesn't notice, but I sure notice, it's missing the real world feel, and turns into hokey real fast.
If you didn't notice the slowdown on your own, why would you change back just because someone said there is one of some kind?
No offense, but do you people have an IQ higher than a small carrot? I have never been "trained" by any MCSE course or anything else and I've admined Windows servers since NT4 utilizing just about every service they provide from Mac printing to Active Directory and Terminal Services, and Ive not had any trouble "finding" things. Maybe you all should exaggerate a little more. All I know is if it took one of my employees 5 minutes just to find a control panel everytime, I'd probably get rid of them.
Yes. All 7.5 million inhabitants of Andalucia chose Linux today. They all went to Wal-Mart and bought eMachines with Linux on them while the other 33 million inhabitants of Spain looked on in awe. You should have seen the lines! What a monument to open source. It makes me want to "Freedom Kiss Everyone" on the mouth.
Woah. You mean 7.5 million inhabitants of Spain just chose Linux simultaneously? Did the government hand out 7.5 million linux boxes? I guess that IS impressive. "A region" chooses Linux. Is that even physically possible? I hope they hand out Linux for Dummies books too. "Ayuda me! Que es "make, make make, make install, install, install make, grep sed awk make, tar -gvxoqpeox | make install > sed?"
I can't help but laugh when an article gets posted to Slashdot that a group or government, especially in a 3rd world nation, chooses Linux. Chances are, given the choice of the massive support and userbase Microsoft offers, many would likely choose it if they could, but can't afford it, so they go the cheap route. Cheap != better. Just because someone drives a 76' Pinto to work isn't some kind of icon of justification that old Pinto's are better than big expensive, evil, Lincoln Navigators. They were just probably pidgeon-holed into one option, and they took it.
Not saying its the case in all circumstances, but probably more than a Slashbot would like to admit.
Is this the "LookWhatOtherNoNamePlaceUsesLinux.com" website, or Slashdot? I mean really. Im glad people are using Linux, and OS/2, and OSX, and anything else, but uh... so one place no ones ever heard of adopts Linux as their OS of choice today and Slashdot posts about it? I wonder how many people setup a new environment based on Windows today? Or OSX? or IRIX, or Solaris? Post some of the places on that.
With LCD's being pushed so hard, even to the point of some predicting the extinction of CRT, why do $3,000 notebooks only come with 15-pin VGA connector outs? high resolution LCD panels running through analog signals suuuuucckkkk.
What about the cost of TRANSFERRING from one platform to the other. Sure, maybe one is cheaper if you start out with it. But if you're a 5,000 employee business and you're running Windows, what's the cost in terms of time, research, installation, etc, to move to Linux, and vice versa.
What it comes down to is, every situation is different. Those who run Windows and it's working out for them, should probably keep at it. Those who run Linux based infrastructures should probably stay with it. If it is clear there is some reason, whether it be security, financial, or whatever to move from one to the other, it will be clear, you will do it, and you won't need some independant TCO report written by an evangelist to decide for you. TCO reports are worse than benchmarks.
Challenger? As in Space Shuttle Challenger? Freudian slip?
Consoles are great for pizza and beer parties with friends playing mindless games like Tennis, but PC's still have their place for gaming.
I mean seriously. I know its sort of inconsiderate to advocate buying hardware with the intention of returning it, but A) that's Best Buy's policy, if they dont like it, they can change it. and B) the few people that care enough to read the benchmarks and do this aren't going to hurt Best Buy financially by taking back a return item.
If I was buying tomorrow this is exactly what I would do (well, once both cards were at Best Buy.)
Heh, not saying it's right, but I'm saying even in it's current evil model the label got them closer to where they wanted to be. It's a decision the band made.
I agree with previous poster that said music is art, making music isn't about the money. There's a lot of people who get together in their spare time and play instruments or sing. It's a form of art. Should you be automatically given the right to make money doing it, whether it be $200 a night, $200,000 a year, or $2,000,000 a song? I think not. All everyone is arguing over is the right way to pimp out art.