Ok, let met get this straight: A few disableds complain because Word has better support for their specific disability?
Yes, and rightly so. What do you suggest that visually impaired individuals who need to work with the new format should do, if it turns out that it there's no support for usable screen reader technology?
I'm all for Open Source, but it has to work, too.
PalmOS takes less taps to make an appointment than WM200x, (1 hard button press and 1 screen tap to be exact.)
Sorry, but that's not true. Most WM200x PDA:s have suitable hard buttons, as does mine. After bringing up the Calendar, it's a single tap to make a new appointment, same as on Palm OS.
with gel ink. it's the only pen I use on a regular basis.
but any gel ink pen is better than a regular one. the point glides over the paper in a way that cannot be described. very nice when writing quicly and precisely.
you are quite right, and I apologize. I guess I didn't read your post too carefully after that first fateful line.
anyway, who are all these women who want muscular jocks? because I've certainly not met any of them. the straight women friends I have definetly prefer the intelligent, geeky type. and yes, they look perfectly normal, too.
But seriously, if they started making these games more girl-friendly, would guys want to play it?
I'm a woman, and a game developer, and I can assure you that a lot of us already are playing. if you want to find out more, go here
and as for girl-friendly, this does not mean that everything has to be pink, and you have this one button labelled Gossip. however, with todays computers, there are other kinds of games possible, except the kill-lots-of-mean-monsters-with-big-guns-kind.
though even in that group, there are some games worth playing. my latest project was Battlefield 1942, and it at least has a solid background story. you get some reason better than "blood is fun" for progressing in the game.
I like solving puzzles, having a character I can identify with, using my reflexes, having a goal, etc. I don't mind shooting a monster every now and then, but then there should be some reason for it.
I absolutely adore Homeworld, since it's deep, has a very good story, nice controls, beautiful graphics, and has a very clearly defined goal to work towards.
other games I enjoy include Baldur's Gate, Star Wars Racer, Wheel of Time, Quake III Arena and various NES games.
So all female game characters should look like "Helga" (is that her name), one of the Bosses of Wolfenstein 3D? (The MCGA version, kiddies!)
I assume, since your view of women seems to be limited to us either being Lara or Helga, that you have never met, let alone seen, a real woman.
my advice to you is to turn off your computer, leave the building, and take a good look around you. you might (gasp!) realize that there is something called normal looking women.
of course, if all women portrayed in games looked perfectly ordinary, that might be a bit boring to some. I wouldn't mind, but take for instance the Resident Evil movie. the female lead manages to be intelligent, self-sufficient, sensitive and all kinds of things, and this with perfectly normal chest size. and she doesn't spend half the movie trying to get her clothes ripped off by some naughty, bad monster.
it' great that games aren't real. I'd hate to think of how many clones they would have to create of Angelina Jolie it they were.
but the fact of the matter is, games influence society. just as the rest of the media structure does, games have their share of responsibility in shaping the attitudes of tomorrow.
which can be seen quite clearly today, in that women aren't considered "real" unless we are dangerously thin, and have large breasts. do you think the enormous increase of breast implants among young women comes from the fact that it's such a fun thing to do?
However, that would be ignoring the egregious differences in her appearance, which, I might add, would probably preclude ANY acrobatic activity in a real person. Like walking upright.
exactly, and that is the point many here are trying to get across. Lars is strong? fine, she will need all her strength to keep from falling on her nose. I don't see any male characters with similar problems.
a quote from a study made on women gamers:
Sofie: Well she [Lara Croft] has tiny hips and big boobs.
Emma: You just know she's made by men.
Camilla: And her boobs are getting bigger and bigger!
Sofie: You can't play around and jump around with those big boobs; it's just a man's [fantasy] world.
Emma: It's really silly. There's no reason for her to look like that. Although I think the whole thing is quite funny, and that people do actually like her, sticking posters on the wall and things like that, I think it's really funny. She's a computer character! It is a bit silly. No wonder that girls don't really like her.
Camilla: They've really taken it to it's extreme, in a big way. She's really pretty, has these big boobs and is always panting heavily. That's really annoying when you are running and climbing and stuff.
actually, since Windows 2000 there is an optional, tiny component called Critical Update Notification. this is scheduled to run every once in a while, and notify the user when any critical ( read security) updates are available from Windows Update.
and since Windows XP, it has the added option to download and install the updates in the background. one does not even need to use their (IMHO very good) web interface.
but I agree, the problem is that most of the patches requires a reboot. but that is what you get for running a desktop OS on a server. NT 5.x is a great desktop, but no more.
( personally, I'm trying to convert to using FreeBSD )
Okay, so you pay a lot more in taxes than your dad did. Does that give you more money?
Or does that, via the state subsidies that keeps the free-market illusion alive, give private corporations more money?
Maybe I'm missing something here, but isn't the amount of money you actually get to keep what actually counts?
And if you really are paying that much more, don't you think some of that should end up benefitting yourself, and your family? But that isn't where the money goes.
The only way things are going to get better is if we all 1) realize that all the time more of our last shreds of freedom and rights are being taken away from us, and 2) there is no one else but you and me who can or will do anything about it.
which is rather ghastly.
but I do wish UNIX had something resembling Program Files. actually, FreeBSD does have it, it's called/usr/local, but Linux seems to ignore that solution.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, let met get this straight: A few disableds complain because Word has better support for their specific disability? Yes, and rightly so. What do you suggest that visually impaired individuals who need to work with the new format should do, if it turns out that it there's no support for usable screen reader technology? I'm all for Open Source, but it has to work, too.
I just wrote down my justification an hour ago.
PalmOS takes less taps to make an appointment than WM200x, (1 hard button press and 1 screen tap to be exact.)
Sorry, but that's not true. Most WM200x PDA:s have suitable hard buttons, as does mine. After bringing up the Calendar, it's a single tap to make a new appointment, same as on Palm OS.
Not where I live. The last time I was required to sign a receipt, I wrote "Spiderleg Airplane", just to check whether it mattered or not.
No one noticed.
In case you're wondering, no, that isn't even remotely similar to my IRL name.
you are an incredibly sad person. please go away.
Hell hath no fury like the vast robot army of a woman scorned.
You mean I get my own vast robot army if I'm ever scorned? Neat!
with gel ink. it's the only pen I use on a regular basis.
but any gel ink pen is better than a regular one. the point glides over the paper in a way that cannot be described.
very nice when writing quicly and precisely.
I wonder...
they're also the ones who made the first really usable computer I've ever had.
one iBook, and the pain went away.
Banana.
du ser ut som en motorbåt.
you are quite right, and I apologize. I guess I didn't read your post too carefully after that first fateful line.
anyway, who are all these women who want muscular jocks? because I've certainly not met any of them. the straight women friends I have definetly prefer the intelligent, geeky type. and yes, they look perfectly normal, too.
don't lose hope, they are out there!
But seriously, if they started making these games more girl-friendly, would guys want to play it?
I'm a woman, and a game developer, and I can assure you that a lot of us already are playing. if you want to find out more, go here
and as for girl-friendly, this does not mean that everything has to be pink, and you have this one button labelled Gossip. however, with todays computers, there are other kinds of games possible, except the kill-lots-of-mean-monsters-with-big-guns-kind.
though even in that group, there are some games worth playing. my latest project was Battlefield 1942, and it at least has a solid background story. you get some reason better than "blood is fun" for progressing in the game.
I like solving puzzles, having a character I can identify with, using my reflexes, having a goal, etc. I don't mind shooting a monster every now and then, but then there should be some reason for it.
I absolutely adore Homeworld, since it's deep, has a very good story, nice controls, beautiful graphics, and has a very clearly defined goal to work towards.
other games I enjoy include Baldur's Gate, Star Wars Racer, Wheel of Time, Quake III Arena and various NES games.
So all female game characters should look like "Helga" (is that her name), one of the Bosses of Wolfenstein 3D? (The MCGA version, kiddies!)
I assume, since your view of women seems to be limited to us either being Lara or Helga, that you have never met, let alone seen, a real woman.
my advice to you is to turn off your computer, leave the building, and take a good look around you. you might (gasp!) realize that there is something called normal looking women.
of course, if all women portrayed in games looked perfectly ordinary, that might be a bit boring to some. I wouldn't mind, but take for instance the Resident Evil movie. the female lead manages to be intelligent, self-sufficient, sensitive and all kinds of things, and this with perfectly normal chest size. and she doesn't spend half the movie trying to get her clothes ripped off by some naughty, bad monster.
shocking, don't you think?
it' great that games aren't real. I'd hate to think of how many clones they would have to create of Angelina Jolie it they were.
but the fact of the matter is, games influence society. just as the rest of the media structure does, games have their share of responsibility in shaping the attitudes of tomorrow.
which can be seen quite clearly today, in that women aren't considered "real" unless we are dangerously thin, and have large breasts. do you think the enormous increase of breast implants among young women comes from the fact that it's such a fun thing to do?
However, that would be ignoring the egregious differences in her appearance, which, I might add, would probably preclude ANY acrobatic activity in a real person. Like walking upright.
exactly, and that is the point many here are trying to get across. Lars is strong? fine, she will need all her strength to keep from falling on her nose. I don't see any male characters with similar problems.
a quote from a study made on women gamers:
Sofie: Well she [Lara Croft] has tiny hips and big boobs.
Emma: You just know she's made by men.
Camilla: And her boobs are getting bigger and bigger!
Sofie: You can't play around and jump around with those big boobs; it's just a man's [fantasy] world.
Emma: It's really silly. There's no reason for her to look like that. Although I think the whole thing is quite funny, and that people do actually like her, sticking posters on the wall and things like that, I think it's really funny. She's a computer character! It is a bit silly. No wonder that girls don't really like her.
Camilla: They've really taken it to it's extreme, in a big way. She's really pretty, has these big boobs and is always panting heavily. That's really annoying when you are running and climbing and stuff.
> really. who gives a shit. WAKE UP: TITS SELL.
then maybe you need to GROW UP.
as a professional game developer, I'm not really that interested in developing games for people whose brains reside below the navel.
it's interesting to find out that you don't exist. I'll keep it in mind the next time I sit down for a match of Quake III.
I could go on, but I won't. I'm not here to brag.
and just how many women within the IT sector reads those sad exuses for toilet paper? becase I've certainly not met any.
I read magazines which stimulates my mind, not my (apparently missing) desire to transform myself into a sex object for the pleasure of men.
thank you for that image *smiles*
I'm glad *someone* had the brains to point this out!
actually, since Windows 2000 there is an optional, tiny component called Critical Update Notification. this is scheduled to run every once in a while, and notify the user when any critical ( read security) updates are available from Windows Update.
and since Windows XP, it has the added option to download and install the updates in the background. one does not even need to use their (IMHO very good) web interface.
but I agree, the problem is that most of the patches requires a reboot. but that is what you get for running a desktop OS on a server. NT 5.x is a great desktop, but no more.
( personally, I'm trying to convert to using FreeBSD )
this "something unknown" factor is called dopamine self-addiction, and can be cured.
to find out more, please read Reciprocality.
only we can make a difference.
Okay, so you pay a lot more in taxes than your dad did. Does that give you more money?
Or does that, via the state subsidies that keeps the free-market illusion alive, give private corporations more money?
Maybe I'm missing something here, but isn't the amount of money you actually get to keep what actually counts?
And if you really are paying that much more, don't you think some of that should end up benefitting yourself, and your family? But that isn't where the money goes.
Please get a reality check.
Anyone who believes a single word of the predictions stated in this review needs an immidiate reality check.
Please get one.
The only way things are going to get better is if we all 1) realize that all the time more of our last shreds of freedom and rights are being taken away from us, and 2) there is no one else but you and me who can or will do anything about it.
The year is 1984, and the matrix has you...
well, my system gives this
\ Wbem;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program Files\Intel\VTune50;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin
/usr/local, but Linux seems to ignore that solution.
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.
C:\>path
PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32
which is rather ghastly. but I do wish UNIX had something resembling Program Files. actually, FreeBSD does have it, it's called