The quickest way to get me off your site/article is by making me watch an ad before the video starts. I don't like watching videos when I could just read an article in general, but something occasionally seems interesting enough that I click play. As soon as I see the 'your video will begin in 15 seconds' or hear some ad start, I close the tab and move on. I understand that ads are needed for some sites to generate revenue, but you've got my attention for _seconds_ so when I have to spend any length of that time watching a commercial I just move on.
I think it can be hard to plan for this far into the future. Look how much the web has changed, and the things we do now with even just HTML and CSS that people back in the beginning probably would never have even considered doing. You build something for your needs and if it works then you are good. Sometimes you don't want to spend time planning it out for the next 5, 10, 20 years because you assume (usually correctly) that what you are writing will be updated long before then and replaced with something else.
Don't we already know that babies can pick out shapes/voices/etc that take computers all sorts of processing power to figure out. Or how we are still trying to refine things like recognizing a face or depth or whatever, when people just 'know'. The brain is still amazing despite all the power computers now have, regardless of human or insect species.
It's certainly a strength to have so many options available for technical users, but normal users get confused by just the few version of Windows out there. Try and explain the various versions/distribution options for Linux and they immediately start thinking how maybe they'll just stick with Windows. I personally love OS X, and even among friends/family who know that and trust me for tech advice, they have a hard time thinking of anything outside Windows/Microsoft. There are lots of reasons why Linux hasn't taken off, but I don't know that I'd call it dead.
I can agree with the complaints about some of this at least. I hate when I go to read an article and instead its a video piece/interview/etc about the topic. I can't just open it and read at my discretion, not to mention how almost every video link seems to start with some commercial. Sure, you need to make money, but you just lost any interest I have. I do fear that this will become what the web is. I also can't be doing much else, I have to stop and engage directly with the video instead of opening interesting sounding articles that I can peruse anytime I want. I suppose I could re-watch the video or pause/rewind/play but that's not what I'm after.
I know companies that don't bother figuring out the 'hidden' cost of keeping their workstations or servers up to date. Then one day they realize they need to upgrade 30+ system all at once for some new piece of software they want. When they can't budget/manage/understand something as straightforward as hardware maintenance and upkeep, how are they going to understand something less physical like software 'debt' or whatever they are labeling it now.
Thank you. I was thinking the same thing. My wife always gets a laugh when some TV show makes some terrible geek stereotype (especially roleplaying games), and I just shake my head and think it's funny how much she gets a kick out of teasing me.
We make stereotyped jokes about rednecks and users and outsourced tech support and whatever the enemy du jour is of the day. It's ok to laugh at ourselves, and realize that people are making the same jokes about geeks that we are about everyone else.
I think the point they are trying to make (and perhaps badly) is that anytime you have to rely on volunteers you have the potential to get bit in the ass. Any volunteer organization or group has this problem, it's not just open source. Churches, after school groups, the Elks, etc. When volunteers are the main way you expect to get support, you are at their whim. This week people are busy, so no one shows up, or the kids have a soccer game, or some new more exciting group has their interest so you lose a few people.
I don't think the idea is that the open source community is going to screw people, but that the idea of expecting volunteers to always be plentiful and useful is a good way to cause yourself problems.
Why did it take so long? I don't spend that much time on Facebook, but I know I spend more time than I do searching. I mean, how do you linger for any real length of time in Google? You search and look through the results. Sometimes you look through a few pages, maybe re-work the search a few times, but in the end most of the time spent is on that page you are searching for a link for. Unless this is counting gmail and things like that.
Something about the carpenter's house or the cobbler's kids have no shoes. I work for a computer support company, and this happens to us and everyone else. Backups/patches/etc don't get tended to unless someone up the chain knows how important they are and makes it get done. Even then it's hard to keep on top of _everything_ unless you really have people dedicated to it. It's no surprise, and I don't think it's any reason to be angry. It just shows that they need to get better organized about it like everyone does..
Maybe I'm too geeky, but I have a Mac Mini because it does all the things the Apple TV does, plus more. I guess for a simple consumer device it is more than most people want, but it lets me watch/stream/etc all those things I want it to. And my PS3 does my BluRay as well as DVD so I don't need another disc player. There are so many options out there that I think we are going to see this slowly take over as more viable, but I don't see it taking off over night so much as slowly build.
They mention that in the article, and it makes sense given how controlling Apple/Jobs is about product look and feel. Why spend thousands of man hours researching design if you are just going to gum it up with stickers almost as an afterthought. For the most part I don't mind the Intel sticker, but the rest do bug me. I appreciate my Macbook Pro being clean from the get-go.
I patent the process of locking up my house when I leave? Or maybe the process of how I get out of my car when I go somewhere? Is there really a need/ability to patent this type of thing? And more so why does the patent office still allow it?
I can understand wanting to get an accurate count, since higher numbers could be used as an indicator for partnerships with other companies to say 'see we are serious, now give us some support with your products'. However I expect people will complain, or should, since this is the type of thing that if Microsoft or Apple did there would be shouts of Big Brother and all that. But if they are looking for some useful PR info I don't see a problem, but I'm sure there's a way it _could_ be misused.
So I started reading this, thinking oh this sounds interesting to ponder. And then I got about halfway through the wiki entry and realized, ok no it's not. I learned with two spaces. Let me know when the discussion is done and I'll just do that.
I prefer the stores I can walk into and actually hold the merchandise before I buy, or spend an afternoon wandering the shelves with my (yes, Starbucks) coffee in hand and see topics/books I'd never actually look up in a search engine. They may be overpriced, but I also fall into the 'that looks good I'm going to buy it' frame of mind. Not the 'that looks good, I'm going to go home, order it, wait a couple days, etc' mindset. If I really need a hard book to find, or something more technical, then Amazon is great. But not for when I just want to spend some time in a real book store.
I'm a gamer who grew up with an Atari 400 and an NES and down the line, but I don't really see how this ranks in the importance of things. I've gone back to re-play some of my favorite games and it's just not the same. The memory I have is always better than really playing it again, and no one today cares about how great that original version of Spy Hunter was. Ask your nephew to play and see how he feels about it if you don't believe me.
Troll ahead: There are a lot more important things out there disappearing: cultures, languages, random little insects I've never heard of, etc etc. I'd rather see effort on preserving things like that than how can we keep playing these games in the future. Keep talking about them, document them, tell fun memories of them, but why such a concern about being able to play them?
Sure getting your hand crushed is no fun, but personally I'd rather a good firm handshake than those things where people offer you their fingers and you get some weird loose wrist/finger handshake thing. I try and give a good handshake and instead feel like somehow I violated them. And I mean, the parole officer said I'm not supposed to do that type of thing anymore. You know with the violating. I mean TMI.
I understand why people don't like achievements if they feel that it's a cheat on the devs part to not make a better/longer game. But in general they serve the same purpose as having a score or having individual levels, especially in a sandbox style game like GTA or Crackdown. Did you ever pay attention to your score in Mario Bros? Maybe, but I sure didn't, and I don't feel the need to bitch about it or that people out there liked to try and max it out.
I'm playing Crackdown 2 right now, and there's no reason to go get all 500 agility orbs except for the achievement. You can max out your score way before that, and it probably took all of 5 minutes to add the little bit of code that said 500 = 1 achievement. So it's not like the devs were torn away from real story telling to add it. I do it because I find it fun to run around and explore and have an excuse to keep jumping from building to building. if you don't like it, don't do it.
I was going to say build it too. I built a MAME cabinet as a project, and really you can get away with just building the joystick/button housing if you wanted. It isn't as cheap as some random USB joystick, but so much nicer (and better geek cred if you care). You need to order the controller to handle the input, two joysticks, and a few buttons. It plugs into the PS2 port of the computer I use for handling the MAME software.
Although throwing in a bit of ADHD or whatever probably messes it up. I drink almost a whole pot of coffee in the morning, mostly because it's a habit. Sitting at the computer, early morning, be it work related or just reading the news on the weekends, never is the same unless I have a hot mug of coffee to sip on while I do it. I never feel 'more' awake, I just feel normal after a few mugs.
A shuttle launch is one of those things I always wanted to see, and as a child was always amazed when they'd show it on TV (back when every shuttle launch was special). I'm sure there will be something else to come along,but the image of the shuttle standing there, waiting for launch, is just an amazing sight to me.
That's great and all, but how useful can a display of that size be? Even if they make it like one of those watches with the huge faces, it'll still be tiny for looking at maps or trying to read much info.
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The quickest way to get me off your site/article is by making me watch an ad before the video starts. I don't like watching videos when I could just read an article in general, but something occasionally seems interesting enough that I click play. As soon as I see the 'your video will begin in 15 seconds' or hear some ad start, I close the tab and move on. I understand that ads are needed for some sites to generate revenue, but you've got my attention for _seconds_ so when I have to spend any length of that time watching a commercial I just move on.
I think it can be hard to plan for this far into the future. Look how much the web has changed, and the things we do now with even just HTML and CSS that people back in the beginning probably would never have even considered doing. You build something for your needs and if it works then you are good. Sometimes you don't want to spend time planning it out for the next 5, 10, 20 years because you assume (usually correctly) that what you are writing will be updated long before then and replaced with something else.
Don't we already know that babies can pick out shapes/voices/etc that take computers all sorts of processing power to figure out. Or how we are still trying to refine things like recognizing a face or depth or whatever, when people just 'know'. The brain is still amazing despite all the power computers now have, regardless of human or insect species.
It's certainly a strength to have so many options available for technical users, but normal users get confused by just the few version of Windows out there. Try and explain the various versions/distribution options for Linux and they immediately start thinking how maybe they'll just stick with Windows. I personally love OS X, and even among friends/family who know that and trust me for tech advice, they have a hard time thinking of anything outside Windows/Microsoft. There are lots of reasons why Linux hasn't taken off, but I don't know that I'd call it dead.
I can agree with the complaints about some of this at least. I hate when I go to read an article and instead its a video piece/interview/etc about the topic. I can't just open it and read at my discretion, not to mention how almost every video link seems to start with some commercial. Sure, you need to make money, but you just lost any interest I have. I do fear that this will become what the web is. I also can't be doing much else, I have to stop and engage directly with the video instead of opening interesting sounding articles that I can peruse anytime I want. I suppose I could re-watch the video or pause/rewind/play but that's not what I'm after.
I know companies that don't bother figuring out the 'hidden' cost of keeping their workstations or servers up to date. Then one day they realize they need to upgrade 30+ system all at once for some new piece of software they want. When they can't budget/manage/understand something as straightforward as hardware maintenance and upkeep, how are they going to understand something less physical like software 'debt' or whatever they are labeling it now.
Thank you. I was thinking the same thing. My wife always gets a laugh when some TV show makes some terrible geek stereotype (especially roleplaying games), and I just shake my head and think it's funny how much she gets a kick out of teasing me.
We make stereotyped jokes about rednecks and users and outsourced tech support and whatever the enemy du jour is of the day. It's ok to laugh at ourselves, and realize that people are making the same jokes about geeks that we are about everyone else.
I think the point they are trying to make (and perhaps badly) is that anytime you have to rely on volunteers you have the potential to get bit in the ass. Any volunteer organization or group has this problem, it's not just open source. Churches, after school groups, the Elks, etc. When volunteers are the main way you expect to get support, you are at their whim. This week people are busy, so no one shows up, or the kids have a soccer game, or some new more exciting group has their interest so you lose a few people.
I don't think the idea is that the open source community is going to screw people, but that the idea of expecting volunteers to always be plentiful and useful is a good way to cause yourself problems.
This is an exact copy of what is posted on Amazon, and is the only review there.
Why did it take so long? I don't spend that much time on Facebook, but I know I spend more time than I do searching. I mean, how do you linger for any real length of time in Google? You search and look through the results. Sometimes you look through a few pages, maybe re-work the search a few times, but in the end most of the time spent is on that page you are searching for a link for. Unless this is counting gmail and things like that.
Something about the carpenter's house or the cobbler's kids have no shoes. I work for a computer support company, and this happens to us and everyone else. Backups/patches/etc don't get tended to unless someone up the chain knows how important they are and makes it get done. Even then it's hard to keep on top of _everything_ unless you really have people dedicated to it. It's no surprise, and I don't think it's any reason to be angry. It just shows that they need to get better organized about it like everyone does..
Maybe I'm too geeky, but I have a Mac Mini because it does all the things the Apple TV does, plus more. I guess for a simple consumer device it is more than most people want, but it lets me watch/stream/etc all those things I want it to. And my PS3 does my BluRay as well as DVD so I don't need another disc player. There are so many options out there that I think we are going to see this slowly take over as more viable, but I don't see it taking off over night so much as slowly build.
They mention that in the article, and it makes sense given how controlling Apple/Jobs is about product look and feel. Why spend thousands of man hours researching design if you are just going to gum it up with stickers almost as an afterthought. For the most part I don't mind the Intel sticker, but the rest do bug me. I appreciate my Macbook Pro being clean from the get-go.
I patent the process of locking up my house when I leave? Or maybe the process of how I get out of my car when I go somewhere? Is there really a need/ability to patent this type of thing? And more so why does the patent office still allow it?
I can understand wanting to get an accurate count, since higher numbers could be used as an indicator for partnerships with other companies to say 'see we are serious, now give us some support with your products'. However I expect people will complain, or should, since this is the type of thing that if Microsoft or Apple did there would be shouts of Big Brother and all that. But if they are looking for some useful PR info I don't see a problem, but I'm sure there's a way it _could_ be misused.
So I started reading this, thinking oh this sounds interesting to ponder. And then I got about halfway through the wiki entry and realized, ok no it's not. I learned with two spaces. Let me know when the discussion is done and I'll just do that.
I prefer the stores I can walk into and actually hold the merchandise before I buy, or spend an afternoon wandering the shelves with my (yes, Starbucks) coffee in hand and see topics/books I'd never actually look up in a search engine. They may be overpriced, but I also fall into the 'that looks good I'm going to buy it' frame of mind. Not the 'that looks good, I'm going to go home, order it, wait a couple days, etc' mindset. If I really need a hard book to find, or something more technical, then Amazon is great. But not for when I just want to spend some time in a real book store.
I'm a gamer who grew up with an Atari 400 and an NES and down the line, but I don't really see how this ranks in the importance of things. I've gone back to re-play some of my favorite games and it's just not the same. The memory I have is always better than really playing it again, and no one today cares about how great that original version of Spy Hunter was. Ask your nephew to play and see how he feels about it if you don't believe me.
Troll ahead: There are a lot more important things out there disappearing: cultures, languages, random little insects I've never heard of, etc etc. I'd rather see effort on preserving things like that than how can we keep playing these games in the future. Keep talking about them, document them, tell fun memories of them, but why such a concern about being able to play them?
Sure getting your hand crushed is no fun, but personally I'd rather a good firm handshake than those things where people offer you their fingers and you get some weird loose wrist/finger handshake thing. I try and give a good handshake and instead feel like somehow I violated them. And I mean, the parole officer said I'm not supposed to do that type of thing anymore. You know with the violating. I mean TMI.
I understand why people don't like achievements if they feel that it's a cheat on the devs part to not make a better/longer game. But in general they serve the same purpose as having a score or having individual levels, especially in a sandbox style game like GTA or Crackdown. Did you ever pay attention to your score in Mario Bros? Maybe, but I sure didn't, and I don't feel the need to bitch about it or that people out there liked to try and max it out.
I'm playing Crackdown 2 right now, and there's no reason to go get all 500 agility orbs except for the achievement. You can max out your score way before that, and it probably took all of 5 minutes to add the little bit of code that said 500 = 1 achievement. So it's not like the devs were torn away from real story telling to add it. I do it because I find it fun to run around and explore and have an excuse to keep jumping from building to building. if you don't like it, don't do it.
I was going to say build it too. I built a MAME cabinet as a project, and really you can get away with just building the joystick/button housing if you wanted. It isn't as cheap as some random USB joystick, but so much nicer (and better geek cred if you care). You need to order the controller to handle the input, two joysticks, and a few buttons. It plugs into the PS2 port of the computer I use for handling the MAME software.
This is the book I used for a guide: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780764556166&itm=2
Although throwing in a bit of ADHD or whatever probably messes it up. I drink almost a whole pot of coffee in the morning, mostly because it's a habit. Sitting at the computer, early morning, be it work related or just reading the news on the weekends, never is the same unless I have a hot mug of coffee to sip on while I do it. I never feel 'more' awake, I just feel normal after a few mugs.
A shuttle launch is one of those things I always wanted to see, and as a child was always amazed when they'd show it on TV (back when every shuttle launch was special). I'm sure there will be something else to come along,but the image of the shuttle standing there, waiting for launch, is just an amazing sight to me.
Why not just swallow it then remove it from the toilet, less surgery, and the same damn thing. Just bizarre what people do sometimes.
That's great and all, but how useful can a display of that size be? Even if they make it like one of those watches with the huge faces, it'll still be tiny for looking at maps or trying to read much info.