It doesn't matter if everyone is "lost". It might actually be an advantage.
If a person doesn't know what is going on and doesn't have a favorite system, this person will use whatever is available. In other words, you can replace the entire system and simply tell the person to "click this icon instead of that". Why be worried about re-training someone who isn't trained in the first place?
Since you are saying that Norwegians are as lost as everyone else, you are probably saying that various official offices can change all the software with minor impact on productivity, and with no or little need for teaching people something completely new. Again, they don't know anything, they just click the icons they are told to click.
The problem would be the more tech-savvy people who know what they want and are used to working with a particular system or particular software.
Norway hunts minke whales, which are not threatened by extinction. The hunters have very strict quotas and laws on how hunting is to be carried out. Norway does not hunt the dolphins you are most likely thinking about, although there would be nothing wrong about that. You can't stop hunting an animal just because you think it's cute. You can't force others to stop eating something because you feel sorry for it. That would be fascist thinking.
If Norway has a bad reputation, it is because of lies like yours and fascists who try to force their own views on everyone ("I think it's cute, so you can't kill it for food. If you do, I will make sure you pay.").
And Norway is not doing this to support Linux. They are simply looking for cheaper solutions because they find Microsoft to be an expensive alternative, and they would like the possibility to give others a chance to compete. That's it. It's all about money.
But they kind of complement each other. Google is the one I use most of the time because it does seem to give more relevant results. And it is very fast of course. ATW, on the other hand, frequently gives me more hits on more obscure search terms. Often, if I cannot find something by searching Google, there will be at least a couple of hits at ATW.
Your point being? This isn't about "viewpoints", but about articles the editors find interesting.
You are basically saying that since everyone knows what most Slashdotters' opinion is on a certain matter, the editors should stop posting stories about it?
"You will play me this way or not at all - I will not let you deviate from the designers vision"
With a risk of stating the blatantly obvious, this is exactly what any game is about. The creator of the game creates the limits, and you are stuck within these limits (unless you discover a bug or flaw). If you don't like this, computer games might not be for you...
"at the last minute spit out what is basically Warcraft 2 with some new graphics and a couple new races"
Yeah, and Starcraft is just Warcraft in space. And all RTS games are basically the same. Yeah.
Of course, Warcraft 2 has heroes, four vastly different races, a storyline tying all races together (rather than letting the race you are playing win, depending on which you are playing), etc. etc.
Yeah, Warcraft 3 is just Warcraft 2 in 3D. Like Starcraft was Warcraft in space. Like Total Annihilation is just Command and Conquer with robots. Like every damn RTS game is basically the same game.
So why bother playing games at all? They are all the same. Same old crap.
Sounds like you are trying to use a "non-web" format on the web. Stick to image formats browsers can actually read... TIFF has no place on the web. Bandwidth and all, you know.
Has anyone actually "bombed" Google to get to the top on a useful topic? All the examples of "Google bombing" I've seen have been rather exotic search words, and not really affecting most searches at all.
I mean, if someone manages to get their page on the top if people search for "enigma fetus" (which incidentally gets no hits on Google if searched as an exact string), I don't really see that as a problem. Why should I? It is a useless search, and they can keep it if they want to. It doesn't affect the overall quality of Google at all.
Opera's user base is "limited" because it has been a niche browser for years. Only recently have they started aiming for the mass market, and they apparently get millions of new users every month. Opera went partially from nice to mainstream with Opera 4.0, but the ad-sponsored 5.0 was the real start. With 6.0, it became even more well known because of all the fancy features.
"A good number of years" is only two years in reality. Before that, it wasn't even aimed at mainstream users.
No, Open Source is always alpha software. 1.0 is not supposed to be alpha. 1.0 is released. What is 1.1? Right a bug fix for 1700 bugs that were released in 1.0
No, 1.1 is a version with both bugfixes and new features. But you clearly have not read the story you are replying to. The story says:
"This release has been in the works for almost 2 months now incorporating over 1700 bug fixes and more than a dozen new features."
In case you didn't know, 1.0 was released a week ago. Do you even know what these 1700 bugs were? Do you really think they've done this the last week only? If so, I am extremely impressed with the efficiency of open-source software. It clearly works a lot better than closed-source software, as more bugs are fixed, and they are fixed faster.
Not only that, but the extremely few security holes in Mozilla must mean that they are doing something right. After all, anyone can investigate the code for security flaws.
Draw your own conclusions.
(For the record, I work for a closed-source company and I am not involved in OSS development at all.)
And how on Earth do you know that OSS has more bugs than closed-source software - for example MSIE? You have no way to know that, because their bug count is a secret.
That is typical open source mentality. No O.S. software ever has any bugs because the software is never actually released. Even 1.0s are "alphas".
I know that you are just trolling, but I would like to point out that bugs do exist in alpha software, and are considered as such. In light of this, your comment makes no sense. You are really saying that the term "bugs" is only used for release versions?
Considering your flawed logic in both your comments, perhaps we should conclude that you don't quite know what you are talking about, and are just fighting in the dark, trying to get some nice hits on against OSS, but failing miserably...
You are getting it all wrong. It is MSIE which doesn't do absolute positioning correctly. Browsers like Mozilla and Opera have done it for ages, but MSIE just can't seem to catch up.
You are a "web designer" you say? And you don't even know this? Get a new job, dude:/
If you saw the movie, you also saw that Yoda was challenged to a lightsaber duel. The whole point was that it couldn't be settled with force powers alone. Dooku could have done the same, and you would basically have two lightsabers fighting it out. How fun! Ho-hum.
Did you actually see the movie? The fight scene wasn't that long, and in addition:
Yoda was challenged to a lightsaber duel. So they fought with lightsabers. Don't you remember Dooku saying that they couldn't battle it out using the force?
No, "balance" must mean that the dark side is no more. It is not a balance between the light and dark side, but a balance in the universe, where the light side must rule.
Anakin did restore this balance - when he as Vader killed the emperor and returned to the light.
I've seen the "Lucas has destroyed Star Wars" issue discussed to death in afs. Basically, the only thing which is canon (as in tells the 100% correct story) are the movies. And guess what, the movies are Lucas' own movies, and he has all the right in the world to do as he sees fit. He created the Star Wars universe, and he should please himself first and foremost. If he is not happy with his work, how can he release it?
No, an artist must think of his own needs and do what he feels right. His work - his decision. If Lucas was to listen to fans to get clues on how to do the first trilogy, everything would be a mess. Who should he listen to? When fanfics contradict each other - who should he have followed?
No, it does not make sense. He was correct in disregarding his fans. It is the only way he could create the universe he wanted to see.
Forget about the fanfics, books, games, etc. The only thing which tells the reals story is the series of movies, of which AotC is the second last movie ever. The movies are the only thing cannon, and they are Lucas' work alone. End of story.
As for the duelling scene, I must say that I smiled. I may even have laughed. But I didn't notice, because it was so darn cool. If I laughed, it was because it was so great. It really showed Joda as a true Jedi master. People keep asking how he could go from using a walking stick to bouncing around like that. Well, he was obviously using the force. Why doesn't he do it all the time then? Easy, there are at least three explanations:
Using the Force is draining. Yoda cannot possibly use it all the time. Just look at how exhausted he looks after the fight.
Yoda obviously does not wish to use the Force for his own purpose or his own gain.
By walking around with a stick and generally looking old and tired, his opponents may underestimate him, giving him an element of surprise.
And your CG point is rather ridiculous. There were real actors, but we are in a galaxy far far away, after all. To do what Lucas had envisioned, they used CG. Nothing wrong about that.
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If a person doesn't know what is going on and doesn't have a favorite system, this person will use whatever is available. In other words, you can replace the entire system and simply tell the person to "click this icon instead of that". Why be worried about re-training someone who isn't trained in the first place?
Since you are saying that Norwegians are as lost as everyone else, you are probably saying that various official offices can change all the software with minor impact on productivity, and with no or little need for teaching people something completely new. Again, they don't know anything, they just click the icons they are told to click.
The problem would be the more tech-savvy people who know what they want and are used to working with a particular system or particular software.
If Norway has a bad reputation, it is because of lies like yours and fascists who try to force their own views on everyone ("I think it's cute, so you can't kill it for food. If you do, I will make sure you pay.").
And Norway is not doing this to support Linux. They are simply looking for cheaper solutions because they find Microsoft to be an expensive alternative, and they would like the possibility to give others a chance to compete. That's it. It's all about money.
But they kind of complement each other. Google is the one I use most of the time because it does seem to give more relevant results. And it is very fast of course. ATW, on the other hand, frequently gives me more hits on more obscure search terms. Often, if I cannot find something by searching Google, there will be at least a couple of hits at ATW.
ATW isn't exactly new. The people behind it, FAST, started out in the late 90's. 1997?
People are buying software like Opera for Linux, which is just a regular web browser, so why wouldn't they want to buy other Linux software as well?
Ah, glad I misinterpreted that sentence. Yes, the user should know what kind of data is gathered about him or her and have access to it.
You are basically saying that since everyone knows what most Slashdotters' opinion is on a certain matter, the editors should stop posting stories about it?
Oh, never mind. IHBT again.
Of course, Warcraft 2 has heroes, four vastly different races, a storyline tying all races together (rather than letting the race you are playing win, depending on which you are playing), etc. etc.
Yeah, Warcraft 3 is just Warcraft 2 in 3D. Like Starcraft was Warcraft in space. Like Total Annihilation is just Command and Conquer with robots. Like every damn RTS game is basically the same game.
So why bother playing games at all? They are all the same. Same old crap.
I know, I know. I Have Been Trolled.
Sounds like you are trying to use a "non-web" format on the web. Stick to image formats browsers can actually read... TIFF has no place on the web. Bandwidth and all, you know.
It does not spy on the user either, and plenty of information about this is available at their site and in their newsgroups, where independent individuals have analyzed Opera and found that it does not in fact spy on the user.
Besides, anti-spyware sites claim that Cydoor are no longer into spyware. Not that it matters, since Opera only uses Cydoor's servers to get ads, no software from Cydoor.
And does "Google bombing" really work for normal searches and not just obscure search phrases no one else would use anyway?
I mean, if someone manages to get their page on the top if people search for "enigma fetus" (which incidentally gets no hits on Google if searched as an exact string), I don't really see that as a problem. Why should I? It is a useless search, and they can keep it if they want to. It doesn't affect the overall quality of Google at all.
"A good number of years" is only two years in reality. Before that, it wasn't even aimed at mainstream users.
"This release has been in the works for almost 2 months now incorporating over 1700 bug fixes and more than a dozen new features."
In case you didn't know, 1.0 was released a week ago. Do you even know what these 1700 bugs were? Do you really think they've done this the last week only? If so, I am extremely impressed with the efficiency of open-source software. It clearly works a lot better than closed-source software, as more bugs are fixed, and they are fixed faster.
Not only that, but the extremely few security holes in Mozilla must mean that they are doing something right. After all, anyone can investigate the code for security flaws.
Draw your own conclusions.
(For the record, I work for a closed-source company and I am not involved in OSS development at all.)
And how on Earth do you know that OSS has more bugs than closed-source software - for example MSIE? You have no way to know that, because their bug count is a secret.
I know that you are just trolling, but I would like to point out that bugs do exist in alpha software, and are considered as such. In light of this, your comment makes no sense. You are really saying that the term "bugs" is only used for release versions?Considering your flawed logic in both your comments, perhaps we should conclude that you don't quite know what you are talking about, and are just fighting in the dark, trying to get some nice hits on against OSS, but failing miserably...
You are a "web designer" you say? And you don't even know this? Get a new job, dude :/
Mozilla 1.1 is an alpha, not a final release, though. Are you really saying that Microsoft only release alpha quality software? *grin*
If you saw the movie, you also saw that Yoda was challenged to a lightsaber duel. The whole point was that it couldn't be settled with force powers alone. Dooku could have done the same, and you would basically have two lightsabers fighting it out. How fun! Ho-hum.
Anakin was the chosen one - the one to put balance to the Force. Of course he had to be saved.
Yoda was challenged to a lightsaber duel. So they fought with lightsabers. Don't you remember Dooku saying that they couldn't battle it out using the force?
Yoda is wise. But as he says, the dark side clouds everything.
Anakin did restore this balance - when he as Vader killed the emperor and returned to the light.
Of course, if it makes sense to him, he'll listen. But he is free to do whatever he pleases, since he's the creator of the SW universe.
No, an artist must think of his own needs and do what he feels right. His work - his decision. If Lucas was to listen to fans to get clues on how to do the first trilogy, everything would be a mess. Who should he listen to? When fanfics contradict each other - who should he have followed?
No, it does not make sense. He was correct in disregarding his fans. It is the only way he could create the universe he wanted to see.
Forget about the fanfics, books, games, etc. The only thing which tells the reals story is the series of movies, of which AotC is the second last movie ever. The movies are the only thing cannon, and they are Lucas' work alone. End of story.
As for the duelling scene, I must say that I smiled. I may even have laughed. But I didn't notice, because it was so darn cool. If I laughed, it was because it was so great. It really showed Joda as a true Jedi master. People keep asking how he could go from using a walking stick to bouncing around like that. Well, he was obviously using the force. Why doesn't he do it all the time then? Easy, there are at least three explanations:
And your CG point is rather ridiculous. There were real actors, but we are in a galaxy far far away, after all. To do what Lucas had envisioned, they used CG. Nothing wrong about that.