Can you imagine if your lifestyle agent got a virus?
Suddenly you come home and find 8000 pieces of French Toast on the floor (all cut neatly into quadrangles), your cat has been painted green and yellow, and you are now the proud owner of every pay-per-view movie every listed!
No thanks, I'll just check the weather online instead.
Darn, Mac missed a chance to start off a new line of hyper-cute with some quality components.
Where are the crazy features? How about four little feet that walk around to amuse the user? Or a spout that collects humidity to make a wicked glass of iced tea every few hours?
"It is now a little over 6 years since everybody and his mom began switching to what you now think of as the ubiquitous "Windows GUI"."
Your statement is correct, but you missed the point. Everybody's mom started using a PC when it became easy to use...ala Windows. DOS was cold and dead and confusing, Windows was pretty and colorful and had icons that made sense to a newbie.
If you want to be successful in life, be the middleman. Start off with something similar, allow everyone to shift over comfortably, THEN subtly change things to fit your grand vision.
Linux should take a page from Apple. They put out a little ad booklet in Time (and elsewhere) and devoted 2 pages to dispelling myths. They didn't use cyberspeak either. They just gave some very real questions ("Everyone uses Windows" for example) and answered them. It was a great piece of PR. Linux could learn something from it...
I know that Linux has some decent GUI's available, but I would wager that the final push needed to get it more mainstream is for someone to make a GUI that looks 95% like Windows GUI.
Don't complain, don't tell me that Linux GUI's are better. That's a moot point. We're talking about end users who just want to sit down and work with a minimal amount of retraining and confusion.
IT departments can be as smart and savvy as they want to be, but in the end it comes down to simplicity for the end user. Make that and Linux will have a much better chance. When no one notices that they're using Linux, you have succeeded.
Speaking of Capture the Flag, you can't beat that old PC version (not the quake mod) from around 1991. You could run and explore and capture the opponent.
The only bad part was having to leave the room for your opponent to make his turn. But that's what the Super Nintendo was for;)
"encourage maximum disclosure of patents that might prevent a W3C Recommendation from being implemented on a Royalty-Free basis"
So basically they're saying "pretty please tell us about your patent that might ruin our scheme so we can have enough time to prepare to defeat your patent."
Man, this is a perfect time to buy stock in that Lawyers Mutual Fund.
If such a fund did exist, it would be skyrocketing every day of the week. Hey Vanguard, you listening?
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Well that certainly sucks. Like you, I disagreed with the BSA's statement. But sadly, I also feel that it is a wonderful organization that I can personally say I learned a lot from. It's unfortunate to see a good premise ruined by a handful of upper management, but I suppose that every major organization (govt's included) is apt to suffer at the hands of a very small governing power. When stuck between a rock (public outcry) and a hard place (churches' whims that dictated funding), they went with a decision that didn't jeopardize their financial wellbeing. To do otherwise would have been swept up as a weak face-saving manuever resulting in the BSA likely dissolving in the months that follow as its entire organization was thrown into disarray.
How my original post was a troll is beyond me. I guess it threatened some moderator's thought process. I was attempting to point out that perhaps the wrong target was fingered and paid the price. If you disagree with Saturn's policies, is it better to attack Saturn or attack the major automotive corporation behind it that sets those policies?
Proof positive that a company who is kind to its customers, values their feedback, and is based on a user-friendly GUI can actually succeed.
Chalk one up for TiVo's continued lifespan.
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And even worse, our lawsuit-frightened society grows more sickeningly politically-correct every moment, which only squashes the few good organizations that still exist.
I will personally name Boy Scouting of America as an example here. After booting an openly homosexual male from its leadership ranks, hell fire was rained down upon BSA from the media. Cast aside immeadiately was the immeasurable good that it does for our nation's youth, and in very few articles did anyone read that one of the main reasons behind the BSA's decision was the fact that it gets a very large portion of its (free) meeting-spaces and local donations from three major religions that weren't keen on the issue.
The point is that unless we start electing a new batch of judges in this country that start levying fines on frivolous lawsuits, our society will continue to grow more and more detached as it walls itself off from the "danger" of talking to strangers.
That's all well and good for free speech, but these stories always make me wish I had a piece of the Domain Name sales pie. The # of people that actually visit these X-sucks.com sites is slim to nil. Feel free to spend the money, I guess.
In a perfect world, Zim would be picked up and added to Cartoon Network, who would then play an Adult Swim block every night.
In an even more perfect world they would also pick up and renew The Critic, then steal Family Guy and Futurama from Fox and give them slots where they have a chance at getting eyeballs and ratings.
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Can you imagine if your lifestyle agent got a virus?
Suddenly you come home and find 8000 pieces of French Toast on the floor (all cut neatly into quadrangles), your cat has been painted green and yellow, and you are now the proud owner of every pay-per-view movie every listed!
No thanks, I'll just check the weather online instead.
"I guess it's the good time to report all bugs we don't want to see in the final version.
No, it's time for you to report all the bugs that shouldn't be in my final version. Now get back to work testing my future software.
Linux World? That's a little ambitious, isn't it?
LinuxCity is more realistic. Or maybe they could stretch it to LinuxState at the max...
Darn, Mac missed a chance to start off a new line of hyper-cute with some quality components.
Where are the crazy features? How about four little feet that walk around to amuse the user? Or a spout that collects humidity to make a wicked glass of iced tea every few hours?
Someone wake me when those lazy scientists finally stop slacking and invent what I really want: A tiny computer I can just wedge into my skin!
I'd also like to use my hand as a telephone, so keep that in mind too, scientists.
Hurray! I'll be getting 10% less spam! Man, does anyone have a pen I can borrow to cronicle this grand day?
No, more like the chickens looking after the chickens. One doesn't watch, the other doesn't care.
"It is now a little over 6 years since everybody and his mom began switching to what you now think of as the ubiquitous "Windows GUI"."
Your statement is correct, but you missed the point. Everybody's mom started using a PC when it became easy to use...ala Windows. DOS was cold and dead and confusing, Windows was pretty and colorful and had icons that made sense to a newbie.
If you want to be successful in life, be the middleman. Start off with something similar, allow everyone to shift over comfortably, THEN subtly change things to fit your grand vision.
Linux should take a page from Apple. They put out a little ad booklet in Time (and elsewhere) and devoted 2 pages to dispelling myths. They didn't use cyberspeak either. They just gave some very real questions ("Everyone uses Windows" for example) and answered them. It was a great piece of PR. Linux could learn something from it...
I know that Linux has some decent GUI's available, but I would wager that the final push needed to get it more mainstream is for someone to make a GUI that looks 95% like Windows GUI.
Don't complain, don't tell me that Linux GUI's are better. That's a moot point. We're talking about end users who just want to sit down and work with a minimal amount of retraining and confusion.
IT departments can be as smart and savvy as they want to be, but in the end it comes down to simplicity for the end user. Make that and Linux will have a much better chance. When no one notices that they're using Linux, you have succeeded.
Speaking of Capture the Flag, you can't beat that old PC version (not the quake mod) from around 1991. You could run and explore and capture the opponent.
;)
The only bad part was having to leave the room for your opponent to make his turn. But that's what the Super Nintendo was for
"encourage maximum disclosure of patents that might prevent a W3C Recommendation from being implemented on a Royalty-Free basis"
So basically they're saying "pretty please tell us about your patent that might ruin our scheme so we can have enough time to prepare to defeat your patent."
Sure, that'll work.
This is a tough one...how do you choose between covering your own ass and covering the ass of your company? Which one is more important to you?
Gee, a place to load up on caffeine and get on a pay-per-use PC to play Quake...
What, is that not a good idea after all?
Man, this is a perfect time to buy stock in that Lawyers Mutual Fund.
If such a fund did exist, it would be skyrocketing every day of the week. Hey Vanguard, you listening?
Well that certainly sucks. Like you, I disagreed with the BSA's statement. But sadly, I also feel that it is a wonderful organization that I can personally say I learned a lot from. It's unfortunate to see a good premise ruined by a handful of upper management, but I suppose that every major organization (govt's included) is apt to suffer at the hands of a very small governing power. When stuck between a rock (public outcry) and a hard place (churches' whims that dictated funding), they went with a decision that didn't jeopardize their financial wellbeing. To do otherwise would have been swept up as a weak face-saving manuever resulting in the BSA likely dissolving in the months that follow as its entire organization was thrown into disarray. How my original post was a troll is beyond me. I guess it threatened some moderator's thought process. I was attempting to point out that perhaps the wrong target was fingered and paid the price. If you disagree with Saturn's policies, is it better to attack Saturn or attack the major automotive corporation behind it that sets those policies?
Proof positive that a company who is kind to its customers, values their feedback, and is based on a user-friendly GUI can actually succeed.
Chalk one up for TiVo's continued lifespan.
And even worse, our lawsuit-frightened society grows more sickeningly politically-correct every moment, which only squashes the few good organizations that still exist.
I will personally name Boy Scouting of America as an example here. After booting an openly homosexual male from its leadership ranks, hell fire was rained down upon BSA from the media. Cast aside immeadiately was the immeasurable good that it does for our nation's youth, and in very few articles did anyone read that one of the main reasons behind the BSA's decision was the fact that it gets a very large portion of its (free) meeting-spaces and local donations from three major religions that weren't keen on the issue.
The point is that unless we start electing a new batch of judges in this country that start levying fines on frivolous lawsuits, our society will continue to grow more and more detached as it walls itself off from the "danger" of talking to strangers.
And that's just sad.
That's all well and good for free speech, but these stories always make me wish I had a piece of the Domain Name sales pie. The # of people that actually visit these X-sucks.com sites is slim to nil. Feel free to spend the money, I guess.
Sounds like the early history of the Borg to me...does anyone have a really impossible logic puzzle to ask it just in case?
Help! My shoes have a virus and my jacket just got caught in a nonzero loop!
If you're seriously comparing KaZaa and BearShare, you have a lot of learning to do.
Start with "SpyWare Tracking for Dummies" and then move on to "Why a File-Sharing Service with 1000 Times More Content is Better."
And like most technologies, the first mainstream use will quickly turn into spam.
Just like searching for "Middle East" will get you pr0n, you'll get ads for restaurants 30 miles away.
In a perfect world, Zim would be picked up and added to Cartoon Network, who would then play an Adult Swim block every night.
In an even more perfect world they would also pick up and renew The Critic, then steal Family Guy and Futurama from Fox and give them slots where they have a chance at getting eyeballs and ratings.
In a perfect world...
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