A key improvement to the root file system and memory management of Vista is a technology called SuperFetch. SuperFetch learns which applications and bits and pieces of the OS you use most and preloads them into memory, so you don't have to wait for a bunch of hard drive paging before your apps or documents load. Microsoft has developed a pretty sophisticated prioritization scheme that can even differentiate which applications you are most likely to use at different times (on the weekend vs. during the week, or late at night vs. in the middle of the afternoon).
Great. My computer needs to make even more assumptions as to what I want to do with it. Is waiting two seconds for MS Word to load really that big of a deal? With today's computers, you can get MS Word to load quicker than you could look up the word shillelagh in an unabridged dictionary.
It'll only take 200 ms for MS Word to load, but you'll have to click 60 things just to search for a file, disable the stupid dog, and wait an hour as it grinds your hard drive (updatedb, Bill?)... If I see another "assistant" in my Operating System, I'm gonna be pissed. I seriously don't need a dog to help me find files. I just want to do what I need to do. I turn on my laptop at work and be on the LAN without Windows popping up a "talk bubble" (because the old alert boxes were inadequate or something) that doesn't go away, telling me there are wireless networks available. Of course, this is after I've ssh'd into a machine and already brought up Slashdot.
The more my OS assumes what I "need" the more stupid it appears.
I like watching DVDs, and I have a great longing for the legendary "Home Theatre" with all the mood lighting, high-lumens projector, eleventy-billion-dot-one surround sound, etc... But, news like this really makes me feel great that I'm a lazy, slow adopter to new technology. Hell, my main TV in my house doesn't even have S-Video. I don't have cable, so all I watch is local broadcast, or DVD's.
Anyway, I laughed at everyone who had problems with their XBOX 360 when it came out, and I'm laughing now at the early HDTV adopters. How many people had to upgrade their DVD burners because of incompatibilites? How many people had to support BlackBerries when they were introduced? (Not me, but I heard many a grumble from my co-workers who had to deal with them.) I can't say I have any patience for early adopters and their complaining. Yes, it sucks to be them, but they also call it "bleeding edge" for a reason.
This site mentions the joint project of the SNES-CDROM unit between Sony and Nintendo was indeed called the Playstaion. This document appears to have been originally written on December 10, 1994.
I find it difficult to believe a settlement was handed over this issue...but I don't doubt the name of their scrapped project.
"Does the fact that he was very careful in making this sign make it art?"
No, it makes it good craftsmanship.
"Can I lovingly craft a standard school issue room number placard and label an unlabled room in the name of art?"
Yes. When something is created, for the purpose of delivering a message, it can be considered art.
I'm sure whoever sketched the first design of the infamous green signs than linger above our interstates considered himself an artist, and his work "art."
No, Back in 1992, I went to the Chicago CES, and
saw a booth with these new digital cassette tapes. The acronym of DCC sounds familiar.
They were pretty much the same dimensions as the
cassette tapes you see today, but they were slightly different...been too long to remember.
Anyway, I took a pair of headphones in their
booth and listened to the "amazing quality" of
these tapes. I took the headphones off, looked
at the representative and said, "Good luck." and
went my way.
That was the last time I heard of that technology.
I'm really sick of the kitchen sink being thrown into everything Microsoft makes, and everything "communicating" with everything else within the entity. Those extras will ultimately become dependencies and good luck finding something that does only what you want, without those things you don't.
Future HomeStation error: "Error: A newer version of Microsoft Word is required for you to listen to this CD."
"I think games can be too violent, but I don't think it really matters that much."
No, it doesn't matter at all. Most people play violent video games for the fantasy of it, and they KNOW it's fantasy. Kids that play quake and shoot their classmates have problems stemmed from something far less trivial then a piece of software. I personally find it very hard to swallow that a video game can do much more than inflict a sore thumb.
Video games are getting more "realistic", but they have a long way until they mirror real life. Kids know the difference between reality and a video game.
Besides parenting, I don't think the parents have much to worry about. When there is a holodeck in every home, we'll have something to fear.
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It'll only take 200 ms for MS Word to load, but you'll have to click 60 things just to search for a file, disable the stupid dog, and wait an hour as it grinds your hard drive (updatedb, Bill?) ... If I see another "assistant" in my Operating System, I'm gonna be pissed. I seriously don't need a dog to help me find files. I just want to do what I need to do. I turn on my laptop at work and be on the LAN without Windows popping up a "talk bubble" (because the old alert boxes were inadequate or something) that doesn't go away, telling me there are wireless networks available. Of course, this is after I've ssh'd into a machine and already brought up Slashdot.
The more my OS assumes what I "need" the more stupid it appears.
I like watching DVDs, and I have a great longing for the legendary "Home Theatre" with all the mood lighting, high-lumens projector, eleventy-billion-dot-one surround sound, etc... But, news like this really makes me feel great that I'm a lazy, slow adopter to new technology. Hell, my main TV in my house doesn't even have S-Video. I don't have cable, so all I watch is local broadcast, or DVD's. Anyway, I laughed at everyone who had problems with their XBOX 360 when it came out, and I'm laughing now at the early HDTV adopters. How many people had to upgrade their DVD burners because of incompatibilites? How many people had to support BlackBerries when they were introduced? (Not me, but I heard many a grumble from my co-workers who had to deal with them.) I can't say I have any patience for early adopters and their complaining. Yes, it sucks to be them, but they also call it "bleeding edge" for a reason.
Could you imagine installing linux via punch cards? Screw that.
Have you ever tried Lynx? Get rid of all your ads in one shot. Why stay half way into the stone age, when you can experience it full-force?
I find it difficult to believe a settlement was handed over this issue...but I don't doubt the name of their scrapped project.
Now, if you and your spouse were 31, 37, 41 or 43 ... I'd be jealous.
No, it makes it good craftsmanship.
"Can I lovingly craft a standard school issue room number placard and label an unlabled room in the name of art?"
Yes. When something is created, for the purpose of delivering a message, it can be considered art.
I'm sure whoever sketched the first design of the infamous green signs than linger above our interstates considered himself an artist, and his work "art."
No, Back in 1992, I went to the Chicago CES, and saw a booth with these new digital cassette tapes. The acronym of DCC sounds familiar. They were pretty much the same dimensions as the cassette tapes you see today, but they were slightly different...been too long to remember. Anyway, I took a pair of headphones in their booth and listened to the "amazing quality" of these tapes. I took the headphones off, looked at the representative and said, "Good luck." and went my way. That was the last time I heard of that technology.
Future HomeStation error: "Error: A newer version of Microsoft Word is required for you to listen to this CD."
I want to know what parent leaves their 10-year old unattended in an arcade.
No, it doesn't matter at all. Most people play violent video games for the fantasy of it, and they KNOW it's fantasy. Kids that play quake and shoot their classmates have problems stemmed from something far less trivial then a piece of software. I personally find it very hard to swallow that a video game can do much more than inflict a sore thumb.
Video games are getting more "realistic", but they have a long way until they mirror real life. Kids know the difference between reality and a video game.
Besides parenting, I don't think the parents have much to worry about. When there is a holodeck in every home, we'll have something to fear.