It has hit a state of complete lack of new ideas, because of laziness.
Windows imitates Macs, Linux imitates Windows (I love my Linux systems, but unfortunately this is the truth), and Apple no reason to innovate MacOS X, because they are already better. At least this is what they think. ^^
In reality though, Linux (or the Linux desktop environments) could shine more than anything else. Because its openness allows for things that just arent possible with commercial applications. What I mean is how Linux works on the shell: You can combine and recombine all your small tools, using the file system, and small scripts, piping data, etc. Now imagine this for the desktop. Imagine that all the functions you can reach trough all the apps of your GUI desktop, were not one application, but small, fast, little widgets and tools. Then add a set of view and control apps to it. In a way it would be like the extensions of firefox combined with a photohshop without the main window. You could endlessly recombine the tools from one package with that from another one, and use a document viewer/controller from a third package. (Where "package" would be, what we call apps today.)
Imagine taking the brush from photoshop, and the formula renderer from your calculator, and paint the formula into an arbitrary document. Things like that. Interoperability would work trough standardized data structures (think xml or ebml chunks/streams with mime type headers).
And this is only one idea. You see, GUIs still have a long way to go, to get even close to optimal efficiency (where "efficiency" is power multiplied with simplicity).:)
And as you also see, shiny but pointless 3D desktops are more likely the opposite of this efficiency.
On the other hand, what do you expect them to use? If I would create an application that has to have some web services, and I happen to have web services (which I obviously find to be the best), of course I would use them.:)
The problem is not what they use, but that what they use is itself designed to be evil.
Or would you expect Google to use a competitor's search engine in YouTube?
Are you that badly informed, or just that unfunny?
There are giant amounts of particles with way higher speeds colliding with our atmosphere all the time, creating the same type of black holes. The type that is apparently so unstable, that all those particles did not create one single black hole that are us all. Go figure.
And try to not get your "knowledge" from the loudest and dumbest of all people.
But if you remove the large breaking block from the emergency exit tubes (the ones where the matter is sent to when something goes wrong. I don't know their name.), you can do this: http://xkcd.com/401/
Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one. Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents? Narrator: You wouldn't believe. Business woman on plane: Which car company do you work for? Narrator: A major one.
Yeah. The employee that is completely unrelated and is just a scapegoat. While the real person responsible for it will get a raise for finding that scapegoat.
The idea in itself is great, and what I always said. The only problem is, that their prices are not from this world.
They absolutely and without discussion need some proper pre-buyer pricing acceptance feedback.
What I recommend, is asking the user, what he would like to pay. And only showing the price you want, after they chose their price. Then when their pricing is above it, you say that they can get it cheaper, and when it is below it, you say that you're sorry, but that you do not want do give that away for that price. This way you get instant feedback and a free survey. Also people feel involved.
Then you change the prices to the value, where "price * people who want to buy at that price" is maximized, and send anyone who did not buy but might now, a little note about the change in price. Make it clear that the price fell because of their feedback.
Ok, the only problem with this would be, that it could be manipulated, because the people could give more than one vote, or might not be honest in the first place.
Anyone got a real solution for this? (I bet there is a solution that you learn when you study economics & co. Which I never did.)
Not dummies. Actors! In Münster in Germany, there is a nice teaching hospital, that has nothing but actors as patients. The actors can simulate many many things, and they rate the doctors and nurses's behavior, friendliness, etc.
From a reportage that my brother did, I know that they are very successful. Patients feel much better treated by people coming from this training.
Of course, operations are not performed on them. ^^ But small things that are done without narcosis can also be simulated with tricks.
...the epicenter of the quake is *inside* the ring? Imagine a future skyscraper with a huge base and this installed. Now imagine a quake in the middle of that protective ring. Would the waves reflect off the inside, ripping the building apart in seconds?
That would be one giant nelson munz "haah-haaah" moment. (Except for the people in the building!!)
What you forget, is that that much optimizing of the code, takes a multiple of the time, that the whole game making usually takes. Also, you would have to do it after the playtesting, because much changes there, and you can't possibly debug that ultra-dense code. I think working with some real designers, who are no programmers, would be very hard too. If you find a million people wanting to pay for that extra work, I can find you the developers do to it.:)
Also because you do not want to generate all the textures and models, every time you start the game, you would have to store them on the HDD, making the small file size a bit pointless.
About the file size: I don't think anybody cares for the size. I downloaded a 33 GB torrent (65 GB unpacked) a week ago.
Also, you should not say that forbidden word that starts with "o" and ends with "f". It's like NI, but worse. (*tries to cover up the missing word in his original post*)
A) Ok. I believe that. Because Microsoft is such a trustworthy and all around nice company.
B) "Whenever a controversial law is proposed, and its supporters, when confronted with an egregious abuse it would permit, use a phrase along the lines of 'Perhaps in theory, but the law would never be applied in that way' - they're lying. They intend to use the law that way as early and as often as possible." -- meringuoid (568297) @ 2005-11-24 16:40 (#14107454)
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Hahaha. OS tech has hit maturity?? Far from it!
It has hit a state of complete lack of new ideas, because of laziness.
Windows imitates Macs, Linux imitates Windows (I love my Linux systems, but unfortunately this is the truth), and Apple no reason to innovate MacOS X, because they are already better. At least this is what they think. ^^
In reality though, Linux (or the Linux desktop environments) could shine more than anything else. Because its openness allows for things that just arent possible with commercial applications.
What I mean is how Linux works on the shell: You can combine and recombine all your small tools, using the file system, and small scripts, piping data, etc.
Now imagine this for the desktop. Imagine that all the functions you can reach trough all the apps of your GUI desktop, were not one application, but small, fast, little widgets and tools. Then add a set of view and control apps to it. In a way it would be like the extensions of firefox combined with a photohshop without the main window.
You could endlessly recombine the tools from one package with that from another one, and use a document viewer/controller from a third package. (Where "package" would be, what we call apps today.)
Imagine taking the brush from photoshop, and the formula renderer from your calculator, and paint the formula into an arbitrary document. Things like that.
Interoperability would work trough standardized data structures (think xml or ebml chunks/streams with mime type headers).
And this is only one idea. :)
You see, GUIs still have a long way to go, to get even close to optimal efficiency (where "efficiency" is power multiplied with simplicity).
And as you also see, shiny but pointless 3D desktops are more likely the opposite of this efficiency.
Hey, I like the depth and thoroughness of your arguments. With such a solid and trustworthy reasoning, nobody can doubt you!
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOCATXK.
On the other hand, what do you expect them to use? If I would create an application that has to have some web services, and I happen to have web services (which I obviously find to be the best), of course I would use them. :)
The problem is not what they use, but that what they use is itself designed to be evil.
Or would you expect Google to use a competitor's search engine in YouTube?
Are you that badly informed, or just that unfunny?
There are giant amounts of particles with way higher speeds colliding with our atmosphere all the time, creating the same type of black holes.
The type that is apparently so unstable, that all those particles did not create one single black hole that are us all.
Go figure.
And try to not get your "knowledge" from the loudest and dumbest of all people.
But if you remove the large breaking block from the emergency exit tubes (the ones where the matter is sent to when something goes wrong. I don't know their name.), you can do this: http://xkcd.com/401/
Bah. Noob. Put the entire pain series in there.
Oh, and prepare for all your data being lost. *whoops*
If you take that recording, and show it around, you have violated the privacy of the recorded people.
If you then go out to show everyone the "privacy violations, you *recorded*, you haven't understood anything.
Only in the UK, where cameras already start to be seen as something "normal", can someone have such a huge discrepancy in logic.
Reminds me of Fight Club:
Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
Narrator: You wouldn't believe.
Business woman on plane: Which car company do you work for?
Narrator: A major one.
Yeah. The employee that is completely unrelated and is just a scapegoat. While the real person responsible for it will get a raise for finding that scapegoat.
No. It should be recommended.
One week, and all the sniffers would be gone trough natural selection. :P
The idea in itself is great, and what I always said. The only problem is, that their prices are not from this world.
They absolutely and without discussion need some proper pre-buyer pricing acceptance feedback.
What I recommend, is asking the user, what he would like to pay. And only showing the price you want, after they chose their price. Then when their pricing is above it, you say that they can get it cheaper, and when it is below it, you say that you're sorry, but that you do not want do give that away for that price.
This way you get instant feedback and a free survey. Also people feel involved.
Then you change the prices to the value, where "price * people who want to buy at that price" is maximized, and send anyone who did not buy but might now, a little note about the change in price. Make it clear that the price fell because of their feedback.
Ok, the only problem with this would be, that it could be manipulated, because the people could give more than one vote, or might not be honest in the first place.
Anyone got a real solution for this? (I bet there is a solution that you learn when you study economics & co. Which I never did.)
Well, *now* (s)he's a girl. ^^
Girls in school hand-assembling code... ...only in your dreams, my friend! Only in your dreams...
Ooops! I meant 10 years for CD-RWs! Not 20.
is the impossible task to map yo momma! :P
In a country? With that much cash, you can have your own country. With blackjack. And hookers!
Aaand a huge military, making the country survive in the first place.
Just be sure to transform all that money into gold. Because it will be worth shit, when nobody accepts it anymore.
Naaah. Then I don't want it! Not shitty enough.
P.S.: How about using the "output" of all those cows for energy generation trough "biogas" and burning(?) "biomass"?
No. You go there with imaginary diseases. ^^
Not dummies. Actors! In Münster in Germany, there is a nice teaching hospital, that has nothing but actors as patients. The actors can simulate many many things, and they rate the doctors and nurses's behavior, friendliness, etc.
From a reportage that my brother did, I know that they are very successful. Patients feel much better treated by people coming from this training.
Of course, operations are not performed on them. ^^ But small things that are done without narcosis can also be simulated with tricks.
...the epicenter of the quake is *inside* the ring? Imagine a future skyscraper with a huge base and this installed.
Now imagine a quake in the middle of that protective ring. Would the waves reflect off the inside, ripping the building apart in seconds?
That would be one giant nelson munz "haah-haaah" moment. (Except for the people in the building!!)
Oh and preventing! Don't tell me about preventing!
Try to find one single doctor who will without asking tell you how to prevent what you got, and what the external (!) source is! I dare you!
Because I can't find one.
But the cramming rises the price drastically. So you have to find a balance. Which, except for rare cases, means next to no cramming.
What you forget, is that that much optimizing of the code, takes a multiple of the time, that the whole game making usually takes. Also, you would have to do it after the playtesting, because much changes there, and you can't possibly debug that ultra-dense code. I think working with some real designers, who are no programmers, would be very hard too. :)
If you find a million people wanting to pay for that extra work, I can find you the developers do to it.
Also because you do not want to generate all the textures and models, every time you start the game, you would have to store them on the HDD, making the small file size a bit pointless.
About the file size: I don't think anybody cares for the size. I downloaded a 33 GB torrent (65 GB unpacked) a week ago.
Also, you should not say that forbidden word that starts with "o" and ends with "f". It's like NI, but worse. (*tries to cover up the missing word in his original post*)
Our rain is made out donuts too.
*continues eating his ice cream like a chameleon* *slurp*
A) Ok. I believe that. Because Microsoft is such a trustworthy and all around nice company.
B) "Whenever a controversial law is proposed, and its supporters, when confronted with an egregious abuse it would permit, use a phrase along the lines of 'Perhaps in theory, but the law would never be applied in that way' - they're lying. They intend to use the law that way as early and as often as possible."
-- meringuoid (568297) @ 2005-11-24 16:40 (#14107454)
C) Microsoft employees? On my Slashdot?? ;)