Yes. These are clueless journalists. But they make lots of noise and get attention from CEOs and CIOs. Source quality means nothing when media makes noise!
Indeed. Motorola has to have the worst, most counter-intuitive user interface among all cell phones in the market: (1) Motorola insists to use serif fonts for display, even though most LCDs they use have low resolution (see the T-90, for example); (2) icons used for menu navigation are counter-intuitive; (3) keypad responsiveness is generally low.
Feels like their UI team is the same that created the Microtac and other very old models and they were forced into a new paradigm. Just like the first attempts of Cobol programmers into Java: it works, at great expense of user experience.
I personally thought that Zelda had "dumbed down". But I wonder why I hadnt thought the same for the Final Fantasy X and VIII. Maybe it was due to the glossy, colorful grahpics on Zelda.
Hah! Carbon paper is not trivial to find but you still can find some. Try finding ink ribbons (is this the way that is said in English?) for a 1964 Olivetti (italian) typewriter!
Here in Sao Paulo, we had a massive power outage that threw into darkness almost half of the country. It was caused by a overload in a mid-sized substation that triggered a sequence of automatic safety shutdowns systemwide, just like that Accord ad.
Back then (2000, I guess), the world was much less paranoid and we couldn't even imagine that was caused to sabotage or terrorrism.
Instead, we thought that the world was about to end....
No, its not. Its their web site. Until you sign a contract with them saying otherwise, they get to set the rules, and they get to decide who plays.
I really do not see the distinction between a privately-owned company and the government, based on what you said...
As a consumer, there is a contract binding the parties and describing desired behaviour. As a citizen, there is yet another contract (constitution, civil law, etc) that bind the parties and still describe the desired behaviour.
The problem with censorship is not ownership, but a matter of principle, since censorship basically restrains the ability to express one's thought.
And since corporate principles are spreading into the government arena, the idea of having to leave the country whenever its rules are not good to me is just plain worrisome: the thing I object the most is how the decision to kill profiles was taken without discussion or any consideration to their users. Sure, corporations can do that. Now, governments can do that (since 9/11). Does the concept of a dictatorship become more palatable when the country is run under corporate principles? I do not think so.
This sounds to be the most reasonable explanation so far, unless the AVS recording technology gets exported. If they manage to control this as well, then... media-format-censorship is born! (which might be more cost effective than censoring content)
...till the US government imposes export restrictions on that powerful piece of hardware genius, the Apple ][, now that it will be able to do TCP/IP, and now might be seriously considered by vicious terrorists....
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Yes. These are clueless journalists. But they make lots of noise and get attention from CEOs and CIOs. Source quality means nothing when media makes noise!
en: SELECT users WHERE clue > 0 ORDER BY clue ASC; pt-br: SELECIONE usuarios QUE TENHAM pista > 0 ORDENE POR pista > 0 ASC; awww... looks awful!
I just hope they do not use the default Swing look for cellphone UIs.
Feels like their UI team is the same that created the Microtac and other very old models and they were forced into a new paradigm. Just like the first attempts of Cobol programmers into Java: it works, at great expense of user experience.
I personally thought that Zelda had "dumbed down". But I wonder why I hadnt thought the same for the Final Fantasy X and VIII. Maybe it was due to the glossy, colorful grahpics on Zelda.
Oh, sure! Pick one: Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, McDonald's, Pepsi, Accenture, Ferrarri, Slashdot, zanderredux, etc.
Or even running spreadsheets, handling word documents or even a good Quake session. They give absolutely no guarantees!
Not only different, but potentially every single rewrite would be entirely different.
Hah! Carbon paper is not trivial to find but you still can find some. Try finding ink ribbons (is this the way that is said in English?) for a 1964 Olivetti (italian) typewriter!
I guess you're right. We're going to get sources with documentation and/or comments written in broken English or, horrors, in Chinese...
Have you ever heard of format filtering? D'Oh!
Back then (2000, I guess), the world was much less paranoid and we couldn't even imagine that was caused to sabotage or terrorrism.
Instead, we thought that the world was about to end....
There will be an Xbox2?
I am only asking for a RPN calculator! Is this too much to ask????
Have you considered DNA fingerprinting? Oh, wait...
I really do not see the distinction between a privately-owned company and the government, based on what you said...
As a consumer, there is a contract binding the parties and describing desired behaviour. As a citizen, there is yet another contract (constitution, civil law, etc) that bind the parties and still describe the desired behaviour.
The problem with censorship is not ownership, but a matter of principle, since censorship basically restrains the ability to express one's thought.
And since corporate principles are spreading into the government arena, the idea of having to leave the country whenever its rules are not good to me is just plain worrisome: the thing I object the most is how the decision to kill profiles was taken without discussion or any consideration to their users. Sure, corporations can do that. Now, governments can do that (since 9/11). Does the concept of a dictatorship become more palatable when the country is run under corporate principles? I do not think so.
Prodigy dial-up? Don't forget the long gone Winsock thingies!
And the room temperature will climb to 100 F in 5 secs! Great buy for harsh winters!
I think that product would be a hit. Would you like to distribute that pill in Brazil? If so, send me an e-mail!!!!!
This sounds to be the most reasonable explanation so far, unless the AVS recording technology gets exported. If they manage to control this as well, then... media-format-censorship is born! (which might be more cost effective than censoring content)
or... the chinese refuse to learn english and want the world to learn it!
One that is based on fear. CEOs now capitalize on fear insted of benefits.
...till the US government imposes export restrictions on that powerful piece of hardware genius, the Apple ][, now that it will be able to do TCP/IP, and now might be seriously considered by vicious terrorists....
Yeah! Minimize and maximize keys! And a pair jog dial buttons, each one on each side of the keyboard, so we can easily switch windows!
Gimme my book!