Now, I haven't used Yahoo in years... but let me just say:
I much rather a small set of good results than a large set of bad ones. As a matter of fact, I much rather a small set of bad results than a large set of bad results. I use search engines to answer questions and provide information, not to wade through huge piles of noise. The number of results returned is a terrible measure of search engine quality.
Interesting fact (or an interesting idea that was conveyed to me as a fact):
The decision to travel (originally by horse) on the right-hand side of the road was made as a gesture of peace. The right hand is the sword hand; traveling on the right-hand side of the road ensures that opposing traffic has their weapons furthest from each other.
Product activation exists to make Windows (slightly) more difficult to pirate. WGA exists to warn consumers if they have bought a computer packaged with an illegal copy of Windows from an unscrupulous salesperson.
That said, an unscrupulous salesperson could probably implement someway to bypass the WGA test easily as well.
I'd assume Microsoft doesn't care if Wine is considered genuine or not. It can certainly be annoying for legitimate Windows users, so I would assume the test errors on the side of not-hassling the user.
That said, I wish it would go away. It is annoying extra step on the rare occasions that I do have 2 deal with it.
"These findings could be used to help develop or improve devices that help paralyzed people communicate through measurements of their brain activity."
A natural extension of that would be to enable people to control prostetic limbs with their mind.
But, I'm confused... If I had a universal mind reading machine, instead of using it to enable me to move, I would use it to frag people without lifting a finger!
Although the article is slashdoted, I can speculate on this from the other comments I have read and my knowledge from my 3d graphics engine hobby programming.
As I understand it, OpenGL applications will be implemented through D3D when AeroGlass is running. Since AeroGlass is based on D3D, it is impossible for OpenGL to co-exist in the D3D composited desktop... however..
OpenGL-based applications will still work exactly as they used to in fullscreen mode!
That said, it would be nice to see the OpenGL->D3D conversion layer support extensions and more advanced OpenGL functionality. I'd assume if Cedega can implement D3D9 with OpenGL, Microsoft can implement OpenGL with D3D.
It's not "No, you can't spend any time with your father today!" it's "Please don't interupt Daddy while he is working". If it doesn't bother you and she can remain calm, let her come sit and play with her dolls or something in the room with you while you work. Or, tell her that she can see you when you are done working and during lunch and that you will take a few breaks here and there to come spend time with her.
Having to spank your kid sucks, but after a few times. SHE WILL STOP DOING WHATEVER IT IS THAT GETS HER SPANKED. And then you won't have to do it any more.
"I don't really enjoy spanking her", "a lot easier to" and "given up" are all phrases that further indicate that you are weak.
"Every moment they sit without units on the shelves gives MS the chance to release the next Halo"
As I understand it, Halo 3 is scheduled to be released at practically the same time as the PS3.
From IGN:
"Capitalizing on the blockbuster FPS from Bungie, Microsoft is planning its third edition in the epic series as a full-fledged next-gen title, to be released in time to compete with the release of the rival PlayStation 3 system -- day and date, Sony will be facing with its new system the release of one of the most anticipated games of the next-gen system wars. Further info is being kept secret by Microsoft and developer Bungie."
I'm guessing your post was intended as a joke, but I'll bite:
Clearly, some one is available to watch your kid while you go to work. So, why can't you go in your office at home, lock the door, and pretend your kid isn't even there?
I'd imagine if your 4 year old wanted to play GTA, you would buy it for him?
You are weak.
Re:$60 Games will make me rent from now on.
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In a word: Yes.
Halo 1 does not allow online play. It does, however, support 4 players on a single box and up to 16 players with 4 Xboxes via system link. There are Xbox system link tunneling tools that enable emulation of a system link online, but introduce latency that the Halo networking code chokes to death on.
Halo 1 was popular because it was just so much damn fun to play in any sort of multiplayer fasion (1 on 1 or 8 on 8, it is all great). Multiplayer has been around far longer than internet play.
That said: online play is a great help for people sans real friends to play with.
I don't know if you did it intentionally, subliminally, or completely by accident... but you neglected to explicitiyl state that FireFox also fails the test, although you implied it by being unaware of FireFox passing it.
FireFox FAILS THE ACID TEST.
Although it certainly fails less severely than IE, it still fails.
The bias on/. is increadable...This article was posted (not necessarily written) for no reason other than to attack Microsoft. The title lists "bugs" before "reviews". Can we please at least eliminate the bias in the TITLE? Then we can work on careful phrasing to avoid bias interpretations.
My sig clearly states that I _don't hate_ Microsoft, not that I love them. I often take Microsoft's side purely to play devil's advocate. Try to see both sides and carefully consider phrasing to ensure an objective point of view.
Here I am playing GTA:SA like a sucker! Just a single sex scene? Ha! Where can I get a copy of GTA:XXX? And, will it be AO? Will that be a problem for me? I'm only 6.;-)
I have a a gig of RAM and a 60 gig 7200 rpm HDD in my laptop. Returning from hibernate takes no more than 10 seconds on average (I often watch a clock). The time required does in fact increase to nearly a minute if I hibernate when A LOT of resource intensive applications are open (as tends to happen when developing a 3D engine during class).
As stated in my sig, I don't hate Microsoft. Initially, I was shocked by this/. article, but after a little bit of thought, I could see this as being a very reasonable change.
Hear me out...
Microsoft buys Claria/Gator/whatever-it-is. Microsoft shuts down the server that collected the stollen customer information. The "spy" part of the spyware is now completely harmless. Additionally, Microsoft may have examined the source code and discovered that it's installation makes some change to Windows that may be dangerous to undo. An ad-supported application could cease to function, or worse.
As this spyware is effectively no longer spying, it is less of a threat and removal of it could be potentially problematic, so the default should be the safest choice: ignore.
I may be wrong, but I think this is a perfectly logical and moral change.
My proposed answer to the question of whether or not a single app can be ideal for both blind and sighted users is simply a no, but that doesn't mean that the Model/View pattern couldn't be employed...
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Now, I haven't used Yahoo in years... but let me just say:
I much rather a small set of good results than a large set of bad ones. As a matter of fact, I much rather a small set of bad results than a large set of bad results. I use search engines to answer questions and provide information, not to wade through huge piles of noise. The number of results returned is a terrible measure of search engine quality.
I would like to see a signal to noise ratio.
I've actually found that post-SP2 the number of people calling me with issues has substantially dropped.
Although. it might have something to do with my new payment policy: $40/hr or sexual favors of equal or greater value.
You must not be American. The rest of the world measures gas consumption in Kazaa PlayLists
Interesting fact (or an interesting idea that was conveyed to me as a fact):
The decision to travel (originally by horse) on the right-hand side of the road was made as a gesture of peace. The right hand is the sword hand; traveling on the right-hand side of the road ensures that opposing traffic has their weapons furthest from each other.
Definitely read/skim the SDK User's Guide http://dl.alphaworks.ibm.com/technologies/uima/UIM A_SDK_Users_Guide_Reference.pdf
The annotator premise is almost too simple; it's brilliant.
Product activation exists to make Windows (slightly) more difficult to pirate. WGA exists to warn consumers if they have bought a computer packaged with an illegal copy of Windows from an unscrupulous salesperson.
That said, an unscrupulous salesperson could probably implement someway to bypass the WGA test easily as well.
I'd assume Microsoft doesn't care if Wine is considered genuine or not. It can certainly be annoying for legitimate Windows users, so I would assume the test errors on the side of not-hassling the user.
That said, I wish it would go away. It is annoying extra step on the rare occasions that I do have 2 deal with it.
"These findings could be used to help develop or improve devices that help paralyzed people communicate through measurements of their brain activity."
A natural extension of that would be to enable people to control prostetic limbs with their mind.
But, I'm confused... If I had a universal mind reading machine, instead of using it to enable me to move, I would use it to frag people without lifting a finger!
Although the article is slashdoted, I can speculate on this from the other comments I have read and my knowledge from my 3d graphics engine hobby programming.
As I understand it, OpenGL applications will be implemented through D3D when AeroGlass is running. Since AeroGlass is based on D3D, it is impossible for OpenGL to co-exist in the D3D composited desktop... however..
OpenGL-based applications will still work exactly as they used to in fullscreen mode!
That said, it would be nice to see the OpenGL->D3D conversion layer support extensions and more advanced OpenGL functionality. I'd assume if Cedega can implement D3D9 with OpenGL, Microsoft can implement OpenGL with D3D.
It's not "No, you can't spend any time with your father today!" it's "Please don't interupt Daddy while he is working". If it doesn't bother you and she can remain calm, let her come sit and play with her dolls or something in the room with you while you work. Or, tell her that she can see you when you are done working and during lunch and that you will take a few breaks here and there to come spend time with her.
Having to spank your kid sucks, but after a few times. SHE WILL STOP DOING WHATEVER IT IS THAT GETS HER SPANKED. And then you won't have to do it any more.
"I don't really enjoy spanking her", "a lot easier to" and "given up" are all phrases that further indicate that you are weak.
"Every moment they sit without units on the shelves gives MS the chance to release the next Halo"
As I understand it, Halo 3 is scheduled to be released at practically the same time as the PS3.
From IGN:
"Capitalizing on the blockbuster FPS from Bungie, Microsoft is planning its third edition in the epic series as a full-fledged next-gen title, to be released in time to compete with the release of the rival PlayStation 3 system -- day and date, Sony will be facing with its new system the release of one of the most anticipated games of the next-gen system wars. Further info is being kept secret by Microsoft and developer Bungie."
I'm guessing your post was intended as a joke, but I'll bite:
Clearly, some one is available to watch your kid while you go to work. So, why can't you go in your office at home, lock the door, and pretend your kid isn't even there?
I'd imagine if your 4 year old wanted to play GTA, you would buy it for him?
You are weak.
In a word: Yes.
Halo 1 does not allow online play. It does, however, support 4 players on a single box and up to 16 players with 4 Xboxes via system link. There are Xbox system link tunneling tools that enable emulation of a system link online, but introduce latency that the Halo networking code chokes to death on.
Halo 1 was popular because it was just so much damn fun to play in any sort of multiplayer fasion (1 on 1 or 8 on 8, it is all great). Multiplayer has been around far longer than internet play.
That said: online play is a great help for people sans real friends to play with.
I don't know if you did it intentionally, subliminally, or completely by accident... but you neglected to explicitiyl state that FireFox also fails the test, although you implied it by being unaware of FireFox passing it.
/. is increadable...This article was posted (not necessarily written) for no reason other than to attack Microsoft. The title lists "bugs" before "reviews". Can we please at least eliminate the bias in the TITLE? Then we can work on careful phrasing to avoid bias interpretations.
FireFox FAILS THE ACID TEST.
Although it certainly fails less severely than IE, it still fails.
The bias on
My sig clearly states that I _don't hate_ Microsoft, not that I love them. I often take Microsoft's side purely to play devil's advocate. Try to see both sides and carefully consider phrasing to ensure an objective point of view.
GTA:XXX....?
;-)
Here I am playing GTA:SA like a sucker! Just a single sex scene? Ha! Where can I get a copy of GTA:XXX? And, will it be AO? Will that be a problem for me? I'm only 6.
Why would I have to settle? They are both worth 45 total.
Sign me up for the 9 fives!
In Soviet Russia links from two+ years ago look back on you?
Bull.
I have a a gig of RAM and a 60 gig 7200 rpm HDD in my laptop. Returning from hibernate takes no more than 10 seconds on average (I often watch a clock). The time required does in fact increase to nearly a minute if I hibernate when A LOT of resource intensive applications are open (as tends to happen when developing a 3D engine during class).
As stated in my sig, I don't hate Microsoft. Initially, I was shocked by this /. article, but after a little bit of thought, I could see this as being a very reasonable change.
Hear me out...
Microsoft buys Claria/Gator/whatever-it-is. Microsoft shuts down the server that collected the stollen customer information. The "spy" part of the spyware is now completely harmless. Additionally, Microsoft may have examined the source code and discovered that it's installation makes some change to Windows that may be dangerous to undo. An ad-supported application could cease to function, or worse.
As this spyware is effectively no longer spying, it is less of a threat and removal of it could be potentially problematic, so the default should be the safest choice: ignore.
I may be wrong, but I think this is a perfectly logical and moral change.
Yea, that headline confused the hell out of me. If a CPU is idle, cycles aren't being used.
;-)
For something to be REused it is generally a requirement that it have been used at least once pior
ABSOLUTELY. I was gonna post this. The Benny Hill theme makes everything histerical, expecially whatever you are viewing is in fast motion.
I would like to suggest that they re-encode the video with the Imperial March playing at double speed. (try this at home, it's quite funny...)
# man paste
# touch children
Mr. Jackson, is that you?
This is a great article.
My proposed answer to the question of whether or not a single app can be ideal for both blind and sighted users is simply a no, but that doesn't mean that the Model/View pattern couldn't be employed...
Agreed... there is just the little matter of breaking EVERYTHING to worry about...
Agreed.
The standard unix tools need to be redesigned to be as easily spoken as they are interperated by the average user.
There's always SSH, remote desktop, and equivalents...