Actually offering to sell what I "pirate" would be good. I suppose I'm in the minority, but I would rather buy, it's just that there is a lot of music that is kind of difficult to buy in physical form - and impossible in digital form because nobody supports my country.
Yep, but my point was that end-users shouldn't have to know what you just said in order to download the JDK.
What sun should have is, at the top of the page, a big heading saying "What you need to run Java programs! Click here to download"... and then under that, explanations.
I'm sure that's a part of it, but the major problem is just that many parts of Windows can't* be restarted without a clean boot. So, the files they use can't be replaced except at boot time. It's irrelevant that the file can't be replaced at the file system level, because there is no way to restart the "application".
Example (I think) - the HTML renderer behind IE - because it is also used in the desktop, and the desktop can't be restarted except by reboot. Hence, one of the components most commonly updated (browser) still requires a reboot to completely update. "Doh". Another reason not to integrate it like this.
* When we say "can't" we could also read: Microsoft can't be bothered; or, due to other design decisions it is prohibitively hard to do.
Even as a technical user, I get confused about which Java download I need... what is NetBeans? Do I need it? Why is it first and biggest if most people won't need it?
It shows that Sun *still* have no idea how to do even the smallest things for a non-technical user. Java is their only somewhat mainstream technology, but it shouldn't be that hard...
I was thinking along these lines and thinking that maybe these days, with information about group pyschology easily available, and an increased level of basic quality of life, "they" can run us all as they please with a pretty clear notion of how to avoid a revolution or anything messy like that.
In the past, rulers generally got carried away by greed and pushed too hard. Perhaps now it's pretty clear how to avoid getting carried away. Just a thought.
LOL! What do you think a pyramid scheme is, if not marketing?
They might have managed to scrap in under the radar legally - it's the usual goal of such scammers.
But the fact is, most people (including me) see this kind of thing as a big red flag that reduces your credibility to zero.
That's a pretty fancy monitor, and a plain-jane video card. I assume you're doing 2D work then. Face it, you have a mismatch for 3d games. The 9600 is not powerful enough to drive such a monitor well.
Problem with affiliate programs is they offer an easy way to allow spammers to advertise the site, and the site can then claim innocence. "Oh, it wasn't us... our nasty affiliate did it".
Also, TV shows are less practical to buy. It's usually a bigger investment than a movie for something you're only likely to watch a couple of times (per episode). There are various shows I'd like to watch some episodes, again but I don't feel like shelling out a whole lot of money to buy several series, just to watch those episodes.
And then there's the fact that quite a few shows are not actually available for sale, or are difficult to get.
How ironic that you say we should not assume this is "just another MS Passport". You don't even mention Passport. That was the first question that entered my head: how is this different from Passport? The second question was: why would I trust it more than Passport (which I don't trust at all). I'm sorry but I can't take seriously an online identity system that doesn't discuss itself in relation to the largest established systems. It just looks like ivory tower dreaming. No offense; such things still have value, just not very much.
But a nuclear winter has nothing to do with radiation. It would be caused by the huge amount of dust swept into the upper atmosphere, thus blocking the sun for long periods.
As far as I know, neutron bombs are no better for that. Of course, it may be possible to use smaller ones for the same useful result, so it would reduce the effect.
Still, a real nuclear war is not likely to be a carefully measured thing. Lots of warheads would go off, whatever type.
Yes... even though Mozilla/Firefox is fast on a desktop PC, I notice it becomes a lot more sluggish (to start esp) when the hard drive is not so fast: such as a laptop. Clearly it loads a lot of stuff from disk.
How about fixing some of the many top-voted bugs first? It's not glamorous but it would help make Mozilla/Firefox more useful in a real way.
Top voted Bugzilla bugs
Are you proposing your website an example of an attractive and usable web site?
I don't find it either. The colour scheme is so dull it's depressing, the graphics are mostly confusing. The layout doesn't line up properly if you use non-standard text size - and that affects accessibility as well.
The links are non obvious even on mouseover (a very subtle color change). The search was so difficult to identify that only by experimenting could I figure out that it was entry field and a button.
The mouseover on the navigation highlights table cells, but only the text is clickable, not the whole cell. So why does it highlight?
Mind you: I'm not saying you're wrong! But it's easy to preach, harder to practice.
Higher resolution and clarity? Where do you get that from? A typicaly widescreen home theater projector such as Panasonic AE-500 is 1024x576. Plasmas are typically that or lower.
Projectors are just as clear if not clearer. In fact they are sometimes TOO clear, ie. the square pixels become visible. So recent projectors soften it slightly to get back to a more natural looking projectors.
But, all this is irrelevant for me. Projectors generally give 2-5x as large a screen at 1/2 to 1/4 the cost. That's a no brainer to me.
From my understanding, you can't write to one particle and have the other follow. All you can do is entangle them, send one off (following the usual rules of the universe), and then LOOK at your "copy". You will both see the same value.
It's like you can both look at a light, and see if it is turned on, but neither of you has a light switch.
Probably wrong;)
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Yeah, seems like 1000 programmers might go to make 1 or a few projects... not 200.
I think we unconsciously notice as meaning "there's more here". As opposed to "this does something right away". As it is probably intended.
Actually offering to sell what I "pirate" would be good. I suppose I'm in the minority, but I would rather buy, it's just that there is a lot of music that is kind of difficult to buy in physical form - and impossible in digital form because nobody supports my country.
What's overboard about a callstack? They are brilliant. Every language should log out a callstack in a controlled fashion, for unhandled exceptions.
Yep, but my point was that end-users shouldn't have to know what you just said in order to download the JDK. What sun should have is, at the top of the page, a big heading saying "What you need to run Java programs! Click here to download" ... and then under that, explanations.
I'm sure that's a part of it, but the major problem is just that many parts of Windows can't* be restarted without a clean boot. So, the files they use can't be replaced except at boot time. It's irrelevant that the file can't be replaced at the file system level, because there is no way to restart the "application". Example (I think) - the HTML renderer behind IE - because it is also used in the desktop, and the desktop can't be restarted except by reboot. Hence, one of the components most commonly updated (browser) still requires a reboot to completely update. "Doh". Another reason not to integrate it like this. * When we say "can't" we could also read: Microsoft can't be bothered; or, due to other design decisions it is prohibitively hard to do.
Are you serious? Because, if so, you're an asshole. If not, good troll.
Even as a technical user, I get confused about which Java download I need... what is NetBeans? Do I need it? Why is it first and biggest if most people won't need it?
It shows that Sun *still* have no idea how to do even the smallest things for a non-technical user. Java is their only somewhat mainstream technology, but it shouldn't be that hard...
I was thinking along these lines and thinking that maybe these days, with information about group pyschology easily available, and an increased level of basic quality of life, "they" can run us all as they please with a pretty clear notion of how to avoid a revolution or anything messy like that. In the past, rulers generally got carried away by greed and pushed too hard. Perhaps now it's pretty clear how to avoid getting carried away. Just a thought.
It doesn't matter when you have a monopoly building billions in cash.
Please, just pay already. The days of great freebies are long gone.
Pure speculation, but I'd guess local hotspots on the chips would become a problem. ie. getting the heart out of each part of the chip...
LOL! What do you think a pyramid scheme is, if not marketing? They might have managed to scrap in under the radar legally - it's the usual goal of such scammers. But the fact is, most people (including me) see this kind of thing as a big red flag that reduces your credibility to zero.
That's a pretty fancy monitor, and a plain-jane video card. I assume you're doing 2D work then. Face it, you have a mismatch for 3d games. The 9600 is not powerful enough to drive such a monitor well.
WRONG, the benchmarked card was a 9800 *XT*, still an expensive card. You linked to the 9800 Pro.
Problem with affiliate programs is they offer an easy way to allow spammers to advertise the site, and the site can then claim innocence. "Oh, it wasn't us... our nasty affiliate did it".
Surely the transition from LP to cassette tape was also a step backwards.
Also, TV shows are less practical to buy. It's usually a bigger investment than a movie for something you're only likely to watch a couple of times (per episode). There are various shows I'd like to watch some episodes, again but I don't feel like shelling out a whole lot of money to buy several series, just to watch those episodes. And then there's the fact that quite a few shows are not actually available for sale, or are difficult to get.
How ironic that you say we should not assume this is "just another MS Passport". You don't even mention Passport. That was the first question that entered my head: how is this different from Passport? The second question was: why would I trust it more than Passport (which I don't trust at all). I'm sorry but I can't take seriously an online identity system that doesn't discuss itself in relation to the largest established systems. It just looks like ivory tower dreaming. No offense; such things still have value, just not very much.
But a nuclear winter has nothing to do with radiation. It would be caused by the huge amount of dust swept into the upper atmosphere, thus blocking the sun for long periods. As far as I know, neutron bombs are no better for that. Of course, it may be possible to use smaller ones for the same useful result, so it would reduce the effect. Still, a real nuclear war is not likely to be a carefully measured thing. Lots of warheads would go off, whatever type.
Yes... even though Mozilla/Firefox is fast on a desktop PC, I notice it becomes a lot more sluggish (to start esp) when the hard drive is not so fast: such as a laptop. Clearly it loads a lot of stuff from disk.
How about fixing some of the many top-voted bugs first? It's not glamorous but it would help make Mozilla/Firefox more useful in a real way. Top voted Bugzilla bugs
Are you proposing your website an example of an attractive and usable web site? I don't find it either. The colour scheme is so dull it's depressing, the graphics are mostly confusing. The layout doesn't line up properly if you use non-standard text size - and that affects accessibility as well. The links are non obvious even on mouseover (a very subtle color change). The search was so difficult to identify that only by experimenting could I figure out that it was entry field and a button. The mouseover on the navigation highlights table cells, but only the text is clickable, not the whole cell. So why does it highlight? Mind you: I'm not saying you're wrong! But it's easy to preach, harder to practice.
Higher resolution and clarity? Where do you get that from? A typicaly widescreen home theater projector such as Panasonic AE-500 is 1024x576. Plasmas are typically that or lower.
Projectors are just as clear if not clearer. In fact they are sometimes TOO clear, ie. the square pixels become visible. So recent projectors soften it slightly to get back to a more natural looking projectors.
But, all this is irrelevant for me. Projectors generally give 2-5x as large a screen at 1/2 to 1/4 the cost. That's a no brainer to me.
From my understanding, you can't write to one particle and have the other follow. All you can do is entangle them, send one off (following the usual rules of the universe), and then LOOK at your "copy". You will both see the same value. It's like you can both look at a light, and see if it is turned on, but neither of you has a light switch. Probably wrong ;)