I laughed pretty hard at that one -- she managed to criticize the one thing that everyone actually likes about Slashdot.
For that matter, geeks tend to like dark colors. I doubt the dark (not black; maybe a certain web designer's monitor is off) top of the page is causing anyone trouble. To me it creates a void around the header, making the large page it precedes seem less oppressive.
Like TeknoHog says, the amount of sleep you drive on is a matter of personal responsibility. I've driven on no sleep plenty of times -- but before 7 a.m., without getting up especially early the previous day. I knew I'd be fine for hours. Alcohol and driving are just slapped with an age limit so that only (theoretically) responsible adults will be drinking or driving. Why are drugs so different?
I just can't figure out why some people decide TO capitalize that word. LISP I can understand; FORTRAN too -- those just mean you're hopelessly out of date. But MAC? Did they hear someone pronounce it in all caps or something before seeing in print?
"...then think back to even early versions of UT - being able to zoom around the map in flying mode. Mouse - point."
Or maybe Descent.
Navigation isn't the awkward thing at all. It's easy to move yourself around, given a full six degrees of freedom. The hard thing is getting stuff done in a 3d sim with a limited interface. I'm not too hopeful for 3d interfaces until we build a holodeck.
I was just pointing out that if a slow drive is your bottleneck, then providing data more slowly might not make an impact on your times in every instance.
I'm talking about things like meta+drag anywhere in a window to move it, meta+right-drag to resize without hitting a tiny window border, and variations of those. It's actually hotkey+mouse combos that Windows is lacking. Also click to focus is a pain in the ass.
It also lacks my favorite thing in the world: hotkeys to raise, lower, move, and resize windows without fumbling for title bars or the even smaller buttons on them. Linux has had this for how long now? Something like 21 years at least. Microsoft needs to either make window management easy or make it less necessary (like by implementing virtual desktops).
The problem is that I keep hearing horror stories about Windows messing up drives, and I'm not entirely sure what goes on during the Windows installer anymore. Presumably it prompts you for the partition you want to install to (no problem then), but I don't recall seeing it do so in the past. I don't have a backup drive to copy my installation over to, so I'm not in the mood for experimentation. I guess I don't much care that it overwrites the MBR (although it would be nice if I could tell it not to), but I'm not sure it won't decide to erase other things too.
Sure, it won't do it unless you're actually installing, but I think that's hassle enough for most of us. I imagine there are plenty of people with Linux/XP installs who will want to transition to Linux/Vista (or Linux/XP/Vista or simply XP/Vista, for compatability) and won't appreciate being required to work around this installer, when it could have attempted to detect other OSes. I guess Windows users have probably been conditioned to accept it by now.
Ah, yes. Hindsight. At the time I wasn't planning to upgrade, and didn't have any games that didn't run better on my other computer. That would have worked perfectly indeed.
Tell me about it. I would absolutely love to install XP alongside Linux because there are a few games I'd like to play on my newish video card, but I sure don't want to mess with Windows's brainless installer.
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I laughed pretty hard at that one -- she managed to criticize the one thing that everyone actually likes about Slashdot.
For that matter, geeks tend to like dark colors. I doubt the dark (not black; maybe a certain web designer's monitor is off) top of the page is causing anyone trouble. To me it creates a void around the header, making the large page it precedes seem less oppressive.
With all due respect, get your nose out of everyone else's business. I'll kill myself however I damn well please.
Like TeknoHog says, the amount of sleep you drive on is a matter of personal responsibility. I've driven on no sleep plenty of times -- but before 7 a.m., without getting up especially early the previous day. I knew I'd be fine for hours. Alcohol and driving are just slapped with an age limit so that only (theoretically) responsible adults will be drinking or driving. Why are drugs so different?
Which is kind of the point. I don't see laws against driving on a couple hours (or no) sleep.
Stealing from the state? Just like fast food chains are stealing from their employees by paying them low wages.
Someone else to do it.
(Note: I am not really a latent revolutionary.)
I just can't figure out why some people decide TO capitalize that word. LISP I can understand; FORTRAN too -- those just mean you're hopelessly out of date. But MAC? Did they hear someone pronounce it in all caps or something before seeing in print?
What OS are you using? I'm not seeing it no matter how I scroll in the Linux version.
"...then think back to even early versions of UT - being able to zoom around the map in flying mode. Mouse - point."
Or maybe Descent.
Navigation isn't the awkward thing at all. It's easy to move yourself around, given a full six degrees of freedom. The hard thing is getting stuff done in a 3d sim with a limited interface. I'm not too hopeful for 3d interfaces until we build a holodeck.
Way to paraphrase, buddy!
I was just pointing out that if a slow drive is your bottleneck, then providing data more slowly might not make an impact on your times in every instance.
If they can't write the data that quickly anyway, where's the harm in providing it more slowly?
I'm talking about things like meta+drag anywhere in a window to move it, meta+right-drag to resize without hitting a tiny window border, and variations of those. It's actually hotkey+mouse combos that Windows is lacking. Also click to focus is a pain in the ass.
Yeah, you're right. I should have said X or *nix. My mistake.
It also lacks my favorite thing in the world: hotkeys to raise, lower, move, and resize windows without fumbling for title bars or the even smaller buttons on them. Linux has had this for how long now? Something like 21 years at least. Microsoft needs to either make window management easy or make it less necessary (like by implementing virtual desktops).
This is the MMOG version of those suburbanites who are scared to enter the city.
The camera man had to hide in there to avoid spooking the robots.
Great... I use the Gimp and drive a Saturn. What does that say about me?
The problem is that I keep hearing horror stories about Windows messing up drives, and I'm not entirely sure what goes on during the Windows installer anymore. Presumably it prompts you for the partition you want to install to (no problem then), but I don't recall seeing it do so in the past. I don't have a backup drive to copy my installation over to, so I'm not in the mood for experimentation. I guess I don't much care that it overwrites the MBR (although it would be nice if I could tell it not to), but I'm not sure it won't decide to erase other things too.
Sure, it won't do it unless you're actually installing, but I think that's hassle enough for most of us. I imagine there are plenty of people with Linux/XP installs who will want to transition to Linux/Vista (or Linux/XP/Vista or simply XP/Vista, for compatability) and won't appreciate being required to work around this installer, when it could have attempted to detect other OSes. I guess Windows users have probably been conditioned to accept it by now.
Yes, but it's a little late for that now.
Ah, yes. Hindsight. At the time I wasn't planning to upgrade, and didn't have any games that didn't run better on my other computer. That would have worked perfectly indeed.
Tell me about it. I would absolutely love to install XP alongside Linux because there are a few games I'd like to play on my newish video card, but I sure don't want to mess with Windows's brainless installer.
"But it overwrites the MBR without a second thought...."
Well, who would have expected Microsoft to do that?
What is the standard X11 pager?