Sigh. KVM = Keyboard, Video, Mouse. It's an IT term.
If you don't understand that, you're also unlikely to understand IT management's aversion to installing "free" (uncontrolled, unwarrantied) software on business machines. Especially such a crucial thing as a GUI enhancement that would be commonly used by every PC user. It doesn't matter what you think of this; it's a real thing and a serious obstacle to Enterprise adoption.
Well, you can almost see the logic in it, if the product line was managed by idiots. "We tried forcing the start button and walking menus on a phone, and that wasn't very popular. I know! Let's make a touch only interface that works ok on a phone, and force it onto the desktop!"
It's almost as if management was purposely trying to turn Microsoft into a much smaller company.
I've been running 8.1 on my work computer since it came out. It's really not bad with Classic Shell installed to give it a sane interface again. I never even see the Start Screen, by choice.
...but not having admin rights on one's work computer, classic shell is not an option. To be successful, it has to work well on KVM types of machines out of the box, and it doesn't.
On consumer machines, Windows 8.1 is also not bad with Windows 7 Pro installed. Except that, well, you know, it's not Windows 8.1 anymore. And that's a good thing.
Yes, that's in keeping with the practice of using the same code base everywhere. In the Windows Mobile days, Microsoft thought a start button was a good idea on a phone. Clearly it wasn't. Now they're trying to push a touch-only interface onto the desktop. That's clearly also not working. But besides that, windows 8's concepts of hot corners the way they've hidden everyday operations, and the lack of conveyance in the interface itself, (IE, it's not apparent what to touch or even what objects are touchable and which are not) makes it not really the best interface on a tablet either.
I will grant that Windows 8 is better on a tablet than on a PC, but there are better designed tablet interfaces.
Not the point. If you look hard enough, you'll find fans of every single product Microsoft farts out, including ME and Microsoft Bob. With a large enough installed base, it approaches a statistical certainty that someone somewhere enjoyed it, no matter how odious. Just as the world's least liked food is probably enjoyed by a few individuals.
But the stories of people who "love" windows 8 have a sameness about them that seems to indicate that (a) they're oft-repeated stories about the same person, or (b) they're made-up. Personally I go for (b), but concede there is a possibility of (a). Hell, I know someone who doesn't mind her Windows 8 tablet too much, but she spends well over 90% of her time in Internet Explorer, and is 100% a content consumer, so she misses out on much of the pain. Maybe Microsoft should feature her in commercials.
"My kid got a Surface RT for his birthday and won't put it down. He sometimes gets tangled in the power cord when he sleeps with it at night. We have to take it away from him at dinner and he cries and cries." "I brought home my Windows tablet and my four daughters immediately loved it. They have all abandoned their ipads and they fight over who gets to use Windows 8." Well, ok if you say so. But didn't I hear that story from someone else last week? And the week before? Is there maybe a memo going around of two or three "success stories" that everyone is supposed to repeat?
It's possible (billly gates??) that this is a joke and it's gone zoom! right over my head. But assuming for a moment it's legit:
Yeah, sorry, that's a made-up story. Test by: (1) the great majority hate Windows 8 as you're well aware. The story of people loving 8 is usually some kid who just can't put it down, and how it's old fogeys who can't move with the times who want their start button back. That story is getting old. (2) "Windows 9 will be a refined balanced UI" etc etc, something that neither you nor any non-Microsoft person could know.
8 is a disaster. 9 might be more or less of a disaster -- it's too early to tell. With Ballmer gone, I have hopes that Microsoft will do the right thing, but like any of us here I don't have any knowledge for or against.
That's the real point. I use Windows 7 and it's actually ok. I had Win8 on one of several machines, and after struggling with it for months, finally installed Windows 7 Pro and called it good. They can call it Microsoft Hate if they want (which is really the geek equivalent of hollering "racism") but it's really Windows 8 that sucks.
> . . . so where do all the slum, crime and ghetto folks go when the place gets gentrified . . .
I dunno, camp out in Ravesnwood?
But seriously, what's the alternative? Leave the area a rat hole because certain kinds of people need to live in rat holes?
I spent a year at Tan House back in the day, and can say that the tales of massive prostitution and drug use were exaggerated. They did have a serious cockroach problem, though. I remember a note tacked up by the mailboxes, in the vein of "You people need to stop living like pigs!" Fun times.
I think the point is, Powerpoint (or whatever presentation tool you're using) is a tool that is abused often enough that a moratorium may be necessary to force presenters to think less in terms of special effects and more in terms of transfer of knowledge.
In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between someone's skill with Powerpoint and their skill in whatever subject they're talking about. (Except if it's how to make fluffy presentations in Powerpoint.)
I can't count how many presentations I've sat through (some I even paid for) that involved some guy in a suit reading the overheads to us. It's the most unsatisfying way to spend an hour that I can think of off hand. The fact that people make a living doing this is one of the mysteries of the universe. The fastest way to get the system to crumble is to tell them the overhead is broken and they'll have to use the board.
Wow, that was the perfect presentation. You told them what you were going to tell them, you told them, and then you told them what you told them. That's the kind of presentation that would win awards and make careers. The fact that it has no content isn't an issue.
people can wear skirts all they like, and choose how much or little they want to expose of themselves in public. if you re concerned about some out of focus dark weird angle shot of your panties, i'd suggest not wearing a skirt.
Yes, but don't we want to encourage the wearing of skirts? It's practically the only bright spot about taking public transportation.
Other articles on this subject have said the exact same thing. The ruling was made reluctantly, and only because the law was written in a way that upskirting couldn't be said to be illegal. (It is specifically illegal in other states.) A change of the law is in order.
An important point to consider: These things are bad no matter what political party does them. It's not something we can be happy about if "our guys" have it, and concerned if "the other guys" have it. (Actually, I'm trying to think of an attack on our liberties that doesn't follow that rule...)
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Sigh. KVM = Keyboard, Video, Mouse. It's an IT term.
If you don't understand that, you're also unlikely to understand IT management's aversion to installing "free" (uncontrolled, unwarrantied) software on business machines. Especially such a crucial thing as a GUI enhancement that would be commonly used by every PC user. It doesn't matter what you think of this; it's a real thing and a serious obstacle to Enterprise adoption.
Or... maybe they didn't give them all up?
> Would they actually launch a nuke at their neighbor?
As a last act before being completely overwhelmed by a superior force... what do you think?
Well, you can almost see the logic in it, if the product line was managed by idiots. "We tried forcing the start button and walking menus on a phone, and that wasn't very popular. I know! Let's make a touch only interface that works ok on a phone, and force it onto the desktop!"
It's almost as if management was purposely trying to turn Microsoft into a much smaller company.
I've been running 8.1 on my work computer since it came out. It's really not bad with Classic Shell installed to give it a sane interface again. I never even see the Start Screen, by choice.
On consumer machines, Windows 8.1 is also not bad with Windows 7 Pro installed. Except that, well, you know, it's not Windows 8.1 anymore. And that's a good thing.
Yes, that's in keeping with the practice of using the same code base everywhere. In the Windows Mobile days, Microsoft thought a start button was a good idea on a phone. Clearly it wasn't. Now they're trying to push a touch-only interface onto the desktop. That's clearly also not working. But besides that, windows 8's concepts of hot corners the way they've hidden everyday operations, and the lack of conveyance in the interface itself, (IE, it's not apparent what to touch or even what objects are touchable and which are not) makes it not really the best interface on a tablet either.
I will grant that Windows 8 is better on a tablet than on a PC, but there are better designed tablet interfaces.
Not the point. If you look hard enough, you'll find fans of every single product Microsoft farts out, including ME and Microsoft Bob. With a large enough installed base, it approaches a statistical certainty that someone somewhere enjoyed it, no matter how odious. Just as the world's least liked food is probably enjoyed by a few individuals.
But the stories of people who "love" windows 8 have a sameness about them that seems to indicate that (a) they're oft-repeated stories about the same person, or (b) they're made-up. Personally I go for (b), but concede there is a possibility of (a). Hell, I know someone who doesn't mind her Windows 8 tablet too much, but she spends well over 90% of her time in Internet Explorer, and is 100% a content consumer, so she misses out on much of the pain. Maybe Microsoft should feature her in commercials.
"My kid got a Surface RT for his birthday and won't put it down. He sometimes gets tangled in the power cord when he sleeps with it at night. We have to take it away from him at dinner and he cries and cries." "I brought home my Windows tablet and my four daughters immediately loved it. They have all abandoned their ipads and they fight over who gets to use Windows 8." Well, ok if you say so. But didn't I hear that story from someone else last week? And the week before? Is there maybe a memo going around of two or three "success stories" that everyone is supposed to repeat?
j don't believe that one either.
It's possible (billly gates??) that this is a joke and it's gone zoom! right over my head. But assuming for a moment it's legit:
Yeah, sorry, that's a made-up story. Test by: (1) the great majority hate Windows 8 as you're well aware. The story of people loving 8 is usually some kid who just can't put it down, and how it's old fogeys who can't move with the times who want their start button back. That story is getting old. (2) "Windows 9 will be a refined balanced UI" etc etc, something that neither you nor any non-Microsoft person could know.
8 is a disaster. 9 might be more or less of a disaster -- it's too early to tell. With Ballmer gone, I have hopes that Microsoft will do the right thing, but like any of us here I don't have any knowledge for or against.
That's the real point. I use Windows 7 and it's actually ok. I had Win8 on one of several machines, and after struggling with it for months, finally installed Windows 7 Pro and called it good. They can call it Microsoft Hate if they want (which is really the geek equivalent of hollering "racism") but it's really Windows 8 that sucks.
> If you look over the past 500 billion years, the geological record shows that there is a mass extinction event roughly every 62 million years.
Oddly enough, that works out to 1/4 of a galactic year to three decimal places.
Galactic seasons?
I'm pretty sure it was Jan 20 2009.
Crap. Now I'm embarrassed to say that was my first thought on reading the article. I actually looked up the wiki for galactic year.
I darn well stubbed my toe on *something* when I staggered home last night, so I'm pretty sure the garden gnome is not theoretical.
Unless you don't pay taxes, you already are.
> . . . so where do all the slum, crime and ghetto folks go when the place gets gentrified . . .
I dunno, camp out in Ravesnwood?
But seriously, what's the alternative? Leave the area a rat hole because certain kinds of people need to live in rat holes?
I spent a year at Tan House back in the day, and can say that the tales of massive prostitution and drug use were exaggerated. They did have a serious cockroach problem, though. I remember a note tacked up by the mailboxes, in the vein of "You people need to stop living like pigs!" Fun times.
Agreed. But sometimes you have to take away a tool in order for someone to realize that they have been using the tool inappropriately.
I think the point is, Powerpoint (or whatever presentation tool you're using) is a tool that is abused often enough that a moratorium may be necessary to force presenters to think less in terms of special effects and more in terms of transfer of knowledge.
In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between someone's skill with Powerpoint and their skill in whatever subject they're talking about. (Except if it's how to make fluffy presentations in Powerpoint.)
I can't count how many presentations I've sat through (some I even paid for) that involved some guy in a suit reading the overheads to us. It's the most unsatisfying way to spend an hour that I can think of off hand. The fact that people make a living doing this is one of the mysteries of the universe. The fastest way to get the system to crumble is to tell them the overhead is broken and they'll have to use the board.
Wow, that was the perfect presentation. You told them what you were going to tell them, you told them, and then you told them what you told them. That's the kind of presentation that would win awards and make careers. The fact that it has no content isn't an issue.
> Yes. But why hand out slides? Why have slides at all? You've already learned more than the slides contain; what will slides add?
In my experience, it's proof to your manager that you attended the lecture.
Why isn't there an open source version of the tool?
No, wait...
people can wear skirts all they like, and choose how much or little they want to expose of themselves in public. if you re concerned about some out of focus dark weird angle shot of your panties, i'd suggest not wearing a skirt.
Yes, but don't we want to encourage the wearing of skirts? It's practically the only bright spot about taking public transportation.
Other articles on this subject have said the exact same thing. The ruling was made reluctantly, and only because the law was written in a way that upskirting couldn't be said to be illegal. (It is specifically illegal in other states.) A change of the law is in order.
An important point to consider: These things are bad no matter what political party does them. It's not something we can be happy about if "our guys" have it, and concerned if "the other guys" have it. (Actually, I'm trying to think of an attack on our liberties that doesn't follow that rule...)