what I remember is that with vista rtm, gdi+ was not accelerated.. after people complained, it was put back in with a service pack, and it is accelerated in windows 7.
fuck animations.. they're just a song and dance the user has to wait for EVERY time he clicks something. that metro menu is an abomination. all that work just to start an application?
you mean hardware has outpaced software, right? this is true, though instead of providing unique, useful and NEW functionality in a sane footprint, today's software is bloated up with a bunch of 'experience' aesthetics and rearrangements that, in many cases, hinder workflow for the sake of looks. proper software is functional first, intuitive next, and pretty last.
or maybe your ntfs partition is highly fragmented because of resizing? if explorer is hanging, then there's something wrong.. that's not normal behavior.
I'm sure this only applies to the explorer image file support. other applications need to use these resources in order to take advantage.. sorry, you're still stuck writing some simd assembly to make that 50ms timelimit.
applications don't get direct access.. drivers do. if the drivers clobber things they shouldn't, they can crash the kernel.. just like the unix derivatives in service today.
this ends when your executable starts dictating the behavior of my hardware.. how about this: if you want to sell your software to the public, accept the fact that some will modify it to ensure they always have access to what they bought... this is the key point of ownership, which allows me to trust that the tools I use will be there when I wake up in the morning, and not yanked by some control freak vendor or government bureaucrat. your choice is to accept this or keep your creations to yourself.
well then if the cursing is irrelevant, why get upset about it? focus on the content of the message, if it has any.
uh? what? cursing is supposed to show other people that you have self-confidence? quite the opposite.
not necessarily. I was talking more about the insane overreaction modern society has to it.
in many parts of the world, showing your anger (and that includes cursing) will cause you to lose face and lose respect.
that exposes a fundamental problem with most of the world. it focuses too much on presentation and not enough on respecting content, to the point of ignoring truth when it's too uncomfortable to swallow. 'saving face' is just social mechanism to hide behind for those with no rational criticism to a position they don't like. these people are welcome to not respect content they don't like the look of, but if that content is truthful, they're not causing the messenger to lose face, they're spiting their own.
In this case, torvalds is expressing public criticism and frustration at nvidia for their policies. Sometimes a simple 'fuck you' sends a much clearer and more meaningful message than passive aggressive corporatespeak. he wants them to feel his frustration.
maybe don't post about it on youtube? or on any other place that eschews anonymity?
not a real choice because if all anon posters did this, it would kill anonymity altogether, leaving only politically correct whitewashed rubbish. sometimes, you gotta push back til it gives.
or better yet, if the potential poster is truly worried about the topic and his inability to post on it, how about a well-thought-out blog entry on why there is such misunderstanding about people over the age of 12 who play pokemon?
that won't stop someone from judging based on some youtube post...and if the blog is signed with the real name... just the association itself with pokemon is enough to conjure negative stereotypes...
don't pussyfoot around if you truly feel you're in the right. If you think a topic is mischarecterized by society, take it head on. Force people to debate you on open ground. That's how opinions truly gets changed.
this depends on a sane society. it's not sane. anonymity is critical if the intent is to take on a taboo or shunned subject, otherwise no one would take the risk.
speech is different from action. just because someone says something that pisses you off doesn't mean he is responsible for your actions. at least, it shouldn't be this way. certain political groups would love if it was though, mainly because they have thin skins and/or their political ideologies cannot stand up to criticism. basically society needs to relearn the old sticks and stones rhyme. if it doesn't, eventually, free speech will be whittled down into the 'fairness doctrine', where only the most benign, whitewashed expression will be tolerated.
how's that 'helping'? that's like saying the police 'help' you out by writing a traffic ticket for jaywalking. if your real name is associated with a video, that is an easy way for anyone searching to make simpleminded assumptions about you based on the fact you watched it. it doesn't matter what other unseen contexts were present at the time. this is why seemingly innocuous actions on the internet, recorded for all time, are concerns. it's the unseen contexts coupled with changing cultural norms that makes this potentially dangerous for everyone.
..yet that is exactly how government bureaucracies work. the officials keep whittling away because it's the only way they can differentiate themselves enough to keep their jobs and/or because they want to grab as much power as they can. yesterday's apparition becomes tomorrows bogey man.
that was also during a time when the government and its corporate backers weren't quite so interested in building citizen dossiers.
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some of us prefer blunt honesty over passive-aggressive politically correct doublespeak that dominates 'professional' interaction nowadays...those of us with spines, skin, and self-confidence anyway.
increasing display resolution by itself isn't new technology, nor is it apple specific. personally i'd prefer having more desktop space, but I guess most people are too blind to handle anything 'virtually' larger than 1440x900..
1. they use the same parts as everyone else. their software is as bloated and buggy as everyone else 2. appealing to effete homosexuals does not imply good design. 3. you mean pathetic, ignorant, arrogant, narcissistic, histrionic assholes who think they're a cut above when they're just defending a bandwagon the same way they claim their 'lower castes' do, except that they're easier to rip off because they know jack and shit about technology. they just think expensive+shiny plastic = better. ignorance is bliss for these types. they also like using fallacies such as argument from popularity, from authority, and ad hominem. I guess IQ 140+ people aren't so bright after all. I wonder what happens at 170+? what phone does wozniak use? it isn't an iphone last I heard.
Apple users aren't much different from scientologists: wealthy, popular, yet brainwashed and stupid.
I've always thought it should be a perfectly reasonable goal that at some point, computers would need to reach a point of operating like toasters and televisions instead of something which comes in a kit.
unrealistic...unless your goal is to make a personal computer not a personal computer. I look at it like this: if all the consumer electronics of the future are basically mini computers, and all the intellectual work I do is done on them, I want the final say in the nature of the software for them, otherwise they're not really mine. without that control, my limits are defined by the vendor's software-defined interests and not the limits of the hardware I purchased. your utopian position would prevent me (and everyone else) from truly owning these devices.. your colonel buddy doesn't realize that computers are NOT fixed use, fixed function devices like his home appliances. their very nature allows the adding (or burying if it's consumer-hostile) convenience in any product they're in. while I don't advocate kits, the option for loading user-firmware on there should be a given. otherwise, the power these appliance computers offer will just feed back into strings pulled by the vendors/the state or anyone else who can gain access to the detriment of the consumer..
In the end, there needs to be a way for consumers to retain the control over the property they buy. Of course, this isn't what corporates or the state want, but they were never supporters of freedom to begin with. perhaps the colonel could understand it this way.
(yes I realize broken wireless isn't justified by this post, but broken software is broken software, this happens even on fake-fixed function 'appliance' computers, and open hardware allows the possibility of fixing rather than disposal)
Having gotten tired of fiddling with PCs in my spare time to just make them work, increasingly what I want is something which is as easy to use as my TV.
tools capable of complex creation are often complex.. your TV is NOT capable of the same things a PC is. The day it does become that simple is that day it becomes a TV, and thus useless for anything else.
In the end, I was hard pressed not to suggest a Mac -- because for all of those people who just want it to work and have no time to learn the ins and outs, that's kinda what it does well.
You mentioned wireless issues and then suggest a mac? OSX has long standing issues with its wireless stack. Often times they drop off the network for no rhyme or reason and apple rarely responds to bug reports, even those with logs. when called, applecare just asks if the user has a non apple branded access point, and blames that if he does. OSX is no better than windows, and shit happens with the latter as well.. they all have their quirks. That's the nature of dealing with complex tools and complex workflows that your TV, washing machine, or electronic range can't help you with.
yet these mobile devices don't come close to what can be done on a desktop. unfortunately we're dealing with marketing morons who think that tablets can replace desktops for the average productivity admin employee.. it's just not true.
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It's not a troll. It's his opinion, and it's largely correct.
what I remember is that with vista rtm, gdi+ was not accelerated.. after people complained, it was put back in with a service pack, and it is accelerated in windows 7.
fuck animations.. they're just a song and dance the user has to wait for EVERY time he clicks something. that metro menu is an abomination. all that work just to start an application?
so instead of instant feedback, we get to watch a song and dance after every click.. can't wait.
you mean hardware has outpaced software, right? this is true, though instead of providing unique, useful and NEW functionality in a sane footprint, today's software is bloated up with a bunch of 'experience' aesthetics and rearrangements that, in many cases, hinder workflow for the sake of looks. proper software is functional first, intuitive next, and pretty last.
yeah wonderful, but the stupid metro start menu ruins it all..
or maybe your ntfs partition is highly fragmented because of resizing? if explorer is hanging, then there's something wrong.. that's not normal behavior.
I'm sure this only applies to the explorer image file support. other applications need to use these resources in order to take advantage.. sorry, you're still stuck writing some simd assembly to make that 50ms timelimit.
applications don't get direct access.. drivers do. if the drivers clobber things they shouldn't, they can crash the kernel.. just like the unix derivatives in service today.
this ends when your executable starts dictating the behavior of my hardware.. how about this: if you want to sell your software to the public, accept the fact that some will modify it to ensure they always have access to what they bought... this is the key point of ownership, which allows me to trust that the tools I use will be there when I wake up in the morning, and not yanked by some control freak vendor or government bureaucrat. your choice is to accept this or keep your creations to yourself.
well then if the cursing is irrelevant, why get upset about it? focus on the content of the message, if it has any.
uh? what? cursing is supposed to show other people that you have self-confidence? quite the opposite.
not necessarily. I was talking more about the insane overreaction modern society has to it.
in many parts of the world, showing your anger (and that includes cursing) will cause you to lose face and lose respect.
that exposes a fundamental problem with most of the world. it focuses too much on presentation and not enough on respecting content, to the point of ignoring truth when it's too uncomfortable to swallow. 'saving face' is just social mechanism to hide behind for those with no rational criticism to a position they don't like. these people are welcome to not respect content they don't like the look of, but if that content is truthful, they're not causing the messenger to lose face, they're spiting their own.
In this case, torvalds is expressing public criticism and frustration at nvidia for their policies. Sometimes a simple 'fuck you' sends a much clearer and more meaningful message than passive aggressive corporatespeak. he wants them to feel his frustration.
maybe don't post about it on youtube? or on any other place that eschews anonymity?
not a real choice because if all anon posters did this, it would kill anonymity altogether, leaving only politically correct whitewashed rubbish. sometimes, you gotta push back til it gives.
or better yet, if the potential poster is truly worried about the topic and his inability to post on it, how about a well-thought-out blog entry on why there is such misunderstanding about people over the age of 12 who play pokemon?
that won't stop someone from judging based on some youtube post...and if the blog is signed with the real name... just the association itself with pokemon is enough to conjure negative stereotypes...
don't pussyfoot around if you truly feel you're in the right. If you think a topic is mischarecterized by society, take it head on. Force people to debate you on open ground. That's how opinions truly gets changed.
this depends on a sane society. it's not sane. anonymity is critical if the intent is to take on a taboo or shunned subject, otherwise no one would take the risk.
speech is different from action. just because someone says something that pisses you off doesn't mean he is responsible for your actions. at least, it shouldn't be this way. certain political groups would love if it was though, mainly because they have thin skins and/or their political ideologies cannot stand up to criticism. basically society needs to relearn the old sticks and stones rhyme. if it doesn't, eventually, free speech will be whittled down into the 'fairness doctrine', where only the most benign, whitewashed expression will be tolerated.
how's that 'helping'? that's like saying the police 'help' you out by writing a traffic ticket for jaywalking. if your real name is associated with a video, that is an easy way for anyone searching to make simpleminded assumptions about you based on the fact you watched it. it doesn't matter what other unseen contexts were present at the time. this is why seemingly innocuous actions on the internet, recorded for all time, are concerns. it's the unseen contexts coupled with changing cultural norms that makes this potentially dangerous for everyone.
..yet that is exactly how government bureaucracies work. the officials keep whittling away because it's the only way they can differentiate themselves enough to keep their jobs and/or because they want to grab as much power as they can. yesterday's apparition becomes tomorrows bogey man.
that was also during a time when the government and its corporate backers weren't quite so interested in building citizen dossiers.
some of us prefer blunt honesty over passive-aggressive politically correct doublespeak that dominates 'professional' interaction nowadays...those of us with spines, skin, and self-confidence anyway.
increasing display resolution by itself isn't new technology, nor is it apple specific. personally i'd prefer having more desktop space, but I guess most people are too blind to handle anything 'virtually' larger than 1440x900..
and if you buy that gear, you support their garden of eden. knowledge is verboten.
1. they use the same parts as everyone else. their software is as bloated and buggy as everyone else
2. appealing to effete homosexuals does not imply good design.
3. you mean pathetic, ignorant, arrogant, narcissistic, histrionic assholes who think they're a cut above when they're just defending a bandwagon the same way they claim their 'lower castes' do, except that they're easier to rip off because they know jack and shit about technology. they just think expensive+shiny plastic = better. ignorance is bliss for these types. they also like using fallacies such as argument from popularity, from authority, and ad hominem. I guess IQ 140+ people aren't so bright after all. I wonder what happens at 170+? what phone does wozniak use? it isn't an iphone last I heard.
Apple users aren't much different from scientologists: wealthy, popular, yet brainwashed and stupid.
thankfully fallacies like yours don't make good arguments..
I've always thought it should be a perfectly reasonable goal that at some point, computers would need to reach a point of operating like toasters and televisions instead of something which comes in a kit.
unrealistic...unless your goal is to make a personal computer not a personal computer. I look at it like this: if all the consumer electronics of the future are basically mini computers, and all the intellectual work I do is done on them, I want the final say in the nature of the software for them, otherwise they're not really mine. without that control, my limits are defined by the vendor's software-defined interests and not the limits of the hardware I purchased. your utopian position would prevent me (and everyone else) from truly owning these devices.. your colonel buddy doesn't realize that computers are NOT fixed use, fixed function devices like his home appliances. their very nature allows the adding (or burying if it's consumer-hostile) convenience in any product they're in. while I don't advocate kits, the option for loading user-firmware on there should be a given. otherwise, the power these appliance computers offer will just feed back into strings pulled by the vendors/the state or anyone else who can gain access to the detriment of the consumer..
In the end, there needs to be a way for consumers to retain the control over the property they buy. Of course, this isn't what corporates or the state want, but they were never supporters of freedom to begin with. perhaps the colonel could understand it this way.
(yes I realize broken wireless isn't justified by this post, but broken software is broken software, this happens even on fake-fixed function 'appliance' computers, and open hardware allows the possibility of fixing rather than disposal)
Having gotten tired of fiddling with PCs in my spare time to just make them work, increasingly what I want is something which is as easy to use as my TV.
tools capable of complex creation are often complex.. your TV is NOT capable of the same things a PC is. The day it does become that simple is that day it becomes a TV, and thus useless for anything else.
In the end, I was hard pressed not to suggest a Mac -- because for all of those people who just want it to work and have no time to learn the ins and outs, that's kinda what it does well.
You mentioned wireless issues and then suggest a mac? OSX has long standing issues with its wireless stack. Often times they drop off the network for no rhyme or reason and apple rarely responds to bug reports, even those with logs. when called, applecare just asks if the user has a non apple branded access point, and blames that if he does. OSX is no better than windows, and shit happens with the latter as well.. they all have their quirks. That's the nature of dealing with complex tools and complex workflows that your TV, washing machine, or electronic range can't help you with.
yet these mobile devices don't come close to what can be done on a desktop. unfortunately we're dealing with marketing morons who think that tablets can replace desktops for the average productivity admin employee.. it's just not true.
yeah wonderful, so they can bill by cpu time, memory use, and storage.. I just can't wait..
yes, and all that cheap pc hardware will suddenly become more expensive.. is that really what you want?