we hear about it time and time again in all different aspects of life.
Sure, there might be some smart ones who try to slip under the radar, but most just don't have the technical ability to manage a secure network let alone use technical security methods.
do terrorist organisations have their own helpdesk?
"Hello Dell support, how can I help?" "I can't get my warhead armed." "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"
using qt4 designer, i cannot grab the property list by the item titles which already occupy 50% of the space, I have to grab the tiny little scrollbar.
Don't tell me to make it bigger when there is already a massive area which should be available for grabbing hold of already and there really is no reason to not use it.
You are right, browsers are closer but most desktop browsers so far don't do grab and scroll (though pdf usually does).
I see no point in having 90% of my screen practically useless at touching (list boxes which you need to aim at the tiny scrollbar, or buttons so small you have to pick really carefully).
These netbooks will sell well, but until the apps mature we will not see much benefit.
I have given myself a short term memory this year. I wrote a piece of software which turns my tablet into an instant notepad with an innovative graffiti wall showing all recent notes.
Its very relaxing and is allowing me to expand my thoughts without ever losing the information I write.
For years I have taken notes and scraps of paper and lost every single one of them at the turn of a page.
now I keep them and I'm going to be doing more with them as development time becomes available.
I have spent the last 8 years writing visual basic applications in Windows At Christmas last year I got myself a Nokia internet tablet - it runs Maemo Linux.
Surprisingly now, 11 months later I am comfortable back in C, have a nice little library and *know* I have found a better path.
Its been a kind of torture as well, everything was new and sometimes finding information is a brutal experience. If it hadn't been for the great community around maemo.org I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.
It was this community element which was missing with other devices and systems when I was looking around.
If we come to expect interfaces to devices to be hidden and embedded in desktops and surrounding walls we are going to spend half our lives scratching and poking at inanimate things.
I am all for integration of technology but things like this and the hidden table things will just make us look stupid.
give us clear interfaces on recognisable devices so that we understand what we are doing.
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*all the apps anyone has written for Windows will continue working*
One slight problem with that. Whilst the software may indeed run, will it be comfortably usable on a small handheld touch device?
can you see yourself being comfortable clicking a 10pixel OK button on a 225dpi screen?
I see the benefit of this because having a stable backend to build a whole new set of applications is extremely important.
tinkering does not have to mean entirely new, but how can you know theres nothing more to be discovered? The radioactive boyscout defied red tape and regulations and built his own reactor core in his shed.
People do go over and retry things all the time, even thought you say things are done and dusted and there is no more benefit from it.
its just plain wrong to assume no advances are possible, using a bit of lateral thinking and your unique spark you may turn the impossible into the practical:)
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You are giving people too much credit.
we hear about it time and time again in all different aspects of life.
Sure, there might be some smart ones who try to slip under the radar, but most just don't have the technical ability to manage a secure network let alone use technical security methods.
do terrorist organisations have their own helpdesk?
"Hello Dell support, how can I help?"
"I can't get my warhead armed."
"Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"
innovation occurs when the tools you have at hand do not suit the task you need it to do and you have the skills to do something about it :)
Windows and Linux and mac seem a bit stale.
yeah, theres quite a few innovative packages and systems out there.
I wouldnt feel right without posting my own work of art :)
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/liqbase/
http://liqbase.net/
Its the startings of a very touchable UI able to run on performance limited devices (and scaling right up to anything).
that is my point :)
using qt4 designer, i cannot grab the property list by the item titles which already occupy 50% of the space, I have to grab the tiny little scrollbar.
Don't tell me to make it bigger when there is already a massive area which should be available for grabbing hold of already and there really is no reason to not use it.
You are right, browsers are closer but most desktop browsers so far don't do grab and scroll (though pdf usually does).
Neither windows or Linux "get" the touchscreen.
I see no point in having 90% of my screen practically useless at touching (list boxes which you need to aim at the tiny scrollbar, or buttons so small you have to pick really carefully).
These netbooks will sell well, but until the apps mature we will not see much benefit.
Oh hell no, please.
My wife has enough trouble finding the regular sized car when she has been shopping.
How the hell will she find a nano-car?
why oh why does moderation have to stop at 5?
some people are trying to make the gui intuitive and responsive :)
there is nothing wrong in examining the possibilities.
Sometimes a gui simply doesn't suit a device - if I take a standard mouse UI and put it onto a touch device it doesn't work too well.
i prefer simple fast and intuitive :)
I have given myself a short term memory this year.
I wrote a piece of software which turns my tablet into an instant notepad with an innovative graffiti wall showing all recent notes.
Its very relaxing and is allowing me to expand my thoughts without ever losing the information I write.
For years I have taken notes and scraps of paper and lost every single one of them at the turn of a page.
now I keep them and I'm going to be doing more with them as development time becomes available.
see http://liqbase.net/ or my journal http://slashdot.org/~LiquidCoooled/journal/216501 for more information.
I thought we weren't meant to put metal in the microwave.
If the targeting was off just a bit wouldn't this be a little bit bad for the occupants?
However, having pre-cooked birds falling from the sky would help with feeding the family.
Looks like these Orb Weavers are more like Orbit Weavers.
Perhaps we could get them to make a new toolbag!
I have spent the last 8 years writing visual basic applications in Windows
At Christmas last year I got myself a Nokia internet tablet - it runs Maemo Linux.
Surprisingly now, 11 months later I am comfortable back in C, have a nice little library and *know* I have found a better path.
Its been a kind of torture as well, everything was new and sometimes finding information is a brutal experience.
If it hadn't been for the great community around maemo.org I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.
It was this community element which was missing with other devices and systems when I was looking around.
phew!
thank god i'm safe, my 1.8 install isn't being chopped.
these sorts of hidden interfaces worry me.
If we come to expect interfaces to devices to be hidden and embedded in desktops and surrounding walls we are going to spend half our lives scratching and poking at inanimate things.
I am all for integration of technology but things like this and the hidden table things will just make us look stupid.
give us clear interfaces on recognisable devices so that we understand what we are doing.
*all the apps anyone has written for Windows will continue working*
One slight problem with that.
Whilst the software may indeed run, will it be comfortably usable on a small handheld touch device?
can you see yourself being comfortable clicking a 10pixel OK button on a 225dpi screen?
I see the benefit of this because having a stable backend to build a whole new set of applications is extremely important.
mega maid/spaceball one has to be the single most potent weapon in the universe.
it is literally breathtaking.
I never said the guy was sane to do it, but its not like regulation will prevent the determined from trying.
tinkering does not have to mean entirely new, but how can you know theres nothing more to be discovered?
The radioactive boyscout defied red tape and regulations and built his own reactor core in his shed.
People do go over and retry things all the time, even thought you say things are done and dusted and there is no more benefit from it.
its just plain wrong to assume no advances are possible, using a bit of lateral thinking and your unique spark you may turn the impossible into the practical :)
you would get further with a shark chasing you.
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Of COURSE daylight savings stuff changes how much electricity you use.
Afterall, if they give us an extra hour of daytime then your appliances are running for a full 25 hours a day.
you have to run all your appliances for that extra hour every single day all winter.
The mountie always gets his man errrrr killer whale.
The children are not paid to install the software on the machines.
They are paid to drag the crates of machines up out of the mine.