no, hang on: 1st off, the above post told me something I didn't know and is really useful. 2nd, left click plus mouse move should move the view port, as with other apps.
My most irritating bits about OS X are:
1) Can't reliably choose between "Save/Don't Save/Cancel" dialogue boxes with the keyboard. Why can't I tab between them or use left/right cursor?
2) When I've a file selected in finder, pressing enter doesn't open it. I need COMMAND-O. Why? Why can't this be changed at all using keyboard preferences?
oooooooooooooh, I'm getting flashbacks. That single design flaw contributed about 90% of the total annoyance that I experienced whilst working for IBM many years ago*. I don't know how many countless hours I spent tinkering, thinking that if I just got the alignment *perfect* it'd stop doing it. I even resorted to making a stand for the printer out of coke cans so the paper feed would have more tension on it as it exited the printer. If I'd known it was driving others nuts at the time it'd have been easier to cope...!
* bearing in mind this was IBM Global Services, you can imagine how much annoyance this might have been...
"No, because when you buy the disc at the store, Sony makes its money. When you return it to the retailer, Sony keeps its money."
This isn't correct, at least not in the medium and long term.
A scenario: Walmart or some other large distributor decides it's going to sell Casino Royale or similar. After a couple of days of sales, they notice their returns figures are much higher than normal. They're not going to tell the customer "Screw you: we don't care if your DVD doesn't play on the DVD player we sold you". They'll refund it. They'll do this until they are royally pissed off at Sony, whereupon they will ask them to explain the high rate of returns that is costing them significant expense. This will continue until they tell Sony that it's not profitable to do business with them anymore if they continue with this type of product.
Most of the unit-shifting for Sony is done by a relatively small number of large companies, who the labels can't afford to irritate. Look at what happens when Walmart refuses to sell a CD for having a cover that they consider too explicit...
It's the only problem with Truecrypt. On Windows, you need admin rights to mount a filesystem, no way around it.
This makes its use tricky in a corporate setting where typically users don't have admin rights. It's a Windows feature though, so there's nothing the excellent authors of Truecrypt can do about it.
Um, that's kind of the point. If you're a domain user, or just not using XP's welcome screen, then you need to press CTRL-ALT-DEL to logon to your box. I.E. you press it quite often. It's also handy for logging off quickly, and for ending/starting tasks that have frozen. Given you'll have to press it quite a bit, it seems sensible on an ultraportable to have a single key that is mapped to this rather than risk dropping your expensive ultraportable trying to do a 3 key combo. C'mon, this is pretty damn obvious.
Do you want to list ALL domain users on a pretty logon screen so you can click on your ID? I think it'd take a larger screen than you'll find on a handheld...
...the only insightful comment modded redundant.
If you're going to run windows, you're going to need to login. Assuming you're using the traditional login screen, you'll need to press CTRL-ALT-DEL.
Also, as a general point, having soft buttons that remap to specific key combinations is not a bad idea on an ultraportable - a single COPY button or PASTE key might be handy.
First you don't close the italic tag, then you can't see what strategic advantage a live snapshot of your users anonymized data could be?
Are all bugs of type X only coming in from Windows XP with SP2 and the latest Forceware driver? Does it only affect Office users? How many people are using, say, Office with a Welsh language pack - is it worth further development? Are certain unqualified drivers a source of instability? I could go on...
..is http://www.windizupdate.com/ - works on Firefox, too. Allows online updating and patching without WGA. Of course, you've got to trust Windizupdate I guess...
Well, MS didn't do the security model too well for multiple users, but this isn't really an MS issue. Or an OS one either - I was talking about within the enterprise, and here it's down to configuration. With MS, this'd be through good Active Directory work, setting permissions as appropriate, etc.
Very different for home users, obv.
I mean like a *correctly configured* box. Sure, could be a Unix one.
Doesn't matter what OS - your end users shouldn't be presented with an opportunity to screw up the system by clicking the wrong response.
Your *employees* shouldn't even SEE those warnings. Their machine should be locked down so they can't harm it, and the permissions tweaked so that their daily computing tasks are allowed, and potentially harmful stuff is denied.
..there was a recent US police report that stressed this. At a distance of around 20 feet, an attacker with a knife will have a significant advantage over someone armed with a pistol. Think time to run 20 feet and attack vs time to realise you're being attacked, draw, aim and fire.
"and I think what we need is a digital camera which can somehow take multiple short exposure shots one after the other and then combine them into a single photo. The algorithm would have to be smart enough to detect movement of both the camera and the scenery in-between frames, so we're talking advanced software"
I do this now, albeit in software. Set your camera to autobracket (keep the aperture the same and change shutter speed if possible, to avoid changes to depth of field) and use something like Photomatix http://www.hdrsoft.com/ or Photoshop CS2 to combine the images.
These are usually known as High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos and can vary from the subtle to the hyperealistic.
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no, hang on: 1st off, the above post told me something I didn't know and is really useful. 2nd, left click plus mouse move should move the view port, as with other apps.
My most irritating bits about OS X are:
1) Can't reliably choose between "Save/Don't Save/Cancel" dialogue boxes with the keyboard. Why can't I tab between them or use left/right cursor?
2) When I've a file selected in finder, pressing enter doesn't open it. I need COMMAND-O. Why? Why can't this be changed at all using keyboard preferences?
oooooooooooooh, I'm getting flashbacks. That single design flaw contributed about 90% of the total annoyance that I experienced whilst working for IBM many years ago*. I don't know how many countless hours I spent tinkering, thinking that if I just got the alignment *perfect* it'd stop doing it. I even resorted to making a stand for the printer out of coke cans so the paper feed would have more tension on it as it exited the printer. If I'd known it was driving others nuts at the time it'd have been easier to cope...!
* bearing in mind this was IBM Global Services, you can imagine how much annoyance this might have been...
...are they translucent white?
If by durability, we mean "most likely to be playable after sitting in a vault for 30 years" then I'd go with vinyl, too...
This isn't correct, at least not in the medium and long term.
A scenario: Walmart or some other large distributor decides it's going to sell Casino Royale or similar. After a couple of days of sales, they notice their returns figures are much higher than normal. They're not going to tell the customer "Screw you: we don't care if your DVD doesn't play on the DVD player we sold you". They'll refund it. They'll do this until they are royally pissed off at Sony, whereupon they will ask them to explain the high rate of returns that is costing them significant expense. This will continue until they tell Sony that it's not profitable to do business with them anymore if they continue with this type of product.
Most of the unit-shifting for Sony is done by a relatively small number of large companies, who the labels can't afford to irritate. Look at what happens when Walmart refuses to sell a CD for having a cover that they consider too explicit...
"Gadgets have lost their appeal"? /. then?!
What are you doing on
It's the only problem with Truecrypt. On Windows, you need admin rights to mount a filesystem, no way around it. This makes its use tricky in a corporate setting where typically users don't have admin rights. It's a Windows feature though, so there's nothing the excellent authors of Truecrypt can do about it.
Um, what about the millions of web proxies open on the net?
Um, that's kind of the point. If you're a domain user, or just not using XP's welcome screen, then you need to press CTRL-ALT-DEL to logon to your box. I.E. you press it quite often. It's also handy for logging off quickly, and for ending/starting tasks that have frozen. Given you'll have to press it quite a bit, it seems sensible on an ultraportable to have a single key that is mapped to this rather than risk dropping your expensive ultraportable trying to do a 3 key combo. C'mon, this is pretty damn obvious.
http://www.mobymemory.com/miniSD_Memory_Cards.asp? PARTNER=GA_MINISD&gclid=CMD0nM78lIsCFQnclAod_1paSw - 30UKP, seems like a bargain to me...Also compatible with my HTC Wizard...
No it doesn't. 2xCTRL-ALT-DEL might have done this in Win9x days, but it certainly doesn't now.
The day thought-control computing becomes a reality, slashdot will *instantly* become unreadable
Do you want to list ALL domain users on a pretty logon screen so you can click on your ID? I think it'd take a larger screen than you'll find on a handheld...
Also, as a general point, having soft buttons that remap to specific key combinations is not a bad idea on an ultraportable - a single COPY button or PASTE key might be handy.
Friggin' Linux zealots.
Um, paranoia aside, just manually set the TCP/IP addresses and leave the gateway blank.
First you don't close the italic tag, then you can't see what strategic advantage a live snapshot of your users anonymized data could be?
Are all bugs of type X only coming in from Windows XP with SP2 and the latest Forceware driver? Does it only affect Office users? How many people are using, say, Office with a Welsh language pack - is it worth further development? Are certain unqualified drivers a source of instability? I could go on...
..is http://www.windizupdate.com/ - works on Firefox, too. Allows online updating and patching without WGA. Of course, you've got to trust Windizupdate I guess...
Well, MS didn't do the security model too well for multiple users, but this isn't really an MS issue. Or an OS one either - I was talking about within the enterprise, and here it's down to configuration. With MS, this'd be through good Active Directory work, setting permissions as appropriate, etc.
Very different for home users, obv.
I mean like a *correctly configured* box. Sure, could be a Unix one. Doesn't matter what OS - your end users shouldn't be presented with an opportunity to screw up the system by clicking the wrong response.
Could you speak up a bit? I'm a little deaf with all the fan noise from this DL380 on my desk.
Your *employees* shouldn't even SEE those warnings. Their machine should be locked down so they can't harm it, and the permissions tweaked so that their daily computing tasks are allowed, and potentially harmful stuff is denied.
..there was a recent US police report that stressed this. At a distance of around 20 feet, an attacker with a knife will have a significant advantage over someone armed with a pistol. Think time to run 20 feet and attack vs time to realise you're being attacked, draw, aim and fire.
I do this now, albeit in software. Set your camera to autobracket (keep the aperture the same and change shutter speed if possible, to avoid changes to depth of field) and use something like Photomatix http://www.hdrsoft.com/ or Photoshop CS2 to combine the images.
These are usually known as High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos and can vary from the subtle to the hyperealistic.
See http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/hdr/interesting/ for some well-known examples.
Doesn't the cost of certifying some electrical equipment kind of negate the cost benefit of using an iPod in the first place?
"All European countries use the more rational DD/MM/[YY]YY format."
Sweden doesn't. They use MM/DD/YY(YY).