> Then what is your problem with Amazon's Kindle? Since apparently you have problems with your reading skills and/or comprehension, let me quote what I wrote:
>> Likewise on *my* devices I don't want other people's visual crap;
> The rest of us live in the real world realize that advertising is a part of our economy and culture, why would over a 100 years of a corporate culture that relies on ads change now? They said the same thing about slavery, women not voting, etc. at one point too. It is only part of the culture because idiots like you don't see the problem with greed, manipulation, and marketing.
> If you lived 100 years ago, would you be complaining that your mom hung the Sears Catalog in the outhouse for use as toilet paper because you don't want to wipe your ass with an ad? Some people would obviously see the value in an ad finally being useful for once. But just because we killed trees then (and now) to justify marketing's greed doesn't make it right.
> it is more about you paying attention to the pilot and flight attendants during takeoff and being prepared to make an emergency exit. Except that you can fall asleep, read a book, etc. and they won't bother you at all. So the line about "safety" line is total bullshit.
> If it was about EMI than you would be required to prove you have turned everything off. Exactly.
> And, can you imagine the pissing and moaning which would follow if the FAA said "iPads are OK" for public use, but nothing else.
You're an IDIOT if you think a $300 electronic device is going to interfere and stop a $30 million dollar plane from flying.
I leave my iPhone & iPad on ALL the time when I fly. *nothing* happens.
The FAA to fucking lazy to do a _one_ _test_ flight with 100's of iPads, Nintendo DS+, iPhones, etc and actually _observe_ the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) being:
> how do you manage to drive or walk anywhere without seeing an ad?
First, when you grow up you will realize we have this little thing called: Choice. As in, I choose NOT to view ads of any kinds by *gasp* choosing to look away! I am not interested in companies that have zero respect for potential customers that they feel the need to visually pollute the environment with propaganda for things I don't want nor need in my life. If *you* want to waste your time buying into the lie that your life has no meaning without the things or services they are trying to sell you, go right ahead.
Second, when I am paying for the bandwidth *I* get to decide what network traffic is sent through my pipe not some ignorant developer who has no respect for my bandwidth costs. Likewise on *my* devices I don't want other people's visual crap; I avoid developers that feel the need to spew whatever they can onto my device because they have zero respect for my hardware. If I "buy" a "free" app then that is perfectly understandable that those developers will try to augment their income with 'ads', but AGAIN it is MY choice whether or not to run THOSE apps. I can always "upgrade" to the full version which damn well better not have any ads.
Third, one day when you move out of mommy's basement you will realize that not everyone has the same preferences that you do. Only an idiot or fool naively believes everyone should have the same opinion.
Lastly, are you actually able to comprehend the fact that not everyone places their priorities on capitalism and manipulation that they call marketing/advertising?
The fact that companies need to advertise in the first place demonstrates that all they care about is manipulation and greed. I am not interested in supporting those types of companies in any manner until they grow up.
Another perfect example is there "no trivial" policy, which is totally retarded.
One man's trivia is another man's junk! I mean, its not like the "trivia" section is taking up wads of disk-space. The WHOLE point about a dynamic non-linear encyclopedia is to link to all SORTS of information in the first place!
Wikipedia is run by a bunch of fucktards who think they can decide is worthy of being "knowledge"
At our office we are having the same success as you. We're around ~15% standing desks ALONG with standing chars, and everyone who has tried it loves it! We are slowly transitioning to standing.
I concur that alternating is best. Stand for a few hours, sit for a few. It minimizes the extended stress.
> I don't think it should be a mandatory subject, especially at advanced levels.
And we wonder why we get idiot politicians who don't understand the difference between copying & stealing, the ramifications of privacy, not having standards, etc.
Learning to program is giving you the opportunity to become a more rational person. Why *wouldn't* you want the future leaders of our country to at *least* have a fucking clue about technology?
I would agree with that sentiment too to *some* degree. It partially seems like Apple has NIH syndrome but they *also* have good reasons to invent new standards because they are interested in solving technical (practical?) problems.
* Firewire is definitely a dream compared to USB! * It is debatable where Macs helped jumpstart the USB market, but they definitely played a part. * Now that Thunderbolt is standardized, we'll start seeing more GPUs natively support it.
Regardless if you love / hate Apple, they seem to be taking the middle road. The left is use only standard connectors (and put up with the hassle of devices not having certain convenience factors), or the right of using only proprietary connectors (which the public has voted against.)
> I've been playing multiplayer FPS games on and off since the original Doom in 1993 (10Base2 coax LAN ftw)
Same.:-)
In TF2 I usually play medic and don't usually need to worry about keybinds, but when I do play other classes you're points about TF2 I agree with.:-) Valve has done a nice job of streamlining the numbers of weapons each class needs by striking a good balance between not enough and too many. Maybe I just suck at playing Spy but for some reason I find the keybinds not to be as intuitive as the other classes. I would recommend you try the keyboard switching for a while -- I think you'll find it faster;-)
The "problem" is that I also play many, many other FPS, and that I _use_ a lot keybindings especially now that I heavily use in-game voice chat in-game or teamspeak. While using "open mic" solves somes of the problem it is much nicer when you don't have to worry about sneezing / coughing and need to prevent ears bleed for the rest of your teammates.:-)
i.e. in Serious Sam 3 you literally use all 10 weapon slots. Having extra mouse buttons lets me quickly switch between lasso, rocket launcher and sniper. I would maybe argue that SS3 has *too* many weapons but I'm not going to complain at the variety of weapons.
For keybinds I also usually use: Space = melee (because of *fast* knife kills in COD4:MW, BF:BC2, etc:) E, R, F = weapons 6, 7, 8 Shift = Sprint / Run Ctrl = Crouch
It's unfortunate your message lacks tact because your otherwise insightful post is forcing people to shoot the messenger instead of listening the message.:-/
You want to use spatial memory and touch feedback to help guarantee the player won't over-shoot the side thumb buttons. i.e. There is an optimal balance between minimizing the number of buttons and maximizing the number of buttons.
I've found 3 side thumb buttons to be great. Another post in this thread suggested a D-Pad for the thumb -- I think that would work even better yet. Any more then that though and you are now starting to incur penalties.
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Your wife is just saying that to not make you feel inadequate ;-)
No. My day job is working with OpenGL ES 1.x, 2.x, and WebGL. You will want this link. Don't let the title through you -- WebGL *is* OpenGL ES 2.0
http://www.khronos.org/webgl/wiki/WebGL_and_OpenGL_Differences
> Then what is your problem with Amazon's Kindle?
Since apparently you have problems with your reading skills and/or comprehension, let me quote what I wrote:
>> Likewise on *my* devices I don't want other people's visual crap;
> The rest of us live in the real world realize that advertising is a part of our economy and culture, why would over a 100 years of a corporate culture that relies on ads change now?
They said the same thing about slavery, women not voting, etc. at one point too.
It is only part of the culture because idiots like you don't see the problem with greed, manipulation, and marketing.
> If you lived 100 years ago, would you be complaining that your mom hung the Sears Catalog in the outhouse for use as toilet paper because you don't want to wipe your ass with an ad?
Some people would obviously see the value in an ad finally being useful for once.
But just because we killed trees then (and now) to justify marketing's greed doesn't make it right.
> it is more about you paying attention to the pilot and flight attendants during takeoff and being prepared to make an emergency exit.
Except that you can fall asleep, read a book, etc. and they won't bother you at all. So the line about "safety" line is total bullshit.
> If it was about EMI than you would be required to prove you have turned everything off.
Exactly.
> And, can you imagine the pissing and moaning which would follow if the FAA said "iPads are OK" for public use, but nothing else.
You're an IDIOT if you think a $300 electronic device is going to interfere and stop a $30 million dollar plane from flying.
I leave my iPhone & iPad on ALL the time when I fly. *nothing* happens.
The FAA to fucking lazy to do a _one_ _test_ flight with 100's of iPads, Nintendo DS+, iPhones, etc and actually _observe_ the
EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) being:
a) generated,
b) directed at the cockpit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference
But then again, airlines are too stupid to tell the difference between FIFO and LIFO for boarding/unboarding.
> how do you manage to drive or walk anywhere without seeing an ad?
First, when you grow up you will realize we have this little thing called: Choice. As in, I choose NOT to view ads of any kinds by *gasp* choosing to look away! I am not interested in companies that have zero respect for potential customers that they feel the need to visually pollute the environment with propaganda for things I don't want nor need in my life. If *you* want to waste your time buying into the lie that your life has no meaning without the things or services they are trying to sell you, go right ahead.
Second, when I am paying for the bandwidth *I* get to decide what network traffic is sent through my pipe not some ignorant developer who has no respect for my bandwidth costs. Likewise on *my* devices I don't want other people's visual crap; I avoid developers that feel the need to spew whatever they can onto my device because they have zero respect for my hardware. If I "buy" a "free" app then that is perfectly understandable that those developers will try to augment their income with 'ads', but AGAIN it is MY choice whether or not to run THOSE apps. I can always "upgrade" to the full version which damn well better not have any ads.
Third, one day when you move out of mommy's basement you will realize that not everyone has the same preferences that you do. Only an idiot or fool naively believes everyone should have the same opinion.
Lastly, are you actually able to comprehend the fact that not everyone places their priorities on capitalism and manipulation that they call marketing/advertising?
The fact that companies need to advertise in the first place demonstrates that all they care about is manipulation and greed. I am not interested in supporting those types of companies in any manner until they grow up.
Ah! You're right -- looks like that is the original color of the water!
I've posted a new version that shows all the photoshop'd areas
http://imgur.com/lvZap
Ah yes, I saw that initially but forgot to add it. :-/
> It isn't 'obvious' to me that that image has been manipulated.
No offense, but are you blind? Here are the areas highlighted in red that show obvious signs of being manipulated.
http://imgur.com/d5vKF
> I wonder why ads bother people so much
Because some of us don't be want to be visually distracted with crap we don't want nor need.
Another perfect example is there "no trivial" policy, which is totally retarded.
One man's trivia is another man's junk! I mean, its not like the "trivia" section is taking up wads of disk-space. The WHOLE point about a dynamic non-linear encyclopedia is to link to all SORTS of information in the first place!
Wikipedia is run by a bunch of fucktards who think they can decide is worthy of being "knowledge"
damit ...
That was NIN's album: Ghost
That NIN's albumt. You could even download flacs!
To bad it was off in a different direction from the traditional NIN "space".
Agree 100%
> Whoever let these monkeys program needs to be drawn and quartered.
And flogged.
I'm looking at you Skype ... and all the retarded UI designers ...
> it's to do with the muscle memory advantage of just shoving the mouse to the top of the screen regardless of which application you're using.
Shhh don't try to confuse users with facts of Fitts' Law ;-)
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts's_law
At our office we are having the same success as you. We're around ~15% standing desks ALONG with standing chars, and everyone who has tried it loves it! We are slowly transitioning to standing.
I concur that alternating is best. Stand for a few hours, sit for a few. It minimizes the extended stress.
> I don't think it should be a mandatory subject, especially at advanced levels.
And we wonder why we get idiot politicians who don't understand the difference between copying & stealing, the ramifications of privacy, not having standards, etc.
Learning to program is giving you the opportunity to become a more rational person. Why *wouldn't* you want the future leaders of our country to at *least* have a fucking clue about technology?
> In every case Apple had a good reason.
I would agree with that sentiment too to *some* degree. It partially seems like Apple has NIH syndrome but they *also* have good reasons to invent new standards because they are interested in solving technical (practical?) problems.
* Firewire is definitely a dream compared to USB!
* It is debatable where Macs helped jumpstart the USB market, but they definitely played a part.
* Now that Thunderbolt is standardized, we'll start seeing more GPUs natively support it.
Regardless if you love / hate Apple, they seem to be taking the middle road. The left is use only standard connectors (and put up with the hassle of devices not having certain convenience factors), or the right of using only proprietary connectors (which the public has voted against.)
100% concur that the "Elegant Universe" is one of the best laymen's description of Quantum Mechanics around.
> And FTL drives mean you also violate causality and have time travel.
You *assume* it violates causality. Causality has not been _proven_ nor time travel.
Only those who don't understand time travel invent nonsensical paradoxes.
Maybe once Scientists have a clue why time "appears" to flow only one way then we can start making predictions about how time is "supposed" to work.
Please mod parent up insightful. Far too many companies believe the fallacy Pirate Copy = Lost Sale.
> I've been playing multiplayer FPS games on and off since the original Doom in 1993 (10Base2 coax LAN ftw)
Same. :-)
In TF2 I usually play medic and don't usually need to worry about keybinds, but when I do play other classes you're points about TF2 I agree with. :-) Valve has done a nice job of streamlining the numbers of weapons each class needs by striking a good balance between not enough and too many. Maybe I just suck at playing Spy but for some reason I find the keybinds not to be as intuitive as the other classes. I would recommend you try the keyboard switching for a while -- I think you'll find it faster ;-)
The "problem" is that I also play many, many other FPS, and that I _use_ a lot keybindings especially now that I heavily use in-game voice chat in-game or teamspeak. While using "open mic" solves somes of the problem it is much nicer when you don't have to worry about sneezing / coughing and need to prevent ears bleed for the rest of your teammates. :-)
i.e. in Serious Sam 3 you literally use all 10 weapon slots. Having extra mouse buttons lets me quickly switch between lasso, rocket launcher and sniper. I would maybe argue that SS3 has *too* many weapons but I'm not going to complain at the variety of weapons.
For keybinds I also usually use: :)
Space = melee (because of *fast* knife kills in COD4:MW, BF:BC2, etc
E, R, F = weapons 6, 7, 8
Shift = Sprint / Run
Ctrl = Crouch
Cheers
It's unfortunate your message lacks tact because your otherwise insightful post is forcing people to shoot the messenger instead of listening the message. :-/
Speaking of facts have you read the book: "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"
It is a catalog of six fundamental ideas that commonly support moral systems: care, fairness, liberty, loyalty, authority and sanctity.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Righteous-Mind-Politics-ebook/dp/product-description/B0052FF7YM
Speaking of Math, have you read the graphic novel Logicomix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logicomix
That's not really a good design IMHO.
You want to use spatial memory and touch feedback to help guarantee the player won't over-shoot the side thumb buttons. i.e. There is an optimal balance between minimizing the number of buttons and maximizing the number of buttons.
I've found 3 side thumb buttons to be great. Another post in this thread suggested a D-Pad for the thumb -- I think that would work even better yet. Any more then that though and you are now starting to incur penalties.
edit:
Having played FPS for ~ 20+ years