It's not just the premium, it's the fact that their low-end machines come with Intel video, and no way to replace; that is, they are worthless for gaming!
The single menu bar, I'll say again, is terrible design in my opinion. It's highly confusing, because you work in the window, not the "window+this area at the top of the screen". It's far clearer what's going on if the window is self-contained.
It's not confusing at all, and makes perfect sense if you try to see the "desktop metaphor" more literally. I mean, imagine the whole screen as an art desk; on it there are cups with pens, erasers, rulers, and other tools - the menus and other palletes. Put a sheet of paper on the desk - that is a window. Now, how do you draw? The Mac way, you pick each tool as needed, then return it to its place; or the Windows way, you pick all the tools you may need and put them around the paper sheet.
Instead of appealing to the "oooo shiny" crowd with yet another desperate GUI attempt to catch up with OS/X
And what makes the Mac interface great is not even that in the first place; it's the fact that it is well-planned, well-designed, easy to use. No matter how much "shiny" you put on Windows, it will remain an inferior interface, even compared to OS 9 -- in fact 9 beats X in a few interface aspects.
Come to think about it, I remember reading before MS Windows XP came out about all the wonderful things that were going to be in it. Yet, when it did come out, it wasn't a revolution, just more gradual changes.
And before Windows 95, they promised a badass new system codenamed Cairo, remember that? It would rival what NeXT and IBM had back then... and people believed that shit. Always keep in mind, Microsoft is a master in overpromise and underdelivery.
Guns kept in the home for self-protection are 22 times more likely to kill a family member or friend than to kill an assailant in self-defense.
While probably technically true, this fact fails to capture the larger scene. See, firearms serve as a deterrent. As the old saying goes: if owning a gun is a crime, only criminals will own guns. That is, a criminal's job will be much safer. Only he has the power to kill. He can have his way with the victim. On the other hand, if everyone can have a gun, trying to commit a crime can get you a nasty case of lead poisoning.
Can someone find me statistics for crimes that simply never happened in the first place due to the fact that potential victims could actually fight back?
while I think the middle eastern religions are pretty horrid, Scientology is pure insanity. Xenu? DC10s? Thetans?
Why are those things any more insane than...
* talking to angels (Mohammed was crazy) * taking a lil' cruise to heaven and hell (yea, Mohammed was mucho loco) * parthenogenesis by a human ("virgin" Mary, my ass) * voices from a burning bush (Moses was another nutjob) * genital mutilation (Moses was also one sick fuck)
It's hard to rank the degree of their insanity, but perhaps you could say Scientologist theology is sillier. Although maybe that's just because it is newer. Give them time.
Coca Cola invented Fanta so they could continue to sell soft drinks in the European market during the War
Not exactly. The company's german arm, isolated from the american one, invented it to keep the plant in operation during the war, when they could not get the Coca Cola syrup.
Other way around really; DVD is a minor improvement over VHS. Blu-ray is a huge improvement over DVD.... DVD's main improvements were in convienence and durability.
Precisely the point! Convenience and durability are among the qualities that made DVD so much better than VHS. Are Blu-ray discs more convenient and durable than DVDs? I suppose not. So, all they have is the higher definition; on the other hand, there's the cost -- new player, new movies, new hi-def TV set.
If you are buying new stuff anyway, sure, might as well go for it. But if you already have a decent setup, I don't believe the benefit justifies the expense.
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You know, there was this guy I actually really liked. But it seems you can't be a candidate if you are too staunch a defender of freedom!
It's not just the premium, it's the fact that their low-end machines come with Intel video, and no way to replace; that is, they are worthless for gaming!
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The Pirate Bay, Mininova, Black Cats, SnesOrama, Planet Emulation, Underground Gamer...
It's not confusing at all, and makes perfect sense if you try to see the "desktop metaphor" more literally. I mean, imagine the whole screen as an art desk; on it there are cups with pens, erasers, rulers, and other tools - the menus and other palletes. Put a sheet of paper on the desk - that is a window. Now, how do you draw? The Mac way, you pick each tool as needed, then return it to its place; or the Windows way, you pick all the tools you may need and put them around the paper sheet.
"LOL" indeed comes to mind when you regard the single menu bar as an error, althought it clearly is the superior design.
And what makes the Mac interface great is not even that in the first place; it's the fact that it is well-planned, well-designed, easy to use. No matter how much "shiny" you put on Windows, it will remain an inferior interface, even compared to OS 9 -- in fact 9 beats X in a few interface aspects.
And before Windows 95, they promised a badass new system codenamed Cairo, remember that? It would rival what NeXT and IBM had back then... and people believed that shit. Always keep in mind, Microsoft is a master in overpromise and underdelivery.
Fixed.
No, idiot, you're not supposed to kill the babies. After you kill the bastards, you kidnap their babies and raise them to your ideals.
Sadly, the usual reaction is: z0mg teh evil pirates are stealing from us! Quick, let's buy some laws!
While probably technically true, this fact fails to capture the larger scene. See, firearms serve as a deterrent. As the old saying goes: if owning a gun is a crime, only criminals will own guns. That is, a criminal's job will be much safer. Only he has the power to kill. He can have his way with the victim. On the other hand, if everyone can have a gun, trying to commit a crime can get you a nasty case of lead poisoning.
Can someone find me statistics for crimes that simply never happened in the first place due to the fact that potential victims could actually fight back?
You now owe Time Warner $10,000.
Fix'd. Homeopathy is bullshit.
Did you know circumcision itself can kill?
Ah, my bad. Thanks for the correction.
Why are those things any more insane than...
* talking to angels (Mohammed was crazy)
* taking a lil' cruise to heaven and hell (yea, Mohammed was mucho loco)
* parthenogenesis by a human ("virgin" Mary, my ass)
* voices from a burning bush (Moses was another nutjob)
* genital mutilation (Moses was also one sick fuck)
It's hard to rank the degree of their insanity, but perhaps you could say Scientologist theology is sillier. Although maybe that's just because it is newer. Give them time.
Yes, they do.
Not exactly. The company's german arm, isolated from the american one, invented it to keep the plant in operation during the war, when they could not get the Coca Cola syrup.
* http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/coke/coke2.html
* http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/fanta.asp
To do what? To work on OS/2, or to bang AC's grandma?
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Does all this realism make the game more fun?
Precisely the point! Convenience and durability are among the qualities that made DVD so much better than VHS. Are Blu-ray discs more convenient and durable than DVDs? I suppose not. So, all they have is the higher definition; on the other hand, there's the cost -- new player, new movies, new hi-def TV set.
If you are buying new stuff anyway, sure, might as well go for it. But if you already have a decent setup, I don't believe the benefit justifies the expense.
DVDs were a huge improvement over VHS; Blu-ray is a minor improvement over DVD.
We synthesize what we must because we can.