Libraries are for storing and accessing information. What if, in the course of your research, you needed to reference an email from a professor or colleague? I guess email makes a little more sense in that context, doesn't it? Maybe you shouldn't be so narrow in your definition of what a library should and should not be.
Besides, who's to say that the research you're doing is ultimately any more valuable (to anyone else but you) than someone else checking email and posting on myspace? The solution to your hypothetical problem is to tough it out and wait until they're done, and remember to get to the library earlier next time, or to politely ask them if you can interrupt, as you have some work you need to get done.
Put it in the player upside-down and play for the length of the movie. Or, you could put the disk on the end of your finger and spin, but that might take long enough for you to realize it was just a joke:)
Maybe he carries the stick because he sees you staring out the window at him everyday...;)
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By why not do things in a similar way, if not exactly the same way? It sounds to me from what I've read, and I could be way off base here, like lots of the interface choices were made specifically to be different than Photoshop. Granted, maybe this had something to do with patents or some such reasoning I'm not aware of (and I haven't looked very deep into it) but the typical Gimp articles I see on/. all devolve into "It sucks because it's not Photoshop" vs "Screw Photoshop, Gimp works just fine for ME!". All I'm saying is, why can't there have been some compromise to make it more accessible to new users AND Photoshop veterans?
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By the same token, don't assume that because The Gimp does something differently than Photoshop that it's a better way. Traditionally in image editors (and not just Photoshop), the brush icon does the bitmap painting and the pen does the vector drawing.
Without claiming that "the Gimp sucks" just because it's unfamiliar, I do think there's PLENTY of room for improvement in its interface (my opinion, based on screenshots and descriptions and admittedly never having used it).
Thanks to years of faithful TV viewing, I'm pretty sure #3 is to float, calm in the knowledge that the rescue ship will pick you up on sensors just before your O2 runs out.
If you look at this as a proof of concept instead of a final product (as others have already posted) this could be something very useful. One of my first thoughts was "what about filenames?" but if you imagine the name and possibly a small file info box appearing when you hover over an icon (similar to how the actions menus appear in the video) this seems like a great way to interact with your files, especially with a tablet/pen interface. Combine the nested folder idea with this and I think they're really onto something here. Of course, I hope they're working closely with Apple, as they've held the patent to piles for several years (and if they are, imagine the sweet, sweet OS X tablet they could produce...)
I understand your point, but I don't think switching ISPs is that easy for most parts of the country. Maybe if you're in a large city, but out in the 'burbs or rural areas, you're likely stuck with either cable or dialup. I don't know about you, but I'd almost rather suffer loss of access to Google at this point than drop to dialup speeds again. Almost.
Simple - keep the dust from getting into the miners' oxygen tanks. No lunar atmosphere makes it hard to inhale lunar dust (unless you track it inside the living/work quarters or something).
Those who dismiss someone's disbelief in a tale of supernatural events are not actually interested in the truth. They have made up their mind, and no amount of "scientific facts" that are found to be true in reality will convince them...
See what I did there? It's easy to slam someone who doesn't think the same thing as you. With that statement, you're as guilty of close-mindedness as the people you accuse. Instead of your explanation, isn't it possible that it's more a result of several thousand years' worth of a lack of miracles or supernatural events occurring in a measurable, reproducable way that led someone to believe the Bible isn't entirely accurate?
The American colonies were built with foreign investment, and foreign investment funded its revolution from the British. At what point in the last 200 years was America doing fine without it?
So you're going to argue that America is one continent because North America and South America are part of a continuous landmass, but Europe and Asia are somehow different?
Granted, I haven't read the article, but from what I understand of Ticketmaster, they have contracts with the artists/labels AND contracts with the venues. So to answer your question, "what management company would allow [this]?" - any one that wanted to continue to have their acts to play venues which are under contract with TM.
It's also a homonymn for a word that means "I and at least one other" and for another word that means "yes." I agree, not the most catchy of names, but do you honestly think a significant number (and I mean significant to Nintendo's sales figures, not to you or I) of prospective buyers will refuse to buy this console solely on the basis of its name? Assuming the vast majority of customers agree it's a dumb name, most will still just mumble "what a dumb name" while they're standing at the sales counter shelling out their money for a shiny new Wii.
Is someone going to bring up this flawed theory EVERY time there's an Apple article on/.? Are you telling me there hasn't been a single virus writer who wanted to be the one behind the first real-world OS X virus? Or to write one just to shut up all those smug Mac users?
Hmm, I completely agree with the sentiment, which would make me want to go with "insightful," but it is phrased rather trollishly... Definitely a mod point dilemma, if I had any right now.
From what I understand, you can't knowingly sit by while someone infringes on your patent in order to increase the amount you claim as damages. You'll have to ask a real lawyer for details, I only play one on the internet...but this prevents someone from just sitting by until a small-time operation they know is infringing on their patents hits the big time, in order to sue for more money.
A large group taking a stand against a law or issue IS participating in the legislative process. I know what you were trying to say, but you're missing the point. Whether you're talking about the ACLU, the EFF, or any other political action group, they represent a larger population with a grievance against some law, policy, etc. Their goal is two-fold: to prevent abuses caused by the legislation they're rallying against, and to get it changed or repealed so they don't have to keep fighting the abuses it allows. The fact that they aren't members of Congress actually writing bills doesn't mean they're not part of the process.
Lessons learned: anonymous cowards on/. seem to think they know more about UI design than professionals with the benefit of years of documented experiments. Moving thousands of pixels usually IS significantly easier than moving to the top of the current window, because the current window isn't always in the same space. Familiarize yourself with the term "muscle memory," stop being such a douche, and come back when you have something intelligent to contribute to the conversation.
Except you didn't read the contract you signed with your pipeline, which probably had a clause in it that said what they were really agreeing to was up to 600 gallons/hour of water in and up to 75/hour out...at least that's how the cable companies do it with their broadband subscriptions, so you or I can't sue them because we couldn't hit the max advertised download speed during peak time. I'm not saying this is a "good" practice, just that your metaphor is a bit flawed.
Could it be that not everyone lives in large, concentrated cities close to their offices? Maybe you could explain to me a fast, safe way to walk or bike about 30 miles of expressway to and from work each day?
God, I hope this was sarcasm. If not, you have to have one of the most short-sighted opinions I have ever heard. Our country was built on the idea that the people are supposed to criticize the government. I'd much rather take the chance of "future 9/11s" happening than give up the freedoms on which the United States was founded...although that's a false dilemma anyway, considering that our current administration knew about terrorist plans to fly planes into buildings before 9/11 but paid little-to-no attention to the warnings.
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Libraries are for storing and accessing information. What if, in the course of your research, you needed to reference an email from a professor or colleague? I guess email makes a little more sense in that context, doesn't it? Maybe you shouldn't be so narrow in your definition of what a library should and should not be. Besides, who's to say that the research you're doing is ultimately any more valuable (to anyone else but you) than someone else checking email and posting on myspace? The solution to your hypothetical problem is to tough it out and wait until they're done, and remember to get to the library earlier next time, or to politely ask them if you can interrupt, as you have some work you need to get done.
I've you've got a ship right now that can make Warp 6, then sign me up!
Put it in the player upside-down and play for the length of the movie. Or, you could put the disk on the end of your finger and spin, but that might take long enough for you to realize it was just a joke :)
Maybe he carries the stick because he sees you staring out the window at him everyday... ;)
By why not do things in a similar way, if not exactly the same way? It sounds to me from what I've read, and I could be way off base here, like lots of the interface choices were made specifically to be different than Photoshop. Granted, maybe this had something to do with patents or some such reasoning I'm not aware of (and I haven't looked very deep into it) but the typical Gimp articles I see on /. all devolve into "It sucks because it's not Photoshop" vs "Screw Photoshop, Gimp works just fine for ME!". All I'm saying is, why can't there have been some compromise to make it more accessible to new users AND Photoshop veterans?
By the same token, don't assume that because The Gimp does something differently than Photoshop that it's a better way. Traditionally in image editors (and not just Photoshop), the brush icon does the bitmap painting and the pen does the vector drawing.
Without claiming that "the Gimp sucks" just because it's unfamiliar, I do think there's PLENTY of room for improvement in its interface (my opinion, based on screenshots and descriptions and admittedly never having used it).
Thanks to years of faithful TV viewing, I'm pretty sure #3 is to float, calm in the knowledge that the rescue ship will pick you up on sensors just before your O2 runs out.
If you look at this as a proof of concept instead of a final product (as others have already posted) this could be something very useful. One of my first thoughts was "what about filenames?" but if you imagine the name and possibly a small file info box appearing when you hover over an icon (similar to how the actions menus appear in the video) this seems like a great way to interact with your files, especially with a tablet/pen interface. Combine the nested folder idea with this and I think they're really onto something here. Of course, I hope they're working closely with Apple, as they've held the patent to piles for several years (and if they are, imagine the sweet, sweet OS X tablet they could produce...)
I understand your point, but I don't think switching ISPs is that easy for most parts of the country. Maybe if you're in a large city, but out in the 'burbs or rural areas, you're likely stuck with either cable or dialup. I don't know about you, but I'd almost rather suffer loss of access to Google at this point than drop to dialup speeds again. Almost.
Simple - keep the dust from getting into the miners' oxygen tanks. No lunar atmosphere makes it hard to inhale lunar dust (unless you track it inside the living/work quarters or something).
The Flintstones, Disney's Dinosaur, ABC's Dinosaurs, The Land Before Time, et al.
See what I did there? It's easy to slam someone who doesn't think the same thing as you. With that statement, you're as guilty of close-mindedness as the people you accuse. Instead of your explanation, isn't it possible that it's more a result of several thousand years' worth of a lack of miracles or supernatural events occurring in a measurable, reproducable way that led someone to believe the Bible isn't entirely accurate?
The American colonies were built with foreign investment, and foreign investment funded its revolution from the British. At what point in the last 200 years was America doing fine without it?
So you're going to argue that America is one continent because North America and South America are part of a continuous landmass, but Europe and Asia are somehow different?
Granted, I haven't read the article, but from what I understand of Ticketmaster, they have contracts with the artists/labels AND contracts with the venues. So to answer your question, "what management company would allow [this]?" - any one that wanted to continue to have their acts to play venues which are under contract with TM.
It's also a homonymn for a word that means "I and at least one other" and for another word that means "yes." I agree, not the most catchy of names, but do you honestly think a significant number (and I mean significant to Nintendo's sales figures, not to you or I) of prospective buyers will refuse to buy this console solely on the basis of its name? Assuming the vast majority of customers agree it's a dumb name, most will still just mumble "what a dumb name" while they're standing at the sales counter shelling out their money for a shiny new Wii.
Is someone going to bring up this flawed theory EVERY time there's an Apple article on /.? Are you telling me there hasn't been a single virus writer who wanted to be the one behind the first real-world OS X virus? Or to write one just to shut up all those smug Mac users?
Hmm, I completely agree with the sentiment, which would make me want to go with "insightful," but it is phrased rather trollishly... Definitely a mod point dilemma, if I had any right now.
From what I understand, you can't knowingly sit by while someone infringes on your patent in order to increase the amount you claim as damages. You'll have to ask a real lawyer for details, I only play one on the internet...but this prevents someone from just sitting by until a small-time operation they know is infringing on their patents hits the big time, in order to sue for more money.
A large group taking a stand against a law or issue IS participating in the legislative process. I know what you were trying to say, but you're missing the point. Whether you're talking about the ACLU, the EFF, or any other political action group, they represent a larger population with a grievance against some law, policy, etc. Their goal is two-fold: to prevent abuses caused by the legislation they're rallying against, and to get it changed or repealed so they don't have to keep fighting the abuses it allows. The fact that they aren't members of Congress actually writing bills doesn't mean they're not part of the process.
Lessons learned: anonymous cowards on /. seem to think they know more about UI design than professionals with the benefit of years of documented experiments. Moving thousands of pixels usually IS significantly easier than moving to the top of the current window, because the current window isn't always in the same space. Familiarize yourself with the term "muscle memory," stop being such a douche, and come back when you have something intelligent to contribute to the conversation.
For the long term, when it comes to language, "just because a bunch of people say it" is the only thing that means it's right.
Except you didn't read the contract you signed with your pipeline, which probably had a clause in it that said what they were really agreeing to was up to 600 gallons/hour of water in and up to 75/hour out...at least that's how the cable companies do it with their broadband subscriptions, so you or I can't sue them because we couldn't hit the max advertised download speed during peak time. I'm not saying this is a "good" practice, just that your metaphor is a bit flawed.
Could it be that not everyone lives in large, concentrated cities close to their offices? Maybe you could explain to me a fast, safe way to walk or bike about 30 miles of expressway to and from work each day?
God, I hope this was sarcasm. If not, you have to have one of the most short-sighted opinions I have ever heard. Our country was built on the idea that the people are supposed to criticize the government. I'd much rather take the chance of "future 9/11s" happening than give up the freedoms on which the United States was founded...although that's a false dilemma anyway, considering that our current administration knew about terrorist plans to fly planes into buildings before 9/11 but paid little-to-no attention to the warnings.