These would be a good start:
1) C:\ is a location on a filesystem/disk
2) What a URL is
3) What an email address looks like
And then the next thing to learn would be to tell the difference between a website that'll give you a virus and one that will not.
Hey at least in Win XP it doesn't take too many steps to turn it into something that very closely resembles Win 2000. Sounds like the switches Apple has made go way beyond this.
Mod this up! Thanks for taking the time to tell it like it is.
Gotta give MS some credit for keeping their UI consistent for so long now.
Good users invest some time into figuring out how to use their computer more efficiently. When your UIs are wildly different from version to version you're cheating the user out of their time. it's the worst kind of mistake and really a slap in the face.
I've been building major websites for about six years now and believe me, writing in C# using VS.Net is far superior to most other tools. Eclipse is coming around now with their Web Tools Project (http://eclipse.org/webtools/) but the proliferation of Java frameworks (Hibernate, Spring, Struts, and JSF) as well as servers makes for a lot of distractions that you just don't have to put up with in the dotnet world.
Wish that I could just choose the best tool and use it, but believe-it-or-not there are some clients that prefer their politics to dictate what kind of platform their custom software runs on. It's idiotic really. So somebody has to do the Java coding and it's not going to be some newbie, because it's simply too complicated.
What makes that stupid wheel so intuitive? Do you have a cirle of songs or something? Myself, I have a list of songs. Many lists. Lists go up and down, not round and round. Apple's upper-hand on UI is a farce.
I have a touch zen which has a strip that goes up and down. I knew right away wtf that did.
Is clearly not who makes up Apple's customer base.
I think this is happening because Apple's customer base consists of a bunch of elitists with money to blow.
Yes, this is flamebait. Mod me up!
What are you talking about man? The lens is actually one of their selling points. I even know the name, it's a Carl Zeiss lens. Isn't that supposed to be high quality? Your comment needs some explanation.
Aside from that, it comes pre-packaged with wacky subject lines. Works just like outlook. Works exactly like you'd expect it to, with drag&drop. Flat out incredible.
Newsgroups are for oldies. Pipe down over there. Let us take the reigns.
Didn't you hear that email is for old people? IM is what the kids like now.
Where does that leave newsgroups?
Porn freak is what you probably are.
Software is subject to the laws of evolution, like any other meme. It will continue to reproduce across any sort of storage medium that comes along. Don't worry. You underestimate the number of copies that exist as well as the ease of copying.
Perhaps the biggest (and most plausible) worry about digital-rights-management technologies is the scenario where a particularly excellent application goes extinct because the media it exists on is no longer accessible.
I say this is highly unlikely because the fittest applications will always be copied onto the newest media by users. Seems like a "yeah, duh" to me.
If "fuck you i'm fully vested" didn't tell you all about microsoft's competitive stance, you're a total blithering idiot.
Y'all remember that one in Wired? You read Wired right?
I'll tell you, if you don't see what this signals, you're completely friggen blind.
It's not just Microsoft that is hiding behind a puffed-up image. Competition is now global. And it's about brilliant individuals even now. This is asymmetrical and it really makes the entire corporate position suspect.
I could go on and talk about patents and crazy inflated stock prices and the unbalanced buying power of a corporation. Doesn't it all seem a bit fishy?
Consider yourself lucky. The rigor of that kind of study is going to suit you well after you leave school. I've been programming for money for the past six years now and am elated to find an occasional new hire with a classic CS background. The crap where a school teaches you a programming language, or teaches you about database modelling or network topologies, that shit is the low-grade thinking.
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These would be a good start: 1) C:\ is a location on a filesystem/disk 2) What a URL is 3) What an email address looks like And then the next thing to learn would be to tell the difference between a website that'll give you a virus and one that will not.
So true. The price of Apple hardware has always been crap. Probably the biggest reason I got excited about the mini-Macs...they're reasonably priced.
Sexy matters more than anything else in the media world. Apple is sexy. Unlike a geek who still lives in his mother's basement.
of shallowness mods will love this /who cares
enough said. i have been a java dev for about 5 years now and i can't stand it. my testimonial should be worth something.
Hey at least in Win XP it doesn't take too many steps to turn it into something that very closely resembles Win 2000. Sounds like the switches Apple has made go way beyond this.
Mod this up! Thanks for taking the time to tell it like it is. Gotta give MS some credit for keeping their UI consistent for so long now. Good users invest some time into figuring out how to use their computer more efficiently. When your UIs are wildly different from version to version you're cheating the user out of their time. it's the worst kind of mistake and really a slap in the face.
This is great advice. Agree with you 100%.
I've been building major websites for about six years now and believe me, writing in C# using VS.Net is far superior to most other tools. Eclipse is coming around now with their Web Tools Project (http://eclipse.org/webtools/) but the proliferation of Java frameworks (Hibernate, Spring, Struts, and JSF) as well as servers makes for a lot of distractions that you just don't have to put up with in the dotnet world. Wish that I could just choose the best tool and use it, but believe-it-or-not there are some clients that prefer their politics to dictate what kind of platform their custom software runs on. It's idiotic really. So somebody has to do the Java coding and it's not going to be some newbie, because it's simply too complicated.
Maybe it's because Apple finally came down off their high horse and offered an affordable computer for once?
I want a nano too. Those things are incredibly rugged. I'd even suffer through the circular scroller. ;-)
What makes that stupid wheel so intuitive? Do you have a cirle of songs or something? Myself, I have a list of songs. Many lists. Lists go up and down, not round and round. Apple's upper-hand on UI is a farce. I have a touch zen which has a strip that goes up and down. I knew right away wtf that did.
Is clearly not who makes up Apple's customer base. I think this is happening because Apple's customer base consists of a bunch of elitists with money to blow. Yes, this is flamebait. Mod me up!
These are the two kinds of people who hate VS.Net. Do you have something against debuggers?
What are you talking about man? The lens is actually one of their selling points. I even know the name, it's a Carl Zeiss lens. Isn't that supposed to be high quality? Your comment needs some explanation.
Nokia is known for the best call-quality in the industry. Antennas (external) are useless. Chances are it's got an excellent mic.
Yeah the whole situation is deplorable.
Most of the best songs are simple ones.
coke. duh. easier than wires into your cerebellum, more effective than prozac.
Aside from that, it comes pre-packaged with wacky subject lines. Works just like outlook. Works exactly like you'd expect it to, with drag&drop. Flat out incredible.
Newsgroups are for oldies. Pipe down over there. Let us take the reigns. Didn't you hear that email is for old people? IM is what the kids like now. Where does that leave newsgroups? Porn freak is what you probably are.
Software is subject to the laws of evolution, like any other meme. It will continue to reproduce across any sort of storage medium that comes along. Don't worry. You underestimate the number of copies that exist as well as the ease of copying. Perhaps the biggest (and most plausible) worry about digital-rights-management technologies is the scenario where a particularly excellent application goes extinct because the media it exists on is no longer accessible. I say this is highly unlikely because the fittest applications will always be copied onto the newest media by users. Seems like a "yeah, duh" to me.
If "fuck you i'm fully vested" didn't tell you all about microsoft's competitive stance, you're a total blithering idiot. Y'all remember that one in Wired? You read Wired right? I'll tell you, if you don't see what this signals, you're completely friggen blind. It's not just Microsoft that is hiding behind a puffed-up image. Competition is now global. And it's about brilliant individuals even now. This is asymmetrical and it really makes the entire corporate position suspect. I could go on and talk about patents and crazy inflated stock prices and the unbalanced buying power of a corporation. Doesn't it all seem a bit fishy?
Consider yourself lucky. The rigor of that kind of study is going to suit you well after you leave school. I've been programming for money for the past six years now and am elated to find an occasional new hire with a classic CS background. The crap where a school teaches you a programming language, or teaches you about database modelling or network topologies, that shit is the low-grade thinking.