Autocad 2000, i'm serious! Well at least my version refuses to even install in xp, it says, "this version of autocad is for win98" what does 98 do that XP can't?
Am I the first to say?
In Soviet Russia the theathers watch you!
Now that im a legal adult i could get into big problems but if i were underaged this could be a big adventure. A nerdy adventure none the less but still cool: Night Vision Goggles, IR flooding, IR blindspots! This is like reality hacking, get a team of friends with strong IR bulbs and spread over the audience, then the whole place is a blind spot!, what about disabling the protectionist using a small EMP? or radio noise... its good for your imagination
But you really think intel is "subsidizing" you? Intel is charging you as much as you can tolerate. Also you seem to think that the low-budget market is not profitable... -it is profitable- because you get to sell thousands of pices, even at a low price you get profit. But that's not the point, the point is that intel doesn't sell cheaper hardware to help you, they just want your money too.
Now, thet's ok for me, it is they right to do whatever they want with the stuff they sell. Also, it is your right to do whatever you want with the stuff you buy. If intel gives up crippling hardware because the overclocking community hacks their boxen (shryeah...), the result WON'T be ultra high costs, they will simply charge us how much as we can tolerate before looking for alternatives, as allways.
The solution is, again, not putting all the eggs in the same basket working toghether to encourage alternatives
Well yes, see if Intel makes expensive hw for the big boys, the low-end customers will switch to cheapers alternatives, who said every pc has to have an intel?
The idea that high-end customers subsidize low-end customers is hilarious:
Intel CEO: "Well since we have made a lot of money from the corporate sector we should use all that money to give (crippled) hardware to public sector a la Robin Hood."
Come on! the reason why Intel sells cheaper crippled hardware is not because we are
"subsidized" is because intel doesn't want you look for alternatives while still selling at higher cost to those who can affort it.
User is found guilty of abusing an underaged metaphor showing complete diregard of her honour. -"I was just helping him by representing a book, he was nice and kind, but then he, he..."- explained the poor metaphor before breaking in tears. The indecent user admited shamelessy -"I liked the book metaphor and she seemed to like me, i wanted to try something new and she was perfect for it, i didn't thought it was wrong"-
The thing that seems to be so hard to understand is that the non-spatial, "navigational" Nautilus is already easy to reach.
Not as easy as those who want to reach it want it to be. And it seems more than 50% want it easier to reach. In the OSS world, than if more than 50% don't like a default behavior, you should consider changing it. (Should as in recommendable but not imperative). And if there is a tie, make changing it a snap!
And disabling "spatial" (aka classic Win95-style) nautilus is not dangerous at all, that was a joke right? It is safe, it is what most people are used to anyway.
Now, the point is, what's the point in doing so? Hardcore users would probably want it in "browser" mode (complex hierarchy) and "newbs" would either want it too (more like windows 98-XP) or not care at all. But anybody who actually cares about it would want it right away, in big letters...
I assume you like spatial nautilus, and since it is the default behavior, you want that nasty disable checkbox away from your sight. Fine let's flip the coin: Imagine Gnome makes browser mode the default and puts the toggle in a registry-like separate application, making it harder to reach for you, and impossible for "newbs" that you'd like to use spatial mode too, because it's better.
Wouldn't it be easier to put this kind of flamefodder, right in the first page of the preferences dialog and save a nice flamewar?
I have to back up this guy. Im an intermediate-to-advanced user, i use the options dialog. Sometimes, AFTER i have played a lot with the interface of an app, i'll go to regedit, if I know what am doing, is common knowladge that you can fck up things there.
I for instance didn't know that gconfig holded -exclusivley- that kind of options... If a program doesn't offer such a BASIC level option in the options dialog, I assume it isn't supported AT ALL.
You don't belive me? See, MS explorer offers the same option in the options dialog. And since, what? 90% of world users have explorer has their main (and only) file browser, they are going to look for that option in there. If they don't find it they'll assume it is not supported.
Beginer users don't even know the options dialog, actually there is an overwhelming population of "Shy" users, that have been using their comps for years and still avoid the options dialog as much as they can.
Don't fool yourself, the options dialog ARE for advanced users, not for beginers.
And don't worry about support. power users know they way through tech support staff:
*calls tech support
-Hello, I subscribed to your internet access, but I refuse to use the CD you sent, please help me to configure it manually.
[Insert discussion about why not using the company's CD]
-Ok Mr. [name]. Clik in the start button. Are you there now?
*then I type Modems in a command line, and the modems' options shows up.
-Yes.
-Go to "Configure"
-there...
-Click in "Control Panel"
-done...
-Do you see the control panel?
-yes...
-Double click in "Modems", Do you see the modems' window?
-yes, i do...
[this is translated from spanish, actuall techsupport staff may sound different in your locality, although you won't even notice]
Do you really you can encompass the behaivor of all "the rest of the world" into one group?
Nope, there are at least 5 groups:
Group 1: Those who genuinely hate America and would die before been american, because they think it is inmoral, imperialist, plastic, ignorant, arrogant, etc...
Group 2: Those who absolutely love America and would love to be born american, because they think it is modern, international, cool, free etc.../*i'm not sure on the free thingy*/
Group 3: Those described in your post, those who hate America because they aren't americans, jealous motivated ones.
Group 4: A middleground between Group 1 and 2. They like american virtues but hate american vices, a lot of people fall in this group, I think.
Group 5: Perhaps the largest group; those who don't fusking care. Since I have both, friends and enemies in my country and in america, nationalism is to me meaningless, it all depends on the people you met.
3 things:
1) GIMP is still in dev, first step was to put into it any feature any sane (and some slighlty twisted) artist could ask for, done (I think), Speed optimization will be next surely, and subailty is the last step (you can't make a killer interface if it has no features in it yet).
You have to understand that they ware A LOT of features, it took a lot of time, patience, usability is sure to come...
2) Usability wise, photoshop sucks... it IS the best there is but still it sucks, Macromedia Fireworks has a better understanding of the art of GUI design, (tho they still hasn't learned that the properties pane is a problem child). Of course it is much more complicated but it is meant to do much more than adobe anyway.
3)Whatta?...
"and Photoshop is but the tip of the iceberg in the world of what Linux will never be able to do natively - screw emulation...this work is already slow enough without another layer interfering
you can make a living using Photoshop...you'll go hungry using gimp"
I see nothing but hate in you, why bash an entire OS? it isn't hurting you anyway, it just tries to make this a better world for everyone, not just for the rich, does this threatens you in any way?
Suzaku will inmediatly become the browser of choice of the otaku (or japanese animation fanatic if you dislike the term) and all the pheonix thing will keep consistent, but the new firefox logo is really cool (wasn't it made by weboso? best icons ever!)
But seriously why change the name? Who complained first or what?
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Not exactly, the GPL in practice isn't copyright even if it technicaly is.
Just like a trojan or worms aren't really user applications even if they techicaly are.
The GPL is like a virus to the copyright system, it harms it, it looks like part of the (c)system, it is made of the same stuff that the rest of the (c)system, it works with the (c)system but it works to its destruction (at leat in the software department).
BSD isn't part of the (c)system, just like grass isn't part of cows, but cows eat grass. GPL has integrated itself into the (c)system but no one seriouly think it is about restrictions. When the only restriction is no restriction, you have to be very dim to call it restricted
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Autocad 2000, i'm serious! Well at least my version refuses to even install in xp, it says, "this version of autocad is for win98" what does 98 do that XP can't?
Am I the first to say? In Soviet Russia the theathers watch you! Now that im a legal adult i could get into big problems but if i were underaged this could be a big adventure. A nerdy adventure none the less but still cool: Night Vision Goggles, IR flooding, IR blindspots! This is like reality hacking, get a team of friends with strong IR bulbs and spread over the audience, then the whole place is a blind spot!, what about disabling the protectionist using a small EMP? or radio noise... its good for your imagination
But you really think intel is "subsidizing" you? Intel is charging you as much as you can tolerate. Also you seem to think that the low-budget market is not profitable... -it is profitable- because you get to sell thousands of pices, even at a low price you get profit. But that's not the point, the point is that intel doesn't sell cheaper hardware to help you, they just want your money too.
Now, thet's ok for me, it is they right to do whatever they want with the stuff they sell. Also, it is your right to do whatever you want with the stuff you buy. If intel gives up crippling hardware because the overclocking community hacks their boxen (shryeah...), the result WON'T be ultra high costs, they will simply charge us how much as we can tolerate before looking for alternatives, as allways.
The solution is, again, not putting all the eggs in the same basket working toghether to encourage alternatives
Well yes, see if Intel makes expensive hw for the big boys, the low-end customers will switch to cheapers alternatives, who said every pc has to have an intel? The idea that high-end customers subsidize low-end customers is hilarious: Intel CEO: "Well since we have made a lot of money from the corporate sector we should use all that money to give (crippled) hardware to public sector a la Robin Hood." Come on! the reason why Intel sells cheaper crippled hardware is not because we are "subsidized" is because intel doesn't want you look for alternatives while still selling at higher cost to those who can affort it.
I just wanted to tell you that "I have been computing..." is not a substitute for "I have been using computers..." that's a Different Thing.
Are you telling me that there's only one Fitt's Law? bummer... then where did the other law came from? *google* *google*
Well... I don't. But if I had to right click and select an entry in a submenu... Ay be annoyed
Talking about alternative methods. if you hold control while opening a folder in explorer (98/XP) that folder opens in a new window
But i use another file manager so it isn't an issue I care much about
User is found guilty of abusing an underaged metaphor showing complete diregard of her honour. -"I was just helping him by representing a book, he was nice and kind, but then he, he..."- explained the poor metaphor before breaking in tears. The indecent user admited shamelessy -"I liked the book metaphor and she seemed to like me, i wanted to try something new and she was perfect for it, i didn't thought it was wrong"-
You could use a double pane file manager...
Not as easy as those who want to reach it want it to be. And it seems more than 50% want it easier to reach. In the OSS world, than if more than 50% don't like a default behavior, you should consider changing it. (Should as in recommendable but not imperative). And if there is a tie, make changing it a snap!
And disabling "spatial" (aka classic Win95-style) nautilus is not dangerous at all, that was a joke right? It is safe, it is what most people are used to anyway.
Now, the point is, what's the point in doing so? Hardcore users would probably want it in "browser" mode (complex hierarchy) and "newbs" would either want it too (more like windows 98-XP) or not care at all. But anybody who actually cares about it would want it right away, in big letters...
I assume you like spatial nautilus, and since it is the default behavior, you want that nasty disable checkbox away from your sight. Fine let's flip the coin: Imagine Gnome makes browser mode the default and puts the toggle in a registry-like separate application, making it harder to reach for you, and impossible for "newbs" that you'd like to use spatial mode too, because it's better.
Wouldn't it be easier to put this kind of flamefodder, right in the first page of the preferences dialog and save a nice flamewar?
I have to back up this guy. Im an intermediate-to-advanced user, i use the options dialog. Sometimes, AFTER i have played a lot with the interface of an app, i'll go to regedit, if I know what am doing, is common knowladge that you can fck up things there.
I for instance didn't know that gconfig holded -exclusivley- that kind of options... If a program doesn't offer such a BASIC level option in the options dialog, I assume it isn't supported AT ALL.
You don't belive me? See, MS explorer offers the same option in the options dialog. And since, what? 90% of world users have explorer has their main (and only) file browser, they are going to look for that option in there. If they don't find it they'll assume it is not supported.
Beginer users don't even know the options dialog, actually there is an overwhelming population of "Shy" users, that have been using their comps for years and still avoid the options dialog as much as they can.
Don't fool yourself, the options dialog ARE for advanced users, not for beginers.
And don't worry about support. power users know they way through tech support staff:
*calls tech support-Hello, I subscribed to your internet access, but I refuse to use the CD you sent, please help me to configure it manually.
[Insert discussion about why not using the company's CD]
-Ok Mr. [name]. Clik in the start button. Are you there now?
*then I type Modems in a command line, and the modems' options shows up.
-Yes.
-Go to "Configure"
-there...
-Click in "Control Panel"
-done...
-Do you see the control panel?
-yes...
-Double click in "Modems", Do you see the modems' window?
-yes, i do...
[this is translated from spanish, actuall techsupport staff may sound different in your locality, although you won't even notice]
Do you really you can encompass the behaivor of all "the rest of the world" into one group?
Nope, there are at least 5 groups:
Group 1: Those who genuinely hate America and would die before been american, because they think it is inmoral, imperialist, plastic, ignorant, arrogant, etc...
Group 2: Those who absolutely love America and would love to be born american, because they think it is modern, international, cool, free etc.../*i'm not sure on the free thingy*/
Group 3: Those described in your post, those who hate America because they aren't americans, jealous motivated ones.
Group 4: A middleground between Group 1 and 2. They like american virtues but hate american vices, a lot of people fall in this group, I think.
Group 5: Perhaps the largest group; those who don't fusking care. Since I have both, friends and enemies in my country and in america, nationalism is to me meaningless, it all depends on the people you met.
those ware my five cents...
3 things: 1) GIMP is still in dev, first step was to put into it any feature any sane (and some slighlty twisted) artist could ask for, done (I think), Speed optimization will be next surely, and subailty is the last step (you can't make a killer interface if it has no features in it yet). You have to understand that they ware A LOT of features, it took a lot of time, patience, usability is sure to come... 2) Usability wise, photoshop sucks... it IS the best there is but still it sucks, Macromedia Fireworks has a better understanding of the art of GUI design, (tho they still hasn't learned that the properties pane is a problem child). Of course it is much more complicated but it is meant to do much more than adobe anyway. 3)Whatta?... "and Photoshop is but the tip of the iceberg in the world of what Linux will never be able to do natively - screw emulation...this work is already slow enough without another layer interfering you can make a living using Photoshop...you'll go hungry using gimp" I see nothing but hate in you, why bash an entire OS? it isn't hurting you anyway, it just tries to make this a better world for everyone, not just for the rich, does this threatens you in any way?
Suzaku will inmediatly become the browser of choice of the otaku (or japanese animation fanatic if you dislike the term) and all the pheonix thing will keep consistent, but the new firefox logo is really cool (wasn't it made by weboso? best icons ever!) But seriously why change the name? Who complained first or what?
Not exactly, the GPL in practice isn't copyright even if it technicaly is.
Just like a trojan or worms aren't really user applications even if they techicaly are.
The GPL is like a virus to the copyright system, it harms it, it looks like part of the (c)system, it is made of the same stuff that the rest of the (c)system, it works with the (c)system but it works to its destruction (at leat in the software department).
BSD isn't part of the (c)system, just like grass isn't part of cows, but cows eat grass. GPL has integrated itself into the (c)system but no one seriouly think it is about restrictions. When the only restriction is no restriction, you have to be very dim to call it restricted