Firstly, the reason it saves it in "Such an old format" is because it is the least common denominator. ODBC for data storage if you will.
Nextly, the "bug" is likely the way the underlying libraries handle the situation, not the application itself. That doesn't make it any better, but MS is great about keeping old code around. Nobody has probably looked at that code in literally years. No freshmen CS is going to be able to outcode management's blind decisions.
Lastly, no one in 2009 is still plagued with these problems unless they live under a rock. Unfortunately, there are still way too many of them.
So you are saying I should go back to dial-up...? Because that is my only alternative. Thanks for doing my cost/benefit analysis of this situation for me! It is definitely better to have worthless internet than to just maintain my own router!
MySQL is just a front end to a back end storage system. Perhaps the goal is to start peddling a commercial MySQL installation, compatible with current MySQL installations, but has an Oracle DB backend for more enterprisey features!
Well, with the iPhone, hacking the phone means you can pirate software... and the XBox. And the Wii. And the Nintendo DS. What software is for sale that you can install on your TI calculator? None.
Adaptive gameplay doesn't need to be complicated. Take chess for instance. Most computer chess games let you choose your initial opponent (level), and based upon how you do, it changes your opponent (up/down a level) to the point where you can play without destroying the computer or the computer mangling you in gameplay... and you still get the same out of the game, regardless.
Windows wouldn't even work without this trick. I remember stories of Windows 95 detecting certain versions of Quicken, because they used the RichEdit control in an undefined way... which worked on Windows 3.1, due to a coding/design flaw, but wouldn't have worked in Windows 95 because the behavior was eliminated as a bug. I imagine this was the beginnings of "compatibility mode" that you see in relatively recent versions of Windows. The only difference is you get to CHOOSE compatibility mode.
In what way is the search functionality "a wrong design decision?" That's my favorite feature, and it works tons better than the similar feature in XP. (For example, it's fast enough to use as a launcher. The XP one never was on my machines.)
That is because it only searches INDEXED content on a small subset of your system drive. Want to search a non-indexed directory/drive? Total massive huge pain in the ass. You have to get to "advanced mode" (Which you have to open search explicitly to do, in which case, you lose the context of where you wanted to search), and there you have MOST options you would with Windows previous search functionality... except SEARCHING *IN* FILES, case sensitivity, and whether to spider subdirectories, to name a few.
You actually *use* DreamScene? Wow, that's like finding Bigfoot.
Firstly, no I don't. An animated background image is completely possible outside of the DreamScene abomination. Regardless, lets say I DID use it... does it mean because you don't that it is any less of an issue? Obviously, some drawing optimizations are getting in the way, and Windows isn't as multi-monitor aware that it should be.
Vista (and Windows 7) are still plagued with problems. Some are "We made a wrong design decision" (Like the search functionality). Some are "We made a wrong design decision and it causes what appear to be bugs, but are a side effect of said decision" (Maximize a window on your primary monitor will halt the animated background on your second monitor). Then there is the "This is absolutely broken, but we'll probably never fix it" (An application calling LockWindowUpdate constantly [however inappropriate] causes all windows on the screen to flicker when it is called).
I gave one example for each category, but there are multitudes more. They tried to change too much, with a very poor deliverable on the improvements those changes were supposed to bring.
Firstly, I have never been "hounded" by WGA. Sure, sometimes it wants to install before other updates. So does Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer.
Aside from that, you CAN patch from MS themselves without WGA, using Offline Update. You can even burn the resulting files to disk and take it with you for patching friends/families machines.
You mention namespaces twice... and the sad thing is, namespaces are a solution looking for a problem (which people intentionally express just to use them). If that is your focus, I don't regard your opinion very highly.
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Firstly, the reason it saves it in "Such an old format" is because it is the least common denominator. ODBC for data storage if you will.
Nextly, the "bug" is likely the way the underlying libraries handle the situation, not the application itself. That doesn't make it any better, but MS is great about keeping old code around. Nobody has probably looked at that code in literally years. No freshmen CS is going to be able to outcode management's blind decisions.
Lastly, no one in 2009 is still plagued with these problems unless they live under a rock. Unfortunately, there are still way too many of them.
Yo dawg. I heard you liked comments so I put a comment to your comment
So you are saying I should go back to dial-up...? Because that is my only alternative. Thanks for doing my cost/benefit analysis of this situation for me! It is definitely better to have worthless internet than to just maintain my own router!
"world wide web" isn't synonymous with "internet"
my internet is netscape where do i get world wide web
MySQL is just a front end to a back end storage system. Perhaps the goal is to start peddling a commercial MySQL installation, compatible with current MySQL installations, but has an Oracle DB backend for more enterprisey features!
Not according to Mr. ' or '1'='1
If Windows 7 is just Windows Vista SP2, then what is Windows Vista SP2?
Not only that, but the first time a trader can't make a trade because the device tells them to chill out, that sucker is flying through a window.
Well, with the iPhone, hacking the phone means you can pirate software... and the XBox. And the Wii. And the Nintendo DS. What software is for sale that you can install on your TI calculator? None.
False Dichotomy.
More than those options exist. Sabatoge. Bad supplier of materials. Incorrect engineering. Sylar...
Adaptive gameplay doesn't need to be complicated. Take chess for instance. Most computer chess games let you choose your initial opponent (level), and based upon how you do, it changes your opponent (up/down a level) to the point where you can play without destroying the computer or the computer mangling you in gameplay... and you still get the same out of the game, regardless.
Wait... Right Click on a Mac?!?! You mean they hid functionality into a context menu?
I expect the end is near!
Windows wouldn't even work without this trick. I remember stories of Windows 95 detecting certain versions of Quicken, because they used the RichEdit control in an undefined way... which worked on Windows 3.1, due to a coding/design flaw, but wouldn't have worked in Windows 95 because the behavior was eliminated as a bug. I imagine this was the beginnings of "compatibility mode" that you see in relatively recent versions of Windows. The only difference is you get to CHOOSE compatibility mode.
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In what way is the search functionality "a wrong design decision?" That's my favorite feature, and it works tons better than the similar feature in XP. (For example, it's fast enough to use as a launcher. The XP one never was on my machines.)
That is because it only searches INDEXED content on a small subset of your system drive. Want to search a non-indexed directory/drive? Total massive huge pain in the ass. You have to get to "advanced mode" (Which you have to open search explicitly to do, in which case, you lose the context of where you wanted to search), and there you have MOST options you would with Windows previous search functionality... except SEARCHING *IN* FILES, case sensitivity, and whether to spider subdirectories, to name a few.
You actually *use* DreamScene? Wow, that's like finding Bigfoot.
Firstly, no I don't. An animated background image is completely possible outside of the DreamScene abomination. Regardless, lets say I DID use it... does it mean because you don't that it is any less of an issue? Obviously, some drawing optimizations are getting in the way, and Windows isn't as multi-monitor aware that it should be.
Vista (and Windows 7) are still plagued with problems. Some are "We made a wrong design decision" (Like the search functionality). Some are "We made a wrong design decision and it causes what appear to be bugs, but are a side effect of said decision" (Maximize a window on your primary monitor will halt the animated background on your second monitor). Then there is the "This is absolutely broken, but we'll probably never fix it" (An application calling LockWindowUpdate constantly [however inappropriate] causes all windows on the screen to flicker when it is called).
I gave one example for each category, but there are multitudes more. They tried to change too much, with a very poor deliverable on the improvements those changes were supposed to bring.
Perhaps the whole goal was to make a GOOD game, regardless how shitty the graphics are...
But what does it all mean, Basil?
If you bothered to even look, it is a set of scripts that download the patches directly from Microsoft servers, all which have a digital signature.
Firstly, I have never been "hounded" by WGA. Sure, sometimes it wants to install before other updates. So does Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer.
Aside from that, you CAN patch from MS themselves without WGA, using Offline Update. You can even burn the resulting files to disk and take it with you for patching friends/families machines.
Unless they put this into an IBM Model M... DO NOT WANT.
They haven't even got 64-bit mig. done / smooth for their users, and they're looking at 128-bit already
Perhaps that is WHY they are looking at it now. 64-bit wasn't thought about well enough ahead, so they are getting a jump start
You mention namespaces twice... and the sad thing is, namespaces are a solution looking for a problem (which people intentionally express just to use them). If that is your focus, I don't regard your opinion very highly.
Tell that to me when your now-x-wife takes your kids and your all of your money.
if something is legal, and profitable, somebody will do it
You know... this really isn't that different from Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
You do the math.