Well, look at it from a different perspective. The only reason we have a LHC in the first place is because all physicists agree that there are things about the standard model that are unexplained. In effect, everything that we know may be wrong, and this big whirly thing is supposed to find the magical pixie dust that makes it work anyway, or perhaps create the beginnings of a new standard model.
"Hi, I'm Hugh Griffiths, Head of Mobile at Microsoft UK and I just found out that I'm about to be laid off. Instead of asking me to pack my bags they're letting me carry on doing my job, which includes things like talking to reporters and shit. So here I am, what I'm gonna do is to spew out all of my bile and anger at the company, all the while pretending to still love my job."
Move on? What happens when the time comes to make the decision again? Must we be condemned to repeat the past rather than learn from it? It's not about assigning blame to dead people, it's about protecting the future.
Seriously it kinda looks like a giant iphone. except a giant iphone would be way sweeter, and probably cheaper since all the development work has already been done.
You also need to be very clear on this: Microsoft has never made anyone pay extra for a service pack. So the analogy of Win95-98 or even 95b is a more apt one.
1. Secure the grant with clear directives to benefit your own country 2. Change the rules. If not, change the rulemakers 3. Do whatever you want Let's not go on to "Profit", I'm tired of that
Updates, well they sometimes fail. Sometimes they fail over and over. Every time the system shuts down they try to run, every time the system starts up you see it didn't work because the bright yellow icon is there again. Pretty soon, a user will start ignoring that icon.
Firefox updates upon the point of relaunch. There is no need to restart windows. Also it remembers the context of every session in every tab, so you can continue where you left off.
I'm replying to my own post. Why was I modded funny? First we waited for SP1, and lo and behold, "There it is, Vista SP1. Now start buying already." And we saw that it didn't sufficiently address any of the issues that were important.
Then we wait for Windows 7, meaning of course a rewrite of the kernel. Next thing you know, "There it is, we have a beta ready. Now start buying or else." And of course it doesn't address any of the issues we faced either. So why not ask for Windows 8? I even have a slogan ready: "Wait for the Eight"
Well the iPhone didn't stand a chance against Windows Mobile, because there were apps and apps for WM. There were apps for every kind of conceivable thing you could put on a mobile device. It was like... windows... You know you don't want it, you just don't have a choice because you needed your apps supported. Never mind it crashes all the time. Never mind you might miss important calls and never know it. It had app support. Then what happened? Apple releases an SDK that enables rapid app development. They produce a storefront that enables you to hang out your hat almost immediately. They even provide back-end infrastructure for apps that need to do background communication. Once again, they are a major contender. And in record time. My question is this: Do you see this happening for Android?
Why not 2 screens with the same display, one below and one above? The one below acts as a replacement for the keyboard and the one above as an unhindered display. Imagine using photoshop to directly manipulate images. Or a reconfigurable keyboard where your keys reposition themselves depending on the game you're playing.
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we're not getting into a gin and tonics argument here are we?</douglas adams>
The stapler is in his hands... The stapler is in _my_ hands...
Well, look at it from a different perspective. The only reason we have a LHC in the first place is because all physicists agree that there are things about the standard model that are unexplained. In effect, everything that we know may be wrong, and this big whirly thing is supposed to find the magical pixie dust that makes it work anyway, or perhaps create the beginnings of a new standard model.
In that case how are they going to sell you features you don't want?
"Hi, I'm Hugh Griffiths, Head of Mobile at Microsoft UK and I just found out that I'm about to be laid off. Instead of asking me to pack my bags they're letting me carry on doing my job, which includes things like talking to reporters and shit. So here I am, what I'm gonna do is to spew out all of my bile and anger at the company, all the while pretending to still love my job."
Move on? What happens when the time comes to make the decision again? Must we be condemned to repeat the past rather than learn from it? It's not about assigning blame to dead people, it's about protecting the future.
Obama, Biden and Pelosi were all present at the ceremony. Who, of those not present, would be next in line?
2 internets without the porn can fit on a thumb drive. So he just won $10 worth of internet. Whoopie.
What goes around comes around. The asshole may survive the cuts, but his manager will probably end up on the cutting board for keeping him around.
Seriously it kinda looks like a giant iphone. except a giant iphone would be way sweeter, and probably cheaper since all the development work has already been done.
There's already something up there that tastes like pork...
Not surprisingly, some of the "T.A."s were far better educators than the professors for whom they worked. [Citation needed]
It's easy to be a pedant.
Given a choice between the two, I might go with the testicles.
Sometimes, the bull wins.
If this isn't an analogy for the American presence in Iraq then I don't know what is.
At the very least, a wine environment.
What?
You also need to be very clear on this: Microsoft has never made anyone pay extra for a service pack. So the analogy of Win95-98 or even 95b is a more apt one.
Didn't they take a look under the hood, then decide to rewrite the Netscape engine from scratch?
1. Secure the grant with clear directives to benefit your own country
2. Change the rules. If not, change the rulemakers
3. Do whatever you want
Let's not go on to "Profit", I'm tired of that
Updates, well they sometimes fail. Sometimes they fail over and over. Every time the system shuts down they try to run, every time the system starts up you see it didn't work because the bright yellow icon is there again. Pretty soon, a user will start ignoring that icon.
Why bother. An update to the browser involves a system restart anyway, so why not patch everything?
Firefox updates upon the point of relaunch. There is no need to restart windows. Also it remembers the context of every session in every tab, so you can continue where you left off.
I'm replying to my own post. Why was I modded funny? First we waited for SP1, and lo and behold, "There it is, Vista SP1. Now start buying already." And we saw that it didn't sufficiently address any of the issues that were important.
Then we wait for Windows 7, meaning of course a rewrite of the kernel. Next thing you know, "There it is, we have a beta ready. Now start buying or else." And of course it doesn't address any of the issues we faced either.
So why not ask for Windows 8? I even have a slogan ready: "Wait for the Eight"
Well the iPhone didn't stand a chance against Windows Mobile, because there were apps and apps for WM. There were apps for every kind of conceivable thing you could put on a mobile device. It was like... windows... You know you don't want it, you just don't have a choice because you needed your apps supported. Never mind it crashes all the time. Never mind you might miss important calls and never know it. It had app support.
Then what happened? Apple releases an SDK that enables rapid app development. They produce a storefront that enables you to hang out your hat almost immediately. They even provide back-end infrastructure for apps that need to do background communication. Once again, they are a major contender. And in record time.
My question is this: Do you see this happening for Android?
So Tesla is to the Woz what Edison is to "the fast talking one". I never thought of it like that before.
Why not 2 screens with the same display, one below and one above? The one below acts as a replacement for the keyboard and the one above as an unhindered display. Imagine using photoshop to directly manipulate images. Or a reconfigurable keyboard where your keys reposition themselves depending on the game you're playing.