- UAC is good for experienced or computer literate users (nobody else.
Yes and no.
Maybe if UAC was less repetitive when first configuring Vista I'd agree, but to turn it off and then turn it back on when configured proves that computer savvyists don't need it, but afterwards it may save our butts when we'll one day accidentally run an executable but get a warning.
Computer illiterates on the other hand, they get bloatware on IE cause they click yes to accept and run any ActiveX and certificate bs so they'll do the same for Vista. OR, everytime a popup appears they'll give us computer literates a call and go "HEY JOHN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS POPUP MEANS? I'M SCARED!":|
Let's be realistic. How many are like you and purchase every single song that they have? How many burned cds do I see on the bus and subway is an evergrowing huge number that would be impossible to count, and that's just in public transportation, and don't tell me all of them burned discs from their originals to not lose their music, that's bullshit when you see these very same people who don't care about computer backups.
Of course there are some hardcore fans out there who fully support their artists, despite the fact that most of the money actually goes to the producers and not artists but a shitload of people download. It's not a minority of people who download music. It may not be half of the music listeners but I bet you a large portion of them are these people.
Yes, the music and movie companies are greedy as fuck and I hate them, but don't make it sound as if most people are "nice" and buy everything. A lot of people download music without owning a single original disc.
When will they understand that just because you blacklist a website doesn't mean it fixes the problem. It's still there! Viewable by millions of other people. And what do they mean by hate speech? Isn't this fucking land where I'm allowed to say fuck you politicians and know that I won't have two men dressed in black with an ear-piece asking me to follow them?
Maybe I should build a giant reinforced concrete fence/wall because my neighbor 2 blocks away engages in gay butt sex and that may offend the squirrels in my backyard.
The slippery slope will happen, Murphy's Law will strike.
Alien: Wait a minute, you're telling me, that I flew all the way to Earth, to get to your leader, and, and the colonel isn't even working today? Worker: He really dead. ALien: What? Worker: I say he dead. Alien: Is Mr. Sanders in? Worker: What wrong wit you? I say you he dead! Alien:......... THE COLONEL?!
I had a class called "Database project" where we were formed in small groups. Each group was given a situation where "X" company needed a specific database that would fit their needs. From there, we started brainstorming on what information the database needs to hold, design different ER diagrams trying to find the best solution. We'd every few weeks show what we had to our teacher and he'd comment on it, whether we would or wouldn't have any problems continuing to the next step. We sort of stopped where the database was up and running and didn't really work with the DB itself once it did run, since the semester was over!
Other than that course where we had to progressively design a system and/or software solution, I'd say our other thing that we're doing right now that would come even close to what you're saying is the internship that I'm doing this semester. I know it's not a typical course like one where you to go to class every few weekdays and take lectures or work in the labs, but.. yeah.. thats all we got:P
would you or I honestly continue to make new games if we're constantly making billions on one game?
Of course I would! Why make billions when we could make....... millions? *raise pinky*
If they want more money, they'll make sequels to Starcraft and Diablo 2..
I see... So with more food comes more sex? Well, it's scientifically proven that if you shove food at a girl, she will expand in mass, and not split the mass in seperate entities as you state it. Bring food for 10 people in a room where you got a man and a woman. The result you say? Oh, you don't wanna go there...
Hmm, you know 50 or 100 years ago, students didn't used calculators in schools to do math. No, they'd use a huge book to find the values or square roots!
Just because we have calculators today, does it justify that we should dumb students down? I'm sorry but whether or not in real life one should remember how to manually calculate whatever, shoving calculators to students at early age and getting them used to use it even in tests will turn them into less better mathematicians than the ones of previous generations.
When I finished high school four years ago, we were allowed for tests to have like half of a sheet which we could use to write formulas or anything that we might need to help, notes. Now, my cousin who's finishing high school they got full sheets and her teacher is like "If you got trouble with fractions, just enter them in the calculator and write the answer that's good enough". This in grade 11 is not right.
Why? Well, Math is all about practice, you practice more, you become more used to it, you become faster at solving problems but if you always have that machine next to you to help you find resolve problems, what good are you at math? I'm talking about the high school and college math courses like pre-cal and calculus, nothing advanced from universities where teachers require you to have a calculator because not using one will make you shit tomatoes. At some point ok a calculator will be needed but unless the teacher requires you to use one, I don't see why you should depend yourself to it.
But I'm not saying don't use calculators. I use a calculator to compare my answers with its answers and it is good to introduce new concepts, where visually seeing a function will greatly help a student understand how the function works but I'm saying, it's better to know what the calculator's doing before making it do the work.
So many people on/. are bitching by making Seinfeld-like jokes "What's the deal with pre-installed software? It will be uninstalled anyway uhhuhuhuhu".
Who mostly buys pre-configured computers at a price much higher than a custom-built pc? Average joes. Mr. Average Joe thinks The Internet is the blue icon on his computer and when that icon isn't there, he has no internet:((.
Mr. Average Joe NEEDS the programs shoved in his face because Mr. Average Joe is a lazy fucker who's too lazy to search for programs and wants everything on his finger tips.
Where I'm getting at? people who are not computer savvy are lazy and "scared" to explore their computers and the internet and by doing that they are ignoring the whole list of programs available to them. They probably think Winamp is the only mp3 player. They probably think Windows Media Player and QuickTime are alone in this world with RealPlayer in the corner. They don't know whats media player classic or Firefox. No, people have to tell them what it is or they'll never know what it is.
"It's faster" >> well, sometimes. Sometimes it's slower. It's a crap-shoot really. And it's never that much faster.
What about Intel Ads showing its superiority in the market. Are they really that faster than AMD in fields where AMD is the clear winner? Or how about ads where you see a guy running real fast because he's got new shoes.
Ads are suppose to be clear about the product and IMHO they should give some accurate information but I don't see that happening in today's ads. The goal of ads today is to blindly sell products. McDonalds is healthy? Yeah, ok there Sherlock.
Judging from your comments, I don't think that you own this electronic box called a television. Yes sir, a television can be used to watch shows and movies and many ads on random products such as Preparation H and McDonalds.
Let's analyse your analysis
1. There's skateboarding but no surfing and you're confused? If you ask me, skateboarding is surfing on dry land. It just happens that some people took it to the extreme and make crazy moves with it but that ain't any different from surfers. Right, that and surfers don't look like emos.
2. Agreed but, from all the things that you could of enjoyed, you liked the fish that appeared for a split second? It was neat I agree but the zoomout at the end of the firefox was nice too and it's safe to say I think that many people also liked the animation behind that.
3. Payoff is lame? What about almost all those ads on TV out there where you see a random old man and women sit on a chair and then a picture of a doctor appears where he says "You too can live a life like this. Ask your doctor about Progrow today. With the new formula, anyone can benefit from it. Side effects may include diarrhea, sexual desire to fuck anything that walks and a bloody feces. Ask your doctor Today!
Ok So here we have an ad of some announcer telling you to get information about a pill which you still don't have a damn clue what it is suppose to fight. Heck, I say we mind as well have a doctor on a green background tell us "Are you suffering from erectile difficulties? If yes, ask your doctor if Progrow is right for you" And end it there. We get it, it's not lame and it's direct but noo, lets have a picture of a green yard with an old men putting butter on his bread and make the listener guess what it's about
Same thing here with Weeeeee, except the Firefox ad is more clear if you ask me. Firefox wasn't carried away and just sticks to his job.
4. Dude, it's kids. It's suppose to be cute cause they're not sure how to solve the problem. It's like when you tell a kid that he has a dirty mouth cause he said cunt but the mouth isn't really dirty. Maybe it's something like this?
5. Ultra-dumb? Well then what do you say about again, those tv ads where people look so frickin exicted on a product as simple and trivial as a pack of gum? Or how about Sunny D where all the kids rejoice and they're like YEAH!! or even better, the ad where a dumbass rolls his new jacket on a newly painted bench and then he's points his Mentos and then the guy's like MENTOS, THE FRESHMAKER! I challenge anyone to react like these guys after consuming candy.
Where I'm getting at with all of this? There are a shitload of ads out there. That's all... Your analysis could apply to at least 50% of ads on TV today. Just change "Firefox" with "Viagra" and so on.
My friend two weeks ago had an issue where he did not receive $120.00 which was sent by someone who confirms that he sent it. A typical story of "Wtf PayPal didn't work..". Unlike what many fo those stories say, there is a phone number on the PayPal site to contact somebody to speak to (and not a machine). Idin't hear the whole conversation but basically the PayPal guy explained the steps to do in order to fix the problem and receive the money he should of had and he got it.
The point is that many of these stories are not up to date. PayPal has addressed to many of these issues. They just didn't directly say it. Customer Service is there. It's just a long wait on the phone, gotta listen to that boring music....
As for accounts freezing up. Well, you know. I just don't leave any money in my account. I transfer the exact amount and send it right away and never leave a penny. Wy should I? I wouldn't use PayPal as some sort of wallet.
do we want to see another young whiny bitch whining about how boring his current life is?
I say they should take www.storewars.org and make it into a series. The life of Tofu-D2 is most probably more interesting.
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- UAC is good for experienced or computer literate users (nobody else.
:|
Yes and no.
Maybe if UAC was less repetitive when first configuring Vista I'd agree, but to turn it off and then turn it back on when configured proves that computer savvyists don't need it, but afterwards it may save our butts when we'll one day accidentally run an executable but get a warning.
Computer illiterates on the other hand, they get bloatware on IE cause they click yes to accept and run any ActiveX and certificate bs so they'll do the same for Vista. OR, everytime a popup appears they'll give us computer literates a call and go "HEY JOHN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS POPUP MEANS? I'M SCARED!"
Yes Microsoft did a good job at improving Windows' listening skills with XP.
Everytime me and M.E. got into a fight, she'd fire a BSOD at me and look away, damn bitch.
Are you planning to compile this anytime soon? :o
They'll ask for Chuck Norris to play Harrison Ford. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?!?!
You don't need Cochran, because he taught us the only technique that Hans needs: The Chewbacca Defense.
Hans, your only hope to strike back is to use the Chewbacca Defense and maybe then a new hope will rise upon your dark side of the story.
We all know that's impossible! Vin Diesel has over 8000 friends, Blasphemy!
Let's be realistic. How many are like you and purchase every single song that they have? How many burned cds do I see on the bus and subway is an evergrowing huge number that would be impossible to count, and that's just in public transportation, and don't tell me all of them burned discs from their originals to not lose their music, that's bullshit when you see these very same people who don't care about computer backups.
Of course there are some hardcore fans out there who fully support their artists, despite the fact that most of the money actually goes to the producers and not artists but a shitload of people download. It's not a minority of people who download music. It may not be half of the music listeners but I bet you a large portion of them are these people.
Yes, the music and movie companies are greedy as fuck and I hate them, but don't make it sound as if most people are "nice" and buy everything. A lot of people download music without owning a single original disc.
I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny.
- Homer Simpson
When will they understand that just because you blacklist a website doesn't mean it fixes the problem. It's still there! Viewable by millions of other people. And what do they mean by hate speech? Isn't this fucking land where I'm allowed to say fuck you politicians and know that I won't have two men dressed in black with an ear-piece asking me to follow them?
Maybe I should build a giant reinforced concrete fence/wall because my neighbor 2 blocks away engages in gay butt sex and that may offend the squirrels in my backyard.
The slippery slope will happen, Murphy's Law will strike.
it will sound something like this
......... THE COLONEL?!
Alien: Wait a minute, you're telling me, that I flew all the way to Earth, to get to your leader, and, and the colonel isn't even working today?
Worker: He really dead.
ALien: What?
Worker: I say he dead.
Alien: Is Mr. Sanders in?
Worker: What wrong wit you? I say you he dead!
Alien:
I had a class called "Database project" where we were formed in small groups. Each group was given a situation where "X" company needed a specific database that would fit their needs. From there, we started brainstorming on what information the database needs to hold, design different ER diagrams trying to find the best solution. We'd every few weeks show what we had to our teacher and he'd comment on it, whether we would or wouldn't have any problems continuing to the next step. We sort of stopped where the database was up and running and didn't really work with the DB itself once it did run, since the semester was over!
:P
Other than that course where we had to progressively design a system and/or software solution, I'd say our other thing that we're doing right now that would come even close to what you're saying is the internship that I'm doing this semester. I know it's not a typical course like one where you to go to class every few weekdays and take lectures or work in the labs, but.. yeah.. thats all we got
It is an interesting concept though.
would you or I honestly continue to make new games if we're constantly making billions on one game? Of course I would! Why make billions when we could make....... millions? *raise pinky* If they want more money, they'll make sequels to Starcraft and Diablo 2..
I see... So with more food comes more sex? Well, it's scientifically proven that if you shove food at a girl, she will expand in mass, and not split the mass in seperate entities as you state it. Bring food for 10 people in a room where you got a man and a woman. The result you say? Oh, you don't wanna go there...
pwned!
oh wait...
Hmm, you know 50 or 100 years ago, students didn't used calculators in schools to do math. No, they'd use a huge book to find the values or square roots!
Just because we have calculators today, does it justify that we should dumb students down? I'm sorry but whether or not in real life one should remember how to manually calculate whatever, shoving calculators to students at early age and getting them used to use it even in tests will turn them into less better mathematicians than the ones of previous generations.
When I finished high school four years ago, we were allowed for tests to have like half of a sheet which we could use to write formulas or anything that we might need to help, notes. Now, my cousin who's finishing high school they got full sheets and her teacher is like "If you got trouble with fractions, just enter them in the calculator and write the answer that's good enough". This in grade 11 is not right.
Why? Well, Math is all about practice, you practice more, you become more used to it, you become faster at solving problems but if you always have that machine next to you to help you find resolve problems, what good are you at math? I'm talking about the high school and college math courses like pre-cal and calculus, nothing advanced from universities where teachers require you to have a calculator because not using one will make you shit tomatoes. At some point ok a calculator will be needed but unless the teacher requires you to use one, I don't see why you should depend yourself to it.
But I'm not saying don't use calculators. I use a calculator to compare my answers with its answers and it is good to introduce new concepts, where visually seeing a function will greatly help a student understand how the function works but I'm saying, it's better to know what the calculator's doing before making it do the work.
Hey now, don't give MS ideas, what if they start charging us for Service Packs, yeah that's right, nobody thought of that huh!
on the thousand typewriters would only manage to write "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times"
So many people on /. are bitching by making Seinfeld-like jokes "What's the deal with pre-installed software? It will be uninstalled anyway uhhuhuhuhu".
:((.
Who mostly buys pre-configured computers at a price much higher than a custom-built pc? Average joes. Mr. Average Joe thinks The Internet is the blue icon on his computer and when that icon isn't there, he has no internet
Mr. Average Joe NEEDS the programs shoved in his face because Mr. Average Joe is a lazy fucker who's too lazy to search for programs and wants everything on his finger tips.
Where I'm getting at? people who are not computer savvy are lazy and "scared" to explore their computers and the internet and by doing that they are ignoring the whole list of programs available to them. They probably think Winamp is the only mp3 player. They probably think Windows Media Player and QuickTime are alone in this world with RealPlayer in the corner. They don't know whats media player classic or Firefox. No, people have to tell them what it is or they'll never know what it is.
"It's faster" >> well, sometimes. Sometimes it's slower. It's a crap-shoot really. And it's never that much faster.
What about Intel Ads showing its superiority in the market. Are they really that faster than AMD in fields where AMD is the clear winner? Or how about ads where you see a guy running real fast because he's got new shoes.
Ads are suppose to be clear about the product and IMHO they should give some accurate information but I don't see that happening in today's ads. The goal of ads today is to blindly sell products. McDonalds is healthy? Yeah, ok there Sherlock.
Judging from your comments, I don't think that you own this electronic box called a television. Yes sir, a television can be used to watch shows and movies and many ads on random products such as Preparation H and McDonalds.
Let's analyse your analysis
1. There's skateboarding but no surfing and you're confused? If you ask me, skateboarding is surfing on dry land. It just happens that some people took it to the extreme and make crazy moves with it but that ain't any different from surfers. Right, that and surfers don't look like emos.
2. Agreed but, from all the things that you could of enjoyed, you liked the fish that appeared for a split second? It was neat I agree but the zoomout at the end of the firefox was nice too and it's safe to say I think that many people also liked the animation behind that.
3. Payoff is lame? What about almost all those ads on TV out there where you see a random old man and women sit on a chair and then a picture of a doctor appears where he says "You too can live a life like this. Ask your doctor about Progrow today. With the new formula, anyone can benefit from it. Side effects may include diarrhea, sexual desire to fuck anything that walks and a bloody feces. Ask your doctor Today!
Ok So here we have an ad of some announcer telling you to get information about a pill which you still don't have a damn clue what it is suppose to fight. Heck, I say we mind as well have a doctor on a green background tell us "Are you suffering from erectile difficulties? If yes, ask your doctor if Progrow is right for you" And end it there. We get it, it's not lame and it's direct but noo, lets have a picture of a green yard with an old men putting butter on his bread and make the listener guess what it's about
Same thing here with Weeeeee, except the Firefox ad is more clear if you ask me. Firefox wasn't carried away and just sticks to his job.
4. Dude, it's kids. It's suppose to be cute cause they're not sure how to solve the problem. It's like when you tell a kid that he has a dirty mouth cause he said cunt but the mouth isn't really dirty. Maybe it's something like this?
5. Ultra-dumb? Well then what do you say about again, those tv ads where people look so frickin exicted on a product as simple and trivial as a pack of gum? Or how about Sunny D where all the kids rejoice and they're like YEAH!! or even better, the ad where a dumbass rolls his new jacket on a newly painted bench and then he's points his Mentos and then the guy's like MENTOS, THE FRESHMAKER! I challenge anyone to react like these guys after consuming candy.
Where I'm getting at with all of this? There are a shitload of ads out there. That's all... Your analysis could apply to at least 50% of ads on TV today. Just change "Firefox" with "Viagra" and so on.
One thing we're sure of, the Easter Egg originated from the one and only Effram the Retarded Rabbit.
Sure it will, same place as where Betamax currently is :o
My friend two weeks ago had an issue where he did not receive $120.00 which was sent by someone who confirms that he sent it. A typical story of "Wtf PayPal didn't work..". Unlike what many fo those stories say, there is a phone number on the PayPal site to contact somebody to speak to (and not a machine). Idin't hear the whole conversation but basically the PayPal guy explained the steps to do in order to fix the problem and receive the money he should of had and he got it.
The point is that many of these stories are not up to date. PayPal has addressed to many of these issues. They just didn't directly say it. Customer Service is there. It's just a long wait on the phone, gotta listen to that boring music....
As for accounts freezing up. Well, you know. I just don't leave any money in my account. I transfer the exact amount and send it right away and never leave a penny. Wy should I? I wouldn't use PayPal as some sort of wallet.
do we want to see another young whiny bitch whining about how boring his current life is? I say they should take www.storewars.org and make it into a series. The life of Tofu-D2 is most probably more interesting.
Just imagine this. 2 players in a duel. In the middle of the match, you hear a voice
... 1.."
*Players freeze*
"AND NOW, a message from our sponsor. Tired of a small dick? Get Viagra NOW!........ back to fight in 3... 2