But it's slower for getting things done because double-clicking an icon is easier than typing/usr/share/baoeu/otehu/ -x -die. Pressing a flurry of keys might feel faster, but it isn't actually faster.
I'd NEVER have thought of trying that. I don't think M$ testers thought of it either, because it doesn't work very well. I found a number of issues with just a couple of minutes playing with it.
The worst of these is that you can't select an already-grouped window independently of the other windows in the group. So if you want to tile just
two of your many IE (gasp!) or Explorer windows, which could really be quite useful, uhh...
And then once you've tried this and ended up accidentally tiling all 35 of your open IE windows, you may want to try fixing your mistake with the 'maximize group' function. If you can find it, that is...
In light of this article, perhaps the following mental discipline may be useful:
Every ten minutes, review the important experiences of the preceding ten minutes. Also review the important events of the preceding couple of ten-minute intervals.
I guess this would be like a 'mental heart-beat', that would serve to keep your mind active and your useful memories intact.
Maybe it looks OK until you try copying and pasting an entire IP address (you can't).
I would've preferred a normal text field that only lets you enter a well-formed IP address, and have an example IP address to give you the idea.
I've taken to using it as I described because it saves reaching for the '.' key, and because it saves me from feeling like an idiot every time I type '192.' and the '.' does nothing.
There are no light-sensitive or light-emitting devices in the cloak.
The cloak is made of retroflective material similar to that used to make road signs more reflective.
The system actually uses a regular camera and a regular projector and some half-mirrored glass to create the illusion. It only works from a single vantage point and viewing direction.
This is a far cry from the 'Predator'-type cloaking most people seem to have taken it for (including the poster!), but it's still pretty cool.
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I'd NEVER have thought of trying that. I don't think M$ testers thought of it either, because it doesn't work very well. I found a number of issues with just a couple of minutes playing with it.
The worst of these is that you can't select an already-grouped window independently of the other windows in the group. So if you want to tile just two of your many IE (gasp!) or Explorer windows, which could really be quite useful, uhh...
And then once you've tried this and ended up accidentally tiling all 35 of your open IE windows, you may want to try fixing your mistake with the 'maximize group' function. If you can find it, that is...
In light of this article, perhaps the following mental discipline may be useful:
Every ten minutes, review the important experiences of the preceding ten minutes. Also review the important events of the preceding couple of ten-minute intervals.
I guess this would be like a 'mental heart-beat', that would serve to keep your mind active and your useful memories intact.
Maybe it looks OK until you try copying and pasting an entire IP address (you can't).
I would've preferred a normal text field that only lets you enter a well-formed IP address, and have an example IP address to give you the idea.
I've taken to using it as I described because it saves reaching for the '.' key, and because it saves me from feeling like an idiot every time I type '192.' and the '.' does nothing.
Try padding the octets with zeros, so instead of '192.168.1.11', type '192168001011' (or maybe '19216800111').
There are no light-sensitive or light-emitting devices in the cloak. The cloak is made of retroflective material similar to that used to make road signs more reflective. The system actually uses a regular camera and a regular projector and some half-mirrored glass to create the illusion. It only works from a single vantage point and viewing direction. This is a far cry from the 'Predator'-type cloaking most people seem to have taken it for (including the poster!), but it's still pretty cool.