I for one am going to have to either go back to 3.x or switch over to Chrome. If I have Firefox on my 2nd monitor, which I often do depending on what I'm working on, the menus flip out. They blink momentarily and then disappear. Makes it kind of useless...
I'm a TV & Film editor by trade, so I easily notice sub-second motion and flicker. The flicker and the "bad color" of CFLs bugs the hell out of me. I can immediately notice when a room is lit by CFLs vs. good old incandescents.
I'm all for doing what we can to reduce power consumption, but for me CFLs are not a viable option. I have a hard time working around them. I haven't tried LED light bulbs yet due to them being relatively new on the market... maybe that will be a way to go, but I don't think the incandescent light should be banned wholesale.
Government is getting carried away with banning things. *reaches over for a ma huang herbal supplement and a clove cigarette* Oh... wait...
Maybe a added power consumption tax would be appropriate, but not an outright ban.
The military is not a killbot factory. They're trained to actively avoid taking lives if they have a choice in the matter, and the rules of engagement support that. They aren't out there "trying themselves to end a number of other lives", as you put it.
Right! Killbot duties have been turned over to private "security" firms such as Blackwater.
People apparently like and want Apple's closed products. Nothing is forcing people to buy Apple products, and now with Android taking off, people who want 'open' platforms have a choice.
Maybe Jobs does have a bit of an ego, but then, he brought a company that was near death back from the brink, created products people wanted, and revolutionized some product lines. (Remember the state of smart phones prior to the iPhone's introduction)
It's not like the Apple police are coming to your door and forcing you to buy Apple... if you don't like what they offer, don't buy it. I don't see why that's such a problem.
From here on out, all online media coming in to my personal fiefdom (aka my computer) will need to register with my Ministry of Culture (aka my girlfriend) for a license. License fees must be paid immediately. Slashdot... where's my check?
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So are they barred from playing public domain music as well then? What about classical?
Recordings of classical music are copyrighted by the group performing the piece... e.g. the L.A. Philharmonic's recorded performance of a Beethoven composition is copyrighted by the LA Phil.
Also, many classical scores have been 'arranged' by someone. The person who did that particular arrangement of Beethoven's composition holds the copyright to the arrangement.
So yeah... Beethoven's score is public domain, but a bunch of other stuff happens that makes classical music technically not public domain.
Next up, MPAA will seek the blocking of dangerous sites that speak up for copyright reform... then it'll be websites that talk about movies in a fashion that hasn't been pre-approved by the MPAA...
It's a slippery slope when free speech is censored.
You shouldn't have to say 'please' for someone to do the job they were hired to do... it's not a bloody favor you're asking them to do, it's what they're paid for.
Really... jeeze... What ever happened to common sense. If it looks dangerous... it probably is. If her Blackberry told her to insert her arm into an industrial shredder would she have done that as well?
Take a look at this... this is the road in question... There was plenty of room on the left side of the street to walk without being anywhere near the road.
I really hope this gets thrown out of court. People need to take responsibility for their own stupidity.
The moderators too are unlikely to see good posts deep into a thread that isn't on the front page, no matter how good they are. So they never get moderated up to the point where others see them either.
Agreed. Or the moderators only read (at best) the first couple of sentences of a post and rate based on that rather than the content of the whole comment. The attention span seems to have gotten so short that anything more than 140 characters is indigestible.
Given the current state of mods lately, this post will be tagged 'Troll' or 'Flamebait' based solely on the first line of this comment rather than reading the point I was trying to make.
I guess I got modded a 'troll' in the above post because I said all UI's were equally shitty just shitty in different ways and concluded that the user should use the tool that works best for them.
Seems someone with a rabid anti-Apple sentiment got some mod points today and didn't actually bother to actually read what I actually said in my actual comment!
That or opinions that are rationally laid out to express the point of view of the writer are now considered 'troll' posts here on Slashdot. You'd think I said something particularly inflammatory heh!
Apple ships a 'simple' mouse for one main reason... they want new and less technically sophisticated users to have an easier time picking up the computer without being worried about 'what do all these buttons on my mouse do?'
A more sophisticated user is perfectly capable of wandering down to the computer store or ordering a new mouse that meets their needs.
Do you really keep the shitty $5 mouse that comes with the average Windows PC or do you replace it? If you do replace it, then why is it a problem if you replace it on a Mac too?
Shitty UI? Every UI is shitty to someone who doesn't use it on a regular basis. I recently picked up a Windows 7 machine as I'm now doing a lot of visual effects/3D work and much of the Autodesk software I use is PC only.
I've used Windows from time to time, but not on a regular basis and I've been on computers in general since 1981 so I'm definitely an experienced user.
However... when I sat down in front of Windows on a full time basis, I was aggravated. It does some things different than the Mac. Its control panels are named slightly different, some settings locations are in obtuse locations compared to what I'm used to on the Mac.
Does that make it a shitty UI? Well yes... but all UI's are shitty because you have to do things the way the programmers who set up that particular platform want you to.
I personally think Linux is a shitty experience (oh! the Blasphemy!) Why? Part of it is because I don't use it on any sort of regular basis other than the occasional install out of curiosity. Also because I personally don't like having to search out drivers and futz with code to get things running. Some people on the other hand like that for that exact reason though
Fine... you don't like the MacOS UI... so don't use it! As a professional film/TV editor in Los Angeles, London, Brussels, and Vancouver, Final Cut Pro under the Mac OS has been a pleasant experience. The Mac UI works just fine for me. Now that I'm getting used to the Windows 7 experience, the MS UI works just fine for me.
No one is strapping you down and forcing you to use the Mac OS. (or are they?? I guess I don't really know what your lifestyle is... maybe you're in that exact position, but I digress.)
In conclusion...
You think the Mac OS UI is shitty.... so don't use it
You think the Windows UI is shitty... so don't use it
You think the KDE/Gnome UI is shitty... so don't use it
Just use the tool that works best for you
(honestly, these platform wars are ridiculous. After all, everyone knows the CoCo is better than the C64)
I think, like TV, it's all about how the interactive books are used. If the interactive books are used primarily as a babysitter that's a problem.
However, if the parent is interacting with their child while their child is interacting with the book, it's not really a problem. There's much more going on from a learning standpoint than just learning the words when a parent and a child read together. The social interaction is the important part.
But... if the 'interactive book' is constantly used as a way for the parents to not have to interact with their child, it will breed the same bunch of moronic mouthbreathers as children who were brought up in front of the TV with little interaction from their parents. (Ok... that's a bit strong, but you know what I mean!);-)
It seems to me that people often forget there's more to education than just memorizing facts and figures. The social aspect is equally important.
It was a pretty cool step for 3d and visual effects, but it's a crappy movie story-wise. Seeing it outside of the theater is pretty pointless.
Save the bucks and buy something good that deserves the support... Something like 'Moon' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
In other words, rather than "stealing" it, he simply outsourced his duties as finder to a 3rd party -- much as if he'd left in the car of the bartender. Moreover, he didn't sell the phone itself, but rather the "story". Both he and Gizmodo knew full well neither owned the phone and that the plan was to return it -- and, for the record, the phone was returned before the police were involved.
Dis guy ya see officer... he found a tv on da side of da road next to a truck. He di'n't trust da truck driver so he tried to call dat Sony place. Well, dey only talk Japan-eese an' he don' talk Japan-eese. Sometimes I eats da sushi so dis guy asks me if mebbee I kin facultate gettin' de tv back to 'em. So's I offers him fiffy bucks fer his story and he gives me da tv an' I was jes on my way to da sushi place to talk to de Japan-eese guy about gettin' da tv back to da owner when ya stopped me. I'm jes tryin' to do what's right officer... I wad'n't gonna keep it... honest.
Would you believe that little story if someone told you it? That's pretty much what Gizmodo is claiming.
You know... to experience what this 'service' would be like, load up a game on a friend's computer who lives at least a few hundred miles away. Connect to that friend's via a VNC client or other form of remote access and see how well that game plays. That's basically what OnLive is providing for $15/ mo.
Lag would be a big issue. Games like World of Warcraft are built from the ground up with latency issues in mind. It's part of the reason they have things like a 'Global Cooldown.' Even then, especially in things like PVP, it's not exactly perfect.
I can't imagine that 'twitch' games like first person shooters could be anything but annoying given even minimal lag.
Please feel free to come back and contribute when you can write coherent statements that back up your argument... if you can figure our exactly what your argument is that is.
Maybe you should have paid attention in Composition 101 instead of 'Facebooking.' You could've learned to string together a few sentences in a way that actually made some sort of sense.
True... Taking action is a good idea... however there's a difference between the tapping pencil and the flashing screen of the internet on someone's laptop
The tapping pencil is usually an unconscious thing. Asking them to stop will usually result in them saying "Oh, sorry."
Surfing the internet during a lecture is a conscious decision. Asking them (as a fellow student) usually causes a reaction like "what the fuck is your problem" even if asked nicely.
Nope... University professors aren't babysitters, nor should they have to be.
The problem is when flashing graphics from internet surfing and so forth distract other students from being able to pay full attention. The human eye is naturally drawn to motion and the flashing graphics on computer screens will cause others to be distracted by it... especially if it's accompanied by the *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* of someone harvesting their damn crops.
This is not about how laptops effect university professors. It is about how inappropriate usage laptops and internet in the classroom effects fellow students.
If another student is causing distraction in the classroom be it talking during a lecture or playing games or surfing the internet during the lecture, they are taking away from my classroom experience. I am paying for my own classroom experience not Mommy & Daddy. You take away what I am paying for with your inability to pay attention to something for a couple of hours and you are stealing from me.
I am in college to learn. It is not an extension of high school.
I don't know that removing the laptops would necessarily help. My gf is in school for nursing and she complains a lot about people who are slow to understand or ask "stupid" questions -- i.e. questions that were already covered during that class, or were covered in the readings (that were assigned to be completed before that class).
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I for one am going to have to either go back to 3.x or switch over to Chrome. If I have Firefox on my 2nd monitor, which I often do depending on what I'm working on, the menus flip out. They blink momentarily and then disappear. Makes it kind of useless...
I'm a TV & Film editor by trade, so I easily notice sub-second motion and flicker. The flicker and the "bad color" of CFLs bugs the hell out of me. I can immediately notice when a room is lit by CFLs vs. good old incandescents.
I'm all for doing what we can to reduce power consumption, but for me CFLs are not a viable option. I have a hard time working around them. I haven't tried LED light bulbs yet due to them being relatively new on the market... maybe that will be a way to go, but I don't think the incandescent light should be banned wholesale.
Government is getting carried away with banning things. *reaches over for a ma huang herbal supplement and a clove cigarette* Oh... wait...
Maybe a added power consumption tax would be appropriate, but not an outright ban.
The military is not a killbot factory. They're trained to actively avoid taking lives if they have a choice in the matter, and the rules of engagement support that. They aren't out there "trying themselves to end a number of other lives", as you put it.
Right! Killbot duties have been turned over to private "security" firms such as Blackwater.
People apparently like and want Apple's closed products. Nothing is forcing people to buy Apple products, and now with Android taking off, people who want 'open' platforms have a choice.
Maybe Jobs does have a bit of an ego, but then, he brought a company that was near death back from the brink, created products people wanted, and revolutionized some product lines. (Remember the state of smart phones prior to the iPhone's introduction)
It's not like the Apple police are coming to your door and forcing you to buy Apple... if you don't like what they offer, don't buy it. I don't see why that's such a problem.
From here on out, all online media coming in to my personal fiefdom (aka my computer) will need to register with my Ministry of Culture (aka my girlfriend) for a license. License fees must be paid immediately. Slashdot... where's my check? .
Well...
We'd at least know that Steve Jobs' Mordor would have good style.
So are they barred from playing public domain music as well then? What about classical?
Recordings of classical music are copyrighted by the group performing the piece... e.g. the L.A. Philharmonic's recorded performance of a Beethoven composition is copyrighted by the LA Phil.
Also, many classical scores have been 'arranged' by someone. The person who did that particular arrangement of Beethoven's composition holds the copyright to the arrangement.
So yeah... Beethoven's score is public domain, but a bunch of other stuff happens that makes classical music technically not public domain.
Next up, MPAA will seek the blocking of dangerous sites that speak up for copyright reform... then it'll be websites that talk about movies in a fashion that hasn't been pre-approved by the MPAA...
It's a slippery slope when free speech is censored.
You know... I read it the same way heh.
You shouldn't have to say 'please' for someone to do the job they were hired to do... it's not a bloody favor you're asking them to do, it's what they're paid for.
Really... jeeze... What ever happened to common sense. If it looks dangerous... it probably is. If her Blackberry told her to insert her arm into an industrial shredder would she have done that as well?
Take a look at this... this is the road in question... There was plenty of room on the left side of the street to walk without being anywhere near the road.
I really hope this gets thrown out of court. People need to take responsibility for their own stupidity.
TLDR...
Agreed. Or the moderators only read (at best) the first couple of sentences of a post and rate based on that rather than the content of the whole comment. The attention span seems to have gotten so short that anything more than 140 characters is indigestible.
Given the current state of mods lately, this post will be tagged 'Troll' or 'Flamebait' based solely on the first line of this comment rather than reading the point I was trying to make.
LOL mods... *sigh*
I guess I got modded a 'troll' in the above post because I said all UI's were equally shitty just shitty in different ways and concluded that the user should use the tool that works best for them.
Seems someone with a rabid anti-Apple sentiment got some mod points today and didn't actually bother to actually read what I actually said in my actual comment!
That or opinions that are rationally laid out to express the point of view of the writer are now considered 'troll' posts here on Slashdot. You'd think I said something particularly inflammatory heh!
Ah well... I got plenty of Karma to spare!
Apple ships a 'simple' mouse for one main reason... they want new and less technically sophisticated users to have an easier time picking up the computer without being worried about 'what do all these buttons on my mouse do?'
A more sophisticated user is perfectly capable of wandering down to the computer store or ordering a new mouse that meets their needs.
Do you really keep the shitty $5 mouse that comes with the average Windows PC or do you replace it? If you do replace it, then why is it a problem if you replace it on a Mac too?
Shitty UI? Every UI is shitty to someone who doesn't use it on a regular basis. I recently picked up a Windows 7 machine as I'm now doing a lot of visual effects/3D work and much of the Autodesk software I use is PC only.
I've used Windows from time to time, but not on a regular basis and I've been on computers in general since 1981 so I'm definitely an experienced user.
However... when I sat down in front of Windows on a full time basis, I was aggravated. It does some things different than the Mac. Its control panels are named slightly different, some settings locations are in obtuse locations compared to what I'm used to on the Mac.
Does that make it a shitty UI? Well yes... but all UI's are shitty because you have to do things the way the programmers who set up that particular platform want you to.
I personally think Linux is a shitty experience (oh! the Blasphemy!) Why? Part of it is because I don't use it on any sort of regular basis other than the occasional install out of curiosity. Also because I personally don't like having to search out drivers and futz with code to get things running. Some people on the other hand like that for that exact reason though
Fine... you don't like the MacOS UI... so don't use it! As a professional film/TV editor in Los Angeles, London, Brussels, and Vancouver, Final Cut Pro under the Mac OS has been a pleasant experience. The Mac UI works just fine for me. Now that I'm getting used to the Windows 7 experience, the MS UI works just fine for me.
No one is strapping you down and forcing you to use the Mac OS. (or are they?? I guess I don't really know what your lifestyle is... maybe you're in that exact position, but I digress.)
In conclusion...
You think the Mac OS UI is shitty.... so don't use it
You think the Windows UI is shitty... so don't use it
You think the KDE/Gnome UI is shitty... so don't use it
Just use the tool that works best for you
(honestly, these platform wars are ridiculous. After all, everyone knows the CoCo is better than the C64)
I think, like TV, it's all about how the interactive books are used. If the interactive books are used primarily as a babysitter that's a problem.
However, if the parent is interacting with their child while their child is interacting with the book, it's not really a problem. There's much more going on from a learning standpoint than just learning the words when a parent and a child read together. The social interaction is the important part.
But... if the 'interactive book' is constantly used as a way for the parents to not have to interact with their child, it will breed the same bunch of moronic mouthbreathers as children who were brought up in front of the TV with little interaction from their parents. (Ok... that's a bit strong, but you know what I mean!) ;-)
It seems to me that people often forget there's more to education than just memorizing facts and figures. The social aspect is equally important.
It was a pretty cool step for 3d and visual effects, but it's a crappy movie story-wise. Seeing it outside of the theater is pretty pointless. Save the bucks and buy something good that deserves the support... Something like 'Moon' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
In other words, rather than "stealing" it, he simply outsourced his duties as finder to a 3rd party -- much as if he'd left in the car of the bartender. Moreover, he didn't sell the phone itself, but rather the "story". Both he and Gizmodo knew full well neither owned the phone and that the plan was to return it -- and, for the record, the phone was returned before the police were involved.
Dis guy ya see officer... he found a tv on da side of da road next to a truck. He di'n't trust da truck driver so he tried to call dat Sony place. Well, dey only talk Japan-eese an' he don' talk Japan-eese. Sometimes I eats da sushi so dis guy asks me if mebbee I kin facultate gettin' de tv back to 'em. So's I offers him fiffy bucks fer his story and he gives me da tv an' I was jes on my way to da sushi place to talk to de Japan-eese guy about gettin' da tv back to da owner when ya stopped me. I'm jes tryin' to do what's right officer... I wad'n't gonna keep it... honest.
Would you believe that little story if someone told you it? That's pretty much what Gizmodo is claiming.
That is... of course, if the site hadn't already succumbed to the Slashdot effect.
You know... to experience what this 'service' would be like, load up a game on a friend's computer who lives at least a few hundred miles away. Connect to that friend's via a VNC client or other form of remote access and see how well that game plays. That's basically what OnLive is providing for $15/ mo.
Lag would be a big issue. Games like World of Warcraft are built from the ground up with latency issues in mind. It's part of the reason they have things like a 'Global Cooldown.' Even then, especially in things like PVP, it's not exactly perfect.
I can't imagine that 'twitch' games like first person shooters could be anything but annoying given even minimal lag.
Don't know why I'm feeding the troll but...
Dear Anonymous Coward:
Please feel free to come back and contribute when you can write coherent statements that back up your argument... if you can figure our exactly what your argument is that is.
Maybe you should have paid attention in Composition 101 instead of 'Facebooking.' You could've learned to string together a few sentences in a way that actually made some sort of sense.
True... Taking action is a good idea... however there's a difference between the tapping pencil and the flashing screen of the internet on someone's laptop
The tapping pencil is usually an unconscious thing. Asking them to stop will usually result in them saying "Oh, sorry."
Surfing the internet during a lecture is a conscious decision. Asking them (as a fellow student) usually causes a reaction like "what the fuck is your problem" even if asked nicely.
Nope... University professors aren't babysitters, nor should they have to be.
The problem is when flashing graphics from internet surfing and so forth distract other students from being able to pay full attention. The human eye is naturally drawn to motion and the flashing graphics on computer screens will cause others to be distracted by it... especially if it's accompanied by the *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* of someone harvesting their damn crops.
This is not about how laptops effect university professors. It is about how inappropriate usage laptops and internet in the classroom effects fellow students.
If another student is causing distraction in the classroom be it talking during a lecture or playing games or surfing the internet during the lecture, they are taking away from my classroom experience. I am paying for my own classroom experience not Mommy & Daddy. You take away what I am paying for with your inability to pay attention to something for a couple of hours and you are stealing from me.
I am in college to learn. It is not an extension of high school.
I don't know that removing the laptops would necessarily help. My gf is in school for nursing and she complains a lot about people who are slow to understand or ask "stupid" questions -- i.e. questions that were already covered during that class, or were covered in the readings (that were assigned to be completed before that class).
True... there is no cure for stupidity!