And by the way, I do trash the Christian Fundamentalists in the anti-Vaccine community. Seriously. They piss me off. But then again, Christians piss me off in general. And if they had their way we'd all be back in the dark ages and disease would run rampant.
That's not biased at all./sarcasm
As a Christian (not a Fundamentalist, though), I rather love technology and everything that it has brought to the world (both good and bad). Such broad strokes you paint with gets everything all messy...
(I couldn't decide if a Mac was possessed, repressed, or impressed. I liked the first choice the best considering how a Mac seems to take over people's minds when they use them.)
I see what you're saying, and don't disagree. However, I think you missed the point of the previous poster. When he says:
As a final note, if you're a guy, your job while dancing is to make *her* look good.
...I think he is referring to the fact that there are many guys who try to get all fancy, show off, and try to look good, and completely forget about their partner. Completely. I can't count the number of times I've seen a girl kind of just standing there while her partner tries to look fancy/good.
I know you can say FF is faster...but I supsect (sic) the average user doesn't case about these things.
From what I've seen, this is exactly what users care about (at least the ones who I have shown Firefox to).
Additionally, you can't say a statement like, "Firefox does X, Y and Z better, but you can't use those. So, tell me what's better about it?" That's kind of argument doesn't even make sense.
Worse than all that, IMO, is the fact that people use phones in places that are absolutely sickening: public toilets, grocery store check out line, while pumping gas, just about everywhere... I don't think I want a video phone, thank you very much.
Okay...I was with you on the public toilet part. That would be pretty sickening. But...grocery store check out line, pumping gas...are these really all that sickening? Bit confused of your thought process here.
Otherwise, you're not adding anything to the discussion. We don't care how you think the OS "feels".
While I agree that specific examples of what doesn't "feel" right would be great, a huge portion of usability and user-interface design really revolves around what "feels" right to the user. Yes, there are studies and questions you can ask to pull out what exactly is causing the bad feelings, but it's one of those things...people know when they like something, and know when they don't. Sometimes it can't always be explained in any simple term.
Yes, there are issues with the technology - that's not what I disagree with.
However, I know at least a few individuals who were fooled by an e-mail that looked legit (banking site), and didn't bother to check the e-mail address, etc.
It isn't like water is some kind of super-intelligent villain. It just sort of flows downhill until it hits the ocean...
Will Superman be able to defeat...WATER MAN! This villain flows downhill, destroying everything in his path. Can the Man of Steel stand up to the great strength and force of this nemesis, or will he be all washed up? Find out in our next episode - Downhill Battle!
Yeah...I'm not really excited about that episode, either.
I don't necessarily agree. If I go out and spend extra money in a month (say, on a vacation for example), I may not donate the same amount of money to charity/church/what-have-you. Of course, that does assume you donate money in the first place.
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If so, it will be the first version of Windows that makes computers run faster than the previous version.
Nooo...computers are running at exactly the same speed. They just won't have to chew through bloated software. Microsoft is (supposedly) making their software more efficient.
Surely everyone who plays video games has had at least one "Tetris effect" moment in his or her life
No I do not, and don't call me Shirley.
(Alright, alright, I admit...after playing Burnout 3 for a long period of time, I found myself wondering if my commute to work would be more fun if I could slam the other vehicles into the wall.)
If you have ever had to walk a n00b, who thinks that webmail is email, through setting up POP3, then you would know the answer to that question.
Last time I checked, webmail is e-mail. Yeah, it may not be as fancy as IMAP, but it's definitely allowing said n00b to access his or her e-mail.
I am curious why IMAP is "unquestionably superior" compared to webmail. If we're talking about offline access...alright. You're right there. Any other reasons I don't know about?
Hmmm...you were modded funny, yet I don't think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that that was the intention of your post.
An interesting idea you propose - and I even kind of like it. I do see a couple problems with it, though.
1. If you are working for a company, you were paid by them to come up with ideas and implement them. You're already being paid/compensated. As such, while you're working for them (AKA, at work), your ideas are theirs.
2. There are far more people out there that don't have good ideas as opposed to the people who do. And, of the people who do, only a few of those will ever be able to successfully bring those ideas to market on their own. A company can be useful in that it provides a lot of resources and the like to help implement good ideas.
3. This line bothers me - No corporation or other fictitious business entity should ever become the OWNERS of products of a mind. Corporations are not fictitious. They actually exist. Kind of like people do, actually (oversimplification, but, that's the idea). And, again, if someone comes up with something while working for a company, he *is* working for that company so wouldn't it make sense that they can use his idea? Maybe not.
In my opinion, the schools' function of teaching kids to respect authority is at fault because alongside this they need to learn to detect authority. Anyone can be handed a title that they don't deserve. Authority is earned.
Nick Naylor: My point is that you have to think for yourself. If your parents told you that chocolate was dangerous would you take their word for it? [Children say no] Nick Naylor: Exactly! So perhaps instead of acting like sheep when it comes to cigarettes you should find out for yourself.
You were modded Flamebait (and it may have to do with how you phrased your argument - leave out the swear word next time), but you make a good point.
One thing I *dislike* about many open source products (and I use a lot of them - I love open source in general) is that documentation can be very difficult to come by. And, there have been times I have gone into forums/IRC/etc for help only to hear, "Why don't you just read the source code?" I'm sorry - that's just not really an option for so many reasons I don't even know where to begin.
A good site designer can put up advertisements without being obtrusive, forcing me to look at ads or throwing ads in my face. For an example of this, look at Google's advertisements. They are barely noticeable. As a result, they are not in my list of "Adblocked" ads.
What is not fair is forcing stupid "CLICK THE MONKEY!!!!" advertisements. Or forcing me to click through multiples pages just so I see more ads.
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And by the way, I do trash the Christian Fundamentalists in the anti-Vaccine community. Seriously. They piss me off. But then again, Christians piss me off in general. And if they had their way we'd all be back in the dark ages and disease would run rampant.
That's not biased at all. /sarcasm
As a Christian (not a Fundamentalist, though), I rather love technology and everything that it has brought to the world (both good and bad). Such broad strokes you paint with gets everything all messy...
Bottom line: If you want to do real research, you need to go to primary sources.
Uh huh. And half the time these "scholarly journals" you talk about are reporting finds from other people. That makes them a secondary source.
I agree that Wikipedia should not be a primary source of information, but it provides a very good jumping off point.
Well I'm a Mac and I'm possessed.
(I couldn't decide if a Mac was possessed, repressed, or impressed. I liked the first choice the best considering how a Mac seems to take over people's minds when they use them.)
I'm looking forward to a flying car that travels through time. Four dimensions, baby!
I see what you're saying, and don't disagree. However, I think you missed the point of the previous poster. When he says:
As a final note, if you're a guy, your job while dancing is to make *her* look good.
...I think he is referring to the fact that there are many guys who try to get all fancy, show off, and try to look good, and completely forget about their partner. Completely. I can't count the number of times I've seen a girl kind of just standing there while her partner tries to look fancy/good.
(For the record, I'm a swing/blues dancer.)
I know you can say FF is faster...but I supsect (sic) the average user doesn't case about these things.
From what I've seen, this is exactly what users care about (at least the ones who I have shown Firefox to).
Additionally, you can't say a statement like, "Firefox does X, Y and Z better, but you can't use those. So, tell me what's better about it?" That's kind of argument doesn't even make sense.
Worse than all that, IMO, is the fact that people use phones in places that are absolutely sickening: public toilets, grocery store check out line, while pumping gas, just about everywhere... I don't think I want a video phone, thank you very much.
Okay...I was with you on the public toilet part. That would be pretty sickening. But...grocery store check out line, pumping gas...are these really all that sickening? Bit confused of your thought process here.
Otherwise, you're not adding anything to the discussion. We don't care how you think the OS "feels".
While I agree that specific examples of what doesn't "feel" right would be great, a huge portion of usability and user-interface design really revolves around what "feels" right to the user. Yes, there are studies and questions you can ask to pull out what exactly is causing the bad feelings, but it's one of those things...people know when they like something, and know when they don't. Sometimes it can't always be explained in any simple term.
Mingw gcc is like kissing your sister.
Well...is she hot?
A 20 lb laptop would still be lighter than the cases of beer I carried in college.
Fixed that for you.
I disagree.
Yes, there are issues with the technology - that's not what I disagree with.
However, I know at least a few individuals who were fooled by an e-mail that looked legit (banking site), and didn't bother to check the e-mail address, etc.
The problem is, ultimately, people.
It isn't like water is some kind of super-intelligent villain. It just sort of flows downhill until it hits the ocean...
Will Superman be able to defeat...WATER MAN! This villain flows downhill, destroying everything in his path. Can the Man of Steel stand up to the great strength and force of this nemesis, or will he be all washed up? Find out in our next episode - Downhill Battle!
Yeah...I'm not really excited about that episode, either.
5) Still doesn't deprive anyone of anything.
I don't necessarily agree. If I go out and spend extra money in a month (say, on a vacation for example), I may not donate the same amount of money to charity/church/what-have-you. Of course, that does assume you donate money in the first place.
If so, it will be the first version of Windows that makes computers run faster than the previous version.
Nooo...computers are running at exactly the same speed. They just won't have to chew through bloated software. Microsoft is (supposedly) making their software more efficient.
Can't stand writers who don't understand tech.
But the brain definitely connects things that it learns inside a video game to other situations in the real world.
You would be surprised how useful GTA3 has been...
Surely everyone who plays video games has had at least one "Tetris effect" moment in his or her life
No I do not, and don't call me Shirley.
(Alright, alright, I admit...after playing Burnout 3 for a long period of time, I found myself wondering if my commute to work would be more fun if I could slam the other vehicles into the wall.)
If you have ever had to walk a n00b, who thinks that webmail is email, through setting up POP3, then you would know the answer to that question.
Last time I checked, webmail is e-mail. Yeah, it may not be as fancy as IMAP, but it's definitely allowing said n00b to access his or her e-mail.
I am curious why IMAP is "unquestionably superior" compared to webmail. If we're talking about offline access...alright. You're right there. Any other reasons I don't know about?
Hmmm...you were modded funny, yet I don't think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that that was the intention of your post.
An interesting idea you propose - and I even kind of like it. I do see a couple problems with it, though.
1. If you are working for a company, you were paid by them to come up with ideas and implement them. You're already being paid/compensated. As such, while you're working for them (AKA, at work), your ideas are theirs.
2. There are far more people out there that don't have good ideas as opposed to the people who do. And, of the people who do, only a few of those will ever be able to successfully bring those ideas to market on their own. A company can be useful in that it provides a lot of resources and the like to help implement good ideas.
3. This line bothers me - No corporation or other fictitious business entity should ever become the OWNERS of products of a mind. Corporations are not fictitious. They actually exist. Kind of like people do, actually (oversimplification, but, that's the idea). And, again, if someone comes up with something while working for a company, he *is* working for that company so wouldn't it make sense that they can use his idea? Maybe not.
Either way, interesting point you make.
...except for the fact that, given the research, approvals, etc. that are involved, medicine can easily take 20 years to market.
Your wife might get the passing grad, but my ex-girlfriend wrote the freaken book.
That was one nice thing that they fixed in Vista - the update mechanism is tied to a tool rather than to the browser and an ActiveX application.
Now I can only hope they untie the browser from the OS in Windows 7, but I don't think that's going to happen.
In my opinion, the schools' function of teaching kids to respect authority is at fault because alongside this they need to learn to detect authority. Anyone can be handed a title that they don't deserve. Authority is earned.
From Thank You For Smoking
Nick Naylor: My point is that you have to think for yourself. If your parents told you that chocolate was dangerous would you take their word for it?
[Children say no]
Nick Naylor: Exactly! So perhaps instead of acting like sheep when it comes to cigarettes you should find out for yourself.
You were modded Flamebait (and it may have to do with how you phrased your argument - leave out the swear word next time), but you make a good point.
One thing I *dislike* about many open source products (and I use a lot of them - I love open source in general) is that documentation can be very difficult to come by. And, there have been times I have gone into forums/IRC/etc for help only to hear, "Why don't you just read the source code?" I'm sorry - that's just not really an option for so many reasons I don't even know where to begin.
No, they are very fair.
A good site designer can put up advertisements without being obtrusive, forcing me to look at ads or throwing ads in my face. For an example of this, look at Google's advertisements. They are barely noticeable. As a result, they are not in my list of "Adblocked" ads.
What is not fair is forcing stupid "CLICK THE MONKEY!!!!" advertisements. Or forcing me to click through multiples pages just so I see more ads.
But I'm not complaining. I'm working.
So your job is to sit around and post on Slashdot, then?