Of course, you could phrase that first point as "Broken apps activate UAC a good deal of the time".
It is still too early to judge Vista. If linux adaption is accelerating in 2 years and people are still ranting about how bad Vista SP2 is, the case for calling it a failure is a lot stronger. As it is, the sales numbers aren't exactly abysmal. Thank you! I remember when Windows XP came out, Slashdot was whining and moaning about how crappy/insecure/whatever it was. And, well, now look at what is happening.
While I agreed with some of your list (HAHAHA...shorter than the dashboard), this one...
Stopping, yes stopping at the end of a merge ramp on to the highway Typically, I agree with you. Merging should be just that. You go with the flow of traffic and just sync right up and merge in. I wish more people did that.
However, where I live, there's a ramp that is notorious for accidents. It merges in from the left (stupid) and it is a blind merge - you can't see anything until you're right at the bottom of the ramp.
There is no way I'm doing anything but stopping when I get to the bottom of that ramp. There have been times before when I would have become road grit by a tractor trailer doing 60 around that curve. No thank you.
Which vehicle am I going to expect aggressive or violent behavior from? Honestly? I'm not really sure.
See, people have this tendency to believe they really are special and different from everybody else. So, the guy who is in touch with his anger side (guns, 1 800 piss off, etc) knows that he gets angry and may just be enjoying a joke at his own expense.
On the flip side, the "peace" and "coexist" person thinks they are perfect and nothing will piss them off and they are special. Yet, that one time something gets to them...watch out.
Really, we're all just the same with a few minor differences here and there. People are people. They want to be special, they want to be different, they think about "me me me."
Unfortunately, that's what many people believe, but that's not necessarily what will happen.
The Bible never says, anywhere, that things for us will be good on this earth. In fact, to the contrary, people who are followers of God will constantly be attacked by Satan because Satan can't stand that someone truly believes in God. There is no promise of happiness, good things or anything else positive while we're here on earth.
Of course, the afterlife is supposed to be pretty awesome. But that is the only promise made with respect to that.
Actually (and I can't, for the life of me, find the study right now), getting "worked up" and flipping people off, cursing them, yelling, etc is actually worse for your health in the long run for a couple of reasons.
1. It gets you in the mindset that you're going to be angry every time you get into the car.
2. When you do "release some steam" you're also increasing your adrenaline, heart rate, and releasing hormones associated with stress.
3. You also anger people who are in the car with you weather you realize it or not (such as this Tami).
Just something to think about. I tend to take the "meh...they're idiots, and I'm just going to ignore it" approach. Of course, if I almost get killed, that's a whole different story. But, that rarely happens.
1. Yes, I knew about almost all those features. And they're great. I've actually enjoyed Vista (shocking, I know) and have not had any problems with it. In fact, it fixed some bad things I was seeing in XP.
2. I know it's hard to tell in writing, but when I used terminology like this:
That should be good for a few mod points That means I'm not being too serious.
That is a good list, though. Didn't know the firewall was bidirectional. Pretty sweet.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Gmail's web interface. It is extremely well done. Plus, I use multiple machines, most of which I can't just put my own software on.
I have yet to find a thick e-mail client that works as well and as cleanly as Gmail's interface.
it's no major jump...I guess saying it's like Windows 98 to Windows 2000...as opposed to XP to Vista. But why am I making Windows analogies in a Mac story? Please don't hurt me! Windows 2000 was a major improvement over Windows 98. And, arguably, they weren't in the same line at the time anyway. 2000 used the NT kernel while 98 was on the DOS kernel.
XP to Vista, arguably, was a more minor upgrade. (And, I use the term "upgrade" very loosely. That should be good for a few mod points.)
Everyone thinks groupthink and bias don't apply to them, but the reality is a lot more subtle. Thank you!
I love it how everyone here think, "Oh, because we're geeks we're so much smarter/special/critical/etc. than all those other peons." Heh...you know what all those other peons think about you?
One of the standout points that my psychology courses taught me (minored in college) is that the quote, "You're different and special...just like everybody else" hits the nail right on the head.
People are people. We do have our unique qualities, absolutely. But, we are so much alike, it's absolutely scary.
Don't waste time thinking you're different to justify how "special" you are. Your life and problems and opinions are, at the most, only subtly different than anybody else./rant mode end
So...what if you do question everything (for example, religion) and come to the conclusion that the religion/God/faith that you have been questioning is actually true?
It is nice to have threaded email (iMail and gmail do this), but not necessary. For me, this is a necessity. I hate having to figure out who said what in which e-mail when I'm at work (using Outlook).
Gmail is amazing at this. Best feature in my opinion - especially when e-mail chains get long. (Haven't used iMail.)
I can't understand why America doesn't have this. I would love to get an iPhone, but I do not want to be locked into AT&T's service.
Additionally, the "retail" cost of phones is an extremely stupid idea. My friend broke her phone this weekend and had to pay $150 for a crappy phone when, normally, with a 2-year service agreement with Verizon, it was free! That's insane that they can even do this!
America could seriously use some more laws about this sort of thing.
Entry level Economics will tell you that if there was a better place to be working they would take the better job since people are rational. Apparently you have not met my ex-girlfriend...
...airports around the US are beginning to use a new type of body-scanning machine which records pictures of travelers underneath their clothing. The process takes roughly 30 seconds, and the person viewing the pictures is located in a separate room. So, basically, it's like one of those "private rooms" in a porn shop. Except, the slide show pictures come every thirty seconds and you could get anybody from the hot blonde who is heading to Florida with her friends to...well...this guy (possibly NSFW).
The thing about the major genetic diseases I've mentioned is that in most cases, they're recessive, which means that a variety of simple solutions (ranging from divorce to sperm donation) can result in happy families and no risk of disease. Divorce results in happy families?
A number of posts pointed out that people are already getting genetic testing and that parents may not be able to handle having their kid have problems when they come into this world.
My questions is...why can't they? Are we so weak and do we expect everything to be so "perfect" (whatever the heck that is) that we can't handle a little bit of difficulty in our lives.
I'm not trying to troll here, and heaven knows that I would not wish one of these problems onto any child or any family, but there are *many* families out there with children who have these issues (and much more). Yet, despite that, they can come closer together and can be a strong and happier family for it. Will things be easy? Nope. Nobody ever said life would be easy or fun or happy. Will it be rewarding and create those important, close bonds and create a loving, caring family. Absolutely.
I seriously wonder what it is that people truly find important anymore.
From the "Good Things" article...
Ready to take their relationship to the next level, lovers Romeo and Juliet share STD status reports through their Google Health accounts. If things get serious, they'll open up their entire files to each other and compare genetic data when contemplating children. This doesn't seem like such a great thing to me. Here's the scenario I see...
Romeo and Juliet share STD data. They are both clean (or so the record says). Great. They can now enjoy sex with each other.
Then, over time, they decide that this relationship is really a great thing and they want to start looking into marriage. They get married. Everybody is happy.
Now that they're married (because nobody would be stupid enough to share this type of data BEFORE marriage...would they?), they share their genetic information with each other as they are talking about children. But, what's this?! Juliet sees that Romeo has a high propensity for Down Syndrome (or any other "disease" - take your pick). Well, this isn't good.
So, instead, Juliet decides to get a divorce and go on her merry way.
...and, my personal favorite, a video game to teach kids how to gerrymander voting districts to get political support. OMG! That game is so freaken awesome! I love redistricting constituency boundaries in order to get an electoral advantage!!!
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It is still too early to judge Vista. If linux adaption is accelerating in 2 years and people are still ranting about how bad Vista SP2 is, the case for calling it a failure is a lot stronger. As it is, the sales numbers aren't exactly abysmal. Thank you! I remember when Windows XP came out, Slashdot was whining and moaning about how crappy/insecure/whatever it was. And, well, now look at what is happening.
Except FUBAR was abandoned. Duke Nukem Forever is still being developed! ...right? Guys? Hey guys? ...
However, where I live, there's a ramp that is notorious for accidents. It merges in from the left (stupid) and it is a blind merge - you can't see anything until you're right at the bottom of the ramp.
There is no way I'm doing anything but stopping when I get to the bottom of that ramp. There have been times before when I would have become road grit by a tractor trailer doing 60 around that curve. No thank you.
See, people have this tendency to believe they really are special and different from everybody else. So, the guy who is in touch with his anger side (guns, 1 800 piss off, etc) knows that he gets angry and may just be enjoying a joke at his own expense.
On the flip side, the "peace" and "coexist" person thinks they are perfect and nothing will piss them off and they are special. Yet, that one time something gets to them...watch out.
Really, we're all just the same with a few minor differences here and there. People are people. They want to be special, they want to be different, they think about "me me me."
Unfortunately, that's what many people believe, but that's not necessarily what will happen.
The Bible never says, anywhere, that things for us will be good on this earth. In fact, to the contrary, people who are followers of God will constantly be attacked by Satan because Satan can't stand that someone truly believes in God. There is no promise of happiness, good things or anything else positive while we're here on earth.
Of course, the afterlife is supposed to be pretty awesome. But that is the only promise made with respect to that.
Actually (and I can't, for the life of me, find the study right now), getting "worked up" and flipping people off, cursing them, yelling, etc is actually worse for your health in the long run for a couple of reasons.
1. It gets you in the mindset that you're going to be angry every time you get into the car.
2. When you do "release some steam" you're also increasing your adrenaline, heart rate, and releasing hormones associated with stress.
3. You also anger people who are in the car with you weather you realize it or not (such as this Tami).
Just something to think about. I tend to take the "meh...they're idiots, and I'm just going to ignore it" approach. Of course, if I almost get killed, that's a whole different story. But, that rarely happens.
Yeah, I noticed this as well. What a load of garbage.
1. Yes, I knew about almost all those features. And they're great. I've actually enjoyed Vista (shocking, I know) and have not had any problems with it. In fact, it fixed some bad things I was seeing in XP.
2. I know it's hard to tell in writing, but when I used terminology like this: That should be good for a few mod points That means I'm not being too serious.
That is a good list, though. Didn't know the firewall was bidirectional. Pretty sweet.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Gmail's web interface. It is extremely well done. Plus, I use multiple machines, most of which I can't just put my own software on.
I have yet to find a thick e-mail client that works as well and as cleanly as Gmail's interface.
XP to Vista, arguably, was a more minor upgrade. (And, I use the term "upgrade" very loosely. That should be good for a few mod points.)
I love it how everyone here think, "Oh, because we're geeks we're so much smarter/special/critical/etc. than all those other peons." Heh...you know what all those other peons think about you?
One of the standout points that my psychology courses taught me (minored in college) is that the quote, "You're different and special...just like everybody else" hits the nail right on the head.
People are people. We do have our unique qualities, absolutely. But, we are so much alike, it's absolutely scary.
Don't waste time thinking you're different to justify how "special" you are. Your life and problems and opinions are, at the most, only subtly different than anybody else.
So...what if you do question everything (for example, religion) and come to the conclusion that the religion/God/faith that you have been questioning is actually true?
Does that make you wrong?
Additionally, if you hit Ctrl+Enter it'll tack a http://www. and a .com on the end.
I personally really like this feature.
...he waits.
Err...something like that.
Gmail is amazing at this. Best feature in my opinion - especially when e-mail chains get long. (Haven't used iMail.)
I can't understand why America doesn't have this. I would love to get an iPhone, but I do not want to be locked into AT&T's service.
Additionally, the "retail" cost of phones is an extremely stupid idea. My friend broke her phone this weekend and had to pay $150 for a crappy phone when, normally, with a 2-year service agreement with Verizon, it was free! That's insane that they can even do this!
America could seriously use some more laws about this sort of thing.
...airports around the US are beginning to use a new type of body-scanning machine which records pictures of travelers underneath their clothing. The process takes roughly 30 seconds, and the person viewing the pictures is located in a separate room. So, basically, it's like one of those "private rooms" in a porn shop. Except, the slide show pictures come every thirty seconds and you could get anybody from the hot blonde who is heading to Florida with her friends to...well...this guy (possibly NSFW).A number of posts pointed out that people are already getting genetic testing and that parents may not be able to handle having their kid have problems when they come into this world.
My questions is...why can't they? Are we so weak and do we expect everything to be so "perfect" (whatever the heck that is) that we can't handle a little bit of difficulty in our lives.
I'm not trying to troll here, and heaven knows that I would not wish one of these problems onto any child or any family, but there are *many* families out there with children who have these issues (and much more). Yet, despite that, they can come closer together and can be a strong and happier family for it. Will things be easy? Nope. Nobody ever said life would be easy or fun or happy. Will it be rewarding and create those important, close bonds and create a loving, caring family. Absolutely.
I seriously wonder what it is that people truly find important anymore.
Double bladed lightsaber?
Romeo and Juliet share STD data. They are both clean (or so the record says). Great. They can now enjoy sex with each other.
Then, over time, they decide that this relationship is really a great thing and they want to start looking into marriage. They get married. Everybody is happy.
Now that they're married (because nobody would be stupid enough to share this type of data BEFORE marriage...would they?), they share their genetic information with each other as they are talking about children. But, what's this?! Juliet sees that Romeo has a high propensity for Down Syndrome (or any other "disease" - take your pick). Well, this isn't good.
So, instead, Juliet decides to get a divorce and go on her merry way.
The End
...and, my personal favorite, a video game to teach kids how to gerrymander voting districts to get political support. OMG! That game is so freaken awesome! I love redistricting constituency boundaries in order to get an electoral advantage!!!