What, still perfectly usable for most things, except movies perhaps, but if you find a private tracker the world is your oyster? Also, I'd like to see them find out just who is connecting to what news server.
But in true Internet tradition it's a case of let's play whack-a-mole - so just killing them isn't really going to be a solution. Anyway, stop, you'll give the other "mafiaa" ideas...
Put Cut-Copy-Paste at the top of the right-click menu, so I don't have to move the mouse down half-a-screen to use these common options.
It's these kind of usability tweaks that Microsoft is so much better at, I'm afraid, and it's the kind of thing they need to put a lot of work into if they really want to take on Office.
Six years ago now I worked for a company who liked to play the radio in the office - soon after we received a demand from the PRS for monies due. Out went the radio. We figured that someone visiting the office (engineer, salesman) had grassed us up. Maybe they get paid for tip-offs.
Is it all bad though? Many retail outlets will play music to attract customers, or to make them feel comfortable in the store. Now if the store paid a DJ to play records, many would expect that the store would pay royalties on those tracks. So why would it be different for the radio? After all, they could be making money due to having a radio in the store, so why not take a cut of it? Pretty greedy, it has to be said, but that's the rationale. No doubt royalties paid by a radio station are only covering personal use. Of course this doesn't adequately explain my office situation, but then if the rule applies to one, it should apply to all.
Yeah, it's crazy-ass, but nothing new. Let's not get this mixed up with greedy MAFIAA yada yada, it's been happening for a long time.
Just watch a novice use a computer. They don't need to be a 'novice' as such, just someone who doesn't understand how they work. They become desensitised to the popups. They'll gladly click through them without paying any attention to what they say. They accept it as part of the everyday running of the computer, what you have to do to get into your email. This is why when helpdesk operators ask what the problem is, many reply "there was an error". When you ask what the error said, they say "I don't know I just clicked past it". Message boxes have become ineffective as they are roundly ignored by up to 50% of computer users (based on 75% running XP)
Surely someone must have done a blind test on one such audiophile, it must be easy to prove that perceived difference in sound quality is due to them knowing they paid nearly 3000 dollars for some cables. Who in their right mind would own up that they paid about 2995 dollars over the odds?
Kids who are socially accepted, even in difference social circles are significantly less likely to be bullied
Yeah, that does makes sense... since those kids who were bullied were those who weren't socially accepted... hence GGP's point that the bullying continued when he changed school. It was olny when he punched someone on the nose that he became socially accepted, and the bullying stopped.
As long as I can still play Scrabble, I don't care!!!1
Actually, this input from Microsoft might help to fix the problems that Scrabulous seems to suffer every day... right, gang?? As you can see, I only use Facebook for Scrabble. There must be a group for me.
Give the average user a choice, and they'll say, "I don't know, which one plays X game and runs Word & Excel?" They simply don't understand what benefits one brings over the other. And the price cut may not convince them, if they don't think they can run everything they need to run.
Most people don't understand and will go for the option they know about. On that basis, if Linux is to make serious inroads into the desktop arena, they need a marketing push as big as that performed by Microsoft. This is the difference between the two camps now - getting the message to everyday people.
Imagine if the content companies bought up all the ISPs, what on Earth would we do then? Maybe "bought up" is the right phrase to use.
Hey Slashpeople, why does Preview take so long to complete? I wrote this last night, flicked away cos I was bored of 'waiting for slashdot.org', got involved in something else and forgot to return til this morning. This has cost me valuable 'Insightful' points!
Well, the right response would be 'let the parents decide', but you only have to look at the situation around now to see that parents had their chance and 'flunked' it royally.
He ought to split up, citing musical differences with himself. Then set up a new band under a different name.
Seriously though, he makes this plea at a concert, where he's doing what he does best, ie performing rather than perfecting it in a studio to be played off plastic, do the royalties really add up that much? Maybe he's happy to gig. If he's a "very rich man" then why tour now that NIN are no more?
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But in true Internet tradition it's a case of let's play whack-a-mole - so just killing them isn't really going to be a solution. Anyway, stop, you'll give the other "mafiaa" ideas...
Laow-Bro-aw is my favourite - spelt Loughborough
Knew somebody would ask that. The answer is, Dvorak.
Put Cut-Copy-Paste at the top of the right-click menu, so I don't have to move the mouse down half-a-screen to use these common options.
It's these kind of usability tweaks that Microsoft is so much better at, I'm afraid, and it's the kind of thing they need to put a lot of work into if they really want to take on Office.
Hey, you know my father too... :)
I see what you mean, even 30GBP is a bit steep to see Ricky 'One-Joke' Gervais...
So I can never buy the ticket as a gift for someone else? What if I want to allow my under-16 children to attend? Do I get them a credit card first?
Six years ago now I worked for a company who liked to play the radio in the office - soon after we received a demand from the PRS for monies due. Out went the radio. We figured that someone visiting the office (engineer, salesman) had grassed us up. Maybe they get paid for tip-offs.
Is it all bad though? Many retail outlets will play music to attract customers, or to make them feel comfortable in the store. Now if the store paid a DJ to play records, many would expect that the store would pay royalties on those tracks. So why would it be different for the radio? After all, they could be making money due to having a radio in the store, so why not take a cut of it? Pretty greedy, it has to be said, but that's the rationale. No doubt royalties paid by a radio station are only covering personal use. Of course this doesn't adequately explain my office situation, but then if the rule applies to one, it should apply to all.
Yeah, it's crazy-ass, but nothing new. Let's not get this mixed up with greedy MAFIAA yada yada, it's been happening for a long time.
Just watch a novice use a computer. They don't need to be a 'novice' as such, just someone who doesn't understand how they work. They become desensitised to the popups. They'll gladly click through them without paying any attention to what they say. They accept it as part of the everyday running of the computer, what you have to do to get into your email. This is why when helpdesk operators ask what the problem is, many reply "there was an error". When you ask what the error said, they say "I don't know I just clicked past it". Message boxes have become ineffective as they are roundly ignored by up to 50% of computer users (based on 75% running XP)
Surely someone must have done a blind test on one such audiophile, it must be easy to prove that perceived difference in sound quality is due to them knowing they paid nearly 3000 dollars for some cables. Who in their right mind would own up that they paid about 2995 dollars over the odds?
Pity, I'd like to see him get apprehended and for the script to turn up on thepiratebay.
Objection. Comparing the holocaust to the loss of language is ludicrous. (-1 WhatTheHellAreYouOnAbout). And a Godwin to boot.
Maybe the mods felt that the guy pleading for a link only had to go & search Google.
As long as I can still play Scrabble, I don't care!!!1
Actually, this input from Microsoft might help to fix the problems that Scrabulous seems to suffer every day... right, gang?? As you can see, I only use Facebook for Scrabble. There must be a group for me.
Give the average user a choice, and they'll say, "I don't know, which one plays X game and runs Word & Excel?" They simply don't understand what benefits one brings over the other. And the price cut may not convince them, if they don't think they can run everything they need to run.
Most people don't understand and will go for the option they know about. On that basis, if Linux is to make serious inroads into the desktop arena, they need a marketing push as big as that performed by Microsoft. This is the difference between the two camps now - getting the message to everyday people.
...and so the arms race continues.
Imagine if the content companies bought up all the ISPs, what on Earth would we do then? Maybe "bought up" is the right phrase to use.
Hey Slashpeople, why does Preview take so long to complete? I wrote this last night, flicked away cos I was bored of 'waiting for slashdot.org', got involved in something else and forgot to return til this morning. This has cost me valuable 'Insightful' points!
Well, the right response would be 'let the parents decide', but you only have to look at the situation around now to see that parents had their chance and 'flunked' it royally.
For his last album he should do what Aphex Twin did and just let his cat walk all over his synthesizer for an hour.
He ought to split up, citing musical differences with himself. Then set up a new band under a different name.
Seriously though, he makes this plea at a concert, where he's doing what he does best, ie performing rather than perfecting it in a studio to be played off plastic, do the royalties really add up that much? Maybe he's happy to gig. If he's a "very rich man" then why tour now that NIN are no more?