The number rows (1,2,3) should be in perfect line-up rows on any phone so you don't have to look to hit the numbers.
How often do you need to actually dial a number on your cell phone while not looking at it? Most numbers I call are already saved in my phone, and most times that I need to key in a phone number I'm able to look at the keys if I need (i.e. I'm not driving).
I have a Nokia 3650, with the numer keys arranged in a circle, and I find it very useful and very rarely bothersome. Most notably, it seems easier to type text messages because the numbers are spaced apart and because my thumb doesn't obscure the other keys when I'm pressing one. I'm not particularly adept at typing text messages, so the ability to see the other keys is key (pun intended). When texting I pretty much ignore the numbers all together, so the relation of '1' to 'abc' is irrelevant (an example of agreeance is on Blackberry phones that put a QWERTY layout on a traditional 10-key pad). Also, learning to type on the circular pad has not affected my ability to use a "normal" phone.
I've had my 3650 since 2002 (I believe... maybe early 2003), and I've had 3 newer phones since then. However, I haven't stayed with any of the newer phones for more than a month. The main reason is that none of the other phones I've tried have come close to having their button layouts (not just the 10-key) coordinated with their interface as well as the 3650. My friends with the same phone have expressed similar sentiments.
Sometimes unorthodox designs work better than the old-stand-by. We shouldn't ever lock ourselves in to one design scheme just because it's the "norm" today. It will only stiffle creativity and prevent us from moving on to better things.
Now, there are refinements to be made. For one, interpreting the motion-capture as spline curves, instead of simple smoothed collections of points as they apparently are doing now, would allow for easy tweaking of the design. It would also allow imposing some automated corrections on the form, like "shift the top of this three-legged table until the center of gravity is on a line perpendicular to the plane of the legs which intersects that plane at the geometric center of the triangle defined by the ends of the legs" (which is to say, "make this three-legged table as stable as possible").
Or, "make all four legs of this chair coplanar in a plane parallel to the plane that best fits the seat, and make the geometric center of the seat lie on a line perpendicular to the plane of the ends of the legs that also contains the geometric center of the polygon defined by the ends of the legs" ("make the chair not wobbly and stable to sit on")
(read: "Nice try, but it could be so much more nerdy")
Looks to me like Quintippio is a spoof by Phillips and Nivea - not SNL - meant for marketing their "COOLSKIN" line of electric razors and "Nivea for Men Official COOLSKIN shaving balm" (or whatever).
decided to poke around and found some screen caps of old vs new and the new basicly just looks like a Night Elf male body.
Nice poking; it was in the article.
Combine that with the fact that your race realy is not visible startign in the mid to late game where every one has the same friken armour and the only way to guess someone's race is if they don't have a helmet displayed or if they are a friken dwarf/gnome.
Race matters a lot (esp. in pvp) and is easy to discern. Each race is sized/shaped differently and has racial abilities that make all the difference. Knowing you're up against an undead as oppose to a troll, for example, makes fear a bad decision whereas it otherwise would be very useful.
Remember, in World of Warcraft it's important to be racist and classist.
DRM is such a futile idea that the only way it would be possible would be to lock down consumer electronics so badly as to make them virtually function free.
We call that the theatre or a live performance.
Some of my favorite "albums" are bootleg recordings from live concerts. It's the analog black hole, trying to fill it just makes you more dense.
A minor loss in XP, "damage" to your equipment (which you kept) and if you're too lazy to get your gear back, the worst thing that happens to you is more damage to it. In a nutshell, you lose a little XP and gold.
There is no XP loss in WoW*. It is not the consequence of any action. Dying in-game only causes damage to items and costs you a bit of your time (to run to your corpse or farm gold for repairs).
*This may only apply to PvP servers, I've never played on a PvE server ('cause... why is it fun?).
So basically what you're saying is that if you RTFA (or in this case RTFPA) you'll know more about the subject at-hand and be better able to discuss it?!
Actually, more likely to be like the kids in "Jesus Camp".
You get to people young enough- you define who they are and what they feel is right and wrong.
Maybe the boys, but preacher's daughters are freeeeaaaakay!
Maybe that's not Firefox's fault and it's these shady sites (like Slashdot) that allocate resources that can't be freed? Maybe this is an unavoidable problem and IE 7 will experience the same problems--I'm not sure but we'll see I guess.
I'm using IE7 at work here in Redmond and I can't even read slashdot, it displays it so poorly. I want to blame it on the slashdot's new interface, but I also can't read most of the news articles linked from slashdot because the sites are displayed so poorly.
I'm new here, so I'm still nervous to get caught with Firefox as my default browser (it won't get me fired, but I'll get heckled), but rest assured that - even with whatever memory leaks and crappy flash - it's still a much better browsing experience than IE7 (current builds).
Botnet, Skynet, whatever... We effectively lost the war against the robots when we first invented computerization, thus creating the posibility for the future war against the robots.
Also, as for the people caught (since they're likely the only people who might complain), I believe that you give up some of your privacy rights when you register as a sex offender.
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That's all fine, but do we have to make our women look like yours? *cringe*
The software isn't good enough to pirate. Some of us just want to eventually run Linux (et al) on it and/or write some homebrew games.
There are more uses for mods than pirating games. I have my old Xbox (v1.0) mod'd, but it acts only as a media center running XBMC.
How often do you need to actually dial a number on your cell phone while not looking at it? Most numbers I call are already saved in my phone, and most times that I need to key in a phone number I'm able to look at the keys if I need (i.e. I'm not driving).
I have a Nokia 3650, with the numer keys arranged in a circle, and I find it very useful and very rarely bothersome. Most notably, it seems easier to type text messages because the numbers are spaced apart and because my thumb doesn't obscure the other keys when I'm pressing one. I'm not particularly adept at typing text messages, so the ability to see the other keys is key (pun intended). When texting I pretty much ignore the numbers all together, so the relation of '1' to 'abc' is irrelevant (an example of agreeance is on Blackberry phones that put a QWERTY layout on a traditional 10-key pad). Also, learning to type on the circular pad has not affected my ability to use a "normal" phone.
I've had my 3650 since 2002 (I believe... maybe early 2003), and I've had 3 newer phones since then. However, I haven't stayed with any of the newer phones for more than a month. The main reason is that none of the other phones I've tried have come close to having their button layouts (not just the 10-key) coordinated with their interface as well as the 3650. My friends with the same phone have expressed similar sentiments.
Sometimes unorthodox designs work better than the old-stand-by. We shouldn't ever lock ourselves in to one design scheme just because it's the "norm" today. It will only stiffle creativity and prevent us from moving on to better things.
(read: "Nice try, but it could be so much more nerdy")
Well, right, but when you search on Google for "diamonds" or "hell", the first results are diamonds.com and hell.com respectively.
So it does matter.
Looks to me like Quintippio is a spoof by Phillips and Nivea - not SNL - meant for marketing their "COOLSKIN" line of electric razors and "Nivea for Men Official COOLSKIN shaving balm" (or whatever).
Not if it's Neil Diamond!
"Kentucky woooooooooommmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"
Some of my favorite "albums" are bootleg recordings from live concerts.
It's the analog black hole, trying to fill it just makes you more dense.
Perhaps not, but there are lots of pop-culture references in WoW.
Can you confirm whether or not you lose XP for dying on a PvE server?
There is no XP loss in WoW*. It is not the consequence of any action. Dying in-game only causes damage to items and costs you a bit of your time (to run to your corpse or farm gold for repairs).
*This may only apply to PvP servers, I've never played on a PvE server ('cause... why is it fun?).
Until puberty.
That never stopped an antidepressant from reaching the market.
So basically what you're saying is that if you RTFA (or in this case RTFPA) you'll know more about the subject at-hand and be better able to discuss it?!
My god... this idea could revolutionize Slashdot!
Maybe the boys, but preacher's daughters are freeeeaaaakay!
Unless the artist gives you permission to, as in the case of this instance/article you're replying to.
I know! When will they learn that the only challenge to pirates are ninjas!
There even seems to be a good side to internet stalking: stalking the stalkers.
youtube?! pshh... get with Web 2.0, man! Youtube is soooooooooo last week. There's just Google video now!
Also, to answer your question, watching Google video may or may not cause autism (how many
Interns, my friend... interns.
I'm using IE7 at work here in Redmond and I can't even read slashdot, it displays it so poorly. I want to blame it on the slashdot's new interface, but I also can't read most of the news articles linked from slashdot because the sites are displayed so poorly.
I'm new here, so I'm still nervous to get caught with Firefox as my default browser (it won't get me fired, but I'll get heckled), but rest assured that - even with whatever memory leaks and crappy flash - it's still a much better browsing experience than IE7 (current builds).
Botnet, Skynet, whatever... We effectively lost the war against the robots when we first invented computerization, thus creating the posibility for the future war against the robots.
I'm surprised there isn't an angry reply to this screaming about the Sony rootkit, and how it's justification to unquestioningly hate everything Sony.
p.s.
Wii FTW!
Also, as for the people caught (since they're likely the only people who might complain), I believe that you give up some of your privacy rights when you register as a sex offender.