Your WP7 point is equally valid, but I think it might be a case of too-little, too-late.
I'm not trying to argue for Microsoft in any arena, but I remember having the same notion when Microsoft entered the gaming arena with the Xbox. I really didn't think they'd be able to muscle into the already well-established console world, but they might have surprised everyone (or at least me) with how far they've come with only two iterations in the console world.
I've always thought that motto was strange. One of the (often-used) definitions for "just" (adverb): "by a narrow margin; barely: The arrow just missed the mark."
I'm here to tell you about a new product. It's already a revolution. Folks, it's the new iSnakeoil
Their power is mostly in their marketing strategy (particularly after seeing mac laptops aren't the least error-prone in hardware). Smugness, ego-stroking, and the idea that buying a mac puts you into some elite club where you can yammer on with all other "elite" mac owners about the latest regurgitated key points you heard at the latest product launch speech. I'm not a fan; their products aren't terrible, but they've just been talked up way too damn much. I really don't know how they'd sell stuff if Jobs disappeared.
For the most part I agree with you. There are many additional features that I've become accustomed to with Win 7, but I totally disagree with the search. Granted, the stupid little dog that pops up in XP was horrible, the search in win7 is only good if you've got a huge folder and are looking for a specific text string in the name (and I do use this function a lot); where I get upset is where I want to search for advanced criteria like some combination of date range, size range, containing text, and file type. I've found a good stand-in: SuperFinder XT.
I've also turned off the icon grouping on the task bar because I can't stand routinely performing unnecessary extra clicks (or waiting for a mouse-over to pop up a box) for an operation that I perform very often in the operating system (e.g. switching explorer windows).
Despite the downsides, these are easy to get rid of or customize. A couple areas that get me angry when using xp: how many times I have to tell it to hide a tray icon, unnecessary restarts when applying some settings, the wireless network browser, wireless networking in general on XP, no start menu search function for start menu items that are 2-3 panes wide (work computer), mspaint & no screen capture tool, etc.
Someone stated above that some things are designated a specific CMYK color (Superman's cape as an example). Calibrated or not, if you have the wrong colour in CMYK, you fail (as stated above).
It's not a matter of merely "what people learned in school"; it's a matter of CMYK colour space (which is what things are printed in, as stated above), as well as the >8-bit per channel capability, which are both quite important in the graphic design industry. There is more listed above, so I am not going to repeat it all. Being able to see what you are going to print is very important (and why companies are willing to pay top dollar for wide-gamut monitors and the like).
Exactly; you could have also said "If you wish to keep it private, don't post it at all," but this concept seems foreign to people who are concerned with privacy issues on the internet.
Put two sets of heads on the drive. Confine one to an inside annular region, and the other to the outside annular region. Put the actuator arms on opposing sides of the platter to make it easy. Then you'd probably have a seek time similar to a 3.5" drive.
Lag/Syncing becomes a problem when you have 200-300 people in one localized area. The point of "click and act" is that your computer will perform the same calculations as as what the server would given same inputs; this dual/mirrored calculation minimizes the perceived lag for the client.
I think the point was to choose low-tech weapons. Bullets existed far before computers did (hence low-tech), and I think that is the point you are missing.
And Star Wars (4-6) - the guy who was actually in Darth Vader's suite never got paid for the role.
I mean, why should he? That freeloading bas**rd was just hanging around Vader's suite? Being such a key figure in the Empire, he's probably got his suite outfitted with all sorts of luxuries.
note: suite and not suit
How the hell is a person supposed to make a proper decision regarding what to in situations without a proper understanding? I mean, you could lull the populace into a false sense of understanding on some very deep problems, but the decisions they choose will be horribly inadequate for the full picture. If you want a democracy, then this is a big problem. In some cases it might be better for the public to think "gosh, I really don't know what the fu** I'm talking about."
And this sort of testing does little to improve security. If we place increased faith in systems that are (possibly wrongfully) assumed to be infallible, it gives the criminal who bypasses the system that much more credibility in his story. On the flip side, the general population loses freedom. It is truly a lose-lose situation.
Don't forget that the foods you eat were likely grown in some other region and shipped to your supermarket. Maybe they'll think you're a Colombian druglord because of your morning coffee.
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Your WP7 point is equally valid, but I think it might be a case of too-little, too-late.
I'm not trying to argue for Microsoft in any arena, but I remember having the same notion when Microsoft entered the gaming arena with the Xbox. I really didn't think they'd be able to muscle into the already well-established console world, but they might have surprised everyone (or at least me) with how far they've come with only two iterations in the console world.
I totally agree with you, but I have to point out that sugar is on the tongue; most complex flavours worth tasting are detected in the nose.
I agree. My IPod Touch Just Works.
I've always thought that motto was strange. One of the (often-used) definitions for "just" (adverb): "by a narrow margin; barely: The arrow just missed the mark."
I'm here to tell you about a new product. It's already a revolution. Folks, it's the new iSnakeoil
Their power is mostly in their marketing strategy (particularly after seeing mac laptops aren't the least error-prone in hardware). Smugness, ego-stroking, and the idea that buying a mac puts you into some elite club where you can yammer on with all other "elite" mac owners about the latest regurgitated key points you heard at the latest product launch speech. I'm not a fan; their products aren't terrible, but they've just been talked up way too damn much. I really don't know how they'd sell stuff if Jobs disappeared.
For the most part I agree with you. There are many additional features that I've become accustomed to with Win 7, but I totally disagree with the search. Granted, the stupid little dog that pops up in XP was horrible, the search in win7 is only good if you've got a huge folder and are looking for a specific text string in the name (and I do use this function a lot); where I get upset is where I want to search for advanced criteria like some combination of date range, size range, containing text, and file type. I've found a good stand-in: SuperFinder XT.
I've also turned off the icon grouping on the task bar because I can't stand routinely performing unnecessary extra clicks (or waiting for a mouse-over to pop up a box) for an operation that I perform very often in the operating system (e.g. switching explorer windows).
Despite the downsides, these are easy to get rid of or customize. A couple areas that get me angry when using xp: how many times I have to tell it to hide a tray icon, unnecessary restarts when applying some settings, the wireless network browser, wireless networking in general on XP, no start menu search function for start menu items that are 2-3 panes wide (work computer), mspaint & no screen capture tool, etc.
Someone stated above that some things are designated a specific CMYK color (Superman's cape as an example). Calibrated or not, if you have the wrong colour in CMYK, you fail (as stated above).
It's not a matter of merely "what people learned in school"; it's a matter of CMYK colour space (which is what things are printed in, as stated above), as well as the >8-bit per channel capability, which are both quite important in the graphic design industry. There is more listed above, so I am not going to repeat it all. Being able to see what you are going to print is very important (and why companies are willing to pay top dollar for wide-gamut monitors and the like).
Exactly; you could have also said "If you wish to keep it private, don't post it at all," but this concept seems foreign to people who are concerned with privacy issues on the internet.
Stating mp3 is probably a bad choice on their behalf; A more accurate comparison would be to say that LCDs are like GIF compared to PNG
Put two sets of heads on the drive. Confine one to an inside annular region, and the other to the outside annular region. Put the actuator arms on opposing sides of the platter to make it easy. Then you'd probably have a seek time similar to a 3.5" drive.
The population bomb hasn't gone off yet because you need to spawn more overlords
Lag/Syncing becomes a problem when you have 200-300 people in one localized area. The point of "click and act" is that your computer will perform the same calculations as as what the server would given same inputs; this dual/mirrored calculation minimizes the perceived lag for the client.
WASD is lame. ESDF is better due to the single fact that there's a nub on the F key.
I think the point was to choose low-tech weapons. Bullets existed far before computers did (hence low-tech), and I think that is the point you are missing.
most people wouldn't eat a genetically modified potato, nevermind have their genes altered.
That's just a lie; it was all the geth's doing.
And Star Wars (4-6) - the guy who was actually in Darth Vader's suite never got paid for the role.
I mean, why should he? That freeloading bas**rd was just hanging around Vader's suite? Being such a key figure in the Empire, he's probably got his suite outfitted with all sorts of luxuries.
note: suite and not suit
60,000 / 6,700,000,000 = 8.96x10^-6, which one can approximate with 0.
How the hell is a person supposed to make a proper decision regarding what to in situations without a proper understanding? I mean, you could lull the populace into a false sense of understanding on some very deep problems, but the decisions they choose will be horribly inadequate for the full picture. If you want a democracy, then this is a big problem. In some cases it might be better for the public to think "gosh, I really don't know what the fu** I'm talking about."
And this sort of testing does little to improve security. If we place increased faith in systems that are (possibly wrongfully) assumed to be infallible, it gives the criminal who bypasses the system that much more credibility in his story. On the flip side, the general population loses freedom. It is truly a lose-lose situation.
Don't forget that there is water in foods (produce especially).
Don't forget that the foods you eat were likely grown in some other region and shipped to your supermarket. Maybe they'll think you're a Colombian druglord because of your morning coffee.
Annoy people by leaving it unsecured, but not connected to the Internet.
hahahahaha.. Or somehow set it up so it only allows the user to go to some lame website.
...where they return to our lives through 419 scams!
Don't forget that we haven't even begun to tap the huge garbage-dump potential of the grand canyon.