The rest of us lol a bit, mostly at the joke, but juuuust a little at the bigots slapfighting each other. ("No, you're a tard, Mac!" "No, you're a tard, PC!")
Yeah, I guess I got a little fished in there... although I knew at the time I was just responding to a pointless troll. I guess what I'd like is more slashdot discussions that don't require the debunking of tired myths before we can get to the interesting discussion.
I've used a variety of OSs, so I don't think this is the issue. It's fundamental UI problem - there's no visual indication that the application is still running, so one assumes it isn't.
There are several visual indicators. If the application is frontmost, then its name is displayed in the menu bar. An icon for the application shows when you hit CMD-Tab to activate the application switcher. Running applications are also highlighted in the Dock, and shown in Activity Monitor.
I don't see what the problem is. It's perfectly rational and simple to learn and understand.
Wasn't the whole "look and feel" thing decided in Microsoft's favor, back in the 90's?
If it were held again today, then Microsoft would not be victorious. The whole "intellectual property" landscape has changed dramatically since those days.
Isn't it funny... the more powerful computers get, the things we do with them get lamer and more trivial. 1984 - testing and developing scientific theories on a machine with 128K RAM; 2009 - posting on slashdot with 4GB RAM.
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I only had 64k of RAM in 1984, you insensitive clod!
If anyone truly believes Apple is some great innovator and that there ideas didn't stem from existing ideas then they're pretty oblivious to how just about all businesses work.
How are the two mutually exclusive? All innovations are based on existing ideas.
Just explain the difference between an application and a window. Grandmothers typically aren't stupid. Grandmothers of the original Mac era easily understood it. The only reason people today don't understand it is that they've gotten used to the Windows way, where a window is perceived as the application.
No. Steve has publicly said that Apple today is about looking to the future, not being nostalgic about the past. He really seems to hate fetishes and nostalgia. I can see where he's coming from, because Apple could very easily get caught up in repeating the past and reminiscing about the good old days.
Aside from being copypasta, the pasted text has everything backwards. It's Windows which was designed for narrow-minded idiots. The Mac was always about expanding possibilities, doing new and different things.
And this affects the commons because power is increasingly a rare resource being squandered to provide a 5' wide screen typically viewed 15 feet back that provides the same viewing aspect ratio as a 19" TV at 4 feet at 11x the power.
The distance you view a TV from doesn't affect the aspect ratio in any way at all.
The examples you are mentionning are organisers requesting the help of law enforcement agencies, and therefore asked to foot the bill. In this case the agency is forcing the ISPs to comply through law AND is charging them for it. Doesn't sound like the same at all to me.
WTF? Did you just open a browser window and type random words or something?
Cancer - that's actively spreading to the liver - seems to be a very active kind of cancer doncha think? You know what also causes cirrhosis? Chemo. Granted that's speculation
In other words, you're full of shit, and a worthless dirtbag who likes to speculate on the lives of others without any kind of evidence. Good job.
PR apologists need more fun in their lives. Go nuts.
Well, it's sad that you need more fun in your life, but perhaps you would be happier if you had not chosen the job of a PR apologist.
Is it possible that I have a personal bias against iTunes? Yes. Yes it is.
That's fine, but really doesn't have much to do with things. Just because you don't like iTunes doesn't mean you should misrepresents the facts and history of the major labels and iTunes selling DRM-free music.
The fact that Amazon was able to open a DRM-free store is in large part to do with Apple's relationship with the labels, and Apple was the first to sell major-label music DRM free, before Amazon started.
You're going to buy a computer for every version of Windows you want to test? Perhaps you do not understand the textual material you were responding to.
Radiation does not make stuff (including people) glow green,
Nonsense. Put a green filter over a flashlight. In a darkened room, point it at your skin. Your skin is now glowing green because of electromagnetic radiation.
Apparently you have not heard of a video out cable going from your computer (presumably what you would be using to "send your own MPEG stream") to your TV set?
But what if you don't want to hook your computer up to the TV set? It's often a cumbersome arrangement. What if you want the computer to be available for other tasks while you are watching the stream on your TV set?
There's nothing you can do with a hacked converter box that you couldn't do *better* with a USB DTV tuner and the same computer you'd need anyway
But hacking can be fun. What's wrong with doing it that way if somebody wants to do it?
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The rest of us lol a bit, mostly at the joke, but juuuust a little at the bigots slapfighting each other. ("No, you're a tard, Mac!" "No, you're a tard, PC!")
Yeah, I guess I got a little fished in there... although I knew at the time I was just responding to a pointless troll. I guess what I'd like is more slashdot discussions that don't require the debunking of tired myths before we can get to the interesting discussion.
I've used a variety of OSs, so I don't think this is the issue. It's fundamental UI problem - there's no visual indication that the application is still running, so one assumes it isn't.
There are several visual indicators. If the application is frontmost, then its name is displayed in the menu bar. An icon for the application shows when you hit CMD-Tab to activate the application switcher. Running applications are also highlighted in the Dock, and shown in Activity Monitor.
I don't see what the problem is. It's perfectly rational and simple to learn and understand.
Wasn't the whole "look and feel" thing decided in Microsoft's favor, back in the 90's?
If it were held again today, then Microsoft would not be victorious. The whole "intellectual property" landscape has changed dramatically since those days.
Isn't it funny... the more powerful computers get, the things we do with them get lamer and more trivial. 1984 - testing and developing scientific theories on a machine with 128K RAM; 2009 - posting on slashdot with 4GB RAM.
I only had 64k of RAM in 1984, you insensitive clod!
If anyone truly believes Apple is some great innovator and that there ideas didn't stem from existing ideas then they're pretty oblivious to how just about all businesses work.
How are the two mutually exclusive? All innovations are based on existing ideas.
Just explain the difference between an application and a window. Grandmothers typically aren't stupid. Grandmothers of the original Mac era easily understood it. The only reason people today don't understand it is that they've gotten used to the Windows way, where a window is perceived as the application.
No. Steve has publicly said that Apple today is about looking to the future, not being nostalgic about the past. He really seems to hate fetishes and nostalgia. I can see where he's coming from, because Apple could very easily get caught up in repeating the past and reminiscing about the good old days.
Aside from being copypasta, the pasted text has everything backwards. It's Windows which was designed for narrow-minded idiots. The Mac was always about expanding possibilities, doing new and different things.
I'm pretty sure that the RIAA is not holding this hearing. Rather, it's a hearing of a US court of law.
Apple does deserve criticism because they encourage their users to NOT install Anti-Virus software.
When did Apple do that?
No one can -ever- claim that -any- computer is safe from, essentially, social engineering.
Again right. But what's the solution? That is the real question.
Easy. Ban society, make social interaction illegal.
Most likely, there is no human-caused global warming at all,
Why the hell would you say this, when almost all of the evidence points in the opposite direction?
And this affects the commons because power is increasingly a rare resource being squandered to provide a 5' wide screen typically viewed 15 feet back that provides the same viewing aspect ratio as a 19" TV at 4 feet at 11x the power.
The distance you view a TV from doesn't affect the aspect ratio in any way at all.
(at least the lobbiests make you to do so).
Does Germany also have a new standards system for lobbying? For example, you have a lobby, lobbier and lobbiest in ascending order of superiority?
I'm sure ISP's wouldn't complain if one of their kids was saved from victimization as a result of their subpoena response.
How the hell does an ISP have children?
The examples you are mentionning are organisers requesting the help of law enforcement agencies, and therefore asked to foot the bill. In this case the agency is forcing the ISPs to comply through law AND is charging them for it. Doesn't sound like the same at all to me.
WTF? Did you just open a browser window and type random words or something?
Cancer - that's actively spreading to the liver - seems to be a very active kind of cancer doncha think? You know what also causes cirrhosis? Chemo. Granted that's speculation
In other words, you're full of shit, and a worthless dirtbag who likes to speculate on the lives of others without any kind of evidence. Good job.
PR apologists need more fun in their lives. Go nuts.
Well, it's sad that you need more fun in your life, but perhaps you would be happier if you had not chosen the job of a PR apologist.
Turns out Area 51 was the dump site for all those unsold Atari 2600 E.T. game carts.
Yeah, but it turns out they became self-aware, and now lead a small military research section.
Is it possible that I have a personal bias against iTunes? Yes. Yes it is.
That's fine, but really doesn't have much to do with things. Just because you don't like iTunes doesn't mean you should misrepresents the facts and history of the major labels and iTunes selling DRM-free music.
The fact that Amazon was able to open a DRM-free store is in large part to do with Apple's relationship with the labels, and Apple was the first to sell major-label music DRM free, before Amazon started.
You're going to buy a computer for every version of Windows you want to test? Perhaps you do not understand the textual material you were responding to.
Radiation does not make stuff (including people) glow green,
Nonsense. Put a green filter over a flashlight. In a darkened room, point it at your skin. Your skin is now glowing green because of electromagnetic radiation.
Do you have any idea of the kind of balls it took to be a part of this team?
I'm guessing... the testicular variety... no, wait... Buckyballs... but those weren't invented yet. Volleyballs?
The code that Microsoft contributed was the Happy Slider. It should be set to maximum if you really want your server to sing.
Apparently you have not heard of a video out cable going from your computer (presumably what you would be using to "send your own MPEG stream") to your TV set?
But what if you don't want to hook your computer up to the TV set? It's often a cumbersome arrangement. What if you want the computer to be available for other tasks while you are watching the stream on your TV set?
There's nothing you can do with a hacked converter box that you couldn't do *better* with a USB DTV tuner and the same computer you'd need anyway
But hacking can be fun. What's wrong with doing it that way if somebody wants to do it?