You're not that weird. I do the same thing, except that I occasionally mix in the left middle finger with both pointers, and I use my ring finger for shift and enter, not the pinky (although I'm on a laptop keyboard, so things are a bit closer). Definitely just those few fingers though, with the right-middle for delete.
You're right -- nukes are always evil. No way should we have had an arsenal during the cold war. We should've let Russia become corrupted and fall to the ground via their evil nukes. We'd be sitting pretty with flowers and chocolate bars.
If you check the time of my post, you'd see that I was one of the first 10 people to post. I just wasn't thinking and hit the wrong reply button. Sue me.
Wrong. Designers need to design with their medium in mind. If they're designing for the web, then due to practical concerns which they must take into account, this is not a sane option. There are plenty of things that can be done to make a page unique and to allow it to achieve a certain aesthetic function, but this is not one of them.
On the other hand, they need to know where the site is that has the application they want, which file to download (do I want the debian package?.exe?.dmg?), etc. Then, after they install it, they need to keep it updated as well. If it is hooked into a package manager, it will be handled for them. If not, they need to seek it out and download it themselves (most apps don't have a built-in updater like firefox). Neither situation is great. As an OS X user, I love the download and run system, but the package management concept isn't so bad either. Both have their ups and downs. I do agree though that the interface should be better.
1. They are programming languages. Mono is not a programming language, rather a generic runtime. This allows for programmers using their favorite programming language to create working parts for a desktop that are compatible with other parts possibly written in another language.
You don't need a monolithic VM for that. OS X Cocoa applications are the most consistant and well-integrated around, and you can write them in Objective-C, Java, Ruby, and I'm sure many others that I haven't cared to look into (I just write an Objective-C wrapper usually).
2. "Pre-compiled" applications require people to download source code, compile, link, and install for their particular platform. This is probably the #1 reason why average users avoid Linux. Most Windows users screech when they see the command prompt. With Mono we could get away from that and deploy just the applications.
1. Open Synaptic
2. Click checkboxes for the software you want
3. Click apply
Seems fairly easy already without mono, doesn't it?
Personally I'd love to have an 8 pound brick of a laptop. I take mine with me every day, and I need to be able to handle video editing, 3D rendering, audio synthesis, etc, while at school (Parsons School of Design). My Powerbook is fast enough, for now, but I'd take something a bit bigger with twice the power if I could. When half of your heavy computing needs to happen outside of your home, such laptops are hardly stupid.
I know I'm being redundant here, but stating it again for purposes of reassurance seems worthwhile. As long as you are behind a good firewall, you should be fine. My family runs two Windows PCs behind solid firewall without any virus protection software at all. They don't swap files over IM, they don't click nonsense (they've learned the hard way), they don't use gnutella, etc. For a year now they've been without a single issue or zombie infection, even with using IE instead of Firefox.
The Finder dies on me all the time too, although not as often or for the same reasons as you, and it always beachballs if it is locked up. If it isn't for you, perhaps something is really screwewd.
Bundling software to play videos is NOT FUCKING ABUSING YOUR MONOPOLY. People are free to uninstall it, download another player, etc etc etc. HOW the FUCK is this FUCKING ABUSE OF ANYTHING!?
What's next? Apple has to stop including iChat and Quicktime Player? Should Apple have to replace Safari with Firefox?
As much as I hate Microsoft and their practices, they're not doing anything wrong by bundling these softwares. In Korea, only stupid people are for this.
Sometimes it is the difference between being able to do it with a neural network (usually artificial and running on a computer chip, sans rat brains) and not being able to do it at all.
somebody will see value in their work, and compensate them for it so that they can keep writing more
Ah yes, the classic American-Libertarian "charity will take care of everything" argument.
You're right on that point -- I could've swore he used the boot times as an argument. I must've got him crossed with someone else.:-) You're right though. I only reboot for major system updates and that's it.
I was just pointing out that OS X boots faster than Ubuntu, not other way around as he said. I understand there are reasons for this, and I wasn't bashing Ubuntu. I love Ubuntu. As for my background services, CPU usage is at 0% after 40 seconds, which includes Quicksilver. Chill out man... I'm glad your "optimized kernel" boots in under a minute, but my default install takes a minute and a half, and OS X takes less than half that, which is all I was saying to counter his claim. There is no reason to react like that, honestly.
OS X boots to the desktop on my Powerbook in 25 seconds from power on. Ubuntu, on the same machine, takes a minute and a half. You're clearly delusional.
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You're not that weird. I do the same thing, except that I occasionally mix in the left middle finger with both pointers, and I use my ring finger for shift and enter, not the pinky (although I'm on a laptop keyboard, so things are a bit closer). Definitely just those few fingers though, with the right-middle for delete.
You're right -- nukes are always evil. No way should we have had an arsenal during the cold war. We should've let Russia become corrupted and fall to the ground via their evil nukes. We'd be sitting pretty with flowers and chocolate bars.
If you check the time of my post, you'd see that I was one of the first 10 people to post. I just wasn't thinking and hit the wrong reply button. Sue me.
Wrong. Designers need to design with their medium in mind. If they're designing for the web, then due to practical concerns which they must take into account, this is not a sane option. There are plenty of things that can be done to make a page unique and to allow it to achieve a certain aesthetic function, but this is not one of them.
Insane... using flash and javascript to render unhighlightable text? Surely usability is more important than typography, no?
Because the installer *may* do certain things or it *may* not, depending on your configuration. It isn't fucking rocket science.
On the other hand, they need to know where the site is that has the application they want, which file to download (do I want the debian package? .exe? .dmg?), etc. Then, after they install it, they need to keep it updated as well. If it is hooked into a package manager, it will be handled for them. If not, they need to seek it out and download it themselves (most apps don't have a built-in updater like firefox). Neither situation is great. As an OS X user, I love the download and run system, but the package management concept isn't so bad either. Both have their ups and downs. I do agree though that the interface should be better.
1. They are programming languages. Mono is not a programming language, rather a generic runtime. This allows for programmers using their favorite programming language to create working parts for a desktop that are compatible with other parts possibly written in another language. You don't need a monolithic VM for that. OS X Cocoa applications are the most consistant and well-integrated around, and you can write them in Objective-C, Java, Ruby, and I'm sure many others that I haven't cared to look into (I just write an Objective-C wrapper usually). 2. "Pre-compiled" applications require people to download source code, compile, link, and install for their particular platform. This is probably the #1 reason why average users avoid Linux. Most Windows users screech when they see the command prompt. With Mono we could get away from that and deploy just the applications. 1. Open Synaptic 2. Click checkboxes for the software you want 3. Click apply Seems fairly easy already without mono, doesn't it?
Yes... with no monitor.
Personally I'd love to have an 8 pound brick of a laptop. I take mine with me every day, and I need to be able to handle video editing, 3D rendering, audio synthesis, etc, while at school (Parsons School of Design). My Powerbook is fast enough, for now, but I'd take something a bit bigger with twice the power if I could. When half of your heavy computing needs to happen outside of your home, such laptops are hardly stupid.
The French are the best English speakers.
:-)
Cheers, you make me laugh every time.
In fact, I think I may be in love...
Creative makes good sound cards? hahahaha
I know I'm being redundant here, but stating it again for purposes of reassurance seems worthwhile. As long as you are behind a good firewall, you should be fine. My family runs two Windows PCs behind solid firewall without any virus protection software at all. They don't swap files over IM, they don't click nonsense (they've learned the hard way), they don't use gnutella, etc. For a year now they've been without a single issue or zombie infection, even with using IE instead of Firefox.
The Finder dies on me all the time too, although not as often or for the same reasons as you, and it always beachballs if it is locked up. If it isn't for you, perhaps something is really screwewd.
AHHHH! FUCK.
Bundling software to play videos is NOT FUCKING ABUSING YOUR MONOPOLY. People are free to uninstall it, download another player, etc etc etc. HOW the FUCK is this FUCKING ABUSE OF ANYTHING!?
And yes -- I'm a fucking Mac user! Fuck off!
Wouldn't it only take one then?
What's next? Apple has to stop including iChat and Quicktime Player? Should Apple have to replace Safari with Firefox? As much as I hate Microsoft and their practices, they're not doing anything wrong by bundling these softwares. In Korea, only stupid people are for this.
Sometimes it is the difference between being able to do it with a neural network (usually artificial and running on a computer chip, sans rat brains) and not being able to do it at all.
somebody will see value in their work, and compensate them for it so that they can keep writing more Ah yes, the classic American-Libertarian "charity will take care of everything" argument.
Fair enough. Cheers, clever boy... ;-)
You've eated?
You're right on that point -- I could've swore he used the boot times as an argument. I must've got him crossed with someone else. :-) You're right though. I only reboot for major system updates and that's it.
And a shitload of antioxidants, more than just about anything else actually, including green tea.
I was just pointing out that OS X boots faster than Ubuntu, not other way around as he said. I understand there are reasons for this, and I wasn't bashing Ubuntu. I love Ubuntu. As for my background services, CPU usage is at 0% after 40 seconds, which includes Quicksilver. Chill out man... I'm glad your "optimized kernel" boots in under a minute, but my default install takes a minute and a half, and OS X takes less than half that, which is all I was saying to counter his claim. There is no reason to react like that, honestly.
OS X boots to the desktop on my Powerbook in 25 seconds from power on. Ubuntu, on the same machine, takes a minute and a half. You're clearly delusional.