On GPGPU side there's another problem of "screen lag" which becomes an issue when the GPGPU work slows down the Aero desktop and games.
So far, there seem not to be ways to prioritize GPU work the same way an OS can give CPU apps different priorities. Maybe the GPU industry will later solve this problem.
It wasn't anything too horrible, Samantha Grossman said. I just have a common name. There would be pictures, college partying pictures, that weren't of me, things I wouldn't want associated with me.
So, how is this Samantha Grossman's prerogative to have exactly her pictures as the top result, instead of the other Samantha Grossmans, who now fret that there are pictures there that aren't associated with them?
The CEO needs to be let go. It should have happened a long time ago, but I can't see them letting him off the hook yet again. He has literally done nothing positive for the company since he took over.
Windows 7 was released under Ballmer's command. In general, Microsoft has released much more stable and secure software in the recent years unlike in the Gates era. Then again, I'm not sure how much of impact does the CEO have in all this anyway.
What I have noticed is that the people who make those good-bad-good-bad lists for Windows make it all fit somehow by forgetting releases in between, or making up excuses like "well Windows 2000 wasn't marketed for consumers anyway so it can be excluded".
First of all, I agree that GUI + Terminal is a combination that works really well together. However it's not exactly same as switcing between Windows classic / Modern UI. You usually have the terminal emulator just as a normal application on your desktop, and you type things on its window the same way as to any other app. The analogue would be similar if you were switching to VTs from desktop and using the CLI there. That's clearly more painful.
Seemed a bit meh, to be honest. A bit of a random mishmash of two unrelated GUI concepts.
I was surprised that MS didn't convert the Windows Accessories (Notepad, Calculator, etc.) to Modern apps. And then the old Control Panel was left there, but some settings are still managed through the Modern UI. As the icing of the cake, the whole new UI is just butt-ugly. These kind of glaring issues leave quite a half-baked taste of Windows 8. It feels like they slapped on the Modern UI there, but weren't confident enough to polish the experience throughly.
I wonder if the whole ancient IRC standard needs a steamrolling anyway. A lot of the new services are implemented by ugly hacks, bubblegum or bots. Things like registering a nickname, maintaining the administrators of a channel or handling netsplits, these could all be handled much more nicely. IRC needs a redesign from scratch...
Are you going to keep the receipts of purchase around? If not, how are you going to prove all your digital copies are legal? Particularly the ones from physical media that you no longer possess.
Frankly, I don't think it would be terribly unethical even if he sold the collection and still kept copies on a HDD. There are bigger problems to worry about. He's not running organized piracy or anything, it's just some joe's media collection.
It's still good to keep the bad working conditions in discussion. It doesn't make it any better if we just raise our hands and say that every manufacturer is like that. There's probably things there that actually could be improved and we could still have our precious gadgetz.
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On GPGPU side there's another problem of "screen lag" which becomes an issue when the GPGPU work slows down the Aero desktop and games.
So far, there seem not to be ways to prioritize GPU work the same way an OS can give CPU apps different priorities. Maybe the GPU industry will later solve this problem.
Is an upgrade to Win7 possible?
The second issue is damned capacitor squeal
AFAIK (CMIIW) capacitors cannot make noise, but rather inductors, coils...
That's a strawman.
It wasn't anything too horrible, Samantha Grossman said. I just have a common name. There would be pictures, college partying pictures, that weren't of me, things I wouldn't want associated with me.
So, how is this Samantha Grossman's prerogative to have exactly her pictures as the top result, instead of the other Samantha Grossmans, who now fret that there are pictures there that aren't associated with them?
It's going to be Bada than all the previous generations.
I thought that was quite elegant solution which could work in other households too (assumed there is someone geeky enough to set it up).
Is there something to be sad about, then?
The CEO needs to be let go. It should have happened a long time ago, but I can't see them letting him off the hook yet again. He has literally done nothing positive for the company since he took over.
Windows 7 was released under Ballmer's command. In general, Microsoft has released much more stable and secure software in the recent years unlike in the Gates era. Then again, I'm not sure how much of impact does the CEO have in all this anyway.
What I have noticed is that the people who make those good-bad-good-bad lists for Windows make it all fit somehow by forgetting releases in between, or making up excuses like "well Windows 2000 wasn't marketed for consumers anyway so it can be excluded".
Interesting document, I haven't seen that before.
D'oh! There probably won't be service packs for Windows 8 either.
You are mostly correct, although when compared to the clunkiness of Windows 8, I assume GNOME3 and Unity start to look like dream UIs for many. :)
First of all, I agree that GUI + Terminal is a combination that works really well together. However it's not exactly same as switcing between Windows classic / Modern UI. You usually have the terminal emulator just as a normal application on your desktop, and you type things on its window the same way as to any other app. The analogue would be similar if you were switching to VTs from desktop and using the CLI there. That's clearly more painful.
Seemed a bit meh, to be honest. A bit of a random mishmash of two unrelated GUI concepts.
I was surprised that MS didn't convert the Windows Accessories (Notepad, Calculator, etc.) to Modern apps. And then the old Control Panel was left there, but some settings are still managed through the Modern UI. As the icing of the cake, the whole new UI is just butt-ugly. These kind of glaring issues leave quite a half-baked taste of Windows 8. It feels like they slapped on the Modern UI there, but weren't confident enough to polish the experience throughly.
I wonder if the whole ancient IRC standard needs a steamrolling anyway. A lot of the new services are implemented by ugly hacks, bubblegum or bots. Things like registering a nickname, maintaining the administrators of a channel or handling netsplits, these could all be handled much more nicely. IRC needs a redesign from scratch...
Ditto! I think netbooks have always been awesome little hacker machines.
Hah, I think you are the complete idiot here.
There is plenty of 11.6" netbooks.
This. There's quite horrible datamining and advertising system baked in Windows 8.
Is it possible to simply deploy more APs?
Agreed that it would not be legal.
Are you going to keep the receipts of purchase around? If not, how are you going to prove all your digital copies are legal? Particularly the ones from physical media that you no longer possess.
Frankly, I don't think it would be terribly unethical even if he sold the collection and still kept copies on a HDD. There are bigger problems to worry about. He's not running organized piracy or anything, it's just some joe's media collection.
Sure. Here's the model of number one, as requested.
It's still good to keep the bad working conditions in discussion. It doesn't make it any better if we just raise our hands and say that every manufacturer is like that. There's probably things there that actually could be improved and we could still have our precious gadgetz.