The floppy disk is the only really outdated thing in that list! And it's become so iconic that changing it now would be pointless.
True. I think the floppy icon still works just fine, even though we don't have floppies anymore. In a same way a quill can quite naturally work as a text editor icon, even though we usually don't write with one anymore.
Even though you could see things sharply, it soon gets annoying to look at small things all the time. And, the further away you can sit from your monitor, the easier for the eyes.
Ah, I agree with that. If you have workloads that actually write enormous amounts of data, then wearing the drive is indeed becomes a concern. But for general use you don't have to tiptoe around features like "NTFS indexing/logging" and lose your sleep over the flash wearing out.
Sure, but aside disabling unnecessary features (such as defragmentation), you really don't have to specifically avoid wearing a SSD. They can take a lot of R/W, possibly even more than HDDs.
Linux is still lacking proper online defragmentation suite, too. Although, even the "e4defrag" project guy says that while testing it was actually pretty hard to get ext4 to fragment, it would be nice to have it there just for completeness.
It might be possible to set up a Fair Trade label (like found in coffee, fruits, textiles, etc...) for electronics too. Then you could easily buy stuff that is known to be made in conditions that meet certain requirements. Hey, why not?
Now, what you should worry about are all the OTHER factories making shit for Cisco, HP, etc. that are NOT improved, do NOT increase pay as much as Apple's factories have done, but that you gladly ignore in your blind hate. Fucking double standards.
Exactly. There's many many other big electronics factories especially in southern China and Taiwan. For example Cal-Comp is known to make stuff for Asus.
I wonder if a GOG.com type of scheme would work for movies? What do you think? No DRM, no bullshit, throw in some extras, possibly concentrate on older stuff only.
I have a quad-core CPU and a mid-range GPU that pushes more FLOPs than a PS3, so I can run Crysis at decent framerate.
But this version of the game stutters horribly and gets less than 10 frames/sec when enemies appear.
If that comment was shown to the original makers of the game back in the day, they would have probably just jumped out of the window.
Is it always a good thing? It's the same game you can play in DOSBox already. We've already seen lot of remakes of the classic adventure games, for example. I think it is also important to grasp what aspects made them so memorable, and then make completely new games based on those observations.
I think a notification/warning would be nice prior to purging it from the system. Maybe it does, I don't know. But at least let the owner of the computer know that...
Agreed. Nothing is more annoying than a piece of software turned off because "we know better". Follows what sort of dialog I would myself craft..;)
"MacOS has detected an old version of Adobe Flash running on your computer. To help protect your security, this software has been temporarily disabled. You can choose to continue running current version (not recommended) or update Flash."
[Update] [Continue using current] [Leave current disabled]
In previous Ubuntu versions with Intel graphics there was always some "snow" (row of white pixels flickering here and there) below the title bar when the window was wobbling. I wonder if it's still there...
It's reasonably fast and the VMs act as different desktops.
Heh, that's pretty cool idea. I have never thought of using a bunch of VMs as virtual desktops. With a guest addition I suppose one could share some files between them too.
As the pixel density increases, the font size in physical pixels has to increase proportionally . But a lot of Windows applications (and, I assume, Linux applications) have broken layout if you run them at any DPI other than 96.
This would be a good moment for some smart guys to start developing a beautiful fully-scalable windowing system for Linux!
And every single page loading crap from all around the world as their 'ad partners', hit counters, click counters, +1 this, like this, digg this, and all the other stupid social media crap that has invaded the web.
Amen, bro. I hate that crap being sprinkled all over. Even without the +1 buttons there's too many pages framed with various sidebars and menus.
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You might also want to check AlgoRythmics, who present various sort algorithms in the form of traditional dance.
The floppy disk is the only really outdated thing in that list! And it's become so iconic that changing it now would be pointless.
True. I think the floppy icon still works just fine, even though we don't have floppies anymore. In a same way a quill can quite naturally work as a text editor icon, even though we usually don't write with one anymore.
Even though you could see things sharply, it soon gets annoying to look at small things all the time. And, the further away you can sit from your monitor, the easier for the eyes.
I had a chuckle a couple of days ago when I saw the VirtualBox "Clone" menu icon to be a sheep.
Ah, I agree with that. If you have workloads that actually write enormous amounts of data, then wearing the drive is indeed becomes a concern. But for general use you don't have to tiptoe around features like "NTFS indexing/logging" and lose your sleep over the flash wearing out.
Not sure if this is a parody advertisement or not.
Sure, but aside disabling unnecessary features (such as defragmentation), you really don't have to specifically avoid wearing a SSD. They can take a lot of R/W, possibly even more than HDDs.
Linux is still lacking proper online defragmentation suite, too. Although, even the "e4defrag" project guy says that while testing it was actually pretty hard to get ext4 to fragment, it would be nice to have it there just for completeness.
happily wearing my SSD in the process.
You don't have to worry about SSD wear any more than of a HDD's. It is only an issue if you use a memory card as your SSD.
Why would indexing be disabled?
Thanks, dude! Very interesting clip. :)
Apparently the "I'm never gonna wash my hand!!" does not apply with RMS...
It might be possible to set up a Fair Trade label (like found in coffee, fruits, textiles, etc...) for electronics too. Then you could easily buy stuff that is known to be made in conditions that meet certain requirements. Hey, why not?
Now, what you should worry about are all the OTHER factories making shit for Cisco, HP, etc. that are NOT improved, do NOT increase pay as much as Apple's factories have done, but that you gladly ignore in your blind hate. Fucking double standards.
Exactly. There's many many other big electronics factories especially in southern China and Taiwan. For example Cal-Comp is known to make stuff for Asus.
I wonder if a GOG.com type of scheme would work for movies? What do you think? No DRM, no bullshit, throw in some extras, possibly concentrate on older stuff only.
In your case it seems that it's not the advertisements but just the lack of good content.
I have a quad-core CPU and a mid-range GPU that pushes more FLOPs than a PS3, so I can run Crysis at decent framerate. But this version of the game stutters horribly and gets less than 10 frames/sec when enemies appear.
If that comment was shown to the original makers of the game back in the day, they would have probably just jumped out of the window.
Good to see the classics making a comeback, tho.
Is it always a good thing? It's the same game you can play in DOSBox already. We've already seen lot of remakes of the classic adventure games, for example. I think it is also important to grasp what aspects made them so memorable, and then make completely new games based on those observations.
I think a notification/warning would be nice prior to purging it from the system. Maybe it does, I don't know. But at least let the owner of the computer know that...
Agreed. Nothing is more annoying than a piece of software turned off because "we know better". Follows what sort of dialog I would myself craft.. ;)
"MacOS has detected an old version of Adobe Flash running on your computer. To help protect your security, this software has been temporarily disabled. You can choose to continue running current version (not recommended) or update Flash."
[Update] [Continue using current] [Leave current disabled]
In previous Ubuntu versions with Intel graphics there was always some "snow" (row of white pixels flickering here and there) below the title bar when the window was wobbling. I wonder if it's still there...
Do you have lightning rod(s) installed nearby? If not, they can obviously help a lot.
It's reasonably fast and the VMs act as different desktops.
Heh, that's pretty cool idea. I have never thought of using a bunch of VMs as virtual desktops. With a guest addition I suppose one could share some files between them too.
As the pixel density increases, the font size in physical pixels has to increase proportionally . But a lot of Windows applications (and, I assume, Linux applications) have broken layout if you run them at any DPI other than 96.
This would be a good moment for some smart guys to start developing a beautiful fully-scalable windowing system for Linux!
Doesn't help if you need to find some friend who moved to Indonesia 10 years ago and about whom you only know the name.
And every single page loading crap from all around the world as their 'ad partners', hit counters, click counters, +1 this, like this, digg this, and all the other stupid social media crap that has invaded the web.
Amen, bro. I hate that crap being sprinkled all over. Even without the +1 buttons there's too many pages framed with various sidebars and menus.