Also I guess if they were to not include new taskbar UI features in starter or basic, that might lead to IT issues down the road. Then instead of manuals having a "Mac" portion and a "PC" portion it'll be, "which version of Windows 7?"...Which leads to more paper which in the end result makes Microsoft responsible for clear cutting trees...
Maybe the elderly should also receive a discount for being proficient coloring book artists. Seeing as how some don't know how to stay inside the lines and not hit, oh I don't know, people in the bike lane. (Note: I'm not a bitter cyclist after getting hit by an elderly woman...)
I don't usually get emails with power point attachments, but my professor sent one today, and it was really nice not to have to download it then open power point etc.
This inspired me to look at that program a bit more, and for basic ppt it's quite a nice tool.
RONG, its "smote," lern 2 talk n00b "Wrong, it's 'smote', learn to talk n00b."
Couldn't resist while we were correcting each other's grammar.
And yes I realize that the quote above was intended for sarcasm.
Too bad MTV isn't going to develop it anymore (idiots for killing a golden franchise). I firmly agree, but if MTV continued to develop the franchise they might turn it into a hip hop or "reality" show themed version. It would turn into what their TV channels are now, little if any music videos, and a lot of low grade "reality" shows.
I can see it now...
Real World meets guitar hero, complete with drunk drama, and poor cutscenes.... oh yeah some guitar in there.
I agree, many people are very unintelligent, or they lack the normal common sense. But, linux is still far from your "Grandmother friendly" or in my case "Parent Friendly" set of operating systems. I do realize that Ubuntu is being considered to be the simplest linux OS, the only problem is that it is still far from simple by standards compared to other, more common (m$ or apple) operating systems. So it is safe to conclude that, there are people who just have no idea about technology, which is a larger piece of the pie than those who do, therefore linux is yet to have a very, "bone head" OS as some would say, so that the common user would be satisfied, and quite frankly not afraid to use.
And maybe more people would adopt the electronic news systems as oposed to printed ones. With that sort of a change, there is less wasted paper. Though I don't think that fonts are a majority of the problem. Fonts could be adding to the problem, but the fact that screens omit light, as oposed to paper that reflects light to your eyes. In other words, the screens are the main reason for eye fatigue, not the fonts. Very interesting to see what will come up about this in the future.
Well now it also means that people like my parents will have trouble with logging in and give up on computers all together. They never type their passwords the same, nor will they be able to comprehend the fact that they will have to type it the same way. Though a nice concept and idea, it won't be friendly for people of older ages.
I agree, why re-invent the wheel? If it ain't broke don't fix it. It's like using stock photos, music, and sounds. Besides, you can have all the fancy graphics in the world but if the game play bites, what's the point.
Sure the book "Next" was how bio-patenting went wrong, and "Timeline" was how time travel went wrong, and "Congo" was how monkeys went wrong and "Jurrasic Park" and "Lost world" were how dinosaurs went wrong....
The problem is not M$ per say but the fact that they don't develop browsers very well. I also agree that there isn't really a viable option for an alternative O.S. unless you are a Linux user, of which most of the world is not. Maybe Google will come up with a browser and possibly an O.S. that'll rock the world's socks off. But until then, we look to the open source alternatives, and the rest of the world suffers under what apple and m$ put out.
Which is why I don't use the "Explorer" shell in windows, I use a different, more resource friendly, shell. bblean to be specific. So I only use the core of windows, and I'm in process of finding a better file manager. My point is that I have in fact used macs and the resource management is horrible. Not saying that Windows has their operating system up to par on this but, they have it better than mac.
Sure you get power management, but is it really worth it to have a computer that can handle power but can't manage it's resources? If you computer starts up great that's fine, but if your OS can't run efficiently when you're using it what's the point?
IE, its really easy to use, and don't give a toss about the fact that it isn't standards compliant
Saddly Microsoft does have any webdevelopers balls in a tight grasp. And I definitely disagree, it is so easy to develop a really decent website, until you have to hack your own code so that IE will read it. Another portion to this is microsoft's neglect to allow IE to upgrade with the rest of the world. Such that it doesn't read past CSS 2, and doesn't support png transparency. But like I said, Microsoft has developer's balls in there hands, so developers are forced to shut up and hack their code so that the rest of the world will be attracted to their designs.
"This Joe Lieberman is not a senator, that is just a freaky coincidence." This is a quote from the books website @ http://www.indiegameguide.com/2.html. And yes it did sound too good to be true. Oddly enough it was.
WORD! IE is so behind that it's not even funny. If people are gonna be forced to use a browser (by there ignorance, uneducatedness, and stupidity) At least try and make it a good one! Especially the Microsoft good 'ol, let's make 40 more steps routine to get the job done.
Mere sillyness? First of all myspace has to be the biggest waste of time for people, specifically teens, I've ever seen. Secondly users are supposed to be 18 when they register. And Thirdly, YOU'RE ON MYSPACE. Did she not expect there would be weird people on the internet? It's not myspace's fault that she used their service and that she was dumb enough to talk to somebody she didn't know! Why do people feel that it's always someone else's fault for their own stupdiy! It makes me sick to think of what people will sue over next.
No kidding IE7 can only be better than IE6! All IE7 would have to do is support CSS in order to be better. Heck, all IE7 would have to do to be better is have tabs, or less spyware! There are so many problems with IE it sickens me. So duh they can only get better, which means IE7 will be years behind when it comes out, completely blow off webstandards and make coders lives a living hell! In addition to that, coders code for an alternate browser and then hack there code so that IE will display the same thing, causing for hours of frustration. I know all this from personal experience. IE's crap!
What are you thinking! Why should the company pay for a product the consumer chose to buy and use. Sure it would better practices but, taxes should not be used to punish, but more to fund. Even when funding, taxing people or companies etc is not the complete answer. In this case it should be the consumer that should start the movement, unfortunantly few people choose to be educated.
Obviously somebody should come up with a "better" design, maybe it's time for a new system to be developed for what we are doing with technology today. There are many answers out there to resolve this issue but taxes are not one that I would consider a good one. Leave politics out of this one, it's all the more reason for politicians to hate gamers.
I do in fact like the current design, but if I had to pick I would go with the runner up. Due to the fact that A.) I find it's design much cleaner and B.) The colors are much less busy and less deviating from the current/. style.
In complaint to the winner, take out those darn arrows pointing left on your menu, they bug the heck out of me, cause I'm lead to believe that there is a slide out sub menu. For any advice on menus and such, try reading the book: "Don't make me think!" by: Steve Krug. It will give you an insight as to what and what not to put.
Also in reply to the complaint that we/.'rs should vote on this sort of thing, in a sense yes that would be a good decision in that the viewers, those who view the sight more on a daily basis would have thier say but, I think the editors should have the final say, maybe put it in a/. poll or something, and that could have swayed the editors decision "yay" or "neigh".
All in all both are good designs but, I favor the runner up, but all of us/.'rs aren't me.
Firstly, most kids today are either computer illiterate or know more than most adults. Secondly, kids are lazy, I know from experience, and most don't want to go through the trouble. And finally, kids (when I say kids I mean teens), aren't offered to many opportunities to learn more advanced computer skills, due to the fact that schools are teaching to state standards, which are only in the area of word(tm), excel(tm) and powerpoint(tm). Although there are programing classes, they tend to focus on BASIC, which gives a general sense of programing but, in most cases, totally useless.
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But there's definitely a link to obesity... So hopefully somebody doesn't go on a
people eating rampage. Otherwise we can kiss those games good bye.
Also I guess if they were to not include new taskbar UI features in starter or basic, that might lead to IT issues down the road. Then instead of manuals having a "Mac" portion and a "PC" portion it'll be, "which version of Windows 7?" ...Which leads to more paper which in the end result makes Microsoft responsible for clear cutting trees...
Maybe the elderly should also receive a discount for being proficient coloring book artists. Seeing as how some don't know how to stay inside the lines and not hit, oh I don't know, people in the bike lane. (Note: I'm not a bitter cyclist after getting hit by an elderly woman...)
I don't usually get emails with power point attachments, but my professor sent one today, and it was really nice not to have to download it then open power point etc. This inspired me to look at that program a bit more, and for basic ppt it's quite a nice tool.
I agree, many people are very unintelligent, or they lack the normal common sense. But, linux is still far from your "Grandmother friendly" or in my case "Parent Friendly" set of operating systems. I do realize that Ubuntu is being considered to be the simplest linux OS, the only problem is that it is still far from simple by standards compared to other, more common (m$ or apple) operating systems. So it is safe to conclude that, there are people who just have no idea about technology, which is a larger piece of the pie than those who do, therefore linux is yet to have a very, "bone head" OS as some would say, so that the common user would be satisfied, and quite frankly not afraid to use.
And maybe more people would adopt the electronic news systems as oposed to printed ones. With that sort of a change, there is less wasted paper. Though I don't think that fonts are a majority of the problem. Fonts could be adding to the problem, but the fact that screens omit light, as oposed to paper that reflects light to your eyes. In other words, the screens are the main reason for eye fatigue, not the fonts. Very interesting to see what will come up about this in the future.
Well now it also means that people like my parents will have trouble with logging in and give up on computers all together. They never type their passwords the same, nor will they be able to comprehend the fact that they will have to type it the same way. Though a nice concept and idea, it won't be friendly for people of older ages.
I agree, why re-invent the wheel? If it ain't broke don't fix it. It's like using stock photos, music, and sounds. Besides, you can have all the fancy graphics in the world but if the game play bites, what's the point.
Sure the book "Next" was how bio-patenting went wrong, and "Timeline" was how time travel went wrong, and "Congo" was how monkeys went wrong and "Jurrasic Park" and "Lost world" were how dinosaurs went wrong....
The problem is not M$ per say but the fact that they don't develop browsers very well. I also agree that there isn't really a viable option for an alternative O.S. unless you are a Linux user, of which most of the world is not. Maybe Google will come up with a browser and possibly an O.S. that'll rock the world's socks off. But until then, we look to the open source alternatives, and the rest of the world suffers under what apple and m$ put out.
Which is why I don't use the "Explorer" shell in windows, I use a different, more resource friendly, shell. bblean to be specific. So I only use the core of windows, and I'm in process of finding a better file manager. My point is that I have in fact used macs and the resource management is horrible. Not saying that Windows has their operating system up to par on this but, they have it better than mac.
Sure you get power management, but is it really worth it to have a computer that can handle power but can't manage it's resources? If you computer starts up great that's fine, but if your OS can't run efficiently when you're using it what's the point?
The wii isn't infallible after all, hopefully the PS3 fans don't take it to their heads and start shooting at each other again.
IE, its really easy to use, and don't give a toss about the fact that it isn't standards compliant Saddly Microsoft does have any webdevelopers balls in a tight grasp. And I definitely disagree, it is so easy to develop a really decent website, until you have to hack your own code so that IE will read it. Another portion to this is microsoft's neglect to allow IE to upgrade with the rest of the world. Such that it doesn't read past CSS 2, and doesn't support png transparency. But like I said, Microsoft has developer's balls in there hands, so developers are forced to shut up and hack their code so that the rest of the world will be attracted to their designs.
"This Joe Lieberman is not a senator, that is just a freaky coincidence." This is a quote from the books website @ http://www.indiegameguide.com/2.html. And yes it did sound too good to be true. Oddly enough it was.
WORD! IE is so behind that it's not even funny. If people are gonna be forced to use a browser (by there ignorance, uneducatedness, and stupidity) At least try and make it a good one! Especially the Microsoft good 'ol, let's make 40 more steps routine to get the job done.
Mere sillyness? First of all myspace has to be the biggest waste of time for people, specifically teens, I've ever seen. Secondly users are supposed to be 18 when they register. And Thirdly, YOU'RE ON MYSPACE. Did she not expect there would be weird people on the internet? It's not myspace's fault that she used their service and that she was dumb enough to talk to somebody she didn't know! Why do people feel that it's always someone else's fault for their own stupdiy! It makes me sick to think of what people will sue over next.
No kidding IE7 can only be better than IE6! All IE7 would have to do is support CSS in order to be better. Heck, all IE7 would have to do to be better is have tabs, or less spyware! There are so many problems with IE it sickens me. So duh they can only get better, which means IE7 will be years behind when it comes out, completely blow off webstandards and make coders lives a living hell! In addition to that, coders code for an alternate browser and then hack there code so that IE will display the same thing, causing for hours of frustration. I know all this from personal experience. IE's crap!
What are you thinking! Why should the company pay for a product the consumer chose to buy and use. Sure it would better practices but, taxes should not be used to punish, but more to fund. Even when funding, taxing people or companies etc is not the complete answer. In this case it should be the consumer that should start the movement, unfortunantly few people choose to be educated. Obviously somebody should come up with a "better" design, maybe it's time for a new system to be developed for what we are doing with technology today. There are many answers out there to resolve this issue but taxes are not one that I would consider a good one. Leave politics out of this one, it's all the more reason for politicians to hate gamers.
http://www.videogamevoters.org/ Voice your opinion, maybe we can stop those over legislating politicians!
I do in fact like the current design, but if I had to pick I would go with the runner up. Due to the fact that A.) I find it's design much cleaner and B.) The colors are much less busy and less deviating from the current /. style.
In complaint to the winner, take out those darn arrows pointing left on your menu, they bug the heck out of me, cause I'm lead to believe that there is a slide out sub menu. For any advice on menus and such, try reading the book: "Don't make me think!" by: Steve Krug. It will give you an insight as to what and what not to put.
Also in reply to the complaint that we /.'rs should vote on this sort of thing, in a sense yes that would be a good decision in that the viewers, those who view the sight more on a daily basis would have thier say but, I think the editors should have the final say, maybe put it in a /. poll or something, and that could have swayed the editors decision "yay" or "neigh".
All in all both are good designs but, I favor the runner up, but all of us /.'rs aren't me.
Firstly, most kids today are either computer illiterate or know more than most adults. Secondly, kids are lazy, I know from experience, and most don't want to go through the trouble. And finally, kids (when I say kids I mean teens), aren't offered to many opportunities to learn more advanced computer skills, due to the fact that schools are teaching to state standards, which are only in the area of word(tm), excel(tm) and powerpoint(tm). Although there are programing classes, they tend to focus on BASIC, which gives a general sense of programing but, in most cases, totally useless.