' I would like to file a class-action lawsuit against NASA and the U.S. media for traumatizing my teenage years with the repeated showings of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion '
As for me, I'm going to sue that Hollywood movie studio where they filmed the moon landings in the late 1960s. I think it must be the same studio that made "I Dream of Jeannie". The space-suits look just the same (save on prop money?) and in the scene where the guy plants the flag, you can see a genie bottle sitting in the sand.
Re:Alternate reality Apple
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Longhorn Preview
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· Score: 2, Interesting
"Apple's most recent losing year was 2001. They had a couple good years before that. Before that, they were consistent dogs. For reference."
Yet, Apple has been around about as long as Microsoft has. They have persisted while most of their early rivals are long gone: fodder for "ancient history" documetaries on G4 TV. Overall, they have been doing something right.
' It's also got a nice "throw windows" option where you can drag a window, let it go, and it continues flying across the desktop!! '
I kind of like the option where you can set up areas of the screen that the minimized thrown windows will bounce off of. It can be interesting when you control these surfaces with joysticks. You can see it here.
Does this mean we will get a translucent "Screen of Death" superimposed over the crashed OS screen, instead of the solid-blue one? Just one step toward the "Invisible Screen of Death".
' Can you imagine what Apple could have been, if they only had business people who understood how things work? '
You know, if this happened, they might actaully turn a profit! See this alternate-reality business page to find out what this would be like. Imagine if Apple made a device called an "ipod" and made money on it. Pretty far fetched, huh? As for me, I'm sticking to 8-tracks. This "ipod" idea is pure scifi.
'Microsoft likes to make profits. Apple only recently started following that business model.'
Yes, Apple has never turned a profit. This is why they are hardly hanging in there, and have been pretty much wiped out in the computer arena by Exidy, Commodore, and Atari.
' Sometime next year, a pair of dupes titled "IT: Longhorn Infected in 2 Minutes." '
Microsoft, as part of its goal of cutting down Slashdot dupes, has decided to ship Longhorn pre-infected. Don't worry about it.
Readability problems
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· Score: 2, Insightful
' Looks like it will cause some nastyy readability problems '
That is a good point. There is a reason that in the "paper office", stuff is not printed on translucent or transparent paper unless there is some specific reason. I've seen these menus, and they are much less readable. It is like the problem with "Aqua", with its unreadable very-low-contrast buttons. Is this a case of Microsoft copying the "look" without the "feel" with less-than-optimal results?
I just turned on my new Windoes XP Home machine, and the first thing I did was to connect to Slashdot to make this post. I'm sure gla xx[[344 NO CARRIER
' "The man had been selling modified Xbox consoles which he fitted with a big hard drive containing 80 games '
Imagine if Ford Motor Company filed frivolous lawsuits (and won) against someone who sold a Ford they souped up.
That is your first mistake
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2005 IDEA Awards
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· Score: 2, Funny
' Maybe I've got too much stuff plugged into it or something... '
That is the first mistake. You are not supposed to plug anything into it. You certainly don't want to sully the pristine and elegant experience with such things as I/O.
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As for me, I'm going to sue that Hollywood movie studio where they filmed the moon landings in the late 1960s. I think it must be the same studio that made "I Dream of Jeannie". The space-suits look just the same (save on prop money?) and in the scene where the guy plants the flag, you can see a genie bottle sitting in the sand.
Yet, Apple has been around about as long as Microsoft has. They have persisted while most of their early rivals are long gone: fodder for "ancient history" documetaries on G4 TV. Overall, they have been doing something right.
Pretty soon, there are going to be a lot of lawsuits against the Martians for the pain and humiliation of all those "probes" over the years.
I kind of like the option where you can set up areas of the screen that the minimized thrown windows will bounce off of. It can be interesting when you control these surfaces with joysticks. You can see it here.
Does this mean we will get a translucent "Screen of Death" superimposed over the crashed OS screen, instead of the solid-blue one? Just one step toward the "Invisible Screen of Death".
You know, if this happened, they might actaully turn a profit! See this alternate-reality business page to find out what this would be like. Imagine if Apple made a device called an "ipod" and made money on it. Pretty far fetched, huh? As for me, I'm sticking to 8-tracks. This "ipod" idea is pure scifi.
'Microsoft likes to make profits. Apple only recently started following that business model.'
Yes, Apple has never turned a profit. This is why they are hardly hanging in there, and have been pretty much wiped out in the computer arena by Exidy, Commodore, and Atari.
Microsoft, as part of its goal of cutting down Slashdot dupes, has decided to ship Longhorn pre-infected. Don't worry about it.
That is a good point. There is a reason that in the "paper office", stuff is not printed on translucent or transparent paper unless there is some specific reason. I've seen these menus, and they are much less readable. It is like the problem with "Aqua", with its unreadable very-low-contrast buttons. Is this a case of Microsoft copying the "look" without the "feel" with less-than-optimal results?
I just turned on my new Windoes XP Home machine, and the first thing I did was to connect to Slashdot to make this post. I'm sure gla xx[[344 NO CARRIER
Imagine if Ford Motor Company filed frivolous lawsuits (and won) against someone who sold a Ford they souped up.
That is the first mistake. You are not supposed to plug anything into it. You certainly don't want to sully the pristine and elegant experience with such things as I/O.
Now it's 'free as in free iPod' or 'free as in Buy Four Get One Free'.