Um. If you're only playing games to show off.. no wonder you get bored. Try playing games for your own entertainment, not your ego.
Are you saying Tetris isn't a great game? WTF. There are some amazing Tetris players out there too. To me a grade A Tetris player is as impresive as someone who does Rubik's cubes blindfolded, etc.
It's also completely pointless. The "red light district of the internet" exploded in the 90s. I rarely even look at the domain names when browsing for porn.. who cares?
My machine just installed what I'm assuming is Gnome Shell yesterday. At least after Googling, I found a configuration file that can change some stuff around, but it's still nowhere near as configurable as the old style Gnome panels. Why not let me right click on stuff to change settings?
Both Unity and Gnome shell have the same problem - they're not as configurable as they should be. I like a few things about both of them, but the layout of everything is just wrong from a usability point of view. Well, my only real problem with Gnome shell is actually the way it puts the clock in the center of the menu. It makes no sense. I will try to figure out how to change it later - but yet again I'm wondering about just using a different window manager altogether.
A lot of "next generation" GUIs actually feel like a step back to the 80s where you didn't have any option how you did things. The thing that makes Linux good has for me always been that you can switch your desktop (or any other part of the system) around to work however the hell you want. I guess we can still do that, but it just feels like a really bad precedent if the most common desktop distros UIs are even less configurable than the Windows task bar and OSX dock.
Well, mainstream soundcards have been good enough for realistic sound since the 90s, so it isn't really a problem that needs to be offloaded to anything else. It's a lot easier to fake realistic audio in realtime than realistic graphics. Half-Life with an EAX setup sounded amazing, but it wasn't exactly photorealistic.
Have you moved it around much while it was switched on though? I wouldn't expect a failure all of a sudden, more a few bad sectors which gradually cascade.
That's all well and logical, but while watching the video I wanted to protect that poor girl. Like I've said elsewhere, I don't think I would just walk up to him in the street and punch him, but if I were there when that video was happening, I'd have given him a good elbow to the face or something. The video had me outraged at what an abusive asshole he is. Kind of like my own dad.
After watching the video I want to beat him up myself, but I wouldn't go to "within an inch of his life", it seems like it would be just as overreacting and cruel as what he did. I think breaking his hand or arm would be suitable punishment. I really hope he loses his job. He's already lost his wife and daughter at least, that's a start. What a pathetic piece of shit.
After having watched the video, it's very hard not to agree with you though. I don't understand how whipping his daughter is teaching her a lesson about downloading. Beating the fuck out of him might help though, seeing as fear and control seem to be the only thing he understands.
I'm not sure where you're going with the second paragraph. Of course you can't access your mail if your account has been disabled. I was talking about current employees anyway. But in the case of fired employees, IT staff are sometimes lax, or simply not notified of people being fired, so people may still be able to access their mail for a while.
PSTs are user created files. You might be thinking of the OST file, which still holds mail locally if you're using a cached Exchange profile. If you're not using cached Exchange then not much will be stored permanently on the client side though.
How the hell do you think workplaces will stop employees backing up confidential email if they want to? All it would take is a BCC to another mail account and boom, backup. If they can send mail, they can make backups. If you're doing proper backups server side, why would they care about client side backups though?
If you went back to your old habits after knowing the weight benefits as well as simply how good it feels to be eating a healthy diet, that's your own fault.. I started eating low carb (and then just "low GI" when I was thinking I was getting too light) after I had already lost 9kg (from my lifetime maximum of ~85kg), and I'm still eating only whole carbs. I don't see any benefits to eating white flour based or sugary foods. To those who know how bad sugar is for you to then go and keep eating sugary junk is as bad as being a smoker, heavy drinker (light drinking is actually healthy), or drug user IMO.
You can export PST files from Outlook. There are import tools to import these into other email clients. If you wanted to be a complete charlatan, you could just drag and drop the emails into an explorer window and copy your mail that way.
Well, the hardware is amazing, but there weren't any other OS options than Win 7 Home Premium. It only came out in the UK this week (ASUS UX31E).
I've just finished installing Win 7 Professional. It's much more pleasant without the crap. I tried installing Debian, but there were no working wifi drivers with the basic setup and I didn't have time to fiddle about with it. Might try again over the weekend.
If you'd said smartphone + tablet then it might be a little easier to take you more seriously. How many people do you think would use their phone to search when they're sitting at work with a computer right in front of them? Or at home with their laptop or tablet for example?
Also, why do you think that only smartphones can have voice activated personal assistants?
I fired up my new Asus UX31 last night and as part of the setup it forced me to accept the Bing bar before I could continue the installation. In the EULA it said "if you do not accept these terms, uninstall the Bing bar". Pretty silly. I made a point of enabling the "return my usage statistics to MS", searching for Google Chrome and then installing it, then uninstalling the Bing bar.
Then again perhaps this was part of an MS deal with ASUS rather than something that happens on all Windows 7 SP1 installs.
Siri is based on an open sourced framework. I can't find the page in my search history, but the AI portions were based on a set of DARPA or DOD funded applications. Google already have good AI guys like Peter Norvig too. They will be able to come up with something similar within a few months if they want to.
I agree that it's likely the voice thing will be seen as more of a toy. It's definitely one that I'd like to play around with, but I don't know if I'd actually use it properly.
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Um. If you're only playing games to show off.. no wonder you get bored. Try playing games for your own entertainment, not your ego.
Are you saying Tetris isn't a great game? WTF. There are some amazing Tetris players out there too. To me a grade A Tetris player is as impresive as someone who does Rubik's cubes blindfolded, etc.
It's also completely pointless. The "red light district of the internet" exploded in the 90s. I rarely even look at the domain names when browsing for porn.. who cares?
My machine just installed what I'm assuming is Gnome Shell yesterday. At least after Googling, I found a configuration file that can change some stuff around, but it's still nowhere near as configurable as the old style Gnome panels. Why not let me right click on stuff to change settings?
Both Unity and Gnome shell have the same problem - they're not as configurable as they should be. I like a few things about both of them, but the layout of everything is just wrong from a usability point of view. Well, my only real problem with Gnome shell is actually the way it puts the clock in the center of the menu. It makes no sense. I will try to figure out how to change it later - but yet again I'm wondering about just using a different window manager altogether.
A lot of "next generation" GUIs actually feel like a step back to the 80s where you didn't have any option how you did things. The thing that makes Linux good has for me always been that you can switch your desktop (or any other part of the system) around to work however the hell you want. I guess we can still do that, but it just feels like a really bad precedent if the most common desktop distros UIs are even less configurable than the Windows task bar and OSX dock.
How long ago was that? I see news stories from 2009 saying Chrome for Linux ships with a built in flash plug in.
If you use Chrome then it presumably would, as Flash is built in to Chrome.
Well, mainstream soundcards have been good enough for realistic sound since the 90s, so it isn't really a problem that needs to be offloaded to anything else. It's a lot easier to fake realistic audio in realtime than realistic graphics. Half-Life with an EAX setup sounded amazing, but it wasn't exactly photorealistic.
Have you moved it around much while it was switched on though? I wouldn't expect a failure all of a sudden, more a few bad sectors which gradually cascade.
That's all well and logical, but while watching the video I wanted to protect that poor girl. Like I've said elsewhere, I don't think I would just walk up to him in the street and punch him, but if I were there when that video was happening, I'd have given him a good elbow to the face or something. The video had me outraged at what an abusive asshole he is. Kind of like my own dad.
After watching the video I want to beat him up myself, but I wouldn't go to "within an inch of his life", it seems like it would be just as overreacting and cruel as what he did. I think breaking his hand or arm would be suitable punishment. I really hope he loses his job. He's already lost his wife and daughter at least, that's a start. What a pathetic piece of shit.
After having watched the video, it's very hard not to agree with you though. I don't understand how whipping his daughter is teaching her a lesson about downloading. Beating the fuck out of him might help though, seeing as fear and control seem to be the only thing he understands.
Yes, because beating your "friend" to within an inch of their life isn't cruelty.
The imperfections in music aren't perfectly random either, so what's the big deal?
I'm not sure where you're going with the second paragraph. Of course you can't access your mail if your account has been disabled. I was talking about current employees anyway. But in the case of fired employees, IT staff are sometimes lax, or simply not notified of people being fired, so people may still be able to access their mail for a while.
Which was my entire point..?
PSTs are user created files. You might be thinking of the OST file, which still holds mail locally if you're using a cached Exchange profile. If you're not using cached Exchange then not much will be stored permanently on the client side though.
How the hell do you think workplaces will stop employees backing up confidential email if they want to? All it would take is a BCC to another mail account and boom, backup. If they can send mail, they can make backups. If you're doing proper backups server side, why would they care about client side backups though?
Even blue waffles?
If you went back to your old habits after knowing the weight benefits as well as simply how good it feels to be eating a healthy diet, that's your own fault.. I started eating low carb (and then just "low GI" when I was thinking I was getting too light) after I had already lost 9kg (from my lifetime maximum of ~85kg), and I'm still eating only whole carbs. I don't see any benefits to eating white flour based or sugary foods. To those who know how bad sugar is for you to then go and keep eating sugary junk is as bad as being a smoker, heavy drinker (light drinking is actually healthy), or drug user IMO.
You can export PST files from Outlook. There are import tools to import these into other email clients. If you wanted to be a complete charlatan, you could just drag and drop the emails into an explorer window and copy your mail that way.
Well, the hardware is amazing, but there weren't any other OS options than Win 7 Home Premium. It only came out in the UK this week (ASUS UX31E).
I've just finished installing Win 7 Professional. It's much more pleasant without the crap. I tried installing Debian, but there were no working wifi drivers with the basic setup and I didn't have time to fiddle about with it. Might try again over the weekend.
If you'd said smartphone + tablet then it might be a little easier to take you more seriously. How many people do you think would use their phone to search when they're sitting at work with a computer right in front of them? Or at home with their laptop or tablet for example?
Also, why do you think that only smartphones can have voice activated personal assistants?
Well, these specific astronauts. I wonder if they'd all be prepared to do the real thing now, or if once was enough?
I fired up my new Asus UX31 last night and as part of the setup it forced me to accept the Bing bar before I could continue the installation. In the EULA it said "if you do not accept these terms, uninstall the Bing bar". Pretty silly. I made a point of enabling the "return my usage statistics to MS", searching for Google Chrome and then installing it, then uninstalling the Bing bar.
Then again perhaps this was part of an MS deal with ASUS rather than something that happens on all Windows 7 SP1 installs.
Who thinks this has anything to do with algorithms, as opposed to things like the "Bing Bar" coming preloaded on Windows 7?
Here's some http://www.ai.sri.com/project/CALO>background for anybody who's interested.
Siri is based on an open sourced framework. I can't find the page in my search history, but the AI portions were based on a set of DARPA or DOD funded applications. Google already have good AI guys like Peter Norvig too. They will be able to come up with something similar within a few months if they want to.
I agree that it's likely the voice thing will be seen as more of a toy. It's definitely one that I'd like to play around with, but I don't know if I'd actually use it properly.