I explain it by the fact that not everyone likes 'clicky' keyboards. Personally, I prefer to have a light-touch keyboard that I can feel the key hit the bottom of the stroke, but makes no noise doing so. It should have a little tension, but not so much that I have to work at hitting the keys.
And yes, I'm talking about office work (programming, emailing, document writing, etc in this case) and not gaming.
On the other hand, every single thing I ordered from Amazon got there on time. Even the thing that said 'it probably won't arrive before Christmas'.
And not just Christmas stuff... Everything I've ever ordered has come in properly. I order enough that I signed up for their 'Amazon Prime' service, even. That's a lot of stuff.
It sounds to me like you're the victim of extremely bad luck.
"Do you think the financial crisis we are facing now was based on 'logical' decisions by these same CEO's? "
Yes. I do think that the CEOs made 'logical decisions'. It was the government that didn't. The CEO all made the decisions that were in the best interest of their company... At least, they were logical with the information they had at hand. Since they can't see what every other CEO is doing behind closed doors, they can't factor that in. The government failed to govern, while promising that they were governing. If that had governed well, or they had stayed out of it and said so, I don't think we'd have had this huge mess.
"Multimedia handling is still wanting on Linux. To make matters worse, even Linux advocates will prefer to create video files on Adobe's [proprietary] flash instead of.ogg! This makes you wonder which master Linux fan-boys serve. Heck, we can't even eat our own food?"
We'll just assume you're right about 'Linux advocates', even though I seriously doubt most (let alone all) of them prefer flash.
What does it say about OGG that flash is preferred over it? It says it's not good enough. Don't expect people to use something that's not good enough just because it's 'free'. Being right is a lot more important than being 'free'.
I've built 'top of the line' rigs for gaming 3 or 4 times now, and every single time I've thought the same thing: I would have been just as happy with lesser equipment. Each time there was some shiny new feature that the best had that I thought I needed, but it never turned out that way in the end.
So yeah, high-end gaming rigs were never a requirement... To call them a luxury was even a stretch. 'Waste of money' is the best term.
To many, your idea sounds impossible. But Cyan did just this same thin recently with Uru (Myst Online). They have announced their intention to open source the product and are working hard right now to prepare the code.
I see this as even more proof that Cyan cares about its customers. They have tried and tried and tried to make Uru a viable game, but have failed each time. I'm not sure why it can't make it, since Myst obviously can, but they did their best and they are continuing to support the fans.
I'm very much looking forward to tech like this becoming more widespread.
There's a anime/manga called 'Dennou Coil' (Cyber Coil) that's about kids that have glasses that use this kind of tech. (Project another image onto the back of the glasses to reflect into the eye.) The story was just so-so, but was worth getting through to see the different things they did with it.
They don't need to -sue- your ISP. They just need to convince them that you are a heavy user because you torrent things. At that point, the ISP will grab the 'illegal' reason and dump you because you cost them more money than you pay them.
It doesn't matter that you've never done anything illegal, it only matters that they can justify thinking that you have -and- you are a monetary drain on them.
And when you have no other weapon (well, other than a rock) a knife is a pretty good improvement. Neither your argument nor mine is proof that the first knife was (or wasn't) designed as a weapon.
Unions don't always form because of bad employers. Sometimes they form because greedy 'union leaders' want a job and power.
And sometimes Unions exist long past the point that they're useful. After that, they just live on and suck money out of the workers without actually returning anything.
Notice that I've never argued that all unions are useless/greedy/etc. Some actually do serve a point. But I've never worked at a company that needed a union and if I'm ever in a position to join such a company, I'll probably choose to just find a company that cares, instead.
First off, I recognize that there are times that a union is necessary. Some employers are just dicks.
Having said that, I far prefer -not- being in a union. Most unions take money from the employees and give nothing back except false confidence. (Spare me the individual stories of how a union worked for you.)
As to the government giving special help to promote unions... Cripes. If the union is a good idea, it'll form. If it's not, it does -not- need help.
But I guess everything else has gotten a bailout, why not help unions, too?
I've played it. And while I enjoyed it, I didn't enjoy it as much as even older games like the QFG series and the Myst series (some of which is newer than TLJ.) As I remember, a lot of the puzzles were of the 'oh, I'll just randomly click items on other items' variety.
So, what you're saying is that this is just 1 more way that my vote doesn't count?
Listen, I understand the whole 'idiots can't be trusted to vote' thing, but the system is just one step short of only letting the rich vote. (I don't actually agree with the idiots thing, but I understand it.)
"clicking your hand icon on a tree isn't much different than 'climb tree.'"
I disagree. Clicking your hand icon on a tree could mean innumerable things, some of which I might never think of. 'Climb tree' 'pat tree' 'touch tree' 'rub tree' 'get bark' etc etc.
So a graphical game will inadvertently hold your hand and help you along, where a text parser makes you figure it out.
Don't get me wrong, I like both kinds of games. Hero's Quest and QFG 1 VGA were both great games. But clicking and typing aren't the same at all.
My first reaction to that is "They don't need it!"
But then I remember that colleges require you to take Phys Ed, cross-cultural and cross-gender classes, 'arts' classes like 'Intro to American Cinema' and other trash. Requiring you to take Tech classes makes a lot more sense than those other classes do.
"OP is not asking if the OS should be open-sourced."
Right, that's why the title is "Should Apple Open Source the iPhone?" and not... Wait... No, that -is- what they were saying.
The reasons given were all pretty much satisfied with just having open access to install software you write yourself, but that's not what the article is -saying-.
This isn't a coffee pot, it's a bit machine with a touch-screen LCD (with only 1 button on the screen, apparently) that has tubes and containers and fills a single cup half full at a time.
What you're missing here is that this is just some geeky project that nobody cares about except the creators.
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I explain it by the fact that not everyone likes 'clicky' keyboards. Personally, I prefer to have a light-touch keyboard that I can feel the key hit the bottom of the stroke, but makes no noise doing so. It should have a little tension, but not so much that I have to work at hitting the keys.
And yes, I'm talking about office work (programming, emailing, document writing, etc in this case) and not gaming.
It also seems that they deliberately took a project that was doomed to fail.
"The basic idea behind Interclue would make for a handy Web utility, but seems too slight to build a business around."
Yeah, so, they took a project that couldn't be commercialized effectively, tried to commercialize it, and failed.
This isn't a lesson in going from OS to Commercial, it's a lesson in predictable failure.
On the other hand, every single thing I ordered from Amazon got there on time. Even the thing that said 'it probably won't arrive before Christmas'.
And not just Christmas stuff... Everything I've ever ordered has come in properly. I order enough that I signed up for their 'Amazon Prime' service, even. That's a lot of stuff.
It sounds to me like you're the victim of extremely bad luck.
"Do you think the financial crisis we are facing now was based on 'logical' decisions by these same CEO's? "
Yes. I do think that the CEOs made 'logical decisions'. It was the government that didn't. The CEO all made the decisions that were in the best interest of their company... At least, they were logical with the information they had at hand. Since they can't see what every other CEO is doing behind closed doors, they can't factor that in. The government failed to govern, while promising that they were governing. If that had governed well, or they had stayed out of it and said so, I don't think we'd have had this huge mess.
"Multimedia handling is still wanting on Linux. To make matters worse, even Linux advocates will prefer to create video files on Adobe's [proprietary] flash instead of .ogg! This makes you wonder which master Linux fan-boys serve. Heck, we can't even eat our own food?"
We'll just assume you're right about 'Linux advocates', even though I seriously doubt most (let alone all) of them prefer flash.
What does it say about OGG that flash is preferred over it? It says it's not good enough. Don't expect people to use something that's not good enough just because it's 'free'. Being right is a lot more important than being 'free'.
I've built 'top of the line' rigs for gaming 3 or 4 times now, and every single time I've thought the same thing: I would have been just as happy with lesser equipment. Each time there was some shiny new feature that the best had that I thought I needed, but it never turned out that way in the end.
So yeah, high-end gaming rigs were never a requirement... To call them a luxury was even a stretch. 'Waste of money' is the best term.
To many, your idea sounds impossible. But Cyan did just this same thin recently with Uru (Myst Online). They have announced their intention to open source the product and are working hard right now to prepare the code.
I see this as even more proof that Cyan cares about its customers. They have tried and tried and tried to make Uru a viable game, but have failed each time. I'm not sure why it can't make it, since Myst obviously can, but they did their best and they are continuing to support the fans.
No, Most people sort it like this:
2 - if reasonably priced
1
2 - if unreasonably priced but not available free and still within budget
3
If 'most people' sorted things your way, almost nobody would ever buy a game.
I'm very much looking forward to tech like this becoming more widespread.
There's a anime/manga called 'Dennou Coil' (Cyber Coil) that's about kids that have glasses that use this kind of tech. (Project another image onto the back of the glasses to reflect into the eye.) The story was just so-so, but was worth getting through to see the different things they did with it.
They don't need to -sue- your ISP. They just need to convince them that you are a heavy user because you torrent things. At that point, the ISP will grab the 'illegal' reason and dump you because you cost them more money than you pay them.
It doesn't matter that you've never done anything illegal, it only matters that they can justify thinking that you have -and- you are a monetary drain on them.
And when you have no other weapon (well, other than a rock) a knife is a pretty good improvement. Neither your argument nor mine is proof that the first knife was (or wasn't) designed as a weapon.
Unions don't always form because of bad employers. Sometimes they form because greedy 'union leaders' want a job and power.
And sometimes Unions exist long past the point that they're useful. After that, they just live on and suck money out of the workers without actually returning anything.
Notice that I've never argued that all unions are useless/greedy/etc. Some actually do serve a point. But I've never worked at a company that needed a union and if I'm ever in a position to join such a company, I'll probably choose to just find a company that cares, instead.
First off, I recognize that there are times that a union is necessary. Some employers are just dicks.
Having said that, I far prefer -not- being in a union. Most unions take money from the employees and give nothing back except false confidence. (Spare me the individual stories of how a union worked for you.)
As to the government giving special help to promote unions... Cripes. If the union is a good idea, it'll form. If it's not, it does -not- need help.
But I guess everything else has gotten a bailout, why not help unions, too?
So tag it:
!nukes
Thanks. I keep having the urge to go play a great MUD, but the only one I've called 'great' so far costs way too much. (I'd spend $40/mo.)
I prefer 'prole', sir.
I've played it. And while I enjoyed it, I didn't enjoy it as much as even older games like the QFG series and the Myst series (some of which is newer than TLJ.) As I remember, a lot of the puzzles were of the 'oh, I'll just randomly click items on other items' variety.
So, what you're saying is that this is just 1 more way that my vote doesn't count?
Listen, I understand the whole 'idiots can't be trusted to vote' thing, but the system is just one step short of only letting the rich vote. (I don't actually agree with the idiots thing, but I understand it.)
"clicking your hand icon on a tree isn't much different than 'climb tree.'"
I disagree. Clicking your hand icon on a tree could mean innumerable things, some of which I might never think of. 'Climb tree' 'pat tree' 'touch tree' 'rub tree' 'get bark' etc etc.
So a graphical game will inadvertently hold your hand and help you along, where a text parser makes you figure it out.
Don't get me wrong, I like both kinds of games. Hero's Quest and QFG 1 VGA were both great games. But clicking and typing aren't the same at all.
And yet you managed to name not a single one of them.
My first reaction to that is "They don't need it!"
But then I remember that colleges require you to take Phys Ed, cross-cultural and cross-gender classes, 'arts' classes like 'Intro to American Cinema' and other trash. Requiring you to take Tech classes makes a lot more sense than those other classes do.
Why does a simple tag get you so riled up?
Seriously. Just ignore it.
You force me into it, man. I had no choice.
"OP is not asking if the OS should be open-sourced."
Right, that's why the title is "Should Apple Open Source the iPhone?" and not ... Wait... No, that -is- what they were saying.
The reasons given were all pretty much satisfied with just having open access to install software you write yourself, but that's not what the article is -saying-.
This isn't a coffee pot, it's a bit machine with a touch-screen LCD (with only 1 button on the screen, apparently) that has tubes and containers and fills a single cup half full at a time.
What you're missing here is that this is just some geeky project that nobody cares about except the creators.