Yes, a three year old can use W8 easier than he can use W7 because he can't read! Plus, he hasn't been using the standard Windows interface for twenty years. The three year old isn't going to do any typing -- HE CAN'T READ.
In short, W8 is a very good OS... for a three year old. Not so much for someone who can read and type and needs to turn reports in to his boss.
W8 illustrates my worst gripe with all MS products, and that's that they insist on making you relearn the damned interface with every upgrade. Take Office; mine upgraded from 03 to 07 with the infernal god damned ribbon. It's as if they're trying to make the interface as hard as possible to use. Why rename "edit" to "home"? Why rename "file" to... well, to nothing at all, just a multicolored button that doesn't even have a mouseover and it's in the same place that one expects the max/min/close at the top left of the screen. Of course, a three year old doesn't need text, does he? It's as if MS designs its products for three year old illiterates.
I have report due monthly that's derived from an Access database. It was late this month; thanks, Microsoft. What's worse than trying to completely relearn the interface is it mangled the presentation of the report, and with all the god damned changes I'm having a hell of a time fixing it.
A computer isn't a toy for a three year old, it's a tool for adults to get real work done. Microsoft has yet to learn this... remember XP's kindergarten tinker toy looking interface?
Snark aside, I wonder if people a hundred years ago argued over shifting meanings like this?... I feel like we've reached new heights of grammar naziism caused by people wanting to look smart on the internet.
A hundred years ago Mark Trwin was criticized for using colloquial language in his books. Then, common speech was always cleaned up with proper grammar, even when within quote marks.
I'd have let this slide if you'd been modded "funny".
You discount the possibility that a twenty year old can be a genius (who registered at age 5?), and the possibility that someone with less than average IQ could have registered in 1997, especially since in 1997 the internet was pretty damned empty compared to today.
And if that's not good enough, here's the fallacy to your hypothesis: samzepus' UID is 5.
WTF, mods? That was just a stupid comment and I'm sure he meant it as a joke.
As a sixty year old man, I have a little secret for you young folks that the married geezers would never let loose: The main cause of ED when you get older is that women my age are mostly butt-ugly. Could you get it up for your grandma? Well, neither can I. I have no trouble with your mom, though. Your wife? Don't worry, I'd feel like a pedophile if I did her.
If a married geezer said that, he wouldn't need the pills any more because he wouldn't be getting any more pussy.
The best cure for ED is to find a woman 20 years your junior. But the best part about Viagra is that it makes you into a super lover, no matter what your age. You don't need ED for Viagra to work!
That's because Apple didn't try to fool everyone that they were the same. All of MS's propaganda about Windows 8 was that it was supposed to seamlessly integrate everything with a common interface. Apple never made that claim.
That was a very good, informative comment until this line: in fact, the **AA's were created by the recording labels to represent them.
That's inaccurate. There was a problem with phonorecords: deep bass would cause the needle to come out of the groove. Various record companies had different ways of attenuating it. The RIAA was originally formed to come up with a standard equalization curve; bass is attenuated on recording and boosted on playback, and the attenuation and boosting were standardized. It was, in essence, originally a standards body.
It didn't start litigating until the internet. Before the internet, the litigation was alwasy one record company suing another (and they still do).
I'd wager there are more algorithms involved than just the 802.11 protocol
Plus, more than just algorithms. The transmitter and reciever themselves probably play the largest role. Plus, as you say, some radios will have better signal processing algorithms than others.
Southerners? They sound funny but I have no problem understanding them. People from the northeast, especially Bwastun and Neuw Ywok, are completely unintelligible to me. I remember one (in hindsight) funny encounter with one of these incomprehensible folks, pointing to the bottom of the motorcycle and saying "Look at da ta!"
"Look at the what?"
"Da ta! Look at the ta!"
"The tire?"
"No, da ta!"
I had no fucking clue that this guy meant "tar," he was referring to the kickstand sinking into the tar that had been softened by the summer heat. Fuckers can't pronounce the letter R and people make fun of immigrant Asians?
Of course, you have a bit of a point, a southerner would say "Yer tar is gittin' flat, Billie Joe!"
It's raining here in Illinois, how's the weather there in Redmond? W8 is, from what I've read, NOT an upgrade in any way. If you're upgrading from XP, upgrade to W7. That is, if the hardware is powerful enough to run it.
I think it's borderline criminal to not support an OS until the last computer running it is in a landfill. If the engine in your '57 Chevy blows up, you can still get it repaired and replaced. If MS didn't write such buggy software, it wouldn't have to be supported. Security updates are only to fix the developer's fuckups. MS should be forced to support all the software they've been paid for that's still in use.
Not necessarily: the form factors are odd. I'm thinking especially of the helm and nav stations at the front of the bridge: they're long and narrow. You can't take a touchscreen and saw it in half
No, but you can install the whole screen and cover parts of it.
"Undercover cop?" I fucking HATE euphemisms. Call a spade a spade: It's secret police. If we had no victimless crimes we'd have no need for secret police.
But you can't have a police state without them, can you?
Ironically, these sorts of apps may lead to lower levels of foreign language ability within a given society.
Or it could do the opposite. Say I have a phone that translates Spanish/English because my Spanish is rusty and I go to Mexico. I'm going to hear the Mexican say "Qué es lo que quieres?" and the phone say "What do you want?" He'll hear me say "A beer, please" and then he'll hear the phone say "Un cervesa, por favor." After using it for a while, the rustiness would wear off.
OT, but why did the ¿ not work? There should be an upside down question mark before the question, and it won't render.
Just use the magic word "H1B" and all that changes
Technological advances that take jobs have been normal since the industrial revolution. Hiring cheap foreign workers has not. E.g., the railroads didn't import Irishmen and Chinamen on H1Bs, they hired immigrants.
Ever notice that none of these stories are ever written from the jobs perspective?
"I lost my job because of technology!" -- John henry
Others: I lost my job at the candle factory! I lost my job at the buggy whip factory! I lost my ferrier job! I lost my job at the auto plant to a robot!
Every machine in existance does a job that a human once did. Before 1945, a computer was a human being whose job was to do math for ballistic firing tables, logarythmic tables, etc.
You don't need as many carpenters to build a house today as you did a hundred years ago when there were no power tools.
Outside of creative fiction, I'm going to have to go with the theory that most reports of these experiences stem from either hallucinations or lies.
I agree with that sentiment. I doubt both time-travel and FTL travel, considering what we now know of physics; it's just sci-fi. Although rather than hallucinations, I think most sightings are simply misunderstanding what someone reporting one saw. I mean, it's flying? It's an object? You don't know what it is? By definition, it's a UFO, but that doesn't make it a time travelling FTL spacetime alien.
A couple of those nobot stories have Rority and Gumal as angels.
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Yes, a three year old can use W8 easier than he can use W7 because he can't read! Plus, he hasn't been using the standard Windows interface for twenty years. The three year old isn't going to do any typing -- HE CAN'T READ.
In short, W8 is a very good OS... for a three year old. Not so much for someone who can read and type and needs to turn reports in to his boss.
W8 illustrates my worst gripe with all MS products, and that's that they insist on making you relearn the damned interface with every upgrade. Take Office; mine upgraded from 03 to 07 with the infernal god damned ribbon. It's as if they're trying to make the interface as hard as possible to use. Why rename "edit" to "home"? Why rename "file" to... well, to nothing at all, just a multicolored button that doesn't even have a mouseover and it's in the same place that one expects the max/min/close at the top left of the screen. Of course, a three year old doesn't need text, does he? It's as if MS designs its products for three year old illiterates.
I have report due monthly that's derived from an Access database. It was late this month; thanks, Microsoft. What's worse than trying to completely relearn the interface is it mangled the presentation of the report, and with all the god damned changes I'm having a hell of a time fixing it.
A computer isn't a toy for a three year old, it's a tool for adults to get real work done. Microsoft has yet to learn this... remember XP's kindergarten tinker toy looking interface?
Nice, mod down when you disagree. Looks like metamoderation isn't working too good.
That makes you a cat and means we should ignore you just on general principles.
Ignore pussy? Dude, most of us aren't gay.
Snark aside, I wonder if people a hundred years ago argued over shifting meanings like this? ... I feel like we've reached new heights of grammar naziism caused by people wanting to look smart on the internet.
A hundred years ago Mark Trwin was criticized for using colloquial language in his books. Then, common speech was always cleaned up with proper grammar, even when within quote marks.
Phones are Jewellery and have been for a long time.
I'm neither gay nor a woman. I don't wear jewelry.
The other side of the coin is why shouldn't I have a nice phone, that I'm proud of and can show off. I worked for it!
That's a sad commentary on your character. If you have to flaunt your wealth to inflate your ego, there's something terribly wrong with you.
WTF is this world coming to if someone can be "shamed and humiliated" because of what type of phone they have?
A world where the dominant religion is the worship of money.
I'd have let this slide if you'd been modded "funny".
You discount the possibility that a twenty year old can be a genius (who registered at age 5?), and the possibility that someone with less than average IQ could have registered in 1997, especially since in 1997 the internet was pretty damned empty compared to today.
And if that's not good enough, here's the fallacy to your hypothesis: samzepus' UID is 5.
WTF, mods? That was just a stupid comment and I'm sure he meant it as a joke.
(these drugs can help both sexes, not just men
As a sixty year old man, I have a little secret for you young folks that the married geezers would never let loose: The main cause of ED when you get older is that women my age are mostly butt-ugly. Could you get it up for your grandma? Well, neither can I. I have no trouble with your mom, though. Your wife? Don't worry, I'd feel like a pedophile if I did her.
If a married geezer said that, he wouldn't need the pills any more because he wouldn't be getting any more pussy.
The best cure for ED is to find a woman 20 years your junior. But the best part about Viagra is that it makes you into a super lover, no matter what your age. You don't need ED for Viagra to work!
I just take it apart and reassemble it. At least, that's how I did it when I was a kid.
It must be fantastic over their in Mint-land, wear you can have you're traditional desktop and true freedom and all that.
Let me guess... you're a Windows user!
That's because Apple didn't try to fool everyone that they were the same. All of MS's propaganda about Windows 8 was that it was supposed to seamlessly integrate everything with a common interface. Apple never made that claim.
3D printer? How quaint!
That was a very good, informative comment until this line: in fact, the **AA's were created by the recording labels to represent them.
That's inaccurate. There was a problem with phonorecords: deep bass would cause the needle to come out of the groove. Various record companies had different ways of attenuating it. The RIAA was originally formed to come up with a standard equalization curve; bass is attenuated on recording and boosted on playback, and the attenuation and boosting were standardized. It was, in essence, originally a standards body.
It didn't start litigating until the internet. Before the internet, the litigation was alwasy one record company suing another (and they still do).
I'd wager there are more algorithms involved than just the 802.11 protocol
Plus, more than just algorithms. The transmitter and reciever themselves probably play the largest role. Plus, as you say, some radios will have better signal processing algorithms than others.
mcgrew's razor: never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest.
Southerners? They sound funny but I have no problem understanding them. People from the northeast, especially Bwastun and Neuw Ywok, are completely unintelligible to me. I remember one (in hindsight) funny encounter with one of these incomprehensible folks, pointing to the bottom of the motorcycle and saying "Look at da ta!"
"Look at the what?"
"Da ta! Look at the ta!"
"The tire?"
"No, da ta!"
I had no fucking clue that this guy meant "tar," he was referring to the kickstand sinking into the tar that had been softened by the summer heat. Fuckers can't pronounce the letter R and people make fun of immigrant Asians?
Of course, you have a bit of a point, a southerner would say "Yer tar is gittin' flat, Billie Joe!"
However it's time to update to Windows 8!
It's raining here in Illinois, how's the weather there in Redmond? W8 is, from what I've read, NOT an upgrade in any way. If you're upgrading from XP, upgrade to W7. That is, if the hardware is powerful enough to run it.
I think it's borderline criminal to not support an OS until the last computer running it is in a landfill. If the engine in your '57 Chevy blows up, you can still get it repaired and replaced. If MS didn't write such buggy software, it wouldn't have to be supported. Security updates are only to fix the developer's fuckups. MS should be forced to support all the software they've been paid for that's still in use.
Not necessarily: the form factors are odd. I'm thinking especially of the helm and nav stations at the front of the bridge: they're long and narrow. You can't take a touchscreen and saw it in half
No, but you can install the whole screen and cover parts of it.
Yes, and make sure the install is dual-boot and tell the kid to only use the Windows side for games and other Windows-only things.
"Undercover cop?" I fucking HATE euphemisms. Call a spade a spade: It's secret police. If we had no victimless crimes we'd have no need for secret police.
But you can't have a police state without them, can you?
Ironically, these sorts of apps may lead to lower levels of foreign language ability within a given society.
Or it could do the opposite. Say I have a phone that translates Spanish/English because my Spanish is rusty and I go to Mexico. I'm going to hear the Mexican say "Qué es lo que quieres?" and the phone say "What do you want?" He'll hear me say "A beer, please" and then he'll hear the phone say "Un cervesa, por favor." After using it for a while, the rustiness would wear off.
OT, but why did the ¿ not work? There should be an upside down question mark before the question, and it won't render.
Just use the magic word "H1B" and all that changes
Technological advances that take jobs have been normal since the industrial revolution. Hiring cheap foreign workers has not. E.g., the railroads didn't import Irishmen and Chinamen on H1Bs, they hired immigrants.
Ever notice that none of these stories are ever written from the jobs perspective?
"I lost my job because of technology!" -- John henry
Others: I lost my job at the candle factory! I lost my job at the buggy whip factory! I lost my ferrier job! I lost my job at the auto plant to a robot!
Every machine in existance does a job that a human once did. Before 1945, a computer was a human being whose job was to do math for ballistic firing tables, logarythmic tables, etc.
You don't need as many carpenters to build a house today as you did a hundred years ago when there were no power tools.
You get the CLOUD, son. The CLOUD. All your data can be stored in the CLOUD.
That's why I won't be buying one. I prefer my data to reside on my own storage.
Outside of creative fiction, I'm going to have to go with the theory that most reports of these experiences stem from either hallucinations or lies.
I agree with that sentiment. I doubt both time-travel and FTL travel, considering what we now know of physics; it's just sci-fi. Although rather than hallucinations, I think most sightings are simply misunderstanding what someone reporting one saw. I mean, it's flying? It's an object? You don't know what it is? By definition, it's a UFO, but that doesn't make it a time travelling FTL spacetime alien.
A couple of those nobot stories have Rority and Gumal as angels.