(but the article offers no link to such a statement)
It is a constant frustration reading Linux-Watch or eweek because all the links go to their own articles. Especially frustrating at a site like LinuxDevices.
If someone can make themselves a box of Mac-n-Cheese then they can build the ivtv driver in Ubuntu.
I disagree. I understand the analogy is just about following directions, but that could be a lot to ask from a casual user. For Mac-n-Cheese, the directions are on the box and putting water in a pot on the stove is not hard to grasp.
I'm in a bachelor's program for Information Systems Security and some of the people in the classes still don't know what a web browser is. They click right on through dialog boxes like we all joke about. Yesterday someone was trying to play Mah-Jongg on MSN and it put up that information bar at the top of the window, with the page saying exactly what you need to do to install the ActiveX control. This was the third game they tried and opened this game twice because it "wasn't working" before they tapped me on the shoulder.
So much for usability studies and so much for following directions. How many casual users know to (and how to) search Google for a problem? How many of them even hit F1 when they don't understand what's being presented to them? How many non-geeks even know what a 'wiki' is?
I do believe they said they would continue the podcast regularly after PAX. Saying something about being too aware of the mic in the room and the pressure to be funny.
Would quote, but site's taking a bit of a pounding right now. It was in a recent post.
Yeah, I saw one at a Cub Foods outside Chicago. I only go there for banking and the only one I saw was near the cigarette booth. Wasn't that long ago they went through some construction to put up those self-checkout aisles.
I probably only bought deodorant and pack of chewing gum or something, but that (self-checkout) was quite expedient. Might be a bit quicker, but is fingerprint ID much safer?
Recently learned of this Ff extension (here or digg or lxer, looks like it's been around for a while). Supposed to anonymize your cookie and block data to G. Analytics and all that. I just like not seeing those useless ads and that it puts up links to other search engines. Also, you can filter out websites (bye bye Experts Exchange).
Thanks for saving me that time. I would have thought twenty seconds wasted on an article would have been a drop in the bucket for someone with your uid.
Stuff like that happens when you alienate the little people - they're the ones influencing the decisions.
We cook your meals, we drive your ambulances. We connect your calls, we give you a minimum 64-character password that expires every 3 hours. Do not... fuck with us.
"When using Gnome I constantly run into walls when I try to do something in a way Gnome doesn't want me to do it because someone decided doing it his way was "better". Gnome feels like Windows in this regard and I don't think that's a good thing."
I totally agree. With all the research into usability, fine, make it the default. But for fuck's sake, people have different ways of doing things.
Also, I haven't played with 2.14. Are you able to draw a selection box in Nautilus using the Detailed file view yet?
Oh, it mentioned the show in the article. But it's a real broadcast radio show as well, not just a podcast. It streams live as well, comes on at 1pm Central.
He actually just talked about this game yesterday on his radio show on FreeFM.
You drove the bus for 8 hours; there were bus stops, but you didn't have to stop; when you got to the end, the guy asks you if you want to work a double shift and drive 8 hours all the way back. For every 8-hour run, you get a point. Over the course of 8 hours, a bug hits your windshield 5 times.
They even had a contest; anyone who makes it to something like 100 points (800 hours of watching desert road go by), they gave them a pretty extravagent trip to Las Vegas, on a bus filled with dancers and live music, free hotels, etc. I don't think anyone made it.
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I would advise against keeping any secret documents on this laptop. Also, no Sony batteries.
Flamebait?
I'll have you know every single Ecko fan confronted me at my front door because of my egregious post. Surprisingly, he was very polite.
Better luck next time, dear arsonist.
Why, when blinding tailgaters with lasers already works so well?
It is a constant frustration reading Linux-Watch or eweek because all the links go to their own articles. Especially frustrating at a site like LinuxDevices.
Ziff Davis: links make it a Web!
I disagree. I understand the analogy is just about following directions, but that could be a lot to ask from a casual user. For Mac-n-Cheese, the directions are on the box and putting water in a pot on the stove is not hard to grasp.
I'm in a bachelor's program for Information Systems Security and some of the people in the classes still don't know what a web browser is. They click right on through dialog boxes like we all joke about. Yesterday someone was trying to play Mah-Jongg on MSN and it put up that information bar at the top of the window, with the page saying exactly what you need to do to install the ActiveX control. This was the third game they tried and opened this game twice because it "wasn't working" before they tapped me on the shoulder.
So much for usability studies and so much for following directions. How many casual users know to (and how to) search Google for a problem? How many of them even hit F1 when they don't understand what's being presented to them? How many non-geeks even know what a 'wiki' is?
Can we just make this the alt-text for the Windows/Billy G. icons?
I don't. But I hope this guy does.
Let me know when someone launches the Zune into the ground.
I do believe they said they would continue the podcast regularly after PAX. Saying something about being too aware of the mic in the room and the pressure to be funny.
Would quote, but site's taking a bit of a pounding right now. It was in a recent post.
A Very Brief History of Pac-Man
Yeah, I saw one at a Cub Foods outside Chicago. I only go there for banking and the only one I saw was near the cigarette booth. Wasn't that long ago they went through some construction to put up those self-checkout aisles. I probably only bought deodorant and pack of chewing gum or something, but that (self-checkout) was quite expedient. Might be a bit quicker, but is fingerprint ID much safer?
Recently learned of this Ff extension (here or digg or lxer, looks like it's been around for a while). Supposed to anonymize your cookie and block data to G. Analytics and all that. I just like not seeing those useless ads and that it puts up links to other search engines. Also, you can filter out websites (bye bye Experts Exchange).
Thanks for saving me that time. I would have thought twenty seconds wasted on an article would have been a drop in the bucket for someone with your uid.
No complaints here. Google paid $900 million so we can search for vodka and hookers.
We cook your meals, we drive your ambulances. We connect your calls, we give you a minimum 64-character password that expires every 3 hours. Do not... fuck with us.
No business-types? No pirates? Who's left?
Even over 30 years, the NSA can't understand what a woman is trying to say.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work
orange sunglasses and black turtle-necks go well with gym shoes?
new X360 games are 20% more expensive than new Xbox games.
I totally agree. With all the research into usability, fine, make it the default. But for fuck's sake, people have different ways of doing things.
Also, I haven't played with 2.14. Are you able to draw a selection box in Nautilus using the Detailed file view yet?
Sure. Or "had in the works." Or "had an idea for."
Meaning: I didn't catch the end of the story because I was busy doing something else, but it didn't sound like the contest was ever won.
Why is this such a serious issue for you?
Oh, it mentioned the show in the article. But it's a real broadcast radio show as well, not just a podcast. It streams live as well, comes on at 1pm Central.
He actually just talked about this game yesterday on his radio show on FreeFM.
You drove the bus for 8 hours; there were bus stops, but you didn't have to stop; when you got to the end, the guy asks you if you want to work a double shift and drive 8 hours all the way back. For every 8-hour run, you get a point. Over the course of 8 hours, a bug hits your windshield 5 times.
They even had a contest; anyone who makes it to something like 100 points (800 hours of watching desert road go by), they gave them a pretty extravagent trip to Las Vegas, on a bus filled with dancers and live music, free hotels, etc. I don't think anyone made it.
"Pick a number"
"4"
"1... 2... 3... 4..."
"Pick a color"
"Blue"
"A fatal exception 0E has occured at 0137:BFFA21C9. The current application will be terminated."