I'm waiting for them to just ban listening to music altogether.
I suspect they would require us to listen to music instead and would require it be officially RIAA licenced music, which we could rent for a reasonable fee.
Agreed. XPlay is an excellent show. The reviews are generally good and the hosts have enough personality that I enjoy hearing them talk about things. The interplay between them is also a lot of fun.
it is a pet, which is basically a waste of resources.
We'll wait till something you love is sick and see what you think about it.
They are treating a cat for cancer because they don't want the cat to die because they love it.
You might as well say art and music are a waste of resources.
People will spend money on what makes them happy. Good for them for not abandoning an animal that they love and that has loved them just because it gets sick and might cost them some money.
"...video games have a penetration rate of about 40 percent, but that rate can grow to 80 percent over the next decade if games become more appealing to a wider audience."
Which if it's anything like television means making simpler, blander games which require less thought to play.
If I recall correctly, the demo for the first Half-Life came out a bit after the final game was out, but it was also a seperate mission that didn't appear in the game.
The difference there, to me at least, is that Valve kept it's mouth shut about HL2 until it was ready to show to the public. Duke Nukem has been hyped for several years now with no actual product in sight. HL2 is due out later this year. Sure it might slip and end up being in the same boat, but it doesn't seem likely.
According to the article 3dRealms has been at it for 5 years at this point. I'd think they should have something that was ready to show by now if it was likely they had anything.
FileMirrors is a great substitute for google in this case. It gets updated automatically by people downloading things with GetRight (which I also recommend).
'Elias said people often think that speech recognition systems will become the ultimate user interface. "Voice commands are good for many things but terrible for other things," Elias said, adding he believes there are inherent problems with a speech-only interface.
"If you want to test this claim, you can do so with a perfect speech recognition system-another human being," Elias said. "Put somebody in front of your computer and try to do your work by issuing voice commands to him. You'll quickly find that many common tasks are difficult to do using speech, even though your 'computer interface' understands you perfectly."'
It's there a flaw in the argument here?
This is trying to use a UI designed to use a keyboard and a mouse by using speech instead. Wouldn't a system that was intended to use speech recognition be designed around that idea? I'd think that would cause it to have a completly different interface.
What he describes is like trying to navigate a mouse driven interface with a keyboard when it hasn't been designed to use a keyboard at all. Or maybe a better example, it's like trying to type a letter using your mouse to click on a onscreen keyboard. It's just not how the UI was designed to be driven.
Why would you assume that he means the systray when there actually is a toolbar in Windows that takes a one-click as opposed to the desktop?
The way I read it was that the single-click was the strange thing. Since, as you point out, a single click does launch things on the quick launch bar, I assumed that he must mean the systray, where there are often things that require a double click.
It's possible I gave him too much credit. I dunno.
haven't you(presumably isnce you seem like a fan) already seen these? And if so wouldn't you have already Tivo'ed them?
Not necessarily. I didn't start watching SG-1 till it was airing before Farscape. So I'm looking forward to Sci-Fi showing the older seasons.
(Ok, so I've got the first 2 seasons on DVD already, but I've not seen any of season 3 and only some of 4 and 5 (they were in reruns for a bit after SG-1 started on Sci-Fi)).
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That was awesome! Thanks for pointing it out!
There was a documentary made about what Ice Pirates do that you might find helpful. :)
Where are my mod points when I need them!
I nearly fell out of my chair.
I'm waiting for them to just ban listening to music altogether.
I suspect they would require us to listen to music instead and would require it be officially RIAA licenced music, which we could rent for a reasonable fee.
Also, don't forget the Podcast of commentary that is available for the episode.
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Not good after three hours of unsaved playing.
:)
Sounds like someone needs to be introduced to Mr. Quick Save.
It's the only one that I've been able to find. I'd love it if someone else could provide a better one than mine.
Filerush has a torrent of it up. Also a traditional mirror, take your pick.
Agreed. XPlay is an excellent show. The reviews are generally good and the hosts have enough personality that I enjoy hearing them talk about things. The interplay between them is also a lot of fun.
it is a pet, which is basically a waste of resources.
We'll wait till something you love is sick and see what you think about it.
They are treating a cat for cancer because they don't want the cat to die because they love it.
You might as well say art and music are a waste of resources.
People will spend money on what makes them happy. Good for them for not abandoning an animal that they love and that has loved them just because it gets sick and might cost them some money.
"...video games have a penetration rate of about 40 percent, but that rate can grow to 80 percent over the next decade if games become more appealing to a wider audience."
Which if it's anything like television means making simpler, blander games which require less thought to play.
*sigh*
PS/2 is the IBM Personal System/2
PS2 is the Sony PlayStation 2.
Note the lack of a / in the second.
Hope that helps you in the future.
If I recall correctly, the demo for the first Half-Life came out a bit after the final game was out, but it was also a seperate mission that didn't appear in the game.
A pretty good trade off, if you ask me.
Mr. Cranky disagrees with why the movie is doing so badly.
The response is supposed to be in the same format as the original. if you wrote something then they should reply with writing.
:)
Does that mean that if I write a song that is critical of a company they would have to write a song for their reply?
Or perhaps a haiku would be a better example!
The difference there, to me at least, is that Valve kept it's mouth shut about HL2 until it was ready to show to the public. Duke Nukem has been hyped for several years now with no actual product in sight. HL2 is due out later this year. Sure it might slip and end up being in the same boat, but it doesn't seem likely.
According to the article 3dRealms has been at it for 5 years at this point. I'd think they should have something that was ready to show by now if it was likely they had anything.
FileMirrors is a great substitute for google in this case. It gets updated automatically by people downloading things with GetRight (which I also recommend).
'Elias said people often think that speech recognition systems will become the ultimate user interface. "Voice commands are good for many things but terrible for other things," Elias said, adding he believes there are inherent problems with a speech-only interface.
"If you want to test this claim, you can do so with a perfect speech recognition system-another human being," Elias said. "Put somebody in front of your computer and try to do your work by issuing voice commands to him. You'll quickly find that many common tasks are difficult to do using speech, even though your 'computer interface' understands you perfectly."'
It's there a flaw in the argument here?
This is trying to use a UI designed to use a keyboard and a mouse by using speech instead. Wouldn't a system that was intended to use speech recognition be designed around that idea? I'd think that would cause it to have a completly different interface.
What he describes is like trying to navigate a mouse driven interface with a keyboard when it hasn't been designed to use a keyboard at all. Or maybe a better example, it's like trying to type a letter using your mouse to click on a onscreen keyboard. It's just not how the UI was designed to be driven.
--Ty
Why would you assume that he means the systray when there actually is a toolbar in Windows that takes a one-click as opposed to the desktop?
The way I read it was that the single-click was the strange thing. Since, as you point out, a single click does launch things on the quick launch bar, I assumed that he must mean the systray, where there are often things that require a double click.
It's possible I gave him too much credit. I dunno.
--Ty
The KDE desktop looks and feels like Windows, with a few exceptions. You have to double-click an icon on the desktop to get it to open...
Maybe you should read the whole sentence.
but only single-click an icon in the toolbar to get the same result.
I assume he's refering to the systray, where I have to double click on many of the icons there to get a response.
It does tend to depend on the application though.
--Ty
haven't you(presumably isnce you seem like a fan) already seen these? And if so wouldn't you have already Tivo'ed them?
Not necessarily. I didn't start watching SG-1 till it was airing before Farscape. So I'm looking forward to Sci-Fi showing the older seasons.
(Ok, so I've got the first 2 seasons on DVD already, but I've not seen any of season 3 and only some of 4 and 5 (they were in reruns for a bit after SG-1 started on Sci-Fi)).
--Ty
Oh, I see. :)
They think the Gamecube is the bees knees.
Now I understand.
--Ty
My kids think Gamecube is the cat's ass.
Help me out with the lingo here.
Does this mean they like it, hate it, or just need a lesson in basic feline anatomy?
--Ty