I have no idea why would anyone use Safari over Chrome or Opera. That said, I agree with you and it's a major point: IE9 is a good browser. It's just inferior. It's definitely better than Firefox nowadays.
The entire point about IE still plaguing the world is not that web developers need to support it, it's that old software can only run in that browser (and that means IE6). The new IE is actually pretty good, and this article is rubbish. Then again, it's/. MICROSOFT BASHING FRONT PAGE
I miss the BBS era. People were expected to post valuable content about the subjects at hand and not just randomly go to clubs and having such a great time that they spent all night taking photos to post them online. You know, back then, I actually thought that spending time in forums was productive. Nowadays it's literally the way I have to waste time.
Uh, I'm a (novice) Linux user, but to be fair, I've never experienced any of those problems. Resource hogging, slow system, more vulnerable to viruses and other malware, expensive and most of the time not good enough software, etc, but those seem to be (except the last one) hardware or screwed up install (or made up) problems. Particulary the last one seems pretty goddamn farfetched.
id has not been in any gradual decline. They still make millions with games that are admitedly tech demos. They are just as strong as ever, more sophisticated gamers with opinions might think otherwise and such opinions are completely valid, as Doom 3 and Rage were less than perfect, which is what people expected for some reason from people who have been almost 20 years making blank states for people to make stuff - mods, TC, other games. People whould have known that ever since Quake, which was an honest attempt at making a hugely moddable game, throwing in some nice SP because Sandy Petersen and John Romero are good designers. There is a reason why Carmack is the face of the company: and that reason is that id isn't a "game studio", they are "game developers" and that is the focus of the company.
Yup. Bing still feels too cumbersome to use, but it's a product that can be improved. Not that I think Facebook would try to buy it, but sure as hell I don't think Microsoft would randomly sell it.
Over a year ago, Microsoft executives sent out feelers to Facebook to see if the company would be interested in acquiring Bing, though the overture was not officially sanctioned by Steven A. Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, one of these people said.
Mr. Zuckerberg declined, saying Facebook had too much else to concentrate on. Dawn Beauparlant, a spokeswoman for Microsoft, declined to comment, as did Ashley Zandy, a spokeswoman for Facebook.
That said, this is the only part of TFA that actually talks about the headline. Apparently, the submitter did not even read much, because the rest of the article is actually interesting instead of this random speculation that has absolutely no proof, names, evidence, or even quotes, and isn't even that intriguing to start with. But this is/. AKA "must bash Microsoft", instead of the positively boring "Microsoft and Facebook Align Further With Patent Deal" real haedline.
I'd like to try the OS, but it seems redundant. Why would I do so? The only reason Chrome OS would be attractive is if it had a wide range of applications that could be attractive. I think that's the point. (Which is, conversely, the reason why I don't make the complete switch to Linux in all of my boxes: apps)
Pinterest isn't that important. If anything, Tumblr might be: except that Tumblr is probably already too strong. All this interest for Pinterest reminds me of the huge boner every social media site had for Posterous, and we all know how it ended up.
Facebook: wins thanks to the social aspect. It's always more fun to win a game from real-life friend, than from a computer. Even playing against strangers is more interesting - that's why I enjoy playing card games on Yahoo, you know there are real humans on the other side of the "table". That alone makes the game much more interesting, even though there are no fancy graphics etc. involved.
I can swear I could do this since 1994 when I played Doom, but thanks for clearing this up. Wew.
(For the record, the reason Facebook is a viable gaming platform is because everyone has a facebook)
Many private sites used Megaupload because it was, frankly, the best. You have no idea how irritating it was to try to download something out of a hundred rapidshare links. Torrents remained as a niche. Most people simply don't want to deal with seeds or ratios.
Usenet, on the other hand...
Well, the Diablo servers are still up and running. They must be getting something out of it. This is wishful thinking, but we've come to expect from Blizzard some sort of respect. I still trust them.
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lol @ the OS comment It had plenty of good, fun games, and the controller was actually easy to get into. Shows you probably never used one.
lol console gamers
FTFY
I'm pretty sure you will find a way to claim it does, but that makes absolutely no sense.
Hardware alone doesn't defines functionality.
It's still a dumbed down laptop.
Given their liking to videogames, (or so I've heard) they might write some track for it if asked. Which would be absolutely awesome.
I have no idea why would anyone use Safari over Chrome or Opera. That said, I agree with you and it's a major point: IE9 is a good browser. It's just inferior. It's definitely better than Firefox nowadays.
The entire point about IE still plaguing the world is not that web developers need to support it, it's that old software can only run in that browser (and that means IE6). The new IE is actually pretty good, and this article is rubbish. Then again, it's /. MICROSOFT BASHING FRONT PAGE
I miss the BBS era. People were expected to post valuable content about the subjects at hand and not just randomly go to clubs and having such a great time that they spent all night taking photos to post them online. You know, back then, I actually thought that spending time in forums was productive. Nowadays it's literally the way I have to waste time.
Uh, I'm a (novice) Linux user, but to be fair, I've never experienced any of those problems. Resource hogging, slow system, more vulnerable to viruses and other malware, expensive and most of the time not good enough software, etc, but those seem to be (except the last one) hardware or screwed up install (or made up) problems. Particulary the last one seems pretty goddamn farfetched.
id has not been in any gradual decline. They still make millions with games that are admitedly tech demos. They are just as strong as ever, more sophisticated gamers with opinions might think otherwise and such opinions are completely valid, as Doom 3 and Rage were less than perfect, which is what people expected for some reason from people who have been almost 20 years making blank states for people to make stuff - mods, TC, other games. People whould have known that ever since Quake, which was an honest attempt at making a hugely moddable game, throwing in some nice SP because Sandy Petersen and John Romero are good designers. There is a reason why Carmack is the face of the company: and that reason is that id isn't a "game studio", they are "game developers" and that is the focus of the company.
It's a common term in the BDSM community. And in MMORPG. The connection is funny.
Over a year ago, Microsoft executives sent out feelers to Facebook to see if the company would be interested in acquiring Bing, though the overture was not officially sanctioned by Steven A. Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, one of these people said. Mr. Zuckerberg declined, saying Facebook had too much else to concentrate on. Dawn Beauparlant, a spokeswoman for Microsoft, declined to comment, as did Ashley Zandy, a spokeswoman for Facebook.
That said, this is the only part of TFA that actually talks about the headline. Apparently, the submitter did not even read much, because the rest of the article is actually interesting instead of this random speculation that has absolutely no proof, names, evidence, or even quotes, and isn't even that intriguing to start with. But this is /. AKA "must bash Microsoft", instead of the positively boring "Microsoft and Facebook Align Further With Patent Deal" real haedline.
Apparently, someone has no idea how to use Windows. (And you guys want everyone to *learn* Linux?)
Do you realize that comment is pretty pointless itself? The idea is how to fix the Chrome OS, not what you should replace it with.
I'd like to try the OS, but it seems redundant. Why would I do so? The only reason Chrome OS would be attractive is if it had a wide range of applications that could be attractive. I think that's the point. (Which is, conversely, the reason why I don't make the complete switch to Linux in all of my boxes: apps)
Apparently, you don't know how companies use marketing to sway public opinion.
Pinterest isn't that important. If anything, Tumblr might be: except that Tumblr is probably already too strong. All this interest for Pinterest reminds me of the huge boner every social media site had for Posterous, and we all know how it ended up.
Actually, in my experience, i've found the other way is more often the less painful.But it depends on the personality, not in the sex of the boss.
Don't expect me to port existing code to your new language.
This part made me laugh so much.
Facebook: wins thanks to the social aspect. It's always more fun to win a game from real-life friend, than from a computer. Even playing against strangers is more interesting - that's why I enjoy playing card games on Yahoo, you know there are real humans on the other side of the "table". That alone makes the game much more interesting, even though there are no fancy graphics etc. involved.
I can swear I could do this since 1994 when I played Doom, but thanks for clearing this up. Wew. (For the record, the reason Facebook is a viable gaming platform is because everyone has a facebook)
Many private sites used Megaupload because it was, frankly, the best. You have no idea how irritating it was to try to download something out of a hundred rapidshare links. Torrents remained as a niche. Most people simply don't want to deal with seeds or ratios. Usenet, on the other hand...
You DO realize that the content was not the value, but the storage?
Well, the Diablo servers are still up and running. They must be getting something out of it. This is wishful thinking, but we've come to expect from Blizzard some sort of respect. I still trust them.
I never said they would release it for free. I don't understand your point.