I'm sure my digital android clone will be very happy with this. Meanwhile squidgy, slowing decaying meat-me will be sitting in a rest home wishing he'd been able to evolve into an energy being faster.
Sorry, but this is the same problem that exists with teleportation in any of its proposed forms. Destructive brain downloading processes or atomizing my... stuff to re-assemble out of different atoms at another point aren't really helping me that much!
We need to go full-on Cyberman. That's the only compromise that'll work.
I don't really think that the term "Post-PC" is accurate.
There are still all kinds of things that PCs have going for them that mobile devices will never be able to out-mode, largely due to the form-factor. The public has clearly voted with their dollars on the whole idea that they should have to completely up-end their desktop workflow because Microsoft feel the need to Justify the Modern UI on larger mouse-driven displays.
When I'm doing actual work or content-creation, I like having information such as select application statuses and the time being conveyed to me in the system tray at-a-glance. I like to keep track of what Applications I have open in the taskbar. I prefer to drive things with text-based menus and icon-driven UIs. Smaller icons the better. I like having multiple windows open at once, accross multiple monitors. I like using keyboard shortcuts and extra mouse buttons. This is due to not only familiarity with this setup, but also because I'm yet to see a better alternative for when I'm doing multiple things. I also personally find that when my hands are down on a desk interacting with a mouse and keyboard, it's largely unintuitive and pointless reaching up and driving my desktop screen with a finger... Which seems to be the new trend.
In short, I'm still unconvinced as to why, on a desktop, I should have to embrace a UI paradigm that works great for a ten-inch tablet device, but falls totally short of the mark when it comes to my desktop workflow. You need more justification than "Because tablets.", which Microsoft just hasn't gotten.
There's going to be natural attrition as people use tablets for coffee-table social networking and content-consumption, but PCs will never go away completely. We'll spend less time on them and they'll become more niche, but there's always going to be a place for a device (even if it's just a big screen/keyboard and dock for your uber-smartphone) in that form-factor. Windows 8's tablet side however, on the desktop, is ugly, dumbed down and conveys less information. It makes multitasking harder.
Evolve and improve the desktop paradigm and people will upgrade their desktops. Simple.
I'd say that the argument about mobile devices killing creativity is completely individual and subjective. In my case, finding the right combination of fantastic painting apps on the iPad, and the critically important discovery of a brilliant fine-point capacitive stylus (The Jot Pro from Adonit) has reignited the inner artist in this heavily left-brained person for the first time in years. I've been back at cartooning with real and immediate digital feedback as to what I'm drawing in the palm of my hand, and I love it.
"Moving forward we will balance and tune all our releases towards deliberately-engineered artificial resource scarcity. This will in turn incentivise you opening your wallet to get your game back towards a playable state.
Tell me about it. I've been having all kinds of issues using JQuery lately on an ASP.net MVC project using Telerik tab controls and lots of other revolting dynamic calls that redraw screen elements. Making sure things are picked up by the DOM is a pain in the ass.
And in many other parts of the world, a US prison would look like an overcrowded, mis-managed and dangerous endeavor run by a for-profit company somewhat akin to a meat-grinder. Fairly tame petty offenders go in one end, hardened criminals created through exposure to unsupervised hardened gang culture come out the other end...
...And keep coming back for more due to choices they wouldn't have made if they hadn't gotten wrapped up in the prison gang culture as a matter of survival. Conditions in US prisons, staffing levels and overcrowding mean people from low socioeconomic areas with low educations aren't offered protection by the prison system itself... So they get wrapped up in the gang culture. Snitch and you'll get shanked. Don't join a gang and be a target. If there was appropriate numbers of guards and properly enforced segregation of dangerous criminals then this wouldn't happen as much.
It's getting even worse... More and longer ad breaks drowning out the content.
Even back in the late-90's a typical sitcom episode was about 23, 24 minutes and an "hour" long show usually clocked in at around 45-46 minutes. Fast forward to today and I've regular seen Big-Bang Theory/Two-and-a-half Men episodes that clock in at about 18:30. "Hour" long shows are down to between 39 and 41 minutes, too.
Think about it: It's not an every-week occurance, but we're getting dangerously close to a point where the content of a half-hour show it 50-50 ads. What's the point we actually begin to lose interest in the medium due to distraction and over-saturation of ad content? There has to be some measurable tipping point past where a normal person's frustration factor would override any entertainment value provided.
AC, you actually make a good point. I probably could have worded that better. I'm fairly sure your situation makes you a better authority than I on the subject. What I meant to say and probably should have articulated better was that high-level, there are some fairly big differences. Probably shouldn't have glazed over the similarities though.
I'm sorry, was that directed at my original comment? You've confused me.
I have a strongly autistic younger brother. I grew up for many years I had a good friend with Aspergers who very eloquently articulated to me many of the difficulties he faced. My story certainly wasn't empty, and certainly not an argument. It was a statement of fact regarding the difficulties I have observed from close associations with sufferers. They're both amazing people.
As for mentioning I have Tourettes, that wasn't a play for sympathy. I'm only on the mild end of the spectrum anyway so I usually have it under control... I was just giving context to how a label can effect the way people react to you.
I know, it's a damn shame. I thought the same thing.
The really sad part is that I know from personal experience just how different Asperger's and true autism are. I had a good friend for many, many years that I sadly lost contact with that had Aspergers. A little awkward, but one of the most highly intelligent people I know. On the other hand, I also have an immediate family member that does fall on the autistic spectrum, and over several decades we've all been through the highs and the lows as a family.
Aspergers may be on the austisic spectrum, but they're nothing alike in real terms.
I also know first-hand how a label can effect self-confidence. I have Tourette Syndrome, very much controllable, but everyone's first frame of reference is that damn Rob Scheider movie. You've gotta laugh, but it does get awkward sometimes. I don't want to imagine how much anxiety highly ingelligent, high functioning but socially-anxious Aspergers sufferers are going to go through when they start being labelled autistic.
It's not even that simple. Look at the loaded, opinionist title of that article:
Piracy site Newzbin2 gives up and closes 15 months after block
Yeah, yeah... I know we all kind of give that knowing smile and half-eye-roll thing whenever we mention "legitimate usage!"... But still, the deck's stacked against them from the get-go. The media is abusing their position as much as the government to push the agenda of Big Content. Kind of frustrating really.
That's not 100% correct. It's the culture here but many workplaces in Australia will (dependent on award and individual conditions) give you a minimum of say, 3-5 days a year out of your yearly allocated 10-20 where you don't need a certificate. Providing it's not more than 1 or 2 days back-to-back.
I kind of agree with you. Arm processors serve a great purpose, and to be honest no-one complains when they're soldered... But they serve a different purpose.
If you're upgrading every 3ish years, socket changes usually render old motherboards obsolete. Linked CPU/mobo purchases are quite common and component re-use isn't real the issue. The issue is more about currently being able to make separate informed purchasing decisions regarding CPU power and motherboard features (FSB speed, RAM slots, number of PCIE-slots, on-board RAID, how many SATA ports, etc etc.), and potentially having that choice taken away from us.
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Clearly when someone tells you that they don't need to learn how to land the X-ray machine is the point you should be ringing the FBI.
Microsoft stuck the clutch on their paradigm shift.
I'm sure my digital android clone will be very happy with this. Meanwhile squidgy, slowing decaying meat-me will be sitting in a rest home wishing he'd been able to evolve into an energy being faster. Sorry, but this is the same problem that exists with teleportation in any of its proposed forms. Destructive brain downloading processes or atomizing my... stuff to re-assemble out of different atoms at another point aren't really helping me that much! We need to go full-on Cyberman. That's the only compromise that'll work.
I don't really think that the term "Post-PC" is accurate.
There are still all kinds of things that PCs have going for them that mobile devices will never be able to out-mode, largely due to the form-factor. The public has clearly voted with their dollars on the whole idea that they should have to completely up-end their desktop workflow because Microsoft feel the need to Justify the Modern UI on larger mouse-driven displays.
When I'm doing actual work or content-creation, I like having information such as select application statuses and the time being conveyed to me in the system tray at-a-glance. I like to keep track of what Applications I have open in the taskbar. I prefer to drive things with text-based menus and icon-driven UIs. Smaller icons the better. I like having multiple windows open at once, accross multiple monitors. I like using keyboard shortcuts and extra mouse buttons. This is due to not only familiarity with this setup, but also because I'm yet to see a better alternative for when I'm doing multiple things. I also personally find that when my hands are down on a desk interacting with a mouse and keyboard, it's largely unintuitive and pointless reaching up and driving my desktop screen with a finger... Which seems to be the new trend.
In short, I'm still unconvinced as to why, on a desktop, I should have to embrace a UI paradigm that works great for a ten-inch tablet device, but falls totally short of the mark when it comes to my desktop workflow. You need more justification than "Because tablets.", which Microsoft just hasn't gotten.
There's going to be natural attrition as people use tablets for coffee-table social networking and content-consumption, but PCs will never go away completely. We'll spend less time on them and they'll become more niche, but there's always going to be a place for a device (even if it's just a big screen/keyboard and dock for your uber-smartphone) in that form-factor. Windows 8's tablet side however, on the desktop, is ugly, dumbed down and conveys less information. It makes multitasking harder.
Evolve and improve the desktop paradigm and people will upgrade their desktops. Simple.
I'd say that the argument about mobile devices killing creativity is completely individual and subjective. In my case, finding the right combination of fantastic painting apps on the iPad, and the critically important discovery of a brilliant fine-point capacitive stylus (The Jot Pro from Adonit) has reignited the inner artist in this heavily left-brained person for the first time in years. I've been back at cartooning with real and immediate digital feedback as to what I'm drawing in the palm of my hand, and I love it.
It's OK. We can just set the mouse traps on rotating modulations.
"Moving forward we will balance and tune all our releases towards deliberately-engineered artificial resource scarcity. This will in turn incentivise you opening your wallet to get your game back towards a playable state.
"Please form an orderly queue at the money pit."
According to many popular sources, 2 weeks and 6 days ago.
About half of humanity can't find their dick. And providing a phone is unlikely to change that.
Very true. World-wide obesity rates continue to climb.
Tell me about it. I've been having all kinds of issues using JQuery lately on an ASP.net MVC project using Telerik tab controls and lots of other revolting dynamic calls that redraw screen elements. Making sure things are picked up by the DOM is a pain in the ass.
And in many other parts of the world, a US prison would look like an overcrowded, mis-managed and dangerous endeavor run by a for-profit company somewhat akin to a meat-grinder. Fairly tame petty offenders go in one end, hardened criminals created through exposure to unsupervised hardened gang culture come out the other end...
...And keep coming back for more due to choices they wouldn't have made if they hadn't gotten wrapped up in the prison gang culture as a matter of survival. Conditions in US prisons, staffing levels and overcrowding mean people from low socioeconomic areas with low educations aren't offered protection by the prison system itself... So they get wrapped up in the gang culture. Snitch and you'll get shanked. Don't join a gang and be a target. If there was appropriate numbers of guards and properly enforced segregation of dangerous criminals then this wouldn't happen as much.
It's getting even worse... More and longer ad breaks drowning out the content.
Even back in the late-90's a typical sitcom episode was about 23, 24 minutes and an "hour" long show usually clocked in at around 45-46 minutes. Fast forward to today and I've regular seen Big-Bang Theory/Two-and-a-half Men episodes that clock in at about 18:30. "Hour" long shows are down to between 39 and 41 minutes, too.
Think about it: It's not an every-week occurance, but we're getting dangerously close to a point where the content of a half-hour show it 50-50 ads. What's the point we actually begin to lose interest in the medium due to distraction and over-saturation of ad content? There has to be some measurable tipping point past where a normal person's frustration factor would override any entertainment value provided.
Well the kid did roll for initiative.
Beware the twin evils of the electronic entertainment industry and dairy industry consortiums....
Where "getting pissed" means an injection of new brain cells, not killing the ones you already have.
If not and there was demonstrable harm to the property, will this even make it to trial?
As nature's version of the Microsoft Signature service.
McAfee gets uninstalled prior to shipping and we never have to see the trial.
To this day I use a 20MB external SCSI hard drive as a monitor stand. Re-use, recycle folks.
You say "meatspace" and I think "whack someone through airlock with a side of ham".
AC, you actually make a good point. I probably could have worded that better. I'm fairly sure your situation makes you a better authority than I on the subject. What I meant to say and probably should have articulated better was that high-level, there are some fairly big differences. Probably shouldn't have glazed over the similarities though.
I'm sorry, was that directed at my original comment? You've confused me.
I have a strongly autistic younger brother. I grew up for many years I had a good friend with Aspergers who very eloquently articulated to me many of the difficulties he faced. My story certainly wasn't empty, and certainly not an argument. It was a statement of fact regarding the difficulties I have observed from close associations with sufferers. They're both amazing people.
As for mentioning I have Tourettes, that wasn't a play for sympathy. I'm only on the mild end of the spectrum anyway so I usually have it under control... I was just giving context to how a label can effect the way people react to you.
I know, it's a damn shame. I thought the same thing.
The really sad part is that I know from personal experience just how different Asperger's and true autism are. I had a good friend for many, many years that I sadly lost contact with that had Aspergers. A little awkward, but one of the most highly intelligent people I know. On the other hand, I also have an immediate family member that does fall on the autistic spectrum, and over several decades we've all been through the highs and the lows as a family.
Aspergers may be on the austisic spectrum, but they're nothing alike in real terms.
I also know first-hand how a label can effect self-confidence. I have Tourette Syndrome, very much controllable, but everyone's first frame of reference is that damn Rob Scheider movie. You've gotta laugh, but it does get awkward sometimes. I don't want to imagine how much anxiety highly ingelligent, high functioning but socially-anxious Aspergers sufferers are going to go through when they start being labelled autistic.
This is doing them a great disservice.
Piracy site Newzbin2 gives up and closes 15 months after block
Yeah, yeah... I know we all kind of give that knowing smile and half-eye-roll thing whenever we mention "legitimate usage!"... But still, the deck's stacked against them from the get-go. The media is abusing their position as much as the government to push the agenda of Big Content. Kind of frustrating really.
That's not 100% correct. It's the culture here but many workplaces in Australia will (dependent on award and individual conditions) give you a minimum of say, 3-5 days a year out of your yearly allocated 10-20 where you don't need a certificate. Providing it's not more than 1 or 2 days back-to-back.
I kind of agree with you. Arm processors serve a great purpose, and to be honest no-one complains when they're soldered... But they serve a different purpose.
If you're upgrading every 3ish years, socket changes usually render old motherboards obsolete. Linked CPU/mobo purchases are quite common and component re-use isn't real the issue. The issue is more about currently being able to make separate informed purchasing decisions regarding CPU power and motherboard features (FSB speed, RAM slots, number of PCIE-slots, on-board RAID, how many SATA ports, etc etc.), and potentially having that choice taken away from us.
I can see where the frustration comes from.