. The larger display for each menu also means that you don't need as many submenus or even pop-up panels.
The real problem with it is that it has a different set of advantages and disadvantages to the old menu plus toolbar. For any given workflow and screen size, it may be better or worse, but you can't toggle back to the old UI if it's worse.
There are no submenus on the ribbon. The ribbon is just one big menu. The difference between the old style menus/toolbars and the ribbon is I can do everything with the old style that can be done with the ribbon. But I can't do everything with the ribbon that could be done with the old style. Most things that took my one click before now take 2 or 3.
Yes.
Yes it is.
The ribbon is a 2d sticky menu. Something like what existed back in days of Windows 1. The ribbon makes it harder to do things. The ribbon was created to look different than the previous version of Office.
Does it bother anyone else that, they obtained a waiver to exempt them from reporting ALL illegal activity except for two keywords, which they decided they MUST search for to fulfil legal requirements.
Those keywords were "rape" and "older man".
Let us RTFA shall we?:
But her team is required to monitor the database for talk of suicide or abuse. On a weekly basis, they do a search with a long list of words, including rape, kill myself, or older man. They’ve had to intervene fewer than 5 times, says Underwood.
They search for more than 2 keyphrases, and they only use the phrases to look at the text more closely. How many teenagers do you know of who talk about an "older man?"
How about wasting 3.4 million dollar to study this crap in the first place?
Why do you think learning about how teenagers think and interact is a waste of money? There are a lot of bad projects out there, but I don't think this is one of them.
It makes you wonder if phase 2 would be something like "we also have the ability to send every SMS from the last two months to your parents".
It is reward versus punishment (two sides to the same coin)
There is a difference between "you get to keep your free phone" and "we are going to tell your parents every bad thing you did."
the money put into it usually dwarfs what you would be paying if you were buying it retail. I have a cool game idea that I've been working with and its feasible, unique, and doable, but I don't have the free time.
The lowest donation request is typically a decent price (and usually less) for the game. All other levels usually come with a bonus (tshirt, face in game, lunch with designer)
Good luck with a new project. You probably need to do some work before hand to show you are serious, and where you are headed, and to give people a reason to donate to your project.
Sure Kickstarter takes their percent, but they also bring people to you. While you hate "top skimmers" they are offering a service. You won't get much money without a credit card company.
Just take the costs into consideration.
"Momma the game says I can get a new frooble with $25 game bux. can I?", sally asks.
Mother looks at game, sees they are game bux. Says "Sure you can but the frooble, it is just play money."
A little later sally sees another button. "Would you like a freeble for $25 game bux." So she clicks yes. The game says "You don't have enough game bux, would you like to purchase 1000 game bux for $99?" She thinks, "momma says it is just play money" so she clicks the button yes.
How is that poor parenting?
If he couldn't trust his daughter to not buy "in-app" upgrades, she shouldn't have a friggin iPhone to start with.
You expect a child to know the difference between spending play money on an item in a game, and spending real money on an item in a game? Especially when a password doesn't pop up?
What really happens on the games is that there is no message of anything except for the game asking for a password.
Do you have any proof of this
I don't know how this particular game works (although one of TFA implies it works the way most do) but most games tell you that you are about to spend real money, and they tell you how much you are going to spend.
I'm not sure that Apple is at fault here, and I think the parents need to be careful when giving the password to children. But you can't expect a child to know that when they click on "Bushel of Berries $99.99" to know they are actually spending $99.99 in hard money, and not game money. Especially since a lot of these games have game money you already spend.
In real trials, your lawyer usually isn't *allowed* to reveal to the jury *why* you presumably might have been motivated to do something
Interesting, I'm not a lawyer. But Oregon's indecency law required the prosecutor to show your intent. So the prosecutor can show your motivation, but the defense can't?
earning a criminal record, landing on the sex offender list,
Innocent until proven guilty... How did he earn a criminal record and land on a sex offender's list?
He didn't break Oregon's indecency law, and the disorderly conduct is questionable too.
Stripping naked as a form of protest and well with your First Amendment rights, is not indecent exposure. Indecent exposure requires intent. Oregon state law says "intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person."
I guess a cop can charge you with anything he wants, but making it stick is a whole nother matter.
I applaud this guy, and hope more people follow his protest.
Not sure why is father thinks the guy was stressed (well any more stressed than any other person going through the security theater)
One thing I dislike about Office 10 is the "outspace" or the file menu. It isn't full screen, but it fills the app. It is big, clunky, and useless. It seems much more difficult to use, and to heavy than the old file menu.
I want to open a new file, not swap out my entire application.
I haven't gotten use to it, and I can't imagine the start menu (err start screen) in win 8 being any better
Of all those things, the commercials they show before movies now is the most egregious thing in my opinion. I can't say for sure when I saw my first ad before a movie at the theater
I first saw ads in the theater in the mid 80s. I wrote to several theaters about the practice, claiming I was already paying them. The practice stopped for a few years. Before coming back as it is now.
The thing is I don't mind the ads as much now, because generally the ads are displayed before the previews. With the exception of the Coke or the Concession ad (which is ok, cause it is the house ad) most of the ads I see are before the previews, when you are just sitting in the theater. Get there early, see an ad, get there on time and only see previews.
Here in the US, judges pass judgement all the damn time without caring for additional arguments. Spend a day listening to people fight unfair/unjust traffic citations and you'll quickly see that.
Have YOU spent a day in traffic court?
For most items in traffic court it boils down to he/she said/the cop said. In absence of further evidence the judge is going to side for the cop, as they claim the cop doesn't have an incentive to lie. If you can prove the cop has an incentive to lie, the judge will listen to your side, if you have further evidence, the judge will listen to it. But when it is one side says, the other side says, the judge has to side for someone. And the judge will side with the cop. The judge will even tell you this upfront. But they will listen for additional arguments. But those additional arguments better make sense.
You make it sound like a LOT of people live a fact based life. Have you notice the world around you? "the rest of us" is a lot smaller than you think it is.
I've got a 2560x1600 31 inch monitor. I could probably stand for it to be 2 or 3 inches taller, but not much more than that. I couldn't imagine standing it on its edge. I'd need binoculars to see the top of the screen! On the other hand by second monitor is a meager 1600x1200 monitor and I'd like to get another 31 incher. I could use more space.
But his point was that, for text tracking, your eyes do best in a narrower area. I bet you read web pages more than you write code.
I've got my browser width set so that line is on one line, at 130 chars I don't have problems reading it or scanning it.
Personally I code about 12-16 hours a day (8 hours for my job, 8 for pleasure) I read web pages probably an hour or two of that. not sure what your point is
There is more to a monitor than reading a line of 80 characters. I like decent vertical resolution, but you can only look up so high before you start straining your neck.
What does this story have to do with atheism, agnosticism, or well any other skeptical beliefs?
Are you saying that if you are of the particular faith you HAVE to believe the statue was crying?
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. The larger display for each menu also means that you don't need as many submenus or even pop-up panels.
The real problem with it is that it has a different set of advantages and disadvantages to the old menu plus toolbar. For any given workflow and screen size, it may be better or worse, but you can't toggle back to the old UI if it's worse.
There are no submenus on the ribbon. The ribbon is just one big menu. The difference between the old style menus/toolbars and the ribbon is I can do everything with the old style that can be done with the ribbon. But I can't do everything with the ribbon that could be done with the old style. Most things that took my one click before now take 2 or 3.
It doesn't have that stupid Ribbon UI interface!
Is Ribbon really that stupid?
Yes.
Yes it is.
The ribbon is a 2d sticky menu. Something like what existed back in days of Windows 1. The ribbon makes it harder to do things. The ribbon was created to look different than the previous version of Office.
Can a bunch of teenagers legally sign up for something like this?
Considering that they were recruited as 9 year olds, no. Both the kids and their parents agreed to be part of the program.
Does it bother anyone else that, they obtained a waiver to exempt them from reporting ALL illegal activity except for two keywords, which they decided they MUST search for to fulfil legal requirements.
Those keywords were "rape" and "older man".
Let us RTFA shall we?:
But her team is required to monitor the database for talk of suicide or abuse. On a weekly basis, they do a search with a long list of words, including rape, kill myself, or older man. They’ve had to intervene fewer than 5 times, says Underwood.
They search for more than 2 keyphrases, and they only use the phrases to look at the text more closely. How many teenagers do you know of who talk about an "older man?"
How about wasting 3.4 million dollar to study this crap in the first place?
Why do you think learning about how teenagers think and interact is a waste of money? There are a lot of bad projects out there, but I don't think this is one of them.
It makes you wonder if phase 2 would be something like "we also have the ability to send every SMS from the last two months to your parents".
It is reward versus punishment (two sides to the same coin)
There is a difference between "you get to keep your free phone" and "we are going to tell your parents every bad thing you did."
the money put into it usually dwarfs what you would be paying if you were buying it retail. I have a cool game idea that I've been working with and its feasible, unique, and doable, but I don't have the free time.
The lowest donation request is typically a decent price (and usually less) for the game. All other levels usually come with a bonus (tshirt, face in game, lunch with designer)
Good luck with a new project. You probably need to do some work before hand to show you are serious, and where you are headed, and to give people a reason to donate to your project.
Sure Kickstarter takes their percent, but they also bring people to you. While you hate "top skimmers" they are offering a service. You won't get much money without a credit card company.
Just take the costs into consideration.
"Momma the game says I can get a new frooble with $25 game bux. can I?", sally asks.
Mother looks at game, sees they are game bux. Says "Sure you can but the frooble, it is just play money."
A little later sally sees another button. "Would you like a freeble for $25 game bux." So she clicks yes. The game says "You don't have enough game bux, would you like to purchase 1000 game bux for $99?" She thinks, "momma says it is just play money" so she clicks the button yes.
How is that poor parenting?
If he couldn't trust his daughter to not buy "in-app" upgrades, she shouldn't have a friggin iPhone to start with.
You expect a child to know the difference between spending play money on an item in a game, and spending real money on an item in a game? Especially when a password doesn't pop up?
What really happens on the games is that there is no message of anything except for the game asking for a password.
Do you have any proof of this
I don't know how this particular game works (although one of TFA implies it works the way most do) but most games tell you that you are about to spend real money, and they tell you how much you are going to spend.
I'm not sure that Apple is at fault here, and I think the parents need to be careful when giving the password to children. But you can't expect a child to know that when they click on "Bushel of Berries $99.99" to know they are actually spending $99.99 in hard money, and not game money. Especially since a lot of these games have game money you already spend.
In real trials, your lawyer usually isn't *allowed* to reveal to the jury *why* you presumably might have been motivated to do something
Interesting, I'm not a lawyer. But Oregon's indecency law required the prosecutor to show your intent. So the prosecutor can show your motivation, but the defense can't?
While I agree the the nudity was a form of protest... EVEN if it wasn't, it isn't against Oregon law.
earning a criminal record, landing on the sex offender list,
Innocent until proven guilty... How did he earn a criminal record and land on a sex offender's list? He didn't break Oregon's indecency law, and the disorderly conduct is questionable too.
Stripping naked as a form of protest and well with your First Amendment rights, is not indecent exposure. Indecent exposure requires intent. Oregon state law says "intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person."
I guess a cop can charge you with anything he wants, but making it stick is a whole nother matter.
I applaud this guy, and hope more people follow his protest.
Not sure why is father thinks the guy was stressed (well any more stressed than any other person going through the security theater)
One thing I dislike about Office 10 is the "outspace" or the file menu. It isn't full screen, but it fills the app. It is big, clunky, and useless. It seems much more difficult to use, and to heavy than the old file menu.
I want to open a new file, not swap out my entire application.
I haven't gotten use to it, and I can't imagine the start menu (err start screen) in win 8 being any better
Of all those things, the commercials they show before movies now is the most egregious thing in my opinion. I can't say for sure when I saw my first ad before a movie at the theater
I first saw ads in the theater in the mid 80s. I wrote to several theaters about the practice, claiming I was already paying them. The practice stopped for a few years. Before coming back as it is now.
The thing is I don't mind the ads as much now, because generally the ads are displayed before the previews. With the exception of the Coke or the Concession ad (which is ok, cause it is the house ad) most of the ads I see are before the previews, when you are just sitting in the theater. Get there early, see an ad, get there on time and only see previews.
Here in the US, judges pass judgement all the damn time without caring for additional arguments. Spend a day listening to people fight unfair/unjust traffic citations and you'll quickly see that.
Have YOU spent a day in traffic court?
For most items in traffic court it boils down to he/she said/the cop said. In absence of further evidence the judge is going to side for the cop, as they claim the cop doesn't have an incentive to lie. If you can prove the cop has an incentive to lie, the judge will listen to your side, if you have further evidence, the judge will listen to it. But when it is one side says, the other side says, the judge has to side for someone. And the judge will side with the cop. The judge will even tell you this upfront. But they will listen for additional arguments. But those additional arguments better make sense.
The rest of us live a fact-based life.
You make it sound like a LOT of people live a fact based life. Have you notice the world around you? "the rest of us" is a lot smaller than you think it is.
There is plenty of prior art to invalidate these patents, but in our glorious patent system it will cost millions to do so.
Now, if only they would sue some deep pocket company, that was pretty much printing its own money... nah that'll never happen.
Just push the clutch in....
I've got a 2560x1600 31 inch monitor. I could probably stand for it to be 2 or 3 inches taller, but not much more than that. I couldn't imagine standing it on its edge. I'd need binoculars to see the top of the screen! On the other hand by second monitor is a meager 1600x1200 monitor and I'd like to get another 31 incher. I could use more space.
But his point was that, for text tracking, your eyes do best in a narrower area. I bet you read web pages more than you write code.
I've got my browser width set so that line is on one line, at 130 chars I don't have problems reading it or scanning it.
Personally I code about 12-16 hours a day (8 hours for my job, 8 for pleasure) I read web pages probably an hour or two of that. not sure what your point is
There is more to a monitor than reading a line of 80 characters. I like decent vertical resolution, but you can only look up so high before you start straining your neck.
but to blame athiests FOR the rise in religion is hand-waving that not even sky daddies could pull off)
Of course it is the atheists fault. If they would just stop being converted to non atheism, religions would stop growing.
What does this story have to do with atheism, agnosticism, or well any other skeptical beliefs?
Are you saying that if you are of the particular faith you HAVE to believe the statue was crying?