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With a stay at Desert Rose Resort in Las Vegas (East of The Strip), you'll be convenient to Crystals at City Center and University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
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Make yourself at home in one of the 284 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment.
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A block from the Las Vegas Strip, the Desert Rose Resort is one mile from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and 2.5 miles from the airport.
Leisure options include an outdoor pool with adjacent spa tub and a small fitness center.
Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel. Coin-operated laundry facilities are available for guest use. A small convenience store is open 24 hours.
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- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
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Surrounded by lush landscaping, the outdoor pool and spa tub are perfect for relaxing. A fitness room offers cardio and strength-training equipment.
The South Seas-themed Bali Hai Golf Club is 1.5 miles away. Hiking at Red Rock Canyon and boating and fishing at Lake Mead are both within 20 miles.
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- Bicycle rentals nearby
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- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
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Princesses are a permanent fixture in the landscape of products for young girls. Not just any old princesses, mind you, but Princesses with a capital P, the pink and plastic Disney ones, with indulgent fathers and evil mothers whose only hope in life is to be rescued by the muscular-and-musically-talented princes/beasts/frogs with the tight pants and the gilded 70s shirts. The Princesses who embody the stereotype women have been trying to shed for the past 50 years.
These Princesses are everywhere. They've infiltrated everything from sleeping bags to greeting cards to school supplies to electronics. It's impossible to enter any big-box store without finding at least one of them, peering out from a lunchbox or nightgown. And, as part of the vast, self-fulfilling prophecy that is consumerism, little girls LOVE them.
So what's a parent to do?
The Princess Paradox
As parents, it's our responsibility to bring toys into our homes that nurture, educate and foster our children's sense of play. It's our responsibility to set an example for how our children should behave, how they should treat others, how they should value themselves and how they should evaluate their decisions. But it's also our responsibility to encourage our children to be who they want to be, to be proud of who they are, secure with what they like, and confident about their choices. Hence, the Princess Paradox.
The good news? It's possible to establish a strong working relationship with the Princesses, to celebrate their strengths, minimize their shortcomings, and turn their very existence into a meaningful learning experience for little ones. Here are some ideas around how to do that.
Your child may long to fill her toybox with all things pink and pretty, but it doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing situation. You can give her some Princess items, to show you respect her interests, but round out the selection with gender-neutral toys like soft blocks to build big towers, crayons and paper to create fantastic artwork, cars and trucks to zoom around the floor, and dolls to nurture. Don't push her towards specific toys, but let her pick and choose what she wants to play with. She may favor the Princess stuff for a little while, but will most likely integrate the other offerings into her play routine over time.
Be Picky
One good thing about the prevalence of Princesses is that they are on EVERYTHING. You don't have to settle for dolls and DVDs, as there are Princess products that support learning, creativity and innovation, believe it or not. Be selective. Look for licensed-character items like educational games, electronics, art projects and musical instruments, items that push past the clothes/make-up/hair stereotypes.
Get Involved
When your kid's playing with her toys, get down on the floor and parallel play with her. While she's playing with a Princess toy, grab her blocks and build a tower, or grab crayons and draw a picture. She'll notice how much fun you're having with the non-Princess item, and even if she doesn't come over to join you, she'll remember for next time that Mommy or Daddy really enjoyed playing with the blocks or crayons and it might be a good idea to give it a try.
Because, after all, she looks up to you more than any pink plastic Princess.


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The Cubs have hired Brandon Hyde as the farm director. Oneiri Fleita was fired not long ago and Hyde will replace Fleita.
The Cubs named Brandon Hyde as the new director of player development, promoting him from his role as the club's Minor League field coordinator. He replaces Oneri Fleita, who was dismissed. Hyde, 38, joined the Cubs last offseason after spending the previous nine seasons in the Marlins organization, most recently as the club's Major League bench coach from June 23, 2010, through the end of the 2011 season. Before working at the big league level, Hyde was the Marlins' Minor League infield coordinator to begin 2010 and spent the previous seven seasons as a Minor League manager and coach in the Marlins system.


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I think this is one of the best plays I have seen in a while. Glad I caught it at the last moment, since it's run ends on Saturday. I actually want to read the play now, to see whether it was fantastic writing, or acting, or possibly both.
I ended up in the first row and didn't feel self-concious or in the spotlight - I was way to wrapped up in the play. The only thing I occasionally worried about was that one of the actors might trip over my feet. I'd be very surprised if this one won't turn up in bigger theatres soon and Andrew Bovell is now on my list of writers to watch out for.
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Solid-state drives (SSDs) are this year's sudden motion sensor--minus the impact. It's hard to come up with new, sexy features for hard drives, but removing the spinning parts is a good start. Hard disk drives use magnetic platters (usually plural) with read/write heads. These drives are remarkably resilient despite the chance for things to go wrong. Sudden motion sensors, found in many laptop drives, allow drive heads to retract or "park" before an impact to prevent disk crashes.
SSDs have no such problem: there are no moving parts. While they're designed to fit in the same form factors as laptop hard drives--1.8 and 2.5 inches--while using existing interfaces, they're entirely different technology. It's memory wrapped in a compact package designed for heavy use and fast reading and writing.
While SSDs have been kicking around in less hard-drive oriented forms for several years, it was only with the introduction of Apple's MacBook Air with a 64 GB SSD option in January 2008 that they hit a broader awareness. Apple charges US$1000 to swap out the 80 GB hard drive in their base model with a 64 GB SSD (the price jumps from $1800 to $2800). Other computer makers offer even more expensive upgrades.
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Apple was trying to be ahead of the curve, as it often is, but only slightly so. Samsung's announcement in Taipei, Taiwan a few days ago -- see Martyn Williams of IDG News Service's write-up --of a 256 GB SSD due out later this year shows that we're still in the technology's infancy. As density of storage increases, prices per byte plummet, and other physical characteristics tend to improve, too.
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Worst Club I've ever been to – Never been to such a terrible club. Don't ever go here!!!! Trust me! My friend had a birthday party and a table all set up and put me along with her friends on the guest list. I show up to the door and say that I'm here for my friend's birthday party, she has a table, and my name is this. The little man at the door was like o well you gotta wait in the line before you get in. Then this is the kicker, I wait for an hour in the line until my friend comes out and bitches at the little door man with the list to let us in. The guy was a joke and club is so unprofessional. I finally get in after the long ass wait and they tell me the guest list is closed and that I have to pay the 15 dollar cover fee. WTF!?!?! What's the point of being on a guest list if you gotta pay cover and wait in line. MAKES NO SENSE because District is obviously full of retards that don't know how to cater to their customers and just try to make a quick buck by making you wait in line so the guest list closes to make you pay cover price. Honestly people, don't go to this club unless you want to get robbed by these dumbasses. There are much better places to have fun at in Boston. DISTRICT SUCKS ASS!
OUTSOURCING – The BIGGEST problem with this club IS that the owners contract out their middle mgmt/service people to a 2nd rate 'Temp concierge agency', called 6one7. WHEN the District hired their own it was open 7 days with FULL menu--NOW only 4 days with LIMITED finger foods.
When your servers/security/doorman/bartenders are NOT District's employees but employees of another company WHERE are their loyalties? NOT to the District or its customers.
Contracting out services with people with NO benefits will always lead to bad service. ALWAYS!
Worst place ever – OMG!,This got to be the worst bar/club I'd ever been to, and I party all over the place from LA, NYC, Vegas to Miami.
1st. The fat, gross meatloaf look alike door man should be fire on the spot. He was rude and disgusting, who in the right mind actually hired that mess working at the door? He constantly yelling, pushing everyone, and acting like he was working at the door of the white house or something, what a joke!
2nd, the crowd inside were very sketchy, most of the girls inside were busted.
3rd, took forever to get a drink, and the drink sucks, tasted nothing like what I ordered.
I do not recommend this place to anyone, but I do recommend you all walk by this place and look at that fat doorman and have a laugh. Watch him work with that little tiny magic marker and yell. hahahaha
This place sucks – We went there for my friend's birthday, we didn't have to wait in line but few of us were smoking outside before we went in. We were there watching the fat, sweaty doorman with white gross hair almost made us puke. He was so rude and ridiculous when he was working at the door.
The fat door man kept yelling and pushing people at the line, I thought he was trying to start a fight. When we were escorted in the door, he told the people in the front of the line to move aside and try to squeeze us in the front line when we could of walk in from the other side or the front where there isn't anyone standing, that was something we didnt' get?
When we got in to the place, it wasn't even half full, but there was a line of about 10-12 outside, and it was way pass 11pm. It's pretty inside, but the service sucks, the crowd were a bit ghetto, but we understood why since we saw the fat door man kept letting in his friends in to cut that 12 people line.
I wouldn't come back unless I had to for something else's birthday, I wouldn't recommend this place to any of my friends.
One of My Favoritesss – The Decor is amazing. It has so much detail and thought put into it... there is absolutely nothing else like it in Boston.. it's classy and funky... i can't even give an accurate description that would do it justice.
The crowd is different each night... like with every other place in the world. There are always beautiful people... and you will most likely run into a celebrity or 12... but everyone can enjoy themselves at District.. you just need to check out the particular night that is best suited for you.
Do not go there! – Went there on a Wednesday for my friends birthday. The place was empty until about 1am and then the crowd started to get a little rough. The only reason I stayed was because my friends were all there. Then this drunk guy came over to put the moves on me and my friend and literally sat on my drink, spilling it all over me. One of the guys I was with confronted him about it and he was the one to get kicked out?? Then I went to say something to the guy about it and my friend and I got kicked out!!?? I had had only two drinks that night including the one the guy knocked over. This manager who had not even talked to me previously is trying to tell me I'm drunk. How would he even know anyway, this being the first time we had talked?? I just left because I was not going to cause a scene but I have never been so angry. I work as a manager in hospitality and whoever this manager is he clearly does not know how to do his job. Ladies, if you want to be accosted on by thuggish, unattractive, drunk men, get your drink spilled all over you and then get kicked out, by all means enjoy. Guys, if you want to hang out with a crowd of mostly guys, few attractive women have a blast. I will defiantly take my business elsewhere.
Never again! – Went here on a Friday night (apparently not a good night..unless all nights are as empty) for a friend's birthday. Paid too much for a table and bottles with few mixing options and horribly flat tonic water! The music was bad and though I approached the DJ many times he only played the song I asked when the lights went on at the end of the night. He said something about not being allowed to switch up the playlists but wouldn't you want to make the customers happy?? Won't be going here again!
extremely rude staff – I've been to District a couple of times, and all I can say is OVERRATED. The music isn't very good (I'm no even sure that the have a DJ.) But most of all, the staff is incredibly rude. The bouncers are complete a-hole's to say the least. It's surprising to see who they let in and who they kick out. This is not worth the wait in line. Not to mention its a terrible location.
DO NOT HERE! – Awful place, filled with thugs, fights going on constantly, bad food, bad drinks, CHEESY decor. They have a fake velvet rope to make you think the spot is so desirable, but it's not. Avoid like the plague! I would have chosen Zero stars if I could.
Awful - do not go here – Awful food, horrrrrrrrible service, nasty crowd. Too bad too because the atmosphere is pretty cool. Also, is it neccessary to have a matron in a 2-stall bathroom?!? Do not order food here!!! We were brought the wrong food and it was so disgusting..flat bread pizza consisted of a bunch of slopped onions on a cracker. The spring rolls were so gross too, tasted like leaves. Weak drinks too! I would NEVER go back.
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 07:52 AM
Who was it who said "I dont want anybody who isnt kicking my a*s*"?
Please excuse my french
Posted 19 December 2012 - 08:51 AM
Base is 113 people (too small to have any significance), but the actual "key" results are formed on the base of only 51 replies.
Please note how in figure 3, 96% of the 113 have standardized on a "single web browser".
Logically the 51% that DO NOT allow an alternative browser have NO way to know the costs connected on having it on the enterprise.
As well the 13% that do allow for it but provide NO support for it have NO costs related to the support which is not provided.
The 32% that do allow for it and provide support on a best-effort basis can be divided in two groups:
- the ones that are complete morons, offer support for this, have no idea of the costs of this "best-effort" basis and continue offering this support notwithstanding the possible financial damage (of unknown entity) they are making to the company
- the ones that are not complete morons, offer support for this, bear the costs of this "best-effort" basis and continue offering this support and allowing multi-browser as they found that these supplemental costs are trifling
But 51/113=45.13% replied to question 7, of these 10% replied "don't know" which reduces the actual "informed" base from 51 to 46.
Still 46/113=40.7% (i.e. higher than the possible amount of people that might actually know these costs)
Now let's read the Figure 7.
We have 7 values in it, you can try to sum them every which way you want, but you can never get a total of 86%.
If you sum the first five you get 4%+2%+14%+12%+45%=77%
To get 87% (NOT 86% and yes, the overall total makes 101%) you have to sum to the above the last value of 10% (the few honest people that replied "I don't know")
So we have that when you reply "Don't know" you are actually saying that your multi-browser strategy added significant costs.
It is to note how the relative majority, 45%, actually replied "Less than 20% higher" while the next alternative voted by 14% was "No change".
This swiftly means that if you actually had a multi-browser strategy AND you knew the attached costs AND you could express them in a percentage (of WHAT) of 1% or 2%, your vote would be taken as saying multi-browser strategy added significant costs.
Please note how the question is worded "If you were to estimate ...." (this actually allows the large majority of people that as seen has no ways to know the actual costs to produce their estimation or guesses ).
Figure 8 makes no sense whatsoever, as said only a part of the 51 people replying could have possibly these data, noone can possibly have them divided into the categories, and the actual unit of measure makes no sense.
People were asked what were the costs related to internal web applications as a result of their multi-browser strategy (that 96% of the people have NOT, since they standardized on a single web browser) but how this relates to actual real word units of measure?
If you spend additional US$ 10.000,00 to test a web app as a result of your firm multi-browser strategy, and this app is used by 10 (ten) people, you are actually spending US$ 1,000,00 per app per seat (and you are a complete moron ), if the app is used by your 10,000 employees, it makes a nice round US$1.00 per app per seat.
They are not exactly the same "kind" of money .
Whilst the question #7 had that "vague" wording, the question in #8 allows NOT estimates or guesses, it represents actual spent money (and as said at the very maximum only 36% - more likely much less than that - of the 113 interviewed, i.e. 40 people may have had spent any money on this)
Edited by jaclaz, 19 December 2012 - 09:41 AM.
Posted 19 December 2012 - 09:41 PM
I rushed through reading it and, although I knew there was something about it that bothered me, I couldn't put my finger on it. You identified the problem areas.
Meanwhile, more bad news for the Surface RT:
Microsoft Surface Demand Weak Vs. Apple iPad, Others
"Feedback from the supply chain indicates continued weakening demand trends for the Microsoft Surface tablet," Pacific Crest analyst John Vinh said in a research note Thursday. "We believe component orders declined another 25% in Q4. This is in addition to two previous downward revisions in orders in the quarter. We are estimating shipments of 1.5 million units in Q4."
Posted 19 December 2012 - 09:43 PM
Your French is excused, thanks to the substance of the message!
Seems to me like the "Corporate Malaise" caused by CEOs surrounding themselves with "Yes Men" and a**ehole creepers.
Who was it who said "I dont want anybody who isnt kicking my a*s*"?
Please excuse my french
Posted 20 December 2012 - 03:21 AM
~sigh~ Another Mojave moment complete with a video of a child demonstrating Windows 8. That patented arrogance and knee-jerk need to insult their customers shows up again. Pathetic.
Dear Microsoft, no-one says Windows 8 is difficult. They in fact say it is for children. Clearly It was designed for children, written by children, managed by children if some of these petty Apple-esqe fiascos of the past couple of weeks are any indicator. Unlike the Windows XP default theme which you now criticize and deride as Fisher-Price, this whole thing is Playskool. Of course a child would be a perfect demonstrator at a Microsoft booth. You are completely hopeless.
Posted 20 December 2012 - 03:39 AM
I guess it's a matter of meanings.
Dear Microsoft, no-one says Windows 8 is difficult.
Windows 8 in itself is nothing but a (hopefully bettered) Windows 7.
The issue is it's NCI which is INCONVENIENT:
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Not convenient, especially:
a. Not accessible; hard to reach.
b. Not suited to one's comfort, purpose, or needs: inconvenient to have no phone in the kitchen.
c. Inopportune: Next Tuesday is inconvenient for us.
NOT particularly in meaning a., but in meanings b. and c.
Additionally it is CUMBERSOME:
in the sense of:
1. awkward, heavy, hefty (informal), clumsy, bulky, weighty, impractical, inconvenient, burdensome, unmanageable, clunky (informal), cumbrous Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is easy to use.
2. inefficient, unwieldy, badly organized an old and cumbersome computer system
In this case a new and cumbersome computer system.
Posted 21 December 2012 - 04:39 AM
Microsoft prepares for the Mayan apocalypse with IE10 campaign ( NeoWin 2012-12-20 )
... some people believe the world will end, at least according to one interpretation of the ancient calendar of the Mayan civilization. Microsoft has decided to use this non-event to continue its previous "Browser You Loved To Hate" campaign for Internet Explorer.
Well, the truth in the sense that they are at least half right by referencing the sordid past of MSIE. Whether they have learned anything, it is way too soon to tell. Example Images from this page ...
Blackberry 10 defeats Windows Phone 8 in browser face off! ( NeoWin 2012-12-20 )
Oh nevermind. I have just learned in the NeoWin comments that benchmarks don't really mean anything after all.
Google contemplating a $99 Nexus 7 ( NeoWin 2012-12-20 )
This would begin quite a flood of low-priced, high-volume consumer appliances. Let the bloodletting begin. So much for Microsoft getting a meaningful percentage of that mobile space. Couple this with the many other rumors of numerous new really cheap phones from a variety of vendors and re-sellers and there is a good chance that Microsoft will gain nothing numerically in total percentage after all is said and done. The sacrifice of the Windows brand reputation will have been all for naught. Great thinking guys.
My disgraceful Microsoft Surface experience at Best Buy ( Microsoft-News.com 2012-12-19 )
( from a new site I never heard of before yesterday that was mentioned at The Verge ). The author, a Microsoft Fanboy, describes in detail with photos a visit to Best Buy to scope out the Surface in person. He was not happy with the half-hearted presentation compared to Apple and other products. It appears that simply releasing them to the big box stores is not enough, they will need to go the extra mile in creativity and slickness if they want to penetrate other products' turf. In this case they just phoned it in. His disappointment makes for a fun read. Get used to it.
Pokki has had 500,000 downloads of its Windows 8 Start menu program ( NeoWin 2012-12-20 )
Not the kind of news that will make the NeoWin commenters very happy. Let me share with you the wisdom from one of the geniuses: "This kinds of software are really bad for innovation, I hope Microsoft will do something about it.". What is interesting ( and you might want to mention this in the Start Menu Replacements thread Jorge ) is that they ( Pokki ) are clearly gathering their own telemetry. That would be a dealbreaker for me if I was using it ( it is not a free app ). Regardless, as one of the sane commenters points out, when you consider the other alternatives like Classic Shell ( someone says 2.5 million, perhaps XpClient can verify ) there are a lot of installs of Start Menu replacers into the turd called Windows 8.
Microsoft: FBR Slices Estimates On Soft Windows 8 Debut ( Forbes 2012-12-20 )
The evidence is growing that Microsoft Windows 8 is off to a disappointing start.
Hilal reaches two primary conclusions: Windows 8 commercial OS installed base will be smaller after one year than XP or Windows 7, although larger than Vista.
MSFT today is up 25 cents, or 0.9%, to $27.56.
Don't shoot the messenger. BTW, I'm not sure it will pass Vista after one year, or ever.
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Edited by CharlotteTheHarlot, 21 December 2012 - 05:59 AM.
Posted 21 December 2012 - 09:04 AM
My disgraceful Microsoft Surface experience at Best Buy ( Microsoft-News.com 2012-12-19 )
( from a new site I never heard of before yesterday that was mentioned at The Verge ). The author, a Microsoft Fanboy, describes in detail with photos a visit to Best Buy to scope out the Surface in person. He was not happy with the half-hearted presentation compared to Apple and other products. It appears that simply releasing them to the big box stores is not enough, they will need to go the extra mile in creativity and slickness if they want to penetrate other products' turf. In this case they just phoned it in. His disappointment makes for a fun read. Get used to it.
The spec sheet in that article has conflicting information. On the specs side, it says it weighs 1.5 pounds. But in the feature list it says it weighs less than 1.5 pounds!
Posted 21 December 2012 - 09:10 AM
Sure , that depends on how much you fill the 16 Gb you are given of local storage.
The spec sheet in that article has conflicting information. On the specs side, it says it weighs 1.5 pounds. But in the feature list it says it weighs less than 1.5 pounds!
As everyone knows, 1's weight a little bit more than 0's (because the 0's are full of air).
Posted 21 December 2012 - 01:18 PM
Consider it done (mentioning this tracking in the Start Menu Replacements thread).
Pokki has had 500,000 downloads of its Windows 8 Start menu program ( NeoWin 2012-12-20 )
[...]What is interesting ( and you might want to mention this in the Start Menu Replacements thread Jorge ) is that they ( Pokki ) are clearly gathering their own telemetry. That would be a dealbreaker for me if I was using it ( it is not a free app ).
I visited Pokki's blog after seeing the graphic in Neowin reporting "30 Start Menu replacements 30 days after launch of Windows 8." I was hoping to find either more choices to add to the MSFN list, or maybe a mention of our list there.
The most interesting datapoint was the graph showing a threefold increase in Google searches for "Windows 8 Start Menu" in the weeks after Win8's launch.
Posted 22 December 2012 - 12:09 AM
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Paul Thurrott critiques the Windows 8 UI and proposes giving users the choice to boot directly to the desktop!!!
Its just customer-centric common sense.
But I think Windows 8 users deserve more than a cheap Registry key hack. I think Windows 8, modern and intelligent OS that it is, should do the work. And when you first boot into Windows 8, and the Start screen appears, you should see something like the following:
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Posted 22 December 2012 - 12:16 AM
Windows 7 and Windows 8 were developed in abject isolation from the outside world, because Microsoft disbanded the beta testing teams that had previously offered feedback at a very early point in development. Here, Microsoft was cherry-picking from the Apple playbook -- creating products in secret -- while ignoring the most important parts of that companys strategy, such as its emphasis on keeping its products aggressively simple and effective. Dictating from on high only works when you make something that everyone loves.
Today, like Windows Vista before it, Windows 8 is starting to succumb to death by a thousand cuts. But its not too late, Microsoft, and your customers would love to help you design a product they want to buy. All you have to do is ask.
Posted 22 December 2012 - 07:25 AM
For example, we have this marvelous exchange ...
Arrogant Uber-Fanboy ... I understand the desire for this, but I disagree. The future is Metro, both on traditional machines and desktop. You're writing about how to make Windows 8 better, and basically saying "give me Windows 7" feels like a cop-out. I'd rather read about how you think Microsoft could improve Windows 8 for traditional desktop users, like your last Fixing Windows 8 article. For the past week, I've been using an app called Code Writer for coding websites. I'm doing this at a professional design firm, and I'm just as productive as I was in the desktop. When an app is written to work well with both keyboard/mouse and touch, there's no need for the desktop.
Thurrott ... Ridiculous. And your comment confirms it: Metro is the future. Yep. It is. I'm using it today, however, and like most Windows 8 users, I'm doing so on a traditional, non-touch PC. Computers should work the way I want, not force me into a UX paradigm "of the future" that makes no sense on my current hardware. That's the point of this, not to subvert Metro, but for their to be a fricking choice. I cannot believe this is not obvious.
Arrogant Uber-Fanboy ... Like I said, I completely understand why you want this. I just think that if Microsoft makes this an option, people will stick to the desktop, and at that point, why even include Metro on a traditional computer? I'd much rather see a more refined version of Metro that makes using it on a traditional machine better than watch Microsoft backtrack and offer the same interface we've been using for 15+ years. I completely get why you don't like Metro on a non-touch machine in its current state, but going back to the desktop in the next update to Windows isn't the solution (even if that's a minor update to Windows 8). Fixing Metro is.
My, my. What a cute little dictator. I'll use whatever I want. Get it? It is also ironic that baby dictator is arguing with Paul "The Desktop Must Die" Thurrott ( see Post #866 )
The 3rd link, Windows 8: Death by a Thousand Cuts? is also worth reading, but still understated. One problem I see is that Thurrott, like so many of the ignoramuses do not even have a basic understanding of the marketplace and the customers ...
Thurrott ... The problem Microsoft now faces, however, is compounded by a number of issues. Windows Vista, whatever its problems, was a traditional PC operating system aimed at traditional PCs. The competition it faced, such as it was, was Apple's Mac OS X. At that time, the Cupertino juggernaut hadn't even released the first iPhone, let alone the iPod touch or iPad. And no offense to Mac fans, but there was only so much ground the Mac was ever going to make up.
Wrong! Apple was not a competitor to Vista, Nor was it a competitor to any version of Windows. We cannot choose the Mac OS unless we are talking hackintosh, and that is no option at all. Get it through your heads, Vista's competition was Windows XP, and it lost that battle. The problem here is that these MicroZombies in their obsessive-compulsive Apple-envy have succumbed to a mental illness. It is a very convenient mental illness because it allows them to completely ignore all previous version of Windows ( the only true alternative available to the customer, thus the only true competition ) thereby escaping any significant and meaningful actual comparison of the new Windows they are promoting. In short, by using Apple as a foil they get to avoid constructive and genuine criticism of their baby.
I found this one little bit interesting though as it expands upon our discussion above ( Post #1373 ) ...
Thurrott ... Microsoft also claims, curiously, and, I think, disingenuously, that it had arrived at the design for Windows 8 before the iPad arrived. This claim was most recently repeated by new Windows chief Julie Larson-Green, a disciple of previous Windows chief Steven Sinofsky, the man most personally responsible for all that is both right and wrong with Windows 8. "We started planning Windows 8 in June of 2009, before we shipped Windows 7, and the iPad was only a rumor at that point," she told MIT Technology Review recently. "I only saw the iPad after we had this design ready to go." I was told a similar tale by the credible Jensen Harris, who helped design Windows 8.
... Almost sounds like an admonishment, telling them to shut their yaps before their habitual need to lie gets them into trouble. That crazy meme they are pushing ( Metro precedes the iPad ) will not fly in this day and age of instant and permanent communication.
That 3rd link also gives us a taste of the mindset of those that are threatened by the slightest criticism of their little playskool OS ...
Paul, lighten up. I am worried for you. It seems that you are personally responsible for many of those thousand cuts. You have become like the boyfriend locked out of his girlfriend's house after she has had enough of the beating and changed her locks. You have become embittered and unhinged and it shows. You are abusing the preeminent position you built up over the years by displaying good judgment, and seem hell-bent on destroying your own reputation. Please stop these rants before it's too late.
Actually it is you MicroZombie who is unhinged. And you are unhinged at the most minor of criticisms by a life-long Microsoft shill. You are a perfect representative of the hordes of enablers that have ruined Windows, Microsoft itself, and other companies with their own ruined products. The ability to listen to criticism ( not a chance ) and learn from it ( impossible ) is your problem. Enjoy this fail, you have earned it. Lots of us are going to have fun rubbing your noses into it.
EDIT: next installment is now up: Fixing Windows 8, Part 3: Start Screen
Edited by CharlotteTheHarlot, 24 December 2012 - 04:44 AM.
Posted 22 December 2012 - 07:36 AM
Arrogant Uber-Fanboy ... I understand the desire for this, but I disagree. The future is Metro, both on traditional machines and desktop.
So, in the future, i.e. WHEN (after it will be profoundly modified in such ways that) it will actually work, we will use the NCI (hoping that in the meantime the geniuses will come out at least with a name for it ).
NOW, it's the present, and we are going to use what we see fit NOW (the desktop).
Posted 22 December 2012 - 10:01 AM
Posted 22 December 2012 - 10:36 AM
Sure, it was additionally before the iPad RELEASE:
Dunno about Metro but Windows on ARM was before the ipad http://www.istarteds...e-ipad-release/
but I doubt that the good Apple guys managed to get the idea on the 22 January 2010 and released a finished product (including BOTH hardware and software) in the millions in two an and a half months .
The first iPad was released on April 3, 2010
Specifically the iPad has been one of the most talked about before release products in the history of electronic devices:
This is from September 2009:
three months later at MS they tested a Windows NT OS on a touch screen device, I mean WOW, original idea, they forecasted that their competitors already had ready for the market a kick a** device and did some tests about possibly doing the same? (and then it took them almost two years to actually release a product)
Prototypes and tests should be compared to prototypes and to tests, as well released products should be compared to released products.
Posted 22 December 2012 - 11:54 PM
Edited by MagicAndre1981, 22 December 2012 - 11:54 PM.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 12:16 AM
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Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:34 AM
I remember that article. Leaving aside the oxymoron in that article title: Photo EXIF evidence points to Windows on ARM before iPad release ( oh yeah, I would bet the farm on those EXIF bytes in an image file surviving the endless assault of harmless photo viewers ), but I still think the same now as I did then and that is: so what's the point? ( not directed at you Rick but at MicroZombies like those in the article that think Metro and Windows 8 is in some way new and thus the feel they must herald this news far and wide ).
Dunno about Metro but Windows on ARM was before the ipad http://www.istarteds...e-ipad-release/
Anyhow, "Windows" has been on other platforms for ages ( ARM, Alpha, MIPs, PowerPC, Itanium etc ) in its various flavors and families ( NT, CE, Pocket, Mobile ). I mean WP itself is obviously ARM and has been around for a few years. All that hype of WoA was ridiculous. "Hey, we've started something, Windows on ARM!" Really? From what I remember it was on ARM during the Windows 95 era. I guess I just don't get the point of this meme with these Microsoft people like Julie making this iPad comparison ( I also don't get them calling it "Windows" in these ports either, but that's for another discussion). They're like little children: "Look what I did mommy!". It's as if the world has gone crazy.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 03:08 AM
I like that. Nicely done. Although heads on pikes would be the more traditional punishment rather than ID badges ( more effective too ).
If I am reading this right, it was posted on YouTube just 3 days ago and it already has 67,746 views and get this, 1,059 Comments. Wow. Looks obvious that the astroturf brigade is out in force.
Anyone know what he used for the animation? A newer version of Powerpoint 2010 or 2013 maybe?
Posted 23 December 2012 - 03:27 PM
Very well done, this demonstration. Best critique I've seen of the Win8 experience.
That weird thing about the Control Panel showing up under Desktop in Explorer, also happens in XP, Vista, and 7 -- I just checked. It's just that we never had any reason to go looking for the Control Panel because up till now it was so easy to get to it via that hokey, obsolete, old-fashioned Start Menu.
Check out the same guy's follow-up video that comes up as a choice when this one ends. It's even more frustrating: by the time the video ended, I too wanted to throw the stupid Win8 laptop out the window! See how Metro apps seem to randomly pop back in and totally take over the guy's screen while he's trying to do something else.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 05:51 PM
Very well done, this demonstration. Best critique I've seen of the Win8 experience.
best indeed, if he'd gone more into detail of metro crappyness it would've been better
the ending also shows how worse things have become of PC industry
in past you could buy PC with free dos (atleast in my country)
these days you can't, all win 8 crap is pre-installed and forced on
so basically who ever buys PC, has to pay for win 8 licence, and then if available NEW licence for another Win OS to downgrade
I just hope MS gets blown in the face this time, much more than with vista fiasco
they don't deserve to get money with this kind of "product"
Edited by vinifera, 23 December 2012 - 05:53 PM.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 03:54 AM
There are two reasons why Windows 8 might not be selling well:
Well it's not Microsoft's fault all the consumer wanted, when they walked into the store, was a tablet.
- PC sales are on the decline, with tablet sales on the increase
- Windows 8 is a very new experience from a user interface perspective
See, here's the thing. This is Microsoft''s fault. Here's why ... Knowing that the PC desktop ( and laptop perhaps ) market is saturated ( it took 30 years to get here ), and knowing that sales are flat at least for a while, what you DO NOT do is to give the customer a reason not to buy a computer.
It is simple. When the market is shaky because of the fad or trend of smaller devices *and* you are in an extremely bad economy ( that's two clear strikes that even Stevie Wonder Ballmer should be able to see ) you do not take a third strike by voluntarily attacking Windows itself with the most controversial and regressive step back we have yet seen. It was suicide from the beginning, we have said as much a thousand comments ago.
I cannot bring myself to feel any pity for them now. They deserve the breadth of this epic fail. In fact, it is necessary to guarantee the future of the x86 universe and also to prevent the devolution of Microsoft into MicroApple.
BTW, that is the article title as it appears. It of course upsets the mSheep ...
Ooooh, someone is butt-hurt. Children, you gotta love 'em.
Random MicroZombie ... you are pretty low to title this article like that. Pretty low; scumbag low. You would be journalist. That isn't professionalism at all.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 07:34 AM
For NO apparent reason:
You might be better off getting a Windows 7 computer for now, waiting for the dust to settle, and upgrading to Windows 8 later.
Edited by jaclaz, 24 December 2012 - 07:55 AM.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 04:05 PM
Time will tell, although early indicators for a Win8 fail are encouraging.
Very well done, this demonstration. Best critique I've seen of the Win8 experience.
best indeed, if he'd gone more into detail of metro crappyness it would've been better
the ending also shows how worse things have become of PC industry
in past you could buy PC with free dos (atleast in my country)
these days you can't, all win 8 crap is pre-installed and forced on
so basically who ever buys PC, has to pay for win 8 licence, and then if available NEW licence for another Win OS to downgrade
I just hope MS gets blown in the face this time, much more than with vista fiasco
they don't deserve to get money with this kind of "product"
Regarding Metro crappiness. does this video by the same guy do the trick:
This is the one where I said I was ready to throw the laptop out the window, even though it wasn't even my laptop, but only a video!
Edited by JorgeA, 24 December 2012 - 04:06 PM.
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vintage.anna on Feb 21, 2014 at 03:37:42
Why oh why isn't the crew sweatshirt available in XS on this design?? Would have bought it in a heartbeat... :(
Lihilu on Jan 25, 2014 at 14:55:46
Maybe different color??
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Any chance you'll get the girly boat tee in black?
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re print maybe?
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What is the band of the t shirt the pattern is printed on? How about its quality?
BlazinHaydn on Mar 3, 2013 at 04:51:31
Love it, but am I the only one who thinks you could have a better line than 'now panic'??
I'll still get it mind you, is very cool!
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Wait is this $10 or $20? Because on the home page it says it's $10 D:
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I'm 6'2", got a medium, and it fit perfectly.
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LOL! I love this!
Murk604 on Jan 11, 2013 at 13:26:57
FYI - This shirt is cut abnormally long, I'm 6ft1 and the large size goes well past my waist. Cool shirt though.
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is that Grant from MythBusters?!?!?!?!?!
WEmie on Dec 10, 2012 at 17:37:46
Reprint please! :D
Maerchenauge on Dec 4, 2012 at 17:02:22
Would have loved to have one of those in early 2010 but alsways missed the reprints :/ Now its quite an over used meme in my opinion. Still love the idea and might get one anyway to put in my drawer for a couple of years until the internet has forgotten about it :)
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Every Monday morning, Chris Giordano, chief engineer at Angelica's Chicago, IL, plant, prints out a safety-compliance checklist. He completes a dozen health- and safety-related tasks on average throughout the week as part of his company's commitment to complying with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, as well as to be fully prepared in the event of an unannounced OSHA inspection at the giant commercial laundry facility.
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The equipment in this dryer process at Angelica's Chicago site helps the plant turn out 40,000 lbs. of laundry daily.
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At Angelica's Chicago plant, eight industrial washers and eight industrial dryers clean 40,000 lbs. of laundry per day. Five ironers automatically press and fold bedsheets, pillowcases, scrubs, etc. Seven small piece-folder machines fold towels, gowns, blankets, thermals, etc. An adjoining power plant houses boilers, fire pumps and three HVAC units. That's a lot of equipment to maintain.
The maintenance operations team has set up its CMMS to manage preventive maintenance schedules with work orders issued for ad hoc repairs of all laundry and infrastructure equipment. By keeping track of work orders and preventive maintenance tasks and schedules, Chris Giordano has an ongoing history of activity on all laundry machines. He and his peers at the site use the CMMS to oversee specific OSHA standards, including:
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Because the Chicago plant has successfully lowered its annual total case incidence rate to below industry averages, Angelica was eligible to apply for inclusion into OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). Created in 1982, OSHA VPP recognizes and partners with businesses that show excellence in occupational safety and health. VPP participants develop and implement systems to effectively identify, evaluate and control occupational hazards to prevent employee injuries and illnesses.
This picker (to the left), with an edge-feeder (right) are part of the industrial dryer operations (encompassing eight dryers) at the Chicago Angelica plant.
CMMS & safety
Most users are aware of the role that CMMS plays in these basic functions:
A CMMS should also be capable of maintaining safety information, including procedures, safety notes, emergency notes, etc., for all assets. This information can be included on any work order or referred to in a hand-held version—quick access to such data helps lead to a safer environment.
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A CMMS also plays a role in compliance with EPA standards. The one used by the Angelica Chicago plant provides a reminder to file annual TIER II reports—which demonstrate that Angelica is complying with its environmental reporting obligations.
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songhill wrote:Permit me to give you the correct interpretation of this discourse.... On the other hand, the Buddha's self or attâ is other than these evil aggregates.
Your interpretation errs as the extreme of eternalism. There is no tathāgata or ātman to be found other than the aggregates either. SN 22.86:
- "Do you regard the Tathagata as that which is without form, without feeling, without perception, without fabrications, without consciousness?"
"No, lord."
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