timb posted:

Windows users are just as guilty of this...

Mr. Wilson posted:

Windows users are more likely to call it CPU than hard drive.

hermand posted:

Not sure what point you're trying to prove, but all illiterate users will pretty much just call it whatever buzzword they last heard. CPU, hard disk, modem or whatever. I don't think there's corrolation between the type of system.

Lum posted:

Mr. Wilson posted:

That's exactly where it comes from... but somehow this has carried over into newer generations of Mac users and I can't figure out how.

Also,

Step one: plug in
Step two: get connected
Step three: there is no step three!

Casao posted:

Open source zealotry pisses me off.

Anyone who beleives that open source software is inherently superior and that micro$haft is loving us again and feels the need to espouse this any time software is mentioned.

"That's a great app, but I'll never use it because it's proprietary."

"Jabber will rule the world one day because it's an open standard."

All of this. I come across it more and more and it's really getting on my nerves.

The Monarch posted:

You know I've never seen the point of open sourcing. Obviously if you want to show off your coding skills, or just want to open source because you have no reason not to that's fine. What always confused me is just what theory is driving the idea that open sourcing your stuff is better? Unless it's just some lame "I don't want to pay for software" kind of thing. I'm not a programmer though so there's probably something obvious I'm missing.

The Monarch posted:

You know I've never seen the point of open sourcing. Obviously if you want to show off your coding skills, or just want to open source because you have no reason not to that's fine. What always confused me is just what theory is driving the idea that open sourcing your stuff is better? Unless it's just some lame "I don't want to pay for software" kind of thing. I'm not a programmer though so there's probably something obvious I'm missing.

Zorilla posted:

I kind of prefer open source because it usually means standards have been more carefully thought out.

Chris Knight posted:

Zorilla posted:

Obviously, I don't use Linux desktop environments very often.

narby posted:

Remind me later buttons as opposed to NEVER BOTHER ME AGAIN buttons.

narby posted:

Remind me later buttons as opposed to NEVER BOTHER ME AGAIN buttons. I'm looking at you itunes and adobe acrobat.

Rogue Istari posted:

I need an Internet connection every time I want to play.

Rogue Istari posted:

It's an exclusively single-player game. There is absolutely no reason for an Internet connection to be involved unless I'm checking for updates, and that shouldn't require an additional program in any case.

I guess it's supposed to be like iTunes for games or something, and I have no problem with giving people the option to buy games via downloads, but if I'm buying a hard copy that should be the end of it. What am I supposed to do when Valve goes out of business?

The fact that the game comes in a double-thickness DVD case despite containing nothing but a disc and a slip of paper (god forbid anything come with a paper manual anymore) is also pretty damned silly.

Erwin posted:

FLASH BASED GOD DAMNED ENTIRE lovely SITE

Darkriverangel posted:

If Valve go out of business, they have said they will release patches to allow people to play offline iwth out the authentication servers

Rogue Istari posted:

and I need an Internet connection every time I want to play.

Rogue Istari posted:

It's an exclusively single-player game. There is absolutely no reason for an Internet connection to be involved unless I'm checking for updates, and that shouldn't require an additional program in any case.

duz posted:

I use it when I'm in Windows and I don't own an iPod. I use it because I like the interface and have a modern computer with very few songs (Less than 500).

narby posted:

Another thing that irritates the poo poo out of me is windows feeling the need to decide what folder properties I should have just because there happens to be an mp3 or jpeg in a folder with 100 other non media files.

You know what? I really don't need a loving "myrating" column for anything, let alone a directory full of cpp files and headers you son of a bitch.

All I want is to be able to sort by filename, file type, size and modified

Factor Mystic posted:

Assuming you're running Vista, folder template auto detection can be easily disabled

code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

Rogue Istari posted:

To wander a little bit from UIs and mouthbreathing customers, gently caress Steam right in the ear. I'd heard all sorts of good things about Portal, so I picked it up when I saw that it was being sold individually. I expected to pop the CD in, install, and start playing. No, no, no, that CD just installs Steam. I've now got to spend a few hours loving downloading the game I just bought, I have to run Steam in the background to play it (and it doesn't close itself once I quit the game), and I need an Internet connection every time I want to play.

I'll never buy anything from Valve again.

KennyG posted:

Fixed it for you.

Factor Mystic posted:

Assuming you're running Vista, folder template auto detection can be easily disabled

code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

hyperborean posted:

I remember with a particular hard drive I had, there was a checkbox that said "Always perform the selected action." Yet no matter how many times I checked it and selected "Take no action," there it was again every time I connected the drive.

The Monarch posted:

gently caress you http://www.computerandvideogames.com

The Monarch posted:

You know I've never seen the point of open sourcing. Obviously if you want to show off your coding skills, or just want to open source because you have no reason not to that's fine. What always confused me is just what theory is driving the idea that open sourcing your stuff is better? Unless it's just some lame "I don't want to pay for software" kind of thing. I'm not a programmer though so there's probably something obvious I'm missing.

Casao posted:

What? Did they release some stand-alone portal box or something? Because the orange box definitely has the games on the DVDs, that's where there are two of them.

Steam isn't always the perfect solution, but once you actually give it a shot, it's just well done all around. I wouldn't have problems with steam becoming a part of every game, really. Updating is built in, it's amazingly simple to download and install any game you own on any computer, you can burn CD backups if that's your thing and it integrates the friends list and servers list nicely. You add some friends and you can see what they're playing and join their server.

And pretty much any part of what I said above can be disabled if it's something you want to avoid. The only real problem is that online prices take forever to drop.

plainswalker75 posted:

The loving physical on/off switch for the WiFi radio on laptops, especially when it's right next to the clamshell release; this was the root cause of 80% of the network connectivity issues that came through when I worked for the college help desk. Is it really that hard to have a button like normal people, Toshiba??

Darkriverangel posted:

If Valve go out of business, they have said they will release patches to allow people to play offline iwth out the authentication servers

Rogue Istari posted:

Yeah, gently caress physical switches for wireless connections. And gently caress wireless managers whose on/off toggle overrides enabling or disabling the card through the Windows connection manager without any indication that that's the case (i.e. Windows shows the card as enabled and trying to enable does nothing despite the card actually being disabled). Oh, and gently caress any company that sticks an Atheros 5006 or 5007 wireless card in a laptop; for no apparent reason they can never get past authentication with my school's WPA network.