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Windows 8 Is Almost Not Terrible
On 02 Jan 2013, "BillW50" wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: It is hard to help you if you never say what is important to you. I'm not looking for help. We can't help you because you asked what was new in Windows 8. I asked no such thing. |
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Windows 8 Is Almost Not Terrible
Dave "Crash" Dummy :
Bucky Breeder wrote: BillW50 posted this via : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fsyb-ttcw I don't absolutely hate it... It's a little better than Windows 7... As one yet undecided about moving from 7 to 8, cosmetics aside, how is Windows 8 a little better than Windows 7? If you are "retarded" or just a n00bie nuukulhed, first count out 7 of your fingers; next, hold the additional number of fingers up to make 8; now subtract 7 away from 8; and that leaves 1; which is certifiably "a little better." So, if 7 is good, then 8 has to be "a little better." Most because "1" is by definiton "a little" whereas "10" is "a whole bunch" on all the scales of 1 to 10. 10 would be "way better", but they haven't even got the service packs for 8 out yet. Keep checking back! Don't worry, it's the "new math" by Windows. Lots of peeples are "WTF?" and going backwards to Etch-A-Sketch and abacus phones now, but blaming it on the economy... because, who wants *everyone* to know that they're retarded? If peeples think Microsoft ripped off Apple for their Windows 8 designs, then Microsoft should issue out a "Bitch-A-Sketch" to really get the hives of Etch-A-Sketch fanatics a-buzzin'! HTH. |
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Windows 8 Is Almost Not Terrible
Dave "Crash" Dummy posted
this via : how is Windows 8 a little better than Windows 7? Because they made it that way; however, that being said, "better" is a very subjective term and "a little" is an equally very personal perspective that perhaps should be explored in first-person rather than simply vicariously with an inclination toward a hardened and pre-set bias which when analyzed to its basic components consists of "fear' - of change and of the unknown. Like Yoda said to Batman on the Planet Dagobah, "In theory, theory and practice are the same; but, in practice, they are not." And only then was Batman able to lift the invisable airplane from the swamps... "Why?" you might ask... Because he believed in Fairy Tales - and in himself! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagobah My philosophy is "Study up, spend as little money as possible, and then make up my own opinions." When things get tough, I just get laid by one of my many girlfriends, and then my problems seem so much more insignificant when listening to them gripe about some other girl leaving her underwear at my house from the last date I had a little earlier. IMLTHO -- I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and the world DID NOT end on December 21st, 2012... because the dreaded USA fiscal cliffs were just a bunch of leetle seesys making noisy leetle seesy roadbumps... Repent : 'The End' is near! Or... just smoke 'em if you got 'em. |
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Windows 8 Is Almost Not Terrible
"Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" écrivait news:kbv0uh$c6q$1
@dont-email.me: Bucky Breeder wrote: BillW50 posted this via : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fsyb-ttcw I don't absolutely hate it... It's a little better than Windows 7... As one yet undecided about moving from 7 to 8, cosmetics aside, how is Windows 8 a little better than Windows 7? For me it's better because it's more stable. My Win7 x64 installation used to randomly freeze from time to time, mainly while I was on the net either with Firefox or IE and the computer had to be reset or shut down completely. I thought it could be an hardware issue since it was a new computer (new MB, CPU, RAM and HD). Since I upgraded to Win8 a few months ago (not a clean install), my computer has never crashed or freeze. Was it a driver issue? I updated all the drivers after the Win8 upgrade. All I can say now it's rock solid. |
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On 2013-01-02, Dominique wrote:
"Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" écrivait news:kbv0uh$c6q$1 @dont-email.me: Bucky Breeder wrote: BillW50 posted this via : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fsyb-ttcw I don't absolutely hate it... It's a little better than Windows 7... As one yet undecided about moving from 7 to 8, cosmetics aside, how is Windows 8 a little better than Windows 7? For me it's better because it's more stable. Yup. The "it's better" is subjective as is stability. When I had win8 on a "clean" install on the desktop, it crashed every 1/2 hr to 2 hr; never went pass the 2 hr mark. My Win7 x64 installation used to randomly freeze from time to time, mainly while I was on the net either with Firefox or IE and the computer had to be reset or shut down completely. I thought it could be an hardware issue since it was a new computer (new MB, CPU, RAM and HD). Since I upgraded to Win8 a few months ago (not a clean install), my computer has never crashed or freeze. Was it a driver issue? I updated all the drivers after the Win8 upgrade. I had the "latest" drivers after the win8 upgrade; the problem was that the drivers were from microsoft as they took over the usb driver implementation. The usb 3 drivers suck probably in relation with the disk management; the disk manager claims the usb 3 hdd was not initialized even if it had 600+ gigs in files; got an I/O error msg when trying to initialize using disk management. The BSOD of "driver power failure state" & say to look online for info tells me that m$ don't want to be bothered even if the page say to send in the dumps. Never encountered the driver power failure from win 3.1 thru win7; had skipped using the win me & vista. All I can say now it's rock solid. I formatted & re-installed win7...rock solid. win8 degraded any "productivity" I may have had. Aside from that, I'm curious if touchscreen users have to use the touchcreeen to login & enter the password? My local public library has "quick checkout" with monitors using one's library card bar code & a touchcreen to enter the pin which everyone can see the entry; the screen had the numbers 0-9 & the A-Z on the top row of probably a 10 or 12 in screen. So much for privacy or security. |
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anotherpaul wrote:
Aside from that, I'm curious if touchscreen users have to use the touchcreeen to login & enter the password? My local public library has "quick checkout" with monitors using one's library card bar code & a touchcreen to enter the pin which everyone can see the entry; the screen had the numbers 0-9 & the A-Z on the top row of probably a 10 or 12 in screen. So much for privacy or security. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature...s_8#User_login "User Login Windows 8 features a new lock screen, which includes a date and time display, along with the ability to display notifications from apps. Two new login methods optimized for touch screens are also available, including a four-digit PIN, or a "picture password"; which users allow the use of certain gestures performed on a selected picture to login. These gestures will take into account the shape, the start and end points, as well as the direction. However, the shapes and gestures are limited to tapping and tracing a line or circle. Microsoft found that limiting the gestures improved the speed of sign-ins by three times compared to allowing freeform methods. Wrong gestures will always deny a login, and it will lock out the PC after five unsuccessful attempts, until a text password is provided. " So I guess that last method, is just a tease. Paul |
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On 2013-01-03, Paul wrote:
anotherpaul wrote: Aside from that, I'm curious if touchscreen users have to use the touchcreeen to login & enter the password? My local public library has "quick checkout" with monitors using one's library card bar code & a touchcreen to enter the pin which everyone can see the entry; the screen had the numbers 0-9 & the A-Z on the top row of probably a 10 or 12 in screen. So much for privacy or security. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature...s_8#User_login "User Login Windows 8 features a new lock screen, which includes a date and time display, along with the ability to display notifications from apps. Two new login methods optimized for touch screens are also available, including a four-digit PIN, or a "picture password"; which users allow the use of certain gestures performed on a selected picture to login. These gestures will take into account the shape, the start and end points, as well as the direction. However, the shapes and gestures are limited to tapping and tracing a line or circle. Microsoft found that limiting the gestures improved the speed of sign-ins by three times compared to allowing freeform methods. Wrong gestures will always deny a login, and it will lock out the PC after five unsuccessful attempts, until a text password is provided. " So I guess that last method, is just a tease. Paul Thanks. The thing is that it still doesn't address how the pin or password is to be entered. The reason for my question is that I did read on "Daily Tech" that the new head of the windows was saying that the keyboard & mouse will remain "for now"; that implies, to me, the probable removal of keyboard & mouse access in the future. |
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anotherpaul wrote:
On 2013-01-03, Paul wrote: anotherpaul wrote: Aside from that, I'm curious if touchscreen users have to use the touchcreeen to login & enter the password? My local public library has "quick checkout" with monitors using one's library card bar code & a touchcreen to enter the pin which everyone can see the entry; the screen had the numbers 0-9 & the A-Z on the top row of probably a 10 or 12 in screen. So much for privacy or security. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature...s_8#User_login "User Login Windows 8 features a new lock screen, which includes a date and time display, along with the ability to display notifications from apps. Two new login methods optimized for touch screens are also available, including a four-digit PIN, or a "picture password"; which users allow the use of certain gestures performed on a selected picture to login. These gestures will take into account the shape, the start and end points, as well as the direction. However, the shapes and gestures are limited to tapping and tracing a line or circle. Microsoft found that limiting the gestures improved the speed of sign-ins by three times compared to allowing freeform methods. Wrong gestures will always deny a login, and it will lock out the PC after five unsuccessful attempts, until a text password is provided. " So I guess that last method, is just a tease. Paul Thanks. The thing is that it still doesn't address how the pin or password is to be entered. The reason for my question is that I did read on "Daily Tech" that the new head of the windows was saying that the keyboard & mouse will remain "for now"; that implies, to me, the probable removal of keyboard & mouse access in the future. Maybe by the time Windows 9 comes out, they'll have switched to using a "data glove" and you'll wave your hand around in the air like a fool :-) Try using this in the Starbucks. http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/...cceleGlove.jpg Those data gloves are a good color match for a set of these. http://www.hathorizons.com/graphics/...ickeymouse.jpg Paul |
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Windows 8 Is Almost Not Terrible
On 2/01/2013 10:04 PM, Nil wrote:
On 02 Jan 2013, "BillW50" wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8: It is hard to help you if you never say what is important to you. I'm not looking for help. We can't help you because you asked what was new in Windows 8. I asked no such thing. You can't contradict BillW50 how dare you! |
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Windows 8 Is Almost Not Terrible
On 3/01/2013 7:18 AM, Dominique wrote:
"Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" écrivait news:kbv0uh$c6q$1 @dont-email.me: Bucky Breeder wrote: BillW50 posted this via : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fsyb-ttcw I don't absolutely hate it... It's a little better than Windows 7... As one yet undecided about moving from 7 to 8, cosmetics aside, how is Windows 8 a little better than Windows 7? For me it's better because it's more stable. My Win7 x64 installation used to randomly freeze from time to time, mainly while I was on the net either with Firefox or IE and the computer had to be reset or shut down completely. I thought it could be an hardware issue since it was a new computer (new MB, CPU, RAM and HD). Since I upgraded to Win8 a few months ago (not a clean install), my computer has never crashed or freeze. Was it a driver issue? I updated all the drivers after the Win8 upgrade. All I can say now it's rock solid. The only freezing problems I have with W7 is when I swapped the HDD over to another new PC and only loaded the MB drivers CD over the top. |
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On 03 Jan 2013, Rob wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: On 2/01/2013 10:04 PM, Nil wrote: On 02 Jan 2013, "BillW50" wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8: It is hard to help you if you never say what is important to you. I'm not looking for help. We can't help you because you asked what was new in Windows 8. I asked no such thing. You can't contradict BillW50 how dare you! I can't explain how I do it, but I do. It's like he hands you a cream pie, then just stands there vacantly staring into space, having forgotten he gave it to you. You can't NOT thow the pie. |
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Windows 8 Is Almost Not Terrible
On 4/01/2013 5:02 AM, anotherpaul wrote:
On 2013-01-03, Paul wrote: anotherpaul wrote: Aside from that, I'm curious if touchscreen users have to use the touchcreeen to login & enter the password? My local public library has "quick checkout" with monitors using one's library card bar code & a touchcreen to enter the pin which everyone can see the entry; the screen had the numbers 0-9 & the A-Z on the top row of probably a 10 or 12 in screen. So much for privacy or security. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature...s_8#User_login "User Login Windows 8 features a new lock screen, which includes a date and time display, along with the ability to display notifications from apps. Two new login methods optimized for touch screens are also available, including a four-digit PIN, or a "picture password"; which users allow the use of certain gestures performed on a selected picture to login. These gestures will take into account the shape, the start and end points, as well as the direction. However, the shapes and gestures are limited to tapping and tracing a line or circle. Microsoft found that limiting the gestures improved the speed of sign-ins by three times compared to allowing freeform methods. Wrong gestures will always deny a login, and it will lock out the PC after five unsuccessful attempts, until a text password is provided. " So I guess that last method, is just a tease. Paul Thanks. The thing is that it still doesn't address how the pin or password is to be entered. The reason for my question is that I did read on "Daily Tech" that the new head of the windows was saying that the keyboard & mouse will remain "for now"; that implies, to me, the probable removal of keyboard & mouse access in the future. If I use or work on a laptop any mouse is better than the touch pad. Love a big screen to work on, hate the finger prints all over a touch screen (iPad). Can't see myself looking forward without a mouse or keyboard. |
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Rob typed: On 4/01/2013 5:02 AM, anotherpaul wrote: On 2013-01-03, Paul wrote: anotherpaul wrote: Aside from that, I'm curious if touchscreen users have to use the touchcreeen to login & enter the password? My local public library has "quick checkout" with monitors using one's library card bar code & a touchcreen to enter the pin which everyone can see the entry; the screen had the numbers 0-9 & the A-Z on the top row of probably a 10 or 12 in screen. So much for privacy or security. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature...s_8#User_login "User Login Windows 8 features a new lock screen, which includes a date and time display, along with the ability to display notifications from apps. Two new login methods optimized for touch screens are also available, including a four-digit PIN, or a "picture password"; which users allow the use of certain gestures performed on a selected picture to login. These gestures will take into account the shape, the start and end points, as well as the direction. However, the shapes and gestures are limited to tapping and tracing a line or circle. Microsoft found that limiting the gestures improved the speed of sign-ins by three times compared to allowing freeform methods. Wrong gestures will always deny a login, and it will lock out the PC after five unsuccessful attempts, until a text password is provided. " So I guess that last method, is just a tease. Paul Thanks. The thing is that it still doesn't address how the pin or password is to be entered. The reason for my question is that I did read on "Daily Tech" that the new head of the windows was saying that the keyboard & mouse will remain "for now"; that implies, to me, the probable removal of keyboard & mouse access in the future. If I use or work on a laptop any mouse is better than the touch pad. Love a big screen to work on, hate the finger prints all over a touch screen (iPad). Can't see myself looking forward without a mouse or keyboard. Oh there are lots of options for tablets. While I have used tablets for over 10 years, I just in the last month got into PC tablets (thanks mostly to Windows 8). I now own four of them. And I got docks for all of them too. And there isn't any difference between a desktop or a tablet while docked. And you can have your keyboard and mouse. While undocked, things change of course. And most tablets you don't need to use your fingers, just a stylist will do fine. This doesn't leave any marks on the screen. And not all screens are the same. Some hardly leave any prints. This one for example is really hard to leave any fingerprints on it. Some have touch screens and some are digitizers. The latter won't even work with your fingers, just with the stylists and that is it. My two Dells tablets are touch screens, but you can tell it to ignore either fingers or stylist. This Motion Computing tablet probably works that way too, if it was running Windows 7 or 8. Currently though I am running XP and I don't see this option. Another neat thing about PC tablets is that you don't need to type at all if you don't want to. As they can usually type what you speak. Or you can handwrite on the screen and it types what you write. I am amazed how sloppy you can get with your writing and it still gets it right. Now if you are just surfing the web, reading email, or newsgroups, I find tablets are more fun and usually faster. As long as the screen is large enough anyway. I used to like laptops used in a dock. Thus you have both a desktop and a portable device. But tablets takes portability one step further. It is really nice to have everything you want in one device. ;-) I am sure many people don't see it yet (I didn't just a month ago). But I can see tablets quickly replacing desktops (with a dock option). Many manufactures don't see it yet either. As right now the pickings are very slim and what is available is in very short supply. But I am sure this is going to be changing very soon. ;-) -- Bill Motion Computing LE1600TS Tablet ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino 758 1.5GHz - 1.5GB - Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 SP3 |
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On 1/6/2013 7:54 PM, R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Bill. Hint: You might want to Bingle for the difference between "stylist" and "stylus". ;) RC DOH! Many thanks! -- Bill Motion Computing LE1600 Tablet ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino 758 1.5GHz - 1.5GB - Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 SP2 |
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