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Is it just me or:
is every self proclaimed geek's first response when asked about a product that no one has seen yet - will talk sh*t about that product before really knowing the product.
And no it's not just me.
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I think that every area of specialism has this - in my own experience the classic car and sports punditry people are just as bad.
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: specialism
I saw this used recently on a web site and was about to put a rocket up someone for not using specialisation as I did not think the above was a word (Singlish is a bastardisation of multiple languages). Thankfully I dragged out the trusty Google to check first  ... and shut up!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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People afraid of what is new
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This is more like people are using there own reputation to bad mouth a company
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Ah.
You've been stuck with Win 8 then... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I am a windows 8 developer.
Every time I use any other device I get frustrated when devices and operating systems other then windows 8 can't do what I am used to with windows 8.
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Of course: it's very important to let mere mortals know we are gods !
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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What do you think about windows 8?
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I only talk about products I haven't seen yet. Ask me about Windows 9.
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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But we have seen Windows 8.
It has some massive annoyances, the worst of which being the abominable startup screen and lack of a desktop which can fortunately be skipped with third party software – I think you fixed that in 8.1. It also removed most of the styling options for windows (title bar size, colour, scroll bar size, menu text colour etc etc that used to be in Appearance) which means I can't make my machine look like I want it to.
I bought a new machine a year or so ago with it on, and I kind of regret not going with 7.
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Its not about seen - its about knowing the product.
I am a windows 8 3rd party developer.
It is a lot easier to go with what you know.
I suggest you stay with the desktop technology until you are comfortable to move forward with the new technology.
It's a different world in metro that if you knew nothing about the desktop you would be right now enjoying a technology while getting frustrated with the annoying, hard to understand, desktop.
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No, an operating system that only shows me one window at a time is always going to be annoying, and is a complete waste of the resources of my machine and the high resolution monitors that we all have these days.
I get frustrated with Ubuntu because I'm not used to it and I can't find anything. I get frustrated with Metro because its interaction paradigm is fundamentally stupid for computers.
Ed: the ability to have multiple things open and active at the same time was what made Windows so popular in the first place. This is literally going back to 1990.
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In windows 8.1 I can have 4 programs open at once.
- Vertical stacking is not available yet which should be for windows 8.2 in april.
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Well here's[^] the solution.
I cut a lot of fire wood over the years and this sure would have been a life saver.
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The guy inside is quite expert at handling it, too!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Cool and it looks like fun.
However,I would miss my mind game of visualizing someone who really deserves it as the splitting wedge.
I practice the sledge hammer method of stress relief. 
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I cold have used that on occasion.
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Neat, but completely worthless, because it can't stack it as well... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wYi24D9lHqc#t=20[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Has anyone noticed, there's a mass boycott going on Slashdot?
Apparently they introduced a new HTML layout, which everyone hated. Now, all topics are getting only "I hate the new layout" answers.
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clearly they're not as sneaky as maunder is when he messes with the layout etc
i could have a good old fashioned rant about now....but i shan't.
bryce
MCAD
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