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Comment Re:Do you realize who this is? (Score 1) 173

Do you see a lot of gamers who like to click on large palettes of dozens of icons during their games, or do they generally prefer pressing buttons on the keyboard to change functions when they need it?

That's keyboard vs. Mouse. I bet they'd be even happier with a specially designed keyboard with icons to represent the actions those keys invoke.

Comment Re:Do you realize who this is? (Score 5, Insightful) 173

You know your mouse pointer? You know, the one that changes to indicate what actions are available depending on what you're pointing at? They're icons too. Icons also take up significantly less space in a toolbar than text, and are much faster for the human eye to recognise. The world of icons is not restricted to what litters your desktop.

Also real work does not always == coding. Icons indicating which tool you have selected in photoshop (for instance) are most definitely used for 'real work'.

Comment Re:obligatory (Score 1) 575

It is nothing short of a bald-faced lie to suggest that the police were prevented from leaving. The officer who sprays the line of students sitting (unmoving, peaceful) on the ground steps over them first. He could have simply walked away, left them to their own devices, problem (not that I could see an actual problem) solved.

I mean, how long are those kids going to sit there on the path? And in any case, how is it a problem to sit down in protest? Let them sit, let them chant, let them have their say.

They do have a legitimate point to make in any case, the rich *are* too rich. And the poor *are* to poor. However you think that this situation came about, there can be no position taken other than that this disparity represents a huge problem. Pepper spray will not solve it.

Comment Re:Is this technically feasible? (Score 1) 356

Unrelated, but thanks for finally giving a name to the data structure that a friend and I came up with at Uni to generate anagrams quickly. We both knew that it wasn't anything earth-shattering, but neither of us knew what to call it either. I think we ended up calling it an alphabet tree or something.

Comment Re:Many regular people own MSFT (Score 2) 521

Coming from an Apple supporter, that's hilarious. Apple's development process is notoriously complex, and then Apple can slam the lid on your project at their whim.

No it isn't. We're talking about a macbook pro here, not an iPhone. You can release whatever you please for OSX.

You owe me a keyboard; I had to grab a different one to post this because I sprayed coffee all over the one I was using.

No you didn't.

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