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I often wonder if advertisers feel regret. After a seemingly successful project — the boss is pleased, the client has signed off, the filming is done — do the advertising jocks ever flip on the TV, see what they’ve wrought and feel shame for their work? I mean, look at this thing!
There’s no excuse for that amount of over-the-top enthusiasm for a shiny ball!
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching contact juggling on a street corner as much as the the next guy, but the impressive part is the juggler’s skill… not the friggin’ ball!
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I’m of the very strong opinion that if the majority of us were to have a drink with ourselves as Stoli suggests, that there would be a LOT more nose-punching than drinking…
…but that’s just me.
This is the comic that almost never was as Windows decided to go absolutely nuts last night and kept dimming my monitor to the point of unusability. I ended up resolving the problem by unplugging the dvi cable to the Cintiq, inserting a DVI-I to DVI-D adapter and suddenly everything was fine. You just have to ignore the fact that I had been running without the adapter since I installed the system in early May. Go figure…
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Okay, folks… before I get jumped on and accused of blatant Windows-bashing, I will state, up-front, that Windows 7 is much, much better than Windows Vista. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that Windows 7 is a functional OS… but more on that later.
At the moment, I want to discuss these commercials. “Windows should be easier.” “Windows shouldn’t crash.” “Windows shouldn’t send my personal financial information directly to the mob.” These are all fine ideas, but the idea that “Windows 7 was totally my idea” just bugs me. I know the idea is to show that Microsoft is responding to the wants and needs of the consumer, but I just keep seeing them as evidence that it never would have occurred to anyone inside Microsoft’s headquarters that the computer shouldn’t crash… but that’s just the cynic in my speaking, I’m sure.
As per Windows 7, it has certainly improved the user experience on my office desktop. Vista was a continuous pain, and now, the computer doesn’t suddenly stop recognizing usb peripherals and require that they be unplugged and replugged. The screen doesn’t lock up when I’m typing. It doesn’t take a (windows) millennium to reboot the computer, and Lordy, lordy, they actually didn’t hide the shutdown button for those of us who might want to… you know… turn the computer off.
It’s nice… really. The only problem I’m currently experiencing is some problems with video playback (just some glitches… like the tracking is off on the vcr… probably just need to update the graphics driver). I do not, however, like the freakin’ taskbar. The XP taskbar was simple, sure, but each open window had a spot on the taskbar, and you could tell at a glance what each window was… at least until you ran out of horizontal space. In 7, they’ve turned it into a sort of horizontally-cascading menus… which looks very slick, but requires extra effort to get where you want to go… and that’s the thing with Windows 7, it all seems to work, but not necessarily how you might want it to.
Now, to be fair, I’ve not played with any of the Windows 7 configuration tools to try and tweak it to my will. I’m just trying to familiarize myself with the default windows experience… and it is what it is. Will I upgrade from XP at home? Probably at some point. I’ve been meaning to go 64-bit for Photoshop’s sake, and I will probably make the jump to the current OS when I do that… but I’m not in any hurry. If you have Vista on a machine, Windows 7 is a compelling upgrade. For those still running XP, it’s nice… there’s no compelling reason not to upgrade.
In any case, it’s nice to bid a not-so-fond farewell, to Windows Vista: Flaming Ball of Death Edition!
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