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So, I'm seeing (print) ads (5 so far) for various Windows 8 Laptops and desktops; you know, Christmas sale season & all.
Thing is, the ads are "touting" the touch-ability of their specific hardware combined Windows 8, with the main Windows 8 screen showing, you know, all those rectangles for different tasks, apps, etc.
Thing is, the "actor(s)" in the ad(s) using the laptop/desktop are "using" it with all hands/fingers on the keyboard.
 {fACEpALM}
modified 4-Dec-13 17:10pm.
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MacSpudster wrote: Thing is, the "actor(s)" in the ad(s) using the laptop/desktop are "using" it with all hands/fingers on the keyboard.
Clearly the Microsoft Marketing Dept. hasn't used W8.
Either that, or they think that pushing your finger on the screen doesn't make for a good image. I know what finger I'd use!
Marc
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I Think Ali has been sign making
Save the Earth sign[^]
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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I saw this[^] on the way to Niagara-On-The-Lake some years ago.
/ravi
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I disagree - the fourth planet in our solar system has a milk-chocolate coating[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The cartoonist Mac did one on the first contact between earthlings and aliens. The earthling is offering his hand in friendship and one of the two aliens whispers something like "If they find out we're made of chocolate and have a mint interior we're in serious trouble."
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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if it's not deep fried[^] it's not worth eating.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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Shouldn't the sign have "that we know of" at the bottom? Just saying: for all we know there are whole planets made of chocolate out there. That'd make for a hell of a soft and rather delicious landing (as long as it was made from Cadbury's chocolate  ).
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: for all we know there are whole planets made of chocolate out there
I doubt that it'd be chocolaty for very long, with gravity being involved.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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When it comes to chocolate we can dismiss gravity; in any case any such planet, of course, is made up of extremely dense chocolate with a biscuit core and some even have raisins and peanuts scattered at random on the surface. They have a vaguely sweet atmosphere, usually with an odor of honey.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: biscuit core
I'm thinking caramel core, a place where we look forward to volcanism.
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My preference would be to find a planet made out of Twix. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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According to some[^] traditions, one would have to eat trough a giant rice pudding mountain to get to Cockaigne.
Imagine that, an atmosphere of rice-pudding around your favourite planet. With rings stretching into space made from brussels sprouts
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: With rings stretching into space made from brussels sprouts
No, the sprout rings are around the Christmas dinner planet, which has lakes of bread sauce[^], mountains of stuffing[^], pigs in blankets[^] the size of skyscrapers...
Damnit! Now I'm hungry. Still, only three weeks to go.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think some people have way too much time on their hands!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Yeah, I was a little surprised, but not so much so that I didn't google it. 
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Evidence! I demand for evidence!
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The scientist in me bristles at such undemonstratable conclusions.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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if December is learn Android month when can we expect the iOS month? or did I miss that boat to the new world again? 
you want something inspirational??
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I already started down that path and learned that I don't like iOS. I'm now hoping Qt's iOS support is up to snuff by the time I get around to the port. (Or I hire someone who likes iOS and Macs and let him or her deal with it.)
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Joe, have you looked at Xamarin?
/ravi
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I did. It was tempting, but .NET simply doesn't give the performance I need, it's pricy, and there are other issues. I may try again once I get the prototype running with Qt. (For all it's weirdness, Qt has been way more productive than .NET and gives me performance I need.) In the end, I may just get everything running on Qt, keep the core and rewrite the UI components in Objective-C. The iPad requirement may also vanish.
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Best of luck in your mission. I was put off by the cost of Xamarin but given the choice, I'd rather sell my house, my wife and my earthly possesions than use that awful pile of shite Apple call Xcode. No wonder they give it away for free; who'd want to pay a single cent for it?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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