Biggest asshole design moves - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;29688882]Metro[/QUOTE] Metro UI looks sexy what are you smoking

[QUOTE=Warship;29701773]It doesn't make sense that Windows wants to switch to Aero basic to increase performance, then. [sp]Just Cause 2 :argh:[/sp][/QUOTE] Visual boy advance shoves me into basic on every computer I've ever used it on. :argh:

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;29706807]Visual boy advance shoves me into basic on every computer I've ever used it on. :argh:[/QUOTE] I've accidentally tricked it into not doing it several times before.

XSplit Broadcaster forces you into Basic when you log in. But not if you enable Skype integration. I don't know man, I don't have a fucking clue.

I traded my BlackBerry for a Samsung Galaxy Spica two weeks ago, though today I tested out my earbuds (Which are also a headset). Apparently Samsung swapped the Mic and Ground pins, so the microphone and the button don't work, I also have to hold the button down in order to hear anything but a muffled mess. So I emailed Meelectronics (The people who make my headphones) and asked if there was something I could buy/do about it. Within [i]three minutes[/i] I got a kind, helpful reply with a link pointing toward an adapter they sell on their website for this very purpose. It's $16 with shipping, which is annoying because I'm out of money right now...

[QUOTE=Number-41;29701917]On my modem manual: "If you have trouble installing this modem, you can find our customer service phone numbers online." [img_thumb]http://www.lachblog.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/RageFace.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] use cell phone internet

[QUOTE=meppers;29741470]use cell phone internet[/QUOTE] Sort of a problem if you don't HAVE a cell phone with internet. Unless their number changes every few days, there is no reason not to put their numbers in the book.

[QUOTE=Darkebrz;29478954]oh haha very funny [media]http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/4/11622330934-orig.jpg[/media][/QUOTE] sorta late This made me lol so hard

I had a piece of software that I went to install. It was sealed in a cardboard sleeve and printed on it was, and I quote... "By opening this package, you agree to the terms of service inside." It took me a minute to weigh out the possibilities of agreeing to become a soviet spy contracted to destroy humanity and to give up my first born son to the soviets for military experiments. I decided to risk it.

[QUOTE=Squad;29751042]I had a piece of software that I went to install. It was sealed in a cardboard sleeve and printed on it was, and I quote... "By opening this package, you agree to the terms of service inside." It took me a minute to weigh out the possibilities of agreeing to become a soviet spy contracted to destroy humanity and to give up my first born son to the soviets for military experiments. I decided to risk it.[/QUOTE] FYI - anything where you can't read the license before "agreeing" to it is a Contract of Adhesion, and completely void. You might need a lawyer for a situation where it's just a normal EULA deal, but any judge would throw out something absurd.

Not to sound insultive, but that is pretty obvious information gman003-main. I wasn't worried about any legal action or anything. But thanks for your concern in thinking that I wasn't smart enough to understand any of that. p.s. the whole soviet thing was just a joke... I didn't actually think I was going to be drafted to the soviets. Oh and usually when there are terms or conditions that you agree to before opening something, they are usually available online and that is noted on the package. The thing I thought was funny about this particular instance was that there was no such indication of being able to view the terms of service without actually opening to packaging.

It's been a while since I've seen the joke fly overhead on both sides

[QUOTE=Warship;29627643]They should make some connectors that can connect to eachother [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] Homosexual cables :psyduck:[/QUOTE] Some token ring network connectors had these, and they called them...(get ready for this) Hermaphroditic cables. That's right, hermathrodite cables.

[QUOTE=meppers;29741470]use cell phone internet[/QUOTE] I usually check reviews at the Ipad stand when I buy things in a computer store :v: And yeah cell phone internet could work, it's a bitch though when you have a cell like this: [img]http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/nokia/nokia-7210-supernova/nokia-7210-supernova-combo.jpg[/img] (doesn't support flash)

[QUOTE=Number-41;29761448]I usually check reviews at the Ipad stand when I buy things in a computer store :v: And yeah cell phone internet could work, it's a bitch though when you have a cell like this: [img_thumb]http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/nokia/nokia-7210-supernova/nokia-7210-supernova-combo.jpg[/img_thumb] (doesn't support flash)[/QUOTE] Neither does the iPad.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;29761710]Neither does the iPad.[/QUOTE] What?!?! But it is so... revolutionary... NEW!... INNOVATIVE EVEN! Certainly it uses an alternative that is equally as popular and everything offers alternatives with this new revolutionary alternative? Oh that isn't the case? Sorry. Stupid shit like this that apple does pisses me off. Just put flash on the damn devices!

[QUOTE=Number-41;29761448]I usually check reviews at the Ipad stand when I buy things in a computer store :v: And yeah cell phone internet could work, it's a bitch though when you have a cell like this: [img_thumb]http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/nokia/nokia-7210-supernova/nokia-7210-supernova-combo.jpg[/img_thumb] (doesn't support flash)[/QUOTE] Opera Mini should help out in that case.

Windows file copying has a big asshole design move. When you're copying files to a drive that doesn't have enough free space there's no way to say "Copy as many files as possible" or "only copy the files that aren't duplicates". It makes manually loading up my MP3 player a massive pain in the ass. For example I can load my MP3 player by just copying my playlist in foobar and pasting it into a folder. But if I then add a handful of tracks to that playlist and copy the whole thing again windows says "HURRR NOT ENOUGH ROOM!!" even though 99% of the files are duplicates and don't need to be copied.

[QUOTE=Squad;29761926]What?!?! But it is so... revolutionary... NEW!... INNOVATIVE EVEN! Certainly it uses an alternative that is equally as popular and everything offers alternatives with this new revolutionary alternative? Oh that isn't the case? Sorry. Stupid shit like this that apple does pisses me off. Just put flash on the damn devices![/QUOTE] put shit slow software on a mobile device! brilliant idea go try out any android phone with flash and you will not want flash on a mobile device. it is a horrible experience.

[QUOTE=Xera;29765236]put shit slow software on a mobile device! brilliant idea go try out any android phone with flash and you will not want flash on a mobile device. it is a horrible experience.[/QUOTE] Works fine and it's optional! oh no!

[QUOTE=Xera;29765236]put shit slow software on a mobile device! brilliant idea go try out any android phone with flash and you will not want flash on a mobile device. it is a horrible experience.[/QUOTE] I've used an android phone with flash and haven't had any problems with it. Was there something I missed? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqxKHGO9HhM&nofeather=True[/media] I'll just leave this here. I have no idea if it is relevant to the whole flash on a mobile device... but it seems to be.

[QUOTE=Squad;29765647]I've used an android phone with flash and haven't had any problems with it. Was there something I missed? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqxKHGO9HhM&nofeather=True[/media] I'll just leave this here. I have no idea if it is relevant to the whole flash on a mobile device... but it seems to be.[/QUOTE] That's a really powerful phone, it runs decent on my Droid, though, it can be slow at times, but I'm glad I have the option even though I dislike flash nowadays with HTML5 around.

[QUOTE=Shadaez;29765522]Works fine and it's optional! oh no![/QUOTE] If by works fine you mean no keyboard input, runs like shit on anything but the newest dual core phones, touch input is a pain in the ass to use(Make a YouTube or iPlayer video full screen and try to use the player controls), and if you accidentally zoom in so the Flash video is taking up the whole screen you can't zoom out again using touch, then yeah. It works fine. [QUOTE=Squad;29765647]I've used an android phone with flash and haven't had any problems with it. Was there something I missed? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqxKHGO9HhM&nofeather=True[/media] I'll just leave this here. I have no idea if it is relevant to the whole flash on a mobile device... but it seems to be.[/QUOTE] That's a recently released dual core phone. It ran like absolute garbage on my Desire HD and I didn't find a single use for it besides viewing some ads, because everything else is either designed for a mouse and keyboard, lags the whole browser or is just a massive pain in the ass to use with touch input.

[QUOTE=Xera;29767045]If by works fine you mean no keyboard input, runs like shit on anything but the newest dual core phones, touch input is a pain in the ass to use(Make a YouTube or iPlayer video full screen and try to use the player controls), and if you accidentally zoom in so the Flash video is taking up the whole screen you can't zoom out again using touch, then yeah. It works fine. That's a recently released dual core phone. It ran like absolute garbage on my Desire HD and I didn't find a single use for it besides viewing some ads, because everything else is either designed for a mouse and keyboard, lags the whole browser or is just a massive pain in the ass to use with touch input.[/QUOTE]I had flash 10 on my Droid Eris. All things considered (like, the fact that its far slower than most modern devices and its ARMv6 processor shouldn't even be capable of even executing it), it actually ran quite well. I found a few animations that ran fairly decently (with some choppiness, to be expected). Videos themselves ran at .3 fps, but this phone pretty much relies on hardware accelerated video, so I didn't expect any less. Most of the animations and simpler videos on best404pageever.com work almost perfect. Apparently, I also don't get how it would lag your entire browser. Maybe it was the way mine was implemented, but I think they ran on separate processes. The video could be crippling slow, but the browser responded perfectly.

To get back on topic, [B]they have returned[/B] [img]http://gyazo.com/f1fe7402e1c854bd5e051b3210ec3d6e.png[/img] I mean what the fuck, clicking favourites doesn't take me to the list, it just goes to the first file on the playlist [B]STOP TRYING TO FIX THINGS THAT AREN'T BROKEN, WE JUST GOT USED TO THIS LAYOUT[/B]

Yeah I just noticed that, fucking Youtube seems to create endless content for this thread

Oh and what a surprise, no way to change it back to the less :downs:'y version If you want to go to your favorites list and find a certain video? Have fun going the long way through your videos list

Taking apart laptop. Remove all screws and attempt to remove front cover and keyboard. Removal is finicky and difficult. After a long while still unable to remove it and thus end up slightly damaging it in the process. Re-analyze screw holes and find a hidden screw. Attempt to remove screw but refuses come out regardless if it being loose. I swear laptops are a pure nightmare [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] Another one is something I've seen with tons of software, probably even with Steam itself. "You seem to be disconnected from the internet. Click here to find more about this problem and how to troubleshoot it" *clicks it* "Error 404" This is downright fucking annoying.

I hate it when companies cripple hardware/software intentionally, to get you to buy the more expensive model. For example, my friend paid $199 for headphones. The next model up was $150 more. The only difference? Different colors, and [url=http://mikebeauchamp.com/misc/sennheiser-hd-555-to-hd-595-mod/]a piece of foam put in there to intentionally cripple the cheaper model.[/url] Or Windows 7 Starter. You can't change the fucking background? I could do that on my PC 15 years ago.

What's that? YOU DON'T WANT TO SYNC WITH ME? WELL HAVE ALL YOUR SHIT REMOVED! Seriously, disabling iTunes sync is like breaking up with a psycho girl.