windows 8.1 still sucks

[maks]

the only thing standing as a barrier between me and understanding DOS is the esoteric nature of language;
if i changed all the syntax of commands around to random symbols, you'd probably have to relearn DOS entirely

you're right, if they changed every single dos command I'd have to relearn it, that's a very astute observation

by the way, they did do that and I did learn it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powershell

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you're right, if they changed every single dos command I'd have to relearn it, that's a very astute observation

by the way, they did do that and I did learn it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powershell

good for you; does that make it a good thing to dumb down the user interface of windows to an even lower tier of simplification, such that trying to do any sort of file management on your computer is just tedious or even impossible?
I can cut a file from my downloads folder and paste it into one of my music, movies, videos, or pictures folders faster than you could type out the command for doing that on command prompt..
And I could DEFINITELY do it faster than someone on Windows 8 could, who would have to fumble around with applications that take up the entire screen first before getting to where they'd need to go

[maks]

good for you; does that make it a good thing to dumb down the user interface of windows to an even lower tier of simplification, such that trying to do any sort of file management on your computer is just tedious or even impossible?
I can cut a file from my downloads folder and paste it into one of my music, movies, videos, or pictures folders faster than you could type out the command for doing that on command prompt..
And I could DEFINITELY do it faster than someone on Windows 8 could, who would have to fumble around with applications that take up the entire screen first before getting to where they'd need to go

Please explain how making the pretty pictures slightly bigger in Windows 8 dumbs down the interface any more than Windows itself already did before you even started using it.

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Please explain how making the pretty pictures slightly bigger in Windows 8 dumbs down the interface any more than Windows itself already did before you even started using it.

it makes things like file management more time consuming, and ultimately that discourages people from ever learning anything about their computer, as they're only going to learn what's convenient.

And that doesn't imply that Windows 8 is more convenient; it just means that what little convenience it does provide is only convenient to an extent. Anyone who spends a lot of time on their computer is going to end up wasting time due to efficiency reasons on windows 8 compared to windows 7, assuming they don't change the interface from default

[maks]

it makes things like file management more time consuming, and ultimately that discourages people from ever learning anything about their computer, as they're only going to learn what's convenient.

You mean like how you never learned any DOS commands, right? Because it's more convenient to let trhe pretty pictures hold your hand and stroke your hair

And that doesn't imply that Windows 8 is more convenient; it just means that what little convenience it does provide is only convenient to an extent. Anyone who spends a lot of time on their computer is going to end up wasting time due to efficiency reasons on windows 8 compared to windows 7, assuming they don't change the interface from default

It actually implies that explorer in windows 8 is identical to the one in windows 7 and you've never even seen the OS you're criticizing

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You mean like how you never learned any DOS commands, right? Because it's more convenient to let trhe pretty pictures hold your hand and stroke your hair

I can do things in DOS if I have to, ask your average Windows 8 user if they can do anything in DOS

It actually implies that explorer in windows 8 is identical to the one in windows 7 and you've never even seen the OS you're criticizing

Windows 8 forces you to use the metro interface for various things

[maks]

I can do things in DOS if I have to, ask your average Windows 8 user if they can do anything in DOS

They can google it just as well as you can. Looking shit up != knowing how to use it

Windows 8 forces you to use the metro interface for various things

Like what?

but if you can agree that making those pictures bigger is going to leave the user dumber,

I don't agree with that, I think it's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard and that's why I've spent the last 10 posts ripping on you for saying it

[maks]

I'm betting that despite how minor the changes are you'd be completely lost in windows 8 and that's why it bugs you so much

also I'd love to see you navigate around explorer faster than I can type 'move filename %USERPROFILE%\documents"

[maks]

keep ctrl+clicking, I'm going to go do the same thing in *nix and still finish before you've had a chance to hit ctrl-x

mv *.txt ~\Documents

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keep ctrl+clicking, I'm going to go do the same thing in *nix and still finish before you've had a chance to hit ctrl-x

mv *.txt ~\Documents

how'd you learn the name of the downloaded file without typing other commands first

[maks]

how'd you learn the name of the downloaded file without typing other commands first

Well you see, mr gui dependent newb retard, an asterisk is a wildcard and represents everything matching the rest of the string

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We want a world filled with intelligent people; we don't want a mass population of mongoloids who throw fits when things don't work for them

[maks]

We want a world filled with intelligent people; we don't want a mass population of mongoloids who throw fits when things don't work for them

I aree, that's why it sickens me when picture clickers like you get on your high horse bragging about what big smart power users you are

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I aree, that's why it sickens me when picture clickers like you get on your high horse bragging about what big smart power users you are

making those pictures even bigger isn't going to fix that

[maks]

making those pictures even bigger isn't going to fix that

No, it's not, and I never claimed it would. My argument is that you are exactly the sort of person you're complaining about and exactly as stupid as someone who has never used anything but Windows 8.

[maks]

Holy shit that looks... oddly familiar

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under optimum optimum conditions for both of us, i can move both window panes for the download folder and the destination folder almost on top of each other, and i can click and ctrl+x ctrl+v pretty fast, its going to be faster than you typing out the command even if you already know the name of the file you're moving

[maks]

under optimum optimum conditions for both of us, i can move both window panes for the download folder and the destination folder almost on top of each other, and i can click and ctrl+x ctrl+v pretty fast, its going to be faster than you typing out the command even if you already know the name of the file you're moving

I'll be done before you even get the two explorer windows open and pointed at the right locations.