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UX comment on this website: I like to click and highlight words as I read. I know I'm not the only one who does this. On this site when I do this, the article keeps drawing focus to the top of the page and its...annoying. Why would someone do this? I've never experienced this issue on any other site before.


I thought I was alone in that preference! A designer was watching me read through an article and he was like ".... why are you clicking everywhere?" It helps me keep track of my place, and I'm ready to control-copy even faster.


Has anyone had an issue on Virtual Box where you're only able to click on certain icons? For example, I can launch the control panel or desktop with a single click but when I try the IE tile it just moves and nothing happens. I can go to the desktop and launch IE without issue. Not sure what to try….

[Win7 x64 host running VB 4.1 attempting Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)]


This is likely because you don't have your network setup correctly. You need to be licensed, sorry activated, to run much other than control panel or desktop.

I used NAT and had to reboot a few times to get it going in Virtual Box. Eventually, someone then worked out that it could talk to Redmond, and stuff started working. It is definitely kinda frustrating to not know why the tiles are not worked, even though they 'move'.

The Native install picked up my Broadcom wireless, wired connection, and connected no problem.


DevOps! That’s a new terms for me and I love it! I'm a Systems Analyst by title but DevOPS better describes what I actually do. Aside from supporting implementation and configuration I'm also Project managing , QA and coding regularly to resolve the short comings of our system. I’ll be using this term more regularly.


It definitely sounds like you wear multiple hats at your job. Shoot me an email... I'm interested in hearing more about what you do.



Yeah, I love that video. Absolute work of art.


Some sort of breakdown would have made it more intresting but otherwise its pretty subjective.


I've heard the name "Snakes" before but I don't remember where.


You're talking about the game?


Going from Park -> Drive indicates that you are just getting going and possibly not fully prepared for such a surprising situation. If, like today’s Toyota problem, I'm driving and my car starts to speed up I’m likely to be fully engaged in driving and able to correct the situation more naturally.


True, it would be more surprising, but on the other hand I was thinking you're probably nearer to obstacles such that you don't have enough time to accelerate to lethal speeds before crashing into something.


It's that 8-bit banger son!


Programming is the 'least boring' of your hobbies? List some of your other hobbies please.


Photography, drawing, sports...


What's the deal with Apple? I can buy twice the hardware for 1/2 the price when I go the PC route.


What's the deal with a Porche? I can buy 4 cars for the price of a Porche.

Sort of a silly argument isn't it.


Even if this were true, and it's very not, the windows software stack would cause that hardware to run at 1/4 the speed.


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