lol... you can get your brain synced up to it where it sounds like they are singing
"geni-talia talia talia talia...."

http://www.ntesla.org/provide_p.12.html

Faraday, Tesla, all had to meet the monster.....power and greed FTW. Farady would have been a team player-Tesla however, was not.

"Finally, in 1831, his experiments revealed a great truth...electricity could indeed be produced by magnetism. The critical component of his discovery, however, was that magnetism must be accompanied by motion. Unlike Oersted, who accidentally stumbled upon his discovery of electromagnetism, Michael Faraday worked diligently toward his goal until he achieved it. If Oersted discovered the magic doorway that would lead to the age of electric power, it was Faraday who unlocked the door. His public wondered what use could possibly come from producing a small current by moving a magnet near a length of wire--the Genie still needed to be tamed to become man's tireless servant. Faraday understood the far-reaching possibilities and is said to have replied: "What is the use of a new-born baby?" Further example of Faraday's wit is in English folklore. The Prime Minister is said to have asked him what use could be made of his discoveries. Faraday allegedly responded, "Someday it might be possible to tax them."

"I cant stand the complexity of the eye explanation. Throwing all science out the window and stooping to the 'logic' that these people use, if there was a 'designer' then there would be one right solution to the whole vision problem; one eye that every creature would use to navigate around its surroundings."

That's as absurd as saying that one musician should write one song that should work for all occasions. I don't think "Someday" by Mariah Carey would work for a professional wrestler's intro music, and I sure don't want to hear "Genie in a Bottle" by Xtina at my best friend's funeral...

Genie.

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I find Genie genuinely useful on my crowded dock. I think that the problem with Aero, (and probably Beryl too though I've only seen videos) is that the shininess comes before the usefulness.

It's as if a designer said "hey we've got this neat effect, what can we do with it?" With OS X it feels like the reverse. It's "Hey we need to be able to do X, how can we do it in an elegant intuitive way?".

I wouldn't say that none of OSX is eye-candy, Dag. Really, most of the pretty effects in it aren't necessary. (In all honesty, I never found that genie effect to be actually USEFUL. The one effect it has that is useful is . . . Expose, I think. The one that shows all the windows scaled down.)

Beryl and Compiz, though mostly eye candy, also have their uses as well. They have a similar feature to Expose, which is useful for obvious reasons, as well as a zoom feature for the visually impared. That fancy rotating cube is actually to visualize the multiple desktops (a feature Linux window managers have had for a long time anyway) and can make it easier to find the desktop you want. And, of course, for those who really do just want fire and exploding windows, they get catered to as well. (And, of course, each plugin can be disabled depending on personal preference.)

The point is that when utilized appropriately, eye candy can be more than just pretty shininess. OSX and Compiz/Beryl do it right. Aero . . . well, it's getting there.

As for me, I'll stick with the terminal for my work, as it's the most efficient way do do work in any case.

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OS X looks great - but none of it's eye candy. The genie effect might be misconstrued as such, but it's really just an intuitive way to let you know where your window's gone when you minimize.

Aero however, is just pure glitz - very little in the way of UI improvement - in fact I would say they've made it worse in some ways. Control Panel is incredibly dense and confusing now.

This is the music video to the song featured in the film Les Triplettes de Belleville, mentioned in http://cute.videosift.com/video/Les-Triplettes-de-Belleville-Intro-2003-Amazing-animated-film

Wikipedia says:

Les Triplettes de Belleville is a 2003 French-Belgian-Canadian animated feature film directed and written by Sylvain Chomet. Featuring the voices of Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, and Monica Viegas, it was highly praised by audiences and critics for its unique (and somewhat retro) style of animation. Though there is some dialogue, the majority of the film story is told through pantomime.

It was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song (Benoît Charest and Sylvain Chomet for the song "Belleville Rendez-Vous", sung by artist Matthieu Chédid in the original version). It has won the César of the Best Film Music. As a co-production with Canada it also won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture.

Man, if I came across a genie, and I had only one wish, it would to be able to do that.

I love this movie, I keep watching it again for the Genie sequence.

Jasmine is hot. But I haven't still gotten over Ariel.

Hmmmmm. Can you do it in 5 mins w/o the use of a Game Genie?