It always annoys me to see how readily the Republicans bow down to Limbaugh. That said, his screwing up the line from the Declaration sounded like he was treating his audience like children (e.g., "Liberty *dramatic pause* freedom" with the extra word meant to explain what the big word before it means), but he's still an idiot for screwing up the source of the line.

Thanks for the promote

I can't call it, but *wtf?

*beg

And this is exactly why I don't listen to or view shows like Limbaugh's and BillO's. Whether they believe what they are saying or not, they are simply trying to exploit the emotional reactions of their listeners (both good and bad), and more often than not, they're simply trying to build up rage in BOTH sets of listeners (build up righteous indignation in the supporters and absolute outrage in the detractors). Anything that exists solely to make you mad or exploit (not inspire) your emotions is fail in my book. There are plenty of other ways to entertain.

Edward Murrow was able to inspire emotion and entertain while still providing an invaluable journalistic service. I doubt there are 10 journalists on the air in America today who can provide the same level of emotional inspiration as Murrow.

Oh my, that was brilliant.

It's a shame he didn't get the Republican nomination. At least then the Republicans would have had a GOOD candidate.

>> ^MycroftHomlz:
for those of us who don't just use computers for porn, I would find this very useful for organizing PDFs I need to read and haven't and by group and subject matter.


This is what I use my "Documents" folder for. All I have to do to track whether or not I've read PDFs or other documents is make a new folder labeled "Read" inside their subfolders and drag items I've already read in there. Works like a charm.

@Flood:

To some extent, Microsoft already does this in the Start Menu. Granted, that's one step removed from the desktop, but there you go

>> ^GDGD:
One reason WHY you might only use your desktop every few days is because it does not offer more functionality.

Good point, but the kind of functionality I want is more integrative than segregative, if that makes sense. I don't WANT to have to return to my desktop in order to find or do something. This is why I use things like Ubiquity (Firefox) and Autohotkey. Sure, there are other ways to accomplish what these apps/plugins do, but it is more intuitive and useful to me to have a quick keyboard shortcut than it is to clunk my way through any desktop interface to what I need.

The desktop seems to be a bounding point more than anything else, and if I can make my bound happen faster, I'm all for it. Honestly, even though I store a few files here and there on my desktop, I'm much more inclined to use the desktop toolbar from my start menu rather than minimizing everything, finding what I want, and then maximizing everything again (and yes, I'm aware of Windows+D).

Things like AutoHotkey and Ubiquity are the kind of computing innovations that I feel are really useful, because they actually contribute to overall workflow. A desktop redesign just doesn't do much to actually help workflow unless you're the kind of person who really likes launching everything from the desktop, but always forgets where the launcher for a given app actually IS . (and yes, I realize that these people exist, so if this helps them, great...I just don't see BumpTop as a revolution in computing for the average user)

The folks making BumpTop should see this =)

All I can say is, "Why?" Of all the things to do to yoursel.

>> ^Maze:
I'm sure I saw this ages ago.
Like spoco, I appreciate people working on new ideas for our every day interfaces. The guy is right that things have not changed much since the early years.
This is a step in the right direction.


I remember seeing a demo quite some time ago, as well.

There are certain things I believe could be radically improved in computing, but the desktop interface seems to be the one thing that doesn't feel broken (thus the fact that he bemoans so much: it hasn't changed). A layout like this would likely end up being more confusing and/or annoying than anything. What he's demonstrating looks *cool*, but it's something that I would play with for 10 minutes and then turn off so that I could actually get things done. I don't even want to THINK about how frustrating it would be to try to explain/teach the interface to someone who isn't comfortable with computers to begin with.

I have to say, I'm relieved to hear what he said. It may not have been as harsh toward Israel's recent actions as I would like, but it WAS open to the Palestinian side of things, which is a damn sight better than W.

This could just be me, but how did this ever qualify for a TEDtalk? It honestly seems as if the interface would be counter-intuitive and make losing things on the desktop much easier.

That said, how much time does anyone spend actually interacting with their desktop? I look at my desktop once every few days (that being when I reboot my computer), and I've never felt like I'm missing anything by not staring at a desktop display.