Xgl, wow!

[Georg Wrede]

> Has anyone seen this?
> 
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-199899523054020719&q=linux

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!   8-(

Just what I needed to really BOOST my productivity!

Fading menus: in the eighties, folks had green monitors with long 
afterglow. We got fade-in fade-out menus and stuff for free. Everybody 
hated it, and you had to pay double for a white-phosphor monitor that 
didn't do it. Now you have to pay extra to get a graphics card that can 
handle it.

Overlapping, transparent movies: Yippeeee, now I can watch 24 episodes 
and Shaft, all at the same time and in the same position. Schizophrenia, 
  embrace me, take me away, hahaaa hehee. (But I bet you can't have 
THREE movies on top of each other, buahahhahhaha. I'll wait till you get 5.)

Rubber windows: OMG, how have we ever managed with sheets of paper on 
the desk???? Of course they should be made of condom latex. And they 
could have post-it glue round the edges, so that whenever I grab a sheet 
it goes wawawawa-spaff on me.

Transparency: nice fake, but I still bet you can see only one level 
deep. And so what if you really could see several levels deep? Oh yes, 
the I could edit two different programs at the same time. Too bad they 
don't give away 3d glasses so I could see what lines of text belong to 
which program. (Without coloring them differently, of course.) So if we 
really needed that, then the Letter Size (or A4 for Europe) in my office 
would be *translucent* condom latex. Ever since 50 years back!

Cube thing: gee, it sure is "faster or otherwise more productive" to 
play dice with the screens, than just switching between screens, right?

Movie over cube edge: Now this is an essential! I always wanted to fold 
my LCD screen round the corner. That way I can see half the movie 
wherever I am.

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What is it with people??? Everyone just has to have something the others 
don't. Who cares if it's useful or downright a burden! Kings used to 
walk around with 10 pounds of gold on their head. Gee. Half the people 
in my country just have to have cars with 200hp engines, although the 
speed limit is 75mph (120km/h) on freeways and 50 (80) elsewhere.

(And I'm not going to quote what feminists say the reason is, this is a 
family site, after all.)

It used to be a standing joke that M$ is in cohoots with hardware 
manufacturers. Every time they double the computer speed M$ wastes it 
with the next Windows. Well, now even Linux distros are getting there.

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I've got 2 800MHz laptops as my main portables, with 250MB 20GB, and 
they sure are ample for all job related stuff that I ever need.

But trying to run that kind of "improved" UI on them, forget about it. 
And to buy a Game Grade tabletop just so one can run the GUI -- a total 
waste of money. Besides, what's the point of having a server-capable OS 
in it if you waste all power to the eye-candy stuff?