2010-11-24

izard: (Default)
2010-11-24 10:33 am

Strong AI is solved: works at Amazon.

Right after I posted last post about my gaming addiction and how much I crave for Civ V which I will never buy, here is what I got in my mailbox:
"Amazon.de: Sid Meier's Civilization V". Now anyone would tell me strong AI is not developed yet?
izard: (Default)
2010-11-24 09:26 pm

Mac OS usability glitch.

Apple is very famous for providing a very consistent GUI experience. I agree it is a leader in applied usability of it's products. However there are spots on the sun: this morning I've observed a nice usability bug:

Itunes spawned a modal dialog telling that I can upgrade. The dialog had two buttons: "upgrade now" and "ignore". Neither worked. Very unusual for Mac OS! It took me two minutes to find out why. At the same time System upgrade found that Itunes can be upgraded, and automatically started upgrade process. Then it spawned another Itunes upgrade dialog (also modal), and they clashed.