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Operating Systems Are Irrelevant
zincks writes "David Gelernter (Yale Professor of Computer Science, and Unabomber target) has a
story in the NY Times which states, (1) Operating systems are relics of the past, (2) We should be able to access data anytime/anywhere, by (3) seeing a stream of 3D documents(?), so (4) he's written such
software, and (5) that's all you should care about so it doesn't matter that it runs under windows.
This is a fantastic (definition: based on fantasy : not real (?)) vision of the future by a premier technologist."
No posts, yet the site is already slashdotted. Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe our goal is now clear: finding the means by which we can slashdot sites before the story hits Slashdot. This is the final frontier.
Microsoft Bob.
"Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely."
Canada SUV because of the snow
Or, you could learn to drive in the snow and not need a big gas guzzling 4x4 that really only helps you get moving. For most people it provides a false sense of security as a lot of people seem to think that a 4X4 will actually help you stop quicker.
I've driven in Canda winters (and we're talking the praries) for over 10 years. Guess what, its not that tough. The biggest mistake people make is never inducing a skid to practice what to do. Find a nice open, empty parking lot. Get up to 40 or 50 km/h, crank the wheel and step on the gas. Now that the car is spinning, stop it, and do so in a stright line. Its not actually that difficult, and once you've done it a few times it becomes second nature.
Boy did I get modded down QUICK! :P
/. karma was too high anyway. Every so often you need to freak ppl out and do something unexpected.
Ah well, my
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== WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??
After reading a tribute to Jon Postel yesterday it occurs to me that most progress is a succession of 1) all inclusive religion followed by 2) proprietary balkanization. (I use the term 'religion' in it's strict sense re- and -ligion, or 'tying everything back together again'). That is, you have several vendors competing with the usual lock-in's and proprietary protocols and plug conspiracies, all designed toward profit and revenue, untill a well equipped lab has several islands of technology unable to communicate w/ each other. Along comes someone like Postel (TCP/IP) or Beneres-Lee (http) who create a meta level of interoperativeness so that 'all is one' again, then along comes another wave of Msft's etc who bust in and balkanise and vendor lock-in the next level (think Kerberos or 'Best viewed with IE), etc etc etc.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
You don't have to repeat yourself, you know.