Really, so it is no longer influenza? I missed that headline! Or maybe it is mutating, and not evolving into another species...yep that's what it is doing. Call me when you see real evolution, or stop wastig my time.
This is all just conjecture of course, but the biggest impact I would imagine would have been less sense of urgency and competition to get to the moon first. The Soviet orbit was a wake-up call, causing JFK to say "WE choose to go to the moon", interesting how he started that with "We".
The reason for the PDF software is to show the APPX platform for development; a new XAML based environment.
As far as the core OS, if you mean stability I think it is fine. I run it on a Tablet PC from Fujitsu with a ULV processor, and it is excellent. I reboot about every few weeks, and that is a machine that on a daily basis is out to sleep, moved, docked at two different locations, etc. It is extremely reliable. As reliable as the MacBook Pro I also own that I am posting this from.
Now if you mean the UI, so it is more useful in a table with a touch interface, then yes they need to address that.
And I completely agree with you, but your response leads me to believe that you think I am espousing religion; I did not do that. I did question the science of evolution, but never made a positive statement of religion as anything provable. I have to this point, never seen science prove evolution; we look at effects and think we know the cause, but we never recreate the cause and prove the effect. Until I see that, it is just another theory in footing with any other that has the same weakness.
It seems like the Gulf of Mexico is already pretty much back. I would expect a manmade object's mess on land to take longer than something under the huge GOM, but 30 years? Is Three Mile Island clean?
In the interest of open dialog that truly allows learning and discovery, I pray the opposite of you. I pray that a teacher will actually question the so called science of evolution, as something not observable or repeatable.
Why can't I click any links in slashdot comments anymore? I'm using Firefox 4. Can't even right click.
Any why is that yellow box overlapping everything when I'm previewing a message? Slashdot seems a bit messed up
Same here in Chrome, FireFox 4, and IE 9 on Windows. Also does not work on Mac in Chrome.
A quick check of element in the inspector shows:
<a href="http://www.xfce.org/" title="xfce.org" rel="nofollow" id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown">Xfce</a>
That does not look right to me...
This is really a hassle. Can somebody that actually manages the site please at least try to read the comments here?
Since they were forced to pay into Social Security all of those years, why shouldn't they collect what they can? Now if you find them doing something to collect something voluntarily they did not directly pay into, feel free to castigate them for their hypocrisy. Otherwise, go chew out your grandma, I bet she is getting some social security. Or better yet, tell her to give it back and you will take care of her.
I do not think it was the GUI they paid for, but they did ask Microsoft to write Excel for the Mac. Stephen Manes wrote a great book (Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America) where he shared that at one point Apple stopped by to check progress on Excel, and did not realize that in the next room to where they met, Microsoft had a PC machine running Windows. Microsoft had always implied they would not be developing a GUI OS.
Yep, I recall that DLL hack to switch versions. And when O'Rielly sold an HTTP server and said to buy the NT workstation and run that, and then Microsoft changed license terms and the DLL to only allow 10 connections.
I have used Linux since it was version.37 or something like that in the early 90s. I do not use it as much anymore (more business work than development/engineering work), and did not even know about GNU/Linux. It was kind of neat to learn.
Convertible tablets have been around for years, I have had 4 in the last 9 years of every size, from 14" Acer, to a 12" Toshiba, to a 5.7" Fujitsu to what I have now, a 12" Fujitsu. The last one is perfect as a convertible, and for me perfect as a laptop. But as a device that I would use continually as a tablet it is not as good. The UI is wrong (WIndows 7), and it is a tad to heavy at a little over 3 lbs. So I have an iPad and when my wife does not steal it I carry it and the Fujitsu. I sync all documents, email, and shortcuts across devices, so it does not matter a lot to me about which one I pick up for a short task; but for a long task it does.
That is an interesting observation. I just went to your site using FF 4 RC and noted that when I used your menu system at the top it was spiking at around 52% CPU usage. This is on a 1.2Ghz dual core ULV Intel processor and Win 7. I see that occasionally when running a Youtube video, etc. It generally does not affect UI speed, but does cause the CPU to spike and the fan to run.
I can also say that the latest Chrome browser does not do that on the same machine when on your site. Memory usage is about the same between the two browsers.
I am not sure I even care, as long as pages load reasonably quick (this one loads in about 1-2 seconds using FF4 RC over a Roadrunner cable modem), that is fast enough for me. I am more interested in things that save ME time, like password addons, dragable tabs, quick zooms, form fillers, etc. I have about 10 add-ons to help with this and generally I do not even think about it. Maybe if I were running some ridiculous AJAX app, but come on, to load Slashdot or TMZ or whatever the average user uses?
Does the average user even notice? How many people sit around with a stop watch and complain a page took an extra 0.25 seconds to load?
The Celio Redfly was doing this years ago with Windows Mobile and now offers a desktop connection that also supports BlackBerry
http://www.celiocorp.com/companion
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Thanks for the dictionary, another time waster. Once again, call me when you see REAL evolution.
Really, so it is no longer influenza? I missed that headline! Or maybe it is mutating, and not evolving into another species...yep that's what it is doing. Call me when you see real evolution, or stop wastig my time.
This is all just conjecture of course, but the biggest impact I would imagine would have been less sense of urgency and competition to get to the moon first. The Soviet orbit was a wake-up call, causing JFK to say "WE choose to go to the moon", interesting how he started that with "We".
The reason for the PDF software is to show the APPX platform for development; a new XAML based environment.
As far as the core OS, if you mean stability I think it is fine. I run it on a Tablet PC from Fujitsu with a ULV processor, and it is excellent. I reboot about every few weeks, and that is a machine that on a daily basis is out to sleep, moved, docked at two different locations, etc. It is extremely reliable. As reliable as the MacBook Pro I also own that I am posting this from.
Now if you mean the UI, so it is more useful in a table with a touch interface, then yes they need to address that.
What, people are not allowed to study or know or comment about *two* things now? We have to all stay in a box with one subject?
And I completely agree with you, but your response leads me to believe that you think I am espousing religion; I did not do that. I did question the science of evolution, but never made a positive statement of religion as anything provable. I have to this point, never seen science prove evolution; we look at effects and think we know the cause, but we never recreate the cause and prove the effect. Until I see that, it is just another theory in footing with any other that has the same weakness.
It seems like the Gulf of Mexico is already pretty much back. I would expect a manmade object's mess on land to take longer than something under the huge GOM, but 30 years? Is Three Mile Island clean?
In the interest of open dialog that truly allows learning and discovery, I pray the opposite of you. I pray that a teacher will actually question the so called science of evolution, as something not observable or repeatable.
Why can't I click any links in slashdot comments anymore? I'm using Firefox 4. Can't even right click.
Any why is that yellow box overlapping everything when I'm previewing a message? Slashdot seems a bit messed up
Same here in Chrome, FireFox 4, and IE 9 on Windows. Also does not work on Mac in Chrome.
A quick check of element in the inspector shows:
<a href="http://www.xfce.org/" title="xfce.org" rel="nofollow" id="aeaoofnhgocdbnbeljkmbjdmhbcokfdb-mousedown">Xfce</a>
That does not look right to me...
This is really a hassle. Can somebody that actually manages the site please at least try to read the comments here?
This was accomplished years ago http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/c64/
Since they were forced to pay into Social Security all of those years, why shouldn't they collect what they can? Now if you find them doing something to collect something voluntarily they did not directly pay into, feel free to castigate them for their hypocrisy. Otherwise, go chew out your grandma, I bet she is getting some social security. Or better yet, tell her to give it back and you will take care of her.
I do not think it was the GUI they paid for, but they did ask Microsoft to write Excel for the Mac. Stephen Manes wrote a great book (Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America) where he shared that at one point Apple stopped by to check progress on Excel, and did not realize that in the next room to where they met, Microsoft had a PC machine running Windows. Microsoft had always implied they would not be developing a GUI OS.
Yep, I recall that DLL hack to switch versions. And when O'Rielly sold an HTTP server and said to buy the NT workstation and run that, and then Microsoft changed license terms and the DLL to only allow 10 connections. I have used Linux since it was version .37 or something like that in the early 90s. I do not use it as much anymore (more business work than development/engineering work), and did not even know about GNU/Linux. It was kind of neat to learn.
Funny...I did go to the website to look at it. At least I learned the difference between GNU/Linux and Linus with that exercise.
How pathetic; I am reading this summary, and actually responding, on a Friday evening,...
I just don't understand, can somebody make a car analogy for me?
If a guy can knock back a few and actually use a iPhone touch screen or a Blackberry keyboard, he is good to go behind the wheel!
Now that's funny, and if I had /. did no throttle my mod points I'd give you one.
The future is convertible laptops. Mark my words.
And so is the past.
Convertible tablets have been around for years, I have had 4 in the last 9 years of every size, from 14" Acer, to a 12" Toshiba, to a 5.7" Fujitsu to what I have now, a 12" Fujitsu. The last one is perfect as a convertible, and for me perfect as a laptop. But as a device that I would use continually as a tablet it is not as good. The UI is wrong (WIndows 7), and it is a tad to heavy at a little over 3 lbs. So I have an iPad and when my wife does not steal it I carry it and the Fujitsu. I sync all documents, email, and shortcuts across devices, so it does not matter a lot to me about which one I pick up for a short task; but for a long task it does.
A score of 93 from a first generation browser?
Interesting test, and interesting game also, but I do not play a lot of games.
That is an interesting observation. I just went to your site using FF 4 RC and noted that when I used your menu system at the top it was spiking at around 52% CPU usage. This is on a 1.2Ghz dual core ULV Intel processor and Win 7. I see that occasionally when running a Youtube video, etc. It generally does not affect UI speed, but does cause the CPU to spike and the fan to run.
I can also say that the latest Chrome browser does not do that on the same machine when on your site. Memory usage is about the same between the two browsers.
I am not sure I even care, as long as pages load reasonably quick (this one loads in about 1-2 seconds using FF4 RC over a Roadrunner cable modem), that is fast enough for me. I am more interested in things that save ME time, like password addons, dragable tabs, quick zooms, form fillers, etc. I have about 10 add-ons to help with this and generally I do not even think about it. Maybe if I were running some ridiculous AJAX app, but come on, to load Slashdot or TMZ or whatever the average user uses?
Does the average user even notice? How many people sit around with a stop watch and complain a page took an extra 0.25 seconds to load?
I'm thinking win-win.
And I am thinking bi-winning, I win here and I win over there.
The Celio Redfly was doing this years ago with Windows Mobile and now offers a desktop connection that also supports BlackBerry http://www.celiocorp.com/companion