Inevitably, somebody will try a server running Windows mobile or one of the other phone OSes, and have no multitasking or cut and paste, and which runs only SilverLight or XNA apps. Oh the humanity.
That is exactly how most people think, and is why I hesitate to use a turn signal. Most people are just rude and speed up. Reminds me of a family guy episode where an Asian lady cuts across several lanes with no turn signal.
Cool = and I won't take that it that way. I was wondering about our intent, so thanks for clarifying. The fact is that it is not likely for technical and economic reasons for companies to continue to support older platforms after a point.
Yikes! You actually think GM had any intent to make sure all future engines with different applications should fit in an older car with a different application? Are you serious?
Yes. That's all very well, but that doesn't mean customers shouldn't complain. Were I a customer of Microsoft's, I would be less interested in excuses and technical explanations and more interested in what was actually being delivered and what I could do with it.
And what's being delivered is Windows 7, DX10, and IE9. That big new Corvette Engine does not fit in 8 year old Chevy Cavalier, is that GM's fault?
Windows 7 is where Microsoft's focus is now and their money is better spent supporting the road forward.
Not only is the road forward a Windows 7 road, it is a Microsoft system software road. When a Microsoft looks at its customer base and sees a user that is not upgrading to Windows 7, and instead staying on an OS that is 7-8 years old, they are seeing one on Office 2000 or XP, an old version of Project or Visio, older equipment and printers, etc. Why bother working so hard to keep them happy? They will be happy day in and day out as long as automatic updates keep them semi-secure, and they will moan when some new thing like hardware acceleration is not available to them for their P4, 1.8Ghz with 1 Gb of RAM PC and 17" monitor.
As far as I am concerned, I would not try to support them either, their like dead zombies in a live user community.
They are right, stop judging people as groups. It is just wrong and makes you look stupid and small minded, unable to comprehend diversity among similar people.
I am not a member or supporter in anyway of the KKK, Nazis, etc., but why is certain speech categorized as "hate" and therefore not allowed to be even stated? Who decides what is hate? That whole movement makes me nervous...
And will this be like the porn guy that was convicted in Florida, though he lived in California, for distributing videos via the internet. If I complain about Barak Obama and make a statement that includes his race, am I suddenly guilty somewhere on some level? If I am a religious leader and have a youtube video that states a conviction homosexuals are in danger of hell, am I guilty of hate speech? If not now, how about 5 years from now when the social winds change?
Who checks to see if an artist is in the RIAA BEFORE they buy a song or CD? It is guilt by association, much like all bankers are "fat cats ripping us off", all singers and authors are just money grubbing self important prima donas because I read where they sue unemployed mothers living in Harlem with insecure wireless access points. See how that works?
The Saints submitted notice to appeal their Super Bowl win, on the grounds that the Colts unfairly bunched up at the line near the end of the first half, forcing a turnover on downs, and causing the Saints to settle for a field goal on a subsequent series. Sean Peyton, coach of the Saints explained that while they could only lose the game due to appeal, and could in no way increase their margin of victory, they hoped that by filing they may increase their chances of a higher pick in next year's draft. Drunken fans in the french quarter cheered the announcement, and said they "waited 43 years for this, why not wait a little longer".
We should always compare IT costs vs doing the work manually.
IT != computers.
Or at least that's what I was taught in school back at the start of the 90s. Non-computer options should be considered where appropriate but when changing the system you compare with your current implementation not with a manual version (that may not even be possible).
As more content becomes electronically available, such as ebooks, movies, etc this nonsense will proliferate. Even now, as book publishers try to increase the cost of books from 9.99 to 14,99 and higher, or delay release of electronic versions hoping people will buy the hard-copy first and the ebook 6 months later, there are attacks forming on the publishers (read Amazon reviews for ebooks > $9.99 and see the 1 star reviews), and there will be attacks on the technology as piracy takes hold. Everybody is just greedy, the consumers want it for a low cost that never changes, the publishers, the lawyers, etc. I pity the independent singer songwriter or now author who is blamed as part of the economic ecosystem of this mess. They may have a stigma attached to them they cannot shake and cannot grow beyond.
That is interesting statement. What evidence do you have to support this?
If it was the case, then I suspect that it is because dotnet developers came from Access or VBA type development, into VB, and then into dotnet with little formal direction, and likely from a business or accounting background. Java or other languages more likely have people who dedicated to development work on day one.
While that is probably an accurate view of how restaurants operate and respond to complaints, if 80% of the clientele did that, as the article suggested about this game, I do not think the restaurant could sustain the same approach.
They never bothered to tell me that it's on a credit card and therefore I have to spend the money - I can't just cash it and put it in my savings like I originally planned.:-|
I must be missing something, is the $25 you expected to get from Staples on a check or something different than $25 you may already have? Why not just use the $25 VISA Card at a gas pump and save $25 from your account or another card?
Finding a monitor may be the most expensive part; a quick check of eBay shows them above $100 and going for a lot more for an original name brand. My first composite monitor was a Sears brand that I got for $79 in 1985. I was so excited to hook it up to the Tandy 1000a I bought that had been the store demo. I could hardly contain myself racing home to get it all hooked up.
Thanks for this post. A variance of opinion on these subjects makes/. appear to be completely given over to a lack of critical thinking, so I appreciate the variance, as well as the thought you expressed. After all, it sure sounds like:
Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so.
Gen 1:11 (NASB)
sigh...Slashdot readers do not appreciate scientific method of hypothesis-observation-repeatability, after all, none have observed the beginning of the world, so for all of us it is really an element of faith in whatever we believe to the origin of all that is. And of course I am sure I am not making many happy with this post, so go ahead and give me some bad karma, I do not believe in that either:)
Ads increase profit for companies, they never decrease the price of products, except those offered for free (like Google.)
That is true to an extent, obviously they do not do ads out of the goodness of their heart. They benefit the bottom line somewhere. But they also enable the company to keep the price point lower to cover expenses and generate a profit. Now a book that would sell for $14 can be sold for $10 with $5 of ads. As long as they make up the lost customers who refuse ads with new ones who can now afford the book at $10 who could not buy it at $14, then they just created new profit.
They not only increase profit, they expand the market through subsidies.
And I have XM Radio, and I am sure there are commercials coming at some point,which I hate to think of.
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Inevitably, somebody will try a server running Windows mobile or one of the other phone OSes, and have no multitasking or cut and paste, and which runs only SilverLight or XNA apps. Oh the humanity.
I saw that also. Is that list current? It seems to be published in 2004? Has it been updated?
That is exactly how most people think, and is why I hesitate to use a turn signal. Most people are just rude and speed up. Reminds me of a family guy episode where an Asian lady cuts across several lanes with no turn signal.
Cool = and I won't take that it that way. I was wondering about our intent, so thanks for clarifying. The fact is that it is not likely for technical and economic reasons for companies to continue to support older platforms after a point.
Yikes! You actually think GM had any intent to make sure all future engines with different applications should fit in an older car with a different application? Are you serious?
And what's being delivered is Windows 7, DX10, and IE9. That big new Corvette Engine does not fit in 8 year old Chevy Cavalier, is that GM's fault?
Windows 7 is where Microsoft's focus is now and their money is better spent supporting the road forward.
Not only is the road forward a Windows 7 road, it is a Microsoft system software road. When a Microsoft looks at its customer base and sees a user that is not upgrading to Windows 7, and instead staying on an OS that is 7-8 years old, they are seeing one on Office 2000 or XP, an old version of Project or Visio, older equipment and printers, etc. Why bother working so hard to keep them happy? They will be happy day in and day out as long as automatic updates keep them semi-secure, and they will moan when some new thing like hardware acceleration is not available to them for their P4, 1.8Ghz with 1 Gb of RAM PC and 17" monitor.
As far as I am concerned, I would not try to support them either, their like dead zombies in a live user community.
They are right, stop judging people as groups. It is just wrong and makes you look stupid and small minded, unable to comprehend diversity among similar people.
You must have missed the news for the last few weeks, Rahm Emanuel, the president's chief of staff, just had to vow he would never use that word again. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/02/rahm-takes-pledge-not-to-use-rword.html
I am not a member or supporter in anyway of the KKK, Nazis, etc., but why is certain speech categorized as "hate" and therefore not allowed to be even stated? Who decides what is hate? That whole movement makes me nervous...
And will this be like the porn guy that was convicted in Florida, though he lived in California, for distributing videos via the internet. If I complain about Barak Obama and make a statement that includes his race, am I suddenly guilty somewhere on some level? If I am a religious leader and have a youtube video that states a conviction homosexuals are in danger of hell, am I guilty of hate speech? If not now, how about 5 years from now when the social winds change?
It can be a stigma; my favorite artists are independent, but some may lump them in with others.
Who checks to see if an artist is in the RIAA BEFORE they buy a song or CD? It is guilt by association, much like all bankers are "fat cats ripping us off", all singers and authors are just money grubbing self important prima donas because I read where they sue unemployed mothers living in Harlem with insecure wireless access points. See how that works?
The Saints submitted notice to appeal their Super Bowl win, on the grounds that the Colts unfairly bunched up at the line near the end of the first half, forcing a turnover on downs, and causing the Saints to settle for a field goal on a subsequent series. Sean Peyton, coach of the Saints explained that while they could only lose the game due to appeal, and could in no way increase their margin of victory, they hoped that by filing they may increase their chances of a higher pick in next year's draft. Drunken fans in the french quarter cheered the announcement, and said they "waited 43 years for this, why not wait a little longer".
We should always compare IT costs vs doing the work manually.
IT != computers.
Or at least that's what I was taught in school back at the start of the 90s. Non-computer options should be considered where appropriate but when changing the system you compare with your current implementation not with a manual version (that may not even be possible).
This article explains the value of IT similarly to what you suggested: http://www.keystonecorp.com/Blogs/ThoughtsonBusinessandTechnology/tabid/82/EntryId/25/There-are-no-IT-projects.aspx
As more content becomes electronically available, such as ebooks, movies, etc this nonsense will proliferate. Even now, as book publishers try to increase the cost of books from 9.99 to 14,99 and higher, or delay release of electronic versions hoping people will buy the hard-copy first and the ebook 6 months later, there are attacks forming on the publishers (read Amazon reviews for ebooks > $9.99 and see the 1 star reviews), and there will be attacks on the technology as piracy takes hold. Everybody is just greedy, the consumers want it for a low cost that never changes, the publishers, the lawyers, etc. I pity the independent singer songwriter or now author who is blamed as part of the economic ecosystem of this mess. They may have a stigma attached to them they cannot shake and cannot grow beyond.
That is interesting statement. What evidence do you have to support this?
If it was the case, then I suspect that it is because dotnet developers came from Access or VBA type development, into VB, and then into dotnet with little formal direction, and likely from a business or accounting background. Java or other languages more likely have people who dedicated to development work on day one.
Capt Kirk did it, so now I can too.
While that is probably an accurate view of how restaurants operate and respond to complaints, if 80% of the clientele did that, as the article suggested about this game, I do not think the restaurant could sustain the same approach.
They never bothered to tell me that it's on a credit card and therefore I have to spend the money - I can't just cash it and put it in my savings like I originally planned. :-|
I must be missing something, is the $25 you expected to get from Staples on a check or something different than $25 you may already have? Why not just use the $25 VISA Card at a gas pump and save $25 from your account or another card?
Finding a monitor may be the most expensive part; a quick check of eBay shows them above $100 and going for a lot more for an original name brand. My first composite monitor was a Sears brand that I got for $79 in 1985. I was so excited to hook it up to the Tandy 1000a I bought that had been the store demo. I could hardly contain myself racing home to get it all hooked up.
Since it ended up as a Mod +5 insightful, we can all ridicule the moderators, because that's just silly.
I also wonder, does this impact battery life in a laptop with these SSDs?
Thanks for this post. A variance of opinion on these subjects makes /. appear to be completely given over to a lack of critical thinking, so I appreciate the variance, as well as the thought you expressed. After all, it sure sounds like:
:)
Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so. Gen 1:11 (NASB)
sigh...Slashdot readers do not appreciate scientific method of hypothesis-observation-repeatability, after all, none have observed the beginning of the world, so for all of us it is really an element of faith in whatever we believe to the origin of all that is. And of course I am sure I am not making many happy with this post, so go ahead and give me some bad karma, I do not believe in that either
Ads increase profit for companies, they never decrease the price of products, except those offered for free (like Google.)
That is true to an extent, obviously they do not do ads out of the goodness of their heart. They benefit the bottom line somewhere. But they also enable the company to keep the price point lower to cover expenses and generate a profit. Now a book that would sell for $14 can be sold for $10 with $5 of ads. As long as they make up the lost customers who refuse ads with new ones who can now afford the book at $10 who could not buy it at $14, then they just created new profit.
They not only increase profit, they expand the market through subsidies.
And I have XM Radio, and I am sure there are commercials coming at some point,which I hate to think of.
They must have missed this, extolling the virtues of Cleveland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY