While Apple systems are much to easy for me and do not have very many adaptable features or coustomizations, they are very easy to use. On the other hand, Linux is very easy to hack and modify, yet it is quite difficult if you.re coming from Winblows with little compiler programming knowledge. I think this project could mediate between many advanced features and coustomiztions and the famous ease of use MacOS has. This mediation would have the user-friendlyness of (oh dang!) Windows, but would go on to be much better in terms of both hackability and usability. after all, system 7 was never called HackOS:->
If and when Andover.net takes the Evil Empire (Microsoft) to court, chances are, it will win. Why? you ask? There are several reasons. Here are a few of the more important ones:
Built up cases- As a rule, there are only so many lawers in the world. With the Government, 17 states and Slashdot/Andover.net on their tails, someone is bound to find the plug and power down the machine.
Open vs. Closed Source- Next, as we all know, Open standards improve and evolve much faster than Closed source ones. With this in mind, we can be sure that even more developers will migrate to open source projects and leave closed behind. This trend will eventually leach down to the end-user/AOLer level.
Open Will Pay- Until recently, only closed-source operations had any value outside of the university. Today with more media attention and student grants from sources such as the Linux Doccumentation Project, Free Software developers can earn a living from the very beginning.
The GNU Generation- Unlike Bill's generation, the new generation has had at least some introduction to Free Software (Linux in perticular). With all these new developers, GNU will continue to spread. And lastly,
Declining Popularity- As we all know, Microsoft Windows (winblows) is nothing more than a crappy GUI/filesystem module for MS-DOS. As you can imagine, this causes many problems, such as crashing, "illegal operations", etc. Also, windows/internet explorer is nothing more than 3.1's Program Manager with some 32-bit features and long filenames carelessly glued on with VB. Since Microsoft is a closed proprietary company, it cannot afford to completely overhaul the system-only jam more annoying features. The only thing holding them up is their monopoly and all the millions of crazed trolls they control with stolen borg nanoprobes:+} Already, the Evil Empire's name has been marred by the current and passed actions against their unfair practices (remember IE bundling? [still happens!]). As soon as the United Stated Department of Justice (DOJ) slamms down the final hammer, Bill's "Borg Cube" will have only a couple of years to live. Mabe three at most.
The Aftermath- After the "Czar of the Evil Empire" is dethroned, many users and developers will have to look for new options. Of course, most of these people will probably turn to a free *NIX such as Linux or *BSD. In 10 years, all computers will have open systems except for specialized ones for NASA or other governement use. These systems will be very specially designed for their tasks, so they will not likely work on any server, home pc, or embeded system anyway.
Sadly, many of the hardcore Windows users and MS staff will turn to other Closed-source platforms such as MacOS and BeOS. I also have a feeling that OS/2 Warp Server & Client may make a *slight* comeback. It is rumored that IBM will release the code or foster the development of a open clone within the next couple of years.
Adverse Effects- While the Open model will foster development, change, and community, there will also be those who do not fully appreciate Free standards or technology development. There will surely be a mass explosion of cracker scum developing more advanced and devistating ways to steal and deface computer systems, as they will have full access to the code and will be able to create destructive methods around what they find. However, the 'good guys' will also have the very same information and will therefore be able to stop them much more quickly, putting them on the level, at the very least.
Crackers aside, there is also the threat of some company or organization unfairly taking over the Market as Microsoft has done. This "rougue" company could even become more powerful than Microsoft ever was. However, it is unlikely that *any* company, closed or not will ever get more than 45-50% of the market fairly or monopolistically.
While these predictions may seem likely at this time, they may turn out completely differently. The 'Net is a big place. Technology covers nearly the entire planet. The only thing we can expect to be sure of is that things will change. May the source be with you.
PHP is not only faster than Perl, but has better database integration. This means that data can be generated and used much more quickly and effecienly. The only downside to this is that some things cannot be done in PHP, but can in Perl. It just depends on what you want to do. Perl is more for programs other than database, loggers, such as the GIMP (see Flamingtext for an example.)
Why you put LILO in the Winblows partition is beyond me, but installing BEOS will not do anything to it. Since it's just a large Windows file (free version, anyway), nothing could posssibly happen under normal cercumstances. Note: While BeOS is great for killer A/V, it's kind of a crappy general purpose or server system. If you're just playing arround, like I recently did, you'll most likely find that it's medeocre for anything but multimedia.
I think that English will remain the standard, but Spanish will become nearly everyone's second language. Most other languages, however, will probably die off eventually.
Personally, when it comes to loading software, my personal motto is 'install now, read later'. Of course that's just my opinion. However, I have quite a large collection of programming manuals, ranging from PHP to Java to C++. Unlike advanced software, which you can sometimes figure out very quickly, programming languages have to be learned by the book, if not by a real teacher. Also, even for end-user software, a book is much easier to browse and navigate than a group of PDF or HTML files.
Amd's clock rocks! Besides just being faster, they are comparatively more powerfull when run at the same clockspeed. Plus, AMD's Sledgehammer (1.2GHz) will completely kill intel. for a few months, at least.
Unless crack becomes a name brand, I think your domain is (and should be ) safe. From a logical standpoint, Coca-Cola is just being over protective of their trademark. Strange how they wold wont to have that kind of power in Switzerland when most of their sales come from North America...
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While Apple systems are much to easy for me and do not have very many adaptable features or coustomizations, they are very easy to use. On the other hand, Linux is very easy to hack and modify, yet it is quite difficult if you.re coming from Winblows with little compiler programming knowledge. I think this project could mediate between many advanced features and coustomiztions and the famous ease of use MacOS has. This mediation would have the user-friendlyness of (oh dang!) Windows, but would go on to be much better in terms of both hackability and usability. after all, system 7 was never called HackOS :->
Built up cases- As a rule, there are only so many lawers in the world. With the Government, 17 states and Slashdot/Andover.net on their tails, someone is bound to find the plug and power down the machine.
Open vs. Closed Source- Next, as we all know, Open standards improve and evolve much faster than Closed source ones. With this in mind, we can be sure that even more developers will migrate to open source projects and leave closed behind. This trend will eventually leach down to the end-user/AOLer level.
Open Will Pay- Until recently, only closed-source operations had any value outside of the university. Today with more media attention and student grants from sources such as the Linux Doccumentation Project, Free Software developers can earn a living from the very beginning.
The GNU Generation- Unlike Bill's generation, the new generation has had at least some introduction to Free Software (Linux in perticular). With all these new developers, GNU will continue to spread. And lastly,
Declining Popularity- As we all know, Microsoft Windows (winblows) is nothing more than a crappy GUI/filesystem module for MS-DOS. As you can imagine, this causes many problems, such as crashing, "illegal operations", etc. Also, windows/internet explorer is nothing more than 3.1's Program Manager with some 32-bit features and long filenames carelessly glued on with VB. Since Microsoft is a closed proprietary company, it cannot afford to completely overhaul the system-only jam more annoying features. The only thing holding them up is their monopoly and all the millions of crazed trolls they control with stolen borg nanoprobes :+} Already, the Evil Empire's name has been marred by the current and passed actions against their unfair practices (remember IE bundling? [still happens!]). As soon as the United Stated Department of Justice (DOJ) slamms down the final hammer, Bill's "Borg Cube" will have only a couple of years to live. Mabe three at most.
The Aftermath- After the "Czar of the Evil Empire" is dethroned, many users and developers will have to look for new options. Of course, most of these people will probably turn to a free *NIX such as Linux or *BSD. In 10 years, all computers will have open systems except for specialized ones for NASA or other governement use. These systems will be very specially designed for their tasks, so they will not likely work on any server, home pc, or embeded system anyway.
Sadly, many of the hardcore Windows users and MS staff will turn to other Closed-source platforms such as MacOS and BeOS. I also have a feeling that OS/2 Warp Server & Client may make a *slight* comeback. It is rumored that IBM will release the code or foster the development of a open clone within the next couple of years.
Adverse Effects- While the Open model will foster development, change, and community, there will also be those who do not fully appreciate Free standards or technology development. There will surely be a mass explosion of cracker scum developing more advanced and devistating ways to steal and deface computer systems, as they will have full access to the code and will be able to create destructive methods around what they find. However, the 'good guys' will also have the very same information and will therefore be able to stop them much more quickly, putting them on the level, at the very least.
Crackers aside, there is also the threat of some company or organization unfairly taking over the Market as Microsoft has done. This "rougue" company could even become more powerful than Microsoft ever was. However, it is unlikely that *any* company, closed or not will ever get more than 45-50% of the market fairly or monopolistically.
While these predictions may seem likely at this time, they may turn out completely differently. The 'Net is a big place. Technology covers nearly the entire planet. The only thing we can expect to be sure of is that things will change.
May the source be with you.
PHP is not only faster than Perl, but has better database integration. This means that data can be generated and used much more quickly and effecienly. The only downside to this is that some things cannot be done in PHP, but can in Perl. It just depends on what you want to do. Perl is more for programs other than database, loggers, such as the GIMP (see Flamingtext for an example.)
good job! at least someone knows what they're doing. Only three months or so to go... DOJ Power!
good job! at least someone knows what they're doing. Only three months or so to go... DOJ Power!
Why you put LILO in the Winblows partition is beyond me, but installing BEOS will not do anything to it. Since it's just a large Windows file (free version, anyway), nothing could posssibly happen under normal cercumstances. Note: While BeOS is great for killer A/V, it's kind of a crappy general purpose or server system. If you're just playing arround, like I recently did, you'll most likely find that it's medeocre for anything but multimedia.
I think that English will remain the standard, but Spanish will become nearly everyone's second language. Most other languages, however, will probably die off eventually.
Personally, when it comes to loading software, my personal motto is 'install now, read later'. Of course that's just my opinion. However, I have quite a large collection of programming manuals, ranging from PHP to Java to C++. Unlike advanced software, which you can sometimes figure out very quickly, programming languages have to be learned by the book, if not by a real teacher. Also, even for end-user software, a book is much easier to browse and navigate than a group of PDF or HTML files.
Amd's clock rocks! Besides just being faster, they are comparatively more powerfull when run at the same clockspeed. Plus, AMD's Sledgehammer (1.2GHz) will completely kill intel. for a few months, at least.
Unless crack becomes a name brand, I think your domain is (and should be ) safe. From a logical standpoint, Coca-Cola is just being over protective of their trademark. Strange how they wold wont to have that kind of power in Switzerland when most of their sales come from North America...
Right on, bro. even way down on the minimum wage level, they crank more out of you.