He is talking about himself. Vista does not come until the eleven minute mark. Up to that point he commiserates about the struggles in getting R&D to product. Toward the Vista remarks, he mentions the years and $6-7 billion that it took to get X-Box successful. His revelation, mostly to himself, is that 6-7 years for a new version of Windows was a huge mistake. Of course, he does not go into the details, such as Bill's departure, etc. The point was that it took too long and, therefore, got out of hand. Hardly a confession, but he definitely hints at his failings. The key to successful software is keeping up with your market, and Vista was developed thinking Microsoft defined the market, hugely narcissistic.
Customers tolerate problems and shortcomings as long as they are solved before they become issues. While Microsoft took years to upgrade their OS, the market model went from shrink-wrap product to the cloud. People will not wait for their next software in a box. He seems to get this now, but they clearly haven't figured out how to keep their margins. The rest of the 31 minutes is an equivocation of that ambivalence.
If this holds up, it will be the biggest boondoggle in the history of European law. Given all the legal precedents in the US and the multinational corporations that already have millions of US patents, this could easily cause a tidal wave of suits and filings. Every patent lawyer in Germany just secured lucrative work for the rest of their life.
. . . but "circuit breakers" are not what is called for here. The market needs fuses. Not to be funny, but circuit breakers are too easily reset. Most trading is not done on the floor of the NYSE. If you want to stop trading AND get everybody's attention, then somebody needs to get burned. Otherwise, this breaker is going to go off, get reset, go off, get reset until it sounds just like chicken little. Think I am wrong? Well, the NYSE already has circuit breakers, since 1987. Notice that they do not get mentioned.
Sound the alarm but do not stop trading. Have traders be responsible for all price deviations from the time of the alarm until the 'crisis' is over. If they suddenly have to "cover the spread" then they will stop trading until they figure out what is wrong.
Privacy: something to make you feel comfortable while you are being monitored. Voluntary: seductively compulsory. Good: for them but not for you, of course.
The way to get participation is to offer the heart and blood of the enemy to eat and drink in a lust of carnage. This "patent commune" sounds too "milk toast" for that. We all know the road to hell is paved with pure souls and funded by good intentions.
. . . that the people who invented sarcasm (i.e.:"Moshe, were there not enough graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?" Shemos 14:11) would be the ones who find a way to automatically identify it.
. . . that such an advanced society as ours seems saddled with a small set of practically ancient expressions to express our contemporary feelings. Words that rhyme with duck and sit and hunt and tips for such profoundly emotional moments such as when the IRS sends you an audit notice or your ex-wife publishes video of her and your former best friend copulating while she moans "finally a real piece of meat" or when that hammer hits your thumb instead of the nail. These "lifetime memories" deserve something more than the same short guttural epitaphs used by 19th Century laborers. After all, we are in the Third Millennium, the age of Urban Dictionary and Wiktionary. Let's try to come up with something more original and, certainly, more profane.
I have tried to keep track of what I have written since grade (not grad) school. That said, I am CERTAIN that I could not come up with everything even if I could spend $100,000 and my life depended upon it. It would be like trying to figure out every time I made a pass at a woman. Most of the time, she might not have even noticed, and other times I might not have thought I made one.
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Don't forget those nifty light sabers, phasers (where the light comes out so slowly you can watch it move to its target just as Captain Kirk dodges it), and my favorite -- Laser Eyes by Zozobra. It totally rocks!
30TB? 60TB? 100TB? For home use? The first data center that I worked in, one of the largest in the world, had about 1TB of 3380 disc drives plus a warehouse full of tapes.
Remember when employment discrimination due to gender and race was outlawed? Not for Congress, as they excluded themselves! As far as copyrights and patents go, most governments that enforce such rules write exemptions for "public use." For example, the US government can implement any patent as long as the patent holder is reasonably compensated. The fact that Representatives act irresponsibly in regard to handling such exemptions is just another proof that power corrupts.
Roughly how long would it take to implement the entire NIST library as functions in C++ just using the standard C math library (abs, acos . ..tan, tanh)?
This company has worked hard in a very competitive business and eared the privilege of collecting millions of people's personal information in order to make money any way that is legal. This meeting is an example of how they know, just like bartenders and drug dealers, not to sample the merchandise. Nobody is being coerced into revealing their personal lives to the world. I know that Latin is a dead language, but caveat emptor still applies even it the price is free. Get a grip!
Who, while driving through a cloud, would ever expect to hit a utility pole? Clouds do not have utility poles. Now, tule fog has utility poles. That is not why they call it 'tule' (not a nickname for utility, but for a grass), but many a utility pole has been unduly undone because someone drove through the tule fog and into the utility pole.
If Amazon is going to put utility poles in its 'cloud', then they are really in a fog. Call it fog computing.
Microsoft and Intel created a distinct competitive advantage by keeping so much software "backward compatible." I can still run DOS on my computer, but of course the only reason I do is to brag about it on/. Now, they are stuck with the monster they created, a giant albatross on their businesses, slowing every step and darkening every decision. Such is life.
Do you know how God created the universe in six days? He did not have an installed base.
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Take note, with this announcement Microsoft has given a new meaning to 'plug-ins'.
He is talking about himself. Vista does not come until the eleven minute mark. Up to that point he commiserates about the struggles in getting R&D to product. Toward the Vista remarks, he mentions the years and $6-7 billion that it took to get X-Box successful. His revelation, mostly to himself, is that 6-7 years for a new version of Windows was a huge mistake. Of course, he does not go into the details, such as Bill's departure, etc. The point was that it took too long and, therefore, got out of hand. Hardly a confession, but he definitely hints at his failings. The key to successful software is keeping up with your market, and Vista was developed thinking Microsoft defined the market, hugely narcissistic.
Customers tolerate problems and shortcomings as long as they are solved before they become issues. While Microsoft took years to upgrade their OS, the market model went from shrink-wrap product to the cloud. People will not wait for their next software in a box. He seems to get this now, but they clearly haven't figured out how to keep their margins. The rest of the 31 minutes is an equivocation of that ambivalence.
If this holds up, it will be the biggest boondoggle in the history of European law. Given all the legal precedents in the US and the multinational corporations that already have millions of US patents, this could easily cause a tidal wave of suits and filings. Every patent lawyer in Germany just secured lucrative work for the rest of their life.
This gives a whole new meaning to "feeling rundown," "recharge my batteries," and "pump me up."
. . . but "circuit breakers" are not what is called for here. The market needs fuses. Not to be funny, but circuit breakers are too easily reset. Most trading is not done on the floor of the NYSE. If you want to stop trading AND get everybody's attention, then somebody needs to get burned. Otherwise, this breaker is going to go off, get reset, go off, get reset until it sounds just like chicken little. Think I am wrong? Well, the NYSE already has circuit breakers, since 1987. Notice that they do not get mentioned.
Sound the alarm but do not stop trading. Have traders be responsible for all price deviations from the time of the alarm until the 'crisis' is over. If they suddenly have to "cover the spread" then they will stop trading until they figure out what is wrong.
. . . is not having to support an OS. I bet they start losing money as soon as the phone rings.
. . . with their respective spouses so that my Slashdot post may be more easily found by Bing! The Internet has no morals, just better algorithms.
The hard part is the Designer.
Privacy: something to make you feel comfortable while you are being monitored.
Voluntary: seductively compulsory.
Good: for them but not for you, of course.
The way to get participation is to offer the heart and blood of the enemy to eat and drink in a lust of carnage. This "patent commune" sounds too "milk toast" for that. We all know the road to hell is paved with pure souls and funded by good intentions.
There's a site pour vous -- http://bobshouseofvideogames.com/2010/04/19/video-game-lol-world-of-warcraft/ .
Ugly is as Ugly does.
Actually, a whole bunch -- http://blog.openmedicine.ca/node/223 . Given the rising cost of health care, this will certainly be a growth industry.
. . . that the people who invented sarcasm (i.e.:"Moshe, were there not enough graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?" Shemos 14:11) would be the ones who find a way to automatically identify it.
. . . that such an advanced society as ours seems saddled with a small set of practically ancient expressions to express our contemporary feelings. Words that rhyme with duck and sit and hunt and tips for such profoundly emotional moments such as when the IRS sends you an audit notice or your ex-wife publishes video of her and your former best friend copulating while she moans "finally a real piece of meat" or when that hammer hits your thumb instead of the nail. These "lifetime memories" deserve something more than the same short guttural epitaphs used by 19th Century laborers. After all, we are in the Third Millennium, the age of Urban Dictionary and Wiktionary. Let's try to come up with something more original and, certainly, more profane.
I have tried to keep track of what I have written since grade (not grad) school. That said, I am CERTAIN that I could not come up with everything even if I could spend $100,000 and my life depended upon it. It would be like trying to figure out every time I made a pass at a woman. Most of the time, she might not have even noticed, and other times I might not have thought I made one.
Don't forget those nifty light sabers, phasers (where the light comes out so slowly you can watch it move to its target just as Captain Kirk dodges it), and my favorite -- Laser Eyes by Zozobra. It totally rocks!
30TB? 60TB? 100TB? For home use? The first data center that I worked in, one of the largest in the world, had about 1TB of 3380 disc drives plus a warehouse full of tapes.
. . . as soon as everyone agrees on the HTML5 standard.
No one will live long enough to call me on that one.
Remember when employment discrimination due to gender and race was outlawed? Not for Congress, as they excluded themselves! As far as copyrights and patents go, most governments that enforce such rules write exemptions for "public use." For example, the US government can implement any patent as long as the patent holder is reasonably compensated. The fact that Representatives act irresponsibly in regard to handling such exemptions is just another proof that power corrupts.
Roughly how long would it take to implement the entire NIST library as functions in C++ just using the standard C math library (abs, acos . . .tan, tanh)?
This company has worked hard in a very competitive business and eared the privilege of collecting millions of people's personal information in order to make money any way that is legal. This meeting is an example of how they know, just like bartenders and drug dealers, not to sample the merchandise. Nobody is being coerced into revealing their personal lives to the world. I know that Latin is a dead language, but caveat emptor still applies even it the price is free. Get a grip!
Who, while driving through a cloud, would ever expect to hit a utility pole? Clouds do not have utility poles. Now, tule fog has utility poles. That is not why they call it 'tule' (not a nickname for utility, but for a grass), but many a utility pole has been unduly undone because someone drove through the tule fog and into the utility pole.
If Amazon is going to put utility poles in its 'cloud', then they are really in a fog. Call it fog computing.
After all, he is a software guy. MatLab in the wrong hands can virtually destroy the world.
Microsoft and Intel created a distinct competitive advantage by keeping so much software "backward compatible." I can still run DOS on my computer, but of course the only reason I do is to brag about it on /. Now, they are stuck with the monster they created, a giant albatross on their businesses, slowing every step and darkening every decision. Such is life.
Do you know how God created the universe in six days? He did not have an installed base.