One of the main reasons that IE "squashed" Netscape is that those timid users didn't have to actually search, download and INSTALL IE, it was already there.
If they are too timid to even try and USE a new program, think they are going to go out and install it themselves? C'mon...
I administer my parents' PCs and IE always drew complaints. They aren't huge PC people but not completely illiterate but even they didn't want to go looking and installing. Once I did it for them tho, they swear by Firefox rather than at IE.
" MS would have to pay big lumps of money to, say, close down Free software related organizations and companies to actually hinder Free software development."
Depends what you mean by "pay big lumps of money", the way I see it, Microsoft could easily hamper Free software development by having their legal department rabidly going after the smaller projects on (likely spurious) charges such as patent infringement and the like...fact is that most projects that have a dozen programmers working part time do not have the money or time to even FIGHT them in court (even knowing the case is bull).
The Mono roadmap on the site mentions that the VB.NET component is still under heavy development, so I'd say expect some problems...but who knows? I mean I've tried some stuff (not mono...I mean in general) that was labelled the same way that worked quite well for me.
Nah, the effect of this is that an RIAA backed record label will buy out the newly popular label and start flooding the airwaves with whatever stuff was selling hoping to cash in.
Of course, the sheeple will buy it and the original fans will now become sick of the music since they hear it everywhere...or worse, the bands will release a new more commercial album sanitized for the airwaves.
I'd consider a hardware button different to a hardware button mounted on a navigation device like a mouse.
True, but even then, using that definition I'd classify the touchpad buttons on my laptop to be a hardware button on the laptop device and not a separate navigation device
Anyway you slice it tho, its still a stupid patent and I don't believe for a second that Microsoft isn't planning to use it in many unscrupulous and litiginous ways if it can
I also agree...I love my Tungsten E. I'm addicted to reading books on the thing (I have a 256Meg card in it loaded).
The only sore points are the one you mentionned (Pdf mangling not available in linux) and the fact that JPilot won't load stuff directly into the memory card.
I'll have to check out plucker tho.. First I hear of it...
I am lucky to have one of the Tungsten E and I find it curious that your battery life is so short. Was it a very used one?
I don't dim my screen often(since I read outside a lot) and I do more than a couple of hours on it in a day (beyond reading there's the tasklists, notes, docstogo, the occassional game of bejeweled and listening to mp3s for the 45 mins walk home in the afternoons) and I find my battery level at the end of the day is about half...maybe a quarter if I've played more games than usual...
You are absolutely right though..the charge up is quick (whether by adapter or by USB which is a bit slower).
All in all, a great little machine (especially if you slap in a 256 Meg memory card)
That's all well and good, only it all depends on how they do it.
The article didn't go into details unfortunately.
If, like other spam, anything not on my list goes into my junk-mail folder, then its business as usual for me...a necessary evil to maintain an address I've had since the pre-microsoft hotmail.
However...
IF this spam is treated like their "announcements" and goes straight to my inbox no matter what my filter settings are...then that really sucks and I would finally give up that old address.
Not really, future generations will have just as much greed as the previous generations. As they get phased out, the new crop of CEOs and VPs and such will see the cabbage they can make by enforcing/tightening the status-quo.
Frankly, the majority of the generations coming up don't have enough of a clue to understand the idea or concept of fair use...much less protecting it. Just give em their Britney, their reality TV and their nikes and they won't care...
If they unbundled IE, they'd just have to write *another* HTML rendering engine and associated parts to handle the Help files. It'd probably be more buggy and even less standards-compliant.
If they unbundled IE, why the hell wouldn't the help files simply use the designated default browser??
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No need for fancy software or trig. Its in the Cote-des-Neiges cemetery I believe. There was a media piece on it semi-recently
One of the main reasons that IE "squashed" Netscape is that those timid users didn't have to actually search, download and INSTALL IE, it was already there.
If they are too timid to even try and USE a new program, think they are going to go out and install it themselves? C'mon...
I administer my parents' PCs and IE always drew complaints. They aren't huge PC people but not completely illiterate but even they didn't want to go looking and installing. Once I did it for them tho, they swear by Firefox rather than at IE.
Gives a whole new meaning to Blue Screen Of Death!
You mean there's something out there weaker than yellow dyed water?
Depends what you mean by "pay big lumps of money", the way I see it, Microsoft could easily hamper Free software development by having their legal department rabidly going after the smaller projects on (likely spurious) charges such as patent infringement and the like...fact is that most projects that have a dozen programmers working part time do not have the money or time to even FIGHT them in court (even knowing the case is bull).
I wonder if they'll have inflatable escorts?
:)
Some slashdotters will feel right at home
Hell I'd mod you up...beer's always worth a few points :)
Spidey sense isn't radar, it detects a threat and I think we all realize that a teen in a theater with a camcorder isn't much of a threat :)
The Mono roadmap on the site mentions that the VB.NET component is still under heavy development, so I'd say expect some problems...but who knows? I mean I've tried some stuff (not mono...I mean in general) that was labelled the same way that worked quite well for me.
Nah, the effect of this is that an RIAA backed record label will buy out the newly popular label and start flooding the airwaves with whatever stuff was selling hoping to cash in.
Of course, the sheeple will buy it and the original fans will now become sick of the music since they hear it everywhere...or worse, the bands will release a new more commercial album sanitized for the airwaves.
I'm always looking for new kinds of games but what the hell is a beef bowl simulation????
And are there that many that you can say:
One of the greatest beef-bowl simulators on the current generation of game consoles
Sure...
Now try actually USING your notebook see how much you reboot then.
I mean, I could leave my laptop sitting pretty on my desk running the XP screensaver and it won't need to reboot at all.
Start actually using it for...I don't know...work? and its a different story.
True, but even then, using that definition I'd classify the touchpad buttons on my laptop to be a hardware button on the laptop device and not a separate navigation device
Anyway you slice it tho, its still a stupid patent and I don't believe for a second that Microsoft isn't planning to use it in many unscrupulous and litiginous ways if it can
Well anyone who listens to her should go to jail anyway....
When this happens with me I usually just smile and say:
"You had cold hands"
Of course, now its funny to walk around the office and seeing people try and warm up their hands before booting up.
Arthur Dent and his stunt doubles?
Nah...SCO has no IT guys...just lawyers :)
I also agree...I love my Tungsten E. I'm addicted to reading books on the thing (I have a 256Meg card in it loaded).
The only sore points are the one you mentionned (Pdf mangling not available in linux) and the fact that JPilot won't load stuff directly into the memory card.
I'll have to check out plucker tho.. First I hear of it...
I am lucky to have one of the Tungsten E and I find it curious that your battery life is so short. Was it a very used one?
I don't dim my screen often(since I read outside a lot) and I do more than a couple of hours on it in a day (beyond reading there's the tasklists, notes, docstogo, the occassional game of bejeweled and listening to mp3s for the 45 mins walk home in the afternoons) and I find my battery level at the end of the day is about half...maybe a quarter if I've played more games than usual...
You are absolutely right though..the charge up is quick (whether by adapter or by USB which is a bit slower).
All in all, a great little machine (especially if you slap in a 256 Meg memory card)
So if I understand what you say correctly, they charge you a small fee to lodge a complaint about a spammer?
:)
Man, they might make a small fortune there...but it doesn't exactly give them incentive to clean up their list
That's all well and good, only it all depends on how they do it.
The article didn't go into details unfortunately.
If, like other spam, anything not on my list goes into my junk-mail folder, then its business as usual for me...a necessary evil to maintain an address I've had since the pre-microsoft hotmail.
However...
IF this spam is treated like their "announcements" and goes straight to my inbox no matter what my filter settings are...then that really sucks and I would finally give up that old address.
Get a clue yourself "jerkoff"
rarely do you only reboot once when installing updates.
even worse on a fresh "reinstall" (another quaint windows custom)
Which science museums FAKE their data?
(I can understand simplifying it, but outright faking it?)
Not really, future generations will have just as much greed as the previous generations. As they get phased out, the new crop of CEOs and VPs and such will see the cabbage they can make by enforcing/tightening the status-quo.
Frankly, the majority of the generations coming up don't have enough of a clue to understand the idea or concept of fair use...much less protecting it. Just give em their Britney, their reality TV and their nikes and they won't care...
If they unbundled IE, they'd just have to write *another* HTML rendering engine and associated parts to handle the Help files. It'd probably be more buggy and even less standards-compliant.
If they unbundled IE, why the hell wouldn't the help files simply use the designated default browser??