People who are more accustomed to home and office apps may not realize just how big news this is. SAP products make the business and manufacturing worlds go 'round. They're the second biggest software maker in the world.
Network Computers are a niche -- always will be. The same advancements in technology / decreases in price that are driving net appliances and embedded systems will also fuel the continued proliferation of PCs. I used to believe the hype from Sun that "the network is the computer". But now I think the computer is an $80 processor and a 6 gig hardrive at less than $300. No paradigm changes anytime soon that I can see.
...including mainstream culture's first-ever sympathetic portrayal of a pedophile. One of the best movies of l998, don't expected any Hollywood nominations or awards. We haven't come that far.
Most of this stuff I don't care about, but I had to point out this paragraph. Is this what we consider progress? What's next... "Pedophile Pride"?
Ok, so if we decide that we will just turn the databases and cameras right back at the powers that be, what is to stop them from using the same privacy techniques (encryption, etc.) that we use now. The Power Pyramid won't be toppled that easily.
I'm not worried about privacy. There is alot of evil things that people could do, but they usually don't. Corporations may have me in their databases, but my credit history isn't all over the newspaper. The military could overthrow the government if they wanted to, but they don't. We agonize over every sentence in the Constitution when we could just as easily throw out part or all of it. My point is, the "powers that be" are people too; they go home to their lives and families just like everyone else. We're civilized. Corporations just want to understand their demographics so they can make more profit. The military just wants to protect the nation. We want the Constitution to guide us. This is what makes a free and democratic society work: people like their lifestyle and their community enough that they voluntarily live within the rules. Obviously, their are exceptions, but not enough to topple society. 300 years ago no one thought this kind of freedom would work.
These look alot like OS/2 widgets to me (at least Warp 3... I haven't seen 4). I always found OS/2 widgets too cartoony for my taste, but, embedded in a web page, perhaps that is ideal.
I was expecting this reply. I don't want anyone to be unemployed either. My point is that the artical and the book compare today's circumstances to sometime when they were apparently better. As someone said in an earlier post: "when was this Golden Age?"
How can drivel like this (Richard Sennet) still get published here in the USA where unemployment is less than 4 percent last I heard -- the lowest ever?
Corporations are faced with tough choices to stay alive sometimes. Sometimes downsizing is the only way to stay competive; if you don't stay competitive, everyone loses their job. if(!company) !job; Given such a tough choice, offering early retirement to the older folks seems to be a far friendlier option than firing across the board.
I also think that concerns over the older generations unwillingness or inability to adapt and grow is legitimate. However, I don't believe this trend will continue into our old age, because it's not about age, it's about the era those folks grew up in. Let's face it, there is a large group of people who don't want to, or can't, change and develop themselves (and are sometimes downright lazy) not because they are old, but because that's the way the world once was.
I recently bought a 19" Hitatchi. With an excellent dot pitch (0.23), very high scan rates, and a reasonable price, I thought it as a dream come true. However, even with all it had going for it, the display is still not as clear as a Trinitron monitor. If I were an IT manager who was assigned the task of standardizing on one type of monitor for my company, I would go with Trinitron-based monitors no matter what else was going on in the industry (unless those goings on meant an equally high-quality display).
Am I the only one who disagrees with the assertion that pop culture is the common thread that ties all geeks? I'm pretty sure that one of the defining characteristics of a geek is their disdain for pop culture. Most will pick 2 or 3 favorites out of the handfull of shows already mentioned in this thread... and otherwise ignore TV all together. Someone said in an earlier post that "Hollywood == crap"; I think that sums up the general geek sentiment.
Having said all that, can we stop talking about geeks now? No offense, Jon Katz... I've enjoyed many of your writings, but on this geek business, I think you're falling into the old media trap of attempting to artificially create and define a sub-culture in a way that is most convenient for writing about. Isn't that what fiction is for? We all know the media loves to rant about pop culture. This looks more like a media rant about pop culture that is being falsely attributed to a particular sub-culture.
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Linux just appeared on a lot new radar screens.
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I used to believe the hype from Sun that "the network is the computer". But now I think the computer is an $80 processor and a 6 gig hardrive at less than $300. No paradigm changes anytime soon that I can see.
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Most of this stuff I don't care about, but I had to point out this paragraph. Is this what we consider progress? What's next... "Pedophile Pride"?
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I'm not worried about privacy. There is alot of evil things that people could do, but they usually don't. Corporations may have me in their databases, but my credit history isn't all over the newspaper. The military could overthrow the government if they wanted to, but they don't. We agonize over every sentence in the Constitution when we could just as easily throw out part or all of it. My point is, the "powers that be" are people too; they go home to their lives and families just like everyone else. We're civilized. Corporations just want to understand their demographics so they can make more profit. The military just wants to protect the nation. We want the Constitution to guide us. This is what makes a free and democratic society work: people like their lifestyle and their community enough that they voluntarily live within the rules. Obviously, their are exceptions, but not enough to topple society. 300 years ago no one thought this kind of freedom would work.
keel
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These look alot like OS/2 widgets to me (at least Warp 3... I haven't seen 4). I always found OS/2 widgets too cartoony for my taste, but, embedded in a web page, perhaps that is ideal.
If you're doing what you really want to do in life, you will want to excell at it.
People who are unhappy with their choices are quick to blame others for their unhappiness.
I was expecting this reply. I don't want anyone to be unemployed either. My point is that the artical and the book compare today's circumstances to sometime when they were apparently better. As someone said in an earlier post: "when was this Golden Age?"
keel
How can drivel like this (Richard Sennet) still get published here in the USA where unemployment is less than 4 percent last I heard -- the lowest ever?
Corporations are faced with tough choices to stay alive sometimes. Sometimes downsizing is the only way to stay competive; if you don't stay competitive, everyone loses their job.
if(!company) !job;
Given such a tough choice, offering early retirement to the older folks seems to be a far friendlier option than firing across the board.
I also think that concerns over the older generations unwillingness or inability to adapt and grow is legitimate. However, I don't believe this trend will continue into our old age, because it's not about age, it's about the era those folks grew up in. Let's face it, there is a large group of people who don't want to, or can't, change and develop themselves (and are sometimes downright lazy) not because they are old, but because that's the way the world once was.
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The grill on the Trinitron is so fine that it needs extra support, thus the two wires. This is what makes it so high-quality.
I recently bought a 19" Hitatchi. With an excellent dot pitch (0.23), very high scan rates, and a reasonable price, I thought it as a dream come true. However, even with all it had going for it, the display is still not as clear as a Trinitron monitor. If I were an IT manager who was assigned the task of standardizing on one type of monitor for my company, I would go with Trinitron-based monitors no matter what else was going on in the industry (unless those goings on meant an equally high-quality display).
Am I the only one who disagrees with the assertion that pop culture is the common thread that ties all geeks? I'm pretty sure that one of the defining characteristics of a geek is their disdain for pop culture. Most will pick 2 or 3 favorites out of the handfull of shows already mentioned in this thread... and otherwise ignore TV all together. Someone said in an earlier post that "Hollywood == crap"; I think that sums up the general geek sentiment.
Having said all that, can we stop talking about geeks now? No offense, Jon Katz... I've enjoyed many of your writings, but on this geek business, I think you're falling into the old media trap of attempting to artificially create and define a sub-culture in a way that is most convenient for writing about. Isn't that what fiction is for? We all know the media loves to rant about pop culture. This looks more like a media rant about pop culture that is being falsely attributed to a particular sub-culture.
keel