Yeah, but can you overclock it to 2 MHz? How bout a 1200 baud modem? It had, what, a whopping 4K memory? Woohoo! Screw my AMD K6/2-350, I gotta get me one of THESE!!!
Let's look at what it can do:
* Play MP3s at a stunning 1Hz sample rate. *click* *click* *click* * Play full motion streaming video, if that streaming video is ASCII characters. * Full fledged Internet Access. Using Telnet. Dialed in. In a terminal window. * one of the most secure platforms in existence. About as secure as a doorstop - and about as useful.
On the bright side, I doubt MS could have ever written anything small enough to work on it (yeah yeah yeah don't remind me of the Altair...)
As opposed to Burt Reynolds, a large, hairy creature, last seen in the Wilds of Hollywood. Rumors abound that he has appeared in a film but has never bveen seen in his natural habitat - Loni Anderson.
Actually, I quite agree. As opposed to the DVD thing, this actually has some basis in law.
But how is a US judge going to shut down a canadian company?? Couldn't they just pull out of America? This has been raised in other comments and is a good question.
And especially at times like this, it's much appreciated. Shows at least some journalists have their eye on the ball. This is a real battle, and the stakes are high, and your bringing the matter to light is a Good Thing.
Honestly, I doubt that education would help the worst offenders. It seems to me that the ones with the most hate are impervious to reason OR education. Sometimes it's a maater of faith, which IMO is the height of irrationality.
If you don't teach em when they're kids, except in rare cases, you're just not going to teach them. You can't teach a door to be a window, so you can't teach a racist to be tolerant.
No, I don't have any other solutions. I wish I did.
This was a very good summary of the events so far. But it makes me feel better for one reason and for one reason only: The MPAA/CCA does not have the Motley Fool, a bunch of investors, under their spell. Maybe they're not mainstream media, but it's certainly a start, and a little heartening.
I like his idea about commoditizing it. You can bet they'll fight tooth and nail. But you know what? I bet that's where it's all headed. And the MPAA/CCA can either lead, follow, or get out of the way.
XHTML isn't as much a protocol as a language, though that may have been explained to you.
Probably more interesting to come out of this discussion is this: you were led to believe that Microsoft was coming out with XML and XHTML. And this is exactly what Microsoft likes to happen. Every time they can make someone believe this, that's one more shoe-in customer.
Ummm, that's pretty much exactly what they did. HTML and XML are both evolved from the same language, SGML.
The information you are looking for is contained in the links. Read them carefully. If you don't understand, read it again.
And I'd like to emphasise, because you seem to be a little clueless about this: this is not Microsoft hype. In fact, this has nothing to do with Microsoft. Frankly, you can bet they'll take this standard and warp it like they do everything else.
Place your computer in its original packaging. You *did* keep your original packaging, right?
Return your computer to where you bought it.
If they ask why, tell them you're too stupid to own a computer. (The more astute among you will recognize this punchline from an allegedly true WordPerfect Tech Support call and its support tech's response.)
And to quote Craig McPherson: thank you.
And if you were actually serious about your question, it will require more explanation than I'm ready to give in this comment. Suffice it to say that when it is finally adopted there will probably be some point-and-click MS program out there. You don't need to worry about that. Don't think. Let MS and its cruddy software do the thinking for you:-) That IS how you trained for your MCSE, right?
I know this looks like a flame. It isn't. I'm assuming the guy above was a troll, so I am trying to be funny. I don't think it's working...
As I used to be. I used to be on IRC for 15 hours a day. I even was an administrator on DALnet for a while (Remember Russell?). But I grew up. The good side is it gave me some needed skills, I don't know where I'd be without them.
This is not what I am referring to. I have a better understanding of this than most - I am agorophobic and possible socio-phobic - I must telecommute in order to make a decent living.
I'm referring to those who completely escape. Don't act responsibly - don't do anything - just sit there and play games. Those who don't make any attempt to integrate in any way, shapw, or form.
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Yeah, but can you overclock it to 2 MHz? How bout a 1200 baud modem? It had, what, a whopping 4K memory? Woohoo! Screw my AMD K6/2-350, I gotta get me one of THESE!!!
Let's look at what it can do:
* Play MP3s at a stunning 1Hz sample rate. *click* *click* *click*
* Play full motion streaming video, if that streaming video is ASCII characters.
* Full fledged Internet Access. Using Telnet. Dialed in. In a terminal window.
* one of the most secure platforms in existence. About as secure as a doorstop - and about as useful.
On the bright side, I doubt MS could have ever written anything small enough to work on it (yeah yeah yeah don't remind me of the Altair...)
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As opposed to Burt Reynolds, a large, hairy creature, last seen in the Wilds of Hollywood. Rumors abound that he has appeared in a film but has never bveen seen in his natural habitat - Loni Anderson.
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I thought "Contact", both the book and the movie, were very good reading and I'd absolutely recommend it.
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Actually, I quite agree. As opposed to the DVD thing, this actually has some basis in law.
But how is a US judge going to shut down a canadian company?? Couldn't they just pull out of America? This has been raised in other comments and is a good question.
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Microsoft Win2K security holes:
:-)
*pop*
*whack*
*pop*
*whack*
*pop*
*whack*
Problem is most mole-whackers don't even know where to find the mallet,much less how to use it
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And especially at times like this, it's much appreciated. Shows at least some journalists have their eye on the ball. This is a real battle, and the stakes are high, and your bringing the matter to light is a Good Thing.
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Maybe we need to educate everyone else. then the racists will be talking to thin air.
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I'm willing to coordinate something like this. Mail me if you want in. I'll set up a list and we can discuss options.
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Honestly, I doubt that education would help the worst offenders. It seems to me that the ones with the most hate are impervious to reason OR education. Sometimes it's a maater of faith, which IMO is the height of irrationality.
If you don't teach em when they're kids, except in rare cases, you're just not going to teach them. You can't teach a door to be a window, so you can't teach a racist to be tolerant.
No, I don't have any other solutions. I wish I did.
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Doesn't make it any less appropriate. Just cause he never wanted it to be used this way doesn't mean that we can't or shouldn't.
I do the same thing with christmas. I'm not a christian but I use it for my own purposes. It's a celebration :-)
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Agreed. The investors of these companies need to know this is happening. And this is one of the best ways for them to find out.
Maybe as a community we need to start finding out who the investors are and mailing them.
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This was a very good summary of the events so far. But it makes me feel better for one reason and for one reason only: The MPAA/CCA does not have the Motley Fool, a bunch of investors, under their spell. Maybe they're not mainstream media, but it's certainly a start, and a little heartening.
I like his idea about commoditizing it. You can bet they'll fight tooth and nail. But you know what? I bet that's where it's all headed. And the MPAA/CCA can either lead, follow, or get out of the way.
If you can't figure out how to mail me, don't.
XHTML isn't as much a protocol as a language, though that may have been explained to you.
Probably more interesting to come out of this discussion is this: you were led to believe that Microsoft was coming out with XML and XHTML. And this is exactly what Microsoft likes to happen. Every time they can make someone believe this, that's one more shoe-in customer.
It's sad, really. And it's not your fault.
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This thread is no longer appropriate for /., so I've sent you an email.
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Someone has answered your question above.
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That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.
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Nope. Well, partly. I see karma as a game. By no means do I take it seriously, as you seem to.
But that aside, I like making contributions. Sue me.
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Ummm, that's pretty much exactly what they did. HTML and XML are both evolved from the same language, SGML.
The information you are looking for is contained in the links. Read them carefully. If you don't understand, read it again.
And I'd like to emphasise, because you seem to be a little clueless about this: this is not Microsoft hype. In fact, this has nothing to do with Microsoft. Frankly, you can bet they'll take this standard and warp it like they do everything else.
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I wasn't just refering to that. If you read the XHTML spec, you'll find that is no longer the case.
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Here's how you use XHTML in your pages:
Reach around the back.
Pull out the plug.
Place your computer in its original packaging. You *did* keep your original packaging, right?
Return your computer to where you bought it.
If they ask why, tell them you're too stupid to own a computer. (The more astute among you will recognize this punchline from an allegedly true WordPerfect Tech Support call and its support tech's response.)
And to quote Craig McPherson: thank you.
And if you were actually serious about your question, it will require more explanation than I'm ready to give in this comment. Suffice it to say that when it is finally adopted there will probably be some point-and-click MS program out there. You don't need to worry about that. Don't think. Let MS and its cruddy software do the thinking for you :-) That IS how you trained for your MCSE, right?
I know this looks like a flame. It isn't. I'm assuming the guy above was a troll, so I am trying to be funny. I don't think it's working...
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hehe, that was supposed to a <p>. Sorry about that.
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Looking over the spec, I see that the w3c spec will begin enforcing things that most browsers have allowed, such as
without a closing tag. Any idea how browsers such as mozilla or whatever will deal with this restriction?
Are we going to be getting errors or unrenderable pages due to bad HTML? Frankly, I hope we do :-) It'd serve them right.
Just an observation/question.
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As I used to be. I used to be on IRC for 15 hours a day. I even was an administrator on DALnet for a while (Remember Russell?). But I grew up. The good side is it gave me some needed skills, I don't know where I'd be without them.
But you raise a valid point as well.
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This is not what I am referring to. I have a better understanding of this than most - I am agorophobic and possible socio-phobic - I must telecommute in order to make a decent living.
I'm referring to those who completely escape. Don't act responsibly - don't do anything - just sit there and play games. Those who don't make any attempt to integrate in any way, shapw, or form.
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Considering the way some people like their pr0n, I'm surprised that hasn't already become a problem. :-)
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