I would say microcomputers have largely gone through their cycle.
You are very funny, dude.
When you look at this, you probably see an effing ugly gaming laptop. I see a massive supercomputer that you can throw in a bag, something capable of outshining anything CRAY had 10 years ago for millions of greenbacks.
The only thing is that there are no killer apps YET for a beast like this; when a killer app for something like this comes along, we are in for a thrilling ride.
You're right on mark. Of course there are diminishing returns for those working on "classical" areas, like sysadmins, or IDE development, etc. But that does not mean that the industry as a whole is stabilizing; that's bullshit: we have nothing close to AI, we are just starting the überphone revolution; we are just entering the high-bandwidth computing era with 1080p, GPGPU for all, etc; there are whole new frameworks of interaction in the web, like html5 (and the idea of openGL in the browser is popping up), Adobe Air, etc., and things are improving in each of these areas.
Let's not forget that computing is now accepted as a new way of doing science--going beyond experiments and theorizing (and way beyond what we can do with mathematics in complex, highly interacting multi-agent systems. Data mining is exploding; just take a look at Freakonomics and there you have it: a hotshot economist who does nothing but interesting data mining.
Then along comes this suit and brings this stupid false dichotomy: because there is demand for other stuff, like food; demand for IT is stabilizing?
I am from Brazil (thank you for your sympathy) where global demand for food will probably benefit our economy (and hurt other industries like IT, due to a rising currency), but seriously, WTF? The only news here is that this dude cannot reason very sharply and shouldn't be invited again.
Chrome does not install in/programs, so it can be installed in machines at work with ease; kind of a big FU from google to MS and IT departments. I wish the installers for all other browsers followed suit.
nothing like a good arms race to get juices flowing all around. The dinosaurs had this rock for so long because they were peaceful compared to us hairless chimps.
Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest?
- Mark Twain
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.
- Mark Twain
I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.
- Mark Twain
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.
- Mark Twain
Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
- Mark Twain
Well (i)phones are FCC approved. And I imagine that software should be a part of that. If SW isn't, it certainly should. Imagine if one were to build a phone for the sole purpose of keeping track of your movements, through the use of wifi, bluetooth, 3g and all those antennas. If the FCC can't stand seeing some chick's tits for a split second, it should be in their business to make sure that these devices not only comply in terms of hardware, but also in the *spirit* of the regulatory agency: to improve telecom for joe & jane doe.
AT&T, you are a dumb pipe. Nothing but a dumb pipe. You are not a unique snowflake. Never think you can give anyone an "enhanced experience". Stop believing in closed systems and that locking up the very customers that feed you can be a strategic move. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
You have been pathetically going on this self-improvement road, yet self-improvement isn't the answer.... self-destruction is the answer. "It's only after you've lost everything," you will find out soon, "that you're free to do anything."
Here is what you should do: A) fire all the "enhanced experience", the "exclusivity" bozos and hire Wall-Mart executives across the board; B) become the biggest, cheapest, everywhere-est, dumbest pipe around. Be cheap, be everywhere, be dumb, be a price whore. Wall Mart is a monster because they know they are not unique snowflakes.
Wall Mart isn't going anywhere. They should set the example to your company. You're not some high-flying boutique; that only exists in your deluded thinking.
That after the FCC probing into Apple's nasty rejection of Google Voice, from now on we're gonna have to live with Michael Arrington proclaiming how, in his modesty and disregard for material things he saved the world from tyranny.
May god have mercy on us all.
Yet, as I mentioned in the other/. submission, here is one tiny shred of reason to think that a government entity might, just might, have a tiny shred of value. And the FCC made it clear that a "blanket" of confidential docs concerning this would not be accepted, which means at least *some* info concerning the latest brouhauha will be public. Seriously, for once, kudos to the FCC.
Here is more evidence of conspiracy! 0 results found. It is now clear that they are messing with our brains. You gotta be crazy to trust your bodily fluids there.
Google Talk uses libjingle. From the wikipedia article: "As of March 2008[update], the Jingle standards are marked as being 'proposed', meaning that it has not yet been approved by the XMPP Standards Foundation but is considered for advancement to the next stage of the standards process. In June 2009, on Jingle specifications website is notice: "Implementations are encouraged and the protocol is appropriate for deployment in production systems, but some changes to the protocol are possible before it becomes a Final Standard."
The libjingle library, used by Google Talk to implement Jingle, has been released to the public under a Berkeley-style license. However, the version of the protocol that libjingle (and by extension Google Talk) implements differs from that published by the XMPP Software Foundation. Currently, most software which advertises support for Jingle is limited to Google Talk compatibility."
This isn't a company developing software on their own and then discovering some troll has patented something obvious they depend on. This is a company buying a complete product, and forgetting to actually make sure the product they thought they were buying was listed in the contract.
"MY FELLOW IBMERs, I present to you the IBM PC, a project executed on record time by relying on partners to develop the irrelevant parts of our product, like the keyboard; the operating system; and the CPU". [APPLAUSE]
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thanks for the laugh, AC
What better way to shut down any future competition than to tell would-be entrepreneurs to pack up their toys and go home?
Perhaps the IBM way?
The industry is stablizing for those that are general programmers.
Oh, is it? I missed that memo.
I would say microcomputers have largely gone through their cycle.
You are very funny, dude.
When you look at this, you probably see an effing ugly gaming laptop. I see a massive supercomputer that you can throw in a bag, something capable of outshining anything CRAY had 10 years ago for millions of greenbacks.
The only thing is that there are no killer apps YET for a beast like this; when a killer app for something like this comes along, we are in for a thrilling ride.
Exactly; shit like Geographical Information Systems; Operations Research; Data Mining; AI, etc., have a looong way to go to fulfill these needs.
Let's not forget that computing is now accepted as a new way of doing science--going beyond experiments and theorizing (and way beyond what we can do with mathematics in complex, highly interacting multi-agent systems. Data mining is exploding; just take a look at Freakonomics and there you have it: a hotshot economist who does nothing but interesting data mining.
Then along comes this suit and brings this stupid false dichotomy: because there is demand for other stuff, like food; demand for IT is stabilizing?
I am from Brazil (thank you for your sympathy) where global demand for food will probably benefit our economy (and hurt other industries like IT, due to a rising currency), but seriously, WTF? The only news here is that this dude cannot reason very sharply and shouldn't be invited again.
is that a goatse-safe link?
Chrome does not install in /programs, so it can be installed in machines at work with ease; kind of a big FU from google to MS and IT departments. I wish the installers for all other browsers followed suit.
They will just "extend" the standard and call all other implementations broken.
That's not so easy anymore; they have a fight against Google, Apple, the EU, Mozilla's momentum, etc.
For evidence, just look at their silverlight adoption rates.
1. Go to page in WSJ
2.Copy URL, paste URL and Google feeling lucky
3. Visitors from Google get a free ride
Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest? - Mark Twain
There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. - Mark Twain
I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse. - Mark Twain
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. - Mark Twain
Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. - Mark Twain
how much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?
Apparently not... here's a good read on that: http://www.capitolvalley.net/2008/02/drm-net-neutrality-and-apples.html
Well (i)phones are FCC approved. And I imagine that software should be a part of that. If SW isn't, it certainly should. Imagine if one were to build a phone for the sole purpose of keeping track of your movements, through the use of wifi, bluetooth, 3g and all those antennas. If the FCC can't stand seeing some chick's tits for a split second, it should be in their business to make sure that these devices not only comply in terms of hardware, but also in the *spirit* of the regulatory agency: to improve telecom for joe & jane doe.
AT&T, you are a dumb pipe. Nothing but a dumb pipe. You are not a unique snowflake. Never think you can give anyone an "enhanced experience". Stop believing in closed systems and that locking up the very customers that feed you can be a strategic move. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
You have been pathetically going on this self-improvement road, yet self-improvement isn't the answer.... self-destruction is the answer. "It's only after you've lost everything," you will find out soon, "that you're free to do anything."
Here is what you should do: A) fire all the "enhanced experience", the "exclusivity" bozos and hire Wall-Mart executives across the board; B) become the biggest, cheapest, everywhere-est, dumbest pipe around. Be cheap, be everywhere, be dumb, be a price whore. Wall Mart is a monster because they know they are not unique snowflakes.
Wall Mart isn't going anywhere. They should set the example to your company. You're not some high-flying boutique; that only exists in your deluded thinking.
What if people simply do not care about sharing what the "next big thing" happening at Apple is.
Then there shouldn't be appleinsider and macrumours and macnn and theunofficialappleweblog and fakestevejobs and all those sites, right?
That after the FCC probing into Apple's nasty rejection of Google Voice, from now on we're gonna have to live with Michael Arrington proclaiming how, in his modesty and disregard for material things he saved the world from tyranny.
May god have mercy on us all.
Yet, as I mentioned in the other /. submission, here is one tiny shred of reason to think that a government entity might, just might, have a tiny shred of value. And the FCC made it clear that a "blanket" of confidential docs concerning this would not be accepted, which means at least *some* info concerning the latest brouhauha will be public. Seriously, for once, kudos to the FCC.
Here is more evidence of conspiracy! 0 results found. It is now clear that they are messing with our brains. You gotta be crazy to trust your bodily fluids there.
+1 car analogy
You're right. ebay is planning to IPO skype, so it's probably developing an alternative, publicly, to counteract the DRM blackmail.
Here's why they'll NEVER open-source skype: http://gigaom.com/2009/07/30/will-skypes-founders-put-the-kibosh-on-ebays-ipo-plans/ http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56U03D20090731 http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25862165-5013040,00.html
cheers
The code?
The libjingle library, used by Google Talk to implement Jingle, has been released to the public under a Berkeley-style license. However, the version of the protocol that libjingle (and by extension Google Talk) implements differs from that published by the XMPP Software Foundation. Currently, most software which advertises support for Jingle is limited to Google Talk compatibility."
This isn't a company developing software on their own and then discovering some troll has patented something obvious they depend on. This is a company buying a complete product, and forgetting to actually make sure the product they thought they were buying was listed in the contract.
"MY FELLOW IBMERs, I present to you the IBM PC, a project executed on record time by relying on partners to develop the irrelevant parts of our product, like the keyboard; the operating system; and the CPU". [APPLAUSE]