You are probably right that they will likely run one of these and possibly two, but some people may stumble on Pidgin and use all three in one app.
6 Facebook, MySpace, Blog (and who knows how many more open IE windows)
IE is a single app.
7 Perhaps Word to switch to when the parents walk in (I'm doing homework!)
A wikipedia page on a vaguely school-related topic (history, most likely) could suffice.
8 Maybe a game or two open (nothing heavy, but something)
"Nothing heavy" likely would mean a browser-based flash game. In the already-running IE.
9 E-mail (Thunderbird, OE, etc)
Again, open in IE. Most people don't use a standalone email client outside of work.
10 Video Chat window
May be mergable with the IM apps.
Anything else I'm missing?
Like jonbryce said, a media player. Likely iTunes. Also, ATI/nVidia/sound card taskbar apps. Google Desktop (and assorted apps such as Earth).
Malware.
I see a few Foxconn stamps when working on Macs, yes. Coincidentally, dead logic boards (motherboards) are the single most common Mac defect I fix (although none are new machines).
No, just be more efficient in satisfying what you need. If you don't need anything other than web/email/word processing, get a netbook, notebook, or a desktop that favors energy efficiency over processing power. Use LED/CFL bulbs. Ride a bike/moped/motorcycle/public transport any time you don't need much cargo capacity. Turn off your heater and wear a sweater. Don't run your Tesla coil when you aren't at home.
These supercapacitor we keep hearing about could conceivably be used as batteries, but I it is probably more realistic for nuclear plants to provide for the base load and have other technologies supplement during peak hours.
As Bill Gates and others have noticed previously, a very obvious solution to the whole spam and e-mail viruses problem would involve removing just one single line from this form:
( ) Sending email should be free
(x) Users of email will not put up with it
(x) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
(x) Lack of centrally controlling authority for email
(x) Open relays in foreign countries
(x) Unpopularity of weird new taxes
(x) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes
(x) Extreme profitability of spam
(x) Joe jobs and/or identity theft
(x) Countermeasures must work if phased in gradually
they are probably going to treat the drive space like a "pool"
Which might be a problem when it comes time to add chlorine.
I think they expect you to forget your "JPG" you have a "digital picture" and you "just edit it" (send it an "edit" message) you can't "open it in Photoshop" the data and the application are the same thing. In "OO" terms the "Photo of my dog" is an "instance of the digital picture class" - it is BOTH the data and the application (clearly the code for the application is in the class definition of "digital picture" not in the "Photo of my dog".
I'm wondering how they are going to allow adjustment of images to suit a user's preferences. People use lossy formats (JPG) for saving space, lossless formats (PNG) for preserving quality, and vector formats (SVG) for scalability. One size most certainly does not fit all.
Speaking of Hulu...
Anybosy know how to save a streamed video? My internet connection at home couldn't handle downloading every time I watch an episode multiple tilmes.
Ogg is NOT patented. Come on, dude. Don't post bullshit.
OK, I was mistaken. I thought Xiph.org held the patents to prevent abuse by patent trolls.
Ummm.. could you explain how you "hijack" an OPEN standard. I am a little fuzzy on that one.
Have the single largest user base and implement the standard poorly. Sure, the standard is still there, but the unmolested version isn't used because the most popular program doesn't use it. See: Internet Explorer.
Obviously new OSes springing forth from Linux will remain open source. (At least, one can hope.)
Barring the entirety of copyright law being thrown out the window (or an SCO-like hijacking), OSs based on Linux must be open source. It is BSD kernels that risk being taken and closed-sourced
I think the point they were trying to get across is that if the crowds ever break past the vendor lock-in, they will not buy any of MS's products other than maybe Office on Mac because MS simply does not interoperate nicely with third-party programs. If they support Linux, then everybody leaving Windows can still be sold an Exchange server or Sharepoint.
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Also, the 'initially lite OS' idea is fantastic. It's one of the reasons that I like Ubuntu.
Then you should give Debian a spin. I plan on going back when Gnome 2.24 and kernel 2.6.28 are integrated.
1 MSN Messenger
2 AOL AIM
3 Yahoo! Chat
You are probably right that they will likely run one of these and possibly two, but some people may stumble on Pidgin and use all three in one app.
6 Facebook, MySpace, Blog (and who knows how many more open IE windows)
IE is a single app.
7 Perhaps Word to switch to when the parents walk in (I'm doing homework!)
A wikipedia page on a vaguely school-related topic (history, most likely) could suffice.
8 Maybe a game or two open (nothing heavy, but something)
"Nothing heavy" likely would mean a browser-based flash game. In the already-running IE.
9 E-mail (Thunderbird, OE, etc)
Again, open in IE. Most people don't use a standalone email client outside of work.
10 Video Chat window
May be mergable with the IM apps.
Anything else I'm missing?
Like jonbryce said, a media player. Likely iTunes.
Also, ATI/nVidia/sound card taskbar apps.
Google Desktop (and assorted apps such as Earth).
Malware.
Remind me, what happened with it?
It was $200 billion worth of tax breaks, so I imagine oversight was less stringent than if Congress had written a check.
There was a story about it not long ago wasn't it?
I don't recall, although it is mentioned here all the time. The incident itself occurred in 1996.
And the geek shall inherit the Earth.
Or maybe they just don't see this working out any better than the first $200 billion.
I see a few Foxconn stamps when working on Macs, yes.
Coincidentally, dead logic boards (motherboards) are the single most common Mac defect I fix (although none are new machines).
Fresh install of XP.
No, just be more efficient in satisfying what you need. If you don't need anything other than web/email/word processing, get a netbook, notebook, or a desktop that favors energy efficiency over processing power. Use LED/CFL bulbs. Ride a bike/moped/motorcycle/public transport any time you don't need much cargo capacity. Turn off your heater and wear a sweater. Don't run your Tesla coil when you aren't at home.
These supercapacitor we keep hearing about could conceivably be used as batteries, but I it is probably more realistic for nuclear plants to provide for the base load and have other technologies supplement during peak hours.
For things like solar, sure. But I don't see wind or tidal power generation needing anything more advanced than fiberglass.
As Bill Gates and others have noticed previously, a very obvious solution to the whole spam and e-mail viruses problem would involve removing just one single line from this form:
( ) Sending email should be free
(x) Users of email will not put up with it
(x) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
(x) Lack of centrally controlling authority for email
(x) Open relays in foreign countries
(x) Unpopularity of weird new taxes
(x) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes
(x) Extreme profitability of spam
(x) Joe jobs and/or identity theft
(x) Countermeasures must work if phased in gradually
(x) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work.
Sarah Palin would be president of the universe
HHGTTG
So why exactly don't you double click on the .deb?
Downloading the .deb is an unnecessary extra step unless you are trying to install something not in the repos (skype, opera).
Species 8472? It was Voyager that negotiated a truce in exchange for detailing how to defeat 8472 (reprogrammed nanites?).
they are probably going to treat the drive space like a "pool"
Which might be a problem when it comes time to add chlorine.
I think they expect you to forget your "JPG" you have a "digital picture" and you "just edit it" (send it an "edit" message) you can't "open it in Photoshop" the data and the application are the same thing. In "OO" terms the "Photo of my dog" is an "instance of the digital picture class" - it is BOTH the data and the application (clearly the code for the application is in the class definition of "digital picture" not in the "Photo of my dog".
I'm wondering how they are going to allow adjustment of images to suit a user's preferences. People use lossy formats (JPG) for saving space, lossless formats (PNG) for preserving quality, and vector formats (SVG) for scalability. One size most certainly does not fit all.
Two questions:
Speaking of Hulu...
Anybosy know how to save a streamed video? My internet connection at home couldn't handle downloading every time I watch an episode multiple tilmes.
Debian and Ubuntu's alternate install take 0 clicks (but a lot of Enters)
...Ubunghole is only beta-quality...
Not too shabby for an alpha.
Not at all. Ogg is patented, yet open.
Ogg is NOT patented. Come on, dude. Don't post bullshit.
OK, I was mistaken. I thought Xiph.org held the patents to prevent abuse by patent trolls.
Ummm.. could you explain how you "hijack" an OPEN standard. I am a little fuzzy on that one.
Have the single largest user base and implement the standard poorly. Sure, the standard is still there, but the unmolested version isn't used because the most popular program doesn't use it. See: Internet Explorer.
That's my point. CentOS buys RHEL and gives it away. CentOS is just RHEL without the name, logo, and support.
Linux Standards Base exists for a reason.
Obviously new OSes springing forth from Linux will remain open source. (At least, one can hope.)
Barring the entirety of copyright law being thrown out the window (or an SCO-like hijacking), OSs based on Linux must be open source. It is BSD kernels that risk being taken and closed-sourced
I think the point they were trying to get across is that if the crowds ever break past the vendor lock-in, they will not buy any of MS's products other than maybe Office on Mac because MS simply does not interoperate nicely with third-party programs. If they support Linux, then everybody leaving Windows can still be sold an Exchange server or Sharepoint.
If/when Windows is no longer bound to x86(-64), x86 will hopefully be dead within a decade.