Mod up! One of the reasons this makes 'news' is because of our lack of understanding of their culture and the belief that we need to impose our values and beliefs upon everyone else.
However, if they ban Half Life, it's war.
Look everyone, MS seems to have some good intentions. Let's bash them for trying to improve people's lives and coming up with an idea that Google and Apple haven't! How dare they?
Let's be honest. This is about money. They need pocket grease. And although your intentions are good in that you'd support a decision against any other company in the same position, let's again be honest - that isn't going to happen, the parameters of a monopoly will be redefined to suit their needs.
Is that it? I'm guessing you've never seen or heard of MSDN then.
It's pretty easy to jump onto the Apple-Bandwagon, but Ballmer is right in this case. You will complain that IE gets bundled with the OS (as the OP-tard has done) but fail to notice that Safari gets bundled with the OSX.
M$ doesn't restrict what apps you can write for their operating systems. That is openness, let's not dwell on cross-platform right now. Openness is not restricting or approving pointless apps that nobody uses after a day for the OSX.
Please, have a look around you first.
"Let's tell them it's Unix-like, they'll think it IS Unix!"
As of Leopard, OS X is certified UNIX.
Leopard is an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads. Since Leopard can compile and run all your existing UNIX code, you can deploy it in environments that demand full conformance -- complete with hooks to maintain compatibility with existing software.
Previous versions had full or nearly full UNIX underpinnings, it just didn't meet certification requirements.
I agree with you; if we were to somehow get a hold of internal memos in the Apple corporation, we'd probably be seeing equally 'truthful' or 'embarrassing' statements (but not on slashdot, since it seems like we are so keen on puckering up to Apple's proverbial posterior these days).
"Just make the machines shinier, those idiots will think it's a more powerful and configurable machine"
"Let's tell them it's Unix-like, they'll think it IS Unix!"
"Those ads were a great idea, even I can't find flaws with them!"
But if we did, I'm guessing that we'd suddenly have a host of Applogizers (get it? Apple+apologizers? Ha ha, my wit just cut my jugular) lining up to explain why those statements aren't really true or valid.
Please, corporations work like this, just stop already. Find something better to publish, like a Monty Python video.
What's getting to me is that the OP/TFA/Overlord thinks that 1% is too low and that perhaps a greater percentage of airline passengers need to be arrested. This only shows that not everyone at an airport is a terrorist and that we can be more trusting of others we are traveling with.
It's a shame that Time seems to want to retain copyright over these images. The only real place meant for showcasing such images is the Flickr Commons, not some hastily-patched together image display format like Google has done. Then again, they could just upload it to flickr and still retain copyrights, but at least they can generate more comments, tag it up to make the search results rich (and describe it well) and show it to a community that actually appreciates photographs such as these.
I like the name, it reminds me of a game I used to play almost 20 years ago. It was called Prince of Persia. It had many sequels, each of which had something added to the end so as to not confuse it with the previous incarnations.
They haven't started any of this yet, but are already arguing over the ad formats? Can't they just trial the feature first and look at the interest generated to see if adverts would be viable? I can already envisage full length movies with those annoying YouTube annotations that advertise sites that nobody cares about. The entire purpose of watching a YouTube video is entertainment - you're not there to look for ads related to a video so you can buy things. We get enough with product placements already, can't anything be pure anymore!?
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find out more about the "Tay Zonday Ringtones". Very interesting...
A government's priorities lie with immediate issues, not with entities that won't have an immediate effect. Saving Bletchley park is a matter of sentimentality and history and a government or corporation has every right to choose to ignore it - I'd rather they spent their efforts at least talking about the current economic crisis than helping a WW relic. When things are better, that'd be the time to look at anything else.
Conversely, if the government decided to give it, say GBP/USD40 million, others would complain about the government wasting their tax money.
So yes, it goes to show where the priorities lie and I'm glad its attention isn't wandering away.
About the non-guarantee of finishing a video game: I've started noticing that a lot of 'anticipated' game come out at the same time, within days of each other, so you end up with someone buying all of them, and then playing each game for just a day each before moving on to the next one and not finishing any, just to keep up with the latest. (Currently, it's Red Alert 3 and Fallout 3 and Farcry or something or the other, (not want soljary gamz))
The DoJ isn't partial or biased. They are 'doing their job' by ensuring that a 'threatening' (note the quotes) monopoly doesn't form. In either case, on the flip side, they represent a tiny form of government regulation in a free capitalistic market - so whether you're a Microsoft-hater or a Google-brownnoser, try looking at the real issue here.
Google was about to enter a deal with Yahoo that may have caused a monopoly of sorts (and infested the place with IFRAMEs, how can you not hate IFRAMEs?). The DoJ said they were worried about it. Google pulled out. End of. They saved money instead of waiting for the court case and going through years of appeals and spending millions/billions.
It's "because they added it as a âoefeatureâ which just happens to sell software subscriptions for them." It's a perfectly acceptable reply. I do that with applications I write too.
"Yeah, it doesn't parse the log files like you asked, but it does load up a a console that just happens to say 'hello world' on it. And exit."
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Mod up! One of the reasons this makes 'news' is because of our lack of understanding of their culture and the belief that we need to impose our values and beliefs upon everyone else. However, if they ban Half Life, it's war.
Look everyone, MS seems to have some good intentions. Let's bash them for trying to improve people's lives and coming up with an idea that Google and Apple haven't! How dare they?
/me Goes back to brown-nosing Steve Jobs.
Let's be honest. This is about money. They need pocket grease. And although your intentions are good in that you'd support a decision against any other company in the same position, let's again be honest - that isn't going to happen, the parameters of a monopoly will be redefined to suit their needs.
Is that it? I'm guessing you've never seen or heard of MSDN then. It's pretty easy to jump onto the Apple-Bandwagon, but Ballmer is right in this case. You will complain that IE gets bundled with the OS (as the OP-tard has done) but fail to notice that Safari gets bundled with the OSX. M$ doesn't restrict what apps you can write for their operating systems. That is openness, let's not dwell on cross-platform right now. Openness is not restricting or approving pointless apps that nobody uses after a day for the OSX. Please, have a look around you first.
databases were devertebrated after stewardesses were watered
Nothing wrong with your cache, Google Lively is just that bad.
The world needs more US-only movie streaming sections!
As of Leopard, OS X is certified UNIX.
Previous versions had full or nearly full UNIX underpinnings, it just didn't meet certification requirements.
See?!
NI!!!
I agree with you; if we were to somehow get a hold of internal memos in the Apple corporation, we'd probably be seeing equally 'truthful' or 'embarrassing' statements (but not on slashdot, since it seems like we are so keen on puckering up to Apple's proverbial posterior these days).
"Just make the machines shinier, those idiots will think it's a more powerful and configurable machine"
"Let's tell them it's Unix-like, they'll think it IS Unix!"
"Those ads were a great idea, even I can't find flaws with them!"
But if we did, I'm guessing that we'd suddenly have a host of Applogizers (get it? Apple+apologizers? Ha ha, my wit just cut my jugular) lining up to explain why those statements aren't really true or valid.
Please, corporations work like this, just stop already. Find something better to publish, like a Monty Python video.
What's getting to me is that the OP/TFA/Overlord thinks that 1% is too low and that perhaps a greater percentage of airline passengers need to be arrested. This only shows that not everyone at an airport is a terrorist and that we can be more trusting of others we are traveling with.
There, it got me.
It's a shame that Time seems to want to retain copyright over these images. The only real place meant for showcasing such images is the Flickr Commons, not some hastily-patched together image display format like Google has done. Then again, they could just upload it to flickr and still retain copyrights, but at least they can generate more comments, tag it up to make the search results rich (and describe it well) and show it to a community that actually appreciates photographs such as these.
A thimbleful of antimatter would make any H-bomb look like a popgun.
It'll give new meaning to the term "pin drop silence".
Ah... Hello and welcome to Slashdot?
What, nobody uses Google Earth anymore?
I like the name, it reminds me of a game I used to play almost 20 years ago. It was called Prince of Persia. It had many sequels, each of which had something added to the end so as to not confuse it with the previous incarnations.
Clearly this is not the same game.
They haven't started any of this yet, but are already arguing over the ad formats? Can't they just trial the feature first and look at the interest generated to see if adverts would be viable? I can already envisage full length movies with those annoying YouTube annotations that advertise sites that nobody cares about. The entire purpose of watching a YouTube video is entertainment - you're not there to look for ads related to a video so you can buy things. We get enough with product placements already, can't anything be pure anymore!?
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find out more about the "Tay Zonday Ringtones". Very interesting...
The Blackberries are being broken by workaholic users who use their devices too much.
The iPhones aren't being broken because the owners are too busy marveling over it and showing it off.
If you have a brand (GTA) or a star (Lara Croft, Mario) you repeat the concept - with better special effects and a larger budget
"If you have a brand or a star (Lara Croft) you repeat the concept - with bigger boobs."
There, fixed it for you.
No it isn't funny, it makes sense.
A government's priorities lie with immediate issues, not with entities that won't have an immediate effect. Saving Bletchley park is a matter of sentimentality and history and a government or corporation has every right to choose to ignore it - I'd rather they spent their efforts at least talking about the current economic crisis than helping a WW relic. When things are better, that'd be the time to look at anything else.
Conversely, if the government decided to give it, say GBP/USD40 million, others would complain about the government wasting their tax money.
So yes, it goes to show where the priorities lie and I'm glad its attention isn't wandering away.
About the non-guarantee of finishing a video game: I've started noticing that a lot of 'anticipated' game come out at the same time, within days of each other, so you end up with someone buying all of them, and then playing each game for just a day each before moving on to the next one and not finishing any, just to keep up with the latest. (Currently, it's Red Alert 3 and Fallout 3 and Farcry or something or the other, (not want soljary gamz))
The DoJ isn't partial or biased. They are 'doing their job' by ensuring that a 'threatening' (note the quotes) monopoly doesn't form. In either case, on the flip side, they represent a tiny form of government regulation in a free capitalistic market - so whether you're a Microsoft-hater or a Google-brownnoser, try looking at the real issue here.
Google was about to enter a deal with Yahoo that may have caused a monopoly of sorts (and infested the place with IFRAMEs, how can you not hate IFRAMEs?). The DoJ said they were worried about it. Google pulled out. End of. They saved money instead of waiting for the court case and going through years of appeals and spending millions/billions.
It's "because they added it as a âoefeatureâ which just happens to sell software subscriptions for them." It's a perfectly acceptable reply. I do that with applications I write too.
"Yeah, it doesn't parse the log files like you asked, but it does load up a a console that just happens to say 'hello world' on it. And exit."
I was going to say vi too... it does surprise some people. "Unix has text editors? I thought it's just a command prompt OS...?!?"
Anyways, time for me to ZZ this post.
... we'll discover yet another class of pulsars, known as category WEB20, which emit purely Beta rays. And they reflect stuff!