An evolving search engine.. cool! They need some way of continuously verifying links. I used to use Altavista when it first came out years ago but I quickly started getting large amounts of 404's. I've heard they've improved, but that seems to be a common problem with search engines. Maybe Open Source can fix that.
The code morphing software is the only software that is actually compiled specifically for the hardware processor. The code morphing software, however, was designed side by side with the hardware, so in effect the code translation is "hardware accelerated" for what they described as the more frequent x86 instructions.
Your first two rebuttals are simply too well worded for me to respond to. Your third makes no sense to me, perhaps you could clarify that.
it's his reputation that produced that icon not the reverse. by your argument, he saw the slashdot icon and decided on that day to become a prick. come on!
Now this is worth responding to... I never implied Gates himself was affected by the icon. (Although I'm sure he's seen it and is less than thrilled) What is served by its being there, is poisoning people against Microsoft. It's finger pointing. It's name calling. People should be swayed against Microsoft, you say? Maybe. But they should make that decision themselves, based on good information, not biased media labels.
That's just it though... everyone assumes the guy on top is a cruel heartless bastard, and what does that do? It makes every sap trying to reach that position strive for that mindset.
I think the single most important thing I've learned in my life is that everyone perceives the world differently. Things that seem unfair or cruel to us are seen as "the only option" to others. The problem with capitalism is that is establishes money as a commodity to be sought at all costs.
You're absolutely right. My bit was just that it seems that no matter WHAT Bill does, everybody here instantly and automatically criticizes him. It's a collective mentality that "Bill can do no good... EVER" that permeates and affects everyone who reads this site. Now I suppose that's natural for a strongly pro Linux community, but it's gotten to the point where anything done by Microsoft is slammed regardless of any possibility of virtue. Where eventually, there are millions of people criticizing Microsoft without even looking at what they're trying to do. This is the Open Source version of F.U.D.
"When you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy."
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
This second is made painfully clear by that post asking for a borg/ballmer image. (Which received/.'s coveted rank 5, no less) Even before he's settled into his new office, he is villified and ridiculed. This goes beyond cynicism and into the realm of predjudism.
But hey, it's funny so who cares, right?
For the record, I AM a techie, I've been coding since I was 7. I do want to see the best technology win, and also prefer that the winners accomplish this by "Doing The Right Thing". I just am able to conceive of a future where Microsoft pulls their act together. Apparently nobody else can.
I agree with the previous post. Nearly everyone on this site is biased against Microsoft to some degree. Maybe this is flamebait but it's completely true.
I curse Windows and Microsoft on a daily basis as much as everyone else, and don't get me wrong, I fully support Linux as a superior operating system... it is. However I haven't killed my hope that Microsoft can improve. Can anyone truly say they believe that Microsoft has no talented people working for them? It's a question of how that talent is being used.. (namely, for marketing, not QA oriented goals)
Bill Gates isn't a god, or a monster. He's flesh and blood just like the rest of us, trying to do good in the hyper-competitive, vicious world we have created for ourselves.
How many of you have even considered the possibility that Gates has regrets? I doubt very much he's blind to what an unstable operating system Windows is. I think he stepped down as head of Microsoft simply because he's currently unpopular, and he wants to protect Microsoft, his life's work. (Before you start yelling at me that he made himself unpopular, I suggest you take a good look at Slashdot's Gates/Borg icon and ask yourself who really makes demons of men)
I'm not saying Microsoft is going to turn around and start laying golden eggs, but Gates stepping down from CEO and focusing more on improving their software is at least an ATTEMPT to move in that direction. Oh no, wait, I forgot. It's a big monstrous conspiracy to cleverly position himself as the uber antichrist of the next millenium. Silly me.
I'm sorry to be caustic, but the amount of suspicion and hatred flowing from what I usually find an extremely open minded, intelligent, and positive community just sickens me sometimes.
As it is, any slob can't put up a web site, because not every "slob" has access to a machine with the connection and bandwith to perform any serious publishing.
Ahem. I assure you, any slob can. Geocities, FortuneCity, Tripod, Go Network, etc etc. And with the proliferation of WYSIWYG pixel-precise layout editors like FrontPage, Fusion and GoLive, you don't even need to know HTML. What everybody can't do is run their own web server... I'm guessing that's what you really meant.
Personally, I couldn't care less about the official, stamped, and approved-in-triplicate definition of when exactly the next millenium starts. IMHO, when it rolls from 999 to 000, that is the "REAL" change as far as I'm concerned. After all, which is more relevant, the current calendar date, or stuff that was arbitrarily chosen a couple thousand years ago?
OK the stereotype applies (to some degree) to a lot of people, otherwise it wouldn't exist. However, on the other hand, there are exceptions to every rule, and everyone is different. I think the real truth is that certain activities become so singularly involving and complicated that people who are interested in said activities ignore all other stimuli for fear of "losing their train of thought"
I'm sure there are plenty of artists, writers, composers, architects, EverQuest players, etc etc, that follow the so-called "geek behaviour" pattern of staying up late and neglecting their body. In the midst of hard core coding, a body is nothing more to a coder than a pair of hands, eyes, and a brain. I think any creative process can inspire this obsession. I bet Leonardo da Vinci just reeked some of the time; yet because of his seclusion and isolation with his work, history now remembers him as one of the most well-rounded and brilliant minds ever to climb out of the primordial stew.
As for social skills, of COURSE the shy and introverted turn to computers. Computers don't lie, cheat, betray, steal, or hurt people (and those were just my girlfriends!) Also now with the internet, you can reach out around the world and meet other people with similar interests. Social interaction is much easier behind the veil of the printed word, when all of a sudden, socially awkward, speed-demon typists can be the most talkative person in a chat room!
As for myself, I can't stand Mountain Dew, and am only modestly fond of Jolt. I used to code until 8 in the morning and wake up late afternoon. I live on Coke, Pizza Pockets and other microwave food. I don't get out much but I DO get out. A social life takes work and persistence, like most rewarding things in life.
First of all, except for song hunting, it's really your computer's time you're using, not your own, unless you sit in your chair and stare mindlessly at progress bars for fun, in which case, buddy, your time is NOT more valuable than that.
Claiming that "45 minutes of quality checking" is part of the recording process is like saying it takes 45 minutes to buy a CD because you have to test it for defects to see if you have to return it. In other words, you're going to be listening to the music you downloaded ANYWAY.. otherwise what the hell did you get it for?
Go do other things while downloading.
Go do other things while converting.
Go do other things while burning.
To summarize, the only real work that requires you to actively participate is song hunting, which with a fast connection and a service like Napster, is practically nil.
Slashdot Mirror
An evolving search engine.. cool! They need some way of continuously verifying links. I used to use Altavista when it first came out years ago but I quickly started getting large amounts of 404's. I've heard they've improved, but that seems to be a common problem with search engines. Maybe Open Source can fix that.
The code morphing software is the only software that is actually compiled specifically for the hardware processor. The code morphing software, however, was designed side by side with the hardware, so in effect the code translation is "hardware accelerated" for what they described as the more frequent x86 instructions.
Your first two rebuttals are simply too well worded for me to respond to. Your third makes no sense to me, perhaps you could clarify that.
Now this is worth responding to... I never implied Gates himself was affected by the icon. (Although I'm sure he's seen it and is less than thrilled) What is served by its being there, is poisoning people against Microsoft. It's finger pointing. It's name calling. People should be swayed against Microsoft, you say? Maybe. But they should make that decision themselves, based on good information, not biased media labels.
That's just it though... everyone assumes the guy on top is a cruel heartless bastard, and what does that do? It makes every sap trying to reach that position strive for that mindset.
I think the single most important thing I've learned in my life is that everyone perceives the world differently. Things that seem unfair or cruel to us are seen as "the only option" to others. The problem with capitalism is that is establishes money as a commodity to be sought at all costs.
You're absolutely right. My bit was just that it seems that no matter WHAT Bill does, everybody here instantly and automatically criticizes him. It's a collective mentality that "Bill can do no good... EVER" that permeates and affects everyone who reads this site. Now I suppose that's natural for a strongly pro Linux community, but it's gotten to the point where anything done by Microsoft is slammed regardless of any possibility of virtue. Where eventually, there are millions of people criticizing Microsoft without even looking at what they're trying to do. This is the Open Source version of F.U.D.
This second is made painfully clear by that post asking for a borg/ballmer image. (Which received /.'s coveted rank 5, no less) Even before he's settled into his new office, he is villified and ridiculed. This goes beyond cynicism and into the realm of predjudism.
But hey, it's funny so who cares, right?
For the record, I AM a techie, I've been coding since I was 7. I do want to see the best technology win, and also prefer that the winners accomplish this by "Doing The Right Thing". I just am able to conceive of a future where Microsoft pulls their act together. Apparently nobody else can.
IBM used to be the Evil Empire you know.
Exactly.
I agree with the previous post. Nearly everyone on this site is biased against Microsoft to some degree. Maybe this is flamebait but it's completely true.
I curse Windows and Microsoft on a daily basis as much as everyone else, and don't get me wrong, I fully support Linux as a superior operating system... it is. However I haven't killed my hope that Microsoft can improve. Can anyone truly say they believe that Microsoft has no talented people working for them? It's a question of how that talent is being used.. (namely, for marketing, not QA oriented goals)
Bill Gates isn't a god, or a monster. He's flesh and blood just like the rest of us, trying to do good in the hyper-competitive, vicious world we have created for ourselves.
How many of you have even considered the possibility that Gates has regrets? I doubt very much he's blind to what an unstable operating system Windows is. I think he stepped down as head of Microsoft simply because he's currently unpopular, and he wants to protect Microsoft, his life's work. (Before you start yelling at me that he made himself unpopular, I suggest you take a good look at Slashdot's Gates/Borg icon and ask yourself who really makes demons of men)
I'm not saying Microsoft is going to turn around and start laying golden eggs, but Gates stepping down from CEO and focusing more on improving their software is at least an ATTEMPT to move in that direction. Oh no, wait, I forgot. It's a big monstrous conspiracy to cleverly position himself as the uber antichrist of the next millenium. Silly me.
I'm sorry to be caustic, but the amount of suspicion and hatred flowing from what I usually find an extremely open minded, intelligent, and positive community just sickens me sometimes.
WTF!? Slashdot ate my /a tag.. I previewed and everything. Sorry about that.
I used to work tech support for Merill Lynch on the trading floor. We got all our PCs from Dell, and the support was exceptional. Now I work at a small private IT company out of a home office and we also get all our new stuff from Dell. (Anybody interested can actually check out our network layout here.) In short, I've had a fair bit of dealings with Dell and I come away satisfied every time. Their support of Linux is another giant leap towards universal Linux acceptance.
Ahem. I assure you, any slob can. Geocities, FortuneCity, Tripod, Go Network, etc etc. And with the proliferation of WYSIWYG pixel-precise layout editors like FrontPage, Fusion and GoLive, you don't even need to know HTML. What everybody can't do is run their own web server... I'm guessing that's what you really meant.
From the Yeah-But-Can-It-Cook? dept. :)
Personally, I couldn't care less about the official, stamped, and approved-in-triplicate definition of when exactly the next millenium starts. IMHO, when it rolls from 999 to 000, that is the "REAL" change as far as I'm concerned. After all, which is more relevant, the current calendar date, or stuff that was arbitrarily chosen a couple thousand years ago?
I'm sure there are plenty of artists, writers, composers, architects, EverQuest players, etc etc, that follow the so-called "geek behaviour" pattern of staying up late and neglecting their body. In the midst of hard core coding, a body is nothing more to a coder than a pair of hands, eyes, and a brain. I think any creative process can inspire this obsession. I bet Leonardo da Vinci just reeked some of the time; yet because of his seclusion and isolation with his work, history now remembers him as one of the most well-rounded and brilliant minds ever to climb out of the primordial stew.
As for social skills, of COURSE the shy and introverted turn to computers. Computers don't lie, cheat, betray, steal, or hurt people (and those were just my girlfriends!) Also now with the internet, you can reach out around the world and meet other people with similar interests. Social interaction is much easier behind the veil of the printed word, when all of a sudden, socially awkward, speed-demon typists can be the most talkative person in a chat room!
As for myself, I can't stand Mountain Dew, and am only modestly fond of Jolt. I used to code until 8 in the morning and wake up late afternoon. I live on Coke, Pizza Pockets and other microwave food. I don't get out much but I DO get out. A social life takes work and persistence, like most rewarding things in life.
First of all, except for song hunting, it's really your computer's time you're using, not your own, unless you sit in your chair and stare mindlessly at progress bars for fun, in which case, buddy, your time is NOT more valuable than that.
Claiming that "45 minutes of quality checking" is part of the recording process is like saying it takes 45 minutes to buy a CD because you have to test it for defects to see if you have to return it. In other words, you're going to be listening to the music you downloaded ANYWAY.. otherwise what the hell did you get it for?
- Go do other things while downloading.
- Go do other things while converting.
- Go do other things while burning.
To summarize, the only real work that requires you to actively participate is song hunting, which with a fast connection and a service like Napster, is practically nil.