We didn't need another OS. Windows 7 was still alive and well
Microsoft knows this. In fact, I think they're counting on it.
what is special about Windows 8,.
What's special is that they're trying to unify (to the degree possible) their product across phones, tablets, and the PC.
I think Microsoft learned an interesting lesson from the XP/Vista/7 cycle. Vista was fucked up, in a big big way. Did it cost them sales? Some, mostly from people who would have upgraded their software. But this is a small piece of the pie. Most OS sales are pre-installs. And, even with vista out, Microsoft kept selling XP licenses (later via downgrade rights).
MS can't come out and say it, but I really don't think they give a shit if enthusiasts upgrade or not. Same with the enterprise market. You don't see Balmer out there throwing chairs, yelling "PLEASE! PLEASE DON"T BUY OUR WINDOWS 7 LICENSES!" As long as you're buying something of theirs, he's a happy chimp.
They're pushing 8 out to people via new PC sales, primarily in the consumer market. But what they really needed, and delivered, was something that works decently from a UI perspective on a phone, and on a tablet. That's what's driving this. And eventually the PC will follow. Or, people will keep buying Windows 7 licenses for the next five years. MS gets paid either way.
Is it fair, to say, then, that Samba4 and AD are both good choices for people with strong admin background, but perhaps AD is a beter choice for someone who, for instance, administers the server in addition to other business tasks? Not everybody has the time to become a good admin. They tell their boss that, but the boss also doesn't have funding to go and hire one.
Give the guys a break. They gotta sensationalize to sell ads. I mean, seriously, if they ran a story
757-300 makes 3,523,172th flight into Atlanta
Is anybody going to click it? No. And if they don't, how are you going to find out in the ad space on the side that Language Teachers Hate this guy that lived a Long Long time ago? You don't click it, CNN doesn't make bank. Pretty simple.
That's what everybody says. Then they go to travelocity, and fly with the lowest bidder. If more people wanted to pay more for a better experience, there'd be more first class seats in airplanes.
You can overdose from alcohol; people do it all the time. They call it "alcohol poisoning." Others overdose on heroin and other opiates. Others, barbituates. In fact, almost every "downer" drug can be lethal, even the over-the-counter drugs like alcohol
There's a big difference between "can" and "will". Any of those things "can" kill you, but probably won't. The body really, really wants to live. Most likey you'll end up in the hospital, which will try to nurse you back to health. In some states, you can also be committed to an institution against your will after a suicide attempt. I think the goal here is a suicide which is reliable, comfortable, and peaceful, and doesn't leave your corpse in a disturbing state for your descendants. Achieveing all four of those things at the same time is tricky.
What do they care? They'd rather you bring in your old phone than buy a new one, because they subsidize the cost of the new phone. A carrier's favorite customer is the one who's still using his original iPhone 1. Still paying for a data plan, using relatively small amounts of data, and they paid off the subsidy a long time ago.
But this may not work in Iran. The idea of adopting a foreign currency assumes that both dollars and goods can flow across the border. It's almost as if Zimbabwe becomes a very poor neighborhood in the US economy. But this won't work in Iran, because the sanctions mean goods and money can't flow. Even if the Iranians would do something like say "From now on, we're using Euros", it still wouldn't work. Because Iran simply isn't making enough stuff internally for its people to consume. They've always needed to trade oil for goods, using cash as an intermediary store of value. If you can't move Euros across the border, and you can't move goods across the border, the euros that are stuck in Iran also become useless, because you can't eat money. [copy of my post from below]
You might see a last ditch attempt to throw the region into chaos. A direct attack on Israel would work well in that regard. But Iran needs other countries to refine its oil into fuel, and doesn't grow enough food to feed its population. You can't fight a conventional war without food or gas. They could cause a lot of short term problems and chaos, but any extended conflict would end up likely looking like Gulf War I , with large groups of Iranian soldiers surrendering to helicopters in hope of getting some rations.
That could be an option for a regime like theirs. You could inflate your currency by adding digital zeros rather than printing money with more zeros.
The fact that I just wrote that in the light of a positive option makes me realize how fundamentally fucked up they actually are. I think there's a small possiblity the entire country may collapse before the next election, and a substantially higher chance before the next presidential term.
This may well be interesting. But only if the country continues to funciton long enough to see what happens. Typically with hyperinflation, the only short term option is to do away with your own currency, and adopt a strong foreign currency instead. Zimbabwe did this by adopting the dollar. But this may not work in Iran. The idea of adopting a foreign currency assumes that both dollars and goods can flow across the border. It's almost as if Zimbabwe becomes a very poor neighborhood in the US economy. But this won't work in Iran, because the sanctions mean goods and money can't flow. Even if the Iranians would do something like say "From now on, we're using Euros", it still wouldn't work. Because Iran simply isn't making enough stuff internally for its people to consume. They've always needed to trade oil for goods, using cash as an intermediary store of value. If you can't move Euros across the border, and you can't move goods across the border, the euros that are stuck in Iran also become useless, because you can't eat money.
More likely it brings an entire economic system to a halt, with the possiblity of bank collapse. This isn't like in more normal economic situations, where things do tend to find balance. There's a huge, unnatrual, external force at work in the sanctions. Most of the monitary value in modern systems is on paper or in computers in banks. You have money in your savings account, but that money is actually invested in someone else's mortgage, not in a big bag with a '$' on it in the vault. When people fear inflation, they got to the bank and withdraw money so they can spend it. But to do that, you have to have actual physical cash to withdraw. If Iran can't find a way to keep liquidity (printing money may be the only option they have left) then the economy freezes up,similar to what was happening in the US in 2008/9, where businesses couldn't find short term capital. If they can't print money, I frankly don't know what they'll do. I believe this would be unprecidented.
Or just a common hacker who likes to mess with stuff. People have been finding ways to modify the ECM calibrations in cars for years, although until recently it hasn't been wireless capable.
So, Bobby, you're pretty good with the computers, right? Could you make the old ticker run a bit stronger for a while? Ya see, old man Johnson's been telling all the dames down at the retirement home all about how he keeps lapping me around the mall. I just need, you know, a little boost.
You're right, when it comes to the consumer market. But Microsoft is still firmly entrenched in business. I predict large corporations will eat up Microsoft's new tablet.
Yeah. Microsoft is like RIM. Entrenched in business. They have nothing to worry about from Apple.
True. That's why those of us with sense reread something with our real name on it a couple of times before pressing post. Slashdot's big enough that this review will likely be in the first couple of pages of results when you google his name.
Like people who do the bluetooth headset thing while walking down the street don't look like tools as it is. Let's just throw in hand gestures for good measure! Yay society!
The really, really, really sad thing is that you already see people doing this while they're on a normal cell phone. And some of them are driving.
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She wasn't the CEO of HP when the acquisition happend this one isn't her fault.
It's at least partially her fault. Per the FA:
In an interview with CNBC, Whitman said she regretted voting to approve the deal with Autonomy,
Yes, but you can use eBay to buy knock off toner cartridges, thereby denying HP of revenue.
We didn't need another OS. Windows 7 was still alive and well
Microsoft knows this. In fact, I think they're counting on it.
what is special about Windows 8, .
What's special is that they're trying to unify (to the degree possible) their product across phones, tablets, and the PC.
I think Microsoft learned an interesting lesson from the XP/Vista/7 cycle. Vista was fucked up, in a big big way. Did it cost them sales? Some, mostly from people who would have upgraded their software. But this is a small piece of the pie. Most OS sales are pre-installs. And, even with vista out, Microsoft kept selling XP licenses (later via downgrade rights).
MS can't come out and say it, but I really don't think they give a shit if enthusiasts upgrade or not. Same with the enterprise market. You don't see Balmer out there throwing chairs, yelling "PLEASE! PLEASE DON"T BUY OUR WINDOWS 7 LICENSES!" As long as you're buying something of theirs, he's a happy chimp.
They're pushing 8 out to people via new PC sales, primarily in the consumer market. But what they really needed, and delivered, was something that works decently from a UI perspective on a phone, and on a tablet. That's what's driving this. And eventually the PC will follow. Or, people will keep buying Windows 7 licenses for the next five years. MS gets paid either way.
No, the first one was better.
Wow, pretty much the most bigoted comment I've ever seen on Slashdot.
You must be new here. I'd type that in all caps if I could, but the regex based overlord won't let me.
Also, to repeat it, for no apparent reason, 11 weeks from now.
Is it fair, to say, then, that Samba4 and AD are both good choices for people with strong admin background, but perhaps AD is a beter choice for someone who, for instance, administers the server in addition to other business tasks? Not everybody has the time to become a good admin. They tell their boss that, but the boss also doesn't have funding to go and hire one.
757-300 makes 3,523,172th flight into Atlanta
Is anybody going to click it? No. And if they don't, how are you going to find out in the ad space on the side that Language Teachers Hate this guy that lived a Long Long time ago? You don't click it, CNN doesn't make bank. Pretty simple.
I really wish you software types would refrain from commenting on real science.
Why? I deal with terrible code written by science types all the time. Payback's a bitch.
That's what everybody says. Then they go to travelocity, and fly with the lowest bidder. If more people wanted to pay more for a better experience, there'd be more first class seats in airplanes.
You can overdose from alcohol; people do it all the time. They call it "alcohol poisoning." Others overdose on heroin and other opiates. Others, barbituates. In fact, almost every "downer" drug can be lethal, even the over-the-counter drugs like alcohol
There's a big difference between "can" and "will". Any of those things "can" kill you, but probably won't. The body really, really wants to live. Most likey you'll end up in the hospital, which will try to nurse you back to health. In some states, you can also be committed to an institution against your will after a suicide attempt. I think the goal here is a suicide which is reliable, comfortable, and peaceful, and doesn't leave your corpse in a disturbing state for your descendants. Achieveing all four of those things at the same time is tricky.
What do they care? They'd rather you bring in your old phone than buy a new one, because they subsidize the cost of the new phone. A carrier's favorite customer is the one who's still using his original iPhone 1. Still paying for a data plan, using relatively small amounts of data, and they paid off the subsidy a long time ago.
But this may not work in Iran. The idea of adopting a foreign currency assumes that both dollars and goods can flow across the border. It's almost as if Zimbabwe becomes a very poor neighborhood in the US economy. But this won't work in Iran, because the sanctions mean goods and money can't flow. Even if the Iranians would do something like say "From now on, we're using Euros", it still wouldn't work. Because Iran simply isn't making enough stuff internally for its people to consume. They've always needed to trade oil for goods, using cash as an intermediary store of value. If you can't move Euros across the border, and you can't move goods across the border, the euros that are stuck in Iran also become useless, because you can't eat money. [copy of my post from below]
You might see a last ditch attempt to throw the region into chaos. A direct attack on Israel would work well in that regard. But Iran needs other countries to refine its oil into fuel, and doesn't grow enough food to feed its population. You can't fight a conventional war without food or gas. They could cause a lot of short term problems and chaos, but any extended conflict would end up likely looking like Gulf War I , with large groups of Iranian soldiers surrendering to helicopters in hope of getting some rations.
That could be an option for a regime like theirs. You could inflate your currency by adding digital zeros rather than printing money with more zeros.
The fact that I just wrote that in the light of a positive option makes me realize how fundamentally fucked up they actually are. I think there's a small possiblity the entire country may collapse before the next election, and a substantially higher chance before the next presidential term.
This may well be interesting. But only if the country continues to funciton long enough to see what happens. Typically with hyperinflation, the only short term option is to do away with your own currency, and adopt a strong foreign currency instead. Zimbabwe did this by adopting the dollar. But this may not work in Iran. The idea of adopting a foreign currency assumes that both dollars and goods can flow across the border. It's almost as if Zimbabwe becomes a very poor neighborhood in the US economy. But this won't work in Iran, because the sanctions mean goods and money can't flow. Even if the Iranians would do something like say "From now on, we're using Euros", it still wouldn't work. Because Iran simply isn't making enough stuff internally for its people to consume. They've always needed to trade oil for goods, using cash as an intermediary store of value. If you can't move Euros across the border, and you can't move goods across the border, the euros that are stuck in Iran also become useless, because you can't eat money.
More likely it brings an entire economic system to a halt, with the possiblity of bank collapse. This isn't like in more normal economic situations, where things do tend to find balance. There's a huge, unnatrual, external force at work in the sanctions. Most of the monitary value in modern systems is on paper or in computers in banks. You have money in your savings account, but that money is actually invested in someone else's mortgage, not in a big bag with a '$' on it in the vault. When people fear inflation, they got to the bank and withdraw money so they can spend it. But to do that, you have to have actual physical cash to withdraw. If Iran can't find a way to keep liquidity (printing money may be the only option they have left) then the economy freezes up,similar to what was happening in the US in 2008/9, where businesses couldn't find short term capital. If they can't print money, I frankly don't know what they'll do. I believe this would be unprecidented.
So, Bobby, you're pretty good with the computers, right? Could you make the old ticker run a bit stronger for a while? Ya see, old man Johnson's been telling all the dames down at the retirement home all about how he keeps lapping me around the mall. I just need, you know, a little boost.
You're right, when it comes to the consumer market. But Microsoft is still firmly entrenched in business. I predict large corporations will eat up Microsoft's new tablet.
Yeah. Microsoft is like RIM. Entrenched in business. They have nothing to worry about from Apple.
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"? What the fuck does that mean?
Bottom of the review. Talking about Rothke's book, not the one reviewed in the article.
Want to find out if the cryptanalysts ever broke Vigenère's cipher? Then read the book!
True. That's why those of us with sense reread something with our real name on it a couple of times before pressing post. Slashdot's big enough that this review will likely be in the first couple of pages of results when you google his name.
One can read this book in a short time, and I think doing so is a good idea for those of us who use computers, especially at work. ”
This is a great book to give to every corporate user who quickly needs to come up to seeped on what they need to do.
Like people who do the bluetooth headset thing while walking down the street don't look like tools as it is. Let's just throw in hand gestures for good measure! Yay society!
The really, really, really sad thing is that you already see people doing this while they're on a normal cell phone. And some of them are driving.