How much is "US 0.3 cents"? Thirty cents per minute? That I find hard to believe. Or three tenths of a cent per minute? That doesn't add up too terribly quickly - an hour costs eighteen cents.
That's 3 tenths of a cent a minute. 18 cents per hour is quite a bit when you use 100+ hours a month. Say you use 150 hours a month (which I used easily when I was on dialup), you're spending $27/month in dialup usage fees alone, not to mention the $15/month standard fee.
Seems to me that $35/month flat for cable modem works out cheaper.
I know 0.3 cents seems like nothing, but like I said, it all adds up.
Oh I'm not from the US. In fact I think the USPS is pretty terrible, I'm only here as a student. But just because the USPS is slow/inefficient doesn't mean that they don't perform an essential service. Take them away and what have you got left?
I just took a look at the website and it looks to be a very technical conference, rather than one of the high publicity big flashy conferences that I'm used to seeing advertised.
I think that if Linux is to be more widely accepted by people then it needs to have conferences that appeal less to technies and sysadmins and more to executives who can go to these seminars and be wowed in the same way that they are wowed by Windows at Microsoft conferences.
While I know this is meant to be a technical meet, I'm just saying that in general Linux needs more things like WinHEC (by Microsoft) to get the kind of support that it needs to really go mainstream. I wonder if all the large Linux OEMs could work together on something like this to show that Linux is a viable alternative for corporate platforms.
I thought this was supposed to happen years ago ..
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Anthrax To Kill Snail Mail
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Really, the average person doesn't need to be worried about getting anthrax in the mail. I don't think its much of an issue - at least its not for me.
People forget that snail mail is still very important to having an effective communications, as in many cases it can't be beat. The quickest way to get something physical from one place to another (barring courier services) is by mail. To say that the USPS is dead because no one will want to mail stuff is not only premature and unrealistic, but also quite sensationalistic. In most cases, this one especially you can tell when someone is making stuff up to make the headlines rather than writing stuff that actually makes good sense. Having read this article, it makes very little sense at all. As much as I use computers/email, I for one would be majorly pissed if one day I found mail service was no longer there.
People say time and time again the mail is dead. But just look... its still there and doesn't show any sign of disappearing.
In Hong Kong broadband is very much alive and kicking. Hong Kong is strange in that if you're even a slightly heavy user of internet (read: >150 hours a month) then its *cheaper* to get broadband (because there is always a minimum per minute charge for dialup of US 0.3 cents which really adds up). Most people in Hong Kong have access to at least 5 different broadband providers and competition is strong - yet all of the companies are doing well.
Right now I'm paying US$35/month for unlimited, unfiltered, unadultered cable modem access. But there are lots of other options as well, DSL using PPPoE, internet via interactive TV, and so on.
In the US the only different thing is that providers there tend to screw over their customers at every opportunity, which in Hong Kong is not possible because it is so easy to just switch to another provider.
There are very few people here who don't have at least two options for broadband. Even fewer only have one, and very few (maybe 10% of the population) have no broadband options at all.
Read the system/browser requirements page for more info. Windows/MacOS/Netscape/IE are all explicitly supported, and Linux probably as well as long as your browser handles digital certificates properly.
Slashdot definitely needs to do some fact checking before they post. And then all you Linux zealots point the finger at Microsoft for spreading obviously false rumours.
If it were my code they were pirating -- and that is the correct word in this case -- I'd sue the hell out of them.
And lose really badly too I imagine. Wouldn't it be amusing if you sued and lost, plus had to pay them for legal costs and a fine for wasting the courts time. Thats what would (and should) happen to you if you sued. If you release code under the GPL, you have no right to complain if its used this way, no one forced you to release it under the GPL. If you wanted to avoid this you should have used another license.
I have a domain name, ebrahim.org which is my last name.org. It would be stupid to take this domain away from legit users like myself, who obviously don't use.org names for domain squatting, but actually use them for their own personal use. Out of the three currently available TLDs,.org is the most appropriate for us family users.
I've paid money to register this domain, I got it before anyone else, I'm not cybersquatting. Why should they take it away from me just because I'm a non-profit organisation?
you will be forced to upgrade _and_ pay up more money
You know, one of the things about subscription software is that you do not need to pay anything to upgrade. This would seem to be one of its salient obvious features.
Obviously you have no fucking clue what communism even is, but are just throwing the world around in a feigned effort to look somewhat sophisticated. You have no clue.
As for GNU/Linux and open software. Its totally irrelevant. No relation at all to what this topic is about. Total bullshit.
Next time why don't you think before you post!!
This idea is not as entirely stupid as it sounds. It has its merits. I am all for browser independant code.
However, I think a slight variant of this would be better. Support all browsers where if the current version is x.y, you include support for browsers (x-1).0.
This means that you throw out support for all the really old browsers, but keep support for the immediately previous generation.
People right now can't be bothered to upgrade. I can guarantee that once their favourite websites stop working unless they upgrade they won't even give it a second thought: "Who cares if I have to spend an hour downloading Browser X, I want to view my AOL page!!", and so on.
While this is a great idea, I wonder how many people will be willing to make the change. When moving to a fundamentally new type of language there must be some real big advantages over the current status quo. For example, Vorbis is better than MP3... no question. But its not *much* better, so no one switches.
Its important that this is really a big leap forward, and this is made clear to developers before they'll even think about using this kind of code.
The Windows NT/2000 command line has tab-completion, just like *nix. This would do exactly what you wanted. Its not enabled by default, but once you install TweakUI and set it, you're all good to go.
A lot of people are talking about reliability... I am wondering if it would be possible to develop a newer type of floppy disk that is semantically the same as the old ones, but is maybe coated or toughened up somehow for better reliability.
Napster is introducing a subscription service, while keeping the existing free service intact. All you Linux zealots shouldn't jump up in arms at the first mention of money! RTFArticle...
Windows NT/2000 drivers still suck ass on all ATI cards. The Radeon card under Windows 2000 on an Athlon 800 still gives choppy DVD playback coz of the terrible drivers. ATI never has been, and still isn't any good at writing NT/2000 drivers.
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How much is "US 0.3 cents"? Thirty cents per minute? That I find hard to believe. Or three tenths of a cent per minute? That doesn't add up too terribly quickly - an hour costs eighteen cents.
That's 3 tenths of a cent a minute. 18 cents per hour is quite a bit when you use 100+ hours a month. Say you use 150 hours a month (which I used easily when I was on dialup), you're spending $27/month in dialup usage fees alone, not to mention the $15/month standard fee.
Seems to me that $35/month flat for cable modem works out cheaper.
I know 0.3 cents seems like nothing, but like I said, it all adds up.
Oh I'm not from the US. In fact I think the USPS is pretty terrible, I'm only here as a student. But just because the USPS is slow/inefficient doesn't mean that they don't perform an essential service. Take them away and what have you got left?
I just took a look at the website and it looks to be a very technical conference, rather than one of the high publicity big flashy conferences that I'm used to seeing advertised.
I think that if Linux is to be more widely accepted by people then it needs to have conferences that appeal less to technies and sysadmins and more to executives who can go to these seminars and be wowed in the same way that they are wowed by Windows at Microsoft conferences.
While I know this is meant to be a technical meet, I'm just saying that in general Linux needs more things like WinHEC (by Microsoft) to get the kind of support that it needs to really go mainstream. I wonder if all the large Linux OEMs could work together on something like this to show that Linux is a viable alternative for corporate platforms.
Really, the average person doesn't need to be worried about getting anthrax in the mail. I don't think its much of an issue - at least its not for me.
... its still there and doesn't show any sign of disappearing.
People forget that snail mail is still very important to having an effective communications, as in many cases it can't be beat. The quickest way to get something physical from one place to another (barring courier services) is by mail. To say that the USPS is dead because no one will want to mail stuff is not only premature and unrealistic, but also quite sensationalistic. In most cases, this one especially you can tell when someone is making stuff up to make the headlines rather than writing stuff that actually makes good sense. Having read this article, it makes very little sense at all. As much as I use computers/email, I for one would be majorly pissed if one day I found mail service was no longer there.
People say time and time again the mail is dead. But just look
In Hong Kong broadband is very much alive and kicking. Hong Kong is strange in that if you're even a slightly heavy user of internet (read: >150 hours a month) then its *cheaper* to get broadband (because there is always a minimum per minute charge for dialup of US 0.3 cents which really adds up). Most people in Hong Kong have access to at least 5 different broadband providers and competition is strong - yet all of the companies are doing well.
Right now I'm paying US$35/month for unlimited, unfiltered, unadultered cable modem access. But there are lots of other options as well, DSL using PPPoE, internet via interactive TV, and so on.
In the US the only different thing is that providers there tend to screw over their customers at every opportunity, which in Hong Kong is not possible because it is so easy to just switch to another provider.
There are very few people here who don't have at least two options for broadband. Even fewer only have one, and very few (maybe 10% of the population) have no broadband options at all.
Windows 98 is a file system?
Read the system/browser requirements page for more info. Windows/MacOS/Netscape/IE are all explicitly supported, and Linux probably as well as long as your browser handles digital certificates properly.
Slashdot definitely needs to do some fact checking before they post. And then all you Linux zealots point the finger at Microsoft for spreading obviously false rumours.
Windows 2000 is actually Windows NT version 5.00.2195, but then all you Linux people wouldn't know that now would you?
I hope that what you say comes to pass. I own a .org TLD with my name specifically for this purpose.
Most of the comments here are so one sidedly favoured towards the US that they don't even dignify a response. It disgusts me.
And lose really badly too I imagine. Wouldn't it be amusing if you sued and lost, plus had to pay them for legal costs and a fine for wasting the courts time. Thats what would (and should) happen to you if you sued. If you release code under the GPL, you have no right to complain if its used this way, no one forced you to release it under the GPL. If you wanted to avoid this you should have used another license.
I can understand why enforcing the rules for new registrants would make sense, but retroactively applying them would be terrible.
I have a domain name, ebrahim.org which is my last name.org. It would be stupid to take this domain away from legit users like myself, who obviously don't use .org names for domain squatting, but actually use them for their own personal use. Out of the three currently available TLDs, .org is the most appropriate for us family users.
I've paid money to register this domain, I got it before anyone else, I'm not cybersquatting. Why should they take it away from me just because I'm a non-profit organisation?
you will be forced to upgrade _and_ pay up more money
You know, one of the things about subscription software is that you do not need to pay anything to upgrade. This would seem to be one of its salient obvious features.
Obviously you have no fucking clue what communism even is, but are just throwing the world around in a feigned effort to look somewhat sophisticated. You have no clue. As for GNU/Linux and open software. Its totally irrelevant. No relation at all to what this topic is about. Total bullshit. Next time why don't you think before you post!!
I don't design websites.
This idea is not as entirely stupid as it sounds. It has its merits. I am all for browser independant code.
However, I think a slight variant of this would be better. Support all browsers where if the current version is x.y, you include support for browsers (x-1).0.
This means that you throw out support for all the really old browsers, but keep support for the immediately previous generation.
People right now can't be bothered to upgrade. I can guarantee that once their favourite websites stop working unless they upgrade they won't even give it a second thought: "Who cares if I have to spend an hour downloading Browser X, I want to view my AOL page!!", and so on.
I'll upgrade when I'm ready to, and not a moment soner [sic].
Fine you do that, trust me, when web sites won't display with your current browser, you'll want to upgrade. Problem solved.
My guess would be Cruel Intentions...
While this is a great idea, I wonder how many people will be willing to make the change. When moving to a fundamentally new type of language there must be some real big advantages over the current status quo. For example, Vorbis is better than MP3 ... no question. But its not *much* better, so no one switches.
Its important that this is really a big leap forward, and this is made clear to developers before they'll even think about using this kind of code.
It'll be hard for this to go mainstream.
The Windows NT/2000 command line has tab-completion, just like *nix. This would do exactly what you wanted. Its not enabled by default, but once you install TweakUI and set it, you're all good to go.
A lot of people are talking about reliability ... I am wondering if it would be possible to develop a newer type of floppy disk that is semantically the same as the old ones, but is maybe coated or toughened up somehow for better reliability.
$10 a month is better than nothing. In fact, infinitely better ...
Napster is introducing a subscription service, while keeping the existing free service intact. All you Linux zealots shouldn't jump up in arms at the first mention of money! RTFArticle ...
Windows NT/2000 drivers still suck ass on all ATI cards. The Radeon card under Windows 2000 on an Athlon 800 still gives choppy DVD playback coz of the terrible drivers. ATI never has been, and still isn't any good at writing NT/2000 drivers.