Lemme put it this way: it took centuries for us to develop rockets to go to space, but we had bullets figured out real quick....
Humanity is very good at coming up with clever methods of killing ourselves and everything around us. Actually doing something to improve the world is a distant second.
No offense taken. I'm pretty pissed that the guy ran the company right off the rails... seems like they're doing ok now, but it's tough to recover from a scandal like that.
I used to work for a division of Tyco, and I had the shittiest chair on the planet. (Don't get me started on my computer.) But the company I worked for made honest money... too bad about what happened to that money.
Have you given any thought to the idea that maybe, just maybe, Microsoft doesn't want just anyone being able to compile a version of Windows and sell it as their own, without paying any money to the people who wrote all that code?
If MS were to open up the source to Windows and Office, voluntarily or otherwise, you wouldn't see some glorious revolution as coders pitched in to improve their products. You'd see counterfeiters rushing to compile it themselves and sell it for ten bucks a pop. Microsoft would then go out of business, since no one would pay retail for the official software when they can just get it out of the trunk of some dude's car for a fraction of the cost. That'd grind Windows development to a halt pretty quick, don't you think?
Open Source works because a group of coders wants to share their efforts to produce what they want. I assure you that, for the rest of the world, the desire to get something for nothing overrules any idealist notions that open source represents. It's not about helping your fellow man for them, it's about getting something without having to pay for it.
I'd like to personally thank you for the funniest thing I've ever read on Slashdot. Seriously, I'm lucky I wasn't drinking when I got to the "magic fairy dust" part.
Just what I need... even more crap I don't need included on the disc.
I want one browser, one media player, one mail client, one firewall, etc... if Microsoft wants to include that, fine. If not, I'll get it from someone else. Either way, I don't want to have to clean off all their competitors' products that were forced to be bundled as well. (Just as bad is when MS dumps duplicates in themselves - no, I don't want MSN Explorer.)
Wow. IBM is seriously twisting the lion's tail here. By saying, "Your flagship product will run on your competitor's OS, whether you like it or not" they're inviting MS' wrath. They're going to do anything they can to make this as hard as possible on IBM.
The question is, how much can MS do to integrate Office into Windows without running afoul of antitrust law? I'm all in favor of Microsoft being able to do anything they can to improve their products, but creating new Office features that hook deeply into Windows isn't going to go over well with the DoJ.
It wasn't an older version. The NT 5.0 codebase (which started with Win2000) is currently in use in their newest products (XP is NT 5.1; not sure what 2003 is).
So no, until Longhorn ships, this is the latest major NT rev. It's not old code.
Looked at in this manner, every kind of security is just another thing that can go wrong. Obviously, this isn't something you'd use on a server where clients have unreliable connections.
However, it's another tool in the security admin's toolbox, to be applied in the right circumstances.
(And yours was pretty much my first thought as well.)
Your machine's fucked. Whoever gave it to you, give it right back and tell them to set it up for you, and to do it right this time.
Sorry, but no modern system should take that long to copy a file. Mine can move around 60 megs in about 20 seconds. This isn't a "My B0x0rz R0x0rz" brag here; it's just that your machine shouldn't be that slow.
One possible issue: if you're getting IDE corruption, XP will degrade your performance (down to PIO, if necessary) in order to preserve data integrity. Check your IDE controller settings to find out if this is the case.
Anyway, the major reason why Opteron owners want XP 64 is to be able to use the extra registers on their CPUs. They're not available in 32-bit mode.
I haven't modded mine. I'm the kind of guy who can remember the details of multiple ongoing projects, but forgets little stuff like turning off his modchip before getting on Live. I'm probably safer without one.;)
The hard drive was central to many of the Xbox's coolest and most unique features. Content downloads, soundtracks, large levels cached to HD to cut load times, large save files for games such as KotOR, etc.... Without the hard drive and Live, the Xbox would have been just another game console.
This is one case where Microsoft did a good job with v1 of the product. I'd hate to see a backward move like this for v2.
Crimson Skies and Project Gotham 2 are both fantastic, and both are even more fun on Live. Ninja Gaiden is coming, Halo 2 isn't that far off, and there's enough cross-platform titles (including the Splinter Cell sequel) to keep any gamer happy.
I have far more Xbox games than PS2 or GameCube titles, and have no trouble finding something fun to play. All three consoles have a good library, but I'm enjoying my Xbox the most (especially with Live.)
Problem is, RotK had better visual effects and was a better film overall than either Reloaded or Revolutions.
I ignored all the hype, saw the Matrix sequels, and was blown away by both. Perhaps there was more they could have done with it, but seen as a single unit, they made a fitting and thoroughly enjoyable follow-up to The Matrix.
And I'll bet that there wouldn't have been nearly as many complaints (and probably better box-office numbers) had Revolutions been released in June. People would have been more likely to see it for what it was - a film released in two parts - instead of as two separate films. (I suspect Kill Bill would have had this problem, if part 1 weren't so damned good.)
Nope. Engine licensing is a huge business; id makes money off every game that uses the Q3 engine. Same with Epic, Monolith, and even Valve (who licenses their new Source engine.)
Slashdot Mirror
Lemme put it this way: it took centuries for us to develop rockets to go to space, but we had bullets figured out real quick....
Humanity is very good at coming up with clever methods of killing ourselves and everything around us. Actually doing something to improve the world is a distant second.
In a thread destined to be clogged with Matrix jokes, yours is the only one that's made me laugh.
No offense taken. I'm pretty pissed that the guy ran the company right off the rails... seems like they're doing ok now, but it's tough to recover from a scandal like that.
I used to work for a division of Tyco, and I had the shittiest chair on the planet. (Don't get me started on my computer.) But the company I worked for made honest money... too bad about what happened to that money.
Still, those look like some slick chairs.
"Nobody wants old, skunked beer."
Tell that to my frat brothers.
Give me a Goose Island any day...
Windows XP Service Pack 2 is reportedly going to include this feature... see Ars Technica's writeup on the beta.
Have you given any thought to the idea that maybe, just maybe, Microsoft doesn't want just anyone being able to compile a version of Windows and sell it as their own, without paying any money to the people who wrote all that code?
If MS were to open up the source to Windows and Office, voluntarily or otherwise, you wouldn't see some glorious revolution as coders pitched in to improve their products. You'd see counterfeiters rushing to compile it themselves and sell it for ten bucks a pop. Microsoft would then go out of business, since no one would pay retail for the official software when they can just get it out of the trunk of some dude's car for a fraction of the cost. That'd grind Windows development to a halt pretty quick, don't you think?
Open Source works because a group of coders wants to share their efforts to produce what they want. I assure you that, for the rest of the world, the desire to get something for nothing overrules any idealist notions that open source represents. It's not about helping your fellow man for them, it's about getting something without having to pay for it.
I'd like to personally thank you for the funniest thing I've ever read on Slashdot. Seriously, I'm lucky I wasn't drinking when I got to the "magic fairy dust" part.
Just what I need... even more crap I don't need included on the disc.
I want one browser, one media player, one mail client, one firewall, etc... if Microsoft wants to include that, fine. If not, I'll get it from someone else. Either way, I don't want to have to clean off all their competitors' products that were forced to be bundled as well. (Just as bad is when MS dumps duplicates in themselves - no, I don't want MSN Explorer.)
* looks at PDA used for occasional note-taking.
* looks at pile of empty condom wrappers next to bed.
* looks at picture of girlfriend (who thinks it's cute when I geek out occasionally.)
Maybe I'm missing something here....
Wow. IBM is seriously twisting the lion's tail here. By saying, "Your flagship product will run on your competitor's OS, whether you like it or not" they're inviting MS' wrath. They're going to do anything they can to make this as hard as possible on IBM.
The question is, how much can MS do to integrate Office into Windows without running afoul of antitrust law? I'm all in favor of Microsoft being able to do anything they can to improve their products, but creating new Office features that hook deeply into Windows isn't going to go over well with the DoJ.
"The problem is having to choose between booze and electricity."
That's easy: drink enough that you can't see. That way, it doesn't matter that the lights don't work.
It wasn't an older version. The NT 5.0 codebase (which started with Win2000) is currently in use in their newest products (XP is NT 5.1; not sure what 2003 is).
So no, until Longhorn ships, this is the latest major NT rev. It's not old code.
And people wonder where sexism in technology comes from.
Using it to your advantage is not the same thing as working to eliminate it.
Looked at in this manner, every kind of security is just another thing that can go wrong. Obviously, this isn't something you'd use on a server where clients have unreliable connections.
However, it's another tool in the security admin's toolbox, to be applied in the right circumstances.
(And yours was pretty much my first thought as well.)
Your machine's fucked. Whoever gave it to you, give it right back and tell them to set it up for you, and to do it right this time.
Sorry, but no modern system should take that long to copy a file. Mine can move around 60 megs in about 20 seconds. This isn't a "My B0x0rz R0x0rz" brag here; it's just that your machine shouldn't be that slow.
One possible issue: if you're getting IDE corruption, XP will degrade your performance (down to PIO, if necessary) in order to preserve data integrity. Check your IDE controller settings to find out if this is the case.
Anyway, the major reason why Opteron owners want XP 64 is to be able to use the extra registers on their CPUs. They're not available in 32-bit mode.
I haven't modded mine. I'm the kind of guy who can remember the details of multiple ongoing projects, but forgets little stuff like turning off his modchip before getting on Live. I'm probably safer without one. ;)
The hard drive was central to many of the Xbox's coolest and most unique features. Content downloads, soundtracks, large levels cached to HD to cut load times, large save files for games such as KotOR, etc.... Without the hard drive and Live, the Xbox would have been just another game console.
This is one case where Microsoft did a good job with v1 of the product. I'd hate to see a backward move like this for v2.
Hey, it worked in Blazing Saddles...
Actually, in the Illustrated H2G2, Ford is white (though I believe Zaphod was black.)
Crimson Skies and Project Gotham 2 are both fantastic, and both are even more fun on Live. Ninja Gaiden is coming, Halo 2 isn't that far off, and there's enough cross-platform titles (including the Splinter Cell sequel) to keep any gamer happy.
I have far more Xbox games than PS2 or GameCube titles, and have no trouble finding something fun to play. All three consoles have a good library, but I'm enjoying my Xbox the most (especially with Live.)
Problem is, RotK had better visual effects and was a better film overall than either Reloaded or Revolutions.
I ignored all the hype, saw the Matrix sequels, and was blown away by both. Perhaps there was more they could have done with it, but seen as a single unit, they made a fitting and thoroughly enjoyable follow-up to The Matrix.
And I'll bet that there wouldn't have been nearly as many complaints (and probably better box-office numbers) had Revolutions been released in June. People would have been more likely to see it for what it was - a film released in two parts - instead of as two separate films. (I suspect Kill Bill would have had this problem, if part 1 weren't so damned good.)
Actually, he said it was an intentional play on it. Hence, there went a large portion of his defense.
The kid may be getting some technology training from MS, but the real lesson here is to keep your mouth shut and let a lawyer do the talking.
I'm okay with that... where do I sign up?
Nope. Engine licensing is a huge business; id makes money off every game that uses the Q3 engine. Same with Epic, Monolith, and even Valve (who licenses their new Source engine.)
Pattern Recognition was indeed fantastic - it was one of the best books I read in 2002.
It was in December 2002, though, so it'd be easy to mix into this year's books.