Granted, they're now competing, at least with one line. So wouldn't this fall into the 'cheaper to buy than build' category?
The question then could be who buys who?
It would seem a natural fit in some ways. In other ways, I don't know. But it would definitely get two anti-MS teams together and could give Bill Gates fits he hasn't had since Borland was a threat.
In the article they talk repeatedly about the ability of XServe to talk with Sun boxes. They also talk about the XServe filling a niche Sun doesn't.
Is it me or would an Apple/Sun alliance make a lot of sense? I mean, besides the egos involved. You'd have server (high/low end and database) coupled with desktop.
Plus you'd have all of the stuff that MicroSoft wants working together (clean desktop for idiots, server market, stability, security) Just wondering
I always thought one of the coolest gadgets mentioned in Sci-Fi was the 'reactor' for the personal shield generator in the Foundation Trilogy. It was the size of a walnut. Of course, it didn't last very long, but a walnut-sized reactor would still be pretty cool (albeit very unlikely.)
In the Camel Book, you mention Tolkien's Lord of the Rings as good background reading for Perl. Do you think the Peter Jackson movies are an acceptable alternative? Or do I have to read the books?
They're ignoring the fact that links to the site have a great impact on the stature of a site relative to search engines. Links HELP get the site noticed.
And then you have the nerve to insult me by ascribing a nervous disorder to me. If you weren't the 50th person to post a question that was 1.) already answered and 2.) on the first page of the site, I wouldn't lose my shit. Tough to tell whether you're trolling or stupid.
In April, researchers at Johns Hopkins University announced they had designed a virtual observatory that joined three different astronomy databases using the Internet and Microsoft's.NET Web-services platform.
Wow, a pro-Microsoft sentence in a Slashdot article.
Wonder what the temperatures are like down in hell...
So sometimes, the right person, saying the right thing, at the right time, can make all the difference
This is so true. My Calculus prof in high school had taught there for almost 50 years. He had even helped out building ENIAC. Anyway, he made Calc seem like a walk in the park. Started with a straight line, moved to a curve, parabolas, 3D, etc. Made it so easy, I could never understand why anyone would have trouble with Calc.
You must be smoking crack. Do you make this up as you go along?
the U.S. of the cold war was strikingly similar to the U.S.S.R. It is safe to say that they were rivals (for oil, mostly) instead of enemies.
The Russians have far bigger reserves, for one. For two, I could get blue jeans. Russians couldn't.
BTW, there are very few "capitalist" countries left in the world.
True.
After 1929, everyone pretty much understood that "pure" capitalism didn't work.
Who's everyone? They didn't teach this in either econ or poly sci. In fact, the U.S. track history since FDR has shown that government consistently screws things up more than it helps.
So most industrialized countries now have mixed economies - the sad thing is that the U.S. forces its client nations to adopt the capitalist models and therefore become markets for american goods, even though it also ensures that their economy won't develop normally..
Who are these 'client countries' and who's forcing them to adopt capitalism? Surely you're not talking about any Western Hemisphere nations, they're all either Communist (Cuba, Nicaragua) or Socialist (the rest of them.)
Abroad, the only countries we've helped set up governments have been Germany and Japan, countries with strong socialist undertones that have economic problems BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIALIST TENDENCIES.
Read a fucking book and stop listening to Dan Rather. Idiot.
"Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not entitlement. An entitlement is what people on welfare get, and how free are they? It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights - the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery - hay and a barn for human cattle." - P.J. O'Rourke
Boy, you are profane. Anyway, if I remember correctly, the serious shifts have periods of LITTLE or NO change in the main scientific underpinings. This does not mean there's a vacuum as far as accumulation of knowledge is concerned. To take your example, people used Newton with little or no problems, and then there was a sudden, forceful change in the laws of mechanics. Does this mean there was no discovery going on between Newton and Einstein? Of course not. Was everything done between Newton and Einstein thrown out? No. Does this mean that the fundamental changes aren't 'rapid, dramatic and upsetting'? No. But then, I didn't say that. I was trying to point out that it was cyclical. The nature of the cycle was something that Kuhn was trying to come to grips with. Take a fucking chill pill. If you want to have a fight, get married.
Slightly OT, but I had a Philosophy of Science class where we used The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn and videos of James Burke's Connections. Great stuff. Gave us a fine appreciation for how Scientific Discovery is made and how gradual change is punctuated by bursts of creativity. Of course, then you go talk to people and it takes the wind right out of your sails.
The point I was trying to make is that Hollywood, like the U.S. in Viet Nam, has every advantage. Better lawyers. Bigger corporations. More money. And what will it get them? You can right laws all you want, that will never cause people to follow the law. Has the WOD caused drug use to decline? No. I think a lot of this will be aimed at mainstream, but will not stem the tide. I really wasn't trying to inject politics, just pointing out that even with all of the big guns, it doesn't mean they'll win the war. In America, that's as it should be. Dumb laws may be passed that will take years to overturn, but that's Congress for you. Passing dumb laws sing 1789!!! (Hey, that might be a good.sig.)
The computer is going to replace the TV/Stereo/DVD/VCR in living rooms. Whether 'Hollywood' is ready for it or not. Reminds me of the dialogue between the American and Viet Namese General. The American turned to the Viet Namese and said, "You know, you never beat us on an open field of battle." The Viet Namese General replied, "That is true. It is also irrelevant." It seems like 'Hollywood' will win in court, but what that means, I don't know.
From the article: "Mozilla was not vulnerable, but I'm not sure if that's because it handled the situation properly, or is, ironically, somehow too buggy to be exploited."
I don't know if that's exactly a show of support. It goes into more depth if you'd bother to read the article.
He's talking about the TIPS program where US Citizens spy and report suspicious activities. The DOJ was hoping the USPS would be involved. They declined.
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Granted, they're now competing, at least with one line. So wouldn't this fall into the 'cheaper to buy than build' category?
The question then could be who buys who?
It would seem a natural fit in some ways. In other ways, I don't know. But it would definitely get two anti-MS teams together and could give Bill Gates fits he hasn't had since Borland was a threat.
In the article they talk repeatedly about the ability of XServe to talk with Sun boxes. They also talk about the XServe filling a niche Sun doesn't.
Is it me or would an Apple/Sun alliance make a lot of sense? I mean, besides the egos involved. You'd have server (high/low end and database) coupled with desktop.
Plus you'd have all of the stuff that MicroSoft wants working together (clean desktop for idiots, server market, stability, security) Just wondering
The ones that didn't last very long were specially crafted, so they could be used as bribes on non-Foundation planets.
I thought that was the case, but I haven't read them in almost 17 years.
Either way, it's still pretty cool.
I always thought one of the coolest gadgets mentioned in Sci-Fi was the 'reactor' for the personal shield generator in the Foundation Trilogy.
It was the size of a walnut. Of course, it didn't last very long, but a walnut-sized reactor would still be pretty cool (albeit very unlikely.)
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Functionality
Guess which side of the fence ActiveX is on.
There isn't an easy answer that isn't going to be flippant.
As a software developer I have always found it strange that large companies are willing to spend obscene amounts of money for software development.
Shut up and take the money...
In the Camel Book, you mention Tolkien's Lord of the Rings as good background reading for Perl.
Do you think the Peter Jackson movies are an acceptable alternative? Or do I have to read the books?
They're ignoring the fact that links to the site have a great impact on the stature of a site relative to search engines.
Links HELP get the site noticed.
It's not buried anywhere It's on the Front Page.
And then you have the nerve to insult me by ascribing a nervous disorder to me. If you weren't the 50th person to post a question that was 1.) already answered and 2.) on the first page of the site, I wouldn't lose my shit. Tough to tell whether you're trolling or stupid.
Boy, you're fucking dense.
In April, researchers at Johns Hopkins University announced they had designed a virtual observatory that joined three different astronomy databases using the Internet and Microsoft's .NET Web-services platform.
Wow, a pro-Microsoft sentence in a Slashdot article.
Wonder what the temperatures are like down in hell...
As a non-profit or as a shareholder coop?
Read the fucking page, would you? It's right on the first fucking page.
Click a link, it's not that fucking tough.
So sometimes, the right person, saying the right thing, at the right time, can make all the difference
This is so true. My Calculus prof in high school had taught there for almost 50 years. He had even helped out building ENIAC.
Anyway, he made Calc seem like a walk in the park. Started with a straight line, moved to a curve, parabolas, 3D, etc.
Made it so easy, I could never understand why anyone would have trouble with Calc.
Please don't turn this into a debate about whether global warming is an actual threat or how bad other environmental issues actually are
You realize that this is a discussion forum and you're taking one side of a charged debate. What do you think is going to happen?
You must be smoking crack. Do you make this up as you go along?
the U.S. of the cold war was strikingly similar to the U.S.S.R. It is safe to say that they were rivals (for oil, mostly) instead of enemies.
The Russians have far bigger reserves, for one. For two, I could get blue jeans. Russians couldn't.
BTW, there are very few "capitalist" countries left in the world.
True.
After 1929, everyone pretty much understood that "pure" capitalism didn't work.
Who's everyone? They didn't teach this in either econ or poly sci. In fact, the U.S. track history since FDR has shown that government consistently screws things up more than it helps.
So most industrialized countries now have mixed economies - the sad thing is that the U.S. forces its client nations to adopt the capitalist models and therefore become markets for american goods, even though it also ensures that their economy won't develop normally..
Who are these 'client countries' and who's forcing them to adopt capitalism? Surely you're not talking about any Western Hemisphere nations, they're all either Communist (Cuba, Nicaragua) or Socialist (the rest of them.)
Abroad, the only countries we've helped set up governments have been Germany and Japan, countries with strong socialist undertones that have economic problems BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIALIST TENDENCIES.
Read a fucking book and stop listening to Dan Rather. Idiot.
"Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not entitlement. An entitlement is what people on welfare get, and how free are they? It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights - the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery - hay and a barn for human cattle." - P.J. O'Rourke
"You can't get good chinese takeout in China and cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That's all you need to know about communism." - P.J. O'Rourke
Boy, you are profane.
Anyway, if I remember correctly, the serious shifts have periods of LITTLE or NO change in the main scientific underpinings. This does not mean there's a vacuum as far as accumulation of knowledge is concerned.
To take your example, people used Newton with little or no problems, and then there was a sudden, forceful change in the laws of mechanics.
Does this mean there was no discovery going on between Newton and Einstein? Of course not.
Was everything done between Newton and Einstein thrown out? No.
Does this mean that the fundamental changes aren't 'rapid, dramatic and upsetting'? No. But then, I didn't say that.
I was trying to point out that it was cyclical. The nature of the cycle was something that Kuhn was trying to come to grips with.
Take a fucking chill pill.
If you want to have a fight, get married.
Slightly OT, but I had a Philosophy of Science class where we used The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn and videos of James Burke's Connections.
Great stuff.
Gave us a fine appreciation for how Scientific Discovery is made and how gradual change is punctuated by bursts of creativity.
Of course, then you go talk to people and it takes the wind right out of your sails.
The point I was trying to make is that Hollywood, like the U.S. in Viet Nam, has every advantage. Better lawyers. Bigger corporations. More money. And what will it get them? .sig.)
You can right laws all you want, that will never cause people to follow the law. Has the WOD caused drug use to decline? No.
I think a lot of this will be aimed at mainstream, but will not stem the tide.
I really wasn't trying to inject politics, just pointing out that even with all of the big guns, it doesn't mean they'll win the war.
In America, that's as it should be.
Dumb laws may be passed that will take years to overturn, but that's Congress for you. Passing dumb laws sing 1789!!!
(Hey, that might be a good
The computer is going to replace the TV/Stereo/DVD/VCR in living rooms.
Whether 'Hollywood' is ready for it or not.
Reminds me of the dialogue between the American and Viet Namese General. The American turned to the Viet Namese and said, "You know, you never beat us on an open field of battle."
The Viet Namese General replied, "That is true. It is also irrelevant."
It seems like 'Hollywood' will win in court, but what that means, I don't know.
I'm not worried about sperm count.
I get e-mails every day about how I can improve my sex drive.
Is ASCII. It seems like you usually hit this in sorting. If 'A' and 'a' would be right next to each other, it woudldn't bet that big of a problem.
From the article:
"Mozilla was not vulnerable, but I'm not sure if that's because it handled the situation properly, or is, ironically, somehow too buggy to be exploited."
I don't know if that's exactly a show of support. It goes into more depth if you'd bother to read the article.
Hold on there. Don't inject any sense here.
Are you really surprised that Bush would call for something like that?
Really, people should just focus on their job and ignore suspicious activity.
Sheesh. The nerve.
He's talking about the TIPS program where US Citizens spy and report suspicious activities. The DOJ was hoping the USPS would be involved. They declined.