I think it is a nice concept, but I don't like the fact that it needs a battery. I wondery why they can't make it work off human body heat (like armpits and groin)? Perhaps the battery wouldn't be a problem if it was soloar powered (maybe it is?).
I would even go so far as to say that the majority of geeks that I have known are aware of open source & Linux, and use both at least some of the time (particularilly some of the better GNU tools), but are not married to the Stalmanist ideology that all software should be free, and spend most of their time working with various closed applications. There are those who fit the description of these articles, but I don't believe they don't even represent the majority of geekdom, let alone a consensus.
I think the register is so closely tied to slashdot (at least in some way, probably not officially) that it assumes that the slashdot collective = how to define the way a geek should be. In fact, a lot of sites are looking at slashdot as the source of what geeks/nerds think is important (look at google news!)
Sadly, the term geek is becoming a pop-culture phenomenon. Dare I say it, but slashdot itself IS becoming pop culture (if it's not already).
That's the media for you. What really gets me is, once they get something they run with it. So what about all us poor geeks who don't fit the slashdot collective? A year from now if I go around calling myself a geek, people will automatically think they know what I stand for. Stereotypes, blech.
So I propose a new term to avoid this confusion. I henceforth will no longer call myself a "geek". Those of you who feel the same way can join with me and start using the term "gump". Similar to geek, it once had a negative connotation to it. However, it's time to break away from the soon-to-be-stereotypical geek term and embrace this new one.
Then, when "gump" gets to be a stereotype in a few years, we can change it again to something like "gork" or "gonk" which is a made up word that sounds very silly.:)
Let's get "gumpy". Kind of has a nice ring to it, huh?
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Just wondering how everyone heard about slashdot and got "hooked". I remember I first heard about it during my internship in the summer of '98. (So I guess that makes me a vetran slashdot reader). Anyway, a linux consultant geek came in and showed it to me. When/why/where did you first start reading slashdot?
I've submitted several articles that paint MS in a neutral (non-negative) light. Such as, releasing a BSD version of.NET. Or even DotGnu, who is a competitor to.NET.
I've never seen a POSITIVE article (or really, even non-negative) on MS posted by slashdot. It'd be different if there was a good mix. But to say that/. readers/submitters are ALL anti-ms is just not true.
However, I don't really mind if/. is anti-MS. It's freedom of speech, after all. I can choose not to read here if I don't like it, so it really isn't something worth complaining about. But it IS true- slashdot, its editors, and a large percentage of its readers are anti-ms. And my guess is, not much will change about this in the near future.
Here are some good scientific reasons Noah's ark in genesis is true. I'm not sure I agree with everything, but it has some good arguments. Do a control-f on "kind" and you'll see what I'm trying to get at specifically.
Missing link? There are TONS of missing links. What about "how did we go from nothing to something". This new "theory" (actually it's not a theory, but a hypothesis) doesn't explain that. I think it's just another attempt at making the evolution hypothesis "work". There is no science involved, only guesswork. There is more faith required in evolution (ie, faith in MANY unprovable things as opposed to the creation science view, which is faith in ONE thing- God).
The Bible says that everything God created will reproduce after its own KIND. Therefore, to have a new breed of species, that will NEVER happen. You can have a racoon and a cat (raccat), but that "hybrid" species can't reproduce itself. There has never been and never will be a case where we will have a new "kind" produced by genetic mutation that can itself reproduce.
Amazon is patenting the way they collect money through a web site. How can a patent even be allowed for such a thing? What value-add / innovation are we seeing here? Why haven't we ever seen patents for the following:
1. Selling trinkets on the front lawn for marked down prices. Information is available via salesperson (aka "home owner") at cash register. (In laymans terms, a "yard sale")
2. Purchasing commercial grade food and retail products by using a specialized magnetic storage device. (aka grocery shopping and paying with a credit card).
Ok, well hopefully you get the point. Aren't patents were supposed to be for improvements in technology? It seems that companies like Amazon are only getting patents because "we thought of it first, and we'll sue you if you think of it too, nanny-nanny boo boo".
I think it is time we need some patent reform laws. Why should Amazon, who may have some good ideas, force everyone else to have sucky/inconvenient e-commerce web sites because virtually everything possible is patented (okay, this may be an overstatement, but probably not too far from the truth)?
In the case of Amazon, if someone else tries to implement an Honor System like functionality. This is a patent on ORGANIZING INFORMATION. So does that mean if I am running an e-commerce site and want to provide the same kind of info to buyers (ie, how sellers behave or whatever it is) that I can get sued? Probably. That is messed up in my opinion.
I was on Computrek.. That was a cool board. My main handle on there was "Jaxom". Used to play TeleArena all the time. I remember chatting a lot too, that was definitely one of the best things about that board. My favorite action was "taknuke"...:)
Quote from article: "The primary motivator for enterprise customers (to buy Sun Linux desktops) will be reduction in costs and freedom from Microsoft," Sun said in a statement on the user conference.
The way this is worded just has an elitest anti-MS sentiment about it. "Freedom from Microsoft". Why should the primary motivator be to give users freedom from MS? One thing that has always bothered me about SUN is that they just can't get away from slamming MS all the time. Sure, it might be appealing to a lot of anti-MS people, but most Joe Blow consumers aren't going to buy a PC just because they want to be "free from Microsoft".
If they would have approached this new product with something like "offering consumers more choices and better prices" I would be much more excited about it. At first I thought that is honestly what they were trying to do, but then I read the statement mentioned above. Now I read it as "we don't care about the consumer, we just want to take marketshare away from MS's customers". Just a perception thing, but I think it has merit. I'm sure I won't be the only one to pick up on this.
Is it just me, or have A LOT of people been switching to Open Office lately? I am primarily a Windows user, but I recently downloaded open office. I was planning on snagging a copy of Office 2K from a computer show for my Church, but it was a little much.
In my quest for saving money, I remembered "star office" back from my redhat days. I vaguely remembered a slashdot article talking about star office and something to do with open office. So I checked out the web site and got it. I was amazed to see it could open my power point files that I had saved in office 2000 on my own computer. Cool stuff! I think this one actually has a good chance of becoming a competitor to MS Office.
However, I really don't think the user interface and usability is geared towards "dum-dum" users enough just yet. Even the name of the powerpoint like product was confusing to me (ie, "Impress"). Don't get me wrong- it is definitely useful, but it still isn't quite the same. A lot of users are so used to Office functionality that this will be a hurdle for Open Office to overcome. But Open Office is a BIG step in the right direction! And the price is right..
I think what is really needed is a standards body to come up with office document formats (such as document format, presentations, "calculators"/excel, etc.). This would be a Good Thing for the community. One of the most frustrating things about office productivity is having an old version of such and such, or not being able to open a particular format.
Snort is a great tool. However, the last time I used it I found it a little bit difficult to get it working just the way I want with all the parameters. In reality, I guess that is probably a good thing or every l33t hax0r would be out there using it.
Regardless- has anyone made any good UI to use it? I really liked the way "sniffit" worked with interactive mode. Maybe someone could design a UI and call it "sniffles" or whatever. The stealth mode version could be called "silent sneeze":)
It would be cool to do some scientific experiements on this thing. Maybe even put a "moon 3 cam" or whatever on it.
By the way, I've always wondered- why don't we have a moon cam (maybe we do?)? Or some telescoping equipment on the moon to peer even further into our universe? How hard would it be to put a camera on the moon and have it beam pictures to a nearby satellite or whatever?
Yeah, spam is a big problem with it. I usually just auto delete the messages that have a subject of "HI, this is Cathy".
Slashdot actually has done quite a bit w/ the lameness filters, which is nice. I remember stumbling on the goats ascii art which is now forever burned into my brain. Thankfully that kind of stuff doesn't happen much anymore.
What about mp3's or.ogg's? More games? Surely there is something better to put on ones hard drive than porn.
Seriously though- pornography is not healthy. It tends to make think nasty thoughts and do nasty things- it is not good for the mind. I know it gets joked about a lot here, but that's the truth.
It'd be nice to see things a little cleaner around here. Maybe that's just a pipe dream?
No, C# doesn't allow you to write unsafe code, you have to use C++ for that. What's new about C++ in the.NET framework is that it allows you to mix safe ("managed") code with unsafe code. In managed mode, it's a rather castrated C++ (particularly the lack of templates), but with the niceties of GC.
You can write UNSAFE CODE with C#. Yes, it is mixed in, but it is still unsafe code. See this article for reference.
I never said it runs outside the CLR, just the GC.
I'm not advertising VS.NET by this in any way. Always remember that *nix (and Windows!) users can go with the Mono project [go-mono.com] to get the C# language with platform independence, while still not supporting Microsoft if that's a concern.;-) Unless they get tempted by the devil so to speak and switch to VS.NET of course.:)
I'm excited about the mono project. I hope it comes to fruition and can keep up. It would be nice to see what kind of development tool (if any) will be available on the linux platform. VI just doesn't do justice. Emacs might do the trick, but I like intellisense like VS.NET has (but I hate a lot of the nuances that come with it)
I'd like to see some open source editors come out that could be used on different platforms. I wonder if anyone is working on that? I've used WebMatrix, not sure if that is open source, but it is free. There is also a free one called "Sharp Edit" but no auto complete, at least not the last time I checked.
I'm really suprised by this (especially with the book being from MS) but I think it is a nice to see on Slashdot.
C# really is a nice language. It is more powerful than other.NET languages (such as VB.NET) because it allows you to write unsafe code (ie, code that doesn't have to go through the garbage collector). Not that most MS programmers will need this capability, but its nice to have if you need the extra performance over maintainability/safety.
C# also gives you the ability to write XML comments in your code that can be parsed by the compiler to generate documentation. There is also an open source project called "NDOC" (hosted on Source Forge) that lets you generate really cool and helpful docs.
However, the majority of Slashdot readers probably don't care how C# is better than other.NET languages. The real question is- how does it compare with Java. Honestly, I believe there are some differences in syntax and power, but I don't know the details (as I am not that experienced with Java) but it would seem this book could help answer that question. I plan on taking a look at this book. Thanks for the review, and again- nice to see this kind of thing on Slashdot!
Cool, I just read on AMDB (a later page) that the 333 FSB should be introduced in the XP 2800.. nice!
Qoute: Also, while attending Quakecon 2002, I can finally say with 100% assuredness that AMD will be migrating their next processor to a 166/333 MHz front-side bus. This fact is again showing how much more the latest core revision was able to do for AMD and their confidence. The Athlon XP 2800+ processors will be the first to debut this new FSB speeds, probably in the 2.24 GHz range.
This looks like a great chip but I am bummed that it is not supporting a 333 mhz front side bus! We have mb's w/ 333 mhz FSB's but we still can't take advantage of it. BTW- is there any significant advantage in running PC 2700 (at 333mhz) when the processor is only running 266 on the FSB (basically asynchronously)?
On the positive side, I hope this means a price drop on the 2200's, because I'm building a new system soon and want to take advantage of the thoroughbred (.13 micron) core.
I've heard about JBoss, it sounds pretty cool. A friend of mine is changing over his PHP Nuke site to run JBoss. Do you know how it is in terms of production sites? What are some "big sites" that are using it? How well does it scale? That sort of thing..
Now, they can inadvertently connect to the Starbucks paid service.
I predict that starbucks will go to the courts about how people are "stealing" their service... It's probably only a matter of time before the lawyers will be on this. If this does end up happening, imagine the precedent. That means no more free WiFi. Although, on the other hand, perhaps Personal Telco could start charging a donation of $5/year or something so they can claim the same from Starbucks customers.
For the record, I started a.NET User Group in Northwest Ohio and listed it on DNUG. We are neither for profit or a Microsoft partner, although we do get supported by MS at least in somewhat of an informal way. They've sent us free software, books, and even sponsored events to big conferences (ie, Microsoft TechEd). The main reason I started the group was to promote the learning of.NET programming and having a support group for people to figure out what in the world they are doing with.NET, and share what they have learned. It has been really great. Not to mention there are other perks, like helping out the community (we are going to be doing some non-profit projects), good food, get to meet people in the area, looks good on a resume, etc.
I think the whole point of a user group is to bring people together and share knowledge. It's really a lot of fun. Not sure why anyone could be upset about this, other than the fact that it is under the "umbrella" of Microsoft technology and this is slashdot:)
By the way, some of the user groups that you can find through DNUG (it is basically a search portal for UG's) have different goals. When I was at a user group leaders conference last year, I learned that not all the UG leaders shared my same views but for the most part UG's are for the betterment of the community.
The complaint alleges that "the Pentium 4 is less powerful and slower than the Pentium III and/or the AMD Athlon."
The article later states that benchmarks would be more reliable. However, I've seen some benchmarks saying that the Athlon is a lot slower than the P4 (at least on Tom's Hardware).. Of course, this is comparing the P4 2400 vs. the Athlon XP 2100. Article here.
Tom's hardware mentions that you still get more processer power for your money, but it concludes that Intel is faster (at least in this comparison).
I doth quote: "In the last "AMD vs. Intel" comparison, the Athlon XP 2100+ took the leading position by a nose, but now, the Pentium 4/2400 easily overtakes its arch rival. Meanwhile, you should keep in mind that that the P4 has a 666 MHz core clock advantage over the Athlon XP. "
So "whats up" with this article? Did the plaintiffs read this before they filed the lawsuit?? Is Tom's Hardware just another victim of the megahertz marketing machine? (Actually, the tests would seem to indicate no). By the way, I'd love to see the plantiffs win, because I get really sick of the megahertz crap that they ramrod down everyones throat. Not to mention, any computer illiterate person knows that "Intel is better" because of this.
At any rate, I don't really think benchmarks are the answer- everyone knows you can make a benchmark say whatever you want (see for instance the Pet Shop application debate w/ Java vs..NET)
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I think it is a nice concept, but I don't like the fact that it needs a battery. I wondery why they can't make it work off human body heat (like armpits and groin)? Perhaps the battery wouldn't be a problem if it was soloar powered (maybe it is?).
I would even go so far as to say that the majority of geeks that I have known are aware of open source & Linux, and use both at least some of the time (particularilly some of the better GNU tools), but are not married to the Stalmanist ideology that all software should be free, and spend most of their time working with various closed applications. There are those who fit the description of these articles, but I don't believe they don't even represent the majority of geekdom, let alone a consensus.
I think the register is so closely tied to slashdot (at least in some way, probably not officially) that it assumes that the slashdot collective = how to define the way a geek should be. In fact, a lot of sites are looking at slashdot as the source of what geeks/nerds think is important (look at google news!)
Sadly, the term geek is becoming a pop-culture phenomenon. Dare I say it, but slashdot itself IS becoming pop culture (if it's not already).
That's the media for you. What really gets me is, once they get something they run with it. So what about all us poor geeks who don't fit the slashdot collective? A year from now if I go around calling myself a geek, people will automatically think they know what I stand for. Stereotypes, blech.
So I propose a new term to avoid this confusion. I henceforth will no longer call myself a "geek". Those of you who feel the same way can join with me and start using the term "gump". Similar to geek, it once had a negative connotation to it. However, it's time to break away from the soon-to-be-stereotypical geek term and embrace this new one.
Then, when "gump" gets to be a stereotype in a few years, we can change it again to something like "gork" or "gonk" which is a made up word that sounds very silly.
Let's get "gumpy". Kind of has a nice ring to it, huh?
Just wondering how everyone heard about slashdot and got "hooked". I remember I first heard about it during my internship in the summer of '98. (So I guess that makes me a vetran slashdot reader). Anyway, a linux consultant geek came in and showed it to me. When/why/where did you first start reading slashdot?
Oh how true!
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.NET. Or even DotGnu, who is a competitor to .NET.
/. readers/submitters are ALL anti-ms is just not true.
/. is anti-MS. It's freedom of speech, after all. I can choose not to read here if I don't like it, so it really isn't something worth complaining about. But it IS true- slashdot, its editors, and a large percentage of its readers are anti-ms. And my guess is, not much will change about this in the near future.
I've submitted several articles that paint MS in a neutral (non-negative) light. Such as, releasing a BSD version of
I've never seen a POSITIVE article (or really, even non-negative) on MS posted by slashdot. It'd be different if there was a good mix. But to say that
However, I don't really mind if
Here are some good scientific reasons Noah's ark in genesis is true. I'm not sure I agree with everything, but it has some good arguments. Do a control-f on "kind" and you'll see what I'm trying to get at specifically.
See for reference:
Answers in Genesis
Missing link? There are TONS of missing links. What about "how did we go from nothing to something". This new "theory" (actually it's not a theory, but a hypothesis) doesn't explain that. I think it's just another attempt at making the evolution hypothesis "work". There is no science involved, only guesswork. There is more faith required in evolution (ie, faith in MANY unprovable things as opposed to the creation science view, which is faith in ONE thing- God) .
The Bible says that everything God created will reproduce after its own KIND. Therefore, to have a new breed of species, that will NEVER happen. You can have a racoon and a cat (raccat), but that "hybrid" species can't reproduce itself. There has never been and never will be a case where we will have a new "kind" produced by genetic mutation that can itself reproduce.
Amazon is patenting the way they collect money through a web site. How can a patent even be allowed for such a thing? What value-add / innovation are we seeing here? Why haven't we ever seen patents for the following:
1. Selling trinkets on the front lawn for marked down prices. Information is available via salesperson (aka "home owner") at cash register. (In laymans terms, a "yard sale")
2. Purchasing commercial grade food and retail products by using a specialized magnetic storage device. (aka grocery shopping and paying with a credit card).
Ok, well hopefully you get the point. Aren't patents were supposed to be for improvements in technology? It seems that companies like Amazon are only getting patents because "we thought of it first, and we'll sue you if you think of it too, nanny-nanny boo boo".
I think it is time we need some patent reform laws. Why should Amazon, who may have some good ideas, force everyone else to have sucky/inconvenient e-commerce web sites because virtually everything possible is patented (okay, this may be an overstatement, but probably not too far from the truth)?
In the case of Amazon, if someone else tries to implement an Honor System like functionality. This is a patent on ORGANIZING INFORMATION. So does that mean if I am running an e-commerce site and want to provide the same kind of info to buyers (ie, how sellers behave or whatever it is) that I can get sued? Probably. That is messed up in my opinion.
I was on Computrek.. That was a cool board. My main handle on there was "Jaxom". Used to play TeleArena all the time. I remember chatting a lot too, that was definitely one of the best things about that board. My favorite action was "taknuke"... :)
Quote from article:
"The primary motivator for enterprise customers (to buy Sun Linux desktops) will be reduction in costs and freedom from Microsoft," Sun said in a statement on the user conference.
The way this is worded just has an elitest anti-MS sentiment about it. "Freedom from Microsoft". Why should the primary motivator be to give users freedom from MS? One thing that has always bothered me about SUN is that they just can't get away from slamming MS all the time. Sure, it might be appealing to a lot of anti-MS people, but most Joe Blow consumers aren't going to buy a PC just because they want to be "free from Microsoft".
If they would have approached this new product with something like "offering consumers more choices and better prices" I would be much more excited about it. At first I thought that is honestly what they were trying to do, but then I read the statement mentioned above. Now I read it as "we don't care about the consumer, we just want to take marketshare away from MS's customers". Just a perception thing, but I think it has merit. I'm sure I won't be the only one to pick up on this.
Is it just me, or have A LOT of people been switching to Open Office lately? I am primarily a Windows user, but I recently downloaded open office. I was planning on snagging a copy of Office 2K from a computer show for my Church, but it was a little much.
In my quest for saving money, I remembered "star office" back from my redhat days. I vaguely remembered a slashdot article talking about star office and something to do with open office. So I checked out the web site and got it. I was amazed to see it could open my power point files that I had saved in office 2000 on my own computer. Cool stuff! I think this one actually has a good chance of becoming a competitor to MS Office.
However, I really don't think the user interface and usability is geared towards "dum-dum" users enough just yet. Even the name of the powerpoint like product was confusing to me (ie, "Impress"). Don't get me wrong- it is definitely useful, but it still isn't quite the same. A lot of users are so used to Office functionality that this will be a hurdle for Open Office to overcome. But Open Office is a BIG step in the right direction! And the price is right..
I think what is really needed is a standards body to come up with office document formats (such as document format, presentations, "calculators"/excel, etc.). This would be a Good Thing for the community. One of the most frustrating things about office productivity is having an old version of such and such, or not being able to open a particular format.
Snort is a great tool. However, the last time I used it I found it a little bit difficult to get it working just the way I want with all the parameters. In reality, I guess that is probably a good thing or every l33t hax0r would be out there using it.
:)
Regardless- has anyone made any good UI to use it? I really liked the way "sniffit" worked with interactive mode. Maybe someone could design a UI and call it "sniffles" or whatever. The stealth mode version could be called "silent sneeze"
It would be cool to do some scientific experiements on this thing. Maybe even put a "moon 3 cam" or whatever on it.
By the way, I've always wondered- why don't we have a moon cam (maybe we do?)? Or some telescoping equipment on the moon to peer even further into our universe? How hard would it be to put a camera on the moon and have it beam pictures to a nearby satellite or whatever?
Yeah, spam is a big problem with it. I usually just auto delete the messages that have a subject of "HI, this is Cathy".
Slashdot actually has done quite a bit w/ the lameness filters, which is nice. I remember stumbling on the goats ascii art which is now forever burned into my brain. Thankfully that kind of stuff doesn't happen much anymore.
What about mp3's or .ogg's? More games? Surely there is something better to put on ones hard drive than porn.
Seriously though- pornography is not healthy. It tends to make think nasty thoughts and do nasty things- it is not good for the mind. I know it gets joked about a lot here, but that's the truth.
It'd be nice to see things a little cleaner around here. Maybe that's just a pipe dream?
No, C# doesn't allow you to write unsafe code, you have to use C++ for that. What's new about C++ in the
You can write UNSAFE CODE with C#. Yes, it is mixed in, but it is still unsafe code. See this article for reference.
I never said it runs outside the CLR, just the GC.
I'm not advertising VS.NET by this in any way. Always remember that *nix (and Windows!) users can go with the Mono project [go-mono.com] to get the C# language with platform independence, while still not supporting Microsoft if that's a concern. ;-) Unless they get tempted by the devil so to speak and switch to VS.NET of course. :)
I'm excited about the mono project. I hope it comes to fruition and can keep up. It would be nice to see what kind of development tool (if any) will be available on the linux platform. VI just doesn't do justice. Emacs might do the trick, but I like intellisense like VS.NET has (but I hate a lot of the nuances that come with it)
I'd like to see some open source editors come out that could be used on different platforms. I wonder if anyone is working on that? I've used WebMatrix, not sure if that is open source, but it is free. There is also a free one called "Sharp Edit" but no auto complete, at least not the last time I checked.
I'm really suprised by this (especially with the book being from MS) but I think it is a nice to see on Slashdot.
.NET languages (such as VB.NET) because it allows you to write unsafe code (ie, code that doesn't have to go through the garbage collector). Not that most MS programmers will need this capability, but its nice to have if you need the extra performance over maintainability/safety.
.NET languages. The real question is- how does it compare with Java. Honestly, I believe there are some differences in syntax and power, but I don't know the details (as I am not that experienced with Java) but it would seem this book could help answer that question. I plan on taking a look at this book. Thanks for the review, and again- nice to see this kind of thing on Slashdot!
C# really is a nice language. It is more powerful than other
C# also gives you the ability to write XML comments in your code that can be parsed by the compiler to generate documentation. There is also an open source project called "NDOC" (hosted on Source Forge) that lets you generate really cool and helpful docs.
However, the majority of Slashdot readers probably don't care how C# is better than other
Cool, I just read on AMDB (a later page) that the 333 FSB should be introduced in the XP 2800.. nice!
Qoute:
Also, while attending Quakecon 2002, I can finally say with 100% assuredness that AMD will be migrating their next processor to a 166/333 MHz front-side bus. This fact is again showing how much more the latest core revision was able to do for AMD and their confidence. The Athlon XP 2800+ processors will be the first to debut this new FSB speeds, probably in the 2.24 GHz range.
This looks like a great chip but I am bummed that it is not supporting a 333 mhz front side bus! We have mb's w/ 333 mhz FSB's but we still can't take advantage of it. BTW- is there any significant advantage in running PC 2700 (at 333mhz) when the processor is only running 266 on the FSB (basically asynchronously)?
On the positive side, I hope this means a price drop on the 2200's, because I'm building a new system soon and want to take advantage of the thoroughbred (.13 micron) core.
I've heard about JBoss, it sounds pretty cool. A friend of mine is changing over his PHP Nuke site to run JBoss. Do you know how it is in terms of production sites? What are some "big sites" that are using it? How well does it scale? That sort of thing..
because of this line (from article):
Now, they can inadvertently connect to the Starbucks paid service.
I predict that starbucks will go to the courts about how people are "stealing" their service... It's probably only a matter of time before the lawyers will be on this. If this does end up happening, imagine the precedent. That means no more free WiFi. Although, on the other hand, perhaps Personal Telco could start charging a donation of $5/year or something so they can claim the same from Starbucks customers.
For the record, I started a .NET User Group in Northwest Ohio and listed it on DNUG. We are neither for profit or a Microsoft partner, although we do get supported by MS at least in somewhat of an informal way. They've sent us free software, books, and even sponsored events to big conferences (ie, Microsoft TechEd). The main reason I started the group was to promote the learning of .NET programming and having a support group for people to figure out what in the world they are doing with .NET, and share what they have learned. It has been really great. Not to mention there are other perks, like helping out the community (we are going to be doing some non-profit projects), good food, get to meet people in the area, looks good on a resume, etc.
:)
I think the whole point of a user group is to bring people together and share knowledge. It's really a lot of fun. Not sure why anyone could be upset about this, other than the fact that it is under the "umbrella" of Microsoft technology and this is slashdot
By the way, some of the user groups that you can find through DNUG (it is basically a search portal for UG's) have different goals. When I was at a user group leaders conference last year, I learned that not all the UG leaders shared my same views but for the most part UG's are for the betterment of the community.
The complaint alleges that "the Pentium 4 is less powerful and slower than the Pentium III and/or the AMD Athlon."
.NET)
The article later states that benchmarks would be more reliable. However, I've seen some benchmarks saying that the Athlon is a lot slower than the P4 (at least on Tom's Hardware).. Of course, this is comparing the P4 2400 vs. the Athlon XP 2100. Article here.
Tom's hardware mentions that you still get more processer power for your money, but it concludes that Intel is faster (at least in this comparison).
I doth quote:
"In the last "AMD vs. Intel" comparison, the Athlon XP 2100+ took the leading position by a nose, but now, the Pentium 4/2400 easily overtakes its arch rival. Meanwhile, you should keep in mind that that the P4 has a 666 MHz core clock advantage over the Athlon XP. "
So "whats up" with this article? Did the plaintiffs read this before they filed the lawsuit?? Is Tom's Hardware just another victim of the megahertz marketing machine? (Actually, the tests would seem to indicate no). By the way, I'd love to see the plantiffs win, because I get really sick of the megahertz crap that they ramrod down everyones throat. Not to mention, any computer illiterate person knows that "Intel is better" because of this.
At any rate, I don't really think benchmarks are the answer- everyone knows you can make a benchmark say whatever you want (see for instance the Pet Shop application debate w/ Java vs.
A wearable computer might work...