If Google is big enough to run most of the others out of existence, then Google will be in the position to dictate everything about instant messaging, and its just a matter of time before it turns into an unwanted, undesirable "control" of your messaging service. Ad pushing and maybe even a "pay for" special service might be a part sometime.
It looks like this is a service provided only to devices connected ON-LINE on the campus. They say they are using Microsoft's Digital Rights Management to protect the copyrights. So, unless I am wrong, you can't copy music to your portable player, or movies to a portable DVD player.
However, if it includes enough TV content to enable it to compete with the local cable with its $20-$45 per month costs, it will be a good setup for students.
You can bet that before long, someone will come up with a way to circumvent the DRM and that digital music content will proliferate.
What I like about US Politics is you don't have to be a Democrat or Republican to be able to say the same thing about the other political party. For instance, there's that "dad started with $19.00" and "pulled himself up by his own bootstraps" that always comes right before the "walked to school 6 miles in the snow -uphill both ways". It's always good for a self image. And then there's that group that's always "waiting for a handout" and "clean needles". Those people are always part of the other party. And finally, there are those who want to send email telling how bad the other party's candidate is, but can never see clearly that their own has a set of problems.
The US political system, no matter which side you are own, has its share of corruption and its share of Hero. If you cannot see that it you are probably as biased as I and most of the others of us who have a favorite politician.
Since the early 80's it has been Intel's chips and a niche market. Sometimes the niche share was larger than Intel's share and based on the usage (auto, military, embedded, appliance) was and is significantly larger. Although some other chips were better and most had better initial architecture than the X86, the "Intel Inside" slogan really carried them through the initial PC years. I think Motoroly and MicroChip still sell a larger volume of Microcontrollers than Intel's PC line, but that little bit of information was not shown during my search for volumes.
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Read it again. It says "after a reboot". That's the keyword. If you did not have to reboot, then..... It's a joke! Now smile!
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I use both. Both have verify option. EZCD has drag and drop, but other than that and the fact that Nero has had problems determining the record speed and left CD's no longer useable, I find both to have about the same set of options. Frequent updates? If it ain't broke, don't fix it! My three year old version of EZCD works as well as any version of NERO I have used. My newest version is about the same. However, I am willing to give your tutorial a try. I might learn something about NERO I don't know. Anything particular I should look for that is different from EZCD or that works better?
I think that the biggest difference is that EZCD works most of the time and actually checks to see if it can make a CD. NERO just burns, and if it cannot check the result because it went too fast for the media, it just spits out a bad (defective) CD. I also think that some CD drives work better with one than the other, but I have not proved that yet.
Well, that makes sense! I misread the original request as a user's request (below) for a Firefox/Mozilla problem.
My comments regarding desktops stands, but they should be standing somewhere else!
Firefox/Mozilla has it's share of rednering problems as well. Opening or closing a form tag automatically adds the equivalent of two
. I would be more than happy if someone can correct me on this.
Put the emphasis on intuitive, not windows. Windows is important because, whether we like it or not, it is most people's "defacto standard" just due to its market share.
However, you seem to have missed my point entirely. Your instructions were to insert a "command" that you happened to know about into a "form" that you happened to know about. I maintain that you(we) will never have a desktop if software designers try to give users a list of commands to insert when they want to do something. If software designers can point users to a menu where the solution lies, then perhaps that desktop will evolve.
I don't know if I would call myself an armchair software designer, since I am not a software designer at all. I just design those little "thingies" that make the software work (analog and digital circuit design).
On the side I teach normal(?) users how to "cut" and "paste" and how to "download" and "install" and things like "right click". Believe me, working with non-techies over thirty years old is a real learning experience, and that learning experience tells me that the "command line" is out and that the "menu system" is in.
Software is designed and written for users, not engineers like me nor designer/programmers like you.
If you had written "Set the margin to 0." I would have looked for a format menu and then for a margin menu. Instead your instruction was in the form of a simple line of code which most people would not be able to do because they are not fimiliar with computer languages of any kind.
and that is the point I was making. Many slashdotters knew exactly what you said. 99.9 percent of the overall population of computer users would have no idea about inserting a command somewhere. Linux has to have a desktop that is intuitively written and not too different from the Windows menu system.
If 95 percent (or whatever) percent of the world use the "does not adhere to standards" IE and Linux comes along, adheres to standards, but pages do not display properly, then who does the general public think is wrong.
We can bash MS all day, but the perception is that the new kid is doing it wrong. Perhaps the view menu should have an option of "adhere to standards" or "compatible with IE". Yeh, I know that gives bloated software, but sometimes you have to play the same game.
"When in Rome, do as the Romans." still has a lot of meaning.
This is just the reason that it is not ready for the desktop. When people start realizing that you can't fix problems by putting a program fix solution of slashdot, then the desktop may start getting somewhere. The solutions HAVE to be built in so that the non-techie user does not have to learn how to enter code.
The only way to slow down the proliferation of LINUX is to tie it up in litigation. Even if there is no basis, the software can be tied up in court so long that no-one can use it. At that point developers tend to go away and we are left with nothing to work towards. The problem isn't software patents, the problem is trivial software patents. This lets big companies such as MS and others eliminate other products by owning so many software patents that new-comers cannot get a foot in the door. MS has a push for 3000 patents next year I hear. Even if a programmer comes up with the same idea, chances that there will already be something so similar that the big company can make the introduction of the competition too costly and time consuming, and the new-comer will go away.
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Anybody remember that old first grade book about D--- and Jane and the dog Spot. Was that really a book of adult humor?
My Virtual Girlfriend ran off with her Virtual Boyfriend, so here I sit reading slashdot again.
If Google is big enough to run most of the others out of existence, then Google will be in the position to dictate everything about instant messaging, and its just a matter of time before it turns into an unwanted, undesirable "control" of your messaging service. Ad pushing and maybe even a "pay for" special service might be a part sometime.
However, if it includes enough TV content to enable it to compete with the local cable with its $20-$45 per month costs, it will be a good setup for students.
You can bet that before long, someone will come up with a way to circumvent the DRM and that digital music content will proliferate.
Well, I was praying for peace of mind!
The US political system, no matter which side you are own, has its share of corruption and its share of Hero. If you cannot see that it you are probably as biased as I and most of the others of us who have a favorite politician.
(sig) "I think the [MS Word] paperclip is a great idea. - Miguel de Icaza"
Your sig could not have said it any better!
I saw this commercial on TV where all the furniture was made of ice and the whole house was kept below 32 degrees F. :)
I think this thread is "The blind leading the blind".
Since the early 80's it has been Intel's chips and a niche market. Sometimes the niche share was larger than Intel's share and based on the usage (auto, military, embedded, appliance) was and is significantly larger. Although some other chips were better and most had better initial architecture than the X86, the "Intel Inside" slogan really carried them through the initial PC years. I think Motoroly and MicroChip still sell a larger volume of Microcontrollers than Intel's PC line, but that little bit of information was not shown during my search for volumes.
Read it again. It says "after a reboot". That's the keyword. If you did not have to reboot, then ..... It's a joke! Now smile!
Mine works perfectly every time I reboot!
I use both. Both have verify option. EZCD has drag and drop, but other than that and the fact that Nero has had problems determining the record speed and left CD's no longer useable, I find both to have about the same set of options. Frequent updates? If it ain't broke, don't fix it! My three year old version of EZCD works as well as any version of NERO I have used. My newest version is about the same. However, I am willing to give your tutorial a try. I might learn something about NERO I don't know. Anything particular I should look for that is different from EZCD or that works better?
Does this mean that I will be able to get Direct CD at the same time as I get my Hot-Dog with Chili and Fries?
I think that the biggest difference is that EZCD works most of the time and actually checks to see if it can make a CD. NERO just burns, and if it cannot check the result because it went too fast for the media, it just spits out a bad (defective) CD. I also think that some CD drives work better with one than the other, but I have not proved that yet.
My comments do not necessarily reflect my own opinions.
Wrong. Don't like M$. I was pulling for Linux back when RED was still bareheaded.
Firefox/Mozilla has it's share of rednering problems as well. Opening or closing a form tag automatically adds the equivalent of two . I would be more than happy if someone can correct me on this.
However, you seem to have missed my point entirely.
Your instructions were to insert a "command" that you happened to know about into a "form" that you happened to know about.
I maintain that you(we) will never have a desktop if software designers try to give users a list of commands to insert when they want to do something. If software designers can point users to a menu where the solution lies, then perhaps that desktop will evolve.
I don't know if I would call myself an armchair software designer, since I am not a software designer at all. I just design those little "thingies" that make the software work (analog and digital circuit design).
On the side I teach normal(?) users how to "cut" and "paste" and how to "download" and "install" and things like "right click". Believe me, working with non-techies over thirty years old is a real learning experience, and that learning experience tells me that the "command line" is out and that the "menu system" is in.
Software is designed and written for users, not engineers like me nor designer/programmers like you.
Instead your instruction was in the form of a simple line of code which most people would not be able to do because they are not fimiliar with computer languages of any kind.
and that is the point I was making. Many slashdotters knew exactly what you said. 99.9 percent of the overall population of computer users would have no idea about inserting a command somewhere. Linux has to have a desktop that is intuitively written and not too different from the Windows menu system.
We can bash MS all day, but the perception is that the new kid is doing it wrong. Perhaps the view menu should have an option of "adhere to standards" or "compatible with IE". Yeh, I know that gives bloated software, but sometimes you have to play the same game.
"When in Rome, do as the Romans." still has a lot of meaning.
This is just the reason that it is not ready for the desktop. When people start realizing that you can't fix problems by putting a program fix solution of slashdot, then the desktop may start getting somewhere. The solutions HAVE to be built in so that the non-techie user does not have to learn how to enter code.
Yes, Clippit comes up to explain the proposed "helpful" actions.
Didn't get me out of the military though. However flat feet got me kicked out.
The only way to slow down the proliferation of LINUX is to tie it up in litigation. Even if there is no basis, the software can be tied up in court so long that no-one can use it. At that point developers tend to go away and we are left with nothing to work towards. The problem isn't software patents, the problem is trivial software patents. This lets big companies such as MS and others eliminate other products by owning so many software patents that new-comers cannot get a foot in the door. MS has a push for 3000 patents next year I hear. Even if a programmer comes up with the same idea, chances that there will already be something so similar that the big company can make the introduction of the competition too costly and time consuming, and the new-comer will go away.