The secret to programming is not intelligence, though of course that helps. It is not hard work or experience, though they help, too. The secret to programming is having smart friends.
It looks very similar to the technology Google uses in Gmail. When you compose a new message, as soon as you start typing in email addresses in the To: field, Gmail presents a similar drop down box with matching suggestions from your contacts.
... how they prioritize the suggestions in the list. It's definitely not by the number of results per suggestion. Are there any revenue opportunities here for GOOG?
As geeky as the average Slashdotter is, the majority of Americans wouldn't be caught dead with some of the lame stuff that comes out of Japan
Insightul? Nice troll. The fact is that most Americans receive this "lame stuff" from Japan months, if not years, after it was mainstream in Japan at which point it becomes popular in the US. I'm jealous that they have the Playstation handheld over there... certainly not lame.
Indeed. Even as I looked at the pictures I was thinking to myself, "Damn, PICs are getting bigger these days." Its been a while since I worked with one (familiar with IBM 8259 and 8259A) and haven't been up to speed with PIC development.
I need to go splash my face with some hot coffee and wake the f@#$ up.
I would strongly recommend against using your P/E scale to make investment decisions. P/E (I prefer trailing because I'm relatively conservative) is a popular measure of a stock's valuation, but can be interpreted many different ways. Saying that a company with a 40+ P/E is overvalued is a poor assessment because these numbers are relative to competitors and the industry the company is in. A company that has a dramatically lower P/E ratio might be construed that the company is undervalued but it can also be an indiction from the market of bad things to come.
P/E is a useful tool for company evaluation but should never be used alone or without industry context. Read the news about the company, study a company's balance sheet, analyze their cash flow: understand *why* they might have a high or low P/E, then act accordingly.
While it may suck b/c you might have to change some workflow stuff at your ISP, it shouldn't be too difficult to write a script that produces a readable log of DNS changes.
From radio to your library: If a particular song on MSN Radio gets your attention, you can click to download it and instantly make it a part of your music library. And if you prefer plastic, we'll connect you to several online CD sellers, including Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.
Amazon and B&N - those are some heavy lifters. A new Axis of Evil? =)
Interesting though, this is an area that Apple has avoided: making the connection to the hard-copy world. This could provide Microsoft with even more backing and support from some of the entrenched, big players in the music industry. Scary.
If you read the article, you'll notice that the fee structure is a monthly rate - $30 per month for sites with less than 1k unique visits per day.
Useless? Keep an open mind - this is a tool that can help smaller web sites and less experienced webmasters analyze their web traffic and make better decisions based off that information. True, these folk may not fit your ideals b/c they can't grep their own logs, but alas, even your underlings deserve consideration.
I'd advise protecting yourself and alias rm to 'rm -i'. Either that or choose to not run applications with fruity MS icons that you download from p2p =)
One user interviewed by Bull, for example, said the iPod "colors" one's surroundings, and random shuffle can significantly change one's perceptions of a familiar place.
Very interesting statement and quite true. I no longer think of the NYC subway system during rush hour as an intense, pushy, completely undesireable place. I now think of it as "three little birds sit by my doorstep..."
I'm a fellow Mac/iPod owner and ITMS user, but I have to play devil's advocate to your arguments, because they are... well... just too "typical" from Mac supporters (no offense).
use a browser instead of the top class itunes store. This is probably a major benifit for a lot of folks. Think of those windows users who don't have XP or 2K yet... they can't even run iTunes.
i get to use some handcuff microsoft monoply DRM schema instead of the aptly named "Fairplay" DRM from itunes. And for my benefit, explain to me what the difference will be? I know everyone hates M$, but Apple does a lot of the same shit.
I don't get to use their music with the number 1 (and coolest and functional) selling mp3 player in the world. A subjective statement. Some people can't afford the "coolest" player in the world. Me thinks that s probably the target customer group for W*Mart
i can't buy music if i use a mac. Why not? You won't be able to play it in iTunes, but the last time I checked, you can use the Mac version of the WMA player. Did I miss something?
e) I get to add the to the walmart-fication of american which in my opinion is a mindset is destroying the quality of life in america? Can't argue with that.
I'd rather spend the 12 cents.... Or $30 in your case, since you've purchased 250 songs from ITMS.
"Out of the hundreds of people who were waiting outside Apple's SoHo store in the cold to buy an iPod, I could find only one whose positive experience with the music player led him to buy an Apple computer."
This is a strange statement. If the hundreds of people were waiting to buy an iPod, how would they have already had the iPod experience that would push them to purchase an Apple computer? Chicken before the egg here? As with most of the 'Apple is dying' articles we've seen over the last 15 years, this one mixes numbers without context and some strange subjective observations.
"hits" is such a crappy way to measure bandwidth. Depending on how the site is built and which web traffic monitoring tool you use, a single unique visit to a site can result in hundreds of hits. My shitty site gets in the order of 50-70k hits a month and I know its only my mom.
Monday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home. Tuesday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home. Wednesday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home. Thursday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home. Friday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home. Weekend: sit in front of computer and take recursive pictures of self.
Omigosh!! It would be hard to live in denial with one of these things =)
Even though you're joking... this can be used as huge public relations BFG pointed directly at Linux. They can push the "Our code was on Linux, it was stolen, so Linux is somehow insecure" angle.
Everyone seems to be rejoicing about this - I don't think this situation is good for anyone.
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The secret to programming is not intelligence, though of course that helps. It is not hard work or experience, though they help, too. The secret to programming is having smart friends.
classic...
That would probably stem from the fact that this is an ActiveX implementation bug.
It looks very similar to the technology Google uses in Gmail. When you compose a new message, as soon as you start typing in email addresses in the To: field, Gmail presents a similar drop down box with matching suggestions from your contacts.
... how they prioritize the suggestions in the list. It's definitely not by the number of results per suggestion. Are there any revenue opportunities here for GOOG?
As geeky as the average Slashdotter is, the majority of Americans wouldn't be caught dead with some of the lame stuff that comes out of Japan
Insightul? Nice troll. The fact is that most Americans receive this "lame stuff" from Japan months, if not years, after it was mainstream in Japan at which point it becomes popular in the US. I'm jealous that they have the Playstation handheld over there... certainly not lame.
I need one of these caps. Typing commands to this chick just ruins the moment.
Indeed. Even as I looked at the pictures I was thinking to myself, "Damn, PICs are getting bigger these days." Its been a while since I worked with one (familiar with IBM 8259 and 8259A) and haven't been up to speed with PIC development.
I need to go splash my face with some hot coffee and wake the f@#$ up.
I would strongly recommend against using your P/E scale to make investment decisions. P/E (I prefer trailing because I'm relatively conservative) is a popular measure of a stock's valuation, but can be interpreted many different ways. Saying that a company with a 40+ P/E is overvalued is a poor assessment because these numbers are relative to competitors and the industry the company is in. A company that has a dramatically lower P/E ratio might be construed that the company is undervalued but it can also be an indiction from the market of bad things to come.
P/E is a useful tool for company evaluation but should never be used alone or without industry context. Read the news about the company, study a company's balance sheet, analyze their cash flow: understand *why* they might have a high or low P/E, then act accordingly.
$ perl -e 'print scalar localtime '
While it may suck b/c you might have to change some workflow stuff at your ISP, it shouldn't be too difficult to write a script that produces a readable log of DNS changes.
From the about page:
From radio to your library: If a particular song on MSN Radio gets your attention, you can click to download it and instantly make it a part of your music library. And if you prefer plastic, we'll connect you to several online CD sellers, including Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.
Amazon and B&N - those are some heavy lifters. A new Axis of Evil? =)
Interesting though, this is an area that Apple has avoided: making the connection to the hard-copy world. This could provide Microsoft with even more backing and support from some of the entrenched, big players in the music industry. Scary.
Very little these days, thanks in part to Google.
If you read the article, you'll notice that the fee structure is a monthly rate - $30 per month for sites with less than 1k unique visits per day.
Useless? Keep an open mind - this is a tool that can help smaller web sites and less experienced webmasters analyze their web traffic and make better decisions based off that information. True, these folk may not fit your ideals b/c they can't grep their own logs, but alas, even your underlings deserve consideration.
This trojan runs everyone's favorite command:
rm -rf ~
I'd advise protecting yourself and alias rm to 'rm -i'. Either that or choose to not run applications with fruity MS icons that you download from p2p =)
One user interviewed by Bull, for example, said the iPod "colors" one's surroundings, and random shuffle can significantly change one's perceptions of a familiar place.
Very interesting statement and quite true. I no longer think of the NYC subway system during rush hour as an intense, pushy, completely undesireable place. I now think of it as "three little birds sit by my doorstep..."
uh.... My Way was written by Paul Anka & Frank Sinatra in the late 1960's.
I took my hosting elsewhere. Won't have it. Nope.
then
Wasn't his company already a Microsoft Server poster child?
Why didn't you take your business elsewhere when you found out this was an MS shop? Didn't you do your research before you chose a hosting solution?
I'm a fellow Mac/iPod owner and ITMS user, but I have to play devil's advocate to your arguments, because they are... well... just too "typical" from Mac supporters (no offense).
use a browser instead of the top class itunes store.
This is probably a major benifit for a lot of folks. Think of those windows users who don't have XP or 2K yet... they can't even run iTunes.
i get to use some handcuff microsoft monoply DRM schema instead of the aptly named "Fairplay" DRM from itunes.
And for my benefit, explain to me what the difference will be? I know everyone hates M$, but Apple does a lot of the same shit.
I don't get to use their music with the number 1 (and coolest and functional) selling mp3 player in the world.
A subjective statement. Some people can't afford the "coolest" player in the world. Me thinks that s probably the target customer group for W*Mart
i can't buy music if i use a mac.
Why not? You won't be able to play it in iTunes, but the last time I checked, you can use the Mac version of the WMA player. Did I miss something?
e) I get to add the to the walmart-fication of american which in my opinion is a mindset is destroying the quality of life in america?
Can't argue with that.
I'd rather spend the 12 cents....
Or $30 in your case, since you've purchased 250 songs from ITMS.
You can purchase the EOS-1D (8 MegaPixels) for $4,499.99.
The EOS-1DS (11 MegaPixels) is $7,999.99.
"Out of the hundreds of people who were waiting outside Apple's SoHo store in the cold to buy an iPod, I could find only one whose positive experience with the music player led him to buy an Apple computer."
This is a strange statement. If the hundreds of people were waiting to buy an iPod, how would they have already had the iPod experience that would push them to purchase an Apple computer? Chicken before the egg here? As with most of the 'Apple is dying' articles we've seen over the last 15 years, this one mixes numbers without context and some strange subjective observations.
Oh yeah, BSD is dying too. And Bluetooth... =)
3.5 million hits per month
"hits" is such a crappy way to measure bandwidth. Depending on how the site is built and which web traffic monitoring tool you use, a single unique visit to a site can result in hundreds of hits. My shitty site gets in the order of 50-70k hits a month and I know its only my mom.
Let's replay my week using my nifty new SenseCam:
Monday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Tuesday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Wednesday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Thursday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Friday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Weekend: sit in front of computer and take recursive pictures of self.
Omigosh!! It would be hard to live in denial with one of these things =)
Here is the PP5002 spec: http://www.portalplayer.com/products/documents/500 2_brief_0108_Public.pdf
WMA is indeed supported.
Whoa! Those gaming girlz are hot!
"I have played computer games since I was a kid," says Ms Maller, a member of the Danish clan, DoMe.
Did anyone else get aroused by this? =)
If the product is as high quality as the online game then this will be a sure thing.
Even though you're joking... this can be used as huge public relations BFG pointed directly at Linux. They can push the "Our code was on Linux, it was stolen, so Linux is somehow insecure" angle.
Everyone seems to be rejoicing about this - I don't think this situation is good for anyone.