That's not true. We didn't have this hiphop crap (Yo Yo Yo!) in the 1980's. That started in the end of the 1980, when they invented rap and hiphop. Everything was better 20 years ago when Micael Jackson was still black.
What always bothers me about the MS people is that they are very vague in what their achievements are. Gates now says that they worked very hard and they do their best, but doesn't give any examples that we can use to verify his claims. That makes this interview rather useless.
I remember playing a kung-fu game on the Commodore 64 with a friend of mine and his younger brother. Every time his brother lost the game against me he used to try to hit me hard. And in the real world he could win from me because he was a lot stronger than me.
Maybe someone has said this already (I certainly have, long ago): not the _desktop_ must be standardized but the _configuration files_ and the way they are read by the window managers. In that way everybody can be happy in theory (and in practice I hope).
This is very good news. Finally we have a choice between different word processors that use the same format. I think this can certainly help organizations in their decision to migrate or not to migrate to Linux. Let's hope this will be the new trend for the future.
I think in countries like Brazil, India and China where labour is cheap it's even cheaper to move to another software system than in the 'Western' countries because the migration process takes a lot of effort (and thus man-hours).
Hm, I still think diamonds are the most beautiful gems in the world. Their price doesn't change that. Hey, in a few years I can finally afford them! Although I think a good quality cut will still be expensive.
That's interesting. I never knew that. But I still hate herbal infusions in general and I think the ones Twinings make are particularly bad. But that's just my opinion:-)
I didn't say micromechanics is not an interesting subject, only that not many of the amazing promises that were made have come true. We now have cheap reliable acceleration sensors for use in cars (for the airbag), but where are the micro-insects that would clean our houses, and the micro factories that make tiny amounts of very pure complicated chemicals, the tiny harddiscs and the Micro Total Analysis System (a system that takes a sample from for instance a ploouted river and analyzes its contents automagically so it acts like a sensor). They have proven too difficult to make. I'm very afraid that in 10 years' time we will be at least equally disappointed about the outcome of all the research (and money!) that have gone into nanotechnology.
I work in the field of micromechanics/nanotechnology and at a meeting with some guys from Philips I heard that nanotechnology is so overhyped that even the suits were aware of it being overhyped. And I seriously think it is overhyped; there are so many promises done by many 'specialists' that we don't even begin to know how to start to make true, like the nanobots that repair you body from the inside, and the machine that makes tomatos out of thin air... Micromechanics turned out to be a big disappointment to many people I know who work/worked in this field (in that only a tiny fraction of the promises that people did ten years ago have come true), but the way things are going now nanotechnology could be worse. And that is a pity because it certainly, like micromechanis, has the potential for use in many interesting areas, just not as spectacular as is promised by many people.
I can't remember the last time I saw a message on a sofware package with the text: "This software can spread viruses and is inherently insecure. Do not use on the Internet."
Maybe the only way to get them to change their attitude is to take them to court and demand them to pay for damages. In America this may not have much chance to succeed but maybe in Europe we have more chance.
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That's not true. We didn't have this hiphop crap (Yo Yo Yo!) in the 1980's. That started in the end of the 1980, when they invented rap and hiphop. Everything was better 20 years ago when Micael Jackson was still black.
...and you will always have people like this one who can't stop complaining. Sigh.
Mostly harmless?
If you stand in the middle of a busy highway then 5 seconds might be way too long.
What always bothers me about the MS people is that they are very vague in what their achievements are. Gates now says that they worked very hard and they do their best, but doesn't give any examples that we can use to verify his claims. That makes this interview rather useless.
I remember playing a kung-fu game on the Commodore 64 with a friend of mine and his younger brother. Every time his brother lost the game against me he used to try to hit me hard. And in the real world he could win from me because he was a lot stronger than me.
There is no spoon factory
Maybe someone has said this already (I certainly have, long ago): not the _desktop_ must be standardized but the _configuration files_ and the way they are read by the window managers. In that way everybody can be happy in theory (and in practice I hope).
They will never see the light. Seeing the light will cost them a LOT of money.
This is very good news. Finally we have a choice between different word processors that use the same format. I think this can certainly help organizations in their decision to migrate or not to migrate to Linux. Let's hope this will be the new trend for the future.
This may sound like a troll but I have no idea what you're talking about and the link you provided doesn't work. Could you please enlighten me?
You are absolutely right. The only thing I want to add is that most professors I know are in it because thay can do interesting research.
I would be surprised if that's legal in Brazil. And you can't have a govenment doing illegal things can you?
I think in countries like Brazil, India and China where labour is cheap it's even cheaper to move to another software system than in the 'Western' countries because the migration process takes a lot of effort (and thus man-hours).
Hm, I still think diamonds are the most beautiful gems in the world. Their price doesn't change that. Hey, in a few years I can finally afford them! Although I think a good quality cut will still be expensive.
That's interesting. I never knew that. But I still hate herbal infusions in general and I think the ones Twinings make are particularly bad. But that's just my opinion :-)
I didn't say micromechanics is not an interesting subject, only that not many of the amazing promises that were made have come true. We now have cheap reliable acceleration sensors for use in cars (for the airbag), but where are the micro-insects that would clean our houses, and the micro factories that make tiny amounts of very pure complicated chemicals, the tiny harddiscs and the Micro Total Analysis System (a system that takes a sample from for instance a ploouted river and analyzes its contents automagically so it acts like a sensor). They have proven too difficult to make. I'm very afraid that in 10 years' time we will be at least equally disappointed about the outcome of all the research (and money!) that have gone into nanotechnology.
:-) Yes, like the chip they implanted in Cartman in the South Park movie!
It's a good thing that they didn't think like this in the past centuries or our knowledge of chemistry would never have developed the way it did.
I work in the field of micromechanics/nanotechnology and at a meeting with some guys from Philips I heard that nanotechnology is so overhyped that even the suits were aware of it being overhyped. And I seriously think it is overhyped; there are so many promises done by many 'specialists' that we don't even begin to know how to start to make true, like the nanobots that repair you body from the inside, and the machine that makes tomatos out of thin air... Micromechanics turned out to be a big disappointment to many people I know who work/worked in this field (in that only a tiny fraction of the promises that people did ten years ago have come true), but the way things are going now nanotechnology could be worse. And that is a pity because it certainly, like micromechanis, has the potential for use in many interesting areas, just not as spectacular as is promised by many people.
About time. It's been quite a while since we had a good dupe.
I can't remember the last time I saw a message on a sofware package with the text: "This software can spread viruses and is inherently insecure. Do not use on the Internet."
Indeed. In every post I, well, post on /. my homepage is shown. Google should find it more than 3 times.
Maybe the only way to get them to change their attitude is to take them to court and demand them to pay for damages. In America this may not have much chance to succeed but maybe in Europe we have more chance.
In my opinion any teamaker that sells fruit 'teas' is crap. Twinings is one of the worst.
By the way, in Newcastle they like Earl Grey so much (he lived there) that they erected a statue for him.