I remeber my first cell phone. It was analgo and was the Nokia Ringo (Ring-Go). Absolutly horrible phone and was like carrying around a small brick. Now many years down the line I've got a Nokia 7650 which can take photos, texting, is digital and is still the size of a small brick:)
Of course I could just get a Nokia 7250 but thats not the point
I can't remember where I read it but someone made a good point about open office file formats. OpenOffice is making itself be able to open M$ documents which in itself is a good thing. However this is not yet perfect so to make sure formatting and everything is correct you have to save it in a native format. The problems comes that if you now want to send that document to someone else (who isn't running OpenOffice) you have to convert it back to send it to them. What is really needed is a universal format (such as XML/RTF) where anyone can read/write a document and it would still maintain its formating.
I would included PDF in that list however writing to PDF can be hard for people in M$ where they have to by Adobe distiller
I would like to agree with Ellison in that Apache will decimiate IIS and take control of the market. I like Apache. It works and does its job well. However there will always be one corner of the market that just wants a nice GUI where things just work.
Apart from Comanche I've never seen a GUI for Apache that can offer a good balance of ease of use/functionality. I'm sure there is one out there and if so prehaps Apache should bundle it so they can take on all market
Straying slightly off the beaten path does anyone know if they have any plans of how big they can make CF cards? I know there is a the IBM Microdrive which is upto 1GB but I would think the CF would be cheaper looking at the current prices of 512Mb pieces
Well I just tried a live experiment with google and MSN. Hit MSN. Failed to load. Did it again and it loaded. Put in a search query and got nothing relevant back
With google got there first time. Relevant search results.
Its to protect the workers from the companies. It was passed into law in the UK a few years ago. It means that companies can't keep cutting your salary
Unless you are working as contractor pay cuts are not legal in the UK. I would check with your HR dept or the CAB. If you were fired for not taking a pay cut you would have good grounds for an industrial tribunal
I know what you mean. When I was looking before going it alone I couldn't find a job that would pay more than I was on (which was pretty average). If you asked if they might go up the pimp normally said "No its industry standard". For once I think they were telling the truth
In my last job which I left a few months back there had been a pay freeze on for 3 years. Whilst the price of good went up our wages stayed the same so in essence we were taking a pay cut. Going from what I've been hearing frm other people who are looking is that people are offering pretty much the same of down. Thats the way I'm reading it.
The economy is down and as there are so many people desperate to get jobs companies know they can offer lower rates and there will normally be someone who will be able to do the job well and except whatever the company is willing to pay.
I would be interested to know if there were still any growth areas but I think not apart from prehaps skills in very specialised subjects
I'm just going to have to go with the mob here and say that I really don't like flash. Like most of the world I'm stuck on dialup and flash take forever to download. I mean some sites will use it as an intro but have an nice little URL saying "Skip Intro". That I can live with. Its the ones that don't that annoy me and I will move on if I see that.
One thing flash is good for however is for things like "Frog in a Blender" at Atomfilms. However only if people don't send it to you via email.
Haven't the US patent office worked out yet the system is being abuse? I mean as they are going for streaming media does this mean they could go for people who are downloading MP3's (legal or not). This case deserves to be kicked out of court or its going to be hell for everyone. Of course if this is allowed I'm going to patent toilet paper and then ask for 1% of everyone income. Now that would be crap:P (pun intended)
Looking over the pictures I'm trying to work out if there is any real difference in the meaning. In both of them I see a solider trying to calm someone down. In the combined photo I see the same. The message is the same but I can see some people saying that it is all for propoganda
Java was first put out to be a cross platform. The idea was so that I could compile my bytecode on one system and run it on another without having to worry about compatibility. However a M$ shipped something which was non-comlient then this all fell apart taking they are the dominant software maker on the desktop. However to be fair to them Sun had basically said Java2 is so broken that some bugs will never be fixed
If they are do end up selling these then I would really like to get one. I've always like the MacOS and as some things like the aqua skin for enlightenment however the price of apple macs has always been a bit out of my league.
You have to wonder how many shots you will get per charge? I can see it now in the not too distant future, soliders on the battle field firing laser at each other for 5 minutes. Suddenly stopping. Having to spend an hour charging the weapons and then another 5 minutes of fighting:)
I remeber buying for first Reo when it was made by Diamond Multimedia, along with the S3-Virge card. I loved it and still use it to this day. The interface was simple and worked well. Its sad to see the Reo story end like this
Its sad to see yet another company goto the wall. I recently got my first PVR in the form of Sky+ and it has changed my viewing habits. i.e. I watch what I want when I want. The difference is that I'm basically having to pay a reoccuring fee to the TV provider rather than a 3rd party.
This in itself does make me think that its the best solution as it does intergrate with Sky but I do pay for that privilige. For example TiVo's are no longer being solded in the UK so its a one horse race. What it does mean however that I don't think Sky will be disappearing any time soon.
As for the actual cost that is another argument totally
Its scary how accurate data mining can be. Taking a small scale example I have a loyalty card for my local supermarket. Every 3 months they send me some vouchers for money off on certain products. First time none of the vouchers really intrested me. However each time they have been getting more and more accurate until last time I actually used all of them on things I wanted.
Now if we scale this up I can almost see the US goverment getting more accurate but not without have a lot of false positivies. Scary prospect..
So "DVD Jon" is being charged with creating software which allowed the copying of DVD's. So why aren't the people who created VCR's being charged as they allow copying of films as well. Ok so I will say that yes I'm sure this makes pirating a bit easier but if you've ever looked a DeCSS it just providers a framwork that 99.9% of people couldn't use. It wasn't until people starting writing GUI/CLI DVD rippers that it became possible. Should they go after them?
All in all hes been proven innocent once and will be again
From: Matthew N. Dodd (mdodd at freebsd dot org) To: freebsd-current at freebsd dot org Subject: IFF_EVIL patch available.
Leveraging our new RFC3514 support I've implemented a new network interface flag 'IFF_EVIL' which causes all IP packets crossing the interface to have the IP_EVIL bit set.
With the recent spate of MS problem such as the slammer worm, IIS vunrabilities etc their public image is tarnished at best. However I think what people realise is that most programs have potential security holes. What people want is a quick response to the problem.
Take the two recent sendmail issues. Two big holes were found but fixes were available straight away. What about MS? Well I believe the record is 6 months after an exploit is in the public domain. Now thats why I have trouble trusting MS
The one area Linux really lags for me is games. I'm sorry to say but Windows does beat Linux here. Even with things like WineX things are still to patchy. I'm afraid that this isn't really going to help things.
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I remeber my first cell phone. It was analgo and was the Nokia Ringo (Ring-Go). Absolutly horrible phone and was like carrying around a small brick. Now many years down the line I've got a Nokia 7650 which can take photos, texting, is digital and is still the size of a small brick :)
Of course I could just get a Nokia 7250 but thats not the point
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I can't remember where I read it but someone made a good point about open office file formats. OpenOffice is making itself be able to open M$ documents which in itself is a good thing. However this is not yet perfect so to make sure formatting and everything is correct you have to save it in a native format. The problems comes that if you now want to send that document to someone else (who isn't running OpenOffice) you have to convert it back to send it to them. What is really needed is a universal format (such as XML/RTF) where anyone can read/write a document and it would still maintain its formating.
I would included PDF in that list however writing to PDF can be hard for people in M$ where they have to by Adobe distiller
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I would like to agree with Ellison in that Apache will decimiate IIS and take control of the market. I like Apache. It works and does its job well. However there will always be one corner of the market that just wants a nice GUI where things just work.
Apart from Comanche I've never seen a GUI for Apache that can offer a good balance of ease of use/functionality. I'm sure there is one out there and if so prehaps Apache should bundle it so they can take on all market
Rus
Straying slightly off the beaten path does anyone know if they have any plans of how big they can make CF cards? I know there is a the IBM Microdrive which is upto 1GB but I would think the CF would be cheaper looking at the current prices of 512Mb pieces
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Well I just tried a live experiment with google and MSN. Hit MSN. Failed to load. Did it again and it loaded. Put in a search query and got nothing relevant back
With google got there first time. Relevant search results.
I know where I'm going to stick
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Its to protect the workers from the companies. It was passed into law in the UK a few years ago. It means that companies can't keep cutting your salary
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Unless you are working as contractor pay cuts are not legal in the UK. I would check with your HR dept or the CAB. If you were fired for not taking a pay cut you would have good grounds for an industrial tribunal
Rus
I know what you mean. When I was looking before going it alone I couldn't find a job that would pay more than I was on (which was pretty average). If you asked if they might go up the pimp normally said "No its industry standard". For once I think they were telling the truth
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In my last job which I left a few months back there had been a pay freeze on for 3 years. Whilst the price of good went up our wages stayed the same so in essence we were taking a pay cut. Going from what I've been hearing frm other people who are looking is that people are offering pretty much the same of down. Thats the way I'm reading it.
The economy is down and as there are so many people desperate to get jobs companies know they can offer lower rates and there will normally be someone who will be able to do the job well and except whatever the company is willing to pay.
I would be interested to know if there were still any growth areas but I think not apart from prehaps skills in very specialised subjects
Rus
I'm just going to have to go with the mob here and say that I really don't like flash. Like most of the world I'm stuck on dialup and flash take forever to download. I mean some sites will use it as an intro but have an nice little URL saying "Skip Intro". That I can live with. Its the ones that don't that annoy me and I will move on if I see that.
One thing flash is good for however is for things like "Frog in a Blender" at Atomfilms. However only if people don't send it to you via email.
Email is not for transporting large files. FTP is
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Userfriendly has already been here.
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Haven't the US patent office worked out yet the system is being abuse? I mean as they are going for streaming media does this mean they could go for people who are downloading MP3's (legal or not). This case deserves to be kicked out of court or its going to be hell for everyone. Of course if this is allowed I'm going to patent toilet paper and then ask for 1% of everyone income. Now that would be crap :P (pun intended)
Rus
Looking over the pictures I'm trying to work out if there is any real difference in the meaning. In both of them I see a solider trying to calm someone down. In the combined photo I see the same. The message is the same but I can see some people saying that it is all for propoganda
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Java was first put out to be a cross platform. The idea was so that I could compile my bytecode on one system and run it on another without having to worry about compatibility. However a M$ shipped something which was non-comlient then this all fell apart taking they are the dominant software maker on the desktop. However to be fair to them Sun had basically said Java2 is so broken that some bugs will never be fixed
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Does efty-1-ninety remind anyone else of the shop keep out of League of Gentlemen?
This is local site for local people
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If they are do end up selling these then I would really like to get one. I've always like the MacOS and as some things like the aqua skin for enlightenment however the price of apple macs has always been a bit out of my league.
One of those things that is on my wish list
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IT amazing how the simple things can be the most effective.
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You have to wonder how many shots you will get per charge? I can see it now in the not too distant future, soliders on the battle field firing laser at each other for 5 minutes. Suddenly stopping. Having to spend an hour charging the weapons and then another 5 minutes of fighting :)
Rus
I remeber buying for first Reo when it was made by Diamond Multimedia, along with the S3-Virge card. I loved it and still use it to this day. The interface was simple and worked well. Its sad to see the Reo story end like this
Rus
Its sad to see yet another company goto the wall. I recently got my first PVR in the form of Sky+ and it has changed my viewing habits. i.e. I watch what I want when I want. The difference is that I'm basically having to pay a reoccuring fee to the TV provider rather than a 3rd party.
This in itself does make me think that its the best solution as it does intergrate with Sky but I do pay for that privilige. For example TiVo's are no longer being solded in the UK so its a one horse race. What it does mean however that I don't think Sky will be disappearing any time soon.
As for the actual cost that is another argument totally
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Its scary how accurate data mining can be. Taking a small scale example I have a loyalty card for my local supermarket. Every 3 months they send me some vouchers for money off on certain products. First time none of the vouchers really intrested me. However each time they have been getting more and more accurate until last time I actually used all of them on things I wanted.
Now if we scale this up I can almost see the US goverment getting more accurate but not without have a lot of false positivies. Scary prospect..
Rus
So "DVD Jon" is being charged with creating software which allowed the copying of DVD's. So why aren't the people who created VCR's being charged as they allow copying of films as well. Ok so I will say that yes I'm sure this makes pirating a bit easier but if you've ever looked a DeCSS it just providers a framwork that 99.9% of people couldn't use. It wasn't until people starting writing GUI/CLI DVD rippers that it became possible. Should they go after them?
All in all hes been proven innocent once and will be again
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Cool
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With the recent spate of MS problem such as the slammer worm, IIS vunrabilities etc their public image is tarnished at best. However I think what people realise is that most programs have potential security holes. What people want is a quick response to the problem.
Take the two recent sendmail issues. Two big holes were found but fixes were available straight away. What about MS? Well I believe the record is 6 months after an exploit is in the public domain. Now thats why I have trouble trusting MS
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The one area Linux really lags for me is games. I'm sorry to say but Windows does beat Linux here. Even with things like WineX things are still to patchy. I'm afraid that this isn't really going to help things.
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