mere emails and forum posts don't have much clout. Rather, posted letters to representatives (written on actual paper) are the best way to let politicians know your opinion
Maybe so, but we can send a whole lot more emails than letters. If we send a whole lot of em' they are sure to read our opinions!
Gotta go delete my spam now. Tell the senator I said 'hi' for me.
"There's really no reason to wait until the launch of Windows Vista to start shopping for a PC that can deliver a great Windows Vista experience or to start thinking about upgrading your current PC to windows Vista," product manager Greg Amrofell said in a telephone interview.
Bullshit; What you can buy today for $2000 is less than what you will be able to buy tomorrow for the same price. Let alone next year. What he is really saying is there is no reason why vendors shouldnt start marketing Vista.
Oh I dunno, there have been recent patents granted for what amounts to symbolic links, user ID via cookies, one click purchasing, and some less obvious and more fantastic things like hyperdrives (or some such nonsense). The patent office used to have time to use their heads and also verify minor details like facts. A patent granted used to cary a lot of weight due to this function the patent office performed. Now it simply carries weight.And we allow it for no particular reason other than history.I would say in this case the hacking of the system has become the norm, and some people even call it 'good bussiness'. All the while we look to find our own cache, I am working on my "middle click to purchase" patent right now. Its ingeneous, but far to complex to explain right here. I am up to 43 pages what with the diagrams.No one will see it comming. Certainly not the patent clerk who reviews it. Anyhow, live long and all that. Be carefull where you use the middle button. I got dibs.
a patent granted last August. I hate patents as much as the next guy who isnt recieving royalties. But I am guessing the patent in question might have been applied for years ago. How long does this process take?
I know there has got to be a number of ways to make fun of these name choices. My problem is everything I come up with is obvious and pedantic I am guessing Intel had the same problem.
I really wish the Scifi Channel would stop with the psuedoscience-as-science bs, talking-from-the-dead scam, and big-bug-o-the-week movies, and get on with telling some really good SF I am guessing you missed the fiction reference in the name. If you want non-fiction you might want to look at Discovery or something. I hear at least some of what they produce is based on fact.
In the end, %90 of everything is crap. Science Fiction doubly so. Some of us are still entertained by Supergator despite it being %180 crap. 'Course I miss MST...
Yes, but using awk like this will work for any similar problem only requireing you to think about the format of the output, whereas this other way requires specific knoweledge of possible properties. I can see some advantages, but don't assume its better because you dont need to learn a new language, cause you basically do.
At best they are shells, and I hardly see the point. What problem are they addressing in a unique/better fasion? Simply using a browser engine as your desktop does not make it a unique solution, it makes it a unique approach (which it isnt ). I would rather see a novel metaphor to replace the icon/rectangle-is-document thing we currently have. But then again, what can you expect from Home Taught Master Linquists?
But I dont want to be totally negative about this so um: Good work guys.
Seen it before/ will see it again. Back when I was serious about security (and when it was easier/new) I had test systems running and I gathered all of the code/information/executables I could find and ran them against my systems setup for just this task. The most ineteresting aspect was how easy it was to embed my own payload in script kiddie fasion (knowing shit wasnt required( however I learned the x86 bootstrap via this fasion)), and then how vulnerablethe target systems were. Yep, basically DOS/windows. And then things never really got better. I lost interest in keeping up with the script kiddies and the real programmers behind them, but I would be supprised to hear that the situation had changed in any real fasion. I view this as "everything is status quo" in the security world. Its all different, yet it remaines the same. Its sort of comforting.
So Sony is king. Well, it was the plan, and there they are. But to rank Dell in the same legue with Bose? Dr. Bose must be sucking. Or maybe the Dell name is climbing. For why? Was there something I missed? For certain they didnt ask me. Oh, oh, wait. I know. It must be the rebates.
But you know, maybe I dont know how to read this chart 'couse the way I see it, Bose is upper right (being good I assume), Sony is down in the dirt with the likes of JVC, Pioneer isnt looking completely bad, and then Microsft is left in the completely polar direction of Bose. But maybe I missunderstand the red dots. I also dont really understand the Y axis "Brand Potential (Aspiring user minus At-risk Users (millions of households))" interpretation: (You cant understand it anyway so we might as well obscure it enough that you cant figure out what we are talking about) or in other words (trust the red dots). However I do undersand that Bose is ontop and MS is on the bottom. Everything else fits in between. Its a good scale. I would generally trust this report, its findings are clearly stated and it seems to have a firm deathgrip on reality. If you of the mind that such claims as this should be open for peer reveiew you will find that this is not the case, Bose in on top and Microsoft is clearly, without doubt, on the bottom. Its sort of like a built in proof. There is no need to explain.
Oh, umm, I did try to RTFA, but about 3/4 of the way through I realized it was a lot of words from someone who knew nothing of the original study and he had nothing further to add but more bias. So I stopped. You can blaim me if you like, I wont take offense. But really, are we really reduced to the stature of sheep? Or have we always been there?
I find a lot less friction and a significant reduction in required discusion when my underlings know both the what and the why of it all. The 'what' is easily described in technical terms, however the 'why' can be much harder, especially when your not supposed to discuss bussiness matters with the underlings (not matter how junior or senior you are). It is far better for the flow of work when they somehow feel that they 'just get it'. Otherwise they question you. And then, when you are not at liberty to discuss why their technically superior solution is going to be a no-go, they quickly become disgruntled, and then they do not produce according to the company plan. So I am torn. It is always in the companies best interest to keep the employie happy with her/his job, as long as its not a detriment to the company, and as long as it facilititates getting the tasks done. I think I would have to side with: "I think you are filtering out some trouble makers, and along with them some real tallent". I hate to ride the fence, my job requires I be on both sides, depending on the context. By coincidence, my hair is only slightly pointy. If I had to make a choice in skills? There is no choice. Do your job, and do it to the best of your ability, right up till 5PM, and then go home. You will be happier.
But now another thought strikes me. Maybe, just maybe, some people dont know what truelly makes you valuable and they dont know how to measure what your doing against potential income. So now your supposed to figure it out. Just a thought...
Its always benificial to the consumer to remove options. The DVD releases should have a two year window, in this fasion, the impatient people of the world will be forced to have the more "fuller" experience of watching it at the theater. Or downloading the bootleg. Whichever the consumer decides is more appropriate.
I blame the whole mess on consumer ignorance. A useable choice would only serve to confuse them further.
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Windows ME is not eight years old. Wasnt it released after win2k?
How does proving that I'm me make anybody any safer?
because no one is ever afraid of you...
Knowing who you are, I feel safer already.
Melbourn researchers have, for the first time, managed to grow three dimensional human cells.
I've been doing that for years.
mere emails and forum posts don't have much clout. Rather, posted letters to representatives (written on actual paper) are the best way to let politicians know your opinion
Maybe so, but we can send a whole lot more emails than letters. If we send a whole lot of em' they are sure to read our opinions!
Gotta go delete my spam now. Tell the senator I said 'hi' for me.
Secretly Dvorak feels like that every day, all the time. He hides it so well.
I didn't say all software will have major bugs that lead inevitabley to the collapse of the software. Just that all software will have bugs.
There is software that is bugfree. Its just that its obsolete.
"There's really no reason to wait until the launch of Windows Vista to start shopping for a PC that can deliver a great Windows Vista experience or to start thinking about upgrading your current PC to windows Vista," product manager Greg Amrofell said in a telephone interview.
Bullshit; What you can buy today for $2000 is less than what you will be able to buy tomorrow for the same price. Let alone next year. What he is really saying is there is no reason why vendors shouldnt start marketing Vista.
Oh I dunno, there have been recent patents granted for what amounts to symbolic links, user ID via cookies, one click purchasing, and some less obvious and more fantastic things like hyperdrives (or some such nonsense).
The patent office used to have time to use their heads and also verify minor details like facts. A patent granted used to cary a lot of weight due to this function the patent office performed.
Now it simply carries weight.And we allow it for no particular reason other than history.I would say in this case the hacking of the system has become the norm, and some people even call it 'good bussiness'.
All the while we look to find our own cache, I am working on my "middle click to purchase" patent right now. Its ingeneous, but far to complex to explain right here. I am up to 43 pages what with the diagrams.No one will see it comming. Certainly not the patent clerk who reviews it.
Anyhow, live long and all that. Be carefull where you use the middle button. I got dibs.
'worked for SCO...
a patent granted last August.
I hate patents as much as the next guy who isnt recieving royalties. But I am guessing the patent in question might have been applied for years ago. How long does this process take?
While studying for my EE, I often wondered what the purpose of having a clock was
No clock, no data. Did you pass?
I know there has got to be a number of ways to make fun of these name choices. My problem is everything I come up with is obvious and pedantic
I am guessing Intel had the same problem.
like this:
Pardon ma'am, whatever you do dont look at this red light and think of your password.
I really wish the Scifi Channel would stop with the psuedoscience-as-science bs, talking-from-the-dead scam, and big-bug-o-the-week movies, and get on with telling some really good SF
I am guessing you missed the fiction reference in the name. If you want non-fiction you might want to look at Discovery or something. I hear at least some of what they produce is based on fact.
In the end, %90 of everything is crap. Science Fiction doubly so.
Some of us are still entertained by Supergator despite it being %180 crap. 'Course I miss MST...
Its interesting to see the windows mindset put into action in a shell like fasion.
FTA:
$ ls -l | awk '{ tot += $5; print tot; }' | tail -1
This reduces the complexity, but requires specific knowledge of a new language, the language that is associated with the awk command.
The MSH loop is similar; each file in the directory is needed, but it is far simpler as the information about the file is already retrieved:
MSH:
MSH> get-childitem | measure-object -Property length
Yes, but using awk like this will work for any similar problem only requireing you to think about the format of the output, whereas this other way requires specific knoweledge of possible properties. I can see some advantages, but don't assume its better because you dont need to learn a new language, cause you basically do.
At best they are shells, and I hardly see the point.
What problem are they addressing in a unique/better fasion? Simply using a browser engine as your desktop does not make it a unique solution, it makes it a unique approach (which it isnt ).
I would rather see a novel metaphor to replace the icon/rectangle-is-document thing we currently have. But then again, what can you expect from Home Taught Master Linquists?
But I dont want to be totally negative about this so um:
Good work guys.
I doubt they will become the next Great Overlord whilst they got their reproductive organs in their mouth.
And I've not even touched on vi vs emacs ;)
You just had to go there, did'nt you....
Take those away, and I'm less than a happy camper.
I dont pay you to be happy. Now get back to work playing with your fonts and browsing slashdot.
For entrapment. I mean who wouln't have made this public?
Seen it before/ will see it again.
Back when I was serious about security (and when it was easier/new) I had test systems running and I gathered all of the code/information/executables I could find and ran them against my systems setup for just this task. The most ineteresting aspect was how easy it was to embed my own payload in script kiddie fasion (knowing shit wasnt required( however I learned the x86 bootstrap via this fasion)), and then how vulnerablethe target systems were. Yep, basically DOS/windows. And then things never really got better.
I lost interest in keeping up with the script kiddies and the real programmers behind them, but I would be supprised to hear that the situation had changed in any real fasion.
I view this as "everything is status quo" in the security world. Its all different, yet it remaines the same. Its sort of comforting.
So Sony is king. Well, it was the plan, and there they are.
But to rank Dell in the same legue with Bose?
Dr. Bose must be sucking.
Or maybe the Dell name is climbing. For why? Was there something I missed? For certain they didnt ask me.
Oh, oh, wait. I know. It must be the rebates.
But you know, maybe I dont know how to read this chart 'couse the way I see it, Bose is upper right (being good I assume), Sony is down in the dirt with the likes of JVC, Pioneer isnt looking completely bad, and then Microsft is left in the completely polar direction of Bose. But maybe I missunderstand the red dots.
I also dont really understand the Y axis "Brand Potential (Aspiring user minus At-risk Users (millions of households))" interpretation: (You cant understand it anyway so we might as well obscure it enough that you cant figure out what we are talking about) or in other words (trust the red dots).
However I do undersand that Bose is ontop and MS is on the bottom. Everything else fits in between.
Its a good scale.
I would generally trust this report, its findings are clearly stated and it seems to have a firm deathgrip on reality. If you of the mind that such claims as this should be open for peer reveiew you will find that this is not the case, Bose in on top and Microsoft is clearly, without doubt, on the bottom. Its sort of like a built in proof. There is no need to explain.
Oh, umm, I did try to RTFA, but about 3/4 of the way through I realized it was a lot of words from someone who knew nothing of the original study and he had nothing further to add but more bias. So I stopped.
You can blaim me if you like, I wont take offense. But really, are we really reduced to the stature of sheep? Or have we always been there?
I find a lot less friction and a significant reduction in required discusion when my underlings know both the what and the why of it all. The 'what' is easily described in technical terms, however the 'why' can be much harder, especially when your not supposed to discuss bussiness matters with the underlings (not matter how junior or senior you are). It is far better for the flow of work when they somehow feel that they 'just get it'.
Otherwise they question you. And then, when you are not at liberty to discuss why their technically superior solution is going to be a no-go, they quickly become disgruntled, and then they do not produce according to the company plan. So I am torn. It is always in the companies best interest to keep the employie happy with her/his job, as long as its not a detriment to the company, and as long as it facilititates getting the tasks done.
I think I would have to side with: "I think you are filtering out some trouble makers, and along with them some real tallent".
I hate to ride the fence, my job requires I be on both sides, depending on the context. By coincidence, my hair is only slightly pointy.
If I had to make a choice in skills? There is no choice. Do your job, and do it to the best of your ability, right up till 5PM, and then go home. You will be happier.
But now another thought strikes me. Maybe, just maybe, some people dont know what truelly makes you valuable and they dont know how to measure what your doing against potential income. So now your supposed to figure it out.
Just a thought...
Its always benificial to the consumer to remove options. The DVD releases should have a two year window, in this fasion, the impatient people of the world will be forced to have the more "fuller" experience of watching it at the theater. Or downloading the bootleg. Whichever the consumer decides is more appropriate.
I blame the whole mess on consumer ignorance. A useable choice would only serve to confuse them further.
"N-Not-Not today T-Timmy. Not to-today."
"Timmy!"