This is fine by me... I have never had any desire to visit any of the bookmarks that Microsoft chose for me. I deleted them all pretty much as soon as I could. Wouldn't have made a difference whether they're redirections or not - I just don't have any use for any of them.
Some people will say that you shouldn't support WAP because of it's shortcomings. I would argue against that viewpoint.
An OS (ie Linux) should be able to support as many protocols/standards/etc as possible of each type. The ideal is for people to be able to choose each aspect of their system, without it breaking other parts, or requiring X so I can use Y. Everything should be as interchangable as possible.
WAP should be supported simply because it's there. You don't have to use it; just accept that it's there. That way, everyone can see it and try it, and the same for any alternatives that are offered. Then they can pick the one they like, or even use a mixture of them all. Interchangability.
The philosophy here is to make all the options available. If everyone can use whichever option they like best, and have the chance to make the judgement freely, they will for the most part use the best option. Of course, "best" means different things to different people, so you may still end up with several standards, but the poor ones will fall away, and the good ones will survive.
linux lusers would whine and cry about it not being Open Source
Presumably, if it's using Linux, it is open source?
But more seriously, I've never known a linux user to skimp from buying hardware. Software maybe (why buy it when you can write your own version?), but hardware is not something you can download the source code for to get it for free.
I've preferred meta-searching, for a while now. (I have to ask myself though, how long it'll be available as an option, given that it's really taking advertising revenue away from the 'real' search engines.
Anyway, my point (yes, I'm getting there) is that I've also gravitated towards an austere look. I have learnt to hate AskJeeves with a passion, with all it's colour and adverts and such; I always use Infind.com.
Recently, even Infind have put up an advertising banner, but they've still got that uncluttered look (and good, clear and consise results) which brought me there in the first place.
Yes, but the recent story about Transmeta linking up with AMD talked about the link-up helping to boost crusoe's speed up to the Ghz levels of other chips.
Then again, maybe Toshiba didn't want them to link up with AMD?
Well, the Tasmanian Tiger isn't the only creature that they could use this sort of thing on. Over in South Africa, there's a painstaking project to re-create the Quagga, or Cape Zebra. They've spent the last ten years breeding regular zebras focusing on breeding animals with quagga-like traits, to get something that is as close as possible to what died out a hundred-odd years ago.
There are a few quagga pelts still around the world, so what are the bets someone just goes and clones one, just when this project is about to get results. Hahaha!
Expect world temperature to sharply increase by next year.
Would that be because of all those hot chips, or all the bot-air being generated by their companies?
(or possibly a combination of these factors... could they be influencing each other perhaps? - the hotter their chips run, the more hot air comes from their PR departments...?>
In the movie "Starship Troopers", the government system is democracy for 'citizens'. To become a citizen, the people had to perform some sort of civic duty such as military service (which is where the movie takes it), or something similar. Most people are not citizens and as such cannot vote.
This is pretty much what would result if your proposals are taken to their logical conclusion.
The trouble is that it's easy to be 'civic minded' while you rack up the credits, and then play for your own agenda once you've acheived the position you want. In fact, it's often possible to play your agenda, while still appearing to be civic (I believe that the majority of politians do this already;-).
Well, this should be a good little boost for Sony's laptop division. They should get plenty of extra sales, just by riding on the Transmeta buzz.
On the flip side of the coin, other PC makers will want to see how well this thing performs. Hopefully it'll get good marks from the press: if it does, then Transmeta should get quite a few extra orders on the back of this one.
Everyone has their own agenda. Some people cheer for Windows, others rally for Linux. Some people take their causes further than others, and people with vested interests tend to take their causes the furthest.
Business in general tends to take the view of "do whatever you can get away with". Industrial espionage is not new. It may be to the computer industry, but that's only because the computer industry itself is fairly new, and with relatively few big players.
Don't forget though: the more over-priced a system is, the more your average manager will look at it and think he's getting something good.
When it comes to management decisions, "Expensive" is a good word, and "Cheap" is bad. (this is also why Linux isn't getting as much market share as it deserves).
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This is fine by me... I have never had any desire to visit any of the bookmarks that Microsoft chose for me. I deleted them all pretty much as soon as I could. Wouldn't have made a difference whether they're redirections or not - I just don't have any use for any of them.
Some people will say that you shouldn't support WAP because of it's shortcomings. I would argue against that viewpoint.
An OS (ie Linux) should be able to support as many protocols/standards/etc as possible of each type. The ideal is for people to be able to choose each aspect of their system, without it breaking other parts, or requiring X so I can use Y. Everything should be as interchangable as possible.
WAP should be supported simply because it's there. You don't have to use it; just accept that it's there. That way, everyone can see it and try it, and the same for any alternatives that are offered. Then they can pick the one they like, or even use a mixture of them all. Interchangability.
The philosophy here is to make all the options available. If everyone can use whichever option they like best, and have the chance to make the judgement freely, they will for the most part use the best option. Of course, "best" means different things to different people, so you may still end up with several standards, but the poor ones will fall away, and the good ones will survive.
linux lusers would whine and cry about it not being Open Source
Presumably, if it's using Linux, it is open source?
But more seriously, I've never known a linux user to skimp from buying hardware. Software maybe (why buy it when you can write your own version?), but hardware is not something you can download the source code for to get it for free.
I've preferred meta-searching, for a while now. (I have to ask myself though, how long it'll be available as an option, given that it's really taking advertising revenue away from the 'real' search engines.
Anyway, my point (yes, I'm getting there) is that I've also gravitated towards an austere look. I have learnt to hate AskJeeves with a passion, with all it's colour and adverts and such; I always use Infind.com.
Recently, even Infind have put up an advertising banner, but they've still got that uncluttered look (and good, clear and consise results) which brought me there in the first place.
Yes, but the recent story about Transmeta linking up with AMD talked about the link-up helping to boost crusoe's speed up to the Ghz levels of other chips.
Then again, maybe Toshiba didn't want them to link up with AMD?
Well, the Tasmanian Tiger isn't the only creature that they could use this sort of thing on. Over in South Africa, there's a painstaking project to re-create the Quagga, or Cape Zebra. They've spent the last ten years breeding regular zebras focusing on breeding animals with quagga-like traits, to get something that is as close as possible to what died out a hundred-odd years ago.
There are a few quagga pelts still around the world, so what are the bets someone just goes and clones one, just when this project is about to get results. Hahaha!
So now I can go out without even my birthday suit showing?
This will bring a whole new realm of weirdness to your average nudist colony.
Expect world temperature to sharply increase by next year.
Would that be because of all those hot chips, or all the bot-air being generated by their companies?
(or possibly a combination of these factors... could they be influencing each other perhaps? - the hotter their chips run, the more hot air comes from their PR departments...?>
They need faster ships
...so we can have faster chips...
Hey - whaddya know - it rhymes!
(The mad poet strikes again! bwuahahahaha!)
Man, that's a cool idea!
(Oh no... I'm cracking puns again... s-s-somebody s-stop me!)
In the movie "Starship Troopers", the government system is democracy for 'citizens'. To become a citizen, the people had to perform some sort of civic duty such as military service (which is where the movie takes it), or something similar. Most people are not citizens and as such cannot vote.
;-).
This is pretty much what would result if your proposals are taken to their logical conclusion.
The trouble is that it's easy to be 'civic minded' while you rack up the credits, and then play for your own agenda once you've acheived the position you want. In fact, it's often possible to play your agenda, while still appearing to be civic (I believe that the majority of politians do this already
Oh no! Where's Radioactive Man when you need him!!!
Getting radioactivity by email...
Hmm... let me see...
According to Schrodinger, I guess that means that if you didn't check your email, then at any given moment, the email would be both unsent and sent.
"Anyone for a quick game of Quake? I've found this server with really realistic graphics..."
Are some companies attempting to turn a profit online, and if so, what can we do to prevent it?
;-)
Of course not. Everyone knows that's impossible.
Yes. Everyone was too busy typing up 20-line descriptions of what it is that they didn't have time to go for the first post.
('bout time we actually had an article the motivated people to type more than 'FP' as soon as they see it)
This brings a whole new meaning to calling someone an Anorak.
Just don't forget any of it anywhere, or you'll be screwed :)
...which might also be the reason you forgot it there in the first place?
Naaah... fur might fly, if your network goes down because of static.
"...first come, first served"
Shouldn't that read "First server " ???
If you have any really deep question about anything, just remember that the answer is possibly (but not quite certainly) fourty-two.
Well, this should be a good little boost for Sony's laptop division. They should get plenty of extra sales, just by riding on the Transmeta buzz.
On the flip side of the coin, other PC makers will want to see how well this thing performs. Hopefully it'll get good marks from the press: if it does, then Transmeta should get quite a few extra orders on the back of this one.
Hmmmm..... what are the bets they run into each other on the way? ;-)
Everyone has their own agenda. Some people cheer for Windows, others rally for Linux. Some people take their causes further than others, and people with vested interests tend to take their causes the furthest.
Business in general tends to take the view of "do whatever you can get away with". Industrial espionage is not new. It may be to the computer industry, but that's only because the computer industry itself is fairly new, and with relatively few big players.
Don't forget though: the more over-priced a system is, the more your average manager will look at it and think he's getting something good.
When it comes to management decisions, "Expensive" is a good word, and "Cheap" is bad. (this is also why Linux isn't getting as much market share as it deserves).