I had the great fortune to apprentice with one of the last remaining player piano craftsman/restorers/repairmen in the west coast. A mad genius if there ever was one. (Hey Larry!).
Not many jobs gave me to opportunity to make glue from fish guts, cut leather, polish wood with graphite and tinker deep in the guts of Steinway's.
The player piano's are truly amazing technology. Ask most people how the players work and they'll draw a blank. (Hint: vacuum).
Sit next to a properly tuned (musically & mechanically) player piano, close your eyes and listen. They can be scary good.
Slightly misleading line: Songs are compressed once again into digital files before being sold on iTunes and similar sites.
The first "compression" is traditional audio compression where the dynamic range of the track is "compressed" the second "compression" is digital data compression. These are two completely different things with no relation to each other - the only thing they share is the name.
Go back and you'll see the exact same comments when Windows 2000 came out, when Windows XP was released, when the first Xbox was released and when the Xbox 360 was released.
And who in their right minds would run their web services out of IIS?
I do. I run Linux/Apache too. And despite the dire warnings of my Linux consultants who advised me not go near IIS, guess what happened? A whole lot of nothing. 100% uptime (so far) and a whole lot of crickets.
Look at the icon for this story. Broken Windows. And it's been six years since the release of the ultra stable Win2K and five since XP.
The editors have made a decision to foster this attitude which is no wonder we're still burdened with tragically unfunny blue screen and clippy jokes. Is this to their benefit or loss? I don't know.
It's a "complete" game. Story, sound, gameplay, graphics, controls, fun factor. It's got it all and it's polished to the hilt.
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No, I read your post. It's not Solitaire I was talking about but the those silly internet based games and "cute stuff" that are the source of so much malware.
"Blame it on the popularity of Windows all that you want; since the transition, we have not had to go back and clean up an infected system yet."
But thats my point - there is no malware of any significance for non Windows system and your kidding yourself if you think it's becaue BSD is more "secure". Sure MS design is a factor, but so is 90%+ market penetration. The point being, the other OS's have never had the big guns on them - those well financed, smart, overseas bad actors who are out to make a buck.
To use a military analogy: As far as battlefield target go, if Windows is a aircraft carrier, BSD is a paper boat*.
*This is purely a market analogy and not based on the technical merits of BSD - which are admirable.
Sorry Sir, your not making any sense. As I type this I have a Remote Desktop window open to a server I'm working on. I'm not physically sitting in front of it, yet I'm in front of it none-the-less.
What exactly should I be doing to earn your respect? Does the overhead of a GUI system justify losing it in favor of administrating via a CLI? If so, can you back it up with facts?
Contrary to the "bloat" myth, Windows has always been light on it's feet. The other day I installed XP Pro on a system with a 64MB,450Mhz system. After turning off the eye-candy and special effects the sys ran just fine.
Your comment was rated "Funny" but it could also have been rated "Insightful" in that it highlights the hubris that fuels Slashdot.
The parent post failed in every aspect. The parent post was worst than FUD, it was a sort of faux knee-jerk pretend FUD.
Simply put, Slashdot has zero credibility in all things Microsoft. Proof? Take a look at the early Xbox posts or the stale BSOD jokes that still earn "funny" ratings.
The editors are partly at fault here, sabotaging the maturity of their own site so they can please a minority of wanna-be iconoclasts.
But sometimes you HAVE to use hacks to get a basic effect
My solution is to never put myself in a position where I HAVE to use a hack. It's a simple as that.
If a designer or a client demands a certain effect than I explain that there are present and probably future costs involved and that usually ends it right there.
What is the will of the party but another flavor of revealed knowledge? Evidence, consensus, and reason are superfluous when Those On High have told you the answer--never mind that it conflicts with reality, or requires you to sacrifice your sons and daughters, or overrides the ideals of yesterday ("Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" is soooo Eighteenth Century--the new mantra is "Fear and Obedience"). Reality must conform to ideology, not the other way around.
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I had the great fortune to apprentice with one of the last remaining player piano craftsman/restorers/repairmen in the west coast. A mad genius if there ever was one. (Hey Larry!).
Not many jobs gave me to opportunity to make glue from fish guts, cut leather, polish wood with graphite and tinker deep in the guts of Steinway's.
The player piano's are truly amazing technology. Ask most people how the players work and they'll draw a blank. (Hint: vacuum).
Sit next to a properly tuned (musically & mechanically) player piano, close your eyes and listen. They can be scary good.
Slightly misleading line: Songs are compressed once again into digital files before being sold on iTunes and similar sites.
The first "compression" is traditional audio compression where the dynamic range of the track is "compressed" the second "compression" is digital data compression. These are two completely different things with no relation to each other - the only thing they share is the name.
Go back and you'll see the exact same comments when Windows 2000 came out, when Windows XP was released, when the first Xbox was released and when the Xbox 360 was released.
Windows 2000? There's what, six service packs now?
Four service packs. SP4 was released June 2003.
BTW, its kneejerk posts like yours that make Slashdot a diminishing resource for all things Microsoft.
I do. I run Linux/Apache too. And despite the dire warnings of my Linux consultants who advised me not go near IIS, guess what happened? A whole lot of nothing. 100% uptime (so far) and a whole lot of crickets.
Look at the icon for this story. Broken Windows. And it's been six years since the release of the ultra stable Win2K and five since XP.
The editors have made a decision to foster this attitude which is no wonder we're still burdened with tragically unfunny blue screen and clippy jokes. Is this to their benefit or loss? I don't know.
Fantastic comment. It's the great shame of Slashdot really - that they would squander such a great potential resource.
It's a "complete" game. Story, sound, gameplay, graphics, controls, fun factor. It's got it all and it's polished to the hilt.
No, I read your post. It's not Solitaire I was talking about but the those silly internet based games and "cute stuff" that are the source of so much malware.
"Blame it on the popularity of Windows all that you want; since the transition, we have not had to go back and clean up an infected system yet."
But thats my point - there is no malware of any significance for non Windows system and your kidding yourself if you think it's becaue BSD is more "secure". Sure MS design is a factor, but so is 90%+ market penetration. The point being, the other OS's have never had the big guns on them - those well financed, smart, overseas bad actors who are out to make a buck.
To use a military analogy: As far as battlefield target go, if Windows is a aircraft carrier, BSD is a paper boat*.
*This is purely a market analogy and not based on the technical merits of BSD - which are admirable.
(and some of us saw this @ CES)
What exactly did you see?
Sorry Sir, your not making any sense. As I type this I have a Remote Desktop window open to a server I'm working on. I'm not physically sitting in front of it, yet I'm in front of it none-the-less.
What exactly should I be doing to earn your respect? Does the overhead of a GUI system justify losing it in favor of administrating via a CLI? If so, can you back it up with facts?
Your whole point is silly.
Good god. I hate to be a sour-puss here but how is this funny?
Clippy and BSOD jokes? This is 2005 right?
Contrary to the "bloat" myth, Windows has always been light on it's feet. The other day I installed XP Pro on a system with a 64MB,450Mhz system. After turning off the eye-candy and special effects the sys ran just fine.
"I would like to think that slashdot would be a place where people (e.g. editors) would know the difference between these two statements."
Ha-Ha, thats a good one. Slashdot is good for lots of things but journalistic integrity ain't one of 'em.
Please. Step up to the Big Leagues first and then talk your big talk.
My definition of "Big Leagues"? How about at least 33% market share? And I'm not even including servers.
"Nothing to see here, please move along."
Probably the most annoying, oft used phrase at Slashdot. Surely there must be a more creative alternative?
Considering mods alone, the PC/Internet combo has Xbox/Live whipped.
Yawn. Easily play your PC/Internet combo from your sofa, on your big screen HDTV with 5.1 and all for under $500 and then we'll talk.
Must haves:
- Unified login/username across all games
- Global friend/team/clan lists
- Single payment
Also, whats up with "$1k" for a console statement? Stop being lame.
Good war parody.
Your comment was rated "Funny" but it could also have been rated "Insightful" in that it highlights the hubris that fuels Slashdot.
The parent post failed in every aspect. The parent post was worst than FUD, it was a sort of faux knee-jerk pretend FUD.
Simply put, Slashdot has zero credibility in all things Microsoft. Proof? Take a look at the early Xbox posts or the stale BSOD jokes that still earn "funny" ratings.
The editors are partly at fault here, sabotaging the maturity of their own site so they can please a minority of wanna-be iconoclasts.
But sometimes you HAVE to use hacks to get a basic effect
My solution is to never put myself in a position where I HAVE to use a hack. It's a simple as that.
If a designer or a client demands a certain effect than I explain that there are present and probably future costs involved and that usually ends it right there.
Exactly. It's how I code all my websites.
- No Browser specific hacks
- Must render properly in Firefox
- Must render properly in IE
Pharyngula
Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I agree with the substance of your post. It's a solid practical response.
Yet the mystery remains. "It is and has been" leaves one hollow, no?
Clearly there must be a answer.
What is the nature and origin of the Universe?
Now that is the real question. And I'm not talking Big Bang or Grand Unified Theory or whatever. I'm talking "Big Picture" here.
What existed before our universe? What is the original nature of existence...of what we call "reality"?