I once killed an ant that was walking peacfully on my joystick. But I swear I didn't see her before squashing her. That's when I realised that games are pushing me to be more violent:)
Hey when I suddenly feel like getting a song album, I go directly to the artists websites. I expect to be able to buy the whole album in mp3 format and listen to it right away but nope, you have either to buy it from a store or wait for shipping.
So do I really have a choice?
well some system admins are damn busy with meetings, assisting users, setting up phone lines, buying hardware and software, administrative tasks, etc.
So instead of saying that they're incompetent, consider the fact that they may be busy doing other unrelated tasks.
He used to play Monopoly a lot when he was a child. So don't blame Gates, blame Monopoly.
Maybe he should sue them:)
Apparently this page https://secure.gateway.gov.uk/html/bad_browser.asp says that you can access the site using Windows or MacOS and IE4 or later, Netscape 4.08 or later.
Well I sure hope not. The passport services were created so that users won't have to remember their password and username on each on every site they go to. So whenever you go to a site that uses those services you simply have to type your passport username and password to access it.
What you're proposing will render Passport-type services useless because the users will still have to remember a lot of passwords instead of just one.
If Microsoft makes their XML/SOAP protocol based services open enough that a Novell or an AOL or an IBM or an Amazon or a Walmart or a Palm can compete to provide Passport-type services integrated with XP, then perhaps Microsoft won't be such a threat to competition. Anyone feel hopeful?
Read MSDN once in a while, it provides you with the code to do so. That's the whole point of.NET. They want the services to be available on as many platforms as possible.
I'm speaking as a flash user, I'm no flash designer. I haven't seen any flash website where I can bookmark a particular page. I guess designers aren't interested in taking those extra steps to make their webpages easy to bookmark.
not to mention that you can't bookmark a particular page in a Flash based website. Flash is really awful and I don't have the patience to wait for it to load.
Some companies have their whole website in Flash, I just can't understand that. How do they expect to generate any revenue by frustrating users?
For all of you flash designers; STOP! you're pissing the hell out of me and many other users actually.
This must be a joke. I imagine RMS standing before thousands of marketing gurus and telling them how paying for software is evil. The look on their face will be just priceless.
Their's no telling what all those years in College can do to someone's mind:)
Why not have a new GUI? X-Window is damn ugly.
We all know that he who controls the desktop will eventually control the server market.
I saw this on Mandrake's website
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LinuxGram has released the retail market shares for the USA during the first 2001 Quarter (Source: LinuxGram Newsletter/PC Data). Guess who is first?
Mandrake - 33.8%
Redhat - 30.7%
Suse - 23.8%
FreeBSD - 5.6%
Caldera - 2.5%
Corel - 2.3%
Turbolinux - 1.2%
With 33.8% US Market share, how can they be loosing money?
Mandrake have developed such a fine product. It is the easiest distribution around. So please guys instead of downloading the software, why don't you go ahead and buy it?
Maybe they should implement a pay per download system. Something like $1 for every distribution downloaded. How else would you expect to gain money by giving stuff away for free?
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I don't know, euh let's see. What if a company patented the creation of buildings? Would you still have the same opinion about patents?
I once killed an ant that was walking peacfully on my joystick. But I swear I didn't see her before squashing her. That's when I realised that games are pushing me to be more violent :)
Hey when I suddenly feel like getting a song album, I go directly to the artists websites. I expect to be able to buy the whole album in mp3 format and listen to it right away but nope, you have either to buy it from a store or wait for shipping.
So do I really have a choice?
just how can it be a Troll?
well some system admins are damn busy with meetings, assisting users, setting up phone lines, buying hardware and software, administrative tasks, etc.
So instead of saying that they're incompetent, consider the fact that they may be busy doing other unrelated tasks.
I've had enough of those criminals. Such acts should not go unpunished.
is a media player that can compete with Microsoft's Media Player.
ooooh impressive.
He used to play Monopoly a lot when he was a child. So don't blame Gates, blame Monopoly. Maybe he should sue them :)p says that you can access the site using Windows or MacOS and IE4 or later, Netscape 4.08 or later.
Apparently this page https://secure.gateway.gov.uk/html/bad_browser.as
this is the fastest responding website I've ever seen.
Well I sure hope not. The passport services were created so that users won't have to remember their password and username on each on every site they go to. So whenever you go to a site that uses those services you simply have to type your passport username and password to access it. What you're proposing will render Passport-type services useless because the users will still have to remember a lot of passwords instead of just one.
If Microsoft makes their XML/SOAP protocol based services open enough that a Novell or an AOL or an IBM or an Amazon or a Walmart or a Palm can compete to provide Passport-type services integrated with XP, then perhaps Microsoft won't be such a threat to competition. Anyone feel hopeful? Read MSDN once in a while, it provides you with the code to do so. That's the whole point of .NET. They want the services to be available on as many platforms as possible.
Long live Matriarchy
PHP, it kicks JSP
I don't see any point in having wide screen monitors for computers. I know I wouldn't like it.
don't you know that in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity?
I'm speaking as a flash user, I'm no flash designer. I haven't seen any flash website where I can bookmark a particular page. I guess designers aren't interested in taking those extra steps to make their webpages easy to bookmark.
not to mention that you can't bookmark a particular page in a Flash based website. Flash is really awful and I don't have the patience to wait for it to load.
Some companies have their whole website in Flash, I just can't understand that. How do they expect to generate any revenue by frustrating users?
For all of you flash designers; STOP! you're pissing the hell out of me and many other users actually.
You really didn't have to reveal my secret.
This must be a joke. I imagine RMS standing before thousands of marketing gurus and telling them how paying for software is evil. The look on their face will be just priceless. :)
Their's no telling what all those years in College can do to someone's mind
Maybe it's because some people actually wanted to use their PC for entertainment.
Yeah after thinking about it I changed my mind. But I do think that it does help your market share.
Why not have a new GUI? X-Window is damn ugly.
We all know that he who controls the desktop will eventually control the server market.
LinuxGram has released the retail market shares for the USA during the first 2001 Quarter (Source: LinuxGram Newsletter/PC Data). Guess who is first? Mandrake - 33.8%
Redhat - 30.7%
Suse - 23.8%
FreeBSD - 5.6%
Caldera - 2.5%
Corel - 2.3%
Turbolinux - 1.2%
With 33.8% US Market share, how can they be loosing money?
Mandrake have developed such a fine product. It is the easiest distribution around. So please guys instead of downloading the software, why don't you go ahead and buy it?
Maybe they should implement a pay per download system. Something like $1 for every distribution downloaded. How else would you expect to gain money by giving stuff away for free?