The only reason Windows gained market share in the 90s was because it went out of its way to not be a closed system. It's always sucked, it's just a matter of how little but that we still had control over our PCs than IBM and later Apple wanted us to have.
If Microsoft goes this route and enforces controls and advertising ala Google/Android styl Android will gain the lead as a desktop OS.
In short, the more Ballmer tightens his fist, the more users will slip through his fingers.
Established/measured science is, obviously, not faith based at all. (Gravitational coefficients, certain laws of physics, etc).
But it's the discovery of new fields or questioning the established science that requires a certain amount of faith because you're essentially tilting at windmills until you find a test that works to prove your hypothesis (if ever).
Flying machines were faith based. Flying machines going faster than the speed of sound were faith based. Finding a cure for cancer was entirely faith based.
As you build on your knowledge you get less faith and more rationality to guide your "guesses" for the next batch of tests. But it still takes people willing to make possible fools of themselves to make that first leap of faith to study a field that may yield no benefits whatsoever.
In short, some of our best scientists were probably the best gamblers as well...
To paraphrase - "I think you underestimate their chances".
From an engineering standpoint, the challenges are similar to the Apollo moon missions.
What's new is size and weight for the extra storage capacity needed for fuel, food, oxygen, etc; and space for the extra living quarters.
In fact, I'd say you could do it with 3 launches from Earth to put up a propulsion module, living quarters module (the "RV" section and the mars lander module.
Assemble them in orbit like the Apollo missions did, go to Mars, drop the lander, return to Earth, jettison the RV and the propulsion module and splash down for landing.
Granted there are other, new challenges, but we've got probably 3/4 of the challenges already solved.
Well... except for the fact that we don't HAVE the heavy lift tech anymore...
Oh, I dunno... for a guy who practices Alinskyite tactics, attacking someone for no other reason than blind bigotry and playing left wing crusader you seem to think this still IS the 1950s... or at least the 1920's in Stalinist Russia.
Intersting... But doesn't the federal EEOC trump the state in this case? I wasn't aware that a corporation had to cross state lines before the EEOC became valid.
True... but the laws of the EEOC stem from the Constitutions intentions and other amendments. It's sister legislation to prevent discrimination in housing has already been well argued.
Notice the EEOC here doesn't restrict an employer from having a religious bias or even proselytizing to the employee. The line is whether or not the employee's work atmosphere and/or promotions are hindered by rejecting the proselytization or not being of the same religious type.
MANDATORY training like being done here is certainly outside the realm of the EEOC's rulings here and certainly against the intention of the Constitution.
To wit- I'm all for religious freedom even to the point of an employer having a strong religious philosophy. There's nothing wrong with that. If these guys were complaining because the guy talked about Scientology to them all day. I'd say, tough. But while they're a company of Scientologists, they're not a Scientology company... and so a religious test breaks every tenant of the EEOC AND the Constitution.
Religious harassment in violation of Title VII occurs when employees are: (1) required or coerced to abandon, alter, or adopt a religious practice as a condition of employment (this type of âoequid pro quoâ harassment may also give rise to a disparate treatment or denial of accommodation claim in some circumstances),[71] or (2) subjected to unwelcome statements or conduct that is based on religion and is so severe or pervasive that the individual being harassed reasonably finds the work environment to be hostile or abusive, and there is a basis for holding the employer liable.[72] 1. Religious Coercion That Constitutes a Tangible Employment Action
That's less than 2 minutes googling. But somehow I still think hundreds of thousands of dollars will be spent figuring that out...
Okay fine, but FIRST we start with a Chief Financial Officer of the US...
Because, really, the last thing you want is everybody in the government using the SAME architecture on the SAME networks. Oh yeah, that'll be secure...
Microsoft promised this with.NET. (Just buy our tools and you build to.NET and run on all Windows platforms, XP SP1, XP SP2 AND Vista! It's sooo much better than that... Java thing.)
Microsoft promised us this with Windows CE. (Just buy our tools and with a simple compiler switch, voila, you're targetting CE... it couldn't be easier.)
Microsoft couldn't even do it with DirectX where OpenGL could (Oh hey, that XBox directX.. it works a little differently than Windows DirectX)
For that matter, the Windows Printer driver APIs aren't consistent (Yeah, we know it's called GetMarginSpaceFromEdge but driver A measures the edge from half an inch in and driver b measures the edge from the print head detects the edge of the page which is sometimes an inch greater than the page itself...)
Y'know what the greatest VM is right now? i386! And has been for nigh-on 10 years!
I LIKE Microsoft product, don't get me wrong... but I'm not going to buy Visual Studio 2011 which has no other changes than a GUI enhancement and the ability to target my development towards the hot new sweetness.DNET API's so 3 years later, Microsoft can abandon.DNET for DCOM# because, hey, thats what our research said people wanted and it'll be supported on Windows 7.1.1 along with Blackbird 2.0
If the chips failed prematurely at these higher temperatures, the former Googler says, Intel was obliged to replace them at no extra charge.
Intel denies this was ever the case. "This is NOT true," a company spokesman said in an email. Google declined to comment on its relationship with Intel. "Google invests heavily in technical facilities and has dozens of facilities around the world with many computers," reads a statement from the company. "However, we don't disclose details about our infrastructure or supplier relationships."
So Google claims they're more environmentally friendly... but burn through chips faster.
You vote for Obama and you WILL get 4 more years of this. Pelosi has already floated plans of spending another 150 billion in "economic incentives" if Obama wins.
And YES the Democrats DID filibuster a bank regulation bill. When the Republicans tried to put in more regulation on the FHA and Fannie Mae corporations.
And do you know how Obama voted when that legislation came up for a vote?
The 2005 attacks which, I should point out, were NOT stopped by the near blanketed amount of cameras in the area. (Although it did accelerate the investigation as to who was involved after the fact)
Poppycock! Colecovision kicked its butt! Not only did it have overlays but its stubby mushroom stick was far superior!
Now the Sears Super Video Arcade! Now THERE was a system...
Tron!? This aint no dangblammed Tron!
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Back in my days we called this game Snafu! We played it on an Intellivision that had a disc for a joystick... except you didn't spin the disc (even though you could)... you pushed on it like a regular joystick.
And it sucked, but that was the way it was and we liked it that way! (2nded only to the abominable Atari 5200 stick)
Dagburned Disney steals another idea because they couldn't come up with an original concept and you kiddos call it "Tron" now!
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The only reason Windows gained market share in the 90s was because it went out of its way to not be a closed system. It's always sucked, it's just a matter of how little but that we still had control over our PCs than IBM and later Apple wanted us to have.
If Microsoft goes this route and enforces controls and advertising ala Google/Android styl Android will gain the lead as a desktop OS.
In short, the more Ballmer tightens his fist, the more users will slip through his fingers.
But will it still have trouble finding home base to recharge?!
Science is really in 2 parts.
Established/measured science is, obviously, not faith based at all. (Gravitational coefficients, certain laws of physics, etc).
But it's the discovery of new fields or questioning the established science that requires a certain amount of faith because you're essentially tilting at windmills until you find a test that works to prove your hypothesis (if ever).
Flying machines were faith based. Flying machines going faster than the speed of sound were faith based. Finding a cure for cancer was entirely faith based.
As you build on your knowledge you get less faith and more rationality to guide your "guesses" for the next batch of tests. But it still takes people willing to make possible fools of themselves to make that first leap of faith to study a field that may yield no benefits whatsoever.
In short, some of our best scientists were probably the best gamblers as well...
Whaddya wanna do with your life?
To paraphrase - "I think you underestimate their chances".
From an engineering standpoint, the challenges are similar to the Apollo moon missions.
What's new is size and weight for the extra storage capacity needed for fuel, food, oxygen, etc; and space for the extra living quarters.
In fact, I'd say you could do it with 3 launches from Earth to put up a propulsion module, living quarters module (the "RV" section and the mars lander module.
Assemble them in orbit like the Apollo missions did, go to Mars, drop the lander, return to Earth, jettison the RV and the propulsion module and splash down for landing.
Granted there are other, new challenges, but we've got probably 3/4 of the challenges already solved.
Well... except for the fact that we don't HAVE the heavy lift tech anymore...
Oh, I dunno... for a guy who practices Alinskyite tactics, attacking someone for no other reason than blind bigotry and playing left wing crusader you seem to think this still IS the 1950s... or at least the 1920's in Stalinist Russia.
I haven't seen one post here about Blogjevich's attempts to sell a Senate seat and having discussions with Obama's administration about it.
Oh wait, I guess because it didn't involve a "IT" guy, KDawson didn't think it was tech worthy.
Screw slashdot, I'm done. I can find this kind of information on Digg, faster and with a more fairer moderation system.
$200 Viewmaster?!
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Oooh, Mount Rushmore...
Intersting... But doesn't the federal EEOC trump the state in this case? I wasn't aware that a corporation had to cross state lines before the EEOC became valid.
"Diplomatic Immunity"
(see Lethal Weapon 2)
True... but the laws of the EEOC stem from the Constitutions intentions and other amendments. It's sister legislation to prevent discrimination in housing has already been well argued.
Notice the EEOC here doesn't restrict an employer from having a religious bias or even proselytizing to the employee. The line is whether or not the employee's work atmosphere and/or promotions are hindered by rejecting the proselytization or not being of the same religious type.
MANDATORY training like being done here is certainly outside the realm of the EEOC's rulings here and certainly against the intention of the Constitution.
To wit- I'm all for religious freedom even to the point of an employer having a strong religious philosophy. There's nothing wrong with that. If these guys were complaining because the guy talked about Scientology to them all day. I'd say, tough. But while they're a company of Scientologists, they're not a Scientology company... and so a religious test breaks every tenant of the EEOC AND the Constitution.
Otherwise, the EEOC is meaningless.
Here's the EEOC's official position-
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/religion.html#_Toc203359505
That's less than 2 minutes googling. But somehow I still think hundreds of thousands of dollars will be spent figuring that out...
I see... so civilization is something money can buy now? (Other than the game, of course)
Okay fine, but FIRST we start with a Chief Financial Officer of the US...
Because, really, the last thing you want is everybody in the government using the SAME architecture on the SAME networks. Oh yeah, that'll be secure...
Perhaps a short explanation of what "white space" is in this context in the summary might be helpful?
Yes I even RTFA to try to figure it out but it already assumed prior knowledge as well.
Microsoft promised this with .NET. (Just buy our tools and you build to .NET and run on all Windows platforms, XP SP1, XP SP2 AND Vista! It's sooo much better than that... Java thing.)
Microsoft promised us this with Windows CE. (Just buy our tools and with a simple compiler switch, voila, you're targetting CE... it couldn't be easier.)
Microsoft couldn't even do it with DirectX where OpenGL could (Oh hey, that XBox directX.. it works a little differently than Windows DirectX)
For that matter, the Windows Printer driver APIs aren't consistent (Yeah, we know it's called GetMarginSpaceFromEdge but driver A measures the edge from half an inch in and driver b measures the edge from the print head detects the edge of the page which is sometimes an inch greater than the page itself...)
Y'know what the greatest VM is right now? i386! And has been for nigh-on 10 years!
I LIKE Microsoft product, don't get me wrong... but I'm not going to buy Visual Studio 2011 which has no other changes than a GUI enhancement and the ability to target my development towards the hot new sweetness.DNET API's so 3 years later, Microsoft can abandon .DNET for DCOM# because, hey, thats what our research said people wanted and it'll be supported on Windows 7.1.1 along with Blackbird 2.0
I agree it's not a binary position.
But depending on their burn rate, they may be at a wash for the energy they're saving compared to the energy spent to make new chips.
So you're going to vote for a guy whose policies you claim will be a disaster on the hope that he doesn't implement what he promises he wants to do?!
So Google claims they're more environmentally friendly... but burn through chips faster.
You vote for Obama and you WILL get 4 more years of this. Pelosi has already floated plans of spending another 150 billion in "economic incentives" if Obama wins.
And YES the Democrats DID filibuster a bank regulation bill. When the Republicans tried to put in more regulation on the FHA and Fannie Mae corporations.
And do you know how Obama voted when that legislation came up for a vote?
Present.
Are you insinuating that Krugman's The Mule?
The 2005 attacks which, I should point out, were NOT stopped by the near blanketed amount of cameras in the area. (Although it did accelerate the investigation as to who was involved after the fact)
I don't have government twits telling me what healthcare I can and can't have.
The government has screwed over the economy and used fear to enforce security and yet now we're supposed to trust them with our medical services?
No thank you.
Or to paraphrase...
Those who are willing to give up medical freedom for medical security deserve neither.
Poppycock! Colecovision kicked its butt! Not only did it have overlays but its stubby mushroom stick was far superior!
Now the Sears Super Video Arcade! Now THERE was a system...
Back in my days we called this game Snafu! We played it on an Intellivision that had a disc for a joystick... except you didn't spin the disc (even though you could)... you pushed on it like a regular joystick.
And it sucked, but that was the way it was and we liked it that way! (2nded only to the abominable Atari 5200 stick)
Dagburned Disney steals another idea because they couldn't come up with an original concept and you kiddos call it "Tron" now!
Now where's my teef...
I think you mean phdSimonyi...
blech...