If politicians have no term limits, then they have NO accountability to their constituents! If politicians have to earn their constituents support, wouldn't they be better representatives? I understand there is the large gray area of money: PACs, lobbyists, soft money, campaign costs.
I've seen news editorials dissing elected politicians for changing their votes on certain issues to "get more votes". Huh?? These people would rather elect a politician with "solid values" than a polictician who is DIRECTLY REPRESENTING their constituents' voiced opinions (via polls)!
That Steve Albini article was very enlightening (and depressing). He doesn't propose any alternatives or solutions to the major label problems. With his experience in the music biz, shouldn't he have more to say? Is the answer to simply avoid major label deals and work with indie labels? Or is his answer to simply work for 7-11?
I almost left out the exclamation point after "Windows 2000!", but I knew some people wouldn't get the joke then. I'm sorry that some people didn't get the joke even as-is.
Pimp Wars was the best, but Piss Wars, Leech, and Dominion were pretty good. I also remember some funny-but-not-so-good ripoffs like Dick Wars and Sex Wars.
The name "Windows Two Thousand" is so long, people call it "Win Two K". What will people call "Windows Two Thousand And One"? Windows 1? I'm curious to see how this naming works out.. a mixture of Microsoft marketing machine and public laziness..
I have been working at home (as a software developer) for about eight months now. My company's "office" is super small and has no carpet or wallpaper. Working at home is nice, but sometimes there are too many distractions. And like you said, it is easy to feel cooped up. I live in Seattle, so it's hard to get out of the house when it's raining all the time!:-( I also miss out on some of those important, imprompto design meetings with other developers. For all it's problems, I don't think I'll ever want to go back to strict 9-to-5 office hours.
Andrew Wiles' proof of FLT runs into the hundreds of pages and makes use of vast tracts of number theory, some dating back hundreds of years. It can probably only be understood in full by a handful of top mathematicians.
Now that FLT has been proven, what about Fermat's comment about his "great proof"? Do modern mathematicians believe he was joking? Or did he have some different, simpler proof? That he would have the same lengthy page proof seems unlikely, but it would definitely fit the description of "too large for the margin of this book"!;-)
An odd number is some integer (n*2)+1. There is no integer that will satisify 0 = (n*2)+1. Therefore, zero is not odd (it's even).
A prime number is some integer that is divisble only by 1 and itself. Since a denominator of zero is undefined, zero cannot divided itself. Therefore, zero is not prime.
I briefly worked at a company that writes WinCE compilers and build tools for Microsoft. Microsoft outsources these projects to other companies. Compiling a WinCE kernel requires many batch files and a custom IDE called Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder to edit the (ugly) config files. The Platform Builder IDE is based on the source code for Microsoft Visual Studio 5.0 (yes it's old code). This Microsoft C++ code was literally the worst code I have ever seen/debugged! I'm not exaggerating. I'm talking about C++ classes with 50+ public methods and 20+ public data members! Microsoft has no concept of modularity or data encapsulation.
Perhaps some of the Win32 code would be useful for the WINE project? Of course, Windows CE has a different quirky implementation of Win32 than Windows 9X and NT. Presumably, no WINE user will want to emulate WinCE apps??;-)
Microsoft will release IE 5.5 this summer, but I heard rumors that there will be no IE6. IE will completely disappear inside Windows. The next version of MSN is codenamed "Mars". Mars is hybrid of IE, Microsoft's Neptune UI, and an AOL-ripoff. Here's a Mars screenshot from a John Dvorak article about Mars.
Mars is just a local, non-web-based "portal". I can't see any advantages Mars has over web-based MyYahoo-like personalized portals. It's like the Labrea tar pits for getting customers stuck in the Microsoft mud.. er, innovations. And why those sickly dayglo colors?? Microsoft must think that all AOL users are teeny-boppers.
the best solution I heard about the DNS lookup was for the root servers to each handle one letter, the first letter of the TLD. Under such a system, all traffic for.com,.cool,.ca, and so on, would be directed to the "C" server for resolution.
If a separate root server was used for each letter of the alphabet, then your Z server would be a lot busier (serving.com) than your Z server. Even if there were freeform TLDs, the names would not be evenly distributed over the alphabet.
if the binary is public domain, wouldn't the source be public domain? And would patent law require them to publish their code?
The RSA binaries won't be public domain. I believe the patent on the RSA algorithm expires this autumn. With the algorithm in the public domain, anyone can legally write their own RSA code. BTW, how long do patents last? I think it's 17 years.
What does most of this dead technology have in common? At one point or another, it was closed off.
This point is right on. I understand the USB Forum wants a few quick bucks for their specs, but are they ignoring the long view? If their USB specs were free (or better yet they wrote reference code for USB device drivers), there would be more software support for USB. USB would wind itself into many operating systems and the customer pool for USB hardware would grow!
Since 1993, electronic music artist The Spacewurm has used specially modified digital scanning equipment to secretly (and illegally) record the cellular and portable phone calls of everyday people all over the country. The stories, confessions, and intimate conversations of these unwitting participants are described in I LISTEN.
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If politicians have no term limits, then they have NO accountability to their constituents! If politicians have to earn their constituents support, wouldn't they be better representatives? I understand there is the large gray area of money: PACs, lobbyists, soft money, campaign costs.
I've seen news editorials dissing elected politicians for changing their votes on certain issues to "get more votes". Huh?? These people would rather elect a politician with "solid values" than a polictician who is DIRECTLY REPRESENTING their constituents' voiced opinions (via polls)!
That Steve Albini article was very enlightening (and depressing). He doesn't propose any alternatives or solutions to the major label problems. With his experience in the music biz, shouldn't he have more to say? Is the answer to simply avoid major label deals and work with indie labels? Or is his answer to simply work for 7-11?
I almost left out the exclamation point after "Windows 2000!", but I knew some people wouldn't get the joke then. I'm sorry that some people didn't get the joke even as-is.
BTW, take a chill pill and relax..
It is a cross-platform dev environment. It allows you to use Windows 9x, Windows CE, Windows NT, and Windows 2000!
Pimp Wars was the best, but Piss Wars, Leech, and Dominion were pretty good. I also remember some funny-but-not-so-good ripoffs like Dick Wars and Sex Wars.
How old is Linux?
Marketing-ese Reality
NT 3.1
NT 3.5
NT 3.51
NT 4.0
NT 5.0/2000
Microsoft always seems to take about three product versions to get it right. Third times a charm, so no wonder Windows 2000/NT3 is finally palatable.
The dictionary definition of "faith" says: "2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence".
The name "Windows Two Thousand" is so long, people call it "Win Two K". What will people call "Windows Two Thousand And One"? Windows 1? I'm curious to see how this naming works out.. a mixture of Microsoft marketing machine and public laziness..
Windows 95 OSR2.5 (OSR2 + IE4)
Windows 98 SE
Windows CE
I have been working at home (as a software developer) for about eight months now. My company's "office" is super small and has no carpet or wallpaper. Working at home is nice, but sometimes there are too many distractions. And like you said, it is easy to feel cooped up. I live in Seattle, so it's hard to get out of the house when it's raining all the time! :-( I also miss out on some of those important, imprompto design meetings with other developers. For all it's problems, I don't think I'll ever want to go back to strict 9-to-5 office hours.
Sorry if it's in the article.. I skimmed it in Wired, but it was sooo longwinded and I didn't bother finishing it! :-)
Andrew Wiles' proof of FLT runs into the hundreds of pages and makes use of vast tracts of number theory, some dating back hundreds of years. It can probably only be understood in full by a handful of top mathematicians.
;-)
Now that FLT has been proven, what about Fermat's comment about his "great proof"? Do modern mathematicians believe he was joking? Or did he have some different, simpler proof? That he would have the same lengthy page proof seems unlikely, but it would definitely fit the description of "too large for the margin of this book"!
An odd number is some integer (n*2)+1. There is no integer that will satisify 0 = (n*2)+1. Therefore, zero is not odd (it's even).
A prime number is some integer that is divisble only by 1 and itself. Since a denominator of zero is undefined, zero cannot divided itself. Therefore, zero is not prime.
I briefly worked at a company that writes WinCE compilers and build tools for Microsoft. Microsoft outsources these projects to other companies. Compiling a WinCE kernel requires many batch files and a custom IDE called Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder to edit the (ugly) config files. The Platform Builder IDE is based on the source code for Microsoft Visual Studio 5.0 (yes it's old code). This Microsoft C++ code was literally the worst code I have ever seen/debugged! I'm not exaggerating. I'm talking about C++ classes with 50+ public methods and 20+ public data members! Microsoft has no concept of modularity or data encapsulation.
Perhaps some of the Win32 code would be useful for the WINE project? Of course, Windows CE has a different quirky implementation of Win32 than Windows 9X and NT. Presumably, no WINE user will want to emulate WinCE apps?? ;-)
Microsoft will release IE 5.5 this summer, but I heard rumors that there will be no IE6. IE will completely disappear inside Windows. The next version of MSN is codenamed "Mars". Mars is hybrid of IE, Microsoft's Neptune UI, and an AOL-ripoff. Here's a Mars screenshot from a John Dvorak article about Mars .
Mars is just a local, non-web-based "portal". I can't see any advantages Mars has over web-based MyYahoo-like personalized portals. It's like the Labrea tar pits for getting customers stuck in the Microsoft mud.. er, innovations. And why those sickly dayglo colors?? Microsoft must think that all AOL users are teeny-boppers.
... your C server would be a lot busier (serving .com) than your Z server.
the best solution I heard about the DNS lookup was for the root servers to each handle one letter, the first letter of the TLD. Under such a system, all traffic for .com, .cool, .ca, and so on, would be directed to the "C" server for resolution.
.com) than your Z server. Even if there were freeform TLDs, the names would not be evenly distributed over the alphabet.
If a separate root server was used for each letter of the alphabet, then your Z server would be a lot busier (serving
if the binary is public domain, wouldn't the source be public domain? And would patent law require them to publish their code?
The RSA binaries won't be public domain. I believe the patent on the RSA algorithm expires this autumn. With the algorithm in the public domain, anyone can legally write their own RSA code. BTW, how long do patents last? I think it's 17 years.
What does most of this dead technology have in common? At one point or another, it was closed off.
This point is right on. I understand the USB Forum wants a few quick bucks for their specs, but are they ignoring the long view? If their USB specs were free (or better yet they wrote reference code for USB device drivers), there would be more software support for USB. USB would wind itself into many operating systems and the customer pool for USB hardware would grow!
What am I not understanding?
Check out I Listen : A Document of Digital Voyeurism by The Spacewurm. It's a book of transcribed cell phone conversatsions:
Since 1993, electronic music artist The Spacewurm has used specially modified digital scanning equipment to secretly (and illegally) record the cellular and portable phone calls of everyday people all over the country. The stories, confessions, and intimate conversations of these unwitting participants are described in I LISTEN.
:-\
Actually NS5 will never see the light of day.
So there will be no actual NS5 release? Do you have any links to more information?
thanks!
Most people don't even know WTF SINIX _is_, much less have it.
Ok, I admit I have never heard of SINIX..