Where the hell are you going to be where you aren't 3' away from a computer and you are just sitting there doing nothing? Aside from an airplane where you can't use your phone anyways.
Programmer's aren't craftsmen. I'm a programmer and I'll admit that.
Part of it is the tools. A builder uses a hammer to drive a nail into a 2x4. It doesn't matter who made the hammer, it's going to work the same way. That's not quite the same with any development tool. Besides, how many programmers expect their code to still be in use after they die? How many programmers even feel it's their responsibility to fix something after the contract's done?
You do realize that equates to "we don't need QA", also "don't bother implementing the last 500 features on that list", and don't forget "don't waste time writing good documentation".
As long as Carmack keeps using it, that's a major score right there. The latest Nascar game also has support for both DirectX and OpenGL, and OpenGL is recommended for GeForce cards. Any good developer can create a layer of abstraction that will allow them to easily work in either environment.
As fas as version 2.0 goes, I think they're still taking suggestions on what people want added.
Once nice thing about Napster (and KaZaA) is the ability to look at what else a person is sharing, which is handy for either finding a fast person to transfer from, or somebody that's interested in similar music.
Gnutella clients do suck. I haven't been impressed with any yet, especially BearShare and it's infamous spyware.
Generally the system itself isn't that great. While I can find 10,000 results on something, it takes for 10 minutes to find a client that I can actually connect to and will transfer the file at a reasonable rate.
So if I can get fast and reliable transfers, and the ability to find NEW music that I was previously unaware of, then it would be worth a few bucks a month. Of course, they would need a reliable system for detecting broken transfers.
Well, I must have been somewhat right because you at least assumed I was an engineer. I'm a programmer. I know NOTHING of electrical engineering. I'm just basing everything I say on what I consider to be common sense inferences.
BTW, "major pain in the ass" can also be taken to mean "it would cost a million dollars and would only get us half a million in return".
Use both sides of the motherboard. Gee, how come nobody thought of that before? Well, it's because it would be a major pain in the ass to design, diagram & manufacture such a board.
Aside from that, what you want is a perfect system, that is small and fully upgradable, or at least accomodates your particular specifications of what a "standard" PC should have in it. Would you like fries with that?
I said it yesterday, my house has 9' ceiling and I don't see them getting shorter any time in the near future, so a 14" tall case isn't a major concern. If you want something smaller, use a laptop. Everything fits nicely now and I don't have to worry about buying ALL new parts when I want to upgrade my system. What we have now is technically sound. It doesn't need to be changed for aesthetics.
Ya know, I don't think we'd need to worry about the government implementing the Matrix, it's going to be the RIAA and MPAA, and Microsoft.
Why the hell would they think it's cost effective to prevent somebodies next door neighboor from grabbing a signal for some WWF pay-per-view event. By spending millions of dollars in man hours and equipment, they're going to protect themselves from the theft of a $7 show, that the thieves probably wouldn't have even watched if they had to pay for it.
There needs to be a website where people can post what they need, and then the advertisers can browse the listings and send a message about the relevant products they offer.
Nevermind, I know that would fail, it would rely too heavily on ethics and honesty.
IE 6 can be setup to deny their cookies. Unfortunatelty, you can't add them to your HOSTS file because IE considers a failure to load an IFRAME document means the entire page must have failed to load.
Not to be antagonistic, but your first reason is wrong. The people in control of whether or not services get offered don't rely on VC investors. They already have lots of their own money, they just don't want to part with it on a gamble.
Be gone non-geek. Some people realize that they don't need to backup their OS or applications, because it's easier to just re-install if something catastrophic enough happened. You only need your data, and unless you're doing important physics/bio research on your computer you probably don't have too much data that needs to be saved.
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Well, I'm thinking more along the line of individual component upgrades and not a prebuilt package, although any non-major pc manufacturer would gladly order a DVD burner and charge accordingly should a customer request it.
But what will the DVD burner really get you right now. CDRs are still good right now for many reasons. I can burn a VCD if I want, plus I can use the same media for my MP3 cdplayer as well as use it as a cheap backup mdia.
The average user doesn't need a DVD burner. It's like giving grandma a T1 connection when she can barely handle e-mail.
Remember though, I said "right now".
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it wouldn't be news. The other 96% of the market has had these options for awhile now.
Several people seem to be complaining about this. The answer is "Duh, read the source code". After all, that is the benefit of open source right? What, you can't read Perl fluently?
Lets see how many OSS zealots mark me as foe now...
Speaking of FUD, I happen to be trying to remove MS Works from my new machine and found a registry key in the Run section, that was titled, WorksFUD (thats the same capitalization).
No joke, not sure what THEY think the acronym means though.
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Where the hell are you going to be where you aren't 3' away from a computer and you are just sitting there doing nothing? Aside from an airplane where you can't use your phone anyways.
Programmer's aren't craftsmen. I'm a programmer and I'll admit that.
Part of it is the tools. A builder uses a hammer to drive a nail into a 2x4. It doesn't matter who made the hammer, it's going to work the same way. That's not quite the same with any development tool. Besides, how many programmers expect their code to still be in use after they die? How many programmers even feel it's their responsibility to fix something after the contract's done?
Whoa big fella.
"Fast development cycle"
You do realize that equates to "we don't need QA", also "don't bother implementing the last 500 features on that list", and don't forget "don't waste time writing good documentation".
Who says OpenGL can't already take on DirectX.
As long as Carmack keeps using it, that's a major score right there. The latest Nascar game also has support for both DirectX and OpenGL, and OpenGL is recommended for GeForce cards. Any good developer can create a layer of abstraction that will allow them to easily work in either environment.
As fas as version 2.0 goes, I think they're still taking suggestions on what people want added.
Yes, MS is working very hard on creating software to support rival operating systems so that they can create a competitive marketplace.
So would it be legal to hack again? Or would hacking a system to prove it's insecure cancel the other one out.
That's not security, that's data integrity.
Do you mean on your TV, or on TechTV's systems? The latter is more likely.
Has Leo tried to install Linux within the time frame of his show recently?
Isn't this better than moving closer to Earth?
Once nice thing about Napster (and KaZaA) is the ability to look at what else a person is sharing, which is handy for either finding a fast person to transfer from, or somebody that's interested in similar music.
Gnutella clients do suck. I haven't been impressed with any yet, especially BearShare and it's infamous spyware.
Generally the system itself isn't that great. While I can find 10,000 results on something, it takes for 10 minutes to find a client that I can actually connect to and will transfer the file at a reasonable rate.
So if I can get fast and reliable transfers, and the ability to find NEW music that I was previously unaware of, then it would be worth a few bucks a month. Of course, they would need a reliable system for detecting broken transfers.
Well, I must have been somewhat right because you at least assumed I was an engineer. I'm a programmer. I know NOTHING of electrical engineering. I'm just basing everything I say on what I consider to be common sense inferences.
BTW, "major pain in the ass" can also be taken to mean "it would cost a million dollars and would only get us half a million in return".
Use both sides of the motherboard. Gee, how come nobody thought of that before? Well, it's because it would be a major pain in the ass to design, diagram & manufacture such a board.
Aside from that, what you want is a perfect system, that is small and fully upgradable, or at least accomodates your particular specifications of what a "standard" PC should have in it. Would you like fries with that?
I said it yesterday, my house has 9' ceiling and I don't see them getting shorter any time in the near future, so a 14" tall case isn't a major concern. If you want something smaller, use a laptop. Everything fits nicely now and I don't have to worry about buying ALL new parts when I want to upgrade my system. What we have now is technically sound. It doesn't need to be changed for aesthetics.
Ya know, I don't think we'd need to worry about the government implementing the Matrix, it's going to be the RIAA and MPAA, and Microsoft.
Why the hell would they think it's cost effective to prevent somebodies next door neighboor from grabbing a signal for some WWF pay-per-view event. By spending millions of dollars in man hours and equipment, they're going to protect themselves from the theft of a $7 show, that the thieves probably wouldn't have even watched if they had to pay for it.
So why should my PC? I have 9' ceilings. Saving 10" on the vertical height of my computer is not a problem.
Besides, where will you put the flourescent light and glass window?
Uh oh, conflicting geek factors... smaller vs. pointlessly cool... arghh.... losing... precious... karma...
Technically, a virus is an application, just usually one that does something you don't want it to do.
There needs to be a website where people can post what they need, and then the advertisers can browse the listings and send a message about the relevant products they offer.
Nevermind, I know that would fail, it would rely too heavily on ethics and honesty.
IE 6 can be setup to deny their cookies. Unfortunatelty, you can't add them to your HOSTS file because IE considers a failure to load an IFRAME document means the entire page must have failed to load.
Not to be antagonistic, but your first reason is wrong. The people in control of whether or not services get offered don't rely on VC investors. They already have lots of their own money, they just don't want to part with it on a gamble.
It's ok if it's not a disability as long as I can still use it as an excuse for misspelling words.
Be gone non-geek. Some people realize that they don't need to backup their OS or applications, because it's easier to just re-install if something catastrophic enough happened. You only need your data, and unless you're doing important physics/bio research on your computer you probably don't have too much data that needs to be saved.
Well, I'm thinking more along the line of individual component upgrades and not a prebuilt package, although any non-major pc manufacturer would gladly order a DVD burner and charge accordingly should a customer request it.
But what will the DVD burner really get you right now. CDRs are still good right now for many reasons. I can burn a VCD if I want, plus I can use the same media for my MP3 cdplayer as well as use it as a cheap backup mdia.
The average user doesn't need a DVD burner. It's like giving grandma a T1 connection when she can barely handle e-mail.
Remember though, I said "right now".
it wouldn't be news. The other 96% of the market has had these options for awhile now.
Several people seem to be complaining about this. The answer is "Duh, read the source code". After all, that is the benefit of open source right? What, you can't read Perl fluently?
Lets see how many OSS zealots mark me as foe now...
I'm pretty sure the first 3 are patented to certain extents already.
Speaking of FUD, I happen to be trying to remove MS Works from my new machine and found a registry key in the Run section, that was titled, WorksFUD (thats the same capitalization).
No joke, not sure what THEY think the acronym means though.