Look, it's absurd to blame Bush for this. I'm no fan of MS but it is pretty clear that Jackson's behavior is what tanked this, he was making his *personal* opinion known throughout the case and a judge simply can't do that. I only hope the next judge will see the same issues while exuding impartiality.
(Warning, off topic)
As far as the whole Bush got fewer votes thing, I'm so sick of that stupid number and the mindless Bush bashing. You want it to work a different way, get the constitution changed. You want some numbers, how about these:
Total Counties won by Bush: 2,434
Total Counties won by Gore: 677
Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million.
Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
States won by Bush: 29
States won by Gore: 19
Furthermore, who knows how many people bailed out of line or didn't go to vote on the western half of the country, thanks to the media calling it (wrong) with hours left to go.
As nifty as it would be to be able to voice search google from your car, I'm not sure that's not why they were working with BMW.
I know BMW is/was talking to them about their corporate site search offering, where they handle the indexing/searching of your intranet (in BMW's case) or public site.
I suspect this is where a large part of google's revenue will be in the coming years -- that's great, if it keeps the ad banners off their public service!
Yes, but think about this: 2D can be represented in 3D just fine -- at the rate they are going pushing a 2048x1536 desktop with all the window edges in 3d with multitexturing and shading won't even be a struggle.
Pushing 3D forward to such an extreme can push 2D right along with it. Here's another good reason for vector based GUIs!
I absolutely agree, the readership (or at least those who contribute) seem to lean well to the left. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Hmm, maybe I'm just too right thinking, but isn't it RIGHT for the corporations to have more money than the government? The government isn't supposed to make money, it is supposed to govern -- and considering it's *our* money, they should do it more efficiently.
The subscription model lowers the cost of entry, which would in theory increase the number of customers. Office, however, has virtually no competition, so it likely would make them less money, especially in the short term. Microsoft realized that 90% of companies will buy Office and also pay to upgrade it every couple versions, regardless of the cost (within reason).
This kind of stuff is why I hate Microsoft, but I can't deny they have some good business minds there.
Nintendo should drop out of the hardware game, and hit up M$ or $ony for a huge $ deal to make Nintendo an exclusive label for that console.
Hardware has always been a loss-leader for game sales, at best a break-even proposition.
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I smoked once (or, ahem, more than), and you're damn right I inhaled.
despite what the article says about this move helping to preserve Microsoft in the face of a breakup, I doubt it. If the person heading up the application side of the newly broken empire is business-minded, they won't restrict the.NET system to the Windows OS, thus shooting the whole plan to sell the Win 2K OS for.NET server software in the heart.
I think you missed what the article was saying here. The point was,.NET preserves MS by making Windows irrelevant.. In the split-into-two scenario, BillG, SteveB, and most other "importants" would head to the applications company, push.NET as the "Platform", and have Windows (and Linux or ???) be merely the underlying "DOS" -- sounds strangely like '95 again, but without forcing DRDos to be incompatible...
What percentage of people will this help?
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This seems like a pretty big deal, but I wonder what percentage of blindness it would actually 'cure'? I, for example, lost my right eye due to a vascular tumor when I was unborn. The tumor caused damage to the optical nerve, so this wouldn't work for myself or others in a similar situation.
Hate to say it, but Microsoft's.NET strategy is a pretty compelling vision. While it "embraces" Java, it will always play second fiddle in Microsoft's eyes. As with everything M$, it will take 2-3 years before.NET becomes decent.
Open sourcing Java now will allow it to evolve with a much higher degree of innovation than it has to date. IMHO, this will give it a strong fighting chance to stay ahead of the.NET snowball in being a foundation for the coming net centricity of virtually everything.
Jealous of the incredible parties described in all the '.com gone' stories, they have invented some system which has the sole purpose of seeming amazing to techno-morons, in the hopes of getting $40m so they can play in the "Who wants to blow a million or 20?" season finale.
I think the idea behind this is great, especially since he is willing to take much less than market value and will be doing work that benefits all users of Perl.
I'm curious, though, how his work will be determined. The information at the link is fairly light, but it seems as if he will have free reign, making this is a beautiful thing. On the other hand, if the "sponsors" are simply paying to have their own agenda pushed, this doesn't feel so pure any more.
My theory on this: Sony's expense to promote new technologies is relatively minimal compared to many companies. They are the electronics industry equivalent to an Intel or Microsoft, in that they have a strong current user base, incredible distribution network, and an established technology base. Fortunately, they don't have the same ability to "dictate" what people use.
This makes it a cost-efficient thing to push a system that, in a best-case scenario "wins" and in a worst-case scenario establishes a following that leads to further purchases by happy users. It also leads them to develop many technologies and processes that *will* be used someday, even if it is adapted to fit someone else's form factor.
Sure this strategy makes them $$$$, but makes good sense in other ways. Their researchers are able to develop something "their way" without having to fight with standards committies and delay after delay as specs get hammered out, and that keeps those people happy & pushing the envelope.
I only hope that this provides a clear, easy way to prove to "the masses" how much better things can sound at high bitrate.
Just like with HDTV, where the networks want to use high bandwidth channels to broadcast 4+ SDTV signals, I constantly fear that something like 128k MP3 will become "a standard" because it is "good enough".
In the 280r web site, they mention that the III has extensions for accelerated Java processing.
Anyone know the details? Did do something cool like embed the picoJava technology, or is it just something boring (ala MMX) that speeds up JIT compiling?
Is it just me, or are these companies going about this the wrong way? If you piss off the US broadcasters, you are most likely going to lose. Why don't these people court the networks and do it right? For that matter, why aren't there US network affiliates in Canada?
Does anyone know the details of Canadian policy around this?
This isn't a 2k problem, per se, but really a fault of the way symantec hacks PCAnywhere into the system by wrapping the low-level video drivers with their own layer that is incompatible with windows.
I ran into the same problem, and was able to solve it. In fact, I brought it upon myself because when I went to upgrade from NT4 -> 2k, the installer warned me that PCAnywhere was incompatible. Being "smart", I went and changed the PCAnywhere host service to disabled, since all I do with it is connect to other machines.
Figuring the installer would tell me again if that wasn't enough, I ran it again and got no warning -- until the post copy files reboot when it would bluescreen every time.
2k has been stable as a client, but you won't see it near any of my servers.
As IBM puts more and more energy into promoting Linux, it will be interesting to watch how much credibility it lends to Linux as a whole.
As someone responsible for a mission critical deployment of many servers, I have been a strong Sun supporter -- not because they had the best bang for the buck, but because they have a true enterprise class operation. I can have Sun on-site in 2 hours if something goes wrong.
When we are faced with a potential Fortune 500 customer's RFP, answering that the platform is completely Sun based has *weight*. As silly as it may be, customers have confidence in buzzwords, and Sun rarely fails to impress. That, combined with 10+ Solaris Exxxx boxes with 300+ days of uptime, makes it hard to look elsewhere.
If IBM can bring the same level of support, "recognition", and stability / quality assurance to the Linux market, there are truly great things ahead for Linux.
I sure hope so, because the technology behind Linux is world class, even if the world doesn't know yet. Much like AMD has done to Intel, another strong platform will increase competition and ultimately make both systems better, to the benefit of all.
If the Nike Swoosh floating in space helps fund additional space exploration and research, who cares? Television and internet ads, as painful as they may be, are a small price to pay for the free programming and information available.
Then again, if it were so bright as to cause light pollution for that same research, f*@k it.
We like big cars, but small electronics. We don't want a big MF computer, we want a f$%king tiny computer that does everything..
Personally, I want a watch that looks like a Rolex, has a holographic display, has the functions of my palm and my cell phone, and lets me play half life while stuck in a tin can 30,000 feet in the sky..
Wow, port the Palm OS to X on this thing and it would really kick ass! Solves the linux user-unfriendlyness issues and gives Palm an entry to all the great code being written for linux.. Would make the perfect next-generation Palm.. and continue to put the screws to MS.
The bad news here is that Photoshop and a few of it's kin are the only pieces of software that take advantage of the second G4.
I won't buy a Mac until work with PC Video cards.. maybe they will convince the mfg's that it will be really easy to port linux drivers to OS X. Oh, and give me a 2+ button mouse with a wheel, too!
SpookyFish
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Government Controlled Healthcare:
The compassion of the IRS and the efficiency of the Post Office... at Pentagon prices.
It will likely be reviewed by a bunch of students who will do exactly as the feds say, in lieu of being prosecuted for the 14 gigs of w4r3z they have on their computers.
The leader of the review will be a professor who will be spared from charges related to that 17 yr. old freshman he was screwing last semester..
Clearly, wiretaps of any sort (phone, internet, etc) are a useful tool in the right hands. The trouble is, most of the decisions fall into the same category as Montana's old "Reasonable and Prudent" speed limits -- everyone has a different opinion of what that means.
While I don't want an overly sympathetic judge to grant warrants for anything imaginable, I damn sure don't want a privacy zealot hampering a terrorist investigation!
Since we can no longer trust a single judge to "do the right thing", perhaps we need to require that granting warrants (or sentences, for that matter) be decided by a panel of at least 3 judges -- in the hope that "cooler heads" will prevail.
I, for one, would sure like to see some semblance of common sense return to the legal system as a whole.
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Look, it's absurd to blame Bush for this. I'm no fan of MS but it is pretty clear that Jackson's behavior is what tanked this, he was making his *personal* opinion known throughout the case and a judge simply can't do that. I only hope the next judge will see the same issues while exuding impartiality.
(Warning, off topic)
As far as the whole Bush got fewer votes thing, I'm so sick of that stupid number and the mindless Bush bashing. You want it to work a different way, get the constitution changed. You want some numbers, how about these:
Total Counties won by Bush: 2,434
Total Counties won by Gore: 677
Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million.
Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000
Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
States won by Bush: 29
States won by Gore: 19
Furthermore, who knows how many people bailed out of line or didn't go to vote on the western half of the country, thanks to the media calling it (wrong) with hours left to go.
As nifty as it would be to be able to voice search google from your car, I'm not sure that's not why they were working with BMW.
I know BMW is/was talking to them about their corporate site search offering, where they handle the indexing/searching of your intranet (in BMW's case) or public site.
I suspect this is where a large part of google's revenue will be in the coming years -- that's great, if it keeps the ad banners off their public service!
Yes, but think about this: 2D can be represented in 3D just fine -- at the rate they are going pushing a 2048x1536 desktop with all the window edges in 3d with multitexturing and shading won't even be a struggle.
Pushing 3D forward to such an extreme can push 2D right along with it. Here's another good reason for vector based GUIs!
I absolutely agree, the readership (or at least those who contribute) seem to lean well to the left. Thanks for pointing it out.
</ot>
Hmm, maybe I'm just too right thinking, but isn't it RIGHT for the corporations to have more money than the government? The government isn't supposed to make money, it is supposed to govern -- and considering it's *our* money, they should do it more efficiently.
Woah, a good first post! I guess there truly is a first for everything!
The subscription model lowers the cost of entry, which would in theory increase the number of customers. Office, however, has virtually no competition, so it likely would make them less money, especially in the short term. Microsoft realized that 90% of companies will buy Office and also pay to upgrade it every couple versions, regardless of the cost (within reason).
This kind of stuff is why I hate Microsoft, but I can't deny they have some good business minds there.
That's my theory, but what do I know?
Nintendo should drop out of the hardware game, and hit up M$ or $ony for a huge $ deal to make Nintendo an exclusive label for that console.
Hardware has always been a loss-leader for game sales, at best a break-even proposition.
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I smoked once (or, ahem, more than), and you're damn right I inhaled.
despite what the article says about this move helping to preserve Microsoft in the face of a breakup, I doubt it. If the person heading up the application side of the newly broken empire is business-minded, they won't restrict the .NET system to the Windows OS, thus shooting the whole plan to sell the Win 2K OS for .NET server software in the heart.
I think you missed what the article was saying here. The point was, .NET preserves MS by making Windows irrelevant.. In the split-into-two scenario, BillG, SteveB, and most other "importants" would head to the applications company, push .NET as the "Platform", and have Windows (and Linux or ???) be merely the underlying "DOS" -- sounds strangely like '95 again, but without forcing DRDos to be incompatible...
This seems like a pretty big deal, but I wonder what percentage of blindness it would actually 'cure'? I, for example, lost my right eye due to a vascular tumor when I was unborn. The tumor caused damage to the optical nerve, so this wouldn't work for myself or others in a similar situation.
Hate to say it, but Microsoft's .NET strategy is a pretty compelling vision. While it "embraces" Java, it will always play second fiddle in Microsoft's eyes. As with everything M$, it will take 2-3 years before .NET becomes decent.
.NET snowball in being a foundation for the coming net centricity of virtually everything.
Open sourcing Java now will allow it to evolve with a much higher degree of innovation than it has to date. IMHO, this will give it a strong fighting chance to stay ahead of the
Jealous of the incredible parties described in all the '.com gone' stories, they have invented some system which has the sole purpose of seeming amazing to techno-morons, in the hopes of getting $40m so they can play in the "Who wants to blow a million or 20?" season finale.
I think the idea behind this is great, especially since he is willing to take much less than market value and will be doing work that benefits all users of Perl.
I'm curious, though, how his work will be determined. The information at the link is fairly light, but it seems as if he will have free reign, making this is a beautiful thing. On the other hand, if the "sponsors" are simply paying to have their own agenda pushed, this doesn't feel so pure any more.
My theory on this: Sony's expense to promote new technologies is relatively minimal compared to many companies. They are the electronics industry equivalent to an Intel or Microsoft, in that they have a strong current user base, incredible distribution network, and an established technology base. Fortunately, they don't have the same ability to "dictate" what people use.
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This makes it a cost-efficient thing to push a system that, in a best-case scenario "wins" and in a worst-case scenario establishes a following that leads to further purchases by happy users. It also leads them to develop many technologies and processes that *will* be used someday, even if it is adapted to fit someone else's form factor.
Sure this strategy makes them $$$$, but makes good sense in other ways. Their researchers are able to develop something "their way" without having to fight with standards committies and delay after delay as specs get hammered out, and that keeps those people happy & pushing the envelope.
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I only hope that this provides a clear, easy way to prove to "the masses" how much better things can sound at high bitrate.
Just like with HDTV, where the networks want to use high bandwidth channels to broadcast 4+ SDTV signals, I constantly fear that something like 128k MP3 will become "a standard" because it is "good enough".
In the 280r web site, they mention that the III has extensions for accelerated Java processing.
Anyone know the details? Did do something cool like embed the picoJava technology, or is it just something boring (ala MMX) that speeds up JIT compiling?
Is it just me, or are these companies going about this the wrong way? If you piss off the US broadcasters, you are most likely going to lose. Why don't these people court the networks and do it right? For that matter, why aren't there US network affiliates in Canada?
Does anyone know the details of Canadian policy around this?
This isn't a 2k problem, per se, but really a fault of the way symantec hacks PCAnywhere into the system by wrapping the low-level video drivers with their own layer that is incompatible with windows.
I ran into the same problem, and was able to solve it. In fact, I brought it upon myself because when I went to upgrade from NT4 -> 2k, the installer warned me that PCAnywhere was incompatible. Being "smart", I went and changed the PCAnywhere host service to disabled, since all I do with it is connect to other machines.
Figuring the installer would tell me again if that wasn't enough, I ran it again and got no warning -- until the post copy files reboot when it would bluescreen every time.
2k has been stable as a client, but you won't see it near any of my servers.
As IBM puts more and more energy into promoting Linux, it will be interesting to watch how much credibility it lends to Linux as a whole.
As someone responsible for a mission critical deployment of many servers, I have been a strong Sun supporter -- not because they had the best bang for the buck, but because they have a true enterprise class operation. I can have Sun on-site in 2 hours if something goes wrong.
When we are faced with a potential Fortune 500 customer's RFP, answering that the platform is completely Sun based has *weight*. As silly as it may be, customers have confidence in buzzwords, and Sun rarely fails to impress. That, combined with 10+ Solaris Exxxx boxes with 300+ days of uptime, makes it hard to look elsewhere.
If IBM can bring the same level of support, "recognition", and stability / quality assurance to the Linux market, there are truly great things ahead for Linux.
I sure hope so, because the technology behind Linux is world class, even if the world doesn't know yet. Much like AMD has done to Intel, another strong platform will increase competition and ultimately make both systems better, to the benefit of all.
-SpookyFish
If the Nike Swoosh floating in space helps fund additional space exploration and research, who cares? Television and internet ads, as painful as they may be, are a small price to pay for the free programming and information available.
Then again, if it were so bright as to cause light pollution for that same research, f*@k it.
We like big cars, but small electronics. We don't want a big MF computer, we want a f$%king tiny computer that does everything..
Personally, I want a watch that looks like a Rolex, has a holographic display, has the functions of my palm and my cell phone, and lets me play half life while stuck in a tin can 30,000 feet in the sky..
Wow, port the Palm OS to X on this thing and it would really kick ass! Solves the linux user-unfriendlyness issues and gives Palm an entry to all the great code being written for linux.. Would make the perfect next-generation Palm.. and continue to put the screws to MS.
The bad news here is that Photoshop and a few of it's kin are the only pieces of software that take advantage of the second G4.
I won't buy a Mac until work with PC Video cards.. maybe they will convince the mfg's that it will be really easy to port linux drivers to OS X. Oh, and give me a 2+ button mouse with a wheel, too!
SpookyFish
----------
Government Controlled Healthcare:
The compassion of the IRS and the efficiency of the Post Office... at Pentagon prices.
It will likely be reviewed by a bunch of students who will do exactly as the feds say, in lieu of being prosecuted for the 14 gigs of w4r3z they have on their computers.
The leader of the review will be a professor who will be spared from charges related to that 17 yr. old freshman he was screwing last semester..
The question is, where do you draw the line on what abuse is? Universities think napster sucks their bandwidth, just wait until pr0nster comes out..
Clearly, wiretaps of any sort (phone, internet, etc) are a useful tool in the right hands. The trouble is, most of the decisions fall into the same category as Montana's old "Reasonable and Prudent" speed limits -- everyone has a different opinion of what that means.
While I don't want an overly sympathetic judge to grant warrants for anything imaginable, I damn sure don't want a privacy zealot hampering a terrorist investigation!
Since we can no longer trust a single judge to "do the right thing", perhaps we need to require that granting warrants (or sentences, for that matter) be decided by a panel of at least 3 judges -- in the hope that "cooler heads" will prevail.
I, for one, would sure like to see some semblance of common sense return to the legal system as a whole.