Bingo. I think you just pointed out why Blockbuster is going to gain big time against Netflix. While some people have pointed out that Blockbuster is tied to the "brick n mortar" stores, its not necessarily a bad thing.
I've been a Netflix customer for a couple of years now, and for each one of those years, I have asked for them to start allowing game rentals. I never have heard anything back from them. I think parents/serious gamers, given the option of going with Netflix or cheaper Blockbuster with games, they're going to go with Blockbuster. Netflix does not seem to be adapting to market pressures.
"How many of you can say that *every* windows machine you have on the corporate network is up to date?"
Simple answer. Symantec Corporate edition, Group Policies, and Corporate policy. Setup Group policies to force updates in WinXp desktops either from windowsupdate or your SUS server.
Any new machine that is brought onto the network should have Anti-vir installed when it is being setup.
Setup multiple Group Policies if you have a lot of laptops...Force them to have the firewall on (excluding ports that Anti-vir use).
This "TROLL" is a reply to my own comment! I realized that I misspelled my post horribly, and was going for amusing. Oh well, tis the moderation system in all of its glory!
I agree with you about the character limit, especially for Administrators. I regularly have six Terminal Service Windows open at a time. Having to log in with s a strong password to them, regularly, is pain enough.
Still, for a regular user, this might be very nifty indeed.
Um, actually, there really hasn't been any study done worldwide. See Here
Which type of Creationism? In itself, it is a belief that another being created the universe. Once can be agnostic and beleive in a version of Creationism (evolutionary Creationism).
True, I find arguing with biblical literists non-fruitful and frustrating, but I do not judge them for their beliefs.
Only on slashdot, where you are modded higher for slamming someones beliefs! Bravo.
I think this post is a VERY valid post. What is going to happen to the Do Not Call List, if some spammers in a seperate country start calling the US?
VOIP is definetly an awesome technology, however I'm getting more and more concerned that it will usher in a whole new era of "voice spam". We all know how well the "Do not Spam" legislature in the US is working out.
Cmon. We are all touting Firefox to be the next "Greatest" thing since sliced bread. I have it installed on most of my family's machines. What now when M$ turns this around and says: "See? Only MS prevented this flaw because of our proprietary tested..bla blah".
Have you ever received a letter from the BSA? Coinicidentally, we only received one after we let one of our MS action pack subscriptions lapse (but purchased another). In not so many words, they threatened with forcing us to prove we've destroyed our remaining unlicensed copies of software. Ironically on the same day, we received our renewal receipt for the Action Pack. You can imagine all the "warm and fuzzies" the BSA letter gave us.
Basically, they are a roving band of pirate lawyers looking for plunder. Mafia tactics, that border on harassment, not these "do-gooders of Copyright laws" you proclaim.
OT, but still. I used to come to this site in expectation of good Science/Computer news story. This past year has been aweful. Maybe 1-2 stories every other day, that are not blatent advertising schemes. Such a shame, it seems as though the owners don't even care anymore of their brand name.
True, but it all boils down to what "budget" you have. Currently, I work in a rather small office with a satellite in another state.
While, I wouldn't waste my time building critical servers (Dell is always nice), there are a lot of things that you can always scale back on. Cisco vs. Linksys is roughly equivalent to the Caddy vs. Hyundai (I own a Hyundai). Once is not necessarily more robust/stable than the other, and in fact sometimes you can get "taken" on higher stuff. I've had very good luck on lower end switches that I've done my research in. It goes back to another poster's comment, that doing your cost-analysis and a little research ALWAYS pays off.
What about monkey's writing Perl, C++, Java, C#, VB.NET? Poorley constructed code can be written by anyone.
Gambas has made HUGE improvements to the language. Please see Here.
Also, VB6.0 has not changed in 6 years.
Small business is what stands the most to gain. A RAD solutions has always been needed and is now almost available. That alone, will give a lot of vb project managers food for thought, when considering their next upgrade cycle. Linux server or Windows 2003?
I agree with you, but I think its an opportunity for small shops to port their code over to Linux.
If I could simply add the "MSSQL" component into my new Gambas product and start coding away, and then port all of my legacy code over. I would do this in a heartbeat, instead of porting/re-writing all of my code in.NET.
Once again, Gambas needs a Windows Port. When the Windows Port and MSSQL pluggin are added, I am willing to bet that this will be a huge plus for Linux.
In terms of Marketing, what about Firefox? If Gambas becomes extremely easy to write / compile on either platform, developers will tell other developers..etc.
I see a major opportunity for Gambas and the hundreds (or thousands) VB/ASP shops that cannot afford to take the.NET plunge. An intermediary step would be a Godsend (with eventual consideration to a.NET interpreter..maybe).
There are only three items that are missing: MSSQL support, Windows environment support, ASP/Apache.
Even if companies do not decide to run it on a Linux platform, they would still want to switch their VB to Gambase because: a.) no lockin, b.) Support is ongoing. c.) Eventually they can upgrade to.NET (or Gambas writes a VB.NET Mono plugin).
I, and the many VB shops out there salute you Gambas (especially when you add the Perl Regex stuff). Great work, and PLEASE keep pushing for a Windows GTK version.
I believe you hit the nail on the head. I think Linux will become largely successful as more and more kids/younger computer users, grow up using it as their everyday system.
I grew up using Dos/Win3.1/95..etc, and now, NT in my business. I'm extremely comfortable coding/managing NT systems, because it is what I've used for the longest period of time (last few years of Linux).
I can only imagine the different perspective I would have had, using Linux in High school and College only, and then being responsible for the IT in a business.
Another factor is the amazing user progress that distributions have made in the past few years. I remember putzing around with Red Hat 6.22 and really digging around with the shell...Comparing that to a recent version of anything running KDE/Gnome, and its astonishing.
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Bingo. I think you just pointed out why Blockbuster is going to gain big time against Netflix. While some people have pointed out that Blockbuster is tied to the "brick n mortar" stores, its not necessarily a bad thing.
I've been a Netflix customer for a couple of years now, and for each one of those years, I have asked for them to start allowing game rentals. I never have heard anything back from them. I think parents/serious gamers, given the option of going with Netflix or cheaper Blockbuster with games, they're going to go with Blockbuster. Netflix does not seem to be adapting to market pressures.
"How many of you can say that *every* windows machine you have on the corporate network is up to date?"
Simple answer. Symantec Corporate edition, Group Policies, and Corporate policy. Setup Group policies to force updates in WinXp desktops either from windowsupdate or your SUS server.
Any new machine that is brought onto the network should have Anti-vir installed when it is being setup.
Setup multiple Group Policies if you have a lot of laptops...Force them to have the firewall on (excluding ports that Anti-vir use).
"How does defeating a measure designed to block your ads make good business sense?"
Uhm, How about SPAM? All it takes is one click to make it worth it to them.
HAHAHA! Irony is SO ironic sometime!
This "TROLL" is a reply to my own comment! I realized that I misspelled my post horribly, and was going for amusing. Oh well, tis the moderation system in all of its glory!
Dear Slasdot Reader,
Please use spell checker and "Preview" next time before quickly posting.
Thanks,
Slashdot Editor
Dear Slasdot Editors,
Please setup caches before posting stories running off of home cable modem website spaces.
The story is irrelevant/pointless in most cases, if TFA cannot be read to begin with.
Thanks,
Slashdot Reader
Too Easy...
/. readers?
"Creepy" Factor? "Walk" UnNaturally? "Blink at an abnormal rate"? Lack of normal interraction?
You mean like 90% of
I agree with you about the character limit, especially for Administrators. I regularly have six Terminal Service Windows open at a time. Having to log in with s a strong password to them, regularly, is pain enough.
Still, for a regular user, this might be very nifty indeed.
Um, actually, there really hasn't been any study done worldwide. See Here
Which type of Creationism? In itself, it is a belief that another being created the universe. Once can be agnostic and beleive in a version of Creationism (evolutionary Creationism).
True, I find arguing with biblical literists non-fruitful and frustrating, but I do not judge them for their beliefs.
Only on slashdot, where you are modded higher for slamming someones beliefs! Bravo.
You blind fool!
It has always been Me. Versus The Man. Or versus EurAsia...I can never remember...Whens the next rally?
I think this post is a VERY valid post. What is going to happen to the Do Not Call List, if some spammers in a seperate country start calling the US?
VOIP is definetly an awesome technology, however I'm getting more and more concerned that it will usher in a whole new era of "voice spam". We all know how well the "Do not Spam" legislature in the US is working out.
Cmon. We are all touting Firefox to be the next "Greatest" thing since sliced bread. I have it installed on most of my family's machines. What now when M$ turns this around and says: "See? Only MS prevented this flaw because of our proprietary tested..bla blah".
All it takes is 1% of the 10 percent.
Have you ever received a letter from the BSA? Coinicidentally, we only received one after we let one of our MS action pack subscriptions lapse (but purchased another). In not so many words, they threatened with forcing us to prove we've destroyed our remaining unlicensed copies of software. Ironically on the same day, we received our renewal receipt for the Action Pack. You can imagine all the "warm and fuzzies" the BSA letter gave us.
Basically, they are a roving band of pirate lawyers looking for plunder. Mafia tactics, that border on harassment, not these "do-gooders of Copyright laws" you proclaim.
OT, but still. I used to come to this site in expectation of good Science/Computer news story. This past year has been aweful. Maybe 1-2 stories every other day, that are not blatent advertising schemes. Such a shame, it seems as though the owners don't even care anymore of their brand name.
Cmon, did you HAVE to post this an hour before Lunch???
Think of the Children CmdrTaco! What about the children?
"A nice set of."
Americans? This is Slashdot. You must be new here.
True, but it all boils down to what "budget" you have. Currently, I work in a rather small office with a satellite in another state.
While, I wouldn't waste my time building critical servers (Dell is always nice), there are a lot of things that you can always scale back on. Cisco vs. Linksys is roughly equivalent to the Caddy vs. Hyundai (I own a Hyundai). Once is not necessarily more robust/stable than the other, and in fact sometimes you can get "taken" on higher stuff. I've had very good luck on lower end switches that I've done my research in. It goes back to another poster's comment, that doing your cost-analysis and a little research ALWAYS pays off.
Fool. You need to overclock them first.
Place one foot in bucket of water, one hand in the bowl of water, wet edge of finger and stick into nearest NON-GFI electrical socket and voila.
Instant results.
And it doesn't seem to scale too well either. C'mon, its only a slashdotting. Suck it up!
</Sarcastic>
uhm. That would be the wrong video. I would hope Gates is not demonstrating Win98 at Comdex.
Just an FYI, I believe they are going to remove the MDI environment sometime in the future.
See Here
Right.
What about monkey's writing Perl, C++, Java, C#, VB.NET? Poorley constructed code can be written by anyone.
Gambas has made HUGE improvements to the language. Please see Here.
Also, VB6.0 has not changed in 6 years.
Small business is what stands the most to gain. A RAD solutions has always been needed and is now almost available. That alone, will give a lot of vb project managers food for thought, when considering their next upgrade cycle. Linux server or Windows 2003?
I agree with you, but I think its an opportunity for small shops to port their code over to Linux.
.NET.
If I could simply add the "MSSQL" component into my new Gambas product and start coding away, and then port all of my legacy code over. I would do this in a heartbeat, instead of porting/re-writing all of my code in
Once again, Gambas needs a Windows Port. When the Windows Port and MSSQL pluggin are added, I am willing to bet that this will be a huge plus for Linux.
In terms of Marketing, what about Firefox? If Gambas becomes extremely easy to write / compile on either platform, developers will tell other developers..etc.
Absolute Bingo. Nice post.
.NET plunge. An intermediary step would be a Godsend (with eventual consideration to a .NET interpreter..maybe).
.NET (or Gambas writes a VB.NET Mono plugin).
I see a major opportunity for Gambas and the hundreds (or thousands) VB/ASP shops that cannot afford to take the
There are only three items that are missing: MSSQL support, Windows environment support, ASP/Apache.
Even if companies do not decide to run it on a Linux platform, they would still want to switch their VB to Gambase because: a.) no lockin, b.) Support is ongoing. c.) Eventually they can upgrade to
I, and the many VB shops out there salute you Gambas (especially when you add the Perl Regex stuff). Great work, and PLEASE keep pushing for a Windows GTK version.
I believe you hit the nail on the head. I think Linux will become largely successful as more and more kids/younger computer users, grow up using it as their everyday system.
I grew up using Dos/Win3.1/95..etc, and now, NT in my business. I'm extremely comfortable coding/managing NT systems, because it is what I've used for the longest period of time (last few years of Linux).
I can only imagine the different perspective I would have had, using Linux in High school and College only, and then being responsible for the IT in a business.
Another factor is the amazing user progress that distributions have made in the past few years. I remember putzing around with Red Hat 6.22 and really digging around with the shell...Comparing that to a recent version of anything running KDE/Gnome, and its astonishing.