I totally agree, in no time MicroSoft will be generating millions of bogus OOXML documents to skew this new metric, just like they have generated millions of bogus websites to skew netcraft metrics. Everytime you sign up for a passport account (and don't use it, then sign up for another because you can't remember the BS info you used last time you signed up), that's another website. All they have to do is place an OOXML document or two there as well and now the evidence is overwhelming that OOXML is supierior since "everybody" is using it.
ATAPI (native cd/dvd support) would be nice as well so that I could burn CD's. Yes, there is native support for that under Linux which I currently use, but I have one program that I can't live without that needs ATAPI support to access the optical drive.
Try running a mail server with decent spam filtering. I rarely get spam anymore, and I would think that any computer geek worth their salt would be doing that already.
Hell yes, I love my ReplayTV. I have played with a Tivo, and I ended up buying a ReplayTV. The ReplayTV is not as flexible as the Tivo, but it is much easier to use. Plus, it seems all the addon software is easier to use to. I currently offload some content automatically every night to my desktop computer, sort through it on the desktop, and then view any content from any computer or ReplayTV in my house. All this with no hacking or tweaking at all, just installing one program on the computers. The picture slideshows are nice, but some sort of music playing would be nice.
When Tivo first came out I wanted one, but being a hacker I decided to build my own. I played around with my own stuff (glorified cron), MythTV, etc for three years. Then ReplayTV went TU and I got one cheap with a lifetime subscription. I haven't paid a penny since I bought it. It's the best money I ever spent. The service is awesome, the interface even my parents can figure out. At first it was a bit flaky, but I haven't had it crap out on me in over a year. I don't watch broadcast television anymore, having to sit through a commercial drives me insane, and there is always something good to watch whenever I want. I don't have to rush home or plan my life around when something is on, and I get to watch a lot of good stuff I wouldn't have otherwise because it comes on in the middle of the night. Plus, it is so awesome to be able to pause something when nature calls or the telephone rings. Besides the interface, which is simpler but not quite as powerful as Tivo's, is it's connectivity. It comes with a telephone and LAN connection, and the protocols have been reverse engineered so that it is simple to store, view, or serve video on a networked computer or computers. Both Tivo and ReplayTV allows you to convert to and from thier formats, but unlike Tivo it is an extremely simple, point and click, all commercials removed, burn directly to DVD affair.
Always a pretty sight, blaming the victim. Perhaps in fairness you should mention the RNC funded organizations in four of the swing states who are under FBI investigation pretending to be DNC funded organizations to obtain and shred Democratic voter registrations. Don't hear much about that in the news. Or perhaps the voter list that Republican operatives are using in Ohio to challenge valid voters which just happens to contain 87% democrats and 72% african americans, even though the population is pretty evenly split. Don't hear that much about that in the news either. People who say that "the media" is liberal make me want to hurl.
I swear the pro-MS FUD around here is really, really starting to get to me. Please moderators, please try to reduce all the astroturf marketing that MS is doing on slashdot. If you didn't know better, you would think that MS had a better product and/or a lower TCO than Open Source applications. Especially if you read the MS funded studies about it. So let me be clear on this topic.
The new vision of MS Office is nothing more than some functionality of Lotus Notes will all of the security vulnerabilities of MS Internet Explorer.
On the one hand this is another excellent example of MS taking credit for inventing something that already existed years ago (and perversely done thier best to kill), and on the other hand an excellent example why MS will implode in a few years. If they think this will save thier monopoly on the office productivity tools with this approach they are wrong because no sane business will choose MS to safegaurd thier valuable documents by trying to mangle them on some sort of glorified, virus attracting, MSIE application.
Before MythTV existed I worked periodically on my own PVR project. I wasn't willing to pay for a Tivo subscription, and I wanted to be able to get the video off the Tivo without hassle. I am an avid hacker for things I care about, but for whatever reason I wasn't that motivated when it comes to PVR's. I just want the damn thing to be easy and work. So I bought a ReplayTV because there is third party (Java) software to make any PC look and act like a ReplayTV. And with a lifetime subscription a ReplayTV is a hell of a deal.
The cool thing about the ReplayTV is that it's a lot simpler than the Tivo, and it requires NO effort to get the video off. I have a cron job that moves some video from the ReplayTV to my computer every night through the built in ethernet port. I tried MythTV before buying the ReplayTV, but at the time it wasn't that great. I especially hated dealing with the way it got it's show listings. But I would still prefer the ReplayTV because it is small, quiet, effecient, intuitive, has few bells and whistles that you don't need, the interface is outstanding, and in general it's really easy to use.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Microsoft on one hand selling customized and stripped versions of thier products (both Visual Studio Express here and XP Starter Edition in Thailand) and on the other hand railing against courts requiring them to do the exact same thing here and in Europe? Furthermore, didn't they say it would be impossible or at least extremely dificult to do what they are doign now in the US court they got out of?
Before you go flashing your PDA, please remember that it may not be as safe as you might be led to believe. I went from the stock Sharp Zaurus SL-C750 ROM to Cacko Linux and now I'm stuck. I can't install any other ROM. I'm sure there is a way but the doucumention is nonexistant, and even though I'm sure the Cacko folks are good people I've gotten no useful support from them. So now I'm locked in as a Cacko beta tester whether I like it or not and I am pretty much on my own getting it useful again. The only saving grace is that Cacko does seem to be a nice distro as long as you know Linux pretty well.
Triggers are so overrated. I maintained a huge app that made extensive use of triggers, and after a few years I couldn't go near them without having them explode. Give me MySQL and Perl instead of triggers and stored procedures any day of the week.
We actually had about 18 folks show up, although nobody fessed up to being a host. We had a strong showing from the OKC Linux user group (http://linuxsig.org) which wasn't planned. It was fun!
I have been working on and off on this for a while. My soultion involves some cheap but specialized hardware (Matrox G400-TV Video, DXR3 MPEG Decoder) and open software like Xine and MJPEG tools. The funtianlity is complete, I am now working on a nice interface. Functionality includes a lot of Tivo functionality, playing DVD's, SVCD's, VCD's, MP3, etc,etc. The advantage of rolling your own is that it does what you want.;-)
The medical billing chunk of my company has grown over the years. We have developed a custom application with a Java front end and a Perl backend running on top of MySQL. The Java client provides progress note view and entry, treatment plan, prior authorization, patient chart, electronic billing, rebilling, etc for both online and offline mode. We were very careful to make sure all communication and even the offline data file is strongly encrypted. I know I wouldn't want MY medical data floating around the internet in the clear.
Like most other geeks, I have a long history of hardware addiction. I love my VR3 because it packs a lot of functionality into an incredibly small package. Even better, it runs straight up Linuz and X, so it is a hackers dream! I hope the Agenda manages to stay around, because if it does then it has unlimited potential. Linux software support grows exponentially for a new platform, and for the VR3 it is just now starting to take off.
Microsoft has already made the previous copyright owner of the name XBox rich, and now it looks like they are going to make some guy in China that owns homestation.com domain rich. Unless, of course, they pay off the WIPO folks to get it for them.
But that is silly, because Microsoft would NEVER do anything mean, nasty, immoral, or illegal. Like fake videotape evidence in court or a ZDNet poll, or tell you that Internet Explorer is inseperable from the OS even when www.98lite.com tells you how to do it, or even use it's monopoly power to squash potential competition.
Linux is great for almost everything that I do both at work and at home, but sometimes I need to run Win4Lin, and rarely now I need to boot into straight up Windows. And when I have to run Windows, I use Windows 95 (OSR2) because it's cheap and effective. I rarely have any problems with it, especially when I apply a few patches. I hate Windows 98 for being relatively slow and bloated, and I especially loath the Windows update feature. I want the system doing as little as possible behind my back. I also see no reason to "upgrade" to anything beyond IE4 SP2 for the same reason. As far as I am concerned, the only new features in Windows98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Internet Explorer 5, etc, is more bloat, more security flaws, and increased network reporting to Redmond. I basically do computer sales and support for my entire family, and I have had very few problems with Windows 95. I am sad to see Windows 95 pronounced dead before it's time, but I have a stockpile of Windows 95 licenses for the future.
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Nintendo needs to partner with Valve. Together they have an impressive catalog of titles, and the hardware that is more than just a console.
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10 on my Asus Eee PC 900A (4 Gig SSD) with zero problems.
I totally agree, in no time MicroSoft will be generating millions of bogus OOXML documents to skew this new metric, just like they have generated millions of bogus websites to skew netcraft metrics. Everytime you sign up for a passport account (and don't use it, then sign up for another because you can't remember the BS info you used last time you signed up), that's another website. All they have to do is place an OOXML document or two there as well and now the evidence is overwhelming that OOXML is supierior since "everybody" is using it.
ATAPI (native cd/dvd support) would be nice as well so that I could burn CD's. Yes, there is native support for that under Linux which I currently use, but I have one program that I can't live without that needs ATAPI support to access the optical drive.
Try running a mail server with decent spam filtering. I rarely get spam anymore, and I would think that any computer geek worth their salt would be doing that already.
James
Hell yes, I love my ReplayTV. I have played with a Tivo, and I ended up buying a ReplayTV. The ReplayTV is not as flexible as the Tivo, but it is much easier to use. Plus, it seems all the addon software is easier to use to. I currently offload some content automatically every night to my desktop computer, sort through it on the desktop, and then view any content from any computer or ReplayTV in my house. All this with no hacking or tweaking at all, just installing one program on the computers. The picture slideshows are nice, but some sort of music playing would be nice.
When Tivo first came out I wanted one, but being a hacker I decided to build my own. I played around with my own stuff (glorified cron), MythTV, etc for three years. Then ReplayTV went TU and I got one cheap with a lifetime subscription. I haven't paid a penny since I bought it. It's the best money I ever spent. The service is awesome, the interface even my parents can figure out. At first it was a bit flaky, but I haven't had it crap out on me in over a year. I don't watch broadcast television anymore, having to sit through a commercial drives me insane, and there is always something good to watch whenever I want. I don't have to rush home or plan my life around when something is on, and I get to watch a lot of good stuff I wouldn't have otherwise because it comes on in the middle of the night. Plus, it is so awesome to be able to pause something when nature calls or the telephone rings. Besides the interface, which is simpler but not quite as powerful as Tivo's, is it's connectivity. It comes with a telephone and LAN connection, and the protocols have been reverse engineered so that it is simple to store, view, or serve video on a networked computer or computers. Both Tivo and ReplayTV allows you to convert to and from thier formats, but unlike Tivo it is an extremely simple, point and click, all commercials removed, burn directly to DVD affair.
So I repeat, ReplayTV soooooo kicks Tivo's ass.
Always a pretty sight, blaming the victim. Perhaps in fairness you should mention the RNC funded organizations in four of the swing states who are under FBI investigation pretending to be DNC funded organizations to obtain and shred Democratic voter registrations. Don't hear much about that in the news. Or perhaps the voter list that Republican operatives are using in Ohio to challenge valid voters which just happens to contain 87% democrats and 72% african americans, even though the population is pretty evenly split. Don't hear that much about that in the news either. People who say that "the media" is liberal make me want to hurl.
I swear the pro-MS FUD around here is really, really starting to get to me. Please moderators, please try to reduce all the astroturf marketing that MS is doing on slashdot. If you didn't know better, you would think that MS had a better product and/or a lower TCO than Open Source applications. Especially if you read the MS funded studies about it. So let me be clear on this topic.
The new vision of MS Office is nothing more than some functionality of Lotus Notes will all of the security vulnerabilities of MS Internet Explorer.
On the one hand this is another excellent example of MS taking credit for inventing something that already existed years ago (and perversely done thier best to kill), and on the other hand an excellent example why MS will implode in a few years. If they think this will save thier monopoly on the office productivity tools with this approach they are wrong because no sane business will choose MS to safegaurd thier valuable documents by trying to mangle them on some sort of glorified, virus attracting, MSIE application.
Before MythTV existed I worked periodically on my own PVR project. I wasn't willing to pay for a Tivo subscription, and I wanted to be able to get the video off the Tivo without hassle. I am an avid hacker for things I care about, but for whatever reason I wasn't that motivated when it comes to PVR's. I just want the damn thing to be easy and work. So I bought a ReplayTV because there is third party (Java) software to make any PC look and act like a ReplayTV. And with a lifetime subscription a ReplayTV is a hell of a deal.
The cool thing about the ReplayTV is that it's a lot simpler than the Tivo, and it requires NO effort to get the video off. I have a cron job that moves some video from the ReplayTV to my computer every night through the built in ethernet port. I tried MythTV before buying the ReplayTV, but at the time it wasn't that great. I especially hated dealing with the way it got it's show listings. But I would still prefer the ReplayTV because it is small, quiet, effecient, intuitive, has few bells and whistles that you don't need, the interface is outstanding, and in general it's really easy to use.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Microsoft on one hand selling customized and stripped versions of thier products (both Visual Studio Express here and XP Starter Edition in Thailand) and on the other hand railing against courts requiring them to do the exact same thing here and in Europe? Furthermore, didn't they say it would be impossible or at least extremely dificult to do what they are doign now in the US court they got out of?
Eh, I use a reversal remote control for everything and keep my pile of remotes in a drawer where they belong. And I also prefer ReplayTV over Tivo.
James
Before you go flashing your PDA, please remember that it may not be as safe as you might be led to believe. I went from the stock Sharp Zaurus SL-C750 ROM to Cacko Linux and now I'm stuck. I can't install any other ROM. I'm sure there is a way but the doucumention is nonexistant, and even though I'm sure the Cacko folks are good people I've gotten no useful support from them. So now I'm locked in as a Cacko beta tester whether I like it or not and I am pretty much on my own getting it useful again. The only saving grace is that Cacko does seem to be a nice distro as long as you know Linux pretty well.
James
Triggers are so overrated. I maintained a huge app that made extensive use of triggers, and after a few years I couldn't go near them without having them explode. Give me MySQL and Perl instead of triggers and stored procedures any day of the week.
We actually had about 18 folks show up, although nobody fessed up to being a host. We had a strong showing from the OKC Linux user group (http://linuxsig.org) which wasn't planned. It was fun!
I have been working on and off on this for a while. My soultion involves some cheap but specialized hardware (Matrox G400-TV Video, DXR3 MPEG Decoder) and open software like Xine and MJPEG tools. The funtianlity is complete, I am now working on a nice interface. Functionality includes a lot of Tivo functionality, playing DVD's, SVCD's, VCD's, MP3, etc,etc. The advantage of rolling your own is that it does what you want. ;-)
http://james.nontrivial.org/projvdr.htm
James
The medical billing chunk of my company has grown over the years. We have developed a custom application with a Java front end and a Perl backend running on top of MySQL. The Java client provides progress note view and entry, treatment plan, prior authorization, patient chart, electronic billing, rebilling, etc for both online and offline mode. We were very careful to make sure all communication and even the offline data file is strongly encrypted. I know I wouldn't want MY medical data floating around the internet in the clear.
James
I would be happy with Microsoft paying for the code they have stolen from open source projects.
James
Like most other geeks, I have a long history of hardware addiction. I love my VR3 because it packs a lot of functionality into an incredibly small package. Even better, it runs straight up Linuz and X, so it is a hackers dream! I hope the Agenda manages to stay around, because if it does then it has unlimited potential. Linux software support grows exponentially for a new platform, and for the VR3 it is just now starting to take off.
James
I have seen reports where half the demonstration boxes in stores crash regularly, and you get a screen that looks a lot like the BSOD.
Microsoft has already made the previous copyright owner of the name XBox rich, and now it looks like they are going to make some guy in China that owns homestation.com domain rich. Unless, of course, they pay off the WIPO folks to get it for them.
But that is silly, because Microsoft would NEVER do anything mean, nasty, immoral, or illegal. Like fake videotape evidence in court or a ZDNet poll, or tell you that Internet Explorer is inseperable from the OS even when www.98lite.com tells you how to do it, or even use it's monopoly power to squash potential competition.
James
Linux is great for almost everything that I do both at work and at home, but sometimes I need to run Win4Lin, and rarely now I need to boot into straight up Windows. And when I have to run Windows, I use Windows 95 (OSR2) because it's cheap and effective. I rarely have any problems with it, especially when I apply a few patches. I hate Windows 98 for being relatively slow and bloated, and I especially loath the Windows update feature. I want the system doing as little as possible behind my back. I also see no reason to "upgrade" to anything beyond IE4 SP2 for the same reason. As far as I am concerned, the only new features in Windows98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Internet Explorer 5, etc, is more bloat, more security flaws, and increased network reporting to Redmond. I basically do computer sales and support for my entire family, and I have had very few problems with Windows 95. I am sad to see Windows 95 pronounced dead before it's time, but I have a stockpile of Windows 95 licenses for the future.
James
It works from work, so as far as I can tell it's fine. :-)
James
OK, the URL is http://mail.nontrivial.org:88/~james/projmame.htm
I hate it when I lose my colon. The odd port is because Cox is still blocking port 80. Dipwads.
James
Here is my MAME machine.
James