IPv6 won't come into real widespread use until a large number of machines can take advantage of it, which given the current OS marketshare means when Windows will support it. Fortunately, there is good news on that front. You can download the beta versions for NT/2000 from MS right now, but around the time Whistler is released, the STABLE release of IPv6 for all Win32 clients should be out and about... once there are lots of consumers that can take advantage of it, I think you will see many more people offering it..... of course, upgrading all those switches and routers is going to be a major PITA. -
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I've noticed lots of people saying how great it is that there is automatic detection of speeding for ticketing purposes... but there is a problem.
While those in the UK generally value the illusion of safety over liberty (it is an exaggeration I know, but not that great of one.), we here in the United States have this little legal principal that cannot be avoided, which is detailed in the 6th ammendment:
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence."
Notice the part that says "to be confronted with the witnesses against him." You are well within your rights to dispute a ticket, especially if the only 'proof' they have is some machine readout.
No illusion of security is worth trading your freedoms.... and make no mistake, it is just an illusion. I refuse to give up my rights, no matter how much "safer" that might make society. Would I put my life on the line to preserve the rights we hold here in the United States? Absolutely. Contrary to what some like to think, most governments that have a great deal of power over their citizens eventually degenerate into tyranny for the simple reason that greedy humans are involved; that is a variable that can never be removed from the equation.
If your concern is beating Windows, then you'd better hope they hurry really quickly, because Whistler will ship with native voice support built-in.... probably this year.
As for what that means performance-wise, I have no idea at this point. We'll just have to wait and see. -
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The security systems in.NET are a lot more than just a sandbox.... you really should read up on how it all works. The thing is, there is no sense in just having all or nothing, ala Java's method. Plus, with.NET, unsafe programs can call safe libraries, because of the way the security system works, the runtime will prevent the trusted library from doing anything disallowed on behalf of the untrusted program.... for example, if the.NET Active X applet wants to write to disk, and calls a "safe" object to write to C:\WINNT, it will fail, even though the library it called has the authority to do so.
This is just a gross oversimplification. I encourage anyone interested to seriously check out the docs.
Also, something I forgot to mention in my first message was web services. This allows you to expose and easily call services over the web as easily as one can take advantag of COM today. A lot of the COM "goo" is gone, making things generally easier on the programmer. But I don't have enough space here to do that subject justice.
The bottom line is the same for.NET as it always has been for Windows vs theWorld: With Microsoft, you get one cohesive package that flows well and works together giving you everything you need with awesome developer tools. With other solutions, you've got to piece together 20 different packages by 10 different vendors and hope it all works together, not to mention that in general, the development tools suck, or don't work together well. That is why Microsoft will win: IT managers want to cut a single check and get everything they need to make the whole system work in one box. -
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As a beta tester, I think I have a bit of authority on the subject:)
They are doing a number of things that will make.NET more successful than JAVA, such as:
1. Any Language. The.NET platform doesn't limit you in language choice... you can use C#, VB, Perl, or any one of the other 15 or so supported languages. Plus, the architecture is extensible, so support for additional languages can be plugged into Visual Studio with ease. I know the Java bytecode isn't tied to Java the language, but realistically, that's the way Sun as limited it.
2. Native execution. There are two options for compilation. The first, JIT, would be used on servers and such where users upload scripts and similar items. On first run, they are compiled into NATIVE x86 code (assuming you are on an x86 processor). The other option is mostly for desktop apps: when the app is first installed, the built-in MSIL compiler reads the MSIL on the CD and writes native x86 code that is fully optimized for the processor on which you are installing... so years down the road when the Pentium-6 is out, and you install that program, it will be fully optimized for the Pentium-6.
3. Cross-platform. Let's just say that more than Win32, MacOS, and WinCE are on the roadmap for the Common Language Runtime. More will be revealed with this in time.
4. Security. Native x86 code is unverifiable.... you cannot guarantee that the code won't do something stupid and overwrite its own memory or deref an invalid pointer. But the MSIL is verifiable.... the system can cast all the calls it makes against its security context. This allows apps downloaded off the web to be executed, knowing that even though they are compiled down to native code from MSIL, they aren't going to do anything funky behind your back. It also gives admins in a corporation complete control. There is a lot to the security subsystem, so I suggest you read up on it for yourself.
5. ASP Enhancements: First of all, IIS/ASP.NET will monitor all the processes and components... if there is a memory or resource leak detected (or a timer expires), it will spawn a new process and start funneling all new sessions to that process... when the last session to the old process closes, it will be terminated and the resources reclaimed.
6. More on ASP: Secondly, when you write an ASP app from Visual Studio, you design the forms and such in a RAD environment using an event-driven model (think VB). However, the server automatically cast the forms down to the highest HTML that the browser supports.... visit the page with IE 6 and you won't be able to tell the difference between it and a regular app. Visit it with Netscape 3, and you'll see a regular static page. The difference here is that the programmer doesn't have to worry about it.
7. Distribution. With desktop apps, an x-copy will actually suffice as the install routine. All apps install their custom components into their own dirs. The system repository tracks all versions of all DLLS installed, and automatically produces the proper version for the proper app at launch time. No more DLL hell.
These are just some of the improvements. As far as stability goes, the pre-alpha version of.NET ran as an ASP service on a test website for 52 days before the auto-detection kicked in and spawned a new process. Since that time it ran up until beta 1, at which time it was shut down to update it. One such test website is Ibuyspy.com
For those who automatically blast it just because it is from Microsoft, get ready to be steamrolled just like everyone else was when MS took over the world with Win3.1/95. For the rest of you, read up on the MS documents. There is a lot of good stuff in there. -
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You once said that you had to learn Windows NT because you couldn't criticize what you didn't know. What I'd like to know (as a primarily Windows programmer) is what do you consider to be the best and worst parts of both the Windows NT/2000 model and the UNIX model. What advice can you give? Also, has working on the UWIN project given you any insights that you can share with the rest of the community? -
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Well, in terms of the whole year, the server hasn't been up for a whole year, so that number could change. It was installed, service pack 1 and all patches were applied, and now the box runs and hasn't been rebooted since.
It isn't a web server, so there isn't much need to patch all the IIS issues -- its not running IIS.
Now as I stated above, after we put it on the web server, we shall see how it goes. I'm keeping an open mind. -
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Could you please provide details of this so that others can verify it? I have navigator and ie here at work and I haven't noticed what you are describing.... if it is true, it is a very serious accusation. -
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I think a lot of that results from people who are used to NT4 and having to reboot regularly.... or crappily written components being run in-process instead of pooled or out-of-process.
Personally, our one current Windows 2000 server has had 99.999% uptime easily. We are getting ready to deploy it to our webserver, so we'll see how it goes.
We are also deploying it to our whole enterprise to replace Netware 4.11; we looked at Linux, but it doesn't have a real enterprise directory service or the type of ACL control that we need. Running NDS for Linux wasn't an option, because we wanted to get the bastardized crappy Novell client off our workstations.
If you want Slashdot to be taken as seriously as print media, you are going to have to drop the "holy war" stance. Microsoft plays a very important part in the computing industry, and they have the 3rd largest website in the world.
Perhaps even more important is the fact that if some fool can corrupt DNS and take Yahoo and Microsoft offline, they can take anybody offline. The DNS system needs to be fixed, but with your snide comments about Microsoft the focus of that issue is lost.
I might add that I do in fact use Windows 2000 because it is stable (2 BSODs since Dec. 1999) and supports everything I need. Many people that use Linux do so because it fits their specific needs, and that's great. But I get the feeling from some of the/. staff that they only use Linux to spite Microsoft. I say use what works best for you.
But it still doesn't have foreign key support, transactions, true stored procedures with views, a variety of integrity checks, etc....
I would *never* consider running anything that needs 100% data safety on MySQL.... There are other open-source alternatives, or for those with open minds (and pocketbooks), closed-source databases. Each of which have much better features and support. -
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Also have a haters page where people that don't like your interface/ideas/code/moderation can have all their flames posted for other people to laugh at. (slash dot needs this badly)
Now this is one thing that bugs me about the current attitudes in the OpenSource movement... if it is ever going to gain wide-spread acceptance, this "only my opinion counts" kinda stuff has got to go. If a lot of people start pointing out where they see faults and issues, don't dismiss them as idiots. Remember: those same idiots are the ones who make IT purchasing decisions and buy computers at the local ChumpUSA.... the world isn't full of geeks; they don't care what kernel you are using. They just want the pretty colors and funky screensavers on their new PC. So while improved UIs and flashy graphics don't do anything to help the geeks, they do serve a very useful function that shouldn't be taken lightly.
it is about time someone with the power to do so is taking on ICANN. For all their fluff about being open and listening to the people, they are really pandering to the corporations with the biggest pocketbooks. -
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If this were a Microsoft product, many slashdot readers would start saying "This is what you get" and "M$ sucks!"
In reality, most security issues with Windows are of the same ilk: Admins that haven't a clue as to what they are doing and manage to fsck everything up and leave holes wide open.
Next time you read about some hole in Windows, or are tempted to say something smug about Windows 2000 security: Just remember this.... Nobody likes a smart ass, especially a hypocritical one:)
Well, first of all this is an issue with site designers. I write ASP code quite fluently, and it doesn't take much effort to ensure you are compatible with most browsers out there, as the ASP is executed server-side and only HTML is tossed back to the clients. Just a case of poor programming on the website.
Contrary to popular opinion, Microsoft is actually going to be very proactive in this area with the upcoming ASP.NET. Now we can go over all the nice features like native x86 compilation of scripts, support for just about any lanauge (PHP, perl, etc. included), and more, but the real feature has to do with the new development environment in Visual Studio.NET:
Basically, when I design a website on VS.NET, I just create it like I would a normal Windows application. I just drag & drop controls, position text, and do everything else I want to with the same ease that RAD tool developers have now. Then, I double-click a button for example and start adding code to that button. Let's say that button will cause a piece of text to be rotated 90 degrees ok? Just because I happen to like Perl, I'll write that one in perl. Now what happens when someone with IE5 or NS6 views the site? fully interactive DHTML.
But what if you are using Netscape 4? or IE2? Or another browser that doesn't have Javascript or DHTML support? No problem either. "HOW???" you say? Easy: The server automatically casts the forms down to the level of HTML & such that the client supports. That's right: I don't have to program custom IE and NS tags or screw with viewing the page in every single browser. The server takes care of that for me.
BTW: I can't say much on what platforms will be able to run ASP.NET in terms of hosting, other than to say that the list of alternate platforms that will have the.NET compact runtime includes more than MacOS or Windows CE.
Actually, when the bad guys assume someone else's body, they person is lost and therefore "flushed" from the system. So each time you see them assume someone's "body" they are killing that person. -
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It is very simple: DVD lasers are on slightly different wavelengths. But if you use pressed CDs or phthalocyanine-on-gold CD-Rs, you won't have any problems. The "GOLD" discs have higher reflectivity, and therefore can be "read" by a much wider range of lasers. -
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Typical European... always barging in telling us how to run our country.... Did you people want to lift a hand to create the internet in the first place? Noooo.... but now that the Internet is the greatest thing since sliced bread you wanna take control.
GRASSHOPPERS I TELL YOU! GRASSHOPPERS!
Actually since we created the.NET and we control most of the servers and pipes, we get to make the rules.
Personally, I welcome the government's inquiries... I hope they dissolve ICANN or restructure it. It has served no other purpose than to promote the interests of those with the most $$, in the same way that the WTO has decided to hand out previously legally owned domain names to any corporation with a few $$. -
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Now would be a prime time for GE and other companies to release their home power generation systems. They all work a bit differently, but the basic concept is that you slap this air-conditioner sized box in your garage, hook it up to some supply (hydrogen, propane, natural gas, etc...). The box runs the supply through the fuel cells and produces power for your home.
From what I see by the submitter, he seems to think that any time a reporter praises something about Windows and/or derieds a *nix variant, that the reporter in question must be paid by Microsoft.
The reality is, in my opinion, that the free software movement must learn to accept that is GOOD about other platforms, which includes Windows, and take people's criticisms to heart. If people are complaining that Linux doesn't have "FEATURE-X", in many cases energy would be better spend developing something similar (and hopefully, though not always, better) than in trying to tell people why "FEATURE-X" sucks or isn't relevant. (Granted, in some cases that mindset is appropriate.)
Anyhow, those are just my musings. -
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I saw this in a magazine over six months ago. Quite an old story.
All the bot can do is roll around until its battery runs out, then you feed it more sugar. It sits there for a few hours charging on the sugar, then rolls some more.
All in all, not really much in the way of a threat, but a pretty neat idea. As for flesh-eating robots bent on human destruction taking over the earth one day, I seriously doubt it. That would require some pretty good intelligence, and I just don't know if we would ever come that close. -
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Finally, someone who is starting to grasp the point! You see, what Microsoft is doing now is the same thing they did with DOS, and Windows 3.x, and Windows 9x, and most recently with activeX/COM. What are 90% of the world's components written in? COM. What OS runs 90% of the world's computers? Windows.
Do you honestly think Apple, IBM, or anyone else saw what was coming down the road? The same arguments that have been used against.NET were used against previous Microsoft movements, and this one is no different. They are getting ready to pull the rug out from under everyone and usher in a new era, and nobody here can see beyond the idea of renting applications (which is not what.NET is about).
I would seriously ask everyone to reconsider what they think they know about.NET and examine it based on the code and apps that have already been released, and what Microsoft has said about it.
You can see more info at http://www.microsoft.com/net/
Slashdot Mirror
IPv6 won't come into real widespread use until a large number of machines can take advantage of it, which given the current OS marketshare means when Windows will support it. Fortunately, there is good news on that front. You can download the beta versions for NT/2000 from MS right now, but around the time Whistler is released, the STABLE release of IPv6 for all Win32 clients should be out and about... once there are lots of consumers that can take advantage of it, I think you will see many more people offering it..... of course, upgrading all those switches and routers is going to be a major PITA.
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While those in the UK generally value the illusion of safety over liberty (it is an exaggeration I know, but not that great of one.), we here in the United States have this little legal principal that cannot be avoided, which is detailed in the 6th ammendment:
Notice the part that says "to be confronted with the witnesses against him." You are well within your rights to dispute a ticket, especially if the only 'proof' they have is some machine readout.
No illusion of security is worth trading your freedoms.... and make no mistake, it is just an illusion. I refuse to give up my rights, no matter how much "safer" that might make society. Would I put my life on the line to preserve the rights we hold here in the United States? Absolutely. Contrary to what some like to think, most governments that have a great deal of power over their citizens eventually degenerate into tyranny for the simple reason that greedy humans are involved; that is a variable that can never be removed from the equation.
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If your concern is beating Windows, then you'd better hope they hurry really quickly, because Whistler will ship with native voice support built-in.... probably this year.
As for what that means performance-wise, I have no idea at this point. We'll just have to wait and see.
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The security systems in .NET are a lot more than just a sandbox.... you really should read up on how it all works. The thing is, there is no sense in just having all or nothing, ala Java's method. Plus, with .NET, unsafe programs can call safe libraries, because of the way the security system works, the runtime will prevent the trusted library from doing anything disallowed on behalf of the untrusted program.... for example, if the .NET Active X applet wants to write to disk, and calls a "safe" object to write to C:\WINNT, it will fail, even though the library it called has the authority to do so.
.NET as it always has been for Windows vs theWorld: With Microsoft, you get one cohesive package that flows well and works together giving you everything you need with awesome developer tools. With other solutions, you've got to piece together 20 different packages by 10 different vendors and hope it all works together, not to mention that in general, the development tools suck, or don't work together well. That is why Microsoft will win: IT managers want to cut a single check and get everything they need to make the whole system work in one box.
This is just a gross oversimplification. I encourage anyone interested to seriously check out the docs.
Also, something I forgot to mention in my first message was web services. This allows you to expose and easily call services over the web as easily as one can take advantag of COM today. A lot of the COM "goo" is gone, making things generally easier on the programmer. But I don't have enough space here to do that subject justice.
The bottom line is the same for
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As a beta tester, I think I have a bit of authority on the subject :)
.NET more successful than JAVA, such as:
.NET platform doesn't limit you in language choice... you can use C#, VB, Perl, or any one of the other 15 or so supported languages. Plus, the architecture is extensible, so support for additional languages can be plugged into Visual Studio with ease. I know the Java bytecode isn't tied to Java the language, but realistically, that's the way Sun as limited it.
.NET ran as an ASP service on a test website for 52 days before the auto-detection kicked in and spawned a new process. Since that time it ran up until beta 1, at which time it was shut down to update it. One such test website is Ibuyspy.com
They are doing a number of things that will make
1. Any Language. The
2. Native execution. There are two options for compilation. The first, JIT, would be used on servers and such where users upload scripts and similar items. On first run, they are compiled into NATIVE x86 code (assuming you are on an x86 processor). The other option is mostly for desktop apps: when the app is first installed, the built-in MSIL compiler reads the MSIL on the CD and writes native x86 code that is fully optimized for the processor on which you are installing... so years down the road when the Pentium-6 is out, and you install that program, it will be fully optimized for the Pentium-6.
3. Cross-platform. Let's just say that more than Win32, MacOS, and WinCE are on the roadmap for the Common Language Runtime. More will be revealed with this in time.
4. Security. Native x86 code is unverifiable.... you cannot guarantee that the code won't do something stupid and overwrite its own memory or deref an invalid pointer. But the MSIL is verifiable.... the system can cast all the calls it makes against its security context. This allows apps downloaded off the web to be executed, knowing that even though they are compiled down to native code from MSIL, they aren't going to do anything funky behind your back. It also gives admins in a corporation complete control. There is a lot to the security subsystem, so I suggest you read up on it for yourself.
5. ASP Enhancements: First of all, IIS/ASP.NET will monitor all the processes and components... if there is a memory or resource leak detected (or a timer expires), it will spawn a new process and start funneling all new sessions to that process... when the last session to the old process closes, it will be terminated and the resources reclaimed.
6. More on ASP: Secondly, when you write an ASP app from Visual Studio, you design the forms and such in a RAD environment using an event-driven model (think VB). However, the server automatically cast the forms down to the highest HTML that the browser supports.... visit the page with IE 6 and you won't be able to tell the difference between it and a regular app. Visit it with Netscape 3, and you'll see a regular static page. The difference here is that the programmer doesn't have to worry about it.
7. Distribution. With desktop apps, an x-copy will actually suffice as the install routine. All apps install their custom components into their own dirs. The system repository tracks all versions of all DLLS installed, and automatically produces the proper version for the proper app at launch time. No more DLL hell.
These are just some of the improvements. As far as stability goes, the pre-alpha version of
For those who automatically blast it just because it is from Microsoft, get ready to be steamrolled just like everyone else was when MS took over the world with Win3.1/95. For the rest of you, read up on the MS documents. There is a lot of good stuff in there.
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BTW--anyone else notice that it is no longer the Budwieser blimp, it's the Budwieser.com blimp. I think they missed that bandwagon by a year.
LOL... more proof that humans have this knack for restating the obvious. For example: (refer to 'Hitchhiker's Guide')
"It's a nice day outside."
"You are very tall."
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!1"
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You once said that you had to learn Windows NT because you couldn't criticize what you didn't know. What I'd like to know (as a primarily Windows programmer) is what do you consider to be the best and worst parts of both the Windows NT/2000 model and the UNIX model. What advice can you give? Also, has working on the UWIN project given you any insights that you can share with the rest of the community?
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Well, in terms of the whole year, the server hasn't been up for a whole year, so that number could change. It was installed, service pack 1 and all patches were applied, and now the box runs and hasn't been rebooted since.
It isn't a web server, so there isn't much need to patch all the IIS issues -- its not running IIS.
Now as I stated above, after we put it on the web server, we shall see how it goes. I'm keeping an open mind.
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Tounge in cheek man... Don't take it to seriously. It isn't my site anyway, I just do some programming work for it.
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Could you please provide details of this so that others can verify it? I have navigator and ie here at work and I haven't noticed what you are describing.... if it is true, it is a very serious accusation.
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I think a lot of that results from people who are used to NT4 and having to reboot regularly.... or crappily written components being run in-process instead of pooled or out-of-process.
Personally, our one current Windows 2000 server has had 99.999% uptime easily. We are getting ready to deploy it to our webserver, so we'll see how it goes.
We are also deploying it to our whole enterprise to replace Netware 4.11; we looked at Linux, but it doesn't have a real enterprise directory service or the type of ACL control that we need. Running NDS for Linux wasn't an option, because we wanted to get the bastardized crappy Novell client off our workstations.
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If you want Slashdot to be taken as seriously as print media, you are going to have to drop the "holy war" stance. Microsoft plays a very important part in the computing industry, and they have the 3rd largest website in the world.
/. staff that they only use Linux to spite Microsoft. I say use what works best for you.
Perhaps even more important is the fact that if some fool can corrupt DNS and take Yahoo and Microsoft offline, they can take anybody offline. The DNS system needs to be fixed, but with your snide comments about Microsoft the focus of that issue is lost.
I might add that I do in fact use Windows 2000 because it is stable (2 BSODs since Dec. 1999) and supports everything I need. Many people that use Linux do so because it fits their specific needs, and that's great. But I get the feeling from some of the
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But it still doesn't have foreign key support, transactions, true stored procedures with views, a variety of integrity checks, etc....
I would *never* consider running anything that needs 100% data safety on MySQL.... There are other open-source alternatives, or for those with open minds (and pocketbooks), closed-source databases. Each of which have much better features and support.
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Also have a haters page where people that don't like your interface/ideas/code/moderation can have all their flames posted for other people to laugh at. (slash dot needs this badly)
Now this is one thing that bugs me about the current attitudes in the OpenSource movement... if it is ever going to gain wide-spread acceptance, this "only my opinion counts" kinda stuff has got to go. If a lot of people start pointing out where they see faults and issues, don't dismiss them as idiots. Remember: those same idiots are the ones who make IT purchasing decisions and buy computers at the local ChumpUSA.... the world isn't full of geeks; they don't care what kernel you are using. They just want the pretty colors and funky screensavers on their new PC. So while improved UIs and flashy graphics don't do anything to help the geeks, they do serve a very useful function that shouldn't be taken lightly.
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it is about time someone with the power to do so is taking on ICANN. For all their fluff about being open and listening to the people, they are really pandering to the corporations with the biggest pocketbooks.
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If this were a Microsoft product, many slashdot readers would start saying "This is what you get" and "M$ sucks!"
:)
In reality, most security issues with Windows are of the same ilk: Admins that haven't a clue as to what they are doing and manage to fsck everything up and leave holes wide open.
Next time you read about some hole in Windows, or are tempted to say something smug about Windows 2000 security: Just remember this.... Nobody likes a smart ass, especially a hypocritical one
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Well, first of all this is an issue with site designers. I write ASP code quite fluently, and it doesn't take much effort to ensure you are compatible with most browsers out there, as the ASP is executed server-side and only HTML is tossed back to the clients. Just a case of poor programming on the website.
.NET compact runtime includes more than MacOS or Windows CE.
Contrary to popular opinion, Microsoft is actually going to be very proactive in this area with the upcoming ASP.NET. Now we can go over all the nice features like native x86 compilation of scripts, support for just about any lanauge (PHP, perl, etc. included), and more, but the real feature has to do with the new development environment in Visual Studio.NET:
Basically, when I design a website on VS.NET, I just create it like I would a normal Windows application. I just drag & drop controls, position text, and do everything else I want to with the same ease that RAD tool developers have now. Then, I double-click a button for example and start adding code to that button. Let's say that button will cause a piece of text to be rotated 90 degrees ok? Just because I happen to like Perl, I'll write that one in perl. Now what happens when someone with IE5 or NS6 views the site? fully interactive DHTML.
But what if you are using Netscape 4? or IE2? Or another browser that doesn't have Javascript or DHTML support? No problem either. "HOW???" you say? Easy: The server automatically casts the forms down to the level of HTML & such that the client supports. That's right: I don't have to program custom IE and NS tags or screw with viewing the page in every single browser. The server takes care of that for me.
BTW: I can't say much on what platforms will be able to run ASP.NET in terms of hosting, other than to say that the list of alternate platforms that will have the
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Actually, when the bad guys assume someone else's body, they person is lost and therefore "flushed" from the system. So each time you see them assume someone's "body" they are killing that person.
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It is very simple: DVD lasers are on slightly different wavelengths. But if you use pressed CDs or phthalocyanine-on-gold CD-Rs, you won't have any problems. The "GOLD" discs have higher reflectivity, and therefore can be "read" by a much wider range of lasers.
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Typical European... always barging in telling us how to run our country.... Did you people want to lift a hand to create the internet in the first place? Noooo.... but now that the Internet is the greatest thing since sliced bread you wanna take control.
GRASSHOPPERS I TELL YOU! GRASSHOPPERS!
(just kidding)
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Actually since we created the .NET and we control most of the servers and pipes, we get to make the rules.
Personally, I welcome the government's inquiries... I hope they dissolve ICANN or restructure it. It has served no other purpose than to promote the interests of those with the most $$, in the same way that the WTO has decided to hand out previously legally owned domain names to any corporation with a few $$.
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Now would be a prime time for GE and other companies to release their home power generation systems. They all work a bit differently, but the basic concept is that you slap this air-conditioner sized box in your garage, hook it up to some supply (hydrogen, propane, natural gas, etc...). The box runs the supply through the fuel cells and produces power for your home.
Definitely the wave of the future.
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From what I see by the submitter, he seems to think that any time a reporter praises something about Windows and/or derieds a *nix variant, that the reporter in question must be paid by Microsoft.
The reality is, in my opinion, that the free software movement must learn to accept that is GOOD about other platforms, which includes Windows, and take people's criticisms to heart. If people are complaining that Linux doesn't have "FEATURE-X", in many cases energy would be better spend developing something similar (and hopefully, though not always, better) than in trying to tell people why "FEATURE-X" sucks or isn't relevant. (Granted, in some cases that mindset is appropriate.)
Anyhow, those are just my musings.
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I saw this in a magazine over six months ago. Quite an old story.
All the bot can do is roll around until its battery runs out, then you feed it more sugar. It sits there for a few hours charging on the sugar, then rolls some more.
All in all, not really much in the way of a threat, but a pretty neat idea. As for flesh-eating robots bent on human destruction taking over the earth one day, I seriously doubt it. That would require some pretty good intelligence, and I just don't know if we would ever come that close.
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Finally, someone who is starting to grasp the point! You see, what Microsoft is doing now is the same thing they did with DOS, and Windows 3.x, and Windows 9x, and most recently with activeX/COM. What are 90% of the world's components written in? COM. What OS runs 90% of the world's computers? Windows.
.NET were used against previous Microsoft movements, and this one is no different. They are getting ready to pull the rug out from under everyone and usher in a new era, and nobody here can see beyond the idea of renting applications (which is not what .NET is about).
.NET and examine it based on the code and apps that have already been released, and what Microsoft has said about it.
Do you honestly think Apple, IBM, or anyone else saw what was coming down the road? The same arguments that have been used against
I would seriously ask everyone to reconsider what they think they know about
You can see more info at http://www.microsoft.com/net/
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