Wow, you computer people will never be satisfied. You complain and whine about how bloated our OS is. So we reduce all the cruft (like the number of process you can run, and networking) and you complain even louder. Will you never be satisfied?
of course you realize you shouldn't be linking to that pirated video, since the original is still available for sale
WTFV. The notice at the end says: "The Software Publishers Association gives you permission to copy this video for the non-profit purpose of promoting the ethical and legal use of software."
Sometimes it is quite unlear if the domain name is the same because of conisidence, but in this case, Lamparello's site criticizes Falwell's stance against homosexuality and includes a disclaimer that reads, "This Web site is not affiliated with Jerry Falwell Ministries.", the site using the "same name" even admits they did choose the name because of the resembelence. This is something very different from the kathy.com story where Pengiun is trying to steal another persons domain for no reason.
You are right, this is a very different issue. In this case, they are trying to suppress a viewpoint that is not in line with theirs, even though the people of that view are clearly stating that they are in no way affiliated with Falwell Ministries.
So this is a freedom of speech issue. They chose a simliar name for their domain. But the fact that they are making it very clear that they aren't affiliated makes this a free speech issue. I think if they weren't making that clear, then Falwell would be right.
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Allchin points to new features in the version of Windows due in 2007 that will allow users to remotely turn PCs on or off
My dear lord they are innovating at an exponential rate! Quite possibly next they will unleash "a pointer device cabable of interacting with the screen."
Not to mention that it is going to take them 3 MORE years to do it. Unless the release gets pushed back. Again.
I knew lots of *amazing* programmers and IT professionals who had NO degrees. Desire for self-study combined with a willingness to take on resposibility went father than a whole room of antisocial PHDs.
But I will have to interject that there is a difference between software engineers and programmers/IT professionals. We talk about how "software engineering" doesn't get the same respect as "real" engineering, yet we call everyone software engineers. People want to take a few programming classes and call themselves an engineer. People rant and rave when things like ISO and CMM are talked about, and how they don't ensure good software. (anyone who knows these certifications would agree, and would know that they aren't INTENDED for that.) If you want to be an engineer, then behave like an engineer. If you want to be a programmer, then behave like a programmer. The two might even cross, but they are not the same thing. There are software engineers who don't write code at all.
And I have met more anti-social programmers than PhDs.
I'm not a big fan of Microsoft, but I don't think the quality (or lack thereof) of their products is the issue here. I've read from their EULAs that their products are not suited towards critical applications (ie nuke facilities, life support). My point is that although a EULA is not a legally-binding contact, the fact that MS is stating in public Windows shouldn't be used in critical applications should tell you something.
But there are a lot of applications that are not themselves critical, but could play a part. I work for a company that does materials management software for hospitals. This stuff is tweaked for efficiency, and hospitals rely on it. It runs on Windows only. Doesn't sound quite like the importance of a pacemaker, right? Well let's say the hospital gets hit by a virus. Yes, it happens, even with firewalls. Now their materials system is fubar, and they are used to it having the right supplies on hand at the right times. If it is low on something, it reorders it automatically. Now they are screwed, and they don't have something that they really need. Someone could die.
Hospitals have to operate on razor thin margins, and they can't stock millions upon millions of dollars of everything. They look to lower their on-hands inventory as much as possible.
There is all kinds of software in the hospitals that can go horribly wrong, not just the obvious stuff.
I infer from this that you'd trust any other download from BT? Why?
I don't agree with the original tinfoil-hatter's reasons, but consider this: If I host a BT link to the patch, I can put a dummy 250MB file in its place. If someone tries to download it, I know that they have an unpatched version of XP. And now I have their IP address, and I know it will take them a while to get the official patch.
Granted, it isn't like you are giving them Admin password or anything, but it is information.
Why oh why do we continually have "reviews" posted that aren't comprehensive? Hell, i hardly even click on any of the posted reviews anymore...just read the comments later and find out what was missed or just plain wrong in the review.
I think you just answered your own question. Do you think it is in Slashdot's best interest to have you read JUST the link, or to sort through the comments, moderate, or post replies?
Nothing to see here, are you insane. Depending on what the price of the card is, this could potentially replace hard drives in many applications. If its cheap enough, perhaps even in Laptops. Its transfer speed is fast enough to replace a hard drive, plus, being solid state, it won't develop mechanical problems. It'll take up substantially less space and consume less power. In this age of miniaturization, and subsequent problems with power consumption and heat output, it seems a great solution.
Perhaps there is nothing to see here, you might want to move along. Is that better?
They are only doing this so that they can tap the sweet Mickey Mouse PC market before his likeness enters the public domain. Boy, when that happens these Mickey PCs will be all over the friggin place.
No current Linux technology immitates this. There is no way I can currently download a self-executing shellscript wrapper or otherwise binary program that will install either system-wide or to ~/bin/$appname, with care taken to provide its own libraries, and giving me an easy link so I can remove the application folder, the installed support libraries, and any config files separately.
I have seen a couple of apps come close - OpenOffice.org, and Opera (static linked). But I agree, it can be a real pain (yes, even with apt) to get stuff installed sometimes. That is a drawback, and a big one, for Linux distros in general. But hey, remember the days before the likes of InstallShield? It wasn't too pretty then. Linux is just behind a little, but it has the capability to catch up and surpass Windows. Sometimes, I don't even care if it does or not, as long as it is around for me to use.
Unified interfaces are better, it's why windows and OSX are successful on the desktop and Linux is not.
Horseshit. I say again, HORSE SHIT! How can you possibly say that Windows is successful on the desktop because of its interface? It is successful because of its business practices, and because it has more-or-less been the ONLY game in town. It is what people know because there have been no other options for the PC. I am not a Mac person at all, but I understand why there are Mac people. To use Windows and Mac in the same sentence when discussing UI is insane. Windows XP is not any more usable that Win2k. In fact, I became so annoyed with the XP interface that I had to seek out how to make it behave like Win2k. And that was just because I was used to 2k. At home I use Linux, and love it. Not just because of what it stands for, but because I find it more usable. But I do totally different things at work and home. I use Linux for its positives, and despite its weaknesses. You want to use Windows, that's fine with me. But don't try to tell me that Windows earned its crown with innovation and technical merit.
Microsoft has decided not to rush a release just for the sake of releasing it.
They want to get it right the first time. I congratulate them for doing the Right Thing and making sure they deliver a rock solid Service Pack for the millions of XP users out there.
They should not be congratulated for doing the Right Thing. That is how they should do things all the time. And with quality like "3 of 5 machine not coming back up", it didn't sound like it was too difficult of a decision to make.
Before the slashdot editors and crowd crow over this delay, just remember the 503 errors and flakiness this site has experienced since "maintenance" was performed. Don't throw stones in glass houses, kids.
My, what an odd comparison. The operating system used by most of the world, and a website used by some.
I mean, can it grab more info in a given time span? Does it grab multiple layers or tracks in one rotation? Will it fill the data bus, and keep it full? Cause 50GB is a damn lot of loading otherwise. Seriously though, why do we constantly get disk drives that spin faster, why not just scan more tracks at once? I've keep hearing about bue ray from the perspective of data density, but not speed.
Doesn't higher data density imply speed increases? (since the disks are the same size) If a DVD has to make 100 revolutions to read the data, wouldn't a Bluray have to make about 1/8 that to read the same amount? (roughly) Dunno, that seems like it would be faster to me.
Makeupitness: noun. To assign your own definition, and make it look like a dictionary definition, to a pop culture word to make it sound like you know what you are talking about.
IBM cannot assert any of it's patents against linux, since they:
1. Contributed to the linux kernel
2. Would look very silly and incongruent for going against something it uses to make money
This is just counter-FUD to keep IBM's linux customers satisfied.
Have you ever heard of SCO? Just imagine if they had any patents that they could have used. Replace "IBM" with "SCO" in your statements.
Now I am not putting IBM on the same level as SCO, but businesses look out for themselves. There is no altruism in business.
without ever googling for the domain name they used? Unbelievably clueless.
Gee, or do you suppose they could have just gone to the website www.katie.com. Why on earth would they need to google it? Or were you just trying to use a cool term?
Is there such a thing as too connected? This is just a personal opinion of course, but sometimes I wonder if we are driving ourselves out of our own privacy and personal sanity by making ourselves always available all the time, no matter where we are. If I require a device which always tells me where I am supposed to be when, what kind of life am I leading?
I work for a company which produces software used by hospitals, and I am required to be available 24x7x365 in case something goes wrong. They pay me well for what I do and I enjoy the work, but I've spent the last 3 years in the "most connected" job of my life and sometimes I feel like I can't escape.
What ever happen to returning a phone call or an email the next day?
Listen to me - put the phone down. I am serious. You don't need it, you find reasons to use it. You can live without it.
I used to work for Motorola back in the early 90s. I had one of the first StarTac phones. I had an early text pager. I was connected as much as possible at the time. After about 5 years there I left, I just couldn't take it anymore. It got to where I was working 60 hour weeks, in on weekends, etc. Getting paged at a bar, taking a call. And I wasn't on 24x7. If I was connected, I was available, right?
About 6 months after leaving there, I met up with some people that still worked there. They all had pagers and phones on their belts. The guys who were in support had TWO pagers. They were constantly checking them. One guy sent several emails over lunch. I realized then how much I hated that whole thing. I got rid of my cellphone. I haven't had a cellphone for 5 or 6 years now. My wife has a prepaid one (just in case) and we take it with us on trips, but it is only used for outgoing calls.
People look at me like I have 2 heads when they ask for my cellphone number and I tell them I don't have one. Some people have actually said "I wish I could get rid of mine." I got into a conversation with a woman at work who said she has to have one to get in contact with her kids. I asked if they always answer their phones, and she said "No! And when they don't I wonder why not."
You don't have to be connected. You can live without it if you want to. I have DSL and use email a lot at home, but when I am away from home, I am away. You want to get in touch with me? Leave me a message. When I am away from work, I am away from work - period. My workplace is still standing (unfortunately), every morning when I pull into the parking lot. You know what happens when someone goes on vacation? You survive. Someone is sick? Deal with it. Even though my job still sucks ass, it only sucks ass during business hours.:-)
Granted, I'd like to see a patcher/updater that works, but this is still sub 1.0 software.
Rename current firefox directory.
Install firefox.
Copy plugins folder to new install.
Load firefox.
That's it. Your bookmarks and settings are in your profile, NOT in the install directory.
Yep, sounds easy. I'll bet it wouldn't be too hard to CODE then.
I never understood why some coders will not take these "simple" things and just put them into the damn installer.
Thanks for the link. This is one reason that I have an external application set up to handle images. Irfanview reports this as an invalid PNG. Of course, if it were embedded in a web page...
Ask adults who use compuers a lot and can't touch type if they wish they could. I hear a lot of, "Yes, I wish I could type."
Ask those same adults WHY they can't type. I'll bet it is because they just haven't taken the time to do it. These days, if you work with computers and you can't type (and you want to) then you are simply lazy.
When I was in high school, we had TRS-80s in the computer classes. We also had electric typewriters for the typing class. Back then, if you didn't have a typewriter, it would have been hard to learn how to type because not everyone was into computers. My mom had an old manual typewriter at home, and that thing was a PITA to use. But she could fly on it. When she first started using a keyboard, she almost drove her fingers right through it.:-) My point is that with the proliferation of computers, and free programs that teach you how to type, if you aren't learning then quit bitching about it.
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Wow, you computer people will never be satisfied. You complain and whine about how bloated our OS is. So we reduce all the cruft (like the number of process you can run, and networking) and you complain even louder. Will you never be satisfied?
WTFV. The notice at the end says: "The Software Publishers Association gives you permission to copy this video for the non-profit purpose of promoting the ethical and legal use of software."
So don't believe the hype, ssssssucka!
You are right, this is a very different issue. In this case, they are trying to suppress a viewpoint that is not in line with theirs, even though the people of that view are clearly stating that they are in no way affiliated with Falwell Ministries.
So this is a freedom of speech issue. They chose a simliar name for their domain. But the fact that they are making it very clear that they aren't affiliated makes this a free speech issue. I think if they weren't making that clear, then Falwell would be right.
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My dear lord they are innovating at an exponential rate! Quite possibly next they will unleash "a pointer device cabable of interacting with the screen."
Not to mention that it is going to take them 3 MORE years to do it. Unless the release gets pushed back. Again.
But I will have to interject that there is a difference between software engineers and programmers/IT professionals. We talk about how "software engineering" doesn't get the same respect as "real" engineering, yet we call everyone software engineers. People want to take a few programming classes and call themselves an engineer. People rant and rave when things like ISO and CMM are talked about, and how they don't ensure good software. (anyone who knows these certifications would agree, and would know that they aren't INTENDED for that.) If you want to be an engineer, then behave like an engineer. If you want to be a programmer, then behave like a programmer. The two might even cross, but they are not the same thing. There are software engineers who don't write code at all.
And I have met more anti-social programmers than PhDs.
But there are a lot of applications that are not themselves critical, but could play a part. I work for a company that does materials management software for hospitals. This stuff is tweaked for efficiency, and hospitals rely on it. It runs on Windows only. Doesn't sound quite like the importance of a pacemaker, right? Well let's say the hospital gets hit by a virus. Yes, it happens, even with firewalls. Now their materials system is fubar, and they are used to it having the right supplies on hand at the right times. If it is low on something, it reorders it automatically. Now they are screwed, and they don't have something that they really need. Someone could die.
Hospitals have to operate on razor thin margins, and they can't stock millions upon millions of dollars of everything. They look to lower their on-hands inventory as much as possible.
There is all kinds of software in the hospitals that can go horribly wrong, not just the obvious stuff.
I don't agree with the original tinfoil-hatter's reasons, but consider this: If I host a BT link to the patch, I can put a dummy 250MB file in its place. If someone tries to download it, I know that they have an unpatched version of XP. And now I have their IP address, and I know it will take them a while to get the official patch.
Granted, it isn't like you are giving them Admin password or anything, but it is information.
And a comparison to patents/company by year. I think that would show the real trend of patents.
I think you just answered your own question. Do you think it is in Slashdot's best interest to have you read JUST the link, or to sort through the comments, moderate, or post replies?
Nothing to see here, are you insane. Depending on what the price of the card is, this could potentially replace hard drives in many applications. If its cheap enough, perhaps even in Laptops. Its transfer speed is fast enough to replace a hard drive, plus, being solid state, it won't develop mechanical problems. It'll take up substantially less space and consume less power. In this age of miniaturization, and subsequent problems with power consumption and heat output, it seems a great solution.
Perhaps there is nothing to see here, you might want to move along. Is that better?
They are only doing this so that they can tap the sweet Mickey Mouse PC market before his likeness enters the public domain. Boy, when that happens these Mickey PCs will be all over the friggin place.
But you would do it, wouldn't you?
I have seen a couple of apps come close - OpenOffice.org, and Opera (static linked). But I agree, it can be a real pain (yes, even with apt) to get stuff installed sometimes. That is a drawback, and a big one, for Linux distros in general. But hey, remember the days before the likes of InstallShield? It wasn't too pretty then. Linux is just behind a little, but it has the capability to catch up and surpass Windows. Sometimes, I don't even care if it does or not, as long as it is around for me to use.
Horseshit. I say again, HORSE SHIT! How can you possibly say that Windows is successful on the desktop because of its interface? It is successful because of its business practices, and because it has more-or-less been the ONLY game in town. It is what people know because there have been no other options for the PC. I am not a Mac person at all, but I understand why there are Mac people. To use Windows and Mac in the same sentence when discussing UI is insane. Windows XP is not any more usable that Win2k. In fact, I became so annoyed with the XP interface that I had to seek out how to make it behave like Win2k. And that was just because I was used to 2k. At home I use Linux, and love it. Not just because of what it stands for, but because I find it more usable. But I do totally different things at work and home. I use Linux for its positives, and despite its weaknesses. You want to use Windows, that's fine with me. But don't try to tell me that Windows earned its crown with innovation and technical merit.
They want to get it right the first time. I congratulate them for doing the Right Thing and making sure they deliver a rock solid Service Pack for the millions of XP users out there.
They should not be congratulated for doing the Right Thing. That is how they should do things all the time. And with quality like "3 of 5 machine not coming back up", it didn't sound like it was too difficult of a decision to make.
Before the slashdot editors and crowd crow over this delay, just remember the 503 errors and flakiness this site has experienced since "maintenance" was performed. Don't throw stones in glass houses, kids.
My, what an odd comparison. The operating system used by most of the world, and a website used by some.
Doesn't higher data density imply speed increases? (since the disks are the same size) If a DVD has to make 100 revolutions to read the data, wouldn't a Bluray have to make about 1/8 that to read the same amount? (roughly) Dunno, that seems like it would be faster to me.
Exactly. Which is why my FIRST comment was, "why use google to look up a domain when you can just type in the domain?"
The reply was that google meant to look up something. That was made up, and put in the form of some kind of dictionary definition.
I wish people would read the thread of what they are responding to.
Makeupitness: noun. To assign your own definition, and make it look like a dictionary definition, to a pop culture word to make it sound like you know what you are talking about.
Have you ever heard of SCO? Just imagine if they had any patents that they could have used. Replace "IBM" with "SCO" in your statements.
Now I am not putting IBM on the same level as SCO, but businesses look out for themselves. There is no altruism in business.
Gee, or do you suppose they could have just gone to the website www.katie.com. Why on earth would they need to google it? Or were you just trying to use a cool term?
Listen to me - put the phone down. I am serious. You don't need it, you find reasons to use it. You can live without it.
I used to work for Motorola back in the early 90s. I had one of the first StarTac phones. I had an early text pager. I was connected as much as possible at the time. After about 5 years there I left, I just couldn't take it anymore. It got to where I was working 60 hour weeks, in on weekends, etc. Getting paged at a bar, taking a call. And I wasn't on 24x7. If I was connected, I was available, right?
About 6 months after leaving there, I met up with some people that still worked there. They all had pagers and phones on their belts. The guys who were in support had TWO pagers. They were constantly checking them. One guy sent several emails over lunch. I realized then how much I hated that whole thing. I got rid of my cellphone. I haven't had a cellphone for 5 or 6 years now. My wife has a prepaid one (just in case) and we take it with us on trips, but it is only used for outgoing calls.
People look at me like I have 2 heads when they ask for my cellphone number and I tell them I don't have one. Some people have actually said "I wish I could get rid of mine." I got into a conversation with a woman at work who said she has to have one to get in contact with her kids. I asked if they always answer their phones, and she said "No! And when they don't I wonder why not."
You don't have to be connected. You can live without it if you want to. I have DSL and use email a lot at home, but when I am away from home, I am away. You want to get in touch with me? Leave me a message. When I am away from work, I am away from work - period. My workplace is still standing (unfortunately), every morning when I pull into the parking lot. You know what happens when someone goes on vacation? You survive. Someone is sick? Deal with it. Even though my job still sucks ass, it only sucks ass during business hours. :-)
Yep, sounds easy. I'll bet it wouldn't be too hard to CODE then.
I never understood why some coders will not take these "simple" things and just put them into the damn installer.
Thanks for the link. This is one reason that I have an external application set up to handle images. Irfanview reports this as an invalid PNG. Of course, if it were embedded in a web page...
Ask those same adults WHY they can't type. I'll bet it is because they just haven't taken the time to do it. These days, if you work with computers and you can't type (and you want to) then you are simply lazy.
When I was in high school, we had TRS-80s in the computer classes. We also had electric typewriters for the typing class. Back then, if you didn't have a typewriter, it would have been hard to learn how to type because not everyone was into computers. My mom had an old manual typewriter at home, and that thing was a PITA to use. But she could fly on it. When she first started using a keyboard, she almost drove her fingers right through it. :-) My point is that with the proliferation of computers, and free programs that teach you how to type, if you aren't learning then quit bitching about it.