You're right. Firefox won't be IE's match until it can at least handle ActiveX properly, and I can easily embed Firefox in my applications with a simple COM control.
If you buy 100 HD DVDs you will have spent upwards of $2000
Oh sure, they do now. HD is still very bleeding edge. But history has shown that prices for storage media drop exceedingly fast once the drives become readily available. Single layer DVD's were expensive just a few years ago. Now, you can buy them in the grocery store for $0.50 each or less. Dual layer DVD's are between $0.50 and $1. We won't see HD or Blu-Ray disks get cheap until one of them becomes ubiquitous (not for a few more years, at least), but once that happens, we'll see those disks get just as cheap as everything else has.
they blame everything but the vulnerable system that propagate this kludge...
You think that's a good idea? What happens when people start suing Linux developers for bugs and holes in that software? No software is perfect. Unless MS is doing this deliberately, it's not negligent. It's the nature of software.
And you know what... MS didn't do this to these people's machines. The virus/worm/spyware writers did. They're the real criminals, but no law enforcement agencies are smart enough to be able to track these people down.
"If you have an Internet connection, high speed, through, let's say, your cable company, or through the phone company, that computer is always on, and basically you have an open doorway to the outside," said Tammi Loehrs."So the home user has no idea who's coming into their computer."
Call me crazy, but can't this last issue be fixed by locking your door? If you keep your doors locked, then it's really not too hard to figure out who's coming into your computer. Although, I've got to say that coming into one's computer gives new meaning to Intarweb porn. Maybe she should teach her son that there are safer places to come.
I really don't get your comments on LCD and plasma, most of the problems were with older generation products.
Eh. I've never seen a plasma or LCD TV that looked anywhere near as good as a plain ol' CRT. Either everything looks choppy and digitized, or things look terribly washed out, or you have to look at them directly (90 degree angle) to see anything. I'm a movie fanatic, and incredibly anal about picture quality. I've never seen one of those new TV's that I would ever consider buying (and I've looked at a lot of them). The specs may be better, but the picture quality on these things is pretty rotten. I guess it's like vinyl vs. CD's, except much, much more pronounced in the TV comparison.
None of these high capactiy DVD formats are going to get any traction at all for at least the next few years. DVD has just recently become ubiquitous, and I'm willing to bet that nobody is buying these new players yet (except for the ones in the XBox 360 and the PS3). The TV technology (plasma and LCD) is still unbelievably crappy and overpriced, so there's no real reason for these new formats yet.
Sorry, but I don't use "podcasts". I use MP3 files and streaming MP3's. I don't own an "iPod", and as such, I don't use "podcasts". The only "pods" that I deal with are the ones that hold peas.
I think that that's even worse. I've banned Acrobat from my business, it's so bad. I fail to see how running Adobe Acrobat is any better than running IE.
To each his own. I love 'em. I find I can get more stuff done faster if each and every menu doesn't present me with 100 things that I rarely, if ever, use. I love that new feature in XP in the Start menu. It simplifies things a lot for employees who may not be too tech saavy, too. They get only the options they need, but if I need to do something else with the box, I still can. I think they're brilliant and simple (most brilliant ideas ARE simple).
A tagging standard isn't needed. Tags are just keyword that describe something. They're *WORDS* for Christs's sake. Just screen scrape them if you have to. Put them in a database. Read them aloud with a British accent, if you'd like. But if you can't parse plain old words, then I don't think that any kind of "standard" is going to help you.
In the article, this guy is saying that some tags have spaces in them, and some don't, so that makes it hard. How about "where lcase(tags) like '%vista%'? How hard is that?
You see they are too far up the org chart to actually address a tech support staff, who is considered one above the janitor in most organizations.
Wow. You're a prick. Yes, I'd say that tech support is on par with janitorial services in business, as it should be. Both positions involve maintaining systems that the business needs to *use* to generate income. Neither janitorial services or tech support are mission critical, and neither one earns a company money (unless it is a janitorial firm or a tech support firm). IT workers, by and large, need to understand that they are not necessarily any more important than janitors, and stop pretending like companies succeed or fail based on whether or not they show up to work.
So people want to force Apple to make Microsoft formats work on the iPod?
Apple has a monopoly on music players. They're using their monopoly to deliberately damage the competition. It sounds like it's time for the DOJ to step in and break up Apple (or at least fine them into submission).
Go to Google. Type in "maps". First link is Google. If they really are the "home page" for 80% of the people on the planet, then that's most definitely stifling competition.
This is just ridiculous. EVERY business has tons and tons of costs that they must pay. They're costs of doing business. Online businesses have much fewer costs than traditional brick-and-mortar businesses. If a business can't come up with $500 a year to pay for this, then I'm wondering where else they're cutting corners (and I wouldn't trust them with my money). Traditional retail businesses have to pay for: local business licenses, rent, power, water, telephone, garbage pickup, employees, insurance, etc. etc. etc. $500 a year is not a large barrier to entry, in any way, shape, or form. This is not a "high fee". My small retail store pays more than this every month just in power and phone bills. I have -zero- sympathy for a "business" that can't pay $500/year for extra security.
Well, you're right. But if inheretance doesn't exist (or is severely limited), then there's little point for the parents to work hard to build up an inheratance in the first place. My parents, for example, are busting their butts so that my siblings and I can have a nice little nut when they die. Personally, I'm not breeding, so I honestly don't care what happens with my net worth when I die, but for a lot of people, that is the incentive that they have to work hard and build something.
And at the same time, there's an ethics piece. Is it ethical to tell somebody that they cannot give their hard earned money to their kids, if they so choose? I'm not so sure that it is...
Well, first off, Quickbooks is made by Intuit, not Microsoft. Secondly, we do hundreds on transactions a day, and deal with over a hundred vendors, and have over 10,000 different products. Pencil and paper doesn't work for us. Glad it works for you, though!
Just do a google search and you will find plenty of linux-based POS solutions.
A. I was talking about OS. Not necessarily Linux.
B. I've investigated what's available, and none of them are even remotely acceptable (compared with the proprietary products out there).
C. Novell doesn't make a POS product that I can find. They're partnered with Oracle for a product called "360Commerce". I have no idea if it's for small businesses or not.
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You're right. Firefox won't be IE's match until it can at least handle ActiveX properly, and I can easily embed Firefox in my applications with a simple COM control.
If you buy 100 HD DVDs you will have spent upwards of $2000
Oh sure, they do now. HD is still very bleeding edge. But history has shown that prices for storage media drop exceedingly fast once the drives become readily available. Single layer DVD's were expensive just a few years ago. Now, you can buy them in the grocery store for $0.50 each or less. Dual layer DVD's are between $0.50 and $1. We won't see HD or Blu-Ray disks get cheap until one of them becomes ubiquitous (not for a few more years, at least), but once that happens, we'll see those disks get just as cheap as everything else has.
There aren't any PS3's out there!. I've been trying to get one since launch date, and I still can't find any.
they blame everything but the vulnerable system that propagate this kludge...
You think that's a good idea? What happens when people start suing Linux developers for bugs and holes in that software? No software is perfect. Unless MS is doing this deliberately, it's not negligent. It's the nature of software.
And you know what... MS didn't do this to these people's machines. The virus/worm/spyware writers did. They're the real criminals, but no law enforcement agencies are smart enough to be able to track these people down.
"If you have an Internet connection, high speed, through, let's say, your cable company, or through the phone company, that computer is always on, and basically you have an open doorway to the outside," said Tammi Loehrs."So the home user has no idea who's coming into their computer."
Call me crazy, but can't this last issue be fixed by locking your door? If you keep your doors locked, then it's really not too hard to figure out who's coming into your computer. Although, I've got to say that coming into one's computer gives new meaning to Intarweb porn. Maybe she should teach her son that there are safer places to come.
CRT HD? I had no idea there was such a thing. That's what I'd buy. I'm completely underwhelmed by the picture quality on LCD's and plasmas.
I really don't get your comments on LCD and plasma, most of the problems were with older generation products.
Eh. I've never seen a plasma or LCD TV that looked anywhere near as good as a plain ol' CRT. Either everything looks choppy and digitized, or things look terribly washed out, or you have to look at them directly (90 degree angle) to see anything. I'm a movie fanatic, and incredibly anal about picture quality. I've never seen one of those new TV's that I would ever consider buying (and I've looked at a lot of them). The specs may be better, but the picture quality on these things is pretty rotten. I guess it's like vinyl vs. CD's, except much, much more pronounced in the TV comparison.
Another PS3 owner here... I'd be very happy if Blu-Ray wins. I don't have a religious zeal about either format, but I've already got a Blu-Ray player.
None of these high capactiy DVD formats are going to get any traction at all for at least the next few years. DVD has just recently become ubiquitous, and I'm willing to bet that nobody is buying these new players yet (except for the ones in the XBox 360 and the PS3). The TV technology (plasma and LCD) is still unbelievably crappy and overpriced, so there's no real reason for these new formats yet.
Sorry, but I don't use "podcasts". I use MP3 files and streaming MP3's. I don't own an "iPod", and as such, I don't use "podcasts". The only "pods" that I deal with are the ones that hold peas.
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I think that that's even worse. I've banned Acrobat from my business, it's so bad. I fail to see how running Adobe Acrobat is any better than running IE.
To each his own. I love 'em. I find I can get more stuff done faster if each and every menu doesn't present me with 100 things that I rarely, if ever, use. I love that new feature in XP in the Start menu. It simplifies things a lot for employees who may not be too tech saavy, too. They get only the options they need, but if I need to do something else with the box, I still can. I think they're brilliant and simple (most brilliant ideas ARE simple).
OK, then.
where lcase(tag) like '%windows%' and lcase(tag) like '%vista%'
Whatever. It's not rocket science.
A tagging standard isn't needed. Tags are just keyword that describe something. They're *WORDS* for Christs's sake. Just screen scrape them if you have to. Put them in a database. Read them aloud with a British accent, if you'd like. But if you can't parse plain old words, then I don't think that any kind of "standard" is going to help you.
In the article, this guy is saying that some tags have spaces in them, and some don't, so that makes it hard. How about "where lcase(tags) like '%vista%'? How hard is that?
This guy is an idiot.
You see they are too far up the org chart to actually address a tech support staff, who is considered one above the janitor in most organizations.
Wow. You're a prick. Yes, I'd say that tech support is on par with janitorial services in business, as it should be. Both positions involve maintaining systems that the business needs to *use* to generate income. Neither janitorial services or tech support are mission critical, and neither one earns a company money (unless it is a janitorial firm or a tech support firm). IT workers, by and large, need to understand that they are not necessarily any more important than janitors, and stop pretending like companies succeed or fail based on whether or not they show up to work.
So people want to force Apple to make Microsoft formats work on the iPod?
Apple has a monopoly on music players. They're using their monopoly to deliberately damage the competition. It sounds like it's time for the DOJ to step in and break up Apple (or at least fine them into submission).
But how are Google preventing you from going to other search engines?
Microsoft never prevented me from installing another browser, either. Don't ask me. It doesn't make any sense to me, either.
Being successful is not against the law.
It shouldn't be, but it clearly is in the US.
Is there anything worse than Apple fanboys?
Definitely. Linux fanboys.
Go to Google. Type in "maps". First link is Google. If they really are the "home page" for 80% of the people on the planet, then that's most definitely stifling competition.
Maybe it's time for the DOJ to start building an anti-trust case against Google...?
This is just ridiculous. EVERY business has tons and tons of costs that they must pay. They're costs of doing business. Online businesses have much fewer costs than traditional brick-and-mortar businesses. If a business can't come up with $500 a year to pay for this, then I'm wondering where else they're cutting corners (and I wouldn't trust them with my money). Traditional retail businesses have to pay for: local business licenses, rent, power, water, telephone, garbage pickup, employees, insurance, etc. etc. etc. $500 a year is not a large barrier to entry, in any way, shape, or form. This is not a "high fee". My small retail store pays more than this every month just in power and phone bills. I have -zero- sympathy for a "business" that can't pay $500/year for extra security.
Well, you're right. But if inheretance doesn't exist (or is severely limited), then there's little point for the parents to work hard to build up an inheratance in the first place. My parents, for example, are busting their butts so that my siblings and I can have a nice little nut when they die. Personally, I'm not breeding, so I honestly don't care what happens with my net worth when I die, but for a lot of people, that is the incentive that they have to work hard and build something.
And at the same time, there's an ethics piece. Is it ethical to tell somebody that they cannot give their hard earned money to their kids, if they so choose? I'm not so sure that it is...
Well, first off, Quickbooks is made by Intuit, not Microsoft. Secondly, we do hundreds on transactions a day, and deal with over a hundred vendors, and have over 10,000 different products. Pencil and paper doesn't work for us. Glad it works for you, though!
Just do a google search and you will find plenty of linux-based POS solutions.
A. I was talking about OS. Not necessarily Linux.
B. I've investigated what's available, and none of them are even remotely acceptable (compared with the proprietary products out there).
C. Novell doesn't make a POS product that I can find. They're partnered with Oracle for a product called "360Commerce". I have no idea if it's for small businesses or not.