Sony is so stupid it hurts. $499 is a lot of money but their current offering isn't worth it. A quick software update that provides an excellent media experience - one that rivals XBMC - would have me as a customer in a heartbeat.
So, is Microsoft talking about Linux - the kernel - or utilities commonly found in GNU-based operating systems?
U.S. patents mean precious little outside the borders of the U.S. Store the source code for these "questionable" projects on servers located outside of the U.S. Perhaps Red Hat can pack their bags and move their head office to Sweden. What's Microsoft gonna do about that? It seems that Linux distributions are naturally insulated from these things, considering it's distributed model.
They say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Microsoft is scared because they're starting to realize that their imitators are better than they are.
After using Parallels for Mac, VMware has a lot of catching up to do. Coherence mode, the ability to run virtualized applications seamlessly on the Mac desktop, is a beautiful feature.
If the Linux version of VMware offers something similar, I'd be very interested.
Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton I've been to Eastbourne too So what, so what And I've been here, I've been there I've been every fucking where So what, so what So what, so what, you boring little cunt
Fonts were always one of the biggest gripes I had with using Linux as my main desktop OS. Even Ubuntu, which I had tested out last weekend, suffered major font problems.
I installed Sabayon Linux this week and was completely blown away at how beautiful the fonts are. I don't know what they did, but the developers did a tremendous job.
For me, it's all about the media. I would have bought three PS3s by now at their current cost if they could provide a better media experience than XBMC. You'd think of all companies, Sony would "get it." However everything that I've read indicates that the media center in the PS3 is even worse than what's in the 360 - which is almost hard to believe, considering the piss-poor offering of the 360 media center.
I pledge right now to any Sony exec reading this - you provide me with a better XBMC than XBMC and I guarantee you two PS3s in my home. Until that time, fahgetaboutit.
"Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed. The patch break could be a welcome respite for IT managers still busy testing the dozen fixes Microsoft released last month. Also, many IT pros may be occupied with the switch to daylight saving time, which at the behest of Congress, is happening three weeks earlier this year. "
Maybe it's because they don't have any patches to release?
"I was just playing around with this program I wrote. I wanted to see how it worked. Then I got way more curious about what these people were doing. It's exciting to see something you build actually work. It means I have actually helped out. It challenges me and makes me work," said Mr. Willman, now 21.
I would hardly call him a script kiddie. Or anonymous. C'mon editors, did you even RTFA?
There's also a clear desire to ensure that SP1 is rock sold. One of the goals for TAP testers will be to "validate the stability of Windows Vista SP1 through production deployments" says the email.
There's a certain amount of irony in your typo. Microsoft would love nothing more than Vista to become the crack cocaine of computer users.
Haha, no doubt. When I started my first professional IT job, I was given a 386DX with 16MB RAM running OS/2 2.0. I could turn my machine on, go for coffee, and if I was lucky I would be at a login prompt.
This is enough to make me buy a PS3 once the prices drop a little. It will be great for audio/video!
I have a 360 right now, but the requirement to have a Media Center PC to make it useful SUCKS! I got spoiled by XBMC and it's capabilities.
Sony knows which side of it's bread is buttered. People want to do more with their gaming consoles than just play games. They want to run unsigned code, play around, and understand the system better. Microsoft is doing itself a disservice by going out of it's way to prevent people from tinkering. They go overboard by requiring a "bundled package" in order for the 360 to act as a good media player. Suddenly people are buying new computers because Microsoft doesn't ship Windows Media Center as a standalone OS. Screw Microsoft.
Caller:I called in my computer problem over TWO HOURS AGO and tech support still hasn't called me back. What am I, black? Colleague:I don't think that's it. I'm black and I get phone calls from them all the time.
Cue uncomfortable silence and the sound of the caller hanging up in disgrace.
By "secure" they must mean "annoying." I'm running Vista beta 2 right now and I'm running into all sorts of security-related issues. Like warning popups when applications run, local admins not being able to delete things, local admins not even being able to do an "ipconfig/release" in order to get a new IP address via DHCP. Seriously, Vista is going to drive people freaking nuts!!
But I would never, ever, ever utter the words Vista,OpenBSD, and security in the same sentence in a positive tone.
Volunteer my time to help a publically traded company improve it's primary product? Unless they are willing to reward me in some fashion they can forget about it!
Maybe the reason why learning how to write programs has dwindled because there are no easy, out of the box programming languages to learn. When I was a kid, I turned on my Commodore 64 and voila! It booted directly into a BASIC interpreter.
Furthermore, there were interesting things to program on early computers. It was fun to learn how to write programs to display sprites, move said sprites around the screen, and maybe play some bad music on the SID chip. There is no easy way to do this on Windows. Hell, I have no idea where to even start! It's not documented well enough for a kid to get to want to take a stab at such a thing.
HTML is bad, bad, bad for a kid to learn to program with. It's waaaay too forgiving. You can write crappy code and it will still render in browsers. That teaches kids to be sloppy.
You're comparing apples to oranges. FreeBSD is a single, cohesive operating system. DesktopBSD is a single, cohesive operating system. They are two distinctly different operating systems.
That would be like saying, "I installed Debian stable on my computer and I found that all of the software was out of date. Therefore Genoo must be out of date as well." We both know that's not accurate.
Having not installed DesktopBSD before, maybe they have some new tools for ports for "everyday" users. I have never had problems with ports on my FreeBSD servers, btw - but I also read/usr/ports/UPGRADING before I use portupgrade.
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Sony is so stupid it hurts. $499 is a lot of money but their current offering isn't worth it. A quick software update that provides an excellent media experience - one that rivals XBMC - would have me as a customer in a heartbeat.
Are you getting the hint, Sony?
Hot ice, eh? Betcha it would go good in a spicy Bloody Mary.
So, is Microsoft talking about Linux - the kernel - or utilities commonly found in GNU-based operating systems?
U.S. patents mean precious little outside the borders of the U.S. Store the source code for these "questionable" projects on servers located outside of the U.S. Perhaps Red Hat can pack their bags and move their head office to Sweden. What's Microsoft gonna do about that? It seems that Linux distributions are naturally insulated from these things, considering it's distributed model.
They say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Microsoft is scared because they're starting to realize that their imitators are better than they are.
Wouldn't the real killer be Wi-Fi operators providing PXE? Suddenly, online desktops become truly viable.
Until then, it'll be something that someone uses rarely because there isn't much point in it.
After using Parallels for Mac, VMware has a lot of catching up to do. Coherence mode, the ability to run virtualized applications seamlessly on the Mac desktop, is a beautiful feature.
If the Linux version of VMware offers something similar, I'd be very interested.
...as covered (fairly well) by Metallica...
Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton
I've been to Eastbourne too
So what, so what
And I've been here, I've been there
I've been every fucking where
So what, so what
So what, so what, you boring little cunt
The real question is not why T1 is still expensive, but why the garbage we get for DSL and cable is so over-priced.
You have won the Question du Jour contest for the day. If you weren't already modded +5 I'd throw ya one. Very insightful and interesting post.
Fonts were always one of the biggest gripes I had with using Linux as my main desktop OS. Even Ubuntu, which I had tested out last weekend, suffered major font problems.
I installed Sabayon Linux this week and was completely blown away at how beautiful the fonts are. I don't know what they did, but the developers did a tremendous job.
Moving and copying files on Vista is terrible, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. I think that most file operations are horrific under Vista.
If you're daring enough, try to set 50,000 files to Read Only. Under XP this would take about 20 seconds. Under Vista this takes almost 7 minutes.
Vista is a huge step backwards. The performance is crummy, the eye candy pales in comparison to OS X and Beryl. Microsoft really dropped the ball.
For me, it's all about the media. I would have bought three PS3s by now at their current cost if they could provide a better media experience than XBMC. You'd think of all companies, Sony would "get it." However everything that I've read indicates that the media center in the PS3 is even worse than what's in the 360 - which is almost hard to believe, considering the piss-poor offering of the 360 media center.
I pledge right now to any Sony exec reading this - you provide me with a better XBMC than XBMC and I guarantee you two PS3s in my home. Until that time, fahgetaboutit.
"Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed. The patch break could be a welcome respite for IT managers still busy testing the dozen fixes Microsoft released last month. Also, many IT pros may be occupied with the switch to daylight saving time, which at the behest of Congress, is happening three weeks earlier this year. "
Maybe it's because they don't have any patches to release?
Pieter Poll, chief technology officer at Qwest Communications...
With a name like that he should be doing porn instead.
"I was just playing around with this program I wrote. I wanted to see how it worked. Then I got way more curious about what these people were doing. It's exciting to see something you build actually work. It means I have actually helped out. It challenges me and makes me work," said Mr. Willman, now 21.
I would hardly call him a script kiddie. Or anonymous. C'mon editors, did you even RTFA?
There's also a clear desire to ensure that SP1 is rock sold. One of the goals for TAP testers will be to "validate the stability of Windows Vista SP1 through production deployments" says the email.
There's a certain amount of irony in your typo. Microsoft would love nothing more than Vista to become the crack cocaine of computer users.
Windows code names seem to come from resorts. I believe that what we call "heavy irony," as Windows is neither relaxing nor fun.
I myself only install Microsoft operating systems as a last resort.
Haha, no doubt. When I started my first professional IT job, I was given a 386DX with 16MB RAM running OS/2 2.0. I could turn my machine on, go for coffee, and if I was lucky I would be at a login prompt.
This is enough to make me buy a PS3 once the prices drop a little. It will be great for audio/video!
I have a 360 right now, but the requirement to have a Media Center PC to make it useful SUCKS! I got spoiled by XBMC and it's capabilities.
Sony knows which side of it's bread is buttered. People want to do more with their gaming consoles than just play games. They want to run unsigned code, play around, and understand the system better. Microsoft is doing itself a disservice by going out of it's way to prevent people from tinkering. They go overboard by requiring a "bundled package" in order for the 360 to act as a good media player. Suddenly people are buying new computers because Microsoft doesn't ship Windows Media Center as a standalone OS. Screw Microsoft.
It's been known for months that Zune is not a PlaysForSure device
What, did you not take your daily irony supplement today?
Gives a new meaning to having a double cheeseburger!
As repeated to me by a colleague of mine:
Caller:I called in my computer problem over TWO HOURS AGO and tech support still hasn't called me back. What am I, black?
Colleague:I don't think that's it. I'm black and I get phone calls from them all the time.
Cue uncomfortable silence and the sound of the caller hanging up in disgrace.
By "secure" they must mean "annoying." I'm running Vista beta 2 right now and I'm running into all sorts of security-related issues. Like warning popups when applications run, local admins not being able to delete things, local admins not even being able to do an "ipconfig /release" in order to get a new IP address via DHCP. Seriously, Vista is going to drive people freaking nuts!!
But I would never, ever, ever utter the words Vista, OpenBSD, and security in the same sentence in a positive tone.
Volunteer my time to help a publically traded company improve it's primary product? Unless they are willing to reward me in some fashion they can forget about it!
Maybe the reason why learning how to write programs has dwindled because there are no easy, out of the box programming languages to learn. When I was a kid, I turned on my Commodore 64 and voila! It booted directly into a BASIC interpreter.
Furthermore, there were interesting things to program on early computers. It was fun to learn how to write programs to display sprites, move said sprites around the screen, and maybe play some bad music on the SID chip. There is no easy way to do this on Windows. Hell, I have no idea where to even start! It's not documented well enough for a kid to get to want to take a stab at such a thing.
HTML is bad, bad, bad for a kid to learn to program with. It's waaaay too forgiving. You can write crappy code and it will still render in browsers. That teaches kids to be sloppy.
You're comparing apples to oranges. FreeBSD is a single, cohesive operating system. DesktopBSD is a single, cohesive operating system. They are two distinctly different operating systems.
/usr/ports/UPGRADING before I use portupgrade.
That would be like saying, "I installed Debian stable on my computer and I found that all of the software was out of date. Therefore Genoo must be out of date as well." We both know that's not accurate.
Having not installed DesktopBSD before, maybe they have some new tools for ports for "everyday" users. I have never had problems with ports on my FreeBSD servers, btw - but I also read
What is the situation like at other companies?
I'd love to tell you but that would be a breach of security.