Plus, how much does the UI for anti-virus software change that requires you to even look at the manual again? I mean, a "Scan" button in the top left window corner is as easy to understand as a "Scan" button on the bottom right window corner.
Seesh! When digital audio and computer-based mixing first came onto the pro-audio scene, all these people started complaining about how crappy digital sounded. Then came compressed audio via MUSICAM and everyone complained about how crappy that was. (The compression basically rendered anything but voice useless for broadcast if I remember correctly.) Even when APT came out with APT-X (used in the SDDS format still I believe) and it was probably about as good in quality as MPEG is today, people complained. Now you get good quality and size with MPEG and people still complain?
I think the people complaining are the ones that used to tell me about orchestras coming into the studio in the mid-70s and requiring the engineer mix to a single car stereo speaker sitting in a box on the top of the console. "If it sounded good there in mono, it should sound great on a good stereo system." Maybe the people complaining are still using 8-tracks? I believe the majority of the people on earth would not be able to tell the difference between compressed and uncompressed digital audio. You certainly won't hear it real well in your car or over the radio. HDTV, maybe, but most home stereo systems with their 3-way speakers probably won't make the difference that noticeable either. Now put a CD vs a compressed song in a 4-way system in a tuned room, yes, you will hear it IF you know what to listen for.
And you sick audiophiles that spend $1000.00 for a pair of headphones for your home system don't need to comment. We already know YOU have issues.
Yeah, try being the only guy that knows all the languages used in a project at a small startup company. On top of that, make sure the app is what brings in 52% of the company's yearly gross. Guess who gets to debug all the crisis causing bugs? Guess who gets to get involved in every support issue harder than an RTFM issue?
Yeah, I'm scared too. Basically, what the poster is saying is that instead of programming around language weaknesses they program it to make it a lot more difficult for the end user to install.
I mean, all those are great languages and I'm all for using the right tool for the job. I can only imagine the installation procedure for this package:
1. Go to this website and download the perl runtime.
2. Go to this website and download the php runtime.
3. Go to this website and download the java runtime.
4. Install them all. Be careful to use all the default options or else you have to look on pages 5345-5390 and type all the shell variables into your.bashrc file.
5. If the above websites can't be reached, contact each vendor and ask them to mail you a CD or a bag of floppys containing the runtime engines you need.
Don't call us for help until you have the product completely installed.
Oh, so all these OS windows managers that were written after MS Windows but look a lot like it were innovations that Gates stole then?
Microsoft Office is something he stole from the Star Office people?
No, OS is definately not riding on the coattails of MS's success. They don't ride on anyone's coattails. They carved their own path and made the PC industry what it is today.
I was totally burned out about school about 3 quarters before graduation. It had nothing to do with CS since I had a job and liked it there, stress and all, more than I liked it at school. Stick it out and get the degree, then find a company that is working on some project that sounds interesting. You'll probably get the enthusiasm back if you get to work on an R&D project where you build some software system from nothing. Seeing it work is almost as fun as planning how its going to work.
I own one of the Insights too. I don't get 700 miles per tank, but its because I have to deal with stop-and-go traffic plus Southern California hot weather. I usually average about 525 miles per tank.
The whole part of using the engine and the batteries is not as simple as that. When you're driving, you may notice that you don't have to be on the accelerator at all times. This is especially true when you are going downhill. When the car is in gear and you are coasting, the battery charges. When you brake, it actually helps charge the batteries throught the kinetic energy of the car. The only time I ever had a problem was when I was driving from the lower Mojave desert (LA) to the high desert (Palmdale/Lancaster). There are a lot of hills that are long but not too steep to go over. I ran out of juice about halfway up, but the lawnmower engine under the hood was able to keep me at about 35 mph until I got to the top of the hill.
I commute about 70 miles each way to work every day, so this thing really is worth the gas savings.
We release bug fixes to our software often, and it just pisses people off more. When people are installing stuff and actually getting paid for it, there is not a whole lot of time left to do the wrong thing first. Try to tell your client that you need to come over and charge them $150/hr to install an update to the thing they paid you to install on 40 workstations last week. Its a good way to make money, but I guess you just can't hope for a good word-of-mouth reference.
And, uh, end users generally would look at "open source" code like it was some ancient, arcane language. I don't think a ton of people that use AOL (or started with eWorld) are going to be swift enough to fix a problem in the source when a problem is discovered.
Yeah, lets just hope all the people that apply for the jobs know enough about tech issues and also fit the government affirmative action guidelines. Hiring 500 new examiners that fit an under-represented minority group while ignoring that they are all high school dropouts doesn't sound like a solution to any current problems.
Its not jobs that are lost to Canada, its production money. This would generally mean a short-term project where local governments and businesses get money for location fees and economy-boosting production expenses. I didn't mean career type jobs. Sorry.
Actually, a lot of programs probably don't need full access to the registry. The problem is that most of the software is developed and the registry branches needed are not documented. I make it a point to document the needed registry branches, and how they are used in the stuff I do.
Occasionally, we will get people that can't run our installs because various cryptic messages pop up before the install fails. It is generally InstallShield that is the problem and the fact that the registry has been locked down on the computer. Some people even lock it off from the domain admin account for some reason.
I hope that someone does come out with a Linux solution. This will trash Avid in much the same way Avid trashed the whole entertainment industry (at least in the post-prod business I worked in in California). If people think that the entertainment industry losing jobs to Canada is the whole problem, they aren't seeing the big picture.
When Avid came out with their AudioVision tool as well as a broadcast quality video editor, this is really what trashed the industry. Instead of needing a $500k-$3M system to do it all, you could now set up a whole post suite in a clost for less than $100k. This was easier to set up, so all the engineers with tons of experience started losing their $50-$100 jobs to less experienced "kids" that were happy to make $15-$25 an hour. The value of experience was thrown out the window.
So next time you hear a radio ad or TV commercial that has loud digital hiss, you know that its because some film-school puke didn't have enough experience to know that a DAT should be copied digtially rather than through the analog inputs. Same with crappy TV commercials that sound like the mic was at the bottom of a trash can while the actor was talking.
where was with IIS, you install just about everything by default.
Oh, really? Are you sure about that? Or are you just saying that because you install Apache more often than IIS? Are you aware that there is an option to pick the stuff you want to install rather than letting it install everything?
No IIS servers I installed got hit by code red because - gasp - the default install was not done. If the exploitable software isn't installed, guess what happens? Your server doesn't get compromised! What a revelation.
I second the astroturf statement. If it was Apache "trying to do the right thing from a security standpoint," that "at least on paper" jab wouldn't have been added at the end.
This was funny? I think its funny how the whole discussion is about how much Gates is getting paid rather than the pain of the new pricing model. Maybe the OSS community is really just a bunch of shallow, jealous little gremlins that only come out at night.
Of course, the question is: if MS is so evil, their prices so unbearable, and Linux is so damn ready to replace Windows, why do people gripe about no choices? Hell, MS got blasted for cutting prices so low that they muscle people out of the market. Now they are raising the prices at a time where Linux is much more mature and closer to a common desktop OS and they're still evil?!?
They did mention that there are choices available when justifying their pricing. I guess you all forgot about that part when the Linux zealot personality took over.
Why should I stop reading slashdot when I learn exactly what NOT to do with my IP? Besides, it is sometimes amusing to read some of the anti-windows FUD people come up with. Reading Slashdot gives you this warm fuzzy feeling that you would only expect to get at a cross burning.
Funny thing is that I actually like Linux and am impressed with the amount of software that is out there. Every bit of homework and project work for my CS degree was done using Linux. The thing I am not impressed with is the zealotry in which Linux is presented.
It also sucks that as soon as someone finds out that their open source was stolen for profit, everyone starts screaming lawsuit. What did you expect? Fame AND fortune? Write open source, you might get fame, but most likely not fortune. Write for windows you don't get fame, but you might get fortune. OSS will become a victim of the megalomania of its community. The infighting has already started.
Thats right, use the new millenium's new type of terrorism: The Lawsuit. Lets get a bunch of non-profit organizations that are nothing but a bunch of Rolls-Royce driving, self important lawyers to make sure that anyone isn't doing anything they aren't getting a kickback for! Hell, PETA does it, so why not the FSF and EFF?
This is probably why they won't return your calls. Maybe its because once they release it, a bunch of bozos that can't figure out how to compile the thing will bitch and moan until they have to spend money making a nice, easy install for the source. Then the same bunch of bozos want to "make their own distros (if they have time)" that lets even lamer bozos do something to the machine and then call xStore's tech support and bitch at them that their stuff doesn't work. (Sorry for the run-on.)
I'm going to run out now and write a bunch of k00l code, publish it under the GPL, and wait for someone to steal it. All for the advancement of OSS (Openly Stealable Source)!
I'd expect that reaction from a first post whore. I suppose calling yourself evil and naming yourself after an eating utensil they invented to keep lame elementry school kids from hurting themselves is funny.
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Besides, the UI team has to justify their job.
I think the people complaining are the ones that used to tell me about orchestras coming into the studio in the mid-70s and requiring the engineer mix to a single car stereo speaker sitting in a box on the top of the console. "If it sounded good there in mono, it should sound great on a good stereo system." Maybe the people complaining are still using 8-tracks? I believe the majority of the people on earth would not be able to tell the difference between compressed and uncompressed digital audio. You certainly won't hear it real well in your car or over the radio. HDTV, maybe, but most home stereo systems with their 3-way speakers probably won't make the difference that noticeable either. Now put a CD vs a compressed song in a 4-way system in a tuned room, yes, you will hear it IF you know what to listen for.
And you sick audiophiles that spend $1000.00 for a pair of headphones for your home system don't need to comment. We already know YOU have issues.
Yeah, try being the only guy that knows all the languages used in a project at a small startup company. On top of that, make sure the app is what brings in 52% of the company's yearly gross. Guess who gets to debug all the crisis causing bugs? Guess who gets to get involved in every support issue harder than an RTFM issue?
I mean, all those are great languages and I'm all for using the right tool for the job. I can only imagine the installation procedure for this package:
1. Go to this website and download the perl runtime.
2. Go to this website and download the php runtime.
3. Go to this website and download the java runtime.
4. Install them all. Be careful to use all the default options or else you have to look on pages 5345-5390 and type all the shell variables into your
5. If the above websites can't be reached, contact each vendor and ask them to mail you a CD or a bag of floppys containing the runtime engines you need.
Don't call us for help until you have the product completely installed.
Microsoft Office is something he stole from the Star Office people?
No, OS is definately not riding on the coattails of MS's success. They don't ride on anyone's coattails. They carved their own path and made the PC industry what it is today.
I was totally burned out about school about 3 quarters before graduation. It had nothing to do with CS since I had a job and liked it there, stress and all, more than I liked it at school. Stick it out and get the degree, then find a company that is working on some project that sounds interesting. You'll probably get the enthusiasm back if you get to work on an R&D project where you build some software system from nothing. Seeing it work is almost as fun as planning how its going to work.
The whole part of using the engine and the batteries is not as simple as that. When you're driving, you may notice that you don't have to be on the accelerator at all times. This is especially true when you are going downhill. When the car is in gear and you are coasting, the battery charges. When you brake, it actually helps charge the batteries throught the kinetic energy of the car. The only time I ever had a problem was when I was driving from the lower Mojave desert (LA) to the high desert (Palmdale/Lancaster). There are a lot of hills that are long but not too steep to go over. I ran out of juice about halfway up, but the lawnmower engine under the hood was able to keep me at about 35 mph until I got to the top of the hill.
I commute about 70 miles each way to work every day, so this thing really is worth the gas savings.
And, uh, end users generally would look at "open source" code like it was some ancient, arcane language. I don't think a ton of people that use AOL (or started with eWorld) are going to be swift enough to fix a problem in the source when a problem is discovered.
Yeah, lets just hope all the people that apply for the jobs know enough about tech issues and also fit the government affirmative action guidelines. Hiring 500 new examiners that fit an under-represented minority group while ignoring that they are all high school dropouts doesn't sound like a solution to any current problems.
Its not jobs that are lost to Canada, its production money. This would generally mean a short-term project where local governments and businesses get money for location fees and economy-boosting production expenses. I didn't mean career type jobs. Sorry.
Occasionally, we will get people that can't run our installs because various cryptic messages pop up before the install fails. It is generally InstallShield that is the problem and the fact that the registry has been locked down on the computer. Some people even lock it off from the domain admin account for some reason.
So what you're saying is that David AND Goliath and get Anthrax now?
When Avid came out with their AudioVision tool as well as a broadcast quality video editor, this is really what trashed the industry. Instead of needing a $500k-$3M system to do it all, you could now set up a whole post suite in a clost for less than $100k. This was easier to set up, so all the engineers with tons of experience started losing their $50-$100 jobs to less experienced "kids" that were happy to make $15-$25 an hour. The value of experience was thrown out the window.
So next time you hear a radio ad or TV commercial that has loud digital hiss, you know that its because some film-school puke didn't have enough experience to know that a DAT should be copied digtially rather than through the analog inputs. Same with crappy TV commercials that sound like the mic was at the bottom of a trash can while the actor was talking.
Oh, really? Are you sure about that? Or are you just saying that because you install Apache more often than IIS? Are you aware that there is an option to pick the stuff you want to install rather than letting it install everything?
No IIS servers I installed got hit by code red because - gasp - the default install was not done. If the exploitable software isn't installed, guess what happens? Your server doesn't get compromised! What a revelation.
I second the astroturf statement. If it was Apache "trying to do the right thing from a security standpoint," that "at least on paper" jab wouldn't have been added at the end.
Of course, the question is: if MS is so evil, their prices so unbearable, and Linux is so damn ready to replace Windows, why do people gripe about no choices? Hell, MS got blasted for cutting prices so low that they muscle people out of the market. Now they are raising the prices at a time where Linux is much more mature and closer to a common desktop OS and they're still evil?!?
They did mention that there are choices available when justifying their pricing. I guess you all forgot about that part when the Linux zealot personality took over.
Why does anyone bother to ask Slashdot readers anything regarding the law? It is pretty obvious everyone is for GPLing their own versions of the law.
Funny thing is that I actually like Linux and am impressed with the amount of software that is out there. Every bit of homework and project work for my CS degree was done using Linux. The thing I am not impressed with is the zealotry in which Linux is presented.
It also sucks that as soon as someone finds out that their open source was stolen for profit, everyone starts screaming lawsuit. What did you expect? Fame AND fortune? Write open source, you might get fame, but most likely not fortune. Write for windows you don't get fame, but you might get fortune. OSS will become a victim of the megalomania of its community. The infighting has already started.
I still think OSS stands for Openly Stealable Source. You inovate, someone else will profit; such is the fate of an honest engineer.
See Linux zealots see Microsoft article....Microsoft bad. HURRY AND POST FLAMES ABOUT CAPITALISM AND MICROSOFT!
See someone read article about Microsoft. Read EULA......oops, Microsoft not so bad. HURRY AND BURY THE STORY!
Pathetic.
This is probably why they won't return your calls. Maybe its because once they release it, a bunch of bozos that can't figure out how to compile the thing will bitch and moan until they have to spend money making a nice, easy install for the source. Then the same bunch of bozos want to "make their own distros (if they have time)" that lets even lamer bozos do something to the machine and then call xStore's tech support and bitch at them that their stuff doesn't work. (Sorry for the run-on.)
I'm going to run out now and write a bunch of k00l code, publish it under the GPL, and wait for someone to steal it. All for the advancement of OSS (Openly Stealable Source)!
And, YES, I can install and have used Linux, can compile my own kernel, make it do all the crap it needs to do to get the job done.
I wouldn't want a picture of me picking my nose while reading Wired to get out on the net. What would I tell my parents?
I'd expect that reaction from a first post whore. I suppose calling yourself evil and naming yourself after an eating utensil they invented to keep lame elementry school kids from hurting themselves is funny.
Duh. Read the last line. It was a joke.