It took a leaked Microsoft memo to find out Windows 2000 shipped with 65,000 bugs. Even the author of the memo wrote, ""How many of you would spend $500 on a piece of software with over 63,000 potential known defects?"
The problem is with a number that large, no matter how small the proportion is to code size, the backlash would be huge. No potential customer could hear that number and then actually want to buy a copy. I believe they should disclose as much information as possible. But from their perspective no amount of marketing could make up for the negative impact of disclosure.
The next great leap in searching the web won't be due to the semantic web. It'll be natural language processing. Soon the day will come when you will be able to type in a "real" question and truely get the best answers back. We all know keyword searching doesn't cut it. But a complete question can be interpolated to a logical query. It'll require no change to current web pages. Just a much smarter search engine.
You won't (legally) be able to purchase a used copy in a store or online. Nothing will technically prevent you from using a disc someone else has already used.
I see our precious Slashdot in there sometimes, and it's extremely rare/. posts original news stories. It's effectively just one of the biggest blogs on the internet.
And since when do blogs not post original timely content? There are definitely a few blogs I'd consider sources of news. Groklaw, for example, contains plenty of investigative reporting news. Plus news sources now often use blogs to supplement their content. It's usually more on the opinion side, but newspapers have always contained op-eds.
I think marking a strict line between blogs and news sources is not only a mistake, but it's impossible.
I derive very little benefit from the NY taxes I pay
You work in NY. So you're using NY services when in NY. If you get hurt you'll probably go to a NY hospital by the fire department or city ambulance. You probably take public transportation to get to work, which is partly subsidized by the city. Or you drive on NY roads. You're protected by NY police. Taxes may be high, but you do get significant benefits from them.
I used to live in CT and work in NY. In this case I can tell you I definitely was not double paying. NY transfered most of the tax witheld to pay for my CT tax. And I was required to file both NY and CT returns, so it certainly wasn't hidden.
It has far better chance of passing on a per-state basis. They should heavily lobby the NY state legislature to change their tax code. I'm assuming they aren't doing this currently. But I get the feeling lobbying for anything which reduces state income will be very very hard to pass.
"This includes people whose usual residence is in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. These projections do not include members of the Armed Forces overseas, their dependents, or other U.S. citizens residing outside the United States. The projections are based on a monthly series of population estimates starting with the April 1, 2000 resident population from Census 2000."
The Census number does not include every person in the US or any US citizen living outside the US.
From politicians, but certainly not from me. The world is not one big free market. There are a lot more than simple economic factors to consider when dealing with international purchases.
I believe US companies should be given preferential treatment by the US government for the following reasons:
US taxes would be best spent on US-built hardware to support the economy.
Using local vendors would remove one political bargaining chip with foreign nations.
All hardware and software goes through a rigorous process to get approved, so all else being equal it's safer to trust a US company.
When nothing local will suffice then going foreign is a fine choice. Of course even hardware from a US company is usually manufactured in China anyway, but that's another issue...
What's really sad is it took someone from New Zealand to be frustrated enough to do something about it. You'd hope with 365+ million people someone from the US would have gotten it re-examined.
Not that I'm any better. I didn't do anything about it.
That's cool, but usually when you have racks and racks of serious hardware you need to rewire or replace things every once in a while. A cold reboot just won't always cut it.
I work with a NY company that outsources some of its sysadmin tasks to a company in Canada. When a reboot is required they can ask someone in NY to go to the datacenter and push a button. Or they can call the datacenter directly and ask the staff to push the button. Every datacenter, corporate or shared, has hardware staff nearby. Meanwhile the software administration can be handled remotely.
No. The system requirements are to set minimums. The "recommended requirements" are what your average user should have for a pleasant experience. The 15GB are for the OS, swap space, and temp space. That really is the minimum you'll need to run the complete OS if you don't install any additional applications. At least that's what Microsoft's requirements have always meant in the past.
My Mac's apparently not ready for Vista or the Microsoft web site. Their "Get Ready" page doesn't work in Safari. Most of their sites work in Safari, so I don't know why they'd make this one render so terribly.
Obviously the encrypted info could be decrypted or traced back to the source for further investigation. So this can't possibly bypass privacy laws. After all, it's the NSA. Isn't it part of their job to decrypt information? I'm glad it died.
It won't be regulated by the US (directly) on a global scale. As soon as the net traffic enters US-owned wires it'll be regulated. But I guarantee as soon as regulation is passed the EU will be pressured by the US to do the same.
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It took a leaked Microsoft memo to find out Windows 2000 shipped with 65,000 bugs. Even the author of the memo wrote, ""How many of you would spend $500 on a piece of software with over 63,000 potential known defects?"
The problem is with a number that large, no matter how small the proportion is to code size, the backlash would be huge. No potential customer could hear that number and then actually want to buy a copy. I believe they should disclose as much information as possible. But from their perspective no amount of marketing could make up for the negative impact of disclosure.
The next great leap in searching the web won't be due to the semantic web. It'll be natural language processing. Soon the day will come when you will be able to type in a "real" question and truely get the best answers back. We all know keyword searching doesn't cut it. But a complete question can be interpolated to a logical query. It'll require no change to current web pages. Just a much smarter search engine.
You won't (legally) be able to purchase a used copy in a store or online. Nothing will technically prevent you from using a disc someone else has already used.
These aren't the games you're looking for. Move along... Move along...
I felt a great disturbance in the store, as if millions of customers cried out and were suddenly silent.
I see our precious Slashdot in there sometimes, and it's extremely rare /. posts original news stories. It's effectively just one of the biggest blogs on the internet.
And since when do blogs not post original timely content? There are definitely a few blogs I'd consider sources of news. Groklaw, for example, contains plenty of investigative reporting news. Plus news sources now often use blogs to supplement their content. It's usually more on the opinion side, but newspapers have always contained op-eds.
I think marking a strict line between blogs and news sources is not only a mistake, but it's impossible.
That Nipple is superfluous.
Brings new meaning to the question, "You know what they say about men with big feet, don't you?"
Big hard drives!
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
I derive very little benefit from the NY taxes I pay
You work in NY. So you're using NY services when in NY. If you get hurt you'll probably go to a NY hospital by the fire department or city ambulance. You probably take public transportation to get to work, which is partly subsidized by the city. Or you drive on NY roads. You're protected by NY police. Taxes may be high, but you do get significant benefits from them.
I used to live in CT and work in NY. In this case I can tell you I definitely was not double paying. NY transfered most of the tax witheld to pay for my CT tax. And I was required to file both NY and CT returns, so it certainly wasn't hidden.
It has far better chance of passing on a per-state basis. They should heavily lobby the NY state legislature to change their tax code. I'm assuming they aren't doing this currently. But I get the feeling lobbying for anything which reduces state income will be very very hard to pass.
But... does he run Linux?
(Sorry, someone had to say it.)
I believe the proper term would be "icon."
"This includes people whose usual residence is in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. These projections do not include members of the Armed Forces overseas, their dependents, or other U.S. citizens residing outside the United States. The projections are based on a monthly series of population estimates starting with the April 1, 2000 resident population from Census 2000."
The Census number does not include every person in the US or any US citizen living outside the US.
From politicians, but certainly not from me. The world is not one big free market. There are a lot more than simple economic factors to consider when dealing with international purchases.
When nothing local will suffice then going foreign is a fine choice. Of course even hardware from a US company is usually manufactured in China anyway, but that's another issue...
What's really sad is it took someone from New Zealand to be frustrated enough to do something about it. You'd hope with 365+ million people someone from the US would have gotten it re-examined.
Not that I'm any better. I didn't do anything about it.
That's cool, but usually when you have racks and racks of serious hardware you need to rewire or replace things every once in a while. A cold reboot just won't always cut it.
I work with a NY company that outsources some of its sysadmin tasks to a company in Canada. When a reboot is required they can ask someone in NY to go to the datacenter and push a button. Or they can call the datacenter directly and ask the staff to push the button. Every datacenter, corporate or shared, has hardware staff nearby. Meanwhile the software administration can be handled remotely.
No. The system requirements are to set minimums. The "recommended requirements" are what your average user should have for a pleasant experience. The 15GB are for the OS, swap space, and temp space. That really is the minimum you'll need to run the complete OS if you don't install any additional applications. At least that's what Microsoft's requirements have always meant in the past.
I'd rather not need the extra memory at all then hope excessively bloated software drives the prices down.
My Mac's apparently not ready for Vista or the Microsoft web site. Their "Get Ready" page doesn't work in Safari. Most of their sites work in Safari, so I don't know why they'd make this one render so terribly.
What if a Mac user wants to consider switching?
Hahaha... Ok, I guess not. Just a thought.
Thanks for the list. I'll be sure to send a copy over to my buddy, George.
Sincerely yours,
Tony Blair
Obviously the encrypted info could be decrypted or traced back to the source for further investigation. So this can't possibly bypass privacy laws. After all, it's the NSA. Isn't it part of their job to decrypt information? I'm glad it died.
No, but soon we can expect them to transmit that pr0n faster.
It won't be regulated by the US (directly) on a global scale. As soon as the net traffic enters US-owned wires it'll be regulated. But I guarantee as soon as regulation is passed the EU will be pressured by the US to do the same.