if I recall an article I read on/. a few weeks ago, an engineer on IE was talking about why NS "lost" the browser war.
He was talking about how they started from scratch, and how you're always better off keeping your code, bloated as it is, and letting hardware catch up (Word just seems to scream this).
I think he makes some good points in favor of his argument, but, this does seem to be the general philosophy of MS (And that probably came down directly from Gates).
The thing is, he's got the market share to backup this software philosophy. I don't agree with it, but it doesn't always matter if you bribed the refs. In the end, all that matters is what's on the scoreboard.
Well, see there's the problem. Electronically it can be recorded (as mentioned earlier). I don't care if someone sees all the information, because there's no way they'll remember it all.
But this situation the information is still recordable. When they scan your license and find out your photo, (let's pretend not even your name) it can store that photo and assign it an ID number. Then they could record how often you visit and what times you visit, and if they scan it for alcohol purchases when you bought alcohol, etc.
There's no way to stop the invasion of privacy once identities are reliant on technology instead of human recognition.
IMHO, technology is meant to free people from restrictions, not create new restrictions.
That's true to a point. I'll be damned if you're going to make me learn a different interface for every single app I download though.
In fact, if you have significantly different interface than what I'm used to odds are your program won't make it to a 5th launch.
For "power" apps, obviously there needs to be some customization, but that's for usabilities' sake. Your photoshops, maya, etc, are all apps that you're not just gonna download and start using one day. Therefore, the customized UI is necessary because it's part of the learning curve for the app.
I'm serious, every time someone moves a widget it pisses me off.
Bah, read the article. They were charging twice as much for rental DVD's than they were for consumers to buy DVD's.
So what you're telling me is that you'd be willing to pay $10 for a DVD rental from blockbuster instead of $4.50? I doubt it, when you can buy most DVD's for slightly more than that.
This isn't VHS vs. DVD, it's Rental DVD's vs. Purchased DVD's.
Ever had ANY project/class/paper/report where you had to find current information? Not a member of a university? Don't want to make a trip to the library EVERY TIME you need to get another article?
$5/mo for Lexis/Nexis type service at home sounds pretty good to me.
The other problem is that they initiated Doggett way too soon. Skully saw some weird things and was skeptical of them. Then, a season later, she saw some more weird things and participated in a weird thing or two. Then she started getting kidnapped/revived etc.
Doggit comes on the show, and in a few episodes he's kidnapped/brainwashed/revived/etc.
But yeah, the X-Files was better when there were only a few conspiracy lines to follow, and you knew what had been said and what was probably truth. Then they started questioning all the truths the show had been based around for its duration. While that was interesting at the time, it created an apathy towards the show. Nothing mattered because everything would be thrown out for the next episode. This didn't really happen until the 5th or 6th season.
I'm sorry to see it go. It's still a decent show, but after the success it had in the past "decent" just won't cut it with its demanding fan base.
Great. A law that will punish developing companies who make a seldom used product that happens to have a security flaw that virtually no one knows about. It'd be great if we took away all their revenues while keeping their costs the same.
You're obviously overvaluing content and devaluing presentation. As proven by so many other companies (SEGA comes to mind) the best product doesn't win, the best expressed idea (or marketing) wins.
If you're pitching an idea to a board, do you think they're more likely to enjoy it if you use a chalkboard and handwriting they can't read or powerpoint with graphs and diagrams so non-techies can understand the concepts?
Sorry if this is a troll people, but remember not everyone is as techie as the/. crowd.
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There's a lot of treaties like this to minimize the "horrors" of war. For example, it's a war crime to use an anti-tank rocket or a.50 cal machine gun on infantry.
Sounds like you're stating this a little plainly. I don't presume to know the correct answer, or any answer, but "our job is to do these things because god made it possible for us" is a really poor argument.
God allows us to sin, should we?
God allows us to not believe in God, should we?
See, God has given us freedom of choice. What choices we make are up to us.
As cold as this sounds, sometimes you have to let other countries solve their own problems. It's called soveriegnty.
All I'm saying is, I don't like the idea of America forcing its values on other countries. I think America has one of the best governmental systems in the world right now, and I wouldn't want someone else coming in and telling me theirs is better.
If the Chinese people disagree, it's their job to change it. Of course, the US could help (as it does in soo many other countries) but it shouldn't be instigating it.
That being said, I haven't been to China and have no idea whatsoever of what the Chinese people want.
You know, paintballers wear masks for a reason. And if you've ever gotten hit by a paintball, you know it can sting at close range. Now imagine getting 40 rounds per second blasted into you without any pads or goggles.
No reason to cater to a game that older cards are already tearing up anyways. How many CS players are planning on getting new cards? How many Q3 (and probably Wolf) players are planning on getting new cards? And (as pointed out earlier) what game is used as a benchmark?
Why not just rent the cameras out like ya rent DVD's? There's been many times I'd like to have a 4 megapixel camera for a week or so but I sure ain't gonna pay $1000 for one. 20 bucks doesn't sound that bad.
I think this is a company that invested way too much to create a technology that isn't necessary.
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Now, i'm not trying to troll either but...
/. a few weeks ago, an engineer on IE was talking about why NS "lost" the browser war.
if I recall an article I read on
He was talking about how they started from scratch, and how you're always better off keeping your code, bloated as it is, and letting hardware catch up (Word just seems to scream this).
I think he makes some good points in favor of his argument, but, this does seem to be the general philosophy of MS (And that probably came down directly from Gates).
The thing is, he's got the market share to backup this software philosophy. I don't agree with it, but it doesn't always matter if you bribed the refs. In the end, all that matters is what's on the scoreboard.
Well, see there's the problem. Electronically it can be recorded (as mentioned earlier). I don't care if someone sees all the information, because there's no way they'll remember it all.
But this situation the information is still recordable. When they scan your license and find out your photo, (let's pretend not even your name) it can store that photo and assign it an ID number. Then they could record how often you visit and what times you visit, and if they scan it for alcohol purchases when you bought alcohol, etc.
There's no way to stop the invasion of privacy once identities are reliant on technology instead of human recognition.
IMHO, technology is meant to free people from restrictions, not create new restrictions.
It will be OSX compliant.
You might have gotten the hint because they've already released a carbon Starcraft, BroodWar, and announced a carbon Diablo2 and D2XP.
Although that statement in the faq doesn't answer jack... For the "PC"?
See, e-mail and attachments and all that good junk require stuff like bandwidth and storage space and servers and junk like that.
Ever think some of AOL's slowness comes from their huge number of users and not just the fact not-open-source=thedevil aol=thedevil die die die.
Oh my lord I just defended AOL. Somebody shoot me.
Gas, Fast Food.
I mean really, why am I paying $7 for a "value" meal?
That's true to a point. I'll be damned if you're going to make me learn a different interface for every single app I download though.
In fact, if you have significantly different interface than what I'm used to odds are your program won't make it to a 5th launch.
For "power" apps, obviously there needs to be some customization, but that's for usabilities' sake. Your photoshops, maya, etc, are all apps that you're not just gonna download and start using one day. Therefore, the customized UI is necessary because it's part of the learning curve for the app.
I'm serious, every time someone moves a widget it pisses me off.
Good lord someone give this post infinite karma.
Of course, it also has the great side effect of making those old games fully hackable and getting more people to upgrade to their latest game.
But that's the cynical side of me, I love the fact they release the source code too.
Or, billions of machines using us as batteries!
Bah, read the article. They were charging twice as much for rental DVD's than they were for consumers to buy DVD's.
So what you're telling me is that you'd be willing to pay $10 for a DVD rental from blockbuster instead of $4.50? I doubt it, when you can buy most DVD's for slightly more than that.
This isn't VHS vs. DVD, it's Rental DVD's vs. Purchased DVD's.
Ever had ANY project/class/paper/report where you had to find current information? Not a member of a university? Don't want to make a trip to the library EVERY TIME you need to get another article?
$5/mo for Lexis/Nexis type service at home sounds pretty good to me.
The other problem is that they initiated Doggett way too soon. Skully saw some weird things and was skeptical of them. Then, a season later, she saw some more weird things and participated in a weird thing or two. Then she started getting kidnapped/revived etc.
:)
Doggit comes on the show, and in a few episodes he's kidnapped/brainwashed/revived/etc.
But yeah, the X-Files was better when there were only a few conspiracy lines to follow, and you knew what had been said and what was probably truth. Then they started questioning all the truths the show had been based around for its duration. While that was interesting at the time, it created an apathy towards the show. Nothing mattered because everything would be thrown out for the next episode. This didn't really happen until the 5th or 6th season.
I'm sorry to see it go. It's still a decent show, but after the success it had in the past "decent" just won't cut it with its demanding fan base.
Time to get Seasons 1-4 on DVD
Great. A law that will punish developing companies who make a seldom used product that happens to have a security flaw that virtually no one knows about. It'd be great if we took away all their revenues while keeping their costs the same.
And for the real problems? Relax! IE is free.
Or better yet, get this bonus..
[# of patents processed] x [%overturned](cubed)
Even tar zxvf $1-*.tar.gz && cd $1-* && ./configure && make && make install isn't all that difficult
Is my browser trying to display a Chinese web page?
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You're obviously overvaluing content and devaluing presentation. As proven by so many other companies (SEGA comes to mind) the best product doesn't win, the best expressed idea (or marketing) wins.
If you're pitching an idea to a board, do you think they're more likely to enjoy it if you use a chalkboard and handwriting they can't read or powerpoint with graphs and diagrams so non-techies can understand the concepts?
Sorry if this is a troll people, but remember not everyone is as techie as the
There's a lot of treaties like this to minimize the "horrors" of war. For example, it's a war crime to use an anti-tank rocket or a .50 cal machine gun on infantry.
or (3) you won't do it because that is how you ensure job security.
Kinda like lawyers creating legalese so that lawyers will never be out of a job.
Sounds like you're stating this a little plainly. I don't presume to know the correct answer, or any answer, but "our job is to do these things because god made it possible for us" is a really poor argument.
God allows us to sin, should we?
God allows us to not believe in God, should we?
See, God has given us freedom of choice. What choices we make are up to us.
I don't normally post on /., but I think most of you on this board are missing the point.
It appears as though its more of a legal question. And you're all talking "fairness".
He's asking if he's more liable if he starts deleting/editing posts than if he doesn't.
As cold as this sounds, sometimes you have to let other countries solve their own problems. It's called soveriegnty.
All I'm saying is, I don't like the idea of America forcing its values on other countries. I think America has one of the best governmental systems in the world right now, and I wouldn't want someone else coming in and telling me theirs is better.
If the Chinese people disagree, it's their job to change it. Of course, the US could help (as it does in soo many other countries) but it shouldn't be instigating it.
That being said, I haven't been to China and have no idea whatsoever of what the Chinese people want.
You know, paintballers wear masks for a reason. And if you've ever gotten hit by a paintball, you know it can sting at close range. Now imagine getting 40 rounds per second blasted into you without any pads or goggles.
I'd prefer teargas, thanks.
No reason to cater to a game that older cards are already tearing up anyways. How many CS players are planning on getting new cards? How many Q3 (and probably Wolf) players are planning on getting new cards? And (as pointed out earlier) what game is used as a benchmark?
They'll go with Q3.
Sounds like no one would return it.
Why not just rent the cameras out like ya rent DVD's? There's been many times I'd like to have a 4 megapixel camera for a week or so but I sure ain't gonna pay $1000 for one. 20 bucks doesn't sound that bad.
I think this is a company that invested way too much to create a technology that isn't necessary.
Look at the Dreamcast. Superior technology, inferior marketing, early EOL.
Wow, I never thought I'd defend the Marketing Department *ducks*