I totally agree, and I've sometimes felt that when developing more and more complex applications, the toughness to find bugs basically increase exponentially compared to the code amount, due to code dependencies. If you then do it like Microsoft and for the longest time (doesn't even seem like it'll happen in Vista) don't componentize your OS as much as you can, throwing even the UI code into the OS, and making a web browser the file explorer, I can only imagine the headaches.:-s
I personally think Sony/BMG's recent fiasco could've hurt things more, because as opposed to Linux, Windows is a much more common OS among music listeners. Sony managed to bring the concept of rootkits to the masses perhaps even better than SCO managed to scare off Linux users.
As for this article, it's interesting, but quite a bit "scattered" on different thoughts, covering a whole lot of ground on a mere two pages of text. But sure, MS is clearly facing new needs of adapting themselves to the industry they may not have faced since they started sketching on their business model. It remains to be seen if they'll be able to adapt to the new market, but at least according to their recently leaked internal memos, they realize the need of relying less on their traditional style of software development, marketing and pushing. It remains to be seen if they can put this insight into successful actions though. Part of the plans seemed to involve basing more revenues on online ads and becoming a Google, but unfortunately for them, well, there's this not too unsuccessful Google already there.
So I think there'll be some interesting times ahead, even moreso if the Linux community will one day manage to provide a distribution taking a leap in functionality, user friendliness and style, like for example OS X did in the days.
Now that video signals are transmitted with the P2P based traffic of Skype, nothing is stopping video phones, as in actual "regular" telephones, where you see a video of the Skype user. As in an enhanced video support for anyone using Skype. And there are already actual phones with built-in Skype support, so I don't see it as too far fetched. The implications are pretty big with Skype's landline support, usually for a cheaper cost than the cost for regular phone subscriptions.
CUSeeMe was just a network designed for slow modems separated from the rest of the non-CUSeeMe world, and it wasn't even decentralized, requiring reflectors. I wonder how well it seamlessly worked together with NAT's and firewalls as well.
I see both these apps as VoIP apps, but that's where the similarities end in both goals and technology.
Feel free to keep using Wikipedia, but cross check the information in it with other sources, as you should REALLY do with any term paper.
It's kind of scary if you were even THINKING of using Wikipedia all alone as a "major source" of information. You do realize that anyone can edit it right? It's for the better AND worse, and that's why you need to find out if there are any inaccuracies there by cross referencing your facts.
Besides the column view, clicking on the first column takes you back a page, and clicking on the last takes you forward a page. On top of that, it actually loads the entire article so going back and forth is instantaneous with no server communication, semi-AJAX (not sure about the XML) style.
They clearly spent more time on their content presentation than most news sites, and it shows.
(the funny/scary part is that it's not far fetched to me that they actually will, for being too accurate in handing out music a user wants to listen to)
Re:"Stable?" "Stable" is for Isotopes
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I think of "stable" as a trusty stable for horses you can take for a ride. A horse is an OS here, and the stable is a state of security for the horses... I mean, OS.
And an "UN-stable" is rather a horse stable controlled by the United Nations. So it's more for users who truly understand the implications of having a horse/OS there.
I agree -- the "BSOD myth" (not that they don't exist, but are common) has mostly to do with the 16/32 hybrid environment of the Windows 9x days. That it's repeated to this day only aids in me easily being able to filter out rubbish from people not having done an unbiased examination of the OS in the past 5-6 years. It's similar to the "M$" thing actually; by using an acronym to prove their point instead of arguments. I just use to move ahead from these things nowadays.
I'm not blinded by Microsoft though; I do the very same thing to Microsoft zealots (yes, they exist, in particularly high concentrations at particular communities) saying things like "you get what you pay for" in defense, when many can clearly see they use an old saying as a defense, and not an argument. Same thing with "Linux don't have many drivers at all" -- an opinion being rather similar to "Windows just keeps crashing".
Beta 2 was to be released in the Nov-Dec '05 timeframe but alas, this has slipped significantly to at least March '06.
Microsoft sources confirm that indeed the target launch date slipped almost 6 months but were tight-lipped when WinBeta.Org questioned them on a new target date. All we were told [on the record] was that it would be a few months later than previously planned.
This was, according to Microsoft, because the quality bar for their beta 2 was significantly raised. Microsoft intend to keep the shipping date though, and just skip a RC stage instead. When I heard about these news, the shipping date would be late '06.
But... If this "earlier than expected" holds true, that's like 3 months of post-beta work for an OS having been about 4 years in development..
WTF?
I wonder if some info here is conflicting, because it sounds quite stupid even for being Microsoft.
I thought dark energy was added to make our modern theories "work" to our expectations without knowing what dark energy was, and now it's told a concept that Einstein added to make his equations work to his expectations "sort of" matches (10% is still a big deviation) with this.
So, since we know basically nothing either about what dark energy is or what the constant represent, are we sure that it's not both current researchers and Einstein that make a similar blunder?
This would be oh so much easier if there was at least an ounce of empirical evidence to it.
They announced the news as a major blow to illegal file sharing by using BitTorrent (???), but that a problem for MPAA was that it would still be open source and anyone could make their own derivates of the program despite this (???).:-S
I think there was some misunderstandings both about what BT is and what MPAA is requiring him to modify.:-)
Yes, and that's why I hope Firefox will change as a result of this meeting.
There'll still be unused Firefox users for a while, but if three colors are used on a scale, I agree with IE 7 here and would like them to come across as natural to novice users.
Yes, but they need to inform the user in some way.
What if they instead used a popup message? A hack could disable the popup, or change the message.
An icon? The icon could be changed by a hack too.
Since I think we've seen no special browser exploits this way recently besides the Mozilla XUL skin exploit, I don't think this is such a big deal, especially for browsers not implementing online installable skins.
If you actually followed things you would know what is going on
don't try and weasel by claiming it to be SpyVSSpy's words
Are you having a bad day today?
Thanks for the informative parts of your post though, it helped someone who didn't actually follow this too closely.
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Well, shows that come to mind even without their personal answer is the Escape from Alcatraz and Salsa Escape shows, where I think their Alcatraz escape went better than believed (they thought it was really cool), and in the salsa escape episode they were also surprised and thought it could even have effects in real world safety procedures.
Not sure about the episode where they fired guns into water, but that was a pretty amazing one for me.:) (be 1-2 meters under water surface or so, and barely any gun they fired at a 30 degree angle, even illegal ones with huge calibers, could harm you according to their tests)
To be more specific, it's been known since May, says one of our largest newspapers, interestingly catching on and writing an entire article about it. I couldn't see that coming just a few years ago. Unfortunately for MS, security is big business now...
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I totally agree, and I've sometimes felt that when developing more and more complex applications, the toughness to find bugs basically increase exponentially compared to the code amount, due to code dependencies. If you then do it like Microsoft and for the longest time (doesn't even seem like it'll happen in Vista) don't componentize your OS as much as you can, throwing even the UI code into the OS, and making a web browser the file explorer, I can only imagine the headaches. :-s
I personally think Sony/BMG's recent fiasco could've hurt things more, because as opposed to Linux, Windows is a much more common OS among music listeners. Sony managed to bring the concept of rootkits to the masses perhaps even better than SCO managed to scare off Linux users.
As for this article, it's interesting, but quite a bit "scattered" on different thoughts, covering a whole lot of ground on a mere two pages of text. But sure, MS is clearly facing new needs of adapting themselves to the industry they may not have faced since they started sketching on their business model. It remains to be seen if they'll be able to adapt to the new market, but at least according to their recently leaked internal memos, they realize the need of relying less on their traditional style of software development, marketing and pushing. It remains to be seen if they can put this insight into successful actions though. Part of the plans seemed to involve basing more revenues on online ads and becoming a Google, but unfortunately for them, well, there's this not too unsuccessful Google already there.
So I think there'll be some interesting times ahead, even moreso if the Linux community will one day manage to provide a distribution taking a leap in functionality, user friendliness and style, like for example OS X did in the days.
Now that video signals are transmitted with the P2P based traffic of Skype, nothing is stopping video phones, as in actual "regular" telephones, where you see a video of the Skype user. As in an enhanced video support for anyone using Skype. And there are already actual phones with built-in Skype support, so I don't see it as too far fetched. The implications are pretty big with Skype's landline support, usually for a cheaper cost than the cost for regular phone subscriptions.
CUSeeMe was just a network designed for slow modems separated from the rest of the non-CUSeeMe world, and it wasn't even decentralized, requiring reflectors. I wonder how well it seamlessly worked together with NAT's and firewalls as well.
I see both these apps as VoIP apps, but that's where the similarities end in both goals and technology.
Feel free to keep using Wikipedia, but cross check the information in it with other sources, as you should REALLY do with any term paper.
It's kind of scary if you were even THINKING of using Wikipedia all alone as a "major source" of information. You do realize that anyone can edit it right? It's for the better AND worse, and that's why you need to find out if there are any inaccuracies there by cross referencing your facts.
Besides the column view, clicking on the first column takes you back a page, and clicking on the last takes you forward a page. On top of that, it actually loads the entire article so going back and forth is instantaneous with no server communication, semi-AJAX (not sure about the XML) style.
They clearly spent more time on their content presentation than most news sites, and it shows.
Hi, Ballmer!
... and to further prolong a much needed break from the Beatles. <_<
Sue them!!
-- RIAA
(the funny/scary part is that it's not far fetched to me that they actually will, for being too accurate in handing out music a user wants to listen to)
I think of "stable" as a trusty stable for horses you can take for a ride.
A horse is an OS here, and the stable is a state of security for the horses... I mean, OS.
And an "UN-stable" is rather a horse stable controlled by the United Nations.
So it's more for users who truly understand the implications of having a horse/OS there.
I hope it's more clear now.
Map of the(ir?) world?
I agree -- the "BSOD myth" (not that they don't exist, but are common) has mostly to do with the 16/32 hybrid environment of the Windows 9x days. That it's repeated to this day only aids in me easily being able to filter out rubbish from people not having done an unbiased examination of the OS in the past 5-6 years. It's similar to the "M$" thing actually; by using an acronym to prove their point instead of arguments. I just use to move ahead from these things nowadays.
I'm not blinded by Microsoft though; I do the very same thing to Microsoft zealots (yes, they exist, in particularly high concentrations at particular communities) saying things like "you get what you pay for" in defense, when many can clearly see they use an old saying as a defense, and not an argument. Same thing with "Linux don't have many drivers at all" -- an opinion being rather similar to "Windows just keeps crashing".
You don't see a blue screen in XP because the default behavior for the BSOD type errors in XP is to simply reboot.
Did you cover your ears shouting "lalala" while reading his post?
Sorry, somehow got the timeframe wrong, but still, less than half a year for polish sounds a bit crazy to me. :-p
http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?id=3633&catid
This was, according to Microsoft, because the quality bar for their beta 2 was significantly raised. Microsoft intend to keep the shipping date though, and just skip a RC stage instead. When I heard about these news, the shipping date would be late '06.
But... If this "earlier than expected" holds true, that's like 3 months of post-beta work for an OS having been about 4 years in development..
WTF?
I wonder if some info here is conflicting, because it sounds quite stupid even for being Microsoft.
I thought dark energy was added to make our modern theories "work" to our expectations without knowing what dark energy was, and now it's told a concept that Einstein added to make his equations work to his expectations "sort of" matches (10% is still a big deviation) with this.
So, since we know basically nothing either about what dark energy is or what the constant represent, are we sure that it's not both current researchers and Einstein that make a similar blunder?
This would be oh so much easier if there was at least an ounce of empirical evidence to it.
Am I wrong and there is?
They announced the news as a major blow to illegal file sharing by using BitTorrent (???), but that a problem for MPAA was that it would still be open source and anyone could make their own derivates of the program despite this (???). :-S
:-)
I think there was some misunderstandings both about what BT is and what MPAA is requiring him to modify.
Yes, and that's why I hope Firefox will change as a result of this meeting.
There'll still be unused Firefox users for a while, but if three colors are used on a scale, I agree with IE 7 here and would like them to come across as natural to novice users.
Yes, but they need to inform the user in some way.
What if they instead used a popup message? A hack could disable the popup, or change the message.
An icon? The icon could be changed by a hack too.
Since I think we've seen no special browser exploits this way recently besides the Mozilla XUL skin exploit, I don't think this is such a big deal, especially for browsers not implementing online installable skins.
If you actually followed things you would know what is going on
don't try and weasel by claiming it to be SpyVSSpy's words
Are you having a bad day today?
Thanks for the informative parts of your post though, it helped someone who didn't actually follow this too closely.
Well, shows that come to mind even without their personal answer is the Escape from Alcatraz and Salsa Escape shows, where I think their Alcatraz escape went better than believed (they thought it was really cool), and in the salsa escape episode they were also surprised and thought it could even have effects in real world safety procedures.
:) (be 1-2 meters under water surface or so, and barely any gun they fired at a 30 degree angle, even illegal ones with huge calibers, could harm you according to their tests)
Not sure about the episode where they fired guns into water, but that was a pretty amazing one for me.
I suggest you take it for what it is, an entertainment show rather than scientists in a lab working for a university.
Yes, despite their claims of "busting myths", that obviously is there to have a unique show idea, rather than to say everyone else is wrong.
Feel free to mod my parent post to hell :p
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http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=16905
Were you in some way aware of Slashdot before this interview? :-)
To be more specific, it's been known since May, says one of our largest newspapers, interestingly catching on and writing an entire article about it.
I couldn't see that coming just a few years ago. Unfortunately for MS, security is big business now...