I think this was in a ZZTop song once.... "cause all the girls love a well-dressed man". Not to sound shallow, but... Trust me guys, suits look good, they are instant chick magnets, especially when you're the only guy wearing one, and everyone around you is in casuals. Something about the fact that you took the time to put on something decent. Works all the time.
It is not an experiment. It is only Micro$oft running a successful ad campaign in a market that has 1.3 billion potential customers. And we're all impressed.
I hate to stir up a hornet's nest here, but with all the anit-terrorist paranoia around the world, this will have the American government screaming "terrorism" and we'll see Uncle Sam's B-52s, and not the Panzer Division, heading in the direction of Google's offices, not the mention Radikal's offices. But seriously, freedom of speech might get a kick in the butt if the American anti-terrorist campaign gets on the side of the German railway, and teams up against Google.
So what if some people say that Philip isn't as good of a manager/planner/software engineer as he said he was... But he does teach at MIT, that should tell you that at least he is capable of good logical thought, perhaps more than most of us here.
The point is, many of us were inspired by what he wrote/said/taught. He was good back then, he's good right now. All of this is being caused by the techno-bubble bursting. All of a sudden, since companies aren't making the billions they used to make a year ago, people (whether founders or venture capitalists) get nervous and make poor choices. Give it a few years, until another boom happens, and Philip and the gang will be up with another "cool company" concept.
This may mean that rest of the EC will follow Germany's example. The German military might seem a bit paranoid, but Germany, as a country, has tremendous influence in the European Economic Community. Perhaps Germany, and other nations will start using alternate software, (maybe SuSE Linux) and MS will lose its market overseas. That, combined with Russian crackers and bad software/hardware security in Asia, might just contribute to the decline of MS. Who knows?
Yes I am a devote follower of God but I do not believe the printing press was the single best invention of the last 1000 years. I believe the internet to be.
The internet is based on information. Information is dependent on characters that humans can recognize. Therefore, the printing press, which allowed the general public access to books, and hence information, is like the predecessor to the internet. So you can say that the internet is like an improvement on the printing press. Therefore, it is not an original invention, and cannot be number one.
Continuing, not everyone is "connected". Most of America is connected, most universities in the world are connected, but Grandma Scarpatti down in Palermo, Italy is not. And she doesn't "surf" the net hoping to catch the Pope online, in a chatroom. She reads the Bible, which she wouldn't be able to do if the printing press was not invented...
...And no, revolutions don't take time. They are sudden, violent and result in quick change. Evolution takes time. Hopefully with time, humanity and the 'net will evolve to something great.
You are right.
The funniest thing about this electronic communication is that you can have 4 people sitting in one room, working on computers and if one of them wants to share an idea, he/she will send a message via the 'net to the other 3. I personally hate that. Why can't they just look up from their screens and say a few words?
This sort of thing is becoming ridiculous.
Tivo, WebCams, MP3s, DVDs... Sure, if the public wants to play with these things, and only with these things, then manufacturers will make task-specific machines.
But how about academia? If someone's running a server or a database, or if someone just has tons of MS Excel (excuse the swearword) files with data in them, then copy-protected harddrives and stuff like that will only be a hindrance...
In my opinion, this will never fly... and if it does, I'm pulling out my old 105 MB HD from where it has been for the past 7 years: under one of the legs of the coffee table, preventing it from wobbling too much...
These things only transmit a signal when exposed to "the energy field of a nearby reader".
Now what if our hypothetical delivery dude had a handheld reader/scanner device to read the chips while making his rounds? There is your power source... Here comes his cancer...
There are those out there who claim that cell phones cause brain/eye cancer.
Now imagine zillions of little chips emitting radiation. So if you're a Coca-Cola delivery guy, and handle many, many cases of Coke each and every day, you ain't having any kids... Sorry.
And then, we'll have script kiddies and hardware gurus making an electronic version of the dog whistle. They turn it on, and VOILA! each and every chip within 10 miles responds and gets fried. And Coca-Cola loses track of 100,000 items. So they produce more, and all other companies who's chips got fried produce more of their products. There is no demand, they lose money, America goes bankrupt and civilization collapses. Conclusion: Your privacy will be violated only for a little while: then we'll all go back to the Stone Age.
I agree. I bet if we looked at the server logs for/., we would see a whole bunch of MS Explorer (no, it is not a swear word) hits.
Linux is a great OS. But not many people understand it. Many graphics programs and software interfaces for Linux suck. Everyday I come into my lab and look at the KDE desktop on my server. Man, do I get the chills. Then I look at the Windows machine next to my server. It looks OK, but then I try writing some code in VB and I quickly run back to vi.
You cannot bash one OS and exalt another, because most people DEPEND ON BOTH.
I support Linux because of the things it does. I admire my server for not crashing as often as the other computers. I hope it gets better with time. I don't like MS not for the OS they produce, but for their corporate tactics, their stranglehold on the industry, and their poor service support.
Which OS/company/ideology will I use? Both. Maybe a bit more of Linux, just because I like the fact that most other people who want to use my computer at work quickly move away because they don't know how to access Netscape on the desktop... But that's about it.
You are wrong.
Corporations already control your life. They control what you eat for breakfast, what running shoes you wear, which car you drive and where you live. It is called peer pressure and it is caused by the masses responding to the commercial world. And you do the same, because you are part of those masses. But you don't realize it.
Somebody mentioned something about running multiple programs at the same time on the same machine. You're missing the point. Unless you're an ubergeek and want to exploit your CPU cycles just for the sake of saying that you did it, you don't run everything at once.
You only run what you are interested in. For example, if you wish to help find (and believe in) alien life, you run SETI@home. If you want to find cool new protein structures, you run Folding@home to help the proteomics researchers. It is simple as that. As with everything in this world, use common sense. After all, we're talking about a cool way of doing things, not about how it will change every man, woman and child's life! Because it probably won't.
To me this is just another attempt of the world (read: MEDIA) at glorifying geekdom. Don't get me wrong, I'm one too, otherwise I wouldn't be at slashdot. But to me, working with code/technology is a job (a pretty good one), but not an adventure. Why would I want to go to a movie that attempts to show what my (or somebody else's job) isn't?
Socrates said in book 10 of the Republic: ... when I said that painting and drawing, and imitation in general, when doing their own proper work, are far removed from truth, and the companions and friends and associates of a principle within us which is equally removed from reason, and that they have no true or healthy aim. In other words, Hollywood is showing us a flick about a field about which they have very little knowledge, for one reason only: to make money. They believe that the subject matter is popular, so they try to capitalize.
To support this point, look at a line from the movie's website, about the protagonist: He's about to launch a start-up company with his friend Teddy . Hasn't Hollywood missed the recent dot-com bust? Or maybe they're trying to revive people's dream of the American (high-tech) dream???
I just thought of this...
The Chunnel trains are powered by electric motors, with electricity supplied by the British/European grid. Yet the Chunnel is still ventilated to keep the air inside fresh.
Now, aren't most trains on the North American continent diesel powered? How would you solve the problem of exhaust fumes lingering in what amounts to be a 60 mile (read 100 km!!!) pipe?
Trains in Russia (and in most of Asia) are largely just like European trains: electric. So which one will it be? Will North Americans build more electric trains (finally) or will Russians build diesel engines that are able to run in North America, where there is no train power grid?
Finally, don't trains in Russia run on different tracks? i.e., is the gauge of the track (the width between the rails), the same in Russia and in North America?
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I think this was in a ZZTop song once.... "cause all the girls love a well-dressed man". Not to sound shallow, but... Trust me guys, suits look good, they are instant chick magnets, especially when you're the only guy wearing one, and everyone around you is in casuals. Something about the fact that you took the time to put on something decent. Works all the time.
You mean stay celibate.
Probably not. Cosmic/solar radiation will probably be converted to heat, which will have to be vented off, or used for heating. But I could be wrong.
Fear Mongering + Uninformed (Uneducated) Society = Control
Control + Force = Access to resources
Access to resources = Power
Power = Ignorance
Ignorance = American government
....keeps on ticking.... oh wait, that's the Timex slogan, not Geocities...
This will not work. They will immediately recognize you as an American. You have to say "I am CanAdian!"
some joker probably told them that using MS software will solve that particularly pesky problem...
Funny. But only on Slashdot. But funny.
It is not an experiment. It is only Micro$oft running a successful ad campaign in a market that has 1.3 billion potential customers. And we're all impressed.
I hate to stir up a hornet's nest here, but with all the anit-terrorist paranoia around the world, this will have the American government screaming "terrorism" and we'll see Uncle Sam's B-52s, and not the Panzer Division, heading in the direction of Google's offices, not the mention Radikal's offices. But seriously, freedom of speech might get a kick in the butt if the American anti-terrorist campaign gets on the side of the German railway, and teams up against Google.
The point is, many of us were inspired by what he wrote/said/taught. He was good back then, he's good right now. All of this is being caused by the techno-bubble bursting. All of a sudden, since companies aren't making the billions they used to make a year ago, people (whether founders or venture capitalists) get nervous and make poor choices. Give it a few years, until another boom happens, and Philip and the gang will be up with another "cool company" concept.
The internet is based on information. Information is dependent on characters that humans can recognize. Therefore, the printing press, which allowed the general public access to books, and hence information, is like the predecessor to the internet. So you can say that the internet is like an improvement on the printing press. Therefore, it is not an original invention, and cannot be number one.
Continuing, not everyone is "connected". Most of America is connected, most universities in the world are connected, but Grandma Scarpatti down in Palermo, Italy is not. And she doesn't "surf" the net hoping to catch the Pope online, in a chatroom. She reads the Bible, which she wouldn't be able to do if the printing press was not invented...
The funniest thing about this electronic communication is that you can have 4 people sitting in one room, working on computers and if one of them wants to share an idea, he/she will send a message via the 'net to the other 3. I personally hate that. Why can't they just look up from their screens and say a few words?
This sort of thing is becoming ridiculous.
But how about academia? If someone's running a server or a database, or if someone just has tons of MS Excel (excuse the swearword) files with data in them, then copy-protected harddrives and stuff like that will only be a hindrance...
In my opinion, this will never fly... and if it does, I'm pulling out my old 105 MB HD from where it has been for the past 7 years: under one of the legs of the coffee table, preventing it from wobbling too much...
Now what if our hypothetical delivery dude had a handheld reader/scanner device to read the chips while making his rounds? There is your power source... Here comes his cancer...
Now imagine zillions of little chips emitting radiation. So if you're a Coca-Cola delivery guy, and handle many, many cases of Coke each and every day, you ain't having any kids... Sorry.
And then, we'll have script kiddies and hardware gurus making an electronic version of the dog whistle. They turn it on, and VOILA! each and every chip within 10 miles responds and gets fried. And Coca-Cola loses track of 100,000 items. So they produce more, and all other companies who's chips got fried produce more of their products. There is no demand, they lose money, America goes bankrupt and civilization collapses. Conclusion: Your privacy will be violated only for a little while: then we'll all go back to the Stone Age.
Linux is a great OS. But not many people understand it. Many graphics programs and software interfaces for Linux suck. Everyday I come into my lab and look at the KDE desktop on my server. Man, do I get the chills. Then I look at the Windows machine next to my server. It looks OK, but then I try writing some code in VB and I quickly run back to vi.
You cannot bash one OS and exalt another, because most people DEPEND ON BOTH.
I support Linux because of the things it does. I admire my server for not crashing as often as the other computers. I hope it gets better with time. I don't like MS not for the OS they produce, but for their corporate tactics, their stranglehold on the industry, and their poor service support.
Which OS/company/ideology will I use? Both. Maybe a bit more of Linux, just because I like the fact that most other people who want to use my computer at work quickly move away because they don't know how to access Netscape on the desktop... But that's about it.
Corporations already control your life. They control what you eat for breakfast, what running shoes you wear, which car you drive and where you live.
It is called peer pressure and it is caused by the masses responding to the commercial world. And you do the same, because you are part of those masses. But you don't realize it.
You only run what you are interested in. For example, if you wish to help find (and believe in) alien life, you run SETI@home. If you want to find cool new protein structures, you run Folding@home to help the proteomics researchers. It is simple as that. As with everything in this world, use common sense. After all, we're talking about a cool way of doing things, not about how it will change every man, woman and child's life! Because it probably won't.
Socrates said in book 10 of the Republic: ... when I said that painting and drawing, and imitation in general, when doing their own proper work, are far removed from truth, and the companions and friends and associates of a principle within us which is equally removed from reason, and that they have no true or healthy aim.
In other words, Hollywood is showing us a flick about a field about which they have very little knowledge, for one reason only: to make money. They believe that the subject matter is popular, so they try to capitalize.
To support this point, look at a line from the movie's website, about the protagonist: He's about to launch a start-up company with his friend Teddy . Hasn't Hollywood missed the recent dot-com bust? Or maybe they're trying to revive people's dream of the American (high-tech) dream???
The Chunnel trains are powered by electric motors, with electricity supplied by the British/European grid. Yet the Chunnel is still ventilated to keep the air inside fresh.
Now, aren't most trains on the North American continent diesel powered? How would you solve the problem of exhaust fumes lingering in what amounts to be a 60 mile (read 100 km!!!) pipe?
Trains in Russia (and in most of Asia) are largely just like European trains: electric. So which one will it be? Will North Americans build more electric trains (finally) or will Russians build diesel engines that are able to run in North America, where there is no train power grid?
Finally, don't trains in Russia run on different tracks? i.e., is the gauge of the track (the width between the rails), the same in Russia and in North America?