"Linux Web Usage Share Still Less Than 1 Percent Worldwide" from the StatMarket website proclaims:
"With StatMarket, you don't need to guess. That's what makes StatMarket such an invaluable resource. By providing the most accurate global Internet user trends, StatMarket lets you know exactly what standards to support in order to maximize your Web development efforts."
I wasn't aware of any Linux "web standards"... That should be an indication that the author doesn't know much about his subject.
The only way I can see that air travel can be come completely safe is if:
a) Conduct through background checks of all airport personnel & ALL passengers. (It's impractical to check all passengers, but may become necessary.)
b) More complete through searches & security at all airports. (This is necessary anyways, but say goodbye to more privacy & freedom.)
c) Maybe develop a secure way for air control towers to remotely take control of a aircraft. Emphasis on the SECURE, though to prevent hackers from gaining control. (Yes, I saw the X-Files episode where the plane was taken over.) That way if a hijacker does come on board a plane, control could be taken from him to prevent a intentional crash.
But having the car shut off in the middle of the highway might be a bad thing, if automatic kill switches were implemented as the previous poster suggested.
Comment #2259182 is my message, but for another article about the search for the funniest joke in the world. Weird thing is that it added someone else's sig to the end. I guess things really got scrabbled today.
Hmmmm...
Except for the very last line about OpenNIC, that was my post about another article today about the funniest joke search by the British. Guess the slashdot database really got screwed up.
Too bad it ended up here, obviously Offtopic for this thread.
The problem with IE is that it doesn't support XML with CSS styles. It only accepts XSL which isn't yet a Candidate Recommendation. (It is finally a Proposed Recommendation as of August 28, though. Shouldn't be too long before it is CR.)
If IE recognized the CSS Link, it would render it correctly, too. Instead it chooses it's default tree render of XML which IMHO is pretty ugly & rather useless unless you are viewing raw data.
I used to have a cassette tape drive for a Vic 20. Whenever I had to load a program, I had to rewind the tape to a point before I knew the file was saved. The computer would responde with "Press play to continue...". I also had to be sure to keep them separate from my regular audio cassettes. It sounded like a cat fight from Hell if I mistook one for a music cassette.
I agree. Email is so hurriedly composed & sent. It's a quick communication which many don't put as much thought into as they would even for a face-to-face discussion.
I think everyone is guilty of it though. I couldn't tell you how many times I realized I have made a mistake or needed to add something, two seconds after I hit the SEND key.
I think you read his response backwards. He meant to say keep mail for only 3 months unless you have messages for which it would be advantageous legally to keep them longer.
I have my mail client set to sort my mail into folders upon receipt. I typically go through my email once a month & delete old messages. I keep most of the stuff I deem important separated into a folder marked 'Important'. Subscriptions, purchase confirmation receipts, email from my boss (for CYA) are all examples of things I'd keep for more than 3 months.
Your analogy to guns & knives is totally off. JonKatz isn't placing blaming on email itself. Email does have lots of usefulness, but it does have its downfalls, too.
A place I used to work at was very heavily dependent on email for all communication. It became a routine that the first hour or two every day I would use to catch up on all the email. I always got 40 - 60 emails every morning. Many of them were about issues which I had to research before I could respond; some were Cover-Your-Ass type emails; and still others were completely frivolous. And this was just from one weekday to the next. Never mind weekends where I'd have 120 plus.
The problem JonKatz is ranting about is that we are getting inundated with email. It is consuming our lives as we become slaves to it. The question is how are we as a society going to manage this in the future?
As more & more people get online & interconnected, it is only going to get worse.
Maybe schools should teach Netiquette as part of the curriculum.
> Would Intel join AMD campaign that "Mhz numbers doesn't matter anymore"? we'll see...
MHz never was the number that mattered most anyways. Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS) was always more of a measure of speed. I guess we'd be talking about BIPS these days.
MHz is like the tachometer in a car. It measures how fast the engine can turn. The engine speed only indirectly affects the car speed.
Marketing has always played up MHz.
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> My prediction is in 2010, slashdot will be full of anti HP slogans just as it is from anti intel and microsoft ones. I will link this post 10 years from now while my karma goes up for +funny or +informative.
I would think that the Slashdot crowd would like this. Especially since HP has recently opened up their printer drivers for Linux. They (along with IBM) have become strong supporters of Linux.
Mainstream consumers are reluctant to switch from Windows to Linux or other OS because of the lack of a port of [insert your favorite app here].
Mainstream developers are reluctant to program/port their apps to Linux because there isn't (in their eyes) enough consumers to support porting their apps.
If you actually did research for your facts, you'd know what you're talking about.
XHTML1.0 is simply a re-engineering of the HTML4.01 standards into XML. The W3C standard was written by the W3C HMTL Working group on which Microsoft has ample representation. According to the acknowledgements section of the XHTML standard at
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#acks, Microsoft has 2 reps out of the 24 members who worked on the standard. Seems to me that if they helped form the standard, they should also implement it.
Java is no longer Sun's alone. Java is the industry's
No it isn't. It's Sun's. They refuse to let it go, refuse to let it be an open standard, and they never will allow it.
Although Java is technically still under the Sun umbrella, Java has grown too big for Sun to dictate its direction alone.
Danese Cooper a.k.a. Sun Microsystems's "Open Source Diva" and Manager of Sun's Open Source Program Office, recently quoted in an interview about the Reaction to OSCON's Microsoft-Red Hat Debate as saying:
Sun doesn't claim Sun's Community Source Licensing (SCSL) is open source, because we understand that it isn't. Our choices for Java technology were made to protect a technology from some well-known industry predators, and we have stated that we can see a day when it will be sufficiently unprofitable to write incompatible clones of Java technology. When that happens, we will be able to make it fully open source. We will open Java technology when it's possible for us to do so. We've said that before, and we're saying it now.
Sun doesn't want Java to be their proprietary code, but until companies such as Microsoft learn they can't taint Java for their own ends Java is better under the watchful eye of Sun.
Do you seriously think that Microsoft wouldn't have gotten away with distorting Java without Sun there watchdogging them and suing them when they tried?
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There are still corporations who will use Netscape 4.x in part because of the increased resistance to viruses which exploit Outlook scripting vulnerabilities. I worked for a company who was using Netscape when the Melissa & ILOVEYOU viruses hit. Our company didn't suffer the amount of problems that other less fortunate companies did. Sure, the 4.x browser doesn't render the latest web technologies as well as IE/Outlook might, but that is a small price to pay for protection from the script kiddie viruses.
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I find it hard to believe you think "Netscape kinda sucks in [CSS]" unless you're talking about NS 4.x-.
Have you ran through the CSS1 Test Suite at W3C? I have and compared to Mozilla, IE 5.5 is piss poor at implementing CSS1. I mean come on! When I ran through the tests. Mozilla 0.92 had 3 or 4 rendering errors, all minor technicalities. I lost count of how many IE 5.5 had after 40 errors. And this is just CSS1. CSS1 has been out since December 1996, CSS2 since May 1998, and IE barely has any of its features implemented completely. Mozilla has most of them properly implemented. I'm sure when CSS3 is released as a Candidate Recommendation, Mozilla will probably be the first to implement it also.
As far as the XSL stuff, it is still being developed at mozilla.org. They haven't worked all the bugs out. XSL was only released as a Recommendation in November 2000 so it's new. Now that the standard has finalized I'm sure they'll get it working soon. On that note, keep in mind that IE STILL doesn't do xml/css at all right!!
I haven't taken a look at IE6 yet, but I do hear M$ has improved it. (No doubt because of competition they see coming with Mozilla and other standards compliant browsers.)
I'm waiting for the final release of IE6 before I try it out. I remember getting burnt installing the IE5 beta a year or so ago so I'll wait.
Whether Mozilla, Netscape, or any other browser wins back any market share, we all can only stand to benefit from the competition. I simply believe that without any competition, M$ wouldn't have any 'innovation' at all.
>False identification issues aside, I still don't think this is a good idea because it means that someone is collecting information on you without your knowledge or permission.
You struck on a point here. On all other records (i.e. medical, financial, credit, criminal), you have the right to access what information is stored on you, how it is used, and dispute inaccurate information. A dispute then requires an investigation into the accuracy of the information & removal of incorrect data.
With cameras, how can you access the records to see what 'evidence' the police are gathering on you? Can you dispute a false indentification?
This is a lot like the traffic cameras popping up around intersections taking snap shots of red light runners. What happens if there is a electrical malfunction or the road sensor is bad? There is no recourse because you must prove your innocence.
This can be seen as a threat to the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, especially if you are unable to dispute the evidence.
This is even more scary if you consider the natural extension of this. How about cataloging everyone in society, tying all your records (financial, criminal, medical, etc.) into this huge database now add the fact that the government can track your every move every day. It becomes terrifying. Especially, terrifying if you become subject to a case of mistaken identity. Imagine how embarrassing it would be to be arrested in front of your family & friends just because some video camera/computer thought you were someone else.
How about civil use? It seems to me that eventually this technology will be used in the private (ha!, that seems to be becoming a extinct word.) sector. Will your ex be able to use these records of your whereabouts in divorce cases to prove you were with the other woman? Or your boss, would he consider firing you if he knew what you did on your time off?
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"Linux Web Usage Share Still Less Than 1 Percent Worldwide" from the StatMarket website proclaims:
"With StatMarket, you don't need to guess. That's what makes StatMarket such an invaluable resource. By providing the most accurate global Internet user trends, StatMarket lets you know exactly what standards to support in order to maximize your Web development efforts."
I wasn't aware of any Linux "web standards"... That should be an indication that the author doesn't know much about his subject.
The only way I can see that air travel can be come completely safe is if:
a) Conduct through background checks of all airport personnel & ALL passengers. (It's impractical to check all passengers, but may become necessary.)
b) More complete through searches & security at all airports. (This is necessary anyways, but say goodbye to more privacy & freedom.)
c) Maybe develop a secure way for air control towers to remotely take control of a aircraft. Emphasis on the SECURE, though to prevent hackers from gaining control. (Yes, I saw the X-Files episode where the plane was taken over.) That way if a hijacker does come on board a plane, control could be taken from him to prevent a intentional crash.
Shhh...
You don't want Microsoft to have you arrested on DMCA charges for publishing their programming methods, do you?
But having the car shut off in the middle of the highway might be a bad thing, if automatic kill switches were implemented as the previous poster suggested.
Yeah, but what would the car do if you are driving on the freeway at 65 mph and you spill your drink?
Hmmmm... oh, wait....
Better warn your teenage daughter not to use those Clearasil pads in the car.
Comment #2259182 is my message, but for another article about the search for the funniest joke in the world. Weird thing is that it added someone else's sig to the end. I guess things really got scrabbled today.
Hmmmm...
Except for the very last line about OpenNIC, that was my post about another article today about the funniest joke search by the British. Guess the slashdot database really got screwed up.
Too bad it ended up here, obviously Offtopic for this thread.
The problem with IE is that it doesn't support XML with CSS styles. It only accepts XSL which isn't yet a Candidate Recommendation. (It is finally a Proposed Recommendation as of August 28, though. Shouldn't be too long before it is CR.)
If IE recognized the CSS Link, it would render it correctly, too. Instead it chooses it's default tree render of XML which IMHO is pretty ugly & rather useless unless you are viewing raw data.
I used to have a cassette tape drive for a Vic 20. Whenever I had to load a program, I had to rewind the tape to a point before I knew the file was saved. The computer would responde with "Press play to continue...". I also had to be sure to keep them separate from my regular audio cassettes. It sounded like a cat fight from Hell if I mistook one for a music cassette.
Those were the days.
I agree. Email is so hurriedly composed & sent. It's a quick communication which many don't put as much thought into as they would even for a face-to-face discussion.
I think everyone is guilty of it though. I couldn't tell you how many times I realized I have made a mistake or needed to add something, two seconds after I hit the SEND key.
I hear they'll be coming out with that soon.
It's called Windows XP.
I think you read his response backwards. He meant to say keep mail for only 3 months unless you have messages for which it would be advantageous legally to keep them longer.
I have my mail client set to sort my mail into folders upon receipt. I typically go through my email once a month & delete old messages. I keep most of the stuff I deem important separated into a folder marked 'Important'. Subscriptions, purchase confirmation receipts, email from my boss (for CYA) are all examples of things I'd keep for more than 3 months.
Your analogy to guns & knives is totally off. JonKatz isn't placing blaming on email itself. Email does have lots of usefulness, but it does have its downfalls, too.
A place I used to work at was very heavily dependent on email for all communication. It became a routine that the first hour or two every day I would use to catch up on all the email. I always got 40 - 60 emails every morning. Many of them were about issues which I had to research before I could respond; some were Cover-Your-Ass type emails; and still others were completely frivolous. And this was just from one weekday to the next. Never mind weekends where I'd have 120 plus.
The problem JonKatz is ranting about is that we are getting inundated with email. It is consuming our lives as we become slaves to it. The question is how are we as a society going to manage this in the future?
As more & more people get online & interconnected, it is only going to get worse.
Maybe schools should teach Netiquette as part of the curriculum.
> Would Intel join AMD campaign that "Mhz numbers doesn't matter anymore"? we'll see...
MHz never was the number that mattered most anyways. Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS) was always more of a measure of speed. I guess we'd be talking about BIPS these days.
MHz is like the tachometer in a car. It measures how fast the engine can turn. The engine speed only indirectly affects the car speed.
Marketing has always played up MHz.
> My prediction is in 2010, slashdot will be full of anti HP slogans just as it is from anti intel and microsoft ones. I will link this post 10 years from now while my karma goes up for +funny or +informative.
I would think that the Slashdot crowd would like this. Especially since HP has recently opened up their printer drivers for Linux. They (along with IBM) have become strong supporters of Linux.
28.8 kilobaud or 28,800 bits per second
Half of the speed of a 56K connection.
I still remember when 300 baud modems came out.
Or another analogy:
Mainstream consumers are reluctant to switch from Windows to Linux or other OS because of the lack of a port of [insert your favorite app here].
Mainstream developers are reluctant to program/port their apps to Linux because there isn't (in their eyes) enough consumers to support porting their apps.
Hehehe... Nice try to you, too!
If you actually did research for your facts, you'd know what you're talking about.
XHTML1.0 is simply a re-engineering of the HTML4.01 standards into XML. The W3C standard was written by the W3C HMTL Working group on which Microsoft has ample representation. According to the acknowledgements section of the XHTML standard at
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#acks, Microsoft has 2 reps out of the 24 members who worked on the standard. Seems to me that if they helped form the standard, they should also implement it.
> Gee, if all those boxes of XP are just sitting in a warehouse, who will be finding all of the bugs???
Yeah, what would happen if the termites & roaches got to them first?
Java is no longer Sun's alone. Java is the industry's
No it isn't. It's Sun's. They refuse to let it go, refuse to let it be an open standard, and they never will allow it.
Although Java is technically still under the Sun umbrella, Java has grown too big for Sun to dictate its direction alone.
Danese Cooper a.k.a. Sun Microsystems's "Open Source Diva" and Manager of Sun's Open Source Program Office, recently quoted in an interview about the Reaction to OSCON's Microsoft-Red Hat Debate as saying:
Sun doesn't want Java to be their proprietary code, but until companies such as Microsoft learn they can't taint Java for their own ends Java is better under the watchful eye of Sun.
Do you seriously think that Microsoft wouldn't have gotten away with distorting Java without Sun there watchdogging them and suing them when they tried?
There are still corporations who will use Netscape 4.x in part because of the increased resistance to viruses which exploit Outlook scripting vulnerabilities. I worked for a company who was using Netscape when the Melissa & ILOVEYOU viruses hit. Our company didn't suffer the amount of problems that other less fortunate companies did. Sure, the 4.x browser doesn't render the latest web technologies as well as IE/Outlook might, but that is a small price to pay for protection from the script kiddie viruses.
I find it hard to believe you think "Netscape kinda sucks in [CSS]" unless you're talking about NS 4.x-.
Have you ran through the CSS1 Test Suite at W3C? I have and compared to Mozilla, IE 5.5 is piss poor at implementing CSS1. I mean come on! When I ran through the tests. Mozilla 0.92 had 3 or 4 rendering errors, all minor technicalities. I lost count of how many IE 5.5 had after 40 errors. And this is just CSS1. CSS1 has been out since December 1996, CSS2 since May 1998, and IE barely has any of its features implemented completely. Mozilla has most of them properly implemented. I'm sure when CSS3 is released as a Candidate Recommendation, Mozilla will probably be the first to implement it also.
As far as the XSL stuff, it is still being developed at mozilla.org. They haven't worked all the bugs out. XSL was only released as a Recommendation in November 2000 so it's new. Now that the standard has finalized I'm sure they'll get it working soon. On that note, keep in mind that IE STILL doesn't do xml/css at all right!!
I haven't taken a look at IE6 yet, but I do hear M$ has improved it. (No doubt because of competition they see coming with Mozilla and other standards compliant browsers.)
I'm waiting for the final release of IE6 before I try it out. I remember getting burnt installing the IE5 beta a year or so ago so I'll wait.
Whether Mozilla, Netscape, or any other browser wins back any market share, we all can only stand to benefit from the competition. I simply believe that without any competition, M$ wouldn't have any 'innovation' at all.
>False identification issues aside, I still don't think this is a good idea because it means that someone is collecting information on you without your knowledge or permission.
You struck on a point here. On all other records (i.e. medical, financial, credit, criminal), you have the right to access what information is stored on you, how it is used, and dispute inaccurate information. A dispute then requires an investigation into the accuracy of the information & removal of incorrect data.
With cameras, how can you access the records to see what 'evidence' the police are gathering on you? Can you dispute a false indentification?
This is a lot like the traffic cameras popping up around intersections taking snap shots of red light runners. What happens if there is a electrical malfunction or the road sensor is bad? There is no recourse because you must prove your innocence.
This can be seen as a threat to the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, especially if you are unable to dispute the evidence.
This is even more scary if you consider the natural extension of this. How about cataloging everyone in society, tying all your records (financial, criminal, medical, etc.) into this huge database now add the fact that the government can track your every move every day. It becomes terrifying. Especially, terrifying if you become subject to a case of mistaken identity. Imagine how embarrassing it would be to be arrested in front of your family & friends just because some video camera/computer thought you were someone else.
How about civil use? It seems to me that eventually this technology will be used in the private (ha!, that seems to be becoming a extinct word.) sector. Will your ex be able to use these records of your whereabouts in divorce cases to prove you were with the other woman? Or your boss, would he consider firing you if he knew what you did on your time off?
Where do we draw the line on what privacy means?