So tell me, just how much information does Google "control?" Yahoo recently announced that they have indexed more information on the web than Google so why aren't you whining about them? Or do you really thing Google is controlling information, do you really think the CEO is going through each index web page and saying "no, I don't want the public to see this page?" Get real, they use a very intelligent algorithm for doing context-sensitive searching to try the best it can to return the sites that are most applicable to a person's search terms. Where does this "control" you speak of fit in?
So do you want Google to go away? If it's not Google it's some other company so maybe we should just do away with search companies altogether?
And as for the "'We won't talk to you for a whole year.' That's what children do!" I've seen many, many more grown adults do this to each other than children and when adults do it they stick to it, whereas children I've seen say that kind of thing make up after five minutes of pouting.
It sounds like what they are trying to patent would be useful for highlighting something you search for in your Desktop Search and then choose the "View In" option. Imagine MS Word or Outlook popping up and displaying your document with your search terms highlighted.
This sounds familiar... oh right, Google (and many other search engines) have been using something similar for years to highlight/box terms that need "enhancement."
The ACM puts up a lot of programming challenges and have an automatic judge system to determine if your solution is correct or not. They have hundreds of problems of varying difficulty:
The trouble begins when you want to add things to it
Wheras in Windows when you want to add things to it you can't because it's not open source. Microsoft adds to their heap of garbage, says "this is what you really want" and it still breaks!
They have almost 50 pieces by Shakespeare and eleven by Joseph Conrad and only one from Jules Verne?! I would have expected at least one of the following:
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Mysterious Island
Not to mention Invisible Man, Murder in the Rue Morgue, To Kill a Mockingbird, Roots, and more. I know they can't fit every classic into this collection but I think they could have sacrificed a few of Shakespeare's lesser known works for some more popular ones by other authors.
I'd like to take up woodworking and carpentry. You get to be creative, use your hands, and put an idea into existence and someone gets to use the end product. You can also start simple and work up to more advanced projects. It's very rewarding when you finish a project as well.
Creating moldings for plastics is interesting too because you have to visual the inverse of what the object will look like and do so in 3D. Getting something to turn out just right is difficult but makes you feel damn proud of yourself when you're done.
List of phones "officially" supported by iSync, though there's a bunch more you can get working by hacking the MetaClasses.plist property file in iSync.app.
Who are these "sources familiar with the situation?" Microsoft execs who want people to think Apple's going to switch hardware every few years so you better not buy any Apple hardware because they might switch again and you'll be forced to upgrade? Seems shady to me that this keeps coming up, even after Apple has denied that they will switch to Intel CPUs.
Sounds like I need to move to a different town. The Best Buy in my area doesn't offer any Linux software or OS packages and the only Mac software they sold was MS Office for Mac. They're completely overrun by Microsoft-only products.
I wouldn't be surprised if soon (thinking within the next year or two) I walk into a Best Buy or CompUSA and see Novell Linux Desktop box sets on the shelves. I think Novell could really make this happen and do so successfully if they play their cards right. It seems like they're going in the right direction so far.
The 'vibrate' feature is nice for the ladies but what about us men? I think the next step is to add a wang-sucking feature to cell phones. That combined with a camera and web access means I never have to actually use that "calling" feature that was released with phones way back to even the 80's. Talk about ancient technology, does anyone even use their phone for making calls anymore? wtf?
I see Linux (and any other operating system) as alternatives to Windows. I don't think Linux will ever kill Windows in the same way that Coca Cola will never kill Pepsi and Colgate will never kill Crest. Some people have preferences to one product over another while others use whatever suits them at the time. Sometimes what a person needs will push their decision towards one choice over another but I don't think Linus wrote the kernel with the idea of crushing Windows. It's simply competition and neither competitor will go away.
This type of generalizing was all over the Seattle Times article. I'd like to see the actual report the researchers are going to publish to see where this generalizing is coming from.
To make the conclusion that Windows is more secure than Linux by taking a single case of comparing Windows Server 2003 to Red Hat Enterprise Server 3 and title your presentation "Windows vs. Linux" is very misleading and inaccurate. Yes, maybe Windows Server 2003 in its basic configuration is "more secure" than RHES 3 in its basic configuration but to make the sweeping generality that Windows is more secure than Linux from this one case is uncalled for.
Another issue I had with the article is their idea of risk assessment. Typically with many (not all) active open source projects you can get a security patch within a few days of the exploit/vulnerability becoming known. Now if you wait for Red Hat to create a new RPM and do their testing of the package before releasing it through RHN it's obviously going to take longer to get the patch. I may compare this to drivers in Windows. ATI will release a new version of their Catalyst drivers and I can go get the package from them right away but if I wait for the new Catalyst drivers to become available through Windows Update it's going to take noticeably longer.
I'm just thinking about the first time someone would commit a crime and all you see is a Laughing Man logo with a spinning quote from Catcher in the Rye around it over the criminal's face. And next thing you know there are dozens of people claiming to be the Laughing Man...
I've got a setup that automatically uploads and parses my stats to my web page any time I play Quake III Arena. It generates pictures and text showing my stats just like they are shown in the default Q3A interface. Wish I still had time to play as often as I used to...
It does sound like the Windows Registry or gconf but I don't think it's a bad idea as long as they can implement it well and get people to use it in the right way.... or maybe that's just asking too much.;)
Personally I don't think there's a problem with every application using its own configuration file. Being able to make a backup by burning a file to CD is a lot nicer than having to export a preference branch from a tree into a file and then have to import that branch when I want to restore the preferences. It would be nice to see a common API for writing to individual preference files that also controls permissions and locations of the files. That way you don't have preference files in every possible location on your filesystem. They're in a global config folder or they're in your home directory.
As they tried to clear up some misconceptions about Linux they offer up clarifications but what I'd like to hear is how Microsoft compares to Linux in light of the points they make. A couple of examples:
1. Martin claims that Microsoft is not anti-open source and has even contributed to the open source community. He then suggests that other companies such as IBM, Oracle, and CA claim to embrace open source but actually do not. His reason is that these companies see benefit of embracing open source when they really do not have strong platforms in the open source product space. So where does Microsoft fit in? They aren't anti-open source but they don't embrace it either... they do contribute to the open source community but is Martin claiming that Microsoft does have a strong platform somewhere in the open source product space?
2. When discussing support Martin makes a "clarification" that when you get support for a commercial distribution such as Red Hat there is a point where the support staff has to contact a project's community in order to provide support. So the support staff isn't all-knowing. I understand that but I don't understand why this was a misconception. Is the misconception that people think they are getting support directly from the developers or that the support staff at Red Hat knows everything about all software they provide in their distribution? Again, how does Microsoft fit in? When I call MS support I'm talking to a support person, who doesn't know every little detail about the software so there is also a limitation with their support. Yes this may be a clarification but I don't see how this clarification is useful at all when comparing Windows and Linux. From what I gathered Martin is suggesting that support from Red Hat has similar limitations to that of Microsoft.
3. Another one from the support discussion. Martin mentions that, if I have Apache 1.3, although I want to upgrade to Apache 2.0 I can't get support for it because it's outside my support model... So how is Microsoft different? If I own Windows 3.1 can I call up Microsoft and get support on Windows XP, which I do not own?
I would really like to see the Microsoft experts and employees make clarifications about Windows and Linux experts (not Microsoft affiliated) make clarifications about Linux. This article seemed to me to be a couple of Microsoft employees making points about Linux but not providing many matching points of how Microsoft compares with no Linux experts involved at all in this "open" discussion to clarify in areas where Bill and Martin might be out of the know with respect to Linux.
I agree, I used to think that caffeine had none to little affect on me until I got an ulcer and decided to give up caffeine and cut back on spicy foods and alcohol. The first couple of weeks I was constantly exhausted and now when I have an occasional pop I can definitely tell that it affects my sleeping and sleepiness.
However, when I'm not drinking caffeine I can still maintain the lifestyle I was used to when I was drinking caffeine, I just feel more rested when I actually do get a good night's sleep.
I still have trouble sleeping from time to time though and I just roll with it. The first half of the work week I usually only get about 5-10 hours of sleep total and at the end of the week (Thursday and Friday) I can maybe pull off getting 6 hours of sleep each night. I think the stress that comes with the belief that you should be getting X hours of sleep each night is really what does you in. I just don't worry about not getting enough sleep any more. Fortunately I'm very adaptable and I can get all the sleep I need when I die (from exhaustion;).
If that 16 year old brat were my daughter, then yes, I would be interested in reading her blog. If I were another 16 year old brat interested in what other 16 year old brats went through on a day-to-day basis then I'd also be interested.
I doubt there's a single topic on the net that targets "everyone." Most people don't program, should we take down all source code? Most people don't even know what/. is, should that be taken down as well? English isn't even the most spoken language on the planet, should every page written in English be taken down?
Here's your filter: if you're not interested in it, don't read it!
I'm probably not the first to think this but isn't this similar to swiping a scratched up credit card? The swiper doesn't shut off but it can't get your card info either. It doesn't just let you walk out without paying for your groceries...
I agree. It would be much easier for Windows developers to make an Xbox game than it would be to the GC or PS2. What I do have difficulty grasping though is how a game can be made for the Xbox but NOT be made for Windows.
I'm a little ignorant about Xbox development but it seems to me that if Microsoft were a little better about letting people easily do hobby development on the Xbox they'd truly have a good foundation all around for game geeks, both on the development side and on the playing side.
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So tell me, just how much information does Google "control?" Yahoo recently announced that they have indexed more information on the web than Google so why aren't you whining about them? Or do you really thing Google is controlling information, do you really think the CEO is going through each index web page and saying "no, I don't want the public to see this page?" Get real, they use a very intelligent algorithm for doing context-sensitive searching to try the best it can to return the sites that are most applicable to a person's search terms. Where does this "control" you speak of fit in?
So do you want Google to go away? If it's not Google it's some other company so maybe we should just do away with search companies altogether?
And as for the "'We won't talk to you for a whole year.' That's what children do!" I've seen many, many more grown adults do this to each other than children and when adults do it they stick to it, whereas children I've seen say that kind of thing make up after five minutes of pouting.
It sounds like what they are trying to patent would be useful for highlighting something you search for in your Desktop Search and then choose the "View In" option. Imagine MS Word or Outlook popping up and displaying your document with your search terms highlighted.
This sounds familiar... oh right, Google (and many other search engines) have been using something similar for years to highlight/box terms that need "enhancement."
I dunno, try a Mac Mini?
The ACM puts up a lot of programming challenges and have an automatic judge system to determine if your solution is correct or not. They have hundreds of problems of varying difficulty:
http://acm.uva.es/
The trouble begins when you want to add things to it
Wheras in Windows when you want to add things to it you can't because it's not open source. Microsoft adds to their heap of garbage, says "this is what you really want" and it still breaks!
Am I missing something here? Why is the topic "The Matrix?"
I don't think this means anything for WebObjects. The announcement was very specific to the Cocoa-Java interface post-10.4 and nothing else.
This doesn't mean Apple doesn't want you using Java, it means they don't want people using Java for Cocoa applications after 10.4.
- 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Mysterious Island
Not to mention Invisible Man, Murder in the Rue Morgue, To Kill a Mockingbird, Roots, and more. I know they can't fit every classic into this collection but I think they could have sacrificed a few of Shakespeare's lesser known works for some more popular ones by other authors.I'd like to take up woodworking and carpentry. You get to be creative, use your hands, and put an idea into existence and someone gets to use the end product. You can also start simple and work up to more advanced projects. It's very rewarding when you finish a project as well.
Creating moldings for plastics is interesting too because you have to visual the inverse of what the object will look like and do so in 3D. Getting something to turn out just right is difficult but makes you feel damn proud of yourself when you're done.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/devices .html
List of phones "officially" supported by iSync, though there's a bunch more you can get working by hacking the MetaClasses.plist property file in iSync.app.
Who are these "sources familiar with the situation?" Microsoft execs who want people to think Apple's going to switch hardware every few years so you better not buy any Apple hardware because they might switch again and you'll be forced to upgrade? Seems shady to me that this keeps coming up, even after Apple has denied that they will switch to Intel CPUs.
Sounds like I need to move to a different town. The Best Buy in my area doesn't offer any Linux software or OS packages and the only Mac software they sold was MS Office for Mac. They're completely overrun by Microsoft-only products.
I wouldn't be surprised if soon (thinking within the next year or two) I walk into a Best Buy or CompUSA and see Novell Linux Desktop box sets on the shelves. I think Novell could really make this happen and do so successfully if they play their cards right. It seems like they're going in the right direction so far.
The 'vibrate' feature is nice for the ladies but what about us men? I think the next step is to add a wang-sucking feature to cell phones. That combined with a camera and web access means I never have to actually use that "calling" feature that was released with phones way back to even the 80's. Talk about ancient technology, does anyone even use their phone for making calls anymore? wtf?
I see Linux (and any other operating system) as alternatives to Windows. I don't think Linux will ever kill Windows in the same way that Coca Cola will never kill Pepsi and Colgate will never kill Crest. Some people have preferences to one product over another while others use whatever suits them at the time. Sometimes what a person needs will push their decision towards one choice over another but I don't think Linus wrote the kernel with the idea of crushing Windows. It's simply competition and neither competitor will go away.
I couldn't agree more. :)
This type of generalizing was all over the Seattle Times article. I'd like to see the actual report the researchers are going to publish to see where this generalizing is coming from.
To make the conclusion that Windows is more secure than Linux by taking a single case of comparing Windows Server 2003 to Red Hat Enterprise Server 3 and title your presentation "Windows vs. Linux" is very misleading and inaccurate. Yes, maybe Windows Server 2003 in its basic configuration is "more secure" than RHES 3 in its basic configuration but to make the sweeping generality that Windows is more secure than Linux from this one case is uncalled for.
Another issue I had with the article is their idea of risk assessment. Typically with many (not all) active open source projects you can get a security patch within a few days of the exploit/vulnerability becoming known. Now if you wait for Red Hat to create a new RPM and do their testing of the package before releasing it through RHN it's obviously going to take longer to get the patch. I may compare this to drivers in Windows. ATI will release a new version of their Catalyst drivers and I can go get the package from them right away but if I wait for the new Catalyst drivers to become available through Windows Update it's going to take noticeably longer.
I'm just thinking about the first time someone would commit a crime and all you see is a Laughing Man logo with a spinning quote from Catcher in the Rye around it over the criminal's face. And next thing you know there are dozens of people claiming to be the Laughing Man...
I've got a setup that automatically uploads and parses my stats to my web page any time I play Quake III Arena. It generates pictures and text showing my stats just like they are shown in the default Q3A interface. Wish I still had time to play as often as I used to...
Check it out if you like:
http://yakko.cs.wmich.edu/~rattles/gaming/quake/
It does sound like the Windows Registry or gconf but I don't think it's a bad idea as long as they can implement it well and get people to use it in the right way.... or maybe that's just asking too much. ;)
Personally I don't think there's a problem with every application using its own configuration file. Being able to make a backup by burning a file to CD is a lot nicer than having to export a preference branch from a tree into a file and then have to import that branch when I want to restore the preferences. It would be nice to see a common API for writing to individual preference files that also controls permissions and locations of the files. That way you don't have preference files in every possible location on your filesystem. They're in a global config folder or they're in your home directory.
As they tried to clear up some misconceptions about Linux they offer up clarifications but what I'd like to hear is how Microsoft compares to Linux in light of the points they make. A couple of examples:
1. Martin claims that Microsoft is not anti-open source and has even contributed to the open source community. He then suggests that other companies such as IBM, Oracle, and CA claim to embrace open source but actually do not. His reason is that these companies see benefit of embracing open source when they really do not have strong platforms in the open source product space. So where does Microsoft fit in? They aren't anti-open source but they don't embrace it either... they do contribute to the open source community but is Martin claiming that Microsoft does have a strong platform somewhere in the open source product space?
2. When discussing support Martin makes a "clarification" that when you get support for a commercial distribution such as Red Hat there is a point where the support staff has to contact a project's community in order to provide support. So the support staff isn't all-knowing. I understand that but I don't understand why this was a misconception. Is the misconception that people think they are getting support directly from the developers or that the support staff at Red Hat knows everything about all software they provide in their distribution? Again, how does Microsoft fit in? When I call MS support I'm talking to a support person, who doesn't know every little detail about the software so there is also a limitation with their support. Yes this may be a clarification but I don't see how this clarification is useful at all when comparing Windows and Linux. From what I gathered Martin is suggesting that support from Red Hat has similar limitations to that of Microsoft.
3. Another one from the support discussion. Martin mentions that, if I have Apache 1.3, although I want to upgrade to Apache 2.0 I can't get support for it because it's outside my support model... So how is Microsoft different? If I own Windows 3.1 can I call up Microsoft and get support on Windows XP, which I do not own?
I would really like to see the Microsoft experts and employees make clarifications about Windows and Linux experts (not Microsoft affiliated) make clarifications about Linux. This article seemed to me to be a couple of Microsoft employees making points about Linux but not providing many matching points of how Microsoft compares with no Linux experts involved at all in this "open" discussion to clarify in areas where Bill and Martin might be out of the know with respect to Linux.
I agree, I used to think that caffeine had none to little affect on me until I got an ulcer and decided to give up caffeine and cut back on spicy foods and alcohol. The first couple of weeks I was constantly exhausted and now when I have an occasional pop I can definitely tell that it affects my sleeping and sleepiness.
;).
However, when I'm not drinking caffeine I can still maintain the lifestyle I was used to when I was drinking caffeine, I just feel more rested when I actually do get a good night's sleep.
I still have trouble sleeping from time to time though and I just roll with it. The first half of the work week I usually only get about 5-10 hours of sleep total and at the end of the week (Thursday and Friday) I can maybe pull off getting 6 hours of sleep each night. I think the stress that comes with the belief that you should be getting X hours of sleep each night is really what does you in. I just don't worry about not getting enough sleep any more. Fortunately I'm very adaptable and I can get all the sleep I need when I die (from exhaustion
If that 16 year old brat were my daughter, then yes, I would be interested in reading her blog. If I were another 16 year old brat interested in what other 16 year old brats went through on a day-to-day basis then I'd also be interested.
/. is, should that be taken down as well? English isn't even the most spoken language on the planet, should every page written in English be taken down?
I doubt there's a single topic on the net that targets "everyone." Most people don't program, should we take down all source code? Most people don't even know what
Here's your filter: if you're not interested in it, don't read it!
I'm probably not the first to think this but isn't this similar to swiping a scratched up credit card? The swiper doesn't shut off but it can't get your card info either. It doesn't just let you walk out without paying for your groceries...
I agree. It would be much easier for Windows developers to make an Xbox game than it would be to the GC or PS2. What I do have difficulty grasping though is how a game can be made for the Xbox but NOT be made for Windows.
I'm a little ignorant about Xbox development but it seems to me that if Microsoft were a little better about letting people easily do hobby development on the Xbox they'd truly have a good foundation all around for game geeks, both on the development side and on the playing side.