Great point. An article at CBC News quotes experts saying that the U.S. has invested in technology for spying while the French and Israelies have invested in human spies, the latter being much more effective.
Passing a bill to allow for unwarranted searches strikes me as being another reaction made by leaders who weren't born to lead.
Yes, the "consistently skinned collection of COM controls" is important. As well, because MS is supported by almost every new piece of hardware, Joe Schmuck can go to Future $hop, purchase the latest greatest, have his Windows and Office pre-loaded, add a game or two, and PRESTO, he thinks himself the computing god. Very seldom will Mr. Schmuck have to check the HCL, any missing device drivers in W2K are included on a CD, and he doesn't have to worry about what version of glibc he's got installed.
Can we in the Linux realm get to the point where everything is pluggable with the minimum of prayers? Can I install my stupid screen saver by clicking on a button? That's what Average Joe will want. That's what I want!
Having one in the kitchen would be useless in my opinion. We've been testing them for our office (don't ask, we just did:) ) and web surfing is all. No word processing, calculator, just web. The email is only through online (hotmail, yahoo, etc.) Personally, if I wanted something to look pretty, I'd buy a Mac. They're smaller and probably weigh less. Drop the price on the eVilla to less than $150, then I may be interested.
We are trying to implement it right now, and for the most part it is going well. It's a lot better than what tried to pass for design here three months ago. The sales team loves to think that we listen to them, and operations have a few good points to make about how things are designed (they're our customers). I still hate having a newbie looking over my shoulder and asking inane questions. The "test before you code" design, IMHO, is probably one of the best aspects of XP. It gives you a problem to solve, not a solution looking for a problem.
eXtreme Programming (still think it's a dumb name too) is not for everyone. There is a need for more formal documentation in many organizations than is what is provided here, and XP lends itself to conflict between employees because of the proximity that you need to work with them.
Myself, I'll give it a chance.
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No. They APs and PC Cards only broadcast in the 5Ghz range. You can see the data sheet here .
Did you know that 82.5 % of statistics are made up on the spot?
Passing a bill to allow for unwarranted searches strikes me as being another reaction made by leaders who weren't born to lead.
Can we in the Linux realm get to the point where everything is pluggable with the minimum of prayers? Can I install my stupid screen saver by clicking on a button? That's what Average Joe will want. That's what I want!
Having one in the kitchen would be useless in my opinion. We've been testing them for our office (don't ask, we just did :) ) and web surfing is all. No word processing, calculator, just web. The email is only through online (hotmail, yahoo, etc.) Personally, if I wanted something to look pretty, I'd buy a Mac. They're smaller and probably weigh less. Drop the price on the eVilla to less than $150, then I may be interested.
If the worm doesn't get whitehouse.gov, the /.ers that are checking the site'll bring her down :)
I prefer the idea of the James Bond missle option to a push button. Much more dramatic.
We are trying to implement it right now, and for the most part it is going well. It's a lot better than what tried to pass for design here three months ago. The sales team loves to think that we listen to them, and operations have a few good points to make about how things are designed (they're our customers). I still hate having a newbie looking over my shoulder and asking inane questions. The "test before you code" design, IMHO, is probably one of the best aspects of XP. It gives you a problem to solve, not a solution looking for a problem. eXtreme Programming (still think it's a dumb name too) is not for everyone. There is a need for more formal documentation in many organizations than is what is provided here, and XP lends itself to conflict between employees because of the proximity that you need to work with them. Myself, I'll give it a chance.