> I have a sister who ardently believes that > technology is a virus that is strangling mother > earth...
You can put your sister's fear to rest. Modern science has shown that a virus is incapable of a strangling (or much of any other) action. However, it is an expert at embracing and extending.
Somewhat ironic, since Disney Corp had embraced and extended the ideas of the late Walt Disney.
Hey, I liked the story. It was entertaining to read. I'm just trying to figure out what the author was really trying to say here. EPCOT center isn't what Walt wanted, but people love it anyhow?
> People seem to envision us as: > Smart people who can sit back and relax most of the day while getting paid nicely for it.
Damn! That's the description of my job. In fact, I put in a request to my boss to change my title from "Sys Tech Anyl V" (production systems adminstrator with UNIX boxes) to "Web Surfer V". Trust me... it just boring on the other end of the spectrum. I go crazy trying to find something to do with my time.
But I realize that I don't that much room to complain. There are people who would KILL for my job. Too bad it won't be this way for much longer... EDS is taking the shop over, and I'm out the door before the poopies start flying.
The best example is the web browser market. Did he compete there? Yes. Did he destroy the market? Yes. Netscape started giving away their product to match the Microsoft price ($0.00). The market was destroyed. But it isn't all bad. Microsoft innovated, right?
This is exactly why Open Source beats Microsoft at their own game. Better product. Better price. What would be killer is an open-source hardware and software game console. Multiple hardware vendors, and easy entry for programmers. Could be delicious, folks!
Geez, Bill. How many markets are you going to destroy in an attempt to stay King of the computing world? Next you'll be buying the telephone companies and cable companies. Geeezzz...
> This might explain why reporters are afraid to > print the facts, for instance that Microsoft > took a $9 billion tax deduction for wages in > 1999 and didn't charge a dime of this amount > against earnings.
Employee wages for R&D are tax deductable. It is done in the large corp I work for.
Hmmm... wouldn't it be nasty if USR made a slightly faster modem, but actually did some major tweaking for ICMP ping packets themselves? That is, offer a really short key to represent an ICMP request, and another short key to represent and ICMP response.
Has anyone else noticed that they concentrate so much on PING TIMES and not latency?
Probably the biggest killer in response time, even with a v90 connection, is going to be the compression. **NOT** the CPU time that it takes to compress and decompress a stream, but rather, the time for the stream to be transmitted. Remember that modems actually send data back and forth in groups of compressed data. One perhaps could make this faster by sending to the host the results of a stream before it is entirely decoded. But one could probably make it faster by turning compression off altogether. You'll have less *BANDWIDTH* that way, but a faster *RESPONSE TIME*.
I hate to say it, but this is complete fluff. And honestly, I don't see myself using it in any real situation. "Machine load is immediately apparent"? Number of processes != system load. "monsters occasionally kill each other"? That would be a rare application. "Sysadmins could cooperate or compete"? I don't need to collaborate to kill processes. And I certainly don't want to compete.
I'm sorry. But the list of "potential benefits" don't sell it. It is a cute program, but it isn't useful to all but a few.
I wonder if Transmedia is less of a threat to Intel now that they are out of the graphics chip business. (Referenced rumor that Transmedia's chip, among other things, would make a really cool CPU for a parallelized 3d video card.)
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> Trademark ownership in the USA does not imply > trademark ownership in Germany.
Can't wait until fifty years from now when there's a colony on the moon or something. Heck, I'd trademark Linux, Pepsi-Cola, the letter "X", and the number "3aF". No prior use on the moon would be great.
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Crazy as it sounds, I'd like to see Rob eBay some Slashdot goodies for us to feed on. Heck, I'd bid. I'd even buy moderator points. YUMMY! 'Sides, can anyone imagine the fun that the Slashdot Effect would cause those poor guys? Better set up some eBay mirrors, Rob...
Reading the "bskies1" story here, if something like that actually exists, it'd be my terro-weapon of choice. Get a few of these 2-3 richter babies, shoot them all along the St. Andrea's fault, and watch California go into the ocean.:)
I don't think it would be TOO bad really. I mean, it can only increase my marketability if the state of California disappears. And realators would love access to the fresh new coastline!:P
Actually, its not just straw man you've employed here. For example, mixing apples and oranges --
> 1) Java. Well, just print "hello" in Java: >... static void public main(argv[],... and so on... > 2) Thin Clients.
I'm going to stop you right there. On one hand, I could simply say printf ("hello\n"); and be done with it. On the other hand, I could point out that Java is one of many indirect methods that can be used to interract with an X terminal. Even a clever one like this.
> Now someone has to configure all the security, > even though there's only one user (who's only > going the do a little test and then move on). > I need to create user ids/home dirs/user groups.
Horrific, isn't it? Now imagine setting up a *PC*. There are scripts for creating users in UNIX. Get one set right, you've got them all set right.
Actually, Sun's got me sold on this. I'm going to order a handful of the boxes and pass them out to our database group. They'll eat them up, and I won't have to worry about what they're doing with their registry. Now that we've gone to a POP mail solution, I'm willing to bet a few PCs will disappear.
The off-topic nature of the rest of your message precludes me from responding.
1] Don't overlook the obvious. These things run UNIX! The majority of open-source programming is in UNIX. This opens a clear path for the invasion of open source software into the enterprise. Yummy.
2] I wonder how much participation that something like Linux could have here. In their presentation, they talked about presenting NT apps via a Citrix server. Perhaps it can service Linux applications as well. Hmmmmm...
Two points here regarding the Sun Ray and Open Source:
1] These boxes are a great way to push open-source applications to the business community. A site that is running a Sun Ray solution will easily be able to adopt OUR software. Its UNIX, folks.
2] Hmmmm... a little more nefarious, I suppose. I wonder if the Sun Ray could work off of an open source Linux solution?:)
Hmmmmm... might even be more marketable to organizations that can't completely ween themselves away from a Windows App or two in the short term. Imagine one of these workgroup server having a bank of SunPCis (AMD K6 on a card), ready to launch a Windows App when needed. Yummy.
This doesn't appear to be another Javastation in the computing void. And users will be able to run Solaris applications. It makes complete sense from a corporate support standpoint. This is something that can be sold to big business as a real solution. Hmmmmm....
I love Netscape. But my major concern is that the more useful apps that they load into the product, the more put-out I'm going to be when the application (well, all the applications) crash at once. ARRrrgggghhh... I don't want to replace the headache of Microsoft's OS crash with a Netscape mega-app crash.
I did some digging through some of Sun's internal information. It seems that the Sun Ray is a SPARC based platform. In fact, they've been doing some testing of the software on various existing platforms, including the Ultra 10 workstation. It runs CDE. It appears to be Solaris 2.6 or 7 loaded on the platform, with extra packages to make it user friendly and to give it remote administration. It does appear to be VERY network-centric. Also is somewhat java-centric. Hmmmm... looks like they've been in an active beta since May, and their bug-patch rate has tapered off in the past two weeks.
While deleting bad posts seems to be a good idea, it really is a bad road to go down. Didn't Prodigy have this issues a few years ago? Once they started moderating posts, they became liable for anything that fell through the cracks.
There's also the question of where to draw the line. It is a tough one, and over time it is easy to become a little less stringent.
I know you've been considering the AC issue for quite some time now, but this strikes me as a bit of a knee-jerk reaction. And it really isn't a solution. If I were branded with a default -1, I would simply change nicks or go AC (or change IPs) and keep on trolling. As you pointed out, this really isn't going to stop anybody who really wants to troll, and that's what we're up against on the (unreferenced) message chain.
I do like the idea of karma on moderation (especially positive karma). But it isn't going to stop the hell-bent or the insane. It is a good gesture, but why throw in a solution that you know isn't going to do the job?
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> I have a sister who ardently believes that
> technology is a virus that is strangling mother
> earth...
You can put your sister's fear to rest. Modern science has shown that a virus is incapable of a strangling (or much of any other) action. However, it is an expert at embracing and extending.
Somewhat ironic, since Disney Corp had embraced and extended the ideas of the late Walt Disney.
Hey, I liked the story. It was entertaining to read. I'm just trying to figure out what the author was really trying to say here. EPCOT center isn't what Walt wanted, but people love it anyhow?
> People seem to envision us as:
> Smart people who can sit back and relax most of the day while getting paid nicely for it.
Damn! That's the description of my job. In fact, I put in a request to my boss to change my title from "Sys Tech Anyl V" (production systems adminstrator with UNIX boxes) to "Web Surfer V". Trust me... it just boring on the other end of the spectrum. I go crazy trying to find something to do with my time.
But I realize that I don't that much room to complain. There are people who would KILL for my job. Too bad it won't be this way for much longer... EDS is taking the shop over, and I'm out the door before the poopies start flying.
The best example is the web browser market. Did he compete there? Yes. Did he destroy the market? Yes. Netscape started giving away their product to match the Microsoft price ($0.00). The market was destroyed. But it isn't all bad. Microsoft innovated, right?
This is exactly why Open Source beats Microsoft at their own game. Better product. Better price. What would be killer is an open-source hardware and software game console. Multiple hardware vendors, and easy entry for programmers. Could be delicious, folks!
Geez, Bill. How many markets are you going to destroy in an attempt to stay King of the computing world? Next you'll be buying the telephone companies and cable companies. Geeezzz...
> This might explain why reporters are afraid to
> print the facts, for instance that Microsoft
> took a $9 billion tax deduction for wages in
> 1999 and didn't charge a dime of this amount
> against earnings.
Employee wages for R&D are tax deductable. It is done in the large corp I work for.
Hmmm... wouldn't it be nasty if USR made a slightly faster modem, but actually did some major tweaking for ICMP ping packets themselves? That is, offer a really short key to represent an ICMP request, and another short key to represent and ICMP response.
Has anyone else noticed that they concentrate so much on PING TIMES and not latency?
Probably the biggest killer in response time, even with a v90 connection, is going to be the compression. **NOT** the CPU time that it takes to compress and decompress a stream, but rather, the time for the stream to be transmitted. Remember that modems actually send data back and forth in groups of compressed data. One perhaps could make this faster by sending to the host the results of a stream before it is entirely decoded. But one could probably make it faster by turning compression off altogether. You'll have less *BANDWIDTH* that way, but a faster *RESPONSE TIME*.
I'm sorry. But the list of "potential benefits" don't sell it. It is a cute program, but it isn't useful to all but a few.
I wonder if Transmedia is less of a threat to Intel now that they are out of the graphics chip business. (Referenced rumor that Transmedia's chip, among other things, would make a really cool CPU for a parallelized 3d video card.)
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> Trademark ownership in the USA does not imply
> trademark ownership in Germany.
Can't wait until fifty years from now when there's a colony on the moon or something. Heck, I'd trademark Linux, Pepsi-Cola, the letter "X", and the number "3aF". No prior use on the moon would be great.
Crazy as it sounds, I'd like to see Rob eBay some Slashdot goodies for us to feed on. Heck, I'd bid. I'd even buy moderator points. YUMMY! 'Sides, can anyone imagine the fun that the Slashdot Effect would cause those poor guys? Better set up some eBay mirrors, Rob...
Amiga generate publicity by putting their Amiga black boxes (that were shown) on eBay for public auction. I'd go $126.50 plus shipping.
Great. And what's the first thing we do now that they're on the Mac? Slashdot 'em. Teaches 'em for not trusting the Penguin.
Reading the "bskies1" story here, if something like that actually exists, it'd be my terro-weapon of choice. Get a few of these 2-3 richter babies, shoot them all along the St. Andrea's fault, and watch California go into the ocean. :)
:P
I don't think it would be TOO bad really. I mean, it can only increase my marketability if the state of California disappears. And realators would love access to the fresh new coastline!
Actually, its not just straw man you've employed here. For example, mixing apples and oranges --
... static void public main(argv[], ... and so on ...
> 1) Java. Well, just print "hello" in Java:
>
> 2) Thin Clients.
I'm going to stop you right there. On one hand, I could simply say printf ("hello\n"); and be done with it. On the other hand, I could point out that Java is one of many indirect methods that can be used to interract with an X terminal. Even a clever one like this.
> Now someone has to configure all the security,
> even though there's only one user (who's only
> going the do a little test and then move on).
> I need to create user ids/home dirs/user groups.
Horrific, isn't it? Now imagine setting up a *PC*. There are scripts for creating users in UNIX. Get one set right, you've got them all set right.
Actually, Sun's got me sold on this. I'm going to order a handful of the boxes and pass them out to our database group. They'll eat them up, and I won't have to worry about what they're doing with their registry. Now that we've gone to a POP mail solution, I'm willing to bet a few PCs will disappear.
The off-topic nature of the rest of your message precludes me from responding.
Hey, this has some serious implications for US:
1] Don't overlook the obvious. These things run UNIX! The majority of open-source programming is in UNIX. This opens a clear path for the invasion of open source software into the enterprise. Yummy.
2] I wonder how much participation that something like Linux could have here. In their presentation, they talked about presenting NT apps via a Citrix server. Perhaps it can service Linux applications as well. Hmmmmm...
Two points here regarding the Sun Ray and Open Source:
:)
1] These boxes are a great way to push open-source applications to the business community. A site that is running a Sun Ray solution will easily be able to adopt OUR software. Its UNIX, folks.
2] Hmmmm... a little more nefarious, I suppose. I wonder if the Sun Ray could work off of an open source Linux solution?
Hmmmmm... might even be more marketable to organizations that can't completely ween themselves away from a Windows App or two in the short term. Imagine one of these workgroup server having a bank of SunPCis (AMD K6 on a card), ready to launch a Windows App when needed. Yummy.
This doesn't appear to be another Javastation in the computing void. And users will be able to run Solaris applications. It makes complete sense from a corporate support standpoint. This is something that can be sold to big business as a real solution. Hmmmmm....
I love Netscape. But my major concern is that the more useful apps that they load into the product, the more put-out I'm going to be when the application (well, all the applications) crash at once. ARRrrgggghhh... I don't want to replace the headache of Microsoft's OS crash with a Netscape mega-app crash.
Sun Help's Rumor Page contains some corona references.
While deleting bad posts seems to be a good idea, it really is a bad road to go down. Didn't Prodigy have this issues a few years ago? Once they started moderating posts, they became liable for anything that fell through the cracks.
There's also the question of where to draw the line. It is a tough one, and over time it is easy to become a little less stringent.
I know you've been considering the AC issue for quite some time now, but this strikes me as a bit of a knee-jerk reaction. And it really isn't a solution. If I were branded with a default -1, I would simply change nicks or go AC (or change IPs) and keep on trolling. As you pointed out, this really isn't going to stop anybody who really wants to troll, and that's what we're up against on the (unreferenced) message chain.
I do like the idea of karma on moderation (especially positive karma). But it isn't going to stop the hell-bent or the insane. It is a good gesture, but why throw in a solution that you know isn't going to do the job?
Respectfully, ADC.