sorry the world just doesn't work that way. You don't just take your chips and go home because in the end you just end up hurting yourself. Most of the time idealism translates to stupidity.
This is slashdot. Everything was invented by firefox. Frankly I find the corner dropdown search engine thing cumbersome and stupid to use. I prefer the googletoolbar over the puny little thing that comes default in firefox anyday.
NO IT DOESN'T. IT MAKES IT WORSE! Look over the last year we've seen microsoft patenting what seems to be really stupid things like that not statement in basic. Why is that? Because it could have been an idea they've had for a while, some idiot goes out and patents it then when ms implements it lawsuit! So every stupid thing they can think of now they patent, just so joe blow can't do what they just did right now.
Well I believe if you wanted money you wouldn't be giving away the code for free, or maybe you should get into phone support. I heard that's where all the money is
I don't know I think they should improve the multimedia console one. Webbased admin tool might just end up full of holes anyways.
I also noticed the upcoming virtual server 2005 SP1 is using a webbased admin tool. Why something like a virtual machine needs IIS to run to mangage is a little baffling but there seems to be someone at microsoft who always comes up with these terrible ideas.
what a load of crap. Software behaves like a luxury item rather than a common commodity. People tend to prefer one version over the other even if the other costs absolutely nothing. There is support revenue to be made with software too but it's a different beast and doesn't fall into your typical common/luxury commodity models. First creating copies costs almost nothing, there is no inventory stock to hold and the price of development is very high. New economic models probably need to be created for software.
Things don't just work, they need drivers. They won't work without drivers. Simple as that. Back when windows xp came out there were a lot of el-cheapo hardware like modems and soundcards that manufactures didn't bother to port drivers for, because they had new products and want us el-cheapo buyers of their shitty hardware to buy instead.
yea what's the big deal? It's been on CNN all day, like it was the first movie ever to appear on bittorrent. Plus the quality isn't even that good, anyone who wants to watch or buy the dvd wouldn't settle for that crap
when I first read your reply I thought it said Most dictators have tweaked the kernels to suit their needs anyway, nothing stops them from implementing this in their own kernel version.
tabbed browsing is an oxymoron. The tab control existed in windows since windows 3.11. The tab control only displays tabs at the top of the windows so it can be navigated. You can put anything underneath the tabs, a dialog, a textwindow, a browser window, whatever you want. So claiming you did "tabbed browsing" is like claiming you did tabbed dialogs or tabbed whatever first. The entire thing is just stupid.
I find it a bit strange that a company that chooses to use open source code wants to hide the source. If they wanted to hide the source why didn't they just make their own code instead of using someone elses?
why? because you're an apple ass licker who can't let the courts decide who is right? You purchase thousands of dollars of equipment through tiger direct? what a load of crap
Imho comments are for people who can't read code or just write sphagetti code in the first place. I always say my code is my comment, because it is good and clear enough to understand, without littering it with silly comments.
Btw my experience with comments are half of the time they don't match the code! They comment and then update the code, again and again and again and the code doesn't even match what they said it did.
If you really want others to understand your code write a design document to give them an idea of what your code is supposed to do. They can figure out the rest from the code.
I say it's something to be excited about! No 16bit drivers, no 16bit applications, what more could you ask for:)
XP64 will not run on 32bit hardware. So if Average joe is still on his tiny duron this OS is not for him anyways. For us who have the 64bit hardware it is nice to have an OS that use all of its features.
I couldn't agree with you more. The first thing about earning respect is giving respect. Just because people rely on you doesn't mean you have to be an asshole, which is like the one trait all admins share. Many times I've run into a sarcastic or annoying admin who thinks everyone is an idiot and is bothering him. It may be true but when you show your contempt for people they give it right back and Mr. lowly tech guy starts to feel isolated.
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we don't need one.
sorry the world just doesn't work that way. You don't just take your chips and go home because in the end you just end up hurting yourself. Most of the time idealism translates to stupidity.
This is slashdot. Everything was invented by firefox. Frankly I find the corner dropdown search engine thing cumbersome and stupid to use. I prefer the googletoolbar over the puny little thing that comes default in firefox anyday.
NO IT DOESN'T. IT MAKES IT WORSE! Look over the last year we've seen microsoft patenting what seems to be really stupid things like that not statement in basic. Why is that? Because it could have been an idea they've had for a while, some idiot goes out and patents it then when ms implements it lawsuit! So every stupid thing they can think of now they patent, just so joe blow can't do what they just did right now.
It seems most of these "jobs" are the tech support calls where you sit behind a phone and answer questions.
Well I believe if you wanted money you wouldn't be giving away the code for free, or maybe you should get into phone support. I heard that's where all the money is
Imagine, a big multi-billion dollar corporation spending almost no money for free open source code it can use to make even more money.
sorry but anyone who can't get it to work probably should go back to school and learn how to administrate a real server.
I don't know I think they should improve the multimedia console one. Webbased admin tool might just end up full of holes anyways.
I also noticed the upcoming virtual server 2005 SP1 is using a webbased admin tool. Why something like a virtual machine needs IIS to run to mangage is a little baffling but there seems to be someone at microsoft who always comes up with these terrible ideas.
By trying bad ideas they get better ideas and experience
what a load of crap. Software behaves like a luxury item rather than a common commodity. People tend to prefer one version over the other even if the other costs absolutely nothing. There is support revenue to be made with software too but it's a different beast and doesn't fall into your typical common/luxury commodity models. First creating copies costs almost nothing, there is no inventory stock to hold and the price of development is very high. New economic models probably need to be created for software.
Things don't just work, they need drivers. They won't work without drivers. Simple as that. Back when windows xp came out there were a lot of el-cheapo hardware like modems and soundcards that manufactures didn't bother to port drivers for, because they had new products and want us el-cheapo buyers of their shitty hardware to buy instead.
yea what's the big deal? It's been on CNN all day, like it was the first movie ever to appear on bittorrent. Plus the quality isn't even that good, anyone who wants to watch or buy the dvd wouldn't settle for that crap
when I first read your reply I thought it said
Most dictators have tweaked the kernels to suit their needs anyway, nothing stops them from implementing this in their own kernel version.
tabbed browsing is an oxymoron. The tab control existed in windows since windows 3.11. The tab control only displays tabs at the top of the windows so it can be navigated. You can put anything underneath the tabs, a dialog, a textwindow, a browser window, whatever you want. So claiming you did "tabbed browsing" is like claiming you did tabbed dialogs or tabbed whatever first. The entire thing is just stupid.
I find it a bit strange that a company that chooses to use open source code wants to hide the source. If they wanted to hide the source why didn't they just make their own code instead of using someone elses?
looks like a normal pc with pictures on it.
why? because you're an apple ass licker who can't let the courts decide who is right? You purchase thousands of dollars of equipment through tiger direct? what a load of crap
10 year warranty on a computer? Who the hell needs that. I'll take the honda thank you.
Imho comments are for people who can't read code or just write sphagetti code in the first place. I always say my code is my comment, because it is good and clear enough to understand, without littering it with silly comments.
Btw my experience with comments are half of the time they don't match the code! They comment and then update the code, again and again and again and the code doesn't even match what they said it did.
If you really want others to understand your code write a design document to give them an idea of what your code is supposed to do. They can figure out the rest from the code.
The only we learned from TCO studies is they don't know what the TCO is.
I say it's something to be excited about! No 16bit drivers, no 16bit applications, what more could you ask for :)
XP64 will not run on 32bit hardware. So if Average joe is still on his tiny duron this OS is not for him anyways. For us who have the 64bit hardware it is nice to have an OS that use all of its features.
They were? I pity the fool. A good april fools is not only hard to spot but funny as well, I can't say that happened yesterday.
It is not a recompiled version of XP. It is a recompiled version of windows 2003 in 64bits. It's called XP but it's different under the hood
I couldn't agree with you more. The first thing about earning respect is giving respect. Just because people rely on you doesn't mean you have to be an asshole, which is like the one trait all admins share. Many times I've run into a sarcastic or annoying admin who thinks everyone is an idiot and is bothering him. It may be true but when you show your contempt for people they give it right back and Mr. lowly tech guy starts to feel isolated.