If anything, it looks like an antenna signal strength. Most of the people I know that use Firefox have no idea what that button's for and the first thing they say is, "I thought it was for wireless or something..."
I'm a little surprised--why did it take so long for someone to do this? It seems that lately every freakin' copy protection scheme that comes out is cracked within minutes. Maybe Jon Johansen was asleep for this one?:)
Hahah, nice cut-and-paste of your Russia/India tales.
For anyone interested, I was in South Korea both in 2001 and 2002. I found Seoul to be remarkably clean--much more so than Taiwan. Out of Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea, the latter felt the MOST like the US to me.
I didn't notice any funky smells.
I didn't have a problem with Kimchee.
I didn't bang any 16-year-olds.
But then, I'm not a troll.
What I found most interesting was the way that South Koreans, for the most part, don't seem very worried about North Korea. I asked some people what they thought about the recent warning shots that the South had had to lob towards a Northern ship, and they said something to the effect of, "Oh, it happens all the time--nothing to get too worried about." They find it interesting that the US is so concerned about North Korea, in fact. Of course, this was a couple months ago.
I mainly hung out with late-twenty-somethings, the sort that were more likely to vote for the President of Hyundai (yes, he ran for presidency). Nowhere did I ever feel unwelcome by the Korean people--as an American, I was well-received.
I will be visiting more often in the future. Well, as long as war doesn't break out over there, 'natch.
Oh of course. Electronic Arts games were packaged that way. I was a big fan of Paul Reiche (the third?) back in the day. Archon and Mail Order Monsters were two of my favorites.:)
I can't remember the EA slogan back then, but it was printed in all of those folders. Something about them being a group of electronic artists (obviously), etc.
So, did anyone get rich off of this? I can't tell--it says they got bought for a pretty good sum, but then it said "The transaction reflects an aggregate purchase price of approximately $235 million, adjusted for Inktomi's expected cash balance net of debt, as of December 31, 2002."
I know a guy at Inktomi. I just want to know if he gets to buy dinner next time or not.:)
I can think of one solution. Have a piston that is applying force to the top of the liquid. The piston is then connected to the container that is catching the liquid. Thus, the amount of force being placed on the fluid never changes.
Frantically smashing buttons on the ground is hardly dancing. I've seen a few really good DDR players that KIND of made it look like dancing, but seriously, most people just look like they're squashing bugs.
It's more acrobatics when they get all fancy than it is dance.
When the original series was created, the US was still fairly locked into "Yellow Peril" due to the last World War. Yellow Peril refers to the Fu Manchu representation of asians, like in the Flash Gordon series. Asians made convenient villains during those times.
If you notice, both the Romulans and Klingons had a very stereotypical Oriental look to them in the original series.
Times of course have changed, and the producers of the Star Trek movies and later series had to deal with the fact that making the Klingons have that patently "Oriental" look would be negatively received.
Hope this isn't a "duh" for y'all, and it certainly doesn't answer the original question, but it's something to make you go "hmm..."
Unfortunately, the louder voice does tends to be the more ignorant one, doesn't it? I'd hate to believe that all of those Linux users who were titillated by the "[BEEP]" filter in the guest book were truly representative of Linux academia.
The outcry about Netscape not working with the page was understandable. I don't believe in proprietary standards either, which is why I mentioned it. Microsoft's general website however, follows a certain plan--they have pages which are formatted and displayed to IE users, and then they have pages which are for non-IE users. If you view www.microsoft.com from non-IE4/5 browsers, you're going to see an entirely different site.
One way to sort of "excuse" the www.windows2000test.com guys is that they probably were trying to remain within the Microsoft web site design specifications. Perhaps they didn't feel like making the non-IE4/5 version of the page or ran out of time? When viewed from the perspective of it being part of a larger site with a required "look and feel", rather than an independant page, it's somewhat easy to justify their mistake.
The belief is that MS is pulling a shallow publicity stunt (and none too origional at that).
That's definitely something I would agree with. I'm under the belief that it was a bad move on their part--if anything it just made them look really bad.
The LinuxPPC guys are responding to MS' publicity stunt with a copycat stunt. They've done it in good humor. And they've done this in a way that appeals to other tech-minded people.
True, but it still seems to me that LinuxPPC is a company that is not adverse to publicity (it'd be hard to survive without it). To say that they made the site in the manner that they did just because it appeals to other like-minded individuals seems to go against the fact that in the grand scheme of things, they are trying to make money...aren't they? I profess to not knowing much about LinuxPPC, so correct me if I'm wrong and that they are a purely non-profit-oriented Linux distributor.
So, in that sense, I still wonder if professionalism is a negligible requirement of Linux users in the companies that they allow to represent themselves. Any thoughts on that, anyone? Or is this reply too deep for most people to notice?:)
I think they're assuming that their system is more secure straight out of the box than anything Microsoft could put up. I guess only time will tell, eh?
In any case they win. If their system dies, they can still say, "but ours was a stock install," and they'll avoid most of the flack. The free toaster offer is good PR as well.
If their system survives, they get to shout out, "our stock installation was more secure than the Redmond boys' machine." Of course, that probably won't happen.
It doesn't look like they've got much to lose. Plus they're catering to the Linux crowd, not the Microsoft crowd, so they don't have to try all THAT hard to impress, I don't think.
I find it interesting to see how few people are flaming the LinuxPPC guys. When Microsoft started up their contest, people were extremely quick to crusade their views, many of them with four-letter words and simple sentences with little content.
Of course, the Linux guys didn't make their web page incompatible with Netscape (or include unnecessary Javascript anyhow)...
However, look at the situation from another angle--look at how shoddy the crack.linuxppc.org webpage is. Imagine if the Windows site had looked remotely like the LinuxPPC site does. Microsoft would have had a hard time finding enough extinguishers for THAT one.
Imagine if the Windows guys had posted IP addresses on the main page.
Do Linux users expect less of themselves? Do they not mind sloppy work? Does this make them feel more comfortable? The LinuxPPC site is definitely not designed to appeal to anyone in a "commercial" sense--is this why it's acceptible?
In any case, it's good advertising for LinuxPPC I suppose...
Oh well. I just think it's interesting how much our biases get in the way of logical thought.
Interesting--the quote you used says nothing about "by hand."
In any case, I think he's just once again trying to note how little use it will be for users to recompile their OS. And it is a tricky thing if you aren't used to it, y'know. Perhaps not brain surgery, but in any case I think we get his point.
Well, I think there's a LOT of people on this site who don't use Linux, and are just reading the articles because they're interested.
I don't run Linux personally, but I've set up a quite a few systems running it and do like the system--I just don't mess with my computer enough at home to warrant the time expenditure which Linux requires.
This site has a large Linux focus, but it's not JUST a Linux site.
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If anything, it looks like an antenna signal strength. Most of the people I know that use Firefox have no idea what that button's for and the first thing they say is, "I thought it was for wireless or something..."
I'm a little surprised--why did it take so long for someone to do this? It seems that lately every freakin' copy protection scheme that comes out is cracked within minutes. Maybe Jon Johansen was asleep for this one? :)
One would think I'd know how to format a URL by now:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/6213312554476399/
Of even greater interest is the Segway Hook that is featured on the main engadget page.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/6213312554476399/
Wow. Just...wow.
Why would sysadmins want a special day all to themselves? Do we need to have a "Programmer Appreciation Day" too?
Where's "Janitor Appreciation Day"? If there is anyone that is underappreciated in this world it's them (among others, of course).
Self-glorification is an ugly thing.
Sounds like the software I write. kiloBugs, easily. :(
Here's one interview with Miyazaki where he describes "Spirited Away" much more innocently than all this rot.
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http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/sen
Here's another:
http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/hayao_miy
Like much of Miyazaki's work, it deals with innocence and nostalgia.
I can't remember where, but I remember once reading an interview with Miyazaki where he said that people like to read too much into his movies...
I was too young I guess--i never got into programming much on the C-64--I was too busy playing games. Alas!
Regardless of its accuracy, I was entertained! Thanks, Anonymous Coward, you're the greatest!
Hahah, nice cut-and-paste of your Russia/India tales.
For anyone interested, I was in South Korea both in 2001 and 2002. I found Seoul to be remarkably clean--much more so than Taiwan. Out of Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea, the latter felt the MOST like the US to me.
I didn't notice any funky smells.
I didn't have a problem with Kimchee.
I didn't bang any 16-year-olds.
But then, I'm not a troll.
What I found most interesting was the way that South Koreans, for the most part, don't seem very worried about North Korea. I asked some people what they thought about the recent warning shots that the South had had to lob towards a Northern ship, and they said something to the effect of, "Oh, it happens all the time--nothing to get too worried about." They find it interesting that the US is so concerned about North Korea, in fact. Of course, this was a couple months ago.
I mainly hung out with late-twenty-somethings, the sort that were more likely to vote for the President of Hyundai (yes, he ran for presidency). Nowhere did I ever feel unwelcome by the Korean people--as an American, I was well-received.
I will be visiting more often in the future. Well, as long as war doesn't break out over there, 'natch.
Oh of course. Electronic Arts games were packaged that way. I was a big fan of Paul Reiche (the third?) back in the day. Archon and Mail Order Monsters were two of my favorites. :)
I can't remember the EA slogan back then, but it was printed in all of those folders. Something about them being a group of electronic artists (obviously), etc.
jgotts wins!
So, did anyone get rich off of this? I can't tell--it says they got bought for a pretty good sum, but then it said "The transaction reflects an aggregate purchase price of approximately $235 million, adjusted for Inktomi's expected cash balance net of debt, as of December 31, 2002."
:)
I know a guy at Inktomi. I just want to know if he gets to buy dinner next time or not.
Fairly low????? :)
I can think of one solution. Have a piston that is applying force to the top of the liquid. The piston is then connected to the container that is catching the liquid. Thus, the amount of force being placed on the fluid never changes.
Frantically smashing buttons on the ground is hardly dancing. I've seen a few really good DDR players that KIND of made it look like dancing, but seriously, most people just look like they're squashing bugs.
It's more acrobatics when they get all fancy than it is dance.
When the original series was created, the US was still fairly locked into "Yellow Peril" due to the last World War. Yellow Peril refers to the Fu Manchu representation of asians, like in the Flash Gordon series. Asians made convenient villains during those times.
If you notice, both the Romulans and Klingons had a very stereotypical Oriental look to them in the original series.
Times of course have changed, and the producers of the Star Trek movies and later series had to deal with the fact that making the Klingons have that patently "Oriental" look would be negatively received.
Hope this isn't a "duh" for y'all, and it certainly doesn't answer the original question, but it's something to make you go "hmm..."
Unfortunately, the louder voice does tends to be the more ignorant one, doesn't it? I'd hate to believe that all of those Linux users who were titillated by the "[BEEP]" filter in the guest book were truly representative of Linux academia.
One way to sort of "excuse" the www.windows2000test.com guys is that they probably were trying to remain within the Microsoft web site design specifications. Perhaps they didn't feel like making the non-IE4/5 version of the page or ran out of time? When viewed from the perspective of it being part of a larger site with a required "look and feel", rather than an independant page, it's somewhat easy to justify their mistake.
That's definitely something I would agree with. I'm under the belief that it was a bad move on their part--if anything it just made them look really bad.
True, but it still seems to me that LinuxPPC is a company that is not adverse to publicity (it'd be hard to survive without it). To say that they made the site in the manner that they did just because it appeals to other like-minded individuals seems to go against the fact that in the grand scheme of things, they are trying to make money...aren't they? I profess to not knowing much about LinuxPPC, so correct me if I'm wrong and that they are a purely non-profit-oriented Linux distributor.
So, in that sense, I still wonder if professionalism is a negligible requirement of Linux users in the companies that they allow to represent themselves. Any thoughts on that, anyone? Or is this reply too deep for most people to notice? :)
I ask again--what kind of flame would they have drawn if they had set up a "quick and dirty" page?
I think they're assuming that their system is more secure straight out of the box than anything Microsoft could put up. I guess only time will tell, eh?
In any case they win. If their system dies, they can still say, "but ours was a stock install," and they'll avoid most of the flack. The free toaster offer is good PR as well.
If their system survives, they get to shout out, "our stock installation was more secure than the Redmond boys' machine." Of course, that probably won't happen.
It doesn't look like they've got much to lose. Plus they're catering to the Linux crowd, not the Microsoft crowd, so they don't have to try all THAT hard to impress, I don't think.
I find it interesting to see how few people are flaming the LinuxPPC guys. When Microsoft started up their contest, people were extremely quick to crusade their views, many of them with four-letter words and simple sentences with little content.
Of course, the Linux guys didn't make their web page incompatible with Netscape (or include unnecessary Javascript anyhow)...
However, look at the situation from another angle--look at how shoddy the crack.linuxppc.org webpage is. Imagine if the Windows site had looked remotely like the LinuxPPC site does. Microsoft would have had a hard time finding enough extinguishers for THAT one.
Imagine if the Windows guys had posted IP addresses on the main page.
Do Linux users expect less of themselves? Do they not mind sloppy work? Does this make them feel more comfortable? The LinuxPPC site is definitely not designed to appeal to anyone in a "commercial" sense--is this why it's acceptible?
In any case, it's good advertising for LinuxPPC I suppose...
Oh well. I just think it's interesting how much our biases get in the way of logical thought.
Interesting--the quote you used says nothing about "by hand."
In any case, I think he's just once again trying to note how little use it will be for users to recompile their OS. And it is a tricky thing if you aren't used to it, y'know. Perhaps not brain surgery, but in any case I think we get his point.
If you've never seen your own face, how do you know what you look like?
Well, I think there's a LOT of people on this site who don't use Linux, and are just reading the articles because they're interested.
I don't run Linux personally, but I've set up a quite a few systems running it and do like the system--I just don't mess with my computer enough at home to warrant the time expenditure which Linux requires.
This site has a large Linux focus, but it's not JUST a Linux site.