Perhaps Microsoft did paint itself into a corner. Follow me here, and remember we're talking about the perceptions of the "Great Unwashed", not us. Yes, the upgrade from Windows 3.1 to 4.0 was significant, but it wouldn't have looked as good with the media blitz. Witness MacOS 8, it was a t least as big an improvement over 7.6.1 as Win95 was over the dog that was Win3.1. But the name just didn't have the same kick as Windows 95. Very forward sounding. And when Windows 4.1 came out, it was labeled as Windows 98 and touted as a major new release instead of the bug fix it was, and the name Windows 4.1 implied. But with Win2000, the names get clumsy. This is a much greater upgrade than 98 was from 95. But there is no real differentation name-wise. The upgrade from 4.1 to 5.0 would sound much more impressive. But how do you move back to version numbers? You don't. And with Windows Millenium coming out, they are becoming ever more confused. Prediction: Windows 5.0 is the last Windows version. Either Microsoft will sniff the breeze and port Office to Linux (which is unlikely) or they will start writing new, cruft free code to be called something else (ala Adobe's shift from Pagemaker 6.5 to InDesign 1.0) My.02 worth
Perhaps the biggest problem I can see , at least in the US, is the very slow broadband deployment. This will limit the introduction of new web technologies, and slow the ability for more complex files/scripts, etc. to be used. I think we will be entereing the golden age of the Internet very soon, but we won't be doing it on 28.8 or even 56k modems.
The idea I received from the articole is that not only was he being shut out of owning stock to make money, he also wanted to have stock to have stock, to have ownership in a product he helped build. I can certainly understand that.
I like the premise being used in many of the comics at the website. Humans are a powersource and a big-ass RAID. The matrix is used to keep the 10% of our brains we use content while the other 90% churns away.
It is really interesting to watch as the ossified institutions of the 19th and 20th century struggle to catch up with the changes imposed by the dawn of the Information Age. It is a curse: "May you live in interesting times" and I think it has been laid upon us all.
The RIAA is trying to hold onto what's past instead of what's ahead. Ask IBM what happens when you don't try to forge ahead with the new ideas, rather than try to stop the change.
RIAA, get in the MP3 business itself. I remeber how upset they were when cassettes became big. "Oh, the end of an industry" the moaned. It didn't happen then and it won't happen now. There will always be people who buy music and CDs, if not for the "quality" then for the convenience.
I don't think it is your job. It's like any other tool.
For instance. The guy in the next room and I have the exact same PII 350 running Windows 95.
His has the essentials for what we do. I have my hard drive loaded up with, let's face it, crap.
Does that make my computer a toy? No, I still do all my essetial work from it. But it is also a source of entertainment.
So I would say, yes, thay are toys, but they're also great boots of productivity. It's all in how you use it.
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Drew Cary as Anakin:
"Screw this Jedi crap, Palpatine. Let's go grab a beer."
heehee!
-The nice thing about cheap jokes is that you can afford so many of them....
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This is a dialogue by Luke "Starkiller" on page 30 of the old George Lucas Jan 28, 1975 script for Star Wars.
Luke Starkiller
"As the Republic spread throughout the galaxy, emcompassing over a million worlds, the GREAT SENATE grew to such overwhelming proportions that it no longer responded to the needs of it's citizens. After a series of assassinations and elaborately rigged elections, the Great Senate became secretly controlled by the Power and Transport guilds. When the Jedi discovered the conspiracy and attempted to purge the Senate, they were denounced as traitors. Several Jedi allowed themselves to be tried and executed, but most of them fled into the Outland systems and tried to tell people of the conspiracy. But the elders chose to remain behind, and the great Senate diverted them by creating civil disorder. The Senate secretly instigated race wars, and aided anti-government terrorists. They slowed down the system of justice, which caused the crime rate to rise to the point where a totally controlled and oppresive police state was welcomed by the systems. The Empire was born. The systems were exploited by a new economic policy which raised the cost of power and transport to unbelievable heights........................During one of his lessons a young PADAWAN-JEDI, a boy named Darklighter,(Anakin??) came to know the evil half of the force, and fell victim to the spell of the dreaded Bogan(Sith??). He ran away from his instructor and taught the evil ways of the Bogan force to a clan of Sith Pirates, who then spread untold misery throughout the systems. They became the personal bodyguards of the Emperor. ( Mandalorian red guards???) The Jedi were hunted down by these deadly Sith Knights. With every Jedi death, contact with Ashla grows weaker........."
Looks pretty clear about what he intended to happen in Episodes 2 and 3. This is located at Starwarz.com
Please ignore post of same name at bottom, hit wrong button...
Oh, I can tell you about advocacy.
I am a linux user myself. I have a box at home I have set up as a server, and often spend time on it. It's a good, sturdy little machine, and I'm quite attached to it. So I was a bit amazed to be set upon by the hounds of advocacy.
When the Be Gimp port story came out, I made several posts about what I thought were very positive things about the BeOS. Nothing negative was said about Linux, in fact, Linux was not even mentioned.
The flames began. I had people tearing me apart on the message boards, and began receiving nasty, obscene, and hateful mail. I mean vicious.
I was offended to the point of posting some of them on my website. I couldn't believe it.
Well, I guess I can. I used to be a very regular poster until a few months ago when I dared to say I liked the Mac OS. After 35 obnoxious emails, and several hateful posts, I was pissed enough to leave Slashdot, returning only this week.
People need to understand that advocacy like this will not forward their calls. Instead it makes the average linux user seem a febrile six year old.
Reasoned arguments, not flaming emails, will bring the linux movement to fruition.
BTW - flame me if you must from this post, why make it different form any other one with less than glowing comments.
I am a linux user myself. I have a box at home I have set up as a server, and often spend time on it. It's a good, sturdy little machine, and I'm quite attached to it. So I was a bit amazed to be set upon by the hounds of advocacy.
When the Be Gimp port story came out, I made several posts about what I thought were very positive things about the BeOS. Nothing negative was said about Linux, in fact, Linux was not even mentioned.
The flames began. I had people tearing me apart on the message boards, and began receiving nasty, obscene, and hateful mail. I mean vicious.
I was offended to the point of posting some of them on my website. I couldn't believe it.
Well, I guess I can. I used to be a very regular poster until a few months ago when I dared to say I liked the Mac OS. After 35 obnoxious emails, and several hateful posts, I was pissed enough to leave Slashdot, returning only this week.
People need to understand that advocacy like this will not forward their calls. Instead it makes the average linux user seem a febrile six year old.
Reasoned arguments, not flaming emails, will bring the linux movement to fruition.
BTW - flame me if you must from this post, why make it different form any other one with less than glowing comments.
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Perhaps Microsoft did paint itself into a corner. Follow me here, and remember we're talking about the perceptions of the "Great Unwashed", not us. Yes, the upgrade from Windows 3.1 to 4.0 was significant, but it wouldn't have looked as good with the media blitz. Witness MacOS 8, it was a t least as big an improvement over 7.6.1 as Win95 was over the dog that was Win3.1. But the name just didn't have the same kick as Windows 95. Very forward sounding. And when Windows 4.1 came out, it was labeled as Windows 98 and touted as a major new release instead of the bug fix it was, and the name Windows 4.1 implied. But with Win2000, the names get clumsy. This is a much greater upgrade than 98 was from 95. But there is no real differentation name-wise. The upgrade from 4.1 to 5.0 would sound much more impressive. But how do you move back to version numbers? You don't. And with Windows Millenium coming out, they are becoming ever more confused. Prediction: Windows 5.0 is the last Windows version. Either Microsoft will sniff the breeze and port Office to Linux (which is unlikely) or they will start writing new, cruft free code to be called something else (ala Adobe's shift from Pagemaker 6.5 to InDesign 1.0) My .02 worth
Perhaps the biggest problem I can see , at least in the US, is the very slow broadband deployment. This will limit the introduction of new web technologies, and slow the ability for more complex files/scripts, etc. to be used. I think we will be entereing the golden age of the Internet very soon, but we won't be doing it on 28.8 or even 56k modems.
The idea I received from the articole is that not only was he being shut out of owning stock to make money, he also wanted to have stock to have stock, to have ownership in a product he helped build. I can certainly understand that.
I like the premise being used in many of the comics at the website. Humans are a powersource and a big-ass RAID. The matrix is used to keep the 10% of our brains we use content while the other 90% churns away.
Why are they that much? MP3.com has sent me tow CDs so far for free. And last i checked, you can buy CDs en masse for about a nickle each.
I'd pay 5-10 $US for a CD, not 15-20 $US
It is really interesting to watch as the ossified institutions of the 19th and 20th century struggle to catch up with the changes imposed by the dawn of the Information Age. It is a curse: "May you live in interesting times" and I think it has been laid upon us all.
The RIAA is trying to hold onto what's past instead of what's ahead. Ask IBM what happens when you don't try to forge ahead with the new ideas, rather than try to stop the change.
RIAA, get in the MP3 business itself. I remeber how upset they were when cassettes became big. "Oh, the end of an industry" the moaned. It didn't happen then and it won't happen now. There will always be people who buy music and CDs, if not for the "quality" then for the convenience.
Click a couple of links and you get to this one that explains the whole relationship.
It's not Amiga-like, it's Amiga - Revision 5.
But are there any good clients other than Eudora for Windows@Work types out there - including me :(
Eudora is clumsy as hell.
I don't see HOW Apple can win, and they must have the worst lawyers to allow this to occur.
To pull out another analogy, this would be like Ford suing Chevy because "their cars also come in many colors and are also easy to drive."
This suit will be over fast.
NSI logged onto your server and deleted your files???
The DNS's in the headers are wrong.
How does this make AOL a blocker? This is a DNS error, nothing more.
I applaud your use of free advertising, though...
Well, for a country with a committee to monitor that the language not change from 16th Century forms, I shouldn't be too surprised...
"We Surrender!"
I don't think it is your job. It's like any other tool.
For instance. The guy in the next room and I have the exact same PII 350 running Windows 95.
His has the essentials for what we do.
I have my hard drive loaded up with, let's face it, crap.
Does that make my computer a toy? No, I still do all my essetial work from it. But it is also a source of entertainment.
So I would say, yes, thay are toys, but they're also great boots of productivity. It's all in how you use it.
Drew Cary as Anakin:
"Screw this Jedi crap, Palpatine.
Let's go grab a beer."
heehee!
-The nice thing about cheap jokes is that you can afford so many of them....
This is a dialogue by Luke "Starkiller" on page 30 of the old George Lucas Jan 28, 1975 script for Star Wars.
Luke Starkiller
"As the Republic spread throughout the galaxy, emcompassing over a million worlds, the GREAT SENATE grew to such overwhelming proportions that it no longer responded to the needs of it's citizens. After a series of assassinations and elaborately rigged elections, the Great Senate became secretly controlled by the Power and Transport guilds. When the Jedi discovered the conspiracy and attempted to purge the Senate, they were denounced as traitors. Several Jedi allowed themselves to be tried and executed, but most of them fled into the Outland systems and tried to tell people of the conspiracy. But the elders chose to remain behind, and the great Senate diverted them by creating civil disorder. The Senate secretly instigated race wars, and aided anti-government terrorists. They slowed down the system of justice, which caused the crime rate to rise to the point where a totally controlled and oppresive police state was welcomed by the systems. The Empire was born. The systems were exploited by a new economic policy which raised the cost of power and transport to unbelievable heights........................During one of his lessons a young PADAWAN-JEDI, a boy named Darklighter,(Anakin??) came to know the evil half of the force, and fell victim to the spell of the dreaded Bogan(Sith??). He ran away from his instructor and taught the evil ways of the Bogan force to a clan of Sith Pirates, who then spread untold misery throughout the systems. They became the personal bodyguards of the Emperor. ( Mandalorian red guards???) The Jedi were hunted down by these deadly Sith Knights. With every Jedi death, contact with Ashla grows weaker........."
Looks pretty clear about what he intended to happen in Episodes 2 and 3. This is located at Starwarz.com
Leah,
So what is the PARC working on now?
It's amazing how Xerox PARC technology keeps trickling out there. What a different world this would be if they had understood what they had.
And is it just me, or are you reminded of the "smart" paper in Diamond Age?
Out of curiousity, do we have any proof that she actually ever owned that domain.
I have yet to see any evidence that she did and wasn't just
a) domain squatting
or
b) trying to scam a high-visibility domain...
What if the tests are right?
All it means is we have fodder for the next revision.
Please ignore post of same name at bottom, hit wrong button...
Oh, I can tell you about advocacy.
I am a linux user myself. I have a box at home I have set up as a server, and often spend time on it. It's a good, sturdy little machine, and I'm quite attached to it. So I was a bit amazed to be set upon by the hounds of advocacy.
When the Be Gimp port story came out, I made several posts about what I thought were very positive things about the BeOS. Nothing negative was said about Linux, in fact, Linux was not even mentioned.
The flames began. I had people tearing me apart on the message boards, and began receiving nasty, obscene, and hateful mail. I mean vicious.
I was offended to the point of posting some of them on my website. I couldn't believe it.
Well, I guess I can. I used to be a very regular poster until a few months ago when I dared to say I liked the Mac OS. After 35 obnoxious emails, and several hateful posts, I was pissed enough to leave Slashdot, returning only this week.
People need to understand that advocacy like this will not forward their calls. Instead it makes the average linux user seem a febrile six year old.
Reasoned arguments, not flaming emails, will bring the linux movement to fruition.
BTW - flame me if you must from this post, why make it different form any other one with less than glowing comments.
Oh, I can tell you about advocacy.
I am a linux user myself. I have a box at home I have set up as a server, and often spend time on it. It's a good, sturdy little machine, and I'm quite attached to it. So I was a bit amazed to be set upon by the hounds of advocacy.
When the Be Gimp port story came out, I made several posts about what I thought were very positive things about the BeOS. Nothing negative was said about Linux, in fact, Linux was not even mentioned.
The flames began. I had people tearing me apart on the message boards, and began receiving nasty, obscene, and hateful mail. I mean vicious.
I was offended to the point of posting some of them on my website. I couldn't believe it.
Well, I guess I can. I used to be a very regular poster until a few months ago when I dared to say I liked the Mac OS. After 35 obnoxious emails, and several hateful posts, I was pissed enough to leave Slashdot, returning only this week.
People need to understand that advocacy like this will not forward their calls. Instead it makes the average linux user seem a febrile six year old.
Reasoned arguments, not flaming emails, will bring the linux movement to fruition.
BTW - flame me if you must from this post, why make it different form any other one with less than glowing comments.
Roswell URL:
Roswell Link
Ummmm... I looked at the source code and:
meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.5 [en]C-AtHome0404 (Win98; U) [Netscape]"
I don't think Communicator 4.5 and Win 98 were out back then.
BTW, I can make a MUCH better PII / Mystery chip than that.
Rob, should this one be marked with a "foot" instead? Come on....
Well, it's nice I guess.
So lets take the low emory footprint Linux and overlay a 3d interface on it.
How smart is this?