I believe that commerical has also been shown in the Microsoft Museum on Microsoft's campus. They have an old computer setup with Windows 1.0 that you can play with at their little museum. There are some nastolgic Windows 1.0 screenshots available, too.
Anywho, I'm not surprised how the first feature they pimped was Lotus 1-2-3 support, as Lotus 1-2-3 was the "killer app" of the day. In fact, there are bugs in Excel that were put their purposely to allow for true Lotus 1-2-3 integration.
ASP.NET uses XML markup for the front-end GUI stuff. For example, if you want to add a TextBox Web control to a page, you add:
Hello, World!
Which basically is translated the first time the page is visited into a class with a TextBox class instantiated and added in the proper place in the control hierarchy.
I really like this approach of XML syntax for defining the UI of a page; it makes especially good sense for Web pages, since developers are already familiar with the XML-like syntax of HTML markup, and this allows them to just add Web controls in a similar fashion embedded within their markup. Microsoft likes this approach enough that Avalon is spelling out UI-specific bits using XML in the same manner. This strategy makes sense if you look at it in the long run, since it allows for:
(1) A unification of ASP.NET and Avalon syntax. Once you have this, there is no difference to creating the UI for a Web page vs. a Windows application. (2) It allows for a platform-neutral manner to specify markup, thereby allowing a hosted application to be run on a variety of platforms/devices. Basically, I can have a server that has the UI markup, you ping my server, I send you the markup, and you render it appropriately on your device.
Re:3 types of email users - what are the others?
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Google Tidbits
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You know what's interesting (IMHO) is that new software products have changed my (and others, I'd imagine) email profile. I used to be a user who filed frequently, since I use Outlook and Outlook's search is slooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. So I'd have a gaggle of folders and have rules that sorted incoming mail. When I responded to certain emails, the mail would get moved to a new folder, and so on.
But now with tools like Lookout, Google Desktop, and others, I can search my inbox in a split second. And thanks to these tools I'm now moving emails much less frequently and have even collapsed some folders down, to simplify the hierarchy overall. I just search now. I would now call myself a user who files infrequently.
One consequence is that the number of emails in my Inbox keeps growing. My goal used to be to keep it under 200 emails (I'd be sure to file away enough emails to keep it under that limit), but I'm currently over 1,600. No motivation to file away, just search and --boom--, there it is.
Next time you leave your parent's basement, say "So were the nine kings of mortal men until Sauron uttered the words 'and in the darkness bind them.'" to some random person and see what kind of look you get. Please.
A three minute video clip was what made you switch to an incredibly more trendy and expensive system? Hrm.
Anywho, Ballmer is not some slack-jawed idiot, as many like to demonize him. Not surprisingly, he is a killer salesman and communicator. I've heard him talk a couple of times at relatively small conferences and was very impressed by his vision, intelligence, and oratory skills.
This exact same thing happened at the University of California - San Diego about 8 months ago or so. I got a letter shortly afterward, informing me of the break-in and urging me to put a freeze on those accessing my credit report and to review my credit report for fradulent activity. What a pain.
(1) I know, I was just showing that if bribing can occur in one facet, why can't it occur in another?
(2) See above.
can I assume you're through?
Oh, I'm through. But I still think you're naive if you think that corruption doesn't exist in Israel's government. I'm not saying it's as bad as Arafat's stolen billions, but to think that every single politician is on the up-and-up is tantamount to believing in Santa Clause.
I never said that the defense companies weren't profiting at all, but do you honestly think there is not one Israeli who is making $$$ from this? Let's see, if I am Boeing and I want to make a multi-billion dollar sale, I think I'm going to be schmoozing many people in government positions who can approve the purchase. Dinners, gifts, donations to their parties/campaign, etc., etc.
Beats me, but I think it's naive to assume that no one has profited from the arms trade between the US and Israel. These are the folks I am talking about. My point is that there are those who benefit monetarily from war and destruction.
Yes, that would be ideal, obviously, but there are those in power, on both sides, who are benefiting handsomely through this bloodshed. I mean look at how much money Arafat had embezzeled. And I'm sure there are many defense bigwigs in Israel who are much richer today than they would be if there was just peace. And the radical religious leaders, they need fear, hate, death, and turmoil in order to stay in place. Then there's the countries that sell arms to Israel, they have a vested interest in war, too.
When it boils down to it, there are too many forces who are benefiting from this bloodshed to allow it to stop. It's really sad because people are so short sighted. Even those folks that are making big bucks on the war there now, if the war were to end their bottom line would be hit in the short run, but I'd wager they'd do better over the long run. (Which is basically just summing up what you said.)
This is why you need to make sure, regardless of your age, your friends are poor college students. Then what is she going to say? "I really like what they did with those cinderblocks?", and, "That couch they found on the side of the road sure does add a nice touch to their place."
In current capitalist countries, the Rich get richer and the poor a whole hell of a lot poorer.
Do you have any stats to back up that claim? If you look at the progress made in the last century, the poor are definitely getting richer, in the US at least. Look at things like average home size, number of automobiles owned, number of appliances owned, number of televisions in the household, etc., etc. All of these metrics have been going up, not down.
Now, one may contend that these metrics don't accurately measure the quality of life (and I agree), but they are good measurements of wealth, IMO. Just remember, money != happiness.
I started with computers in earnest in late elementary school when my dad brought home a Packard Bell Legend IV. I became a fast typer, but my technique was hunt and peck. I'd use my two index fingers, and could still outtype my parents, who typed the "normal" way. Anywho, it wasn't until high school or so that I started typing with all ten fingers. Much faster than using just the index fingers!:-)
Re:5 year deal could well be money wasted
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NBA Rejects EA Deal
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If I was a game developer for any sport I would definitely build in the ability to download player and team names as well as graphics/logo's from the web
Many do, through XBOX Live or PS2's equivalent, but you have to go through their site. That is, you can't just type in a URL. (My only experience here is through XBOX, btw.) Once they have a means to let the end user enter a URL your theory would work, but I wouldn't be surprised if such actions (allowing the user to specify where to navigate) was prohibited by integrating with XBOX live or the other console online services.
_If the game in itself is good_, I don't see how upsetting it would be to have a player named "Joe Sixpack" instead of "Joe Andruzzi".
I am a big fan of the NBA console games, and having real teams/players is vitally important, IMO. Yes, the majority of the fun is in the game play, in setting up your offense, getting guys to move without the ball, hitting open Js, etc. But a large part of the fun is in knowing these players. It makes the game more interesting in part because you know their real-life attributes. You know, in a way, what plays to run for what players, what to expect, etc.
It's also fun to see two teams you like matching up in the video arena. And the games allow you to play the actual schedule so you can, in a manner of speaking, follow along with your favorite team and play their real life games on the video game before watching them (or vice-a-versa).
Re:They should make a law against this.
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Ah, but the original commenter has a good point. If you let the NBA sell out an exclusive contract, then the NCAA might very well do the same thing. And then who's going to buy a basketball game (pro or college) without the real players?
Now, should there be a law prohibiting this? No, I don't think so. But I do think people should let the League and EA know their feelings, both by email/letter and by not buying games with exclusive licensing deals.
Erm, I think those NCAA games sell all right. EA, in fact, has such a game for sale - March Madness 2005. In fact, a number of game makers make both the NCAA and NBA version (since it's just the decoration of the players/teams/stadiums that differs, along with some minor rules settings), and even have intragame integration (like drafting a player you created in their NCAA game into the NBA game).
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Anywho, I'm not surprised how the first feature they pimped was Lotus 1-2-3 support, as Lotus 1-2-3 was the "killer app" of the day. In fact, there are bugs in Excel that were put their purposely to allow for true Lotus 1-2-3 integration.
Teaches me to hit preview first... Anywho, it should be:
...>
<asp:TextBox runat="server" id="myTestBox"
Hello, World!
</asp:TextBox>
ASP.NET uses XML markup for the front-end GUI stuff. For example, if you want to add a TextBox Web control to a page, you add:
Hello, World!
Which basically is translated the first time the page is visited into a class with a TextBox class instantiated and added in the proper place in the control hierarchy.
I really like this approach of XML syntax for defining the UI of a page; it makes especially good sense for Web pages, since developers are already familiar with the XML-like syntax of HTML markup, and this allows them to just add Web controls in a similar fashion embedded within their markup. Microsoft likes this approach enough that Avalon is spelling out UI-specific bits using XML in the same manner. This strategy makes sense if you look at it in the long run, since it allows for:
(1) A unification of ASP.NET and Avalon syntax. Once you have this, there is no difference to creating the UI for a Web page vs. a Windows application.
(2) It allows for a platform-neutral manner to specify markup, thereby allowing a hosted application to be run on a variety of platforms/devices. Basically, I can have a server that has the UI markup, you ping my server, I send you the markup, and you render it appropriately on your device.
But now with tools like Lookout, Google Desktop, and others, I can search my inbox in a split second. And thanks to these tools I'm now moving emails much less frequently and have even collapsed some folders down, to simplify the hierarchy overall. I just search now. I would now call myself a user who files infrequently.
One consequence is that the number of emails in my Inbox keeps growing. My goal used to be to keep it under 200 emails (I'd be sure to file away enough emails to keep it under that limit), but I'm currently over 1,600. No motivation to file away, just search and --boom--, there it is.
I wouldn't define "not being down with the lingo of the sci-fi/fantasy crowd and able to quote said books" as "clueless."
Next time you leave your parent's basement, say "So were the nine kings of mortal men until Sauron uttered the words 'and in the darkness bind them.'" to some random person and see what kind of look you get. Please.
No, apparently I have better things to do than to know what the hell you're talking about.
You mean no companies want to pay for this valuable research? I am shocked. Shocked!
What the hell are you talking about?
$36 billion in profit per year. If that's the results of not being able to compete, sign me up!
Anywho, Ballmer is not some slack-jawed idiot, as many like to demonize him. Not surprisingly, he is a killer salesman and communicator. I've heard him talk a couple of times at relatively small conferences and was very impressed by his vision, intelligence, and oratory skills.
This exact same thing happened at the University of California - San Diego about 8 months ago or so. I got a letter shortly afterward, informing me of the break-in and urging me to put a freeze on those accessing my credit report and to review my credit report for fradulent activity. What a pain.
(2) See above.
can I assume you're through?
Oh, I'm through. But I still think you're naive if you think that corruption doesn't exist in Israel's government. I'm not saying it's as bad as Arafat's stolen billions, but to think that every single politician is on the up-and-up is tantamount to believing in Santa Clause.
Yes, we all know that no corruption or bribing happens in Isreal. Please, there is corruption of some degree in every government in the world.
I never said that the defense companies weren't profiting at all, but do you honestly think there is not one Israeli who is making $$$ from this? Let's see, if I am Boeing and I want to make a multi-billion dollar sale, I think I'm going to be schmoozing many people in government positions who can approve the purchase. Dinners, gifts, donations to their parties/campaign, etc., etc.
Beats me, but I think it's naive to assume that no one has profited from the arms trade between the US and Israel. These are the folks I am talking about. My point is that there are those who benefit monetarily from war and destruction.
Welcome to planet Earth and the history of mankind.
When it boils down to it, there are too many forces who are benefiting from this bloodshed to allow it to stop. It's really sad because people are so short sighted. Even those folks that are making big bucks on the war there now, if the war were to end their bottom line would be hit in the short run, but I'd wager they'd do better over the long run. (Which is basically just summing up what you said.)
This is why you need to make sure, regardless of your age, your friends are poor college students. Then what is she going to say? "I really like what they did with those cinderblocks?", and, "That couch they found on the side of the road sure does add a nice touch to their place."
Do you have any stats to back up that claim? If you look at the progress made in the last century, the poor are definitely getting richer, in the US at least. Look at things like average home size, number of automobiles owned, number of appliances owned, number of televisions in the household, etc., etc. All of these metrics have been going up, not down.
Now, one may contend that these metrics don't accurately measure the quality of life (and I agree), but they are good measurements of wealth, IMO. Just remember, money != happiness.
I started with computers in earnest in late elementary school when my dad brought home a Packard Bell Legend IV. I became a fast typer, but my technique was hunt and peck. I'd use my two index fingers, and could still outtype my parents, who typed the "normal" way. Anywho, it wasn't until high school or so that I started typing with all ten fingers. Much faster than using just the index fingers! :-)
Many do, through XBOX Live or PS2's equivalent, but you have to go through their site. That is, you can't just type in a URL. (My only experience here is through XBOX, btw.) Once they have a means to let the end user enter a URL your theory would work, but I wouldn't be surprised if such actions (allowing the user to specify where to navigate) was prohibited by integrating with XBOX live or the other console online services.
I am a big fan of the NBA console games, and having real teams/players is vitally important, IMO. Yes, the majority of the fun is in the game play, in setting up your offense, getting guys to move without the ball, hitting open Js, etc. But a large part of the fun is in knowing these players. It makes the game more interesting in part because you know their real-life attributes. You know, in a way, what plays to run for what players, what to expect, etc.
It's also fun to see two teams you like matching up in the video arena. And the games allow you to play the actual schedule so you can, in a manner of speaking, follow along with your favorite team and play their real life games on the video game before watching them (or vice-a-versa).
Now, should there be a law prohibiting this? No, I don't think so. But I do think people should let the League and EA know their feelings, both by email/letter and by not buying games with exclusive licensing deals.
Erm, I think those NCAA games sell all right. EA, in fact, has such a game for sale - March Madness 2005. In fact, a number of game makers make both the NCAA and NBA version (since it's just the decoration of the players/teams/stadiums that differs, along with some minor rules settings), and even have intragame integration (like drafting a player you created in their NCAA game into the NBA game).