I was at a trade show and saw the OLPC a couple years ago.
In theory you could pick one up and play with it. In practice, all were broken in one way or another -- missing keys, broken mice, frozen software, broken wifi antennas, dead screens...
If you can't even get your stupid device to work at a *trade show*, then you've got problems. Why would I buy something that clearly doesn't work?
Um, with Linux you have your choice between apt-get and yum, both of which let you add any repo you want. On my system, proprietary drivers, browser plugins, etc. are all kept up to date by Ubuntu automatically.
WSUS does not let you do this. As far as I can tell, you can set up your own server but you can't update non-Microsoft software.
Whereas the current generation of iPods is usable with open source software? Gimmie a break dude. If you can get my goddamn Nano 3G to work with Linux, you can have it.
Methinks they just want to make damn sure nobody uses this feature in a production environment. This is more of a sneak peek for paying customers who are contractually bound against using this in a production environment.
If this was included in the standard distribution, then people would use it no matter what the documentation said. And then Sun would be saddled with bug reports and whining.
Bing, Live, MSN, Kumo... what the hell is the difference?
How about you fire your marketing department and use names people can understand, like: Microsoft Web Search Microsoft Webmail Microsoft Product Search Microsoft News Portal...etc
Would save money and leave the users a lot less confused.
Thing is, how do you punish a corporation for manslaughter? Remember, a corporation is a "legal person" so you can't punish an employee for obeying the will of the company.
I have that problem as well, but then only on the machines where I've installed every add-on I could find. So something tells me it's more my fault than Mozilla's.
I once read a thread where posters advocated Firefox by trying to convince everyone else they were dumbasses for using IE. By the end of it, one person was completely convinced that the only reason anyone used Firefox is because they were bullied into it.
So when dealing with these issues, whether it be a web browser, an OS, or any other lifestyle choice, it's best to let people choose on their own.
And then you can call them a dumbass BEHIND their back.
Buying a license doesn't buy you legal safety. Look at Apple's license agreements for developers and tell me how "safe" you feel legally developing code for their platforms.
The Old Man: Dick, I'm very disappointed. Dick Jones: I'm sure it's only a glitch. A temporary setback. The Old Man: You call this a GLITCH? [pause] The Old Man: We're scheduled to begin construction in 6 months. Your temporary setback could cost us 50 million dollars in interest payments alone!
No actually I'm sorry, I was reading too "creatively." In my recent experience with LaTeX I discovered two packages, url and hyperref. They both do very similar things, but don't behave nicely when you use both. Some bibliographies need one, or the other, or neither.
The documentation for LaTeX and all the packages you need is not very helpful. I guess I should have read LaTeX for Dummies. But I would read that creatively as well.
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I was at a trade show and saw the OLPC a couple years ago.
In theory you could pick one up and play with it.
In practice, all were broken in one way or another -- missing keys, broken mice, frozen software, broken wifi antennas, dead screens...
If you can't even get your stupid device to work at a *trade show*, then you've got problems. Why would I buy something that clearly doesn't work?
Watch what you wish for: you're not mentioned either
Or they could just keep jacking up the rates every year like they always do.
And that's supposed to mean what exactly?
Do people WANT Office 2007?
Are people really compelled to use 2007?
Are more people using 2007 than 2003, XP, or 2000?
...is the new Clippy. If you want people to use Office, you need to get rid of it.
You could say the same about ZZT.
And I'm sure I'm not the only one on Slashdot who became interested in programming thanks to ZZT.
I'm here from the future to tell you that in fact, the Dell lapto-
BZZZTT *crackle*
OH NO THE ROBOTS ARE OUT! *bzzzZZT* EVERBODY RUN, RUN! AAAAAAAAA ...*ZAP*
After I moved to SF, I sold my car. No need for it here.
How dare you post my password!
The media industry is not society. Why would they care if society benefits if their bottom line does not also benefit?
That's not what the Ministry of Truth told me.
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
Um, with Linux you have your choice between apt-get and yum, both of which let you add any repo you want. On my system, proprietary drivers, browser plugins, etc. are all kept up to date by Ubuntu automatically.
WSUS does not let you do this. As far as I can tell, you can set up your own server but you can't update non-Microsoft software.
Whereas the current generation of iPods is usable with open source software? Gimmie a break dude. If you can get my goddamn Nano 3G to work with Linux, you can have it.
(That's right, a free iPod Nano!)
One could also argue that the web is merely a networked version of HyperCard.
Methinks they just want to make damn sure nobody uses this feature in a production environment. This is more of a sneak peek for paying customers who are contractually bound against using this in a production environment.
If this was included in the standard distribution, then people would use it no matter what the documentation said. And then Sun would be saddled with bug reports and whining.
Bing, Live, MSN, Kumo... what the hell is the difference?
How about you fire your marketing department and use names people can understand, like: ...etc
Microsoft Web Search
Microsoft Webmail
Microsoft Product Search
Microsoft News Portal
Would save money and leave the users a lot less confused.
But manslaughter.
Thing is, how do you punish a corporation for manslaughter? Remember, a corporation is a "legal person" so you can't punish an employee for obeying the will of the company.
My penis is already cemented into a brick, what are you going to do about that?
I have that problem as well, but then only on the machines where I've installed every add-on I could find. So something tells me it's more my fault than Mozilla's.
Needs to support an Adblock function at the bare minimum before it would be even marginally accepted by the masses.
...says the guy who has an ad in his signature.
I once read a thread where posters advocated Firefox by trying to convince everyone else they were dumbasses for using IE. By the end of it, one person was completely convinced that the only reason anyone used Firefox is because they were bullied into it.
So when dealing with these issues, whether it be a web browser, an OS, or any other lifestyle choice, it's best to let people choose on their own.
And then you can call them a dumbass BEHIND their back.
Buying a license doesn't buy you legal safety. Look at Apple's license agreements for developers and tell me how "safe" you feel legally developing code for their platforms.
The Old Man: Dick, I'm very disappointed.
Dick Jones: I'm sure it's only a glitch. A temporary setback.
The Old Man: You call this a GLITCH?
[pause]
The Old Man: We're scheduled to begin construction in 6 months. Your temporary setback could cost us 50 million dollars in interest payments alone!
(copy/pasted from IMDb)
That depends on what your definition of "is" is.
No actually I'm sorry, I was reading too "creatively." In my recent experience with LaTeX I discovered two packages, url and hyperref. They both do very similar things, but don't behave nicely when you use both. Some bibliographies need one, or the other, or neither.
The documentation for LaTeX and all the packages you need is not very helpful. I guess I should have read LaTeX for Dummies. But I would read that creatively as well.