I hate to be the harbinger of news here, but windows is much easier to use, period. There's no debate about that one, and with XP it just gets easier. Try putting your mother down in front of a linux machine, and then do the same with a windows machine. There is a reason why windows is used on 90% of desktops, and why Microsoft is the software giant that they are (reasons beyond the typical slashdottery about squishing competition and cheating and crap), more than just "being in the right place at the right time".. It's because, for better or worse, they have the best set of software products out there. Office and Windows are extremely successful because they're good, and people like them and use them a lot. That's a fact, hard to dispute.
Biased. Plain and simple.
Granted, Windows is far easier to use than linux. That I will not argue with. Windows is not easy to use. Macs are easy to use. Windows boxen are ubiquitous. They are how the majority of computer users are introduced to computers, and that is a shame. Therefore they are the standard that all computers are compared against.
As for the fact that putting out a linux distro is expensive. Bull crap. Put out something popular on a slow link. If it's popular enough, it will be mirrored. At no cost to you. There are both Apache modules and FTP servers that allow you to specify bandwidth limits. I use both. It costs far less to put up an FTP server and host an ISO image than printing, labeling and distributing CDs.
The moderator that declared your post "Funny" had it right. You make some valid points (Microsoft is finally making some headway in the stability department) but declaring them "best" because they are the biggest is just plain foolish.
I use MS products at work, cause I have to, at home cause the game support isn't there yet for Linux, and never has been for Mac. But neither of these windows boxen are mission critical, or "on the internet" (i.e. each hides behind a firewall).
Each OS has it's strong points. Windows' strongest point is its prevalence.
First: I did some research on the voting record one of the last times this subject came up, and after a little digging, I found that it passed the House by a voice vote (no record) and passed the Senate by unanimous consent (no one said "no", one person abstained). The house sub committee that approved it voted to recommend it to the full House with a vote of 41-0.
Second: Did this piece of legislation get any media attention before we figured out what a crock it is? My guess is that no one figured that it was that big a deal, and very little attention was placed on the wording. Very few pieces of legislature are closely scrutinized. You might be surprised how much is passed with this little effort.
They are claiming royalties on both SDRAM and DDR SDRAM. 3.5% on DDR and.075% on SDRAM. Sure those are paltry sums taken alone, but it may be enough to power the life support...
Every time you purchase memory, you put a little cash back in Rambus' pocket. Or am I completly off my rocker?
Has anyone claimed that WEP is secure? I've heard notihing but complaints about its unsecure nature, and now that someone has broken the "protection" is it really news?
My congratulations to Adam (Stubblefield. The guy who "earned the distinction of being the first to implement a devastating new attack...") on "all" his "hard" work.;o) I sure couldn't have done it.
It can't. But it would take you all day of sitting at your computer hitting "reload" at least once a minute (or running a cron job... Hmmm...) to get all the pictures.
Welcome to the source code for this page. Not much here.
The picture filenames all took a one-way trip to MD5 city to mask their true identity
(if that is what you were looking for).
Since you are here though, we might as well tell you a joke since you
took the time to look at the source code and you shouldn't have to close this
window empty-handed.
Later in the article a different, more optiomistic (torwards open software at least) picture is painted.
But all hope is not lost.
Hardware compatibility problems have been solved, and the idea to adopt an open-source platform still stands.
This year, 1,400 schools will be equipped with external modems, and Ibarra plans to install Linux on those computers.
Isn't it tragic that legislation and treaties are needed to control stuff like this? I find it very depressing that "common sense" and "good of the community" are such hard concepts to follow. I know all about the "tragedy of the commons" and understand that it is a reality, but it just seems absurd that an intelligent (maybe that's my mistake?) species can't see that we would make much more progress and be much more comfortable (albeit as a species) if we could cooperate.
I found the links to the "find your representitive and senator" very helpful, and I am wondering if you know of a place that archives vote statistics for various legislation. It would be helpful for everyone to know wether their governmental representation was for or against the DMCA...
I think that you are right that we are outnumbered, but wrong on how. Aren't "geeks" some of the most highly paid (and best educated) people on the planet? I really don't think it's a lack of money, but a lack of conviction. I personally find it far easier and convenient to sit on my butt and bitch to the online forums about how the "world is going to hell in a hand basket", then it would be to fly down to D.C. and talk to the Senate in person. Until things become inconvenient enough that it dramatically effects our lifestyles, I really think that little change is going to happen.
Don't get me wrong. I think that the DMCA sucks. I have made monetary contributions to the EFF. I don't like MS. But it is far too easy to take the path of least resistance. 50% voter turnout in presidential elections means that the "dedicated" minorities get their way. Geeks just don't seem to be dedicated enough to the real world.
...each instance of the worm will attack the same computers in the same order, according to eEye's analysis. Maiffret said that while the addresses of the computers attacked by the worm seem to be random, because the worm uses the same starting point, or "seed," to generate the list, the "random" lists that any two worms generate are identical...
You know that if this worm had been open sourced, that mistake would have been caught, and this would be an even better epidemic.
1) What the hell is up with that URL? gotapex.com? I nearly didn't click on it just for that...
2) The biggest problem with LCD touchpads (this one included) is the absolute lack of tactile feedback. To know which button you are about to press (and to make sure you only hit one) you have to look at the controler. That is time that you spend not looking at the action on the computer screen. Bad idea in a firefight.
I am a subscriber of the rcfoc (Rapidly Changing Face of Computing) mailing list, and I recommend it to all here. One of the points that Jeffery Harrow (the author) repeatedly brings up is that computers (as we know them today) will disappear. The days of keyboards and mice are limited. The analogy that he uses most often is the electric motor. When they first appeared, they were huge expensive contraptions that few people could see a use for (UNIVAC anyone?), but have evolved into a commodity that we not only rely on, but don't notice in day to day life. How many electric motors did you interact with today?
Computers are going to take the same road. They started off large and mostly incomprehensible, then were used for specialized projects. They are on the verge of becoming ubiquitous, and soon will disappear into the background. Constantly there, but not drawing attention to themselves.
When was the last time you were flamed over the company that makes the electric motor that starts your car?
But all that bandwidth is being shared with 123 channels of television (video and audio). Data on the phone lines are only contending with one channel (audio only).
Yes, this is a return joke, on what I assume to be a joke in the first place.
As long as there are still analog sets, they can't implement this technology across the board.
2006 is the (furthest out) end of analog. From the article... "Broadcasters are slated to go all-digital by 2006, or when 85 percent of American homes have a digital TV, whichever comes first." Soon enough, you will have to either replace your TV, or get a D/A conversion box for it.
Except for the fact that the bandwidth would be shared... Can you imagine all of the people in reach of one of these stations sharing the ~7MB/sec bandwith? Bleh!
I am (obviously) not T, but I feel that in his defense I must say that it is obvious to me that he was more speaking of non-manned prototypes. The blurb was not very descriptive, but the picture certainly does give the impression of a remotely controlled vehicle. Losing human life (even if much can be learned from the event) is a tragedy. I don't think that anyone will dispute that (baring lawyer jokes).
Why is there no link to the GnuCash website, either in the article, the related links or in the comments? Yes, I dropped my filter down to -1 *shudder*, and searched the source. Nothin'. Just curious.
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Biased. Plain and simple.
Granted, Windows is far easier to use than linux. That I will not argue with. Windows is not easy to use. Macs are easy to use. Windows boxen are ubiquitous. They are how the majority of computer users are introduced to computers, and that is a shame. Therefore they are the standard that all computers are compared against.
As for the fact that putting out a linux distro is expensive. Bull crap. Put out something popular on a slow link. If it's popular enough, it will be mirrored. At no cost to you. There are both Apache modules and FTP servers that allow you to specify bandwidth limits. I use both. It costs far less to put up an FTP server and host an ISO image than printing, labeling and distributing CDs.
The moderator that declared your post "Funny" had it right. You make some valid points (Microsoft is finally making some headway in the stability department) but declaring them "best" because they are the biggest is just plain foolish.
I use MS products at work, cause I have to, at home cause the game support isn't there yet for Linux, and never has been for Mac. But neither of these windows boxen are mission critical, or "on the internet" (i.e. each hides behind a firewall).
Each OS has it's strong points. Windows' strongest point is its prevalence.
Second: Did this piece of legislation get any media attention before we figured out what a crock it is? My guess is that no one figured that it was that big a deal, and very little attention was placed on the wording. Very few pieces of legislature are closely scrutinized. You might be surprised how much is passed with this little effort.
Every time you purchase memory, you put a little cash back in Rambus' pocket. Or am I completly off my rocker?
My congratulations to Adam (Stubblefield. The guy who "earned the distinction of being the first to implement a devastating new attack...") on "all" his "hard" work. ;o) I sure couldn't have done it.
It can't. But it would take you all day of sitting at your computer hitting "reload" at least once a minute (or running a cron job... Hmmm...) to get all the pictures.
Welcome to the source code for this page. Not much here. The picture filenames all took a one-way trip to MD5 city to mask their true identity (if that is what you were looking for).
Since you are here though, we might as well tell you a joke since you took the time to look at the source code and you shouldn't have to close this window empty-handed.
q: What clothes does a house wear?
a: Address.
It's tough being an idealist.
I found the links to the "find your representitive and senator" very helpful, and I am wondering if you know of a place that archives vote statistics for various legislation. It would be helpful for everyone to know wether their governmental representation was for or against the DMCA...
More thought? Hell no! That's a great idea. Anyone who does decrypt it can be arreseted! ;o)
Yes, actually, I did vote Nader. How about you?
Don't get me wrong. I think that the DMCA sucks. I have made monetary contributions to the EFF. I don't like MS. But it is far too easy to take the path of least resistance. 50% voter turnout in presidential elections means that the "dedicated" minorities get their way. Geeks just don't seem to be dedicated enough to the real world.
2) The biggest problem with LCD touchpads (this one included) is the absolute lack of tactile feedback. To know which button you are about to press (and to make sure you only hit one) you have to look at the controler. That is time that you spend not looking at the action on the computer screen. Bad idea in a firefight.
The concept is cool though...
Computers are going to take the same road. They started off large and mostly incomprehensible, then were used for specialized projects. They are on the verge of becoming ubiquitous, and soon will disappear into the background. Constantly there, but not drawing attention to themselves.
When was the last time you were flamed over the company that makes the electric motor that starts your car?
I thought HP was patenting "Street Maps". Man, if that ain't an after-the-fact patent...
Yes, this is a return joke, on what I assume to be a joke in the first place.
Except for the fact that the bandwidth would be shared... Can you imagine all of the people in reach of one of these stations sharing the ~7MB/sec bandwith? Bleh!
...of the early internet? Sadly, how long is it going to be before these links are flooded with bulk mailers, and w4r3z repositories?
Yes, I know it's a typo. I just found it funny.
I am (obviously) not T, but I feel that in his defense I must say that it is obvious to me that he was more speaking of non-manned prototypes. The blurb was not very descriptive, but the picture certainly does give the impression of a remotely controlled vehicle. Losing human life (even if much can be learned from the event) is a tragedy. I don't think that anyone will dispute that (baring lawyer jokes).
Why is there no link to the GnuCash website, either in the article, the related links or in the comments? Yes, I dropped my filter down to -1 *shudder*, and searched the source.
Nothin'. Just curious.
I couldn't slow down fast enough to get out of it, so I stomped on the gas and shot out ahead of him.
lead me to belive that the car could not slow down quickly enough. Damn, I hate tailgaters.
Unless they have a cold. Den bwe are sqwood.