As sites stop supporting IE 6, the 20+ percent of windows users that don't use XP will either continue to use IE 6 or will switch to some other browser. I don't see IE 7 being sufficient to drive those users to upgrade their version of Windows.
If there is an established pattern of dropping the case at the door, then perhaps some state attorney general could bring up charges against the RIAA for extortion/racketeering.
No problem. The GPU uses a clock multiplier internally but talks 2ghz over HT when it needs to send something off-chip. Piece of cake (unless there's something I'm missing about how HT works).
Given that it is open-source, it would be very easy to discover exploits
The exploits that are easy to find are very likely to already have been found by the developers. The exploits that are difficult to find are the ones that we're worried about (although the developers have the advantage there too since they tend to know the code more intimately).
Given their past history, taking their words at face value is not an option. However, we will watch them closely to see if their actions provide any compelling evidence of a change of heart.
I actually hope that Vista comes out as a solid offering. Not because I want to use it, but because I want all the people who are unwilling to leave Windows to have a decent platform to work on. There's lots of room in the market for multiple platforms. This doesn't have to be a winner-take-all kind of thing.
As for you comment about OSX fading into to market-share irrelevance, what gives you that impression? It looks to me that OSX is the most relevant Apple offering since the origonal Mac and all the numbers seem to paint of a picture of increased momentum for Apple computer sales.
Whether it is too expensive really depends on what you think you're getting for your money. A console that can play the entire back catalog of PS1 and PS2 games, in addition to new games made specifically for it certainly has appeal to people like me who have older consoles that will need to be replaced in order to play the game library they've acquired over the years and who like picking up old games for a couple of bucks (lots of older games are more fun that these pretty new games).
If I decide that a $600 PS3 has more value for me than a $400 Xbox360, I'll buy it when I'm ready to upgrade consoles. I'm not a poor college kid and so an extra $200 for a one-time purchase won't even show up on my financial radar.
I suspect there are lots of people like me who have decent jobs and are willing to pay for the product they want rather than settle for a cheaper product that isn't what they want.
The 360 is selling so poorly that even mediocre sales will put both the Wii and the PS3 ahead of it. Nobody's played the PS3 yet, so it seems silly to write it off the page as being unable to compete (although I do agree that the initial price is daunting). Most of the interest in the Wii is because it's the console that we have the least information on. Once it's out and we've had a chance to evaluate the possibilities of the new controller, then we'll be in a position to speculate how things will play out in the long run.
Wait until we've had a chance to play them all before deciding the fate of the industry.
I don't think this is true. If I fill my cart with fresh produce, it only costs about $20. If I fill my cart with stuff from just about any other section of the grocery store, it costs $80 or more.
Fresh produce is cheap. Processed food is expensive.
It takes very little effort to report a problem and sometimes they actually do something about it.
Perhaps someone who make a list of sites that don't support different browsers so that peope could organize webmaster emailing campaigns to raise webmaster awareness of non-IE browsers.
Firefox 2.0 will support Win9x. It's only Firefox 3.0 that will drop support for windows before Win2000.
Assuming there aren't any horrible security flaws in Firefox 2.0, there's no reason that you'll have to stop using Firefox on Win9x once Firefox 3.0 comes out.
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As sites stop supporting IE 6, the 20+ percent of windows users that don't use XP
will either continue to use IE 6 or will switch to some other browser. I don't see
IE 7 being sufficient to drive those users to upgrade their version of Windows.
If there is an established pattern of dropping the case at the door, then
perhaps some state attorney general could bring up charges against the RIAA
for extortion/racketeering.
I've got an early PS2 and it has trouble with DVDs from Disney.
I've never had a problem with a non-Disney DVD.
Of course, now we have a real DVD player so the issue is moot.
Most places require a permit to carry a gun concealed, but only a couple
of states require a permit to own one (CA, NY, any others?).
Uh, such an LDC screen would clearly be illegal unless there was
a foolproof way for the police to get the real plate number whenever
they wanted it.
I think my wife might be offended by that statement.
All she does is browse on my machine if she doesn't want to bother
firing up her iBook, but nonetheless, she's using Linux.
Where do you find the numbers?
No problem. The GPU uses a clock multiplier internally but talks 2ghz over HT when
it needs to send something off-chip. Piece of cake (unless there's something I'm
missing about how HT works).
Given that it is open-source, it would be very easy to discover exploits
The exploits that are easy to find are very likely to already have been found
by the developers. The exploits that are difficult to find are the ones that
we're worried about (although the developers have the advantage there too since
they tend to know the code more intimately).
Given their past history, taking their words at face value is not an option.
However, we will watch them closely to see if their actions provide any
compelling evidence of a change of heart.
I actually hope that Vista comes out as a solid offering. Not because I want to use it, but because I want all the people who are unwilling to leave Windows to have a decent platform to work on. There's lots of room in the market for multiple platforms. This doesn't have to be a winner-take-all kind of thing.
As for you comment about OSX fading into to market-share irrelevance, what gives you that impression? It looks to me that OSX is the most relevant Apple offering since the origonal Mac and all the numbers seem to paint of a picture of increased momentum for Apple computer sales.
Just last week there was an article that claimed that
40 PS1 games wouldn't run on the PS3 and that Sony had
declared that unacceptable.
Have you got evidence that Sony isn't planning on having
the PS3 support both PS1 and PS2 games?
Whether it is too expensive really depends on what you
think you're getting for your money. A console that can
play the entire back catalog of PS1 and PS2 games, in
addition to new games made specifically for it certainly
has appeal to people like me who have older consoles
that will need to be replaced in order to play the
game library they've acquired over the years and who like
picking up old games for a couple of bucks (lots of older
games are more fun that these pretty new games).
If I decide that a $600 PS3 has more value for me than
a $400 Xbox360, I'll buy it when I'm ready to upgrade
consoles. I'm not a poor college kid and so an extra $200
for a one-time purchase won't even show up on my financial
radar.
I suspect there are lots of people like me who have decent
jobs and are willing to pay for the product they want rather
than settle for a cheaper product that isn't what they want.
Aren't you being a bit presumptuous?
The 360 is selling so poorly that even mediocre sales will put both the
Wii and the PS3 ahead of it. Nobody's played the PS3 yet, so it seems
silly to write it off the page as being unable to compete (although I
do agree that the initial price is daunting). Most of the interest in
the Wii is because it's the console that we have the least information
on. Once it's out and we've had a chance to evaluate the possibilities
of the new controller, then we'll be in a position to speculate how things
will play out in the long run.
Wait until we've had a chance to play them all before deciding the fate
of the industry.
This will be in reaction to bots that start using a shadow/private DNS built into the bot\
Has this behavior been seen in the wild or is it just hypothetical?
I don't follow. If Larry is annoyed with RedHat, then why would that motivate
Oracle to offer this boon to RedHat?
What am I missing?
loaf of bread: $2
assorted sandwich meat: $4
head of lettuce + tomato: $1
mayonaise: $3
$10 dollars to feed 4 with leftover mayonaise, bread, and
lettuce.
If you really want to eat cheap, think rice. A $6 bag of
rice will feed a family for a week.
In comparison, fast food is expensive.
junk food is cheaper than fresh food
I don't think this is true. If I fill my cart with fresh produce, it only
costs about $20. If I fill my cart with stuff from just about any other
section of the grocery store, it costs $80 or more.
Fresh produce is cheap. Processed food is expensive.
I believe it's been fixed in the Gecko main tree, but
no released version of Firefox has used it yet.
Does anyone know what version of Firefox is slated to
use the corrected Gecko?
Always a delight to see a well written, factual post on slashdot.
Wish I had mod points for you.
Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) said that. I don't know if it
was previously said by someone else.
It takes very little effort to report a problem and sometimes
they actually do something about it.
Perhaps someone who make a list of sites that don't support
different browsers so that peope could organize webmaster
emailing campaigns to raise webmaster awareness of non-IE
browsers.
Has someone already done this?
video doesn't work on the CNN and Sports Illustrated web sites
Have you dropped a note to the webmasters complaining about this?
Firefox 2.0 will support Win9x. It's only Firefox 3.0 that will drop support
for windows before Win2000.
Assuming there aren't any horrible security flaws in Firefox 2.0, there's
no reason that you'll have to stop using Firefox on Win9x once Firefox 3.0
comes out.
Is there some advantage that I'm missing? Or is this just a way
to partially reinvent the utility of the goto statement?
It seems to me that this would reduce the clearity of the code
(code clearity is paramount!) and consume a level of indentation.
Am I missing something?