Your font issue is more of a settings issue. Just change the font settings in Preferences to point to some nice TT fonts and things will look much better. My Opera looks nearly identical to Galeon/Mozilla or Konq. at this point.
This is not injustice. This is how the system works...
The bevy of patents that Bezos and co. have filed are pretty lame and don't represent significant *unique* (that's the key) innovation. The patents had to do with ideas/technologies that were very well known and understood, not something revolutionary.
The system will be working (in my view) when the appellate court declares the patent(s) "common knowledge".
And you're basing this on what? Personal, inside knowledge? I don't think so!!!
Cyrix has some excellent engineers and pound for pound I'd stack their engineers against Intel any day. Intel doesn't have any advantaqe in intelligence, just in brute-force manufacturing prowess. Intel can afford to make dumb engineering decisions because they have great control over their process.
And.... *yes*, I am basing these opinions on personal experience with *both* companies:-)
It's a statistically-based model.... Kind of like a "chicken and egg" thing. If you aren't receiving any "hits" for your perceived topic, Google won't list you very highly.
But ask the guys who created the engine.
It still gets my vote as the most useful search engine out there!
Thank you "anonymous coward" and I didn't make *any* claim as to *my* intelligence!
A hostile reaction from you is not what I need or deserve. I was simply making a point that computers are not, nor ever have been as easy to use as "marketeers" would want you to believe...
As far as the "you can't change the world" comment I don't know what to say, except that if *all* were like you, nothing would ever change for the better.
One last thing!! If you expect me to take you seriously, why not grow some balls and post under your *own* name or 'net alias, at least!!!!
Why do I need to change myself? My comment wasn't blasting any particular group, but there are a *lot* of computer neophytes out there... And I'm sorry to point this out to you, but there are definitely some truly ignorant "no-ops" out there!!! If you can't see it, you probably lean towards being one of them:-)
The reason Info. appliances will overtake PCs, eventually, is that they are *easier* for the ignorant masses to use. Much can be said about a PC's power and flexibility, but not ease of use.... not for a first-time user. *Especially* not with MS "leading" the way:-)
I didn't think there was "religious fervor" in this article. It's actually pretty close to the truth and anyone who can't see it must be totally ignoring what's going on!!!
MS has gotten away with developing mediocre software for *years* and it's finally coming around to bite them.
Truthfully, it doesn't matter to me what happens to MS, I haven't used *any* of their products in well over 3 years and don't intend to go back *ever*. I know I'm a minority, but I stick with stuff that I like, stuff that works.
MS holds no place in my life and I try to convince others of the same thing.
Ok... this article is not very well done and goes against some of the principles by which I live my life.
"Do you like your job?"
I wouldn't be here if I didn't.
"Do you trust the people you work for?"
I trust them to make decisions to make the business successful... That's there only job! If I'm no longer deemed "useful" then that's *their* loss, but it doesn't matter to me!
"Do you feel needed and valued at work?"
I'm not in it to feel "needed or valued". Just the satisfaction of *knowing* I've done a good job is good enough for me!
"Are you loyal to the company you work for?"
Loyalty has nothing to do with it. I feel that I'm doing pretty cool work right now. If I get sick of it, either my company will provide me a way to do other work, or I'll look elsewhere!
"Is it loyal to you?"
Don't care!
"When the time comes, do you count on your employer to take care of and protect you?"
I neither expect or want this! I have the freedom to leave the company any time I choose. This works the other way as well.... *If* I become "dead weight", I'd expect any decent company to dump me!
I cannot foresee a time in my life when I won't have passion for the job that I'm doing and, if that time comes, I'll look elsewhere to regain it!!!
I'll admit your points are "interesting", but they're not founded in the way things should work!
Slashdot Mirror
I wonder if Sun is using some of Ximian's work here? These screenshots look *way* too much like XD2 to be an accident....
Cheers,
- hawkeye
Your font issue is more of a settings issue. Just change the font settings in Preferences to point to some nice TT fonts and things will look much better. My Opera looks nearly identical to Galeon/Mozilla or Konq. at this point.
Cheers,
- Hawkeye
I am an electrical engineer who's been working in various semiconductor and communications fields since '96.
Hiring managers *never* look for PE certification, they look for specific skills and they look to see if they can tolerate you...
- hawkeye
This is not injustice. This is how the system works...
The bevy of patents that Bezos and co. have filed are pretty lame and don't represent significant *unique* (that's the key) innovation. The patents had to do with ideas/technologies that were very well known and understood, not something revolutionary.
The system will be working (in my view) when the appellate court declares the patent(s) "common knowledge".
Cheers!
And you're basing this on what? Personal, inside knowledge? I don't think so!!!
:-)
Cyrix has some excellent engineers and pound for pound I'd stack their engineers against Intel any day. Intel doesn't have any advantaqe in intelligence, just in brute-force manufacturing prowess. Intel can afford to make dumb engineering decisions because they have great control over their process.
And.... *yes*, I am basing these opinions on personal experience with *both* companies
Cheers,
- Brendan
Yup.... It might be a "rough row to hoe", but not :-)
:-)
if AOL is going to *give* it to new consumers
AOL is a volume-oriented business and this brings them more volume.
Even if the other options are "better", *free* (with a year's subscription) is tough to beat
- Hawkeye
It's a statistically-based model.... Kind of like a "chicken and egg" thing. If you aren't receiving any "hits" for your perceived topic, Google won't list you very highly.
But ask the guys who created the engine.
It still gets my vote as the most useful search engine out there!
- Hawkeye
Thank you "anonymous coward" and I didn't make *any* claim as to *my* intelligence!
:-)
A hostile reaction from you is not what I need or
deserve. I was simply making a point that computers are not, nor ever have been as easy to
use as "marketeers" would want you to believe...
As far as the "you can't change the world" comment I don't know what to say, except that if *all* were like you, nothing would ever change for the
better.
One last thing!! If you expect me to take you
seriously, why not grow some balls and post under
your *own* name or 'net alias, at least!!!!
Why do I need to change myself? My comment wasn't
blasting any particular group, but there are a *lot* of computer neophytes out there... And I'm sorry to point this out to you, but there are definitely some truly ignorant "no-ops" out there!!! If you can't see it, you probably lean towards being one of them
- Hawkeye
Will happen. *Is* happening!!!
:-)
The reason Info. appliances will overtake PCs, eventually, is that they are *easier* for the ignorant masses to use. Much can be said about a PC's power and flexibility, but not ease of use.... not for a first-time user. *Especially* not with MS "leading" the way
Nuff' said!
Cheers,
- Hawkeye
I didn't think there was "religious fervor" in this article. It's actually pretty close to the truth and anyone who can't see it must be totally ignoring what's going on!!!
MS has gotten away with developing mediocre software for *years* and it's finally coming around to bite them.
Truthfully, it doesn't matter to me what happens to MS, I haven't used *any* of their products in well over 3 years and don't intend to go back *ever*. I know I'm a minority, but I stick with stuff that I like, stuff that works.
MS holds no place in my life and I try to convince others of the same thing.
Cheers,
Hawkeye...
Ok... this article is not very well done and goes against some of the principles by which I live my life.
"Do you like your job?"
I wouldn't be here if I didn't.
"Do you trust the people you work for?"
I trust them to make decisions to make the business successful... That's there only job! If I'm no longer deemed "useful" then that's *their* loss, but it doesn't matter to me!
"Do you feel needed and valued at work?"
I'm not in it to feel "needed or valued". Just the satisfaction of *knowing* I've done a good job is good enough for me!
"Are you loyal to the company you work for?"
Loyalty has nothing to do with it. I feel that I'm doing pretty cool work right now. If I get sick of it, either my company will provide me a way to do other work, or I'll look elsewhere!
"Is it loyal to you?"
Don't care!
"When the time comes, do you count on your employer to take care of and protect you?"
I neither expect or want this! I have the freedom to leave the company any time I choose. This works the other way as well.... *If* I become "dead weight", I'd expect any decent company to dump me!
I cannot foresee a time in my life when I won't have passion for the job that I'm doing and, if that time comes, I'll look elsewhere to regain it!!!
I'll admit your points are "interesting", but they're not founded in the way things should work!
Cheers,
- Hawkeye