Cost Speed Crew Mobility of Equipment Easier to digitally enhance and add SFX
Plus, it's the fad according to all the directors who were at the Seattle International Film Fest, probably the most highly attended film fest that directors vye to be at.
HTTP will continue to be the protocol for 90% of the web, BXXP will only become useful for massive data interchange aspects, such as those for B2B exchanges.
Expect to see IE, Netscape, and Opera extensions to allow BXXP, but don't expect to see it anytime soon, at least until they start to fully implement XHTML and XML standards. I'd guess 2002 for reasonable code that works fairly well.
If you're trying to crank out massive data exchanges, you should definitely get into this; if you're trying to do a web site, especially one with lots of text content, you may never use it.
Umm, how about some waves with Bill G playing a strad? C'mon, there must be tons of people from EMP twiddling their thumbs now that the not-so-long lines at the Space Needle have gotten really short.
Well, I know one of the first things I do when I pop up a server is drop all the remote FTP and telnet, that's for darn sure.
So, by doing that, I'm denying file sharing. Is this bad? Maybe. But first, if a user wants this, they have to come up with a reason. Then, maybe we set them up with a special server or something.
On the other hand, if someone here was using up 10 percent of the bandwidth to share files, and there wasn't a good reason for it (e.g. they want MP3 files), why not shut them down.
The other extreme is an OS or standard setup that makes it impossible to ever share files. That's just plain evil. They should have their boxen hacked to small teeny bits, IMHO.
Then why not enable the richly advanced service revolution, and enhance your experience.
Just send $9.99 a month for the next ten years to MSFT and we promise to put the net in.NET - and if you act now, we'll throw in 10 MB of bugs at absolutely no charge!
That's right - and, better yet, you won't have to worry about a license, because with the new improved revolutionary.NET license, we'll change the terms FOR you. You don't even need to read them - heck, we won't even tell you where they are!
Why - To get you to pay for renting apps from them, even when you use a Linux box, especially when you travel.
What - Holding your data hostage, they can deny you conversion of said data if you break the UCITA wrapper that says you can't say bad things about them. They can also sell it to marketers "to assist in an improved user experience". They can help the feds by having the secure keys to your data, so that you can be busted more efficiently. And if you raise too much fuss, they can make you disappear from the system.
Where - All over the world. Not just domination here, but as a method of grabbing total World Domination (TM - The Brain). Especially when you travel to an island resort, where only the.NET will be available, so they can really get all the *nix geeks.
How - They have the cash, They own the other companies, They will force companies to partner with them or they will Embrace and Extend them. Now that they don't have to worry about the DOJ for 18 months, it's time to Take Over The World (TM - The Brain).
First, there will be a national sales tax on Net purchases by 2005. Mostly due to the fact that the EU will be taxing the Net prior to that. I don't mean the ISP, I mean the purchase.
Secondly, a state can tax it's own citizens. Without federal action, they can't currently tax citizen's of other states.
Thirdly, a county can tax it's own citizens. See above.
Fourthly, a municipality can tax it's own citizens. See above.
This is all still a mess, and will be so until about 18 months after the election, when George W Bush has to pay back for those hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Big business wants a level tax field with a national clearance center, or will soon. Of course, they don't want to pay any taxes, but they're not stupid.
And if Al Gore wins, it will still happen.
Expect trade disputes between the US and other nations over Net taxation for the next 20 years, since we dominate the sales picture. For an analogy, think back to the 50s and 60s when we dominated world trade with our international sales.
Yes, lives will be lost over this issue. We don't have a military budget that big just for show - we will find some pretext for using gun boat diplomacy over Net taxation - Virtual Bananna Republic wars if you will.
No, I don't want to hear why this will never happen - check back with me in 4 years and I'll pay you $10 if I'm wrong. And you pay me $10 if I'm right. If you won't take the bet, you're just in a do while loop with a memory leak - go get a job at MSFT where you can continue to ignore reality.
Could be. Running out of angels and VCs to keep them going and they've got as many clues as Bill G has business ethics.
I'm pondering if I should drop some cash in a mercy buy of SALN that I did a long time back (after the IPO), since they're down to almost $1 a share. Could just drop 1K on them and if it pops back up it's a massive kill. But Corel leaves a sour taste - they just spread bad news.
Again, it's cool that Dell and IBM are doing distros, and the users could always switch distros later and still be fine. Especially since it's open source.
The fronzen config comment bothers me - are they locking these down and not giving you the root password, just a su password?
wandered into two national computer stores last week and was amazed at the huge selection of Linux distros. Not just that, but they were placed in top-billing racks. And suddenly all these corps are shipping units with Linux.
Even the game store at Pacific Place in Seattle had something like six distros. And some major games. So, it's even catching on in gaming, where, sadly, it's still got some catch up work to do as an OS.
I think this whole court case has definitely provided a window of opportunity, both by distracting MSFT and by making them behave like a bully a bit less. But now that it's in Supreme Court limbo land, we may see the gloves come off.
I wonder what our chances of an open courty session, or daily access to transcripts as they hear the case?
Very little. This is the Supreme Court, and they don't do that. Unless someone smart sneaks in a webcam (hint, hint) that records and a nice MP3 player that records. Bring lots of batteries.
Oh, if you get caught, I hear the prison stay is not that fun.
First - The Supreme Court may not take the case. Why? Because they don't want more appeals going to them. But, their egos may come into play, and they may recognize that this truly is an important case. And since probably three of them are retiring soon, this may swing the vote so that they decide to take the case and go out in a blaze of jurisprudential glory.
Secondly - Microsoft continues to act as if it thinks it can win the appeal and never did anything wrong. If this is the true feeling, expect them to start making everyone's lives miserable. If this is just a posture, they may continue to mind their manners (a bit), which means Open Source will grow.
Thirdly - Microsoft is hoping Bush will get elected. Lots of slush money heading the GOP's way. Not that a President could do anything about this, but since George W lacks morals, they may be hoping he'll indulge them in dirty tricks like slashing the anti-trust department's budget. Personally, I figure this is a waste of money, since George W is just as likely to spend it anyway, lose the election, and say Never Mind.
[yes, I own MSFT, RHAT, CSCO, AOL, and so I have vested opinions. But since I don't wear a vest very often, this is meaningless.]
Hey, if they land on that data haven and use it as a base, we could have the UK's Prime Minister back changing nappies at Number 10 Downing in no time.
Besides, I patented the idea of ASCII when I was a toddler. I sold the patent to Al Gore, though... guess BT owes Al Gore a sizeable campaign contribution...
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We're all clones
All we wonder is what we are
[Bowie bows]
Gasp! You mean, the Clone Wars ?
Mostly it's just these:
Cost
Speed
Crew
Mobility of Equipment
Easier to digitally enhance and add SFX
Plus, it's the fad according to all the directors who were at the Seattle International Film Fest, probably the most highly attended film fest that directors vye to be at.
Geesh, now we've got virgin birth theories.
...
I mean, face it, Palatine is the father. And not in a nice way, if you get what I mean.
When all else fails, look at the blinking red light and read the words displayed thereon
Yup, now here's a place where BXXP (BEEP?) will really come in useful. Lots of data transfer, lots of channels, lots of potential.
If I were Nintendo or Sega (or MSFT - hah!) I'd be making sure I was up on this spec soonest. Heck, I'd be sending people to the steering committees.
[yeah, I own Nintendo and MSFT, but that doesn't mean Sega doesn't have cool games]
OK, calm down. RTFM already.
HTTP will continue to be the protocol for 90% of the web, BXXP will only become useful for massive data interchange aspects, such as those for B2B exchanges.
Expect to see IE, Netscape, and Opera extensions to allow BXXP, but don't expect to see it anytime soon, at least until they start to fully implement XHTML and XML standards. I'd guess 2002 for reasonable code that works fairly well.
If you're trying to crank out massive data exchanges, you should definitely get into this; if you're trying to do a web site, especially one with lots of text content, you may never use it.
Actually, the first colleges were just ways to get you to RTFM. Yup, just to read the books and writings.
...
Then they found out that talking about the ideas in a group helped people learn. Kind of like hanging out with friends and going over the material.
The main thing is to get you to focus and to think about it, as well as hear other viewpoints on it.
Plus, if you get free bheer, you might have free code
Look at the properties of the document in Word ...
Well, that explains it.
So, my first two questions are:
1. Are there scripting elements we can hack?
2. Is this so tied to the OS that it will never be multi-OS?
Umm, how about some waves with Bill G playing a strad? C'mon, there must be tons of people from EMP twiddling their thumbs now that the not-so-long lines at the Space Needle have gotten really short.
Just crank it into Adobe and push it out!
Other ideas?
Well, I know one of the first things I do when I pop up a server is drop all the remote FTP and telnet, that's for darn sure.
So, by doing that, I'm denying file sharing. Is this bad? Maybe. But first, if a user wants this, they have to come up with a reason. Then, maybe we set them up with a special server or something.
On the other hand, if someone here was using up 10 percent of the bandwidth to share files, and there wasn't a good reason for it (e.g. they want MP3 files), why not shut them down.
The other extreme is an OS or standard setup that makes it impossible to ever share files. That's just plain evil. They should have their boxen hacked to small teeny bits, IMHO.
Then why not enable the richly advanced service revolution, and enhance your experience.
.NET - and if you act now, we'll throw in 10 MB of bugs at absolutely no charge!
.NET license, we'll change the terms FOR you. You don't even need to read them - heck, we won't even tell you where they are!
Just send $9.99 a month for the next ten years to MSFT and we promise to put the net in
That's right - and, better yet, you won't have to worry about a license, because with the new improved revolutionary
Operators are standing by!
Who - MSFT
.NET will be available, so they can really get all the *nix geeks.
Why - To get you to pay for renting apps from them, even when you use a Linux box, especially when you travel.
What - Holding your data hostage, they can deny you conversion of said data if you break the UCITA wrapper that says you can't say bad things about them. They can also sell it to marketers "to assist in an improved user experience". They can help the feds by having the secure keys to your data, so that you can be busted more efficiently. And if you raise too much fuss, they can make you disappear from the system.
Where - All over the world. Not just domination here, but as a method of grabbing total World Domination (TM - The Brain). Especially when you travel to an island resort, where only the
How - They have the cash, They own the other companies, They will force companies to partner with them or they will Embrace and Extend them. Now that they don't have to worry about the DOJ for 18 months, it's time to Take Over The World (TM - The Brain).
Any questions?
It is now a haven for crybabies who are complaining that they aren't allowed to do whatever they want
...
That's cause we're all freakin rich from our IPO shares of Linux companies
Oh, you mean you're not?
Ok, here's the skinny.
First, there will be a national sales tax on Net purchases by 2005. Mostly due to the fact that the EU will be taxing the Net prior to that. I don't mean the ISP, I mean the purchase.
Secondly, a state can tax it's own citizens. Without federal action, they can't currently tax citizen's of other states.
Thirdly, a county can tax it's own citizens. See above.
Fourthly, a municipality can tax it's own citizens. See above.
This is all still a mess, and will be so until about 18 months after the election, when George W Bush has to pay back for those hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Big business wants a level tax field with a national clearance center, or will soon. Of course, they don't want to pay any taxes, but they're not stupid.
And if Al Gore wins, it will still happen.
Expect trade disputes between the US and other nations over Net taxation for the next 20 years, since we dominate the sales picture. For an analogy, think back to the 50s and 60s when we dominated world trade with our international sales.
Yes, lives will be lost over this issue. We don't have a military budget that big just for show - we will find some pretext for using gun boat diplomacy over Net taxation - Virtual Bananna Republic wars if you will.
No, I don't want to hear why this will never happen - check back with me in 4 years and I'll pay you $10 if I'm wrong. And you pay me $10 if I'm right. If you won't take the bet, you're just in a do while loop with a memory leak - go get a job at MSFT where you can continue to ignore reality.
I mean really, wouldn't we all rather that he hate deadlines?
...
Of course, he could be late for headshines.
It's all the same after the second Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, if you know what I mean
Yeah, but you could still crack the case, right?
How many Linux users are going to worry about the warranty anyway?
Not Linux. Maybe something useful?
So, you think they should go with the devil and adopt BSD? Or are you seriously suggesting BeOS?
I don't think the real world is ready for either of those on a Dell box.
What's up with CORL? Bankruptcy?
Could be. Running out of angels and VCs to keep them going and they've got as many clues as Bill G has business ethics.
I'm pondering if I should drop some cash in a mercy buy of SALN that I did a long time back (after the IPO), since they're down to almost $1 a share. Could just drop 1K on them and if it pops back up it's a massive kill. But Corel leaves a sour taste - they just spread bad news.
Again, it's cool that Dell and IBM are doing distros, and the users could always switch distros later and still be fine. Especially since it's open source.
The fronzen config comment bothers me - are they locking these down and not giving you the root password, just a su password?
now with MS on its best behaviour, not wanting to screw up their appeal
But you're assuming they care. Or that they don't think they won't win the appeal anyway.
If they believe their own spin, the gloves will be coming off.
[note: I own MSFT shares]
Because they have a contract where they get paid for every unit shipped, even when it doesn't have a MSFT OS on it.
And since the penalty removing that type of contract is suspended until the Supreme Court rules, that's not going to change any time soon.
wandered into two national computer stores last week and was amazed at the huge selection of Linux distros. Not just that, but they were placed in top-billing racks. And suddenly all these corps are shipping units with Linux.
Even the game store at Pacific Place in Seattle had something like six distros. And some major games. So, it's even catching on in gaming, where, sadly, it's still got some catch up work to do as an OS.
I think this whole court case has definitely provided a window of opportunity, both by distracting MSFT and by making them behave like a bully a bit less. But now that it's in Supreme Court limbo land, we may see the gloves come off.
Never underestimate the sneakiness of MSFT.
[note: I own MSFT shares]
Yeah, now two of my three lots of Red Hat are way above purchase price.
Can't see how this will help Corel with cash flow that quick - they only have a few days left before the Canadian government padlocks the doors.
Good thing it's Open Source, you can always get tech support and recompile it yourself, eh?
I can't believe they decided to bundle their computers with shit.
Well, maybe one day they'll stop loading Microsoft products on all their machines. One can only hope.
What would you rather they bundled on them?
I wonder what our chances of an open courty session, or daily access to transcripts as they hear the case?
Very little. This is the Supreme Court, and they don't do that. Unless someone smart sneaks in a webcam (hint, hint) that records and a nice MP3 player that records. Bring lots of batteries.
Oh, if you get caught, I hear the prison stay is not that fun.
First - The Supreme Court may not take the case. Why? Because they don't want more appeals going to them. But, their egos may come into play, and they may recognize that this truly is an important case. And since probably three of them are retiring soon, this may swing the vote so that they decide to take the case and go out in a blaze of jurisprudential glory.
Secondly - Microsoft continues to act as if it thinks it can win the appeal and never did anything wrong. If this is the true feeling, expect them to start making everyone's lives miserable. If this is just a posture, they may continue to mind their manners (a bit), which means Open Source will grow.
Thirdly - Microsoft is hoping Bush will get elected. Lots of slush money heading the GOP's way. Not that a President could do anything about this, but since George W lacks morals, they may be hoping he'll indulge them in dirty tricks like slashing the anti-trust department's budget. Personally, I figure this is a waste of money, since George W is just as likely to spend it anyway, lose the election, and say Never Mind.
[yes, I own MSFT, RHAT, CSCO, AOL, and so I have vested opinions. But since I don't wear a vest very often, this is meaningless.]
Hey, if they land on that data haven and use it as a base, we could have the UK's Prime Minister back changing nappies at Number 10 Downing in no time.
... guess BT owes Al Gore a sizeable campaign contribution ...
Besides, I patented the idea of ASCII when I was a toddler. I sold the patent to Al Gore, though