About #2, I believe that's actually a non standard html feature. ALT attributes are supposed to be used to replace images all together. If you want any sort of hint text you're supposed to use title="stuff" in the image tag.
MS and tabbed browsing... they'd probably put adds on each tab that point back to MSN or "get a passport account". Actually I should shut up or AOL might try that too...
Wave no more: mouse gestures are available for mozilla. A bit buggy but still pretty cool. I eventually had to move the gesture to the right mouse button because Mozilla still picked up gestures while tinkering with stuff like scroll bars (extremely annoying).
Mozilla does not yet support the mixture of XML and HTML within the same document. Thus a fragment inside a HTML document is not rendered in Mozilla. [1]
Actually ctrl-w has been a shortcut in Netscape for a while. Also does the same in IE, so I'd guess it actually stems all the way back to Mosiaic. My main problem is that I use ctrl-w all the time, which unfortunatly is next to the letter q which quits the entire damn browser and no longer asks you "are you SURE you want to exit ALL windows" like Netscape has for years...
Well I really doubt that. If I were to offer any explanation for why students don't pirate software, it would be because MOST college students now are regular college students. 95% of the time they download pirated music, porn, use a chat client or maybe even do a report. Other than the report part, that really doesn't require any warez. When I went to college, the people who had computers were much more interested in them, and liked trying out new software to see what they could do with it.
Now that I've graduated and got a job it's sort of funny that almost all the stuff I use is open source. Mainly because I don't want to scew around with the upgrade mess.
Some MS salesman called me once. I went on and on about how happy we were with Linux, and how our MS SQL server never works right (which it never does). I'm sure he thought most of our computers run Linux by the end of the conversation (in reality only about 5%), but I just wanted to get him off my back. Anyone else find MS Salesmen are about 50% more pushy than they need to be? But maybe that's because the software costs at least 50% more than it should...
Go to Macromedia's website and get an installer for shockwave. You use Netscape or IE. Don't use one of those? Sorry, our installer won't let you install wherever you want or even detect other browsers - i.e. do the copy and paste kludge yourself. As far as I know Flash (not shockwave) STILL doesn't work under Mozilla. I've been browsing flash free for a while now, and it's actually quite nice. No annoying sounds or music all over the place. There are a few places that I can't navigate without flash, but that's what the back button is for.
In the end, what CS students want to use really makes no difference. Businesses will continue to purchase and implement M$ products because they have been used for so long.
What this article was talking about was more of a focus on servers, and HERE CS students can make a difference. I graduated with a CS degree, and was pretty much indefferent to Linux and MS. I ended up with a job as an IT person. The core of the buisness ran off of SCO Unix, and everyone else uses Windows. Every new server that comes in ends up with Linux (SCO was migrated to Linux BTW). With Linux I can sculpt a box into my own creation, and exert control over it. What it costs is basically the hardware and the time I put into it. With MS it's always about payment, wizards, and trying to hijack the system to get it to do what you want it to do. I think in the long run there isn't a whole lot that MS can do about that. Unix was made by programmers who want to get a job done. Windows was made by MS to be user friendly. When it comes to the desktop, people say they just want to use the computer, when it comes to a server - they just want things to work. Who controls the server level? That's me - and the server is Linux since I choose and they don't know the difference. Well I sort of choose, I mean I'd use Free BSD if I were totally in control...
That's odd, I've never heard of anyone trashing their Linux install every week
I think he missed the part where you're not supposed to do most stuff as root. I've trashed Linux a few times myself... just to see if root can destroy a system like everyone says it can... and it does.
I think in the long run things will start to ballence themselves. Artists (with TALENT) that want to be heard can get their stuff out there, while the artists at the top will basically only lose money since no one will buy their one hit wonders anymore. No matter what the record industry wants, sooner or later they'll have to face the fact that digital music is the next 'radio' for music.
Meanwhile, this crap is pushed on it, and frankly, I think the CD consumer is starting to wise up and decide it's just not worth the $15 to buy the CD.
Well another spin is that people are no longer buying CDs for ONE freaking song. The music industry has made a lot of money of the "one hit wonder" and I think most people are sick of buying a CD for one song they like. I don't listen to popular music myself, and I'm fine with the albums I buy because generally they're worth buying. But on the occasion that I get a CD with only one (or two) songs are even worth listening to, I tend to get sort of pissed. If it's only one song, it's better just to download it really, instead of cluttering up my apartment with another CD (most of which I just rip as an ogg and stuff the CD in a box somewhere anyway).
I think some people miss this point. With specially designed dedicated hardware, I'm sure the NSA can break encryption much faster than the threefold increase this yeilds...
I can see why they might want to stop giving away Linux versions of Star Office,
So we give Star Office to Solaris users who payed a lot for hardware, and we give it away to Windows users who's only alternative is to pay a LOT for Microsoft Office, but then we try to gouge the group of people who are used to getting free software.
Not to mention it's opened every MS Office document I've thrown at it without a problem.
Actually that's a sort of strange thing I've found wtih Open Office... I've had a few instances where Open Office would open MS Office documents that even MS Office (2000) wouldn't open.
The settlement requires the CD maker to put warnings on the protected CD
Unfortunatly I don't think that protects those (like myself) who buy CDs online. I suppose I could go to a store and buy CDs except for the fact that they don't have any CDs I want (mainly just the popular garbage).
I think China is starting to see repercussions from their massive pirating, in that many companies are hesitant to release anything in China knowing that it will be on the black market the next day. This translates directly into China lagging behind the rest of the world waiting for us to decide what's in OUR best interest. I think Korea has also shown an interesting side of nationalism, in that they can contribute, and control Linux directly. Not depending on us capitalist bastards for all their software would probably be a big point for China to favor Linux. Windows is a very "western centric" OS, so it seems to me that China could vastly contribute to Linux and make it into something they need, instead of something that someoen thousands of miles away thinks they need.
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just wait until they start taxing us on markers because we use them to label CD-Rs
About #2, I believe that's actually a non standard html feature. ALT attributes are supposed to be used to replace images all together. If you want any sort of hint text you're supposed to use title="stuff" in the image tag.
MS and tabbed browsing... they'd probably put adds on each tab that point back to MSN or "get a passport account". Actually I should shut up or AOL might try that too...
Wave no more:
mouse gestures are available for mozilla. A bit buggy but still pretty cool. I eventually had to move the gesture to the right mouse button because Mozilla still picked up gestures while tinkering with stuff like scroll bars (extremely annoying).
Mozilla does not yet support the mixture of XML and HTML within the same document. Thus a fragment inside a HTML document is not rendered in Mozilla. [1]
Sounds like a good job for an IFRAME...
Actually ctrl-w has been a shortcut in Netscape for a while. Also does the same in IE, so I'd guess it actually stems all the way back to Mosiaic. My main problem is that I use ctrl-w all the time, which unfortunatly is next to the letter q which quits the entire damn browser and no longer asks you "are you SURE you want to exit ALL windows" like Netscape has for years...
A quote from Apple's website:
Mac OS X is a super-modern operating system...
See, now the Gateway might be trying to improve it's looks, but does it have a SUPER-MODERN operating system?
maybe I should download N6 and search for 'AOL sucks' 20 times a day.
Well I really doubt that. If I were to offer any explanation for why students don't pirate software, it would be because MOST college students now are regular college students. 95% of the time they download pirated music, porn, use a chat client or maybe even do a report. Other than the report part, that really doesn't require any warez. When I went to college, the people who had computers were much more interested in them, and liked trying out new software to see what they could do with it.
Now that I've graduated and got a job it's sort of funny that almost all the stuff I use is open source. Mainly because I don't want to scew around with the upgrade mess.
One month should be enough for anyone.
Okay, that was flamebait. =)
type in a question to MS Word, paperclip reads your mind, then starts insulting you back. Do we need this?
Some MS salesman called me once. I went on and on about how happy we were with Linux, and how our MS SQL server never works right (which it never does). I'm sure he thought most of our computers run Linux by the end of the conversation (in reality only about 5%), but I just wanted to get him off my back. Anyone else find MS Salesmen are about 50% more pushy than they need to be? But maybe that's because the software costs at least 50% more than it should...
Go to Macromedia's website and get an installer for shockwave. You use Netscape or IE. Don't use one of those? Sorry, our installer won't let you install wherever you want or even detect other browsers - i.e. do the copy and paste kludge yourself. As far as I know Flash (not shockwave) STILL doesn't work under Mozilla. I've been browsing flash free for a while now, and it's actually quite nice. No annoying sounds or music all over the place. There are a few places that I can't navigate without flash, but that's what the back button is for.
Operating Systems besides Windows XP and Apples OS X will be illegal.
Well there's always the beacon of freedom using Linux: aka China...
2) The counterstrike brigade,
Oi did that give me a good laugh. Sadly I'd say I agree 100% with your post.
In the end, what CS students want to use really makes no difference. Businesses will continue to purchase and implement M$ products because they have been used for so long.
What this article was talking about was more of a focus on servers, and HERE CS students can make a difference. I graduated with a CS degree, and was pretty much indefferent to Linux and MS. I ended up with a job as an IT person. The core of the buisness ran off of SCO Unix, and everyone else uses Windows. Every new server that comes in ends up with Linux (SCO was migrated to Linux BTW). With Linux I can sculpt a box into my own creation, and exert control over it. What it costs is basically the hardware and the time I put into it. With MS it's always about payment, wizards, and trying to hijack the system to get it to do what you want it to do. I think in the long run there isn't a whole lot that MS can do about that. Unix was made by programmers who want to get a job done. Windows was made by MS to be user friendly. When it comes to the desktop, people say they just want to use the computer, when it comes to a server - they just want things to work. Who controls the server level? That's me - and the server is Linux since I choose and they don't know the difference. Well I sort of choose, I mean I'd use Free BSD if I were totally in control...
That's odd, I've never heard of anyone trashing their Linux install every week
I think he missed the part where you're not supposed to do most stuff as root. I've trashed Linux a few times myself... just to see if root can destroy a system like everyone says it can... and it does.
I think in the long run things will start to ballence themselves. Artists (with TALENT) that want to be heard can get their stuff out there, while the artists at the top will basically only lose money since no one will buy their one hit wonders anymore. No matter what the record industry wants, sooner or later they'll have to face the fact that digital music is the next 'radio' for music.
Meanwhile, this crap is pushed on it, and frankly, I think the CD consumer is starting to wise up and decide it's just not worth the $15 to buy the CD.
Well another spin is that people are no longer buying CDs for ONE freaking song. The music industry has made a lot of money of the "one hit wonder" and I think most people are sick of buying a CD for one song they like. I don't listen to popular music myself, and I'm fine with the albums I buy because generally they're worth buying. But on the occasion that I get a CD with only one (or two) songs are even worth listening to, I tend to get sort of pissed. If it's only one song, it's better just to download it really, instead of cluttering up my apartment with another CD (most of which I just rip as an ogg and stuff the CD in a box somewhere anyway).
maybe so you're clock doesn't wrap in 2028 (or whenever) if you happen to use Linux/BSD for a desktop
I think some people miss this point. With specially designed dedicated hardware, I'm sure the NSA can break encryption much faster than the threefold increase this yeilds...
I can see why they might want to stop giving away Linux versions of Star Office,
So we give Star Office to Solaris users who payed a lot for hardware, and we give it away to Windows users who's only alternative is to pay a LOT for Microsoft Office, but then we try to gouge the group of people who are used to getting free software.
hmm....
Not to mention it's opened every MS Office document I've thrown at it without a problem.
Actually that's a sort of strange thing I've found wtih Open Office... I've had a few instances where Open Office would open MS Office documents that even MS Office (2000) wouldn't open.
The settlement requires the CD maker to put warnings on the protected CD
Unfortunatly I don't think that protects those (like myself) who buy CDs online. I suppose I could go to a store and buy CDs except for the fact that they don't have any CDs I want (mainly just the popular garbage).
I think China is starting to see repercussions from their massive pirating, in that many companies are hesitant to release anything in China knowing that it will be on the black market the next day. This translates directly into China lagging behind the rest of the world waiting for us to decide what's in OUR best interest. I think Korea has also shown an interesting side of nationalism, in that they can contribute, and control Linux directly. Not depending on us capitalist bastards for all their software would probably be a big point for China to favor Linux. Windows is a very "western centric" OS, so it seems to me that China could vastly contribute to Linux and make it into something they need, instead of something that someoen thousands of miles away thinks they need.