Since we as a nation believe that people should take responsibility for their own uses of these devices.....
While the rest of your post made sense, the sentence above had me rolling on the floor. USA: where the stupid can sue the manufacturer for using a product in a stupid way.
"Please do not use this hairdryer in the shower", anyone?
It underscores, where words alone are hopelessly inadequate, the depraved hubris in thinking we've "tamed the atom". My kudos to the editors for choosing to post it!
Dear 1902 newspaper, thank you for publishing the report on the accident of the horseless carriage, it underscores, where words alone are hopelessly inadequate, the depraved hubris in thinking we've "tamed the internal combustion engine".
Bullshit -- Chernobyl was a crappily designed reactor which was a disaster waiting to happen (not that reactors like that are no longer in production or anything.....) Check out more modern reactors before spouting FUD though.
"Prostitute" and "whore" mean the same thing, in a mechanical sense - the definition is the same. But one is derrogatory, and the other isn't.
I dunno where you come from, but in the real world those are both derogatory. Try "escort" for a classic euphemism or watch some good sci-fi and recognise the term "companion":)
Every luser who buys windows will be sent to the M$ search engine by default. Even if you can change the setting (of course you can, just fire up regedit and.......) most people won't.
Which hopefully brings me to the next point:
Abusing a monopoly position
Which becomes an issue as soon as they start charging for services. Shouldn't take more then, say, 5 years for the courts to slap them on the wrist for that one. M$ abused their monopoly to kill Netscape's 70%+ marketshare, watch them try that stunt again.
I just wanna be able to download whatever binary and run it as soon as the download finishes. And no, I don't even wanna know about apt-get, rpm, or whatever else is the proper tool.
If you're gonna bitch and moan, at least take time to look at the solution to your problem (especially if you even mention it in your rant). apt-get does exactly what you want, no mess, no fuss.
Mommy, I want a drivers licence but I don't know how to drive and I think driving schools suck.
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Yeah, but the data is all in a format that can be easily mined for information (which could be simple, like a grep for key words or sophisticated, like a heuristic natural language parser).
Ask Microsoft -- I'm sure they handed over hundreds of thousands of email messages to the DoJ. Sounds daunting, but all they had to do was to search for the term "Netscape".
Automating the searches also has another scary consequence: a computer program will do the scanning and the results will not be carefully rechecked by law enforcement because "the program is always right". The program being wrong could, however, lead to YOU incorrectly being a suspect in a legal process.
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If it weren't for a single company dominating PC software, there would be a lot less motivation to find an open source alternatives.
This is like saying we should be glad about 9/11 as it led to better airline security. Sheesh.
Sometimes you need to do something once every three months. Clicking in a gui would get the job done in maybe half a minute, while reading up on the required command line actions would take half an hour. So in this case you need a gui.
I don't get on how everyone looks down upon HTML email. [...] Some ideas just can't be expressed as efficiently in plain text.
I don't see Shakespeare using a <blink> tag, kiddo. Learn how to write properly and focus on content -- if that is crappy no amount of fancy colours is going to save your email.
These rules are generally asserted to better help web designers (as there are some horrendously designed sites), but they are by no means written in stone. Follow what you think is best.
No, the "rules" not there to help the webdesigner. They are a best practice to allow the USER of your site (you know, the one the site is there for) better reach the information he is looking for. If you have the talent, then what you think is best is best for the user -- if not, then please allow these "rules" help you to make a usable website.
Even when you need to work on Windows, why should you be _forced_ to use Internet Exploder?...... There are organizations where people are indeed forced to use a fixed set of software. In this case, if there's a security hole, the responsability belongs to the sysadmin who forced people to use broken and out of date software.
a) I get a Windoze PC at the office, no choice. I may not install any software on this PC, and the only browser on it is IE.
b) The sysadmin/decisionmaker may carry the responsibility, but it is still *me* who can't meet deadlines because of his decision -- and getting blame (re)assigned is not that easy.
c) Problems cause problems -- IE sux rox, so now the firewall gets tightened up to keep away all the bad things, so now the Internet becomes basically unusable for all employees. No one thinks of moving away from IE.
The reason BSD can produce a secure OS for free and MS can't is because MS focuses on usability.
2 points:
What is usability, and why should usability on the desktop and on a server be the same? The CLI is God's chosen interface for a server. But a Windows admin gets to fight with a registry and a GUI, all on an insecure platform, just because Joe Bloggs needs one click dialup for his MSN.
One should not try to be all things to all people -- niche players (specialising on servers or UI or small footprint or whatever) will kick your ass every time.
How come Apple can produce OS X, which is both very usable and very secure?
We'll be watching your posts from the point in time when you get your Powerbook:)
Seriously, Apples just work. They are totally out of your way while you actually get things done. Once you've learnt that your computer can be like this -- everything works together and doesn't careful require care and feeding and reinstallation every time the planets change alignment -- every other OS/hardware combinations will pi** you off.
Yeah, all hardware sucks, all software sucks, but Apples suck so beautifully.
I can crack any CD in two seconds. Just grab either side with both hands and bend it until it cracks.
Yeah, and then you take 15mins to pick up all the TINY little pieces of shattered plastic from all over the show. Remember kids, CDs do not just cleanly break into 2 pieces......
and keep your mouth closed while doing this experiment.
And, when I talk about noise, I can tell you that the iBook when on battery literally makes no noise at all. You have to put your ear to it to be able to hear something at all.
That's for sure. After having my iBook for year, I finally discovered it does have a fan. It kicked in during the heatwave (36degC outside) while compiling fink.
Sorry, I had just posted to topic so I can't give you mod points for this. I wholly agree, and I did the same. Never having to fsck around with Outlook Express.dbx files: priceless.
Take a look at dirvish for backups if you use maildir. It only backs up changed files and uses hardlinks for your unchanged files, thus it is quite efficient. Free, Open Source, just an apt-get install dirvish away:)
if microsoft was really concerned with the cost of running a service, particularly the servers, they would adopt a protocol like jabber that allows anyone to run a server. every business aims (or rather should aim) to minimize their cost while maximizing their profits. microsoft clearly just doesn't care
M$, like any company, is not interested in costs but interested in profit.
Profit = Income - Costs
Banner ads shown through their client = income. IM clients on their network = costs.
Non M$ IM clients on the MSN network generate costs without generating income. Using an open protocol allowing anyone onto (part of) their network also generates cost without generating income (in the banner-ad model, anyways). Other charging models (eg per KByte sent) would generate an uproar.
Make no mistake, M$ cares very, very much. But remember, their goal is to make profit, not to support standards.
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While the rest of your post made sense, the sentence above had me rolling on the floor. USA: where the stupid can sue the manufacturer for using a product in a stupid way.
"Please do not use this hairdryer in the shower", anyone?
You won't need to be fingerprinted when you go there, there is a significant amount of culture within 50km, and the food in the area is excellent.
You did mean Disneyland Paris, right?
Try adding "-buy -shop -shopping -auction" to the end of your search (without the quotes, of course).
Now that I'm running FireBush, ....
Secret Service holding for you on line 2, sir.
Dear 1902 newspaper, thank you for publishing the report on the accident of the horseless carriage, it underscores, where words alone are hopelessly inadequate, the depraved hubris in thinking we've "tamed the internal combustion engine".
Bullshit -- Chernobyl was a crappily designed reactor which was a disaster waiting to happen (not that reactors like that are no longer in production or anything.....) Check out more modern reactors before spouting FUD though.
Don't forget, SQL Server is also just around the corner too -- right after they fix all their security issues.......
I dunno where you come from, but in the real world those are both derogatory. Try "escort" for a classic euphemism or watch some good sci-fi and recognise the term "companion"
Firefly rocks!
You forgot two:
Market penetration
Every luser who buys windows will be sent to the M$ search engine by default. Even if you can change the setting (of course you can, just fire up regedit and.......) most people won't.
Which hopefully brings me to the next point:
Abusing a monopoly position
Which becomes an issue as soon as they start charging for services. Shouldn't take more then, say, 5 years for the courts to slap them on the wrist for that one. M$ abused their monopoly to kill Netscape's 70%+ marketshare, watch them try that stunt again.
If you're gonna bitch and moan, at least take time to look at the solution to your problem (especially if you even mention it in your rant). apt-get does exactly what you want, no mess, no fuss.
Mommy, I want a drivers licence but I don't know how to drive and I think driving schools suck.
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Yeah, but the data is all in a format that can be easily mined for information (which could be simple, like a grep for key words or sophisticated, like a heuristic natural language parser).
Ask Microsoft -- I'm sure they handed over hundreds of thousands of email messages to the DoJ. Sounds daunting, but all they had to do was to search for the term "Netscape".
Automating the searches also has another scary consequence: a computer program will do the scanning and the results will not be carefully rechecked by law enforcement because "the program is always right". The program being wrong could, however, lead to YOU incorrectly being a suspect in a legal process.
This is like saying we should be glad about 9/11 as it led to better airline security. Sheesh.
Wrong, in this case you need a script.
I don't see Shakespeare using a <blink> tag, kiddo. Learn how to write properly and focus on content -- if that is crappy no amount of fancy colours is going to save your email.
iCalendar is great, but if the rest of your organisation is using Outlook calendaring to organise itself you're out of luck.
Looking for a decent password?
"apt-get install pwgen" for a program that can produce (among other things) pronouncable passwords.
Or grab some dice and go to: Diceware.
No, the "rules" not there to help the webdesigner. They are a best practice to allow the USER of your site (you know, the one the site is there for) better reach the information he is looking for. If you have the talent, then what you think is best is best for the user -- if not, then please allow these "rules" help you to make a usable website.
a) I get a Windoze PC at the office, no choice. I may not install any software on this PC, and the only browser on it is IE.
b) The sysadmin/decisionmaker may carry the responsibility, but it is still *me* who can't meet deadlines because of his decision -- and getting blame (re)assigned is not that easy.
c) Problems cause problems -- IE sux rox, so now the firewall gets tightened up to keep away all the bad things, so now the Internet becomes basically unusable for all employees. No one thinks of moving away from IE.
2 points:
One should not try to be all things to all people -- niche players (specialising on servers or UI or small footprint or whatever) will kick your ass every time.
We'll be watching your posts from the point in time when you get your Powerbook :)
Seriously, Apples just work. They are totally out of your way while you actually get things done. Once you've learnt that your computer can be like this -- everything works together and doesn't careful require care and feeding and reinstallation every time the planets change alignment -- every other OS/hardware combinations will pi** you off.
Yeah, all hardware sucks, all software sucks, but Apples suck so beautifully.
Yeah, and then you take 15mins to pick up all the TINY little pieces of shattered plastic from all over the show. Remember kids, CDs do not just cleanly break into 2 pieces......
and keep your mouth closed while doing this experiment.
That's for sure. After having my iBook for year, I finally discovered it does have a fan. It kicked in during the heatwave (36degC outside) while compiling fink.
Never heard it before or since.
Sorry, I had just posted to topic so I can't give you mod points for this. I wholly agree, and I did the same. Never having to fsck around with Outlook Express .dbx files: priceless.
:)
Take a look at dirvish for backups if you use maildir. It only backs up changed files and uses hardlinks for your unchanged files, thus it is quite efficient. Free, Open Source, just an apt-get install dirvish away
Hey, if you're going to get reprimanded/fired, you can at least still put "good organiser" on your resume.
Sturgeons Law: 90% of everything is crap.
M$, like any company, is not interested in costs but interested in profit.
Profit = Income - Costs
Banner ads shown through their client = income.
IM clients on their network = costs.
Non M$ IM clients on the MSN network generate costs without generating income. Using an open protocol allowing anyone onto (part of) their network also generates cost without generating income (in the banner-ad model, anyways). Other charging models (eg per KByte sent) would generate an uproar.
Make no mistake, M$ cares very, very much. But remember, their goal is to make profit, not to support standards.