I know that we Slashdotters would love to believe there is a Windows exodus because of Windows 8. But in reality, that will never happen. Are you saying that Grandma or Joe Blow, as pissed off as they are with the Win8 UI, are going to switch to Linux? Most "average" people might have heard the name but have no idea what it is. And forget about learning to use it. Mac OS have a better chance at getting people to jump ship. To most people "Windows" is synonymous with "Computer". They don't know there are other OS's out there. People will be pissed off and not buy more more Microsoft products. People will vote with their dollars, not their choice of OS.
Just go out and enjoy life. I understand the desire to get prepared and be on your A game for the first day of your program. But we're talking about 5 years of your life that are going to be centered around your studies. Enjoy a couple solid months off.
"Microsoft has all but killed C# on the desktop"?? C# is the primary language! WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a.NET technology as is the main technology used in creating desktop applications.
This is a very stupid statement.
Every country that uses English as it's native language (United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc) has a variant of the English language with it's own idiosyncrasies. In Australian English, it's perfectly acceptable to use 'suicide' as a verb as opposed to 'commit suicide' in other English forms. No one is superior to another. In fact, there are more native American English speakers than supposed "Queen's" English speakers. So you tell me which is "proper".
What you're perceiving as bad "American English" are the people who bend and destroy the rules. That's the fault of the educational system, not the society. Trust me, British English can be just as mutilated.
This opinion is coming from a self-proclaimed grammar Nazi. If I can have a live and let live attitude towards English dialects (and they are dialects), you can too.:-)
Nothing wrong here. If a Mac user doesn't like the way Mac OS X is going, they're choices are to use old and unsupported software or bitch and complain. If a Linux user doesn't like the way things are going they can fork.
I think this is all great news and a wonderful idea. We as humans are able to overcome mother nature and bend the world to our needs.
However...this article talks about a future, which is certainly coming, where technology shapes our world. Where does the energy come from to power all this? I came to a revelation recently. I've watched all the documentaries, so I knew mentally that this was coming. But oil is coming to an end. Coal is coming to an end. Fossil fuels are coming to an end. I recently watched a documentary that said that coal was going to run out around 2040-2050. Whether or not this date is true, it will end. This documentary made me think...EVERYTHING is made from petroleum. Plastic cups. Cars. Computers. Chairs. Prosthetics! I was born in 1973 and will likely die around 2050. My ENTIRE life I have been accustomed to a world made from petroleum. Suddenly in my old age, I will live in a world that no longer has these resources. My life when I am elderly will change DRASTICALLY and horribly if we do nothing about our power situation.
What does this revelation have to do this the parent post on bionic parts? When we build a world where we are no longer 100% and these parts require power to run...where is the power going to come from?
I TOTALLY agree with that! I think it was really the time period because this dealer phenomenon wasn't limited to Commodore machines. I had an Atari 800XL and I LOVED going to my local dealer. God bless my parents because the dealer was just far enough away where they had to drive me there.:-) But It was great for demos of new products, buying Atari specific magazines, and yes, meeting other enthusiasts.
These dealers also sponsored local user groups. That's a thing that has continued to today and it's a great thing.
Plus I didn't say that Americans are better than everyone else. But there is a concept of protecting your own. Think of the US and it's citizens as a big family. Are you going to actively going to screw over your family? Or are you going to give preferential treatment to your family.
This has nothing to do with racial issues. This has to do with the US doing what's best for US citizens. If an Indian American and an Irish American were applying for the same job, give it to the best qualified. Don't import thousands of Indians to compete with us for own our jobs. If a German company is outsourcing their project and the best candidates are an Indian firm and an American firm, give it to the best qualified company.
Don't throw down the "racist" card unless that's what it is.
WTF??? As if we didn't take enough of a hit in 2001-2003, we're going to open up the floodgates to India AGAIN??? I'd like a little protection here please, Mrs. Clinton.
Honestly! Isn't this just a little silly? This copyright stuff has really gone too far. Do the record companies really think they're losing money by little billy singing his favorite song to the world????
Ya know, there are a few things that Microsoft got right: 1) Office, 2) SQL Server, and 3) Visual Studio. Visual Studio is a GREAT IDE. While it's not quite as extensible as Eclipse, you can still develop plugins for it that will do pretty much anything. If you're into PHP, you can (with a plugin) do PHP on it. Plus you can step through the PHP *AND* JavaScript code.
I'm no M$ fanboy, but they have produced some gems among the steaming piles of dung.
Yes, seriously. Most vital records have a privacy policy where they can't be searched for a certain period of time. The U.S. Census isn't available for 72 years for example. The 1940 census will be available in 2012. Vital records (births, deaths, marriages) have similar periods. I mean, you can go to the vital records department of any state and get your own but you can't get other people's. What Ancestry.com has is what is PUBLICALLY available. So you wouldn't find much for yourself or even your parents. Grandparents is even a stretch unless they are sufficiently old (80+ years). Great-grandparents and back, you should have much better luck. I've been using Ancestry for years and it's a great service. Like most computer systems, you have to know HOW to use it. It's not going to blink neon letters on the screen and tell you everything you wanted to know.:-)
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Does this mean CyanogenMod: Google Glass Edition?
I know that we Slashdotters would love to believe there is a Windows exodus because of Windows 8. But in reality, that will never happen. Are you saying that Grandma or Joe Blow, as pissed off as they are with the Win8 UI, are going to switch to Linux? Most "average" people might have heard the name but have no idea what it is. And forget about learning to use it. Mac OS have a better chance at getting people to jump ship. To most people "Windows" is synonymous with "Computer". They don't know there are other OS's out there. People will be pissed off and not buy more more Microsoft products. People will vote with their dollars, not their choice of OS.
I agree. It seems that Body Mass Index (BMI) would be a better measure of this if they really want to measure "weight".
Just go out and enjoy life. I understand the desire to get prepared and be on your A game for the first day of your program. But we're talking about 5 years of your life that are going to be centered around your studies. Enjoy a couple solid months off.
"Microsoft has all but killed C# on the desktop"?? C# is the primary language! WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a .NET technology as is the main technology used in creating desktop applications.
This is a very stupid statement. Every country that uses English as it's native language (United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc) has a variant of the English language with it's own idiosyncrasies. In Australian English, it's perfectly acceptable to use 'suicide' as a verb as opposed to 'commit suicide' in other English forms. No one is superior to another. In fact, there are more native American English speakers than supposed "Queen's" English speakers. So you tell me which is "proper". What you're perceiving as bad "American English" are the people who bend and destroy the rules. That's the fault of the educational system, not the society. Trust me, British English can be just as mutilated. This opinion is coming from a self-proclaimed grammar Nazi. If I can have a live and let live attitude towards English dialects (and they are dialects), you can too. :-)
Nothing wrong here. If a Mac user doesn't like the way Mac OS X is going, they're choices are to use old and unsupported software or bitch and complain. If a Linux user doesn't like the way things are going they can fork.
Fork off!!
I think this is all great news and a wonderful idea. We as humans are able to overcome mother nature and bend the world to our needs. However...this article talks about a future, which is certainly coming, where technology shapes our world. Where does the energy come from to power all this? I came to a revelation recently. I've watched all the documentaries, so I knew mentally that this was coming. But oil is coming to an end. Coal is coming to an end. Fossil fuels are coming to an end. I recently watched a documentary that said that coal was going to run out around 2040-2050. Whether or not this date is true, it will end. This documentary made me think...EVERYTHING is made from petroleum. Plastic cups. Cars. Computers. Chairs. Prosthetics! I was born in 1973 and will likely die around 2050. My ENTIRE life I have been accustomed to a world made from petroleum. Suddenly in my old age, I will live in a world that no longer has these resources. My life when I am elderly will change DRASTICALLY and horribly if we do nothing about our power situation. What does this revelation have to do this the parent post on bionic parts? When we build a world where we are no longer 100% and these parts require power to run...where is the power going to come from?
Agreed! Myself I had an 800XL. Atari had a great line of computers. I personally think it beat the C64, but both were of a great time period.
I TOTALLY agree with that! I think it was really the time period because this dealer phenomenon wasn't limited to Commodore machines. I had an Atari 800XL and I LOVED going to my local dealer. God bless my parents because the dealer was just far enough away where they had to drive me there. :-) But It was great for demos of new products, buying Atari specific magazines, and yes, meeting other enthusiasts.
These dealers also sponsored local user groups. That's a thing that has continued to today and it's a great thing.
Plus I didn't say that Americans are better than everyone else. But there is a concept of protecting your own. Think of the US and it's citizens as a big family. Are you going to actively going to screw over your family? Or are you going to give preferential treatment to your family.
ILLEGAL according to *US* law. We're not talking about Americans.
This has nothing to do with racial issues. This has to do with the US doing what's best for US citizens. If an Indian American and an Irish American were applying for the same job, give it to the best qualified. Don't import thousands of Indians to compete with us for own our jobs. If a German company is outsourcing their project and the best candidates are an Indian firm and an American firm, give it to the best qualified company. Don't throw down the "racist" card unless that's what it is.
WTF??? As if we didn't take enough of a hit in 2001-2003, we're going to open up the floodgates to India AGAIN??? I'd like a little protection here please, Mrs. Clinton.
Honestly! Isn't this just a little silly? This copyright stuff has really gone too far. Do the record companies really think they're losing money by little billy singing his favorite song to the world????
Ya know, there are a few things that Microsoft got right: 1) Office, 2) SQL Server, and 3) Visual Studio. Visual Studio is a GREAT IDE. While it's not quite as extensible as Eclipse, you can still develop plugins for it that will do pretty much anything. If you're into PHP, you can (with a plugin) do PHP on it. Plus you can step through the PHP *AND* JavaScript code. I'm no M$ fanboy, but they have produced some gems among the steaming piles of dung.
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That is seriously stupid! It's an inexact science. How can they possibly be held responsible?
Sounds a lot like a tricorder to me!
Prussia is back???
WTF?!?!?! Seriously??? Some people are stupid.
Seriously?!?!??! C'mon!!
Yes, seriously. Most vital records have a privacy policy where they can't be searched for a certain period of time. The U.S. Census isn't available for 72 years for example. The 1940 census will be available in 2012. Vital records (births, deaths, marriages) have similar periods. I mean, you can go to the vital records department of any state and get your own but you can't get other people's. What Ancestry.com has is what is PUBLICALLY available. So you wouldn't find much for yourself or even your parents. Grandparents is even a stretch unless they are sufficiently old (80+ years). Great-grandparents and back, you should have much better luck. I've been using Ancestry for years and it's a great service. Like most computer systems, you have to know HOW to use it. It's not going to blink neon letters on the screen and tell you everything you wanted to know. :-)
Plus the last of the survivors are almost gone. So it won't be in living memory anymore. Sad event, but just another shipwreck.
This is excellent news! I love that Google creates these devices that jumpstart the industry to doing their own versions. Great job, Google!