Actually, I don't think complicated installation and package management systems are issues at all. Once you move outside of the crowd who regularly reads/. how many people have ever installed any OS, Windows or otherwise?
And how many of these people actually update there PC when the learn the newest 0.01 version of their favorite software is ready? None. They don't even know what version of software they currently use.
I don't mean these comments as a slam against the average computer user. On the contrary, they just want to get work done. And a nice shiney GUI on an OS installation is not going to help them in the slightest.
"Actually, in this case it's not the government that we're being asked to trust. It's companies producing demonstrably untrustworthy products."
I believe you are correct in being suspicious of the companies making these untrustworthy products. The problem is the, in the case of our current government, they are linked at the hip with these companies and will do everything they can to manipulate public policy in favor of these private interests.
For example, Enron taking part of secret meetings to devlop the nations energy policy, and then Cheney stalling to keep the contents of these meetings becoming public. Or, the President of Diebold saying that he is committed to delivering Ohio's votes to the Republican party in the upcoming election. Or, Haliburtan, the former company of Cheney securing plum deals in the reconstruction of Iraq.
One doesn't have to look far to see which way the symapthies of our current government lies. And that is precisely why I am so scared of companies such as Diebold. They have the power of the government behind them.
"Fox provides a centrist balance to the left-wing media that dominates in the U.S."
Of all your statements, this is the one which caused my jaw to drop the lowest. Fox News is centrist!?! Oh come on!
However, it has been shown that Fox news can actually make people dumber. 2/3 of Americans, when asked, incorrectly said at said at least one or more Iraqis were involved in the 9-11 attacks (correct answer - NONE!) However, people who listen to FOX News were FOUR times more likely to get this question wrong than those who listen to NPR.
FOX News clearly has a political agenda. You like it - Fine. Just don't apologize for it by pretending they are in the center.
And I would like to respectfully disagree with you.
There are many industries out there which drop support for obselete products as they age. Just recently I needed to have an old oscilloscope serviced - the company no longer supported it so I needed an independant service company to fix it. Also not long ago, I found out that the music keyboard that I play in my band was no longer supported by the company that built it. So the phenomena of obsoleting old products is not unique to Microsoft.
And to expect an OS written in 1988 to work on new hardware 6 years later, and also to expect the company that wrote that operating system to support it on the ever increasing multitude of possible configurations is, IMHO, unreasonable.
In this case, I don't think you can reasonably use the word tax, even loosely.
Of course if Microsoft made the source code of Windows 98 available, so that independant companies could provide the support that Microsoft doesn't want to, it would take the sting out of this announcement for a lot of people.
There is a bigger issue where I work. We use Exchange servers, so I am forced to use Outlook. So, it doesn't matter whether Evolution runs on Windows or not. Until Evolution can connect to Exchange servers, it is DOA for a LOT of people.
Actually that was the whole premise of the article - to look at futuristic transportation that didn't take hold. The poster just didn't bother to make that clear.
Well, the Cambridge dictionary only says that "whilst" is a formal UK version of "while". It says nothing about tense. I would think they of all people would understand British English.
Well, that is in interesting explanation. Too bad it is incorrect. Search through some dictionaries, and you will find that roughly half consider "whilst" to be anarchaic form of while, and the other half state it is primarily used in British English.
does the phrase, "Electronic Book Museum in the Real World" mean? Isn't an e-book museum, by it's very nature, virtual? If not, aren't the e-books then just regular books, minus the "e"?
I believe Huey Lewis already had this idea back in 1983...
and here we go!
I want a new drug One that won't make me sick One that won't make me crash my car Or make me feel three feet thick
I want a new drug One that won't hurt my head One that won't make my mouth too dry Or make my eyes too red
One that won't make me nervous Wondering what to do One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you When I'm alone with you
I want a new drug One that won't spill One that don't cost too much Or come in a pill
I want a new drug One that won't go away One that won't keep me up all night One that won't make me sleep all day
One that won't make me nervous Wondering what to do One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you When I'm alone with you I'm alone with you baby
I want a new drug One that does what it should One that won't make me feel too bad One that won't make me feel too good
I want a new drug One with no doubt One that won't make me talk too much Or make my face break out
One that won't make me nervous Wondering what to do One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you When I'm alone with you
Pat Russo, CEO of Lucent, at one time a supposed leader of the technology revolution (Lucent, not Russo, that is) says she would like "One Gizmo to Supplant 15," a laptop, cellphone, and pda all in one. Wow. Amazing. I can't believe no one else has thought of that.
Shouldn't someone leading a giant technology company be able to come up with something a little more clever than that?!? It could be at least a little more interesting - like an all in one device where the power comes from an organic photocell for photosynthesis. Jesus. No wonder Lucent isn't going anywhere!
Margret Cho says, "The computer should be powered by solar energy, which could be from any source, not only the sun, so that even the illumination of the screen could keep it going."
"It might be fun to rename someone's keys as a practical joke, not that I've ever done it to anyone's computer keyboard."
Man, that CowboyNeal, he sure has some wackyfun ideas! What will he think of next? Livin' on the Edge!
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Sports don't make money for schools. Sports makes money for athletic departments. Very little of that money every sees it's way into the academic departments.
Also, science does make money for schools. Competition for Darpa and NSF grants is fierce. Of course some people see this as a down side, as it tkaes attention of professors away from actually teaching.
When I first read the post, I thought they were saying that Haley's comet exploded. But if you read the articles that were linked, they say that comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte exploded, not Haley's comet. So I am a little confused as to what exactly the explosion of 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte has to do with Haley's comet. Other than the date and the posters ability to provide gratuitis links and confuse the issue.
Email viruses like Sobig are aimed at desktop users. Since most of the desktop users run Windows, it makes sense that most of the viruses would be targeted at them and not Linux users.
This is the exact phrase that Thomas Kuhn used in his book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," to describe the phenomena of shifts in scientific theory.
So, I am sorry if it bugs ya, but in this case it's the right phrase to use.
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Actually, I don't think complicated installation and package management systems are issues at all. Once you move outside of the crowd who regularly reads /. how many people have ever installed any OS, Windows or otherwise?
And how many of these people actually update there PC when the learn the newest 0.01 version of their favorite software is ready? None. They don't even know what version of software they currently use.
I don't mean these comments as a slam against the average computer user. On the contrary, they just want to get work done. And a nice shiney GUI on an OS installation is not going to help them in the slightest.
"Actually, in this case it's not the government that we're being asked to trust. It's companies producing demonstrably untrustworthy products."
I believe you are correct in being suspicious of the companies making these untrustworthy products. The problem is the, in the case of our current government, they are linked at the hip with these companies and will do everything they can to manipulate public policy in favor of these private interests.
For example, Enron taking part of secret meetings to devlop the nations energy policy, and then Cheney stalling to keep the contents of these meetings becoming public. Or, the President of Diebold saying that he is committed to delivering Ohio's votes to the Republican party in the upcoming election. Or, Haliburtan, the former company of Cheney securing plum deals in the reconstruction of Iraq.
One doesn't have to look far to see which way the symapthies of our current government lies. And that is precisely why I am so scared of companies such as Diebold. They have the power of the government behind them.
"Fox provides a centrist balance to the left-wing media that dominates in the U.S."
Of all your statements, this is the one which caused my jaw to drop the lowest. Fox News is centrist!?! Oh come on!
However, it has been shown that Fox news can actually make people dumber. 2/3 of Americans, when asked, incorrectly said at said at least one or more Iraqis were involved in the 9-11 attacks (correct answer - NONE!) However, people who listen to FOX News were FOUR times more likely to get this question wrong than those who listen to NPR.
FOX News clearly has a political agenda. You like it - Fine. Just don't apologize for it by pretending they are in the center.
And I would like to respectfully disagree with you.
There are many industries out there which drop support for obselete products as they age. Just recently I needed to have an old oscilloscope serviced - the company no longer supported it so I needed an independant service company to fix it. Also not long ago, I found out that the music keyboard that I play in my band was no longer supported by the company that built it. So the phenomena of obsoleting old products is not unique to Microsoft.
And to expect an OS written in 1988 to work on new hardware 6 years later, and also to expect the company that wrote that operating system to support it on the ever increasing multitude of possible configurations is, IMHO, unreasonable.
In this case, I don't think you can reasonably use the word tax, even loosely.
Of course if Microsoft made the source code of Windows 98 available, so that independant companies could provide the support that Microsoft doesn't want to, it would take the sting out of this announcement for a lot of people.
There is a bigger issue where I work. We use Exchange servers, so I am forced to use Outlook. So, it doesn't matter whether Evolution runs on Windows or not. Until Evolution can connect to Exchange servers, it is DOA for a LOT of people.
Not to mention the fusion powered Delorians...
Actually that was the whole premise of the article - to look at futuristic transportation that didn't take hold. The poster just didn't bother to make that clear.
Oh, you mean like "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"? Yeah, that one will surely blow chunks...
(Joke, he screams, as he puts on flame retardant vest!)
Well, the Cambridge dictionary only says that "whilst" is a formal UK version of "while". It says nothing about tense. I would think they of all people would understand British English.
Well, that is in interesting explanation. Too bad it is incorrect. Search through some dictionaries, and you will find that roughly half consider "whilst" to be anarchaic form of while, and the other half state it is primarily used in British English.
Yeah right... Try explaining to airport security that, really, its just a "phone" in your shoe. No Thanks!
does the phrase, "Electronic Book Museum in the Real World" mean? Isn't an e-book museum, by it's very nature, virtual? If not, aren't the e-books then just regular books, minus the "e"?
I believe Huey Lewis already had this idea back in 1983...
and here we go!
I want a new drug
One that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my car
Or make me feel three feet thick
I want a new drug
One that won't hurt my head
One that won't make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red
One that won't make me nervous
Wondering what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you
When I'm alone with you
I want a new drug
One that won't spill
One that don't cost too much
Or come in a pill
I want a new drug
One that won't go away
One that won't keep me up all night
One that won't make me sleep all day
One that won't make me nervous
Wondering what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you
When I'm alone with you
I'm alone with you baby
I want a new drug
One that does what it should
One that won't make me feel too bad
One that won't make me feel too good
I want a new drug
One with no doubt
One that won't make me talk too much
Or make my face break out
One that won't make me nervous
Wondering what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you
When I'm alone with you
Pat Russo, CEO of Lucent, at one time a supposed leader of the technology revolution (Lucent, not Russo, that is) says she would like "One Gizmo to Supplant 15," a laptop, cellphone, and pda all in one. Wow. Amazing. I can't believe no one else has thought of that.
Shouldn't someone leading a giant technology company be able to come up with something a little more clever than that?!? It could be at least a little more interesting - like an all in one device where the power comes from an organic photocell for photosynthesis. Jesus. No wonder Lucent isn't going anywhere!
Margret Cho says, "The computer should be powered by solar energy, which could be from any source, not only the sun, so that even the illumination of the screen could keep it going."
Holy Crap! Patent that before someone else does!
You've had a 1.8ghz ath for 15 years?!? That's amazing! Who is your source, so I know where to buy my next box?
that writes a dissertation in MS Word! Use Latex. Fool!
nuff said.
"It might be fun to rename someone's keys as a practical joke, not that I've ever done it to anyone's computer keyboard."
Man, that CowboyNeal, he sure has some wackyfun ideas! What will he think of next? Livin' on the Edge!
Sports don't make money for schools. Sports makes money for athletic departments. Very little of that money every sees it's way into the academic departments.
Also, science does make money for schools. Competition for Darpa and NSF grants is fierce. Of course some people see this as a down side, as it tkaes attention of professors away from actually teaching.
When I first read the post, I thought they were saying that Haley's comet exploded. But if you read the articles that were linked, they say that comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte exploded, not Haley's comet. So I am a little confused as to what exactly the explosion of 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte has to do with Haley's comet. Other than the date and the posters ability to provide gratuitis links and confuse the issue.
I don't understand. Why exactly are razor manufacturers giving away consoles and games? Shouldn't they just stick to razors!?!?
Email viruses like Sobig are aimed at desktop users. Since most of the desktop users run Windows, it makes sense that most of the viruses would be targeted at them and not Linux users.
Or is the name "PalmOne" almost an invitation to steal the thing?
As much as I hate overused buzzwords....
This is the exact phrase that Thomas Kuhn used in his book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," to describe the phenomena of shifts in scientific theory.
So, I am sorry if it bugs ya, but in this case it's the right phrase to use.