It'll be a loooooooong time before we have unmetered phones connecting at 10 megabits. And if you say "mary and john", you'll have several million people say 'what?' at the same time.:P
Your statement is true if you oversimplify it down to "people talk to people wirelessly."
Here's what this can do that a cell phone cant:
- No need for phone #'s.
- No airtime charge
- Since it's all TCP/IP, you can link two buildings together via the internet, as opposed to having to use a landline or something.
- To make a laptop or computer talk on the same network, it's all done via software. No extra hardware needed.
- Technology like 'video phones' becomes possible and reasonable to try. (again, thanks to 802.11)
... and so on.
I work in a small company, but I'm sure we'd love to replace our phone system with these devices. Picking up the phone when it rings can be distracting. It's easier to hold on to your concentration if all you an do is say "go away."
Here are my predictions for the most popular comments in this topic:
* MS sucks! They're only doing it because they're evil monopolists. I'm going to totally ignore the fact that nearly every other console maker feels the same way (like Sony, for example...)
* They have no right to do this because I don't like anything MS does.
* Yet more proof that MS is evil. Now I'll never buy an XBOX.
* This sucks, I want to run Linux on the XBOX, even though I'm not sure there's anythign practical I'd wanna do on it.
* How dare they prevent the XBOX from doing stuff besides playing games that people have to pay for!
* Here's a copy/paste of the article in case the site gets/.'d. Please mod me up.
* It's gonna happen anyway, now I feel even more justified in doing it because M$ is evil.
* Why are they picking on MAME? It's totally legal!
"Remember; listening to microsoft too much killed Sega as a Console producer; Now they've been reduced to software."
WTF?! Where did you hear there? I realize that MS isn't well liked, that doesn't mean that they're responsible for failures that are even semi-linked to them.
The reason that Sega failed as a console producer dates back to their flooding the market with crap. The Sega CD was was a decent add-on but didn't have very many interesting games (at least compared to the Genesis.) They released the 32x and quickly forgot about it. The Saturn spent all it's time playing catch-up to Sony and failed miserably. When the Dreamcast was released, the PS2 was hot on it's heels.
If anything, MS helped the Dreamcast by providing them with a CE-based OS for developers to port games to it. Unfortunately, though, Sega couldn't afford to keep producing Dreamcast consoles. They'z expensive. With the competition from PS2, MS, and Nintendo, there was just no way they could keep up. So they made the right decision: Make games for all the consoles, make your competitors earn you money.
This has nothing to do with Microsoft. Just because MS has their logo on the Dreamcast, doesn't mean they did anything to lead to it's demise. I realize MS is widely hated here, but if everybody on Slashdot does nothing but bash MS, then nobody'll take you seriously when you have a legit complaint about MS.
Err... I appreciate the story and all, but towing a car isn't stealing. Technically somebody who steals a car is a thief. A towing company impounds it, which is different. They're not claiming ownership of the car, nor would they try to sell it. (I suppose they might if they've had it too long.)
That's a tough one. Some philosophers believe that the term 'funny' is used when one says something that makes another laugh. Others believe that the term 'funny' is used when a spoken sentence paints an image that illustrates broken logic.
The answer to this question may come to you if you remove all conscience thought. If you need help doing that, ask yourself this question:
"If a Linux user's computer breaks, does Slashdot make a sound?"
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Or press up up, down down, left, right, left, right, b, a, start, and then you can send all the PHB's into the women's bathroom.
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These are also the same people that say that Windows 2000 (I won't defend 9x) BSOD's, freezes, crashes, and self destructs. If they are having those troubles, they're using some real shitty hardware. (or Realplayer...) I know this for a fact because my office is all running Win2k and it's my job to fix when it breaks. If it was crappy as they say, I wouldn't be near as active on Slashdot. heh.
Even my Compaq laptop can run for a week on Win2k without problems, and that includes heavy use of the Suspend feature.
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"interaction mechanism was inspired by interface techniques refined in the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) genre of video games."
I was joking around one day PHB style bosses will want to use an RTS interface in Office to control their employees. That way, they can avoid having to actually talk to them. I stopped laughing when I realized that the technology to do that is almost in place. All we need is wirelessly connected PDA's....
I got 12-13 points once in a thread I was reaaaaaaaaaally active in. It was one of the most obnoxious threads in my life because nobody understood what I was saying at all. So I responded to each person with my comments. A moderator must have modded up the whole thread or something. Either that or he was drunk, heh I dunno. I pissed a LOT of people off and the last thing I expected was to get modded up.
I was already capped when the thread started tho heh.
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"My rather long winded point here is - Posts like NanoGator's make good points, a lot of things are still rough around the edges, but they are being worked on. Instead of getting your panties in a knot when somebody says something needs work, try working on it."
Just wanted to say thanks. I really appreciate that you read what I said and understood my point. Most of the people who participated in this thread were in "MS SUCKS" mode.
I really hope the other AC's in this thread don't represent the community working on Linux. If their attitude sticks, it's hard to imagine Linux being taken seriously as a desktop OS.
I'm going to be a Linux user soon. My job is getting me VMWare so I can install it on Windows 2000. My job, believe it or not, is to design software interfaces. You can imagine my perspective on this now I think.:)
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" If you don't know the current status, then don't fucking comment on it. "
So what you're saying is that nobody outside of the Linux world has the right to express their concerns about it.
Funny thing is, with all this flaming, not a single person has told me that either KDE or Gnome has fixed it.
"Fair use right protects you from copyright violation charges in certain very specific instances."
Whatever they are, the RIAA and the MPAA are trying to take them away. Remember the SSSCA? It's like they're trying to put every computer user in an internet form of jail. As if I'm not going to fight that.
Slashdot Mirror
"The problem is that the Star Trek communicators didn't use 802.11, so it would not be a prior art."
"How do we know he didn't invent the thing?"
heh
" Otherwise, we end up no better off than our ancestors in the Dark Ages. And that, fellow Slashdot readers, would be a tragedy indeed."
:)
I don't think the Slashdotters need to worry, none of them use AOL.
Heh imagine the sysadmin using 'GOD' as an alias?
It'll be a loooooooong time before we have unmetered phones connecting at 10 megabits. And if you say "mary and john", you'll have several million people say 'what?' at the same time. :P
"/flamebait (but seriously....this isnt groundbreaking)"
Your statement is true if you oversimplify it down to "people talk to people wirelessly."
Here's what this can do that a cell phone cant:
- No need for phone #'s.
- No airtime charge
- Since it's all TCP/IP, you can link two buildings together via the internet, as opposed to having to use a landline or something.
- To make a laptop or computer talk on the same network, it's all done via software. No extra hardware needed.
- Technology like 'video phones' becomes possible and reasonable to try. (again, thanks to 802.11)
... and so on.
I work in a small company, but I'm sure we'd love to replace our phone system with these devices. Picking up the phone when it rings can be distracting. It's easier to hold on to your concentration if all you an do is say "go away."
"So from now on no more Linux success stories on /. OK! "
Yeah!! Stories like "KDE now supports anti-aliased fonts!" has Microsoft scrambling to buy up a large market!
"What we all need to ask ourselves is this: is what's good for Microsoft good for the rest of us?"
I'm better off with Microsoft. Solitaire makes me look busy.
Hahahahha!! My post (parent) got modded down as "redundant"!
I thought my post would make other posts redundant. I guess I should have posted sooner, they must have made mine redundant.
"...just like no legit person would ever need to open up their toaster "to make sure it works."
Actually, you would open your toaster if you couldn't toast imported bread because it was shaped so you couldn't fit it in the toaster.
I think the reason most Slashdotters interested in this topic want a mod chip is simply to run Linux on the XBOX.
I think the posting activity on Slashdot would drop signficantly if 'News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters' were replaced with "Microsoft Sucks". Heh.
Hardly. I have 50. At this point, I risk losing Karma without gaining any. People could have been offended by my parody.
Here are my predictions for the most popular comments in this topic:
/.'d. Please mod me up.
:)
* MS sucks! They're only doing it because they're evil monopolists. I'm going to totally ignore the fact that nearly every other console maker feels the same way (like Sony, for example...)
* They have no right to do this because I don't like anything MS does.
* Yet more proof that MS is evil. Now I'll never buy an XBOX.
* This sucks, I want to run Linux on the XBOX, even though I'm not sure there's anythign practical I'd wanna do on it.
* How dare they prevent the XBOX from doing stuff besides playing games that people have to pay for!
* Here's a copy/paste of the article in case the site gets
* It's gonna happen anyway, now I feel even more justified in doing it because M$ is evil.
* Why are they picking on MAME? It's totally legal!
And so on...
Heh.
"Remember; listening to microsoft too much killed Sega as a Console producer; Now they've been reduced to software."
WTF?! Where did you hear there? I realize that MS isn't well liked, that doesn't mean that they're responsible for failures that are even semi-linked to them.
The reason that Sega failed as a console producer dates back to their flooding the market with crap. The Sega CD was was a decent add-on but didn't have very many interesting games (at least compared to the Genesis.) They released the 32x and quickly forgot about it. The Saturn spent all it's time playing catch-up to Sony and failed miserably. When the Dreamcast was released, the PS2 was hot on it's heels.
If anything, MS helped the Dreamcast by providing them with a CE-based OS for developers to port games to it. Unfortunately, though, Sega couldn't afford to keep producing Dreamcast consoles. They'z expensive. With the competition from PS2, MS, and Nintendo, there was just no way they could keep up. So they made the right decision: Make games for all the consoles, make your competitors earn you money.
This has nothing to do with Microsoft. Just because MS has their logo on the Dreamcast, doesn't mean they did anything to lead to it's demise. I realize MS is widely hated here, but if everybody on Slashdot does nothing but bash MS, then nobody'll take you seriously when you have a legit complaint about MS.
Err... I appreciate the story and all, but towing a car isn't stealing. Technically somebody who steals a car is a thief. A towing company impounds it, which is different. They're not claiming ownership of the car, nor would they try to sell it. (I suppose they might if they've had it too long.)
... I thought my ping times in Quake were unusually good last night.
"True. But why take the PC's? The bandwith isn't on them. :)"
Probably because the FBI saw the "The Internet" icon on the desktop and thought they had stolen it.
Ironically, their cyber attacks were thwarted when they burned up all their AOL hours trying to stay connected.
"How did that get a +4, Funny?"
That's a tough one. Some philosophers believe that the term 'funny' is used when one says something that makes another laugh. Others believe that the term 'funny' is used when a spoken sentence paints an image that illustrates broken logic.
The answer to this question may come to you if you remove all conscience thought. If you need help doing that, ask yourself this question:
"If a Linux user's computer breaks, does Slashdot make a sound?"
Or press up up, down down, left, right, left, right, b, a, start, and then you can send all the PHB's into the women's bathroom.
These are also the same people that say that Windows 2000 (I won't defend 9x) BSOD's, freezes, crashes, and self destructs. If they are having those troubles, they're using some real shitty hardware. (or Realplayer...) I know this for a fact because my office is all running Win2k and it's my job to fix when it breaks. If it was crappy as they say, I wouldn't be near as active on Slashdot. heh.
Even my Compaq laptop can run for a week on Win2k without problems, and that includes heavy use of the Suspend feature.
"interaction mechanism was inspired by interface techniques refined in the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) genre of video games."
I was joking around one day PHB style bosses will want to use an RTS interface in Office to control their employees. That way, they can avoid having to actually talk to them. I stopped laughing when I realized that the technology to do that is almost in place. All we need is wirelessly connected PDA's....
I got 12-13 points once in a thread I was reaaaaaaaaaally active in. It was one of the most obnoxious threads in my life because nobody understood what I was saying at all. So I responded to each person with my comments. A moderator must have modded up the whole thread or something. Either that or he was drunk, heh I dunno. I pissed a LOT of people off and the last thing I expected was to get modded up.
I was already capped when the thread started tho heh.
"My rather long winded point here is - Posts like NanoGator's make good points, a lot of things are still rough around the edges, but they are being worked on. Instead of getting your panties in a knot when somebody says something needs work, try working on it."
:)
Just wanted to say thanks. I really appreciate that you read what I said and understood my point. Most of the people who participated in this thread were in "MS SUCKS" mode.
I really hope the other AC's in this thread don't represent the community working on Linux. If their attitude sticks, it's hard to imagine Linux being taken seriously as a desktop OS.
I'm going to be a Linux user soon. My job is getting me VMWare so I can install it on Windows 2000. My job, believe it or not, is to design software interfaces. You can imagine my perspective on this now I think.
" If you don't know the current status, then don't fucking comment on it. "
So what you're saying is that nobody outside of the Linux world has the right to express their concerns about it.
Funny thing is, with all this flaming, not a single person has told me that either KDE or Gnome has fixed it.
"Fair use right protects you from copyright violation charges in certain very specific instances."
Whatever they are, the RIAA and the MPAA are trying to take them away. Remember the SSSCA? It's like they're trying to put every computer user in an internet form of jail. As if I'm not going to fight that.