I know exactly what you mean - but I think I have figured out why.
When I bought a mini 6 months or so ago I found that there were some things that I couldn't do straight off the bat - and it took some trips to Help or Google to figure it out. Strange, I thought, after having spent years with Windows and Linux (using/developing/admin).
It turns out that all my problems stemmed from the fact that I have got into the habbit of doing things in a convoluted fashion (be it due to horrible GUI design, conf files or whatever). The easiest, most obvious way often eludes me as I assume (subconsciously I guess) that it wont work.
I have had to retrain myself to try the most instictive way (or, at least, what my mum would try) first - and more often that not it works.
Couple this, with BSD underneath and its no suprise why so many people love it.
Um, Windows XP has it's Start button right in the corner. You can drag the mouse as far as it will go down and left (or wherever your button is) and it will hit the button.
Nokia do a phone with a torch in the end. I forget the model but loads of people have them in the UK.
SmartPhones from, gasp, MS can be used as IR Controllers...the main problem with this is the different requirements of the Infra Red transmitter between IrDA and standard IR controls (read: the range is lousy)
I have an SPV E200 - from Orange in the UK. Previously I had the E100. The new revision is pretty similar in form, but does have a built in camera (which I don't use), bluetooth (which I do use) and Smartphone 2003 as opposed to 2002.
The first one had its problems - it was a little unresponsive (as compared to a stock Nokia etc) and its battery life sucked a bit (I got about 3 days standby out of it). The mail/sms client behaved a little oddly at times as well. I stuck with the Smartphone for the simple reason of Outlook integration, which was excellent.
The E200 fixes most of the problems and has some nice additional features (multiple POP3 accounts etc etc). The battery life is a little better and generally the phone is a lot more responsive. The best bit is that I can now sync it over the air (GPRS) with Exchange 2002 automatically. I always have my latest mail/contacts/calendar even when I haven't been at my desktop for a while. This, for me, is the silver bullet. Any other idiosyncracies I can handle.
My only other complaint would be its size - it is a touch bulky, but Motoral do a flip version I think which solves that problem (although it doesn't have bluetooth in its current form I think).
ICE-Link from Denison allows you to plug your iPod (both mini and normal) into both a OEM and aftermarket head unit and control it using the CD changer controls.
With my Sony I have the multichanger so can have the iPod and the CD-Changer at the same time.
Works a treat. This is probably too late in the post to get seen - but if you do see it, mod it up and pass it along.
can anyone explain the logic behind the use of statically named pages? I would have thought a dynamic page and 'articleid' (or some such) would make more sense? I must admit I havent looked into it but is there not a possibility of unrelated subject headings clashing? Anyone know the backend of this system?
thats all...I enjoy the content and think its a great tool. Just a wondering is all....
...that this excellent idea (although I believe it has been bandied about before) will still be shot down by the/. crowd for no reason other than it is from MS?
Every day I hope for some modicum sensibility from the masses....still waiting....
If Microsoft was not offering software discounts and free downloads to students, you can bet your bottom dollar that the MS bashing crowd would be up in arms.
Whether they charge for software, or offer it for free to students. Whether they donate money to academic institutions, or whether they dont. They cannot win here at slashdot. Not everything they do is the work of the devil. A lot, yes, not everything.
Programming principles are in the main, generic. Learn to program in Java, C++, C# whatever, your OO methodologies will be there, ready to be applied to almost any other language. The most important thing is the train of thought that is required to write good code. Not the language.
If people (CS students esp.) are downloading Windows over Linux when both are 'free', maybe there is a small, tiny, miniscule chance that in the main the Windows desktop does a better job than the Linux desktop. I dont mean it is more secure, or more stable (although I find XP a rock). Just that it is easier to do 'stuff' on. Day-to-day stuff. Playing music, games, ripping CDs, writing docs, email, internet.
I write software for Linux, I run enterprise databases on Linux...it is usually my first port of call for doing back-end stuff that doesnt insist on MS. I sure as hell do not run it on my desktop.
Let the flaming begin...I can take it....I think....
"so big that there's not a word for the number," says Cody Christman
Seeing as a googol is 10 thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion
I think he may need to reconsider that statement.
Exactly - backbones, large pipes and colo's are set up to deal with this kind of thing - and in general (there are exceptions) they do it well.
I am thinking of Joe Bloggs actually having a machine set up in his bedroom, a dynamic dns , and his own website etc. His link goes down and he is gone. Period. 95% of the time that may well be a GoodThing. 5% it may actually have some implications.
This sounds great. If I lived in Japan, I would be signing up asap.
However, I kind of feel this is just another step along a somewhat dangerous (maybe that is too strong a word, but bear with me) path.
The internet, as it was envisaged, is designed to be a system whereby a large chunk of it can get destroyed/removed and data can still flow around that gap. Packets take all sorts of routes to get from A to B. All very good stuff, and something I am sure everyone is more than familiar with.
So, a disaster of some description happens, and we can all still get most of what we want as a result of this clever system. But with increases in bandwith such as this, more and more content (some trivial, other very not so) is pushed to the edge of the network. One ISP goes awry now and a huge number of sites/content/services can just dissapear. These sites do not have multiple backbone connections etc etc. With bandwith such as discussed here, you can host a site for a pretty decent number of users. (Wont take much of a slashdotting...but never mind...)
If people continue to push/provide content and services from the very edge of the network, then the very point of this network seems to be defeated. There is a lot of crap out there which I would not miss, but there is also a lot of stuff out there that I would. God bless the google cache is all I can say.
We recently swapped out some expensive software (£30k/month) for some cheaper software (£60k + £15k/year) - and found three of four days before the old access was removed that the new solution actually had some pretty big holes in it wrt the web client side.
We have contractual agreements with some of our customers that enables them to use the web access - so we needed a solution.
I did the quickest, dirtiest, ugliest solution you can imagine. Seriously, it would make your eyes bleed. But it got us live and we fulfilled our commitment to our customers.
However, I then had a tough job convincing management that it needed to be done properly. Once I had hammered the concept of what I had to have done across - they were quite receptive. 9 months later I have a Proper(TM) solution, and in all honestly we will probably be ditching the original software. Such is life.
Anyway, the point of my ramble is that it is possible to combine a QnD solution with a long term proper one - as long as the powers that be fully understand what is going on. Which is easier said than done....but that is whole other story.
If there comes a point whereby the gaming environment is created for and moulded around a player's actions, and with only an abstract definition of what it takes to 'finish' that game - is there a chance that the competition between friends will be lost?
I don't play that many games anymore, but I distinctly remember the competition between friends as to who would finish or figure out a certain game first. If the game is different for each player then this may well be lost...as well as people implying that the version they finished was 'much harder' than another.
Don't get me wrong, this technology looks fantastic...I am just wondering, is all...or has the gaming world moved past that competitive phase?
is modding up all the people who are saying:
'Noooo! All software should not be GPL! I want some money for my work! Nooo!'
By modding them up you are
a)Encouraging people who have not RTFA
b)Indicating that you have not RTFA
c)Making me have to trawl through their comments when I am reading at +3
If you dont know what I am referring to the see point b.
This is good news - but one of my main uses for Solaris is an Oracle platform. Oracle no longer support Solaris on x86, which is a shame because Oracle 9i on Solaris 9 on x86 would be a very interesting proposition.
Anyone know of any plans for Oracle to resupport x86 for Solaris? With Sun seeming commiting itself towards it, would it be a mistake not to?
I like Linux. I like Unix. I use Windows a lot. I have a Passport and, yes, it is integrated into the XP OS. Once you get past the narrow-minded M$ hating notions, it is actually quite handy.
Do I worry about it leaving me open to hack attacks and marketing invasion? No, not really. Information I really care about is not exposed via my passport. It is all safely locked up elsewhere. Dont dismiss it on principle - if you dont like the idea dont use it. Simple as that.
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Having lived near the first two, and now living in Houston, I am genuinely intrigued as to why you think it is a good comparison....?
When I bought a mini 6 months or so ago I found that there were some things that I couldn't do straight off the bat - and it took some trips to Help or Google to figure it out. Strange, I thought, after having spent years with Windows and Linux (using/developing/admin).
It turns out that all my problems stemmed from the fact that I have got into the habbit of doing things in a convoluted fashion (be it due to horrible GUI design, conf files or whatever). The easiest, most obvious way often eludes me as I assume (subconsciously I guess) that it wont work.
I have had to retrain myself to try the most instictive way (or, at least, what my mum would try) first - and more often that not it works.
Couple this, with BSD underneath and its no suprise why so many people love it.
Just my 2p worth.
I am not arguing with your point, however.
I think the correct term is a 'rule'. I could be wrong though, it has been known to happen ;-)
If, like me, you have a Sony with a multi-changer control you can have both an iPod and a CD changer hooked up.
I highly recommend it
SmartPhones from, gasp, MS can be used as IR Controllers...the main problem with this is the different requirements of the Infra Red transmitter between IrDA and standard IR controls (read: the range is lousy)
The first one had its problems - it was a little unresponsive (as compared to a stock Nokia etc) and its battery life sucked a bit (I got about 3 days standby out of it). The mail/sms client behaved a little oddly at times as well. I stuck with the Smartphone for the simple reason of Outlook integration, which was excellent.
The E200 fixes most of the problems and has some nice additional features (multiple POP3 accounts etc etc). The battery life is a little better and generally the phone is a lot more responsive. The best bit is that I can now sync it over the air (GPRS) with Exchange 2002 automatically. I always have my latest mail/contacts/calendar even when I haven't been at my desktop for a while. This, for me, is the silver bullet. Any other idiosyncracies I can handle.
My only other complaint would be its size - it is a touch bulky, but Motoral do a flip version I think which solves that problem (although it doesn't have bluetooth in its current form I think).
Hope that helps
With my Sony I have the multichanger so can have the iPod and the CD-Changer at the same time.
Works a treat. This is probably too late in the post to get seen - but if you do see it, mod it up and pass it along.
ICE-Link
The missing step
Maybe I am just not thinking hard enough. It is Friday after all....
thats all...I enjoy the content and think its a great tool. Just a wondering is all....
http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/courses/CS400W/NIS/papers0 0/mlesaoan/paper.html
...that this excellent idea (although I believe it has been bandied about before) will still be shot down by the /. crowd for no reason other than it is from MS?
Every day I hope for some modicum sensibility from the masses....still waiting....
That is all.
Office 2003 has virtual folders as well. Like it or not some people have no option to use MS...
If Microsoft was not offering software discounts and free downloads to students, you can bet your bottom dollar that the MS bashing crowd would be up in arms.
Whether they charge for software, or offer it for free to students. Whether they donate money to academic institutions, or whether they dont. They cannot win here at slashdot. Not everything they do is the work of the devil. A lot, yes, not everything.
Programming principles are in the main, generic. Learn to program in Java, C++, C# whatever, your OO methodologies will be there, ready to be applied to almost any other language. The most important thing is the train of thought that is required to write good code. Not the language.
If people (CS students esp.) are downloading Windows over Linux when both are 'free', maybe there is a small, tiny, miniscule chance that in the main the Windows desktop does a better job than the Linux desktop. I dont mean it is more secure, or more stable (although I find XP a rock). Just that it is easier to do 'stuff' on. Day-to-day stuff. Playing music, games, ripping CDs, writing docs, email, internet.
I write software for Linux, I run enterprise databases on Linux...it is usually my first port of call for doing back-end stuff that doesnt insist on MS. I sure as hell do not run it on my desktop.
Let the flaming begin...I can take it....I think....
Seeing as a googol is 10 thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion I think he may need to reconsider that statement.
I am thinking of Joe Bloggs actually having a machine set up in his bedroom, a dynamic dns , and his own website etc. His link goes down and he is gone. Period. 95% of the time that may well be a GoodThing. 5% it may actually have some implications.
However, I kind of feel this is just another step along a somewhat dangerous (maybe that is too strong a word, but bear with me) path.
The internet, as it was envisaged, is designed to be a system whereby a large chunk of it can get destroyed/removed and data can still flow around that gap. Packets take all sorts of routes to get from A to B. All very good stuff, and something I am sure everyone is more than familiar with.
So, a disaster of some description happens, and we can all still get most of what we want as a result of this clever system. But with increases in bandwith such as this, more and more content (some trivial, other very not so) is pushed to the edge of the network. One ISP goes awry now and a huge number of sites/content/services can just dissapear. These sites do not have multiple backbone connections etc etc. With bandwith such as discussed here, you can host a site for a pretty decent number of users. (Wont take much of a slashdotting...but never mind...)
If people continue to push/provide content and services from the very edge of the network, then the very point of this network seems to be defeated. There is a lot of crap out there which I would not miss, but there is also a lot of stuff out there that I would. God bless the google cache is all I can say.
Thoughts?
We recently swapped out some expensive software (£30k/month) for some cheaper software (£60k + £15k/year) - and found three of four days before the old access was removed that the new solution actually had some pretty big holes in it wrt the web client side. We have contractual agreements with some of our customers that enables them to use the web access - so we needed a solution. I did the quickest, dirtiest, ugliest solution you can imagine. Seriously, it would make your eyes bleed. But it got us live and we fulfilled our commitment to our customers. However, I then had a tough job convincing management that it needed to be done properly. Once I had hammered the concept of what I had to have done across - they were quite receptive. 9 months later I have a Proper(TM) solution, and in all honestly we will probably be ditching the original software. Such is life. Anyway, the point of my ramble is that it is possible to combine a QnD solution with a long term proper one - as long as the powers that be fully understand what is going on. Which is easier said than done....but that is whole other story.
If there comes a point whereby the gaming environment is created for and moulded around a player's actions, and with only an abstract definition of what it takes to 'finish' that game - is there a chance that the competition between friends will be lost? I don't play that many games anymore, but I distinctly remember the competition between friends as to who would finish or figure out a certain game first. If the game is different for each player then this may well be lost...as well as people implying that the version they finished was 'much harder' than another. Don't get me wrong, this technology looks fantastic...I am just wondering, is all...or has the gaming world moved past that competitive phase?
is modding up all the people who are saying: 'Noooo! All software should not be GPL! I want some money for my work! Nooo!' By modding them up you are a)Encouraging people who have not RTFA b)Indicating that you have not RTFA c)Making me have to trawl through their comments when I am reading at +3 If you dont know what I am referring to the see point b.
This is good news - but one of my main uses for Solaris is an Oracle platform. Oracle no longer support Solaris on x86, which is a shame because Oracle 9i on Solaris 9 on x86 would be a very interesting proposition. Anyone know of any plans for Oracle to resupport x86 for Solaris? With Sun seeming commiting itself towards it, would it be a mistake not to?
I like Linux. I like Unix. I use Windows a lot. I have a Passport and, yes, it is integrated into the XP OS. Once you get past the narrow-minded M$ hating notions, it is actually quite handy.
Do I worry about it leaving me open to hack attacks and marketing invasion? No, not really. Information I really care about is not exposed via my passport. It is all safely locked up elsewhere. Dont dismiss it on principle - if you dont like the idea dont use it. Simple as that.
Has anyone else had a dodgy sound stream in the downloaded .mov's? It was the same for the first trailer.