Timothy commented: "I don't see how this is "Microsoftish" -- the code Red Hat creates or includes is still GPL, and you can pay anyone willing to fix it. They're not required to support it forever:)"
You know, neither is microsoft. Does this mean Slashdot will officially stop complaining about EOLs from Microsoft?
Is that MPEG-4 is so outdated and pathetic compared to wma9 format. Of course microsoft doesn't want an open file format for media... why is this such a shocker? They're a business... they're in it for the money, not to make the consumer happy. They'll only make the consumer happy when it makes them money.
The idea that mpeg-4 is better than wma9 just because it's free is idiotic. It's clearly a less capable video format. So if we're going to rally behind an open format... let it be a good one (for instance, the OpenOffice.org xml format for documents.)
The X-Files did it first.
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And the results were NOT positive. Drove 'em crazy, it did. But, they were good soldiers.
this reminds me of an episode of South Park where a kid sold Cartman some pubic hair, and cartman got the kid back by tricking the kid into eating the kid's parents.
Pearl Jam (the band, not the... err... stuff) releases all of their albums on Vinyl first (a practice they've done at least since their second release in 1993.) The band members have a love of vinyl, and that's mainly the purpose.
The fan club singles they release every year are also only put out on vinyl. An interesting note: it was a trip to the Library of Congress that sealed this decision: vinyl, unlike tape and CD is impervious to time and will not break down if it is protected from damage, unlike magnetic and optical formats (tapes and CDs)
I have no idea who presses the Pearl Jam vinyls. I do know that PJ's album "Vitalogy" was the the last vinyl album to enter the billboard top 100 list.
I know most CS students see it as "below" them, but most universities have a thriving IT department. Even getting a job at the help desk can be a *huge* boost in your career... a couple years of that, and you've suddenly got 2+ years of experience in the field. You don't have to stay, but it's a good place to start.
The real problem is waiting until you get out of college. IT departments in colleges are much more willing to hire students, because they can count more on the person actually sticking around if he's got two or three years of school left.
This is twice in two days that they've posted stories about illegal software, first posting links to downloadable doom3 alphas, and now one about console game emulators.
Oh wait, I forgot, those aren't illegal. Just like rolling papers aren't illegal. when was the last time you saw someone rolling their own cigarette? And when was the last time you saw someone playing a homebrew game on an emulator?
as time extends out, the need for a "visible" operating system" is going to be less and less necessary. The OS will be a part of the hardware. When was the last time you upgrade the operating software of your television?
As OS's become invisble, the need for upgrading them is going to be lost on consumers, so MS would have a hard time trying to sell it as a product. It will become a commodity only.
I think MS's only options for maintaining a business model are to either expand into other software areas (there aren't many left) or to start renting software, which they seem inline to do.
I've seen some posts suggesting this isn't a good thing, but it's just so much easier to do... especially if you don't have a remote server with a web panel interface. If a user ftp's a file, and then gets to a computer without an ftp program, what can they do? nothing much... unless the ftp is visible on the web. Using webmail (which everyone at my university uses now) makes this process much simpler. Even I, who know quite a bit about computers, find sending files over email much easier because when I get to work or home, I don't have to download anything... the file is already sitting on my computer (unless my mail program has crashed for some reason).
Anywho, that's off topic a bit. I personally don't see a problem with configurable limits. Is this possible on a per-account basis? Set the limit at 5mb (that seems high to me!) and then increase it for users who request it. Really, if people want to send huge files over email, they should break them up over several emails rather than uploadding a 100mb email.
the VW... jetta? is a pretty nice diesel car. My friends have matching Wagon models... very comfy, and not that expensive.. between $20 and $25k I think.
that's diesel. And diesel died in the US many years ago. I agree, it would be smarter going to diesel if we need a fossil-fuel based vehicle. There are even ways of making diesel from vegetable oil! And correct me if I'm wrong, but diesel is such a non-combustable material that you can store it in drums in your home.
all new cars are like this. At the very least, you need computerized diagnostic tools for many things. Most automotive repair these days takes training and sophisticated tools.
pray tell... how fast does your car need to go? My country has speed limits on most of the roads. Anything over 80 mph is overkill, unless you're running from the cops. If you're talking about racing performance, then that's something else entirely, and has nothing to do with consumer vehicles.
indiana university doesn't put any restrictions on how many undergrad degrees you have. You might have to re-take basic coursework because classes only count for 10 years, but that's to be expected. You could always test out of those classes.
I'm going back for a second degree, but that's not because I didn't like the first.
The English language has capital letters for a reason. People should really try using them. I have no idea what her responses said, because she was unreadable.
umm.... this is news?
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The "idiots guide to computers" class I was forced to take in college included this project as an example of how logic circuits work. And they one they had was more complex. And it used kool-aid. I've seen this project in at least 10 CS departments. Dammit, this is not news. This would be better if it was a four digit binary adder.
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Well, personally, I don't care if any of my readers know who I'm talking about. I really use a weblog to keep track of my state at any given time. This lets me look back and say "oh, that's what I was thinking." I mean, I don't care if I'm the only person in the world who reads my weblog.
Why put it on the web? Well, there are often times, on irc and in email, when I want to point someone to something I've written... plus, if anyone is visiting my website, then it's possibly they want to know more about me. If they don't, then fine. If they do, then the weblog is there.
Shameless plug for my weblog.
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Luckily, I was worred when I first setup my blogger account, so i switch to a mysql database on my own webserver instead. Eventually, I ended up using movable type to manage my weblog. If you have access to a mysql database on your webserver, I would really recommend doing this.
Armed conflict is the only legal means of establishing a free state within the United States (or, perhaps, to be declared a protected Native tribe.)
And this high-minded idealism is idiotic to the extreme. It will be a "free" state you say... in opposition to the totalitarian regime of the US Federal government? And how will this society remain free? Communal governance? Direct Democracy? Good luck with that.
that the writer was actually able to define generation X. I wonder where he got that from, since that terms is the most overused term in modern media in the last decade. It's good to know that I'm not in generation X... missed it by 2 years, I guess.
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"I don't see how this is "Microsoftish" -- the code Red Hat creates or includes is still GPL, and you can pay anyone willing to fix it. They're not required to support it forever
You know, neither is microsoft. Does this mean Slashdot will officially stop complaining about EOLs from Microsoft?
Is that MPEG-4 is so outdated and pathetic compared to wma9 format. Of course microsoft doesn't want an open file format for media... why is this such a shocker? They're a business... they're in it for the money, not to make the consumer happy. They'll only make the consumer happy when it makes them money.
The idea that mpeg-4 is better than wma9 just because it's free is idiotic. It's clearly a less capable video format. So if we're going to rally behind an open format... let it be a good one (for instance, the OpenOffice.org xml format for documents.)
And the results were NOT positive. Drove 'em crazy, it did. But, they were good soldiers.
Don't fuck with the Mac Heads.
this reminds me of an episode of South Park where a kid sold Cartman some pubic hair, and cartman got the kid back by tricking the kid into eating the kid's parents.
Pearl Jam (the band, not the... err... stuff) releases all of their albums on Vinyl first (a practice they've done at least since their second release in 1993.) The band members have a love of vinyl, and that's mainly the purpose.
The fan club singles they release every year are also only put out on vinyl. An interesting note: it was a trip to the Library of Congress that sealed this decision: vinyl, unlike tape and CD is impervious to time and will not break down if it is protected from damage, unlike magnetic and optical formats (tapes and CDs)
I have no idea who presses the Pearl Jam vinyls. I do know that PJ's album "Vitalogy" was the the last vinyl album to enter the billboard top 100 list.
Aren't Time and Newsweek owned by the same MaSTER PoWER?
I seem to remember a similar thing with that retarded jumping macintosh last year.
sure, they kill everyone in the room, but they're also pretty good at putting out fires. What are they using... water?
I know most CS students see it as "below" them, but most universities have a thriving IT department. Even getting a job at the help desk can be a *huge* boost in your career... a couple years of that, and you've suddenly got 2+ years of experience in the field. You don't have to stay, but it's a good place to start.
The real problem is waiting until you get out of college. IT departments in colleges are much more willing to hire students, because they can count more on the person actually sticking around if he's got two or three years of school left.
Um, perhaps the article writer/analyst wasn't aware of this, but Adobe makes other products besides Acrobat. Anyone remember photoshop? premier? etc?
This is twice in two days that they've posted stories about illegal software, first posting links to downloadable doom3 alphas, and now one about console game emulators.
Oh wait, I forgot, those aren't illegal. Just like rolling papers aren't illegal. when was the last time you saw someone rolling their own cigarette? And when was the last time you saw someone playing a homebrew game on an emulator?
as time extends out, the need for a "visible" operating system" is going to be less and less necessary. The OS will be a part of the hardware. When was the last time you upgrade the operating software of your television?
As OS's become invisble, the need for upgrading them is going to be lost on consumers, so MS would have a hard time trying to sell it as a product. It will become a commodity only.
I think MS's only options for maintaining a business model are to either expand into other software areas (there aren't many left) or to start renting software, which they seem inline to do.
I've seen some posts suggesting this isn't a good thing, but it's just so much easier to do... especially if you don't have a remote server with a web panel interface. If a user ftp's a file, and then gets to a computer without an ftp program, what can they do? nothing much... unless the ftp is visible on the web. Using webmail (which everyone at my university uses now) makes this process much simpler. Even I, who know quite a bit about computers, find sending files over email much easier because when I get to work or home, I don't have to download anything... the file is already sitting on my computer (unless my mail program has crashed for some reason).
Anywho, that's off topic a bit. I personally don't see a problem with configurable limits. Is this possible on a per-account basis? Set the limit at 5mb (that seems high to me!) and then increase it for users who request it. Really, if people want to send huge files over email, they should break them up over several emails rather than uploadding a 100mb email.
the VW... jetta? is a pretty nice diesel car. My friends have matching Wagon models... very comfy, and not that expensive.. between $20 and $25k I think.
that's diesel. And diesel died in the US many years ago. I agree, it would be smarter going to diesel if we need a fossil-fuel based vehicle. There are even ways of making diesel from vegetable oil! And correct me if I'm wrong, but diesel is such a non-combustable material that you can store it in drums in your home.
You do know what hybrid vehicles are, don't you? They don't plug in.
all new cars are like this. At the very least, you need computerized diagnostic tools for many things. Most automotive repair these days takes training and sophisticated tools.
pray tell... how fast does your car need to go? My country has speed limits on most of the roads. Anything over 80 mph is overkill, unless you're running from the cops. If you're talking about racing performance, then that's something else entirely, and has nothing to do with consumer vehicles.
indiana university doesn't put any restrictions on how many undergrad degrees you have. You might have to re-take basic coursework because classes only count for 10 years, but that's to be expected. You could always test out of those classes.
I'm going back for a second degree, but that's not because I didn't like the first.
The English language has capital letters for a reason. People should really try using them. I have no idea what her responses said, because she was unreadable.
The "idiots guide to computers" class I was forced to take in college included this project as an example of how logic circuits work. And they one they had was more complex. And it used kool-aid. I've seen this project in at least 10 CS departments. Dammit, this is not news. This would be better if it was a four digit binary adder.
Well, personally, I don't care if any of my readers know who I'm talking about. I really use a weblog to keep track of my state at any given time. This lets me look back and say "oh, that's what I was thinking." I mean, I don't care if I'm the only person in the world who reads my weblog.
Why put it on the web? Well, there are often times, on irc and in email, when I want to point someone to something I've written... plus, if anyone is visiting my website, then it's possibly they want to know more about me. If they don't, then fine. If they do, then the weblog is there.
Luckily, I was worred when I first setup my blogger account, so i switch to a mysql database on my own webserver instead. Eventually, I ended up using movable type to manage my weblog. If you have access to a mysql database on your webserver, I would really recommend doing this.
Pffft.
Armed conflict is the only legal means of establishing a free state within the United States (or, perhaps, to be declared a protected Native tribe.)
And this high-minded idealism is idiotic to the extreme. It will be a "free" state you say... in opposition to the totalitarian regime of the US Federal government? And how will this society remain free? Communal governance? Direct Democracy? Good luck with that.
that the writer was actually able to define generation X. I wonder where he got that from, since that terms is the most overused term in modern media in the last decade. It's good to know that I'm not in generation X... missed it by 2 years, I guess.
for using daylight saving time. Come to Indiana, where people are more normal, and don't try to change time itself.