I would just like to say that Shakespeare was a fantastic writer who told some classic stories. When he wrote, he wrote for the common folk, not the snobby elite. Its not his fault English language usage has mutated since then.
Its not made for kids. I guess Japanese people just dont mind owning a product called "My Little Whatever" even if they are in their 30s. Everything on the site suggests these are for the types of people who normally use laptops but just want a real small one.
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It runs Windows XP, so you dont need to deal with the crappy 'Pocket' versions of apps, run the real Win32 thing.
Sorry to do it, wish Slashdot had an edit post feature. I forgot to mention that this system may seem unfair if you're a Sci-Fi fan, but if the 'highbrow' lit lists didn't select out what they considered 'noise', even Sci-Fi would get lost in the sales of those shitty romance novels. Those sell big.
I must say though that most Sci-Fi, be it books, movies or TV, really REALLY sucks.
For every Brave New World or Snowcrash there's 100s if not 1000s of published shitwork. I think the legitimate Sci-Fi is lost in the noise of all the shit. If the Sci-Fi industry wants to lift itself from the industry ghetto they need to start being a lot more selective in what they publish, IMO.
The JCP is a joke. Sun ultimate decides what goes into Java. The JCP is free to suggest anything it wants, and sometimes it will get what it asks for because what it asks for is good for Sun...
Bbut in the end, Sun makes the decisions because nobody in the JCP (or out of it for that matter) is free to "fork" Java because the code is not truly Open Source. Nor are they completely free to create their own clean-room Java implementation because Sun holds the language name as a trademark. So you can create a "Java-like language", but you can't call it "Java" without Sun's blessing.
This isn't open source OR open standards OR a really open organization, except in the neverland world of Sun's marketing hype.
Sadly there's not much information there. How did they determine that Microsoft actually used the 'Character' code and not some in-house programmed alternative? Just because the UI remained the same (good for customers using the product) doesn't mean the code is the same underneath. Did they actually get access to the source code, or are they just assuming Microsoft still used it? Would be nice to know the answer to that....
In any case, I find it hard to believe Microsoft would have done this. Not because they are saints, but because certainly they would have learned from the 'Stacker' incident (Which was a patent infrigment, not copyright, but similiar to this case in many ways).
Microsoft might be evil, but they aren't stupid. I'll reserve final judgement until more facts are known.
Nice karma whoring, too bad everything you wrote is hogwash.
16MB cache upgrade? Nope, sorry.
Quake 3? 130 fps? That's AFTER the x86 emulation you'd need to get Quake3 to run on that?
Not likely.
Anyone who mods parent up (unless maybe its for +1 Funny, and that would be a huge stretch) is automatically branded a know-nothing moron. I really wish Slashdot listed who moderated each post and the score they gave it...
Its clear that when Microsoft talks about a modularized version of Windows being unworkable, they are talking about from a business/support perspective, not a technical perspective. So what does WinXP Embedded have to do with anything?
Microsoft's (correct, IMO, though I think they are wrong about a great many things) argument boils down to the fact that if they are forced to modularize Windows support calls will be something like this in the future:
"What OS do you have?"
"Windows Modular"
"Sigh...Ok, well, open up a command line and change directories to C:\Windows\SYSTEM32, type dir. Do you see an MSHTML.DLL file there?"
"No"
"Ok well your version of Windows Modular has no IE support. Do a search/findfiles on your system, is there a Mozilla.exe? Perhaps it was OEMed into your version of Windows Modular."
"Nope, nothing."
"Well here's the point where I'd tell you to download the latest drivers off our site but your version of Windows Modular has no HTTP or FTP capable client so you're SOL. Thank you have a nice day."
Some of your suggestions make sense, but I've never understood the people crying about full API documentation.
From a developer stand-point, Win32 is the most well documented API ever in the history of the world. Have you ever looked at MSDN? If someone could give me one example of a real omission in the Win32 API documentation within the last 5 years that seems to be related to suppressing competitiveness, I'd love to see it.
I'd bet big money linux users aren't Walmart's primary target for "Clean PCs". I'd guess a large portion of those PCs are used with illegal copies of Windows... Which work fine with winmodems.
FWIW I have well over two years experience with Windows 2000 (I was using it back in 1998 in the beta program) and almost 2 years of experience with.Net (started using it in June 2000).
But I do understand the sentiment. I've seen many such silly posts myself where they require 5+ years of some technology that is only a year old, and even the originators of that technology wouldn't qualify... HR people love the buzzwords and the meaningless time indicators.
This might have been funny if the writeup above (not to mention the article and common sense in general) didn't say that its 133x4. So I have to ask, are you a moron?
Shiny (formerly owned by Interplay, recently sold to Infogrames) has been working on a game based on The Matrix for a few years now, not many details have been released.
From what is known, though, the game is based on the sequels and as such probably won't be released until they are, so 2003 at the earliest.
I agree to a point. But OTOH I think the people he took the money from really had it coming.
What kind of morons would give away millions to someone without being able to do independent testing to see if the thing really worked? GREEDY MORONS, that's who. Its not like these people were giving to a charity and then having the money stolen..They were hoping to turn their millions into billions, and were blinded from the facts by overwhelming greed. A large part of me is glad they had their money taken!
Well, considering Sony is a member of both the MPAA and the RIAA (and gee, isn't that Sony recording artist Macy Gray in the movie?), it doesn't matter that much.
I've been at 50 karma many times. In fact, that's usually what sets off my trolling. I'll go from 50 karma to about 10 in a matter of 2 days of decent flaming and trolling, then work my way back up.
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I would just like to say that Shakespeare was a fantastic writer who told some classic stories. When he wrote, he wrote for the common folk, not the snobby elite. Its not his fault English language usage has mutated since then.
Its not made for kids. I guess Japanese people just dont mind owning a product called "My Little Whatever" even if they are in their 30s. Everything on the site suggests these are for the types of people who normally use laptops but just want a real small one.
It runs Windows XP, so you dont need to deal with the crappy 'Pocket' versions of apps, run the real Win32 thing.
Sorry to do it, wish Slashdot had an edit post feature. I forgot to mention that this system may seem unfair if you're a Sci-Fi fan, but if the 'highbrow' lit lists didn't select out what they considered 'noise', even Sci-Fi would get lost in the sales of those shitty romance novels. Those sell big.
I must say though that most Sci-Fi, be it books, movies or TV, really REALLY sucks.
For every Brave New World or Snowcrash there's 100s if not 1000s of published shitwork. I think the legitimate Sci-Fi is lost in the noise of all the shit. If the Sci-Fi industry wants to lift itself from the industry ghetto they need to start being a lot more selective in what they publish, IMO.
The JCP is a joke. Sun ultimate decides what goes into Java. The JCP is free to suggest anything it wants, and sometimes it will get what it asks for because what it asks for is good for Sun...
Bbut in the end, Sun makes the decisions because nobody in the JCP (or out of it for that matter) is free to "fork" Java because the code is not truly Open Source. Nor are they completely free to create their own clean-room Java implementation because Sun holds the language name as a trademark. So you can create a "Java-like language", but you can't call it "Java" without Sun's blessing.
This isn't open source OR open standards OR a really open organization, except in the neverland world of Sun's marketing hype.
In any case, I find it hard to believe Microsoft would have done this. Not because they are saints, but because certainly they would have learned from the 'Stacker' incident (Which was a patent infrigment, not copyright, but similiar to this case in many ways).
Microsoft might be evil, but they aren't stupid. I'll reserve final judgement until more facts are known.
Fuck you, faggot.
Hint: the person who posted here doesn't work for id software, so why don't you shut your stupid fucking mouth?
16MB cache upgrade? Nope, sorry.
Quake 3? 130 fps? That's AFTER the x86 emulation you'd need to get Quake3 to run on that? Not likely.
Anyone who mods parent up (unless maybe its for +1 Funny, and that would be a huge stretch) is automatically branded a know-nothing moron. I really wish Slashdot listed who moderated each post and the score they gave it...
Microsoft's (correct, IMO, though I think they are wrong about a great many things) argument boils down to the fact that if they are forced to modularize Windows support calls will be something like this in the future:
"What OS do you have?"
"Windows Modular"
"Sigh...Ok, well, open up a command line and change directories to C:\Windows\SYSTEM32, type dir. Do you see an MSHTML.DLL file there?"
"No"
"Ok well your version of Windows Modular has no IE support. Do a search/findfiles on your system, is there a Mozilla.exe? Perhaps it was OEMed into your version of Windows Modular."
"Nope, nothing."
"Well here's the point where I'd tell you to download the latest drivers off our site but your version of Windows Modular has no HTTP or FTP capable client so you're SOL. Thank you have a nice day."
Some of your suggestions make sense, but I've never understood the people crying about full API documentation. From a developer stand-point, Win32 is the most well documented API ever in the history of the world. Have you ever looked at MSDN? If someone could give me one example of a real omission in the Win32 API documentation within the last 5 years that seems to be related to suppressing competitiveness, I'd love to see it.
I'd bet big money linux users aren't Walmart's primary target for "Clean PCs". I'd guess a large portion of those PCs are used with illegal copies of Windows... Which work fine with winmodems.
But I do understand the sentiment. I've seen many such silly posts myself where they require 5+ years of some technology that is only a year old, and even the originators of that technology wouldn't qualify... HR people love the buzzwords and the meaningless time indicators.
This might have been funny if the writeup above (not to mention the article and common sense in general) didn't say that its 133x4. So I have to ask, are you a moron?
From what is known, though, the game is based on the sequels and as such probably won't be released until they are, so 2003 at the earliest.
What kind of morons would give away millions to someone without being able to do independent testing to see if the thing really worked? GREEDY MORONS, that's who. Its not like these people were giving to a charity and then having the money stolen..They were hoping to turn their millions into billions, and were blinded from the facts by overwhelming greed. A large part of me is glad they had their money taken!
I dont think the lardass pictured in the article there holding his patent could fit in a P51.
He's really fat, geeky and probably smells overripe as well, three other things he has in common with a lot of Slashdotters.
Well, considering Sony is a member of both the MPAA and the RIAA (and gee, isn't that Sony recording artist Macy Gray in the movie?), it doesn't matter that much.
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3. Profit!
Need I say more?
I've been at 50 karma many times. In fact, that's usually what sets off my trolling. I'll go from 50 karma to about 10 in a matter of 2 days of decent flaming and trolling, then work my way back up.
Don't you know Slashdot is a game?
And I am WINNING!!!
Deep down you want to suck Bill Gates' cock, don't you, fat *NIX boy?
In addition to building nanotech we need to build giant robots ala Voltron to defend us in case the nano-technology should get out of control.