The irony of the situation is that I thought as I submitted my previous comment "Wouldn't it be funny if people thought I was serious about that? Nah... it's pretty obvious." Never underestimate the stupid. They will always make you look... uh... smart.:P
Clue: Irony is not what you do to your clothes to make them look all spiffy....
I worked at Intel until recently.
Every day got even closer to Office Space reality.
The final blow was when we had cake for some co-worker with some half-assed singing.
All I was waiting for was a fellow employee to say "But I want some cake and last time I didn't get any"...
It's too, too scary.
If they are sending from one cell phone to another, sure, it'll cost money. But if it's some joe schmoe emailing me from his hotmail or AOL account (and yes, I have received plenty of these), then they pay nothing.
Fortunately, my provider doesn't charge for incoming messages. But I would be QUITE angry if I received spam and had to pay for it, since many providers (Verizon, etc) charge like $0.05 per received message.
So that brings up an interesting point... if the end user is being charged for spam -- and we're talking DIRECT cost, not just the passed-down charge of wasted bandwidth like regular email spam -- is it the responsibility of the user to stop this? Or should the user say "Hey, this is crap, I'm not paying for this" and tell the provider to stop the spam from happening?
On a humorous side note, at least 8 of the spam cell messages my phone has received have been Klez variants. Scary, eh?
Yeah, Killobyte was a really good book.
It was especially interesting to use a handicapped main character.
Although I'm less-than-enamored with his portrayal of the hacker kid, I suppose it's a fairly apt description of a "script kiddie", or at least one type.
Not knocking Google's capabilities, but The WayBack Machine caches entire websites... It's quite useful when you "delete something" you needed... and then notice that it's not totally gone after all.:)
This is a good idea, but I know of a more efficient Porn-on-demand system; the Internet.;)
Actually, Sears could only claim intellectual property on it if you were working in a job which related to this. I.E. If you were in a FAX or IT development position...
Well, either that or if you signed a NDA/NCA which precluded any work you may come up with while employed there.
Caveat employee...:p
I'd recommend MWave -- They have really good hardware prices. I searched for DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM and found a good many products in there. Some for even under $300. Definitely worth a look. =)
There are some problems with that. Consider the large amount of businesses that have Windows boxes as a large percentage of their company's machines.
Even if they are a large corporation, consider these things:
1 - It would be quite expensive to change all the machines' Operating Systems, software packages, etc.
2 - Consider the time it would take to do a complete overhaul, if they decided they did, indeed, need to switch to a new OS.
3 - The IT department would be very bogged down. As much as I hate to admit it, it is MUCH easier to install Windows than it is to install some builds of Unix/Linux. Yeah, you get out of it what you put in... look at AOL for an example here.
As much as I disagree with letting M$ get away with their whole "No, why don't you consider this alternative... we don't find that punishment to be to our liking" attitude, I don't think making people buy Windows separately will make things easier.
If that happened a few years ago, maybe... But I think there are too many technologically deprived people out there in order to make a transition like that.
Imagine Microsoft making some claims that if you don't upgrade to Windows 2004, they won't patch your Outlook, or Exchange, etc... Sure, it may be underhanded, but when has that stopped them? It may be worth the $50-100 to upgrade instead of the hassle of upgrading on a free OS and then training all their staff to use the new software.
On the plus side, it'd give trainers a heck of a boost in business... educating the masses in all the wonderful things they've been missing for all these years.
I think you are missing the point here./. did not perpetuate these myths. As a former CS student myself, I too experienced the dread of going into an exam and being told either "Here's a program spec... code it" or "Here's some code... be the compiler and debug it."
The problem lies within the schools... or perhaps more precisely, within certain instructors' syllabi.
While code is important, there is no reason to require people to code complex programs in an environment they would not experience in "the real world." -- It seems unlikely that someone would say to a developer: "Go write this... on paper, not using your books, or MSDN (for those M$ inclined folk), or man pages."
If a real coder can use these resources, why can't we?
"Finally.. a way to recoup our losses from those dirty people who use P2P software to pirate our music! This will teach them!" (/end quote from Hilary Rosen)
Interesting... If the cable companies are so against TiVO and the similar product lines, how do they feel about this?
It also brings the menu to mind... Right now we have a list of channels to flip through. If you have Digital Cable or Satellite, you have a menu so you can skip to other channels. How will things be done if you have 1,000,000 hours of footage available to watch?
Will it be like Napster or Morpheus or Kazaa? Will you have to be like "Ok content providers, I want the 4th episode of Twilight Zone... any of you have it?"
That's what I want, really... having to rely on them. Imagine if the MPAA and RIAA join up... you "download" it to your TV only to find it was a 30-second looped promo for the new Mariah Caray special...
Plus, the theme of Pay Per View could be expanded dramatically... it's scary.
It's very disheartening to be in a city with lousy traffic situations. For all the money that Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue/Kirkland/etc area has, the traffic here is horrible.
Sure, there is the Sounder, but it's light rail. We could learn a lot from Sydney's (or Australia in general) rail system.. or even Vancouver, BC has a nice mesh of rail & ferries.
Everquest is more "high profile", but several large-scale text games have had this "buying a character" phenomenon occur.
I play Gemstone III by Simutronics, and know of at LEAST one person whose full time job is just selling items and characters and "coins" for real life money.
Sure, he invested a lot of his time into the game initially, but he makes enough to support himself on it, so that's gotta say something...
By not releasing their source code, Windows in impenetrable! There's no possible way to know how their systems work without releasing the code behind it.
Next thing you know, people will be saying the operating system crashes all the time!
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The irony of the situation is that I thought as I submitted my previous comment "Wouldn't it be funny if people thought I was serious about that? Nah... it's pretty obvious." :P
Never underestimate the stupid. They will always make you look... uh... smart.
Clue: Irony is not what you do to your clothes to make them look all spiffy....
Exactly.
"Wow! When I broke into that room, it sounded just like it was my house being broken into! My speakers are so sw33t!"
Forget this registering for an account at the NYTimes! Time to go post and ask if anyone has any cracked versions of it! hehe ;)
Isn't Galaxies supposed to be the definitive Star Wars game? If not, then why is that the game people from E3 have been talking about?
I worked at Intel until recently. Every day got even closer to Office Space reality. The final blow was when we had cake for some co-worker with some half-assed singing. All I was waiting for was a fellow employee to say "But I want some cake and last time I didn't get any"... It's too, too scary.
That's just the problem.
If they are sending from one cell phone to another, sure, it'll cost money. But if it's some joe schmoe emailing me from his hotmail or AOL account (and yes, I have received plenty of these), then they pay nothing.
Fortunately, my provider doesn't charge for incoming messages. But I would be QUITE angry if I received spam and had to pay for it, since many providers (Verizon, etc) charge like $0.05 per received message.
So that brings up an interesting point... if the end user is being charged for spam -- and we're talking DIRECT cost, not just the passed-down charge of wasted bandwidth like regular email spam -- is it the responsibility of the user to stop this? Or should the user say "Hey, this is crap, I'm not paying for this" and tell the provider to stop the spam from happening?
On a humorous side note, at least 8 of the spam cell messages my phone has received have been Klez variants. Scary, eh?
This is interesting. I may be the only one, but I have recently received a lot of spam (via SMS messaging and email) on my cell phone.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?
Maybe I could be next getting a big payout? heh...
Yeah, Killobyte was a really good book. It was especially interesting to use a handicapped main character. Although I'm less-than-enamored with his portrayal of the hacker kid, I suppose it's a fairly apt description of a "script kiddie", or at least one type.
Not knocking Google's capabilities, but The WayBack Machine caches entire websites... It's quite useful when you "delete something" you needed... and then notice that it's not totally gone after all. :)
Just FYI...
This is a good idea, but I know of a more efficient Porn-on-demand system; the Internet. ;)
:p
Actually, Sears could only claim intellectual property on it if you were working in a job which related to this. I.E. If you were in a FAX or IT development position...
Well, either that or if you signed a NDA/NCA which precluded any work you may come up with while employed there.
Caveat employee...
It's all a big plot by the MPAA & RIAA to stop the P2P networks! :P
... that the Cali appeals court is the "most liberal and overturned" appeals court in the country.
So it could go on from here and be overturned.
I'd recommend MWave -- They have really good hardware prices. I searched for DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM and found a good many products in there. Some for even under $300. Definitely worth a look. =)
In a related link, check out Evil People... Supplying you with all your Evil connections.
:P
He uses a lot of Flash and Shockwave too... I guess people who say Flash is the devil are right!
There are some problems with that. Consider the large amount of businesses that have Windows boxes as a large percentage of their company's machines.
Even if they are a large corporation, consider these things:
1 - It would be quite expensive to change all the machines' Operating Systems, software packages, etc.
2 - Consider the time it would take to do a complete overhaul, if they decided they did, indeed, need to switch to a new OS.
3 - The IT department would be very bogged down. As much as I hate to admit it, it is MUCH easier to install Windows than it is to install some builds of Unix/Linux. Yeah, you get out of it what you put in... look at AOL for an example here.
As much as I disagree with letting M$ get away with their whole "No, why don't you consider this alternative... we don't find that punishment to be to our liking" attitude, I don't think making people buy Windows separately will make things easier.
If that happened a few years ago, maybe... But I think there are too many technologically deprived people out there in order to make a transition like that.
Imagine Microsoft making some claims that if you don't upgrade to Windows 2004, they won't patch your Outlook, or Exchange, etc... Sure, it may be underhanded, but when has that stopped them? It may be worth the $50-100 to upgrade instead of the hassle of upgrading on a free OS and then training all their staff to use the new software.
On the plus side, it'd give trainers a heck of a boost in business... educating the masses in all the wonderful things they've been missing for all these years.
Yeah, that shows there's a big problem with our country's ethos...
"Hey, isn't that auburn hair? My company patented that! You owe us $500,000 or else you need to cut off that hair."
Hooray. Now we can have 3d Porn Cams. Isn't technology wonderful? ::happy sigh:: ;)
I think you are missing the point here. /. did not perpetuate these myths. As a former CS student myself, I too experienced the dread of going into an exam and being told either "Here's a program spec... code it" or "Here's some code... be the compiler and debug it."
... or perhaps more precisely, within certain instructors' syllabi.
The problem lies within the schools
While code is important, there is no reason to require people to code complex programs in an environment they would not experience in "the real world." -- It seems unlikely that someone would say to a developer: "Go write this... on paper, not using your books, or MSDN (for those M$ inclined folk), or man pages."
If a real coder can use these resources, why can't we?
"Finally.. a way to recoup our losses from those dirty people who use P2P software to pirate our music! This will teach them!" (/end quote from Hilary Rosen)
;)
Interesting... If the cable companies are so against TiVO and the similar product lines, how do they feel about this?
It also brings the menu to mind... Right now we have a list of channels to flip through. If you have Digital Cable or Satellite, you have a menu so you can skip to other channels. How will things be done if you have 1,000,000 hours of footage available to watch?
Will it be like Napster or Morpheus or Kazaa? Will you have to be like "Ok content providers, I want the 4th episode of Twilight Zone... any of you have it?"
That's what I want, really... having to rely on them. Imagine if the MPAA and RIAA join up... you "download" it to your TV only to find it was a 30-second looped promo for the new Mariah Caray special...
Plus, the theme of Pay Per View could be expanded dramatically... it's scary.
That's a good idea.
I've heard that someone (or maybe more than one) proposed a third floating bridge... pricetag: at least $10 billion. Heh
Yeah, like that'll happen anytime soon...
It's very disheartening to be in a city with lousy traffic situations. For all the money that Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue/Kirkland/etc area has, the traffic here is horrible.
Sure, there is the Sounder, but it's light rail. We could learn a lot from Sydney's (or Australia in general) rail system.. or even Vancouver, BC has a nice mesh of rail & ferries.
Anyone have any suggestions? Just curious...
"Can you still hear me?"
"Quack."
"Goooood."
Repeat until desired effect achieved.
Everquest is more "high profile", but several large-scale text games have had this "buying a character" phenomenon occur.
I play Gemstone III by Simutronics, and know of at LEAST one person whose full time job is just selling items and characters and "coins" for real life money.
Sure, he invested a lot of his time into the game initially, but he makes enough to support himself on it, so that's gotta say something...
I don't understand what you're talking about!
By not releasing their source code, Windows in impenetrable! There's no possible way to know how their systems work without releasing the code behind it.
Next thing you know, people will be saying the operating system crashes all the time!
Silly people!