Note that they still upgraded and kept MS Office for some of the administration stuff, probably because they couldn't afford not openning certain documents.
According to the wording in the article, it seems more likely that they had applications built on Access or the like. I've had to install MS Office on quite a few clients' computers because they had specialized applications dependent upon it.
Beagle. Didn't it spawn OS 10.4's new search utility?
And apt-get, pacman, portage? These are open source, no?
And X.org? Dependent upon the definition of innovation, but pretty amazing stuff they're up to.
Enlightenment E17.
Apache. Python. PHP. TeX.
I'm not sure they're all open source, but a lot of them are.
I think the reason why it looks like open source is less innovative than the robber-barons is that the robber-barons get the word out about what they stole from OSS before OSS gets it out.
Ok, so XBOX has veery few upgrade options. It's par for the course when one speaks of video game consoles. I was talking about home and business PCs.
And I fix computers for a living, which means I troubleshoot and repair computers. Which includes software. Have you ever used MS Activesync? It doesn't fuxking work with MS Outlook. Have you noticed how Microsoft software is incompatible with other Microsoft software?
I actually hate MS for quite a few more reasons than just the fact that I fix computers, now that I think about it. Thanks for providing perspective.
Mmmmm... This really makes me feel a little better about bashing Apple hardware. At least Microsoft doesn't have your testicles in a lime squeezer when it comes to hardware selection. Oh, and I REALLY dislike Microsoft, if only because I fix computers for a living.
Kids, just because Microsoft is a whole lot worse than Apple doesn't mean Apple doesn't suck it hard.
You must be a Meta-Nerd. Maybe you should pirate the DVD? Would that be satisfying enough? Because you just know you'll be left out in the cold when everyone else on the planet sees it.
Except China. They'll see War of Planets: Retribution of Evil!
I love AMD. Really, I noticed from the very beginning (well, the beginning for me, back in 1996) that Intel was very very focused on advertising, and AMD was not. That's not to say that Intel didn't make a 'better' processor for a while, but I've always favored AMD because I knew I wasn't paying for the Blue Man Group with every processor.
Also, AMD's current domination has been in no small part in my mind because of the rock-solid stability of the NForce chipsets. The Pentium's early stability can be attributed to the fact that Intel built their own chipsets as well, so there was a consistency a-la Mac, and AMD was reliant upon 3rd parties who were not quite as awesome as Nvidia.
I'm delighted constantly by AMD, and I'm specifically delighted by the Venice-core processor, which because it runs at 30W at full load will allow me to make a very quiet computer that is also state-of-the-art. This doesn't necessarily apply to the dual-core thing, except that conciousness of factors other than sheer eardrum puncturing performance has been one of the hallmarks of AMD's career.
The idea of a standard (according to the Open Standards entry at Wikipedia.org) is a communal agreement with the intent to facilitate reaching a goal. There are proprietary standards, and plain ol' standards as well. The word standard has many meanings. Yes, English is tricky, but I'm sure if you try again, you'll get it.
I also think people should get off Microsoft's case a *wee* bit about their closed formats. They just don't want other people telling them what features to implement, and they want full control. And they want all the money. There are other aspects of Microsoft to hate much more than the.doc format (except for that whole non-backwards compatibility that happened years ago).
The problem is that they are all running on the same LAN. Which allows for propagation across network shares. Now that I've said that, I realize how much bandwidth it must be sucking for just UPnP.
So the problem is that he doesn't have control over the network enough to make it secure, and he hasn't demanded it, and still cares even though they won't give him control.
Gmail spam filter?
on
Google TrustRank
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I read another post speculating that gmail users could be used as voters to choose trusted sites. Something that would probably actually work would be tagging domains that are received by a certain percentage of the gmail population and NOT marked as junk, and then giving them weight according to their percentage.
Becase we gmailers are picky.
It would probably have to be integrated with something else, because I bet there are a few pr0n mailing lists that lots of people have.
"The best predictor of obesity is being overweight"?!
What the hell does that mean? In my case, the best predictor of fitness was being overweight. I think the best predictor of obesity is utter lack of physical activity coupled with utter denial about what goes into one's mouth.
I had a good laugh with my ex-boss, who's Texan. Damn if he has the slightest bit to say about Dragon NaturallySpeaking, because it is a sunuvabitch to him.
I guess that's what you get when you call a knife a "nahf"
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Extra credit: You have 1 comma, 1 single quote, 1 double quote, 1 question mark, and 34 exclamation points. Punctuate: I WAS AT MY GFS HOUSE B4 AND SHE TOTALLY WAS LIKE MIKE U BITCH GET ME COOKIES AND I WAS LIKE BITCH WHAT YOUR GONNA GET A FATTASS HA UR TEH SUXORZ HAH HA w00t w00t
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What if it's interesting? Then should it be denied until someone else submits it?
I think that's reverse engineering necessity. That is so f+ing cool.
(by the way, it's getting to where I myself can't read the freaking letters to type into the box)
Note that they still upgraded and kept MS Office for some of the administration stuff, probably because they couldn't afford not openning certain documents.
According to the wording in the article, it seems more likely that they had applications built on Access or the like. I've had to install MS Office on quite a few clients' computers because they had specialized applications dependent upon it.
Beagle. Didn't it spawn OS 10.4's new search utility?
And apt-get, pacman, portage? These are open source, no?
And X.org? Dependent upon the definition of innovation, but pretty amazing stuff they're up to.
Enlightenment E17.
Apache. Python. PHP. TeX.
I'm not sure they're all open source, but a lot of them are.
I think the reason why it looks like open source is less innovative than the robber-barons is that the robber-barons get the word out about what they stole from OSS before OSS gets it out.
...and in light of that new shit, I think I'll be investing in trackerless Bittorrent rather than a DVD player.
Ok, so XBOX has veery few upgrade options. It's par for the course when one speaks of video game consoles. I was talking about home and business PCs.
And I fix computers for a living, which means I troubleshoot and repair computers. Which includes software. Have you ever used MS Activesync? It doesn't fuxking work with MS Outlook. Have you noticed how Microsoft software is incompatible with other Microsoft software?
I actually hate MS for quite a few more reasons than just the fact that I fix computers, now that I think about it. Thanks for providing perspective.
Mmmmm... This really makes me feel a little better about bashing Apple hardware. At least Microsoft doesn't have your testicles in a lime squeezer when it comes to hardware selection. Oh, and I REALLY dislike Microsoft, if only because I fix computers for a living.
Kids, just because Microsoft is a whole lot worse than Apple doesn't mean Apple doesn't suck it hard.
...a beowulf cluster of these. It seems like someone's taken it a bit too far.
You must be a Meta-Nerd. Maybe you should pirate the DVD? Would that be satisfying enough? Because you just know you'll be left out in the cold when everyone else on the planet sees it.
Except China. They'll see War of Planets: Retribution of Evil!
But Britney Spears music a) is distributed virally, via TRL and b) eats your brain.
And who the hell is this Slashdot reader who reads the Huffington Post?
"DELIVERING NEWS AND OPINION SINCE MAY 9, 2005"
WOW!
Not any more crack than my sources, anyway. Check out this slashdot storywhich links to this Lost Circuits review.
I love AMD. Really, I noticed from the very beginning (well, the beginning for me, back in 1996) that Intel was very very focused on advertising, and AMD was not. That's not to say that Intel didn't make a 'better' processor for a while, but I've always favored AMD because I knew I wasn't paying for the Blue Man Group with every processor.
Also, AMD's current domination has been in no small part in my mind because of the rock-solid stability of the NForce chipsets. The Pentium's early stability can be attributed to the fact that Intel built their own chipsets as well, so there was a consistency a-la Mac, and AMD was reliant upon 3rd parties who were not quite as awesome as Nvidia.
I'm delighted constantly by AMD, and I'm specifically delighted by the Venice-core processor, which because it runs at 30W at full load will allow me to make a very quiet computer that is also state-of-the-art. This doesn't necessarily apply to the dual-core thing, except that conciousness of factors other than sheer eardrum puncturing performance has been one of the hallmarks of AMD's career.
The idea of a standard (according to the Open Standards entry at Wikipedia.org) is a communal agreement with the intent to facilitate reaching a goal. There are proprietary standards, and plain ol' standards as well. The word standard has many meanings. Yes, English is tricky, but I'm sure if you try again, you'll get it.
.doc format (except for that whole non-backwards compatibility that happened years ago).
I also think people should get off Microsoft's case a *wee* bit about their closed formats. They just don't want other people telling them what features to implement, and they want full control. And they want all the money. There are other aspects of Microsoft to hate much more than the
In an attempt to create brand recognition, theporn industry been working on many acronyms, and have finally settled on HDDP.
"You know that loud whirring coming from your computer? And have you noticed how things get hot just sitting on top of it?"
"...no? Oh, you must have an AMD"
"INTELOUTSIDEINTHEGARBAGEBOOYA!!"
The problem is that they are all running on the same LAN. Which allows for propagation across network shares. Now that I've said that, I realize how much bandwidth it must be sucking for just UPnP.
So the problem is that he doesn't have control over the network enough to make it secure, and he hasn't demanded it, and still cares even though they won't give him control.
I read another post speculating that gmail users could be used as voters to choose trusted sites. Something that would probably actually work would be tagging domains that are received by a certain percentage of the gmail population and NOT marked as junk, and then giving them weight according to their percentage.
Becase we gmailers are picky.
It would probably have to be integrated with something else, because I bet there are a few pr0n mailing lists that lots of people have.
I think I'll try being less agreeable from now on.
"The best predictor of obesity is being overweight"?!
What the hell does that mean? In my case, the best predictor of fitness was being overweight. I think the best predictor of obesity is utter lack of physical activity coupled with utter denial about what goes into one's mouth.
I had a good laugh with my ex-boss, who's Texan. Damn if he has the slightest bit to say about Dragon NaturallySpeaking, because it is a sunuvabitch to him.
I guess that's what you get when you call a knife a "nahf"
Mod me troll, flame-bait, or stupid if you want, but...
Those f*ing c*sucking bastards.
I just invented,
w00t b33r!
Free w00t for everyone!
Sample test:
Are you 1337?
yes
no
WHAT R U STOPID OR SUMTHING!!!!?
yes
no
Use 'w00t' in a sentence.
(Men)Type 30wpm with your left hand only.
Where does the green speaker plug go?
blue jack
red jack
green jack
CowboyNeal
Extra credit:
You have 1 comma, 1 single quote, 1 double quote, 1 question mark, and 34 exclamation points. Punctuate:
I WAS AT MY GFS HOUSE B4 AND SHE TOTALLY WAS LIKE MIKE U BITCH GET ME COOKIES AND I WAS LIKE BITCH WHAT YOUR GONNA GET A FATTASS HA UR TEH SUXORZ HAH HA w00t w00t
Theorists believed that the eleven dwarf galaxy companions should have a diffuse, spherical arrangement
Sounds like someone's been watching the Lord of the Rings box set a wee bit much.