There seems to be a slight misconception in the NY Times article around OpenID being tied to passwords. OpenID does not specify the authentication mechanism for the user to their OpenID Provider which means that we've seen many companies (including Microsoft) experiment with alternative authentication mechanisms atop OpenID. The big benefit OpenID then provides them is that they're instantly able to start letting users use their new authentication mechanism at any site which accepts OpenID logins. More about this over at http://openid.net/2008/08/10/challenges-facing-openid/.
Until you change their background, trash their home directory and fill their dock with millions of useless files.
Copying and pasting program icons is my favorite. It looks like Excel but it opens Terminal. So evil.
It all boils down to how MySQL 4 is looked upon. Big sites already use MySQL, as seen here, but will version 4 have enough features, be robust enough, and provide the support to convince those running things such as Oracle to switch.
Despite the fact that it is almost a rip of the Google site and name the idea does have merit. Look at how many sites have RSS feeds and they normally cut the crap, just showing relevent information. Add a RSS feed from Slashdot to Roogle and all of a sudden you can search the stories without wading through all the trolls. I see the idea being used much more for a news type of search engine because finding the weird obscure things will basically be impossible with only RSS feeds.
I have felt the same way as he did here.
http://www.designmethod.com/bling/v4/bling_04.html
I have two of those and they are a pain in the ass to do anything to. Want to add ram, gonna have to remove the powersupply.
Maybe with Yahoo using it they will decide to make the language a bit faster. There is a lot of slow parts in it such as function slashDot is different then function slashdot which is different from fucntion SlashDot. There is also a huge speed difference between echo and print. I want a language that is lean and mean.
My biggest concern is that if the transfer fails in the middle you can pick it up from that point. Also that it doesn't need you to install funky software before hand.
Ok, so I first read the article and do the "Oooo cool". Then I think about it. We have had the pen and paper thing for the Palm, way overpriced. Then things like a Wacom tablet, very cool for drawing but don't try using it to write with. So now we get this. I personally don't see the full use of it. Yeah, I can take written notes in class and get them on my computer but why not just type them in in the first place. I can barly read my handwriting anyway and normally lose my pens. Bought a pack of 7 UniBall pens a month ago, down to about 2.
In our school's theatre we are doing MacBeth as our current production. We are using the X10 cameras to do live video that we are gonna show on about 16 monitors, both tvs and computer screens. They are small enough to let an actor wear and cheap enough to buy a few of em. I always despised the popups but hey, they seem to work pretty well.
Can any teacher get this upgrade or must they actually own a Mac? Becuase think about it this way, a school employs 80 teachers and most likely doesn't have 80 Macs but doesn't want to buy 30 copies for their lab. If all 80 teachers get a copy then the School now has 80 liscenses of Jaguar. Upgrading the lab is no longer a problem.
So why not first teach the teachers everything they need to know instead of them just letting us use the "expensive slates"? Also I would much rather use my "expensive slate" to do the basic stuff and be able to learn more complex things than spend all the time learning why the basics work and never reach the realy meat to a course. I know that 1 + 1 = 2 but don't really care why, I rather learn the things I can do with 2.
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There seems to be a slight misconception in the NY Times article around OpenID being tied to passwords. OpenID does not specify the authentication mechanism for the user to their OpenID Provider which means that we've seen many companies (including Microsoft) experiment with alternative authentication mechanisms atop OpenID. The big benefit OpenID then provides them is that they're instantly able to start letting users use their new authentication mechanism at any site which accepts OpenID logins. More about this over at http://openid.net/2008/08/10/challenges-facing-openid/.
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That is what I was thinking.
Exactly
He always writes like this, it is nothing new.
And now YaBB SE is continued with Simple Machines. http://www.simplemachines.org
More like $30 with some of the pricing these days.
http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:ltX22XDG3_4J: www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/Primestar/Primestar.ht ml+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Until you change their background, trash their home directory and fill their dock with millions of useless files. Copying and pasting program icons is my favorite. It looks like Excel but it opens Terminal. So evil.
You can crash the login box to.
Someone mod this parent up, one of the most insightful things I have read in a while.
[sarcasm]Honostly think telemarketers call 411 just to get numbers?[/sarcasm]
It all boils down to how MySQL 4 is looked upon. Big sites already use MySQL, as seen here, but will version 4 have enough features, be robust enough, and provide the support to convince those running things such as Oracle to switch.
Why not just add to the previous stories about the conferences?
Despite the fact that it is almost a rip of the Google site and name the idea does have merit. Look at how many sites have RSS feeds and they normally cut the crap, just showing relevent information. Add a RSS feed from Slashdot to Roogle and all of a sudden you can search the stories without wading through all the trolls. I see the idea being used much more for a news type of search engine because finding the weird obscure things will basically be impossible with only RSS feeds.
It seems a shame that a war, the Cold War being the main boost, is what is needed to get support behind NASA.
My thoughts exactly.
I have felt the same way as he did here. http://www.designmethod.com/bling/v4/bling_04.html
I have two of those and they are a pain in the ass to do anything to. Want to add ram, gonna have to remove the powersupply.
Maybe with Yahoo using it they will decide to make the language a bit faster. There is a lot of slow parts in it such as function slashDot is different then function slashdot which is different from fucntion SlashDot. There is also a huge speed difference between echo and print. I want a language that is lean and mean.
My biggest concern is that if the transfer fails in the middle you can pick it up from that point. Also that it doesn't need you to install funky software before hand.
Ok, so I first read the article and do the "Oooo cool". Then I think about it. We have had the pen and paper thing for the Palm, way overpriced. Then things like a Wacom tablet, very cool for drawing but don't try using it to write with. So now we get this. I personally don't see the full use of it. Yeah, I can take written notes in class and get them on my computer but why not just type them in in the first place. I can barly read my handwriting anyway and normally lose my pens. Bought a pack of 7 UniBall pens a month ago, down to about 2.
In our school's theatre we are doing MacBeth as our current production. We are using the X10 cameras to do live video that we are gonna show on about 16 monitors, both tvs and computer screens. They are small enough to let an actor wear and cheap enough to buy a few of em. I always despised the popups but hey, they seem to work pretty well.
Can any teacher get this upgrade or must they actually own a Mac? Becuase think about it this way, a school employs 80 teachers and most likely doesn't have 80 Macs but doesn't want to buy 30 copies for their lab. If all 80 teachers get a copy then the School now has 80 liscenses of Jaguar. Upgrading the lab is no longer a problem.
Will he really experience a sonic boom? If so wouldn't that destroy his ear drums.
So why not first teach the teachers everything they need to know instead of them just letting us use the "expensive slates"? Also I would much rather use my "expensive slate" to do the basic stuff and be able to learn more complex things than spend all the time learning why the basics work and never reach the realy meat to a course. I know that 1 + 1 = 2 but don't really care why, I rather learn the things I can do with 2.