Exactly.. it's the whole active v. passive perspective. I'd rather play out my own entertainment than watch and wonder if the dame du jour will pick the hot guy or the ordinary guy.
I still think the problem with RSS is the name. It sounds stupid. Let's all call it 'Speed Feed'. Cheesy rhyming will help the non techno elite remember it, and this is a technology that needs to be more widely deployed.
Taco, you're right.. millions have been struggling with the acronym of HTML for years now b/c it's just not "catchy" enough..
Nintendo will be out of the platform/hardware business and into software exclusively (ala Sega) shortly. They're getting thumped by the other two playes (Sony and Microsoft) and I can't see them keeping the platform division running for much longer.
I'm especially looking forward to playing the Metroid/Zelda/Mario titles on my PS2/3.
Hockey equipment, like equipment in most sports has been evolving for a good while. For instance, sticks used to be of the all-wood variety. These were great and all anyone had ever known until Easton came out with an aluminum shaft (this still required a wooden blade). This new shaft made the overall weight of the stick lighter, while also adding beneficially to the flex and other properties of the stick. Some old-school types complained that they couldn't get the same "feel" for the puck with the new sticks and that may have been somewhat valid, but the increase in shot velocity with the new sticks was just too much to turn down. As recently as the last couple of years, a new type of stick was introduced by Easton - a one piece composite. Super-light and very responsive. These composite one-pieces are now adding 10% more speed to the shot of every player that uses them.
I love how the industry first hypes and then later wonders where the surge in web services is.
They still don't get it. You can't force an industry. It's usually the guys on the ground level making cool things with the technology that drive it's success.
Becaus of this, the Amazon and Google services are going to be huge in driving the web services industry.
I've noticed that with most blogs, the content is actually placed into the RSS (HTML tags and all in some cases). Some of the bigger sites that offer feeds (/., News.com, etc.) provide a headline and then maybe a 40 character summary.
In/.'s case, I'm consuimng the headlines via an aggregator, but all I'm seeing is a link and the article headline. I still go to the site to read the full content and the comments, so I'm still seeing the banner ads and such.
The key is putting limited information, so you can draw the user to the site if you're trying to generate revenu from your content. Then, you better hope the internal link referenced in the feed has some advertising.
It's impossible for the country to go bankrupt. Instead, the debt will continue to grow and elected officials will pay lip-service to cutting it down. The national debt has been higher than it currently stands in the past, but this administration seems to want to set new records.
I rather doubt "script-kiddies" are involved in this..
Could be script-kiddies.. could be talented hackers with a political viewpoint.. or even the US government. Who knows? Everyone here so sure the feds haven't studied DNS tactics as part of it's cyber-warfare campaign? We bomb TV stations, why not a pro-arab news site? Especially one that's pissed us off for showing POW pictures.
Seriously.. here's a standard that's evolved quickly and without a bunch of bitching between various factions (at least not that I'm aware of).
Yet, you have these enormous industry groups still haggling over the structure of XML docs tailored to their sector. Purchase orders, precription medication.. you name it - the pace of adoption has been terrible.
But most stories are posted 20-30 minutes before they go live.
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So while subscribers won't see news posted at the last minute before everyone else, most of our stories will be available to them 10-20 minutes before everyone else.
I don't know about you guys, but not too many of my projects spare enough time in the project timeline to allow me to write backdoors or Easter eggs or whatever.
The last thing I'm thinking about when rushing towards the deadline is some fancy backdoor into a web app I'll probably never use anyway.
Don't discount the reservists! I served in the USMC reserve while going to college and the unit nearest my college was an infantry unit. Sure in the fleet the grunts will reflect lower GT scores compared to the other occupations, but a lot of reservists are full time chemistry, medicine, engineering, etc. students.
Having said this, I can also vouch for your point of "not going on many missions". There's some fun - a NATO exercise in Norway, 29 Palms CA and others - but a good amount of my time was spent cleaning my trusted weapon with CLP.
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Seriously.. at that price, I can do all of that and more with an iPaq..
Is there any doubt that EVERY episode will be about cases involving patent law(suits)?
It sounds incredible, but even after hours of research on the web, I don't see a legal way to use this device with new songs.
:)
Perhaps this research should have taken place before you shelled out the money for your new iPod?
..while PS and XBox seem to go for the 12-24 yr old crowd..
Boy do I feel old all of a sudden...
Exactly.. it's the whole active v. passive perspective. I'd rather play out my own entertainment than watch and wonder if the dame du jour will pick the hot guy or the ordinary guy.
They found oil underneath the surface of Mars!! Haliburtan probe to be launched at 4pm Friday.
I still think the problem with RSS is the name. It sounds stupid. Let's all call it 'Speed Feed'. Cheesy rhyming will help the non techno elite remember it, and this is a technology that needs to be more widely deployed.
Taco, you're right.. millions have been struggling with the acronym of HTML for years now b/c it's just not "catchy" enough..
Interesting.. their law firm is that of David Boies.. the guy that tackled M$ in the Justice Dept's antitrust case.
Nintendo will be out of the platform/hardware business and into software exclusively (ala Sega) shortly. They're getting thumped by the other two playes (Sony and Microsoft) and I can't see them keeping the platform division running for much longer.
I'm especially looking forward to playing the Metroid/Zelda/Mario titles on my PS2/3.
Yeah, I agree it's unfortunate. It really stood out in the playoffs this year. Hopefully they'll have the durability locked down soon.
Hockey equipment, like equipment in most sports has been evolving for a good while. For instance, sticks used to be of the all-wood variety. These were great and all anyone had ever known until Easton came out with an aluminum shaft (this still required a wooden blade). This new shaft made the overall weight of the stick lighter, while also adding beneficially to the flex and other properties of the stick. Some old-school types complained that they couldn't get the same "feel" for the puck with the new sticks and that may have been somewhat valid, but the increase in shot velocity with the new sticks was just too much to turn down. As recently as the last couple of years, a new type of stick was introduced by Easton - a one piece composite. Super-light and very responsive. These composite one-pieces are now adding 10% more speed to the shot of every player that uses them.
I love how the industry first hypes and then later wonders where the surge in web services is.
They still don't get it. You can't force an industry. It's usually the guys on the ground level making cool things with the technology that drive it's success.
Becaus of this, the Amazon and Google services are going to be huge in driving the web services industry.
I've noticed that with most blogs, the content is actually placed into the RSS (HTML tags and all in some cases). Some of the bigger sites that offer feeds (/., News.com, etc.) provide a headline and then maybe a 40 character summary.
/.'s case, I'm consuimng the headlines via an aggregator, but all I'm seeing is a link and the article headline. I still go to the site to read the full content and the comments, so I'm still seeing the banner ads and such.
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The key is putting limited information, so you can draw the user to the site if you're trying to generate revenu from your content. Then, you better hope the internal link referenced in the feed has some advertising.
Or, how long until the country is bankrupt?
It's impossible for the country to go bankrupt. Instead, the debt will continue to grow and elected officials will pay lip-service to cutting it down. The national debt has been higher than it currently stands in the past, but this administration seems to want to set new records.
I rather doubt "script-kiddies" are involved in this..
Could be script-kiddies.. could be talented hackers with a political viewpoint.. or even the US government. Who knows? Everyone here so sure the feds haven't studied DNS tactics as part of it's cyber-warfare campaign? We bomb TV stations, why not a pro-arab news site? Especially one that's pissed us off for showing POW pictures.
I bet Australians and such will get their money's worth while traveling in China...
Seriously.. here's a standard that's evolved quickly and without a bunch of bitching between various factions (at least not that I'm aware of).
Yet, you have these enormous industry groups still haggling over the structure of XML docs tailored to their sector. Purchase orders, precription medication.. you name it - the pace of adoption has been terrible.
Um... I write lots of .NET assemblies. Most of them still have a file extension of .dll .
Just new terminology, that's all.
But most stories are posted 20-30 minutes before they go live.
-or-
So while subscribers won't see news posted at the last minute before everyone else, most of our stories will be available to them 10-20 minutes before everyone else.
I don't know about you guys, but not too many of my projects spare enough time in the project timeline to allow me to write backdoors or Easter eggs or whatever.
The last thing I'm thinking about when rushing towards the deadline is some fancy backdoor into a web app I'll probably never use anyway.
Funniest post.. EVER.
There's a saying around the Middle East that goes something along the lines of:
"They write the books in Egypt, print the books in Syria and read the books in Iraq."
Anytime you see a word that begins with al such as algebra or algorithm, you know where it's from..
I heard SendMail has a killing radius of 20 meters. Newer Patriot missiles are actually being fitted with Gimp warheads.
Rock-on.
I couldn't tell from the tone of his answers, but do you think Kevin and Markoff get together for beers often?
No flames.. I'd be bitter, too..
PFC Gruhn,
Don't discount the reservists! I served in the USMC reserve while going to college and the unit nearest my college was an infantry unit. Sure in the fleet the grunts will reflect lower GT scores compared to the other occupations, but a lot of reservists are full time chemistry, medicine, engineering, etc. students.
Having said this, I can also vouch for your point of "not going on many missions". There's some fun - a NATO exercise in Norway, 29 Palms CA and others - but a good amount of my time was spent cleaning my trusted weapon with CLP.
Good points, but there's more to it.
At ease, PFC..