In addition, by focusing solely on stand alone mail, we believe we can make some dents in the overall footprint and performance of the mail client by removing components and chrome we don't need."
I think they're suggesting that even if you have, say, Phoenix and Minotaur running at the same time, it would still outperform Mozilla.
for all you know, the inquirer might have gotten it from here. in which case, this story submitter might have gotten it from the inquirer. so! when you think about it, a slashdot story could have originated from a slashdot. and wouldn't that just be hunky dory?
nope, but an interesting side effect could probably be more ad impressions and as a result, more revenue. honestly,/. could easily get more advertising impressions if they started temporarily mirroring the content from the stories posted on slashdot. everyone knows about the slashdot effect. why not use that in a manner where both slashdot and slashdot readers benefit?
I don't know if you're either uninformed or trying to get a rise out of people. The ONLY reason Corel still lives to this day is because of the quality of their software. As a result, people stick with their products year in year out. Don't get me wrong, their marketing sucks as bad as you could possibly imagine, which probably helps explain why you feel the way you do. But their products are certainly not "inferior."
the original Dragon's Lair is one of only three video games on display at the Smithsonian. The other two games being Pac-Man and Pong.
Nope. I know at least Sega's Virtua Fighter is also on display. Here's from Sega's website:
The Virtua Fighter series has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institute for its contributions in the field of Art and Entertainment, and is on permanent display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.
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kind of reminds me of this/. story about someone baking a palm. apparently, he was trying to dry off his palm from the rain. kind of amazing what these things can go through, or what people think they can go through...
but in the case of the palm, someone else didn't notice the palm in the oven and baked a pizza over it.:)
No, the reason Sun started charging for StarOffice was because corporate buyers were unwilling use "free" software. They believe in the saying "you get what you pay for," and thus in an ironic way didn't feel comfortable using StarOffice unless they were paying for it. So what should Sun do? Distribute the suite for free? Or tag on a price and get a higher likelihood of penetration in the corporate market?
Besides, I recall StarOffice being free to students and those in academics. And, of course, there is always OpenOffice.
I play Ballistics a while ago at Six Flags. They had a few cabinets running the game on WinME, and all I can say that it is extremely FAST. Very, very cool game. But I agree, never heard of it until that point.
1) it states in the article that George Miller has "been crafting the script for the last three years." From your comment, it didn't appear you were aware of that.
2) I truly believe the not so great quality of the recent Star Wars films was the result of Lucas' directing ability rather than with his script.
The new music isn't popular. It might be for a while, but it quickly fades. Even in movies. If the movie isn't just an advertisement for a soundtrack, it'll either be classical (LOTR, Green Mile) or Old (The Santa Clause, Jack Frost, even Goldmember)
Directors and composers will sometimes use classical-like music to create a sense of timelessness or a sense of the past. Prime example? Clockwork Orange.
Oh yeah, and about your comment on movie soundtracks, have you been living under a shell or have you not heard of 8-Mile???
I believe you are referring to Nathan's First Law: Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container. So in the future, you should expect Notepad to expand to require 1GB of RAM. Stop complaining and be happy. It's only going to get better and better!:)
There was a link in the article to ISC's comments to the DoD. Skimmed through it and found very, very interesting quote:
ISC's main goal is to educate policymakers about the need to remain neutral with respect to government purchase of software.
So regarding to your comment that people have different options, that's what the ISC is arguing for. They don't think it's fair for the government to only consider open source software and ignore software made by, say, Microsoft.
If two chess players play perfectly, then the game will always result in a tie
Here's an interesting quote from MSNBC:
Friedel pointed to two weaknesses in Kramnik's play characteristic of humans. "Once in 200 moves a human will make a blunder, and that's all Fritz needs. And [Kramnik] was seduced by beauty." He added that Kramnik "understands 100 times more about chess than any computer, but tactically Fritz is a monster."
One day at work a guy a few isles down starts screaming, and everyone went to see what was wrong. Apparently, his NT machine got a Red Screen of Death! Totally not making this up. Don't know what he did to make it so beat red mad...
I haven't used WordPerfect in while as well, but if I were to speculate, I would say that it was because many people have at least heard of WP with it being the number 1 word processor all those years ago. In fact I've believe it is still used significantly in some professions to this day.
Contrast that with OpenOffice (or even StarOffice). WordPerfect has the brand name and a good track record where as OpenOffice/StarOffice has only just shown upin recent years.
Umm... I think what he was actually saying was that since MSNBC is a reputable news source and, for them to publish a such a "glowing article" on this, it must really mean something.
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In addition, by focusing solely on stand alone mail, we believe we can make some dents in the overall footprint and performance of the mail client by removing components and chrome we don't need."
I think they're suggesting that even if you have, say, Phoenix and Minotaur running at the same time, it would still outperform Mozilla.
The Inquirer published this two weeks ago
for all you know, the inquirer might have gotten it from here. in which case, this story submitter might have gotten it from the inquirer. so! when you think about it, a slashdot story could have originated from a slashdot. and wouldn't that just be hunky dory?
Swear I've seen this before..... :-/
;)
hey, this is 3d. you're probably just seeing it from a different perspective.
nope, but an interesting side effect could probably be more ad impressions and as a result, more revenue. honestly, /. could easily get more advertising impressions if they started temporarily mirroring the content from the stories posted on slashdot. everyone knows about the slashdot effect. why not use that in a manner where both slashdot and slashdot readers benefit?
Give him a few years, and he'll say he founded Apple. :) Sorry, couldn't help myself.
I don't know if you're either uninformed or trying to get a rise out of people. The ONLY reason Corel still lives to this day is because of the quality of their software. As a result, people stick with their products year in year out. Don't get me wrong, their marketing sucks as bad as you could possibly imagine, which probably helps explain why you feel the way you do. But their products are certainly not "inferior."
Perhaps Microsoft wasn't too happy when OEM's such as Dell and HP started replacing MicrosoftWorks with Corel's WordPerfect Office Suite...
the original Dragon's Lair is one of only three video games on display at the Smithsonian. The other two games being Pac-Man and Pong.
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Nope. I know at least Sega's Virtua Fighter is also on display. Here's from Sega's website:
The Virtua Fighter series has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institute for its contributions in the field of Art and Entertainment, and is on permanent display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.
Here's a link to the source: http://www.sega.com/segascream/legacy/historyofvf
silly me for replying to myself. but found the link:
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http://slashdot.org/articles/02/02/09/1533220.sht
kind of reminds me of this /. story about someone baking a palm. apparently, he was trying to dry off his palm from the rain. kind of amazing what these things can go through, or what people think they can go through...
:)
but in the case of the palm, someone else didn't notice the palm in the oven and baked a pizza over it.
No, the reason Sun started charging for StarOffice was because corporate buyers were unwilling use "free" software. They believe in the saying "you get what you pay for," and thus in an ironic way didn't feel comfortable using StarOffice unless they were paying for it. So what should Sun do? Distribute the suite for free? Or tag on a price and get a higher likelihood of penetration in the corporate market?
Besides, I recall StarOffice being free to students and those in academics. And, of course, there is always OpenOffice.
I play Ballistics a while ago at Six Flags. They had a few cabinets running the game on WinME, and all I can say that it is extremely FAST. Very, very cool game. But I agree, never heard of it until that point.
mod parent up! the PetsOrFood.com website mentioned in the article is hilarious if not scary!
it's worth pointing out that Microsoft has zero history of using lawsuits as a weapon
:)
that's probably because the ms lawyers are too busy trying to fend off a zillion other suits being filed at them!!
1) it states in the article that George Miller has "been crafting the script for the last three years." From your comment, it didn't appear you were aware of that.
2) I truly believe the not so great quality of the recent Star Wars films was the result of Lucas' directing ability rather than with his script.
The new music isn't popular. It might be for a while, but it quickly fades. Even in movies. If the movie isn't just an advertisement for a soundtrack, it'll either be classical (LOTR, Green Mile) or Old (The Santa Clause, Jack Frost, even Goldmember)
Directors and composers will sometimes use classical-like music to create a sense of timelessness or a sense of the past. Prime example? Clockwork Orange.
Oh yeah, and about your comment on movie soundtracks, have you been living under a shell or have you not heard of 8-Mile???
I believe you are referring to Nathan's First Law: Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container. So in the future, you should expect Notepad to expand to require 1GB of RAM. Stop complaining and be happy. It's only going to get better and better! :)
There was a link in the article to ISC's comments to the DoD. Skimmed through it and found very, very interesting quote:
ISC's main goal is to educate policymakers about the need to remain neutral with respect to government purchase of software.
So regarding to your comment that people have different options, that's what the ISC is arguing for. They don't think it's fair for the government to only consider open source software and ignore software made by, say, Microsoft.
Here's the Link
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/09/30/1437217.shtm l
If two chess players play perfectly, then the game will always result in a tie
Here's an interesting quote from MSNBC:
Friedel pointed to two weaknesses in Kramnik's play characteristic of humans. "Once in 200 moves a human will make a blunder, and that's all Fritz needs. And [Kramnik] was seduced by beauty." He added that Kramnik "understands 100 times more about chess than any computer, but tactically Fritz is a monster."
One day at work a guy a few isles down starts screaming, and everyone went to see what was wrong. Apparently, his NT machine got a Red Screen of Death! Totally not making this up. Don't know what he did to make it so beat red mad...
Just so you know, apparently KDE runs faster on Mandrake 9.0 than on Gentoo. Check out this thread at Gentoo's forum.
I haven't used WordPerfect in while as well, but if I were to speculate, I would say that it was because many people have at least heard of WP with it being the number 1 word processor all those years ago. In fact I've believe it is still used significantly in some professions to this day.
Contrast that with OpenOffice (or even StarOffice). WordPerfect has the brand name and a good track record where as OpenOffice/StarOffice has only just shown upin recent years.
Umm ... I think what he was actually saying was that since MSNBC is a reputable news source and, for them to publish a such a "glowing article" on this, it must really mean something.