You could use spelling and grammar checking to improve the ocr.
The quick brwn fox jumped over lazy dog.
It would be easy to figure out that brwn should be brown. The ocr should see something between lazy and dog, using grammar rules it could possibly figure out what the most likey word should be.
You mean that sport that any fat, out of shape person, with decent hand-eye coordination can play. I'm sure any high level chess player spends much more time and effort preparing for their sport than baseball players do. Also they make much less money, so this illegal heckling could cost Kramnik lots of money. I hope they get disqualified for it.
Ok, I'll probably get flamed for this, but I like the series of chess books from MSPress - Play Winning Chess, Winning Chess Strategies, Winning Chess Tactics, Winning Chess Endings.
I'm sure this is the logic the company used before they spent millions of dollars to make everyone's machine twice as slow. Wonderful idea! Obviously you need enough horsepower to run the latest and greatest software or upgrading doesn't make sense.
My company just "upgraded" everyone's computer from win 95 to win 2k. Now it runs waaaay slower. Don't worry - software bloat will catch up to the hardware!
You can do this with any normal GPS that saves its path - you just can't get at the data until they get home and you can retrieve the gps. Anyway I'm surprised they don't use this as a marketing angle.
.NET is finding a sweet spot for programmed user interfaces, while J2EE continues to enjoy its sweet spot for server-side applications.
That's great if you're only targeting MS platforms. If you really need high performance, mostly crossform UI, the eclispe project's SWT library seems like a good choice. If you need totally cross-platform UI, and you're willing to sacrifice some performance, just use swing. In any event, architect your software such that your logic and server communication is separate from your UI, so you could replace the UI with the least amout of effort.
How about just making it illegal to send junk mail, spam, and telemarketing except to those who opt in? This is a democracy (in US) after all, seems like >50% of the people would be for this.
Why should M$ waste time developing a whole new operating system. By the time 2006 rolls around most everyone will be using Linux anyway. They can only hold their monopoly with an inferior product for so long.
Yes, but why would Joe User want to go the extra step, when Microsoft already provides it?
The user wouldn't have to. I don't think OEM's would sell a computer to anyone without a browser, email, basic text editing, etc. The fact that grandma doesn't/isn't capable of installing/uninstalling her own software is what makes it so easy for MS to extend their monopoly. It's disgusting to hear MS talk about how they're just trying to be nice and innovative, when all they are really doing is taking advantage of grandma's inability to install/uninstall software.
Fight monopoly's strong-arm tactics and licensing agreements. But why technological advances, such as new useful features, should automatically be
bad, though they may advance monopoly.
Yes, because it's against the law! I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding of anti-trust law is that it's illegal to use a monopoly in one area to try to extend your influence in another area. This is exactly what MS is trying to do with application software. If windows comes with a browser for "free" why would I need to use anything else? In reality you pay a higher price for windows because it includes a browser, the competition gets snuffed out, and MS gets more money and extends thier monopoly.
As usual MS is trying to embed applications into the OS. There's absolutely no reason to mix web browsing, email, document tracking, etc. into an OS other than to try to extend their OS monopoly into applications. All this stuff can be accomplished with add-on application software. I see more anti-trust suits for them in the future.
Insurance companies will say "you have the cancer gene, so we can't insure you". Employers will say "he has the lazy gene, so we'd better offer him a low salary." Statisically they may have a point, but I think this would be unfair discrimination. People can overcome genetic tendencies with lifestyle changes.
Check out http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/partners . tml. Java Web Start is basically a way of deploying a standard Java application. The nice thing is that it let's a signed application run outside of the security sandbox (with the user's permission of course).
We don't need some crappy out-dated version of Java on Windows. What would be great is for OEM's to start pre-installing Java 2 (including Java Web Start) before they ship the computers - like OSX!
So what happens if someone steals cd's from your car that you've burned with these watermarked files and posts them online? Will the record companies slap you with a lawsuit or throw you in jail? Seems like it would be pretty easy to get rid of the watermarks anyway.
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You could use spelling and grammar checking to improve the ocr.
The quick brwn fox jumped over lazy dog.
It would be easy to figure out that brwn should be brown. The ocr should see something between lazy and dog, using grammar rules it could possibly figure out what the most likey word should be.
Right, Linux is already way more stable than it's major competitor. Developers have already figured this out - now time to convert grandma!
You mean that sport that any fat, out of shape person, with decent hand-eye coordination can play. I'm sure any high level chess player spends much more time and effort preparing for their sport than baseball players do. Also they make much less money, so this illegal heckling could cost Kramnik lots of money. I hope they get disqualified for it.
Greatest spell ever!
Is that Microsoft Press?
Yes.
Ok, I'll probably get flamed for this, but I like the series of chess books from MSPress - Play Winning Chess, Winning Chess Strategies, Winning Chess Tactics, Winning Chess Endings.
I don't know about that. I've never looked at this site since this guy is such a trolling jack-ass.
I'm sure this is the logic the company used before they spent millions of dollars to make everyone's machine twice as slow. Wonderful idea! Obviously you need enough horsepower to run the latest and greatest software or upgrading doesn't make sense.
My company just "upgraded" everyone's computer from win 95 to win 2k. Now it runs waaaay slower. Don't worry - software bloat will catch up to the hardware!
Why not just standardize on java? It's crossplatform, more open that .net, larger developer base, more tools, etc...
You can do this with any normal GPS that saves its path - you just can't get at the data until they get home and you can retrieve the gps. Anyway I'm surprised they don't use this as a marketing angle.
.NET is finding a sweet spot for programmed user interfaces, while J2EE continues to enjoy its sweet spot for server-side applications.
That's great if you're only targeting MS platforms. If you really need high performance, mostly crossform UI, the eclispe project's SWT library seems like a good choice. If you need totally cross-platform UI, and you're willing to sacrifice some performance, just use swing. In any event, architect your software such that your logic and server communication is separate from your UI, so you could replace the UI with the least amout of effort.
Obviously they should be promoted to management!
a sword would be cool too.
Obviously. My comment was meant as a general idea, not specifically toward Sweden. I was using the US as an example since it is a democracy.
How about just making it illegal to send junk mail, spam, and telemarketing except to those who opt in? This is a democracy (in US) after all, seems like >50% of the people would be for this.
Why should M$ waste time developing a whole new operating system. By the time 2006 rolls around most everyone will be using Linux anyway. They can only hold their monopoly with an inferior product for so long.
Yes, but why would Joe User want to go the extra step, when Microsoft already provides it?
The user wouldn't have to. I don't think OEM's would sell a computer to anyone without a browser, email, basic text editing, etc. The fact that grandma doesn't/isn't capable of installing/uninstalling her own software is what makes it so easy for MS to extend their monopoly. It's disgusting to hear MS talk about how they're just trying to be nice and innovative, when all they are really doing is taking advantage of grandma's inability to install/uninstall software.
Fight monopoly's strong-arm tactics and licensing agreements. But why technological advances, such as new useful features, should automatically be bad, though they may advance monopoly.
Yes, because it's against the law! I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding of anti-trust law is that it's illegal to use a monopoly in one area to try to extend your influence in another area. This is exactly what MS is trying to do with application software. If windows comes with a browser for "free" why would I need to use anything else? In reality you pay a higher price for windows because it includes a browser, the competition gets snuffed out, and MS gets more money and extends thier monopoly.
As usual MS is trying to embed applications into the OS. There's absolutely no reason to mix web browsing, email, document tracking, etc. into an OS other than to try to extend their OS monopoly into applications. All this stuff can be accomplished with add-on application software. I see more anti-trust suits for them in the future.
Insurance companies will say "you have the cancer gene, so we can't insure you". Employers will say "he has the lazy gene, so we'd better offer him a low salary." Statisically they may have a point, but I think this would be unfair discrimination. People can overcome genetic tendencies with lifestyle changes.
Check out http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/partners . tml. Java Web Start is basically a way of deploying a standard Java application. The nice thing is that it let's a signed application run outside of the security sandbox (with the user's permission of course).
We don't need some crappy out-dated version of Java on Windows. What would be great is for OEM's to start pre-installing Java 2 (including Java Web Start) before they ship the computers - like OSX!
Yes it's funny, I just hope the internet usage tracking police at my company see the humor!
So what happens if someone steals cd's from your car that you've burned with these watermarked files and posts them online? Will the record companies slap you with a lawsuit or throw you in jail? Seems like it would be pretty easy to get rid of the watermarks anyway.