Reading the various systems on oldcomputers.com, one realizes that it wasn't that long ago when nearly every new computer had its own OS. And each OS had its advantages and disadvantages and each one had a decent shot at becoming popular. The advocacy that sprouted up around each particular flavor du machine was always fun for a time.
Sometimes folks poke fun at the NYTimes because, on technology, they sometimes seem so far behind the times it's snickerable (not quite laughable).
I think this article is such an example. Extremely low-cost movies in grocery stores and bargain bins have been around for YEARS. Perhaps the only difference today -- and I think we can quibble on what 'today' means -- is that instead of Betty Boop on VHS, she's on a DVD.
the appeals court likened WhenU's ads to retail stores that place generic competitors next to brand-name products.
I understand the point. But MANY ad-ware applications throw up ads that purposefully hide close buttons or cover up the entire screen making it difficult to shut down the ad. This is tantamount to a store's competitor blocking a customer's entry simply by throwing their body in front the door! Would that be okay, too?
Ok. Ok. I agree and sympathize with outrageous patents, but sometimes it sure seems like/. just needs one of these 'Patents B Wicked" every week or so to stoke the fires.
Point number one -- 1! the FIRST! Numero UNO! -- is this:
A computer-implemented method of using online browsing activities of users to identify related products, comprising:
So, then, why are so many people suggesting that Amazon has patented suggestive selling at the brick-and-mortar level?
I get it! I see the parallels! But I think folks are giving Amazon too much credit and the USPTO to little short-sightedness on this one.
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to WEAR SO-FINE JEANS... is liable for the resulting acts of WEARING SO-FINE JEANS by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses."
It happened with the Great Library of Alexandria, with pagan libraries throughout the Christian era, and more recently has happened with antiquities in Afghanistan and Iraq. The only thing that can reliably preserve data is large scale, geographically widespread distribution of copies.
True. But I hardly think Alexandria was lost to the tap of the Y key, a pregnant pause, then an "oops."
Technicians -- especially the good ones -- are not going to do well at this.. and it's not their fault.
It's the fault of the companies who prohibit their engineers and support people from giving out good, useable, technical information anymore.
It's the fault of the manufacturers, who often don't know what's in their products because it's sub-contracted through 90 different companies.
It's the fault of the marketers, who claim that everything works 100%, perfectly, without-a-doubt, with one hand behind your back.
It's the fault of the customers who look at a $299.99 PC and think that all of their problems will go away and no new ones will appear with the signing of a check.
It's the fault of the hiring agents who pay a person with 30 years of technical experience the same as someone who read an A+ manual.
It's the fault of the big box stores who would desperately prefer to move merchandise rather than repair something.
And it's the fault of the buying public who believe you can have all three: high-quality, free quality technicians, and low-cost.
I just know it ain't Barry White's fault.
But, please, please, more spyware, more shoddy workmanship! Everyone at the trough! Dig in. Face first, please.
Isn't the main unknown in that gap between III and IV how Han met Chewie?
Well, there are Biggs and Wedge Antilles. Some of the commanders in the Rebel force could be features. Also, you can see how that whole military command either continues from where they left off or starts anew and becomes the force seen in ANH. How did Leia become part of the Rebel Alliance?
There are a lot of stories here. There are a lot of GOOD stories.
Will they be told in an interesting way? Dunno. Wish they'd let JMS do it.
George: Yeah! Look at me! I was free and clear! I was living the dream! I was stripped to the waist, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery!
Jerry: Before we go any further, I'd just like to point out how disturbing it is that you equate eating a block of cheese with some sort of bachelor paradise.
I worked in printing for 11 years and have seen the various sores and cuts on many a pressman. Believe me, they've been printing bacteria for a long, long time.
Much to my surprise, this product is being SHIPPED right now. I just installed a new PC (arrived last week from Dell) that has this NIS 2005 edition on it!
I am very happy that MS is doing this. I've been a longtime member of the "Backup (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) Club" for years. (Motto: Oh, that's YOUR backup copy of YOUR software and I am BORROWING IT for a little while. Really.)
Well, I didn't really know what I was getting into. Fortunately, I can now own up for all of the MS products I've "Backed up" as the parlance goes.
Let's see...
MS DOS 1-7 Windows 95 Windows 98/SE Windows ME (kind of turned out to be a dud. this is when the club lost some members) Windows XP NT/2000/2003 Server editions Visio (don't use it) Every Office copy Microsoft Bob Windows 1.0 (Someone in our group received a really threatening phone call from MS after we backed that one up.)
There's a lot more. Time to head down to the Rent-A-Storage.
I fear for TV. Oh, I think it will survive as an industry, but I am very upset that so much of the act of buying a TV will become just like buying any complex technology. Each buyer will have to navigate a minefield of marketspeak and confusing caveats.
Consider:
You go to buy a new TV. First you have to determine what KIND of TV display technology you should get. You need to determine the size, then you need to determine whether that size will be filled up by a picture and what kind of programs will do that. Then you need to figure out how the TV is compatible with future programming that will be coming soon. Then you need to carefully inspect every logo and claim on both the television itself and the placard announcing its price to determine -- is it _really_ HD or is it something else, 720i/1080i and what KIND (is the 720i throwing away pixels? is the 1080i interpolated 720i?) --, then you need to determine the REAL warranty.
And we're already starting to see the same things in new-fangled TVs that we've in seen in the PC world. Products that break two months after ownership, warranties that are very specific and don't cover parts most likely to break, very inexpensive knock-offs that really shouldn't be in a store, and tweaked marketing claims that have no basis in reality.
Seriously, I hadn't noticed. I know that Spike shows TNG during the day and that SKIFFY shows TOS from time-to-time. What reruns are they talking about? The DVD offerings? The books?
When Spike showed TNG at primetime, I watched it. Did I kill Enterprise?
I just couldn't get into Enterprise. I couldn't get into Voyager either. I hated the temporal stuff.
Also: Does this mean the recent Shatner pitch about Starfleet Babies, or whatever it was, is dead?
Slashdot Mirror
I also detect a little pining, too.
Reading the various systems on oldcomputers.com, one realizes that it wasn't that long ago when nearly every new computer had its own OS. And each OS had its advantages and disadvantages and each one had a decent shot at becoming popular. The advocacy that sprouted up around each particular flavor du machine was always fun for a time.
I've been playing computer games from a young age, and I've never had the urge to actually take out a gun and shoot someone.
Very, very occasionally, I do have an urge to find a large, yellow arrow and hunt tall, green (or red, or yellow) "dragons."
Gates Says No to Implants
God DAMN this is just too easy.
Sometimes folks poke fun at the NYTimes because, on technology, they sometimes seem so far behind the times it's snickerable (not quite laughable).
I think this article is such an example. Extremely low-cost movies in grocery stores and bargain bins have been around for YEARS. Perhaps the only difference today -- and I think we can quibble on what 'today' means -- is that instead of Betty Boop on VHS, she's on a DVD.
"My God. It's full of stars."
the appeals court likened WhenU's ads to retail stores that place generic competitors next to brand-name products.
I understand the point. But MANY ad-ware applications throw up ads that purposefully hide close buttons or cover up the entire screen making it difficult to shut down the ad. This is tantamount to a store's competitor blocking a customer's entry simply by throwing their body in front the door! Would that be okay, too?
Ok. Ok. I agree and sympathize with outrageous patents, but sometimes it sure seems like /. just needs one of these 'Patents B Wicked" every week or so to stoke the fires.
Point number one -- 1! the FIRST! Numero UNO! -- is this:
A computer-implemented method of using online browsing activities of users to identify related products, comprising:
So, then, why are so many people suggesting that Amazon has patented suggestive selling at the brick-and-mortar level?
I get it! I see the parallels! But I think folks are giving Amazon too much credit and the USPTO to little short-sightedness on this one.
Oh My God!
... is liable for the resulting acts of WEARING SO-FINE JEANS by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses."
You're right!
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to WEAR SO-FINE JEANS
It happened with the Great Library of Alexandria, with pagan libraries throughout the Christian era, and more recently has happened with antiquities in Afghanistan and Iraq. The only thing that can reliably preserve data is large scale, geographically widespread distribution of copies.
True. But I hardly think Alexandria was lost to the tap of the Y key, a pregnant pause, then an "oops."
"Overpowered," huh? I immediately imagined the machine LOSING, then transforming into something like Optimus Prime and overpowering the GrandMaster.
Cue Transformers music bumper.
More like profesional apologizers.
.. and it's not their fault.
Technicians -- especially the good ones -- are not going to do well at this
It's the fault of the companies who prohibit their engineers and support people from giving out good, useable, technical information anymore.
It's the fault of the manufacturers, who often don't know what's in their products because it's sub-contracted through 90 different companies.
It's the fault of the marketers, who claim that everything works 100%, perfectly, without-a-doubt, with one hand behind your back.
It's the fault of the customers who look at a $299.99 PC and think that all of their problems will go away and no new ones will appear with the signing of a check.
It's the fault of the hiring agents who pay a person with 30 years of technical experience the same as someone who read an A+ manual.
It's the fault of the big box stores who would desperately prefer to move merchandise rather than repair something.
And it's the fault of the buying public who believe you can have all three: high-quality, free quality technicians, and low-cost.
I just know it ain't Barry White's fault.
But, please, please, more spyware, more shoddy workmanship! Everyone at the trough! Dig in. Face first, please.
Isn't the main unknown in that gap between III and IV how Han met Chewie?
Well, there are Biggs and Wedge Antilles. Some of the commanders in the Rebel force could be features. Also, you can see how that whole military command either continues from where they left off or starts anew and becomes the force seen in ANH. How did Leia become part of the Rebel Alliance?
There are a lot of stories here. There are a lot of GOOD stories.
Will they be told in an interesting way? Dunno. Wish they'd let JMS do it.
George: Yeah! Look at me! I was free and clear! I was living the dream! I was stripped to the waist, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery!
Jerry: Before we go any further, I'd just like to point out how disturbing it is that you equate eating a block of cheese with some sort of bachelor paradise.
I worked in printing for 11 years and have seen the various sores and cuts on many a pressman. Believe me, they've been printing bacteria for a long, long time.
Pathogens, too!
And diseases.
Oh, and don't forget syndromes...
Oh, it's so simple:
;-)
Stop worrying about the eco-impact and let me burn it! BURN! BURN!!!
This story is worse than the ending of Citizen Kane, when "Rosebud" turned out to be his sled.
You bastard.
I had read about the Beta a week or so ago.
Much to my surprise, this product is being SHIPPED right now. I just installed a new PC (arrived last week from Dell) that has this NIS 2005 edition on it!
I was pretty surprised when I saw it.
So, what does Beta mean again?
Has no one in the SW universe ever thought about just using a plain old six-shooter.
There's a really good chance that, Force or no, lead bullets will go right through a sword blade made of LIGHT!
It's a perfect Indiana Jones moment.
BRUUUmmm-BRUM-BRRUM!
Bang
Flop
I am very happy that MS is doing this. I've been a longtime member of the "Backup (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) Club" for years. (Motto: Oh, that's YOUR backup copy of YOUR software and I am BORROWING IT for a little while. Really.)
Well, I didn't really know what I was getting into. Fortunately, I can now own up for all of the MS products I've "Backed up" as the parlance goes.
Let's see...
MS DOS 1-7
Windows 95
Windows 98/SE
Windows ME (kind of turned out to be a dud. this is when the club lost some members)
Windows XP
NT/2000/2003 Server editions
Visio (don't use it)
Every Office copy
Microsoft Bob
Windows 1.0 (Someone in our group received a really threatening phone call from MS after we backed that one up.)
There's a lot more. Time to head down to the Rent-A-Storage.
I fear for TV. Oh, I think it will survive as an industry, but I am very upset that so much of the act of buying a TV will become just like buying any complex technology. Each buyer will have to navigate a minefield of marketspeak and confusing caveats.
Consider:
You go to buy a new TV. First you have to determine what KIND of TV display technology you should get. You need to determine the size, then you need to determine whether that size will be filled up by a picture and what kind of programs will do that. Then you need to figure out how the TV is compatible with future programming that will be coming soon. Then you need to carefully inspect every logo and claim on both the television itself and the placard announcing its price to determine -- is it _really_ HD or is it something else, 720i/1080i and what KIND (is the 720i throwing away pixels? is the 1080i interpolated 720i?) --, then you need to determine the REAL warranty.
And we're already starting to see the same things in new-fangled TVs that we've in seen in the PC world. Products that break two months after ownership, warranties that are very specific and don't cover parts most likely to break, very inexpensive knock-offs that really shouldn't be in a store, and tweaked marketing claims that have no basis in reality.
Far cry from the days of 13inch b/w TVs.
Virtual Reality is on TV every night of the week!
Buh-doom-boom-Sis.
Seriously, I hadn't noticed. I know that Spike shows TNG during the day and that SKIFFY shows TOS from time-to-time. What reruns are they talking about? The DVD offerings? The books?
When Spike showed TNG at primetime, I watched it. Did I kill Enterprise?
I just couldn't get into Enterprise. I couldn't get into Voyager either. I hated the temporal stuff.
Also: Does this mean the recent Shatner pitch about Starfleet Babies, or whatever it was, is dead?
scientists say, egg-size fusion generators could someday find uses in spacecraft thrusters, medical treatments and scanners that search for bombs.
And bombs.
Sorry. Had to be said.
This is obviously just a ploy to make some money. The guy has an affiliate link to PCMALL.
Not to mention that I've found the author has ties to the Small Metal Bracket Cabal in Indonesia.