In an effort to keep the sho^h^h^h project afloat, the second prototype that was introduced was Scrappy Doo. Unfortunately, it had to be rescued a lot and often failed to bring medical supplies.
With any content based product, it's not about the creation product's install, it's all about the viewer's install. That's why graphic design shops are still for the most part Mac shops. Even though, most of the graphic design programs are available to Windows.
Flash has already saturated the viewer market.
However, I will say that if Microsoft decides it wants to remedy that, they can sure pull the same sort of mess they did with Netscape. But, I don't suspect they'll have much success in the long run. The shockwave player is already available on so many platforms including the OS platforms. And MS will generally not touch the OS platforms with a 33 and 1/2 foot poll.
Now, if Microsoft decides to be sneaky and use Marcromedia's flash players (which I HIGHLY doubt), that will give them the install base. But, it will also put them at Macromedias legal and technological will. Not MS's style.
Seriously, Microsoft rarely has any bright ideas on it's own and spends most of it's time playing catch up to the truly innovated technologies.
Look at any of their projects. The future frontpage will just be adding features that dreamweaver came in with 2 years ago. Windows has finally reached a stability that Linux/Unix/Mac has been boasting for a very long time. I seriously doubt microsoft will come in with anything in the next 2 years near the quality of Flash MX now.
As a distribution and marketing company, MS is king, as a technical leader, MS is a bad joke.
I fail to see how this is the point. It's not the issue of the operating system. It's the issue of the user. Users are not protecting themselves with firewalls, they aren't patching, and they aren't watching their computers. Simple as that.
...I'm on my way to school today. It's my first day of sixth grade. I'm pretty nervous. The first day is always rough. I'm always forgetting things. Last year, i forgot the check my Mom gave me to pay for the songs that we'll sing this year. It was pretty embarrussing the first day when I couldn't sing the national anthem. All the other kids looked like they were having so much fun.
Some of the other kids are pretty nervous too. My friend Johnny is chewing on his fingernails. Rachel's been looking around nervously for a while. I've been hearing "Yeah, Yeah the RIAA" from the back of the bus.
Nobody really likes that song but, it's the only one we can sing. It's the only one that my Mom and Dad won't get in trouble over.
I'm looking forward to the shop class I signed up for. I really wanted to take dance instead. But, the school had to stop teaching it. I'm hoping when I get older I'll be able to afford classes. My Mom always laughs when I say that. I wonder why?
Who needs to keep it state of the art? From what it sounds like, if the same computers they install are sitting around 2-3 years down the road the school will still still be better off than it's neighbors.
Besides, I don't recall using any programs more resource draining than word in high school.
I run into this constantly. Unfortunately for IT people, we have to plan ahead on projects and take a long term view. Especially if you have limited manpower and/or a limited budget. Most managers aren't content with or don't know how to deal with that point of view.
Fortunately, you can use that against them. If you know Project X is the flavor of the month, just make sure the manager knows the importance of the projects you are currently working on. Which you should have layed out with the manager on project conception. Always, make sure you have proper backing on it and that it's tied to the business goals before you start any project. It's really hard to argue with a project that makes a lot of good business sense. And if you can make that case on the projects you are currently working on, the good managers won't interrupt you.
I've found that half the project time is determined in the work that is performed when a project is conceptualized and initiated. If a project doesn't fit your company's business goals and your division/group's business goals, reject it.
Another thing that works well on the "shiny thing" syndrome is just wait. Set a start date that is much farther out than it would normally be and wait until you get to it. By the time you do, you manager has already discarded it and looked for another "Shiny." Meanwhile you've had time to complete your work uninterrupted.
A fertilized egg does not have a brain, a personality, or any sense of its environment. Is it possible to lack these qualities and still be considered human?
This will happen because human beings are completely lazy creatures. Why do we have the remote control? Microwave dinners? Drive a car when we live 1 mile from work?
If humans are so lazy then why do we build all of this "time saving" technology and not have any time left over? That's probably because we take that time we saved and put it back into our work.
If any general assumption could be made about humans it's that we like control. We like to know, and we like to manipulate. If you have any doubts just look at the number of posts that say, "I won't trust a computer to do yadda yadda." I don't see us ever going for the Skynet or having a Second Renaissance.
I think the original poster is right. We won't let it happen.
You meantioned quotes. And here I am, on lunch reading the book in question, again. How can I resist? Obligitory Quote from my favorite character in the series:
"My capacity for Mental activity of all kinds is as boundless as the infinite reaches of space itself. Except of course for my capacity for happiness."
"My capacity for happiness", he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first."
Microsoft is upping it's giving. It has been giving for a quite a while already. I work in a Non-profit and have for a little over a year. If we want microsoft software, we get it. Hands down! It's that easy. We could trip over the licenses that clog our cabinets and store rooms.
Why? Well for one, we need it. The whole business world operates in windows office. And if you work in and with community you need to be able to communicate with it. And, yes I know there are plenty of OS products that do this well. But, there are a whole lot of Joe Schmoe's off the street that are as familiar with them as they are with the real deal. Besides it is easier to find people to support your MS systems when you are dealing with a budget that doesn't even support an IT department. Especially since MS is even willing to donate some of their time on support.
I hate to say it slashdot crowd but, this is a good deal all around. Microsoft rack up the benefits and Non-profits rack up theirs.
I understand the need for the public to be presented with the real deal when it comes to news. But, this sort of stuff has been going on for a while. I'm surprised this gained any sort of public notice.
Some of the pictures of 9/11 were doctored. Pictures of public figures are often doctored. (I mean, do you think that every woman who poses in front of the camera has the same Barbie-Dollish figure?) God knows so many advertisements are doctored.
All I can say, is that I consider success not in monetry terms but in what I have learned for myself and the happiness that comes from it. Some people would say that I am being silly with all this and I should join the Real World. This is my Real World.
I found this really interesting. That people tell you what the Real World is all about. The question begs to be asked, what is the Real World?
From what I understand the Real World is what people tell me it is. From the ads on TV, the Real World is buying stuff. "If I own it, happiness will come." And we all know that owning the latest CD or drinking Coke certainly doesn't help you feel any better.
I haven't seen anything on TV or in modern media that tells me honestly what happiness is. I certainly get lots of people telling me that marriage is happiness. But, I can tell you with a divorce rate of 56% in the US, you can bet the farm that it isn't.
So what is the Real World? I don't know. Who does? And that's the point.
I once heard a story where a story where one woman switched away from AOL to a smaller ISP. She had done so at the recommendation from friends
Anyways, a while later, she switched back. Her reason. She didn't feel online. Because she didn't have the big AOL interface she didn't feel like she was connected to the internet.
I guess the two saddest things are this:
1. She was more online than she had ever been before in her life, and didn't know it.
2. That people can be so fooled by flashiness and noises.
(which leads me to another thought about how vaccuum cleaners and leaf blowers are designed to be loud....)
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You forgot the theme song. "Bad Boys, Bad Boys what cha goin' do. Whatcha going to do when they come for you."
In an effort to keep the sho^h^h^h project afloat, the second prototype that was introduced was Scrappy Doo. Unfortunately, it had to be rescued a lot and often failed to bring medical supplies.
With any content based product, it's not about the creation product's install, it's all about the viewer's install. That's why graphic design shops are still for the most part Mac shops. Even though, most of the graphic design programs are available to Windows.
Flash has already saturated the viewer market.
However, I will say that if Microsoft decides it wants to remedy that, they can sure pull the same sort of mess they did with Netscape. But, I don't suspect they'll have much success in the long run. The shockwave player is already available on so many platforms including the OS platforms. And MS will generally not touch the OS platforms with a 33 and 1/2 foot poll.
Now, if Microsoft decides to be sneaky and use Marcromedia's flash players (which I HIGHLY doubt), that will give them the install base. But, it will also put them at Macromedias legal and technological will. Not MS's style.
I'm not denying your claim. I'm just asking a Rheutorical question.
Why would any sane man want to sound like a Texan!?
The parent should have been modded Insightful.
Seriously, Microsoft rarely has any bright ideas on it's own and spends most of it's time playing catch up to the truly innovated technologies.
Look at any of their projects. The future frontpage will just be adding features that dreamweaver came in with 2 years ago. Windows has finally reached a stability that Linux/Unix/Mac has been boasting for a very long time. I seriously doubt microsoft will come in with anything in the next 2 years near the quality of Flash MX now.
As a distribution and marketing company, MS is king, as a technical leader, MS is a bad joke.
I fail to see how this is the point. It's not the issue of the operating system. It's the issue of the user. Users are not protecting themselves with firewalls, they aren't patching, and they aren't watching their computers. Simple as that.
You'll need to test things out too. You can't forget that! I mean, how can you recommend something if you haven't had first hand experience with it?
This is sounding like a lot of hard work. You might need a partner for such a dubious task.... I may just know somebody up for it.
Can you imagine their breakroom? There must be bowls and bowls of macadamia nuts. Heaping hoards of it just waiting to be eaten.
....And squirrels. There would probably be squirrels too!
Some of the other kids are pretty nervous too. My friend Johnny is chewing on his fingernails. Rachel's been looking around nervously for a while. I've been hearing "Yeah, Yeah the RIAA" from the back of the bus.
Nobody really likes that song but, it's the only one we can sing. It's the only one that my Mom and Dad won't get in trouble over.
I'm looking forward to the shop class I signed up for. I really wanted to take dance instead. But, the school had to stop teaching it. I'm hoping when I get older I'll be able to afford classes. My Mom always laughs when I say that. I wonder why?
Who needs to keep it state of the art? From what it sounds like, if the same computers they install are sitting around 2-3 years down the road the school will still still be better off than it's neighbors.
Besides, I don't recall using any programs more resource draining than word in high school.
What company is that? I wanna pull my stock out.
Seriously, that's a bad situation all around and I won't be surprized if it crashes and burns. I have lots of sympathy.
If I were you, I'd look around for another place of employment. (easier said than done these days) It doesn't sound like working there is worth it.
I run into this constantly. Unfortunately for IT people, we have to plan ahead on projects and take a long term view. Especially if you have limited manpower and/or a limited budget. Most managers aren't content with or don't know how to deal with that point of view.
Fortunately, you can use that against them. If you know Project X is the flavor of the month, just make sure the manager knows the importance of the projects you are currently working on. Which you should have layed out with the manager on project conception. Always, make sure you have proper backing on it and that it's tied to the business goals before you start any project. It's really hard to argue with a project that makes a lot of good business sense. And if you can make that case on the projects you are currently working on, the good managers won't interrupt you.
I've found that half the project time is determined in the work that is performed when a project is conceptualized and initiated. If a project doesn't fit your company's business goals and your division/group's business goals, reject it.
Another thing that works well on the "shiny thing" syndrome is just wait. Set a start date that is much farther out than it would normally be and wait until you get to it. By the time you do, you manager has already discarded it and looked for another "Shiny." Meanwhile you've had time to complete your work uninterrupted.
A fertilized egg does not have a brain, a personality, or any sense of its environment. Is it possible to lack these qualities and still be considered human?
I say the same thing about slashdotters.
This will happen because human beings are completely lazy creatures. Why do we have the remote control? Microwave dinners? Drive a car when we live 1 mile from work?
If humans are so lazy then why do we build all of this "time saving" technology and not have any time left over? That's probably because we take that time we saved and put it back into our work.
If any general assumption could be made about humans it's that we like control. We like to know, and we like to manipulate. If you have any doubts just look at the number of posts that say, "I won't trust a computer to do yadda yadda." I don't see us ever going for the Skynet or having a Second Renaissance.
I think the original poster is right. We won't let it happen.
Would you?
While I agree with you. But, there is one fundamental flaw behind it and it's the flaw that I think lets MS off the hook.
It's really easy to build cars and roads that don't cost much. And even easier to acquire them.
But that's like saying "We're going to infringe on your rights now. If you don't like, take up arms."
"My capacity for Mental activity of all kinds is as boundless as the infinite reaches of space itself. Except of course for my capacity for happiness."
"My capacity for happiness", he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first."
Why? Well for one, we need it. The whole business world operates in windows office. And if you work in and with community you need to be able to communicate with it. And, yes I know there are plenty of OS products that do this well. But, there are a whole lot of Joe Schmoe's off the street that are as familiar with them as they are with the real deal. Besides it is easier to find people to support your MS systems when you are dealing with a budget that doesn't even support an IT department. Especially since MS is even willing to donate some of their time on support.
I hate to say it slashdot crowd but, this is a good deal all around. Microsoft rack up the benefits and Non-profits rack up theirs.
I understand the need for the public to be presented with the real deal when it comes to news. But, this sort of stuff has been going on for a while. I'm surprised this gained any sort of public notice.
Some of the pictures of 9/11 were doctored. Pictures of public figures are often doctored. (I mean, do you think that every woman who poses in front of the camera has the same Barbie-Dollish figure?) God knows so many advertisements are doctored.
All I can say, is that I consider success not in monetry terms but in what I have learned for myself and the happiness that comes from it. Some people would say that I am being silly with all this and I should join the Real World. This is my Real World.
I found this really interesting. That people tell you what the Real World is all about. The question begs to be asked, what is the Real World?
From what I understand the Real World is what people tell me it is. From the ads on TV, the Real World is buying stuff. "If I own it, happiness will come." And we all know that owning the latest CD or drinking Coke certainly doesn't help you feel any better.
I haven't seen anything on TV or in modern media that tells me honestly what happiness is. I certainly get lots of people telling me that marriage is happiness. But, I can tell you with a divorce rate of 56% in the US, you can bet the farm that it isn't.
So what is the Real World? I don't know. Who does? And that's the point.
Oh wait, we were talking about Chicago.
I think Lawyers already practice this technique.
A friend of mine went to a lawyer to discuss her divorce case. After hearing her out, he simply said, "Sounds Complicated." And declined her case.
A little while later, she got a bill for $300
While I enjoyed your thoughtfulness, I have to admit my favorite part is this:
We aren't as dumb as we behave in traffic.
Haven't you read the Hitchhiker's Guide? Flying is easy. All you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and miss.
I once heard a story where a story where one woman switched away from AOL to a smaller ISP. She had done so at the recommendation from friends
Anyways, a while later, she switched back. Her reason. She didn't feel online. Because she didn't have the big AOL interface she didn't feel like she was connected to the internet.
I guess the two saddest things are this:
1. She was more online than she had ever been before in her life, and didn't know it.
2. That people can be so fooled by flashiness and noises.
(which leads me to another thought about how vaccuum cleaners and leaf blowers are designed to be loud....)