I think the parent is referring to resource bloat, not feature bloat.
I've never run FF out of the box with no extensions for very long so I can't say if the browser itself is the trouble or poorly coded extensions but we all know that FF has become slower and more resource intensive with age. 3.5 is some improvement but it still is not the same as it used to be.
The world may wind up losing out on some vapid entertainment (the aforementioned Harry Potter) but real artists will continue to make art and will continue to eek out livings by doing so.
Collaborative calendaring? Ability to delegate rights for your calendar and inbox to other employees? (Admin assistants) Ability to book physical resources for your appointments?
These are all mission-critical features for most medium to large businesses and as far as I've seen no open source solution comes close offering all the features of Outlook/Exchange. I'm sure some enterprising young lad might be able to hobble all the technology together but that is entirely different from having 1 product that just does the job - a hobbled together solution isn't going to take the enterprise by storm.
Again, this is the stumbling block for Linux adoption in the enterprise. Word, Excel, Power Point interoperability means nothing without an Exchange replacement.
The argument is always how Office is the real lynchpin and that if only a compatible document suite like Google docs or OpenOffice got a foothold Microsoft would be crushed but Outlook/Exchange is the REAL barrier to entry.
I work at a call center. EVERY corporate employee who calls me is using Outlook except the 1% of poor souls stuck with Lotus Notes and Domino.
Self fulfilling prophecies are powerful things. In case you haven't noticed, the current US leadership is predominately fundamentalist Christian and have similar nutty ideas about how the world falling into chaos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatolog y) and a new leader coming about to usher in the dawn of a new age.
Now, even if we discount ideas that we see in a lot of mysticism and in some interpretations of quantum theory about the observer's role in creating reality(this is slashdot, after all) - I think that two nuclear powers both run by small groups of people (please, lets not confuse the rulers of either the US or Iran with the people of the US or Iran) that have equally zany ideas about how destroying the planet being the in their best interest.
the difference is our leaders don't openly admit it. they gleefully continue on the path and in fact hasten it (see; the enviroment, nuclear weapons, domestic food policy, etc. I'd talk more but i'm late for dinner).
Fact is, it doesn't really matter what we day on here about it.
one thing i've noticed is that the non-aero mode is extra ugly. XP in classic mode vs. Win 2000 was actually an improvement. Vista w/o Aero vs. XP in either classic or "crayola" is really really ugly.
I've gotta agree with this assessment. What I find dangerous about gaming, RPG's in specific is how I personally have experianced displacing *MY* personal growth with my *character's* personal growth. Humans have a need for change and development and when you can satisfy that need from a character that you are associating with yourself rather than actually doing something to develop your own life.... I don't think that's such a good thing.
That being said, do with your lives whatever you see fit. It's none of my buisiness. I just personally have given up RPG's because of this realization.
I used to work for a company that solicited donations for police organizations. We used the names of 3 charities in our script that that supposedly got $30,000/yr each. From 8am-8pm (the times which were legally allowed) We had 30 level 1 telemarketers pulling in an average of $80 in donations an hour, 15 level 2 telemarketers with an average of $150/hr and 10 level 3 telemarketers averaging $300 in donations an hour.
Assuming that only 50% of the people who said they'd contribute sent their money in (As far as I could tell you weren't legally bound to sending them money for your "membership package", which of course included the 10 cent "Gold Shield Seal" sticker that was implicitly supposed to save your ass from getting a ticket. As a consequence, you do get put on the list of people they can call to guilt into donating next year, though. Those are the people the junkies would mostly call.) that's $45,900 a day. $16,753,500 a year. In 2 days they'd recoup their yearly charitable donations. We had I think, 5 offices nationwide. My office usually came in 3rd for sales per month (Once we came in first and got a keg party for it.) Let's hope that $30,000 number I heard thrown around was per office, at least.
If google gets this app right, it could be one of the best things they've put out, in my opinion. I've been looking for a way to organize my personal information with a lightweight app and be able to access it readily from any computer i go to. Sure there's always email, but until someone designs an email client that recognizes its nature as a globally accessable scheduler/organizer/notepad i'd be very happy to get all my reminders and to do lists out of my inbox.
I happen to be a person who considers a good album to be a work of art in its own right, not just a collection of songs. Not being able to easily play my mp3s by album easily keeps me from ever considering an iPod. If rockbox can do this on an ipod, perhaps I'd buy one.
Apparently this kind of functionality is not something people are asking for in droves. Few (if any) software media players (winamp, itunes) provide this functionality that I have found. The only thing I know of is a program for windows called Hyperion, which just looks at your directory structure and gives you a list of all your albums based on \\xxxxx.mp3
Unfortunately it has a lot of shortcomings (supports only.mp3, user interface very limited)and is no longer in development. Anyone else out there know of anything else that has this funcionality?
My first harddrive was the Applied Engineering Vulcan for the Apple IIgs with an astounding 105 MB of storage. I dont know the manufacturer of the actual drive, the Vulcan was a self contained unit that included the drive, a proprietary (scsi i think) interface and a higher rated power supply (the drive and the power supply were in the same black case, which replaced the old power supply). It was $1300 in I think 1987 or 1988. I really wish I could have all the money I've spent on computers in front of me right now. I'd move to europe.
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I have a jailbroken device which I use to install apps that Apple will not approve. I don't run any pirated apps.
If I have a jailbroken device and can't access the iTunes store the only way I can get new apps is to pirate them.
I've spent more money on apps for my iPhone than I've spent on software in the last 15 years - I really don't see how this will help them.
The only time I have had 2 computers at the same time in my life was when I purchased an Amiga 500 as the IIgs days were waning.
The amiga was vastly superior, even aside from how more games game out in the first week I owned my amiga than the entire time I owned the IIgs.
And lets not forget the demo scene.
God, i miss when computers were fun.
I think the parent is referring to resource bloat, not feature bloat.
I've never run FF out of the box with no extensions for very long so I can't say if the browser itself is the trouble or poorly coded extensions but we all know that FF has become slower and more resource intensive with age. 3.5 is some improvement but it still is not the same as it used to be.
A real artist makes art because they have to.
The world may wind up losing out on some vapid entertainment (the aforementioned Harry Potter) but real artists will continue to make art and will continue to eek out livings by doing so.
Is it wrong to mod down for "village explainer"?
Umm....
Collaborative calendaring? Ability to delegate rights for your calendar and inbox to other employees? (Admin assistants) Ability to book physical resources for your appointments?
These are all mission-critical features for most medium to large businesses and as far as I've seen no open source solution comes close offering all the features of Outlook/Exchange. I'm sure some enterprising young lad might be able to hobble all the technology together but that is entirely different from having 1 product that just does the job - a hobbled together solution isn't going to take the enterprise by storm.
Again, this is the stumbling block for Linux adoption in the enterprise. Word, Excel, Power Point interoperability means nothing without an Exchange replacement.
People underestimate how important Exchange is.
The argument is always how Office is the real lynchpin and that if only a compatible document suite like Google docs or OpenOffice got a foothold Microsoft would be crushed but Outlook/Exchange is the REAL barrier to entry.
I work at a call center. EVERY corporate employee who calls me is using Outlook except the 1% of poor souls stuck with Lotus Notes and Domino.
Business relies on Outlook/Exchange.
or you can type the name of the program in the search bar ala spotlight on Mac.
The easiest thing to do is download the PortableApps installation of FF3
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/test
I usta live in New York State.
As opposed to city.
Because the other party doesn't want the general public to start judging them by the same criteria?
Self fulfilling prophecies are powerful things. In case you haven't noticed, the current US leadership is predominately fundamentalist Christian and have similar nutty ideas about how the world falling into chaos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatolog y) and a new leader coming about to usher in the dawn of a new age.
Now, even if we discount ideas that we see in a lot of mysticism and in some interpretations of quantum theory about the observer's role in creating reality(this is slashdot, after all) - I think that two nuclear powers both run by small groups of people (please, lets not confuse the rulers of either the US or Iran with the people of the US or Iran) that have equally zany ideas about how destroying the planet being the in their best interest.
the difference is our leaders don't openly admit it. they gleefully continue on the path and in fact hasten it (see; the enviroment, nuclear weapons, domestic food policy, etc. I'd talk more but i'm late for dinner).
Fact is, it doesn't really matter what we day on here about it.
I hope you folks enjoy your dinner too.
Adarm
To be perfectly fair those items would be in a store, not on the street. Unless you are plugging your ipod into a manhole or sewer or something.
one thing i've noticed is that the non-aero mode is extra ugly. XP in classic mode vs. Win 2000 was actually an improvement. Vista w/o Aero vs. XP in either classic or "crayola" is really really ugly.
I've gotta agree with this assessment. What I find dangerous about gaming, RPG's in specific is how I personally have experianced displacing *MY* personal growth with my *character's* personal growth. Humans have a need for change and development and when you can satisfy that need from a character that you are associating with yourself rather than actually doing something to develop your own life.... I don't think that's such a good thing.
That being said, do with your lives whatever you see fit. It's none of my buisiness. I just personally have given up RPG's because of this realization.
Adarn
Your response to point #5 is really funny.
Yeah, the problem is there but I doubt anyone but me is enough of a power user to experience it.
I used to work for a company that solicited donations for police organizations. We used the names of 3 charities in our script that that supposedly got $30,000/yr each. From 8am-8pm (the times which were legally allowed) We had 30 level 1 telemarketers pulling in an average of $80 in donations an hour, 15 level 2 telemarketers with an average of $150/hr and 10 level 3 telemarketers averaging $300 in donations an hour.
Assuming that only 50% of the people who said they'd contribute sent their money in (As far as I could tell you weren't legally bound to sending them money for your "membership package", which of course included the 10 cent "Gold Shield Seal" sticker that was implicitly supposed to save your ass from getting a ticket. As a consequence, you do get put on the list of people they can call to guilt into donating next year, though. Those are the people the junkies would mostly call.) that's $45,900 a day. $16,753,500 a year. In 2 days they'd recoup their yearly charitable donations. We had I think, 5 offices nationwide. My office usually came in 3rd for sales per month (Once we came in first and got a keg party for it.) Let's hope that $30,000 number I heard thrown around was per office, at least.
Adarn Fool
well you're a trocious speller.
If google gets this app right, it could be one of the best things they've put out, in my opinion. I've been looking for a way to organize my personal information with a lightweight app and be able to access it readily from any computer i go to. Sure there's always email, but until someone designs an email client that recognizes its nature as a globally accessable scheduler/organizer/notepad i'd be very happy to get all my reminders and to do lists out of my inbox.
Adarn
Narnia is subversive? I guess if you're an athiest.
Adarn
I happen to be a person who considers a good album to be a work of art in its own right, not just a collection of songs. Not being able to easily play my mp3s by album easily keeps me from ever considering an iPod. If rockbox can do this on an ipod, perhaps I'd buy one.
.mp3, user interface very limited)and is no longer in development. Anyone else out there know of anything else that has this funcionality?
Apparently this kind of functionality is not something people are asking for in droves. Few (if any) software media players (winamp, itunes) provide this functionality that I have found. The only thing I know of is a program for windows called Hyperion, which just looks at your directory structure and gives you a list of all your albums based on \\xxxxx.mp3
Unfortunately it has a lot of shortcomings (supports only
Adarn
am i the only person who has seen nothing of this in newspapers?
adarn
>Blame MS for bowing to pressure from their customers; blame the corporations for bringing that pressure to bear in the first place.
Blame microsoft a second time for designing their operating system to be such a nuisance to patch.
Adarn
My first harddrive was the Applied Engineering Vulcan for the Apple IIgs with an astounding 105 MB of storage. I dont know the manufacturer of the actual drive, the Vulcan was a self contained unit that included the drive, a proprietary (scsi i think) interface and a higher rated power supply (the drive and the power supply were in the same black case, which replaced the old power supply). It was $1300 in I think 1987 or 1988. I really wish I could have all the money I've spent on computers in front of me right now. I'd move to europe.
Adarn
Good luck with that Zardoz thing. If you need anyone to pillage the countryside, just send a big flying stone head around and we'll talk.
Oh and P.S.
I'm going to stow away in the head and topple your society. Sorry about it.
Adarn