Doing good != Democracy. Getting rid of google bombs is doing good for a typical user, its just done by means other than users voting with their clicks.
Google is a private company. Its mission is to provide a product that people find useful while making money off advertisement. Google bombs run counter to both purposes, but removing them is obviously not a democratic process. Since domain name system doesn't seem to working for this purpose, I guess we do need a government or non-profit entity providing unbiased search results where each web site will be allowed to register keywords that accurately reflects its purpose and obvious violators are held responsible. This will make sure that commercially unpopular speech can be still found.
Congratulations, you guys are well ahead of US. I would be surprised if even 5% of working adults carry around a portable storage device. They might have an iPod or a bluetooth phone in the pocket, but most probably no cables or knowledge on how to transfer files.
Well, would you want to give away any of these items in quantity? If you bring 100 to an event, it will set you back at least $500 (don't think you would want to fill in 100 rebate forms either). 100 floppies can be had for 40 bucks.
Well, the problem is not access to e-mail, it's giving files to people when you are away from computers. If you ask or give an e-mail address, its pretty likely to be lost or misspelled, and your e-mail could be overlooked among spam. Giving a floppy pretty much guarantees access to a file. Business card CD-R in an sleeve still suffer from sleeves getting lost and also there is no easy way for someone to edit data and give it back to you.
Name a storage medium that you can give away to people to put in their pockets
SD cards are still too expensive. You want something CDs are too big
Mini CDs don't fare well in a pocket with keys.
Zip disks are $9 each
I don't see why modern technology can not come up with a pocketable 99 cent storage medium with capacity of around 128MB, but so far there is nothing else with a feature set of a floppy.
Anyone that uses Google docs, calendar, etc, can see that the OS is becoming less and less important.
Yeah, for typing text, decorating it with boldface and italic, and storing it on someone else's machine. Are web applications the right solution for desktop publishing? video editing? robotics control? driving 3d printers? Native application developers should pick a technology that is less than 20 years old rather than cribbing or switching over to AJAX.
Those are (in my opinion of course) the proper systems to replace windows (read carefully:) for that kind of people that is *just* going out of windows to try an alternative, hence they do not care about freedom of OS and available-sourcecode, etc available.
Well, that kind of people can just buy a Mac and sell their PC on EBay. They still retain a choice to run Linspire, Ubuntu or, if they must, Windows in future.
I am sure a good many of them do not consider this an upgrade, but rather final delivery of the OS they were promised when they purchased their hardware.
When you pay money, weather it's a purchase, rental or contract, you are informed what you are buying and how long you are going to have use of it. With a purchase, you generally have at least a month to return it if it doesn't work, more time to get it repaired under warranty and thereafter you can fix it yourself.
I have no idea what Microsoft is selling when you buy a "Windows Vista Box". They are saying they can change or cancel functionality of the product at any time, even one day after purchase, and without a notice. Even if its a rental, they have to give a 30 day notice and then refund prorated rent fee. Contracts that ask for money without the other party having any obligations are generally considered illegal - see consumer scums and pyramid schemes.
I hope Windows Home sales are eventually ruled illegal as well, with Microsoft made to at least refund money if it messes up user's machine with Windows Genuine Check or content blurring. As for business additions, businesses that fall for that deserve what they get. Realistically, sensible companies can settle for a 5 year rental with partial refunds if functionality is interrupted.
Nope. The English language reached its pre-eminent world status largely due to the United States, and both American English and Australian English are markedly different from British English -- and each have approximately the same population of speakers are British English
Oh boy! You should read at least a brief introduction to world's history before claiming that Australia has approximately the same population as India after Ghandi kicked out those damn Americans that imposed their language on all the colonies.
By recording hours, days or weeks of your favorite stations before your trip of course. Personally, I set the schedule to record an hour every day so that I always have new stuff for my iPod for a morning jog.
...are now part of the European effort to push Apple into an open DRM system...
I really don't see the point for end users. Music from iTunes store can still be restricted by "Open DRM" to only run on iPod. Music from other providers can have confusing and different restrictions on number of PCs, number/type of devices and expiration time. The only "Open DRM" is an unencrypted MP3 or AAC, but that is already available on iPod.
There is plenty of good, ad free content on Internet radio stations. I wrote an Internet Radio Recorder for Mac, and I am sure you can easily find options for Windows and Linux. There are also lots of free music and talk podcasts on iTunes. Why pay a monthly subscription fee for something you will only use once in a while? How many talk shows you are going to listen to anyway?
Adding an intro to the video will already alter the data in the rest of the file, especially if two-pass encoding is used and assigns slightly different bitrates to parts of the movie. Just keep a checksum of each 1MB block on file and you are good to go.
The whole reason he went into open source movement is because some printer was running proprietary software that he couldn't fix. At least now anyone can download source code from HP website and modify the way your printer works in any way they want.
A woman who doesn't enjoy math problem, doesn't naturally feel like tinkering with computers and enjoys lots of social interaction will be neither productive nor happy as a programmer. Or if she feels she must become an engineer to support herself and her family, let her enroll in college and apply for a scholarship like anyone else. I don't see how society or most individuals benefit by setting up programs that encourage people to go into fields they don't like and are not good at.
The problem with your attitude is that nobody is responsible for problems caused by a company, department and so on. Rank and file claims that it is out of their control and management is not available to be contacted. What do you propose as a solution that doesn't involve the customer getting screwed?
If you agree to represent a particular company or department, you deserve to get any feedback I have about the same. Otherwise you can connect me to the person who IS responsible so that I can express my frustration appropriately.
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Doing good != Democracy. Getting rid of google bombs is doing good for a typical user, its just done by means other than users voting with their clicks.
Google is a private company. Its mission is to provide a product that people find useful while making money off advertisement. Google bombs run counter to both purposes, but removing them is obviously not a democratic process. Since domain name system doesn't seem to working for this purpose, I guess we do need a government or non-profit entity providing unbiased search results where each web site will be allowed to register keywords that accurately reflects its purpose and obvious violators are held responsible. This will make sure that commercially unpopular speech can be still found.
Congratulations, you guys are well ahead of US. I would be surprised if even 5% of working adults carry around a portable storage device. They might have an iPod or a bluetooth phone in the pocket, but most probably no cables or knowledge on how to transfer files.
Well, would you want to give away any of these items in quantity? If you bring 100 to an event, it will set you back at least $500 (don't think you would want to fill in 100 rebate forms either). 100 floppies can be had for 40 bucks.
Well, the problem is not access to e-mail, it's giving files to people when you are away from computers. If you ask or give an e-mail address, its pretty likely to be lost or misspelled, and your e-mail could be overlooked among spam. Giving a floppy pretty much guarantees access to a file. Business card CD-R in an sleeve still suffer from sleeves getting lost and also there is no easy way for someone to edit data and give it back to you.
I don't see why modern technology can not come up with a pocketable 99 cent storage medium with capacity of around 128MB, but so far there is nothing else with a feature set of a floppy.
Let's not get started about various other ways that your digestive system could allow you to eat your cake and still have it.
Anyone that uses Google docs, calendar, etc, can see that the OS is becoming less and less important.
Yeah, for typing text, decorating it with boldface and italic, and storing it on someone else's machine. Are web applications the right solution for desktop publishing? video editing? robotics control? driving 3d printers? Native application developers should pick a technology that is less than 20 years old rather than cribbing or switching over to AJAX.
Those are (in my opinion of course) the proper systems to replace windows (read carefully:) for that kind of people that is *just* going out of windows to try an alternative, hence they do not care about freedom of OS and available-sourcecode, etc available.
Well, that kind of people can just buy a Mac and sell their PC on EBay. They still retain a choice to run Linspire, Ubuntu or, if they must, Windows in future.
I am sure a good many of them do not consider this an upgrade, but rather final delivery of the OS they were promised when they purchased their hardware.
From Apple's experience with 802.11n upgrade, this is not allowed under generally accepted accounting practices.
When you pay money, weather it's a purchase, rental or contract, you are informed what you are buying and how long you are going to have use of it. With a purchase, you generally have at least a month to return it if it doesn't work, more time to get it repaired under warranty and thereafter you can fix it yourself.
I have no idea what Microsoft is selling when you buy a "Windows Vista Box". They are saying they can change or cancel functionality of the product at any time, even one day after purchase, and without a notice. Even if its a rental, they have to give a 30 day notice and then refund prorated rent fee. Contracts that ask for money without the other party having any obligations are generally considered illegal - see consumer scums and pyramid schemes.
I hope Windows Home sales are eventually ruled illegal as well, with Microsoft made to at least refund money if it messes up user's machine with Windows Genuine Check or content blurring. As for business additions, businesses that fall for that deserve what they get. Realistically, sensible companies can settle for a 5 year rental with partial refunds if functionality is interrupted.
Nope. The English language reached its pre-eminent world status largely due to the United States, and both American English and Australian English are markedly different from British English -- and each have approximately the same population of speakers are British English
Oh boy! You should read at least a brief introduction to world's history before claiming that Australia has approximately the same population as India after Ghandi kicked out those damn Americans that imposed their language on all the colonies.
If you can't come up with a more imaginative description of people exchanging zygote's, this domain is not for you.
By recording hours, days or weeks of your favorite stations before your trip of course. Personally, I set the schedule to record an hour every day so that I always have new stuff for my iPod for a morning jog.
...are now part of the European effort to push Apple into an open DRM system...
I really don't see the point for end users. Music from iTunes store can still be restricted by "Open DRM" to only run on iPod. Music from other providers can have confusing and different restrictions on number of PCs, number/type of devices and expiration time. The only "Open DRM" is an unencrypted MP3 or AAC, but that is already available on iPod.
There is plenty of good, ad free content on Internet radio stations. I wrote an Internet Radio Recorder for Mac, and I am sure you can easily find options for Windows and Linux. There are also lots of free music and talk podcasts on iTunes. Why pay a monthly subscription fee for something you will only use once in a while? How many talk shows you are going to listen to anyway?
You should read "Diamond Age" sometime.
Dude, if it is Microsoft you can not use a condom, which is Ok because you can not squirt anyway.
Adding an intro to the video will already alter the data in the rest of the file, especially if two-pass encoding is used and assigns slightly different bitrates to parts of the movie. Just keep a checksum of each 1MB block on file and you are good to go.
The whole reason he went into open source movement is because some printer was running proprietary software that he couldn't fix. At least now anyone can download source code from HP website and modify the way your printer works in any way they want.
Well, you could use Moon for a gravitational slingshot to reshape the orbit.
A woman who doesn't enjoy math problem, doesn't naturally feel like tinkering with computers and enjoys lots of social interaction will be neither productive nor happy as a programmer. Or if she feels she must become an engineer to support herself and her family, let her enroll in college and apply for a scholarship like anyone else. I don't see how society or most individuals benefit by setting up programs that encourage people to go into fields they don't like and are not good at.
The problem with your attitude is that nobody is responsible for problems caused by a company, department and so on. Rank and file claims that it is out of their control and management is not available to be contacted. What do you propose as a solution that doesn't involve the customer getting screwed?
If you agree to represent a particular company or department, you deserve to get any feedback I have about the same. Otherwise you can connect me to the person who IS responsible so that I can express my frustration appropriately.
And the solution would be to give them a helpful but extremely bitter tasting medicine that also acts as a laxative.