Microsoft blamed the proposal on a newly hired, "lower-level business person" who did not understand the company's obligations under the antitrust settlement.
"Your Honor, appropriate disciplinary action has been taken, and the individual in question is no longer a low-level business with Microsoft!"
The first real world test of whether the principles would work on any large scale came in 2003, when open-source software company Red Hat released its Red Hat Linux 9 operating system. Demand for the product was so strong that downloaders crippled Red Hat's servers. Eike Frost, a computer science student at Germany's University of Oldenburg, however, had managed to get a copy. He ran it through BitTorrent, then posted a link to popular tech site Slashdot, inviting folks to come and get it. The swarm was immediate. Within three days the Red Hatters traded 21.15 terabytes of data--equivalent to more than all the books in the Library of Congress.
The technical article in Forbes is complete... I can stop reading at page 4 - where it references the universal unit of measure.
since you obviously think "Europe" is comparable with the US. Europe is over 50 countries - all of them have different languages/schools/finances/people.
Looks like you just made a comparison, contradicting your point.
How many companies are going to allow any data of any sort outside their environment?
Deja Vu: 1980: "How many companies are going to allow financial analysis with critical company data on desktop units as opposed to using secure mainframe systems controlled by IT".
PCs came in through the back door, and IBM was hosed by Microsoft.
It doesn't seem all that long ago to me that the Vikings invaded the territory now known as Southwestern Ohio, and got crushed. While they were not outnumbered, their invasion began to fail almost immediately - about 20 seconds into the invasion. The leader of the Southwestern Ohio group penetrated the Viking's defenses and caused the entire invasion plan to be revised, and the Vikings just failed miserably. And this was not pre-1600.
In fact, I think it was 3 days ago - as the Vikings were crushed by a group called The Bengals.
But will GM bother to tell you your injector on cylinder #3 is spitting out 10% more fuel than it should be?
Interesting example. I suppose their argument might be, "We notified you (or tried) by mail." That may be considered sufficient notice.
Consider a more complex example, where your life is in danger. Accellerator sticks, and causes accidents, say. They notify everyone by mail of the recall, and they can "see" through On-Star that you are running Accellerator Version 1.0 instead of 1.1.
You wreck, kill someone. You never got the mail (because you moved). Now where's the liability?
I don't want to hint at any cause and effect... but don't you find it interesting that the Earth has this Global Warming thing going on, while Hell is Freezing over...
If there IS causality and you WANT Microsoft to embrace Linux, get out there with your aerosol cans and fill up your gas tank BEFORE 6PM.
Not that it's a popularity contest, but seeing Python Projects outnumber Ruby projects by a 10:1 margin makes me shy away from Ruby in favor of Python, knowing very little else.
That is, if I am only going to learn one, which should it be? Python!
Here's the issue as I see it. We add leap seconds to bring our time measurement system back into alignment with astronomical movement.
But the fact of the matter is WE ARE NEVER (or VERY RARELY) in 100% alignment. It's not like the moon tugs us out of alignment at 1-second intervals. It's a fraction here, a fraction there. So even when we adjust with a leap second, we are out of alignment almost IMMEDIATELY (by a fraction of a second).
The two questions we need to be asking are:
- How far out of alignment are we willing to be? (Astronomers say one second is too much, the US proposal says up to an hour out of alignment is fine)
- How frequently do we want to change our measurement system, given that it's a major hassle to change it? (Many Astronomers say every few years, US Proposal says every 500 years is better).
That's what it boils down to. Personally, I think that fewer changes are better - adding leap seconds every few years, while entertaining and giving us something to talk about, is a mistake. I like the proposal.
No matter what, if you are looking for precision in measurement (as the astronomers are doing), you need to adjust from measured time and actual astronomical positioning. It's actually HARDER if both scales are adjusting regularly (even if you are adjusting one to be equal to the other for a moment every three or four years). Let one vary (the one we can't change), and keep our measurement system fairly constant!
How's this for an analogy: The foot was originally defined as the length of King Henry I's foot. Do you want to change the definition of this unit of measure throughout the day, as his foot grows and shrinks? Do you want to change it every time we have a new King? Or do you just say the new king's "foot" measures to "0.97 foot". We can't change the fact that the King's foot changes size throughout the day, and over time with new kings. But we CAN change (or keep constant) what our measurement system defines as a foot! I doubt that many people would advocate dynamic distance measurement based on how the king's foot swells ("The King has gout! Therefore my 200 foot x 400 foot property just got bigger! YAHOO!")
Sun [pronounced "soon"] Laiyan, chief of the China National Space Administration... He was destined to go into the space exploration field.
Try pronouncing his whole name - Soon Layin'?
"Hey baby, I'm an astronaut. Wanna go back to my place?"
Joke attempt #2: Why would someone named "Sun" be destined for space exploration? Wouldn't the Sun be a little hot to visit? Oh yeah, of course, you go at night.
PS Two cheap jokes are better than one (unless neither is funny).
It's a shame that the first visible post bashed this idea! You clarify it well, except that you use "email-type" format, and really the Open ID's are in URL format. So instead of me@some_other_server, it should be me.some_other_server (substitute a "." where you have the "@").
LiveJournal runs a free service to allow you to be me.livejournal.com (if it's not already taken), *OR* you could use ANY URL you want - presumably a bunch of providers will pop up, and you can use any one you trust... OR put it on your own server, if you run a webserver!
Slashdot Mirror
Here is what google.com looked like in December of 1998. (God Bless the way back machine.) Are you claiming that you owned google.com prior to that?
Please answer me! Can you read this? Or are your eyes covered by your colon, because your head is up your a$$...
You'd trust your critical systems to a bunch of unpaid volunteers? It's better to trust a real linux distri... Oh wait...
"Your Honor, appropriate disciplinary action has been taken, and the individual in question is no longer a low-level business with Microsoft!"
Translation: He's been promoted. Twice.
I thought this one was the classic. But really, we should link to it with why geeks are shitty lovers so that it gets indexed properly in google.
Paste this text:
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/02/14/143254 .shtml?tid=166">why geeks are shitty lovers</a>
oops, I mean Fortune. Well, 1 Library of Fortune Magazines = 1 Library of Forbes Magazines....
The first real world test of whether the principles would work on any large scale came in 2003, when open-source software company Red Hat released its Red Hat Linux 9 operating system. Demand for the product was so strong that downloaders crippled Red Hat's servers. Eike Frost, a computer science student at Germany's University of Oldenburg, however, had managed to get a copy. He ran it through BitTorrent, then posted a link to popular tech site Slashdot, inviting folks to come and get it. The swarm was immediate. Within three days the Red Hatters traded 21.15 terabytes of data--equivalent to more than all the books in the Library of Congress.
The technical article in Forbes is complete... I can stop reading at page 4 - where it references the universal unit of measure.
Looks like you just made a comparison, contradicting your point.
ah, sometimes the jokes work, sometimes they don't. Wasn't intended to be a troll. Oh well!
Ubantu: You-Ban-Too, ooo-bahn-too, Ewe-bahn-tewe?
SuSE: Susie, Soos, Soo-sah, Soo-Say, Sus-ah?
RedHat: Red-Hot, Reed-Hat, Ree-dhat (reeed-dot)? How do you pronounce these things???
My account number is 000000042
My Social Security Number is 078-05-1120 (of course!)
My pin number is 1234
Deja Vu:
1980: "How many companies are going to allow financial analysis with critical company data on desktop units as opposed to using secure mainframe systems controlled by IT".
PCs came in through the back door, and IBM was hosed by Microsoft.
What the dell are you reading the article for? You new here?
In fact, I think it was 3 days ago - as the Vikings were crushed by a group called The Bengals.
Interesting example. I suppose their argument might be, "We notified you (or tried) by mail." That may be considered sufficient notice.
Consider a more complex example, where your life is in danger. Accellerator sticks, and causes accidents, say. They notify everyone by mail of the recall, and they can "see" through On-Star that you are running Accellerator Version 1.0 instead of 1.1.
You wreck, kill someone. You never got the mail (because you moved). Now where's the liability?
Didn't the Sox win the world series or somethin'?
I don't want to hint at any cause and effect... but don't you find it interesting that the Earth has this Global Warming thing going on, while Hell is Freezing over...
If there IS causality and you WANT Microsoft to embrace Linux, get out there with your aerosol cans and fill up your gas tank BEFORE 6PM.
That is, if I am only going to learn one, which should it be? Python!
But the fact of the matter is WE ARE NEVER (or VERY RARELY) in 100% alignment. It's not like the moon tugs us out of alignment at 1-second intervals. It's a fraction here, a fraction there. So even when we adjust with a leap second, we are out of alignment almost IMMEDIATELY (by a fraction of a second).
The two questions we need to be asking are:
- How far out of alignment are we willing to be? (Astronomers say one second is too much, the US proposal says up to an hour out of alignment is fine)
- How frequently do we want to change our measurement system, given that it's a major hassle to change it? (Many Astronomers say every few years, US Proposal says every 500 years is better).
That's what it boils down to. Personally, I think that fewer changes are better - adding leap seconds every few years, while entertaining and giving us something to talk about, is a mistake. I like the proposal.
No matter what, if you are looking for precision in measurement (as the astronomers are doing), you need to adjust from measured time and actual astronomical positioning. It's actually HARDER if both scales are adjusting regularly (even if you are adjusting one to be equal to the other for a moment every three or four years). Let one vary (the one we can't change), and keep our measurement system fairly constant!
How's this for an analogy: The foot was originally defined as the length of King Henry I's foot. Do you want to change the definition of this unit of measure throughout the day, as his foot grows and shrinks? Do you want to change it every time we have a new King? Or do you just say the new king's "foot" measures to "0.97 foot". We can't change the fact that the King's foot changes size throughout the day, and over time with new kings. But we CAN change (or keep constant) what our measurement system defines as a foot! I doubt that many people would advocate dynamic distance measurement based on how the king's foot swells ("The King has gout! Therefore my 200 foot x 400 foot property just got bigger! YAHOO!")
Quit messin' with it!
He was destined to go into the space exploration field.
Try pronouncing his whole name - Soon Layin'?
"Hey baby, I'm an astronaut. Wanna go back to my place?"
Joke attempt #2: Why would someone named "Sun" be destined for space exploration? Wouldn't the Sun be a little hot to visit? Oh yeah, of course, you go at night.
PS Two cheap jokes are better than one (unless neither is funny).
Yes, you can bet on it!
I know, I should STFU up...
geez.. I read that, and didn't get the 3 jokes! I guess I see it too often that I accept the mistakes!
Yesterday I actually heard a co-worker request something as ASAP as possible. I couldn't stop laughing.
A quick Google Image Search shows a few images of ATM's with BSOD (admittedly many of the same ATM, but they're out there).
Must we always "slot" the kids?
1. full time software teams...
2. end user involvement...
Rants crack me up!
LiveJournal runs a free service to allow you to be me.livejournal.com (if it's not already taken), *OR* you could use ANY URL you want - presumably a bunch of providers will pop up, and you can use any one you trust... OR put it on your own server, if you run a webserver!
GREAT idea whose time has come!