No link to a real study. No mention of sample size, geographic region(s) sampled, times of day samples were taken, or even what they think they mean by "average."
Add a healthy dose of anecdotal "evidence" from slashdotters both confirming and debunking these so-called "results" and you have... well, you have what's become too typical of slashdot stories.
optimist: The glass is half full. pessimist: The glass is half empty. me: What makes you think that's water in there?
Blame the pointy haired bosses and marketing types who listen to the wage weenies developing the web sites (not in all cases, but mostly IMO).
Most pixel pushers have no better bid for job security than constantly pushing for bleeding edge "content delivery" mechanisms that only they know.
The cross-platform publishing dream that was the web has given way to the corporate IP land grab mentality that says "don't use that technology, it wasn't invented here and we can't charge them for it."
Good for him, if he's smart he'll keep using the lowest common denominator hardware so he can develop code that has the best chance of performing adequately for the most users.
Popular "news for nerds" site Slashdot has been recategorized as "entertainment / opinion" by online directory maintainers. Reason for the demotion from the "news" category was given as "rampant, unmitigated disregard for the facts at hand."
Slashdot editors would only comment that they were too busy watching anime and supermodifying computer gear to comment. Presumably, given the site's history, the same story will be reposted until they get it right.
Everyone wants to bitch about Taco not reading the article before posting, meanwhile all you article readers have been duped on yet another level. The so called "news item" is merely a regurgitation of information from Wired, but lucky for them slashdotters will pump their ad views for as long as the article is on the front page. What a great time it is to be a pseudo-journalist.
Might as well ask for unbiased studies showing which major religion can show 'most souls salved / saved.' Too many people are just too polarized by questions like this. If an unbiased study ever existed, it's surely been discredited and buried by the extremists long since.
Telling your computer not to trust MS is all fine and dandy, but what about the legions of point-and-clickers who are conditioned to mindlessly click 'OK' buttons without even reading the dialog box? Even those who glance at the box will most likely see 'Microsoft' and click 'OK' anyway.
The problem isn't the technology, it's the users who slavishly obey all the 'Eat This' signs they see in Wonderland.
This marks you as someone with only recent experience with Apache. I've always preferred it to the commercial alternatives, but bulletproof it has not always been.
"this package will be similar to Maya, 3DS Max, etc... in many respects."
But why? This is the part you didn't even put in your question, but it's arguably the most important.
Your end users don't give a rotten tomato whether the rendering engine is DirectX, OpenGL, or something you put together with chewing gum and string. What they need to do is use the application in a way that makes sense to them. Given the opportunity to choose for themselves what widgets are where and how workflow is controlled by the application, do you really think they'd all vote for Maya, 3DS, or whatever? Think maybe the fact that the apps they used to learn this stuff in the first place would influence their decisions maybe a little?
If you intend to create something genuinely new, consider making it more than a poor man's carbon copy of an already existing effort. Look at the following Blender has as an example of what can happen when you break the mold.
The second article linked states:
`Without good countermeasures (like discriminating, smart, customizable research tools and search indexes), the Internet would be like "two billion channels and nothing on."`
Which web have they been browsing, anyway?
Slashdot Mirror
Ludicrous. They expect me to give up my 3/4" thick cube walls for this? Have you seen what Nerf ammo can do at close range?!
I think a spell checker is needed here, you misspelled "Daikatana Open Sores."
Maybe with this as a viable public forum, John Romero will finally make good on his promise to make us his bitch. Come on, John-boy, ante up.
Puh-lease, level 60 is so last week. It's 65 or nothin'.
Note to self: non-words such as "irregardless" are considered "informative."
Calls across the country or potentially across the ocean can be as free as a call across the office.
Sure, because we all know trans-oceanic bandwidth is free, right?
No "cease and desist" letter from Lucas'(tm) cloned army of lawyers?
Yes, I did filter the air in my home, but I did not inhale.
...and statistics.
No link to a real study. No mention of sample size, geographic region(s) sampled, times of day samples were taken, or even what they think they mean by "average."
Add a healthy dose of anecdotal "evidence" from slashdotters both confirming and debunking these so-called "results" and you have... well, you have what's become too typical of slashdot stories.
optimist: The glass is half full.
pessimist: The glass is half empty.
me: What makes you think that's water in there?
It was the best of times, it was the... blurst of times?!?! Stupid accounting software!!
Blame the pointy haired bosses and marketing types who listen to the wage weenies developing the web sites (not in all cases, but mostly IMO).
Most pixel pushers have no better bid for job security than constantly pushing for bleeding edge "content delivery" mechanisms that only they know.
The cross-platform publishing dream that was the web has given way to the corporate IP land grab mentality that says "don't use that technology, it wasn't invented here and we can't charge them for it."
The bad news is, BankOne will be contacting you shortly about the above violation of the DMCA by exposing and discussing the vulnerability.
"He's on a TNT2 for heaven sake!"
Good for him, if he's smart he'll keep using the lowest common denominator hardware so he can develop code that has the best chance of performing adequately for the most users.
Popular "news for nerds" site Slashdot has been recategorized as "entertainment / opinion" by online directory maintainers. Reason for the demotion from the "news" category was given as "rampant, unmitigated disregard for the facts at hand."
Slashdot editors would only comment that they were too busy watching anime and supermodifying computer gear to comment. Presumably, given the site's history, the same story will be reposted until they get it right.
Everyone wants to bitch about Taco not reading the article before posting, meanwhile all you article readers have been duped on yet another level. The so called "news item" is merely a regurgitation of information from Wired, but lucky for them slashdotters will pump their ad views for as long as the article is on the front page. What a great time it is to be a pseudo-journalist.
Thus creating, every day, more people I will want to punch in the face. And they won't even understand why.
"What Jesus blatantly fails to realize is that it's the meek who're the problem!"
/. blatantly fails to realize is that it's the geeks who're the problem!"
-- Reg, People's Front of Judea
"What
-- Me
Discuss.
The column is called "The Pulpit", folks. Need one really look any further?
Might as well ask for unbiased studies showing which major religion can show 'most souls salved / saved.' Too many people are just too polarized by questions like this. If an unbiased study ever existed, it's surely been discredited and buried by the extremists long since.
Telling your computer not to trust MS is all fine and dandy, but what about the legions of point-and-clickers who are conditioned to mindlessly click 'OK' buttons without even reading the dialog box? Even those who glance at the box will most likely see 'Microsoft' and click 'OK' anyway.
The problem isn't the technology, it's the users who slavishly obey all the 'Eat This' signs they see in Wonderland.
Windows XP = Windows Xtra Payments?
This marks you as someone with only recent experience with Apache. I've always preferred it to the commercial alternatives, but bulletproof it has not always been.
"this package will be similar to Maya, 3DS Max, etc... in many respects."
But why? This is the part you didn't even put in your question, but it's arguably the most important.
Your end users don't give a rotten tomato whether the rendering engine is DirectX, OpenGL, or something you put together with chewing gum and string. What they need to do is use the application in a way that makes sense to them. Given the opportunity to choose for themselves what widgets are where and how workflow is controlled by the application, do you really think they'd all vote for Maya, 3DS, or whatever? Think maybe the fact that the apps they used to learn this stuff in the first place would influence their decisions maybe a little?
If you intend to create something genuinely new, consider making it more than a poor man's carbon copy of an already existing effort. Look at the following Blender has as an example of what can happen when you break the mold.
Neo: Whoa. Deja vu.
Trinity: What is it, Neo?
Neo: I saw a Redhat 8.0 release. Then I saw another one just like it.
The second article linked states: `Without good countermeasures (like discriminating, smart, customizable research tools and search indexes), the Internet would be like "two billion channels and nothing on."` Which web have they been browsing, anyway?