Interesting that he would mention not worrying about viruses. If history repeats itself that should be short lived. Amiga was one of the worst in the old days for viruses.
Even more interesting that he was more productive on the Amiga than XP even despite its shortcomings. It shows just how badly format lockin has hurt the computer industry.
If we'd had hetrogenous computing environments which allowed free and open data exchange, we'd have had all of those opportunities for competing platforms to establish niches for themselves, and advance the whole field through competition.
We certainly wouldn't be waiting half a decade in anticipation of a moderate facelift to one mediocre OS...
The idea isn't bad, but it's just a nearly empty wiki.
NEARLY empty? I can only see one PHP example, and I don't think it's a very good one...
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in/home/mike/public_html/includes/Exception.php on line 139
P.S. as of the last update of Gimp I used, you couldn't resize brushes
You make yourself a new brush and assign context-brush-radius-increase and decrease actions to the scroll wheel. Working that way, I find I can resize without thinking.
The whole argument seems silly to me. I started out using Deluxe Paint on the Amiga, and have used dozens of different image editors over the years. I've used Photoshop since version 3, and I'm as comfortable with PS as with the Gimp - they're both just tools for getting a job done.
Being professional doesn't mean being precious. Gimp is easily one of the most capable of the current crop of image editors, and it's free. You can carry a copy on a USB stick and use it anywhere. Why wouldn't you learn to use it?
I haven't seen a BSOD in years in either XP or Linux.
You can fix that in XP by opening System Properties, Advanced tab and clicking the Startup and Recovery button. Uncheck the Automatically Restart checkbox and you'll have your old familiar bluescreens back.
I'm not sure how to enable them in Linux. Probably another reason it's not ready for the desktop yet.
No, we're not. As an industry, we look produce products and perform services that are dictated by our own failings and conveniences rather than our customers' needs.
Assume the customer was once right, but has been made bitter and defensive by repeated arrogant IT messages (YOU have performed an illegal action and will be shut down...), and you won't be far from understanding current IT/user relationships.
That printer was out of paper, had you looked at the screen it has, you would have seen that.
The user should have got a simple, understandable message that the printer was out of paper. That's a failure of the OS designer and printer driver developer.
It was rejected because aol.con does not exist and you received an email telling you that.
The user's email software should have picked up the typo and suggested a correction (in fact, most email clients do). Users are used to ignoring dozens of cryptic error messages daily, because we have to, in order to continue working. Make computers more reliable, and error messages more intelligible, and we'll start paying attention to them.
I called you for some clarification and to explain this to you but got your voice mail. I went by your desk and you waved me off.
The user is employed by your company to work. They generate income for the company. You are employed by your company to service the tools they use to generate the money that pays your salary. You are a cost to the company.
They owe you politeness out of common decency, but common sense suggests you should avoid interrupting their work.
The other unrelated email problem you had today was their server rejected it because you attached a 75MB file.
The user needs to get a 75MB file to the customer. Stop whining and arrange for it to happen.
We often have users call us directly and complain that somehow they were given some random software push which delayed their check in and want us to call their supervisor.
You have been a problem for so long that people believe they can use you as an excuse for their own failures.
Stop being a problem.
It also makes it clear that it's not for public consumption.
I don't know about that. I've always thought my use of Mozilla Minefield (the code name given to the trunk builds) made me sort of edgy and a bit heroic. Sadly, the chicks haven't caught on to my coolness, so no groupies yet.
By now, there are half a dozen products that stream video from the PC, from the Web, etc. to your TV.
Yep, I've been using a Kiss DP1500for the past year - it's a DVD player that'll stream video or audio from a shared folder over WiFi. It'll also play web radio and most audio/video formats out there.
It cost me A$240.00 about a year ago, and yes, it does run Linux...
I'm surprised this made the "Innovative" list, and not the "Vaporware" list.
Integrating Sketchup with Google Earth has opened up a lot of interesting opportunities. As a stand-alone tool, it was a useful, if quirky, CAD package. Now, it's potential as a way of rapidly (by way of community involvement) building 3D versions of our cities and suburbs goes far beyond its original scope.
That's a lot more innovative than a facelift to an aging set of office tools, which rely more on format lockin than innovation to retain their customer base.
Yeah, we used to use a thing called a Husky Hunter as a datalogger in underground mining. One fell down an ore pass, along with several thousand tonnes of rock and was retrieved several days later. The screen and most of the keys had been abraded off, but by pushing the keystubs with a paper clip, we were able to retrieve the stored data (worth much more than the Husky).
Many other animals also feed on this squid, including the beaked whales... and albatross
Soldier #1: What? An albatross carrying a colossal squid?
Arthur: It could grip it by the hood!
Soldier #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A twenty five kilo bird could not carry a half-tonne squid.
Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
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It's even funnier when you realise they're trying to protect their "immortal computing" insights with a patent that expires after 20 years.
If they produce a product, I bet the EULA will guarantee they'll support it for 20 years, or eternity, whichever comes first...
Even more interesting that he was more productive on the Amiga than XP even despite its shortcomings. It shows just how badly format lockin has hurt the computer industry.
If we'd had hetrogenous computing environments which allowed free and open data exchange, we'd have had all of those opportunities for competing platforms to establish niches for themselves, and advance the whole field through competition.
We certainly wouldn't be waiting half a decade in anticipation of a moderate facelift to one mediocre OS...
NEARLY empty? I can only see one PHP example, and I don't think it's a very good one...
You make yourself a new brush and assign context-brush-radius-increase and decrease actions to the scroll wheel. Working that way, I find I can resize without thinking.
The whole argument seems silly to me. I started out using Deluxe Paint on the Amiga, and have used dozens of different image editors over the years. I've used Photoshop since version 3, and I'm as comfortable with PS as with the Gimp - they're both just tools for getting a job done.
Being professional doesn't mean being precious. Gimp is easily one of the most capable of the current crop of image editors, and it's free. You can carry a copy on a USB stick and use it anywhere. Why wouldn't you learn to use it?
You can fix that in XP by opening System Properties, Advanced tab and clicking the Startup and Recovery button. Uncheck the Automatically Restart checkbox and you'll have your old familiar bluescreens back.
I'm not sure how to enable them in Linux. Probably another reason it's not ready for the desktop yet.
Good idea! If it's done properly, it could also be re-used as a GIMP icon.
No, we're not. As an industry, we look produce products and perform services that are dictated by our own failings and conveniences rather than our customers' needs.
Assume the customer was once right, but has been made bitter and defensive by repeated arrogant IT messages (YOU have performed an illegal action and will be shut down...), and you won't be far from understanding current IT/user relationships.
That printer was out of paper, had you looked at the screen it has, you would have seen that.
The user should have got a simple, understandable message that the printer was out of paper. That's a failure of the OS designer and printer driver developer.
It was rejected because aol.con does not exist and you received an email telling you that.
The user's email software should have picked up the typo and suggested a correction (in fact, most email clients do). Users are used to ignoring dozens of cryptic error messages daily, because we have to, in order to continue working. Make computers more reliable, and error messages more intelligible, and we'll start paying attention to them.
I called you for some clarification and to explain this to you but got your voice mail. I went by your desk and you waved me off.
The user is employed by your company to work. They generate income for the company. You are employed by your company to service the tools they use to generate the money that pays your salary. You are a cost to the company.
They owe you politeness out of common decency, but common sense suggests you should avoid interrupting their work.
The other unrelated email problem you had today was their server rejected it because you attached a 75MB file.
The user needs to get a 75MB file to the customer. Stop whining and arrange for it to happen.
We often have users call us directly and complain that somehow they were given some random software push which delayed their check in and want us to call their supervisor.
You have been a problem for so long that people believe they can use you as an excuse for their own failures.
Stop being a problem.
Yes, I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
I don't know about that. I've always thought my use of Mozilla Minefield (the code name given to the trunk builds) made me sort of edgy and a bit heroic. Sadly, the chicks haven't caught on to my coolness, so no groupies yet.
Maybe next year...
Yep, so near and yet so far...
If it had a VGA-out adapter and some way of plugging in an external keyboard and hard drive, I'd ditch my laptop in an instant.
Yep, I've been using a Kiss DP1500for the past year - it's a DVD player that'll stream video or audio from a shared folder over WiFi. It'll also play web radio and most audio/video formats out there.
It cost me A$240.00 about a year ago, and yes, it does run Linux...
Sue away...
http://www.wanderlist.com/worstUScompanies
Umm, on the positive side, at least this time NASA didn't put up a huge "Mission Accomplished" sign.
A rough assessment of the last 30 days spam stored on my server suggests more than 75% comes from the USA.
A quick look at http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/map.html shows clusters in the south (Memphis seems to be a hotspot) and on the east coast.
I don't know about Korea, but blocking Tennessee, Missouri and Florida would cut my spam in half. Blocking the rest of the USA would reduce it by 75%.
Judging by the colour of the Zune - no, but close.
I've thought about it.
I'd like both.
You could just reuse the BLINK tag. Much more appropriate.
Peter Sellers? Is that you?
Integrating Sketchup with Google Earth has opened up a lot of interesting opportunities. As a stand-alone tool, it was a useful, if quirky, CAD package. Now, it's potential as a way of rapidly (by way of community involvement) building 3D versions of our cities and suburbs goes far beyond its original scope.
That's a lot more innovative than a facelift to an aging set of office tools, which rely more on format lockin than innovation to retain their customer base.
We're certainly happy to give them something else to whinge about http://www.abc.net.au/cricket/scores/ckt_scorecard _1016_4.htm.
Though this scramjet will wreck one of the classic English visitor jokes;
Q: How can you tell when a 747 full of poms lands in Australia?
A: The whining keeps going after the engines have been shut off...
Yeah, we used to use a thing called a Husky Hunter as a datalogger in underground mining. One fell down an ore pass, along with several thousand tonnes of rock and was retrieved several days later. The screen and most of the keys had been abraded off, but by pushing the keystubs with a paper clip, we were able to retrieve the stored data (worth much more than the Husky).
No, these things will mostly be used by the manga/porn industry. They always have problems getting a tight seal.
Soldier #1: What? An albatross carrying a colossal squid?
Arthur: It could grip it by the hood!
Soldier #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A twenty five kilo bird could not carry a half-tonne squid.
Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
Microsoft's astroturfing has been a blight on Slashdot for a long time now. I wonder if this decision http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061221-8480 .html will cut down the shilling a little...
VMS, OS360.