I've never had a problem with any of them besides losing the ability to recharge.
That's a great euphemism. My battery didn't explode... it simply lost the ability to recharge.
You're right, though so far as you go. The problem is that things never remain the same, and the more competitive pressures manufacturers are under, the more corners will be cut, and the less safe an already risky technology can become.
I bought some hardware a couple of years ago, and the rebate form clearly stated that only originals of the UPC sticker would be accepted... no copies. So I sent in the original. Waited a few weeks, no rebate. So I call up and complain, "we'll check it out and get back to you." I get a letter in the mail a few days later saying to send in my UPC sticker... only originals, no copies would be accepted.
What I'm trying to get across to you is that there have been many promising technologies that were crushed under Microsoft's heels. Microsoft (and, for that matter, Apple) would have you believe that the path the personal computer revolution went down was the only one possible. And maybe it was, but the sad fact is we never got the chance to find out, because Microsoft forced us down that path.
This has nothing to do with what Windows is or is not... it has to do with Microsoft's vicious intolerance of anyone or anything that gets in Microsoft's way. Feel free to apologize for that monster if you wish. However, as an engineer who's been in this business since since before there were personal computers, I can tell you that that company has done more to hold us back than any other single entity.
I'm one of the people (and there are many on Slashdot) that have been in the computer business since before there was a Microsoft, who have seen the incredible damage that company has done over the years, and who also hope to still be around after Microsoft's hegemony has run its course.
So is Microsoft an enemy? Depends: if I were a company trying to get into the operating system or office suite business I'd certainly have to contend with the barrier to entry posed by Microsoft. They aren't my personal enemy either (chair-throwing bald men aside)... but that doesn't mean that I deliberately blind myself to all to bad things Microsoft has done, and is continuing to do. They're a profitable organization, to be sure, but they're not a good one.
Microsoft's success comes at a price, and we're all paying it.
Yes. But then again, Hell is really Heaven: God is testing the human race and only the ones smart enough to figure out the con get to go to the good place.
Looking at the comments in this thread, I think we can safely assume that not one of us really has a clue as to what is going on. I cheerfully admit I don't.
Unfortunate choice of last name. Eventually he's going to ask the robot to do something, at it will respond with "I'm sorry Ivan, I afraid I can't do that."
The thing is, it's just so easy to do, and let's face it: corporate types like those running the show at Sony can generally rationalize pretty much any kind of bad behavior, particularly if they feel there's little risk to themselves, no real downside. And look what happened: even when they got caught they weren't penalized anywhere near as much as they should have been, had Justice actually been served. Worse yet, the very people most likely to be affected by that little scheme are largely incapable of understanding what was done to them. Sony got off lightly, and will probably do it again and again, since I doubt they really see anything wrong with it.
I'm just blowing smoke here, but it seems to me that a technique designed to compensate for atmospheric distortion might not be all that useful when there's no atmospheric.
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Will I get a cut of the profits from my ideas?
No, but you will get a free Intel coffee mug with a picture of your billion-dollar CPU on it.
They have the technology. They can rebuild it. They'll be better, faster, stronger than they were before.
Oh, and use less power too.
If you want to even out the difference between AMD and Intel in terms of server CPU utilization, just post a link to said servers here on Slashdot.
can't we just have him committed? Please?
Not necessarily ... just make sure the rendered Cheney has one of these.
something. Whether it stinks or not remains to be seen.
I've never had a problem with any of them besides losing the ability to recharge.
... it simply lost the ability to recharge.
That's a great euphemism. My battery didn't explode
You're right, though so far as you go. The problem is that things never remain the same, and the more competitive pressures manufacturers are under, the more corners will be cut, and the less safe an already risky technology can become.
Dean Martin might have sung it like this:
... that's a Moray."
"What is that thing with the great ugly teeth
I bought some hardware a couple of years ago, and the rebate form clearly stated that only originals of the UPC sticker would be accepted ... no copies. So I sent in the original. Waited a few weeks, no rebate. So I call up and complain, "we'll check it out and get back to you." I get a letter in the mail a few days later saying to send in my UPC sticker ... only originals, no copies would be accepted.
Idiots.
What I'm trying to get across to you is that there have been many promising technologies that were crushed under Microsoft's heels. Microsoft (and, for that matter, Apple) would have you believe that the path the personal computer revolution went down was the only one possible. And maybe it was, but the sad fact is we never got the chance to find out, because Microsoft forced us down that path.
... it has to do with Microsoft's vicious intolerance of anyone or anything that gets in Microsoft's way. Feel free to apologize for that monster if you wish. However, as an engineer who's been in this business since since before there were personal computers, I can tell you that that company has done more to hold us back than any other single entity.
This has nothing to do with what Windows is or is not
I'm one of the people (and there are many on Slashdot) that have been in the computer business since before there was a Microsoft, who have seen the incredible damage that company has done over the years, and who also hope to still be around after Microsoft's hegemony has run its course.
... but that doesn't mean that I deliberately blind myself to all to bad things Microsoft has done, and is continuing to do. They're a profitable organization, to be sure, but they're not a good one.
So is Microsoft an enemy? Depends: if I were a company trying to get into the operating system or office suite business I'd certainly have to contend with the barrier to entry posed by Microsoft. They aren't my personal enemy either (chair-throwing bald men aside)
Microsoft's success comes at a price, and we're all paying it.
'cause it doesn't appear the US ``produces'' much of anything now a days (besides...food).
That's actually not true. There's a lot more to a modern industrial economy than trinkets sold at Wal-Mart.
Makes life easier and faster. In the end isn't that what software should strive to do?
It's less a matter of what software should strive to do, as it is what Microsoft is striving to do to us with it.
True, very true. But this one seemed to have less of the usual level of fractiousness, and more of an air of utter confusion.
Yes, but if you arrogate the power to make exemptions to yourself, you have the power to make people beg you for them, and give you stuff.
Obviously, we're talking about an assroots movement here.
Yes. But then again, Hell is really Heaven: God is testing the human race and only the ones smart enough to figure out the con get to go to the good place.
as the insane lunatics in the US government now require all the info on anyone overflying US airspace?
... what else would you expect them to do?
Well, if they're lunatics, and insane to boot
Don't answer that. They might be listening.
Looking at the comments in this thread, I think we can safely assume that not one of us really has a clue as to what is going on. I cheerfully admit I don't.
After 10,000 Years, Farming No Longer Dominates
A temporary aberration. After the Great Collapse of 2027, everybody that survived was learning how to grow food again.
Unfortunate choice of last name. Eventually he's going to ask the robot to do something, at it will respond with "I'm sorry Ivan, I afraid I can't do that."
it really boils down to how much you're willing to spend on your next pair of Nikes.
I'd say it really boils down to how much you're willing to spend on your next pair of Nukes.
{sigh} it's just too bad that we can't seem to get what we respect.
The thing is, it's just so easy to do, and let's face it: corporate types like those running the show at Sony can generally rationalize pretty much any kind of bad behavior, particularly if they feel there's little risk to themselves, no real downside. And look what happened: even when they got caught they weren't penalized anywhere near as much as they should have been, had Justice actually been served. Worse yet, the very people most likely to be affected by that little scheme are largely incapable of understanding what was done to them. Sony got off lightly, and will probably do it again and again, since I doubt they really see anything wrong with it.
I'm just blowing smoke here, but it seems to me that a technique designed to compensate for atmospheric distortion might not be all that useful when there's no atmospheric.