From what I have seen so far, Google Earth outshines VirtualEarth by miles and miles. VirtualEarth doesnt even come close to what you can do with GoogleE. Whereas, the map software is comparable to some degree, GoogleE is SOOO much better and more sophisticated
Geez, unless you have lots of money and lots of protection, you really don't want to live in Brazil. You also will live in a country where there has been almost a wholesale genocide against Brazilian indians there.
I respect JWZ but geez as stupid as I am, I know that if I want to have a decent Linux desktop I FIRST need to check the hardware compatibility for cryin' out loud. Just because I am an uber programmer doesn't mean I am an uber hardware geek [which i confess i am NOT].
Wait until he wants to do some really cool networking toy playing with his shiney new Mac and he will soon see the shortcomings of the Mac as well. You still must jump through a few hoops to get it to work.
It all depends on what you need to do to make a living. I too am sick of ppl expecting Linux to be desktop ready right now. For the most part it is. I still use windows, i still use *BSD, I still use Macs I mean there are no 'One size fits all' desktops out there. They all have shortcomings.
JWZ, get one of your beers you sell, sit down, and quit trying to be that 'Last Angry Man!'
This is really funny...Longhorn is shaping up to be a yet-to-be-announced Service Pack. Other than cosmetic CHANGES in the GUI, it seems as if there will be little need to upgrade to this.
People ALWAYS forget, that the most important 'innovation' MS has is MARKETING and very little of it is actually unique and innovative technology.
Is Pascal used mainly with Delphi these days? I wrote software in Pascal years ago, when you could get Borland's Pascal.
I went on to other development tools but always liked Pascal and its descendents Modula and Oberon. I never understood why Oberon never took off either.
But if it does it would be a hostile takeover as they say. I don't think Management is in this for the short haul but rather the long haul. Selling out to MS right now would only give Management short term gains.
On the other hand, stockholders are nearly always short term junkies and would probably want it to happen if the price were right.
Um...er... it is called RESEARCH. We researched in the stacks at the library. I browsed it the way I browse the Internet. I would spend hours digging up very obscure and interesting information. And true be known, the most obscure and interesting information is STILL in the library stacks, NOT on the internet.
I have run Solaris on Sun architecture since 1997.
Out of the box Solaris 5,6,7 and 8 are VERY insecure if left unpatched. Even when patched they can be rather insecure and crackable with ease. Though more secure than Windows servers, Solaris is MUST be patched and basically run with RPCs all shutdown, if the server is running outside your intranet. Placing it in a DMZ is also a must.
That server is running OS X on an apple..... http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?si te=http%3A%2 F%2Fwebvision.med.utah.edu%2F or check that against http://uptime.netcraft.com/
More and more, all of MS's 'innovations' are tanking. Passport, Active Directory, Xbox, MSN 'google' search engine, IE, recently acquired AV software and the list goes on and on, not only were NOT innovative, they actually purchased the technology. See: [http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/catalog/cata log.shtml]
They then embraced and extend the technology they purchased.
Of course one of the worst purchases was PassPort. ugh!!! Good riddance......
I have run an email server since 1996 and I have got to say this is the silliest idea I have ever heard of...and guess what? It doesn't work! Oh my! I have had a mail server crash and be down for 3-4 days once, and it didn't have ANY effect on the spam that came in. It just picked up where it left off.
I have read O'Reilly Books for as long as I can remember at least 10 yrs. They are without question the best books on computer related technology, no one else comes close.
Just my 3 centavos but... Orbz.org and other blackhole orgs bears some of the responsibility. They immediately blackhole an open relay without giving them a grace period to fix it or work with orbz and others to getit fixed.
I appreciate the service they provide but being a blackhole block site, you SHOULD be prepared for lawsuits or you shouldnt provide the service and be in that business, That is just how things work in our sue happy society... so get over it and quit whining.
Unfotunately, until the feds make it illegal to spam, it isnt going to stop anyway and in fact will get worse in the coming years, with or without blackhole lists. It is like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube, spam is fucking here to stay and get worse than it is now.
Lotus Notes is a piece of crap mail server anyway and VERY expensive to upgrade and patch.
Frankly, South Park sux as far as animation is concerned. I you compare it to Tex Avery [art] productions and then look at South Park [trash] you will see what I mean.
Content? well that is a matter of taste, i suppose.
[Definitely Flame Bait!!!!!] I WON't post this anonymously!
Geez! our stupid american pop psychology has spread over seas! I wonder if i can tell my boss this, since my job requires that I be on the internet 8+ hrs/day. Does this mean I can now start suing everybody and file for disability and also get retraining and file for Workman's Comp and not have to work at all because I am a 'victim' now? Hmmmmmm........
I think it is a tempest in a teapot... Practical experience has shown ME that NT has been unreliable and slow on my nets compared to linux. Fact of the matter is, why would i run a webserver using samba? I would never do that. I run linux, and apache for my webservers. They never crash and they hand 70000+ potential users, using a.cgi script. I have NEVER....I repeat never had a crash OR complaint from my users period.
Without regard to the tests conducted at ZDNET, practical experience has shown me which webserver to use, not to mention, which one i use for more mission critical applications and services.
I suppose that those that are tired of the crashes will turn to linux. Those that dont experience it will continue dishing out the bucks, and stay awake at nights wondering if when they go into work in the morning whether or not there will be a 'blue screen ' waiting for them and then they go on.
I find it really odd that some system admins find it entirely acceptable to have a server and/or workstation crash. I would like someone to explain that one to me!
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I suspect this is vaporware, um........classic Microsoft. It won't happen....
The funny part will be when the Chinese and many parts of Asia start updating their systems. I wonder how M$ will handle that!
My bet will be at some point, M$ will have to stop this altogether OR they will make a huge exception for the other half of the world.
It will be interesting to see......
From what I have seen so far, Google Earth outshines VirtualEarth by miles and miles. VirtualEarth doesnt even come close to what you can do with GoogleE.
Whereas, the map software is comparable to some degree, GoogleE is SOOO much better and more sophisticated
You should contribute it is excellent. Something that you need when you least expect it
Geez, unless you have lots of money and lots of protection, you really don't want to live in Brazil. You also will live in a country where there has been almost a wholesale genocide against Brazilian indians there.
Do some research..........
I respect JWZ but geez as stupid as I am, I know that if I want to have a decent Linux desktop I FIRST need to check the hardware compatibility for cryin' out loud. Just because I am an uber programmer doesn't mean I am an uber hardware geek [which i confess i am NOT].
Wait until he wants to do some really cool networking toy playing with his shiney new Mac and he will soon see the shortcomings of the Mac as well. You still must jump through a few hoops to get it to work.
It all depends on what you need to do to make a living. I too am sick of ppl expecting Linux to be desktop ready right now. For the most part it is. I still use windows, i still use *BSD, I still use Macs I mean there are no 'One size fits all' desktops out there. They all have shortcomings.
JWZ, get one of your beers you sell, sit down, and quit trying to be that 'Last Angry Man!'
This is really funny...Longhorn is shaping up to be a yet-to-be-announced Service Pack. Other than cosmetic CHANGES in the GUI, it seems as if there will be little need to upgrade to this.
People ALWAYS forget, that the most important 'innovation' MS has is MARKETING and very little of it is actually unique and innovative technology.
Is Pascal used mainly with Delphi these days? I wrote software in Pascal years ago, when you could get Borland's Pascal.
I went on to other development tools but always liked Pascal and its descendents Modula and Oberon. I never understood why Oberon never took off either.
But if it does it would be a hostile takeover as they say. I don't think Management is in this for the short haul but rather the long haul. Selling out to MS right now would only give Management short term gains.
On the other hand, stockholders are nearly always short term junkies and would probably want it to happen if the price were right.
Um...er... it is called RESEARCH. We researched in the stacks at the library. I browsed it the way I browse the Internet. I would spend hours digging up very obscure and interesting information. And true be known, the most obscure and interesting information is STILL in the library stacks, NOT on the internet.
Go figure............
Microsoft in no way invented XML. Dave Hollander invented XML.
http://www.mhxml.com/myinfo/MyBio.htm
Whah????? Who cares? Most of us do not even have access to I2. Duh!!!!!
I have run Solaris on Sun architecture since 1997.
Out of the box Solaris 5,6,7 and 8 are VERY insecure if left unpatched. Even when patched they can be rather insecure and crackable with ease. Though more secure than Windows servers, Solaris is MUST be patched and basically run with RPCs all shutdown, if the server is running outside your intranet. Placing it in a DMZ is also a must.
That server is running OS X on an apple.....i te=http%3A%2 F%2Fwebvision.med.utah.edu%2F
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?s
or check that against
http://uptime.netcraft.com/
More and more, all of MS's 'innovations' are tanking. Passport, Active Directory, Xbox, MSN 'google' search engine, IE, recently acquired AV software and the list goes on and on, not only were NOT innovative, they actually purchased the technology. See: [http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/catalog/cata log.shtml]
They then embraced and extend the technology they purchased.
Of course one of the worst purchases was PassPort.
ugh!!! Good riddance......
and with all the speed you can do it.
I have run an email server since 1996 and I have got to say this is the silliest idea I have ever heard of...and guess what? It doesn't work! Oh my! I have had a mail server crash and be down for 3-4 days once, and it didn't have ANY effect on the spam that came in. It just picked up where it left off.
This is REALLY too fucking stupid. The place is a W-A-S-T-E-L-A-N-D. Geez............
This fat piece of shit isn't worthy enough for anything but to allow himself to be shit on.
Of course, it was the frogs in frogland where he received the award, so I guess we should consider the source.
I have read O'Reilly Books for as long as I can remember at least 10 yrs. They are without question the best books on computer related technology, no one else comes close.
Well for my 'money' leave yahoo.com and try http://www.myway.com/ Has the same interface and then some and the email is free.
Just my 3 centavos but...
Orbz.org and other blackhole orgs bears some of the responsibility. They immediately blackhole an open relay without giving them a grace period to fix it or work with orbz and others to getit fixed.
I appreciate the service they provide but being a blackhole block site, you SHOULD be prepared for lawsuits or you shouldnt provide the service and be in that business, That is just how things work in our sue happy society... so get over it and quit whining.
Unfotunately, until the feds make it illegal to spam, it isnt going to stop anyway and in fact will get worse in the coming years, with or without blackhole lists. It is like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube, spam is fucking here to stay and get worse than it is now.
Lotus Notes is a piece of crap mail server anyway and VERY expensive to upgrade and patch.
Frankly, South Park sux as far as animation is concerned. I you compare it to Tex Avery [art] productions and then look at South Park [trash] you will see what I mean.
Content? well that is a matter of taste, i suppose.
[Definitely Flame Bait!!!!!] I WON't post this anonymously!
Geez! our stupid american pop psychology has spread over seas! I wonder if i can tell my boss this, since my job requires that I be on the internet 8+ hrs/day. Does this mean I can now start suing everybody and file for disability and also get retraining and file for Workman's Comp and not have to work at all because I am a 'victim' now?
Hmmmmmm........
I think it is a tempest in a teapot... Practical experience has shown ME that NT has been unreliable and slow on my nets compared to linux. Fact of the matter is, why would i run a webserver using samba? I would never do that. I run linux, and apache for my webservers. They never crash and they hand 70000+ potential users, using a .cgi script. I have NEVER....I repeat never had a crash OR complaint from my users period.
Without regard to the tests conducted at ZDNET, practical experience has shown me which webserver to use, not to mention, which one i use for more mission critical applications and services.
I suppose that those that are tired of the crashes will turn to linux. Those that dont experience it will continue dishing out the bucks, and stay awake at nights wondering if when they go into work in the morning whether or not there will be a 'blue screen ' waiting for them and then they go on.
I find it really odd that some system admins find it entirely acceptable to have a server and/or workstation crash. I would like someone to explain that one to me!
Terry Funk