My question is, where in the budget do they detail how much they're paying the mope who made this awful, animated mess of a ppt?!
I mean, Director of National Intelligence? Shouldn't they have guys almost making feature films with rotating, interactive, wireframe maps for their presentations?
"For those who remember the Netscape Navigator suite, it's lost a little weight -- Navigator no longer includes mail or HTML composer components, just a souped-up Firefox build with a number of features that integrate with the Netscape.com portal."
I'm glad to hear it's been slimmed down, but really, is integration with the Netscape.com portal a big feature?
This essay seems to be largely about phishing attacks, etc.
What worries me more, is that my mother, who is not my guardian anymore (by a longshot) can still call educational institutions that I attend and get information about my enrollment with nothing more than my name and social security number. She's hardly what anyone would call an expert in social engineering.
Or how about banking? Many banks use your ssn as an identity verification. Both stupid AND dangerous! Somewhere along the line someone decided that the ssn was a secure pin that everyone was guaranteed to have, and was easier than managing your own secret pin system. I'd love to see that person flogged.
This has everything to do with recurring revenue, and nothing to do with protection against transference for the sake of preventing unwanted traits in other crops.
I'll start. My HTC (cingular 8525) is a sliding-keyboard touchscreen phone on WM5. The biggest drawback is that they're monsters, and they're too delicate. For both those reasons, I never put my phone in my pocket, I have to carry it around.
It's so bad, I actually unlocked my old Razr so I'd have something to take out with me at night.
Absolutely, and I worry that making a stink like this might actually scare other PC vendors out of offering linux desktops. Don't get me wrong, a person should be entitled to whatever they paid for, but this territory is largely uncharted. It might benefit everyone to be careful with how they handle things.
I get the scripted installer part for admins, but why would a distro like Gentoo, which has already found its niche, violate that niche by dumping development time into a "newbie" installer? It's not as though I'm really bothered by it, but it seems like they've been content to leave the super-easy install to the Fedora and Ubuntu's of the world... even if it meant lesser uptake on their own distro. Does this new installer still download and compile everything from source? Just seems like it takes the focus off a specialized-install-for-all and puts it squarely on increasing the userbase. Why the change?
I might be worth noting that with the first method you just gave her a crash course in installing her own software in the future. Maybe the extra step or two was worth it?
It's both funny and frightening... because that's exactly what he was going for. And here we thought the tinfoil has was just something people referenced as a joke.:(
It also broadens the pool of available programmers. I work for a small business. I know I'm not a great (or good, probably) programmer, but I write all kinds of applications for the company I work at. I certainly try, but I know there are probably a 1,000 ways to do what I do, better.
So why does the company allow me to write our stuff? Because we're a small company and we could never justify hiring those great programmers for every little thing we'd like to have. It's either me, the guy who probably doesn't always know the best way, or not having it at all. In the meantime, like you said, a workstation costs what a workstation costs... it's not like we're dumping extra money into hardware because of my code.
And the people who use my software? They love it. It gets the job done well (because it was designed the way they want it) and it all works fast enough. Geocoding software, log parsing and reporting, trivia engines w/ web services for multiple locations, automated RFP systems that integrate with SalesForce, mailing apps, shopping carts, document libraries, etc... all things they've gotten in the last 11 months that they probably wouldn't have purchased or hired someone to develop, but I can knock out for them in no time while still fulfilling my actual job duties. That makes me pretty damn affordable, considering I'm already worth my salary for my regular job there.
BTW, you can all blame VisualStudio and the.Net framework for making situations like this commonplace... I've seen it all over. It's really TOO easy to write software nowadays! Oh, and nobody panic, I know my code isn't good enough for the public... you won't be dealing with any of my bugs anytime in the near future.:)
My apologies, I know nothing about IPv6, but what you said makes sense. I've been under the impression that it was an issue of moving everyone to IPv6 at the ISPs and providing some kind of transparent compatibility layer, now it sounds to me like IPv6 is dead at the starting gate with no hope for future implementation. Is that the case?
If so, is there another viable replacement protocol with a larger set of addresses that has better compatibility with IPv4 and just doesn't get as much attention? It just seems like for all the championing of ipv6, the idea of a graceful rollout just doesn't have legs. And how is it that this protocol was designed without special consideration for migration from v4 to v6? It seems terribly short-sighted to develop that sort of thing with no concept of how anyone could ever start to use it.
I use a USB printer with my laptop. I have the same problem, but without the script you wrote.
I'd like to find the guy that thinks it's a "feature" having to uninstall my printer, reboot the laptop and reinstall the printer again every time I want to print. The smartass with the "just install it and forget it" must have a workstation with an lpt printer.
Those are the kinds of oversights that make me think this stuff isn't ready for my parents and coworkers.
What you just said about Linux having superior hw support had never, in the last 10 years, been the case for me. All distros have been grossly inferior in that regard... until Vista was released.
The excruciating lack of driver support on Vista is actually more painful than any linux distro I've ever used. Now Ubuntu, SuSE and Gentoo power the same equipment that Vista wouldn't, with very few non-working components.
That means one thing... now is the time. People need to ignore the recent FUD about patent violations and push particularly hard as all your average joes start trying to get Vistra running on their 1yr old (Vista incapable) hardware. This year is the best chance Linux on the desktop will ever have to overcome its worst stigmas and make some kind of inroad, however small, into the desktop market.
"Google recently redid the presentation of the statistics service they aquired (Google Analytics), making it worse"
Statements like these are more opinion than anything. Everyone I know likes the revamp better, along with the additional features. Honestly, it is far and away the best free service of its kind.
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Me too, but I'm still giggling at the thought of telling my boss, "I don't do email."
Uh, you just divert weapons power to forward shields. C'mon man, use your noggin. :)
My question is, where in the budget do they detail how much they're paying the mope who made this awful, animated mess of a ppt?!
I mean, Director of National Intelligence? Shouldn't they have guys almost making feature films with rotating, interactive, wireframe maps for their presentations?
TV is bullshit!
Can you imagine how bad that guy gets razzed by his coworkers?!
"For those who remember the Netscape Navigator suite, it's lost a little weight -- Navigator no longer includes mail or HTML composer components, just a souped-up Firefox build with a number of features that integrate with the Netscape.com portal."
I'm glad to hear it's been slimmed down, but really, is integration with the Netscape.com portal a big feature?
This essay seems to be largely about phishing attacks, etc.
What worries me more, is that my mother, who is not my guardian anymore (by a longshot) can still call educational institutions that I attend and get information about my enrollment with nothing more than my name and social security number. She's hardly what anyone would call an expert in social engineering.
Or how about banking? Many banks use your ssn as an identity verification. Both stupid AND dangerous! Somewhere along the line someone decided that the ssn was a secure pin that everyone was guaranteed to have, and was easier than managing your own secret pin system. I'd love to see that person flogged.
This has everything to do with recurring revenue, and nothing to do with protection against transference for the sake of preventing unwanted traits in other crops.
Just wrong.
I'll start. My HTC (cingular 8525) is a sliding-keyboard touchscreen phone on WM5. The biggest drawback is that they're monsters, and they're too delicate. For both those reasons, I never put my phone in my pocket, I have to carry it around.
It's so bad, I actually unlocked my old Razr so I'd have something to take out with me at night.
Absolutely, and I worry that making a stink like this might actually scare other PC vendors out of offering linux desktops. Don't get me wrong, a person should be entitled to whatever they paid for, but this territory is largely uncharted. It might benefit everyone to be careful with how they handle things.
That joke is so last weekend. :)
I get the scripted installer part for admins, but why would a distro like Gentoo, which has already found its niche, violate that niche by dumping development time into a "newbie" installer? It's not as though I'm really bothered by it, but it seems like they've been content to leave the super-easy install to the Fedora and Ubuntu's of the world... even if it meant lesser uptake on their own distro. Does this new installer still download and compile everything from source? Just seems like it takes the focus off a specialized-install-for-all and puts it squarely on increasing the userbase. Why the change?
It almost seems like saw Han's demonstration and figured it would be a great way to show off the benefits of using XAML for UI design.
To: Slashdot Editors
Re: Dupes
I know we bitch about dupes, but can we get a dupe of this article when they actually RELEASE this please?
Thanks!
I might be worth noting that with the first method you just gave her a crash course in installing her own software in the future. Maybe the extra step or two was worth it?
It's both funny and frightening... because that's exactly what he was going for. And here we thought the tinfoil has was just something people referenced as a joke. :(
I'm not the usual jerk that complains about FF's feature bloat, but I wonder if this new feature is optional.
Excellent point.
.Net framework for making situations like this commonplace... I've seen it all over. It's really TOO easy to write software nowadays! Oh, and nobody panic, I know my code isn't good enough for the public... you won't be dealing with any of my bugs anytime in the near future. :)
It also broadens the pool of available programmers. I work for a small business. I know I'm not a great (or good, probably) programmer, but I write all kinds of applications for the company I work at. I certainly try, but I know there are probably a 1,000 ways to do what I do, better.
So why does the company allow me to write our stuff? Because we're a small company and we could never justify hiring those great programmers for every little thing we'd like to have. It's either me, the guy who probably doesn't always know the best way, or not having it at all. In the meantime, like you said, a workstation costs what a workstation costs... it's not like we're dumping extra money into hardware because of my code.
And the people who use my software? They love it. It gets the job done well (because it was designed the way they want it) and it all works fast enough. Geocoding software, log parsing and reporting, trivia engines w/ web services for multiple locations, automated RFP systems that integrate with SalesForce, mailing apps, shopping carts, document libraries, etc... all things they've gotten in the last 11 months that they probably wouldn't have purchased or hired someone to develop, but I can knock out for them in no time while still fulfilling my actual job duties. That makes me pretty damn affordable, considering I'm already worth my salary for my regular job there.
BTW, you can all blame VisualStudio and the
My apologies, I know nothing about IPv6, but what you said makes sense. I've been under the impression that it was an issue of moving everyone to IPv6 at the ISPs and providing some kind of transparent compatibility layer, now it sounds to me like IPv6 is dead at the starting gate with no hope for future implementation. Is that the case?
If so, is there another viable replacement protocol with a larger set of addresses that has better compatibility with IPv4 and just doesn't get as much attention? It just seems like for all the championing of ipv6, the idea of a graceful rollout just doesn't have legs. And how is it that this protocol was designed without special consideration for migration from v4 to v6? It seems terribly short-sighted to develop that sort of thing with no concept of how anyone could ever start to use it.
www.irs.gov
You can fill out your SS-4 online or 1-800 it in. Both ways it's a very simple process.
You really want that sort of person on a commercial airplane?
I use a USB printer with my laptop. I have the same problem, but without the script you wrote.
I'd like to find the guy that thinks it's a "feature" having to uninstall my printer, reboot the laptop and reinstall the printer again every time I want to print. The smartass with the "just install it and forget it" must have a workstation with an lpt printer.
Those are the kinds of oversights that make me think this stuff isn't ready for my parents and coworkers.
What you just said about Linux having superior hw support had never, in the last 10 years, been the case for me. All distros have been grossly inferior in that regard... until Vista was released.
The excruciating lack of driver support on Vista is actually more painful than any linux distro I've ever used. Now Ubuntu, SuSE and Gentoo power the same equipment that Vista wouldn't, with very few non-working components.
That means one thing... now is the time. People need to ignore the recent FUD about patent violations and push particularly hard as all your average joes start trying to get Vistra running on their 1yr old (Vista incapable) hardware. This year is the best chance Linux on the desktop will ever have to overcome its worst stigmas and make some kind of inroad, however small, into the desktop market.
...and doesn't have to worry about IP problems.
"Google recently redid the presentation of the statistics service they aquired (Google Analytics), making it worse"
Statements like these are more opinion than anything. Everyone I know likes the revamp better, along with the additional features. Honestly, it is far and away the best free service of its kind.
On the contrary, 100mil buys a lot of trips to the comic store.