US Patent 6,775,786 : Filed by Microsoft : The concept of clicking a mouse button to perform a task.
Closely followed by... US Patent 6,775,787 : Filed by Microsoft : The concept of intercourse to procreate.
Seriously, what is the world coming to. Corporates such as Microsoft should not be allowed to patent bogus things like this. This is truly Capitalism at it's worst...what power have the US given these people!?
This is certainly a frightening concept. What if this "Vast Machine" just happens to be bombed and is destroyed?
Sure, backup power would exist, but the concept of having something as important as that resting on one main device, is truly quite frightening.
"While alternatives such as the Mozilla Project and the Opera browser still exist, their marketshare is miniscule."
A small current marketshare can in no way infer that "The Browser Wars are Over" and that Internet Explorer will ALWAYS be the de-facto standard. Sure, Mozilla may have not have a huge marketshare at the moment, but then again, neither does Linux in terms of common Desktop usage to the average user.
I feel that when Linux really takes off as a real Windows alternative to the average user, Mozilla will really begin to shine, and it's market share will increase as Linux's market share increases.
The Browser Wars are certainly not over yet...they are just being postponed for a little while.:P
Whenever I think of Data Recovery, I always get this mental image of a hard drive in an operating table, and all these geeky guys with glasses and long white coats poking and prodding it with scalpels.
Nanosurgery with lasers...wow...everything just keeps getting smaller.
Does anyone remember the Nanobots in the Red Dwarf series?
If not, they were tiny (VERY tiny) machines that you could re-arrange atoms, so in essence they could turn dust into gold. (provided a very extra atoms were used). Just imagine if these Nanobots ever become a reality, and their implications on surgery.
Just think...this tiny robot could not only be used for surgery, but if you gave it some kind of animal (such as a sheep), it could make new bodily organs for humans!
Well, you know what they say...
"Nothing is taken seriously, until Microsoft takes it seriously"
I can't wait until Microsoft releases their own P2P file sharing application. It's only a matter of time...
I was quoting Gosling there, so I assume he was therefore referring to the entire XP suite.
Either way, Open Source still offers a lot of this $400 package, with the nice price tag of $0.
Oh, and don't forget that Open Office is..."not only a word processor, but a spreadsheet, presentation software, database software, personal information management software, etc. etc" :P
As we may remember from a recent interview with James Gosling, he made the statement,
"There's no way that I could pay nearly $4,000 for a freaking word processor at home. It just isn't going to happen."
If the home user cannot justify purchasing an expensive office suite, it is no surprise that the small business will try to avoid it as well. Initiatives such as OpenOffice really help to push these boundaries, making Open Source software appealing to business, and to the end user.
I personally use Abiword and OpenOffice in my day to day word processing, and I prefer it much to the expensive Microsoft Office suite.
Ok...good point. There are multiple players for Windows...but each one has their one good points and bad points. Wouldn't you prefer to have one kick ass video app, rather than 5 video apps that have their own individual good and bad points?
No, I'm not involved in either project, but I am just thinking of the end users here.
Why have two good applications that essentially do the same thing, when you could merge them into one really good application. It will not only create a better product, but will create some unification in desktop video playback.
With Linux slowly entering the Desktop market, every effort to make the end user experience that more care free must be made. The end user does not wish to ponder over whether to play their new DVD in MPlayer or Xine. They want the simplicity of Windows where they just pop it in and load up a single application. Hassle-free.
What about other software?
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Sure, it's great to have a v1.0 release of MPlayer, but on the other end of the stick, Xine is not far off from hitting the 1.0 status as well.
Won't this seem daunting to the end user (labelled automatically as stupid), having two different applications, with individual libraries, for doing the exact same thing.
Perhaps some collaboration between MPlayer and Xine should occur.
However, the fact I find most surprising, is that Microsoft hasn't stepped in argueing that the software cannot be called, "MPlayer". Perhaps it's 1.0 status may spur things on...
Let's hope the MPlayer guys don't ship their next release as version 9.0:P
"The new solar cells would even be able to compete with electricity generated by burning fossil fuels such as oil and gas, which costs about $0.40 per watt"
This is certainly excellent news. With oil reserves slowly running down and with countries that require 'liberation' slowly dwindling, we certainly need new cheap energy sources. It's great to see a product has been created that harnesses solar energy to the point that it could one day replace all need for fossil fuels. This is also have many positive ramifacations on the environment, making a lot of people happy.
Another large source of energy that has been largely untapped is geothermal energy, which is obtained through convering heat from the Earth into usable energy.
It really demonstrates the effect that these large oil corporations have on our world, when there are much better cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels, yet these are being ignored for the sake of the oil companies.
I can just see all the Valve Software guys in a circle around a SCO executive, pushing him around going...
"Whadda gonna do huh? Revoke out Unix license!"
"The Map of Innovation: Creating Something Out of Nothing."
God School : Lesson One
I sure hope you've all read the textbook for the year, as your first homework assignment is to create something from nothing, and then watch in histeria as the inhabitants of your 'something' try to explain your actions as "The Big Bang".
It's all opinionated really. It may tarnish Linux for some, yet it may reinforce it for others.
I know this is horibbly offtopic example, but it explains what I mean...
If a police office is accused of abusing a child, people will always think different of him, even if the accusations are false.
As with Linux, even if these allegations are false, they were still made, and people will remember them.
Either way, the damage to Linux has been done. Whether SCO is totally wrong in their accusations, which this letter from SGI will assist, Linux and Open Source software will look that little bit less appetising to any corporation.
SCO will certainly tarnish Open Source, but hopefully SGI will soften the blow with this open letter. Good Work SGI!
It seems that slowly, the power that these large organisations had over what can be accomplished is moving into the hands of the average user.
We are seeing the revolution of this not only in music, but also in the recently accounced
Fanimatrix
A wonderous use of special effects were used in this, which were simply created by an end user, without a multi-million dollar video editing studio. It seems this end user power is also moving to the music industry.
Is it possible that big recording studios and Hollywood will not wield the same amount of power in the future as to what they wield today?
It's great to see that the third-party client arena has recieved some lime-light recently, but what Microsofts effort to block third-party clients?
I knew that they were going to block these clients the day after the shutting down of their online-chatting facilities, which I believe has already occured.
Is it possible that these changes have been made, and that third party clients have been unaffected?
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US Patent 6,775,786 : Filed by Microsoft : The concept of clicking a mouse button to perform a task.
Closely followed by...
US Patent 6,775,787 : Filed by Microsoft : The concept of intercourse to procreate.
Seriously, what is the world coming to. Corporates such as Microsoft should not be allowed to patent bogus things like this.
This is truly Capitalism at it's worst...what power have the US given these people!?
Remember... Multiple Monitors Increases Productivity
*looks at 10 panel display*
WHOA!
His productivity's way off the charts!
This is certainly a frightening concept. What if this "Vast Machine" just happens to be bombed and is destroyed?
Sure, backup power would exist, but the concept of having something as important as that resting on one main device, is truly quite frightening.
"While alternatives such as the Mozilla Project and the Opera browser still exist, their marketshare is miniscule." :P
A small current marketshare can in no way infer that "The Browser Wars are Over" and that Internet Explorer will ALWAYS be the de-facto standard. Sure, Mozilla may have not have a huge marketshare at the moment, but then again, neither does Linux in terms of common Desktop usage to the average user.
I feel that when Linux really takes off as a real Windows alternative to the average user, Mozilla will really begin to shine, and it's market share will increase as Linux's market share increases.
The Browser Wars are certainly not over yet...they are just being postponed for a little while.
Whenever I think of Data Recovery, I always get this mental image of a hard drive in an operating table, and all these geeky guys with glasses and long white coats poking and prodding it with scalpels.
Nanosurgery with lasers...wow...everything just keeps getting smaller.
Does anyone remember the Nanobots in the Red Dwarf series?
If not, they were tiny (VERY tiny) machines that you could re-arrange atoms, so in essence they could turn dust into gold. (provided a very extra atoms were used). Just imagine if these Nanobots ever become a reality, and their implications on surgery.
Just think...this tiny robot could not only be used for surgery, but if you gave it some kind of animal (such as a sheep), it could make new bodily organs for humans!
Well, you know what they say...
"Nothing is taken seriously, until Microsoft takes it seriously"
I can't wait until Microsoft releases their own P2P file sharing application. It's only a matter of time...
Farm animals horrified by full frontal human exposure.
Dave Barry Strikes AGAIN!
"Tonight, on CNET, we reveal the interview they didn't want you to see."
Scully VS Jobs
Only, on CNET Cable...
I was quoting Gosling there, so I assume he was therefore referring to the entire XP suite. :P
Either way, Open Source still offers a lot of this $400 package, with the nice price tag of $0.
Oh, and don't forget that Open Office is..."not only a word processor, but a spreadsheet, presentation software, database software, personal information management software, etc. etc"
As we may remember from a recent interview with James Gosling, he made the statement,
"There's no way that I could pay nearly $4,000 for a freaking word processor at home. It just isn't going to happen."
If the home user cannot justify purchasing an expensive office suite, it is no surprise that the small business will try to avoid it as well. Initiatives such as OpenOffice really help to push these boundaries, making Open Source software appealing to business, and to the end user.
I personally use Abiword and OpenOffice in my day to day word processing, and I prefer it much to the expensive Microsoft Office suite.
Ok...good point. There are multiple players for Windows...but each one has their one good points and bad points. Wouldn't you prefer to have one kick ass video app, rather than 5 video apps that have their own individual good and bad points?
No, I'm not involved in either project, but I am just thinking of the end users here.
Why have two good applications that essentially do the same thing, when you could merge them into one really good application. It will not only create a better product, but will create some unification in desktop video playback.
With Linux slowly entering the Desktop market, every effort to make the end user experience that more care free must be made. The end user does not wish to ponder over whether to play their new DVD in MPlayer or Xine. They want the simplicity of Windows where they just pop it in and load up a single application. Hassle-free.
Sure, it's great to have a v1.0 release of MPlayer, but on the other end of the stick, Xine is not far off from hitting the 1.0 status as well. Won't this seem daunting to the end user (labelled automatically as stupid), having two different applications, with individual libraries, for doing the exact same thing. :P
Perhaps some collaboration between MPlayer and Xine should occur.
However, the fact I find most surprising, is that Microsoft hasn't stepped in argueing that the software cannot be called, "MPlayer". Perhaps it's 1.0 status may spur things on...
Let's hope the MPlayer guys don't ship their next release as version 9.0
"The new solar cells would even be able to compete with electricity generated by burning fossil fuels such as oil and gas, which costs about $0.40 per watt"
This is certainly excellent news. With oil reserves slowly running down and with countries that require 'liberation' slowly dwindling, we certainly need new cheap energy sources. It's great to see a product has been created that harnesses solar energy to the point that it could one day replace all need for fossil fuels. This is also have many positive ramifacations on the environment, making a lot of people happy.
Another large source of energy that has been largely untapped is geothermal energy, which is obtained through convering heat from the Earth into usable energy.
It really demonstrates the effect that these large oil corporations have on our world, when there are much better cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels, yet these are being ignored for the sake of the oil companies.
Furthermore proving that Microsoft Office is not only bloatware, it contains bloatware.
I can just see all the Valve Software guys in a circle around a SCO executive, pushing him around going...
"Whadda gonna do huh? Revoke out Unix license!"
Valve Software are sueing Linux Kernel creator Linux Torvalds, on suspect that leaked Half-Life 2 source code is present in Linux operating system.
"The Map of Innovation: Creating Something Out of Nothing."
God School : Lesson One
I sure hope you've all read the textbook for the year, as your first homework assignment is to create something from nothing, and then watch in histeria as the inhabitants of your 'something' try to explain your actions as "The Big Bang".
It's all opinionated really. It may tarnish Linux for some, yet it may reinforce it for others. I know this is horibbly offtopic example, but it explains what I mean... If a police office is accused of abusing a child, people will always think different of him, even if the accusations are false. As with Linux, even if these allegations are false, they were still made, and people will remember them.
Either way, the damage to Linux has been done. Whether SCO is totally wrong in their accusations, which this letter from SGI will assist, Linux and Open Source software will look that little bit less appetising to any corporation. SCO will certainly tarnish Open Source, but hopefully SGI will soften the blow with this open letter. Good Work SGI!
It seems that slowly, the power that these large organisations had over what can be accomplished is moving into the hands of the average user. We are seeing the revolution of this not only in music, but also in the recently accounced Fanimatrix
A wonderous use of special effects were used in this, which were simply created by an end user, without a multi-million dollar video editing studio. It seems this end user power is also moving to the music industry. Is it possible that big recording studios and Hollywood will not wield the same amount of power in the future as to what they wield today?
It's great to see that the third-party client arena has recieved some lime-light recently, but what Microsofts effort to block third-party clients? I knew that they were going to block these clients the day after the shutting down of their online-chatting facilities, which I believe has already occured.
Is it possible that these changes have been made, and that third party clients have been unaffected?
Aaah....time for some good ol' fashioned groin kicking and assaults with urine.
"Why have you wrapped your entire couch in tinfoil"? "So it can't be microwaved, sir"