I'd buy into this if:
Each PC had a big panel on the front with a key need to activate each processor and a big red ON switch like they have on ICBM launch desks in the movies.
Big LEDs for each each 25% CPU power used for each core, that make you feel like you're in charge of something powerful
The panel makes a 'Starship Enterprise warp engaging' sound whenever you activate a core
And makes that Death Star 'tractor beam off sound' when you deactivate one
Meet these demands and I might just think about it, until then, bog off with your silly ideas!
Tele-commuters can't go down the pub and bitch with the other drones... this is why I prefer to slog miles into London and see and meet people rather than sit at home (which I could do in my job) and only get a feel for what's going on by mail, IM and phone...
Sure its nice to have a day under the duvet/in the garden with your laptop but that doesn't beat the smile from a receptionist, lunch with friends, watching the office's 'Stressed Eric' lose it... being in on the gossip must rate at least 10% of most people's job satisfaction. Something most of these reports ignore and, to be honest, the author doesn't sound like a corporate bunny anyway
Possibly System Shock 2 was just too good to live up to and should be remade shot for shot under a modern engine... hey that's what Hollywood does. Then that'd be games imitating movies as art, as life... i think
When the missing envelope turns up on someone junior tosspot's desk will the head of customs unresign himself?
That's what happens to most 'missing' post around here. Or will it turn up in 53 years time and be an 'amusing' article at the end of the news?
If SETI is 'wrong', then so is;
Doing the lottery, trying to date models (for most of us) and aiming to hit a hole in one...
For most of us it'll never happen, but if it does, just once... it was worth all the effort
I think the point is they get 100% of the money from any sales and control over their work, rather than the few cents/yen/whatever they'd get from a record company... I paid a couple of quid for it because a) I don't know much Radiohead stuff but b) want more acts to release music this way...
Sure you can only do this if you have a decent fan base, perhaps the next act will put a minimum £/$2 price on it to discourage the freeloaders/guarantee some income but its got to be better than rushing a record for release and for the label to screw you over and having to do all the marketing crap they demand... "Yeah I'm real excited to be here at Radio Alaska/Guam/Telford/Dresden..." When that time could be spent making more/better music.
Is it just me, in the most general of terms, but am I seeing a lot of potential for a 3DO debacle in this?????
Too many parties to make it work and not enough branding if its not called a Googlewhatever
Guessing here but 90% of Windows users don't know what closed source is, so they don't care and will go on something called 'quality of service'. If that's no good then Skype really is screwed and with all the bad press, that's all the typical user needs to hear to steer clear.
Time to change their gameplan?
The company spends more money than the Apollo moon project on an operating system that:
A) Nobody loves... Actual sales are dead, (No edition of Windows Vista remains in the ELSPA Top 10 software chart, where most successful software happily lives for years)
B) Few people actually want
C) That has new features that no one seems to have asked for, use or actively turn off the minute they get it (UAC - we're staring at you!)
D) Has failed to launch a new round of hardware sales
Why has this happened? I think:
A) XP is (finally) fine! That took five years to do!
B) Despite their claims, they forgot about the end user
What should they do about it?
A) Take the Apple approach of subtle upgrades to XP - Panther, Tiger, Bagpuss et al see Apple raking in the cash on a regular basis without trashing its (largely) finely tuned OS-X.
B) Turn Service Pack 3 into an uber-patch and add a desktop layer upgrade, giving XP users that Vista look and feel. Sell it for $80 (£40), call it Windows XP 2008 Edition. Sell it alongside Vista
C) Turn off Windows XP in 2009, once and for all, no messing! Replace it with a revised Vista that is slim and lite...
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Don't joke, my brother-in-law is missing, presumed dead, in South America. I posted to backpacker, military, surfer and ex-pat forums who were a great help and even thought about posting here. But the crap I knew people would post - that his immediate family might read via searches - over rided any benefit that might be gained.
Don't feel bad slashdotters but this isn't the place to come in a fixed-point crisis... although I'm sure many good people would offer help and assistance in wider emergencies.
Not fair, that article is clearly a 'News for everyone else' article... It's up to slashdotters dig out the juicy (old)tech info underneath the story and report on it.
Community spirit and all?
Purely from a technology standpoint this is so cool. We can't be far off the police being armed with Minority Report level gear... how good or bad that turns out to be remains to be seen.
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I'd buy into this if: Each PC had a big panel on the front with a key need to activate each processor and a big red ON switch like they have on ICBM launch desks in the movies. Big LEDs for each each 25% CPU power used for each core, that make you feel like you're in charge of something powerful The panel makes a 'Starship Enterprise warp engaging' sound whenever you activate a core And makes that Death Star 'tractor beam off sound' when you deactivate one Meet these demands and I might just think about it, until then, bog off with your silly ideas!
Tele-commuters can't go down the pub and bitch with the other drones... this is why I prefer to slog miles into London and see and meet people rather than sit at home (which I could do in my job) and only get a feel for what's going on by mail, IM and phone... Sure its nice to have a day under the duvet/in the garden with your laptop but that doesn't beat the smile from a receptionist, lunch with friends, watching the office's 'Stressed Eric' lose it... being in on the gossip must rate at least 10% of most people's job satisfaction. Something most of these reports ignore and, to be honest, the author doesn't sound like a corporate bunny anyway
Shame this guy's digital Rubik's cube (but so much more) gizmo isn't in the list: More here I really want one...
Possibly System Shock 2 was just too good to live up to and should be remade shot for shot under a modern engine... hey that's what Hollywood does. Then that'd be games imitating movies as art, as life... i think
When the missing envelope turns up on someone junior tosspot's desk will the head of customs unresign himself? That's what happens to most 'missing' post around here. Or will it turn up in 53 years time and be an 'amusing' article at the end of the news?
eVoting machines not getting a mention... blimey
Agreed, looks like a fix list rather than a feature list anyway. Surely the next version OS will be all 3D, all virtual, and free of bloat (meh!)
If SETI is 'wrong', then so is; Doing the lottery, trying to date models (for most of us) and aiming to hit a hole in one... For most of us it'll never happen, but if it does, just once... it was worth all the effort
Read that as Chiuaua - if him and Paris Hilton get a in a fight, that'd be fun.
For once I agree with the maniac... Go Steve, Go Steve, left a bit, right a bit... and boogie!
"You're not the boss of me!" - said a Symbian executive cowering under the stairs...
It's not truth but evidence that a jury decides on. And evidence does funny things in the hands of lawyers
This also igores that every cent Radiohead made, the record company made $1 or more... Selective thinking their Mr Taxi.
I think the point is they get 100% of the money from any sales and control over their work, rather than the few cents/yen/whatever they'd get from a record company... I paid a couple of quid for it because a) I don't know much Radiohead stuff but b) want more acts to release music this way... Sure you can only do this if you have a decent fan base, perhaps the next act will put a minimum £/$2 price on it to discourage the freeloaders/guarantee some income but its got to be better than rushing a record for release and for the label to screw you over and having to do all the marketing crap they demand... "Yeah I'm real excited to be here at Radio Alaska/Guam/Telford/Dresden..." When that time could be spent making more/better music.
Is it just me, in the most general of terms, but am I seeing a lot of potential for a 3DO debacle in this????? Too many parties to make it work and not enough branding if its not called a Googlewhatever
Dammit Apple, release the files!
... I hope Apple is just waiting for the next uber Vista screw-up to release OS-X for PCs
It's what Bill Hicks would have wanted.
He grabbed the swag, dodged the big rolling ball, ran through the snake pit and fought the Nazi on the gate - give the guy some credit.
Guessing here but 90% of Windows users don't know what closed source is, so they don't care and will go on something called 'quality of service'. If that's no good then Skype really is screwed and with all the bad press, that's all the typical user needs to hear to steer clear.
Time to change their gameplan? The company spends more money than the Apollo moon project on an operating system that: A) Nobody loves... Actual sales are dead, (No edition of Windows Vista remains in the ELSPA Top 10 software chart, where most successful software happily lives for years) B) Few people actually want C) That has new features that no one seems to have asked for, use or actively turn off the minute they get it (UAC - we're staring at you!) D) Has failed to launch a new round of hardware sales Why has this happened? I think: A) XP is (finally) fine! That took five years to do! B) Despite their claims, they forgot about the end user What should they do about it? A) Take the Apple approach of subtle upgrades to XP - Panther, Tiger, Bagpuss et al see Apple raking in the cash on a regular basis without trashing its (largely) finely tuned OS-X. B) Turn Service Pack 3 into an uber-patch and add a desktop layer upgrade, giving XP users that Vista look and feel. Sell it for $80 (£40), call it Windows XP 2008 Edition. Sell it alongside Vista C) Turn off Windows XP in 2009, once and for all, no messing! Replace it with a revised Vista that is slim and lite...
Don't joke, my brother-in-law is missing, presumed dead, in South America. I posted to backpacker, military, surfer and ex-pat forums who were a great help and even thought about posting here. But the crap I knew people would post - that his immediate family might read via searches - over rided any benefit that might be gained. Don't feel bad slashdotters but this isn't the place to come in a fixed-point crisis... although I'm sure many good people would offer help and assistance in wider emergencies.
If you'd bought a Sony PSP you'd have had well-creamed pants years ago!
Wasn't a sat photo but an aerial photography plane... which makes it more of an airspace concern... dodgy Al Queda Cessnas loaded with bangsticks etc!
Not fair, that article is clearly a 'News for everyone else' article... It's up to slashdotters dig out the juicy (old)tech info underneath the story and report on it. Community spirit and all?
Or wait for Apple to buy NBC! Steve Jobs: "All your director's chairs belong me."
Purely from a technology standpoint this is so cool. We can't be far off the police being armed with Minority Report level gear... how good or bad that turns out to be remains to be seen.