The market for shrink-wrap PC software began its slow upmarket ooze into Christensen obsolescence right around the time that Microsoft really hit its stride. That was also the time of the Internet wave, a phenomenon that Microsoft co-opted without ever really internalizing into product wisdom. While those qualified to move the state of the art forward went down in the millennial flames of the dotcom crash, Microsoft's rigorous belief in the physics of business reality saved both the day and the profits. But the tide had turned, and a realization that "the net" was a far more interesting place than "the PC" began to creep into the heads of consumers and enterprises alike.
Wow. Without reading the rest of the article, would anyone know what that paragraph meant?
Wow. It sounds liks he is advising Microsoft to (among other things) embrace the open source software movement. It's only a matter of time before "Microsoft Linux" is branded.
What would it take to put a clause in the GNU license that says "except Microsoft";-). Note that that was a joke.
Star Bridge Systems is the leading developer of truly parallel Hypercomputers.Our patent-pending hardware, software and Viva programming language are reinventing computer programmability to create the fastest, most versatile and energy-efficient computing systems available for solving many problems that require high computational density.
That's directly from their site. I wish the/. summary would have mentioned parallel hypercomputers. And note that when you search Google for "parallel hypercomputers", you only get get the one hit from Star Bridge Systems (and soon you'll get a hit for this comment on/.;-)). No wonder people thought this was a hoax.
I wonder if the time has come for games that have a purposely short lifetime? This seems to be common on television... so why not MMORPGs? Of course, you'd have to time it right, and advertise it to the right people (maybe offer huge prizes), but I think it could work. Just invest $1,000,000 and get $5,000,000 back, and then
shut it down;-). Then who cares if there is nothing else to do with the game?
Given names are out and Internet userids are in. I've always had this peculiar problem where I can remember userids like hampy and doiner, but I have a real hard time remembering people's real names. I think that user-chosen userids are much more descriptive, and usually more unique, and therefore more memorable. I used to be called my username when I was in college, and even today I'm known as $$$$$exyGal.
*Man takes off his pants and forlornly looks down at his crotch.* "Don't worry!", says the hot naked chick, "Size doesn't matter!". *The man happily jumps in the bed and starts pumping his hips faster than a llama can spit.* "HEY!", yells the hot mama, "SLOW DOWN! It's not the speed, it's how you use it." *Commercial cuts to Intel CEO wearing a suit, sitting in a leather chair*
I am repeatedly surprised by the amount of spam out there that does not contain any way to contact the spammer. How do they expect to make money if there is no way to contact them?
This sounds great, but in the end, some type of "malpractice" insurance would have to be introduced. The cost of that insurance would spiral higher and higher until some president had to address it in the State of the Union Address to the nation.
I don't want to have to get "malpractice" insurance. In the end, that cost will be passed onto the customer, and if the customer doesn't want to pay the extra cost, we'll have to cut some more QA work (ironically)
All the server's will be fixed in a jiffy.
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These exploits won't be around for long. As opposed to website administrator's, Unreal administrator's care about their sites not going down. I'm serious.
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Wow. Without reading the rest of the article, would anyone know what that paragraph meant?
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What would it take to put a clause in the GNU license that says "except Microsoft" ;-). Note that that was a joke.
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Your original search: hypercopmuter returned zero results.
The alternate spelling: hypercomputer returned the results below.
Here's a Feb'1999 Wired Article that explains what Star Bridge considers a hypercomputer.
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That's directly from their site. I wish the /. summary would have mentioned parallel hypercomputers. And note that when you search Google for "parallel hypercomputers", you only get get the one hit from Star Bridge Systems (and soon you'll get a hit for this comment on /. ;-)). No wonder people thought this was a hoax.
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Thanks for being frank. This should be a wake-up call for all slashdot users.
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Just like slashdot! Or at least the parent comment ;-)
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Nice game titles from that company ;-)
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Will this void the warranty?
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Are there really that many web sites out there that are viewable only with IE? I rarely come across any, anymore.
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I don't want to have to get "malpractice" insurance. In the end, that cost will be passed onto the customer, and if the customer doesn't want to pay the extra cost, we'll have to cut some more QA work (ironically)
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As far as the legality, as long as you are selling the items for Amazon.com, then you can use the images. Other than that, I doubt it ;-).
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There ya go. Now it is 8 digits (but 4 numbers).
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You know at least three congressmen have considered pitching that idea ;-)
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