Cruise on over to NooFace to check out some news on UI design. This guy started this Slashdot cloned space so that we could discuss alternate user interfaces. It looks pretty promising, just needs a few more users.
One thing I am interested in is getting rid of WIMP. I don't know what to replace it with (if I did, I would probably be a rich/famous man!), but I tend to like the zooming interface concept. This is where everything is all laid out in a single plane and you just zoom in and out on different areas to get where your going.
No, it has to be cheaper than a comparable x86 board. I'd say that if this thing costs much more than $150 (bare, no CPU) it wont sell at all. At around $200 (board + CPU) I would probably pick it up just to relive my good old Amiga days in a new light (and with some decent speed, damnit!).
Although, some of the coolest things about the Amiga (different resolutions on the same screen!) were directly attributable to the custom chips. And in the article it talks specifically about not having support for the custom chips.:(
Well, having ASP.NET is very convenient to move applications and components from Windows and deploy them on Linux or Unix systems. So I think that this is a plus on its own.
Do you honestly think that Microsoft will allow this? Sure, they say it's great now, but what about in a couple of years? What are they going to sell?
Desktops? No, Windows is now just a dumb terminal front end to.Net servers. Might as well use Mozilla & Mono.
Oh, ok then, they will sell servers. No, all the.Net stuff will run on Linux/Solaris/OS390/etc.
So, Microsoft wont be selling desktops and they wont be selling servers. That makes sense. What is the angle here? What money making scheme am I missing? Are they holding back on some prime APIs or maybe all the.Net classes are under some patent.
The problem here is that if a co-worker gets a email virus, then your carefully protected email address can still get into the wrong hands. My guess is that's what happened to your new employee.
I think filtering is necessary even if you *never* give out your address.:(
I have a really, really hard time believing that the Itanium 2 chip is a replacement for PA-RISC or even Alpha. We have several HP-UX boxen in our shop but we will not be purchasing any more since the PA-RISC is being canceled and I have no idea how the Itanium 2 scales and will be supported.
We are now running several RS6000s running AIX and are pretty happy with them. Sorry HP, you just lost a customer.:/
Is *that* what stuck them together!? Wow, what a time to learn that saliva was the mystery glue that cursed my childhood. I guess better late than never.
This begs the question then: why are Microsoft making all of their future file formats XML?
I don't agree with all of Microsofts efforts but I think this looks like a pretty good effort to work and play well with others. However, knowing Microsoft's history I think that this is likely a ploy to gain more market share.:/
When Katz was in charge, PKWare's programmers often would work on new features that they found interesting rather than targeting specific needs of potential customers, Kennedy said.
"In some cases what they did was successful, but in many cases what they did wasn't anywhere near successful," he said. "The company from this standpoint now is market driven."
This is the most disturbing part of the whole story. I think that PKWare will die a slow and painful death as all the "interesting" ideas get thrown on the floor. Why do companies think that purchasing a successful company and then changing the basics around how they operate will make them grow?!?
Yea, making the company "market driven" is going to work.
I think Apple should step up and fill the gap. They have very capable machines and could support almost any business. Besides the power of the machines, the user experience is like no other. I love Linux, but I wouldnt give up my Mac for every day use.
It's kinda funny; when we accuired a well known pizza chain they were using Macs. We "converted" them from those hethen machines. Now, it looks like they might have been right going with the Macintosh. At least from a legal/licensing point-of-view.
I invested in both the Amiga (A500 in the box right next to me) and the Newton (I use my 120 every day). Less than six months after purchasing each one of those items they went out of production. My talent even extends to automobiles - witness the VW Corrado. I loved that car, yet not 6 months from purchasing it it became a collectors item. So, since I havent yet purchased a TiVo, it wont die.
Now all I have to do is purchase some Microsoft stock and see if my luck holds out.:)
It looks like ROT 13 has been in consideration for quite a bit of time. Go to bug #66822 for the complete story. The short of it is that it is not built into Mozilla at this point, but someone did upload a scriptlet to do this.
This sounds like a GREAT place to store a virus. It's just like the clock virus on the Amiga; it stored itself in the clock memory, thereby surviving reboots. Pretty cool stuff.
Now all we need is some really cool hacker to write a neato virus for us... Any volunteers?:)
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Try using Lithium-Ion camera batteries. That's what I use in my 120 and I love them! Little more expensive, but a lot less heavy.
I agree with NDS being good. Now, what do we have on Linux that can compete with NDS & Active Directory in managing an enterprise network? I have looked and looked with no results.
Please, someone tell me that there is a way out of AD!!!:)
I have been trying to convice my large company to give OSS a chance (specifically CVS) but they want to talk to other large companies and get their take on it. What I need is a web site that contains a list of either references or quotes from large companies telling their OSS stories. If I could say that Sprint and IBM uses CVS extensively, and here is a inside contact that can talk about it, that would go a long way to opening the OSS door.
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According to this Usenet post it's available on freenet with a key of KSK@MSReader_Converter.zip. I knew freenet would come in handy someday. :)
Cruise on over to NooFace to check out some news on UI design. This guy started this Slashdot cloned space so that we could discuss alternate user interfaces. It looks pretty promising, just needs a few more users.
One thing I am interested in is getting rid of WIMP. I don't know what to replace it with (if I did, I would probably be a rich/famous man!), but I tend to like the zooming interface concept. This is where everything is all laid out in a single plane and you just zoom in and out on different areas to get where your going.
OMG!!! I have been asking people if they rememberd this for decades!!! I used to *LOVE* this stuff, both Chocolate & Bannana.
Thanx for the trip down taste bud lane.
No, it has to be cheaper than a comparable x86 board. I'd say that if this thing costs much more than $150 (bare, no CPU) it wont sell at all. At around $200 (board + CPU) I would probably pick it up just to relive my good old Amiga days in a new light (and with some decent speed, damnit!).
:(
Although, some of the coolest things about the Amiga (different resolutions on the same screen!) were directly attributable to the custom chips. And in the article it talks specifically about not having support for the custom chips.
Nah, the error rate is increasing exponentionaly. So, I calculate that you will only have to wait 3 months for the next millionth mistake party. :)
Do you honestly think that Microsoft will allow this? Sure, they say it's great now, but what about in a couple of years? What are they going to sell?
Desktops? No, Windows is now just a dumb terminal front end to
Oh, ok then, they will sell servers. No, all the
So, Microsoft wont be selling desktops and they wont be selling servers. That makes sense. What is the angle here? What money making scheme am I missing? Are they holding back on some prime APIs or maybe all the
The problem here is that if a co-worker gets a email virus, then your carefully protected email address can still get into the wrong hands. My guess is that's what happened to your new employee.
:(
I think filtering is necessary even if you *never* give out your address.
I have a really, really hard time believing that the Itanium 2 chip is a replacement for PA-RISC or even Alpha. We have several HP-UX boxen in our shop but we will not be purchasing any more since the PA-RISC is being canceled and I have no idea how the Itanium 2 scales and will be supported.
:/
We are now running several RS6000s running AIX and are pretty happy with them. Sorry HP, you just lost a customer.
Is *that* what stuck them together!? Wow, what a time to learn that saliva was the mystery glue that cursed my childhood. I guess better late than never.
:)
BTW: This is a way cool LEGO structure!
Or even an onslought of noisy pings! :)
No, you did pay for Windows, it was just buried in the cost of the computer.
This begs the question then: why are Microsoft making all of their future file formats XML?
:/
I don't agree with all of Microsofts efforts but I think this looks like a pretty good effort to work and play well with others. However, knowing Microsoft's history I think that this is likely a ploy to gain more market share.
This is the most disturbing part of the whole story. I think that PKWare will die a slow and painful death as all the "interesting" ideas get thrown on the floor. Why do companies think that purchasing a successful company and then changing the basics around how they operate will make them grow?!?
Yea, making the company "market driven" is going to work.
Wouldnt that be LZH? And yes, I really liked it and used it every day. :)
I think Apple should step up and fill the gap. They have very capable machines and could support almost any business. Besides the power of the machines, the user experience is like no other. I love Linux, but I wouldnt give up my Mac for every day use.
They even have servers. With no license fees!!!
It's kinda funny; when we accuired a well known pizza chain they were using Macs. We "converted" them from those hethen machines. Now, it looks like they might have been right going with the Macintosh. At least from a legal/licensing point-of-view.
The GUI stuff in
I invested in both the Amiga (A500 in the box right next to me) and the Newton (I use my 120 every day). Less than six months after purchasing each one of those items they went out of production. My talent even extends to automobiles - witness the VW Corrado. I loved that car, yet not 6 months from purchasing it it became a collectors item. So, since I havent yet purchased a TiVo, it wont die.
:)
Now all I have to do is purchase some Microsoft stock and see if my luck holds out.
Nah, it's more like:
:)
"UCSB will require students to use ONLY textbooks published in 2003 which you can conviently purchase at the UCSB bookstore."
Oooowwww... I just had flashbacks to "EDLIN" in DOS!
It looks like ROT 13 has been in consideration for quite a bit of time. Go to bug #66822 for the complete story. The short of it is that it is not built into Mozilla at this point, but someone did upload a scriptlet to do this.
This sounds like a GREAT place to store a virus. It's just like the clock virus on the Amiga; it stored itself in the clock memory, thereby surviving reboots. Pretty cool stuff.
:)
Now all we need is some really cool hacker to write a neato virus for us... Any volunteers?
Try using Lithium-Ion camera batteries. That's what I use in my 120 and I love them! Little more expensive, but a lot less heavy.
I agree with NDS being good. Now, what do we have on Linux that can compete with NDS & Active Directory in managing an enterprise network? I have looked and looked with no results.
:)
Please, someone tell me that there is a way out of AD!!!
I have been trying to convice my large company to give OSS a chance (specifically CVS) but they want to talk to other large companies and get their take on it. What I need is a web site that contains a list of either references or quotes from large companies telling their OSS stories. If I could say that Sprint and IBM uses CVS extensively, and here is a inside contact that can talk about it, that would go a long way to opening the OSS door.
ulambda is for lusers, try brainfuck!