It is interesting that now that Mono is getting to a more complete (and possibly usable state), most developers have moved beyond the.NET hype and onto more elegant development platforms...
The phone logins seem quite unnecessary. We have the same super-duper Cisco IP phone system here, but everyones phone is just assigned to its user. I suppose if you had a new desk everyday you came in that would be important...
If you haven't used the new version of Office 2007, you would not have seen that it actually does offer something interesting in it. The new user interface is substantially improved and users can accomplish much more complicated tasks in far less time than before.
I would certainly agree that versions 97-2003 didn't look too much different from one another, but 2007 is a big jump that Vista isn't.
I can tell you that our asterisk teleconferencing server can multiplex 12 audio streams on a Pentium III 667MHz server.... and there's plenty of CPU power still available!
This is clearly a case of artificial limitations. The phone companies probably had their hand in it too --- to limit it to 10 streams.:)
I figure so long as the camera API is open (i.e. you can plug the memory card into the computer and get the pictures off of it normally), I'm not too concerned how it works internally. The internals could change often and drastically, and it would seem like a fruitless effort to publish this data.
Nothing quite as nice as when you start reading the page THIS GIANT WHITE BOX COVERS YOUR ENTIRE SCREEN... making you think to yourself, "WTF?!"... only then a second later you can see some lame advertisement for something getting loaded.
Can't wait to see what they think of next! ...At least there wasn't sound.:)
What about sports themselves? The NFL doesn't undergo major changes from year to your, it only gets upgraded with new players and team logos on an ongoing basis... there's nothing radically changing with the rules of the game.
MAJOR INNOVATION: It'll be way cooler when we have 4D footballs that go the speed of light, and everyone rides motor cycles instead of running around on the field!
S3 Graphics Inc., a leading supplier to the 3D graphics accelerator market, today announced that Club-3D is the first PC board partner in Europe to announce graphics cards featuring S3Graphics' DeltaChrome Hi-Def DX9 graphics processor...
I don't know if I would call S3 a leading supplier of anything!
I think it would be an excellent idea if the OS [Linux or Windows] asked the user what mode they want their OS in.
Beginner mode: take care of everything for me. I just want my e-mail and yahoo.com. Things like 'hide protected OS files' are enabled.
Normal mode: current state of OSs. Some automation, and some of those stupid 'protections' that we all immediately disable would not be put in place to start with.
Expert mode: no automation of anything. Think of this as slackware style windows. You have to configure a bunch of really technical details by hand, but since you know what you are doing you can take advantage of this and configure the system exactly the way you want.
Wouldn't it be an excellent idea for someone to set up a counter-attack program which is essentially a virus listener which responds only when it recieves the infection string from the Blaster virus, at which time it will reverse DNS the incoming address, then start sending out conter-attack packets to that machine, which will uninstall the Blaster virus, and turn that machine into a counter-attack node.
This has the benefit of lowering the overall amount of traffic that is broadcast, and/.'ers would be happy to run these servers and eventually the viruses spread would logarithmically decay.
I am of assuming that there is some way to re-infect a already infected machine with new code. This may or may not be possible.
OLE for Process Control (OPC) is a new technology designed to bridge Windows based applications and process control hardware. It is an open standard that permits a consistent method of accessing field data from plant floor devices. This method remains the same regardless of the type and source of data. Therefore, end users are free to choose the software and hardware that meets their primary production needs, without having to consider the availability of proprietary drivers.
OPC components fit into two categories: OPC clients and OPC servers. A client is typically a data sink -- an application that uses data in some way, such as an MMI or SCADA package. A server is a data source -a device specific program that collects data from a field device, and then makes it available to an OPC client.
and DCOM definately appears to be in the mix as well:
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Actually it looks like PayPal is trying this again as of the last week: http://www.inc.com/tech-blog/ebay-says-paypal-only-please.html
I think I stumbled on Groklaw or something.
I suspect perhaps they already were getting fired anyhow and decided to leave behind a 'legacy' they could be remembered for.
It is interesting that now that Mono is getting to a more complete (and possibly usable state), most developers have moved beyond the .NET hype and onto more elegant development platforms...
That was my first thought too! Even just a little jumping would be good. Keep the 8-bit graphics though. :)
The phone logins seem quite unnecessary. We have the same super-duper Cisco IP phone system here, but everyones phone is just assigned to its user. I suppose if you had a new desk everyday you came in that would be important...
They use both.
As 45 minutes per charge is considered the minimum standard for acceptable usage
If you haven't used the new version of Office 2007, you would not have seen that it actually does offer something interesting in it. The new user interface is substantially improved and users can accomplish much more complicated tasks in far less time than before.
I would certainly agree that versions 97-2003 didn't look too much different from one another, but 2007 is a big jump that Vista isn't.
Juleriy. Awesome.
I think this webserver crashed by time time 3 ppl visited it.
The article is incorrect. It should be >100M hardware units sold
This is clearly a case of artificial limitations. The phone companies probably had their hand in it too --- to limit it to 10 streams. :)
Just noting that the article has a little bias in its phrasing.
I figure so long as the camera API is open (i.e. you can plug the memory card into the computer and get the pictures off of it normally), I'm not too concerned how it works internally. The internals could change often and drastically, and it would seem like a fruitless effort to publish this data.
Can't wait to see what they think of next!
...At least there wasn't sound. :)
What about sports themselves? The NFL doesn't undergo major changes from year to your, it only gets upgraded with new players and team logos on an ongoing basis... there's nothing radically changing with the rules of the game. MAJOR INNOVATION: It'll be way cooler when we have 4D footballs that go the speed of light, and everyone rides motor cycles instead of running around on the field!
S3 Graphics Inc., a leading supplier to the 3D graphics accelerator market, today announced that Club-3D is the first PC board partner in Europe to announce graphics cards featuring S3Graphics' DeltaChrome Hi-Def DX9 graphics processor... I don't know if I would call S3 a leading supplier of anything!
Now I can play my neighbours mp3 collection in the convenience of my living room!
...but what if I can hack into your computer using only the mouse!?
When there is a blackout, I think you need not worry about interference from power lines.
Beginner mode: take care of everything for me. I just want my e-mail and yahoo.com. Things like 'hide protected OS files' are enabled.
Normal mode: current state of OSs. Some automation, and some of those stupid 'protections' that we all immediately disable would not be put in place to start with.
Expert mode: no automation of anything. Think of this as slackware style windows. You have to configure a bunch of really technical details by hand, but since you know what you are doing you can take advantage of this and configure the system exactly the way you want.
This has the benefit of lowering the overall amount of traffic that is broadcast, and /.'ers would be happy to run these servers and eventually the viruses spread would logarithmically decay.
I am of assuming that there is some way to re-infect a already infected machine with new code. This may or may not be possible.
Punch the monkey, win $20, then click some cash in a tree and win another $20! I'm giving away a fortune here!
http://www.matrikon.com/drivers/opc/whatisopc.asp
OLE for Process Control (OPC) is a new technology designed to bridge Windows based applications and process control hardware. It is an open standard that permits a consistent method of accessing field data from plant floor devices. This method remains the same regardless of the type and source of data. Therefore, end users are free to choose the software and hardware that meets their primary production needs, without having to consider the availability of proprietary drivers.
OPC components fit into two categories: OPC clients and OPC servers. A client is typically a data sink -- an application that uses data in some way, such as an MMI or SCADA package. A server is a data source -a device specific program that collects data from a field device, and then makes it available to an OPC client.
and DCOM definately appears to be in the mix as well:
http://www.opcfoundation.org/Downloads/White%20Pap ers/OPC,%20DCOM%20and%20Security.pdf
Perhaps the lusers who are uneducatedly blaming the blaster virus aren't entirely wrong.