Steve Jobs' dedication, skills and successes have been outstanding for decades.
The market value of Apple, Jobs' brainchild, the only cosmetic manufacturer in the computer industry (pc's with lipstick), is the unequivocal testimony to Jobs talents!
The 3rd generation of the iPhone was the first and only Apple product I could have imagined buying for myself. The iPad? No, the new Samsung Galaxy outclasses it, and Apple knows that.
Too bad for the Mac OS it didn't receive any injections of Steve Jobs' talents. It still sucks.
Steve Jobs will be missed. But his loss can only be good for Apple's competitors. So Samsung. Get going! Get those Samsung Galaxy out.
"Chemical analyses of the minerals near the cells suggest the microorganisms depended on sulfur for fuel" If we find them alive, move them to Athabasca oil fields in Canada - http://vimeo.com/6547387
"Now, we are entering a consolidation phase"?! No!
There are no indications that we are entering a consolidation phase.
640k... http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates: "I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again."
No, the tighter integration of fast memory with multicore CPU/GPU-like capacities will create the new killer apps we have not developed yet. IBM Watson in your pocket? Perhaps, but most likely the servies or device is not developed yet.
There are no indications that we are entering a consolidation phase!
"He resisted having an official kernel debugger for years, because he said kernel developers should be able to hold everything in their heads and not need a debugger to help them. (Did he ever give in on that?)"
There has been a debugger in the kernel since 2.6.26-rc1, Mar 2008 (http://lwn.net/Articles/280912/):
"Another feature that is notable not for its size, but because people have tried to get me to merge it for some long is kgdb support. Which really turned out pretty small and clean, once people started putting their effort into making it so."
One can readily imagine that WoW-players will be the next generation Star Trek fans. TV series followers from a few decades ago probably are the same (alien?) breed. The long term nostalgia potential for WoW appears great.
Seriously, this will make some interesting monkey business.
It is of the same importance when Microsoft decided to jump on the hardware wagon too, through the Xbox. A lot of analysts were surprised but not overly surprised. Google, being a software only until now, doing the same as Microsoft seems natural.
"Something people don't appreciate about MS is that they test their UI with users, quite extensively. That doesn't mean they always make the right choice, but it does give them a better chance of it."
And if you want MS users to abandon Windows a similar GUI is needed.
OT: Murdoch apparently misled London Police/UK Parliament:
"News Corp. heir apparent James Murdoch is now in the crosshairs of critics who charge he misled Parliament about Britain's phone-hacking scandal.
The allegations against the 38-year-old Murdoch, long considered the successor to his father Rupert, raised questions about his credibility - and his future.
Murdoch, under questioning this week, said he was unaware the invasions of privacy at the now-shuttered News of the World went beyond a single reporter.
But a pair of former Murdoch top staffers contradicted the media scion, insisting he was informed years ago about an email suggesting the hacking was far more prevalent.
The incriminating missive was uncovered during a lawsuit filed by British soccer association chief Gordon Taylor over alleged hacking of his phone.
The email, which included a transcript of an illegally obtained conversation, seemed to implicate others at the muckraking tabloid."
Wow! Had this been ancient Palestine the Murdochs would have been sentenced to, lo and behold, strangulation... At least if there are gems in the hearing room
"A sage who is guilty of insubordination in front of the grand court in the Chamber of the Hewn Stone"
and given that the Murdochs in their senior positions must both be considered sage regarding the petty realm they were guarding, and were telling stories that didn't fit fit other observations. What were the gems? With all the ingenious lies and brilliant puns delivered over the centuries aren't they little gems in their outright own. So, they ARE in the Chamber of the Hewn Stone; in fact there must have been many a hewn stone over the years.
Bletchley Park appears to be safe for now. Here are some previous Slashdot headlines:
2011 Queen Elizabeth Sets a Code-Breaking Challenge Tunny Code-Breaker Rebuilt At Bletchley Park Campaign Saves Unique Turing Archive EDSAC Computer To Be Rebuilt
2010 Fight Begins To Secure Turing Papers For Bletchley Park Museum 'Retro Programming' Teaches Using 1980s Machines UK Gov't Spending Details Now Online
2009 Bletchley Park WWII Staff Finally Recognized No Museum Status For UK Home of Enigma Machine Old Computers Resurrected As Instruments At Bletchley Park
2008 Cash Lifeline For Bletchley Park PGP Leads Corporate Efforts To Save Bletchley Park Bletchley Park Faces Financial Rescue Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin
While I realize one cannot have every building associated with victory in WWII saved, it is nice to see recognition of the intellectual side of it. Are there more dedicated sites of this kind around the world?
Slashdot Mirror
Is this yet another joke without any options?!
In case not, damnit! But, good luck and thanks a lots for more than a decade's worth of Slashdot!
Steve Jobs' dedication, skills and successes have been outstanding for decades.
The market value of Apple, Jobs' brainchild, the only cosmetic manufacturer in the computer industry (pc's with lipstick), is the unequivocal testimony to Jobs talents!
The 3rd generation of the iPhone was the first and only Apple product I could have imagined buying for myself. The iPad? No, the new Samsung Galaxy outclasses it, and Apple knows that.
Too bad for the Mac OS it didn't receive any injections of Steve Jobs' talents. It still sucks.
Steve Jobs will be missed. But his loss can only be good for Apple's competitors. So Samsung. Get going! Get those Samsung Galaxy out.
Word! "I have heard Java sux" many times.
Still, the French Ariane 5 engineers did NOT use Java (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5_Flight_501#Arithmetic_Overflow).
So, in conclusion, you can crash a rocket without using Java. Impressive!
Still, nice set of arguments you had. ;)
"Chemical analyses of the minerals near the cells suggest the microorganisms depended on sulfur for fuel"
If we find them alive, move them to Athabasca oil fields in Canada - http://vimeo.com/6547387
Maybe you meant they are fossils of an organism living IN a beach? I guess it was too small to be ON it anyhow.
"Now, we are entering a consolidation phase"?! No!
There are no indications that we are entering a consolidation phase.
640k... http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates: "I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again."
No, the tighter integration of fast memory with multicore CPU/GPU-like capacities will create the new killer apps we have not developed yet. IBM Watson in your pocket? Perhaps, but most likely the servies or device is not developed yet.
There are no indications that we are entering a consolidation phase!
Compare the focus of http://www.godmad.dk/ with http://www.isgodmad.com/ and you'll that the Danish takes thing more calmly.
"He resisted having an official kernel debugger for years, because he said kernel developers should be able to hold everything in their heads and not need a debugger to help them. (Did he ever give in on that?)"
There has been a debugger in the kernel since 2.6.26-rc1, Mar 2008 (http://lwn.net/Articles/280912/):
"Another feature that is notable not for its size, but because people have tried to get me to merge it for some long is kgdb support. Which really turned out pretty small and clean, once people started putting their effort into making it so."
So, he gave in on that three years ago.
Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kgdb
However, I failed to find any reports of its usefulness, or any reports of any bugs it has found.
Sebastian Anthony at Extremtech has written a very nice, seven page article named "6 computer labs that gave birth to the digital world". Bletchley Park is included, as expected.
One can readily imagine that WoW-players will be the next generation Star Trek fans. TV series followers from a few decades ago probably are the same (alien?) breed. The long term nostalgia potential for WoW appears great.
As surprising as security firms employ "crackers", sometimes known as "hackers".
They probably "just" hired someone who had competence in the area, with a CV to speak of.
Battle of the Apes, and Ballmer not invited?
Seriously, this will make some interesting monkey business.
It is of the same importance when Microsoft decided to jump on the hardware wagon too, through the Xbox. A lot of analysts were surprised but not overly surprised. Google, being a software only until now, doing the same as Microsoft seems natural.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14430598
"China has scolded the US over its "addiction to debt" after rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the US' top-notch AAA rating to AA+.
State news agency Xinhua said unless the US cut its "gigantic military expenditure and bloated welfare costs," another downgrade would be inevitable."
It may go faster than anyone would like.
Do like the Greeks, have the richer and harder working guys feed you, for the Greeks it is EU. In the case of the US it will be China.
That would make an interesting poll. How many months since you bought anything "Made in USA".
"Something people don't appreciate about MS is that they test their UI with users, quite extensively. That doesn't mean they always make the right choice, but it does give them a better chance of it."
And if you want MS users to abandon Windows a similar GUI is needed.
OT: Murdoch apparently misled London Police/UK Parliament:
"News Corp. heir apparent James Murdoch is now in the crosshairs of critics who charge he misled Parliament about Britain's phone-hacking scandal.
The allegations against the 38-year-old Murdoch, long considered the successor to his father Rupert, raised questions about his credibility - and his future.
Murdoch, under questioning this week, said he was unaware the invasions of privacy at the now-shuttered News of the World went beyond a single reporter.
But a pair of former Murdoch top staffers contradicted the media scion, insisting he was informed years ago about an email suggesting the hacking was far more prevalent.
The incriminating missive was uncovered during a lawsuit filed by British soccer association chief Gordon Taylor over alleged hacking of his phone.
The email, which included a transcript of an illegally obtained conversation, seemed to implicate others at the muckraking tabloid."
Read more at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2011/07/23/2011-07-23_murdoch_son_sinks_deeper_amid_cries_he_misled_probe.html
Why is this worrying? I really don't see the issue.
Let them use GPL software instead.
Wow! Had this been ancient Palestine the Murdochs would have been sentenced to, lo and behold, strangulation... At least if there are gems in the hearing room
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment_(Judaism)#Punishment_by_Chenek_.28strangulation.29
"A sage who is guilty of insubordination in front of the grand court in the Chamber of the Hewn Stone"
and given that the Murdochs in their senior positions must both be considered sage regarding the petty realm they were guarding, and were telling stories that didn't fit fit other observations. What were the gems? With all the ingenious lies and brilliant puns delivered over the centuries aren't they little gems in their outright own. So, they ARE in the Chamber of the Hewn Stone; in fact there must have been many a hewn stone over the years.
No, this is not funny, at all.
And like ftp replacing his need for hard drives, G+ replaces his needs for Twitter. People will twitter for him.
Bletchley Park appears to be safe for now. Here are some previous Slashdot headlines:
2011
Queen Elizabeth Sets a Code-Breaking Challenge
Tunny Code-Breaker Rebuilt At Bletchley Park
Campaign Saves Unique Turing Archive
EDSAC Computer To Be Rebuilt
2010
Fight Begins To Secure Turing Papers For Bletchley Park Museum
'Retro Programming' Teaches Using 1980s Machines
UK Gov't Spending Details Now Online
2009
Bletchley Park WWII Staff Finally Recognized
No Museum Status For UK Home of Enigma Machine
Old Computers Resurrected As Instruments At Bletchley Park
2008
Cash Lifeline For Bletchley Park
PGP Leads Corporate Efforts To Save Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park Faces Financial Rescue
Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin
While I realize one cannot have every building associated with victory in WWII saved, it is nice to see recognition of the intellectual side of it. Are there more dedicated sites of this kind around the world?
Wish wash
A hard drive needs power and a connection.
How much do you need to pimp that to make the Apple fan-girlies understand the function?
Seriously!
Oh, I read it wrong... Pastafarianism != Rastafarianism
Un-enlightened Austrian authorities? No. I don't think so.
Anyone who refer to deities in their regular life, like Niko Aim, is un-enlightened.
That those Austrian authorities gave in to this makes me sad.
I use Windows at times. That way I remember how nice Debian Linux is.
It is slower, uglier, and reminds me of the olde days.