WOW! The open-source movement may actually be working - Microsoft is doing something they never have before - worrying about image. This is great! I doubt its going to work, but hell, maybe Microsoft is actually waking up?
At the risk of being flamed, I'm not so sure this is a horrible idea. Now, I'm not particularly thrilled that some government employee (who knows what the restriction on access to this data is going to be?) can read some love-sick email I sent to some girl when I was 15 or whatever, but then again, I don't really care all that much. Do you people have any idea how boring your life is? Sometime ya'all need to ask a security guard that watches the monitors all day what they do. I'm betting most of them will claim their job is incredibly boring, and that they tend to make up stuff about people they see, but don't know, just to hold off the boredom.
Anyway, sure, I'd rather not have the government playing with this garbage. However, as Mr. "SELECT * FROM [tblLife] WHERE [object] = 'Keys'" alluded to - I'd love to have this tool for just me to use!
The Wired article mentions that the site attempts to redirect the "mad scientist" image of poor Mr. Einstein. But geesh, look at the picture on the first page! Seems to me like a exuberant kid trying to "pose for the camera", but is ready to break out laughing at any moment...
Oh, you think these things are gonna be cheaper? The old format cost about $20/disk. Unless they fix the cost problem this time around, it'll die the same way... unmourned.
The article is interesting, but perhaps would be better titled if it mentioned the fact that the causes of these collapses were going to focus on environmental reasons. The author seems to note that some societies have collapsed for other reasons, but never really mentions that his only focus is on those who seem to have collapsed for environmental reasons. I guess my primary problem with this article is it is very simplistic. Because of this one cause, "A", "B" happened. Now, he covers four "causes" but his writing reflects an interesting lack of depth in connecting the causes to the outcome. Rarely is one action the only cause of a reaction. Interesting veiwpoint, however. Of course, it is hardly unique. Wish I had time to throw some links together on the hundreds of articles written on this exact subject. I'd suggest doing a google search on global warming...
Someone spent a lot of time researching something pretty basic - if you sell a computer that has an "open license" (the license is not tied to the computer), Microsoft will allow the ownership of the operating system to transfer, but not the right to "free" upgrades. Umm, duh? Who, in their right mind, if they aren't giving way their software, would?
that this interview is bullshit? I started reading through, and I'm sorry, I've read quite a few different articles where Bill Gatesy makes a fool out of himself, and he doesn't talk like that. And if the problem is in translation, then why the heck are there so many false mannerisms and turns of speech? I'm afraid I've got to consider this one as garbage, for now. Feel free to prove me wrong, but heck, telling me a german magazine REALLY DID print it, that doesn't make it so, folks.
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WOW! The open-source movement may actually be working - Microsoft is doing something they never have before - worrying about image. This is great! I doubt its going to work, but hell, maybe Microsoft is actually waking up?
Wow! Is there some sort of "insult slashdot, get your comment modified to zero" policy here?
Hey, I could SWEAR I saw this about two weeks ago. Anyone else?
But there are:
(a) Many people who like computers that suck at working with them;
(b) Many people who don't particularly like computers that don't suck at working with them;
(c) Still a hell of a lot of people who have no business looking at jobs in the IT industry that are working their ass off trying to get on.
Oh, the sad state of this world I live in...
At the risk of being flamed, I'm not so sure this is a horrible idea. Now, I'm not particularly thrilled that some government employee (who knows what the restriction on access to this data is going to be?) can read some love-sick email I sent to some girl when I was 15 or whatever, but then again, I don't really care all that much. Do you people have any idea how boring your life is? Sometime ya'all need to ask a security guard that watches the monitors all day what they do. I'm betting most of them will claim their job is incredibly boring, and that they tend to make up stuff about people they see, but don't know, just to hold off the boredom. Anyway, sure, I'd rather not have the government playing with this garbage. However, as Mr. "SELECT * FROM [tblLife] WHERE [object] = 'Keys'" alluded to - I'd love to have this tool for just me to use!
The Wired article mentions that the site attempts to redirect the "mad scientist" image of poor Mr. Einstein. But geesh, look at the picture on the first page! Seems to me like a exuberant kid trying to "pose for the camera", but is ready to break out laughing at any moment...
Oh, you think these things are gonna be cheaper? The old format cost about $20/disk. Unless they fix the cost problem this time around, it'll die the same way... unmourned.
"Hmmm.... nanobots." - Homer Simpson
The article is interesting, but perhaps would be better titled if it mentioned the fact that the causes of these collapses were going to focus on environmental reasons. The author seems to note that some societies have collapsed for other reasons, but never really mentions that his only focus is on those who seem to have collapsed for environmental reasons. I guess my primary problem with this article is it is very simplistic. Because of this one cause, "A", "B" happened. Now, he covers four "causes" but his writing reflects an interesting lack of depth in connecting the causes to the outcome. Rarely is one action the only cause of a reaction. Interesting veiwpoint, however. Of course, it is hardly unique. Wish I had time to throw some links together on the hundreds of articles written on this exact subject. I'd suggest doing a google search on global warming...
Don't understand how this contradicts what I said?
Someone spent a lot of time researching something pretty basic - if you sell a computer that has an "open license" (the license is not tied to the computer), Microsoft will allow the ownership of the operating system to transfer, but not the right to "free" upgrades. Umm, duh? Who, in their right mind, if they aren't giving way their software, would?
DAMMIT! STOP MAKING ME DEFEND MICROSOFT!!! ARGH!
that this interview is bullshit? I started reading through, and I'm sorry, I've read quite a few different articles where Bill Gatesy makes a fool out of himself, and he doesn't talk like that. And if the problem is in translation, then why the heck are there so many false mannerisms and turns of speech? I'm afraid I've got to consider this one as garbage, for now. Feel free to prove me wrong, but heck, telling me a german magazine REALLY DID print it, that doesn't make it so, folks.