The company that "makes" these is nothing more than a Navada sales company. There is nothing "revolutionary" about this product, it's a miniITX. BFD. This is not a computer company, and as usual, Slashdot got sucked into a free Slavertisment.
I am ignorant. So, in all likelihood, I speak from my ass. But...
Reading the link, sounds a lot like (groan) FrontPage... Since I know this can not be the case, could one of the learned Slashdotters explain to me what WebDAV means?
From what I can tell, this is just call center stuff for the 20-somethings, not an opportunity for middle age coders, sysadmins, and DBAs. Too bad, I'd love to go to India.
One of its flaws is the regular expression issue, but the other that gives it a huge bad rep is that while you can do very complex tasks with it, the basics are easy to learn (thus inexperienced coders can turn out a lot of garbage). In this way, it's a lot like (gasp) VB...
Another IE trash fest. Sir, it's been done. We know IE is susceptible. At a certain point, adding more gasoline doesn't really do anything when IE is basically nothing but coals in the eyes of FOSS anyway. And please, save your breath, you're preaching to the converted, and the heathen IE crowd isn't interested. Move along, nothing to see.
It's pretty clear that government subsidized services like this do compete with the private sector, and there are good arguments that this sort of situation is anti competitive in ways that would never be allowed in the private sector (unless you are Microsoft or one of their friends). It will always seem cheaper and more consumer friendly to be able to get connectivity from your local telecom or power coop, but of course it still costs in the form of taxes. So, question: If big mega-corporations priced their services more competitively, rather than playing price-fixing games with each other, could we get the telecom and power companies out of the hair of the big commercials? Second question: Or on the other hand, fuck the for-profits (by the way, coops generally are supposed to have positive cash flow also), government is there to serve the public, and fiber to the door serves the public?
But when most people think about what an "executive" is, running a company, or being high up in the managerial food chain in terms of running a company, that is what most people think of.
Without question, Mr. Torvalds is some kind of executive, but his duties differ by miles from what most executive like Ballmer / Gates, and all the rest of 'em do.
Isn't whipping out a dictionary and quoting verbatim a little antagonistic?
I wonder if this will end up like IP blocks where some behemoths buy up huge blocks but only use a fraction. I suspect the companies that buy up all the spectrum will rule over it like a third world dictator.
It's that attitude that's the problem. The computer IS NOT supposed to be a 'generic consumer product'. That's marketing bullshit. For years, companies that sell computers have been pushing the idea of the computer as an appliance. You don't need to know anything... you just push a button... just like your toaster.
No, it is not an appliance to you or probably most of the/. readers. But, we are a very small minority of users. Most people do think of computers as a 'generic consumer product' or appliance, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. The computer makes the ideal platform to ease the common person's life, just as any other appliance. Your attitude is typical elitist snobbery.
The "browser's" border will become transparent, and you won't need to know (or care) what you're using.
Isn't this one of the things that a lot of people bleat about with IE? The extent (100%) of the IE / Windows integrations? It's never bothered me one bit, and though I use FireFox, I'm not that bothered by IE...
me thinks the guy is cool without working for the big corporations... he can keep his creative juice flowing this way, or he will end up commenting on./ - like you, err.. and me..
Then again, he could go to work for Sony and in a few years when you and me are still working 9 to 5 (or whatever), he will be picking out the hard wood floor in his place on The Sound, and thinking of taking a dip in the hot tub.
Ask nicely all you want and you're likely to be ignored. But let the buying public become a pain in the ass and they're likely to do something about it.
The "buying public" does not use BSD. They don't know what it is.
This is a non-story. The stuff is out there for anyone to download. Big deal. Non-issue.
This is one of the things people hate about FOSS fanatics: Sputtering and spitting and gesticulating about.... nothing.
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The company that "makes" these is nothing more than a Navada sales company. There is nothing "revolutionary" about this product, it's a miniITX. BFD. This is not a computer company, and as usual, Slashdot got sucked into a free Slavertisment.
But how is this different that FTP???
Reading the link, sounds a lot like (groan) FrontPage... Since I know this can not be the case, could one of the learned Slashdotters explain to me what WebDAV means?
From what I can tell, this is just call center stuff for the 20-somethings, not an opportunity for middle age coders, sysadmins, and DBAs. Too bad, I'd love to go to India.
One of its flaws is the regular expression issue, but the other that gives it a huge bad rep is that while you can do very complex tasks with it, the basics are easy to learn (thus inexperienced coders can turn out a lot of garbage). In this way, it's a lot like (gasp) VB...
Never mind IRC, I plan on working out the details of my next armed bank job in a seldom used news group.
You think it has a long ways to go, but... You don't know PHP...
Most of the issues people bring up about PHP are wrong.
I love it. If you're not a sheep you're a troll. Ah, Slashdot! Got to love it!
...joke...humor...
And besides, Perl is dead, right? Hasn't PHP taken the Perl crown jewels?
Another IE trash fest. Sir, it's been done. We know IE is susceptible. At a certain point, adding more gasoline doesn't really do anything when IE is basically nothing but coals in the eyes of FOSS anyway. And please, save your breath, you're preaching to the converted, and the heathen IE crowd isn't interested. Move along, nothing to see.
Why is this news? It's just another commercial delivery system. Does using P2P somehow make it super sexy good? Thanks Tim. Not.
But that's because IE is Expolorer is Windows. Everything in windows is a window. It's how the Windows OS UI works. No getting away from it.
No. Not really. I've known that these places where meat-markets all along.
could we get the telecom and power companies out of the hair of the big commercials?
could we get the telecom and power COOPS out of the hair of the big commercials?
By the way, this is not an attempt to insult Linus. Really, he walks on water.
It's pretty clear that government subsidized services like this do compete with the private sector, and there are good arguments that this sort of situation is anti competitive in ways that would never be allowed in the private sector (unless you are Microsoft or one of their friends). It will always seem cheaper and more consumer friendly to be able to get connectivity from your local telecom or power coop, but of course it still costs in the form of taxes. So, question: If big mega-corporations priced their services more competitively, rather than playing price-fixing games with each other, could we get the telecom and power companies out of the hair of the big commercials? Second question: Or on the other hand, fuck the for-profits (by the way, coops generally are supposed to have positive cash flow also), government is there to serve the public, and fiber to the door serves the public?
But when most people think about what an "executive" is, running a company, or being high up in the managerial food chain in terms of running a company, that is what most people think of.
Without question, Mr. Torvalds is some kind of executive, but his duties differ by miles from what most executive like Ballmer / Gates, and all the rest of 'em do.
Isn't whipping out a dictionary and quoting verbatim a little antagonistic?
I wonder if this will end up like IP blocks where some behemoths buy up huge blocks but only use a fraction. I suspect the companies that buy up all the spectrum will rule over it like a third world dictator.
No, it is not an appliance to you or probably most of the /. readers. But, we are a very small minority of users. Most people do think of computers as a 'generic consumer product' or appliance, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. The computer makes the ideal platform to ease the common person's life, just as any other appliance. Your attitude is typical elitist snobbery.
Isn't this one of the things that a lot of people bleat about with IE? The extent (100%) of the IE / Windows integrations? It's never bothered me one bit, and though I use FireFox, I'm not that bothered by IE...
(it's a Simpsons reference)
Then again, he could go to work for Sony and in a few years when you and me are still working 9 to 5 (or whatever), he will be picking out the hard wood floor in his place on The Sound, and thinking of taking a dip in the hot tub.
It's the director's cut with added chapters and interviews with the editorial staff on how they brought it all together, all on 3 bonus CDs.
The "buying public" does not use BSD. They don't know what it is.
This is a non-story. The stuff is out there for anyone to download. Big deal. Non-issue.
This is one of the things people hate about FOSS fanatics: Sputtering and spitting and gesticulating about.... nothing.