Yeah, I believe Nintendo and Sony have a 5 year guarantee - they will keep supporting a console for up to 5 years after its launch.
I wonder how well the Xbox will be supported when the Xbox2 comes out.
If Microsoft starts the hardware rush game, I am hoping Nintendo and Sony will not play along. I doubt Nintendo would (look at how long they took to make the N64 compared to when Saturn came out), but Sony might fall for it
Yeah, I agree at this point it's little more than a geekier-looking PDA, but it would be cool if he could somehow come up with a screen that wears like glasses and some sort of small, one-handed input device.
I think people should start working on smaller, more convenient interfaces rather than smaller computers, because we have some pretty ridiculously small computers out already.
Dont forget small and medium-sized companies either. I myself just started working at a small company (30 employees) and they have an incredible amount of paper-based forms and garbage that can be all but eliminated with programs that take me less than a day to write using Access and VB. They were about to spend a couple hundred dollars to hire a software company to do it.
Companies like this have enough money to burn that they can buy custom-software, and since their needs are not large, you can make a killing when you use rapid-dev languages like VB
Oddball expectations?
Random guy: Hey my digital camera works without me having to do anything...that sucks! I am switching to Linux!
I dont think it is too much to ask to have something work automatically, especially when it works automatically with Windows.
My dad syncs his Palm everyday with his laptop at home, something he barely needed to setup at all on windows, but something he couldn't figure out on Linux.
My sister loads her pictures on to her PC about once a week. I just bought her an MP3 player for her birthday, and I'm sure she'll be connecting that everyday.
Those aren't strange things to do, digital cameras, MP3 players and PDAs are quite common right now, and making them easier to use isn't stupid, it's smart.
I'm not saying that I set up their Linux machine perfectly, you're right, I probably didnt have the knowledge to do so (it was a lack of time more than anything, though). However, if you think that wanting an operating system to automatically sync with a PDA or wanting a webcam to automatically work when you plug it is "oddball" perhaps you should look the word up because I think your definition is a bit off.
Which distribution do you recommend?
i have Mandrake on my machine now but I was looking to try a ferw different distros. I was thinking of trying slackware next
I've never used RH, but apparently it's a distro that is doing the exact same thing that people are admonishing Windows for in the article above.
Also, I find it hard to believe you spent 28 hours installing Windows.
Alright, let me try again.
People like Windows. How do I know? Observation.
I installed Linux on my brother's box for my family not too long ago. My whole family hated it and the next time I was there they made me uninstall it and put Windows on it.
I go to school at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. For many of our computer science assignments we are required to code in a Unix environment; however when you walk into a Unix lab, you will see a lot of people using a Windows frontend. It's a lot slower, but a lot of people still do this. Why? Because they like Windows...And these are just the computer scientists.
Sure there are a lot of people who like Linux, but there are a lot more people who like Windows. In addition, if they don't know about Linux, I am sure that if given the choice, they would still take the easier operating system.
It's about convenience, and although Linux can be useful to a common user if you would like to take the time to make it useful, Windows is useful to common users right after installation.
You know I find it interesting that any post that is even slightly anti-*nix and pro-windows gets modded down within a few seconds of posting.
People like Windows. If they didn't, they wouldn't buy it. People want a computer to do things for them and not have to do things for their computer. Microsoft provided the masses a way to do this, albeit for a high cost (cash and security).
It isn't Microsoft's job to promote other people's products. If people don't look around for an alternative then it is because the alternatives aren't showing consumers why their product is better.
Personally, when I buy an OS, I want it to include applications that I would commonly use; however it would be ideal if I could choose which applications to install during the OS setup. That way, people who want to use the bundled apps can use them, and people who don't want to can install their own after the OS install.
Just because the early northwoods proved to be slower than the PIIIs doesnt mean the Prescott will be slower than the Northwood.
Intel may very well have devised a way to yield better branch predictions or something of the sort.
I definately won't buy one right away, but I wouldn't be surprised if they dont have the problems of the earlier Northwoods
I agree that any company today would have fired Geer after he endangered its revenues.
However, I also think that is a problem in itself. I would have liked to see @stake defend Geer, but unfortunately that's not the nature of the beast.
People are becoming expendable.
What I've realized over the few years I've been in college learning this stuff is that I'm not going to count on it to get me a job. In fact, I've started thinking of it as a hobby rather than a career.
So I'm in a five year program and I'm not going to become a Software Engineer, some people might call that a waste. Not me. It's something I enjoy, something I'd like to know more about, but not something I will base my future life on.
So I'll let the people who really want to run the rat race do the programming and such. It's too much stress for my lifestyle anyways. Have fun guys.
I dont think people are getting the main idea here.
The honeytoken concept shouldnt be used as a way to identify EXACTLY who is illegally accessing your data. It should be used as a way to show who MIGHT be illegally accessing your data.
Each incident should be investigated, but not every incident will yield some internal leak or security hole.
Sure there are lots of ways your honeytoken could be accessed, but if you catch even 1 breach for every 20 or so accesses, isnt that worth it?
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Yeah, I believe Nintendo and Sony have a 5 year guarantee - they will keep supporting a console for up to 5 years after its launch.
I wonder how well the Xbox will be supported when the Xbox2 comes out.
If Microsoft starts the hardware rush game, I am hoping Nintendo and Sony will not play along. I doubt Nintendo would (look at how long they took to make the N64 compared to when Saturn came out), but Sony might fall for it
I think people should start working on smaller, more convenient interfaces rather than smaller computers, because we have some pretty ridiculously small computers out already.
Dont forget small and medium-sized companies either.
I myself just started working at a small company (30 employees) and they have an incredible amount of paper-based forms and garbage that can be all but eliminated with programs that take me less than a day to write using Access and VB. They were about to spend a couple hundred dollars to hire a software company to do it.
Companies like this have enough money to burn that they can buy custom-software, and since their needs are not large, you can make a killing when you use rapid-dev languages like VB
Oddball expectations? Random guy: Hey my digital camera works without me having to do anything...that sucks! I am switching to Linux! I dont think it is too much to ask to have something work automatically, especially when it works automatically with Windows. My dad syncs his Palm everyday with his laptop at home, something he barely needed to setup at all on windows, but something he couldn't figure out on Linux. My sister loads her pictures on to her PC about once a week. I just bought her an MP3 player for her birthday, and I'm sure she'll be connecting that everyday. Those aren't strange things to do, digital cameras, MP3 players and PDAs are quite common right now, and making them easier to use isn't stupid, it's smart. I'm not saying that I set up their Linux machine perfectly, you're right, I probably didnt have the knowledge to do so (it was a lack of time more than anything, though). However, if you think that wanting an operating system to automatically sync with a PDA or wanting a webcam to automatically work when you plug it is "oddball" perhaps you should look the word up because I think your definition is a bit off.
Which distribution do you recommend?
i have Mandrake on my machine now but I was looking to try a ferw different distros. I was thinking of trying slackware next
I've never used RH, but apparently it's a distro that is doing the exact same thing that people are admonishing Windows for in the article above. Also, I find it hard to believe you spent 28 hours installing Windows.
Yeah, Big Fish was an amazing movie, but unfortuneately I dont think it was very Oscar-y
Alright, let me try again. People like Windows. How do I know? Observation. I installed Linux on my brother's box for my family not too long ago. My whole family hated it and the next time I was there they made me uninstall it and put Windows on it. I go to school at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. For many of our computer science assignments we are required to code in a Unix environment; however when you walk into a Unix lab, you will see a lot of people using a Windows frontend. It's a lot slower, but a lot of people still do this. Why? Because they like Windows...And these are just the computer scientists. Sure there are a lot of people who like Linux, but there are a lot more people who like Windows. In addition, if they don't know about Linux, I am sure that if given the choice, they would still take the easier operating system. It's about convenience, and although Linux can be useful to a common user if you would like to take the time to make it useful, Windows is useful to common users right after installation.
You know I find it interesting that any post that is even slightly anti-*nix and pro-windows gets modded down within a few seconds of posting. People like Windows. If they didn't, they wouldn't buy it. People want a computer to do things for them and not have to do things for their computer. Microsoft provided the masses a way to do this, albeit for a high cost (cash and security).
It isn't Microsoft's job to promote other people's products. If people don't look around for an alternative then it is because the alternatives aren't showing consumers why their product is better.
Personally, when I buy an OS, I want it to include applications that I would commonly use; however it would be ideal if I could choose which applications to install during the OS setup. That way, people who want to use the bundled apps can use them, and people who don't want to can install their own after the OS install.
Just because the early northwoods proved to be slower than the PIIIs doesnt mean the Prescott will be slower than the Northwood. Intel may very well have devised a way to yield better branch predictions or something of the sort. I definately won't buy one right away, but I wouldn't be surprised if they dont have the problems of the earlier Northwoods
I agree that any company today would have fired Geer after he endangered its revenues. However, I also think that is a problem in itself. I would have liked to see @stake defend Geer, but unfortunately that's not the nature of the beast. People are becoming expendable.
What I've realized over the few years I've been in college learning this stuff is that I'm not going to count on it to get me a job. In fact, I've started thinking of it as a hobby rather than a career.
So I'm in a five year program and I'm not going to become a Software Engineer, some people might call that a waste. Not me. It's something I enjoy, something I'd like to know more about, but not something I will base my future life on.
So I'll let the people who really want to run the rat race do the programming and such. It's too much stress for my lifestyle anyways. Have fun guys.
I dont think people are getting the main idea here. The honeytoken concept shouldnt be used as a way to identify EXACTLY who is illegally accessing your data. It should be used as a way to show who MIGHT be illegally accessing your data. Each incident should be investigated, but not every incident will yield some internal leak or security hole. Sure there are lots of ways your honeytoken could be accessed, but if you catch even 1 breach for every 20 or so accesses, isnt that worth it?
The way some companies are doing it now (Cannon especially) is to give away two free ink carts with each printer, one black and one colour.
When you're done the ink, it is the same price to buy a new printer rather than two new "licensed" ink carts.