I have to agree, though as a thin-client, I think the Arm+Chrome may be a possible solution as more and more internal office applications become web based.. though Outlook Web is in serious need of some updating. I think that there is some potential in that space... I don't think that the Tablet form factor will rule out for all computing usage for a long time to come. We still don't have voice recognition that's accurate enough for general use, and gestural input has a long way to go as well. I did know a lot of Palm Pilot users who were really good with graffiti, but nowhere near as fast as a proficient typist. A lot of computer usage is data entry, and until something topples the keyboard and mouse there it isn't going anywhere.
Well, the several million macs out there running as bot nodes would disagree with at least a portion of that statement. I'm not disagreeing that windows has a lot more virus issues... and has a history of poor security... However, I would say that the largest reason behind this is the compatibility of windows versions and market share that has been the leading driver behind this... As mac usage has risen a bit, so it too has become a malware target...
Though most mac malware comes from pirate software packages for mac... If you run an adobe product that's been downloaded illicitely, odds are you are running as a bot in userspace.
The holes are in the Adobe Acrobat Reader, and exist on linux as well whenusin adobe's reader, which many on linux don't, just the same, the security hole isn't only in windows.. also, you can run a botnet node in user space on linux too.
It's not deliberate...it's simply the fact that some things in a page you cannot do without scripting, and using a cdn on a separate domain is typical. Blocking flash and using adblock, are fine... but breaking something that is expected in every stock browser since 1996 is on you.
When people design a page/site that delivers a >1MB total payload on every page without proper cache controls is a separate issue. People loading jQuery from the ms or goog cdn is a good thing... it increases the likelihood of it being in user cache, and not needing to be re-downloaded. jQuery exists because the browser DOMs have been inconsistent and difficult o use. Or do you also propose that the Linux devs write direct to hardware without any abstractions as well?
I remember a situation where I couldn't run the drivers for an intel motherboard, and the ATI crd (original 9800 series) at the same time under XP... would crash, didn't matter which order they were loaded in.... didn't touch ATI after that for about 6 years or so, until after the AMD buyout and the HD 5xxx series came out. I bought a 5870 for my son, and a 5770 for myself.. replacing his nv8800GT and my nv7200GTS respectively... though I still don't have a DirectCompute h.264 encoder that works worth a damned for the card... The one ATI offers tends to leave a lot of artifacts in the re-encode that I don't get with Nero Recode, or Handbrake. And lesser linux drivers, been afraid to try linux on this card, been running under VMs. Next card will go back with nVidia for myself, since I don't really do much gaming, and will probably do linux as my main OS for a while again.
The funny thing is it wasn't the minimal UI that finally witched me o chrome... it wasn't IE and uses many of window's/ie's network & proxy config, so it works at the workplace... and the zoom in/out work better, so it's better on netbook, and htpc. That's what id it... 90% of my non work browsing is from my couch. I used a netbook for a year, and surf from the couch, its amazing what perspective those two experiences give you.
Nope, I do not trust banking institutions.. they're run by computers, and computer algorithms without question with program code created by people, who are fallible. often with no actual human available to identify, confirm or rectify these errors.. I went without a bank account for 5 years because of such an error, and to this day it irks me that I gave in. I've since worked in a lot of "secure" development... it really isn't anything I trust.
You know, When G.W. Bush was in office, and journalism students were given assignments to write about the seated presiden being assasinated, and all the 9-11 nuts screaming for bush's murder, I'm sure that you and your like minded friends felt thesame about it.
Personally I find it completely distasteful in both cases... however freedom of speech includes speech you don't like, or even find repugnant. Maybe they should be brought to court for "inducement"?
Then again if you want to get really out there, maybe it was a left wing conspiracy. Considering she was pretty fiscally conservative and a gun rights advocate.
Well, MS has done similar with VX32, and win16 support as far as that goes. Apple did similar with Rosetta... I'm sure there will be options... I almost wish there weren't as legacy cruft is the biggest drain on windows performance today.
non-free firmware, or non-free driver... if it's the non-free driver, that is kind of the point... AMD is releasing partially usable open-source drivers, but if they lack full support for accelerated video, or 3d gaming, then it's kind of a half-hearted step. I've found that nvidia parts in linux tend to work with less issues (though closed source drivers), I bought AMD in last year's upgrades... I got an ATI HD 5770, and my son has a 5870 (from last january)... I still don't have reliable OpenCL encoding, which is one of my bigger reasons for going AMD was a lower-power requirement with potentially better gpgpu performance over nvidia at that price point. Next year, when I upgrade my video card again, going back to nvidia (though see zero reason to upgrade my cpu again, the C2D I had before wasn't painful, and my i7 screams)
Unicomp's current models have windows keys as an option..:) I have volume mapped to some win/super key shortcuts myself as they don't have volume/media keys, about the only thing I miss.
Ditto on that.. I've got two Unicomp keyboards I bought about a year and a half ago, since my last true Model M died around 1999, in between 99-08, I had gone through at least a keyboard a year, not liking any of them... with a few key maps for volume control, I'm content... (FYI my mappings are: win+[ = vol-down, win+] = vol-up and win+\ = toggle-mute).
If it's a compatible API then it is *windows* on ARM... is Firefox running under Debian for ARM not Firefox? or Linux? Surprise, you can't run your Linux binary blob compiled for x86 on ARM... same goes for Windows.. that doesn't make it suddenly less Windows... it does mean there will be fewer apps available out of the box. Though most cross-platform efforts for.Net based applications will probably run fine at or very near launch.
Well, eliminating the code debt wrt unmanaged code, especially in the ARM port would alleviate a lot of the burden on resources. MS has been pushing in this direction for the better part of the past decade. Though it's taken a long time to get their core application suites more portable.
Debian (and other Linux distros), FreeBSD (and others)... What makes you think that no modification or intervention is necessary for users running ARM based windows? Outside of.Net applications that don't use P/Invoke (FYI, anything relatively complex in.Net probably uses P/Invoke, or a library it uses does). Native applications will need to be recompiled, and users will need to be aware of said differences.
Not only that, but having support and/or marketing staff/people in place to filter suggestions, is probably a good idea... TFA has some valid points, if you've seen the way some indie games go, it's a wonder they get anything done as often there are diametrically opposed requests for changes in game metrics.
I guess I've always been a combination of attributes of all three, to a lesser extent. I do get a lot done, and deliver, I don't do any of the annoying behavioral things too much, or too great an extent, but tend to get a lot of leeway, because I do get things done, I do refactor (sometimes to my own detriment) code that is hard to follow. And I do deliver something that does what is wanted, that is more stable than the last version.
I would have preferred passport a bit more if it weren't so painful to "validate" an address that wasn't hotmail/livemail. Also, you can't change your address or account credentials, which ties me to an account I had for my own company that is no longer in business, for a few things that I still need access to. It's a bit of a pain really. Facebook at least allows you to have different options, and you don't have to put anything on your facebook page other than your email address you used to create the account and login against. Though I think OpenID did a lot, I think they would have been better off just offering their own federated login, and not encouraging other parties to implement the authentication piece, only the login/client piece.
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I have to agree, though as a thin-client, I think the Arm+Chrome may be a possible solution as more and more internal office applications become web based.. though Outlook Web is in serious need of some updating. I think that there is some potential in that space... I don't think that the Tablet form factor will rule out for all computing usage for a long time to come. We still don't have voice recognition that's accurate enough for general use, and gestural input has a long way to go as well. I did know a lot of Palm Pilot users who were really good with graffiti, but nowhere near as fast as a proficient typist. A lot of computer usage is data entry, and until something topples the keyboard and mouse there it isn't going anywhere.
Well, the several million macs out there running as bot nodes would disagree with at least a portion of that statement. I'm not disagreeing that windows has a lot more virus issues... and has a history of poor security... However, I would say that the largest reason behind this is the compatibility of windows versions and market share that has been the leading driver behind this... As mac usage has risen a bit, so it too has become a malware target...
Though most mac malware comes from pirate software packages for mac... If you run an adobe product that's been downloaded illicitely, odds are you are running as a bot in userspace.
The holes are in the Adobe Acrobat Reader, and exist on linux as well whenusin adobe's reader, which many on linux don't, just the same, the security hole isn't only in windows.. also, you can run a botnet node in user space on linux too.
It's not deliberate...it's simply the fact that some things in a page you cannot do without scripting, and using a cdn on a separate domain is typical. Blocking flash and using adblock, are fine... but breaking something that is expected in every stock browser since 1996 is on you.
When people design a page/site that delivers a >1MB total payload on every page without proper cache controls is a separate issue. People loading jQuery from the ms or goog cdn is a good thing... it increases the likelihood of it being in user cache, and not needing to be re-downloaded. jQuery exists because the browser DOMs have been inconsistent and difficult o use. Or do you also propose that the Linux devs write direct to hardware without any abstractions as well?
I remember a situation where I couldn't run the drivers for an intel motherboard, and the ATI crd (original 9800 series) at the same time under XP... would crash, didn't matter which order they were loaded in.... didn't touch ATI after that for about 6 years or so, until after the AMD buyout and the HD 5xxx series came out. I bought a 5870 for my son, and a 5770 for myself.. replacing his nv8800GT and my nv7200GTS respectively... though I still don't have a DirectCompute h.264 encoder that works worth a damned for the card... The one ATI offers tends to leave a lot of artifacts in the re-encode that I don't get with Nero Recode, or Handbrake. And lesser linux drivers, been afraid to try linux on this card, been running under VMs. Next card will go back with nVidia for myself, since I don't really do much gaming, and will probably do linux as my main OS for a while again.
The funny thing is it wasn't the minimal UI that finally witched me o chrome... it wasn't IE and uses many of window's/ie's network & proxy config, so it works at the workplace... and the zoom in/out work better, so it's better on netbook, and htpc. That's what id it... 90% of my non work browsing is from my couch. I used a netbook for a year, and surf from the couch, its amazing what perspective those two experiences give you.
I did read what you said, but wanted to clarify, as many people don't even consider the proprietary nature of firmware.
It's Taiwan's gov't, which may not be as bloated, and probably where the product is made, easily sold through the back door to the govt.
Nope, I do not trust banking institutions.. they're run by computers, and computer algorithms without question with program code created by people, who are fallible. often with no actual human available to identify, confirm or rectify these errors.. I went without a bank account for 5 years because of such an error, and to this day it irks me that I gave in. I've since worked in a lot of "secure" development... it really isn't anything I trust.
I don't know why Nvidia doesn't buy VIA, or whomever has the necessary patents from Transmeta's portfolio...
You know, When G.W. Bush was in office, and journalism students were given assignments to write about the seated presiden being assasinated, and all the 9-11 nuts screaming for bush's murder, I'm sure that you and your like minded friends felt thesame about it.
Personally I find it completely distasteful in both cases... however freedom of speech includes speech you don't like, or even find repugnant. Maybe they should be brought to court for "inducement"?
Then again if you want to get really out there, maybe it was a left wing conspiracy. Considering she was pretty fiscally conservative and a gun rights advocate.
It's not like you owe your soul to 'em.
Well, MS has done similar with VX32, and win16 support as far as that goes. Apple did similar with Rosetta... I'm sure there will be options... I almost wish there weren't as legacy cruft is the biggest drain on windows performance today.
Even if so, then they are less likely to move to ARM anyhow... because they don't keep their software current.
non-free firmware, or non-free driver... if it's the non-free driver, that is kind of the point... AMD is releasing partially usable open-source drivers, but if they lack full support for accelerated video, or 3d gaming, then it's kind of a half-hearted step. I've found that nvidia parts in linux tend to work with less issues (though closed source drivers), I bought AMD in last year's upgrades... I got an ATI HD 5770, and my son has a 5870 (from last january)... I still don't have reliable OpenCL encoding, which is one of my bigger reasons for going AMD was a lower-power requirement with potentially better gpgpu performance over nvidia at that price point. Next year, when I upgrade my video card again, going back to nvidia (though see zero reason to upgrade my cpu again, the C2D I had before wasn't painful, and my i7 screams)
Unicomp's current models have windows keys as an option.. :) I have volume mapped to some win/super key shortcuts myself as they don't have volume/media keys, about the only thing I miss.
Ditto on that.. I've got two Unicomp keyboards I bought about a year and a half ago, since my last true Model M died around 1999, in between 99-08, I had gone through at least a keyboard a year, not liking any of them... with a few key maps for volume control, I'm content... (FYI my mappings are: win+[ = vol-down, win+] = vol-up and win+\ = toggle-mute).
If it's a compatible API then it is *windows* on ARM... is Firefox running under Debian for ARM not Firefox? or Linux? Surprise, you can't run your Linux binary blob compiled for x86 on ARM... same goes for Windows.. that doesn't make it suddenly less Windows... it does mean there will be fewer apps available out of the box. Though most cross-platform efforts for .Net based applications will probably run fine at or very near launch.
Well, eliminating the code debt wrt unmanaged code, especially in the ARM port would alleviate a lot of the burden on resources. MS has been pushing in this direction for the better part of the past decade. Though it's taken a long time to get their core application suites more portable.
Debian (and other Linux distros), FreeBSD (and others)... What makes you think that no modification or intervention is necessary for users running ARM based windows? Outside of .Net applications that don't use P/Invoke (FYI, anything relatively complex in .Net probably uses P/Invoke, or a library it uses does). Native applications will need to be recompiled, and users will need to be aware of said differences.
Not only that, but having support and/or marketing staff/people in place to filter suggestions, is probably a good idea... TFA has some valid points, if you've seen the way some indie games go, it's a wonder they get anything done as often there are diametrically opposed requests for changes in game metrics.
IE6 based intranet apps for the win!
Try a pelican case, a drill and some rubber grommets.
I guess I've always been a combination of attributes of all three, to a lesser extent. I do get a lot done, and deliver, I don't do any of the annoying behavioral things too much, or too great an extent, but tend to get a lot of leeway, because I do get things done, I do refactor (sometimes to my own detriment) code that is hard to follow. And I do deliver something that does what is wanted, that is more stable than the last version.
I would have preferred passport a bit more if it weren't so painful to "validate" an address that wasn't hotmail/livemail. Also, you can't change your address or account credentials, which ties me to an account I had for my own company that is no longer in business, for a few things that I still need access to. It's a bit of a pain really. Facebook at least allows you to have different options, and you don't have to put anything on your facebook page other than your email address you used to create the account and login against. Though I think OpenID did a lot, I think they would have been better off just offering their own federated login, and not encouraging other parties to implement the authentication piece, only the login/client piece.