IBM set the standards for PC hardware, and would have done the same for software if M$ had failed. I think the more valuable benefit has been that an established company like IBM can be beaten at their own game. Would there have even been a Linux or open source movement without a monopoly like M$ to fight against?
I think IBM would do much the same as what Microsoft has done. Computing might be more hardware oriented, and the internet might have been more centralized. I've read about plans (around the 70's) for "APL terminals", which were to be a lot like what ended up as Java and Javascript running in internet browsers. Perhaps M$ has been useful in emphasizing software. Imagine the challenge Linus would have had if the OS was hardcoded into BIOS. The first PCs had BASIC interpreters, might that have become the basis for all software technology?
I think the first statement contradicts quite a bit of your vision of business computing. IBM was in the position Microsoft is now, as the famous Apple 1984 ad dramatised. Businesses would be using more mainframe and "minicomputer" technology, although your speculations about about home computers is insightful. Perhaps hardware terminals would provide the functions of what we now think of as internet browsers and other networking software.
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What you say is correct, but I disagree with some your conclusions. As someone who remembers the silly excuses for OSes like CP/M and AppleDos, I'd say the consumer sector is overdue for a new hardware paradigm, not a better OS. I also remember speculation on how APL terminals be rented like utilities by mainframe owners- PCs leapfrogged that concept. The PC OS should be completely transparent to users, and of little interest to nerds either, but Microsoft needs to build on its brand, however, partly to sell MS Office.
I've tried more than a half-dozen antidepressants, but I really liked the MAOI-inhibitor Parnate. Within minutes of taking it in the morning I would be wide awake and alert beyond what coffee or any other stimulant ever did for me. I had to be prescribed something to sleep at night, but other than that, it was great. I could not stick to the diet restrictions, however and now I'm back on a ssri. I too have seen ECT and talked with ECT patients. It seems healthier to me than taking heavy duty chemicals daily, but who would keep the big Pharmaceutical companies so profitable if we don't take their pills?
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Damn, this how-to on ant extermination is the most practical advice I ever got from Slashdot!
If you love someone, set them free...
If she comes back in four years, then you should be able to take up again where you left off. Otherwise you're just torturing eachother.
This is a geeky nitpik, but how could Bizarro be simultaneously from a different planet and be a Superman clone? Of course its easy to believe that different backgrounds have been presented in various comics, but I wish he'd stick to one of the story lines for this analogy.
Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers...
Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls....
Oh sorry, wrong movie!!!
After getting a couple of certifications, it becomes obvious that the ones really benefitting are those businesses in the certification industry. I'm going for an Associate's degree in Business. I don't know if it will do me any good. But its more logical than studying without getting a couple of initials on the diploma. Option 2: Plastic bag and plenty of sedatives- relatively quick, painless and effective. That's my advice for recent college graduates, also. Isn't the American Dream wonderful?
You're going to have to define your terms better. If "subconscious" include all brain activity not involved with immediate attention, it certainly is superior. Everything stored in your memory is "subconscious." As a matter of fact, your "subconscious" includes breathing, and all the sensory data that you're not bringing attention to, your movements, muscle action while walking. Your point is also diluted by your inability to spell subconscious, but this is Slashot, so your post is "insightful"
I realize this is/. but most mac users don't even wanna read long article, and certainly not a manual! They should make a graphic novel, or maybe a tutorial file for Ipods!;~)
You can get a great price for Office for OS X then!;~>
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DVD burning software was released for free. If you know someone at MS, you should be able to get a copy for free. I don't beleive MS even has a company store.
What's to stop the makers from implanting suggestion to buy more of they're stuff. It may be implausible, but I think its more likely to do that than to actually work as advertised
I thoughtful reply on Slashdot. I never though I'd see the day. I'll have to respond in a simlarly uncharacteristically/. manner.
You're right! Good Point.
I said Cambridge because there are a lot of Universtiy Institutions here. Havard and MIT are just two of many. In that sense, we both are likely to have a bit more knowlege of various educational institutions than other geographical. The article doesn't mention anything about government involvement, which led me to assume it wasn't a court level ruling. Also does Canada have more "liberal" views on privacy rights? The tone suggests they might, but I'm not clear what the difference might be.
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Check out (Google) The Open Group DCE OPEN MOTIF X, CDE, MOTIF & CTL Interesting history, especially how M$ hijacked DCE
IBM set the standards for PC hardware, and would have done the same for software if M$ had failed. I think the more valuable benefit has been that an established company like IBM can be beaten at their own game. Would there have even been a Linux or open source movement without a monopoly like M$ to fight against?
I think IBM would do much the same as what Microsoft has done. Computing might be more hardware oriented, and the internet might have been more centralized. I've read about plans (around the 70's) for "APL terminals", which were to be a lot like what ended up as Java and Javascript running in internet browsers. Perhaps M$ has been useful in emphasizing software. Imagine the challenge Linus would have had if the OS was hardcoded into BIOS. The first PCs had BASIC interpreters, might that have become the basis for all software technology?
I think the first statement contradicts quite a bit of your vision of business computing. IBM was in the position Microsoft is now, as the famous Apple 1984 ad dramatised. Businesses would be using more mainframe and "minicomputer" technology, although your speculations about about home computers is insightful. Perhaps hardware terminals would provide the functions of what we now think of as internet browsers and other networking software.
What you say is correct, but I disagree with some your conclusions. As someone who remembers the silly excuses for OSes like CP/M and AppleDos, I'd say the consumer sector is overdue for a new hardware paradigm, not a better OS. I also remember speculation on how APL terminals be rented like utilities by mainframe owners- PCs leapfrogged that concept. The PC OS should be completely transparent to users, and of little interest to nerds either, but Microsoft needs to build on its brand, however, partly to sell MS Office.
Oh the good old days
I've tried more than a half-dozen antidepressants, but I really liked the MAOI-inhibitor Parnate. Within minutes of taking it in the morning I would be wide awake and alert beyond what coffee or any other stimulant ever did for me. I had to be prescribed something to sleep at night, but other than that, it was great. I could not stick to the diet restrictions, however and now I'm back on a ssri. I too have seen ECT and talked with ECT patients. It seems healthier to me than taking heavy duty chemicals daily, but who would keep the big Pharmaceutical companies so profitable if we don't take their pills?
Damn, this how-to on ant extermination is the most practical advice I ever got from Slashdot!
Just make sure you have access to Slashdot under you bed! Or maybe you should hide in the bathroom instead, might be a little more sanitary!
to stop reading Slashdot! Years of experience have taught me that /. wastes enormous amounts of people's time, especially through trolling! ;-)
Damn! Slahsodt should have an automatic spellcheck! Fat finger syndrome lives.
You must be some sort of lawyer. Perfectly reasonable???? its like saying "after all, Musillini made the trains run on time."
If you love someone, set them free... If she comes back in four years, then you should be able to take up again where you left off. Otherwise you're just torturing eachother.
This is a geeky nitpik, but how could Bizarro be simultaneously from a different planet and be a Superman clone? Of course its easy to believe that different backgrounds have been presented in various comics, but I wish he'd stick to one of the story lines for this analogy.
Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.... Oh sorry, wrong movie!!!
After getting a couple of certifications, it becomes obvious that the ones really benefitting are those businesses in the certification industry. I'm going for an Associate's degree in Business. I don't know if it will do me any good. But its more logical than studying without getting a couple of initials on the diploma. Option 2: Plastic bag and plenty of sedatives- relatively quick, painless and effective. That's my advice for recent college graduates, also. Isn't the American Dream wonderful?
You're going to have to define your terms better. If "subconscious" include all brain activity not involved with immediate attention, it certainly is superior. Everything stored in your memory is "subconscious." As a matter of fact, your "subconscious" includes breathing, and all the sensory data that you're not bringing attention to, your movements, muscle action while walking. Your point is also diluted by your inability to spell subconscious, but this is Slashot, so your post is "insightful"
I've never even heard of Firefly, but the sig just blew my mind. It's Goram. (I think)
I realize this is /. but most mac users don't even wanna read long article, and certainly not a manual! They should make a graphic novel, or maybe a tutorial file for Ipods! ;~)
You can get a great price for Office for OS X then! ;~>
DVD burning software was released for free. If you know someone at MS, you should be able to get a copy for free. I don't beleive MS even has a company store.
What's to stop the makers from implanting suggestion to buy more of they're stuff. It may be implausible, but I think its more likely to do that than to actually work as advertised
I thoughtful reply on Slashdot. I never though I'd see the day. I'll have to respond in a simlarly uncharacteristically /. manner.
You're right! Good Point.
I said Cambridge because there are a lot of Universtiy Institutions here. Havard and MIT are just two of many. In that sense, we both are likely to have a bit more knowlege of various educational institutions than other geographical. The article doesn't mention anything about government involvement, which led me to assume it wasn't a court level ruling. Also does Canada have more "liberal" views on privacy rights? The tone suggests they might, but I'm not clear what the difference might be.
..there would be a lot less motivation FOR USERS TO FIND open source ALTERNATIVES. What do I have to do to get people to read posts before responding?