Yeah, they didn't implement the 'standard' and made their own standard.
Which people are still following. Try going to a phone system, or corporate intranet without IE. Try getting support for 'non-standard' browsers. It just ain't happening.
>For my edification, have there been any other open standards in the past with which Microsoft has associated itself, only to "ruin things"? (It seems as though this is the concern for ODF).
Quoting the site: "Verification is done automatic and instantly by electronic means and mostly without the interference and involvement of our personnel."
And how is that actually more secure than a self-signed cert?
Answer: It's not, it just looks like it.
And that's the reason people have issue with the FF message.
I agree with this. The silence on bugs & issues are horrible problems for apple. Road maps for software & hardware are even harder to come by. Can't convince many CIOs to use Apple if they won't tell us where Apple will be in September, much less 2010.
On the flip side, apart from all the rumor mongering, they love to jump ahead of everyone else by using their secrecy. cf. MacIntel, iPhone.
>Most brick and mortar stores will do this for you.
Name one that will do this with software that you tried.
Not that I'm arguing against your concept - I think it's good, if perhaps too long. But there aren't any other *similar* examples in the world of software and big box retailers.
Holy crap. You have been abused in your past computer life to think that's good. I rebooted my Mac back in May some time. And that was to install the last update I wanted. 10.5.3 update, I think.
It's 100F outside right now, and I wouldn't break a sweat walking to my car. In fact, I prefer to drive home with the windows down and AC off.
I wore a few extra clothes when I lived up north. Still went for walks in the snow at 10F.
You either just learn to deal with it, and it's not really that hard but does take some time, or you hide inside scared of what the weather might do to you.
Sometimes I think my users actually do use hammers to operate their computers. Or maybe the footprints on the outside give a clue..."What size shoe does your son wear?" Hmmm, and tell me again why you wonder how it just stopped working?
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Almost. it's the mobile sex change team.
m-sex-change-team.com
For use only on windows mobile :-)
Yeah, they didn't implement the 'standard' and made their own standard.
Which people are still following. Try going to a phone system, or corporate intranet without IE. Try getting support for 'non-standard' browsers. It just ain't happening.
Now replace HTML with ODF.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
>For my edification, have there been any other open standards in the past with which Microsoft has associated itself, only to "ruin things"? (It seems as though this is the concern for ODF).
HTML?
It means that the company can't think of anything better to do with it's cash than put it into stock, which is usually doing very poorly.
If they can't come up with better investments/research/technologies to put their money in, then I'd avoid the stock like the plague.
That's the reason growing, healthy companies rarely do buybacks.
Because he's making fun of the jackass with the stupid quote.
Ohh...nevermind!
And only for Windows....
Seriously.
According to wikipedia, exhalation has 4-5% CO2. I don't think my own breath (garlic or otherwise) is "immediately dangerous to life and health"
However, according to wikianswers, 365Kg of CO2 is emitted per breath.
YMMV. A lot.
Yeah, medical schools need 3D trips inside the human body...
Really Simple Acronyms.
Was that so hard?
Quoting the site:
"Verification is done automatic and instantly by electronic means and mostly without the interference and involvement of our personnel."
And how is that actually more secure than a self-signed cert?
Answer: It's not, it just looks like it.
And that's the reason people have issue with the FF message.
I agree with this. The silence on bugs & issues are horrible problems for apple. Road maps for software & hardware are even harder to come by. Can't convince many CIOs to use Apple if they won't tell us where Apple will be in September, much less 2010.
On the flip side, apart from all the rumor mongering, they love to jump ahead of everyone else by using their secrecy. cf. MacIntel, iPhone.
>Most brick and mortar stores will do this for you.
Name one that will do this with software that you tried.
Not that I'm arguing against your concept - I think it's good, if perhaps too long. But there aren't any other *similar* examples in the world of software and big box retailers.
What about http://youboob.com/ !!
Days???
Holy crap. You have been abused in your past computer life to think that's good. I rebooted my Mac back in May some time. And that was to install the last update I wanted. 10.5.3 update, I think.
We've learned to adapt.
It's 100F outside right now, and I wouldn't break a sweat walking to my car. In fact, I prefer to drive home with the windows down and AC off.
I wore a few extra clothes when I lived up north. Still went for walks in the snow at 10F.
You either just learn to deal with it, and it's not really that hard but does take some time, or you hide inside scared of what the weather might do to you.
Without the French, it would be a British Press.
For varying levels of well.
Sometimes I think my users actually do use hammers to operate their computers. Or maybe the footprints on the outside give a clue..."What size shoe does your son wear?" Hmmm, and tell me again why you wonder how it just stopped working?
This will help you take them apart.
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Take-Apart-Repair-Manuals-p-1-c-258.html
They don't want the low end market. They want another high profit market.
Instead of going low, and making 5%, they went different, and made the iPod (and now the iPhone), again with 20+% profit.
So, no, entering the low end market is NOT worth their time.
Don't complain, there will be new ways to celebrate the Darwin awards!
You haven't looked at Apple's latest earnings report, have you?
They still make half of their revenue by selling Macs.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/04/23results.html
This may be a cheap shot, but it's true. They already consented by using Windows.
It wasn't very black...
And coming soon Mac OS X / Arm!!
Please?
I think he was talking about people's entire lives depending on power.
Like all of Canada in the winter.