If you think they'll actually read it, give the managers a copy of "The Cathedral and Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond. If you don't think they'll read it, give them a synopsis in the form of a presentation hitting the main points like not being locked-in to a single software vendor, and not being charged for the 0's and 1's they've sent you when they'll be fixing them anyway... who likes paying for broken software? The only thing you as the customer should ever be charged for is support, not the little bits living in the wild already.
Let's think about it. If the Pentagon REALLY wanted to do this, would we hear about it before-hand? I doubt it. Look at the SR-71, Stealth Bomber, and Stealh Fighter. We found out about those AFTER they were done and in use. Something tells me this is just a ploy to scare the baddies. Oh, they might actually do it, but is their goal intimidation, or actual stealth snooping.
Thanks for yet another bastardization of the term "hackers." Virus writers are not hackers, and hackers get offended when you associate them with such cretins.
The real question here is: why does the U.S. government feel the need to keep this secret? What are they scared of? Is there some less-obvious detail they're really fighting for here?
Network externalities is what made Windows take off. Since everyone else (geeks excluded) was using windows with Office, etc. you also needid it so that you could share your documents, etc. with them. This is why Gates want's his chosen, closed, DRM'd standards to take off, and in a BIG way. The problem is, if his standard doesn't represent a LARGE majority of the "installations", then network externalities won't truely exist. Also, users are getting more savvy with regards to circumventing such methods, thus removing the network externalities. Another thing to watch for is an old trick of Bill's... using his Windows "monopoly" to leverage a monopoly in this area. It got him in trouble with IE, yet the BRILLIANT legal system let him off. What, then, will stop him from doing it again? I'd guess pre-emptive legal action, preferably with enough media coverage to bring this furtive behavior to the public's eyes.
You aren't always FORCED to get a new phone with your cell plan. I'm sure you're right and most people won't notice after the initial break-in period, but I will... and it will PISS ME OFF!... unless of course said new monitor offers 5x the image quality and all sorts of other fluff. Then, the geek in me will will be too excited to get P-O'ed.
"....We are not interested in the good of others ; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were- cowards and hypocrites...." George Orwell's 1984
Why not just write an open source "Samba Service" for windows which will provide the same functionality without relying on the "Inner Party" (redmond) to provide a closed solution. As an added bonus, you won't have to wait for a "hotfix" or "service pack" when security issues arise.
With no Intel, AMD would have no major competition in the desktop sector. They would be free to stop spending so much money on R&D, stifling innovation. Don't get me wrong, I like AMD over Intel, but this is because of the innovations in their product... innovations brought on by the heated competition between the two companies. I hope they both do faily well... well enough for one to keep offering good products at prices that won't break the bank.
Will the cabins of the cars be EM-shielded to protect me from the road, or will my health insurance just skyrocket? Seriously though, putting humans inside of powerful magnetic fields on even just a daily basis is not the best idea.
I wonder how much more life Ballemer has breathed into Google by simply making these statements. There are quite a few people out there who will now be eager for google to survive for no other reason than proving Ballmer wrong.
This is why I filled out my 1040.... shedules A,B, and D with Paper and Pencil. Besides, if you're paying about $30.00 for the software after rebates, I figure, I just made about $25.00/hour to do it by hand;-)
As an embedded device driver developer, I tend to err on the side of the compiler NOT being smart. In most cases, the compiler is smart enough to do the right thing. Many times, it optimizes different ways of writing the code into the same machine code, however, there have been instances when the compiler I've been *forced* to use didn't do this. For this reason I always leave the decision to myself and not the compiler. This also means knowing enough about how the particular compiler does things to make the informed decision. For desktop / user-level developers, however, this probably isn't necessary.
I like the idea. How willing would you be to start gathering and specifying requirements for such a system? This is the kind of thing that could really change the user experience. Hell, we could get requirements from an "Ask Slashdot" requesting features. The trick would be filtering the garbage out.
If you read the article you'd know that this isn't an issue of support, it's an issue of MANDATE. From the article: Blu-Ray, backed by companies like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Philips and Matsushita will require the codec to be used in playback equipment. They're not announcing that they support the codec. They're announcing that they REQUIRE the codec. There's a BIG difference here. What we have is a collaborative standard MANDATING one company's codec over open, standard codecs.
Apparently it's easier to use than the English language. From the article: How cool is to be the jock with the second fastest race-car in the block? and Top Reasons Why People Think Java Un-Cool - Debunked. It never ceases to amaze me that people can learn the grammar of a programming language, but not the grammar of a spoken language. To be fair, English DOES have alot of "exceptions" to its rules, but come on. The above are basic grammar mistakes which any editor worth his salt should pick up.
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If you think they'll actually read it, give the managers a copy of "The Cathedral and Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond. If you don't think they'll read it, give them a synopsis in the form of a presentation hitting the main points like not being locked-in to a single software vendor, and not being charged for the 0's and 1's they've sent you when they'll be fixing them anyway... who likes paying for broken software? The only thing you as the customer should ever be charged for is support, not the little bits living in the wild already.
This kind of stuff "does not further", to quite Siddhartha.
Yep, still smells like VAPORWARE.
Let's think about it. If the Pentagon REALLY wanted to do this, would we hear about it before-hand? I doubt it. Look at the SR-71, Stealth Bomber, and Stealh Fighter. We found out about those AFTER they were done and in use. Something tells me this is just a ploy to scare the baddies. Oh, they might actually do it, but is their goal intimidation, or actual stealth snooping.
Thanks for yet another bastardization of the term "hackers." Virus writers are not hackers, and hackers get offended when you associate them with such cretins.
Worked just fine in my firefox browser....
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The real question here is: why does the U.S. government feel the need to keep this secret? What are they scared of? Is there some less-obvious detail they're really fighting for here?
Network externalities is what made Windows take off. Since everyone else (geeks excluded) was using windows with Office, etc. you also needid it so that you could share your documents, etc. with them. This is why Gates want's his chosen, closed, DRM'd standards to take off, and in a BIG way. The problem is, if his standard doesn't represent a LARGE majority of the "installations", then network externalities won't truely exist. Also, users are getting more savvy with regards to circumventing such methods, thus removing the network externalities. Another thing to watch for is an old trick of Bill's... using his Windows "monopoly" to leverage a monopoly in this area. It got him in trouble with IE, yet the BRILLIANT legal system let him off. What, then, will stop him from doing it again? I'd guess pre-emptive legal action, preferably with enough media coverage to bring this furtive behavior to the public's eyes.
You aren't always FORCED to get a new phone with your cell plan. I'm sure you're right and most people won't notice after the initial break-in period, but I will... and it will PISS ME OFF! ... unless of course said new monitor offers 5x the image quality and all sorts of other fluff. Then, the geek in me will will be too excited to get P-O'ed.
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"....We are not interested in the good of others ; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were- cowards and hypocrites...." George Orwell's 1984
Why not just write an open source "Samba Service" for windows which will provide the same functionality without relying on the "Inner Party" (redmond) to provide a closed solution. As an added bonus, you won't have to wait for a "hotfix" or "service pack" when security issues arise.
With no Intel, AMD would have no major competition in the desktop sector. They would be free to stop spending so much money on R&D, stifling innovation. Don't get me wrong, I like AMD over Intel, but this is because of the innovations in their product... innovations brought on by the heated competition between the two companies. I hope they both do faily well... well enough for one to keep offering good products at prices that won't break the bank.
Will the cabins of the cars be EM-shielded to protect me from the road, or will my health insurance just skyrocket? Seriously though, putting humans inside of powerful magnetic fields on even just a daily basis is not the best idea.
I wonder how much more life Ballemer has breathed into Google by simply making these statements. There are quite a few people out there who will now be eager for google to survive for no other reason than proving Ballmer wrong.
NOAA data is not a matter of National Security. If the spy data weren't we'd have a right to that without the delay as well.
This is why I filled out my 1040.... shedules A,B, and D with Paper and Pencil. Besides, if you're paying about $30.00 for the software after rebates, I figure, I just made about $25.00/hour to do it by hand ;-)
As an embedded device driver developer, I tend to err on the side of the compiler NOT being smart. In most cases, the compiler is smart enough to do the right thing. Many times, it optimizes different ways of writing the code into the same machine code, however, there have been instances when the compiler I've been *forced* to use didn't do this. For this reason I always leave the decision to myself and not the compiler. This also means knowing enough about how the particular compiler does things to make the informed decision. For desktop / user-level developers, however, this probably isn't necessary.
You guys have got to be kidding me. The was posted YESTERDAY!!!
... a certain melodrama and fantasy element... Ha! As if the NYT's bias isn't filled with such!!
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I like the idea. How willing would you be to start gathering and specifying requirements for such a system? This is the kind of thing that could really change the user experience. Hell, we could get requirements from an "Ask Slashdot" requesting features. The trick would be filtering the garbage out.
If you read the article you'd know that this isn't an issue of support, it's an issue of MANDATE. From the article: Blu-Ray, backed by companies like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Philips and Matsushita will require the codec to be used in playback equipment. They're not announcing that they support the codec. They're announcing that they REQUIRE the codec. There's a BIG difference here. What we have is a collaborative standard MANDATING one company's codec over open, standard codecs.
Apparently it's easier to use than the English language.
From the article:
How cool is to be the jock with the second fastest race-car in the block? and Top Reasons Why People Think Java Un-Cool - Debunked.
It never ceases to amaze me that people can learn the grammar of a programming language, but not the grammar of a spoken language. To be fair, English DOES have alot of "exceptions" to its rules, but come on. The above are basic grammar mistakes which any editor worth his salt should pick up.