While this may appear to be a good thing, what it amounts to is these companies further wasting resources in an effort to stop the resources that are already being wasted due to a flawed patent system.
True. But if we had a decent system, peer-review would have a role to play in it.
The way I see a good patent, system :
There is time penalties for every time you troll the patent office. If you submit a stupid patent, your next one will be queued longer. That way, you cannot use the "throw noodles at the wall, see what sticks" approach. If we make it a monetary punishment, big companies could still abuse the system but a time penalty is fair for everybody.
Peers (read competitors) have the first opportunity to review the patent. They'll jump on the occasion to point prior art. After that, the patent office can do its own research if that wasn't enough but if good prior art was found, it should be very quick.
The patent office pays court fees every time a patent is overturned in court. It should make them nervous of approving anything that isn't bullet-proof.
Now that it's released and they have some free time, they should send one to the IE team on their deployment day (next patch Tuesday if I'm not mistaken). But in the spirit of open source, they should include the recipe.
But they don't have to offer many downloads. They just have to put the extra features as extensions which are installed by default no matter what. If you don't like them, uninstall them and if you change your mind later, add them as you'd do with any extension.
On the other hand, everybody forced to have a spell-checker would mean that slashdotters would have no more excuses for misspelling ridiculous.
Normally, the site will install an ActiveX control that verifies that your copy of Windows is genuine. Instead you can bypass this check by running the mgadiag too and modifying the download URL with the code that the tool displays. My copy of Windows is genuine so I don't know if a non-genuine copy gives a working code or if you have to use a code from a legal copy.
I did not test for a cracked version of Windows but I just did for Linux (using crossover to run the.exe). It worked flawlessly. So I believe the OP probably failed to follow the instructions properly (maybe did not remove the quotation marks).
The price you pay covers 6 (or 12 depending on which plan) of support and updates. Past this period, you can still download software you were allowed to but not new software.
Support is quite good. As opposed to almost any other company I know, they speak English and Hacker (Unix meaning off the word) not corporate (or maybe they know that language, I never initiated a conversation in it). And support also covers fixing any bug that prevents your apps from running if they were garanteed to work.
So apparently they want younger (and probably more technical) people to read the contract so the 70+ people know what they're getting. Stupid, but it's not a rule without a reason.
This is nonsense. Younger people do not read contracts and ISPs mottos are usualy "Lets screw everybody."
Except this release. Dapper was delayed until June to add extra polish because it was the Long Term Support version. Edgy is still planned for October anyway.
I'd like a color code on Wikipedia where recent changes are highlighted (let say during 48 hours) so I can easily spot recent changes and mentally assign them a lower priority (possible vandalism).
It would be even wikier than flagged versions.
Code navigation. You basically need to be able to right click on a function name and say "go to the declaration of this function". Similarly, it's good if you can hover your mouse over a variable and see where it is declared.
Already in Eclipse. But it's ctrl-click.
ctrl and hover also gives you info.
Maybe it's just a difference of expectations. When I was a kid and learning to program, what I was learning was cool in itself. Now kids wonder what the hell it as to do with this kick-ass 3D videogame they want to do which seems nowhere near. Not as motivating.
Bullshit. People give kids too little credit. First off, most of them know basic algebra already- they've been solving math questions with x in the and solving for x for years. Secondly, basic programming doesn't require abstract thought- it requires you to understand boolean logic and arithmetic. Most kids can handle that by the time they're done with first grade, if not sooner.
I didn't learn any algebra until what would be grade 7 in the US (12 years old, I guess ?) but when I was 11, I taught myself BASIC even if people said it was "too complicated". And it wasn't Visual Basic but plain ol' Basic with line numbers. I read from a book made for kids though. So I support kids not being given credit.
I also think adults have more learning problems. When I discovered QBasic as a teen, one of my first thoughts was "cool, no line numbers and gotos !".
And people should ALWAYS be forced to use new words voted on by scientists. And not even a quorum of scientists at that! Insisting that people stop refering to Pluto as a "planet" just because 270 people halfway around the world took a vote is beyond stupid.
People are just unfamiliar with the concept of namespace. I have no trouble in accepting that Pluto is a planet in the mainstream namespace and it is or isn't (I'm waiting until the dust settles and we get a decision) in the scientific namespace.
Another exemple of people not groking namespaces is the "it's just a theory" rethoric. Theory does not mean the same thing for scientists.
I agree with you about Palms being wonderful for organizing assignments and such. I have a trusty old Palm IIIxe I bought back in 2000, and it's still going strong today. Maybe I just don't know what I'm missing, but my old Palm seems to do everything I want it to, and well.
If you ever buy another palm, pick one that doesn't do much. No mp3, video playing and the like. Not only you'll save money but much more importantly, you'll have a crappy battery life if you pick the kitchen sink models.
Beside, they suck at doing those other tasks compared to dedicated devices.
Oh come on, before you start bashing them - look, they have a nice Tetris game for you to play while it installs!
That's got to be worth something, no?
Maybe but when you install (k)ubuntu, you can read Slashdot at the same time:)
Too true! I love Google, but spread the word: No love for non-IE, non-Mozilla browsers. Opera is very standards-compliant. This can be forgiven because it's Beta, but Gmail still doesn't formally support Opera. That ain't right.
Gmail do support Opera now, when is the last time you checked ?
Read what you quoted again. He's not saying that they don't have testcases, what he's saying is that you can't objectively quantify how far they have to go
They should publish their test cases just like Acid2 was.
What this embargo on interplayer communication means is team oriented play is nigh impossible. You'd have to do something similar to the iconographic messages used in Phantasy Star Online, which was primarily designed to let people of different languages play together. Building up a meaningful vocabulary like that will take a lot of investment from both the designer and the players.
Maybe. But it will be a joy to play without having to suffer morons.
Q: Microsoft has made the comment that people can buy an Xbox 360 and Wii for about the same price as a PlayStation 3. Would you mind terribly if that happened?
A: I'd much rather have the consumer buy a Wii, some accessories, and a ton of games, vs. buying any of my competitor's products.
I agree with him. For the price of an Xbox 360, I can get tons of kick ass games:)
Slashdot Mirror
I'm sure the PS3 can satisfy your needs :
http://www.ps3grill.com/
Now that it's released and they have some free time, they should send one to the IE team on their deployment day (next patch Tuesday if I'm not mistaken). But in the spirit of open source, they should include the recipe.
It is, they already have the RC in.
But they don't have to offer many downloads. They just have to put the extra features as extensions which are installed by default no matter what. If you don't like them, uninstall them and if you change your mind later, add them as you'd do with any extension.
On the other hand, everybody forced to have a spell-checker would mean that slashdotters would have no more excuses for misspelling ridiculous.
The price you pay covers 6 (or 12 depending on which plan) of support and updates. Past this period, you can still download software you were allowed to but not new software.
Support is quite good. As opposed to almost any other company I know, they speak English and Hacker (Unix meaning off the word) not corporate (or maybe they know that language, I never initiated a conversation in it). And support also covers fixing any bug that prevents your apps from running if they were garanteed to work.
Except this release. Dapper was delayed until June to add extra polish because it was the Long Term Support version. Edgy is still planned for October anyway.
By "last name", you meant "full name", right? His first name is Jeremy according to his e-mail address.
Where is the best place to suggest it ?
I'd like a color code on Wikipedia where recent changes are highlighted (let say during 48 hours) so I can easily spot recent changes and mentally assign them a lower priority (possible vandalism). It would be even wikier than flagged versions.
Maybe it's just a difference of expectations. When I was a kid and learning to program, what I was learning was cool in itself. Now kids wonder what the hell it as to do with this kick-ass 3D videogame they want to do which seems nowhere near. Not as motivating.
I didn't learn any algebra until what would be grade 7 in the US (12 years old, I guess ?) but when I was 11, I taught myself BASIC even if people said it was "too complicated". And it wasn't Visual Basic but plain ol' Basic with line numbers. I read from a book made for kids though. So I support kids not being given credit.
I also think adults have more learning problems. When I discovered QBasic as a teen, one of my first thoughts was "cool, no line numbers and gotos !".
People are just unfamiliar with the concept of namespace. I have no trouble in accepting that Pluto is a planet in the mainstream namespace and it is or isn't (I'm waiting until the dust settles and we get a decision) in the scientific namespace.
Another exemple of people not groking namespaces is the "it's just a theory" rethoric. Theory does not mean the same thing for scientists.
You mean just like xtube is doing ?
http://www.xtube.com/
Absolutely. As long as your files are in a TrueCrypt volume.
http://www.truecrypt.org/
If you ever buy another palm, pick one that doesn't do much. No mp3, video playing and the like. Not only you'll save money but much more importantly, you'll have a crappy battery life if you pick the kitchen sink models.
Beside, they suck at doing those other tasks compared to dedicated devices.
Maybe but when you install (k)ubuntu, you can read Slashdot at the same time :)
Maybe. But it will be a joy to play without having to suffer morons.
I agree with him. For the price of an Xbox 360, I can get tons of kick ass games :)