Except Mel was quoted as saying he feels that eventually, every MP3 player with have Satellite Radio capabilities. For Apple it would make sense to sign an exclusive deal. Not so for SIRIUS, as it would limit their expandability in the long term. Maybe if the deal was a 2 year deal they could get away with it, because in the short term, a deal with Apple would be huge.
A new file-system is something that Windows desperately needs. Or at least, a new way of storing data (much like Apple does for its apps). You don't want an app anymore - no more uninstallers ( that don't fully work) - just drop it's folder into the trash. Totally intuitive, and it works. They took a concept that would do well for the OS in WinFS, and watered it down to be nothing more than a search API layer. Big whoop.
That's why WinFS was jettisoned (along with the simple fact that the concept is damn hard to implement.)
I don't think the concept itself is THAT hard to implement - it's been done before. It's a matter of cleaning up the mess that they've made for themselves with their current installer system - letting just any app dump its garbage all over the FS. MS' largest strength and weakness is its reliance on backwards compatibility. Break what "works" now - and you'll find people jumping ship, because if they have to start over apps-wise anyway, might as well do it on a platform that isn't so frustratingly riddled with problems.
If computers and software are terrible, hard to use, and pointlessly obscure, that's absolutely your perogative to feel that way. However - did you make computers and software that way? Is it your fault that computers 'round the globe aren't infinitely easy to use?
Not to come off as a flame, but you're a damn fool if you're spending any significant chunk of your time doing work for others for free.
One word: style. It's chic to have one of these, and it extends to the interface. A pretty looking piece of dung is still a piece of dung, but Apple has managed to take something that looks amazing and make it work just as it looks.
I think it's all about weaning off of MS. Let's face it - a cold turkey jump to OSS is damn difficult for any company. But if you start working in OSS projects into the current platform, when you start migrating the users, the transition will be that less invasive.
..would be a point that very well could begin to erode MS's stronghold. Sure, it will keep you using Exchange for the short term. But some kind of migration tool to turn all those mbx's into openexchange or another OSS backend could make the transition on the desktop seamless.
"If you choose the anger route, I would recommend slowly increasing your irritation, and then backing off with a manager. (Also keep in mind that you can't annoy the CSR too much...often the CSR will introduce the problem to the supervisor, and it doesn't help your cause that that introduction is coming from their agitated point of view and not yours. If they are a trusted CSR the supervisor may have made up their mind even before they hear what you have to say.)"
I agree completely. A couple of months back I had a hellish experience with Adelphia with their High Speed internet and my agitation caught me $140 in credit.
I believe that PHP should be taken for what it was meant to be: a flexible web language. Yeah, it can also do some command line scripting, and it can be quite good at it. But just by browsing through php.net and looking at the built-in functions, you can see that it's obviously geared towards web use first and foremost. My website uses PHP exclusively, and we've been able to do some pretty amazingly interactive stuff with it, in combination with MySQL.
I am a huge proponent of open-source, but...
Writing code isn't a trivial process. Writing good code is extremely difficult, and I feel is a skill that should be well compensated for.
I disagee. I think anywhere from 30-60fps will be noticable ONLY to people with highly trained and experienced gaming eyes. Now don't get me wrong, according to this article, the human eye can see up to 72fps, but i compare it to an audiophile. Most likely you and I, and a lot of people here can hear the difference between a 128kbps MP3 file and a CD, but I think you'll find that most people just don't care enough to hear/see the difference.
It might be a brilliant business idea in theory - what with the industry getting paid without ponying up for bandwidth - but it absolutely sucks in reality.
I'm not a big P2P'er anymore, but anytime I try to get onto Kazaa, with it's millions of users at petabytes of content - it takes a damn long time to download anything that I'm looking for. Searches might turn up thousands of hits, but connecting to, and downloading at a decent speed, any content I want, is by far another story.
The "industry" shouldn't be able to charge for a service whose effectiveness and performance isn't determined by the entity receiving the money.
No, but my site alone has nearly 1TB of publically accessible files. Are you telling me that my site alone represents ~0.5% of the entire Internet's size?
Firefox is the app that will save the Internet. From blocking popups to auto-install worms/viruses - if IE was left to roam free, unchallenged, the net would become a niche market for the people who could either a-stand it, or b-were savvy enough to get around it. Firefox is about bringing the 'net back to the people.
Now we just need to be able to retro-fit our slacks' zippers with these things, so when that cute girl from accounting walks by in her miniskirt, we can still get up from behind our desks;)
Good points. I guess it all depends on the meaning of the word "burned." For example, a user might have had their box turned into a spam relay, and they wouldn't know it, but they'd sure feel it if their ISP came knocking and turned off their service.
Wasn't there some stat that came out recently that said some-odd 80% of Windows PCs have some sort of spyware on them? Sounds like a lot have been burned.
Apple's going to leave out the keyboard, and rightfully so. Any tablet worth it's salt will have handwriting recognition replace the need for a keyboard, and for the real sticklers, a virtual keyboard onscreen. I'll bet this thing will look like you took an iBook and ripped off the bottom half. Nothing more than the screen, and maybe a little bit thicker. This could be huge, if done right.
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Except Mel was quoted as saying he feels that eventually, every MP3 player with have Satellite Radio capabilities. For Apple it would make sense to sign an exclusive deal. Not so for SIRIUS, as it would limit their expandability in the long term. Maybe if the deal was a 2 year deal they could get away with it, because in the short term, a deal with Apple would be huge.
Mod parent up. Of course you'll get the leftists blaming Bush for this. In fact, GWB probably knows where my keys are, but he won't tell me. Bastard.
Which, really, who cares?
A new file-system is something that Windows desperately needs. Or at least, a new way of storing data (much like Apple does for its apps). You don't want an app anymore - no more uninstallers ( that don't fully work) - just drop it's folder into the trash. Totally intuitive, and it works. They took a concept that would do well for the OS in WinFS, and watered it down to be nothing more than a search API layer. Big whoop.
That's why WinFS was jettisoned (along with the simple fact that the concept is damn hard to implement.)
I don't think the concept itself is THAT hard to implement - it's been done before. It's a matter of cleaning up the mess that they've made for themselves with their current installer system - letting just any app dump its garbage all over the FS. MS' largest strength and weakness is its reliance on backwards compatibility. Break what "works" now - and you'll find people jumping ship, because if they have to start over apps-wise anyway, might as well do it on a platform that isn't so frustratingly riddled with problems.
Which works fine, if you're a massochist.
If computers and software are terrible, hard to use, and pointlessly obscure, that's absolutely your perogative to feel that way. However - did you make computers and software that way? Is it your fault that computers 'round the globe aren't infinitely easy to use?
Not to come off as a flame, but you're a damn fool if you're spending any significant chunk of your time doing work for others for free.
One word: style. It's chic to have one of these, and it extends to the interface. A pretty looking piece of dung is still a piece of dung, but Apple has managed to take something that looks amazing and make it work just as it looks.
I love it. Maybe we could get a Firefox extension written for exactly this!
I think it's all about weaning off of MS. Let's face it - a cold turkey jump to OSS is damn difficult for any company. But if you start working in OSS projects into the current platform, when you start migrating the users, the transition will be that less invasive.
..would be a point that very well could begin to erode MS's stronghold. Sure, it will keep you using Exchange for the short term. But some kind of migration tool to turn all those mbx's into openexchange or another OSS backend could make the transition on the desktop seamless.
"If you choose the anger route, I would recommend slowly increasing your irritation, and then backing off with a manager. (Also keep in mind that you can't annoy the CSR too much...often the CSR will introduce the problem to the supervisor, and it doesn't help your cause that that introduction is coming from their agitated point of view and not yours. If they are a trusted CSR the supervisor may have made up their mind even before they hear what you have to say.)" I agree completely. A couple of months back I had a hellish experience with Adelphia with their High Speed internet and my agitation caught me $140 in credit.
I believe that PHP should be taken for what it was meant to be: a flexible web language. Yeah, it can also do some command line scripting, and it can be quite good at it. But just by browsing through php.net and looking at the built-in functions, you can see that it's obviously geared towards web use first and foremost. My website uses PHP exclusively, and we've been able to do some pretty amazingly interactive stuff with it, in combination with MySQL.
Troll? Please. I must have missed the memo where any usefulness of this hack is explained past the part that says, "because we can".
From the "because you can, and really no other reason" department.
I am a huge proponent of open-source, but... Writing code isn't a trivial process. Writing good code is extremely difficult, and I feel is a skill that should be well compensated for.
I disagee. I think anywhere from 30-60fps will be noticable ONLY to people with highly trained and experienced gaming eyes. Now don't get me wrong, according to this article, the human eye can see up to 72fps, but i compare it to an audiophile. Most likely you and I, and a lot of people here can hear the difference between a 128kbps MP3 file and a CD, but I think you'll find that most people just don't care enough to hear/see the difference.
It might be a brilliant business idea in theory - what with the industry getting paid without ponying up for bandwidth - but it absolutely sucks in reality. I'm not a big P2P'er anymore, but anytime I try to get onto Kazaa, with it's millions of users at petabytes of content - it takes a damn long time to download anything that I'm looking for. Searches might turn up thousands of hits, but connecting to, and downloading at a decent speed, any content I want, is by far another story. The "industry" shouldn't be able to charge for a service whose effectiveness and performance isn't determined by the entity receiving the money.
No, but my site alone has nearly 1TB of publically accessible files. Are you telling me that my site alone represents ~0.5% of the entire Internet's size?
Firefox is the app that will save the Internet. From blocking popups to auto-install worms/viruses - if IE was left to roam free, unchallenged, the net would become a niche market for the people who could either a-stand it, or b-were savvy enough to get around it. Firefox is about bringing the 'net back to the people.
From TFA, the "fingerprinted" doc looks just like anything that comes out of my old DeskJet 693C ;)
I like how you counter Nintendo's rehashing with a 3rd sequel for one of Sony's flagship games.
Now we just need to be able to retro-fit our slacks' zippers with these things, so when that cute girl from accounting walks by in her miniskirt, we can still get up from behind our desks ;)
Good points. I guess it all depends on the meaning of the word "burned." For example, a user might have had their box turned into a spam relay, and they wouldn't know it, but they'd sure feel it if their ISP came knocking and turned off their service.
Wasn't there some stat that came out recently that said some-odd 80% of Windows PCs have some sort of spyware on them? Sounds like a lot have been burned.
Yeah, right.
Apple's going to leave out the keyboard, and rightfully so. Any tablet worth it's salt will have handwriting recognition replace the need for a keyboard, and for the real sticklers, a virtual keyboard onscreen. I'll bet this thing will look like you took an iBook and ripped off the bottom half. Nothing more than the screen, and maybe a little bit thicker. This could be huge, if done right.