"There's a lot of people who like to rent DVD's. Now they won't need to return them. Or watch them in time. What's not to like?"
Please don't take offense to this, but seriosuly, what IS there to like? Netflix is already easy enough. Just drop it off in the mailbox and you're done. I seriously hope that people are not becoming so lazy that they can't even run out to the mailbox to return a movie. Heck, my mailbox is over 1/4 mile away from my house and I have no problem walking out to it.
I just don't understand why anybody in their right mind would want such a DVD. For a normal DVD rental business, the company purchases a DVD once and it's watched many times, over and over again. Additionaly, there is little waste until the DVD has finally been neglected enough that it no longer plays. I don't work in a video store, so I'd only be guessing how long before DVD rental companies must replace their DVD's. But to purchase the same DVD again and again and again and again seems just a little silly. Actually, rather rediculous. And what happens if I fell asleep, like so often is the case for me? Now I'll have to buy it again? No thanks...
ASP.NET "Atlas" is the codename for a set of technologies to add Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) support to ASP.NET. It consists of a client-side script framework, server controls and more.
Thousands of IT people around the world are loosing their jobs as software and computer needs are all hosted in some remote location by application service providers. "We'd love to keep them around", said the CEO of a major Fortune 500 company, "but it's really not that difficult to reboot my little black box that gives me access to everything I need".
So I wonder how long until we can expect to see a similar service from Microsoft.
Sadly, I'm not sure that it's enough. I fear that most people will see "Netscape" and remember the older browser, pre-Firefox and opt against Netscape as their default browser. Either way, it's nice to see more options available.
I tend to agree with your opinion; however, I must point out that the flaw I believe he was trying to point out was that big universities totally ignore the fact that some people are more visual learners and don't do well learning from printed material. Examples without understanding are worthless. This individual lacked understanding and couldn't get it by reading his material. To further complicate matters, his teachers allegedly failed to possess the skills necessary to teach. My experience with TA's would be somewhat similar to his. I'm just lucky enough to usually --when motivated-- have the ability to learn by reading text books. And if I can't do that, it's most certainly the universities fault;-).
It might not be the fault of the Mozilla foundation, but I can see this as being another Microsoft marketing ploy against OSS by suggesting that their software is less likely to be infected because they have QA teams to help verify validity before their products leave the store and because Microsoft is their own distributor of software downloaded from their site. Not to say that their Korean offices couldn't accidentally make the same mistake, but Microsoft can surely find a way to use this to their advantage.
You have a valid argument; but I think the argument of the original poster was that they're basically taking a similar approach to Firefox, so why not just go with Firefox? There's probably a reason that the Mozilla Foundation dropped the original Mozilla suite (I personally don't know what it is), so it may seem a little strange that somebody would insist on working with the old code, let alone using it.
AWG, feel free to jump in and correct me if I misunderstand you, but I think what you're trying to say is that people refused to move to Firefox and continued to run the old suite. Now the SeaMonkey developers have picked up the original Mozilla code and are essentially turning it into Firefox. So what's the point?
"With something like bittorrent where effectively all the uploading is done by the downloaders who could they sue if not supernova?
If you think they should be suing someone better, be careful what you wish for."
I would assume that one would need to verify that the "shared files" are in fact pirated material (otherwise they'd be suing people who foolishly named a legitimate MP3 as something illegitimate). That being the case, are they not also pirating material during their download process?
Of course, we're talking about companies with a ton of money here. And we all know that deep pockets allow them to get away with a little more than the rest of us can.
Wow! I would have freaked out if I saw a bat in my house.
Have you ever looked into something like an Ultrasonic Pest Repeller? I'm not 100% certain; but, I believe they would work with bats, too. I know for sure that the one my parents have came with an explicit warning to not use the device around pet mice and hamsters.
"Isn't that EXACTLY the point of buying from a vendor? So that I can EASILY and QUICKLY get the support I need WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK FOR IT?!?>"
You have a valid argument. However, I must point out that once you've started to gain experience, you really don't have to look too far. In fact, I have better luck receiving help from the open source community for free than I do some companies that I've bought software from (e.g. Veritas). Perhaps surprising is that I actually prefer to use the Microsoft newsgroups when I have issues with their products. They have a great response team that can usually answer my questions within a very reasonable time. I have very similar reactions from the open source community and newsgroups. Provided I have given an indication that I've at least tried to solve the problem on my own, I rarely, if ever, run across a situation where nobody is willing to give me a hand.
"Apparently, a major source of opposition to BPL is operators of ham radios."
Of course. It's the ham operators that actually understand the potential for BPL to cause harmful RF interference. The rest of the world won't care until it affects them personally. Ignoring the advise of ham radio operators is like ignoring the advise of the bomb squad when there's a bomb in a subway. Ok, so it's not as drastic, but it's still quite silly.
I've never used an eBook, but I would imagine that if it's not already, eBooks will eventually provide the ability to highlight, underline, bookmark, etc. And what's stopping you from burning your eBook at the end of the semester;-)?
Honestly, I don't see how this is going to hold out for very long. I can guarantee that there will be an uproar from students. Not only are the book prices outrageous enough, as it is; but, now we won't even be able to keep them to use a reference when the course is done. And this isn't even getting into the fact that I totally, 100% prefer printed material to reading material on a computer.
About the only two things that I can think of that benefit from this type of eBook is the environment (No trees were harmed in the printing of this material (TM)) and the pockets of those that own the rights to the material. And I guess there's a possibility that Universities benefit some, as well.
You have a valid argument. And by the way, as of this posting, I'm 25.
Looking back at everything that I got into as a kid, computers were the least of my problems. I do, however, understand where you're coming from with having access to the Internet, which you and I didn't grow up with. I did have access to many local BBS's; but, admittedly, they didn't provide anywhere near the amount of information that kids have access to, these days.
Personally, my belief is that parents need to take an active role in understanding what their kids are looking at on the Internet. As mentioned in my previous post, there are many software packages available today that provide the necessary means to block adult-oriented content from your children. I've honestly never tried them; but, I understand that they're mostly affective. Other forms of information that I worry about are the various "how to build a bomb" articles and such, that are rather easy to come across. Again, my response to this type of material is that parents need to be more active with their children. It doesn't mean that you need to spy on them 24/7. I believe that if parents spent more time with their kids, they'd have a better understanding of what types of things their children are into. Moreover, I find it likely that good times spent with ones kids will help to encourage good behavior.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. I just have a slightly different outlook;-).
I don't understand why you guys are being so (please don't take offense to this, but I don't know any other word that fits) paranoid about your kids having computers in their room.
I grew up with a computer in my room and I spent many, many more hours learning how my own personal computer worked because I wasn't afraid of screwing it up for somebody else, which was always the case when I was working on a shared computer. The experience ended up being one of the greatest learning opportunities of my entire life (perhaps the most).
Did I get into things I shouldn't have? Occasionally; but, it wasn't like I couldn't gain access to it some other way, anyhow. More often than not, I spent my time learning how to program, installing and learning various operating systems, such as DOS 5.0+, Linux, SCO Unix, Novell Netware and OS2.
We let our kids read books in their room. Why not let them have a computer? If you're worried about your kids getting into adult material, use one of the ever growing list of software packages that help restrict such material (and I have nothing against doing this).
"I hate Linux. I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!"
I can accept that the author of this article believes that Windows is better than Linux at some things. I can't, however, begin to fathom how a comment like that could come out.
One could argue that the Windows GUI is better looking and/or more user friendly. I'll even let you argue ease of installation. But I know of nobody that isn't either funded by Microsoft or an employee of Microsoft that would argue that Windows has better network code and/or that Windows is better for application severs, such as a database or web server.
That sentence alone begs the question, "Has this person even used Linux a day in his life?" If the answer to that question is yes, I believe it's safe to assume that he is either extremely under educated or this entire article is likely another biased article to inflect FUD into the business world.
Originally, Microsoft told us that we could expect WinFS and a new command prompt to be released with the next version of Windows. Now, according to the fine article, "Microsoft hinted a couple of months ago that [Monad] may not be ready for initial versions of the Vista client or server".
So exactly what will Windows Vista ship with besides a boat load of crap that takes functionality away from me?
To anybody out there with mod points, can you please do Slashdot a favor and check the context of the message before modding a message as Offtopic? I was attempting to do people a favor by warning them ahead of time that the parent message contained a link that was not appropriate.
I think engineers in general seem to be bad at making things pretty to the general public. Personally, I'd rather be writing low-level drivers and firmware than worrying about what the GUI looks like. Not that I don't like a professional-looking GUI; I just can't do it.
Temporarily ignoring the severe potential for a buffer overrun, to me, this is art:
Yeah, tell me about it! The developer in me doesn't think he can start/stop daemons he's writing without being root (or su-ing). But the administrator in me tells him to stop being a lazy bum and just type "sudo".
Being able to control the system through a serial cable will be nice since we now require an add-on "System Management" card to do it. I don't, however, understand why scripting is such a big deal. Can somebody with a little more knowledge on the subject please give me a little insight?
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"There's a lot of people who like to rent DVD's. Now they won't need to return them. Or watch them in time. What's not to like?"
Please don't take offense to this, but seriosuly, what IS there to like? Netflix is already easy enough. Just drop it off in the mailbox and you're done. I seriously hope that people are not becoming so lazy that they can't even run out to the mailbox to return a movie. Heck, my mailbox is over 1/4 mile away from my house and I have no problem walking out to it.
I just don't understand why anybody in their right mind would want such a DVD. For a normal DVD rental business, the company purchases a DVD once and it's watched many times, over and over again. Additionaly, there is little waste until the DVD has finally been neglected enough that it no longer plays. I don't work in a video store, so I'd only be guessing how long before DVD rental companies must replace their DVD's. But to purchase the same DVD again and again and again and again seems just a little silly. Actually, rather rediculous. And what happens if I fell asleep, like so often is the case for me? Now I'll have to buy it again? No thanks...
"You won't, Microsoft doesn't understand the hoopla around AJAX."
Atlas
ASP.NET "Atlas" is the codename for a set of technologies to add Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) support to ASP.NET. It consists of a client-side script framework, server controls and more.
Thousands of IT people around the world are loosing their jobs as software and computer needs are all hosted in some remote location by application service providers. "We'd love to keep them around", said the CEO of a major Fortune 500 company, "but it's really not that difficult to reboot my little black box that gives me access to everything I need".
So I wonder how long until we can expect to see a similar service from Microsoft.
Sadly, I'm not sure that it's enough. I fear that most people will see "Netscape" and remember the older browser, pre-Firefox and opt against Netscape as their default browser. Either way, it's nice to see more options available.
I tend to agree with your opinion; however, I must point out that the flaw I believe he was trying to point out was that big universities totally ignore the fact that some people are more visual learners and don't do well learning from printed material. Examples without understanding are worthless. This individual lacked understanding and couldn't get it by reading his material. To further complicate matters, his teachers allegedly failed to possess the skills necessary to teach. My experience with TA's would be somewhat similar to his. I'm just lucky enough to usually --when motivated-- have the ability to learn by reading text books. And if I can't do that, it's most certainly the universities fault ;-).
It might not be the fault of the Mozilla foundation, but I can see this as being another Microsoft marketing ploy against OSS by suggesting that their software is less likely to be infected because they have QA teams to help verify validity before their products leave the store and because Microsoft is their own distributor of software downloaded from their site. Not to say that their Korean offices couldn't accidentally make the same mistake, but Microsoft can surely find a way to use this to their advantage.
You have a valid argument; but I think the argument of the original poster was that they're basically taking a similar approach to Firefox, so why not just go with Firefox? There's probably a reason that the Mozilla Foundation dropped the original Mozilla suite (I personally don't know what it is), so it may seem a little strange that somebody would insist on working with the old code, let alone using it.
AWG, feel free to jump in and correct me if I misunderstand you, but I think what you're trying to say is that people refused to move to Firefox and continued to run the old suite. Now the SeaMonkey developers have picked up the original Mozilla code and are essentially turning it into Firefox. So what's the point?
Am I close?
Symantec has raised the vulnerability threat level and advised to disable firewall and authentication until their IOS is patched."
Sure, I'll get right on disabling my firewall so the world can take over the even more insecure [unfortunate] 95% Windows network at my work.
"With something like bittorrent where effectively all the uploading is done by the downloaders who could they sue if not supernova?
If you think they should be suing someone better, be careful what you wish for."
I would assume that one would need to verify that the "shared files" are in fact pirated material (otherwise they'd be suing people who foolishly named a legitimate MP3 as something illegitimate). That being the case, are they not also pirating material during their download process?
Of course, we're talking about companies with a ton of money here. And we all know that deep pockets allow them to get away with a little more than the rest of us can.
Wow! I would have freaked out if I saw a bat in my house.
Have you ever looked into something like an Ultrasonic Pest Repeller? I'm not 100% certain; but, I believe they would work with bats, too. I know for sure that the one my parents have came with an explicit warning to not use the device around pet mice and hamsters.
"Isn't that EXACTLY the point of buying from a vendor? So that I can EASILY and QUICKLY get the support I need WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK FOR IT?!?>"
You have a valid argument. However, I must point out that once you've started to gain experience, you really don't have to look too far. In fact, I have better luck receiving help from the open source community for free than I do some companies that I've bought software from (e.g. Veritas). Perhaps surprising is that I actually prefer to use the Microsoft newsgroups when I have issues with their products. They have a great response team that can usually answer my questions within a very reasonable time. I have very similar reactions from the open source community and newsgroups. Provided I have given an indication that I've at least tried to solve the problem on my own, I rarely, if ever, run across a situation where nobody is willing to give me a hand.
"Apparently, a major source of opposition to BPL is operators of ham radios."
Of course. It's the ham operators that actually understand the potential for BPL to cause harmful RF interference. The rest of the world won't care until it affects them personally. Ignoring the advise of ham radio operators is like ignoring the advise of the bomb squad when there's a bomb in a subway. Ok, so it's not as drastic, but it's still quite silly.
I've never used an eBook, but I would imagine that if it's not already, eBooks will eventually provide the ability to highlight, underline, bookmark, etc. And what's stopping you from burning your eBook at the end of the semester ;-)?
Honestly, I don't see how this is going to hold out for very long. I can guarantee that there will be an uproar from students. Not only are the book prices outrageous enough, as it is; but, now we won't even be able to keep them to use a reference when the course is done. And this isn't even getting into the fact that I totally, 100% prefer printed material to reading material on a computer.
About the only two things that I can think of that benefit from this type of eBook is the environment (No trees were harmed in the printing of this material (TM)) and the pockets of those that own the rights to the material. And I guess there's a possibility that Universities benefit some, as well.
You have a valid argument. And by the way, as of this posting, I'm 25.
;-).
Looking back at everything that I got into as a kid, computers were the least of my problems. I do, however, understand where you're coming from with having access to the Internet, which you and I didn't grow up with. I did have access to many local BBS's; but, admittedly, they didn't provide anywhere near the amount of information that kids have access to, these days.
Personally, my belief is that parents need to take an active role in understanding what their kids are looking at on the Internet. As mentioned in my previous post, there are many software packages available today that provide the necessary means to block adult-oriented content from your children. I've honestly never tried them; but, I understand that they're mostly affective. Other forms of information that I worry about are the various "how to build a bomb" articles and such, that are rather easy to come across. Again, my response to this type of material is that parents need to be more active with their children. It doesn't mean that you need to spy on them 24/7. I believe that if parents spent more time with their kids, they'd have a better understanding of what types of things their children are into. Moreover, I find it likely that good times spent with ones kids will help to encourage good behavior.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. I just have a slightly different outlook
I don't understand why you guys are being so (please don't take offense to this, but I don't know any other word that fits) paranoid about your kids having computers in their room.
I grew up with a computer in my room and I spent many, many more hours learning how my own personal computer worked because I wasn't afraid of screwing it up for somebody else, which was always the case when I was working on a shared computer. The experience ended up being one of the greatest learning opportunities of my entire life (perhaps the most).
Did I get into things I shouldn't have? Occasionally; but, it wasn't like I couldn't gain access to it some other way, anyhow. More often than not, I spent my time learning how to program, installing and learning various operating systems, such as DOS 5.0+, Linux, SCO Unix, Novell Netware and OS2.
We let our kids read books in their room. Why not let them have a computer? If you're worried about your kids getting into adult material, use one of the ever growing list of software packages that help restrict such material (and I have nothing against doing this).
"I hate Linux. I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!"
I can accept that the author of this article believes that Windows is better than Linux at some things. I can't, however, begin to fathom how a comment like that could come out.
One could argue that the Windows GUI is better looking and/or more user friendly. I'll even let you argue ease of installation. But I know of nobody that isn't either funded by Microsoft or an employee of Microsoft that would argue that Windows has better network code and/or that Windows is better for application severs, such as a database or web server.
That sentence alone begs the question, "Has this person even used Linux a day in his life?" If the answer to that question is yes, I believe it's safe to assume that he is either extremely under educated or this entire article is likely another biased article to inflect FUD into the business world.
Originally, Microsoft told us that we could expect WinFS and a new command prompt to be released with the next version of Windows. Now, according to the fine article, "Microsoft hinted a couple of months ago that [Monad] may not be ready for initial versions of the Vista client or server".
So exactly what will Windows Vista ship with besides a boat load of crap that takes functionality away from me?
To anybody out there with mod points, can you please do Slashdot a favor and check the context of the message before modding a message as Offtopic? I was attempting to do people a favor by warning them ahead of time that the parent message contained a link that was not appropriate.
Dear Mr. Hilf,
I would like to know when you plan on converting the remaining Windows servers at Microsofts' facility, to Linux.
Kind regards,
--
SenFo
Warning to anybody that comes across that link, do NOT click it unless you want to see a very disturbing pornographic picture.
I think engineers in general seem to be bad at making things pretty to the general public. Personally, I'd rather be writing low-level drivers and firmware than worrying about what the GUI looks like. Not that I don't like a professional-looking GUI; I just can't do it.
;
Temporarily ignoring the severe potential for a buffer overrun, to me, this is art:
void copy(char *s, char *t)
{
while (*s++ = *t++)
}
Yeah, tell me about it! The developer in me doesn't think he can start/stop daemons he's writing without being root (or su-ing). But the administrator in me tells him to stop being a lazy bum and just type "sudo".
Being able to control the system through a serial cable will be nice since we now require an add-on "System Management" card to do it. I don't, however, understand why scripting is such a big deal. Can somebody with a little more knowledge on the subject please give me a little insight?