One of his first suggestions will be to switch all critical machines to a more secure, non-windows OS (I'll leave the/. crowd to debate which one). Microsoft will lobby against it. Lawmakers will notice that we have the rest of the world paying the Microsoft tax, which is in turn taxed by the US government, and decide to keep Microsoft around. Nothing will change except the occasional yellow or orange fear alert light.
The problem with blockbuster is they force their focus on the family values on me by editing their movies. If I can order an unedited movie and have it delivered right to me, great.
Unfortunately, my style conscious girlfriend prefers that I wear jeans instead of my old cargo pants. If someone could just design me a cool looking utility belt, then I'd be set!
Spend $12 billion to develop clean, renewable fusion energy or spend $180 billion guarding dirty, limited oil sources. Seems like a pretty easy decision to me...
Imagine if we had spent $180 billion on it in 2003 in a manhattan project style research program instead of fighting the Iraq war? We'd probably have limitless energy already.
Microsoft is rammed down the throats of student programmers in high school and college too. And unfortunately they're still around...
I think what made Java uncool was the development of hundreds of clunky apps written in java for the cross platform benefit but left with their ugly windows interface. Think Azureus.
I read somewhere once that the average human has a fatal accident once every 300 something years. So unless we're all wearing personal force fields by 2030, we won't be surviving to 1000 years of age anyway.
I built a picture frame mac with an old powerbook and mounted it on the wall. I talk to it frequently because that is the only way to control it.
It understands me about 75% of the time, but I've found that I need to pronounce words the way the computer speaks them. For example, I pronounce the word turnip as turn-up while the mac says turn-ip. It won't understand unless I speak with its accent.
If you're wondering why I'm talking about turnips with my mac, it was during one if its stupid knock knock jokes. Try saying "tell me a joke" to your mac, you'll see. They're awful;)
The bible thumpers of southern and middle America reelected George Bush because they care more about oppressing women and gay people than they do about peace and prosperity.
By settling on a standard such as this, the computer industry would be further commoditized. Hence, brand means nothing, it's all about the level.
What would ultimately happen is whomever could produce the highest level for the cheapest price would win market share. This winner would constantly change to the next cheapest guy in China. Profit margins would shrink even more (and maybe even disappear completely, as is the case with the dvd player market).
While Microsoft would love all computers to be cheaper, there is zero incentive for manufacturers to adopt this practice and surrender any gains they have made with reputation and brand equity. Do you see level ratings on tvs, cars, or beer? No.
However, I would love to see a level rating on operating systems!
I'll agree with you that this system of grading is unbiased, but that is the most prominent problem with it. While the computer has no preconceived notions about what you are arguing in your paper, it cannot create any either. The system is only concerned with grammar and spelling. A computer cannot possibly determine if an argument is well formed, flows nicely, and leaves the reader questioning their previous beliefs.
If we all have impeccable grammar and spelling, but all we can talk about is what happened on Sponge Bob Square Pants, what has education done for us?
How nice of them to translate it into bureaucratize for all the lawyers and government clerks here on slashdot. Your US Patent Office, hero to slashdot minorities everywhere.
Basic bottom line, and this goes for every thing that Apple produces, from hardware to UI to programmatic APIs to Pepsi promotions to online services: they either get it really really right, and it's a dream to use, or they get it really wrong and are too stubborn to ever change. There isn't a happy medium, ever, with the notable exception of the leap from OS9 to OSX.
As much as you and I want a two button mouse standard, we won't ever get it from Apple.
Any wireless device with a single antenna will act like a hub, broadcasting data to every client available and splitting the bandwidth between them. Currently, there is no way to point the transmission to a specific client (although it might be possible to create a wireless 'switch' with a few directional antennas).
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One of his first suggestions will be to switch all critical machines to a more secure, non-windows OS (I'll leave the /. crowd to debate which one). Microsoft will lobby against it. Lawmakers will notice that we have the rest of the world paying the Microsoft tax, which is in turn taxed by the US government, and decide to keep Microsoft around. Nothing will change except the occasional yellow or orange fear alert light.
Why won't Real Player do the world a service and fold already? They're so last decade... and even then their player was crap.
The problem with blockbuster is they force their focus on the family values on me by editing their movies. If I can order an unedited movie and have it delivered right to me, great.
Unfortunately, my style conscious girlfriend prefers that I wear jeans instead of my old cargo pants. If someone could just design me a cool looking utility belt, then I'd be set!
There is only so much room in my pockets. If I can combine two gadgets, great.
Imagine if we had spent $180 billion on it in 2003 in a manhattan project style research program instead of fighting the Iraq war? We'd probably have limitless energy already.
You can either change the iPod, or you can change yourself...
I think what made Java uncool was the development of hundreds of clunky apps written in java for the cross platform benefit but left with their ugly windows interface. Think Azureus.
I concur. Looks like someone tried to add an interior view of the garage. Very poorly done. How did this get on Slashdot? Come on, editors...
I read somewhere once that the average human has a fatal accident once every 300 something years. So unless we're all wearing personal force fields by 2030, we won't be surviving to 1000 years of age anyway.
I bought a cheap DVI to HDMI cable on ebay. The picture looks just as good as DVI to DVI.
My LCD HD tv has both inputs. I use the DVI - DVI for the computer and the DVI - HDMI for the high def cable box.
It won't get past the FCC, especially if they let them buy the vibrating bed...
I built a picture frame mac with an old powerbook and mounted it on the wall. I talk to it frequently because that is the only way to control it. It understands me about 75% of the time, but I've found that I need to pronounce words the way the computer speaks them. For example, I pronounce the word turnip as turn-up while the mac says turn-ip. It won't understand unless I speak with its accent. If you're wondering why I'm talking about turnips with my mac, it was during one if its stupid knock knock jokes. Try saying "tell me a joke" to your mac, you'll see. They're awful ;)
The bible thumpers of southern and middle America reelected George Bush because they care more about oppressing women and gay people than they do about peace and prosperity.
What would ultimately happen is whomever could produce the highest level for the cheapest price would win market share. This winner would constantly change to the next cheapest guy in China. Profit margins would shrink even more (and maybe even disappear completely, as is the case with the dvd player market).
While Microsoft would love all computers to be cheaper, there is zero incentive for manufacturers to adopt this practice and surrender any gains they have made with reputation and brand equity. Do you see level ratings on tvs, cars, or beer? No.
However, I would love to see a level rating on operating systems!
Can some explain to me what all the commotion is about regarding the cantina shootout scene?
If we all have impeccable grammar and spelling, but all we can talk about is what happened on Sponge Bob Square Pants, what has education done for us?
To increase productivity and save power, management has upgraded all of our chairs to toilets. Each bowl says "Is this good for the company?"
How nice of them to translate it into bureaucratize for all the lawyers and government clerks here on slashdot. Your US Patent Office, hero to slashdot minorities everywhere.
Don't worry, I don't think many people took Hackers seriously. I imagine the 3D OS had something to do with it...
Basic bottom line, and this goes for every thing that Apple produces, from hardware to UI to programmatic APIs to Pepsi promotions to online services: they either get it really really right, and it's a dream to use, or they get it really wrong and are too stubborn to ever change. There isn't a happy medium, ever, with the notable exception of the leap from OS9 to OSX.
As much as you and I want a two button mouse standard, we won't ever get it from Apple.
What if I want to search for wind or existentialism?
Any wireless device with a single antenna will act like a hub, broadcasting data to every client available and splitting the bandwidth between them. Currently, there is no way to point the transmission to a specific client (although it might be possible to create a wireless 'switch' with a few directional antennas).
If all code was written this way, even microsoft would not be so protective of their source.