So how many of those could be implemented without breaking a significant portion of the internet infrastructure that depends on DNS working the old way?
Dude, it's even cheaper than the other reply says. If Microsft finds out you are a developer they will send you all the shit you need FOR FREE. They've given me three copies of Vista Ultimate, a copy of server 2008 enterprise, a couple copies of visual studio pro, a copy of the mobile development kit, and a couple copies of SQL server.
If I develop an app for WinMo I can sell it to anyone with a WinMo phone and keep ALL the money. Unless T-Mobile is going start locking their phones from outside apps ala iPhone, why would I want to just give T-Mobile some of my money?
Well, the definition of common law as I understood it, was that it was based on what the common person would view as illegal.
IANAL, but I think you are confusing civil law with criminal. Criminal law is governed by statutes passed by the soveriegn authority. The article sites a statute. The "reasonable man" standard refers to the duty individuals have toward one another. So it's more applicable in torts.
This has been a life-saver for me; rather than having to remember what movies my wife wants to see, and having my movies held up when she takes a week to watch one, I can set her up with her on mini-queue and then not have to worry about it.
Netflix actually loses money on accounts that return movies too quick. If eliminating profiles slows down the rate at which people return movies, then their margins go up. My guess is they found they weren't making any money off accounts that used profiles.
Yeah, I agree with this view. Multi-threaded programming isn't really hard. I would think by now most coders are quite comfortable with the concept and the implementation. Multi-user application are no-brainers -- most are well-threaded. From my experience the trouble is that most single-user applications are ill-suited to it. Unless you have many processes occuring at once or a particularly well-suited type of static math problem (like video encoding) it tends to be useless.
I don't believe what I have written misrepresents the article in any way.
I believe you. But changing "have considered" to "are considering" does make a difference. Look at how I got jumped on for changing "have considered" to "considered." And those denotatively mean the same thing.
Well, I guess you got me. Clearly the Slashdot headline isn't misleading. And it's way off the mark to imply that King research is spinning its survey to the best benefit of its client. I feel ashamed to admit that I even consider that 9% of 44% to include companies adding even one Linux server. That can't be happening because the article clearly states switching. We all know what switching means. There is no middle ground. So heck, why not just say that since 44% might just plausibly be considering switching, that non-Windows OSes might just climb to 46% of the enterprise market next year. A 4000% increase! Yes, no question, they have "big mo."
I just replied to another post of yours.:) As I said above, "Since that the survey was paid for by a Microsoft management competitor which touts its ability to integrate Linux into Windows environments I would guess only that third still are." But you are right, I don't know that. But if you look at the linked article in the survey by the Forrester Research even that mere third of 44% is highly dubious. Forrester, which is (to put it kindly) a more respected company, estimates that in the enterprise space "Linux and Mac have 1 percent or 2 percent, and in some cases, such as Europe and the largest corporations, they don't even register."
According to TFA 44% considered alternatives. Not the same as 44% are considering. I considered having oatmeal for breakfast this morning, but I had eggs instead. We don't know how many of the 44% are still considering. Since that the survey was paid for by a Microsoft management competitor which touts its ability to integrate Linux into Windows environments I would guess only that third still are.
"A survey by King Research has found that Ninety percent of IT professionals have concerns using Vista, with compatibility, stability and cost being their key reasons. Interestingly, forty four percent of companies surveyed are considering switching to non-Windows operating systems........." That statement makes no sense at all.
This is because (shock) Slashdot editors manipulated the survery findings to make things seem worse for Windows than they really are.(/shock) The survey said 44% considered (past-tense) switching OSs. Of that number 2/3 have already dismissed the idea outright. Only 9% of the original 44% have taken any steps to do so. So about 4%.
You can do whatever you want with your digital tuner on Windows, too. It just doesn't do it through the Zune software. There are plenty of free apps that do it. For what its worth Windows has far more built-in functionality for your HD tuner than OS-X does. No contest.
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Upgrade had a market share of 7.2%. The Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Upgrade. That's the one that is only good for upgrading Windows 95/98. 7.2%. WTF.
I don't know why you'd limit it to the past 20 years. Time-Warner has the greatest catalog -- no qualification needed. But Sony's catalog is far from garabage. There are so many important classics it is pointless to list them. And it has the one I bet most movie buffs would put at the top of their hi-def wishlist: Lawrence of Arabia.
The article doesn't state it but this seems to be the worm W32.Drom. Symantec rates the threat as Very Low with 0-49 total infections. Take that with however many grains of salt you wish.
Isn't that really just an admission that the single-layer HD-DVD disc are simply inadequate compared to single-layer blu-ray? That difference will only get greater as layers are added. And because of that thick "protective layer" Toshiba keeps talking about HD-DVD players will probably never read above three layers, while blu-ray might go eight.
"There are very few movies out on Blu-Ray right now that I really miss having other than Spider Man and Pirates of the Carribean. There are a LOT more that are exclusive to HD-DVD that I wouldn't want to miss having: Shrek 3, Transformers, Oceans Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen, some Jet Li movies, Unforgiven, The Searchers and about 30+ more."
The Searches and Unforgiven have been out on blu-ray for over a year. Oceans Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen come out this week. Really unless you think that Paramount is THE GREAT movie catalog, it's hard to make the argument that content favors HD-DVD.
Blu-ray has, right now, a 50gb to 30gb advantage. That's pretty significant. Blu-ray has the potential for 100gb and hd-dvd might be able to get 50gb. Those extra gigs could be put towards quailty or quanity. Consumers might care, or they might not.
But if you want to point to something that blu-ray has that consumers will care about, it's the Sony catalog. It is huge. And the crown jewel is the entire James Bond collection. Joe Six-pack WILL want to see those on his player.
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So how many of those could be implemented without breaking a significant portion of the internet infrastructure that depends on DNS working the old way?
I did have to attend a microsoft pep rally for some of that. So only sorta free.
Dude, it's even cheaper than the other reply says. If Microsft finds out you are a developer they will send you all the shit you need FOR FREE. They've given me three copies of Vista Ultimate, a copy of server 2008 enterprise, a couple copies of visual studio pro, a copy of the mobile development kit, and a couple copies of SQL server.
If I develop an app for WinMo I can sell it to anyone with a WinMo phone and keep ALL the money. Unless T-Mobile is going start locking their phones from outside apps ala iPhone, why would I want to just give T-Mobile some of my money?
Netflix actually loses money on accounts that return movies too quick. If eliminating profiles slows down the rate at which people return movies, then their margins go up. My guess is they found they weren't making any money off accounts that used profiles.
Okay. Version with more setup:
If you are talking to an engineer, how can you tell if he is an introvert or an extorvert?
The extrovert stares at your shoes.
The extrovert stares at your shoes.
(grumbles about no post edit function on slashdot)
How do you tell if an engineer is an introvert or an extrovert?
The extrovert looks at your shoes.
Yeah, I agree with this view. Multi-threaded programming isn't really hard. I would think by now most coders are quite comfortable with the concept and the implementation. Multi-user application are no-brainers -- most are well-threaded. From my experience the trouble is that most single-user applications are ill-suited to it. Unless you have many processes occuring at once or a particularly well-suited type of static math problem (like video encoding) it tends to be useless.
Well, I guess you got me. Clearly the Slashdot headline isn't misleading. And it's way off the mark to imply that King research is spinning its survey to the best benefit of its client. I feel ashamed to admit that I even consider that 9% of 44% to include companies adding even one Linux server. That can't be happening because the article clearly states switching. We all know what switching means. There is no middle ground. So heck, why not just say that since 44% might just plausibly be considering switching, that non-Windows OSes might just climb to 46% of the enterprise market next year. A 4000% increase! Yes, no question, they have "big mo."
I just replied to another post of yours. :) As I said above, "Since that the survey was paid for by a Microsoft management competitor which touts its ability to integrate Linux into Windows environments I would guess only that third still are." But you are right, I don't know that. But if you look at the linked article in the survey by the Forrester Research even that mere third of 44% is highly dubious. Forrester, which is (to put it kindly) a more respected company, estimates that in the enterprise space "Linux and Mac have 1 percent or 2 percent, and in some cases, such as Europe and the largest corporations, they don't even register."
According to TFA 44% considered alternatives. Not the same as 44% are considering. I considered having oatmeal for breakfast this morning, but I had eggs instead. We don't know how many of the 44% are still considering. Since that the survey was paid for by a Microsoft management competitor which touts its ability to integrate Linux into Windows environments I would guess only that third still are.
You can do whatever you want with your digital tuner on Windows, too. It just doesn't do it through the Zune software. There are plenty of free apps that do it. For what its worth Windows has far more built-in functionality for your HD tuner than OS-X does. No contest.
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Upgrade had a market share of 7.2%. The Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Upgrade . That's the one that is only good for upgrading Windows 95/98. 7.2%. WTF.
I don't know why you'd limit it to the past 20 years. Time-Warner has the greatest catalog -- no qualification needed. But Sony's catalog is far from garabage. There are so many important classics it is pointless to list them. And it has the one I bet most movie buffs would put at the top of their hi-def wishlist: Lawrence of Arabia.
The article doesn't state it but this seems to be the worm W32.Drom. Symantec rates the threat as Very Low with 0-49 total infections. Take that with however many grains of salt you wish.
Isn't that really just an admission that the single-layer HD-DVD disc are simply inadequate compared to single-layer blu-ray? That difference will only get greater as layers are added. And because of that thick "protective layer" Toshiba keeps talking about HD-DVD players will probably never read above three layers, while blu-ray might go eight.
"There are very few movies out on Blu-Ray right now that I really miss having other than Spider Man and Pirates of the Carribean. There are a LOT more that are exclusive to HD-DVD that I wouldn't want to miss having: Shrek 3, Transformers, Oceans Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen, some Jet Li movies, Unforgiven, The Searchers and about 30+ more."
The Searches and Unforgiven have been out on blu-ray for over a year. Oceans Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen come out this week. Really unless you think that Paramount is THE GREAT movie catalog, it's hard to make the argument that content favors HD-DVD.
"Unless, of course, you define 'the merit' as 'having more content providers.'" They certainly defined that as "a merit."
Blu-ray has, right now, a 50gb to 30gb advantage. That's pretty significant. Blu-ray has the potential for 100gb and hd-dvd might be able to get 50gb. Those extra gigs could be put towards quailty or quanity. Consumers might care, or they might not.
But if you want to point to something that blu-ray has that consumers will care about, it's the Sony catalog. It is huge. And the crown jewel is the entire James Bond collection. Joe Six-pack WILL want to see those on his player.