What the difference between the personal computer and the portable computer. How about email--you NEED a computer. Doesn't a hybrid car contain storage devices, computers, LCDs, etc..?
Innovations I think not. CNN again misunderstands the concept of innovations, or really, are they trying to sell something (typical of corporate media)?. I felt like I just read a Fox News article. This list is really the top 25 [electronic] consumer products in the last 20-odd years, only 2-3 (fiber, MEMs, DNA) of them are really innovations.
He describes an interesting phenomena occurring in American consumer electronics. Basically, US tech consumers like intuitive products as mentioned since Sony left the US market. Intuitive products will always appear "smart" or "intelligent" to a user from a psychology standpoint such that they become humanized. That's since we associate intuitiveness as an exclusive human trait. Case in point: ever here a person say "stupid car", "stupid pda", "stupid phone"? (Considering a phone can't be stupid, but a human can!)
And so that's the root of why people "lose" it. Unless the way technology is perceived differently (you don't see Japanese folks 'smashing' their tech toys on a routine basis), our professor from the article will have a nice secure job,
and a lot of useless equipment.
Any possible therapy? Why yes! Just read the directions...., doh.
The the hollywood tradition--sequels. Exploitation like in governements is an honored virtue of these big, slow industries.
It will get worst as more animatronics and "talent" get into games. There's can be so many Angelina Jolies in the world that sequels are the only choice.
If you think about it, the gaming industry has always used sequels and 'duplication' for years, heck the 3D 1st person rendering engines are similar or even [nearly] identical among vendor to vendor.
Makes sense as we (US) believe in that the shortest distance between 2 points is a line, that nature takes the path of least resistance. That, my good fellows, is what my quantum physics teacher referred to as...
Back in my day (1999), layoffs were so immature & not news. We were worried about bankruptcy (CHAP 7 not 11) instead since the valley was already "heading south".
If they can defeat lo-jack on cars, they can defeat this.
(unless it's some SMT transmitter on the freakin chip, which is unlikely due to the power requirements at this point).
"It's not fair for the gov't to compete with private industry"
On the flip side--WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THE LAST 4 YEARS?!@#!
One word: Halliburton (it IS the gov't?)....
I love this. I just watched Pixar's The Incredibles (i.e. the superheroes were forced by lawyers & government). Everything has a legal spin to it nowadays. Makes the current administration's so called "tort reform" so yesterday. As one corporate lawyer told me when I asked him who would win my specific Chap 11 case against an old company, he said,
"Lawyers always win".
The urban legend called the culture wars is over (a stalemate), welcome to the psychological wars fellas.
Well it does show how flexible the OS X kernel is. That their implementation of expected OS algorithms (timing, threading, mem management, I/O, etc...) are likely based on solid concepts and since computing is reflective (i.e. mathematical;) ), does imply that good software should be "backward" and "forwards" compatible with the change in hardware.
I consider it good news that the OS X core will have a long lifespan and get better in the future.
Try running any other OS on an older computer, via emulation or not. Yes they could have been faster and better for specific tasks/hardware, but as computers get more common (e.g. new users) the need for flexiblilty/commonality will be more important. That's why we all still use a No. 2 pencil!
Business-wise, are we heading down the same path? Is google about to repeat history (i.e. Microsoft OS + IE vs. Netscape). What happens when another search company integrates Opera? What did we learn about the Microsoft OS+IE vs. Netscape issue?
See, this supports Best Buy's decision to start branding their computers and TV products (though licensing mainly from vendors). Looks like the online market's about to be "branded"--such that getting unknown brand equipment (i.e. cheap) will be more and more hard to find. Not good for the hobbist or initial adopters.
Here's what would be a close to the hanging chad debacle,...or is that the hanging byte debacle:
long nader = 0;
long bush = 0;
long kerry = 0;
switch (c) {
case YADA_YADA:
yada_yada *= 1;
case NADER:
nader *= 1;
case KERRY:
kerry += 1;
case BUSH:
bush *= 1;
}
"And google, now a public company, gives in to corporate America. They tried to redefine the business, but instead it refined them." It is now the corporation.
Makes sense that you don't bite the hand that feeds ya.
Poor programming is due to management, customers, and people in general not taking into the consideration of both technical (design, impl, environment) and non-technical details (time, $$, politics, power). Then there's the problem of buy in by the developers: they desire a good design, otherwise mutiny occurs... In the end, it's a mutual problem.
Remember Mythical Man Month?. Again, another news org realizing the importance of stuff written light years ago.
(And CNBC had a slew of business folks yesterday saying how tech was "on the outs" again this year--and that it's construction, oil, and old econ that's en vogue. When your down, they just keep hitting ya...)
"and shows the Einstein Emulator, that will eventually allow the Newton OS to be built and run on top of Unix."
Cool. Classical, Modern, and the Strong Force... Looks like we're upon proving Grand Unification Theory. Now all we need is solve the weak force issue (*cough* XP) issue.
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Yes, and that's why they spend 1% of sales on IT. Wal-Mart created the way product consumption works in America. All big business outlets run on the same Wal-Mart model/philosophy (or attempt to achieve it) of buying and managing goods (inventories), selling/marketing, and distributing to the end consumer. They spent a good buck in the beginning, and now only spend it on maintenance until the way we do business changes, which will not for a while, since Wal-Mart dictates & invented the current trend. And they did it right the first time when it came to using technology (though screwing everyone else business-wise).
It's just like folks still using Windows 3.1 - if it ain't broken (e.g. the industry model in Wal-Mart's case), don't fix it.
When the paradigm of selling happens (e.g. Amazon.om like models), we'll see a negative effect (just look at Coke). What goes up comes down (and repeats).
WTF? For one, the patent infringement must be on an implementation 'choice' of a Java API, not on Java itself as a framework or spec. Reading the Groklaw notes, it sounds like the patent is in the area of service calls, which usually involve consortiums and groups of companies to decide on a standard (due to the problems of integrating their legacy/proprietary systems)--it's basic interface programming. I would probably be embarrassed for USPTO on learning how the patented was originally granted.
Can someone provide the details of this case? Was the technology in question RMI, XDR-[like stuff], XML, J2EE techniques, discovery/directory services like JNDI, XML-RPC, JavaIDL, or even the freakin Runtime class or the Reflection package? I'll need to re-review the Groklaw notes.
Then again, this looks like another situation where the law-folks misinterpreted the technology and the media waters it down to a simple sound bite adding to the confusion--and Kodak took them both (and Sun) to the cleaners by technicalities.
I guess MSNBC isn't reporting what they did in vegas... The Stratosphere coaster(s) is 900+ft up. (ok by a technicality, considering it runs at a mere 35mph and cost more to ride!). Then again, the X-scream was a better ride.
Yeah, geology vs. meteorology (got caught up in the video;) ). I heard that hurricanes would set off some geological instruments though...
I was talking about the one in the northeast recently, but can't get find the info. Then there was one in Kentucky recently (register low). Actually revisiting the usgs site just now, there's a lot of activity everywhere.
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Innovations I think not. CNN again misunderstands the concept of innovations, or really, are they trying to sell something (typical of corporate media)?. I felt like I just read a Fox News article. This list is really the top 25 [electronic] consumer products in the last 20-odd years, only 2-3 (fiber, MEMs, DNA) of them are really innovations.
Top innovation? Object oriented programming. Duh.
Then again we are the consumer society.
With quality, lossy compression, probably both. Life is "fuzzy" anyway when you're thinking about the past ;)
D*mn, from my experience, digital content management (DMMS) was approx. 4 years too early. We were sure ahead of our time back then.
And so that's the root of why people "lose" it. Unless the way technology is perceived differently (you don't see Japanese folks 'smashing' their tech toys on a routine basis), our professor from the article will have a nice secure job,
and a lot of useless equipment.
Any possible therapy? Why yes! Just read the directions...., doh.
It will get worst as more animatronics and "talent" get into games. There's can be so many Angelina Jolies in the world that sequels are the only choice.
If you think about it, the gaming industry has always used sequels and 'duplication' for years, heck the 3D 1st person rendering engines are similar or even [nearly] identical among vendor to vendor.
The "Principle of Maximum Laziness".
nuf said.
Back in my day (1999), layoffs were so immature & not news. We were worried about bankruptcy (CHAP 7 not 11) instead since the valley was already "heading south".
If they can defeat lo-jack on cars, they can defeat this. (unless it's some SMT transmitter on the freakin chip, which is unlikely due to the power requirements at this point).
"Uh, he never graduated actually..."
And currently works for MS consulting. Enough said.
"It's not fair for the gov't to compete with private industry" On the flip side--WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THE LAST 4 YEARS?!@#! One word: Halliburton (it IS the gov't?)....
I love this. I just watched Pixar's The Incredibles (i.e. the superheroes were forced by lawyers & government). Everything has a legal spin to it nowadays. Makes the current administration's so called "tort reform" so yesterday. As one corporate lawyer told me when I asked him who would win my specific Chap 11 case against an old company, he said,
"Lawyers always win".
The urban legend called the culture wars is over (a stalemate), welcome to the psychological wars fellas.
Value is perceived...
I consider it good news that the OS X core will have a long lifespan and get better in the future.
Try running any other OS on an older computer, via emulation or not. Yes they could have been faster and better for specific tasks/hardware, but as computers get more common (e.g. new users) the need for flexiblilty/commonality will be more important. That's why we all still use a No. 2 pencil!
Business-wise, are we heading down the same path? Is google about to repeat history (i.e. Microsoft OS + IE vs. Netscape). What happens when another search company integrates Opera? What did we learn about the Microsoft OS+IE vs. Netscape issue?
Unless you buy overseas that is...
Here's what would be a close to the hanging chad debacle, ...or is that the hanging byte debacle:
long nader = 0;
long bush = 0;
long kerry = 0;
switch (c) {
case YADA_YADA:
yada_yada *= 1;
case NADER:
nader *= 1;
case KERRY:
kerry += 1;
case BUSH:
bush *= 1;
}
I would disagree. You prioritize on your freedoms, as they all are not mutally exclusive.
Makes sense that you don't bite the hand that feeds ya.
next...
Duh, that's why I run FreeBSD.
Seriously, when the KDE is "industrial strength", there would be no need to move OS X. And that should be soon (please?)...
Remember Mythical Man Month?. Again, another news org realizing the importance of stuff written light years ago.
(And CNBC had a slew of business folks yesterday saying how tech was "on the outs" again this year--and that it's construction, oil, and old econ that's en vogue. When your down, they just keep hitting ya...)
Cool. Classical, Modern, and the Strong Force... Looks like we're upon proving Grand Unification Theory. Now all we need is solve the weak force issue (*cough* XP) issue.
It's just like folks still using Windows 3.1 - if it ain't broken (e.g. the industry model in Wal-Mart's case), don't fix it.
When the paradigm of selling happens (e.g. Amazon.om like models), we'll see a negative effect (just look at Coke). What goes up comes down (and repeats).
Can someone provide the details of this case? Was the technology in question RMI, XDR-[like stuff], XML, J2EE techniques, discovery/directory services like JNDI, XML-RPC, JavaIDL, or even the freakin Runtime class or the Reflection package? I'll need to re-review the Groklaw notes.
Then again, this looks like another situation where the law-folks misinterpreted the technology and the media waters it down to a simple sound bite adding to the confusion--and Kodak took them both (and Sun) to the cleaners by technicalities.
I guess MSNBC isn't reporting what they did in vegas... The Stratosphere coaster(s) is 900+ft up. (ok by a technicality, considering it runs at a mere 35mph and cost more to ride!). Then again, the X-scream was a better ride.
I was talking about the one in the northeast recently, but can't get find the info. Then there was one in Kentucky recently (register low). Actually revisiting the usgs site just now, there's a lot of activity everywhere.