The only stuff I want to have interconnect is my stuff to my other stuff, not your stuff to my stuff.
I don't think the idea is that everything should be rendezvous-enabled, but that certain things could be. I think this would be used in home networks with consumer electronics rather than in an entire business network. As one previous poster mentioned, maybe Apple is gearing up for more consumer electronics.
Maybe the judge just doesn't understand the technology involved, maybe he thinks that IP addresses in the "cyberworld" are easily tranferrable and portable because it's all handled by magical Intenet software, but it shouldn't take a long time for an expert witness to explain that an IP address is not that much different from a mailing address, except that the IP address is tied to the ISP instead of your physical location. When I move out of my apartment, I wouldn't expect to be able to keep my street address. What needs to change in the judicial system to be able to help judges in cases like this?
Often, it is impossible not to copy to some degree. There are only so many ways to play 'something in D minor that sounds scary'.
There are only twelve notes in an octave, and only so many ways you can put them together. It's amazing to me that new music in every genre is always coming out, but it could never be done without taking inspiration from previous artists. Like Sir Isaac Newton, "standing on the shoulders of giants" is what lets new musicians continually do great things. As a musician with a permanent, lifelong case of writer's block, I applaud those out there that make good music, and make it their own. There may only be 12 notes, but the individuality of the artist can make a big difference between two songs with similar melodies/chord progressions/lyrics.
***The RIAA has no individuality, and doesn't to a whole lot to deserve my poor student $$***
If Microsoft can really get data and power running through the human body, it could really usher in a new age of computing.
You mean, if Microsoft can let someone else do the research, then claim the technology as their own, then muff up their implementation and get mad at anyone else that tries to do their own implemenation...
Oh yeah, their already half way through that process
The problem is that there are too many people (old and young alike) who are intimidated by their computers, are not familiar enough with the crap that happens when you click the yes button. To someone who isn't familiar with the problem of spyware, the messages to install it can often look like it's something the computer needs you to do in order for it to work right. Maybe that sounds stupid, but the everyday computer user isn't on the same level (meaning they don't understand computers or think about them in the same way) as any Slasdhot reader. Of course they're sheep. They're using technology that they don't understand. Some of us got the hang of this Internet thing pretty quick, but some people have gone 10 years using the Internet without figuring out what's good and bad out there. Even if they read the EULA, they wouldn't know what to make of it. It's not because they're stupid, it's because they're not computer people. Education can help, but part of the problem is the entire computer/Internet paradigm is setup to the advantage of the geeks, and to allow people to take advantage of the non-computer people.
Obviously everyone on Slashdot (that actually runs Windows and uses IE) is smart enough to click on the "No" button when they're asked if they want to install Gator, WhenU's software, or any other similar program. We can all agree that people should just not agree to install it we they are asked, and WhenU can say that they provide the option, but we also all know that this mindset isn't going to make the problem go away, because a company like that survives by profiting from someone else's ignorance.
It is just difficult to accept the fact that companies can get money from trashing my grandma's computer just because she's already intimidated by computers and believes whatever the all-powerful monitor tells her. They profit off of my teenage cousin, telling him "sure you can download lots of music without paying for it," then eventually make his computer unusable unless he formats/reinstalls.
There are hundreds of posts on Slashdot about how this is all Windows' fault, or it's all the fault of stupid users, but there are companies out there built from the ground up with the sole purpose of making money off of people that really don't know any better, and don't know how to learn what not to do. Since they're not targeting Slashdot users, it doesn't do any good for us to say "We're too smart to fall for that, so it's not our problem." It's the problem of Slashdot users when our friends and relatives ask us to help them clean up their computers. It's our problem when all we do at work is fight malware. It's our problem when crap like this gives computers and the Internet a bad reputation. Maybe this law isn't enough to get it done, but if it's not, we need some way to stop these companies.
The point wasn't what M$ cares about, it's what users care about. I had been replying to the post that said that
I'm not saying MS should sacrifice quality to get their products out faster, I'm just saying they should get their products out faster. As a consequence of their laziness, they have lost a lot of Windows users to Mac and Linux and a lot of IE users to Mozilla/Firefox and Opera.
I no longer use IE/OE for browsing and e-mail, I use firebird/thunderbird, but the reasons I switched have nothing to do with the length of time between releases. And I certainly don't think there's any reason to switch OSes because a new version doesn't come out fast enough. Obviously a lot of people didn't care that much that WinXP came out, because Microsoft had to extend support of Win98.
My in-laws (and a lot of other people) are still using Win98. I can guarantee you that Joe User doesn't care what the release cycle time is for Windoze releases. He's certainly not going to completely switch to a different OS just because M$ didn't come out with a new version of Windoze. I certainly don't think anybody switched to Windoze just because they couldn't wait to get the latest version back when the latest was WinMe.
I completely agree that the author wastes time trying to make us like his metaphor, when using a computer shouldn't be like using a desk. Obviously, the author hasn't seen my desk!
One of the many advantages of using a computer when working with documents is the fact that you can organize files in nested folders. Of course it would be a crappy way to do it in a physical desk drawer, since folders don't cram well into other folders, but that doesn't make it bad organization in the computer world.
It's like the 3-d desktop people who say that the visual experience of using a computer should be like using a desk. No way! The limitations of a computer monitor/mouse/keyboard make that impossible. It's much easier and more natural to turn my head to look at the contents of my desk than it will ever be to pan the view on a monitor up/down/left/right. Let go of the metaphor. The whole idea of innovation in computing is that people can go beyond the limitations of the physical world by doing things in new and different ways. A 3-D desktop such as the one at www.spatialresearch.com is much more usable than SphereXP (www.hamar.sk/sphere), because they've let go of the physical world metaphor, in order to find new, better ways to do things instead of making the computer act like a desk. Chaining everyone to a real-world metaphor just inhibits innovation.
And whoever thought that double middle-click and shift double-click are good ways to do anything doesn't belong on a team that tries to make products usable!
Of course Folder structure should be simple and shallow. For the same reason, when I write a program in C, I just have one big main(), with no other separate procedures. That makes it much easier, because everything is right there, in main()!
I also think that only magic numbers should be used, instead of those archaic #define's which just take up extra lines of code in my program.
And I just copy all the code from the.h files I would have used, and put it into my single.c file.
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But seriously, I use a tabbed browser so I won't have to "Open in new window" and have a million windows open on my screen. I didn't realize I should check to make sure that all the links I middle-click on are pointing to the same page before I open them in a tab
The front page of Sun's website has a gif that says you can get a free server by being a Java Enterprise Developer, and links to this: http://developers.sun.com/offers/jedevpromo/index. html
I guess they could wait to start their subcription based hardware
Slashdot Mirror
The day we don't get heated feedback I'll be concerned
He should read Slashdot daily for maximum life satisfaction.
I'd be happy to unregister the VIN for my POS and erase it from existance
Just use NAT.
Or IPv6
The only stuff I want to have interconnect is my stuff to my other stuff, not your stuff to my stuff.
I don't think the idea is that everything should be rendezvous-enabled, but that certain things could be. I think this would be used in home networks with consumer electronics rather than in an entire business network. As one previous poster mentioned, maybe Apple is gearing up for more consumer electronics.
I finally know the name of the man I've wanted to kill for the past 7 years.
I know I don't want to kill him, I forwarded the e-mail to 200 people, and I want my $$$$!
Maybe the judge just doesn't understand the technology involved, maybe he thinks that IP addresses in the "cyberworld" are easily tranferrable and portable because it's all handled by magical Intenet software, but it shouldn't take a long time for an expert witness to explain that an IP address is not that much different from a mailing address, except that the IP address is tied to the ISP instead of your physical location. When I move out of my apartment, I wouldn't expect to be able to keep my street address. What needs to change in the judicial system to be able to help judges in cases like this?
Don't forget to think "out of the box"
***The RIAA has no individuality, and doesn't to a whole lot to deserve my poor student $$***
I saw MacGyver beat a fingerprint scanner once, a long, long time ago. I wonder if he has a Master's degree?
Let's give credit where credit is due. Al gore clearly took the initiative in creating the backslash, the ESC key, and ASCII.
I can tell you any CD with Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson isn't good quality.
...Oh, you didn't mean the singing/composition...?
Never mind.
Oh yeah, their already half way through that process
It's best to avoid being just in front of a canon muzzle of any type.
The 10th physics expert hasn't reported back yet
The problem is that there are too many people (old and young alike) who are intimidated by their computers, are not familiar enough with the crap that happens when you click the yes button. To someone who isn't familiar with the problem of spyware, the messages to install it can often look like it's something the computer needs you to do in order for it to work right. Maybe that sounds stupid, but the everyday computer user isn't on the same level (meaning they don't understand computers or think about them in the same way) as any Slasdhot reader. Of course they're sheep. They're using technology that they don't understand. Some of us got the hang of this Internet thing pretty quick, but some people have gone 10 years using the Internet without figuring out what's good and bad out there. Even if they read the EULA, they wouldn't know what to make of it. It's not because they're stupid, it's because they're not computer people. Education can help, but part of the problem is the entire computer/Internet paradigm is setup to the advantage of the geeks, and to allow people to take advantage of the non-computer people.
Obviously everyone on Slashdot (that actually runs Windows and uses IE) is smart enough to click on the "No" button when they're asked if they want to install Gator, WhenU's software, or any other similar program. We can all agree that people should just not agree to install it we they are asked, and WhenU can say that they provide the option, but we also all know that this mindset isn't going to make the problem go away, because a company like that survives by profiting from someone else's ignorance.
It is just difficult to accept the fact that companies can get money from trashing my grandma's computer just because she's already intimidated by computers and believes whatever the all-powerful monitor tells her. They profit off of my teenage cousin, telling him "sure you can download lots of music without paying for it," then eventually make his computer unusable unless he formats/reinstalls.
There are hundreds of posts on Slashdot about how this is all Windows' fault, or it's all the fault of stupid users, but there are companies out there built from the ground up with the sole purpose of making money off of people that really don't know any better, and don't know how to learn what not to do. Since they're not targeting Slashdot users, it doesn't do any good for us to say "We're too smart to fall for that, so it's not our problem." It's the problem of Slashdot users when our friends and relatives ask us to help them clean up their computers. It's our problem when all we do at work is fight malware. It's our problem when crap like this gives computers and the Internet a bad reputation. Maybe this law isn't enough to get it done, but if it's not, we need some way to stop these companies.
That's all I was saying.
My in-laws (and a lot of other people) are still using Win98. I can guarantee you that Joe User doesn't care what the release cycle time is for Windoze releases. He's certainly not going to completely switch to a different OS just because M$ didn't come out with a new version of Windoze. I certainly don't think anybody switched to Windoze just because they couldn't wait to get the latest version back when the latest was WinMe.
If anybody did, I sure feel sorry for them...
Just to clarify...
Actually, WinME came out well after 2k, it was a filler for XP
I completely agree that the author wastes time trying to make us like his metaphor, when using a computer shouldn't be like using a desk. Obviously, the author hasn't seen my desk!
One of the many advantages of using a computer when working with documents is the fact that you can organize files in nested folders. Of course it would be a crappy way to do it in a physical desk drawer, since folders don't cram well into other folders, but that doesn't make it bad organization in the computer world.
It's like the 3-d desktop people who say that the visual experience of using a computer should be like using a desk. No way! The limitations of a computer monitor/mouse/keyboard make that impossible. It's much easier and more natural to turn my head to look at the contents of my desk than it will ever be to pan the view on a monitor up/down/left/right. Let go of the metaphor. The whole idea of innovation in computing is that people can go beyond the limitations of the physical world by doing things in new and different ways. A 3-D desktop such as the one at www.spatialresearch.com is much more usable than SphereXP (www.hamar.sk/sphere), because they've let go of the physical world metaphor, in order to find new, better ways to do things instead of making the computer act like a desk. Chaining everyone to a real-world metaphor just inhibits innovation.
And whoever thought that double middle-click and shift double-click are good ways to do anything doesn't belong on a team that tries to make products usable!
Of course Folder structure should be simple and shallow. For the same reason, when I write a program in C, I just have one big main(), with no other separate procedures. That makes it much easier, because everything is right there, in main()!
.h files I would have used, and put it into my single .c file.
I also think that only magic numbers should be used, instead of those archaic #define's which just take up extra lines of code in my program.
And I just copy all the code from the
**
But seriously, I use a tabbed browser so I won't have to "Open in new window" and have a million windows open on my screen. I didn't realize I should check to make sure that all the links I middle-click on are pointing to the same page before I open them in a tab
It's a bird... It's a plane... It's a router flying off the roof of my building!
The front page of Sun's website has a gif that says you can get a free server by being a Java Enterprise Developer, and links to this: http://developers.sun.com/offers/jedevpromo/index. html
I guess they could wait to start their subcription based hardware