``We believe (JavaStation) was basically the right approach, but used some of the wrong technology. We've learned that users don't want to just use Java,'' Loiacono said.
Of course, the ad banners loads instantly (ad banners are generally the fastest things on the net... just another thing that points to modern ideals of the "news hole"), the icons and Slashdot logo load fast, and then it takes a week for the rest of the page to come in. The news, the sidebars, etc. take forever to load. This is only since the new implementation.
Can you post it somewhere when it is received? I'm sure that the slashdotters will want to get a good look at it. I remember watching the techs page through the MRI images of my brain at Yale-New Haven hospital, and seeing my medulla emerge on the screen... Wild stuff.
I swear to God, out of all the communities on the net, there is none that can create and support rumors quite like the Amiga community.
How anyone can believe a bit of this is beyond me. When they actually produce silicon that can sit in a pile of packaging on a store shelf, get excited. Otherwise, just lump it in with the other BS we've been hearing for years now. My personal Amiga compost heap could fertilize the Gobi for growing corn.
Well, once upon a time it was a Good Thing to have journalists and editors to determine "news or not news." See, there used to be a thing called "Journalistic Ethics."
Much like we trust doctors because they've got a degree, we used to be able to trust journalists with degrees. These days you can really replace the old "what is truth?" question with "what is news?"
I'm SO sick of the crap that gets put forth as news that it makes me ill. I've cancelled all of my newspaper and magazine subscriptions, and choose my own news from the web, plus I listen to public radio (God, please help Pacifica). Local news is crap, TV news is even worse, CNN and MSNBC and the like are SO owned by Disney (Cap-City/ABC) and GE that they're nothing but marketing with ads besides... Noticed how many WB stars have been on the cover of Time lately?
Wired is Wired. Mostly useless, but occasionally informative. And just for the record: knowledge of Star Trek trivia is about the worst test of a journalist you can come up with. Get a life, will you people?
No way. Three people cannot replace a team of journalists. Slashdot aids them, really. Most of the things posted on Slashdot are a paragraph of commentary on, and a link to, someone else's articles. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I think it's great. I hit Slashdot probably 8 or 10 times a day looking for some new newsbit, and I'm more than happy to visit all the other sites linked to, bringing them traffic, supporting their writers and advertisers, etc.
I just received another Discover Card offer in the mail addressed to the wrong name at my address - I made a mistake while registering a domain name at NS, and listed the wrong person at my address. Guess who the mail was addressed to?
You can't even register for a domain name anymore without getting on a mailing list, and that's just f***ed up.
Still, what has happened has happened. The suits are now in on Linux, and they're only going to infiltrate more. I think that most of us with actual development jobs know how business-types affect software - they add a whole other element of business and deadlines and bullshit to the process.
How many times have you bought hardware only to find that it was released when the market was right - not when the drivers were ready?
Is it for spirit or money? Two completely different things, and now we'll see which drives innovation, and which drives software releases timed for market pressures. Just wait 'til the board meetings(!) start happening. Linux existed for a reason, and now that reason has been changed to the almighty bottom line. Keep it in the black boys, keep it in the black.
Really, Intel should have to add such comments to these announcements. Things like, "well, we're no longer making network cards. Ever. Or, at least until next year. We'll continue R&D on them, but our stuff gets pounded in the marketplace, so we'll say we're 'leaving the market' until the R&D guys come up with something decent."
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``We believe (JavaStation) was basically the right approach, but used some of the wrong technology. We've learned that users don't want to just use Java,'' Loiacono said.
Of course, the ad banners loads instantly (ad banners are generally the fastest things on the net... just another thing that points to modern ideals of the "news hole"), the icons and Slashdot logo load fast, and then it takes a week for the rest of the page to come in. The news, the sidebars, etc. take forever to load. This is only since the new implementation.
Microsoft owns WebTV.
Can you post it somewhere when it is received? I'm sure that the slashdotters will want to get a good look at it. I remember watching the techs page through the MRI images of my brain at Yale-New Haven hospital, and seeing my medulla emerge on the screen... Wild stuff.
I would assume that this purchase would preclude the non-profit status of linux.org - has anyone made a statement on this?
I swear to God, out of all the communities on the net, there is none that can create and support rumors quite like the Amiga community.
How anyone can believe a bit of this is beyond me. When they actually produce silicon that can sit in a pile of packaging on a store shelf, get excited. Otherwise, just lump it in with the other BS we've been hearing for years now. My personal Amiga compost heap could fertilize the Gobi for growing corn.
Well, once upon a time it was a Good Thing to have journalists and editors to determine "news or not news." See, there used to be a thing called "Journalistic Ethics."
Much like we trust doctors because they've got a degree, we used to be able to trust journalists with degrees. These days you can really replace the old "what is truth?" question with "what is news?"
I'm SO sick of the crap that gets put forth as news that it makes me ill. I've cancelled all of my newspaper and magazine subscriptions, and choose my own news from the web, plus I listen to public radio (God, please help Pacifica). Local news is crap, TV news is even worse, CNN and MSNBC and the like are SO owned by Disney (Cap-City/ABC) and GE that they're nothing but marketing with ads besides... Noticed how many WB stars have been on the cover of Time lately?
Wired is Wired. Mostly useless, but occasionally informative. And just for the record: knowledge of Star Trek trivia is about the worst test of a journalist you can come up with. Get a life, will you people?
No way. Three people cannot replace a team of journalists. Slashdot aids them, really. Most of the things posted on Slashdot are a paragraph of commentary on, and a link to, someone else's articles. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I think it's great. I hit Slashdot probably 8 or 10 times a day looking for some new newsbit, and I'm more than happy to visit all the other sites linked to, bringing them traffic, supporting their writers and advertisers, etc.
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Save deep linking!
I just received another Discover Card offer in the mail addressed to the wrong name at my address - I made a mistake while registering a domain name at NS, and listed the wrong person at my address. Guess who the mail was addressed to?
You can't even register for a domain name anymore without getting on a mailing list, and that's just f***ed up.
Still, what has happened has happened. The suits are now in on Linux, and they're only going to infiltrate more. I think that most of us with actual development jobs know how business-types affect software - they add a whole other element of business and deadlines and bullshit to the process.
How many times have you bought hardware only to find that it was released when the market was right - not when the drivers were ready?
Is it for spirit or money? Two completely different things, and now we'll see which drives innovation, and which drives software releases timed for market pressures. Just wait 'til the board meetings(!) start happening. Linux existed for a reason, and now that reason has been changed to the almighty bottom line. Keep it in the black boys, keep it in the black.
Have you checked out Halcyon's InstantASP or ChiliSoft's ASP implementation? Actually, ChiliSoft won't be supporting Linux 'til the end of 99, but they're already viable on several Unices. Also, if you're looking for something for the ASP-hosting crowd, ChiliSoft's product does FP & FP2000.
Really, Intel should have to add such comments to these announcements. Things like, "well, we're no longer making network cards. Ever. Or, at least until next year. We'll continue R&D on them, but our stuff gets pounded in the marketplace, so we'll say we're 'leaving the market' until the R&D guys come up with something decent."