While I think this is a great move on its part, Microsoft faces an uphill battle as the word "google" is now a verb. By the way, will I be in position to change Verizon's new default search engine (Live Search) back to Google? Hackers anyone?
My request is to those that are in the know to show me some example code, that does something useful. Then later, compare that code to code from other languages to accomplish the same task.
Include reasons to support the notion that the R language is [necessarily] better at what it does.
According to the new rule, 100% of government servers must run Linux by June 30, 2009, and 70% of agencies must use OpenOffice.org,
I guess it's time for Steve Ballmer to catch the next flight to Hanoi with cash and incentives in his briefcase. If this approach worked in the past why shouldn't it work one more time?
So you think you can do something about the potential that your alleged ideas may be stolen while at university or after you leave?
I doubt you can do anything because for most universities and places of work, the work you do while there belongs to the university/workplace and not you, I am afraid.
For points 1 to 3, explain to me why even after a MAJOR migration to Intel chips (and therefore a break in compatibility), Apple's OSX still does more [serious] work on the desktop as compared to Linux with its various implementations.
I am afraid you sound just like another Linux fanboy. Listen, your approach has not worked that well in 10 years! Apple came in with a new platform and kicked your *you know what* in terms of penetration.
Fix this man...fix it then things will work themselves out.
If I recall correctly, the self-build versions of Android cannot connect to the app-store.
Who needs the app-store? We'll build a new one. If this effort materializes, the Open Source Android code will be adequately modified to connect to a newly built "app-store." Then at this moment, all the rest will be history.
My only hope will be that every application in the new app-store works as advertised and better than what is currently available on the Linux desktop.
My other hope is that at that time, we in the Linux desktop world will have learned that "too much choice breeds confusion" which we have had in a decade of multiple implementations of every application the KDE and GNOME folks have provided.
"... I surely hope it is going to happen. Since Android does not rely on X11, but has its own framebuffer graphics, that would indeed be a cosmic shift..."
Disclaimer: I know "Linux" is just a kernel, but while here, "Linux" means the various "Linux" distros as implemented on the desktop.
Android on mobile Internet devices will save the average Joe and Jane the problem that still dogs "Linux" on the desktop.
Many such problems are due to confusion because of: -
1: Multiple clipboard managers and therefore desktop environments
2: Linux users is that they fail to realize that your "normal" computer user is NOTHING like they are.
3: Geeks will argue that the CLI can be easily made consistent across distros but I call this CLI fanboyism. And it does help. There is virtually no young person in today's world who can stand this unless they are texting their friends. When it comes to the computer, they expect simplicity.
4: Multimedia is a mess with multiple sound systems. Heck, as a user, all I need is to hear my music. Period.
I was just wondering who Kate McKinley really is. Most of all, I am skeptical as to whether she is even qualified to be called a "security researcher" at all.
Why? Because Wikipedia returns no hits for "Kate McKinley" and a Google search returns results that are sketchy or even anemic when it comes to browser security at best.
May be I should also put up my own research...may be, then call my self a "Security researcher."
That's good money in this economy. I work in the health-care field; the money is not all that bad but one has to "learn" to live with all kinds of crap.
Back stabbing by fellow employees and the fact that you are not appreciated are quite common. Members of the public appreciate the doctors more.
It is the case although nurses and those close to patients know more about the patient than the doctors, and doctors normally go by nurse's opinions. I guess it comes with the territory.
I would assume that because very few folks understand low level code that Allan works with, he gets little trouble from superiors.
Anyone care to speculate about his compensation?
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Could anyone speculate about what his compensation was like?
I always wondered how much folks like Allan Cox are paid.
I mean...they do low level coding that I will never be able to do.
Does this kind of situation explain why we in North America are a little bit "behind" Europeans and Asians when it comes to the "cell phone" and exploiting its maximum potential?
I hear the "cell phone" elsewhere in the world is capable of so much more than simply making calls and texting, which are the bulk of what we use cell phones for over here.
Ok...those Union contracts are still alive if I may say so. But why the hell will FORD build horrible cars?
My brother in law had a Ford F-150 whose headlights would flicker off and on while driving! Dangerous and scary! When he went to the dealership, he was treated as if it was his fault. This was a 2 year old machine!
While he was waiting, another guy came in with what a mechanic termed as "Piston Slap", loud knocking and excessive engine noise. This was on the same model of truck!
Sadly Ford refused to own the problem. He's since been driving a Toyota Tundura. How is Ford going to grab this guy back?
...but with all of the challenges from labor prices and foreign competition, how exactly can the industry retool itself to be more competitive?...
To me, the solution is and has always been simple and it's just one solution:
Build cars that people want to buy.
What are the metrics that will bring about this? Here is how: -
1: Build cars that are appealing to the eye. I mean, cars that are as beautiful to look at as they are beautiful to sit into.
2: Build cars that do not break just after their warranty mileage.
3: Build cars that are easy to repair...cars that even the Joe Six Pack will "understand."
4: Build cars that have excellent resale value. Not cars that lose 50% of their value in 1 year.
5: Build plants in USA. What these giants are doing is to close plants here while opening others in China in order to export to the USA. Absurd! Focusing on [short term] profits.
This is a quote from one auto industry insider GM/Ford and Chrysler were so short sighted! This is what they did: -
"...[They] created multiple versions of every product under a bunch of different brand names, hoping that if buyers shun one, they'll take a more favorable view of another..."
This is customers message to Detroit: "Consumers aren't that stupid. Give them a bit more credit, and you might have a future."
While I congratulate him for his invention, he could have used dung from the millions of sheep and camels in the region to make biogas. As a matter of fact these folks are already doing it.
I hear waste from humans works too. The trouble with it being the stench and the potential for Hepatitis A spread.
...but could somebody explain to me how capturing these data enhances "National Security."
It might be a waste of time because folks who harm this country's citizens are more oftem willing to die. That is after harming the country anyway.
Secondly, our borders are porous to the extent that we've failed to stem the flow of drugs despite spending close to a trillion dollars on "border security."
When it comes to Linux, for me it's the other stuff the Linux does not do very well right now.
Let's agree: "Linux" as implemented by the many distros right now is ugly out of the box! Compare that with Apple's OSX or even Windows XP out of the box. With Linux, you first have to look for those Microsoft web fonts before you call a potential convert to have a look! Sad indeed.
Multimedia handling is still wanting on Linux. To make matters worse, even Linux advocates will prefer to create video files on Adobe's [proprietary] flash instead of.ogg! This makes you wonder which master Linux fan-boys serve. Heck, we can't even eat our own food?
One positive thing for now: KDE 4.2 is very very promising when to take a spin of it. Great work is being done as I write this. Gnome on the other hand will get there but the pain will be quite a lot before it does.
I am wondering whether there will be any role for Linux. But if there is any, then the politics of which distro CISCO chooses will be a subject of great and diverse opinion here at Slashdot. I can't wait.
We can aggregate that to strictly mean "value added." So let me see how transporting goods across this great land adds "value" strictly speaking, to them and not just cost.
Ok, define "American Content" in a way that can't be twisted and turned by companies...
"American Content" has to be vague to some extent. That is, it must be open to interpretation. This way, wiggle room is created. But the gist must be placed on the value of the product.
If a pair of trousers or pants as they are known in the USA costs, say US$89.99, then we can demand that 50% of that cost must have been contributed by activities in the USA.
The business of sewing these pants in foreign lands for "peanuts" and selling them for up to 300% in profits will cease. That way, every American benefits. I know because folks the apparel industry are my clients.
One particular shirt for example, even while on sale for US$19.99, is still sold at a profit. The same shirt could have been sold at US$149.99 just seven months prior.
One sure way that would work is to mandate that all products sold in the USA have a particular percentage of American Content; and this does not refer to simple "value added" per se.
What I am talking about is the gross importation of finished, ready-to-use goods like automobiles and other big ticket items. If this mandate were in place, there would be thousands of jobs created across this great land.
There was talk that Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is more than 67% "foreign!" This is unacceptable. There was a report that if the liner were just 70% American made, this would create 27,000 jobs.
Can we even count the jobs that have gone to Mexico and Canada? GM's Silverado and Suburban are all made in Mexico. Those jobs would be right here.
I have always wondered why as a successful artist, I must go through companies like Warner Music and the like? Do I need a "middle man?" Can't I just go it alone? What would happen?
...As it turns out, any money you save on a generic PSU purchase will likely cost you more in the long run..."
To such statements, I say "Ohh puhleeze!" I use generic power supplies for all my PCs, which I never switch off by the way. Apart from increased noise after about 3 years of constant humming, I have no complaints for a product that costs me about 18 dollars.
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Reasons being: -
1: I miss my extensions especially the weather extension.
2: My school and bank do not allow anything other than Firefox and IE. Firefox has just been supported for a year.
3: I do not want to learn another [Google] paradigm of doing things on the browser.
4: I am contented with the two choices available to me as of now.
While I think this is a great move on its part, Microsoft faces an uphill battle as the word "google" is now a verb. By the way, will I be in position to change Verizon's new default search engine (Live Search) back to Google? Hackers anyone?
I can say that it's just one more "iPhone killer", though I think it's a little bit late.
If the battery is replaceable then I could give it chance, but the now crowded smart phone market does not help matters for Palm.
Ohh wait, the Asians are yet to spit out their knock offs and once they do, all players will struggle big time.
My request is to those that are in the know to show me some example code, that does something useful. Then later, compare that code to code from other languages to accomplish the same task.
Include reasons to support the notion that the R language is [necessarily] better at what it does.
According to the new rule, 100% of government servers must run Linux by June 30, 2009, and 70% of agencies must use OpenOffice.org,
I guess it's time for Steve Ballmer to catch the next flight to Hanoi with cash and incentives in his briefcase. If this approach worked in the past why shouldn't it work one more time?
Go Ballmer go!
So you think you can do something about the potential that your alleged ideas may be stolen while at university or after you leave?
I doubt you can do anything because for most universities and places of work, the work you do while there belongs to the university/workplace and not you, I am afraid.
For points 1 to 3, explain to me why even after a MAJOR migration to Intel chips (and therefore a break in compatibility), Apple's OSX still does more [serious] work on the desktop as compared to Linux with its various implementations.
I am afraid you sound just like another Linux fanboy. Listen, your approach has not worked that well in 10 years! Apple came in with a new platform and kicked your *you know what* in terms of penetration.
Fix this man...fix it then things will work themselves out.
If I recall correctly, the self-build versions of Android cannot connect to the app-store.
Who needs the app-store? We'll build a new one. If this effort materializes, the Open Source Android code will be adequately modified to connect to a newly built "app-store." Then at this moment, all the rest will be history.
My only hope will be that every application in the new app-store works as advertised and better than what is currently available on the Linux desktop.
My other hope is that at that time, we in the Linux desktop world will have learned that "too much choice breeds confusion" which we have had in a decade of multiple implementations of every application the KDE and GNOME folks have provided.
"... I surely hope it is going to happen. Since Android does not rely on X11, but has its own framebuffer graphics, that would indeed be a cosmic shift..."
Disclaimer: I know "Linux" is just a kernel, but while here, "Linux" means the various "Linux" distros as implemented on the desktop.
Android on mobile Internet devices will save the average Joe and Jane the problem that still dogs "Linux" on the desktop.
Many such problems are due to confusion because of: -
1: Multiple clipboard managers and therefore desktop environments
2: Linux users is that they fail to realize that your "normal" computer user is NOTHING like they are.
3: Geeks will argue that the CLI can be easily made consistent across distros but I call this CLI fanboyism. And it does help. There is virtually no young person in today's world who can stand this unless they are texting their friends. When it comes to the computer, they expect simplicity.
4: Multimedia is a mess with multiple sound systems. Heck, as a user, all I need is to hear my music. Period.
Konqueror is not mentioned yet it's a [major] browser on the KDE desktop. Why?
I was just wondering who Kate McKinley really is. Most of all, I am skeptical as to whether she is even qualified to be called a "security researcher" at all.
Why? Because Wikipedia returns no hits for "Kate McKinley" and a Google search returns results that are sketchy or even anemic when it comes to browser security at best.
May be I should also put up my own research...may be, then call my self a "Security researcher."
That's good money in this economy. I work in the health-care field; the money is not all that bad but one has to "learn" to live with all kinds of crap.
Back stabbing by fellow employees and the fact that you are not appreciated are quite common. Members of the public appreciate the doctors more.
It is the case although nurses and those close to patients know more about the patient than the doctors, and doctors normally go by nurse's opinions. I guess it comes with the territory.
I would assume that because very few folks understand low level code that Allan works with, he gets little trouble from superiors.
Could anyone speculate about what his compensation was like?
I always wondered how much folks like Allan Cox are paid.
I mean...they do low level coding that I will never be able to do.
So what is the salary like in jobs like these?
Does this kind of situation explain why we in North America are a little bit "behind" Europeans and Asians when it comes to the "cell phone" and exploiting its maximum potential?
I hear the "cell phone" elsewhere in the world is capable of so much more than simply making calls and texting, which are the bulk of what we use cell phones for over here.
Ok...those Union contracts are still alive if I may say so. But why the hell will FORD build horrible cars?
My brother in law had a Ford F-150 whose headlights would flicker off and on while driving! Dangerous and scary! When he went to the dealership, he was treated as if it was his fault. This was a 2 year old machine!
While he was waiting, another guy came in with what a mechanic termed as "Piston Slap", loud knocking and excessive engine noise. This was on the same model of truck!
Sadly Ford refused to own the problem. He's since been driving a Toyota Tundura. How is Ford going to grab this guy back?
...but with all of the challenges from labor prices and foreign competition, how exactly can the industry retool itself to be more competitive?...
To me, the solution is and has always been simple and it's just one solution:
Build cars that people want to buy.
What are the metrics that will bring about this? Here is how: -
1: Build cars that are appealing to the eye. I mean, cars that are as beautiful to look at as they are beautiful to sit into.
2: Build cars that do not break just after their warranty mileage.
3: Build cars that are easy to repair...cars that even the Joe Six Pack will "understand."
4: Build cars that have excellent resale value. Not cars that lose 50% of their value in 1 year.
5: Build plants in USA. What these giants are doing is to close plants here while opening others in China in order to export to the USA. Absurd! Focusing on [short term] profits.
This is a quote from one auto industry insider GM/Ford and Chrysler were so short sighted! This is what they did: -
"...[They] created multiple versions of every product under a bunch of different brand names, hoping that if buyers shun one, they'll take a more favorable view of another..."
This is customers message to Detroit: "Consumers aren't that stupid. Give them a bit more credit, and you might have a future."
While I congratulate him for his invention, he could have used dung from the millions of sheep and camels in the region to make biogas. As a matter of fact these folks are already doing it.
I hear waste from humans works too. The trouble with it being the stench and the potential for Hepatitis A spread.
...but could somebody explain to me how capturing these data enhances "National Security."
It might be a waste of time because folks who harm this country's citizens are more oftem willing to die. That is after harming the country anyway.
Secondly, our borders are porous to the extent that we've failed to stem the flow of drugs despite spending close to a trillion dollars on "border security."
I just do not understand.
When it comes to Linux, for me it's the other stuff the Linux does not do very well right now.
Let's agree: "Linux" as implemented by the many distros right now is ugly out of the box! Compare that with Apple's OSX or even Windows XP out of the box. With Linux, you first have to look for those Microsoft web fonts before you call a potential convert to have a look! Sad indeed.
Multimedia handling is still wanting on Linux. To make matters worse, even Linux advocates will prefer to create video files on Adobe's [proprietary] flash instead of .ogg! This makes you wonder which master Linux fan-boys serve. Heck, we can't even eat our own food?
One positive thing for now: KDE 4.2 is very very promising when to take a spin of it. Great work is being done as I write this. Gnome on the other hand will get there but the pain will be quite a lot before it does.
I am wondering whether there will be any role for Linux. But if there is any, then the politics of which distro CISCO chooses will be a subject of great and diverse opinion here at Slashdot. I can't wait.
We can aggregate that to strictly mean "value added." So let me see how transporting goods across this great land adds "value" strictly speaking, to them and not just cost.
Ok, define "American Content" in a way that can't be twisted and turned by companies...
"American Content" has to be vague to some extent. That is, it must be open to interpretation. This way, wiggle room is created. But the gist must be placed on the value of the product.
If a pair of trousers or pants as they are known in the USA costs, say US$89.99, then we can demand that 50% of that cost must have been contributed by activities in the USA.
The business of sewing these pants in foreign lands for "peanuts" and selling them for up to 300% in profits will cease. That way, every American benefits. I know because folks the apparel industry are my clients.
One particular shirt for example, even while on sale for US$19.99, is still sold at a profit. The same shirt could have been sold at US$149.99 just seven months prior.
One sure way that would work is to mandate that all products sold in the USA have a particular percentage of American Content; and this does not refer to simple "value added" per se.
What I am talking about is the gross importation of finished, ready-to-use goods like automobiles and other big ticket items. If this mandate were in place, there would be thousands of jobs created across this great land.
There was talk that Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is more than 67% "foreign!" This is unacceptable. There was a report that if the liner were just 70% American made, this would create 27,000 jobs.
Can we even count the jobs that have gone to Mexico and Canada? GM's Silverado and Suburban are all made in Mexico. Those jobs would be right here.
I have always wondered why as a successful artist, I must go through companies like Warner Music and the like? Do I need a "middle man?" Can't I just go it alone? What would happen?
...As it turns out, any money you save on a generic PSU purchase will likely cost you more in the long run..."
To such statements, I say "Ohh puhleeze!" I use generic power supplies for all my PCs, which I never switch off by the way. Apart from increased noise after about 3 years of constant humming, I have no complaints for a product that costs me about 18 dollars.
I heard Google uses the same stuff too.