Did you hear what the plans are for android? It's an OS that is designed to fit nearly any phone hardware, to be configurable to anyones liking, AND can run home brewed Java apps. Four years is not a bad time, It is a MASSIVE undertaking. Personally I think that ALL software is severely under tested. It tends to be pushed out the door not because it's ready but because the higher ups want to start making money on it. How many times did you use software that is 'done' but swamped with bugs? That is beta software, even if they don't admit it.
This is why they have a perpetual beta mentality. They know better then to call newly written software done. Public usage with a warning label is a good thing.
It's a bit old but take a look http://www.news.com/Google-wants-dark-fiber/2100-1034_3-5537392.html. Your missing part of the puzzle here, Guys like Google and MS are already supporting and managing huge networks. The cost of becoming an ISP might be lower then not becoming an ISP. As I understand it there is a kind of ISP brotherhood thing. When a Gig of data gos from Comcast to Verizon they don't charge each other becuase they know that sooner or later a Gig will go from Verizon to Comcast. This is why stuff like AOL Radio is around. All they do is host bandwidth for people who make podcasts. With all the requests that people on Comcast and Verizon make for AOL Radio, AOL can balance out the requests that AOL users make for stuff on Comcast and Verizon. So to bring this back around when ever someone gos to google.com now Google pays a little to the ISPs, but if they were an ISP this would be a kind of bandwidth debt that Google can "spend" to go out and use the net. I might be a little off on this but it is my understanding that this is how it works.
"Since people want to get away from you because you're a bunch of dicks, you could become even bigger dicks, get a monopoly on all the media, and give people no recource but to do business with you."
I didn't get that from the article at all. I got more a "Since people want to get away from you because you're a bunch of dicks you need to do something valuable to justify you being a bunch of dicks or people will just push you out of the way because what you do is not all that special to someone like Google or MS. It's just a mater of time before your dickiness pisses them off so much they use there massive internal network, budget, and technical expertise to just cut you out of the picture."
I have explained to every telco that either you become a destination site, or the destination site will become a telco
Now from the artical.
Internet destination sites are already gaining on telecommunication companies, McNealy said, giving as examples eBay integrating Skype's VoIP technology and Google trying to buy wireless spectrum and help build cables across the Pacific Ocean. Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Yahoo would create another behemoth that could compete with carriers, such as by combining Microsoft's technology with Yahoo's existing VoIP and messaging services.
I think that he is referring to long term and big sites. Honestly it's not too unreasonable. If Comcast is fucking me up the ass and I can get my internet from Google why wouldn't I?
Why pay the costs of maintaining Windows and Unix versions; just drop support for the Windows version, and let UNG pick up the slack.
That's almost what I'm saying. Maintain a Windows version that ONLY uses UNG. Do it from day one. You can say it runs on Windows AND Unix. If you plan on doing this from the start you can minimize the cross platform issues and therefore adding Windows to the list of *nix systems you support will be trivial. The only issue this would have is if UNG is just a bunch of GNU app clones that are too underpowered to do anything. If this is the case it's a joke anyway and Windows will continue it's slow but steady death march.
I agree but I feel that in the long run it's going to totally destroy their lock-in. Let's say your a developer out to make some new software. Since *nix code can now run on Windows, OS X, Linux and Unix with a doable effort you might as well aim for that. Given a few years most software will be multi-platform and the idea of anything else will seem silly.
After all, we can outwait patents, which only last 20 years.
That's part of the problem. With the way things are now people are getting patents to last for nearly a hundred years. Until people like this judge and others start fighting back it's only gonna get worse. I'm not saying all patents are bad but I am personally afraid that if I started to generate my own content that my little start up would be patent trolled out of existence. There needs to be a balance to prevent both patent trolls and pirates. Currently the patent trolls have all the power.
If that's true there is some terrible news at the end of the article...
They say kimchi's short shelf life has made exporting it expensive because the need for refrigeration and rapid transport. That has added to the cost in importing countries, limiting sales.
"During our research, we found a way to slow down the fermentation of kimchi for a month so that it can be shipped around the world at less cost," Mr. Lee said. "This will help globalize kimchi."
It would be nice for Photoshop like programs and games. Auto mapping of the images of functions to the key that would use them. You don't have to look up the quick key for things you just look for the image. It sounds trivial but it would help people learn these keys very quickly. Personally it took me a few years to learn copy and paste because it was so much easier to just right click then look it up and use it. If my keys changed how they looked when I held down Ctrl then things might have been diffrent.
This is the first I'm hearing of Sun hating. I'm a Java programmer and am quite happy with Sun and their doings as of late. What did they do back in the day? The only thing I can think of is that Java Applets for a dynamic web and the fact that only now is Java open source.
I have a deep deep distrust and hatred of MS. But look at the history of IBM. As I understand it they went through the same thing back in the day. People HATED IBM venomously but in time as IBM changed their ways people stopped caring about what they did in the past. If MS can get their shit together and let FOSS people make compatible software with out a fight then most of the bashing might stop. After all it's in their best interest, if you can't beat 'em...
Your missing the point. I fully agree with what you are saying but the worlds does not. To everybody else there is a huge difference between a business line and a home line. The logic is that if they mess with a business line they are costing people money, but a home line is "just some kids messing around". A business line is a called a business line because it has higher priority. They look at it as if the you were holding up a 911 call with to your friend to 'just talk', even if it is nothing like that. If you tell them that you depend on your home internet for work I bet they will ask if you want to upgrade to a business line.
It's a different ball game when you are paying more to get faster connection. Something that a business is very likely to do. If you are paying more and getting the same there is a problem.
I think your on to something. Their creative accounting is basically them playing the boy who cried wolf. "Oh we lose so much money!". With file sharing around they now have a sickly gray dog they can point to when people start asking where the wolf is. "We would love to pay to Mr.Jackson/The Tolken family but those darn file sharers make it so hard for us to make a living!". I was wondering why the MPAA was not as vocal as the RIAA, I guess now I have my reason...
That browser is using Firefox's Gecko core. Or that's at least what it tells me when I go to http://www.ipchicken.com/. I forget what version they are using, I think it is the same as the one in FF 2.
They were damn good, but for how long? I don't think they would be able to keep coming up with original material for much longer. They would burn out eventually. If you noticed while their skits were good they needed to be dragged out. More interviews and more 'lets look at this'. They were able to make skits just not nearly as many.
a lot of what we put in to place is useless once they're in, but that doesn't mean to weaken our defenses.
Tippett warned that about a third of the work that security departments do today is a waste of time.
He didn't say stop doing these things he is saying work smarter not harder. Taking the time to educate people about what is safe is far more effective then using that same time to deal with the constant password problems you would have with a high security password policy.
Bah, it's just more viral marketing for Cloverfield. Just wait in another few days they will have a giant monster attack NYC and after a bit of noticeable damage is done JJ Abrams will pop out of the monster and we will all have a good laugh.
After all the shit she said about him? I doubt it. In fact if they joined up after the primarys I would totally lose my faith in Obama. I can't help but see Hillary as more of the same. She has said some nice things but in the past she seems just as bad as your average politician. I know Obama might also be more of the same but at least we have a chance of change with him.
Why is slashdot trying to copy and compete with the likes of Digg?
Why shouldn't it? The core of Slashdot is and always will be the same. Adding more on the edges (the Idle section) is unlikely to effect that. As for the layout if the site that is known to be 'news for nerds' fell behind tech wise it would be a laughing stock. They need to try new things every so often. If no one likes it they will go back to the old design.
Side note: Scrolling in this new comment system does suck. Go in to Prefs and turn off "Enable Dynamic Discussions" for a speed boost.
Yeah. They were clearly designed to be on a white background. If the background of the actual story was white I would not have a problem with this layout it. Well besides the initial "What happened to my Slashdot!" factor and a few small size issues.
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Did you hear what the plans are for android? It's an OS that is designed to fit nearly any phone hardware, to be configurable to anyones liking, AND can run home brewed Java apps. Four years is not a bad time, It is a MASSIVE undertaking. Personally I think that ALL software is severely under tested. It tends to be pushed out the door not because it's ready but because the higher ups want to start making money on it. How many times did you use software that is 'done' but swamped with bugs? That is beta software, even if they don't admit it.
This is why they have a perpetual beta mentality. They know better then to call newly written software done. Public usage with a warning label is a good thing.
It's a bit old but take a look http://www.news.com/Google-wants-dark-fiber/2100-1034_3-5537392.html. Your missing part of the puzzle here, Guys like Google and MS are already supporting and managing huge networks. The cost of becoming an ISP might be lower then not becoming an ISP. As I understand it there is a kind of ISP brotherhood thing. When a Gig of data gos from Comcast to Verizon they don't charge each other becuase they know that sooner or later a Gig will go from Verizon to Comcast. This is why stuff like AOL Radio is around. All they do is host bandwidth for people who make podcasts. With all the requests that people on Comcast and Verizon make for AOL Radio, AOL can balance out the requests that AOL users make for stuff on Comcast and Verizon. So to bring this back around when ever someone gos to google.com now Google pays a little to the ISPs, but if they were an ISP this would be a kind of bandwidth debt that Google can "spend" to go out and use the net. I might be a little off on this but it is my understanding that this is how it works.
In other news IBM has talked about a new "highly accurate" price system for shipping of their servers.
I agree but I feel that in the long run it's going to totally destroy their lock-in. Let's say your a developer out to make some new software. Since *nix code can now run on Windows, OS X, Linux and Unix with a doable effort you might as well aim for that. Given a few years most software will be multi-platform and the idea of anything else will seem silly.
It would be nice for Photoshop like programs and games. Auto mapping of the images of functions to the key that would use them. You don't have to look up the quick key for things you just look for the image. It sounds trivial but it would help people learn these keys very quickly. Personally it took me a few years to learn copy and paste because it was so much easier to just right click then look it up and use it. If my keys changed how they looked when I held down Ctrl then things might have been diffrent.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=963 The anomaly is explained.
Your missing the point. I fully agree with what you are saying but the worlds does not. To everybody else there is a huge difference between a business line and a home line. The logic is that if they mess with a business line they are costing people money, but a home line is "just some kids messing around". A business line is a called a business line because it has higher priority. They look at it as if the you were holding up a 911 call with to your friend to 'just talk', even if it is nothing like that. If you tell them that you depend on your home internet for work I bet they will ask if you want to upgrade to a business line.
It's a different ball game when you are paying more to get faster connection. Something that a business is very likely to do. If you are paying more and getting the same there is a problem.
I think your on to something. Their creative accounting is basically them playing the boy who cried wolf. "Oh we lose so much money!". With file sharing around they now have a sickly gray dog they can point to when people start asking where the wolf is. "We would love to pay to Mr.Jackson/The Tolken family but those darn file sharers make it so hard for us to make a living!". I was wondering why the MPAA was not as vocal as the RIAA, I guess now I have my reason...
That browser is using Firefox's Gecko core. Or that's at least what it tells me when I go to http://www.ipchicken.com/. I forget what version they are using, I think it is the same as the one in FF 2.
They were damn good, but for how long? I don't think they would be able to keep coming up with original material for much longer. They would burn out eventually. If you noticed while their skits were good they needed to be dragged out. More interviews and more 'lets look at this'. They were able to make skits just not nearly as many.
Bah, it's just more viral marketing for Cloverfield. Just wait in another few days they will have a giant monster attack NYC and after a bit of noticeable damage is done JJ Abrams will pop out of the monster and we will all have a good laugh.
After all the shit she said about him? I doubt it. In fact if they joined up after the primarys I would totally lose my faith in Obama. I can't help but see Hillary as more of the same. She has said some nice things but in the past she seems just as bad as your average politician. I know Obama might also be more of the same but at least we have a chance of change with him.
Side note: Scrolling in this new comment system does suck. Go in to Prefs and turn off "Enable Dynamic Discussions" for a speed boost.
Yeah. They were clearly designed to be on a white background. If the background of the actual story was white I would not have a problem with this layout it. Well besides the initial "What happened to my Slashdot!" factor and a few small size issues.