Yeah, people switched to Excel from Lotus 1-2-3 just because they loved being bundled, tied and beaten with a proprietar format (and what did Lotus use? XML?). Have you ever written something in, for example, Word Perfect for DOS? I did. Compared to it, Word 2.0 for Windows is pure bliss.
Joel, of course, war right. Copying keyboard shortcuts is not "stealing from MS", as there is nothing innovative in substituting, say, Ctrl+E for Alt+F4, when 90% of the potential users are accustomed to closing the window with the latter shortcut.
Carrying over things which people got used to, and the changing of which brings no additional value, is a matter of respect for the user.
Given the fact a *fucking lot* of Open Source applications are copying ideas from Windows, there must be some clever heads at Microsoft. But I still hate Equation Editor from the Office Suite;-)
"f we can now comb out light frequencies to within 15 digits of accuracy, it seems like we can increase bandwidth over laser optics by many orders of magnitude. The long term gain in communications bandwidth could be huge if the technique is feasible cheaply by industry."
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle comes to mind. If you wanna have sharper frequency peaks, you gotta measure longer. This could be a problem.
>>Human brain cannot be forced to work equally good for abritrarily long period. >Yes. Apparently the part of the brain that composes English sentences starts to peter out at the start of the second paragraph.
Sorry sahib. We ain't no native speaker but keep trying.
"Good point, but the difference here is that Microsoft can make up for the tax loss by increasing or "extoring" local government's OS/server license cost at expense of tax payer's money."
I fail to follow the logic. It's OK to rob a monopolist because he can compensate for it?
"Apparently having more jobs moving into the area isn't enough for Redmond. They want some revenue from Microsoft, and are peeved that they are avoiding paying property taxes by building on government land. According to a representative of the county, 'If public land is being used for private purposes, the tenants should be paying local property taxes... We have $30 million in unfunded retirement liabilities. We need the money.' They aren't getting the land for free according to NASA: 'Microsoft will not save any money by building on our property. They have to pay full ground rent based on fair market value and all the municipal-like services we provide like police, fire and garbage.'"
Can you imagine that? Because I can't. Slashdot has become a Mouth of Google.
I'm not an IT professional, but I also do work which requires a lot of thinking: I do research in physics. I work 8 hours a day, period. Not a minute more, unless something seems captures me very strong and/or I have a deadline very near. I find I'm as productive as if I were spending 10 or more hours a day on work.
Human brain cannot be forced to work equally good for abritrarily long period. People who think they'll do more work by spending all day at work, are either doing mechanical tasks or confusing themselves.
If you think that Capitalism is as bad as Communism, kindly explain to me why Capitalist countries have that much higher average life expectancy than Communist ones.
Because the longer you live, the longer a capitalist can extort you. It's financially sound to make you suffer longer.
Since I'd rather live longer than shorter, it suits me fine. I won't stand in the corner and cry my eyes out just because the doctor who's caring for my health does it because of the monetary gain, not out of good will alone (and as any practicing capitalist will tell you, you tend to go much better in business if you have good will towars your customers).
If you think that Capitalism is as bad as Communism, kindly explain to me why Capitalist countries have that much higher average life expectancy than Communist ones.
Because the longer you live, the longer a capitalist can extort you. It's financially sound to make you suffer longer.
Since I'd rather live longer than shorter, it suits me fine. I won't stand in the corner and cry my eyes out just because the doctor who's caring for my health does it because of the monetary gain, not out of good will alone (and as any practicing capitalist will tell you, you tend to go much better in business if you have good will towars your customers).
There is no analogy. Capitalists are content with making money. Communists take the money, peek into your bedroom, want to decide what you think and what you say and what you read. There is just no analogy.
If you think that Capitalism is as bad as Communism, kindly explain to me why Capitalist countries have that much higher average life expectancy than Communist ones.
Everything has its price. Authors accept some responsibility, but they are paid far more than any OSS developer. Also, there are a lot more ways that software may malfunction than the reader may misread a book. Any book on chemical experiments contains a disclaimer "do them under you parent's supervision".
Living closer to the real Communists than you, I would not dimiss that theory entirely. It was not tested *luckily*, but experience of people of Eastern Europe shows how greedy for power were the Commies.
But hardware/driver issues aside, I don't believe Windows can be more stable than linux. If you don't have to run Windows for some specific compatibility/software requirement. Linux can be a far superior experience.
It's wonderful how an act of faith can substitute judgement.
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"bundling, tying and proprietary formats"
Yeah, people switched to Excel from Lotus 1-2-3 just because they loved being bundled, tied and beaten with a proprietar format (and what did Lotus use? XML?). Have you ever written something in, for example, Word Perfect for DOS? I did. Compared to it, Word 2.0 for Windows is pure bliss.
Joel, of course, war right. Copying keyboard shortcuts is not "stealing from MS", as there is nothing innovative in substituting, say, Ctrl+E for Alt+F4, when 90% of the potential users are accustomed to closing the window with the latter shortcut.
Carrying over things which people got used to, and the changing of which brings no additional value, is a matter of respect for the user.
Not only KDE, Gnome does it as well. Add to it OpenOffice...
Really? Try clicking this in Equation Editor.
Tell it to people who say "Microsoft just stole everything from Apple".
Did you ever see Word 2.0? I did. It is very different from the modern Word.
Given the fact a *fucking lot* of Open Source applications are copying ideas from Windows, there must be some clever heads at Microsoft. But I still hate Equation Editor from the Office Suite ;-)
Google for "Fourier transform" and read about it. Then you'll know why I was right in what I wrote.
That's because they can give only 1 prize a year, and there are lots of great people deserving one. They're already splitting it.
"f we can now comb out light frequencies to within 15 digits of accuracy, it seems like we can increase bandwidth over laser optics by many orders of magnitude. The long term gain in communications bandwidth could be huge if the technique is feasible cheaply by industry."
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle comes to mind. If you wanna have sharper frequency peaks, you gotta measure longer. This could be a problem.
>>Human brain cannot be forced to work equally good for abritrarily long period.
>Yes. Apparently the part of the brain that composes English sentences starts to peter out at the start of the second paragraph.
Sorry sahib. We ain't no native speaker but keep trying.
"Good point, but the difference here is that Microsoft can make up for the tax loss by increasing or "extoring" local government's OS/server license cost at expense of tax payer's money."
I fail to follow the logic. It's OK to rob a monopolist because he can compensate for it?
Imagine such article published on Slashdot:
"Apparently having more jobs moving into the area isn't enough for Redmond. They want some revenue from Microsoft, and are peeved that they are avoiding paying property taxes by building on government land. According to a representative of the county, 'If public land is being used for private purposes, the tenants should be paying local property taxes... We have $30 million in unfunded retirement liabilities. We need the money.' They aren't getting the land for free according to NASA: 'Microsoft will not save any money by building on our property. They have to pay full ground rent based on fair market value and all the municipal-like services we provide like police, fire and garbage.'"
Can you imagine that? Because I can't. Slashdot has become a Mouth of Google.
I'm not an IT professional, but I also do work which requires a lot of thinking: I do research in physics. I work 8 hours a day, period. Not a minute more, unless something seems captures me very strong and/or I have a deadline very near. I find I'm as productive as if I were spending 10 or more hours a day on work.
Human brain cannot be forced to work equally good for abritrarily long period. People who think they'll do more work by spending all day at work, are either doing mechanical tasks or confusing themselves.
Since the MTA seems to have problems with distributing their maps, they should welcome such initiative.
But they may be too busy to notice the opportunity.
I think that this guy is stupid. He could ASK for permission, it cost him nothing.
If you think that Capitalism is as bad as Communism, kindly explain to me why Capitalist countries have that much higher average life expectancy than Communist ones. Because the longer you live, the longer a capitalist can extort you. It's financially sound to make you suffer longer. Since I'd rather live longer than shorter, it suits me fine. I won't stand in the corner and cry my eyes out just because the doctor who's caring for my health does it because of the monetary gain, not out of good will alone (and as any practicing capitalist will tell you, you tend to go much better in business if you have good will towars your customers).
Vastly. In communist countries there would be no Slashdot.
I can't believe myself I waste time on explaining such things to you people... [bang]
There is no analogy. Capitalists are content with making money. Communists take the money, peek into your bedroom, want to decide what you think and what you say and what you read. There is just no analogy.
If you think that Capitalism is as bad as Communism, kindly explain to me why Capitalist countries have that much higher average life expectancy than Communist ones.
Everything has its price. Authors accept some responsibility, but they are paid far more than any OSS developer. Also, there are a lot more ways that software may malfunction than the reader may misread a book. Any book on chemical experiments contains a disclaimer "do them under you parent's supervision".
Living closer to the real Communists than you, I would not dimiss that theory entirely. It was not tested *luckily*, but experience of people of Eastern Europe shows how greedy for power were the Commies.
You're saying just because you have one less way to download other people's work without paying?
But hardware/driver issues aside, I don't believe Windows can be more stable than linux. If you don't have to run Windows for some specific compatibility/software requirement. Linux can be a far superior experience.
It's wonderful how an act of faith can substitute judgement.
But the poster was writing about IE, only about IIS. IIS is not interwoven.