In the Bronx (my place), Bill Gates always promotes smaller schools (basically by splitting up giant high schools into small "academy"-type schools; my second HS after Bronx Science was the first of many), and my college (and high schools before that) are filled to the brim with Windows PCs. It's no coincidence; he wants to fund schools too, if only to put teh Windows logo in them.
Exactly. PNG uses lossless compression to squeeze every detail into a small file size. Problem on IE is that translucent PNGs are shown against a gray background instead of the actual page.
That's very ironic indeed, and a massive dupe in a place hated for them.
(story above) CT Several users have noted that the screenshot is likely fake.
In other news, Windows likely has a calculator, a text editor, a much-hated activation requirement, and a much-despised Web browser. At the risk of being banned from/., I must agree with the parent here.
We at/. should have even higher standards. How dare we spread FUD around a Microsoft product when we condemn them for the same act?
Allowing this story to remain on the front page of/. is libelous and irresponsible. It should be removed, or at the very least, edited, as soon as possible.
Exactly. Microsoft can easily sue/. (or worse, CmdrTaco or brightertimes) for false claims about its products. That is why many TV ads label such false/misinformed claims as coming from the *ahem*"leading brand." Worse yet, forum members seem proud of the duping.
On behalf of all attentive Slashdot users...delete(this.thread); now.
Revol(u)tionary? Well, the original Google was just a very slender search engine. Nothing revolutionary, just a basic idea that people liked.
I think in a network filled with porn, spam and viruses, anything that's streamlined and that people like on the Internet is revolutionary.
Cash-Crazy? They have to be cash-crazy; they're a company, and as a company making money is their only aim. Being happy and good just seem to be side-effects for Google.
Exactly. You need that kind of money IMO to compete with the recent MSN Search ads and (still their greatest threat I'm sure) Yahoo. GOOG's still my crutch search engine but I think they'll make commercials and open up GMail more (they have: 50 invites/user now), so that their mini-ads get more attention (and give Google more dough).
TFA is interesting, and is quite good to read if you have the time (very long) but I was not really sure what it was getting at.
Any magazine with Lindsay on the cover is good enough for me. Yowza, to quote Greg Roelofs.
Obviously anything that's fire red is fair game for me, especially gfx-cards. (And girls.) I wonder how it comp's with the Radeon Xxxx's though; I don't think workstation and home cards should be put in different classes, and it just seems a bit weird that Radeons and GeForces aren't even mentioned. Since I don't work on a workstation, I guess it's not my business though.
"[...]so many are doing ti, and if it doesn't work - never mind! We'll sue them! Harhar!"
You're right, it won't work. After all, it is tough to do business with a graphing calculator. I do agree with the need for assertive, un-FUDdled thinking though. It's tough when not everyone you & your employees want advice from is a computer expert, and are instead trying to get money. Or free iPods.
Yeah, it is a tad tough not to manage a project perfectly when you've got Donald "I never employed you but I can fire you" Trump breathing down your back.
Speaking of those apprecticeses (as Ellen calls them), I'd manage Audrey's projects anytime. To quote Greg Roelofs, "yowza!"
Well that fits with MS's typical tactics -- 1) Wave money around 2) Figure out what they need to know 3) Copy the idea inhouse.
add 4) tell those they couldn't acquire, whom they have now surpassed instead, the equivalent of "Blow Me" 5) run copied ideas in lucrative business 6) run occasional Windows-has-lower-TCO-and-outperforms-Linux banner ads on Slashdot 7) Profit! and it'll be good to go.
so, if that's the case, MTV2 made MTV better quality?
Nothing against fans of Real World et al. but that a channel whose 3-letter sign stands for "Music Television" is borderline deceptive when it shows more "reality" shows than, uh...music videos. MTV2 has a lot more vids and is IMHO even a bit in-depth when it covers artists (Sucker Free Sundays shows, etc); I'm frankly not concerned about "what happens when people stop being polite and start getting REAL"--I got enough of that in high school.
"this show contains strong language, if you easily offended please turn off your radio, if NOT please turn it up!"
I now wish I was anywhere near Britain; I'd listen every day. No wonder Bush loves the plac--oh wait, he's against indecency he says...*my head a splode*
I'd rather see his wife in bed, but that's just me...
No that is not just you. I can't wait for those tapes to get lost and swirl around t3h int@rweb. Mmmm...Melania...(makes Homer Simpson gargling noise).
I do agree with their unsuccessful "'a la carte' programming option" plan though; hopefully soon I won't have to pay for a bunch of channels I don't need.
You mean the punishment-fits-the-bra dept.? I think this says a lot, though, about the hypocrisy of our country--we bomb others who have nukes, we punish nuclear gaffes for a lot, but we allow violence over sex and must punish boob-revelations and the like for 4* as much? *sigh*...I apologize, I just still don't get it.
Yeah. I can imagine the Beowulf clusters of hard drives flying over us at the moment. If it's actually possible to make a Beowulf cluster of those things.
I wonder how many GBs will be flying through the air if one of those new Airbus A380s were cleared out and filled with 100GB HDs.
Ask the One-Armed Man--but seriously, I do wonder what the hell is going on; as C|Net said, this does come right after the T-Mobile hacks. Next we'll see Donald Trump bald in leaked images from his bed or something. It's like anything can disappear from our control and we're powerless to stop it.
Especially from a company that prided itself in TV ads as one that "engineer[s] our own software" because "one error in a billion" in their checking was one too many.
Well, I guess they have at most 999,999,999 more transactions until we know that they've blown their *ahem*commitment to their consumers--unless you count each person affected as an error here, in which case we can probably sue them for false advertising. Or at least utter stupidity.
That said, I bet someone mixed those backup tapes in their bedroom with their pornos, in which case roughly half of the Government officials are thanking teh Bank this morning.
Yeah, but contracts are contracts, and this clause helps them head off any costlier sentences. Offer or no offer, anyone who uses a PC and has important data on it should try to print out, record (to, say, an iPod?) or jot down said data. If you can't do either on time, consider hiring a personal historian. Or using an abacus for math, pen-and-paper for word processing, and tom-toms (with vocal cords if possible) for playing those "pirated tunes." (Hey, whatever works...)
Just look at IE, still modifying its old code (from the versions so far) to stay compatible with old Web pages and programs that use its WebBrowser control. It's gotten far more secure but still has a long way to go; it'll need teh ol' teardown & rebuild to compete with Firefox and malicious users.
Look at "freeware" programs. Some are made by only one person and as "freeware" usually implies only the binary being distributed, there are cases where only that person (and perhaps the occasional close friend) might see it. Also, some of us (myself) like to compile programs by ourselves just to see what we can do, or even to ready up for the next programming course. I'm can't possibly be the only person who does this. (...right?)
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Finally, a seeder that won't get taken down amid __AA threats. Hopefully we at Slashdot won't take said seeder down with the rush to download the new 'fox (though I doubt a small seeder dl will do that to something like the Mozilla site).
I guess the parent means the code itself is displayed as opposed to the punycode results. It's tougher to spoof letters with Unicode when the punycode source is displayed instead. (...right?)
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In the Bronx (my place), Bill Gates always promotes smaller schools (basically by splitting up giant high schools into small "academy"-type schools; my second HS after Bronx Science was the first of many), and my college (and high schools before that) are filled to the brim with Windows PCs. It's no coincidence; he wants to fund schools too, if only to put teh Windows logo in them.
Exactly. PNG uses lossless compression to squeeze every detail into a small file size. Problem on IE is that translucent PNGs are shown against a gray background instead of the actual page.
That's very ironic indeed, and a massive dupe in a place hated for them.
In other news, Windows likely has a calculator, a text editor, a much-hated activation requirement, and a much-despised Web browser. At the risk of being banned from /., I must agree with the parent here.
Exactly. Microsoft can easily sue /. (or worse, CmdrTaco or brightertimes) for false claims about its products. That is why many TV ads label such false/misinformed claims as coming from the *ahem*"leading brand." Worse yet, forum members seem proud of the duping.
On behalf of all attentive Slashdot users...delete(this.thread); now.
I think in a network filled with porn, spam and viruses, anything that's streamlined and that people like on the Internet is revolutionary.
Exactly. You need that kind of money IMO to compete with the recent MSN Search ads and (still their greatest threat I'm sure) Yahoo. GOOG's still my crutch search engine but I think they'll make commercials and open up GMail more (they have: 50 invites/user now), so that their mini-ads get more attention (and give Google more dough).
Any magazine with Lindsay on the cover is good enough for me. Yowza, to quote Greg Roelofs.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2335 &p=4, part of the Anandtech article, compares the Fire to X800s and GeForces. Dumbass Post=Very Yes.
No, but if it can render Lindsay Lohan or Angie Everhart with fiery red hair in 3D then I'm saving up.
Obviously anything that's fire red is fair game for me, especially gfx-cards. (And girls.) I wonder how it comp's with the Radeon Xxxx's though; I don't think workstation and home cards should be put in different classes, and it just seems a bit weird that Radeons and GeForces aren't even mentioned. Since I don't work on a workstation, I guess it's not my business though.
You're right, it won't work. After all, it is tough to do business with a graphing calculator. I do agree with the need for assertive, un-FUDdled thinking though. It's tough when not everyone you & your employees want advice from is a computer expert, and are instead trying to get money. Or free iPods.
Yeah, it is a tad tough not to manage a project perfectly when you've got Donald "I never employed you but I can fire you" Trump breathing down your back.
Speaking of those apprecticeses (as Ellen calls them), I'd manage Audrey's projects anytime. To quote Greg Roelofs, "yowza!"
add 4) tell those they couldn't acquire, whom they have now surpassed instead, the equivalent of "Blow Me" 5) run copied ideas in lucrative business 6) run occasional Windows-has-lower-TCO-and-outperforms-Linux banner ads on Slashdot 7) Profit! and it'll be good to go.
Nothing against fans of Real World et al. but that a channel whose 3-letter sign stands for "Music Television" is borderline deceptive when it shows more "reality" shows than, uh...music videos. MTV2 has a lot more vids and is IMHO even a bit in-depth when it covers artists (Sucker Free Sundays shows, etc); I'm frankly not concerned about "what happens when people stop being polite and start getting REAL"--I got enough of that in high school.
I now wish I was anywhere near Britain; I'd listen every day. No wonder Bush loves the plac--oh wait, he's against indecency he says...*my head a splode*
No that is not just you. I can't wait for those tapes to get lost and swirl around t3h int@rweb. Mmmm...Melania...(makes Homer Simpson gargling noise).
Perhaps more like the tyranny of the conservative-supported Parent's Television Council, which makes between 21-99% of complaints against TV indecency.
I do agree with their unsuccessful "'a la carte' programming option" plan though; hopefully soon I won't have to pay for a bunch of channels I don't need.
from the punishment-fits-the-crime dept.
You mean the punishment-fits-the-bra dept.? I think this says a lot, though, about the hypocrisy of our country--we bomb others who have nukes, we punish nuclear gaffes for a lot, but we allow violence over sex and must punish boob-revelations and the like for 4* as much? *sigh*...I apologize, I just still don't get it.
Except a cargo plane full of media.
Yeah. I can imagine the Beowulf clusters of hard drives flying over us at the moment. If it's actually possible to make a Beowulf cluster of those things.
I wonder how many GBs will be flying through the air if one of those new Airbus A380s were cleared out and filled with 100GB HDs.
Ask the One-Armed Man--but seriously, I do wonder what the hell is going on; as C|Net said, this does come right after the T-Mobile hacks. Next we'll see Donald Trump bald in leaked images from his bed or something. It's like anything can disappear from our control and we're powerless to stop it.
Especially from a company that prided itself in TV ads as one that "engineer[s] our own software" because "one error in a billion" in their checking was one too many.
Well, I guess they have at most 999,999,999 more transactions until we know that they've blown their *ahem*commitment to their consumers--unless you count each person affected as an error here, in which case we can probably sue them for false advertising. Or at least utter stupidity.
That said, I bet someone mixed those backup tapes in their bedroom with their pornos, in which case roughly half of the Government officials are thanking teh Bank this morning.
Yeah, but contracts are contracts, and this clause helps them head off any costlier sentences. Offer or no offer, anyone who uses a PC and has important data on it should try to print out, record (to, say, an iPod?) or jot down said data. If you can't do either on time, consider hiring a personal historian. Or using an abacus for math, pen-and-paper for word processing, and tom-toms (with vocal cords if possible) for playing those "pirated tunes." (Hey, whatever works...)
I hope so, or WiFi there will have no chance to survive make their time.
Cats jokes aside, that'll be hard to prove if some of the "Security" involves cautious Communist censorship.
Just look at IE, still modifying its old code (from the versions so far) to stay compatible with old Web pages and programs that use its WebBrowser control. It's gotten far more secure but still has a long way to go; it'll need teh ol' teardown & rebuild to compete with Firefox and malicious users.
Look at "freeware" programs. Some are made by only one person and as "freeware" usually implies only the binary being distributed, there are cases where only that person (and perhaps the occasional close friend) might see it. Also, some of us (myself) like to compile programs by ourselves just to see what we can do, or even to ready up for the next programming course. I'm can't possibly be the only person who does this. (...right?)
Finally, a seeder that won't get taken down amid __AA threats. Hopefully we at Slashdot won't take said seeder down with the rush to download the new 'fox (though I doubt a small seeder dl will do that to something like the Mozilla site).
I guess the parent means the code itself is displayed as opposed to the punycode results. It's tougher to spoof letters with Unicode when the punycode source is displayed instead. (...right?)
There, now we can cue that Victory Track...no...must...not...type it out...DADADADADUUHDUUHDADUHDAAAAH*does Cloud Strife freakout*