Well, in reality, if you can't come up with $30K for a patent 1. You're not serious about it anyway and will just waste the time and money of the patent office and 2. Even if you are serious, you'll never be able to bring it to market in any kind of meaningful way, anyway.
If it's so easy, why doesn't Ubuntu see my Window shares? There's no information in any of the help files about why it doesn't work. That's just the *first* problem I ran into with my most recent attempts at getting basic Windows-level functionality from Linux.
An Operating System should be:
functional
designed in the best interests of the developers and users
free(remember, an OS is only supposed to be the middle man between your applications and your hardware)
secure
An OS should be free? Really? Where did you come up with that wacky idea? I personally think that cars should be free. It doesn't mean it's going to happen. It also doesn't mean that I'm not delusional.
... other than the bloggers, themselves? I don't read blogs or post to blogs, so what impact will this have on me? Why should I care that blogs get spammed?
Well, no. The last PC I bought (monitor included) was $65. It's 100% functional. $1000 for a computer is ridiculous. Still, if I could at least *see* OSX work, it *may* be worth saving up for.
I'd definitely be closer to considering an Apple if I could actually try it out, first. I'm certainly not going to make a $1000+ investment sight-unseen, and I've certainly never seen OSX (I don't live in NYC or SF or LA).
Engineering is called "applied science". Research is called "pure science". Pure science is always the basis for applied science. It's hard to make a transistor if you don't know what the hell an electron is and how it acts.
That's funny. I own a company that does well over 7 figures in annual sales. While I'm certainly not rolling in cash, I'm also not broke. But hey, good try!
The point is, when you have consumerism, when you have means to consume like there is now tomorrow, you can allways choose not to consume.
Oh, I agree. My girlfriend and I don't really consume a lot other than food, fuel, and the occasionaly rented DVD and thrift shop computer ($25 each). So, while we're not part of that culture, we're immersed in it. It's very hard to ignore it when you're surrounded in it. I now understand why people pick up and go live in little cabins in the Alaska wilderness!
I'm really starting to think that money is the #1 concern in most Americans' lives right now. We see it every day with the Wal-Marts, the Best-Buys, the eBays, and anecdotal things like this. Don't people give a shit about anything other than themselves and how much crap they can acquire? I live in a small community that isn't quite as consumerist as most parts of the US, and I'm always amazed when I have to go into "the real world" and see how insane people get over money. Wow.
it's not as though the administration invaded Iraq just because they enjoy that kind of thing.
Really? If you know why the US went to war, I know a few billion people who'd like to know as well. I actually do think that they did it because they enjoy that kind of thing.
What do you do for billing/accounting? But you're right... law offices just need an office software package, which seem to be a dime a dozen these days.
I think what people need to realize is that contact and scheduling systems are an amalgam of several networking protocols. With a pretty front end. I keep forgetting the pretty front end.
You're right. But the end user doesn't care if it's a mish-mash of protocols, or an army of hamsters running it. As long as it works the way they want it to work is all that matters. And the front end is what users see and actually interface with. I don't care if the server has full artifical intelligence and can predict what you will want 5 minutes before you want it... without a good user interface that people want to use, it's all pretty pointless. I personally like the functionality of Outlook quite a bit, but it's also nice having the web interface for when you're out of the office.
How can any of these be considered a viablealternative if "None of the products provides full Outlook-to-Exchange feature fidelity in Outlook"?
My *real* alternative to an expensive Exchange server in house is: hosted Exchange. It's *much* cheaper for small businesses, and there's no need to sacrifice any functionality.
I think the most important questions is: "Who is this "Sky" news"? I've never heard of them. Are they a real news source? Does everybody just assume that it's instantly true because they read it on a web site? This is what should be answered before there's any kind of debate on what may or may not be actual news.
1. Generally, home users in the US don't have metered bandwidth. If you have a limit at home, then you should look into finding a new provider.
2. It doesn't effect zombies. If you took the time to read, you'd see that this hits the website being advertised, thus hitting the source of the spam in the wallet.
3. It does more than just piss them off... it runs up their bandwidth bills quite high, actually. They generally quit (at least with that domain) after being hit with spamvampire for a few days. And, of course, it makes spamming much less profitable for them as well.
You're quite welcome. Thanks for providing us with all of this free code that we have made hundreds of millions from. Our top executives and stockholders and quite happy. Would you like an official IBM polo shirt for all of your effort?
So then, anyone in the world who believes in creationism is a twit?
Absolutely. Do you have another word for somebody who ignores all scientific evidence, and instead believes in some imaginary man who lives in the sky and performs miracles? I think that "psychotic" or "delusional" or "schizophrenic" also work, but "twit" is pretty good, too!
Slashdot Mirror
Well, in reality, if you can't come up with $30K for a patent 1. You're not serious about it anyway and will just waste the time and money of the patent office and 2. Even if you are serious, you'll never be able to bring it to market in any kind of meaningful way, anyway.
If it's so easy, why doesn't Ubuntu see my Window shares? There's no information in any of the help files about why it doesn't work. That's just the *first* problem I ran into with my most recent attempts at getting basic Windows-level functionality from Linux.
An Operating System should be: functional designed in the best interests of the developers and users free(remember, an OS is only supposed to be the middle man between your applications and your hardware) secure
An OS should be free? Really? Where did you come up with that wacky idea? I personally think that cars should be free. It doesn't mean it's going to happen. It also doesn't mean that I'm not delusional.
"-1 Flamebait": Because it's true. I need to find a new place to slum it online.
Slashdot is very much not a blog. It's a badly written corporate news site for geeks.
... other than the bloggers, themselves? I don't read blogs or post to blogs, so what impact will this have on me? Why should I care that blogs get spammed?
Well, no. The last PC I bought (monitor included) was $65. It's 100% functional. $1000 for a computer is ridiculous. Still, if I could at least *see* OSX work, it *may* be worth saving up for.
No, we just don't have so many people with disposable income out here. And those that do generally don't spend it on computers.
I'd definitely be closer to considering an Apple if I could actually try it out, first. I'm certainly not going to make a $1000+ investment sight-unseen, and I've certainly never seen OSX (I don't live in NYC or SF or LA).
Engineering is called "applied science". Research is called "pure science". Pure science is always the basis for applied science. It's hard to make a transistor if you don't know what the hell an electron is and how it acts.
That's depressing as hell to think about.
Who was it insensitive to?
That's funny. I own a company that does well over 7 figures in annual sales. While I'm certainly not rolling in cash, I'm also not broke. But hey, good try!
We use a mysql database with a php based front end.
Uugh. Good luck with that! I couldn't imagine using something like that for accounting.
The point is, when you have consumerism, when you have means to consume like there is now tomorrow, you can allways choose not to consume.
Oh, I agree. My girlfriend and I don't really consume a lot other than food, fuel, and the occasionaly rented DVD and thrift shop computer ($25 each). So, while we're not part of that culture, we're immersed in it. It's very hard to ignore it when you're surrounded in it. I now understand why people pick up and go live in little cabins in the Alaska wilderness!
I'm really starting to think that money is the #1 concern in most Americans' lives right now. We see it every day with the Wal-Marts, the Best-Buys, the eBays, and anecdotal things like this. Don't people give a shit about anything other than themselves and how much crap they can acquire? I live in a small community that isn't quite as consumerist as most parts of the US, and I'm always amazed when I have to go into "the real world" and see how insane people get over money. Wow.
...but I couldn't let this go:
it's not as though the administration invaded Iraq just because they enjoy that kind of thing.
Really? If you know why the US went to war, I know a few billion people who'd like to know as well. I actually do think that they did it because they enjoy that kind of thing.
What do you do for billing/accounting? But you're right... law offices just need an office software package, which seem to be a dime a dozen these days.
I think what people need to realize is that contact and scheduling systems are an amalgam of several networking protocols. With a pretty front end. I keep forgetting the pretty front end.
You're right. But the end user doesn't care if it's a mish-mash of protocols, or an army of hamsters running it. As long as it works the way they want it to work is all that matters. And the front end is what users see and actually interface with. I don't care if the server has full artifical intelligence and can predict what you will want 5 minutes before you want it... without a good user interface that people want to use, it's all pretty pointless. I personally like the functionality of Outlook quite a bit, but it's also nice having the web interface for when you're out of the office.
How can any of these be considered a viablealternative if "None of the products provides full Outlook-to-Exchange feature fidelity in Outlook"?
My *real* alternative to an expensive Exchange server in house is: hosted Exchange. It's *much* cheaper for small businesses, and there's no need to sacrifice any functionality.
Please boycott Microsoft products.
Oh sure... and I'll also boycott automobiles, electricity, water, and credit cards. You gonna come run by business with non-MS products for me?
I think the most important questions is: "Who is this "Sky" news"? I've never heard of them. Are they a real news source? Does everybody just assume that it's instantly true because they read it on a web site? This is what should be answered before there's any kind of debate on what may or may not be actual news.
1. Generally, home users in the US don't have metered bandwidth. If you have a limit at home, then you should look into finding a new provider.
2. It doesn't effect zombies. If you took the time to read, you'd see that this hits the website being advertised, thus hitting the source of the spam in the wallet.
3. It does more than just piss them off... it runs up their bandwidth bills quite high, actually. They generally quit (at least with that domain) after being hit with spamvampire for a few days. And, of course, it makes spamming much less profitable for them as well.
You're quite welcome. Thanks for providing us with all of this free code that we have made hundreds of millions from. Our top executives and stockholders and quite happy. Would you like an official IBM polo shirt for all of your effort?
- IBM
So then, anyone in the world who believes in creationism is a twit?
Absolutely. Do you have another word for somebody who ignores all scientific evidence, and instead believes in some imaginary man who lives in the sky and performs miracles? I think that "psychotic" or "delusional" or "schizophrenic" also work, but "twit" is pretty good, too!