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.... but you have to admit that it's going to take a mighty big course correction to fix their problems.
I knew they were done when/. quit using the Bill "The Borg, resistance is futile" Gates gif for MS news. Now it is the new vanilla "we are re-branding with the same icon because we are still relevant, no really" gif.
However, my main complaint is that Microsoft has not done enough to fix the sluggish performance of Windows on machines that by the standards of ten years ago are practically super computers....
There was an article here on Slashdot four or five years ago referencing a blog post by a Microsoft Kernel developer (I looked but couldn't find it in order to provide a link) but the blog post essentially said that the Windows kernel was just not written to take advantage of multi-core / hyper-threading enabled cpu's and that the kernel needed a complete overhaul to fix the problem.
I do think "the crew" threw him off the ship realizing that the iceberg is getting closer and closer by the day. I don't buy that he retired.
I know it is not a popular opinion, but I think it is important that Microsoft be a relevant technology company. I am not sure they are right now. They feel like RIM a few years ago. "We are still relevant, look new things!"
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Looks like the Captain of the Titanic is fleeing the sinking ship, after he turned the ship right into that iceberg.
It is more that the crew threw the Captain off the ship and now have the ability to steer away from that iceberg. We just have to wait and see if they actually do that or not.
So which one would I pick? well, it depends on the project, the platform, and the amount of code I can reuse from open source libraries.
What is wrong with you? You have to choose you insensitive clod, we are on Slashdot! I bet you have both Apple and Windows machines in your house!! Maybe even something that has "Linux" on it. Quick! PS3, XBox, or Wii?... What do you mean "for which game or what service?" You can't be sensible on Slashdot.
I am in grad school now. We broach this subject every couple of months. Basic supply and demand. All of the "extra" money is creating more demand. Positive shift in demand leads to an increase in price (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand).
Everyone knows it and we talk about it not being sustainable. So what happens when everyone outside of academia realizes it is not sustainable? People are graduating with tons of debt and everything else. If you "fix" this does it also increase the money supply because suddenly a lot more people have more money in their pocket, which leads to more spending, which leads to higher prices, increases inflation....
The tablet form factor is not going anywhere. The demand will probably level off, but there will be a demand for a good while. The form factor is too easy to use and it presents itself to everything that was said above; watch movies/youtube, read books, check email, and just plain surf. The device itself may change. You may get a consumer device that is geared toward more books and/or movies and a prosumer device that is more corporate friendly but still easy as hell to check and respond to email and read corporate documents. My guess is that it will not fork that way but will fork to a 10"-12"color e-ink and a 10"-12" iPad clone. They will get thinner and maybe even flexible. But the size (read form factor) of 10"-12" is just too easy to use in way too many areas for the demand to just go away like traditional non-phone PDAs did.
Completely disagree with the CueCat reference. I am going back to school and use it in all of my classes. During the day at work I use it for note-taking at meetings. The real power is syncing the recorded audio with your notes. You can click on a hand written word and can hear what the person said or what he is talking about. It gives really good context when reviewing weeks later. You never have to go back and wonder what a presenter was talking about. You can listen to just a small snippet.
Actually some of the books on "EQ" teach you the skills. I had to read one in grad school where you took a test before you read the book and one after. The idea is that you learn some skills to help identify what others around you are feeling/thinking. (Gushy stuff like that) It really should not be political. While it won't teach you social skills it may help you think about possible scenarios and how to work through those scenarios. If you are talking to a developer who either has no idea what you are talking about or does not care what you think, it is a good thing to be able to recognize it while it is happening. It is another tool to add to the tool belt and should not be dismissed so quickly (IMHO).
The only drawback I can see is that you'd want to be sitting closer to the front.. apparently the Livescribe pens can pick up from 50 feet away (15 meters). YMMV?
I sit almost in the back and have it on the auditorium setting. The recordings are perfectly fine for me. I do catch myself saying comments under my breath a bit though. I also can hear about 80%+ of questions from across the room, 100% if they are at all close. My rule of thumb is that if you cannot hear them the pen won't either.
I have used it in class. I am in a class of ~50 working professionals and the recording is still really good. I still use it in every class. As I stated somewhere above, this is my best solution that I have found in about a year and a half. I have a tablet computer but I really only use it to open pdf files (during class). The note taking along with the audio recording coupled with the ability to tap on a word or graph and hear what the professor was saying is really invaluable. It makes studying for tests and writing papers a lot easier.
There are some professors who do not want their class recorded, but not many. Most of the comments I have had are that is a really cool device, can you demo it for me. I have also had professors ask that I delete the audio recordings after the semester is over.
I use a Livescribe pen ( http://www.livescribe.com/ )and a tablet for any pdf files. I bought an HP at fire sale prices but many of my classmates have an iPad. As I understand it Evernote on the iPad is good. On the Touchpad it is not usable as an app. The website is usable and actually works quite well, but you have to be connected.
With all of that said, the Livescribe pen is the best for me. It records the lecture (with prof permission), digitizes the notes, and then syncs the notes with the audio. So I can click on a word and hear what the prof said at that exact moment in the lecture. Makes studying for tests a lot easier. You can then view your notes on your tablet for studying or what have you. Drawing graphs can be done easily when writing. Not so easy when typing. I also agree with an earlier post that said typing is just annoying to others. I have also had multiple profs ban laptops in the class as some students would spend too much time on Facebook.
I got it to install on VMWare Player/Workstation. I had to "upgrade" to the new version of VMWare workstation. That was released on 9/15 I think. There was not a new VMWare player to correspond to the new workstation (yet), but workstation installs a version of player as well. So I signed up for the 30 day trial and started up workstation, choose to setup a new virtual as Windows 7 64 bit, and said to wait for the media and not attach an iso (or something close to that). I was then able to use the new player to edit the virtual to attach the Win8 iso and boot and start installing. Everything was seemless after that and it is using the free player (as opposed to the paid workstation).
My daughter's first pat down was about 3 years ago. She was close to a year old then. They canceled a flight, put us up in a hotel, and then put us on another airline without our luggage. The luggage stayed with the original airline. So we were flagged as a family/group of 3 adults and 2 children purchasing tickets a mere 2 hours before the flight without luggage. So everyone of us got the "royal" treatment. This was before today's molestations, so we were NOT expecting anything like this. My daughter was (thankfully) asleep in my arms as they were feeling up the wife, followed by my adult brother, followed by my 5 year old son. By this point my wife was "actively" questioning why they were patting down a five year old. Then they said they needed to "pat down the infant". She freaked. Started crying, asking what they were going to do, are you going to molest my baby, do you think we have a bomb, what is wrong with you people, etc... She was not quiet, she was crying, full blown panic. She was telling me to just get over there and help her so her baby won't get molested (they had just checked her 42 DD bra for bombs while she was still wearing it). I am on the other side waiting for them to feel up my jumblies (still with my daughter) in a very surreal, how the f*** am I supposed to get on that side of security without first GOING THROUGH SECURITY? Security stopped and there was actual silence throughout the line. No cell phone cameras though. Not really the fad for recording yet, I guess. Anyway a female TSA (was it TSA in 2008?) agent took my sleeping daughter gently to my wife and proceeded to gently pat her down in my wife's arms. They were very sensible with the daughter and really only patted down her back. I guess my wife got to them. Then they moved around my jumblies, asked me to cough, and told us to have a nice flight.
So anyway, these "searches" have been going on for a while now.
And don't forget price discrimination. They can serve multiple markets by determining the demand curve for each one and charge the profit maximizing price for each market.
Bottom line: price your stuff according to what people can afford.
They need to price discriminate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination). (Mathematically the only way to truly maximize their global profit is to price discriminate.) Figure out a demand curve for each market and charge the price that maximizes total profit for each market. So for India they should charge X and Brazil Y and for the US Z. They will actually charge what people can afford for each market. This assumes they can actually segment and seal their market.
From a strictly economic view:
They need to segment and seal the market and price discriminate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination). Mathematically the only way to truly maximize their profit is to price discriminate. Then figure out a demand curve for each market and charge the price that maximizes total profit for each market. So for India they should charge X and Brazil Y and for the US Z. This will mathematically maximize their profit, (assuming they can actually segment the market).
When you say the optical drive do you mean the motorized cup holder? And if I install one of these in my pci drive, will that increase my ram and let me store more m3ps?
If he's buying it he won't have a landlord and he won't be a tenant, moron.
He will be a tenet to the best landlord ever, Tyler Durden. He should shave his head and stand on the stoop and wait to be invited in. I bet the view even has quite a few bank high rises in perfect view. (I would probably advise against owning a gun at this time though.)
No, they just look at the teenage girls with boobies.
They had the computer club look over the footage. I would like to see the multi monitor setup in these kids homes.
I could see the school district saying. "The computer club students were really good kids. They had straight A's before we gave them this task. I haven't really seen any of them in school since though. They must really be taking their handy work seriously."
I consider myself a moderate politically. Some might even say conservative...
This isn't conservative!!! In the book 1984 the government was helping its people. Make them stay in shape and all the other crap. Communism is extreme liberal. That really bad Stallone and Snipes movie where salt was illegal. For the health of everybody. Government knows what is right is definition of liberal.
Maybe it is all in the eye of the beholder. You probably look at the above and compare it to how Bush acted. You can't spend as much money as he did and actually be a conservative. Obama isn't exactly running an open government and repealing the Patriot Act either. You want conservative go look at Ron Paul.
http://www.amazon.com/Ancestor-Novel-Scott-Sigler/dp/0307406334/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246459434&sr=8-1
Ancestor: "...scientists struggle to solve the problem of xenotransplantation -- using animal tissue to replace failing human organs. Funded by the biotech firm Genada, Dr. Claus Rhumkorrf seeks to recreate the ancestor of all mammals. By getting back to the root of our creation, Rhumkorrf hopes to create an animal with human internal organs. Rhumkorrf discovers the ancestor, but it is not the small, harmless creature he envisions. His genius gives birth to a fast-growing evil that nature eradicated 250 million years ago -- an evil now on the loose, and very, very hungry."
I think the first centrino laptop is more revolutionary. (Maybe just marketing). Also when Apple put Intel (inside) that was a much bigger step. Suddenly you could dual boot Windows and OSX. Windows users could switch and still use Windows when they need to.
If you have the iPhone you have to have the Blackberry. The crack berry even has a medical condition named after it. In the corporate world they are EVERYWHERE. I would venture to say that > 80% of people making > $100K has had a crack berry for at least 2 years in length (thanks to cell contracts).
The Treo phone was not anything. Kyocera QCP 6035 had everything it had earlier. During that time Windows PDAs were also starting to include phones in them. A lot of the PDAs also had 802.11 wireless. I think the author just had one.
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.... but you have to admit that it's going to take a mighty big course correction to fix their problems.
I knew they were done when /. quit using the Bill "The Borg, resistance is futile" Gates gif for MS news. Now it is the new vanilla "we are re-branding with the same icon because we are still relevant, no really" gif.
However, my main complaint is that Microsoft has not done enough to fix the sluggish performance of Windows on machines that by the standards of ten years ago are practically super computers. ...
There was an article here on Slashdot four or five years ago referencing a blog post by a Microsoft Kernel developer (I looked but couldn't find it in order to provide a link) but the blog post essentially said that the Windows kernel was just not written to take advantage of multi-core / hyper-threading enabled cpu's and that the kernel needed a complete overhaul to fix the problem.
Is this it?: http://slashdot.org/story/10/03/21/2345243/Multicore-Requires-OS-Rework-Windows-Expert-Says and more recently in May: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/05/11/1430259/microsoft-developer-explains-why-windows-kernel-development-falls-behind
I do think "the crew" threw him off the ship realizing that the iceberg is getting closer and closer by the day. I don't buy that he retired.
I know it is not a popular opinion, but I think it is important that Microsoft be a relevant technology company. I am not sure they are right now. They feel like RIM a few years ago. "We are still relevant, look new things!"
Looks like the Captain of the Titanic is fleeing the sinking ship, after he turned the ship right into that iceberg.
It is more that the crew threw the Captain off the ship and now have the ability to steer away from that iceberg. We just have to wait and see if they actually do that or not.
So which one would I pick? well, it depends on the project, the platform, and the amount of code I can reuse from open source libraries.
What is wrong with you? You have to choose you insensitive clod, we are on Slashdot! I bet you have both Apple and Windows machines in your house!! Maybe even something that has "Linux" on it. Quick! PS3, XBox, or Wii? ... What do you mean "for which game or what service?" You can't be sensible on Slashdot.
... I will tell you more about Google and the trilateral commission.
They are moving in their Control-anator as we speak. They will take over the TRI-STATE AREA! What? Of course it means that. What else could it mean?
I am in grad school now. We broach this subject every couple of months. Basic supply and demand. All of the "extra" money is creating more demand. Positive shift in demand leads to an increase in price (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand).
Everyone knows it and we talk about it not being sustainable. So what happens when everyone outside of academia realizes it is not sustainable? People are graduating with tons of debt and everything else. If you "fix" this does it also increase the money supply because suddenly a lot more people have more money in their pocket, which leads to more spending, which leads to higher prices, increases inflation....
No win scenario unless you are the banks.
The tablet form factor is not going anywhere. The demand will probably level off, but there will be a demand for a good while. The form factor is too easy to use and it presents itself to everything that was said above; watch movies/youtube, read books, check email, and just plain surf. The device itself may change. You may get a consumer device that is geared toward more books and/or movies and a prosumer device that is more corporate friendly but still easy as hell to check and respond to email and read corporate documents. My guess is that it will not fork that way but will fork to a 10"-12"color e-ink and a 10"-12" iPad clone. They will get thinner and maybe even flexible. But the size (read form factor) of 10"-12" is just too easy to use in way too many areas for the demand to just go away like traditional non-phone PDAs did.
Completely disagree with the CueCat reference. I am going back to school and use it in all of my classes. During the day at work I use it for note-taking at meetings. The real power is syncing the recorded audio with your notes. You can click on a hand written word and can hear what the person said or what he is talking about. It gives really good context when reviewing weeks later. You never have to go back and wonder what a presenter was talking about. You can listen to just a small snippet.
Actually some of the books on "EQ" teach you the skills. I had to read one in grad school where you took a test before you read the book and one after. The idea is that you learn some skills to help identify what others around you are feeling/thinking. (Gushy stuff like that) It really should not be political. While it won't teach you social skills it may help you think about possible scenarios and how to work through those scenarios. If you are talking to a developer who either has no idea what you are talking about or does not care what you think, it is a good thing to be able to recognize it while it is happening. It is another tool to add to the tool belt and should not be dismissed so quickly (IMHO).
The only drawback I can see is that you'd want to be sitting closer to the front.. apparently the Livescribe pens can pick up from 50 feet away (15 meters). YMMV?
I sit almost in the back and have it on the auditorium setting. The recordings are perfectly fine for me. I do catch myself saying comments under my breath a bit though. I also can hear about 80%+ of questions from across the room, 100% if they are at all close. My rule of thumb is that if you cannot hear them the pen won't either.
I have used it in class. I am in a class of ~50 working professionals and the recording is still really good. I still use it in every class. As I stated somewhere above, this is my best solution that I have found in about a year and a half. I have a tablet computer but I really only use it to open pdf files (during class). The note taking along with the audio recording coupled with the ability to tap on a word or graph and hear what the professor was saying is really invaluable. It makes studying for tests and writing papers a lot easier.
There are some professors who do not want their class recorded, but not many. Most of the comments I have had are that is a really cool device, can you demo it for me. I have also had professors ask that I delete the audio recordings after the semester is over.
I use a Livescribe pen ( http://www.livescribe.com/ )and a tablet for any pdf files. I bought an HP at fire sale prices but many of my classmates have an iPad. As I understand it Evernote on the iPad is good. On the Touchpad it is not usable as an app. The website is usable and actually works quite well, but you have to be connected.
With all of that said, the Livescribe pen is the best for me. It records the lecture (with prof permission), digitizes the notes, and then syncs the notes with the audio. So I can click on a word and hear what the prof said at that exact moment in the lecture. Makes studying for tests a lot easier. You can then view your notes on your tablet for studying or what have you. Drawing graphs can be done easily when writing. Not so easy when typing. I also agree with an earlier post that said typing is just annoying to others. I have also had multiple profs ban laptops in the class as some students would spend too much time on Facebook.
I got it to install on VMWare Player/Workstation. I had to "upgrade" to the new version of VMWare workstation. That was released on 9/15 I think. There was not a new VMWare player to correspond to the new workstation (yet), but workstation installs a version of player as well. So I signed up for the 30 day trial and started up workstation, choose to setup a new virtual as Windows 7 64 bit, and said to wait for the media and not attach an iso (or something close to that). I was then able to use the new player to edit the virtual to attach the Win8 iso and boot and start installing. Everything was seemless after that and it is using the free player (as opposed to the paid workstation).
Hope this helps.
My daughter's first pat down was about 3 years ago. She was close to a year old then. They canceled a flight, put us up in a hotel, and then put us on another airline without our luggage. The luggage stayed with the original airline. So we were flagged as a family/group of 3 adults and 2 children purchasing tickets a mere 2 hours before the flight without luggage. So everyone of us got the "royal" treatment. This was before today's molestations, so we were NOT expecting anything like this. My daughter was (thankfully) asleep in my arms as they were feeling up the wife, followed by my adult brother, followed by my 5 year old son. By this point my wife was "actively" questioning why they were patting down a five year old. Then they said they needed to "pat down the infant". She freaked. Started crying, asking what they were going to do, are you going to molest my baby, do you think we have a bomb, what is wrong with you people, etc... She was not quiet, she was crying, full blown panic. She was telling me to just get over there and help her so her baby won't get molested (they had just checked her 42 DD bra for bombs while she was still wearing it). I am on the other side waiting for them to feel up my jumblies (still with my daughter) in a very surreal, how the f*** am I supposed to get on that side of security without first GOING THROUGH SECURITY? Security stopped and there was actual silence throughout the line. No cell phone cameras though. Not really the fad for recording yet, I guess. Anyway a female TSA (was it TSA in 2008?) agent took my sleeping daughter gently to my wife and proceeded to gently pat her down in my wife's arms. They were very sensible with the daughter and really only patted down her back. I guess my wife got to them. Then they moved around my jumblies, asked me to cough, and told us to have a nice flight.
So anyway, these "searches" have been going on for a while now.
And don't forget price discrimination. They can serve multiple markets by determining the demand curve for each one and charge the profit maximizing price for each market.
Bottom line: price your stuff according to what people can afford.
They need to price discriminate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination). (Mathematically the only way to truly maximize their global profit is to price discriminate.) Figure out a demand curve for each market and charge the price that maximizes total profit for each market. So for India they should charge X and Brazil Y and for the US Z. They will actually charge what people can afford for each market. This assumes they can actually segment and seal their market.
From a strictly economic view: They need to segment and seal the market and price discriminate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination). Mathematically the only way to truly maximize their profit is to price discriminate. Then figure out a demand curve for each market and charge the price that maximizes total profit for each market. So for India they should charge X and Brazil Y and for the US Z. This will mathematically maximize their profit, (assuming they can actually segment the market).
This reminds me of the dude that paid almost $800 for an Xbox Box on eBay.
It is NOT the same.
He never actually got his box.
When you say the optical drive do you mean the motorized cup holder? And if I install one of these in my pci drive, will that increase my ram and let me store more m3ps?
If he's buying it he won't have a landlord and he won't be a tenant, moron.
He will be a tenet to the best landlord ever, Tyler Durden. He should shave his head and stand on the stoop and wait to be invited in. I bet the view even has quite a few bank high rises in perfect view. (I would probably advise against owning a gun at this time though.)
No, they just look at the teenage girls with boobies.
They had the computer club look over the footage. I would like to see the multi monitor setup in these kids homes.
I could see the school district saying. "The computer club students were really good kids. They had straight A's before we gave them this task. I haven't really seen any of them in school since though. They must really be taking their handy work seriously."
I consider myself a moderate politically. Some might even say conservative ...
This isn't conservative!!! In the book 1984 the government was helping its people. Make them stay in shape and all the other crap. Communism is extreme liberal. That really bad Stallone and Snipes movie where salt was illegal. For the health of everybody. Government knows what is right is definition of liberal.
Maybe it is all in the eye of the beholder. You probably look at the above and compare it to how Bush acted. You can't spend as much money as he did and actually be a conservative. Obama isn't exactly running an open government and repealing the Patriot Act either. You want conservative go look at Ron Paul.
http://www.amazon.com/Ancestor-Novel-Scott-Sigler/dp/0307406334/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246459434&sr=8-1 Ancestor: "...scientists struggle to solve the problem of xenotransplantation -- using animal tissue to replace failing human organs. Funded by the biotech firm Genada, Dr. Claus Rhumkorrf seeks to recreate the ancestor of all mammals. By getting back to the root of our creation, Rhumkorrf hopes to create an animal with human internal organs. Rhumkorrf discovers the ancestor, but it is not the small, harmless creature he envisions. His genius gives birth to a fast-growing evil that nature eradicated 250 million years ago -- an evil now on the loose, and very, very hungry."
I think the first centrino laptop is more revolutionary. (Maybe just marketing). Also when Apple put Intel (inside) that was a much bigger step. Suddenly you could dual boot Windows and OSX. Windows users could switch and still use Windows when they need to.
If you have the iPhone you have to have the Blackberry. The crack berry even has a medical condition named after it. In the corporate world they are EVERYWHERE. I would venture to say that > 80% of people making > $100K has had a crack berry for at least 2 years in length (thanks to cell contracts). The Treo phone was not anything. Kyocera QCP 6035 had everything it had earlier. During that time Windows PDAs were also starting to include phones in them. A lot of the PDAs also had 802.11 wireless. I think the author just had one.