UNIX-like permissions and having files in multiple folders, better GUI and better internal structure. Also, it will bring the "It Just Works" paradigm to the Windows world.
In short, it's Mac OS X for x86. Isn't that what everyone wants anyway?
Getting parents, who are less tech-savvy than their kids, to use technology in order to prevent their teens from viewing gratuitous scenes.
Here's a crazy idea, and it'll save you the hassle of learning how to set the DVD-player's clock: teach them right from wrong, y'know, as parents are supposed to do.
Yes, it sounds crazy, but it just might be crazy enough to work.
As the article was written before it was posted on Slashdot, we can safely assume that it was underway (at the time the article was written) before it was completed (now). This is the expected behavior of most flights.
This is, of course, barring any recent technological advancement which allows jets to complete flights before getting them underway. If it were so, that'd be real news for nerds. Of course, then, the article would be posted on Slashdot before it was written.
True as it may be, it still harks back to my original comment, that the true global capabilities and function of the internet is not being used to its full potential.
Rather than adapting traditional laws, regulations and customs to those of the internet, people are forcing the internet to adapt to traditional laws, essentially nationalizing and limiting something international.
Perhaps, it's for the best. I certainly wouldn't want kids jumping up and down behind CNN anchors screaming "First post!".
Although they could lower their prices and therefore sell more songs, if you add it up, they wouldn't make more money this way.
That's assuming that demand is inelastic. But given the number of alternatives to iTunes, albeit crappy ones, this is not the case.
The main reason iPod is still the top dog is because of trend. There are iPod clones and killers out on the market now, but if Apple fails to continue innovation with the iPod, you can be sure that demand will be elastic, and they'd have to lower prices.
And without the music, people have no reason to get an iPod.
that even though we have something that is truly global such as the internet and the web, we still find citizens of the web denying access to services based on real-world geographical location?
Doesn't that defeat the all-encompassing nature of the web?
Y'know, if you want to use an actual relational database with arbitrary constraints, updateable views, efficient joins, you can, you know, use PostgreSQL?
Sure, it might not have everything Oracle has, but if it did, it'd just be Yet Another Oracle Clone, and we don't want that now do we, y'know?
By all accounts, corporations should focus solely on profits.
However, when they exist, they create social problems, while providing social benefits in the form of goods. Unemployment, pollution, deforestation as well as a host of others. There is no greater example of this than Wal-mart.
Thus, they, too, should help in alleviating the problems they help to create, whether ot not this affects their bottom line. Had businesses not meddled in social issues, the African-Americans might still be fighting for civil rights now.
That's not so much China-imposed censorship than censorship by Hong Kongers who are pro-China. It's not so much about politics as it is about business.
Many in the media feel if they report against China's wishes, they will be left out. It's not all too different from what many in the US media feel about the White House.
In any case, the two leading English-language newspapers are, AFAIK, not censored.
Microsoft has sought to add more features to make their releases more "earth-shaking." But most of those features are of no use to most people. What features could they have added that many wouldn't have seen as either a monopolistic strategy or redundant?
With a history like Microsoft, you have to be careful where you step.
As for Steve, he would most probably name this iWin.
However, by law it can't meddle all that much with Hong Kong's affairs, at least not without violating their agreement with the British and pissing off Hong Kong's 7 million people (and many in China who view Hong Kong as a democratic beacon of hope).
After a massive protest in HK, China decided to lay off enforcing Article 23, which dealt with subversion. It also lead, indirectly, to the Chief Executive (our leader) getting sacked. The debate now is when (not if) Hong Kong will be able to elect its own leaders.
There's a large voice of dissent in Washington against China, especially with their yuan policy. I suppose that may be the reason the US sees things over here in a very negative light.
No, our net access is not regulated or monitored by China. China has to maintain some distance from us until 2047, and any action that reeks of Beijing's hand would be met with massive resistance in HK.
Hong Kongers love their market economy and freedoms, often citing it as an example of why HK is a better place to live and work than other rivals in the region like Singapore and Shanghai.
A lot of Hong Kongers, especially the adolescents, are file-sharers, and are quite fed up with other ISPs in the region, especially the two leading ISPs, Netvigator and HK Cable.
Also, for tech-related services, adolescents in the households tend to be the decision-makers.
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Why did we ever fear that they'd succeed?
Because even a broken clock is right twice a day.
UNIX-like permissions and having files in multiple folders, better GUI and better internal structure. Also, it will bring the "It Just Works" paradigm to the Windows world.
In short, it's Mac OS X for x86. Isn't that what everyone wants anyway?
Since you asked, they get by by cutting corners.
Getting parents, who are less tech-savvy than their kids, to use technology in order to prevent their teens from viewing gratuitous scenes.
Here's a crazy idea, and it'll save you the hassle of learning how to set the DVD-player's clock: teach them right from wrong, y'know, as parents are supposed to do.
Yes, it sounds crazy, but it just might be crazy enough to work.
As the article was written before it was posted on Slashdot, we can safely assume that it was underway (at the time the article was written) before it was completed (now). This is the expected behavior of most flights.
This is, of course, barring any recent technological advancement which allows jets to complete flights before getting them underway. If it were so, that'd be real news for nerds. Of course, then, the article would be posted on Slashdot before it was written.
So to answer your question, the answer is yes.
True as it may be, it still harks back to my original comment, that the true global capabilities and function of the internet is not being used to its full potential.
Rather than adapting traditional laws, regulations and customs to those of the internet, people are forcing the internet to adapt to traditional laws, essentially nationalizing and limiting something international.
Perhaps, it's for the best. I certainly wouldn't want kids jumping up and down behind CNN anchors screaming "First post!".
Although they could lower their prices and therefore sell more songs, if you add it up, they wouldn't make more money this way.
That's assuming that demand is inelastic. But given the number of alternatives to iTunes, albeit crappy ones, this is not the case.
The main reason iPod is still the top dog is because of trend. There are iPod clones and killers out on the market now, but if Apple fails to continue innovation with the iPod, you can be sure that demand will be elastic, and they'd have to lower prices.
And without the music, people have no reason to get an iPod.
that even though we have something that is truly global such as the internet and the web, we still find citizens of the web denying access to services based on real-world geographical location?
Doesn't that defeat the all-encompassing nature of the web?
The summary is just trying to live up to the /. motto. Here's a rule of thumb:
<news>*</news> = News for nerds
<flamebait>*</flamebait> = Stuff that matters
I just don't trust anything that starts with "Dear Sir" from Africa, especially when it concerns something quite unbelievable.
Y'know, if you want to use an actual relational database with arbitrary constraints, updateable views, efficient joins, you can, you know, use PostgreSQL?
Sure, it might not have everything Oracle has, but if it did, it'd just be Yet Another Oracle Clone, and we don't want that now do we, y'know?
I can mess around with Diebold's voting mechanism with open-source tools. I would have done it with Microsoft Access, but I have principles.
cHina is not monitoring mE. if you think that, you reaLly need to see a Psychiatrist imMEdiately.
while they sue themselves for leaking Tiger? Sunny must be pissed as hell right now.
By all accounts, corporations should focus solely on profits.
However, when they exist, they create social problems, while providing social benefits in the form of goods. Unemployment, pollution, deforestation as well as a host of others. There is no greater example of this than Wal-mart.
Thus, they, too, should help in alleviating the problems they help to create, whether ot not this affects their bottom line. Had businesses not meddled in social issues, the African-Americans might still be fighting for civil rights now.
Sweet. I still have 18 years to iron out any Y2K bugs.
In tomorrow's news, Flexible Typhoon swipes at Grey Ninja for shamelessly copying him
Wait, so that means Commodore64 is the world's most popular platform? And everyone uses Betamax?
That's not so much China-imposed censorship than censorship by Hong Kongers who are pro-China. It's not so much about politics as it is about business.
Many in the media feel if they report against China's wishes, they will be left out. It's not all too different from what many in the US media feel about the White House.
In any case, the two leading English-language newspapers are, AFAIK, not censored.
Microsoft has sought to add more features to make their releases more "earth-shaking." But most of those features are of no use to most people. What features could they have added that many wouldn't have seen as either a monopolistic strategy or redundant?
With a history like Microsoft, you have to be careful where you step.
As for Steve, he would most probably name this iWin.
Truly, as Confucious says, "Man with large tools nails better."
It is trying to narrow that gap, surely.
However, by law it can't meddle all that much with Hong Kong's affairs, at least not without violating their agreement with the British and pissing off Hong Kong's 7 million people (and many in China who view Hong Kong as a democratic beacon of hope).
After a massive protest in HK, China decided to lay off enforcing Article 23, which dealt with subversion. It also lead, indirectly, to the Chief Executive (our leader) getting sacked. The debate now is when (not if) Hong Kong will be able to elect its own leaders.
There's a large voice of dissent in Washington against China, especially with their yuan policy. I suppose that may be the reason the US sees things over here in a very negative light.
Why doesn't China entice Taiwanese with special offers?
Because the Taiwanese block spam from China too.
No, our net access is not regulated or monitored by China. China has to maintain some distance from us until 2047, and any action that reeks of Beijing's hand would be met with massive resistance in HK.
Hong Kongers love their market economy and freedoms, often citing it as an example of why HK is a better place to live and work than other rivals in the region like Singapore and Shanghai.
A lot of Hong Kongers, especially the adolescents, are file-sharers, and are quite fed up with other ISPs in the region, especially the two leading ISPs, Netvigator and HK Cable.
Also, for tech-related services, adolescents in the households tend to be the decision-makers.