When you compare the BETA screenshots of Longhorn to any screenshot ever taken of XP in its natural state (ie the Kindergarten look), it looks pretty decent. I was impressed that MS took the time to listen to some of the feedback they're received, and actually try to enhance/alter the basic look-n-feel to make it more comfortable.
I'm no MS lover, but they've come a long way from the disaster that XP's default look is.
for a home network? Paranoia is understandable, but smart cards on a home network? and 14 character passwords inside your house. OK, on the outside, that makes some sense. But what kind of secrets do you internally that you need that level of paranoia. If the entire network is open to the outside world, that a different matter, but what could possibly be so important that your kids need 14 character passwords to protect it inside your home?
single worse assault to databases in the history of the world
No, I think that award should go to FoxPro. No offense, I hate using Access, too, but for single-person databases, or very small groups (Access has its place, it's just that it's place isn't very big.
True, the core of the OS should be kept small, but I'm more curious as to whether this is actually a core aspect of the OS, or an add-on/plug-in type tool. I like desktop search tools, but I also like to be able to turn them off, or reset them (a la updatedb and locate). If this is tied in so that it can't be removed or turned off, I might be somewhat concerned. If it's not, I don't think it's an issue.
different conventions used for different human languages when it comes time to localize
This only matters, though, if you intend to localize. Everything I've written has had no reason to be localized. Also, I spose we might want to remember all of the oriental languages that read right to left, and in columns.
Simplifying the ridiculously complicated Java libraries. The (limited) Java development I've done in the past has led me to build a whole bunch of things that probably already existed in the libraries, but I couldn't find.
I'd also like to see a reduction in the 'layouts' available. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like to position the elements where I want them, and not how some layout manager feeld they will will go best.
I never stop when the bell goes off, unless the door will not physically open (which hasn't happened yet). I've set the detectors off coming into a store on a few occasions from having picked up one of those tags on a previous purchase, or getting it stuck to my shoe. The store employees have yet to try to stop me, since I haven't done anything wrong.
"I lost a letter grade in a class because I had a differing point of view from the professor."
I had the exact opposite experience on a few papers. I took views that were diametrically apposed to my teacher, and received very good grades on the papers because I thoroughly argued my case, and didn't bring in any extraneous data to the argument.
I've found that professors like you to think. They actually want to have some challenge presented to them for their response. Following the lemming mindset ("Go, Lemmings, GO!") just produces a bunch of people with degrees who can't think on their own.
I've not yet met a professor who didn't enjoy the challenge of grading a paper that he disagreed with. If your grade is coming based on politics instead of merit of your writing, there's a problem with the grader, not the writer.
Sort of. I would be more in favor of the municipality offering some form of package to bring in private competition. Be it short-term reduced taxes, advertising this new service in tourist information, etc.
I'm all for private business providing any service it can. And any private sector business, no matter how crappy, should not be competed against by the government.
That said, I am also all for bringing technology to people who "couldn't otherwise afford it". I would like to see any municipal network be limited to just 802.11b, or perhaps even slower. 'Free' access can be had by anyone, but if you want faster service, you will need to go with a private business.
Some universities do this now. They allow anyone to use the wireless network, but until you register your MAC address with the authentication server(s), you're limited to a very slow connection (the one I'm most familiar with limits to sub 14kbps). After you register your computer (using some school-issued authentication system), you have access to the full bandwidth of the network.
So, allow the cities to install whatever low-speed networks they want, but aim to take market share from people who are willing to pay for faster service.
There is at least one legitimate group offering free iPods. Yes, they require you to complete sponsor offers, but they're a real company. One of the websites they run is: here.
I know how hard it is to get away from the spammers once they get a hold of you. However, this group is at least legit.
This can only be good for us, the consumers. I also expect that disc player manufacturers will figure out how to have dual format players (and if you count in current gen tech, 3..8 formats).
OK, I know it's cool (and tonight), but how bored do you have to be to figure this out? (Then again, I had a Star Wars II countdown timer running for a while on my desktop...)
Electric cars have that nasty feature of needing to be recharged constantly also. I'm far moer interested in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles, personally. THe technology exists now, is fairly cheap to manufacture, and (like another poster pointed out) the vehicles don't have to look like futuristic dwarf hearses.
Several manufacturers (Ford, Toyota, Honda, GM) all have hybrids in production, or near production. They get better mileage, accelerate faster, brake quicker, and (at least the recent entries) look like the normal vehicles on which they're based.
Why would expect the European telcos to operate in the same way as US ones? European countries tend to be far more socialistic in their government types, and have a lot of government interdiction in business affairs.
The US government gets involved in a lot of places it shouldn't, too, but for a lot of things it stays out of the way and lets the customers decide what they want. The recent number portability act was a great example of allowing even more customer choice in the marketplace.
I thought one of the grand ideas of the European Union was to provide for unified laws, currency, and regulations across national boundaries. It seems fromt he Reuters report that the different countries all still enforce their own rules and regulations, only using the euro as a common currency. If these guys really wanted to encourage competition, they'd cut the BS around calling 'locally international', and give their citizens (ie the customers) more choices for mobile plans. Why exactly is it an international phone call fom Spain to France? Because they're different countries. If they want this whole EU thing to work, the people in all these little countries need to feel like they can communicate freely with each other better.
Car manufacturers routinely do this type of thing in the US, where 'customer loyalty/appreciation' rebates are given as incentives to stay with car company X.
Would it be reasonable to use a small batch of these in some kind of webhosting, or other mini-grid setting? If you don't want to get a Mac mini, these could make a good alternative. They're certainly small.
True, writing and characters are important, too. My main point was just that the W&G team has to spend a lot more time and effort in doing the stop-action clay filming than do the CG groups. They spend a lot of time, also (consider the Nemo toy in Boo's room in Monsters Inc), but it's time spent in a more technical fashion. The W&G group takes the stories and then personally animates everything about the scene. The CG outifts take stories, design the charcaters, and control points, and then let the computers animate everything. I agree that Pixar makes great movies, I've loved each of them, but they demand a very different level of care than the W&G films.
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At least you wouldn't have to worry about your electric bill going up. You'd probably be able to pump some back into the grid :)
trademark an animal's common name? Nobody from Ford was upset when they used Jaguar...
I'm no MS lover, but they've come a long way from the disaster that XP's default look is.
for a home network? Paranoia is understandable, but smart cards on a home network? and 14 character passwords inside your house. OK, on the outside, that makes some sense. But what kind of secrets do you internally that you need that level of paranoia. If the entire network is open to the outside world, that a different matter, but what could possibly be so important that your kids need 14 character passwords to protect it inside your home?
No, I think that award should go to FoxPro. No offense, I hate using Access, too, but for single-person databases, or very small groups (Access has its place, it's just that it's place isn't very big.
True, the core of the OS should be kept small, but I'm more curious as to whether this is actually a core aspect of the OS, or an add-on/plug-in type tool. I like desktop search tools, but I also like to be able to turn them off, or reset them (a la updatedb and locate). If this is tied in so that it can't be removed or turned off, I might be somewhat concerned. If it's not, I don't think it's an issue.
This only matters, though, if you intend to localize. Everything I've written has had no reason to be localized. Also, I spose we might want to remember all of the oriental languages that read right to left, and in columns.
I'd also like to see a reduction in the 'layouts' available. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like to position the elements where I want them, and not how some layout manager feeld they will will go best.
...become international waters? The US claims 12 miles as its territorial boundary, and 200 miles as it's Exclusive Economic Zone.
When did PHPbb become a CMS? Last I saw it was a bulletin board environment.
I never stop when the bell goes off, unless the door will not physically open (which hasn't happened yet). I've set the detectors off coming into a store on a few occasions from having picked up one of those tags on a previous purchase, or getting it stuck to my shoe. The store employees have yet to try to stop me, since I haven't done anything wrong.
I had the exact opposite experience on a few papers. I took views that were diametrically apposed to my teacher, and received very good grades on the papers because I thoroughly argued my case, and didn't bring in any extraneous data to the argument.
I've found that professors like you to think. They actually want to have some challenge presented to them for their response. Following the lemming mindset ("Go, Lemmings, GO!") just produces a bunch of people with degrees who can't think on their own.
I've not yet met a professor who didn't enjoy the challenge of grading a paper that he disagreed with. If your grade is coming based on politics instead of merit of your writing, there's a problem with the grader, not the writer.
Sort of. I would be more in favor of the municipality offering some form of package to bring in private competition. Be it short-term reduced taxes, advertising this new service in tourist information, etc.
That said, I am also all for bringing technology to people who "couldn't otherwise afford it". I would like to see any municipal network be limited to just 802.11b, or perhaps even slower. 'Free' access can be had by anyone, but if you want faster service, you will need to go with a private business.
Some universities do this now. They allow anyone to use the wireless network, but until you register your MAC address with the authentication server(s), you're limited to a very slow connection (the one I'm most familiar with limits to sub 14kbps). After you register your computer (using some school-issued authentication system), you have access to the full bandwidth of the network.
So, allow the cities to install whatever low-speed networks they want, but aim to take market share from people who are willing to pay for faster service.
That was supposed to be a helpful suggestion as to a legit site. Apparently somebody didn't like it.
I know how hard it is to get away from the spammers once they get a hold of you. However, this group is at least legit.
This can only be good for us, the consumers. I also expect that disc player manufacturers will figure out how to have dual format players (and if you count in current gen tech, 3..8 formats).
OK, I know it's cool (and tonight), but how bored do you have to be to figure this out? (Then again, I had a Star Wars II countdown timer running for a while on my desktop...)
Several manufacturers (Ford, Toyota, Honda, GM) all have hybrids in production, or near production. They get better mileage, accelerate faster, brake quicker, and (at least the recent entries) look like the normal vehicles on which they're based.
The US government gets involved in a lot of places it shouldn't, too, but for a lot of things it stays out of the way and lets the customers decide what they want. The recent number portability act was a great example of allowing even more customer choice in the marketplace.
I thought one of the grand ideas of the European Union was to provide for unified laws, currency, and regulations across national boundaries. It seems fromt he Reuters report that the different countries all still enforce their own rules and regulations, only using the euro as a common currency. If these guys really wanted to encourage competition, they'd cut the BS around calling 'locally international', and give their citizens (ie the customers) more choices for mobile plans. Why exactly is it an international phone call fom Spain to France? Because they're different countries. If they want this whole EU thing to work, the people in all these little countries need to feel like they can communicate freely with each other better.
I don't know if any of these directly answer your question, but there is a whole raft of available LDAP books from places like B&N: for example here.
Car manufacturers routinely do this type of thing in the US, where 'customer loyalty/appreciation' rebates are given as incentives to stay with car company X.
Would it be reasonable to use a small batch of these in some kind of webhosting, or other mini-grid setting? If you don't want to get a Mac mini, these could make a good alternative. They're certainly small.
True, writing and characters are important, too. My main point was just that the W&G team has to spend a lot more time and effort in doing the stop-action clay filming than do the CG groups. They spend a lot of time, also (consider the Nemo toy in Boo's room in Monsters Inc), but it's time spent in a more technical fashion. The W&G group takes the stories and then personally animates everything about the scene. The CG outifts take stories, design the charcaters, and control points, and then let the computers animate everything. I agree that Pixar makes great movies, I've loved each of them, but they demand a very different level of care than the W&G films.