Me personally? I plan on ditching Windows in the next few years when that DRM crap comes full swing into my DRM enabled monitors. I'll likely get a Mac so long as they don't follow with the same crap (and then Linux next). Security is a concern, but not a reason. I just hate how everything is always crashing. Who knows how many of my friends share the sentiment.
But "mass defections"? Businesses can't swap away even if they wanted to. And a simple "I sorta don't like them" isn't a good enough reason to swap over what works and has worked for a completely new system that will require completely new software licenses and adminstrators. And since many consumers learn how to use and get accustomed to computers at work, it's going to make it that much harder for joe average to switch.
The conclusion is a little ahead of itself, but for the record, the data should be relatively reliable. Forrester group is a commonly cited source for business and consumer data.
Here's a question for everybody: Seeing as Google now has a significant stake in AOL, do you think they care for a split second that this reeks of "evil"?
I believe the following quote from the article better summarizes the dude's argument:
"As a result, administrators may deploy patches unnecessarily, erring on the side of caution (and risking compatibility problems in the process), or they may choose not to deploy based on incomplete information. Individuals making these kinds of decisions deserve better information"
Frankly, I'm surprised any major portion of searches get past page 2 or even 1. Sure, once in a rare while I'll go to page 3, but usually if I have to go that far back, I'll just refine my search and try again. And with today's relevant searches, I usually find what I need in the first 5 results.
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I mean, this is really a basic calendar application.
Basic? Have you even looked at it? Seriously. Did you even bother to spend 5 minutes browsing around? How exactly do you define "basic"? Features? It does text message notifications, evite type of event management, one-click event filtering, data importing, calendar sharing on an event level basis, gmail contact list integration, recurring events, public and private calendars, and quick add even parses natural language event information straight into your calendar. They've even written up documentation on how to create event buttons. Did you know that when you accept an invitation from an event someone else hosts, it can automatically be added to your calendar, even showing your reply status? This is basic? You must be joking. It does most if not all things you'd look for in a web calendar application.
Schedule and calendar applications are a dime a dozen. Heck, anybody with at least a year of programming skills can write their own appointment manager, I have.
Yeah, and it's probably total shit. By your logic, the world of software would never improve. Just because there are a lot of them doesn't mean new, better ones shouldn't be developed. And it also doesn't mean new ones are automatically crappy and therefore we should all stick to the shitty versions guys like you hack out in 2 hours. You didn't even bother to try the Quick Add feature, did you? You didn't bother to see how you can drag appointments around to different hours or days or expand or contract their length with your mouse much like you would on a desktop schedule application. Let's see you program that. No, let's just grab some random programmer with one year of experience and see how long that feature alone would take him.
You're trashing the calendar on the basis that you could program a plainer, dumber version that requires more clicks to do all the same actions. Wow. I can buy your argument now. Sounds like a blind bias against a product you clearly didn't even bother to try.
While I love seeing Paypal not getting their way, this ruling has much broader implications. All payment gateways and micropayment systems in the future (such as Google, I imagine) now have a legal precident that says they may need to turn over customer data to the IRS.
Also, does this issue already hold true for real-life equivalents such as credit cards and banks?
I do have to say you are extremely lucky my friend. A lot of people go into our careers with a lot of misconceptions about what programming is like (thanks in part to movies). Game developers or not, I know a lot of CS majors who absolutely hate programming. That doesn't go to say people can't grow to love it or that there aren't people who love it to start -- obviously there are many examples of such cases.
I don't understand people who go after this career because they "love games." It always concerned me when someone told me they want to become a programmer because they like games. HELLO! Everybody loves games! You're joining the profession for all the wrong reasons! Sometimes I'd ask the person if they've ever even programmed. Answer? "Nope!" I admire the willingness to fight for a dream, but I frown on the lack of research before committing a lifetime to it. Why programmer instead of another facet of game production? Oh, the money, you say... Notice how programming itself is not mentioned as an interest in any way here? Yes, it concerns me too.
The games people love are nothing like the process of coding them. Anything that is remotely fun and exciting in programming has nothing to do with what makes Madden fun and exciting. The average consumer can love Final Fantasy -- no, I'd even say there are many, many hardcore fans. But the vast majority of those that love that franchise are not meant to ever, ever become game developers. It's apples and oranges.
Playing games is exactly that -- PLAYING. But coding a game is no child's play. It's work -- and hard, hard work. If producing a graphical manifestation is the only joy you see in coding, I'd seriously reconsider the profession. There are other ways to contribute to creating a game without being the code monkey. There's marketing, story writing, graphics, concept designing, testing, and even managing.
If those don't appeal to you any more than coding does, then why choose coding? What? For money? That's a whole different can of worms that I'm sure you can already see is a repeat of what I just finished saying.
In my humblest opinion, programming is fun on its own, and it really doesn't matter what it is you're coding so long as it is challenging and stimulating. Sure, coding games can fit that, but to start on this path without actually loving the path itself seems risky at best and a terrible, life-long mistake at worst. In short, don't choose a path that makes you walk through shit and garbage. That path just so happens to be the rest of your life. You better damn well choose a route you'll enjoy every minute of.
Wait. I don't get it. If the purpose is to ensure the sender really IS the sender, why do I have to pay up again?? If I'm the BankofSlashdot and I send emails to my customers from the email accountdetails@bankofslashdot.org, why is it they can't just add me to a registered senders list with my server's IP recorded? Why's that suddenly cost money?
If the purpose isn't to reduce spam, what does this new pay-for-being-recognized service offer that current ISPs don't already? Most ISPs will begin taking actions against your spam if you start spamming without contacting them anyway, and you are looking at legal trouble if you spam with forged headers or people who have opted out. Through whitelists and regulations, the framework is already in place for the legit spammers to spam. AOL already has whitelists. AOL already negotiates and limits email volume with mass email marketers. AOL already uses blacklists. And this whole thing isn't even mandatory!
So I'm really not sure what this pay system is supposed to do except earn AOL an extra dime at no added cost.
Recently, researchers discovered a new hardware specific attack that could render virtually all computers vulnerable to attackers. They said that if an attacker gains access to the keyboard, they could inject any arbitrary code into the system and gain administrative privilages.
I notice this costs money and is priced by how many computers it can manage. Is this the Mac equivalent for Windows Remote Desktop or is this more of an administrative tool?
Interestingly, almost 80 percent of teens indicated that they intend to spend less time playing video games in 2006 and nearly 70 percent indicated that their interest in playing video games is decreasing.
Why does this sound strikingly similar to what smokers say about quitting?
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btw, google tends to be good about reading user feed back. perhaps you should try submitting your idea to them.
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http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/reques
See Google Calendar's Agenda view.
Define "mass."
Me personally? I plan on ditching Windows in the next few years when that DRM crap comes full swing into my DRM enabled monitors. I'll likely get a Mac so long as they don't follow with the same crap (and then Linux next). Security is a concern, but not a reason. I just hate how everything is always crashing. Who knows how many of my friends share the sentiment.
But "mass defections"? Businesses can't swap away even if they wanted to. And a simple "I sorta don't like them" isn't a good enough reason to swap over what works and has worked for a completely new system that will require completely new software licenses and adminstrators. And since many consumers learn how to use and get accustomed to computers at work, it's going to make it that much harder for joe average to switch.
The conclusion is a little ahead of itself, but for the record, the data should be relatively reliable. Forrester group is a commonly cited source for business and consumer data.
Here's a question for everybody: Seeing as Google now has a significant stake in AOL, do you think they care for a split second that this reeks of "evil"?
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&wo rd1=tivo&word2=EchoStar =)
I believe the following quote from the article better summarizes the dude's argument:
"As a result, administrators may deploy patches unnecessarily, erring on the side of caution (and risking compatibility problems in the process), or they may choose not to deploy based on incomplete information. Individuals making these kinds of decisions deserve better information"
Frankly, I'm surprised any major portion of searches get past page 2 or even 1. Sure, once in a rare while I'll go to page 3, but usually if I have to go that far back, I'll just refine my search and try again. And with today's relevant searches, I usually find what I need in the first 5 results.
It's like a missing link dupe fest!
I mean, this is really a basic calendar application.
Basic? Have you even looked at it? Seriously. Did you even bother to spend 5 minutes browsing around? How exactly do you define "basic"? Features? It does text message notifications, evite type of event management, one-click event filtering, data importing, calendar sharing on an event level basis, gmail contact list integration, recurring events, public and private calendars, and quick add even parses natural language event information straight into your calendar. They've even written up documentation on how to create event buttons. Did you know that when you accept an invitation from an event someone else hosts, it can automatically be added to your calendar, even showing your reply status? This is basic? You must be joking. It does most if not all things you'd look for in a web calendar application.
Schedule and calendar applications are a dime a dozen. Heck, anybody with at least a year of programming skills can write their own appointment manager, I have.
Yeah, and it's probably total shit. By your logic, the world of software would never improve. Just because there are a lot of them doesn't mean new, better ones shouldn't be developed. And it also doesn't mean new ones are automatically crappy and therefore we should all stick to the shitty versions guys like you hack out in 2 hours. You didn't even bother to try the Quick Add feature, did you? You didn't bother to see how you can drag appointments around to different hours or days or expand or contract their length with your mouse much like you would on a desktop schedule application. Let's see you program that. No, let's just grab some random programmer with one year of experience and see how long that feature alone would take him.
You're trashing the calendar on the basis that you could program a plainer, dumber version that requires more clicks to do all the same actions. Wow. I can buy your argument now. Sounds like a blind bias against a product you clearly didn't even bother to try.
While I love seeing Paypal not getting their way, this ruling has much broader implications. All payment gateways and micropayment systems in the future (such as Google, I imagine) now have a legal precident that says they may need to turn over customer data to the IRS.
Also, does this issue already hold true for real-life equivalents such as credit cards and banks?
I do have to say you are extremely lucky my friend. A lot of people go into our careers with a lot of misconceptions about what programming is like (thanks in part to movies). Game developers or not, I know a lot of CS majors who absolutely hate programming. That doesn't go to say people can't grow to love it or that there aren't people who love it to start -- obviously there are many examples of such cases.
I don't understand people who go after this career because they "love games." It always concerned me when someone told me they want to become a programmer because they like games. HELLO! Everybody loves games! You're joining the profession for all the wrong reasons! Sometimes I'd ask the person if they've ever even programmed. Answer? "Nope!" I admire the willingness to fight for a dream, but I frown on the lack of research before committing a lifetime to it. Why programmer instead of another facet of game production? Oh, the money, you say... Notice how programming itself is not mentioned as an interest in any way here? Yes, it concerns me too.
The games people love are nothing like the process of coding them. Anything that is remotely fun and exciting in programming has nothing to do with what makes Madden fun and exciting. The average consumer can love Final Fantasy -- no, I'd even say there are many, many hardcore fans. But the vast majority of those that love that franchise are not meant to ever, ever become game developers. It's apples and oranges.
Playing games is exactly that -- PLAYING. But coding a game is no child's play. It's work -- and hard, hard work. If producing a graphical manifestation is the only joy you see in coding, I'd seriously reconsider the profession. There are other ways to contribute to creating a game without being the code monkey. There's marketing, story writing, graphics, concept designing, testing, and even managing.
If those don't appeal to you any more than coding does, then why choose coding? What? For money? That's a whole different can of worms that I'm sure you can already see is a repeat of what I just finished saying.
In my humblest opinion, programming is fun on its own, and it really doesn't matter what it is you're coding so long as it is challenging and stimulating. Sure, coding games can fit that, but to start on this path without actually loving the path itself seems risky at best and a terrible, life-long mistake at worst. In short, don't choose a path that makes you walk through shit and garbage. That path just so happens to be the rest of your life. You better damn well choose a route you'll enjoy every minute of.
Suckers! Obviously, they haven't heard the big news!
Wait. I don't get it. If the purpose is to ensure the sender really IS the sender, why do I have to pay up again?? If I'm the BankofSlashdot and I send emails to my customers from the email accountdetails@bankofslashdot.org, why is it they can't just add me to a registered senders list with my server's IP recorded? Why's that suddenly cost money?
If the purpose isn't to reduce spam, what does this new pay-for-being-recognized service offer that current ISPs don't already? Most ISPs will begin taking actions against your spam if you start spamming without contacting them anyway, and you are looking at legal trouble if you spam with forged headers or people who have opted out. Through whitelists and regulations, the framework is already in place for the legit spammers to spam. AOL already has whitelists. AOL already negotiates and limits email volume with mass email marketers. AOL already uses blacklists. And this whole thing isn't even mandatory!
So I'm really not sure what this pay system is supposed to do except earn AOL an extra dime at no added cost.
Recently, researchers discovered a new hardware specific attack that could render virtually all computers vulnerable to attackers. They said that if an attacker gains access to the keyboard, they could inject any arbitrary code into the system and gain administrative privilages.
I notice this costs money and is priced by how many computers it can manage. Is this the Mac equivalent for Windows Remote Desktop or is this more of an administrative tool?
Google Condoms! I can hardly wait!
I'm pretty sure any elegant solution would be blind to the context of the implmentation.
Your theory doesn't explain why gaming is still growing in the adult sector.
Interestingly, almost 80 percent of teens indicated that they intend to spend less time playing video games in 2006 and nearly 70 percent indicated that their interest in playing video games is decreasing.
Why does this sound strikingly similar to what smokers say about quitting?
Rather than firing 200 truck loads of IT staff this month, we're only firing 120 truck loads!!! Celebrate!
Disney to put TV shows onlines ney.reut/index.htm?section=cnn_topstories
http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/10/news/companies/di
I was reading your unmasking and I thought, "Ha! What a loser!" Until I realized I read and recalled each and every comment you were quoting.
How sad is that...
Dude, at least you don't have Wi
You COULD complain... But then the feds might come knocking at your door.