Wow, I would have to agree. Your comment reminds me of going through 4 years of school, learning C, java, some assembly, etc. Sure, I could do the educational tasks with it, but I wanted something I could *show* people. "Look at how I can parse this string" or "watching me simulate a computer chip - look at the flashing lights!" just doesn't have an appeal. Enter the MS tools. I think VB would be a decent starting language just because you are able to *do something* that is neat fairly easily. C# would probably be just as easy to dive right into, too, and probably has more potential to do advanced things down the road. Or, in a different vein, start off with a scripting language like ASP or PHP. You can get your feet wet in actually writing *something*, and see results immediately, too. And a personal web server is simple to set up. Good luck!
I don't play MMORPGs (ironically because I don't have the time or the money), but my suspicion is that they want to you spend *more* time in the game because they get a monthly fee out of it. I imagine they'd actually prefer the "casual" gamer that takes years to get everything out of the game as opposed to the players who play nonstop, do all that can be done, and get bored and move on after a year or something.
I'm betting the trick is finding that way to keep that casual gamer coming back for more, and being happy when just playing short periods of time.
"Have you ever considered building your own online store and entering into the booming e-commerce arena?"
Yes, until I realized I have nothing to sell. Booming or no, mine would be an empty storefront. Same with my blog and forum. PHP/MySQL/free software is great and all, but I find that it languishes unused and underutilized for the most part.
Soooooo, we're damned if we depend on a non-renewable resource like oil and whatnot. But we're damned if we depend on a renewable resource like agriculture. Oh wait, we can drive around with miniature nuclear reactors in our cars in 2006. What, oh genius, would you suggest we do?
I think the prospects of using renewable farming resources is much better that oil. You can teach better farm management practices - you can't just plant more oil.
I don't understand why it seems to be "cool" to be down on the whole blogging landscape? Sometimes it sounds like we'd prefer it to be some elitist camp that only a few have access to. Maybe it's because until recently it was a pain to set up a blog (host it yourself, upload the software, configure it, etc.) and now it's becoming more mainstream?
Why would more people having blogs "muddy up the internet"? I agree, the vast majority of the MySpace/Livejournal group, etc. probably have no business writing and posting their crap in huge fonts, glaring colors, and unresized photos. But the fact that they can do that is what's great. No body is forcing you go to to those crappy blogs. What is the deal, then? If they want to write what they had for dinner, and a handful of their friends want to read that, then more power to them. Find the information that you are looking for on the Internet and use it, and feel free to ignore any site that you aren't interested in.
Personally, I'm glad that things are getting easier. I still host my own, but things like Wordpress have made leaps and bounds in improvements in the last few releases. It is becoming easier and easier to write what you want to write. And look at it this way - the more people able to get their ideas out to where others can find them, maybe the closer we can get to having a better understand of what "makes everyone tick". Just my $.02.
that 95% of the comments revolve around "just make a robots.txt" file and be done with it! St00pid perfect10!! Even if you don't read the damn article, at least glance at the comments to see that it's not about Google caching the images from p10, or image search, but about Google linking to sites that pirated the images!
Can we get a big bold clarification in the summary? God I hate stupidity...
When telling friends about Firefox, and why to use it, I've always mentioned the tabbed browsing first, and then noted that it's more secure than IE. Sure, there's a ton of other stuff that FF "does", but those were the two things, the selling points if you will, that I wanted to show them. "Tabbed browsing, man! You'll never surf the same way again!"
But after trying IE7, I've realized there's so much more to the experience. Tabs are a given, but FF seems to do them so much better. It's faster, snappier, cleaner. I come to accept the security as a given. Even in IE7, I wouldn't go to half the sites I do in FF. IE still doesn't seem to handle popups as well as FF, I've come to rely on the the Adblock extension which makes the browsing experience so much better. Pages load faster in FF. Little things like Find-As-You-Type (why in the hell does IE still have the ctrl-F dialog box that pops up, and doesn't wrap around the page? Up or Down??). I think I'm realizing that the EXTENSIONS in FF are what makes it great. Just the handful of ones I have installed make my browsing experience that much better, and I take for granted what I can do, and I don't notice this until trying to do the same in IE7. Why can't I rearrange tabs in IE? Ctrl-tab doesn't cycle how I would like it, but what can I do? In FF, I just find an extension. Plus, IE7 is ugly. I can change the theme in FF.
I think the only thing IE7 is really going to do is get an installed base of "secure" IE out there - all the Joe Schmoes that don't care, power up their Dell nekkid to the cable modem, and check their email. Maybe this will help curb some of the stupid things that have resulted from the old IE versions. But in no way is IE7 even remotely close to the browser that Firefox is.
Exactly! The whole "Here, we'll show you how to succeed!" shill drives me nuts. I believe that like it or not, most of us are destined to be cogs in the machine, and only a few will ever step out of that. And those few won't get where they are going by taking seminars, leadership training, management classes, etc. It's harsh, but I truly believe "those that can, do; those that can't teach", but applied to the business world (I have nothing but respect for REAL teachers - those educating our youth). The great leaders and innovators throught the world and history didn't take classes and seminars and such - they just went out and "did it", along with a lot of luck and good timing. Just my $.02.
So there won't be much.NET development going on there, I presume? Or is there a good *reliable* way to do real.NET development on linux platforms? Whats the deal with that Mono project?
I really hope the day doesn't come where my only means of getting entertainment is a digital download of some sort. While Netflix definitely beats out the local Blockbuster in renting something I plan for, it doesn't really do much when we've got a whim for something and want to watch it *now*. Will download on demand give me the library of old Rambo movies or UFC titles or whatever the heck I'm in the mood in that the mom and pop video store has but the big chains don't?
More and more I find that I have exhausted the Internet. I find nothing more of interest of that I want to do, and mindless browsing gets old. Back to the TV...
What is the version for home users / smaller offices that don't want/need all the extra bells and whistles? I'd say 95% of any work is done in either Word or Excel. Why not have a "Basic" version of office that just includes those, maybe throw in Outlook, too?
I'm aware of abiword (that covers Word, what about Excel?) and OpenOffice (which I do like, although it has performance issues, some interface issues, etc. and in my prior experience still wasn't fully compatible with extensively formatted Word docs, but that's a topic for another time), but while you can substitute cheap or OSS products for Office, at this point in time nothing else IS Office. I would think a minimalist version of Office (even cut out those features that hardly anyone uses?) that was targeted cheaply (like the cost of a game) to students and home users would go over well.
Probably the same reason people think they have to have the ENTIRE conversation via 2-way radio on their Nextizzles? If you are having any sort of conversation more involved than a quick yes or no, just call the damn person! You'd look at someone funny if they carried around a portable CB radio and had conversations in public with it, but 2-way cell phones are ok?
Do most of the pirated MP3s out there come from people downloading from a store and then sharing them on P2P? Or buying a CD, ripping it, and then sharing it? I was under the impression that most of the "pirated" songs were put there by groups solely for the purpose of pirating music, if that makes any sense. Ie, if I paid to download a song, or bought a cd and ripped it to MP3s, I'm probably not going to go through the trouble of sharing said MP3s. Even if I'm feeling especially anti-RIAA that day, I doubt the majority of the teenybopper tio-40 kids are going to even think of something like that. It's the people who get the prerelease CDs and whatnot that are introducing them to the scene, and I'm guessing they're using sources other than downloading electronically. What is the point of this technology?
Haha! That's funny, because after Q-Link, we later used AOL on our 286 running DOS. I remember the original AOL software running on GEOS (was that it?) or something like that, and playing the original Neverwinter Nights for awhile. Those were the days....
Hell yeah!! I remember my dad found a C64 at a garage sale with a ton of games and a computer desk on the cheap. I played the hell out of that thing - hooked up to the tv, with a tape drive and floppy drive, even Buck Rogers on cartridge that plugged into the back. Speed Buggy was the best. We even had a 300bd (I think?) modem and signed up for an online service, Q-Link I think? for awhile...but it was slow and we didn't really know "what to do". I should dig it out and see if it still works. There might even still be some disks around with spreadsheets we ran on it:-)
Ahhhh, the memories...
Thanks, but notice the emphasis on "squirrelmail isn't as fancy nor does it have the indexing and search." I've used squirrelmail and HATE it. I want something slick and fancy, and squirrelmail just seems old and clunky. I know it has a extensibility, but I just don't like it. Same goes for things like HORDE, etc. It just seems like the OSS webmail apps out there are stuck in 10 years ago. Currently I use IlohaMail, which I like - its small, minimalist, and just works. But it, too, is starting to feel old.
I just don't understand why all the other webmail apps are where they are at after seeing the experience google created with gmail. It's not like there's a ton of fancy flash to it or graphics and whatnot. It's CSS, DHTML, and text.
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Nobody's singing! Someone - get up there! What time EST is usually good to watch?
Wow, I would have to agree. Your comment reminds me of going through 4 years of school, learning C, java, some assembly, etc. Sure, I could do the educational tasks with it, but I wanted something I could *show* people. "Look at how I can parse this string" or "watching me simulate a computer chip - look at the flashing lights!" just doesn't have an appeal. Enter the MS tools. I think VB would be a decent starting language just because you are able to *do something* that is neat fairly easily. C# would probably be just as easy to dive right into, too, and probably has more potential to do advanced things down the road. Or, in a different vein, start off with a scripting language like ASP or PHP. You can get your feet wet in actually writing *something*, and see results immediately, too. And a personal web server is simple to set up. Good luck!
Nothing like being in the mosh pit by yourself in front of the computer. And my mom wonders why I keep breaking all my stuff!
So I can get the hardware for free, too, right?
I don't play MMORPGs (ironically because I don't have the time or the money), but my suspicion is that they want to you spend *more* time in the game because they get a monthly fee out of it. I imagine they'd actually prefer the "casual" gamer that takes years to get everything out of the game as opposed to the players who play nonstop, do all that can be done, and get bored and move on after a year or something.
I'm betting the trick is finding that way to keep that casual gamer coming back for more, and being happy when just playing short periods of time.
"Have you ever considered building your own online store and entering into the booming e-commerce arena?"
...sigh...
Yes, until I realized I have nothing to sell. Booming or no, mine would be an empty storefront. Same with my blog and forum. PHP/MySQL/free software is great and all, but I find that it languishes unused and underutilized for the most part.
Soooooo, we're damned if we depend on a non-renewable resource like oil and whatnot. But we're damned if we depend on a renewable resource like agriculture. Oh wait, we can drive around with miniature nuclear reactors in our cars in 2006. What, oh genius, would you suggest we do?
I think the prospects of using renewable farming resources is much better that oil. You can teach better farm management practices - you can't just plant more oil.
I don't understand why it seems to be "cool" to be down on the whole blogging landscape? Sometimes it sounds like we'd prefer it to be some elitist camp that only a few have access to. Maybe it's because until recently it was a pain to set up a blog (host it yourself, upload the software, configure it, etc.) and now it's becoming more mainstream?
Why would more people having blogs "muddy up the internet"? I agree, the vast majority of the MySpace/Livejournal group, etc. probably have no business writing and posting their crap in huge fonts, glaring colors, and unresized photos. But the fact that they can do that is what's great. No body is forcing you go to to those crappy blogs. What is the deal, then? If they want to write what they had for dinner, and a handful of their friends want to read that, then more power to them. Find the information that you are looking for on the Internet and use it, and feel free to ignore any site that you aren't interested in.
Personally, I'm glad that things are getting easier. I still host my own, but things like Wordpress have made leaps and bounds in improvements in the last few releases. It is becoming easier and easier to write what you want to write. And look at it this way - the more people able to get their ideas out to where others can find them, maybe the closer we can get to having a better understand of what "makes everyone tick". Just my $.02.
Didn't the $150 NES get you the console, two controllers, two games (SMB/Duckhunt, I can't remember the other cart? Or was that it?) and a light gun?
that 95% of the comments revolve around "just make a robots.txt" file and be done with it! St00pid perfect10!! Even if you don't read the damn article, at least glance at the comments to see that it's not about Google caching the images from p10, or image search, but about Google linking to sites that pirated the images!
Can we get a big bold clarification in the summary? God I hate stupidity...
When telling friends about Firefox, and why to use it, I've always mentioned the tabbed browsing first, and then noted that it's more secure than IE. Sure, there's a ton of other stuff that FF "does", but those were the two things, the selling points if you will, that I wanted to show them. "Tabbed browsing, man! You'll never surf the same way again!"
But after trying IE7, I've realized there's so much more to the experience. Tabs are a given, but FF seems to do them so much better. It's faster, snappier, cleaner. I come to accept the security as a given. Even in IE7, I wouldn't go to half the sites I do in FF. IE still doesn't seem to handle popups as well as FF, I've come to rely on the the Adblock extension which makes the browsing experience so much better. Pages load faster in FF. Little things like Find-As-You-Type (why in the hell does IE still have the ctrl-F dialog box that pops up, and doesn't wrap around the page? Up or Down??). I think I'm realizing that the EXTENSIONS in FF are what makes it great. Just the handful of ones I have installed make my browsing experience that much better, and I take for granted what I can do, and I don't notice this until trying to do the same in IE7. Why can't I rearrange tabs in IE? Ctrl-tab doesn't cycle how I would like it, but what can I do? In FF, I just find an extension. Plus, IE7 is ugly. I can change the theme in FF.
I think the only thing IE7 is really going to do is get an installed base of "secure" IE out there - all the Joe Schmoes that don't care, power up their Dell nekkid to the cable modem, and check their email. Maybe this will help curb some of the stupid things that have resulted from the old IE versions. But in no way is IE7 even remotely close to the browser that Firefox is.
Exactly! The whole "Here, we'll show you how to succeed!" shill drives me nuts. I believe that like it or not, most of us are destined to be cogs in the machine, and only a few will ever step out of that. And those few won't get where they are going by taking seminars, leadership training, management classes, etc. It's harsh, but I truly believe "those that can, do; those that can't teach", but applied to the business world (I have nothing but respect for REAL teachers - those educating our youth). The great leaders and innovators throught the world and history didn't take classes and seminars and such - they just went out and "did it", along with a lot of luck and good timing. Just my $.02.
So there won't be much .NET development going on there, I presume? Or is there a good *reliable* way to do real .NET development on linux platforms? Whats the deal with that Mono project?
I really hope the day doesn't come where my only means of getting entertainment is a digital download of some sort. While Netflix definitely beats out the local Blockbuster in renting something I plan for, it doesn't really do much when we've got a whim for something and want to watch it *now*. Will download on demand give me the library of old Rambo movies or UFC titles or whatever the heck I'm in the mood in that the mom and pop video store has but the big chains don't?
Exactly. How would it be different from buying, say, an Alienware PC?
Why is this front page news? And where's my "report as lame" button?
More and more I find that I have exhausted the Internet. I find nothing more of interest of that I want to do, and mindless browsing gets old. Back to the TV...
What is the version for home users / smaller offices that don't want/need all the extra bells and whistles? I'd say 95% of any work is done in either Word or Excel. Why not have a "Basic" version of office that just includes those, maybe throw in Outlook, too?
I'm aware of abiword (that covers Word, what about Excel?) and OpenOffice (which I do like, although it has performance issues, some interface issues, etc. and in my prior experience still wasn't fully compatible with extensively formatted Word docs, but that's a topic for another time), but while you can substitute cheap or OSS products for Office, at this point in time nothing else IS Office. I would think a minimalist version of Office (even cut out those features that hardly anyone uses?) that was targeted cheaply (like the cost of a game) to students and home users would go over well.
Except last I checked the government in the West doesn't mandate what it's people can or can't view on the Internet (consipracy theorists aside).
Probably the same reason people think they have to have the ENTIRE conversation via 2-way radio on their Nextizzles? If you are having any sort of conversation more involved than a quick yes or no, just call the damn person! You'd look at someone funny if they carried around a portable CB radio and had conversations in public with it, but 2-way cell phones are ok?
:-/
Eh, there's my first rant of the day
Haha, nice username :-)
Do most of the pirated MP3s out there come from people downloading from a store and then sharing them on P2P? Or buying a CD, ripping it, and then sharing it? I was under the impression that most of the "pirated" songs were put there by groups solely for the purpose of pirating music, if that makes any sense. Ie, if I paid to download a song, or bought a cd and ripped it to MP3s, I'm probably not going to go through the trouble of sharing said MP3s. Even if I'm feeling especially anti-RIAA that day, I doubt the majority of the teenybopper tio-40 kids are going to even think of something like that. It's the people who get the prerelease CDs and whatnot that are introducing them to the scene, and I'm guessing they're using sources other than downloading electronically. What is the point of this technology?
Haha! That's funny, because after Q-Link, we later used AOL on our 286 running DOS. I remember the original AOL software running on GEOS (was that it?) or something like that, and playing the original Neverwinter Nights for awhile. Those were the days....
Hell yeah!! I remember my dad found a C64 at a garage sale with a ton of games and a computer desk on the cheap. I played the hell out of that thing - hooked up to the tv, with a tape drive and floppy drive, even Buck Rogers on cartridge that plugged into the back. Speed Buggy was the best. We even had a 300bd (I think?) modem and signed up for an online service, Q-Link I think? for awhile...but it was slow and we didn't really know "what to do". I should dig it out and see if it still works. There might even still be some disks around with spreadsheets we ran on it :-)
Ahhhh, the memories...
by Macs sucking, linux rulz, winbl0ws ownz j00, xbox will beat ps3, wait, no, ps3 will get beat by revolution, and firefox is better than opera....
Thanks, but notice the emphasis on "squirrelmail isn't as fancy nor does it have the indexing and search." I've used squirrelmail and HATE it. I want something slick and fancy, and squirrelmail just seems old and clunky. I know it has a extensibility, but I just don't like it. Same goes for things like HORDE, etc. It just seems like the OSS webmail apps out there are stuck in 10 years ago. Currently I use IlohaMail, which I like - its small, minimalist, and just works. But it, too, is starting to feel old.
I just don't understand why all the other webmail apps are where they are at after seeing the experience google created with gmail. It's not like there's a ton of fancy flash to it or graphics and whatnot. It's CSS, DHTML, and text.