Newflash: Windows users don't care about the "painful" amount of time it takes for Windows to boot and they aren't going to switch to a faster alternative away from the OS they know for just one startup feature; it's absurd to think anybody would leave anything familiar for such an option. The main reason is Windows users are accustomed to it and don't see it as painful.
Veryu misleading title. The story isn't about Dreamweaver but the dying of static HTML editing tools of any kind, contrasting them to the changing web. The web is becoming more dynamic. Some HTML editing tools are very static. Therein lies the problem for the old tools.
And pray tell what kind of test environment must exist to mimic the massive production environment! At some point there aren't many options because something so distributedly large is beyond conventional mechanisms and wisdom.
In Google's case they may never be able to move out of beta if it means testing code in the production environment.
Draconian is redundant to describe DRM. It's like saying a painful toothache. Makes my FUD bells go off almost immediately. Is submitter playing up something for a personal agenda? If so then that's a good immature grammatical mechanism to choose for the purpose.
We've been giving China so much money by outsourcing everything to them. I hope they remember or appreciate our contributions to their rise when they become the superpower.
I'm tired of splitting hairs to find reasons to make Microsoft look bad. This type of submission is equivalent to tabloid shit and doesn't warrant hundreds of comments, even the same comments as last time someone put Microsoft under a microscope.
Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft, let the shareholders figure it out; now throw this submission under idle and let's continue onto better spent time...
TITLE: AMD Launches New Processor Socket **Despite Poor Economy**
So we're not supposed to do anything because the economy is bad?! So let's never a thing again because we're ignorant of larger pictures and contexts and variableness in life. What kind of f***ed-up sh** IS THAT! Start tagging sentences with pessimistic endings and implying stuff because we're ignorant a**holes. Let's see....
Today I drove to work in the winter despite road salt runoff will affect the lake. I bought a new dog despite the existence of puppy mills. I washed my hands after peeing despite the fact antibacterial soap kills good germs. I sat on a wooden chair despite my ginger ass getting chapped.
You know what... I think the title actually had an effect on me despite the fact I found it totally ignorant. What do you think?
it did not support the Premium graphics client and did not run as well as the win32 client under Wine
IMHO they should have planned better (applies to any game company). As a game developer why they don't start off writing their own cross-platform API compatibility layer is beyond me. This should be foresight because a game should be available across multiple platforms, not as an afterthought. Even if they could define the same interfaces on every system and provide a custom implementation for each function in it, then they could create one set of tests for that interface to ensure it works on every target system. The game code would be layered on top.
Think of that: you cannot program in C, but you can write programs in PHP or Javascript. How cute! I suppose it supports Logo, right?
The comparison between JavaScript or PHP and Logo is absurd for the purpose of making the OS seem "cute", let alone fully-featured languages and frameworks not included in your list like Java, C#.NET, etc. that are definitely not "cute" like Logo and that are supported.
You can't trust the browser agent string to correctly identify the OS the browser is running on because that value can be tweaked by the client or user in many cases -- some browsers allow it to be set to a custom value!
The suggestion that Microsoft should not download a piece of software to a computer over the Internet is absurd. Submitter fail. Story promotion failure big time. I mean, how much information do you really wish a server over the Internet can know about your home computer!?
AI: The Future of Computer Security?
"Imagine a computer so "smart" it can detect unauthorized intruders attempting to access confidential files. Imagine a computer that understands the harmfulness of viruses and protects against potential dangers transparently. Imagine a computer that can imagine!"
They can datamine me through GDrive as much as they want because I'm not stupid enough to put important, sensitive or incriminating data online. However I might put up other kinds of information so I can access it from anywhere.
If I do see the need to store something sensitive online be rest-assured it will be well encrypted and the private key will not be stored alongside it.
Because Microsoft wants to keep moving ahead on older machinery too instead of continuing to support incrementally older technology on it. The stats coming out about Windows 7 make it appear to run leaner than Vista in some scenarios. If this is the case then it's worth Microsoft's while to allow it on older machines.
Rhetorical question I know, but an answer in general: binary data in html source code doesn't work so well for re-submission, POST/GET, client-side scripting/referencing, etc. -- that's why we often encode binary data as printable character sets into the HTML source code using encodings like base64. This is also one reason why the long ASP.NET IDs are kept human readable, also because the controls have to be reconstructed on the server side when the page is posted back.
1: Remove all the Vista DRM crap out of Windows 7. It's my computer, not Hollywood's. Ah, kind of -- You're right but it doesn't make sense that Hollywood would want to own your computer. Doesn't Hollywood arguably have to right to protect their own files though? Hollywood won't touch the other stuff in your computer.
2: Interoperate better with Open Office and support their open standard in MSWord, not your own. Ah, kind of -- but you can translate files the other way too so there are avenues.
3: No more per processor licensing agreements. If we want Windows at purchase time we'll ask for it ourselves. Ah, kind of -- you'll have to convince a lot of other software companies to drop per processor licensing agreements while you're at it because it's not just a Microsoft thing. Should Microsoft be the one who starts it?... that might be nice.
We're not designing for modem bauds anymore. Platforms having a high level of abstraction (Java, Microsoft, etc) inject meta data into the pages. Really, I consider this a non-story. Sure it's fun to see how the website could be more efficient in fine detail; however it doesn't need to be. If you really want to do that, go back to CGI gateway.
JavaScript could be used as high-level glue for user interface manipulation and rapid prototyping while Vala or C are used for performance-sensitive tasks.'"
What performance-sensitive tasks require Vala or C? Existing performance-sensitive apps already have a web/JavaScript front-end like bank transactions, number crunchers, stock trades, complex domain logic for any businesses -- and all in a multi-user environment, I don't think Vala or C needs to be implemented to achieve performance in most scenarios when it exists in the front end. It's what's at the back-end that counts like locking and synchronization, concurrency checks, thread management, etc. Unless the application is for the buzzers on Jeopardy or a fighter pilot joystick, I think most developers will be able to leave the JavaScript "prototype" as is... just like with web apps.
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Newflash: Windows users don't care about the "painful" amount of time it takes for Windows to boot and they aren't going to switch to a faster alternative away from the OS they know for just one startup feature; it's absurd to think anybody would leave anything familiar for such an option. The main reason is Windows users are accustomed to it and don't see it as painful.
Veryu misleading title. The story isn't about Dreamweaver but the dying of static HTML editing tools of any kind, contrasting them to the changing web. The web is becoming more dynamic. Some HTML editing tools are very static. Therein lies the problem for the old tools.
Even though he had the right to download it, he was causing others to pirate it because .... where did it come from?
There's a software design pattern called "Special Case" by Martin Fowler that addresses this concept. The page is here: http://books.google.ca/books?id=FyWZt5DdvFkC&pg=PT524&lpg=PT524&dq=fowler+special+case&source=bl&ots=eEzvZuXp6x&sig=5hIwvadw2LaM3hB4StqbPGi5zTA&hl=en&ei=ZpqtSbTCOsTMnQfWuci-Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result
And pray tell what kind of test environment must exist to mimic the massive production environment! At some point there aren't many options because something so distributedly large is beyond conventional mechanisms and wisdom. In Google's case they may never be able to move out of beta if it means testing code in the production environment.
I think more like a mime, or maybe that's just some weird fantasy of mine.
Hey RatPhink there you are! ..Did you just get out of juvy?
Draconian is redundant to describe DRM. It's like saying a painful toothache. Makes my FUD bells go off almost immediately. Is submitter playing up something for a personal agenda? If so then that's a good immature grammatical mechanism to choose for the purpose.
Correction: We're all lot further along, except for Netflix has fallen behind. Do you even see Microsoft actively pushing ActiveX anymore? Nope!
We've been giving China so much money by outsourcing everything to them. I hope they remember or appreciate our contributions to their rise when they become the superpower.
I'm tired of splitting hairs to find reasons to make Microsoft look bad. This type of submission is equivalent to tabloid shit and doesn't warrant hundreds of comments, even the same comments as last time someone put Microsoft under a microscope.
Good for Apple, bad for Microsoft, let the shareholders figure it out; now throw this submission under idle and let's continue onto better spent time...
That's an awesome insightful comment; in other words, couldn't agree more. If I had mod points you'd have them.
Just before exiting the small car let a huge ripper for the next guy who steps in.
TITLE: AMD Launches New Processor Socket **Despite Poor Economy**
So we're not supposed to do anything because the economy is bad?! So let's never a thing again because we're ignorant of larger pictures and contexts and variableness in life. What kind of f***ed-up sh** IS THAT! Start tagging sentences with pessimistic endings and implying stuff because we're ignorant a**holes. Let's see ....
Today I drove to work in the winter despite road salt runoff will affect the lake. I bought a new dog despite the existence of puppy mills. I washed my hands after peeing despite the fact antibacterial soap kills good germs. I sat on a wooden chair despite my ginger ass getting chapped.
You know what ... I think the title actually had an effect on me despite the fact I found it totally ignorant. What do you think?
it did not support the Premium graphics client and did not run as well as the win32 client under Wine
IMHO they should have planned better (applies to any game company). As a game developer why they don't start off writing their own cross-platform API compatibility layer is beyond me. This should be foresight because a game should be available across multiple platforms, not as an afterthought. Even if they could define the same interfaces on every system and provide a custom implementation for each function in it, then they could create one set of tests for that interface to ensure it works on every target system. The game code would be layered on top.
Think of that: you cannot program in C, but you can write programs in PHP or Javascript. How cute! I suppose it supports Logo, right?
The comparison between JavaScript or PHP and Logo is absurd for the purpose of making the OS seem "cute", let alone fully-featured languages and frameworks not included in your list like Java, C#.NET, etc. that are definitely not "cute" like Logo and that are supported.
First you wanted a more secure Windows and then you didn't like the way it was done, then wanted it removed or changed again. Kudos to you.
You can't trust the browser agent string to correctly identify the OS the browser is running on because that value can be tweaked by the client or user in many cases -- some browsers allow it to be set to a custom value! The suggestion that Microsoft should not download a piece of software to a computer over the Internet is absurd. Submitter fail. Story promotion failure big time. I mean, how much information do you really wish a server over the Internet can know about your home computer!?
AI: The Future of Computer Security?
"Imagine a computer so "smart" it can detect unauthorized intruders attempting to access confidential files. Imagine a computer that understands the harmfulness of viruses and protects against potential dangers transparently. Imagine a computer that can imagine!"
They can datamine me through GDrive as much as they want because I'm not stupid enough to put important, sensitive or incriminating data online. However I might put up other kinds of information so I can access it from anywhere. If I do see the need to store something sensitive online be rest-assured it will be well encrypted and the private key will not be stored alongside it.
Because Microsoft wants to keep moving ahead on older machinery too instead of continuing to support incrementally older technology on it. The stats coming out about Windows 7 make it appear to run leaner than Vista in some scenarios. If this is the case then it's worth Microsoft's while to allow it on older machines.
Rhetorical question I know, but an answer in general: binary data in html source code doesn't work so well for re-submission, POST/GET, client-side scripting/referencing, etc. -- that's why we often encode binary data as printable character sets into the HTML source code using encodings like base64. This is also one reason why the long ASP.NET IDs are kept human readable, also because the controls have to be reconstructed on the server side when the page is posted back.
1: Remove all the Vista DRM crap out of Windows 7. It's my computer, not Hollywood's.
Ah, kind of -- You're right but it doesn't make sense that Hollywood would want to own your computer. Doesn't Hollywood arguably have to right to protect their own files though? Hollywood won't touch the other stuff in your computer.
2: Interoperate better with Open Office and support their open standard in MSWord, not your own.
Ah, kind of -- but you can translate files the other way too so there are avenues.
3: No more per processor licensing agreements. If we want Windows at purchase time we'll ask for it ourselves. ... that might be nice.
Ah, kind of -- you'll have to convince a lot of other software companies to drop per processor licensing agreements while you're at it because it's not just a Microsoft thing. Should Microsoft be the one who starts it?
We're not designing for modem bauds anymore. Platforms having a high level of abstraction (Java, Microsoft, etc) inject meta data into the pages. Really, I consider this a non-story. Sure it's fun to see how the website could be more efficient in fine detail; however it doesn't need to be. If you really want to do that, go back to CGI gateway.
What performance-sensitive tasks require Vala or C? Existing performance-sensitive apps already have a web/JavaScript front-end like bank transactions, number crunchers, stock trades, complex domain logic for any businesses -- and all in a multi-user environment, I don't think Vala or C needs to be implemented to achieve performance in most scenarios when it exists in the front end. It's what's at the back-end that counts like locking and synchronization, concurrency checks, thread management, etc. Unless the application is for the buzzers on Jeopardy or a fighter pilot joystick, I think most developers will be able to leave the JavaScript "prototype" as is ... just like with web apps.