[MS Windows] plagued by bad design decisions made early-on in 16-bit Windows
9x history but kept for compatibility.
Plagued by a myriad of hacks to support badly written applications
and drivers from 3rdparty developers.
Plagued by bad design decisions still being made to maintain
corporate agenda (DRM, Driver Signing, etc).
Plagued by bugs in bundled software (Internet Explorer/Windows
Media Player/Outlook Express) and bad security decisions (users
run as Administrators, etc) which undermined architectural security
and reliabilty.
Closed source, costly, poorly documented in regards to system
architecture and undocumented functionality (compared to
competing FOSS operating systems).
Most extensibility features kept undocumented and not open to 3rd
party modification.
Goals
ReactOS aims to offer all of the features and performance
of NT without all the hacks, restrictive design decisions and
license restrictions.
It aims to offer no-cost Windows compatibility at a level no
other solution can.
It aims to document the undocumented, and to provide
binary-compatible components which would be used to
provide extensibility.
Great teaching platform for academia. UNIX/Linux are good
to learn from, but NT does some interesting and different
things that deserve the same attention.
Will not include applications such as IE, OE or WMP. Users
will be encouraged to install FireFox, ThunderBird,
OpenOffice, Mplayer, etc.
They are pretty much why their is such a thing as "fair trade" coffee.
While I understand Starbucks to be a socially responsible company that pays their coffee producers relatively well, they have had absolutely nothing to do with "fair trade." Fair trade coffee is certified as such by FLO after independent auditing of producers and traders. Starbucks coffee has not received Fair Trade certification.
Um, could someone explain how the OpenHuman concept "takes it one step further"? The founder's own page seems less open than most myspace pages.
It seems fairly obvious that being "entirely open" is a really, really stupid idea. It has been known at least since the 6th Century BCE that your personal information (history, status, intentions, beliefs, etc.) can and will be used against you by others seeking power and your subjugation. To suceed in a world of conflict and competition at times requires deception: insuring that others cannot pin you down, that if they seek to manipulate you their efforts are based on misinformation. Are you going to include on your resume a link to a page that contains naked pictures of yourself, that cataglogs your personal problems and issues, and that details your secret fantasies? Sometimes it's best to just shut the hell up. If you really need to divulge everything about yourself, for therapeutic reasons or whatever, why not do it anonymously? Unless, of course, attaching this information to your real name is to your advantage somehow.
Clearly the "open" information provided by the site's founder has been prudently selected. To frame its presentation by saying "oh, i'm being 100% open -- this is the real me" is actually quite clever. A page like his might help him make contacts, show off his computer skills, get girls, etc. But it would be of no use to him if he included information about his sexual dysfunction, his absolute hatred for his family and pictures of his hairy ass.
I guess your mother bought you Mega Blocks when you were youger, and not orignal legos.
"The word LEGO® is a brand name and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.' By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you! Susan Williams, Consumer Services."
Most people do not back up their data, so a simple rm -rf command at the root directory (or, in OS X, their home directory, since user files are stored there) is much more catastrophic to most users than a worm that just sits in the background and hogs resources.
You may have missed my point. I know most users consider data loss to be most catastrophic. However they *should* be more worried about unintended data sharing and system compromise. In other words, my point is that it is in the long-term best interest of computer users (and people generally) to be more concerned than they are about securing their privacy (including the privacy of their information and resources).
Your script will not propogate itself; will not use up my computer's resources; will not open a backdoor to allow others access to my information, bandwidth and/or processor cycles. How come people always cite an unintended "rm -rf/" as the most terrifying and catostrophic event ever? I backup my data. I'd rather suffer your script than have an undetected MS virus, worm or rootkit.
As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it.
No need to get upset. You didn't catch this one, but there will be other opportunites. Just update OS X so that like Windows it automatically executes malicious programs on USB devices upon connection.
Maybe because the important stories are about microsoft's fuckups while the unimportant ones are those where they acknowledge their problems and address them.
Regardless, shouldn't this info be given the frontpage considering all the apparent 360 owners who are fixing their problems with strings, etc., and who could use the free service or refund?
Yeah, "Chaos," Commander Keen and Jedi Knight for example, beat out Quake which doesn't even make the list. If I remember correctly didn't Quake, aside from being the first true 3D FPS (unlike Doom), bring realtime tcp/ip multiplayer to the masses? Personally, my mind was pretty much blown the first time I deathmatched over the internet.
Unfortunately, recycling plastics has proven difficult. The biggest problem with plastics recycling is that it is difficult to automate the sorting of plastic waste, and so it is labor intensive. Typically, workers sort the plastic by looking at the resin identification code, though common containers like soda bottles can be sorted from memory. Other recyclable materials, such as metals, are easier to process mechanically.
While containers are usually made from a single type and color of plastic, making them relatively easy to sort out, a consumer product like a cellular phone may have many small parts consisting of over a dozen different types and colors of plastics. In a case like this, the resources it would take to separate the plastics far exceed their value, though complex items made of many types of plastics are not disposed of frequently. Developments are, however, taking place in the field of Active Disassembly, which may result in more consumer product components being re-used or recycled. Recycling certain types of plastics can be unprofitable, as well. For example, polystyrene is rarely recycled because it is usually not cost effective. These unrecyclable wastes can be disposed of in landfills, incinerated or used to produce electricity at waste-to-energy plants.
Currently, the percentage of plastics recycled in the U.S. is very small, somewhere around 5%...
And don't get me started on the fact that plastics only last 1000 years in a dump if you bury it like an idiot. Plastics are photosensitive and will decay rapidly if just left where they can get sunlight.
I call bullshit. Biodegradable plastics that decay with exposure to sunlight exist but have proven too expensive to manufacture for general use. Biodegradable plastics also tend to release carbon into the atmosphere. The plastics we use do not "decay rapidly" if just left in sunlight. Even if the coke bottle disappears, the plastic is still there.
12. The Morris worm
11. Google search rank
10. Apollo guidance system
9. Excel spreadsheet
8. Macintosh OS
7. Sabre system
6. Mosaic browser
5. Java language
4. IBM System 360 OS
3. Gene-sequencing software at the Institute for Genomic Research
2. IBM's System R
1. BSD 4.3
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kasparov blames team of ibm scientists for masterminding his capture.
Motivation
- Most extensibility features kept undocumented and not open to 3rd
party modification.
GoalsBut you'd still have to shake your own wiimote.
They are pretty much why their is such a thing as "fair trade" coffee.
While I understand Starbucks to be a socially responsible company that pays their coffee producers relatively well, they have had absolutely nothing to do with "fair trade." Fair trade coffee is certified as such by FLO after independent auditing of producers and traders. Starbucks coffee has not received Fair Trade certification.
The point is, you can set a date format that includes the year in your Slashdot preferences (in the homepage section).
Um, could someone explain how the OpenHuman concept "takes it one step further"? The founder's own page seems less open than most myspace pages.
It seems fairly obvious that being "entirely open" is a really, really stupid idea. It has been known at least since the 6th Century BCE that your personal information (history, status, intentions, beliefs, etc.) can and will be used against you by others seeking power and your subjugation. To suceed in a world of conflict and competition at times requires deception: insuring that others cannot pin you down, that if they seek to manipulate you their efforts are based on misinformation. Are you going to include on your resume a link to a page that contains naked pictures of yourself, that cataglogs your personal problems and issues, and that details your secret fantasies? Sometimes it's best to just shut the hell up. If you really need to divulge everything about yourself, for therapeutic reasons or whatever, why not do it anonymously? Unless, of course, attaching this information to your real name is to your advantage somehow.
Clearly the "open" information provided by the site's founder has been prudently selected. To frame its presentation by saying "oh, i'm being 100% open -- this is the real me" is actually quite clever. A page like his might help him make contacts, show off his computer skills, get girls, etc. But it would be of no use to him if he included information about his sexual dysfunction, his absolute hatred for his family and pictures of his hairy ass.
From here
News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
Scratch "malicious" then. There is no OS X equivalent to Autorun for USB devices.
Your script will not propogate itself; will not use up my computer's resources; will not open a backdoor to allow others access to my information, bandwidth and/or processor cycles. How come people always cite an unintended "rm -rf /" as the most terrifying and catostrophic event ever? I backup my data. I'd rather suffer your script than have an undetected MS virus, worm or rootkit.
Why didn't this make the front page, especially considering all the slashdot stories about xbox 360 problems?
Maybe because the important stories are about microsoft's fuckups while the unimportant ones are those where they acknowledge their problems and address them.
Regardless, shouldn't this info be given the frontpage considering all the apparent 360 owners who are fixing their problems with strings, etc., and who could use the free service or refund?
Personally, my mind was pretty much blown the first time I deathmatched over the internet.
minus score huh...
i don't miss the lag of a 28.8k modem...and when the data flowed again finding oneself in a pool of friggin lava
Yeah, "Chaos," Commander Keen and Jedi Knight for example, beat out Quake which doesn't even make the list. If I remember correctly didn't Quake, aside from being the first true 3D FPS (unlike Doom), bring realtime tcp/ip multiplayer to the masses? Personally, my mind was pretty much blown the first time I deathmatched over the internet.
+1 Funny
I think the mods are laughing at you, not with you.
The following is from Wikipedia:
Unfortunately, recycling plastics has proven difficult. The biggest problem with plastics recycling is that it is difficult to automate the sorting of plastic waste, and so it is labor intensive. Typically, workers sort the plastic by looking at the resin identification code, though common containers like soda bottles can be sorted from memory. Other recyclable materials, such as metals, are easier to process mechanically.
While containers are usually made from a single type and color of plastic, making them relatively easy to sort out, a consumer product like a cellular phone may have many small parts consisting of over a dozen different types and colors of plastics. In a case like this, the resources it would take to separate the plastics far exceed their value, though complex items made of many types of plastics are not disposed of frequently. Developments are, however, taking place in the field of Active Disassembly, which may result in more consumer product components being re-used or recycled. Recycling certain types of plastics can be unprofitable, as well. For example, polystyrene is rarely recycled because it is usually not cost effective. These unrecyclable wastes can be disposed of in landfills, incinerated or used to produce electricity at waste-to-energy plants.
Currently, the percentage of plastics recycled in the U.S. is very small, somewhere around 5%...
I call bullshit. Biodegradable plastics that decay with exposure to sunlight exist but have proven too expensive to manufacture for general use. Biodegradable plastics also tend to release carbon into the atmosphere. The plastics we use do not "decay rapidly" if just left in sunlight. Even if the coke bottle disappears, the plastic is still there.
This is what you saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZCQPtauDRU
But for a breastfed child a nipple on a bottle is an intuitive interface.
Lewis Black discusses video news releases.
This is a form of delay line memory used by the Univac 1.
12. The Morris worm
11. Google search rank
10. Apollo guidance system
9. Excel spreadsheet
8. Macintosh OS
7. Sabre system
6. Mosaic browser
5. Java language
4. IBM System 360 OS
3. Gene-sequencing software at the Institute for Genomic Research
2. IBM's System R
1. BSD 4.3