There are always a few intangible boundaries set when jumping into OSS, such as the boundary between a programmer and the potential future Gates-like empire built upon selling software licenses to closed code.
Microsoft has pulled programmers from the highly succesful Xbox team to help resolve many problems associated with entertainment and media centre functionality inside the OS.
Xbox code in Vista! Think of the possibilites!!
When we get the Blue Screen of Death we can simply wait a few seconds and respawn somewhere nearby our original desktop.
We can use a Gameshark to hack ourselves more time or chances to get our work done.
We can whip out a plasma rifle from "Halo" to frag Clippy with.
First non-ironic mention of worst-buzzword-on-Earth contender "Web 2.0" wins a goatse link.
I believe I speak for most of Slashdot when I say
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well, DUH.
The first batch of kids in history to grow up playing videogames are now adults with the money to afford today's largely exorbitant game prices, and the age to be able to play games rated as violent/sexy/socially unredeeming as they want to.
TFA: Microsoft plans to release a pre-patch advisory with workarounds for a "highly critical" vulnerability that could put millions of Internet Explorer users at the mercy of malicious hackers
So this article updates us to the fact that they plan to update us with an article prior to the update?
Maybe now, we can finally fight back against your monopoly by cutting off your line. Why not a cable line? Or better yet, why not ditch the duopoly and go wireless for everything?
In my house it is indeed a cable line, piping in digital TV, VOIP phone, and my beloved cable modem. I do worry that when everything is swallowed into big enough chunks, they'll get just as bad as Bell was 30 years ago.
As for wireless, the only problem I can see there is bandwidth. The airwaves are cluttered with massive amounts of crap even now. Unless they find some superb compression schemes that allow everyone to get their tv/phone/net data all at once 24/7 (as an early adopter of Cable Internet, I used to take a performance hit when enough of my neighbors were online at the same time) and a broadcast scheme that isn't as susceptible to weather and other interference as today's wireless devices are (ever tried to tune an old satellite dish in a storm?) we will still need the solid wire. Cable is spearheading this model, it's got decent bandwidth, and many cable providers have jumped to fiberoptic for their major high-capacity trunks.
Phone service for $2.99 monthly won't make people run out and replace their traditional phones. But, "we see a continual chipping away at the traditional model," says Maribel Lopez, an analyst with Forrester Research. "And this really hurts the future phone business."
The future of the traditional model will continue to drift as it has been, to mobile phones and broadband digital services. Yet another milestone on the path to having a unified telecom service provider stick just one line into your home for everything.
You must be able to quote at least 75% of the movie "Hackers," 85% of "War Games," and for extra credit about 10-20% of either "Swordfish" or "The Lawnmower Man."
Gates noted that the new group, to be known as the Open XML Formats Developer Group, brings together three of his favorite words--"open," "XML," and "developer." "No organization is good unless you put 'open' " in there, Gates said.
So when exactly can we expect MicroOpenSoft to release OpenWindows?
This whole loose-knit bunch of humans doing their part against a force of cold, malignant bots has a great edge to it! Someone should make a movie or three like this.
Whoever this guy is, to say an expert witness in court of law is the one "causing problems" for anyone is a wild distortion of the role of an expert witness. Barrett's job in this situation is ostensibly to give a neutral, factual examination of the evidence, as relates to his field of expertise. His skills qualify him to dumb technical facts down so that the court can understand it. He is, more or less, a talking piece of evidence. MS or anyone else blaming him for causing any sort of problems is like Colonel Mustard blaming the lead pipe.
1 - Obtain list of most popular gadgets.
2 - Tout latest MS product as "[names of all said gadgets]-Killer."
3 - Ignore collective groan of entire human race.
4 - Profit..?
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Slow news day?
Who says you can't combine a Cray and a portable!
There are always a few intangible boundaries set when jumping into OSS, such as the boundary between a programmer and the potential future Gates-like empire built upon selling software licenses to closed code.
but we don't call that artificial electricity.
Obviously that's because if they let on that it was artificial, elitist snobs would demand the real thing.
Like that time I got slapped for giving that lady artifical respiration..
Xbox code in Vista! Think of the possibilites!!
When we get the Blue Screen of Death we can simply wait a few seconds and respawn somewhere nearby our original desktop.
We can use a Gameshark to hack ourselves more time or chances to get our work done.
We can whip out a plasma rifle from "Halo" to frag Clippy with.
First non-ironic mention of worst-buzzword-on-Earth contender "Web 2.0" wins a goatse link.
well, DUH.
The first batch of kids in history to grow up playing videogames are now adults with the money to afford today's largely exorbitant game prices, and the age to be able to play games rated as violent/sexy/socially unredeeming as they want to.
TFA: Microsoft plans to release a pre-patch advisory with workarounds for a "highly critical" vulnerability that could put millions of Internet Explorer users at the mercy of malicious hackers
So this article updates us to the fact that they plan to update us with an article prior to the update?
The younger gamers out there who've never heard of Garriott/Lord British would do well to check out his Wikipedia entry and learn of his awesomeness.
Microsoft employees revolting!!!
They certainly are! *rimshot*
I can tell you from experience, they are fantastic in stores like that, and usually work on the big expensive plasma models favored by ad monkeys.
Maybe now, we can finally fight back against your monopoly by cutting off your line. Why not a cable line? Or better yet, why not ditch the duopoly and go wireless for everything?
In my house it is indeed a cable line, piping in digital TV, VOIP phone, and my beloved cable modem. I do worry that when everything is swallowed into big enough chunks, they'll get just as bad as Bell was 30 years ago.
As for wireless, the only problem I can see there is bandwidth. The airwaves are cluttered with massive amounts of crap even now. Unless they find some superb compression schemes that allow everyone to get their tv/phone/net data all at once 24/7 (as an early adopter of Cable Internet, I used to take a performance hit when enough of my neighbors were online at the same time) and a broadcast scheme that isn't as susceptible to weather and other interference as today's wireless devices are (ever tried to tune an old satellite dish in a storm?) we will still need the solid wire. Cable is spearheading this model, it's got decent bandwidth, and many cable providers have jumped to fiberoptic for their major high-capacity trunks.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.. in a single ATX tower!
Phone service for $2.99 monthly won't make people run out and replace their traditional phones. But, "we see a continual chipping away at the traditional model," says Maribel Lopez, an analyst with Forrester Research. "And this really hurts the future phone business."
The future of the traditional model will continue to drift as it has been, to mobile phones and broadband digital services. Yet another milestone on the path to having a unified telecom service provider stick just one line into your home for everything.
No priceless work of art is safe from Museum Dalek!!!
Can it core a apple, oh Chef of the Future?
You must be able to quote at least 75% of the movie "Hackers," 85% of "War Games," and for extra credit about 10-20% of either "Swordfish" or "The Lawnmower Man."
Gates noted that the new group, to be known as the Open XML Formats Developer Group, brings together three of his favorite words--"open," "XML," and "developer." "No organization is good unless you put 'open' " in there, Gates said.
So when exactly can we expect MicroOpenSoft to release OpenWindows?
This whole loose-knit bunch of humans doing their part against a force of cold, malignant bots has a great edge to it! Someone should make a movie or three like this.
I predict that by the time episode 100 premieres, Lucas will have already re-released heavily re-edited "Special Editions" of episodes 1-47.
Isn't it obvious? They're G-men, they need G-mail.
Whoever this guy is, to say an expert witness in court of law is the one "causing problems" for anyone is a wild distortion of the role of an expert witness. Barrett's job in this situation is ostensibly to give a neutral, factual examination of the evidence, as relates to his field of expertise. His skills qualify him to dumb technical facts down so that the court can understand it. He is, more or less, a talking piece of evidence. MS or anyone else blaming him for causing any sort of problems is like Colonel Mustard blaming the lead pipe.
G o o o o o o o o o o a l!!!!!!!!!!
..when Billy West's word isn't complete and total law?
1 - Obtain list of most popular gadgets. 2 - Tout latest MS product as "[names of all said gadgets]-Killer." 3 - Ignore collective groan of entire human race. 4 - Profit..?