I think it's dangerous that it flags things that are fine- and leave things that aren't. With more than 90% market saturation, our language and culture can be affected by this stupid feature that hardly anyone cares about.
I can't believe he still recommends his students use this. Are they all ESL? Are students so addicted to IM that this thing could be useful?
Why won't anyone else point out that the vibration becomes annoying after the first hour of the game? Like, you just CAN'T feel the terrain. It's really just a controller vibrating incessantly. This is the first thing I turn off. It's got to be the most useless 'feature' in modern videogames.
Google doesn't offer full versions of even the oldest books- there's no full version of Origin of Species, and I haven't found the Shakespeares' to be full, either.
The particle accelerator has 2 miles of maintenance corridors, 3 miles of wires, a 4 terabyte of data storage, and is held together with 11 miles of duct tape.
A 'Super String' was discovered yesterday in a quantum-super-electron microscope. It appeared to be a flat ribbon-like material that was sticky on one side and silvery on the other.
Well, this will be my final post. I'm creating a nuclear powered egg to send my child off in, then I'll retire to the South Pacific to wait for the black hole to swallow us all. I tried to warn them- I TRIED! But I can't leave now and cause a panic.
I can only hope that my son ends up on a planet where the solar radiation allows him to fly around, fighting bad guys and getting hot chicks.
As always. Computer prices keep getting driven down, and the OEMs are tired of Microsoft making more money than they are. Sure, Dell and HP look chummy with Microsoft, but the fewer OEMs there are, the easier for them to stage a revolution. But they need another outlet, and selling confusing Linux software won't enhance their bottom line.
The only way this works is the way SUN thinks it's going to work (heard a quote some time ago, sorry can't find it): giving away computers with cable access, like cell phones and set-top boxes. Sure, no one wants to give up their desktops, but no one passes on free, either.
Having control over the boxes will allow the cable companies to control media access and manage the network efficiently- and make music, movies and TV executives very happy (controlled BitTorrent = $, uncontrolled BitTorrent = no new sci-fi). If only the 10% of the population that are developers have burning, ripping, copying tools, then everybody's happy except the 10% of the population that are actively ripping stuff off. Doesn't matter if YOU like desktops,/. just isn't their market. For me, PCs are a work tool, not a media center.
Lastly, the OEMs have more reliable income than being subject to the white box market, Microsoft's upgrade strategies and getting blamed for software bugs. The cable companies already handle customers, the software is server side, the media is controlled. Just like cell phones- which, together with cell phones, will supplant the home PC market entirely unless something is done.
So don't say 'Federal'- we don't know if that applies. Don't tell them to get a lawyer- it may not matter. Either post relevant info or slink off with a slightly queasy feeling in your stomach.
I hope they're innocent in whatever they are doing, but I'd rather not see a real criminal get helped here. But I can't stop anyone, either.
I don't think we need statistical evidence that men are more likely to spend time fiddling with computers- honestly. Do we need evidence that women are more likely to have a Mary Kay party? Do you really need numbers to prove something we ALL should know on this website?
Second, you admit women are better at somethings, and men are better at others, so why whine about stereotypes? Stereotypes are sometimes right- you're using them. We shouldn't allow them to become prejudices, but we all use shortcuts like this in day to day life. That's why you assume women are better with customers.
Is that immigration and outsourcing are being felt. Immigrant (visa based) IT professionals are more like to come from more traditional cultures. The Germans, French and British have their own colleges, and their own IT industries.
As for the outsourcing, women in the last few decades definitely haven't pursued math/computer science degrees to the same degree as men. So they are more likely to be replaced, since they are less likely to be irreplaceable.
BTW, I thought the Harvard debate was bogus. Men and women ARE different, on average, and there are studies to prove it. Right now, women are more likely to go to college than men! To say that we're prejudiced because of so few women professors is to ignore that they have a much better chance than men to be professors in the future. Things are never going to be statistically equal, so we should just all calm down.
As far as I can tell women are more likely to be white collar professionals (I've never had a male boss) and will soon dominate the executive level- in time. In fact, I've seen a study where the supposed lower paychecks of women was entirely due to time spent on pregnancy. Not that discrimination doesn't occur, but that our society IS largely equal and with the lower numbers of men in college, we may even be swinging in the other direction. This has already occured among African Americans- women have better earning potential than men.
You just nailed it. There is NO reason to distribute a single 'Internet' software suite.
Bundling should be done for economic reasons, not software reasons, and the MoFo's economic interest is in smaller downloads, not larger ones.
Focus on the competition: Mozilla's competition on Windows/Mac has everything split out (IE, address book, outlook/outlook express). Updating makes more sense this way (dial-up users still matter, especially internationally). Basically, the appeal of Mozilla is in the browser- that's why Firefox is popular. It's relatively virus free, works on _almost_ all platforms and is a relatively short download.
I can appreciate backwards compatibility, but everything dies sooner or later. It's a niche product currently, and it's not growing.
I know I'm not the most technical person here (an interesting contest/. should host sometime) but I know if you want to beat the champion, you have to take risks.
Find a technical solution to the various issues with forking. You need to fix this while we have Linus. Linus can't hold things together forever- and I doubt IBM, Red Hat, Novell, HP, SUSE, et al can coexist on their own. This is an opportunity, not a problem.
So find a technical solution in the kernel itself (to avoid losing too many developers to new forks) and stick with it. Should it be acceptable to design a distro to exclude competitive software? This is the great technical challenge of our generation- interoperability and platform independence. This is what Linux should be good at.
1. They already have their own OS that is specialized to be super reliable for their cluster (read the other Google news item from today). They even refer to it as 'Google OS'. It's really just a specialized Red Hat based kernel (according to the news).
2. This guy made a point of explaining in his blog (when it was up) that Microsoft doesn't ship software, and he admires that Amazon ships software immediately, via the web. Google would obviously appeal to him for this reason.
This article explained to me why they would pick up a Microsoft guy who worked on NT. Yes, I'm sure Google's OS and NT have nothing in common, but all the same, this guy seems motivated and smart. And if they have their own custom OS, I'm sure they're not going to make their own distribution, they just need to work in house.
This is just like the worst concept cars- looks nice on the outside, but nothing inside. Worse than that, it's a knockoff. When you see a fake Ferrari, you don't think 'Gee, I'd like to have a fake Ferrari.' Well, the Ferrari is only $500 in this case!
It reminds people of the Mac, it reminds people of the mini-itx. Why do they even do this? Without any real technology to showcase, they're just saying, 'Hey look, we've got to do some minimum creative work for Dell because they're a bunch of profit-obsessed weenies!'
The better option is not to give the money, but invest it. That way, the fans have a conduit for expression. Now they can continue this subpar TV show without remorse, and hope they can get more 'donations' in the future.
Star Trek Telethons, anyone?
Windows servers are so completely monetized. Really, who cares about revenues off Wall Street? Adoption rate has to be sky-high if revenues are this high off of a free OS. Whereas, Windows is just splintering server offerings to increase revenues per customer. They really need their small business initiative, because that's the one space where user-friendliness is key.
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I think it's dangerous that it flags things that are fine- and leave things that aren't. With more than 90% market saturation, our language and culture can be affected by this stupid feature that hardly anyone cares about.
I can't believe he still recommends his students use this. Are they all ESL? Are students so addicted to IM that this thing could be useful?
Why won't anyone else point out that the vibration becomes annoying after the first hour of the game? Like, you just CAN'T feel the terrain. It's really just a controller vibrating incessantly. This is the first thing I turn off. It's got to be the most useless 'feature' in modern videogames.
I'm certain SONY has virtually unlimited legal resources- but not Sony in Oakland. These things take time to develop- it may still be a crock.
Google doesn't offer full versions of even the oldest books- there's no full version of Origin of Species, and I haven't found the Shakespeares' to be full, either.
Many Japanese are reading entire novels on their cell phones. Maybe because they use public transportation more?
Everyone knows you just need duct tape.
The particle accelerator has 2 miles of maintenance corridors, 3 miles of wires, a 4 terabyte of data storage, and is held together with 11 miles of duct tape.
A 'Super String' was discovered yesterday in a quantum-super-electron microscope. It appeared to be a flat ribbon-like material that was sticky on one side and silvery on the other.
Well, this will be my final post. I'm creating a nuclear powered egg to send my child off in, then I'll retire to the South Pacific to wait for the black hole to swallow us all. I tried to warn them- I TRIED! But I can't leave now and cause a panic.
I can only hope that my son ends up on a planet where the solar radiation allows him to fly around, fighting bad guys and getting hot chicks.
Two words: Jessica Simpson
As always. Computer prices keep getting driven down, and the OEMs are tired of Microsoft making more money than they are. Sure, Dell and HP look chummy with Microsoft, but the fewer OEMs there are, the easier for them to stage a revolution. But they need another outlet, and selling confusing Linux software won't enhance their bottom line.
/. just isn't their market. For me, PCs are a work tool, not a media center.
The only way this works is the way SUN thinks it's going to work (heard a quote some time ago, sorry can't find it): giving away computers with cable access, like cell phones and set-top boxes. Sure, no one wants to give up their desktops, but no one passes on free, either.
Having control over the boxes will allow the cable companies to control media access and manage the network efficiently- and make music, movies and TV executives very happy (controlled BitTorrent = $, uncontrolled BitTorrent = no new sci-fi). If only the 10% of the population that are developers have burning, ripping, copying tools, then everybody's happy except the 10% of the population that are actively ripping stuff off. Doesn't matter if YOU like desktops,
Lastly, the OEMs have more reliable income than being subject to the white box market, Microsoft's upgrade strategies and getting blamed for software bugs. The cable companies already handle customers, the software is server side, the media is controlled. Just like cell phones- which, together with cell phones, will supplant the home PC market entirely unless something is done.
So don't say 'Federal'- we don't know if that applies. Don't tell them to get a lawyer- it may not matter. Either post relevant info or slink off with a slightly queasy feeling in your stomach.
I hope they're innocent in whatever they are doing, but I'd rather not see a real criminal get helped here. But I can't stop anyone, either.
Where men are still men, and computers still suck...
I don't think we need statistical evidence that men are more likely to spend time fiddling with computers- honestly. Do we need evidence that women are more likely to have a Mary Kay party? Do you really need numbers to prove something we ALL should know on this website?
Second, you admit women are better at somethings, and men are better at others, so why whine about stereotypes? Stereotypes are sometimes right- you're using them. We shouldn't allow them to become prejudices, but we all use shortcuts like this in day to day life. That's why you assume women are better with customers.
Is that immigration and outsourcing are being felt. Immigrant (visa based) IT professionals are more like to come from more traditional cultures. The Germans, French and British have their own colleges, and their own IT industries.
As for the outsourcing, women in the last few decades definitely haven't pursued math/computer science degrees to the same degree as men. So they are more likely to be replaced, since they are less likely to be irreplaceable.
BTW, I thought the Harvard debate was bogus. Men and women ARE different, on average, and there are studies to prove it. Right now, women are more likely to go to college than men! To say that we're prejudiced because of so few women professors is to ignore that they have a much better chance than men to be professors in the future. Things are never going to be statistically equal, so we should just all calm down.
As far as I can tell women are more likely to be white collar professionals (I've never had a male boss) and will soon dominate the executive level- in time. In fact, I've seen a study where the supposed lower paychecks of women was entirely due to time spent on pregnancy. Not that discrimination doesn't occur, but that our society IS largely equal and with the lower numbers of men in college, we may even be swinging in the other direction. This has already occured among African Americans- women have better earning potential than men.
You just nailed it. There is NO reason to distribute a single 'Internet' software suite.
Bundling should be done for economic reasons, not software reasons, and the MoFo's economic interest is in smaller downloads, not larger ones.
Focus on the competition: Mozilla's competition on Windows/Mac has everything split out (IE, address book, outlook/outlook express). Updating makes more sense this way (dial-up users still matter, especially internationally). Basically, the appeal of Mozilla is in the browser- that's why Firefox is popular. It's relatively virus free, works on _almost_ all platforms and is a relatively short download.
I can appreciate backwards compatibility, but everything dies sooner or later. It's a niche product currently, and it's not growing.
I know I'm not the most technical person here (an interesting contest /. should host sometime) but I know if you want to beat the champion, you have to take risks.
Find a technical solution to the various issues with forking. You need to fix this while we have Linus. Linus can't hold things together forever- and I doubt IBM, Red Hat, Novell, HP, SUSE, et al can coexist on their own. This is an opportunity, not a problem.
So find a technical solution in the kernel itself (to avoid losing too many developers to new forks) and stick with it. Should it be acceptable to design a distro to exclude competitive software? This is the great technical challenge of our generation- interoperability and platform independence. This is what Linux should be good at.
1. They already have their own OS that is specialized to be super reliable for their cluster (read the other Google news item from today). They even refer to it as 'Google OS'. It's really just a specialized Red Hat based kernel (according to the news).
2. This guy made a point of explaining in his blog (when it was up) that Microsoft doesn't ship software, and he admires that Amazon ships software immediately, via the web. Google would obviously appeal to him for this reason.
You mean a box costing 5 times as much ACTUALLY work as well as the $200 box and MIGHT exceed it? Talk about damning with faint praise.
You don't sell your core technology. Period.
This article explained to me why they would pick up a Microsoft guy who worked on NT. Yes, I'm sure Google's OS and NT have nothing in common, but all the same, this guy seems motivated and smart. And if they have their own custom OS, I'm sure they're not going to make their own distribution, they just need to work in house.
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This is just like the worst concept cars- looks nice on the outside, but nothing inside. Worse than that, it's a knockoff. When you see a fake Ferrari, you don't think 'Gee, I'd like to have a fake Ferrari.' Well, the Ferrari is only $500 in this case!
It reminds people of the Mac, it reminds people of the mini-itx. Why do they even do this? Without any real technology to showcase, they're just saying, 'Hey look, we've got to do some minimum creative work for Dell because they're a bunch of profit-obsessed weenies!'
I thought the plot of the new show would be a lot more interesting than this one.
What did the email link do? I thought freemail came later?
The better option is not to give the money, but invest it. That way, the fans have a conduit for expression. Now they can continue this subpar TV show without remorse, and hope they can get more 'donations' in the future. Star Trek Telethons, anyone?
Windows servers are so completely monetized. Really, who cares about revenues off Wall Street? Adoption rate has to be sky-high if revenues are this high off of a free OS. Whereas, Windows is just splintering server offerings to increase revenues per customer. They really need their small business initiative, because that's the one space where user-friendliness is key.