The article was quick to point out the Star-Studded Cast (Including not only MarcA, but also Ben Horowitz(CEO), Timothy Howe, and Jonathan Heiliger) but curiously lacks the one and only Jamie Zawinski.
Given Jamies devotion to the original Mocaic effort, and later the open source push that is grown into 'M10', I think would would be a valuable asset to the Marca team, but to the open source comunity as well.
a Quote from Gabe Newell of Valve Software: . . I would much rather we just eat the money we've spent so far than take money from Mac customers and short-change them.
I'm happy to see someone willing to stand up and take action when a project is all over the floor.
Hey Gabe! Throw the port source under GPL and let a fresh set of eyes hack a bit.
I'll be the first inline to get a Linux box running @ 1 GHz+. As companys race to fill that demand (for first silicon in high volume GHz+ CPUs), I'm reminded of a computing saying: MIPS= Meaninless Indication of Processing Speed.
Celeron is a perfect example of a company taking there time, optimizing design and fab, and turning out a cooler running/tighter chip(read:over clockers delight). I just get the feeling that the GHz milestone is going to be so tempting that some companies will be rushing them out the door before the work is done.
The last time a company shipped there chips to early, we ended up with a 5 volt 60MHz Pentium that wasn't pin compatible with any other Pentium that could actualy do math. In light of these mis-steps, I hope AMD and Intel have there eye on quality first.
When it comes to new technology, the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
This kind of news and the way they are managed make me think that american media (including CNN and/.) is converging to the . ..
whaaooo back up fer a sec. Comparing CNN and/. as news sources?!?! While I'm sure this is very flatering to Rob and the crew at the compound, Do you really compare them? Let's take a moment to contrast.
CNN kinda lame
/. pretty kewl
CNN thousands of reporters world wide providing video in real time back to a distributed control center
/. Rob
CNN world leaders turning to them for real-time news and insightful analysis
/. Rob does his best not to spill his Mountain Dew on his pizza while reading the um-teenth submited G4 story update
CNN Synonymous with fact, truth, what's going on
/. Synonymous with fact, truth and what's going on
From the I-wonder-what-they-think-of-us-over-there department.
From/. Tiawan
October 17, 1999 Web posted at: 9:36 a.m. HKT (0136 GMT)
CALIFORNIA,USA (/.) A magnatude 6 earth quake has rocked the west coast of the United States causing a train to derail and injuring hundreds. . ..I hope the McDonalds headquarters wasn't hit. If those fat lazy americans don't get there french frys and intern hummers, they start acting stupid (read: voting down non-proliferation treaties)
Here we have Amazon offering 'a major prize' for cracking the code. This reminds me of the sceen in the movie 'A Christmas Story' where the star of the movie (an 8 year old boy) is trying to 'crack the code offered by a radio show (the show was sponsored by Ovaltine). To every day, the little boy listened intently as they gave another piece of the puzzle, and every day, the little boy would use his secret decoding ring to decipher another piece.
And finaly, after weeks and weeks of work and toil, the final message was finaly deciphered, and it read: 'Drink more Ovaltine'
I just get the feeling that the message at Amazon will read 'All hail Bezos'.:)
The symbolism used in the movies is very interesting. When a writer wants to give a hero or villain an aura of being smart/cunning/resourceful (read McGiver) the writer usually puts the hero or villain in some kind of computing conflict.
A. 2 kids make a grrl in 'Weird Science'
B.Sandra Bullock uses whois to lookup a domain
C.Tom Cruise emails 'jobe' in 'Mission Impossible'
D.Meg Ryan falls in love with Tom Hanks in 'You've got mail'.
This symolism is an effective way to associate the hero or vilan as a clever little hacker. This symbolism generally helps the computer industry by raising it's profile. A good thing.
Let's consider another industry that has continually gotten the shaft from the movies. I'm talking about Heavy Industry. Ever wonder who makes all those wonderful connectors? your USB plugs? Your computer cases? Floppy discs? Hi-tech Industry does. I'm talking about mold companies such as Nypro Mold that have 12 cavity molds automatically fed by robots 24/7. Hutchinson technologies that makes the reader heads in your hard drive. Amp incorporated, running 18 out dies at 2000 stokes/min with an optical inspection system collecting SPC(statistical processes control) data in real time. These are the movers and shakers of our economy and how do the Movies portray them? A Hazard
Invariably, every movie ends up with a chase scene ending in the industrial plant (the end of 'the net') Or the final fight to the death taking place an a hazardous and dangerous industrial plant (the end of Terminator 2)
What does this symbolism do for heavy industry? It associates it with danger,death and conflict. Despite the fact that it is very hi-tech and well paying, It makes it hard to atract kids to the trade.
So don't think you've got it so bad when you watch a hacker in a movie pull off the imposible. The writers are just trying to make there stars look smart (and as a result, you too!)
[applause] Yes... we do have a duty to bring the message that open source software can be used as a real and viable buisness solution. Today. [/applause]
From the posted article:"I think Gates believes that he and Microsoft have, almost single-handedly, advanced the human race to the brink of the information age..."
[shiver] When I read this, just now, the hair actually atood up on the back of my neck and I got a little twitch trying to justify Mr. Gates Logic. {/shiver]
Dubya, Dubya, Dubya . . sounds like an ADD fer George W. Bush (his nickname being "W").:)
What I find most interesting about all these adds is the financial model that is now dominant on the web. A site needs eye balls - to view the adblurbs - to click through to the content - to get the thing/service/product/ that makes them money.
How does a site drive eyeballs toward said sites? more ADDs! Amazon is a poifect example of this. The web isn't a boom for Ecomerce, it's a boom for advertising!
Hello from fly-over land. I've personaly spent weeks in every major american city (buisness trips) and would like to share a few thoughts. All the DCers "we got da culchya" need to ask yourself "at what cost: culture?". yes, some areas are very nice (I've got family in the DC burb of Chevrley{sp?} and they are a very happy family). And, yes the metro system is truly a model for other city planners to follow. zip, yer at the mall zip, you're shopping, zip you're home...cheap..and no parking. North Joisey could learn from that example.
I have to take exception with sich comments as "...except for when you have to listen to ignorant midwesterners who've never been here talk about how horrible DC is"
[rant] Most of us have 'been there' and 'done that' and have settled into the rest of our lives in peace and harmony, building comunities, and raising families on solid footing. DC is a hole. Like so many empty calories in a BK drive-through, the town is filled with a psudo-educated transient society that couldn't care less about building a comunity . . . . . . . and it shows. [/rant]
So money correlates more closely to net connectivity than frequency of IT worker
I'm posting to/. using Alsa Vistas free access(free beer) and it's not costing me a dime. nada, zippo, bupkiss, null, not a thin red dime, nuthin'. There are others (Netzero comes to mind) that also offer free dialup access to the net.
How's the service? sometimes I have to dial twice, but I usually I get a 40+k connection (better than my last ISP). Yea sure I have to look at adds, but I just put the add in the corner of my 2nd monitor and ignore it.
I would have to agree that MONEY=FAST ACCESS, but right now, ~50K access has a very low cost right now, and will be getting cheaper.
I live in the thriving metropolis of Hartland, WI (pop. 1600 er something like that) and we currently have 2 competing DSL services in my area offering 640kx640k and Time Warner promising cable internet by Q4-99/Q1-2000. This is proof that you don't have to live in a crime-riden sespool (read:DC) just to get good net access.
from the post story:Scarborough Research of New York, a service of the Arbitron Co., surveyed 170,000 adults in 64 major markets from February 1998 to February 1999. The researchers found it to be especially significant that five areas were at or above the halfway mark, meaning Internet use has entered the mainstream of society there.
The article quotes a study done by Scarborough Research of New York whos research markets include 64 major media markets from Albany, to Wichita... this research apears to be pretty solid.
I can remember the first time seeing a URL in a print Add. The first time a URL was on the radio. Now, this year, the majority of the add money being spent on the Super Bowl will be done by internet related companies. It's good to see our little web all grown up.:)
From a PR point of view, it's timing with the DOJ case is interesting. The company gets to be seen on the steps of some legal institution protesting something.
The precident that this case sets can potentialy be very damaging to the (still very young) ecomerce segment of our economy. What it says is: It's not payed for till it's payed for. It's not sold until it's sold. It's not a deal unless the check is in hand.
Visa, in this case, is wrongfully left holding the (70k) bag for this user. If I worked in risk managment at Visa, I would be very hesitant about offering services to on-line companies that could potentionaly open the comapany up to such exposure.
If I was a user, and unknowingly charged a 6 pack of Linux Xeon servers from Dell.com and mayed the argument that "I thought those little pull down menus were a tetris game!" Would a simprethetic judge leave Visa holding my bill for my new . . ..wait for it . . Beowolf cluster?:)
Here's an idea from everything about the homeless. Think about it... ok so it doesn't make sense but if you got some really big ass bell-bottoms you could fit a few bums under them and shelter them from the elements for a little while. Well that's what I get for trying to help my fellow man.
So/.ers...who has an old pair of bell bottoms to donate?:)
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I mean, is he spending his millions puffing on a huka in the Himalayas? Perhaps poping percidan in a puruvian pesto pub?
Given Jamies devotion to the original Mocaic effort, and later the open source push that is grown into 'M10', I think would would be a valuable asset to the Marca team, but to the open source comunity as well.
I'm happy to see someone willing to stand up and take action when a project is all over the floor.
Hey Gabe! Throw the port source under GPL and let a fresh set of eyes hack a bit.
Celeron is a perfect example of a company taking there time, optimizing design and fab, and turning out a cooler running/tighter chip(read:over clockers delight). I just get the feeling that the GHz milestone is going to be so tempting that some companies will be rushing them out the door before the work is done.
The last time a company shipped there chips to early, we ended up with a 5 volt 60MHz Pentium that wasn't pin compatible with any other Pentium that could actualy do math. In light of these mis-steps, I hope AMD and Intel have there eye on quality first.
When it comes to new technology, the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
``I'm stricken if I buy a new computer. I suffer terrible consumer remorse. I can hear it obsolescing in the trunk of the car.''
My new Xeon obsolesced to an abacus in the drive home. ;)
whaaooo back up fer a sec. Comparing CNN and /. as news sources?!?! While I'm sure this is very flatering to Rob and the crew at the compound, Do you really compare them? Let's take a moment to contrast.
CNN kinda lame
CNN thousands of reporters world wide providing video in real time back to a distributed control center
CNN world leaders turning to them for real-time news and insightful analysis
CNN Synonymous with fact, truth, what's going on
Hey wait!. . maybe /. and CNN are comparable?!?! ;)
From /. Tiawan
October 17, 1999 Web posted at: 9:36 a.m. HKT (0136 GMT)
CALIFORNIA,USA (/.) A magnatude 6 earth quake has rocked the west coast of the United States causing a train to derail and injuring hundreds. . . .I hope the McDonalds headquarters wasn't hit. If those fat lazy americans don't get there french frys and intern hummers, they start acting stupid (read: voting down non-proliferation treaties)
And finaly, after weeks and weeks of work and toil, the final message was finaly deciphered, and it read: 'Drink more Ovaltine'
I just get the feeling that the message at Amazon will read 'All hail Bezos'. :)
A. 2 kids make a grrl in 'Weird Science'
B.Sandra Bullock uses whois to lookup a domain
C.Tom Cruise emails 'jobe' in 'Mission Impossible'
D.Meg Ryan falls in love with Tom Hanks in 'You've got mail'.
This symolism is an effective way to associate the hero or vilan as a clever little hacker. This symbolism generally helps the computer industry by raising it's profile. A good thing.
Let's consider another industry that has continually gotten the shaft from the movies. I'm talking about Heavy Industry. Ever wonder who makes all those wonderful connectors? your USB plugs? Your computer cases? Floppy discs? Hi-tech Industry does. I'm talking about mold companies such as Nypro Mold that have 12 cavity molds automatically fed by robots 24/7. Hutchinson technologies that makes the reader heads in your hard drive. Amp incorporated, running 18 out dies at 2000 stokes/min with an optical inspection system collecting SPC(statistical processes control) data in real time. These are the movers and shakers of our economy and how do the Movies portray them? A Hazard
Invariably, every movie ends up with a chase scene ending in the industrial plant (the end of 'the net') Or the final fight to the death taking place an a hazardous and dangerous industrial plant (the end of Terminator 2)
What does this symbolism do for heavy industry? It associates it with danger,death and conflict. Despite the fact that it is very hi-tech and well paying, It makes it hard to atract kids to the trade.
So don't think you've got it so bad when you watch a hacker in a movie pull off the imposible. The writers are just trying to make there stars look smart (and as a result, you too!)
What a load!
[drum roll...] Number 10!
10) the brink of the end of open protocals.
9) the brink of the end of interoperability.
8 the brink of the end of conectivity.
7) the brink of the end of any news outlet not starting with 'MS'.
6) to the brink of the end of open source.(say it isn't so!)
5) to the brink of millions of script kiddies
4) to the brink of BSOD on every desktop, daily
3) to the brink of Steve Balmer without his Ridlin (scary)
2) to the brink of MS locking in broadband
1) the the brink of "paper clip 2.0"
[shiver] When I read this, just now, the hair actually atood up on the back of my neck and I got a little twitch trying to justify Mr. Gates Logic. {/shiver]
What I find most interesting about all these adds is the financial model that is now dominant on the web. A site needs eye balls - to view the adblurbs - to click through to the content - to get the thing/service/product/ that makes them money.
How does a site drive eyeballs toward said sites? more ADDs! Amazon is a poifect example of this. The web isn't a boom for Ecomerce, it's a boom for advertising!
I have to take exception with sich comments as "...except for when you have to listen to ignorant midwesterners who've never been here talk about how horrible DC is"
[rant] Most of us have 'been there' and 'done that' and have settled into the rest of our lives in peace and harmony, building comunities, and raising families on solid footing. DC is a hole. Like so many empty calories in a BK drive-through, the town is filled with a psudo-educated transient society that couldn't care less about building a comunity . . . . . . . and it shows. [/rant]
These are the markets they researched.http://www.scarborough.com/scarbny/m arkets.htm
Any questions?
What about the kiddies? Who cares (sorry kids). They just don't control enough disposable income to have an influence on a market.
I'm posting to /. using Alsa Vistas free access(free beer) and it's not costing me a dime. nada, zippo, bupkiss, null, not a thin red dime, nuthin'. There are others (Netzero comes to mind) that also offer free dialup access to the net.
How's the service? sometimes I have to dial twice, but I usually I get a 40+k connection (better than my last ISP). Yea sure I have to look at adds, but I just put the add in the corner of my 2nd monitor and ignore it.
I would have to agree that MONEY=FAST ACCESS, but right now, ~50K access has a very low cost right now, and will be getting cheaper.
The article quotes a study done by Scarborough Research of New York whos research markets include 64 major media markets from Albany, to Wichita ... this research apears to be pretty solid.
I can remember the first time seeing a URL in a print Add. The first time a URL was on the radio. Now, this year, the majority of the add money being spent on the Super Bowl will be done by internet related companies. It's good to see our little web all grown up. :)
Visa, in this case, is wrongfully left holding the (70k) bag for this user. If I worked in risk managment at Visa, I would be very hesitant about offering services to on-line companies that could potentionaly open the comapany up to such exposure.
If I was a user, and unknowingly charged a 6 pack of Linux Xeon servers from Dell.com and mayed the argument that "I thought those little pull down menus were a tetris game!" Would a simprethetic judge leave Visa holding my bill for my new . . . .wait for it . . Beowolf cluster? :)
If there's anything we can do to help, all you have to do is ask.
So /.ers...who has an old pair of bell bottoms to donate? :)