It's been a while since I tried Google's tool, so my memory of it is surely a bit foggy. The two differences I've noticed so far are:
Google runs in the web browser on a special port, MS runs in Explorer, Outlook as toolbars.
Maybe I haven't played around with it enough yet, but unfortunately, the MS tool doesn't seem to be capable of showing me where in the file it found my search term! It shows me a list of files it thinks are relevant, with lovely little stars indicating the level of relevance, but it doesn't show me where in the (potentially large) file, the term I searched for appears. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
They will if the price is right. For instance, from what I gather, this trial is free. I would try something like that for free. It may just be that the trial users get hooked and sign on for whatever the BBC has down the pipeline. And if the eventual public release costs less than TiVo, why not?
It seems odd to me that they would/could make the new system backward compatible for some but not all games. I'm clearly not very well informed, but I would be pleased if someone who is fairly well informed would explain to me how this works. Do the old games run in an emulator-style environment? If so, how hard would it really be to emulate a few more instructions?
Don't get me wrong. As long as it plays Halo, I'll be happy. I'm just curious.
I think I still have some of my old Turbo Pascal code lying around somewhere. I wonder how much porting I would have to do to get it to work in Free Pascal. I didn't even know Free Pascal existed, but now that I do, it could mean hours of nostalgic fun!:)
I believe the orignal poster's comment ("It's also *hard*, proving that challenging games are what people have always been looking for). Now that I've played legendary Halo, the only reason I ever go back to Heroic, Normal, or Easy is to see how fast I can do it. A lot of people just love a challenge.
I admittedly don't know much about OpenOffice, but it seems to me that the Java source code would at least be open, right? As long as the source code is still available (whether it's written in Java or Pascal), what's the big deal? If you don't like Java just because the implementation is proprietary, you could always find the offensive Java code and port it to something you like more. Am I way off here?
That was weird. I thought I was replying to someone's plea for MS to get ONE OS working right before working on others. But when I posted, the parent was gone. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...
If the general public can be convinced that these new dual-core chips are "better" than the old single-core stuff (not hard to do in a culture always seeking the so-called "latest and greatest"), then there is certainly a market for this. People don't always buy things for practical purposes.
Besides, in an industry where if you don't come out with something new frequently you die, it seems likely that it won't be too many years down the road before dual-core may be the only option for consumers in the market for a brand new machine.
While it's true that Win2k and WinXP still need to reboot far too often (my co-worker has been keeping a tally of the number of times I've been forced into rebooting my XP machine), I have to say there is a world of difference between MS's NT and 9x lines with respect to reboot frequency (and with respect to many, many other things as well, obviously).
It's clearly not perfect, but it's vastly better than it used to be.
I'm not sure that whoever marked my original post as "Interesting" understood that I was just being silly. There's no doubt the 3 laws are way beyond today's reality.
Reading over my original post, I suppose it isn't really clear that I wasn't serious. That's what I get for ignoring the "Preview" button. Doh!
Maybe I'm way out in left field, but wouldn't open sourcing OS/2 open what would likely be a lot of Microsoft's NT code? Weren't OS/2 and NT once the same operating system? I wouldn't be surprised if there were still a bit of shared codebase.
In the article, Michael defines security as the (in)ability to access personal data. In that respect, he's probably right. But I think he oversimplifies the real question of allowing the users to run under the one account that could really screw up their machine.
He argues that just because we could possibly drive our cars into brick walls doesn't mean we should all be limited to driving at 10 mph. I don't believe the likelihood of even the least skilled driver actually ramming into a brick wall is quite as much as my grandma's likelihood of completely screwing up her computer were she granted root access. I've seen her mess up her Windows machine pretty nicely.
True, true. This "ground-breaking" feature is only ground-breaking as far as the Windows family is concerned. However, the Windows family of operating systems is the only family most people are familiar with. Sure, my grandma's heard of Linux, but she hasn't heard of KDE or Gnome, and she has never before seen an icon that shows the contents of her crossword puzzle. It's people like my grandma that Microsoft cares about because there are millions of grandmas out there.
This is MS's way of leading the masses to believe they are cool.
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They will if the price is right. For instance, from what I gather, this trial is free. I would try something like that for free. It may just be that the trial users get hooked and sign on for whatever the BBC has down the pipeline. And if the eventual public release costs less than TiVo, why not?
It seems odd to me that they would/could make the new system backward compatible for some but not all games. I'm clearly not very well informed, but I would be pleased if someone who is fairly well informed would explain to me how this works. Do the old games run in an emulator-style environment? If so, how hard would it really be to emulate a few more instructions?
Don't get me wrong. As long as it plays Halo, I'll be happy. I'm just curious.
I think I still have some of my old Turbo Pascal code lying around somewhere. I wonder how much porting I would have to do to get it to work in Free Pascal. I didn't even know Free Pascal existed, but now that I do, it could mean hours of nostalgic fun! :)
I believe the orignal poster's comment ("It's also *hard*, proving that challenging games are what people have always been looking for). Now that I've played legendary Halo, the only reason I ever go back to Heroic, Normal, or Easy is to see how fast I can do it. A lot of people just love a challenge.
I admittedly don't know much about OpenOffice, but it seems to me that the Java source code would at least be open, right? As long as the source code is still available (whether it's written in Java or Pascal), what's the big deal? If you don't like Java just because the implementation is proprietary, you could always find the offensive Java code and port it to something you like more. Am I way off here?
Oy. How much is that beast of a machine going to weigh? The article calls it a "backbreaking monster." No kidding!
Thanks! :)
That was weird. I thought I was replying to someone's plea for MS to get ONE OS working right before working on others. But when I posted, the parent was gone. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...
Ever heard of multiple streams of income? What does it matter to them if any of their OSes work perfectly, so long as people are buying them?
The Tony's may not be nerdy, but I've never met a "true" nerd who didn't enjoy a little Monty Python. :)
If the general public can be convinced that these new dual-core chips are "better" than the old single-core stuff (not hard to do in a culture always seeking the so-called "latest and greatest"), then there is certainly a market for this. People don't always buy things for practical purposes.
Besides, in an industry where if you don't come out with something new frequently you die, it seems likely that it won't be too many years down the road before dual-core may be the only option for consumers in the market for a brand new machine.
Just my two cents...
Don't you mean Broderbund? :)
But when you have questions, who will you turn to? The world lost a great thinker when MS "retired" Clippy.
When I saw the group photo, I thought, "What a bunch of nerds!" And my heart longed to be there...
While it's true that Win2k and WinXP still need to reboot far too often (my co-worker has been keeping a tally of the number of times I've been forced into rebooting my XP machine), I have to say there is a world of difference between MS's NT and 9x lines with respect to reboot frequency (and with respect to many, many other things as well, obviously).
It's clearly not perfect, but it's vastly better than it used to be.
I'm not sure that whoever marked my original post as "Interesting" understood that I was just being silly. There's no doubt the 3 laws are way beyond today's reality.
Reading over my original post, I suppose it isn't really clear that I wasn't serious. That's what I get for ignoring the "Preview" button. Doh!
Someone please make sure they read Asimov first!!
As long as people are buying what he's making (whatever it may be), is there any question he's going to keep doing this 'til the day he dies?
If you had a little black box that spit out 2 dollars for every 1 dollar you put into it, how many times would you stick in your dollar bill?
Maybe I'm way out in left field, but wouldn't open sourcing OS/2 open what would likely be a lot of Microsoft's NT code? Weren't OS/2 and NT once the same operating system? I wouldn't be surprised if there were still a bit of shared codebase.
Long live John Williams! Hear, hear!
In the article, Michael defines security as the (in)ability to access personal data. In that respect, he's probably right. But I think he oversimplifies the real question of allowing the users to run under the one account that could really screw up their machine.
He argues that just because we could possibly drive our cars into brick walls doesn't mean we should all be limited to driving at 10 mph. I don't believe the likelihood of even the least skilled driver actually ramming into a brick wall is quite as much as my grandma's likelihood of completely screwing up her computer were she granted root access. I've seen her mess up her Windows machine pretty nicely.
I know I'm ignorant. But I'm curious, which is why I'm asking the question. Will this be better than cell phones?
True, true. This "ground-breaking" feature is only ground-breaking as far as the Windows family is concerned. However, the Windows family of operating systems is the only family most people are familiar with. Sure, my grandma's heard of Linux, but she hasn't heard of KDE or Gnome, and she has never before seen an icon that shows the contents of her crossword puzzle. It's people like my grandma that Microsoft cares about because there are millions of grandmas out there.
This is MS's way of leading the masses to believe they are cool.
People think the online deal is reasonable because it fits their lifestyle. Can't blame WSJ for charging what people are willing to pay.