and that is rare. I don't see why I should read print when I can surf news channels on TV and read online sites like CNN, MSNBC and/.
Obviously I am not involved with my local community to any great extent, but even if I want to know what events are happening locally, my first resource is the Web. There are several local-news oriented websites and local tv and radio stations have web sites too. It is just more convenient than messing with dead trees.
The M$ Natural keyboard is really comfortable for me. The only problem is switching between that and a standard keyboard since the placement of the hands is different. Just don't use MS Word also or you will go to/. hell.
This study's definition of "contact" is ridiculously outmoded. We have brought the world closer together by communicating online. I regularly participate in online games that include chat (Diablo and Battlezone) and have struck up friendships with several people this way.
In April, my best friend (in person) and I are travelling from Florida to Tennessee to meet IRL with other gamers for a LAN gaming competition that will include Battlezone and Unreal Tournament. I would never have taken such a trip if it wasn't for online relationships.
This study sounds like just another way to hype the scarier potential aspects of the Internet (e.g. watch out or the next generation will be reclusive and socially retarded due to lack of social interaction.) BS.
So much for that Katie Holmes Linux chick fantasy I've been having. In the 80's when I was in high school this problem was due in large part to the cultural stereotypes inherent in our school system. Are girls today given the same encouragement in math and sciences as boys?
Perhaps if we offer females more scholarships for science we can help reverse this trend. I sure hope so...
I don't know - Katz is a big boy and has repeatedly stepped up to defend himself, as seen in his recent Ask Slashdot responses. I agree about posting on-topic responses though, since that is supposed to be the whole idea of this forum.
"Bugs are inherent in computer science," she said. "All software ships with issues."
Umm. OK.
The difference is (that) no software in the history of Microsoft development has ever been through the incredible, rigorous internal and external testing that Windows 2000 has been through."
Yeah! Because every OS from M$ has lacked sufficient testing; including this one, it would seem.
In my opinion an unused domain should never be sold for more than 75$. If it is, then someone is ripping someone else off.
It is not ripping someone off; it is capitalism. It is smart business to look for potentially valuable assets on the web in the form of domain names. If I read the Wall Street Journal and notice that Company A and Company B are merging and I predict and register the resulting company's desired domain before they do, it is a legitimate move and I deserve to be paid a *lot* more than $75 for the insight.
(How's that for a run-on sentence?)
Blizzard.net was registered 14 months before this became an issue. Even if the website was unused it wouldn't matter. Maybe he just wants a cool domain name and that is fine until he starts trying to draw or drive business away from blizzard.com.
I am curious to know what you would consider a run-on sentence, but enough of that anyway. Yes, I could uncheck Katz articles, but I live with the hope that I will enjoy *something* he writes. Besides, it's like driving past a car wreck - you just have to look:)
Point taken about overriding the meaning of a statement due to its incorrect grammar [fragment];).
However, The industry of which Gates has been the titular head of [redundant] for years has historically exhibited scant generosity, empathy, or social vision, although recently having discovered the need for better public relations, has begun making some gestures towards charity. [run-on] is clearly a run-on. He uses "has" twice; read it again.
My point is this: if Katz is writing for a living, he ought to pay attention to the details of his job, just as any of us. If I didn't care enough to check spelling on print queue names I set up, or directories I create, I would look pretty sloppy. And so does Katz [fragment]. I guess I nitpick because I tire of his writing, in general, and his lack of attention to detail and research, in particular.
Will people unintentionally donate the fruits of their free time--hammered out on company resources--to their employers?
Very likely, yes. If I am a Ford employee and my coworkers/friends and I all receive home PC's, we are very likely to start discussing how we are using the PC's at home. We will probably send email and chat at least some of the time. We will probably end up discussing work-related issues since it is a common bond between us. Ford benefits -- probably. If the rumor mill grows as a result, and that also seems likely, Ford may find its internal politics on the rise. However, I expect that most people will act with some decorum and will accomplish more than they hinder with their new-found connectivity.
will we finally see a standard of privacy explictly formed for non-realtime(logged by protocol necessity, like email or ICQ) yet highly informal conversation?
I doubt that any corporation is going to say "well, you said this on your own time, so we don't mind you trashing the CEO." If the forum involves other employees of Ford, or the corporation is mentioned in a public statement, the author will be held accountable.
I've *had* a coworker lose her job over a minorly snide comment on a discussion forum.
This is really unfortunate, but it is not impossible to forsee. As always - when you are on the record, watch what you say.
Someone suggested this a short while ago and I believe they had a really good idea. Please, Mr. Katz - at least re-read your articles before posting. You claim to be a writer for a living:
Ford's announcement last week that it was giving away computers, color monitors and Net access to each of its 350,000 world-wide employees and their families didn't make as much news as the cracking of Yahoo and AOL. But it deserves more attention. [fragment] It was ground-breaking, technological history in the making. If this idea spreads, it could take the Net and the Web to completely new levels, and upend stereotypes (many advanced by yours truly) about greedy corporatism. Computer companies, schools and governments ought to be mortified that they didn't think of it first. Read more. Here's [one?] of the most telling statistics ever offered about Microsoft: In l996, a New York City telecommunications consulting firm concluded that Bill Gates could buy a computer for every unwired kid [children without wires?] in America for roughly $6 billion, a fraction of his total wealth. In fact, said the study on the uneven distribution of technology in American education, if Gates invested the interest on his wealth for a couple of years, he could buy those computers without even dipping into his principal. The industry of which Gates has been the titular head of [redundant] for years has historically exhibited scant generosity, empathy, or social vision, although recently having discovered the need for better public relations, has begun making some gestures towards charity. [run-on] Bill Gates has personally given hundreds of millions to charitable causes, along with some Silicon Valley moguls, but bold and dramatic moves towards technological equality and empowerment are not in the nature of modern corporations.
Thank you for making this point - I agree and was thinking the same thing.
BTW:
The 3D acceleration however is pretty slow under Linux mainly because the (glide) 3dfx drivers have not been optimised and won't be until XFree v4.0.0 is released, so I tend to play the game in Windows still.
I understand the Matrox is the best-supported card for Linux. I will be deciding my next accelerator purchase based on its Linux support:)
I disagree that blizzard.net is offering a service that interferes with blizzard.com. They provide email and web forwarding, which can never be confused with games.
That is what I have been trying to get at. It may not be possible or practical now, but with the increasing pace of technological advancement it soon will be. I just wanted you rocket scientists (literally) to explain what limitations we currently face so I have an idea how long it will be before this is a reality. It does sound pretty impractical at the moment.
Now that is just damn fascinating - I never heard nor understood that before. Now I wonder why that codependency exists (Laws of Physics, yeah, yeah), and can it be broken.
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Thanks for the addresses; I will have to write them. Obviously the author has never actually used the KDE file manager.
Obviously I am not involved with my local community to any great extent, but even if I want to know what events are happening locally, my first resource is the Web. There are several local-news oriented websites and local tv and radio stations have web sites too. It is just more convenient than messing with dead trees.
The M$ Natural keyboard is really comfortable for me. The only problem is switching between that and a standard keyboard since the placement of the hands is different. Just don't use MS Word also or you will go to /. hell.
In April, my best friend (in person) and I are travelling from Florida to Tennessee to meet IRL with other gamers for a LAN gaming competition that will include Battlezone and Unreal Tournament. I would never have taken such a trip if it wasn't for online relationships.
This study sounds like just another way to hype the scarier potential aspects of the Internet (e.g. watch out or the next generation will be reclusive and socially retarded due to lack of social interaction.) BS.
Perhaps if we offer females more scholarships for science we can help reverse this trend. I sure hope so...
I don't know - Katz is a big boy and has repeatedly stepped up to defend himself, as seen in his recent Ask Slashdot responses. I agree about posting on-topic responses though, since that is supposed to be the whole idea of this forum.
Umm. OK.
The difference is (that) no software in the history of Microsoft development has ever been through the incredible, rigorous internal and external testing that Windows 2000 has been through."
Yeah! Because every OS from M$ has lacked sufficient testing; including this one, it would seem.
In my opinion an unused domain should never be sold for more than 75$. If it is, then someone is ripping someone else off.
It is not ripping someone off; it is capitalism. It is smart business to look for potentially valuable assets on the web in the form of domain names. If I read the Wall Street Journal and notice that Company A and Company B are merging and I predict and register the resulting company's desired domain before they do, it is a legitimate move and I deserve to be paid a *lot* more than $75 for the insight.
(How's that for a run-on sentence?)
Blizzard.net was registered 14 months before this became an issue. Even if the website was unused it wouldn't matter. Maybe he just wants a cool domain name and that is fine until he starts trying to draw or drive business away from blizzard.com.
I am curious to know what you would consider a run-on sentence, but enough of that anyway. Yes, I could uncheck Katz articles, but I live with the hope that I will enjoy *something* he writes. Besides, it's like driving past a car wreck - you just have to look :)
I hope they show their work - I only got through Physics 2 and Calc 3.
However, The industry of which Gates has been the titular head of [redundant] for years has historically exhibited scant generosity, empathy, or social vision, although recently having discovered the need for better public relations, has begun making some gestures towards charity. [run-on] is clearly a run-on. He uses "has" twice; read it again.
My point is this: if Katz is writing for a living, he ought to pay attention to the details of his job, just as any of us. If I didn't care enough to check spelling on print queue names I set up, or directories I create, I would look pretty sloppy. And so does Katz [fragment]. I guess I nitpick because I tire of his writing, in general, and his lack of attention to detail and research, in particular.
I call it stupid too, but it is neither "hacking" nor "cracking" and the media should just call it what it is: distributed DoS.
Very likely, yes. If I am a Ford employee and my coworkers/friends and I all receive home PC's, we are very likely to start discussing how we are using the PC's at home. We will probably send email and chat at least some of the time. We will probably end up discussing work-related issues since it is a common bond between us. Ford benefits -- probably. If the rumor mill grows as a result, and that also seems likely, Ford may find its internal politics on the rise. However, I expect that most people will act with some decorum and will accomplish more than they hinder with their new-found connectivity.
will we finally see a standard of privacy explictly formed for non-realtime(logged by protocol necessity, like email or ICQ) yet highly informal conversation?
I doubt that any corporation is going to say "well, you said this on your own time, so we don't mind you trashing the CEO." If the forum involves other employees of Ford, or the corporation is mentioned in a public statement, the author will be held accountable.
I've *had* a coworker lose her job over a minorly snide comment on a discussion forum.
This is really unfortunate, but it is not impossible to forsee. As always - when you are on the record, watch what you say.
Ford's announcement last week that it was giving away computers, color monitors and Net access to each of its 350,000 world-wide employees and their families didn't make as much news as the cracking of Yahoo and AOL. But it deserves more attention. [fragment] It was ground-breaking, technological history in the making. If this idea spreads, it could take the Net and the Web to completely new levels, and upend stereotypes (many advanced by yours truly) about greedy corporatism. Computer companies, schools and governments ought to be mortified that they didn't think of it first. Read more. Here's [one?] of the most telling statistics ever offered about Microsoft: In l996, a New York City telecommunications consulting firm concluded that Bill Gates could buy a computer for every unwired kid [children without wires?] in America for roughly $6 billion, a fraction of his total wealth. In fact, said the study on the uneven distribution of technology in American education, if Gates invested the interest on his wealth for a couple of years, he could buy those computers without even dipping into his principal. The industry of which Gates has been the titular head of [redundant] for years has historically exhibited scant generosity, empathy, or social vision, although recently having discovered the need for better public relations, has begun making some gestures towards charity. [run-on] Bill Gates has personally given hundreds of millions to charitable causes, along with some Silicon Valley moguls, but bold and dramatic moves towards technological equality and empowerment are not in the nature of modern corporations.
I can't take anymore.
BTW:
The 3D acceleration however is pretty slow under Linux mainly because the (glide) 3dfx drivers have not been optimised and won't be until XFree v4.0.0 is released, so I tend to play the game in Windows still.
I understand the Matrox is the best-supported card for Linux. I will be deciding my next accelerator purchase based on its Linux support :)
I disagree that blizzard.net is offering a service that interferes with blizzard.com. They provide email and web forwarding, which can never be confused with games.
Heehee! I would love to read the answers.
That is what I have been trying to get at. It may not be possible or practical now, but with the increasing pace of technological advancement it soon will be. I just wanted you rocket scientists (literally) to explain what limitations we currently face so I have an idea how long it will be before this is a reality. It does sound pretty impractical at the moment.
So the limitation is fuel ...
Hehe - sleep well and thanks. Now to break this immutable law of physics thingy ...
Now that is just damn fascinating - I never heard nor understood that before. Now I wonder why that codependency exists (Laws of Physics, yeah, yeah), and can it be broken.
Geez, I wish my brother would stop posting this stuff.
Hate to quote myself, but that is what I needed to hear. Thanks for the explanation.