I found that joke to be very arousi^H^H^H^H^H^Hjuvenile and I have a hard time reading the rest of the article without an erec^H^H^H^H^H^H prejudicial eye.
If you think Wikipedia has no hierarchy, you are living in a dream world. Admins, Mediators, Arbitrators, Checkusers, Oversighters, Bureaucrats, Stewards. Wikipedia has a huge problem
...and that problem is its creeping bureaucracy. Numerous well-established, notable, encyclopaedic articles have been deleted due to the politics or groupthink du jour.
I bit that bullet last gen -- PS3 and Linux everywhere else...The PS3 cost me what my new video card for gaming would've cost...
I did PS3 / MacBook Pro, which was great two years ago when the PS3's GeForce 7800 architecture was fresh. It's still OK now, but some games, especially first person shooters, do make it tempting to buy a PC games machine which you can easily upgrade with the graphics card of your choice.
Obviously it would be better to have the phone, or an iPod Touch, but the SDK does come with an iPhone emulator. It's not essential to have the device.
Well you can just convert FLACs to Apple Lossless with no quality loss, since they're both lossless.
Good point. Your post inspired me to get XLD and convert all my FLACs to Apple Lossless. It can do the reverse, too, so it's good to know that one day if I decide iTunes is FTL, I can convert the whole library to FLAC in 4 hours of processing (it runs at 60x).
I think the best thing companies can do it make it easy for people to buy things legitimately, make the legitimate buying experience better than the illegal copying, and provide things that are a good value for the money.
Proof of concept: iTunes Store - 6 billion legal downloads and counting.
I know - me too. I bought the PS3 version on launch day, but nevertheless would have bought the PC version too if it didn't require activation and have SecuROM. I refuse to buy any game that is likely not to be installable in 10 years time because the activation servers have been switched off. Good job I'm not a fan of MMORPGs:)
In the past Microsoft has used the threat of forcing OEMs to pay for the retail version of Windows to prevent them from selling dual-boot systems.
I know. It also all but forces customers to do something illegal or, frankly, weird, like having to buy a cable or an FDD with the OS to validate the purchase, unless you want to pay twice the cost for the same piece of software. I had to buy a 5-user Windows CAL once so that I could qualify for a certain level of discount. Having to jump through hoops like this before you even install the software starts your relationship with Microsoft in the manner it is likely to continue as a user.
Unix as AD server makes sense basically only when you are adding Windows to a Unix environment.
We thought about this after gradually going from an almost entirely Windows server room to a fully Linux server room except for two NT4 domain controllers. I read up on the subject and realised it wasn't worth it.
I get the impression that danboid wants to do this to satisfy his/her own ethical or career reasons - (s)he has a small budget and wants to be in charge of a proper, beefy Linux server, not a pair of Windows boxes. I understand that, but you do have to put the customer first here. I'll bet the customer is happy with its 'aging AD servers' - our NT4 DCs ran for 10 years - if the back office stuff works, nobody cares what it's running except those who sit in the server room all day admiring their empire. I know because I was once that person - I even wanted to retire two servers just because they were the only beige boxes left in the server room.
Windows 7 should go back to home and pro setup no 5+ vers like vista.
Disagree. Windows as a desktop OS should go down to one version, and dump the retail/OEM distinction too - this is all complexity introduced for the sake of pure greed. Maybe even dump Media Center Edition; any variation for purpose can be handled during installation. Choose a fair price point, oh I don't know, maybe $129, and that's the price of Windows whether you're upgrading or building a new machine; whether you're building a corporate desktop or a home PC.
This is, by far, the best beta operating system the software giant has ever released.
By what measure? Certainly not stability or usability. I found Windows NT 5.0 Beta 2 perfectly usable as my daily OS - and I liked it. It not only got me excited about Windows 2000, but also increased my confidence in the stability of the final release. On the strength of that beta my company didn't even wait for SP1 before rollout. In contrast, Windows 7 Beta 2 crashes constantly for me and others I know, just like the Vista release candidates did. I remember loading a Vista RC and thinking "God, this is a release candidate?!"
I'm not complaining about Windows 7 Beta being unstable - but to say it's the best beta MS has released is wholly inaccurate.
I buy games based on gameplay footage found on YouTube, backed up by customer reviews on Amazon. I've given a little back, too, posting my own footage and submitting my own reviews if I have a strong opinion on a game.
But in the realm of Reality®-based budgets, the Grados still provide great "bang for the buck."
Sure - and practical too as they will work without an amp if needed. My best bang/buck headphones are the HD600, which I bought used for $110 and hammered for thousands of hours. They don't work without an amp, though:(
Do the people on the street buying Apple really know who Jobs is?
Yes, at least somewhat, thanks to mainstream media coverage. I went to lunch with my (non-geek) sister today. She asked me if I'd heard that Apple boss "Steve somebody" was too ill to work and "apparently he's the heart of the company." News about Jobs' health, along with other Apple news, is regularly front-page material on BBC News Online, which allegedly has 14 million users per week.
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I found that joke to be very arousi^H^H^H^H^H^Hjuvenile and I have a hard time reading the rest of the article without an erec^H^H^H^H^H^H prejudicial eye.
No one was confused. Nor would they care if they were.
Nice. Have you thought about counselling as a career? Or maybe life coaching?
LOL...MS couldn't come up with anything nearly as sophisticated as the iPhone
Er, I think the GP was making a point about Apple's business practices - i.e. innovation-stifling, monopolistic, evil.
A computer-implemented method...
Oh God, is iPhone becoming self-aware?
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
In Soviet Russia, the laws of thermodynamics obey YOU!
That's a stupid cheap shot.
God, it was a joke.
They do some very good, very fundamental computer science research.
Shame their work never makes it into the company's products!
If you think Wikipedia has no hierarchy, you are living in a dream world. Admins, Mediators, Arbitrators, Checkusers, Oversighters, Bureaucrats, Stewards. Wikipedia has a huge problem
...and that problem is its creeping bureaucracy. Numerous well-established, notable, encyclopaedic articles have been deleted due to the politics or groupthink du jour.
...in the Microsoft Research building... you are allowed to use any platform you want
Yeah - it's easier to copy competitors' operating system features hands-on than it is with just pictures.
I bit that bullet last gen -- PS3 and Linux everywhere else...The PS3 cost me what my new video card for gaming would've cost...
I did PS3 / MacBook Pro, which was great two years ago when the PS3's GeForce 7800 architecture was fresh. It's still OK now, but some games, especially first person shooters, do make it tempting to buy a PC games machine which you can easily upgrade with the graphics card of your choice.
Your post made me laugh, even if it didn't amuse the mods :)
then you need the phone
Obviously it would be better to have the phone, or an iPod Touch, but the SDK does come with an iPhone emulator. It's not essential to have the device.
That's not the point. Take out the parenthetical aside in the second sentence and you're left with this
Thank you. At least someone understands my complaint.
Well you can just convert FLACs to Apple Lossless with no quality loss, since they're both lossless.
Good point. Your post inspired me to get XLD and convert all my FLACs to Apple Lossless. It can do the reverse, too, so it's good to know that one day if I decide iTunes is FTL, I can convert the whole library to FLAC in 4 hours of processing (it runs at 60x).
I think the best thing companies can do it make it easy for people to buy things legitimately, make the legitimate buying experience better than the illegal copying, and provide things that are a good value for the money.
Proof of concept: iTunes Store - 6 billion legal downloads and counting.
the best hardware and software support of any lossless codec
...except for the most popular combination in the world[Citation Needed]: iPod and iTunes.
I am so sorely disappointed by the GTA IV port.
I know - me too. I bought the PS3 version on launch day, but nevertheless would have bought the PC version too if it didn't require activation and have SecuROM. I refuse to buy any game that is likely not to be installable in 10 years time because the activation servers have been switched off. Good job I'm not a fan of MMORPGs :)
In the past Microsoft has used the threat of forcing OEMs to pay for the retail version of Windows to prevent them from selling dual-boot systems.
I know. It also all but forces customers to do something illegal or, frankly, weird, like having to buy a cable or an FDD with the OS to validate the purchase, unless you want to pay twice the cost for the same piece of software. I had to buy a 5-user Windows CAL once so that I could qualify for a certain level of discount. Having to jump through hoops like this before you even install the software starts your relationship with Microsoft in the manner it is likely to continue as a user.
and taking the trouble to notice the article I submitted was 13 years old -- whoops
One problem I have with the editors is that some don't take the time to write a coherent summary. See this example from TFS:
The odd thing is that this 13-year-old article recaps research (refereed and published in a respected economics journal) 19 years ago.
Does that make sense to someone?
Unix as AD server makes sense basically only when you are adding Windows to a Unix environment.
We thought about this after gradually going from an almost entirely Windows server room to a fully Linux server room except for two NT4 domain controllers. I read up on the subject and realised it wasn't worth it.
I get the impression that danboid wants to do this to satisfy his/her own ethical or career reasons - (s)he has a small budget and wants to be in charge of a proper, beefy Linux server, not a pair of Windows boxes. I understand that, but you do have to put the customer first here. I'll bet the customer is happy with its 'aging AD servers' - our NT4 DCs ran for 10 years - if the back office stuff works, nobody cares what it's running except those who sit in the server room all day admiring their empire. I know because I was once that person - I even wanted to retire two servers just because they were the only beige boxes left in the server room.
Windows 7 should go back to home and pro setup no 5+ vers like vista.
Disagree. Windows as a desktop OS should go down to one version, and dump the retail/OEM distinction too - this is all complexity introduced for the sake of pure greed. Maybe even dump Media Center Edition; any variation for purpose can be handled during installation. Choose a fair price point, oh I don't know, maybe $129, and that's the price of Windows whether you're upgrading or building a new machine; whether you're building a corporate desktop or a home PC.
This is, by far, the best beta operating system the software giant has ever released.
By what measure? Certainly not stability or usability. I found Windows NT 5.0 Beta 2 perfectly usable as my daily OS - and I liked it. It not only got me excited about Windows 2000, but also increased my confidence in the stability of the final release. On the strength of that beta my company didn't even wait for SP1 before rollout. In contrast, Windows 7 Beta 2 crashes constantly for me and others I know, just like the Vista release candidates did. I remember loading a Vista RC and thinking "God, this is a release candidate?!"
I'm not complaining about Windows 7 Beta being unstable - but to say it's the best beta MS has released is wholly inaccurate.
...we'd like to be able to replace the two aging AD servers with a single, more powerful Linux server
Whichever system you end up using, I strongly discourage building your network around a single server.
I buy games based on gameplay footage found on YouTube, backed up by customer reviews on Amazon. I've given a little back, too, posting my own footage and submitting my own reviews if I have a strong opinion on a game.
But in the realm of Reality®-based budgets, the Grados still provide great "bang for the buck."
Sure - and practical too as they will work without an amp if needed. My best bang/buck headphones are the HD600, which I bought used for $110 and hammered for thousands of hours. They don't work without an amp, though :(
Do the people on the street buying Apple really know who Jobs is?
Yes, at least somewhat, thanks to mainstream media coverage. I went to lunch with my (non-geek) sister today. She asked me if I'd heard that Apple boss "Steve somebody" was too ill to work and "apparently he's the heart of the company." News about Jobs' health, along with other Apple news, is regularly front-page material on BBC News Online, which allegedly has 14 million users per week.