The webbrowser itself was a response to the big killer app, the internet.
Actually you got it backwards. Web browser is the killer app for the Internet. Mosaic/Netscape were that. Now that market is saturated. Firefox by itself is not a killer app - it's just a refined implementation in a well-established market.
By analogy, napster was a killer app, but modern P2P programs (however better they may be) are not (except perhaps bittorrent).
most people aren't focusing any of the blame on MS, but imo they should since this is exactly the sort of thing people have warned MS's crap security and disrespect of the user would lead to.
Ironically, isn't it the opposite? Wouldn't it be disrespectful of the user to NOT trust them with admin privs?
I know am self-aware. I am human. You are human. You are probably self-aware too. Higher animals are a lot like humans. They are probably self-aware too. A roach is very different from me - probably now self-aware. A tree is even more different from me - almost definitely not self-aware.
Have you been to Science and Industry Museum in Chicago? The main floor is so commercial, I can't call it a museum anymore.
The Farm exhibit might as well be called John Deere. Or the Petroleum Planet. It has a kid-targeted exhibit/game called "41 Days to Glory". Instructions (literal quote):
"Transport crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the Chicago area in time for the big NASCAR race."
Another quote:
"Our national reserve currently has approximately 150 billion barrels of crude oil - enough for another 70 years".
Umm, yay? Or the Enterprise Exhibit. It features a climbing wall/"adventure game" for small kids (pic). Quote on the wall:
"Our competitor is suing us over our juggling reindeer campaign. Should we: a) settle the lawsuit? b) go to court?"
So, yes, based on this I'd say we should keep corporate money out of museums.
is that the plan might actually work. I mean, on a per minute basis, it is actually a better deal than ring tones. Who is buying this stuff and why are they buying it I have no idea. Where's Darwin when you need him?
Huh? That would be true if this was a free market built around a commodity product. However, the copyright law ensures that this is not the case. If you put people in a room, pump the air out and then be the only one to sell them canisters at $100 a cu ft, I bet they'd pay too.
Only true if by "degrade gracefully" you mean "write a separate version". That's like saying my C app is portable because I also have a Java version. Working around IE bugs is hard enough, but it's peanuts compared to supporting a whole new code base (which only 1% of the people are going to use).
I have to hand it to Sony marketing execs. Ordinarily they would be hard-pressed to sell even a few dozen copies of that CD. Throw in some DRM and now you have millions of geeks buying the CD trying to break it (or verify somebody else's claims of having broken it). That stuff is so good you can't even torrent it.
Slashdot Mirror
just sayin'...
Anyone want to place bets on how secure it is?
The screenshots look pretty secure to me...
I was typing one day, at work. Just typing, tapping the hours merrily away, and suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, my computer rebooted.
Ellen Fleiss, is it you?
Chances are Intel has released newer processors in the last 10 years. Those ads may not apply to those.
I work with digital video and audio
Heh-heh, don't we all?
*checks on bittorrent progress*
How much did you pay for it?
Right, and no Slashdot blurb ever had any sarcasm in it. Ever. No sirree.
The webbrowser itself was a response to the big killer app, the internet.
Actually you got it backwards. Web browser is the killer app for the Internet. Mosaic/Netscape were that. Now that market is saturated. Firefox by itself is not a killer app - it's just a refined implementation in a well-established market.
By analogy, napster was a killer app, but modern P2P programs (however better they may be) are not (except perhaps bittorrent).
most people aren't focusing any of the blame on MS, but imo they should since this is exactly the sort of thing people have warned MS's crap security and disrespect of the user would lead to.
Ironically, isn't it the opposite? Wouldn't it be disrespectful of the user to NOT trust them with admin privs?
No, he's saying that *some* things are easier in one language than another. What those things are differs from language to language.
I know am self-aware.
I am human.
You are human.
You are probably self-aware too.
Higher animals are a lot like humans.
They are probably self-aware too.
A roach is very different from me - probably now self-aware.
A tree is even more different from me - almost definitely not self-aware.
Lawrence Lessig
Have you been to Science and Industry Museum in Chicago? The main floor is so commercial, I can't call it a museum anymore.
The Farm exhibit might as well be called John Deere.
Or the Petroleum Planet. It has a kid-targeted exhibit/game called "41 Days to Glory". Instructions (literal quote):
"Transport crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the Chicago area in time for the big NASCAR race."
Another quote:
"Our national reserve currently has approximately 150 billion barrels of crude oil - enough for another 70 years".
Umm, yay? Or the Enterprise Exhibit. It features a climbing wall/"adventure game" for small kids (pic). Quote on the wall:
"Our competitor is suing us over our juggling reindeer campaign. Should we: a) settle the lawsuit? b) go to court?"
So, yes, based on this I'd say we should keep corporate money out of museums.
is that the plan might actually work. I mean, on a per minute basis, it is actually a better deal than ring tones. Who is buying this stuff and why are they buying it I have no idea. Where's Darwin when you need him?
It's a fair price if people will pay it.
Huh? That would be true if this was a free market built around a commodity product. However, the copyright law ensures that this is not the case. If you put people in a room, pump the air out and then be the only one to sell them canisters at $100 a cu ft, I bet they'd pay too.
Well, my comment is still true, but if you're married it's a feature, not a bug.
Plus, it's incredibly geeky. What's not to love?
Apparently all of the females your new car won't be able to attract.
I don't get these modern jokes
Agree, they're cringe-inducing at best
Watch out for all the 'Geeks popping a cap in your mother' jokes.
Sorry I couldn't resist
it's longer than the suspect's skull during interrogation
Ajax apps like GMail can now degrade gracefully
Only true if by "degrade gracefully" you mean "write a separate version". That's like saying my C app is portable because I also have a Java version. Working around IE bugs is hard enough, but it's peanuts compared to supporting a whole new code base (which only 1% of the people are going to use).
You misspelled "Richard Nixon"
I have to hand it to Sony marketing execs. Ordinarily they would be hard-pressed to sell even a few dozen copies of that CD. Throw in some DRM and now you have millions of geeks buying the CD trying to break it (or verify somebody else's claims of having broken it). That stuff is so good you can't even torrent it.
I love the language of this article, like geeks are pets or something
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Reminds me of one of my personal favorite comments:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=65302&cid=602
It was my impression that it's those who buy progressively larger things are the ones compensating.