At least there are tools like Remote Assistance in WinXP that can help - I was able to use it a couple weeks ago to save myself a 45-minute drive. I was actually pretty impressed with the performance, considering my in-laws machine was just using dial-up access...
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But then again, disuse of the Google API could lead them to ignore development there. Sounds kinda like Goldilocks here...
I'm sure by the time that the 2nd generation of wireless after this is rolled out, 2gbps will be accessible to the everyday consumer. So just sit tight, wait until 2007 or so, and quit whining! We'll get there when we get there...
Wow, that's some real insight there. And I suppose if you looked at EVERY successful company over the past 4 years, you'd find every reason to avoid giving leadership the credit.
Yes, you do sound bitter - you wouldn't happen to be a downtrodden middle manager, would you?
To get access to an entire run of a comic strip is indeed a value worth paying for. While I'm not much of a fan of this particular strip, I hope this works out - it could serve as a model for other strips as well.
Speaking of, what other strips would people like to see republished online?
"Roughly 40 percent focus primarily on Linux. These priorities will switch places almost number-for-number next year. Actually, more than 50 percent plan to focus primarily on Linux and less than 40 percent on Windows, so the switch favors Linux. But because the differences are within the margin of error, it is essentially a symmetrical reversal of fortune where Linux will take priority over Windows starting next year. "
So the margin of error is at least in the 5-10% area? That sounds quite large, for a survey that purports to take in a wide range of developers. Methinks the author is taking an overly optimistic view of the subject matter - but that's not really surprising...
My understanding of the RIAA argument is "Record sales are down, therefore that must be caused by filesharing". Perhaps they miss the point that the general public is bored and disinterested with the bland repetitive "product" which these companies provide. Today, the music industry is not about music but about product.
I wouldn't argue that filesharing has little or no impact on the decline in CD sales. Instead, I'd say that this is a very good thing. A large part of society is basically saying that there isn't much value in the record companies burning CD's of prepackaged music for them and selling it to them at a healthy markup. Communal file sharing can be as transformative to our society as the Gutenberg press was, but the brutal fact is that there will be some parties that will lose big as a result (i.e. the record companies), while society as a whole gets a huge win, in the increased access to artistic content. Protecting the record companies now would be akin to protecting the companies who made punch cards for the computers of years past - it's a bad bet, period.
"Unfortunately, requisitions are always written so that only the program they want will work"
That's an awfully broad statement - any vendor selection process that starts from the vendor's perspective is doomed to budget bloat and ultimate dissatisfaction. What is really needed is not a mandate that such-and-such software is considered, but more of a mandate that governments (just like businesses) need qualified systems analysts to drive these decisions. What's often lacking in government is the combination of technical and business expertise to make the proper match between requirements and technology.
I highly doubt that - the banks have every reason to make this desirable and easy to use, so protections would be put in place similar to the credit card fraud protection that is now common.
Quite simply, the reduction in trade barriers has led to the widest expansion of economic activity ever seen - basic commodity prices have plummeted over the course of decades, allowing basic industry to thrive across the globe. In China, for example, tens of millions of people are being lifted above the poverty line every year due to their new access to global markets.
People need to get a sense of perspective. Times aren't that bad - they just seem so compared to the excesses of the 90's.
My fave - the CTRL+Enter which fills in the "www." and ".com" in IE's location bar. Ideally, you'd be able to configure ATL+Enter and/or Shift+Enter for.org and.edu or something...
Not exactly a proper comparison - "Hollywood", for example, has no beef with the console gaming industry, and their problems with PC's have nothing to do with gaming, but piracy of copyrighted content. Hollywood and the gaming industry are coming closer together - they're hardly adversaries...
Red Hat is attempting to both leverage the cost-advantage of Linux, but also offer enterprise-class service and support. This is an essential step for Linux to take off in the business arena, since no CIO is going to stake his career on a grassroots OS. He/She has to have a financially stable vendor that can be relied on to handle the R&D to provide regular upgrades, as well as provide emergency support as needed.
Quite the contrary - there isn't a single personal attack in the review. The content of the book and its assertions are pretty much torn apart, but there isn't any slam directly on the author...
What sort of applications would this be used for? PC-based terminals like cash registers and the like, which could then be maintained from a central point using a web interface? I'm just trying to wrap my head around why this would be useful...
You have to understand - once every generation, the Tigers rise up and have a great team (1984, 1968, 1945, etc.). In the meantime, they usually fight hard and contend at least until the end of April. That, at least, removes any distractions from watching the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup playoffs...
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At least there are tools like Remote Assistance in WinXP that can help - I was able to use it a couple weeks ago to save myself a 45-minute drive. I was actually pretty impressed with the performance, considering my in-laws machine was just using dial-up access...
But then again, disuse of the Google API could lead them to ignore development there. Sounds kinda like Goldilocks here...
I'm sure by the time that the 2nd generation of wireless after this is rolled out, 2gbps will be accessible to the everyday consumer. So just sit tight, wait until 2007 or so, and quit whining! We'll get there when we get there...
Yes, you do sound bitter - you wouldn't happen to be a downtrodden middle manager, would you?
Speaking of, what other strips would people like to see republished online?
So the margin of error is at least in the 5-10% area? That sounds quite large, for a survey that purports to take in a wide range of developers. Methinks the author is taking an overly optimistic view of the subject matter - but that's not really surprising...
I wouldn't argue that filesharing has little or no impact on the decline in CD sales. Instead, I'd say that this is a very good thing. A large part of society is basically saying that there isn't much value in the record companies burning CD's of prepackaged music for them and selling it to them at a healthy markup. Communal file sharing can be as transformative to our society as the Gutenberg press was, but the brutal fact is that there will be some parties that will lose big as a result (i.e. the record companies), while society as a whole gets a huge win, in the increased access to artistic content. Protecting the record companies now would be akin to protecting the companies who made punch cards for the computers of years past - it's a bad bet, period.
sounds simple enough... stick a midget inside!
That's insightful??? You modders never fail to surprise me...
That's an awfully broad statement - any vendor selection process that starts from the vendor's perspective is doomed to budget bloat and ultimate dissatisfaction. What is really needed is not a mandate that such-and-such software is considered, but more of a mandate that governments (just like businesses) need qualified systems analysts to drive these decisions. What's often lacking in government is the combination of technical and business expertise to make the proper match between requirements and technology.
I highly doubt that - the banks have every reason to make this desirable and easy to use, so protections would be put in place similar to the credit card fraud protection that is now common.
People need to get a sense of perspective. Times aren't that bad - they just seem so compared to the excesses of the 90's.
Here's my vote for public flogging of spammers...
My fave - the CTRL+Enter which fills in the "www." and ".com" in IE's location bar. Ideally, you'd be able to configure ATL+Enter and/or Shift+Enter for .org and .edu or something...
Not exactly a proper comparison - "Hollywood", for example, has no beef with the console gaming industry, and their problems with PC's have nothing to do with gaming, but piracy of copyrighted content. Hollywood and the gaming industry are coming closer together - they're hardly adversaries...
Gee, good thing you know your metaphors, otherwise you'd be stirring a can of worms by leaving the wrong impression.
Maybe we can get ole Danny Boy to ride along with the next Mars mission. Let's tell him he'll be allowed to play fetch with Red Rover...
Just make sure the next one brings a surf board...
Red Hat is attempting to both leverage the cost-advantage of Linux, but also offer enterprise-class service and support. This is an essential step for Linux to take off in the business arena, since no CIO is going to stake his career on a grassroots OS. He/She has to have a financially stable vendor that can be relied on to handle the R&D to provide regular upgrades, as well as provide emergency support as needed.
Quite the contrary - there isn't a single personal attack in the review. The content of the book and its assertions are pretty much torn apart, but there isn't any slam directly on the author...
And what does that have to do with anything? Corporate speech and individual speech are equally protected under the First Amendment.
Let's storm Congress, then - obviously they're the source...
What sort of applications would this be used for? PC-based terminals like cash registers and the like, which could then be maintained from a central point using a web interface? I'm just trying to wrap my head around why this would be useful...
Slashdotter's can like sports, it's just that most can't play them without causing serious injury to themselves and/or others...
You have to understand - once every generation, the Tigers rise up and have a great team (1984, 1968, 1945, etc.). In the meantime, they usually fight hard and contend at least until the end of April. That, at least, removes any distractions from watching the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup playoffs...