Yes I know, but that is not what is being discussed really. The issue is that TV studios have yet to really find a way to make money, other than selling (iTunes) the show online. An ad on the online video is not going to yield as much as a traditional ad would. That just needs to change really. When viewership online gets to the point where companies are willing to pay more and more for them, then things will be fine. Right now, that is certainly not the case. Everyone is going to have to adapt or face losing their ass. The RIAA and MPAA are perfect examples of fighting innovation and technology because they are afraid of change.
Money. Ads that are being missed are used to fund the station which produces the show. If the station lost that money that show would not be made. It is a two way street.
Blizzard, though in another area of programs altogether, is going through the same problems with the huge success of WoW. They are attacking it in a different way(which may actually work), but it is too early to tell. They more or less split the company into WoW related things and everything else. They moved game masters and content people away from everyone else working on other projects. Of course they are still the same company and all, the distinction is there. Though with the success of WoW, red tape is everywhere and bureaucracy tends to be part of the job now, where it was never before.
I will be watching how Blizzard continues to expand and produce now that everything goes through the "channels." With the expansion getting pushed back, I have to believe that they still care about the product the are giving to their customers. That is the reputation they have and why their fan base is as loyal as it is - They care. Lets see if it holds up with StarCraft 2:)
Blizzard has always been good with communicating bugs, errors, and others issues to and with its customers. Pre World of Warcraft Blizzard saw numerous bugs, hacks and errors posted and discussed on their forums where open communication with the actual developers was the norm. Sure, many game companies do the same now, but Blizzard was a huge company before WoW and you would often see discussions with the top dogs of the company. Rob Pardo use to reply to balance issues in a discussion format(forum) instead of just a static post. While Blizzard has grown and changed, many would still agree they still prize a good product for their customers and making sure it remains good.
I have my issues with the new Blizzard that made WoW, but deep down I know they still care about making a quality product for their customers.
Some valid points that I agree with. Generally speaking Bill is wrong, obviously. You made the point that he has at least touched on a problem our society may be facing soon. The lack of real world experience and the common sense that goes along with an over embrace of technology is a problem. People are less in touch with their environment than ever before, though they do have a far great grasp of technology, which is forever a part of our lives now.
Geeks and Nerds alike, as you mentioned, are less likely to go to a bar or party, but we all know that time is filled up with another semi-social activity online, usually a game or discussion board of sorts. While I consider these fine and dandy, it cannot be all you know. The world as we know it isnt going to just change, instead it will evolve with technology. Social skills are still going to be just as important as they were 10 years ago - we are social beings with social needs. Every nerd holes up in Azeroth still wants to find that Night Elf of his dreams, and he doesnt want the digital version either. He will still long for the physical connection you get with a partner. I have never heard of a online couple getting married after meeting through a game and then not ever seeing each other. Now if that was happening, we have a case for a looming disaster that may hurt society.
I think we are in a period of history where we are truly in unchartered territory with technology likely to rapidly change our lives over the next 10 years. The thing is people are seeing its use and effect as a bad thing when it has only been a trend for a short time. It is a good thing that younger people and in larger numbers, are using the internet and technology. Sure they might lose out on some other aspects of life. The sooner technology becomes engrained in our lives from a younger age though, the sooner we can adjust our lives with technology to make it better.
This got way to long and off point so I will end it here. I just wanted to make the point that people need human interaction to develop social skills and understand the world we live in. At the same time, technology is a powerful tool that is not going away and must be embraced. We should be looking at technology as an extension of our lives, not merely our lives.
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In terms of HTML and CSS information, the topics are well chosen, and the coverage of browser hacks and workarounds is excellent. Also, the most critical parts of the code are helpfully bolded. For those readers completely unfamiliar with JavaScript, it is used only where unavoidable.
Use of hacks? Sweet!
Hacks are a bad practice that has been challenged and debated for a while now. I though, and correct me if I am wrong, that conditional HTML statements were the best way to go. Nowadays, why would someone want a book that is going to lead you to write non-compliant code.
It was horrible and did little but cast some doubt on the whole situation (thats hard!) - It was obviously bias and did little to present both sides of the story. They just spun whatever they wanted, just like everyone does, all the time. Nobody is going to be convinced either way by this and it was pretty much pointless as far as I am concerned.
Here is the long and short of it: E-Voting machines are not perfect and we need to secure them for 100% accuracy.
That is it, sorry to disappoint - the evidence they had saying Diebold favored the GOP were hearsay at best.
I certainly hope we do not come to trust offshore programming in our military systems. The risks are far to numerous to even consider the use of that code. Instead of buying the software and looking at every function, why not just code everything yourself? Anything produced in-house could be checked as its being made and be much easier to work with. Who knows, the military is often the entity that spurs advancements things they need and use and they could possibly help the commercial sector with whatever they end up doing.
as the days go by and technology advances, we get closer and closer to waking up in 1984. Lets just hope we know how to check the calendar and change the day huh?
We all knew this day would come and it is a good thing! So much can go wrong with anything mechanical like this, but we are embracing technology and trusting it to serve us well. I hope things go smoothly and without a hitch, making for a steady, safe, and confident switch to electronic voting machines. The worse part about all of this is that problems can be hard to find and may not show up until after the fact, making for a nightmare nobody wants to be involved with.
Here is to a problem free election in Arizona and across the states!
Actually I am not one of those people as I only run Linux on servers I use. Windows had their chance with me and lost me a while back, though maybe this will allow me to at least consider a Windows based system. I do agree though, it is probably just agreement to make PHP play well wtih Windows. Nonetheless, there is nothing bad about that as far as I can see.
This is good news as far as I am concerned. Additional support from a major provider of server OS's to a widely used OPEN SOURCE language can and will help. It is not like PHP is only thing out there now and its flaws are more apparent now with the whole web 2.0 and its corresponding languages. Maybe some support and extra innovation will keep it viable and maintain its developers/users. I know I have been looking to other languages more and more as time goes by.
What does this mean for ASP though? Short answer is probably nothing I am guessing, but could this mean something down the road?
... is focused towards buyouts of non-profitable companies by other companies instead of IPO offerings, hurting individuals who invest. What web 2.0 companies have gone public without a profitable business plan lately? None? This may be a bubble, but it is a much better one that will not set the industry back if it bursts. Instead, those companies who bought out others, and their investors/shareholders will feel the hit, but not the tune of a bankrupt company. Instead of hurting our precious industry and job security, other companies will turn their bad choices into opportunity to gain ground and emerge as the new leader.
The best programmers are most likely to be sought by companies, not vice versa. To think the best of the best will be looking at job boards seems silly to me. People like that will be in demand to the point where companies find them. It sounds like your approach is a little off. I mean really, what super programmer is out of work to the point they are looking on job boards?
That is a decision to be made by our government and the answer would probably be "No"
Other countries have the ability to do that already and what do we do? Nothing really... but in times of war where said country is involved... yea shoot it down or whatever. It is better to have the ability to choose how to handle situations like that then not be able to.
Also, if they are spying on the US and intend to use that information to hurt our country somehow... then you say let it be if we know about it? Maybe the UN can send a strongly worded letter to them and if they dont stop then we can shoot it down?
No, more like the ability to destroy/render useless those satellites, should a conflict arise. In times of peace(We need more) then lets things happen, but have the ability and presence that when war breaks, we can be assured our use of space and its technology it offers. Likewise, we want to make sure those opposing us cannot have those same things if we can.
If were to lose our presence in space to a country at war with us, lets say China, then there would not be much of a war would there? That is all I am saying - if we are able to be knocked out of space, then we are very venerable. Sure being the top dog brings us unwanted hatred from others, but such is life. I would rather be the hated than the hater.
the existence of Nerds, Geeks, and Dorks was confirmed by a new study on internet addiction.
Seriously though, the internet is something it is mostly self destructive, not like alcoholism, and once you are able to step away, you are fine. I have had my periods of time where I spent 16 hours a day on the computer, but then I went outside and all was well. Many of these people are socially inept people who have a social life online - so what, better than the alternative of TV or becoming some weird freak who cruises the street with face paint on.
Well I often disagree with our administration, but not on this. We should be proactive and dominate in space as to secure it for how we want to use it. You make it sound like it is something it is not. We are going to have a dominate presence, like our Navy has in space. Other Navys can exist, but like the sea or air, controlling it or more importantly the ability to control it, is vital. When shit hits the fan, I want to be the top dog controlling what we and what others are able to do either for or against us.
The world is not a socialist utopia and plans should be made for all situations, including space. We live in a world that fucked seven ways from Sunday and you must be ignorant to that fact?
I say we dominate space so we can secure that our lack of dominance wont be used against us.
It does not change the fact that the fixes are easy to do and also worth doing. I think IE7 is a great browser and really, the only people that wont use it are OS X people and nerds/geeks. Firefox fanboys will never die, no matter what MS comes out with. Fact is that MS now has a good product out now and the fanboys are going to have a harder time getting people to switch.
IE7 is not as bad? IE7 Renders everything all of my sites exactly how it should. If you made a compliant site before IE7, then it will work fine now that IE7 is out. IE6 was a nightmare, but not nearly the mess it was a year or two ago. The bugs are known, the fixes are easy, and the alternatives are simple. The idiots who used hacks inside their CSS are the ones that are going to pay, as well they should though. The whole idea behind standards and the W3C is to make compliant code, not to make mostly compliant code.
When you hack up your CSS, you lose compliance and guess what, IE7 wont render it correctly! If you used conditional HTML to redefine the classes you need to for IE6, you will be compliant and working forever.
Also, all these webmasters that are so happy that IE7 is mostly compliant and they do not need to hack it up anymore are STUPID. They are going to have to be making the SAME EXACT fixes they did for years for several more years to come. It is not like IE6 is gone - it is going to have a share bigger than FF for at least a year or two. Now you are just going to be even more pissed when you have to make your fixes for a much smaller group of people who didnt or cant upgrade.
Okay, I can see those steps as being a good places to start. I was wrong is saying it was not worth the effort. Rather, we must realize it is not a problem we can fight to elimination. These steps would generally easy and cost effective so the benefit might actually be noticeable.
Aren't many self replicating or functional as an independent entity? I doubt many of these are being launched from an actual location that can be tracked down easily. Much of it is embedding in pages, spy-ware, or something similar online. You ask why there is no action taken against these bots, but the reality is that these bots are everywhere and not in one central location. One instance of a bot probably exists in dozens, if not thousands of locations.
On the other hand, what would cleaning up the net really do? It would cost a decent amount of time, money and effort, only to see new and better exploits coming out as a result of our efforts. The burden should be, and is on the OS to handle these threats and protect its users. These people writing exploits will likely never stop unless we can find away to easily identify and prosecute the source of said exploits.
Firefly is over so I can only hope Battlestar Gallactica gets the steam it needs to have a feature film. It could be very well received given the way BSG is grabbing non-SciFi people.
I see your points and I agree. The research being done are addressing those issues though. Panels that track with the sun and get the most out of each day. Whether or not they make the research makes the use of them plausible for use in other areas is still unknown though. It is being looked into, I can only offer that as an answer really. (I just took a tour of the research facility and learned got a slew of information about the subject)
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Yes I know, but that is not what is being discussed really. The issue is that TV studios have yet to really find a way to make money, other than selling (iTunes) the show online. An ad on the online video is not going to yield as much as a traditional ad would. That just needs to change really. When viewership online gets to the point where companies are willing to pay more and more for them, then things will be fine. Right now, that is certainly not the case. Everyone is going to have to adapt or face losing their ass. The RIAA and MPAA are perfect examples of fighting innovation and technology because they are afraid of change.
Money. Ads that are being missed are used to fund the station which produces the show. If the station lost that money that show would not be made. It is a two way street.
I will be watching how Blizzard continues to expand and produce now that everything goes through the "channels." With the expansion getting pushed back, I have to believe that they still care about the product the are giving to their customers. That is the reputation they have and why their fan base is as loyal as it is - They care. Lets see if it holds up with StarCraft 2 :)
I have my issues with the new Blizzard that made WoW, but deep down I know they still care about making a quality product for their customers.
Some valid points that I agree with. Generally speaking Bill is wrong, obviously. You made the point that he has at least touched on a problem our society may be facing soon. The lack of real world experience and the common sense that goes along with an over embrace of technology is a problem. People are less in touch with their environment than ever before, though they do have a far great grasp of technology, which is forever a part of our lives now.
Geeks and Nerds alike, as you mentioned, are less likely to go to a bar or party, but we all know that time is filled up with another semi-social activity online, usually a game or discussion board of sorts. While I consider these fine and dandy, it cannot be all you know. The world as we know it isnt going to just change, instead it will evolve with technology. Social skills are still going to be just as important as they were 10 years ago - we are social beings with social needs. Every nerd holes up in Azeroth still wants to find that Night Elf of his dreams, and he doesnt want the digital version either. He will still long for the physical connection you get with a partner. I have never heard of a online couple getting married after meeting through a game and then not ever seeing each other. Now if that was happening, we have a case for a looming disaster that may hurt society.
I think we are in a period of history where we are truly in unchartered territory with technology likely to rapidly change our lives over the next 10 years. The thing is people are seeing its use and effect as a bad thing when it has only been a trend for a short time. It is a good thing that younger people and in larger numbers, are using the internet and technology. Sure they might lose out on some other aspects of life. The sooner technology becomes engrained in our lives from a younger age though, the sooner we can adjust our lives with technology to make it better.
This got way to long and off point so I will end it here. I just wanted to make the point that people need human interaction to develop social skills and understand the world we live in. At the same time, technology is a powerful tool that is not going away and must be embraced. We should be looking at technology as an extension of our lives, not merely our lives.
Use of hacks? Sweet!
Hacks are a bad practice that has been challenged and debated for a while now. I though, and correct me if I am wrong, that conditional HTML statements were the best way to go. Nowadays, why would someone want a book that is going to lead you to write non-compliant code.
Here is the long and short of it: E-Voting machines are not perfect and we need to secure them for 100% accuracy.
That is it, sorry to disappoint - the evidence they had saying Diebold favored the GOP were hearsay at best.
I certainly hope we do not come to trust offshore programming in our military systems. The risks are far to numerous to even consider the use of that code. Instead of buying the software and looking at every function, why not just code everything yourself? Anything produced in-house could be checked as its being made and be much easier to work with. Who knows, the military is often the entity that spurs advancements things they need and use and they could possibly help the commercial sector with whatever they end up doing.
as the days go by and technology advances, we get closer and closer to waking up in 1984. Lets just hope we know how to check the calendar and change the day huh?
Here is to a problem free election in Arizona and across the states!
Actually I am not one of those people as I only run Linux on servers I use. Windows had their chance with me and lost me a while back, though maybe this will allow me to at least consider a Windows based system. I do agree though, it is probably just agreement to make PHP play well wtih Windows. Nonetheless, there is nothing bad about that as far as I can see.
What does this mean for ASP though? Short answer is probably nothing I am guessing, but could this mean something down the road?
... is focused towards buyouts of non-profitable companies by other companies instead of IPO offerings, hurting individuals who invest. What web 2.0 companies have gone public without a profitable business plan lately? None? This may be a bubble, but it is a much better one that will not set the industry back if it bursts. Instead, those companies who bought out others, and their investors/shareholders will feel the hit, but not the tune of a bankrupt company. Instead of hurting our precious industry and job security, other companies will turn their bad choices into opportunity to gain ground and emerge as the new leader.
The best programmers are most likely to be sought by companies, not vice versa. To think the best of the best will be looking at job boards seems silly to me. People like that will be in demand to the point where companies find them. It sounds like your approach is a little off. I mean really, what super programmer is out of work to the point they are looking on job boards?
Other countries have the ability to do that already and what do we do? Nothing really... but in times of war where said country is involved... yea shoot it down or whatever. It is better to have the ability to choose how to handle situations like that then not be able to.
Also, if they are spying on the US and intend to use that information to hurt our country somehow... then you say let it be if we know about it? Maybe the UN can send a strongly worded letter to them and if they dont stop then we can shoot it down?
If were to lose our presence in space to a country at war with us, lets say China, then there would not be much of a war would there? That is all I am saying - if we are able to be knocked out of space, then we are very venerable. Sure being the top dog brings us unwanted hatred from others, but such is life. I would rather be the hated than the hater.
Seriously though, the internet is something it is mostly self destructive, not like alcoholism, and once you are able to step away, you are fine. I have had my periods of time where I spent 16 hours a day on the computer, but then I went outside and all was well. Many of these people are socially inept people who have a social life online - so what, better than the alternative of TV or becoming some weird freak who cruises the street with face paint on.
The world is not a socialist utopia and plans should be made for all situations, including space. We live in a world that fucked seven ways from Sunday and you must be ignorant to that fact?
I say we dominate space so we can secure that our lack of dominance wont be used against us.
FF Market Share will drop over the next year.
When you hack up your CSS, you lose compliance and guess what, IE7 wont render it correctly! If you used conditional HTML to redefine the classes you need to for IE6, you will be compliant and working forever.
Also, all these webmasters that are so happy that IE7 is mostly compliant and they do not need to hack it up anymore are STUPID. They are going to have to be making the SAME EXACT fixes they did for years for several more years to come. It is not like IE6 is gone - it is going to have a share bigger than FF for at least a year or two. Now you are just going to be even more pissed when you have to make your fixes for a much smaller group of people who didnt or cant upgrade.
The Bubble is back! Bubble 2.0, but a bubble nonetheless.
Okay, I can see those steps as being a good places to start. I was wrong is saying it was not worth the effort. Rather, we must realize it is not a problem we can fight to elimination. These steps would generally easy and cost effective so the benefit might actually be noticeable.
On the other hand, what would cleaning up the net really do? It would cost a decent amount of time, money and effort, only to see new and better exploits coming out as a result of our efforts. The burden should be, and is on the OS to handle these threats and protect its users. These people writing exploits will likely never stop unless we can find away to easily identify and prosecute the source of said exploits.
Firefly is over so I can only hope Battlestar Gallactica gets the steam it needs to have a feature film. It could be very well received given the way BSG is grabbing non-SciFi people.
I see your points and I agree. The research being done are addressing those issues though. Panels that track with the sun and get the most out of each day. Whether or not they make the research makes the use of them plausible for use in other areas is still unknown though. It is being looked into, I can only offer that as an answer really. (I just took a tour of the research facility and learned got a slew of information about the subject)