XBox Linux and app's will help sell more X-Box's and Bill takes another bag of money to the bank. Oh I get it, eliminate Windows by helping Gates diversify.
Rename it, it isn't Perl anymore
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Wall has changed the language too much and now more regex changes. Like Pascal when major updates became Modula or later Oberon. Original Pascal was left to evolve on it own. Same with Turbo Pascal when Borland heavily changed it they changed the name to Delphi. Call Perl 6 the new beast that it is.
From what I've been told it is illegal to set aside a area code or prefix for cell phones and pagers. It "is an invasion of privcy". What crap if they used specific area codes for cell phones and pagers then they wouldn't have to keep spliting up area codes for regular customers.
The problem started when Engineer was no longer in charge of schedules, Marketing type were. Then things really bottomed out when Finance start setting schedules according to when they needed to have the revenue in the books. All this shorten QA schedules, then development schedules, then staff sizes. Put the necessary time back into schedules and software bugs will shrink.
You tell a manager you are considering accepting a offer and you've painted a target on you back. I've seen many in this situation and they stay with the current employer, but they don't get the good projects any more and are on the list of people to get laid off. You just showed you not loyal. Of course companies aren't loyal to employees anymore. So all of this is a lose-lose for everyone.
I talked to our Sun FE and he said Sun discovered so many of their employees work in the field that only 30% of the office space is in use at any one time. So by going to this unassigned office model they are able to reduce office space they rent and can close some facilities.
Instead of whining about successful companies, come up with your own technology and get companies to add support it. In this case come up with a universal file formats for office applications. Then pressure companies to add support for the universal file formats along with their own. That would be Win-Win for everyone.
Bottom line let the end user choose the file format they want to use. Choice is a good thing.
No matter what country it's BS. An ISP should only be held liable if they don't remove something after being notified by a proper authority. ISP's should not be made to be censors or having to authenticate the authenticity of content. If there's questionable context a person should have to go to a judge and get a cease and desist order to give to the ISP. Then the ISP is protected from liability because it was not its decision, but a judge's.
School is another issue. Basic education needs to include the arts. Maybe if school taught art and music more people would have more appreciation and be willing to pay for an artist work.
We have an RIAA because people can't be trusted. The RIAA monitors usage so songwriters and musicians get the royalites they live on to pay their bills. So who will be the monitors in the new scheme?
If Sun is to be believed in their presentations, the x86 and SPARC version share 80% or more of the same code base. Sun has told computer makers they have to write and certify drivers and compatibliiy themselves now. So that doesn't leave a lot for Sun to do in order to support two platforms.
I would say its more a marketing decision to get Solaris x86 users to move to new low end Sun boxes.
My experince has been easy to tach Linux to MCSE's. Have them do installs and read the "Purple" book gives them a good start. Key is just getting them systems to practice with. Linux is simple because it comes with most config' files with basics in it, unlike Solaris and other Unix's that many files have to be created from scratch.
For developer MCSD that is another story. Most Unix programmer don't understand Windows programming and visa-versa. Treat it like they are starting over and teach system architecture and C programming so they understand the platform.
Anyone who distributes a working virus should be arrested and punished. That said yes there are people who want to study virus code for legitimate reasons, but that can be done by only distributing partial code, disabled code, or commenting out the activating sections. That way if was modified to work and got out it was intentional or criminal negligence.
Viruses cost everyone from home users that aren't very computer savvy, small businesses and major businesses. The home user may lose finance info or family pictures that can't be replaced. Small businesses if they lose orders or billing info can be out of business. Big businesses will raise their prices to cover the cost of fighting viruses making all of us pay.
I can hear you now, well they should use other operating systems. That doesn't cut it. All OS'es have viruses, just some are easier to write viruses for than others. Why punish someone's grandmother or a small business who uses an particular OS because they find it easy to use. Don't punish innocent people because you like another OS.
Java is a good language, but starting to show some of the wear all languages do as they age. C# and up coming J# are new languages and like all new languages build on the past with new features, requirements, and libraries. Java did the same thing when it came out, building on C++, Smalltalk, and other languages.
Bottom line Java isn't going to go away, if you like it keep using it. You will have plenty of work for years to come. C#/J# (they all compile down to CRL anyway) are new and cool and people will use them.
Be happy, you got Java because Sun thought they had a better tool than C++ with MFC or OWL or whatever library. MS has upped the ante in order to compete and came out with the CLR and C# and other languages CLR will support. Now its Sun's or anyone elses turn to come out with something better. It called evolution and we all benefit from it.
The author needs to look up what a solid state disk drive is. A solid state drive in simple terms is memory in the shape of a disk drive. So that's why it's as fast as memory. Now for fun get your calculator out and figure out what 224 GB of RAM cost.
I've tried Mozzilla multiple times and besides all the bugs, the performance to too slow, and the interface too glitzy. I still use Netscape 4.n no my 'nix boxes and IE on Windows. Both have much cleaner interfaces. I sometimes use Opera, pretty good interface and Konqueror still imature. I'll give Mozzilla 1.0 a shot, but I doubt it has changed much.
The dam users where I works spend way too much time surfing and downloading. That isn't so much the issue other than they are paid to work not play. The problem is storage, they save all these mp3's, movies, and graphics. We are having to spend way too much time doing blanket deletes of the files so the storage doesn't fill up.
As usual stupid users have taken a cool privilege, and abused it. So now everyone will have to pay the penalty.
I was involved with the development and support of OS/2 products since its first release and I read all this praise and wonder what product did you people actually use. Okay interfase is a personal thing, I hated it if you liked it fine. But did you really look at the architecture it wasn't that robust as many would like to think. One misbehaving application could crash the entire system. As for Warp what a mess, I had to work with the IBM developers because our product that IBM used was crashing. Bottom line don't believe the OS/2 API things don't work as documented. Then Warp was a performance dog. IBM tried to hide it by speeding up all the interface code. but test timings on non-interface code and pre-Warp versions were faster. Even IBM wanted to kill OS/2 off years before they did, but for political reasons they couldn't. OS/2 was a nice idea, but bad implementation. No tears in the end.
Keep the government out of the technology business, it will only come back you haunt you. Do you really want some bureaucrats who are puppets for Gate, McNealy, and Ellison defining processes only they could afford to do. I would rather see a standards organization that has a logo that only users who meet and maintain software to their definition can use. Advertise so the public knows software with this logo is build and maintained at acceptable standard. Educate the public so they look for this logo when buying software. That will make the logo important so companies want to comply.
I was in the music biz earlier in my life and a copyright lasted for 25 years. Then could be renewed for another 25 years. After that it became pubic domain. Now the 25 years twice IMO is a little long and 25 years total makes more sense, but I believe is fair. I think patients should work the same way 25 years and then public. That gives the indivisual or company who invested time and money creating the idea time to reap the rewards of there investment, then the public gets it to use freely.
This case was mishanded by the DOJ from day one. The stupid idea of using the so-called browswer issue blew it. If this case was solely on MS business practices it would be a done deal now.
DOJ probably figure take what we can, and hope we don't lose that in the Supreme Court appeal that will be MS's next step. This thing isn't over and won't be for quite awhile.
The people behind this case didn't study MS's history in situations like this, MS will delay and delay until whatever is done won't matter any more.
CSi is good entertainment
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Sure many of you posting are slamming for details on this or that. Or that a weekly script written of all ages to enjoy isn't the level of classic novel, who cares. Its good entertainment, that happens to bring some science to people who wouldn't be reading Scientic American. I would bet a lot of the people complaining just don't like TV in general. Fine, but for those who of us who been bit-banging for twelve hours a day and just want to veg' a bit, CSi is good entertainment.
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XBox Linux and app's will help sell more X-Box's and Bill takes another bag of money to the bank. Oh I get it, eliminate Windows by helping Gates diversify.
Wall has changed the language too much and now more regex changes. Like Pascal when major updates became Modula or later Oberon. Original Pascal was left to evolve on it own. Same with Turbo Pascal when Borland heavily changed it they changed the name to Delphi. Call Perl 6 the new beast that it is.
From what I've been told it is illegal to set aside a area code or prefix for cell phones and pagers. It "is an invasion of privcy". What crap if they used specific area codes for cell phones and pagers then they wouldn't have to keep spliting up area codes for regular customers.
The problem started when Engineer was no longer in charge of schedules, Marketing type were. Then things really bottomed out when Finance start setting schedules according to when they needed to have the revenue in the books. All this shorten QA schedules, then development schedules, then staff sizes. Put the necessary time back into schedules and software bugs will shrink.
You tell a manager you are considering accepting a offer and you've painted a target on you back. I've seen many in this situation and they stay with the current employer, but they don't get the good projects any more and are on the list of people to get laid off. You just showed you not loyal. Of course companies aren't loyal to employees anymore. So all of this is a lose-lose for everyone.
I talked to our Sun FE and he said Sun discovered so many of their employees work in the field that only 30% of the office space is in use at any one time. So by going to this unassigned office model they are able to reduce office space they rent and can close some facilities.
Instead of whining about successful companies, come up with your own technology and get companies to add support it. In this case come up with a universal file formats for office applications. Then pressure companies to add support for the universal file formats along with their own. That would be Win-Win for everyone.
Bottom line let the end user choose the file format they want to use. Choice is a good thing.
Osma bin Laden will attend LinuxWorld saying "Linux is free so I won't blow your ass up!" Then walk over and hug Richard Stallman.
No matter what country it's BS. An ISP should only be held liable if they don't remove something after being notified by a proper authority. ISP's should not be made to be censors or having to authenticate the authenticity of content. If there's questionable context a person should have to go to a judge and get a cease and desist order to give to the ISP. Then the ISP is protected from liability because it was not its decision, but a judge's.
and BMI both monitor usage.
School is another issue. Basic education needs to include the arts. Maybe if school taught art and music more people would have more appreciation and be willing to pay for an artist work.
We have an RIAA because people can't be trusted. The RIAA monitors usage so songwriters and musicians get the royalites they live on to pay their bills. So who will be the monitors in the new scheme?
If Sun is to be believed in their presentations, the x86 and SPARC version share 80% or more of the same code base. Sun has told computer makers they have to write and certify drivers and compatibliiy themselves now. So that doesn't leave a lot for Sun to do in order to support two platforms.
I would say its more a marketing decision to get Solaris x86 users to move to new low end Sun boxes.
My experince has been easy to tach Linux to MCSE's. Have them do installs and read the "Purple" book gives them a good start. Key is just getting them systems to practice with. Linux is simple because it comes with most config' files with basics in it, unlike Solaris and other Unix's that many files have to be created from scratch.
For developer MCSD that is another story. Most Unix programmer don't understand Windows programming and visa-versa. Treat it like they are starting over and teach system architecture and C programming so they understand the platform.
Anyone who distributes a working virus should be arrested and punished. That said yes there are people who want to study virus code for legitimate reasons, but that can be done by only distributing partial code, disabled code, or commenting out the activating sections. That way if was modified to work and got out it was intentional or criminal negligence.
Viruses cost everyone from home users that aren't very computer savvy, small businesses and major businesses. The home user may lose finance info or family pictures that can't be replaced. Small businesses if they lose orders or billing info can be out of business. Big businesses will raise their prices to cover the cost of fighting viruses making all of us pay.
I can hear you now, well they should use other operating systems. That doesn't cut it. All OS'es have viruses, just some are easier to write viruses for than others. Why punish someone's grandmother or a small business who uses an particular OS because they find it easy to use. Don't punish innocent people because you like another OS.
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Java is a good language, but starting to show some of the wear all languages do as they age. C# and up coming J# are new languages and like all new languages build on the past with new features, requirements, and libraries. Java did the same thing when it came out, building on C++, Smalltalk, and other languages.
Bottom line Java isn't going to go away, if you like it keep using it. You will have plenty of work for years to come. C#/J# (they all compile down to CRL anyway) are new and cool and people will use them.
Be happy, you got Java because Sun thought they had a better tool than C++ with MFC or OWL or whatever library. MS has upped the ante in order to compete and came out with the CLR and C# and other languages CLR will support. Now its Sun's or anyone elses turn to come out with something better. It called evolution and we all benefit from it.
"includes a 224-gigabyte Solid State Disk (SSD)"
The author needs to look up what a solid state disk drive is. A solid state drive in simple terms is memory in the shape of a disk drive. So that's why it's as fast as memory. Now for fun get your calculator out and figure out what 224 GB of RAM cost.
I should of got a V8 and a iBook. Then I wouldn't be having heat issues and full wireless range. The titanium does have it disadvantages.
I've tried Mozzilla multiple times and besides all the bugs, the performance to too slow, and the interface too glitzy. I still use Netscape 4.n no my 'nix boxes and IE on Windows. Both have much cleaner interfaces. I sometimes use Opera, pretty good interface and Konqueror still imature. I'll give Mozzilla 1.0 a shot, but I doubt it has changed much.
The dam users where I works spend way too much time surfing and downloading. That isn't so much the issue other than they are paid to work not play. The problem is storage, they save all these mp3's, movies, and graphics. We are having to spend way too much time doing blanket deletes of the files so the storage doesn't fill up.
As usual stupid users have taken a cool privilege, and abused it. So now everyone will have to pay the penalty.
I was involved with the development and support of OS/2 products since its first release and I read all this praise and wonder what product did you people actually use. Okay interfase is a personal thing, I hated it if you liked it fine. But did you really look at the architecture it wasn't that robust as many would like to think. One misbehaving application could crash the entire system. As for Warp what a mess, I had to work with the IBM developers because our product that IBM used was crashing. Bottom line don't believe the OS/2 API things don't work as documented. Then Warp was a performance dog. IBM tried to hide it by speeding up all the interface code. but test timings on non-interface code and pre-Warp versions were faster. Even IBM wanted to kill OS/2 off years before they did, but for political reasons they couldn't. OS/2 was a nice idea, but bad implementation. No tears in the end.
Keep the government out of the technology business, it will only come back you haunt you. Do you really want some bureaucrats who are puppets for Gate, McNealy, and Ellison defining processes only they could afford to do. I would rather see a standards organization that has a logo that only users who meet and maintain software to their definition can use. Advertise so the public knows software with this logo is build and maintained at acceptable standard. Educate the public so they look for this logo when buying software. That will make the logo important so companies want to comply.
Incredibly average movie, see at matinee price.
You can see a lot of time and money was spent and result is a so-so movie.
I was in the music biz earlier in my life and a copyright lasted for 25 years. Then could be renewed for another 25 years. After that it became pubic domain. Now the 25 years twice IMO is a little long and 25 years total makes more sense, but I believe is fair. I think patients should work the same way 25 years and then public. That gives the indivisual or company who invested time and money creating the idea time to reap the rewards of there investment, then the public gets it to use freely.
This case was mishanded by the DOJ from day one. The stupid idea of using the so-called browswer issue blew it. If this case was solely on MS business practices it would be a done deal now.
DOJ probably figure take what we can, and hope we don't lose that in the Supreme Court appeal that will be MS's next step. This thing isn't over and won't be for quite awhile.
The people behind this case didn't study MS's history in situations like this, MS will delay and delay until whatever is done won't matter any more.
Sure many of you posting are slamming for details on this or that. Or that a weekly script written of all ages to enjoy isn't the level of classic novel, who cares. Its good entertainment, that happens to bring some science to people who wouldn't be reading Scientic American. I would bet a lot of the people complaining just don't like TV in general. Fine, but for those who of us who been bit-banging for twelve hours a day and just want to veg' a bit, CSi is good entertainment.