Whether Vista is buggy or irritating or downright crap - People are writing about it, reviewing it, and EVERYONE is interested in finding out more about the next OS that is going to adorn their PC. People are going to use Windows Vista - for 2 basic reasons:
1) Its going to be the de-facto OS that goes into retail desktops and laptops. So, you wont have a choice (yes there are those Linux laptops available, but I know they dont have a fan following). Microsoft has the monopoly here, remember?
2) People are (more often than not) n00bs. They'll use whatever is offered to them over the plate - whether its Internet Explorer 7 or Windows Media Player 11. There are tons of better alternates available, but most stick with defaults.
Proof of this fact is right here on Slashdot. It seems that everyone is a n00b these days!
Slashdotter, a Firefox extention, automatically adds CoralCache, Google Cache and/or Mirrordot links directly into any story posted on Slashdot. It has some amazing other features too. I'm surprised that people are desperately seeking mirror links as sites get/.ed, and just for posting links, others are being modded up as informative! Aargh!
This sounds strikingly similar to the Ask-the-audience life-line on "Who wants to be a millionare?". I havent seen the show too much, but the accuracy of audience answers varies drastically.
Pose your question to the general public (the methodology for selecting 'experts' seems fishy), and those who stumble upon the question will give their "opinions". The correct answer is the one that is statistically the most popular among the responses.
According to Wikipedia, a zero-day flaw is one that is announced to the public before a patch is available for it.
This means that until MS releases a patch for Word, people will remain vulnerable. Furthermore, increasing number of people are vulnerable to it now that the news is out, and others can exploit the vulnerability too, before the patch is out.
I really don't want to start a flamewar with this comment. It's an attempt to try to introduce everyone to other side. IMHO - its not that everyone in India is useless and dumb (as is being implied by many comments here). The problem usually comes from mismatches in communication, impatience from people, and pure resentment to the outsourcing phenomenon. As I have been told quite often by my clients, "All it took was to get the right outsourcing partner".
India (and for that matter China) dont have everything going totally for them either. Think about all this:
- India has as many geeks as everywhere else. We read Slashdot and work hard to impress US companies that give us work. However, when someone makes a mistake, he/she is lambasted just because of the fact that we are Indians. The same mistake if made by an American would be overlooked. Tensions are really high in all fields of work - The average baldness of India sure has increased.
- Our salaries are much less. There are times at which we smirk at the rates at which Americans do their work. "He took $100/hour to do just that???!!! That takes just 15 minutes."
- We stay up all night to match US hours, trying to help people, and are scolded for our uselessness. A "thanks" really makes our day, because it is soooo rare.
- Security has become such a big issue that we cannot even check our personal email, make personal calls. Thats 10-11 hours of being disconnected from the world.
Inspite of all this, most (if not all) still try to earn a decent living, while getting involved with people across continents, helping solve problems.
The next time you're on the phone with somebody (network support/credit card/whatever) and you're not that much in an emergency, give a thought to the person on the other side of the line. Help him/her help you.
Going over the review on the blog, all I could make out was that many extensions are being incorporated into Firefox. Tab Mix Plus can introduce close buttons, Google toolbar already has Google suggest, Sage is a built in feed reader, Google toolbar does spell checking in text boxes, and so on, all in Firefox 1.5 only. Will the authors of these extensions be credited in Firefox 2.0?
Apart from Microsummaries, there appears nothing that is sparkling new. 'Places' could have been the one thing that would have pulled it up.
Don't get me wrong, I love the browser, but I guess the developers have spoilt everyone as they have been quite innovative in the past.
Slashdot Mirror
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WiiMan says: Bummer dude. He got me. Looks like no goodnight kiss tonight.
Phsyco_gamer says: Yeah man. That Peach is hot. Wanna play Super Smash Bros. Brawl now?
Whether Vista is buggy or irritating or downright crap - People are writing about it, reviewing it, and EVERYONE is interested in finding out more about the next OS that is going to adorn their PC. People are going to use Windows Vista - for 2 basic reasons:
/.ed, and just for posting links, others are being modded up as informative! Aargh!
:D Your points are much appreciated, thank you)
1) Its going to be the de-facto OS that goes into retail desktops and laptops. So, you wont have a choice (yes there are those Linux laptops available, but I know they dont have a fan following). Microsoft has the monopoly here, remember?
2) People are (more often than not) n00bs. They'll use whatever is offered to them over the plate - whether its Internet Explorer 7 or Windows Media Player 11. There are tons of better alternates available, but most stick with defaults.
Proof of this fact is right here on Slashdot. It seems that everyone is a n00b these days!
Slashdotter, a Firefox extention, automatically adds CoralCache, Google Cache and/or Mirrordot links directly into any story posted on Slashdot. It has some amazing other features too. I'm surprised that people are desperately seeking mirror links as sites get
(If all that is jargon: click here for the mirror
This sounds strikingly similar to the Ask-the-audience life-line on "Who wants to be a millionare?". I havent seen the show too much, but the accuracy of audience answers varies drastically.
Pose your question to the general public (the methodology for selecting 'experts' seems fishy), and those who stumble upon the question will give their "opinions". The correct answer is the one that is statistically the most popular among the responses.
According to Wikipedia, a zero-day flaw is one that is announced to the public before a patch is available for it.
This means that until MS releases a patch for Word, people will remain vulnerable. Furthermore, increasing number of people are vulnerable to it now that the news is out, and others can exploit the vulnerability too, before the patch is out.
I really don't want to start a flamewar with this comment. It's an attempt to try to introduce everyone to other side. IMHO - its not that everyone in India is useless and dumb (as is being implied by many comments here). The problem usually comes from mismatches in communication, impatience from people, and pure resentment to the outsourcing phenomenon. As I have been told quite often by my clients, "All it took was to get the right outsourcing partner".
India (and for that matter China) dont have everything going totally for them either. Think about all this:
- India has as many geeks as everywhere else. We read Slashdot and work hard to impress US companies that give us work. However, when someone makes a mistake, he/she is lambasted just because of the fact that we are Indians. The same mistake if made by an American would be overlooked. Tensions are really high in all fields of work - The average baldness of India sure has increased.
- Our salaries are much less. There are times at which we smirk at the rates at which Americans do their work. "He took $100/hour to do just that???!!! That takes just 15 minutes."
- We stay up all night to match US hours, trying to help people, and are scolded for our uselessness. A "thanks" really makes our day, because it is soooo rare.
- Security has become such a big issue that we cannot even check our personal email, make personal calls. Thats 10-11 hours of being disconnected from the world.
Inspite of all this, most (if not all) still try to earn a decent living, while getting involved with people across continents, helping solve problems.
The next time you're on the phone with somebody (network support/credit card/whatever) and you're not that much in an emergency, give a thought to the person on the other side of the line. Help him/her help you.
Going over the review on the blog, all I could make out was that many extensions are being incorporated into Firefox. Tab Mix Plus can introduce close buttons, Google toolbar already has Google suggest, Sage is a built in feed reader, Google toolbar does spell checking in text boxes, and so on, all in Firefox 1.5 only. Will the authors of these extensions be credited in Firefox 2.0?
Apart from Microsummaries, there appears nothing that is sparkling new. 'Places' could have been the one thing that would have pulled it up.
Don't get me wrong, I love the browser, but I guess the developers have spoilt everyone as they have been quite innovative in the past.