Don't you have anything on your machine that will play MP4 videos? That's one of the many formats you can choose to watch the video. And last I knew, you had to click a button to install Silverlight...it won't sneak-up on you.:)
...they'd realize how silly it would be for a company to sell and SUPPORT a product that is knowingly used against the same company. It'd be like selling our fighter jets to Afghanistan and having to support them when they had problems! C'mon, people...THINK!
Check out the TPC benchmarks (a standardized set of very strict performance tests) for your answer. Pick either by raw performance or by price/performance. You don't have to be a genius to understand the numbers: http://www.tpc.org/
With the release of Visual Studio.NET, Microsoft has opened up the IDE to third-party language developers (the first time this has happened), and word has it that a third-party is already working on a Java language implementation. As such, this may very well be a non-issue.
Is this really a problem that needs to be handled by the content provider?
For example, if I am the publisher of Penthouse magazine (which I'm not), and 7-11 decides that its patrons shouldn't be exposed to my content, it isn't my responsibility to police who my magazines are shipped to. It's the responsiblity of 7-11.
If the French government doesn't want its citizens to view Nazi items, then that's their choice (and hence, their problem). It's not something that should burden Yahoo.
Does this mean that if/. is banned in China,/. has to spend time and money making sure their content isn't displayed there? I think not.
A couple things that I feel should at least be put out in the open:
1..NET has been in development for over 3 years.
2. You can visit a sample.NET application at http://www.ibuyspy.com/ where it has been running without fail for approximately 6 months.
3. You can download the pre-beta SDK and develop in three languages *today*, and it all just works. I've played with it extensively.
4. The Common Language Runtime compiles only the functions that are called, and it uses an optimizing compiler to do it. When other functions are called, they are compiled just-in-time (saves a lot of system resources).
5. All languages are on equal footing. They all share the same GC and debugging features. You can spawn threads in VB just as easily as in C++.
6. You can inherit a VB class into C# into C++ and back into C++ if you want to.
7. Everything is strongly typed...no more figuring out what kind of string that function in C++ expects. Just call it natively. It just works.
8. The Common Language Infrastructure (which includes the CLR) is being submitted to ECMA (a standards body).
9. So is C#.
10. With Java, you have to learn Java. Plus, statistics show that 70% of all Java developers target APIs that are native to their platform. Thus, the "write once, run anywhere" promise never comes true except in the most simple of situations. With.NET, you can write in *any* of over 15 already-announced languages.
11. Although I could go on, I have to mention that it just kicks major ass.
If you actually want to speak intelligently about this, you really owe it to yourself to try it out. Or, you can complain that the ".NET" term doesn't make any sense, thus, because of that severe brain blockage, you can't actually talk about the technology and its merits, because you've never even given it a chance.
The sad thing is, you'll be talking it down, when in fact, it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen in this industry. Linux or not.
"The way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created."
Most people don't realize that everything they write is copyrighted the moment they create it. This wasn't the case until sometime in the 80's (if memory serves).
So, all of this talk about posting copyrighted materials is really irrelevant. Everything on Slashdot is copyrighted.
Registration of copyright is only useful as a legal document for proof.
There was a semi-clever comment posted along with this story (as there are with many/. posts) regarding Microsoft and its products. As usual, it comes from an uninformed perspective.
The comment suggested that Windows has weak security and as a result, has too much virus activity, whereas an OS like Linux doesn't.
DUH!
How many of you remember any virii running under H-DOS or CP/M (how many of you even know what I'm talking about)? The reason Windows has virus issues is because it totally owns the OS market, as the DOJ has not-so-subtly revealed.
Linux doesn't have virus problems because nobody wants to waste their time on a virus that will affect less than 1% of corporate desktops.
Besides, nobody would release a Linux virus until it had been open-sourced, peer-checked, and incorporated into the next Linux distribution.
If we're going to talk about VB, then we'd better talk about Slashdot. I don't know what Slashdot runs on, but it certainly isn't very reliable. According to some e-mail responses, "it's my ISP." Yeah, right...that's why I get returns on pings, but no HTTP.:) Perhaps Slashdot should upgrade to VB for higher availability. After all, it is the single most-used programming language on the planet.
Slashdot Mirror
Don't you have anything on your machine that will play MP4 videos? That's one of the many formats you can choose to watch the video. And last I knew, you had to click a button to install Silverlight...it won't sneak-up on you. :)
There's a video demo of SuperPreview in the keynote from last week's MIX09 conference in Las Vegas. Jump to 28:50.
Awesome! I'm definitely LOL over here. I'll have to work on my evangelistic delivery. :)
At least the Captcha Project has a "healthy" sense of humor!
I'll probably be shot, but you should really take a look at http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/hipaa/ default.asp. I'm aware of many companies that have used this to get up-to-speed quickly, and they are very satisfied with the results.
If Microsoft has to bundle a non-Microsoft technology with their product, why doesn't Sun have to bundle .NET?
Will of those those Open Source eyes looking at the code, it's a wonder that these bugs even exist. :)
I find it very ironic that a story mere weeks ago about Microsoft spyware had such a negative bent, while it's okay for Netscape. Hypocrites.
Actually, you can try out the full version of Visual Studio.NET for 60 days for little more than the cost of shipping and handling.
Microsoft Developer Store
Is this somehow different or worse than the AOL CDs I have to scrub out of my ass because I trudge through them everywhere I go!?
I work for Microsoft, and I can't imagine working at a more challenging, engaging, and fun place.
...they'd realize how silly it would be for a company to sell and SUPPORT a product that is knowingly used against the same company. It'd be like selling our fighter jets to Afghanistan and having to support them when they had problems! C'mon, people...THINK!
Check out the TPC benchmarks (a standardized set of very strict performance tests) for your answer. Pick either by raw performance or by price/performance. You don't have to be a genius to understand the numbers: http://www.tpc.org/
With the release of Visual Studio.NET, Microsoft has opened up the IDE to third-party language developers (the first time this has happened), and word has it that a third-party is already working on a Java language implementation. As such, this may very well be a non-issue.
Yeah, I guess it was Adventure I was thinking of. I first played it on my H-89 (Heathkit...remember them?).
I wonder how many systems are still protected by this magic Zork password.
Is this really a problem that needs to be handled by the content provider?
For example, if I am the publisher of Penthouse magazine (which I'm not), and 7-11 decides that its patrons shouldn't be exposed to my content, it isn't my responsibility to police who my magazines are shipped to. It's the responsiblity of 7-11.
If the French government doesn't want its citizens to view Nazi items, then that's their choice (and hence, their problem). It's not something that should burden Yahoo.
Does this mean that if /. is banned in China, /. has to spend time and money making sure their content isn't displayed there? I think not.
Fortunately, whether or not I work for Microsoft, I find Slashdot to be an informative site. Believe it or not, we're all geeks who love technology.
I work for Microsoft, and I have yet to receive this e-mail. Plus, it doesn't sound like a Bill Gates e-mail at all. Just my $0.02.
A couple things that I feel should at least be put out in the open:
.NET has been in development for over 3 years.
.NET application at http://www.ibuyspy.com/ where it has been running without fail for approximately 6 months.
.NET, you can write in *any* of over 15 already-announced languages.
1.
2. You can visit a sample
3. You can download the pre-beta SDK and develop in three languages *today*, and it all just works. I've played with it extensively.
4. The Common Language Runtime compiles only the functions that are called, and it uses an optimizing compiler to do it. When other functions are called, they are compiled just-in-time (saves a lot of system resources).
5. All languages are on equal footing. They all share the same GC and debugging features. You can spawn threads in VB just as easily as in C++.
6. You can inherit a VB class into C# into C++ and back into C++ if you want to.
7. Everything is strongly typed...no more figuring out what kind of string that function in C++ expects. Just call it natively. It just works.
8. The Common Language Infrastructure (which includes the CLR) is being submitted to ECMA (a standards body).
9. So is C#.
10. With Java, you have to learn Java. Plus, statistics show that 70% of all Java developers target APIs that are native to their platform. Thus, the "write once, run anywhere" promise never comes true except in the most simple of situations. With
11. Although I could go on, I have to mention that it just kicks major ass.
If you actually want to speak intelligently about this, you really owe it to yourself to try it out. Or, you can complain that the ".NET" term doesn't make any sense, thus, because of that severe brain blockage, you can't actually talk about the technology and its merits, because you've never even given it a chance.
The sad thing is, you'll be talking it down, when in fact, it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen in this industry. Linux or not.
From a Copyright Office document:
Most people don't realize that everything they write is copyrighted the moment they create it. This wasn't the case until sometime in the 80's (if memory serves).
So, all of this talk about posting copyrighted materials is really irrelevant. Everything on Slashdot is copyrighted.
Registration of copyright is only useful as a legal document for proof.
There was a semi-clever comment posted along with this story (as there are with many /. posts) regarding Microsoft and its products. As usual, it comes from an uninformed perspective.
The comment suggested that Windows has weak security and as a result, has too much virus activity, whereas an OS like Linux doesn't.
DUH!
How many of you remember any virii running under H-DOS or CP/M (how many of you even know what I'm talking about)? The reason Windows has virus issues is because it totally owns the OS market, as the DOJ has not-so-subtly revealed.
Linux doesn't have virus problems because nobody wants to waste their time on a virus that will affect less than 1% of corporate desktops.
Besides, nobody would release a Linux virus until it had been open-sourced, peer-checked, and incorporated into the next Linux distribution.
If we're going to talk about VB, then we'd better talk about Slashdot. I don't know what Slashdot runs on, but it certainly isn't very reliable. According to some e-mail responses, "it's my ISP." Yeah, right...that's why I get returns on pings, but no HTTP. :) Perhaps Slashdot should upgrade to VB for higher availability. After all, it is the single most-used programming language on the planet.