The hybrid-thing that controls the base ship is such an obvious and blatant rip-off of the psychics in Minority Report, I simply can't stand seeing it on screen. Ron Moore's a good creative guy, he doesn't need to rely on stealing to produce a good show... I mean, what's going on here?
I just want them to explain the Cylon belief system, which apparently is perfectly ok with genocide of an entire *species*, but not execution of a prisoner. WTF!?
IE (the default browser in Windows) Safari (the default browser in Mac OS X) Firefox (the default browser everywhere else)
Obviously, IE has the lion's share of the market, but Microsoft is also the least likely company to implement this idea.
In any case, it's really a stupid argument since the idea isn't even any good. I'm just voicing my disdain for horrible unorganized web "standards" that aren't worth crap in practical use.
Please. We can't even get browsers to agree on how to tell javascripts about which event triggered them. There's no way in hell this tag will be supported by enough browsers to actually be useful.
The problem with the universal remote is that it doesn't know whether the TV is already on. If I have a programmed set for "turn on TV, turn on DVD player, set TV to channel 3, set TV input to DVD-In, Press Play on DVD player"... and I hit that button while the TV is already on, I certainly don't get what I want.
Well, I'm not talking about passing video over any cable, I'm just talking about the existing devices talking to each other. If the Firewire people were content with just having the DVD Player give the TV instructions, instead of actually transmitting video (over the Firewire cable), it probably would be more accepted. But oh well.
I've always wondered why home entertainment devices can't talk to each other at all. I mean, if I turn on my DVD player and hit Play, it should be able to automatically set my TV to the DVD input and make sure it's on. It should also talk to my surround receiver and turn it on and switch its input. This could all be done easily with USB, or Bluetooth (like another commenter suggested) and yet there's nothing in place.
The requirements call for multi-OS support. Also, there's virtual memory swap... it's not in the/home folder, (or \Documents And Settings or/Users) and it can quite easily contain sensitive information.
That's not what you asked for. If that's what you *meant*, well, I don't read minds. You just asked about "auto-cascade" or "auto-tile" and Windows does both.
My TV's even worse. Not only does it not have an Off switch, but it doesn't store its settings in Flash anywhere. So if I *do* unplug it, or if the power goes out, it defaults to the wrong input, channel 2 (wrong channel) and volume SUPER LOUD.
The problem I pointed out about Ubuntu failing to sleep by default when the laptop lid closes is due to me being an idiot, I suppose. Of course a *real* idiot, IMO, would be the person who released this OS for iBooks without realizing that that behavior has the potential of destroying somebody's computer.
But telling me the problem doesn't exist... now that's *really* brilliant! Gee, I wonder why Linux is so unpopular when there are such caring and helpful users like you around.
Could some moderator explain to me how my honest experiences with Ubuntu on my laptop turned into a "troll" please? Can we get a little intellectual honesty here?
My Airport card didn't come with a driver disk for Windows. Nice try, though.
And, of course, you're assuming I know how to use "ndiswrapper." Frankly, I don't even know what it is, how to install it, or how to use it once installed... and I'm betting, no wait, I'm *certain" that that information isn't documented anywhere on the Ubuntu CD.
In any case, I took Ubuntu off the laptop because it didn't work in several significant ways.
Well, I guess I don't have the "Linux mindset" because I don't think they should release the product for a particular laptop until they've done at least the most basic QA process on it, and even the most basic QA procedure would have caught this iBook problem. I mean, this is basic, basic stuff. This would be like Chrysler releasing a car where clicking on the left turn signal would crack the engine block.
But my main complaint about Linux is that it's oversold by everyone I've met. All those people who told me that my hardware would work perfectly, and this, and that, and etc, and when I grab the CD and shove it in *nothing works.* I'm sick of it.
If you want people to use Linux, you have to under-promise and over-deliver. RIght now, everyone's doing the opposite.
1) The awards are voted on by users. 2) The Duke Nukem page didn't ALWAYS say "when it's done." They switched it to that after pushing back the release date about 4 times. It still counts.
The Spruce Goose flew, also. (Well, kindof... it proved it could take off, at least.) But neither airliner was delivered to any customers, therefore, they are both vaporware.
List of acronyms in the summary I don't understand:
RDBMS CTI TSAPI PBX
List of acronyms in the summary I do understand:
API MySQL
Of course, since I don't know what the hell a CTI *is* (that seems to be the main focus of the question), I can't give any appropriate advice. So instead I'll give some inappropriate advice: Take your developers out to a martini bar.
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I'm reasonably sure Mark Twain never said that.
That's like asking, "has Microsoft become IBM?" The answer is no, not yet... but they're sure trying to.
The hybrid-thing that controls the base ship is such an obvious and blatant rip-off of the psychics in Minority Report, I simply can't stand seeing it on screen. Ron Moore's a good creative guy, he doesn't need to rely on stealing to produce a good show... I mean, what's going on here?
I just want them to explain the Cylon belief system, which apparently is perfectly ok with genocide of an entire *species*, but not execution of a prisoner. WTF!?
The real question is, "what does it mean?"
My guess is: "Warden, the vodka is strong, but the meat is rotten."
I count three:
IE (the default browser in Windows)
Safari (the default browser in Mac OS X)
Firefox (the default browser everywhere else)
Obviously, IE has the lion's share of the market, but Microsoft is also the least likely company to implement this idea.
In any case, it's really a stupid argument since the idea isn't even any good. I'm just voicing my disdain for horrible unorganized web "standards" that aren't worth crap in practical use.
3. iPod will release a hard-drive free version of it's Video iPod, utilizing multiple flash memory cards to achieve 40GB+
That would take like 20 Secure Digital cards. And it's not Apple's style to make them removable.
No, if they made a video iPod that ran on flash (IMO: Unlikely) it would use internal flash memory, not removable cards.
Please. We can't even get browsers to agree on how to tell javascripts about which event triggered them. There's no way in hell this tag will be supported by enough browsers to actually be useful.
Doesn't Debian digitally sign the software available in its software repository? How are those keys managed, by magic elves?
Look, it either costs money or man-hours. Just because it's "volunteer" doesn't make it free.
Microsoft didn't phrase it as an order, though, just as a polite request.
There's nothing wrong with what Microsoft did.
Is it really ruled by Mac-obsessed almost-hipsters with unwise facial hair and diagonal black-and-white photos of themselves?
The real top dogs also don't capitalize sentences and use grey-on-grey color schemes. But you hit it pretty much on the head.
The problem with the universal remote is that it doesn't know whether the TV is already on. If I have a programmed set for "turn on TV, turn on DVD player, set TV to channel 3, set TV input to DVD-In, Press Play on DVD player"... and I hit that button while the TV is already on, I certainly don't get what I want.
Well, I'm not talking about passing video over any cable, I'm just talking about the existing devices talking to each other. If the Firewire people were content with just having the DVD Player give the TV instructions, instead of actually transmitting video (over the Firewire cable), it probably would be more accepted. But oh well.
I've always wondered why home entertainment devices can't talk to each other at all. I mean, if I turn on my DVD player and hit Play, it should be able to automatically set my TV to the DVD input and make sure it's on. It should also talk to my surround receiver and turn it on and switch its input. This could all be done easily with USB, or Bluetooth (like another commenter suggested) and yet there's nothing in place.
The requirements call for multi-OS support. Also, there's virtual memory swap... it's not in the /home folder, (or \Documents And Settings or /Users) and it can quite easily contain sensitive information.
That's not what you asked for. If that's what you *meant*, well, I don't read minds. You just asked about "auto-cascade" or "auto-tile" and Windows does both.
No, it doesn't, but that's not what the original poster asked for.
My TV's even worse. Not only does it not have an Off switch, but it doesn't store its settings in Flash anywhere. So if I *do* unplug it, or if the power goes out, it defaults to the wrong input, channel 2 (wrong channel) and volume SUPER LOUD.
The problem I pointed out about Ubuntu failing to sleep by default when the laptop lid closes is due to me being an idiot, I suppose. Of course a *real* idiot, IMO, would be the person who released this OS for iBooks without realizing that that behavior has the potential of destroying somebody's computer.
But telling me the problem doesn't exist... now that's *really* brilliant! Gee, I wonder why Linux is so unpopular when there are such caring and helpful users like you around.
Could some moderator explain to me how my honest experiences with Ubuntu on my laptop turned into a "troll" please? Can we get a little intellectual honesty here?
My Airport card didn't come with a driver disk for Windows. Nice try, though.
And, of course, you're assuming I know how to use "ndiswrapper." Frankly, I don't even know what it is, how to install it, or how to use it once installed... and I'm betting, no wait, I'm *certain" that that information isn't documented anywhere on the Ubuntu CD.
In any case, I took Ubuntu off the laptop because it didn't work in several significant ways.
Well, I guess I don't have the "Linux mindset" because I don't think they should release the product for a particular laptop until they've done at least the most basic QA process on it, and even the most basic QA procedure would have caught this iBook problem. I mean, this is basic, basic stuff. This would be like Chrysler releasing a car where clicking on the left turn signal would crack the engine block.
But my main complaint about Linux is that it's oversold by everyone I've met. All those people who told me that my hardware would work perfectly, and this, and that, and etc, and when I grab the CD and shove it in *nothing works.* I'm sick of it.
If you want people to use Linux, you have to under-promise and over-deliver. RIght now, everyone's doing the opposite.
1) The awards are voted on by users.
2) The Duke Nukem page didn't ALWAYS say "when it's done." They switched it to that after pushing back the release date about 4 times. It still counts.
The Spruce Goose flew, also. (Well, kindof... it proved it could take off, at least.) But neither airliner was delivered to any customers, therefore, they are both vaporware.
List of acronyms in the summary I don't understand:
RDBMS
CTI
TSAPI
PBX
List of acronyms in the summary I do understand:
API
MySQL
Of course, since I don't know what the hell a CTI *is* (that seems to be the main focus of the question), I can't give any appropriate advice. So instead I'll give some inappropriate advice: Take your developers out to a martini bar.