Given the brand strength of Yahoo and Microsoft then it would make sense to label it MS-Yahoo!...and yes, it would not be a google-killer
As a Yahoo mail user i would be tempted to switch but the cost of switching mail providers is high since so many people know your email address. I have had mine for a long time, probably not long after Yahoo started offering email. And google feels like another monopoly, so who do you choose? ISPs are ok, but my local one (ozemail) has been acquired once or twice so that address does not have a long life.
Do you have references for this? The German manhatten project was never fully supported or funded. They were never going to deliver a nuclear weapon before the Allies. The Russians were playing around with it but were far behind.
Yes, there were German experts involved in the Manhatten project but that didn't make it 100% German or say that the non-German Americans couldn't have done it without them.
>Technically the dupes were the German people
Yes, by supporting Hitler in the first place.
> for something that they were no worse off for doing than the English or French or any other colonial tyrannies of their day
yes there should be a ban on concealed weapons. There should be a ban on unconcealed weapons. Do people think they are going to be attacked by lions or wild dogs in the streets of Ohio? No one needs to carry a gun.
perhaps this should be marked funny, not insightful.
No major improvements over 1958?
>No major improvement in space launch technology
In 1958 explorer was launched. Sputnik was a few months old. Today, we have ion powered ships going to Pluto, rovers on Mars, trips to asteroids. An (aging) shuttle. But 2008 is much different to 1958
> Energy costs up during this period, for the first time in 200 years
Energy (not just oil) is not prohibitively expensive. Perhaps that will kick in later on but for now i dont see anyone suffering from lack of energy. Uses of energy has exploded. Most electronic devices have standby mode that wastes energy even when not used.
> Some progress in biotech but no major life extension
Perhaps i am reading irony into this that you dont mean. I think life expectancy is much higher today than in 1958. We understand that smoking is bad for you, we are introducing new medicines, address some forms of cancer, breakthroughs in DNA research, etc. I hardly call that "some progress"
> Much progress in electronics and computers
I suspect that the first decade of this century will be known mainly for the explosion in Internet related use. The past 50 years saw dramatic changes in communications. In 1958 there were still telephone operators in use, today we see school children with cell phones. Also the next 50 years will see changes that might be hard to guess. Perhaps we will not need to use a cell phone as we will be permanently connected to the peopleweb (tm).
I find it frustrating when i am searching for free market data, often available in the form of press releases or summaries of whitepapers. Things such as the size of a particular software or appliance market.
When i search Google usually gives me information from 2001, 2002, 2003 and it is hard to tell it i want only data from 2006/2007. The problem is that the sites that end up in the search constantly refresh the ads and links around their old stories which makes google think its fresh.
This was not a big problem when most of the internet content was no more than a year old. This problem will get worse unless Google is smarter about recognising that the core content of a page (magazine story, whitepaper etc) was written in 2002 and it is now out of date and should be further down the list than something written in 2007.
Is there a reason the space elevator cant draw power from the ground instead of needing solar panels? Ground based power would be the most efficient you would think.
Similar situation in Australia. The concept that the political parties could have this amount of control is unbelievable. The concept of using fraud in an election and cheating to be elected is too over the top. controlling the number of voting machines in polling areas that dont support your party is simply monstrous.
In China DVDs are $US 1 each or less. Cheaper to get 100 DVDs than the time and money required to download them. And given that you would need to burn them to DVD anyway, you can see why the pirates operate. Like most markets it is price driven.
Yes, many of the games listed were derivative but Myst was ground breaking and should have been included. First game with realistic, beautiful graphics and a haunting environment. In terms of sales it was a big seller and the combo of the two means it deserves to be on the list.
I guess we need to see a top 50 and then we can see the top 10 in perspective.
Also, where does games like Space Invaders, Pong etc fit into this list?
In the U.S. it is a cellphone
In Australia it is a mobile phone
In Asia it is a handphone
The only common word is phone, so i guess iPhone makes more sense.
Malware writers will target any holes in an OS. A more secure OS means less holes but malware writers will always find a way in. Many viruses will still work on a secure OS by tricking the user into running a program they shouldnt. So if we ever see a 100% secure OS there will still be viruses, spyware etc.
Vista will not solve this problem (and Vista will not, and is not, 100% secure)
As long as there are bad guys there will be the need for security products. Of coures, the OS providers could also provide the security products, and Microsoft is trying to do this. But there is a cost to write security products and so they will have to pass that cost along.
Just because they might be good at writing Operating Systems doesnt mean they might be good at writing security products. Different skill set completely. In fact, the skills in being responsive and making tradeoffs to deliver security quickly is completely different to the skills required in writing Operating Systems so you could argue that it would make them BAD at writing security products.
I had access to a Penlite for a while when i was at Apple. At the time it seemed to be a solution looking for a problem. A fun prototype but a bit buggy from memory. There were times when you wanted the keyboard to reset it. The newton felt much cooler to me. I once used a newton to take notes in a developer conference with full handwriting recognition and then went back to the hotel and uploaded the notes to my colleagues. No big deal now but was pretty cool at the time. I still have some of the beta newtons floating around. My kids used them for a while but there was nothing much they could do with them. The Penlite i had to give back when they killed the project. It was verrrrryyyy tempting to keep it as it was pretty unique but i guess they didnt want us showing it to customers.
i ran into problems with a number of files in XP that i couldnt open. Once i realised that the problem was that the path name was longer than 255 characters i could solve the problem. Wouldnt be so bad but XP doesnt tell you that is the problem so it can take a while to realise. Hopefully the 255 character limit has gone.
With some vulnerabilities, you can have a worm can infect you merely by having a computer connected to the internet. SQL/Slammer just required that you have the SQL code on your computer and have not patched the known vulnerability. A vulnerability that there was a patch released for six months earlier.
Many users had no idea they had the SQL code installed and were vulnerable. Their choice of browser, whether they visited porn sites etc did not affect their vulnerability.
For Jim Allchin to make this statement he needs to be guaranteeing there will be no bugs in Vista. I'm sure he won't be guaranteeing that.
Given that many viruses don't need a system bug, or even to get into the kernel, i don't see how a bug free vista would even guarantee to be virus free.
Perhaps he is confused about why Unix, Linux and Mac OS X do not get many viruses. That is more about the virus writers choosing to not target them. If the virus writers DID choose to target them there would be just as many viruses for those systems.
There is a lot of talk about Windows being more vulnerable to viruses. It is not necessarily more vulnerable, though there are ways it could be less vulnerable. The real driver is the hackers and what they choose to go after.
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Given the brand strength of Yahoo and Microsoft then it would make sense to label it MS-Yahoo! ...and yes, it would not be a google-killer
As a Yahoo mail user i would be tempted to switch but the cost of switching mail providers is high since so many people know your email address. I have had mine for a long time, probably not long after Yahoo started offering email. And google feels like another monopoly, so who do you choose? ISPs are ok, but my local one (ozemail) has been acquired once or twice so that address does not have a long life.
Probably simplest to use my own domain.
Sure it will be cheaper and easier to do manned space travel in 100 years time but i will be long dead by then.
I think that sort of thinking is why people want to see it now, rather than leaving it for our grandchildren's children.
Obviously, he must know something!
Do you have references for this? The German manhatten project was never fully supported or funded. They were never going to deliver a nuclear weapon before the Allies. The Russians were playing around with it but were far behind.
Yes, there were German experts involved in the Manhatten project but that didn't make it 100% German or say that the non-German Americans couldn't have done it without them.
>Technically the dupes were the German people
Yes, by supporting Hitler in the first place.
> for something that they were no worse off for doing than the English or French or any other colonial tyrannies of their day
(cough, cough) hmmm.... perhaps not.
This is just for my health
yes there should be a ban on concealed weapons. There should be a ban on unconcealed weapons. Do people think they are going to be attacked by lions or wild dogs in the streets of Ohio? No one needs to carry a gun.
perhaps this should be marked funny, not insightful.
No major improvements over 1958?
>No major improvement in space launch technology
In 1958 explorer was launched. Sputnik was a few months old. Today, we have ion powered ships going to Pluto, rovers on Mars, trips to asteroids. An (aging) shuttle. But 2008 is much different to 1958
> Energy costs up during this period, for the first time in 200 years
Energy (not just oil) is not prohibitively expensive. Perhaps that will kick in later on but for now i dont see anyone suffering from lack of energy. Uses of energy has exploded. Most electronic devices have standby mode that wastes energy even when not used.
> Some progress in biotech but no major life extension
Perhaps i am reading irony into this that you dont mean. I think life expectancy is much higher today than in 1958. We understand that smoking is bad for you, we are introducing new medicines, address some forms of cancer, breakthroughs in DNA research, etc. I hardly call that "some progress"
> Much progress in electronics and computers
I suspect that the first decade of this century will be known mainly for the explosion in Internet related use. The past 50 years saw dramatic changes in communications. In 1958 there were still telephone operators in use, today we see school children with cell phones. Also the next 50 years will see changes that might be hard to guess. Perhaps we will not need to use a cell phone as we will be permanently connected to the peopleweb (tm).
I think safety concerns are the biggest issue. What happens when the first crash happens.
I find it frustrating when i am searching for free market data, often available in the form of press releases or summaries of whitepapers. Things such as the size of a particular software or appliance market.
When i search Google usually gives me information from 2001, 2002, 2003 and it is hard to tell it i want only data from 2006/2007. The problem is that the sites that end up in the search constantly refresh the ads and links around their old stories which makes google think its fresh.
This was not a big problem when most of the internet content was no more than a year old. This problem will get worse unless Google is smarter about recognising that the core content of a page (magazine story, whitepaper etc) was written in 2002 and it is now out of date and should be further down the list than something written in 2007.
> The sub's mapping also indicated that the sinkhole, which is over 300m deep, could connect to even deeper caves.
So begins the journey to the centre of the earth
Is there a reason the space elevator cant draw power from the ground instead of needing solar panels? Ground based power would be the most efficient you would think.
Similar situation in Australia. The concept that the political parties could have this amount of control is unbelievable. The concept of using fraud in an election and cheating to be elected is too over the top. controlling the number of voting machines in polling areas that dont support your party is simply monstrous.
In China DVDs are $US 1 each or less. Cheaper to get 100 DVDs than the time and money required to download them. And given that you would need to burn them to DVD anyway, you can see why the pirates operate. Like most markets it is price driven.
So if the doctors said that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome was all in your mind, then Mental Tunnel Syndrome must all be in your hand!
Yes, many of the games listed were derivative but Myst was ground breaking and should have been included. First game with realistic, beautiful graphics and a haunting environment. In terms of sales it was a big seller and the combo of the two means it deserves to be on the list. I guess we need to see a top 50 and then we can see the top 10 in perspective. Also, where does games like Space Invaders, Pong etc fit into this list?
In the U.S. it is a cellphone In Australia it is a mobile phone In Asia it is a handphone The only common word is phone, so i guess iPhone makes more sense.
Malware writers will target any holes in an OS. A more secure OS means less holes but malware writers will always find a way in. Many viruses will still work on a secure OS by tricking the user into running a program they shouldnt. So if we ever see a 100% secure OS there will still be viruses, spyware etc. Vista will not solve this problem (and Vista will not, and is not, 100% secure) As long as there are bad guys there will be the need for security products. Of coures, the OS providers could also provide the security products, and Microsoft is trying to do this. But there is a cost to write security products and so they will have to pass that cost along. Just because they might be good at writing Operating Systems doesnt mean they might be good at writing security products. Different skill set completely. In fact, the skills in being responsive and making tradeoffs to deliver security quickly is completely different to the skills required in writing Operating Systems so you could argue that it would make them BAD at writing security products.
Will it have AntiVirus software, Firewall, Parental filtering etc in it?
Isnt there a british TV Channel called ITV? If so, that might be why he wont call it iTV.
I had access to a Penlite for a while when i was at Apple. At the time it seemed to be a solution looking for a problem. A fun prototype but a bit buggy from memory. There were times when you wanted the keyboard to reset it. The newton felt much cooler to me. I once used a newton to take notes in a developer conference with full handwriting recognition and then went back to the hotel and uploaded the notes to my colleagues. No big deal now but was pretty cool at the time. I still have some of the beta newtons floating around. My kids used them for a while but there was nothing much they could do with them. The Penlite i had to give back when they killed the project. It was verrrrryyyy tempting to keep it as it was pretty unique but i guess they didnt want us showing it to customers.
i ran into problems with a number of files in XP that i couldnt open. Once i realised that the problem was that the path name was longer than 255 characters i could solve the problem. Wouldnt be so bad but XP doesnt tell you that is the problem so it can take a while to realise. Hopefully the 255 character limit has gone.
Did it suffer from Y2K problems? Perhaps Y(zero)K problems.
With some vulnerabilities, you can have a worm can infect you merely by having a computer connected to the internet. SQL/Slammer just required that you have the SQL code on your computer and have not patched the known vulnerability. A vulnerability that there was a patch released for six months earlier. Many users had no idea they had the SQL code installed and were vulnerable. Their choice of browser, whether they visited porn sites etc did not affect their vulnerability. For Jim Allchin to make this statement he needs to be guaranteeing there will be no bugs in Vista. I'm sure he won't be guaranteeing that. Given that many viruses don't need a system bug, or even to get into the kernel, i don't see how a bug free vista would even guarantee to be virus free. Perhaps he is confused about why Unix, Linux and Mac OS X do not get many viruses. That is more about the virus writers choosing to not target them. If the virus writers DID choose to target them there would be just as many viruses for those systems. There is a lot of talk about Windows being more vulnerable to viruses. It is not necessarily more vulnerable, though there are ways it could be less vulnerable. The real driver is the hackers and what they choose to go after.
MS has hot operating system
I couldnt see the link to the actual report, just this interview. Does anyone have the actual report? Otherwise we are just guessing.