At the low end, go to any high school or other such environment, do a quick poll, and you will generally find far more amature artists then amature programmers (who are not just webmasters). That is true for paper artists, not pixel artists.
Personally, I really like WMA's lossless compression, because it is fairly efficient and "normal" people can play it (and it doesn't have to have DRM).
That makes sense. I am a hobbyist game developer and have always found that programmers are a dime-a-dozen. Game art (esp pixel animation) is hideously expensive.
I'd really like to ask him what he is doing about Microsoft's efforts to poison Java.
I have been doing some peripheral help with a Java converter that converts from GML to Java, and it doesn't seem very cross-platform to me, even though it has no dependencies. The converter gives odd errors on different platforms - even on different XP machines! And the pure Java code it outputs doesn't run on Macs.
IMHO, using platform-specific dependencies (like DLL's) should be the only possible way to make Java that isn't cross-platform.
America's health care system (and education system) are socialist. People used to ask the doctor beforehand what the bill would be. Now they just see what federal program they can get to pay for it.
In spite of this, it is still some of the best quality care in the world, although it might not stay that way.
It's because it's socialist. Ditto for the US health care and education system. Introduce competition, and problems go away. There is a quirk here however; spectrum is a limited resource, and can't be scaled indefinitely.
It's called competition. And Ballmer simply isn't the man to run MS. Very few big organizations have survived the loss of their founder. (think Charlemagne, Jobs, Stalin, and soon Castro).
Properly implemented (that is with proper profiles and security), Windows 'Just Works' in business Excellent point. It seems to me that Windows isn't inherently flawed (except for its out-of-box security), the problem is rather the mind-blowing mountains of trash software that comes on new computers.
For example: The computers I learned CAD on sit for months without a reboot, because they are not running garbage software. Just put decent AV (Kaspersky or Norton Corporate) and make some nice group policies so users can't install anything, add your expensive productivity apps and the computer will pretty much run until the hardware dies.
This assumes the following about the servers: 1. ALL internet traffic goes throught a whitelisted proxy. 2. An expensive hardware firewall is used, which does not allow exe's or archives to be downloaded by users. 3. There is no wireless, period.
In such a setup, most things will run forever, as long as you can keep the USB storage away and the hardware maintained. So my point is that junk software is what really gives Windows most of its bad rap.
It's a fact, IMHO. I took a CAD class at his HS, and of all the kids who were supposed to be training for an engineering/architect degree, about 4 actually exerted some effort, and I would say only 1 did her best.
Then why would the Democrats want to remove firearms from the hands of individual citizens? I guess they think the National Guard will defend the citizenry against their own government [cough.KentState.cough] The Democrats are part of the government, and want it to stay that way.
'RAW' isn't used by anybody. I have a friend digital in photography, and he uses RAW. He is somebody, therefore, somebody uses RAW, therefore, you are wrong.
'RAW' is a collective name for a ****load of formats by a smaller ****load of digital camera companies. Just because it is a group doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
My father has been a teacher for almost 20 years, and describes the life cycle of a teacher like this:
1. Someone becomes a teacher, not for the pay, but in order to better the world. 2. They are very enthusiastic, and spin their wheels with enthusiasm. 3. About 5-10 years into it, they get cynical. But with that many years behind them, they are not going to switch careers. He also discussed the government programs issue:
1. A program is created and deployed with high hopes (except for the cynical teachers who have been through the last 3 programs.) 2. It generates a lot of (fake) steam, then is loopholed and "special-ed"ed out of commission, at which point everybody forgets the name. 3. The program is about to expire, and everything will go back to traditional mode. This creates a lawsuit hazard, as tens of thousands of students suddenly must pass a test or miss their diploma. 4. A new program is hastily implemented to keep the scores inflated and keep to the students rolling through (read: no lawsuits). Another problem is "special ed". Here is the story behind 85% of the students in special ed:
1. A student is ultra-lazy and isn't passing. 2. Parents roar at the teacher, and send their kid to the school shrink. At this point the student pays attention and dons his worst intellect, in order to pass the evaluation. 3. He is assigned a monitor who is specially responsible to keep an eye on his school (read: make sure he passes). 4. The student has a lot less work to do (the basic package is 1/2 the homework, and it gets worse as you go along), and the teacher is given a dossier (they have some politically correct name for it) on the kid's "condition", and he is required to tailor his lessons for that child's benefit. (There is naturally no way a teacher can tailor the class for a dozen individual kids.) 5. The student passes with good grades, and gets his diploma. He got by with minimal work, the parents are happy, and nobody got sued. 5. Since you can't discriminate against the handicapped or retarded, the diploma has no mention of the fact that the student didn't actually do the work, or that he has any condition. Now, the program does do much good for the truly handicapped people, but there are very few people who have anything wrong with them, except for their work ethic.
As for classroom discipline:
1. You cannot touch or search a kid without getting sued by the parents or the ACLU. 2. You cannot dock their grade without the parents getting zealous. 3. You may only send them to the office, where the overworked principle (who spends "half his time making sure we comply with regulations") tells the student to behave or face staying home from school (sounds silly, but it really irks the parents, who suddenly have a kid to babysit). 4. If the teacher saw the kid's drugs, the principle calls the students mom to come (no way will he tell the kid to drop his pants for a search without a parent present). The kid is then sent to the school police officer, and I don't know what he does with him. 5. There isn't much else to do. It is a general case of lazy kids, a lawyer-happy ACLU, terrible parenting, and staggering bureaucratic overhead.
all those worms would have affected just about every Windows computer on the Internet (instead of just the ones that were directly connected) From the article:
The story goes that at the height of the self-propagating malware explosion a few years ago, an unpatched Windows system would be infected faster than it could download the necessary security updates. With IPv6, that is simply impossible: even with a billion infected hosts each scanning a billion IPv6 addresses per second, it takes more than a hundred million years to scan just the IPv6 address space that's given out to ISPs right now, which is about 0.01 percent of what's available. However, targeted scanning, although not easy, is still possible, so security measures like those used with IPv4 are still necessary.
A new kind of flash was developed last year that had much faster read/write (closer to RAM) and didn't deteriorate. I suspect that kind is what these will use. (Unfortunately I don't remember the name...)
While it is very nice of His Billness to donate a bunch of money, I think most of his flap is just that. He is obviously trying to salvage MS's public image with his personal charm.
It is universally understood that, if someone is intending to attack, they are overwhelmingly more likely to succeed than someone who is not intending to defend. I am somebody, and I do not understand that to be true. Therefore, it is not universally understood.
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Personally, I really like WMA's lossless compression, because it is fairly efficient and "normal" people can play it (and it doesn't have to have DRM).
That makes sense. I am a hobbyist game developer and have always found that programmers are a dime-a-dozen. Game art (esp pixel animation) is hideously expensive.
I have never seen results that bad. You must be searching for porn, where spam is to be expected.
You do realize that memo was ten years ago, right?
I doubt MS has changed its goals regarding Sun in the last 10 years.
I just wish there was something totally cross-platform, with a motto such as: "If x doesn't work on everything, it should work on nothing."
It think it's the ratio of nitrogen to oxygen that matters, not the pressure.
I'd really like to ask him what he is doing about Microsoft's efforts to poison Java.
I have been doing some peripheral help with a Java converter that converts from GML to Java, and it doesn't seem very cross-platform to me, even though it has no dependencies. The converter gives odd errors on different platforms - even on different XP machines! And the pure Java code it outputs doesn't run on Macs.
IMHO, using platform-specific dependencies (like DLL's) should be the only possible way to make Java that isn't cross-platform.
You could also do like my dad does - stick with a good plan forever (currently at 5 years).
Yes, but most don't.
America's health care system (and education system) are socialist. People used to ask the doctor beforehand what the bill would be. Now they just see what federal program they can get to pay for it.
In spite of this, it is still some of the best quality care in the world, although it might not stay that way.
It's because it's socialist. Ditto for the US health care and education system. Introduce competition, and problems go away. There is a quirk here however; spectrum is a limited resource, and can't be scaled indefinitely.
It's called competition. And Ballmer simply isn't the man to run MS. Very few big organizations have survived the loss of their founder. (think Charlemagne, Jobs, Stalin, and soon Castro).
Buy from Newegg. They have prebuilt PC's with XP.
I'm not suggesting it for right now, but gov only gets worse, and a "clean-install" is needed every few hundred years.
That is why the populace needs guns. If a govmnt refuses to listen to its people, revolution is the only solution.
For example: The computers I learned CAD on sit for months without a reboot, because they are not running garbage software. Just put decent AV (Kaspersky or Norton Corporate) and make some nice group policies so users can't install anything, add your expensive productivity apps and the computer will pretty much run until the hardware dies.
This assumes the following about the servers:
1. ALL internet traffic goes throught a whitelisted proxy.
2. An expensive hardware firewall is used, which does not allow exe's or archives to be downloaded by users.
3. There is no wireless, period.
In such a setup, most things will run forever, as long as you can keep the USB storage away and the hardware maintained.
So my point is that junk software is what really gives Windows most of its bad rap.
It's a fact, IMHO. I took a CAD class at his HS, and of all the kids who were supposed to be training for an engineering/architect degree, about 4 actually exerted some effort, and I would say only 1 did her best.
The RAW formats all have the same overall properties, so it is safe to refer to them in general.
(Some of his neat pics, if you like photography:)
http://www.erality.com/content/00576/
http://www.erality.com/content/00576/
1. Someone becomes a teacher, not for the pay, but in order to better the world.2. They are very enthusiastic, and spin their wheels with enthusiasm.
3. About 5-10 years into it, they get cynical. But with that many years behind them, they are not going to switch careers. He also discussed the government programs issue:
1. A program is created and deployed with high hopes (except for the cynical teachers who have been through the last 3 programs.)2. It generates a lot of (fake) steam, then is loopholed and "special-ed"ed out of commission, at which point everybody forgets the name.
3. The program is about to expire, and everything will go back to traditional mode. This creates a lawsuit hazard, as tens of thousands of students suddenly must pass a test or miss their diploma.
4. A new program is hastily implemented to keep the scores inflated and keep to the students rolling through (read: no lawsuits). Another problem is "special ed". Here is the story behind 85% of the students in special ed:
1. A student is ultra-lazy and isn't passing.2. Parents roar at the teacher, and send their kid to the school shrink. At this point the student pays attention and dons his worst intellect, in order to pass the evaluation.
3. He is assigned a monitor who is specially responsible to keep an eye on his school (read: make sure he passes).
4. The student has a lot less work to do (the basic package is 1/2 the homework, and it gets worse as you go along), and the teacher is given a dossier (they have some politically correct name for it) on the kid's "condition", and he is required to tailor his lessons for that child's benefit. (There is naturally no way a teacher can tailor the class for a dozen individual kids.)
5. The student passes with good grades, and gets his diploma. He got by with minimal work, the parents are happy, and nobody got sued.
5. Since you can't discriminate against the handicapped or retarded, the diploma has no mention of the fact that the student didn't actually do the work, or that he has any condition. Now, the program does do much good for the truly handicapped people, but there are very few people who have anything wrong with them, except for their work ethic.
As for classroom discipline:
1. You cannot touch or search a kid without getting sued by the parents or the ACLU.2. You cannot dock their grade without the parents getting zealous.
3. You may only send them to the office, where the overworked principle (who spends "half his time making sure we comply with regulations") tells the student to behave or face staying home from school (sounds silly, but it really irks the parents, who suddenly have a kid to babysit).
4. If the teacher saw the kid's drugs, the principle calls the students mom to come (no way will he tell the kid to drop his pants for a search without a parent present). The kid is then sent to the school police officer, and I don't know what he does with him.
5. There isn't much else to do. It is a general case of lazy kids, a lawyer-happy ACLU, terrible parenting, and staggering bureaucratic overhead.
A new kind of flash was developed last year that had much faster read/write (closer to RAM) and didn't deteriorate. I suspect that kind is what these will use. (Unfortunately I don't remember the name...)
While it is very nice of His Billness to donate a bunch of money, I think most of his flap is just that. He is obviously trying to salvage MS's public image with his personal charm.