Enough Chrome already!
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Perspx wrote:
that $20-$100 OS has been brought up a fair number of times
I must have missed it. :(
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
There was a post the other day of some guy wanting to pay $20-100 for someone to write him a complete, secure OS, that had Windows XP-like features but not a rewrite of XP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Here's a help for you to soothe your frazzled mind: Chromie Chromie Chromie[^]
:laugh: I would say that was soothing but I had to stop that because my speakers were on too loud and I did not want to annoy the coworkers. At least my office door was closed.
John
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Perspx wrote:
that $20-$100 OS has been brought up a fair number of times
Yeah, I remember that one. Wonder if the guy ever got any bids on it. :laugh:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
Doubtful. The potential coder should just write it himself and sell each copy for $100 - much more worth it. Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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chrome chrome chrome chrome chrome chrome chrome chrome lovely chrooooooooooooooome chromity chrome
You're a cold, raw fish away from this[^] bloke :)
But fortunately we have the nanny-state politicians who can step in to protect us poor stupid consumers, most of whom would not know a JVM from a frozen chicken. Bruce Pierson
Because programming is an art, not a science. Marc Clifton
I gave up when I couldn't spell "egg". Justine Allen -
There was a post the other day of some guy wanting to pay $20-100 for someone to write him a complete, secure OS, that had Windows XP-like features but not a rewrite of XP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
What idiot would pay $100 for an Ubuntu CD?
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
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Come on, Chrome is the newest thing ;P
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
And yet the shine seems to be going from it already.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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What idiot would pay $100 for an Ubuntu CD?
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
Robert Royall wrote:
What idiot would pay $100 for an Ubuntu CD?
Shhh. We were calling it BlueOrb. Don't let him in on our secret.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I prefer brushed nickel. At least on faucets, knobs ...
John
modified on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 4:13 PM
Bah! Give me good ol' pewter
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
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Robert Royall wrote:
nothing but Chrome this and Chrome that
To be fair though, that $20-$100 OS has been brought up a fair number of times, so it's not exactly a new topic of conversation is it? ;P
Robert Royall wrote:
Chrome is not going to be the "Web OS" of the future
Never underestimate the power of the almighty. :rolleyes: Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
Perspx wrote:
To be fair though, that $20-$100 OS has been brought up a fair number of times, so it's not exactly a new topic of conversation is it?
And I have the suspicion it's the same troll who still thinks its funny every time.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
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Bah! Give me good ol' pewter
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
:laugh: :)
John
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You're a cold, raw fish away from this[^] bloke :)
But fortunately we have the nanny-state politicians who can step in to protect us poor stupid consumers, most of whom would not know a JVM from a frozen chicken. Bruce Pierson
Because programming is an art, not a science. Marc Clifton
I gave up when I couldn't spell "egg". Justine AllenIt's FireFox my precious.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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And yet the shine seems to be going from it already.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Seems so, from this ZDNet[^] email I just received. Haven't had a chance to go in depth with it.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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What idiot would pay $100 for an Ubuntu CD?
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
No kidding. :laugh: There's a 5 for you :)
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Robert Royall wrote:
What idiot would pay $100 for an Ubuntu CD?
Shhh. We were calling it BlueOrb. Don't let him in on our secret.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
I was wondering if one could just slip Windows Mojave at the guy in the original post from the other day :rolleyes:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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For two days the Lounge has been nothing but Chrome this and Chrome that. Chrome is not going to be the "Web OS" of the future, because I am already working on it[^]! Take that suckers! ;P
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
Robert, your sig is the single most enlightening description of corporate IT that I have ever read. Kudos to you, good sir. David
I have nothing against VB or .NET; all programming languages are respectable. It just seems that some languages attract one echelon of programmers, and other languages attract another echelon of programmers. :P
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For two days the Lounge has been nothing but Chrome this and Chrome that. Chrome is not going to be the "Web OS" of the future, because I am already working on it[^]! Take that suckers! ;P
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
Budget: $ 20-100 I think it's missing six zeros..? :laugh: Where do such people come from?
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For two days the Lounge has been nothing but Chrome this and Chrome that. Chrome is not going to be the "Web OS" of the future, because I am already working on it[^]! Take that suckers! ;P
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
I picked the new browser for a test drive yesterday and actually like what I see. I can't vote and emoticons are clipped on the right side. :P I haven't had any problems with other websites, though, that must mean CodeProject has bad markup/CSS, right? ;P When there's a new browser I usually take it for a ride and try browsing my usual daily sites with it for an hour or so. I am a Firefox user and no other browser was able to keep me for longer than an hour (OK, I use IE8 for debugging in VS), but I actually like Chrome. It has a very clean UI (the whole window consists mostly of the page area), is very fast and responsive and has some smooth animations ;). It has not broken yet, I'd like to see how this process separation works (sad tab). Currently I am missing AdBlock (I have it turned off on CP to support you guys), I also need Firebug for work.
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I was wondering if one could just slip Windows Mojave at the guy in the original post from the other day :rolleyes:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
Sounds like a plan to me.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Come on, Chrome is the newest thing ;P
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Robert, your sig is the single most enlightening description of corporate IT that I have ever read. Kudos to you, good sir. David
I have nothing against VB or .NET; all programming languages are respectable. It just seems that some languages attract one echelon of programmers, and other languages attract another echelon of programmers. :P
Why thank you! Your sig quite succinctly sums up the way most people feel about Visual Basic (but won't admit it in public).
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer
