Comments for The Webmechs Press http://webmechs.com/webpress A pundit's guide to IT, Software Development, and the Web Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Low image quality when browsing via Globe 3G / Globe Visibility / Globe HSDPA by Johanne M.A. Lim - nxlevel solutions http://webmechs.com/webpress/2008/12/low-image-quality-when-browsing-via-globe-3g-wireless/#comment-1191 Johanne M.A. Lim - nxlevel solutions Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:41:50 +0000 http://webmechs.com/webpress/?p=12#comment-1191 Unfortunately, hiding stuff and trying to get away with things is what the Philippines is notorious for. I wouldn't be surprised if this is some wise idea from some very knowledgeable IT guru inside Globe trying to spread the bandwidth around to more users. Don't get me wrong, the idea is great. This is a symptom of either of these two things: 1. The people behind this bright "compression/proxying" idea has no balls to come clean with it. 2. Or they just don't care about the consumers that pay for their salaries and think we won't notice it. C'mon guys! I keep calling tech support and they either don't know, or were informed not to divulge this information. It would really help to come out with even some fineprint of this somewhere. Not all your consumers are noobs you know. Unfortunately, hiding stuff and trying to get away with things is what the Philippines is notorious for. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is some wise idea from some very knowledgeable IT guru inside Globe trying to spread the bandwidth around to more users.

Don’t get me wrong, the idea is great. This is a symptom of either of these two things:
1. The people behind this bright “compression/proxying” idea has no balls to come clean with it.
2. Or they just don’t care about the consumers that pay for their salaries and think we won’t notice it.

C’mon guys! I keep calling tech support and they either don’t know, or were informed not to divulge this information. It would really help to come out with even some fineprint of this somewhere. Not all your consumers are noobs you know.

]]> Comment on Low image quality when browsing via Globe 3G / Globe Visibility / Globe HSDPA by Johanne M.A. Lim - nxlevel solutions http://webmechs.com/webpress/2008/12/low-image-quality-when-browsing-via-globe-3g-wireless/#comment-1190 Johanne M.A. Lim - nxlevel solutions Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:40:29 +0000 http://webmechs.com/webpress/?p=12#comment-1190 Unfortunately, hiding stuff and trying to get away with things is what the Philippines is notorious for. I wouldn't be surprised if this is some wise idea from some very knowledgeable IT guru inside Globe trying to spread the bandwidth around to more users. Don't get me wrong, the idea is great. The only thing is one of two things: 1. The people behind this bright "compression/proxying" idea has no balls to come clean with it. 2. Or they just don't care about the consumers that pay for their salaries and think we won't notice it. C'mon guys! I keep calling tech support and they either don't know, or were informed not to divulge this information. It would really help to come out with even some fineprint of this somewhere. Not all your consumers are noobs you know. Unfortunately, hiding stuff and trying to get away with things is what the Philippines is notorious for. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is some wise idea from some very knowledgeable IT guru inside Globe trying to spread the bandwidth around to more users.

Don’t get me wrong, the idea is great. The only thing is one of two things:
1. The people behind this bright “compression/proxying” idea has no balls to come clean with it.
2. Or they just don’t care about the consumers that pay for their salaries and think we won’t notice it.

C’mon guys! I keep calling tech support and they either don’t know, or were informed not to divulge this information. It would really help to come out with even some fineprint of this somewhere. Not all your consumers are noobs you know.

]]> Comment on Low image quality when browsing via Globe 3G / Globe Visibility / Globe HSDPA by Alkabir http://webmechs.com/webpress/2008/12/low-image-quality-when-browsing-via-globe-3g-wireless/#comment-1086 Alkabir Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:58:33 +0000 http://webmechs.com/webpress/?p=12#comment-1086 Hi! I'm a Globe Tattoo subscriber and their poor image quality/image compression really annoys me. In the past, there are workarounds but it seems they've managed to update this technique and every ways to solve this in the past doesn't seem to work anymore. I have also learned that several networks abroad also use such same technique like T-mobile. But the big difference is that their subscribers are aware of it and they can even download a piece of software from T-mobile's site to disable the image compression. So clearly, this is a hidden agenda! We are paying customers! We have our right! Hi! I’m a Globe Tattoo subscriber and their poor image quality/image compression really annoys me. In the past, there are workarounds but it seems they’ve managed to update this technique and every ways to solve this in the past doesn’t seem to work anymore. I have also learned that several networks abroad also use such same technique like T-mobile. But the big difference is that their subscribers are aware of it and they can even download a piece of software from T-mobile’s site to disable the image compression.

So clearly, this is a hidden agenda! We are paying customers! We have our right!

]]> Comment on Google Chrome’s architecture explained in comics by Cutester http://webmechs.com/webpress/2008/11/google-chromes-architecture-explained-in-comics/#comment-230 Cutester Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:58:01 +0000 http://webmechs.com/webpress/?p=11#comment-230 Was finally able to hang Chrome. Running a big bunch of Java/Processing apps was what did it... Was finally able to hang Chrome. Running a big bunch of Java/Processing apps was what did it…

]]> Comment on Solaris and OpenSolaris – do they still have a viable future? by Cute Stuffed Toys http://webmechs.com/webpress/2008/05/solaris-and-opensolaris-do-they-still-have-a-viable-future/#comment-197 Cute Stuffed Toys Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:14:52 +0000 http://webmechs.com/webpress/?p=3#comment-197 Interesting analysis of the successes and failures of Sun's strategy. It does seem like OpenSolaris is starting to gain mindshare. Consider how Debian's founder is now part of the OpenSolaris team. Interesting analysis of the successes and failures of Sun’s strategy. It does seem like OpenSolaris is starting to gain mindshare. Consider how Debian’s founder is now part of the OpenSolaris team.

]]> Comment on Google vs. Microsoft – who’s the evil empire now? by Jeffrey Snover http://webmechs.com/webpress/2008/07/google-vs-microsoft-whos-the-evil-empire-now/#comment-3 Jeffrey Snover Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:52:54 +0000 http://webmechs.com/webpress/?p=9#comment-3 > It does so by adopting the most common Unix shell-isms (a sign that MS does not have the NIH syndrome, at least in this particular case). Absolutely! We are ONLY able to do what we do with PowerShell because we stand on the shoulders of the superstar engineers that came before us. Our Unix influences (BASH, Perl) are very obvious but we also benefitted greatly from VMS DCL, AS400 CL and TCL. Hats off the the rockstars behind each of those. Bruce Payette, the dev lead of the language was very explicit about this in his book "PowerShell in Action" where he said something to the effect of: "We tried to invent as little as possible". I'm glad you like what you've used so far. Wait till you see what is coming in our V2! I think you'll be shocked (delighted) by what you see. There is a Community Technology Preview (CTP) available now at http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=60DEAC2B-975B-41E6-9FA0-C2FD6AA6BC89&displaylang=en Please let us know where you think we fell short or could do better. We like positive reviews but we LOVE to see the things that identify what we need to do to make it more useful to customers. You'll see a lot of customer feedback incorporated into our V2. Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] Windows Management Partner Architect Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx > It does so by adopting the most common Unix shell-isms (a sign that MS does not have the NIH syndrome, at least in this particular case).

Absolutely! We are ONLY able to do what we do with PowerShell because we stand on the shoulders of the superstar engineers that came before us.

Our Unix influences (BASH, Perl) are very obvious but we also benefitted greatly from VMS DCL, AS400 CL and TCL. Hats off the the rockstars behind each of those. Bruce Payette, the dev lead of the language was very explicit about this in his book “PowerShell in Action” where he said something to the effect of: “We tried to invent as little as possible”.

I’m glad you like what you’ve used so far. Wait till you see what is coming in our V2! I think you’ll be shocked (delighted) by what you see. There is a Community Technology Preview (CTP) available now at http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=60DEAC2B-975B-41E6-9FA0-C2FD6AA6BC89&displaylang=en

Please let us know where you think we fell short or could do better. We like positive reviews but we LOVE to see the things that identify what we need to do to make it more useful to customers. You’ll see a lot of customer feedback incorporated into our V2.

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows Management Partner Architect
Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell
Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx

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