This is just another example of the government protecting monopolies. Cable rates are outrageous primarily because we have few if any choices (around me, it's Comcast or DishTV or stuck with Antenna). We'd all be better off if the FCC would just allow some good old fashioned competition. Let more cable, phone, broadband, and internet companies offer cable-like options for consumers and the product and/or price will almost certainly improve.
"It is hard to see why anyone would want to access the information on the chip." Hmmm... it's also hard to see why anyone would want my credit card information, SSN, address, etc. I'm sure nobody really wants to know any personal information about me at all, and I'm sure nobody would ever want to forge any of my identifying documentation.
Something is just wrong with the UK's Home Office. Today I read that they will now classify panty theifs as sex offenders, receiving the same long-term classification on the sex offenders' registry as child abusers, rapists, and child pornographers.
Yep, we had wanted to use another free tool like MySQL or PostgreSQL, but either the licensing didn't work for our situation (MySQL) or the database wasn't stable enough on our clients' Windows machines (PostgreSQL). We needed pretty advanced database capabilities, so Berkeley and Firebird databases were out of the question 2 years ago when we started evaluating software. Kind of stinks that there really aren't a lot of good free database alternatives to SQL Server Express.
Anyone know how long this thing takes to boot up? I'd imagine it would take a lot longer than what most people are accustomed to, but that's just my guess...
I lead the IT department of a small company, and we use SQL Server Express on desktops all the time. Our clients use it as well, since almost all of them are far too small to own a real server (e.g. restaurants, doctors offices, etc.). We ran into this last week when we installed Vista for the first time to see what would happen. Needless to say, we were rather shocked when none of our internally developed apps would work. VERY annoying.
Ughhh... reading the requirements is about as interesting as reading a Swedish dictionary. Anyone have any highlights or links to summarized requirements?
They could offer consumers choices... like buying the PC without an O/S or with a Linux O/S. Trying to buy a PC on HP's website or in a store without an O/S isn't exactly straightforward.
I don't exactly think this is Skype being tricky, it's just having users establish connections and keeping them open for incoming calls. This is the same way that Instant Messaging services such as AIM work too. If the admins don't want those services enabled, they should inform their users and then block Skype IP ranges.
I'd agree if the creationist view had any scientific basis whatsoever. Science classes try to only teach theories that are rooted in verified hypotheses. If the creationists can provide some scientific fact, instead of just saying "it says so in the bible, and the bible is always right, therefore it's true", then schools would be much warmer to teaching intelligent design/creationism/etc.
AMD needs to deliver some real quad core chips (or 8 core chips) that will beat Intel's performance. If they don't soon, AMD will quickly get kicked back to the 2nd rate Intel cloner that everyone knew them prior to their groundbreaking AMD 64s and dual core chips briefly took the performance lead from Intel. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that AMD will deliver, I've always liked (and bought) their chips as long as the performance is similar to Intel.
Speaking for all college students out there (even though it's been 10 years since I've been one), I say "down with national ID cards!" How are our college students supposed to enjoy the company of their elders in fine drinking establishments without easily forged IDs? Punishing the resourcefulness of underage drinkers that are no threat to national security is just a crime.
Do teleworkers actually think they'll receive promotions? At the companies I've worked for, 9 times out of 10 the teleworker is working from home to have a better work/life balance, not because the employer asked them to. As bad as it sounds, promotions typically come to those who are willing to drop everything for their employer.
Sounds better than most "recipe" books
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I typically dislike the "recipe" books available, as most of them seem to only touch about 10% of what I'm actually interested in. However, this book sounds better, maybe this is because the projects I'd be interested in using Ruby on Rails for are far simpler than most projects I undertake.
OK, this guy has some great points, but he's just too educated and high brow for a Sunday morning. He could have covered his points in 1/4 of the time and made them more accessible to the general public (in the audio that is). But then again, since when do lecturing lawyers try to be accessible and understandable?
The blogger's summary said the speech evoked "memories for me of Martin Luther King's speeches". Ummm... ok. I think that's going a bit too far. Will anyone remember Eben Moglen's Plone conference keynote 5 years from now? I can't even say that sentence without laughing a little.
This is just dumb of Microsoft. If OpenOffice is introducing VBA, why would they drop it? Microsoft Office is a cash cow on any platform, it just makes sense to support it fully.
I wish they'd show some pictures, other than showing a single drawing of a robot that looks exactly like Robby from Forbidden Planet. Although, Robby does "display a unique mechanical charm and personality"...
Plus, they'll make us watch a 20 second commercial before the video, and 12 30 second commercials during the sitcom. How fun.
If the networks were smart, they'd encourage viewers to submit good/funny clips from their top shows to Youtube and other video channels. CBS realized the value of posting online with their CBS YouTube channel, which helped to increase TV viewership as well.
Internet viewers want to quickly scan 100's of videos to find what works, most don't want to sit down in front of their 17 in monitor in the office and watch TV sitcoms with the family. The advertising model that works for TV just doesn't work on the internet, and networks won't understand this. For now, they should ditch their idea and use the internet to drive traffic to their TV shows, which has huge potential (the only reason I watch The Office is because I saw clips online first).
Sounds like he didn't get the memo yet that he's been canned.
CEOs always beat their chests and yell the loudest when they're on their way out. Yahoo's newest "strategy" is junk, and they need some fresh leadership at the top, rather than just getting rid of all his subordinates who have worked their tails off to follow an ill-thought prior strategy.
True, but I don't think he has created anything new (unlike complex numbers, which were new and even then had a function). Instead, he is saying that 0/0 is a nullity (the article appears somewhat misstated vs. the video). Well, that's just plain silly. How can you take nothing and divide it by nothing?
If anything 0/0 should be 0. If 1/2 of 0 is 0, and 1/4 of 0 is 0, etc. then 0/0 should also be 0. 0/0 should be a special case where dividing by zero actually yields a valid real number, and all other divisions by 0 are undefined.
I Agree! Independant publishing is the way to go in the future, both for the artist and the listener. But by turning our heads and ignoring illegal downloads we also hurt those who want to move away from the RIAA. Some artists now view the RIAA as their only means to protect against illegal downloads, and stay with the big labels as a result. This is counterproductive for the artists and for us. Let the RIAA die, yes! But illegal downloads actually makes the RIAA stronger... as their legal team grows so does their strength.
If we can figure out a way to stop illegal downloads, more artists will move to small/independant labels and probably release more free music. Copyright laws aren't going away in our lifetime, so let's figure out how to make more music freely available legally instead of ignoring the problem.
OK, so how about we just drop all copyright laws, including for software? While we're at it, let's drop all patents too. Investment is driven by an expectation for a return on that investment. By eliminating protections for that investment, we eliminate the drive to invest. The Pharmaceutics, Auto, Software, Defense, and Movie industries (along with almost any other) would basically collapse without copyright and patent law.
If you could legally download a movie for free, and watch it on your massive home theater, why would you pay for it? You probably wouldn't, or at least, most people wouldn't. This would DESTROY the movie industry. We'd be left with little independant movies that were done for the love of it. Sure, some would be great, but I like to watch a good big budget action film every once in a while too.
I happen to agree that the world needs far tougher copyright protections, and ones that are more effective (while being less intrusive) than current DRM schemes. I have good friends who are musicians, and they are seeing huge declines in their incomes from music sales, even though they seem to have larger fan bases and draw greater crowds at concerts.
While most of us here at/. buy our music legally, this is not the case for the majority of people with MP3 players and digital music collections. While the move to independant music publishers and online distribution of legal music is good for some (particularly those who like to listen to non-mainstream music), it won't address the problem.
Any ideas for how to effectively stop illegal downloads?
If we begin seeing stem cell harvesting/research being allowed in other industrial countries, what are the repurcussions for the U.S.? I don't think we can hold out forever, at some point I'd expect some researches to start moving to more hospitable countries, and pharmaceutical companies in those countries (such as Australia) taking a definitive lead in stem cell therapy and research. As a nation, can we afford to just let the world pass us, even if there are "moral" concerns regarding the technology by our government?
This may not produce the results expected, particularly if his company is a venerable leader in his field. Saying MegaCom gives back is just an invitation for competitors to steal their code.
For example, imagine if Google decided to release all their code back into the community. The PR it would bring them would be negligible, but EVERYONE would be scrambling to grab hold of their code to use it. The competitive risk far outweighs any benefits.
Yeah, and I'm sure the end of the speech went something like this: "Now bobby and amy, I hope you have learned your lesson. Now to show you my commitment to you downloading legal music, I've setup a $500/month automatic payment into each of your iTunes accounts. You need to learn that illegal actions have consequences. I hope this has taught you a lesson."
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This is just another example of the government protecting monopolies. Cable rates are outrageous primarily because we have few if any choices (around me, it's Comcast or DishTV or stuck with Antenna). We'd all be better off if the FCC would just allow some good old fashioned competition. Let more cable, phone, broadband, and internet companies offer cable-like options for consumers and the product and/or price will almost certainly improve.
"It is hard to see why anyone would want to access the information on the chip." Hmmm... it's also hard to see why anyone would want my credit card information, SSN, address, etc. I'm sure nobody really wants to know any personal information about me at all, and I'm sure nobody would ever want to forge any of my identifying documentation.
Something is just wrong with the UK's Home Office. Today I read that they will now classify panty theifs as sex offenders, receiving the same long-term classification on the sex offenders' registry as child abusers, rapists, and child pornographers.
Yep, we had wanted to use another free tool like MySQL or PostgreSQL, but either the licensing didn't work for our situation (MySQL) or the database wasn't stable enough on our clients' Windows machines (PostgreSQL). We needed pretty advanced database capabilities, so Berkeley and Firebird databases were out of the question 2 years ago when we started evaluating software. Kind of stinks that there really aren't a lot of good free database alternatives to SQL Server Express.
Anyone know how long this thing takes to boot up? I'd imagine it would take a lot longer than what most people are accustomed to, but that's just my guess...
I lead the IT department of a small company, and we use SQL Server Express on desktops all the time. Our clients use it as well, since almost all of them are far too small to own a real server (e.g. restaurants, doctors offices, etc.). We ran into this last week when we installed Vista for the first time to see what would happen. Needless to say, we were rather shocked when none of our internally developed apps would work. VERY annoying.
Ughhh ... reading the requirements is about as interesting as reading a Swedish dictionary. Anyone have any highlights or links to summarized requirements?
They could offer consumers choices ... like buying the PC without an O/S or with a Linux O/S. Trying to buy a PC on HP's website or in a store without an O/S isn't exactly straightforward.
I don't exactly think this is Skype being tricky, it's just having users establish connections and keeping them open for incoming calls. This is the same way that Instant Messaging services such as AIM work too. If the admins don't want those services enabled, they should inform their users and then block Skype IP ranges.
I'd agree if the creationist view had any scientific basis whatsoever. Science classes try to only teach theories that are rooted in verified hypotheses. If the creationists can provide some scientific fact, instead of just saying "it says so in the bible, and the bible is always right, therefore it's true", then schools would be much warmer to teaching intelligent design/creationism/etc.
AMD needs to deliver some real quad core chips (or 8 core chips) that will beat Intel's performance. If they don't soon, AMD will quickly get kicked back to the 2nd rate Intel cloner that everyone knew them prior to their groundbreaking AMD 64s and dual core chips briefly took the performance lead from Intel. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that AMD will deliver, I've always liked (and bought) their chips as long as the performance is similar to Intel.
Speaking for all college students out there (even though it's been 10 years since I've been one), I say "down with national ID cards!" How are our college students supposed to enjoy the company of their elders in fine drinking establishments without easily forged IDs? Punishing the resourcefulness of underage drinkers that are no threat to national security is just a crime.
Do teleworkers actually think they'll receive promotions? At the companies I've worked for, 9 times out of 10 the teleworker is working from home to have a better work/life balance, not because the employer asked them to. As bad as it sounds, promotions typically come to those who are willing to drop everything for their employer.
I typically dislike the "recipe" books available, as most of them seem to only touch about 10% of what I'm actually interested in. However, this book sounds better, maybe this is because the projects I'd be interested in using Ruby on Rails for are far simpler than most projects I undertake.
OK, this guy has some great points, but he's just too educated and high brow for a Sunday morning. He could have covered his points in 1/4 of the time and made them more accessible to the general public (in the audio that is). But then again, since when do lecturing lawyers try to be accessible and understandable?
... ok. I think that's going a bit too far. Will anyone remember Eben Moglen's Plone conference keynote 5 years from now? I can't even say that sentence without laughing a little.
The blogger's summary said the speech evoked "memories for me of Martin Luther King's speeches". Ummm
This is just dumb of Microsoft. If OpenOffice is introducing VBA, why would they drop it? Microsoft Office is a cash cow on any platform, it just makes sense to support it fully.
I wish they'd show some pictures, other than showing a single drawing of a robot that looks exactly like Robby from Forbidden Planet. Although, Robby does "display a unique mechanical charm and personality" ...
Plus, they'll make us watch a 20 second commercial before the video, and 12 30 second commercials during the sitcom. How fun.
If the networks were smart, they'd encourage viewers to submit good/funny clips from their top shows to Youtube and other video channels. CBS realized the value of posting online with their CBS YouTube channel, which helped to increase TV viewership as well.
Internet viewers want to quickly scan 100's of videos to find what works, most don't want to sit down in front of their 17 in monitor in the office and watch TV sitcoms with the family. The advertising model that works for TV just doesn't work on the internet, and networks won't understand this. For now, they should ditch their idea and use the internet to drive traffic to their TV shows, which has huge potential (the only reason I watch The Office is because I saw clips online first).
Sounds like he didn't get the memo yet that he's been canned.
CEOs always beat their chests and yell the loudest when they're on their way out. Yahoo's newest "strategy" is junk, and they need some fresh leadership at the top, rather than just getting rid of all his subordinates who have worked their tails off to follow an ill-thought prior strategy.
True, but I don't think he has created anything new (unlike complex numbers, which were new and even then had a function). Instead, he is saying that 0/0 is a nullity (the article appears somewhat misstated vs. the video). Well, that's just plain silly. How can you take nothing and divide it by nothing?
If anything 0/0 should be 0. If 1/2 of 0 is 0, and 1/4 of 0 is 0, etc. then 0/0 should also be 0. 0/0 should be a special case where dividing by zero actually yields a valid real number, and all other divisions by 0 are undefined.
I Agree! Independant publishing is the way to go in the future, both for the artist and the listener. But by turning our heads and ignoring illegal downloads we also hurt those who want to move away from the RIAA. Some artists now view the RIAA as their only means to protect against illegal downloads, and stay with the big labels as a result. This is counterproductive for the artists and for us. Let the RIAA die, yes! But illegal downloads actually makes the RIAA stronger ... as their legal team grows so does their strength.
If we can figure out a way to stop illegal downloads, more artists will move to small/independant labels and probably release more free music. Copyright laws aren't going away in our lifetime, so let's figure out how to make more music freely available legally instead of ignoring the problem.
OK, so how about we just drop all copyright laws, including for software? While we're at it, let's drop all patents too. Investment is driven by an expectation for a return on that investment. By eliminating protections for that investment, we eliminate the drive to invest. The Pharmaceutics, Auto, Software, Defense, and Movie industries (along with almost any other) would basically collapse without copyright and patent law.
If you could legally download a movie for free, and watch it on your massive home theater, why would you pay for it? You probably wouldn't, or at least, most people wouldn't. This would DESTROY the movie industry. We'd be left with little independant movies that were done for the love of it. Sure, some would be great, but I like to watch a good big budget action film every once in a while too.
I happen to agree that the world needs far tougher copyright protections, and ones that are more effective (while being less intrusive) than current DRM schemes. I have good friends who are musicians, and they are seeing huge declines in their incomes from music sales, even though they seem to have larger fan bases and draw greater crowds at concerts.
/. buy our music legally, this is not the case for the majority of people with MP3 players and digital music collections. While the move to independant music publishers and online distribution of legal music is good for some (particularly those who like to listen to non-mainstream music), it won't address the problem.
While most of us here at
Any ideas for how to effectively stop illegal downloads?
If we begin seeing stem cell harvesting/research being allowed in other industrial countries, what are the repurcussions for the U.S.? I don't think we can hold out forever, at some point I'd expect some researches to start moving to more hospitable countries, and pharmaceutical companies in those countries (such as Australia) taking a definitive lead in stem cell therapy and research. As a nation, can we afford to just let the world pass us, even if there are "moral" concerns regarding the technology by our government?
This may not produce the results expected, particularly if his company is a venerable leader in his field. Saying MegaCom gives back is just an invitation for competitors to steal their code.
For example, imagine if Google decided to release all their code back into the community. The PR it would bring them would be negligible, but EVERYONE would be scrambling to grab hold of their code to use it. The competitive risk far outweighs any benefits.
Yeah, and I'm sure the end of the speech went something like this: "Now bobby and amy, I hope you have learned your lesson. Now to show you my commitment to you downloading legal music, I've setup a $500/month automatic payment into each of your iTunes accounts. You need to learn that illegal actions have consequences. I hope this has taught you a lesson."