Ooops. What is this? Sept 20 was 9 hour ago? I would bet that their news retrieval bot found the story 9 hours ago. What good is the newspaper from 3 days ago (except for reference)?
My m500 will email, lightweight browse, play games, help me remember stuff and run a multitude of small, useful apps. Frankly, I don't consider MS Word or MS Excel to be something I want on my PDA. I want those on a laptop. A PDA to me is a personal digital assistant. All the WinCE (or XP Embedded or whatever) thingies do what I need and more, but with shorter battery life and added weight. For me, the m500 is great.
Oh. By the way. Product development since then? Zero, zip, niente, nada de nada.. You are wrong. As simple as that.
Linux is ever growing. This UnitedLinux move is almost certainly initiated by some MBA (call me prejudiced..). What we need to do, is to determine whether this in fact is breaching the GPL, and then determine the best remedy.
It is vital that we don't scare business away, but it is also vital that they get the point of the GPL. Whenever there is a problem, it is almost always best to deal with it while it is small. If a large industry is allowed to grow while being in violation of the GPL - well, history will not take kindly on the outfall of that.
unfortunately, the disposable income to keep up with the technology curve on both the console and PC front is not a luxury I have right now.. Yes, it is. If you skip gaming on your PC, then your PC will last your 2 more years before obsoletion - possibly even more. Consoles are relatively cheap. If you do the math, you will find that gaming on console and computing on PC is a cheaper solution than gaming and computing on PC.
This is an excellent idea. If we work with the ISPs, we could also write banner-serving software that localize the banners according to IP address. I'm not thinking of street addresses, but a few hundred meters/yards precision to allow anonymity. I would rather not have someone come and knock on my door to kick my ass whenever I'm being snide online.
It is clearly time for change. When artists have such slave-like contracts - low pay and few rights - there is no wonder talented, smart people stay out of the recording industry.
I'm nit-picky. A pair of great speakers are hardly tin cans. They are usually made from some sort of hard wood, with cables, circuitry, cable shoes and speakers being the only metal components.
.DEBs lack integrity checks - that means that the contents are not public/private encrypted..RPMs have this ability. That is a very important ability in an internet setting.
I guess you missed out my main point. Especially after grunge, the record industry has been paranoid about keeping a tight control of the market.
My theory is that Pearl Jam and Tori Amos promote the kind of music that the industry hates - music they intend to sell on its own merits. By punishing Pearl Jam and Tori Amos, they are trying to hold back a possible new wave of rebellious acts that don't cooperate with their agenda. So, by losing a few million dollars now, they are preventing the loss of many more dollars later. But, I might be giving the industry too much credit or misjudging my favorites.
Seriously - poor audio quality hides all the nuances that make a lot of great music great. Precise timing, complex harmonics, musician interaction. Those are musical qualitities that we lose when we listen to our records on a pair of shitty monitor-mounted speakers, or flabby headphones. You simply cannot get a proper gitar roar out of a tin can.
I am quite pleased. As more and more open source project become so mature they can be run in a large corporation, the need to run on big iron emerges. This is the kind of deal that will enable Linux to nicely scale further into the corporate everyday life.
I don't think it is a coincidence that Tori Amos and Pearl Jam were targeted. Look at their past. Both have strong opinions about the recording industry. I bet they have pissed off enough executives, that this is the punishment.
The executives are probably hoping that the reviewers will be pissed off by the stupid restriction, and vent their anger in the reviews. That way, the executives can push more cooperative bands more effectively, since Tori Amos and Pearl Jam will be sidelined.
Whenever I hear about such acts of stupidity, I get more convinced that I should donate funds directly to the artists, and just get the music online.
There basically is zero downside to banning P2P programs. Oh please. P2P can also be used for other purposes, like distributing documents that your government consider "subversive". Besides, the documentation that file traders buy less music is dubious. Both sides have been able to prove their position by studies. To the rest of us, that means that the negative business impact is inconclusive.
If you remember back to the 80s, VCRs was going to kill the movie industry, like the tape deck was going to kill the music industry. The (RI|MP)AA are luddites. They don't know what's good for them - just look at history.
I can see a good reason why the University would rather not have their students using all the bandwidth for sharing files of uncontrolled legality. Costs. Perhaps morals.
However, P2P is not an inherently bad technology. Furthermore, it is probably still not optimal, so there is a need for further research. There are also other areas within internet applications/usage that needs further research. Stifling internet access for the students is not in the interest of the rest of the world, since that would prevent the students from becoming exposed to research areas.
I believe there is not enough of this. When someone proposes to do something, one of the first thing that needs to be done is to ask the questions:
Has this been done before?
If so, how did it work?
If it was a catastrophy, was it because of fundamental or fixable flaws?
If it was a success, what is necessary to repeat the success?
This applies to drug policy, social reform and online voting, amongst other things. I have an increasing feeling that expensive experiments are performed for no reason, since the outcome is already known by someone.
Will you stop being so incredibly cynical? Jokes can easily be broken down into a few categories (body-related, sex-related, puns and unexpected situations, plus a few I can't come up with now). Does that mean that all jokes have been told? No, it doesn't.
A joke is funny when it has some poorly defined qualities like 'edge', 'progression towards unexpected climax', 'relevant reference frame' and such.
IMHO, most Science Fiction (and a lot of Hollywood produce for that matter) is of extremely poor quality. It's all a big wank-fest in effects and big name actors. On occation, the system works, but there's a lot of really bad episodes and movies. For good science fiction, see "The 5th Element" and "Minority Report". For good drama, see "Magnolia" or "Life is Beautiful" - or "Traffic" for that matter.
I used to watch Babylon 5, but I've decided it's more exciting to play Deus Ex, and the plot in Deus Ex is actually superior (altough I think it still has a way to go).
Can someone explain to me in simple terms why they like Star Trek?
I would say p2p is the driving force behind non-geeks getting broadband. They don't need it for e-mail, or casual web-surfing. Hardly. Have you tried suring on a 56k lately? The web sites are becoming ever more image-laden and bloated. Image swapping from their digital cameras. Plus - the fact that broadband doesn't block your phone line like a plain old modem.
When the MPAA gets their heads out of their asses and start providing decent pay-per-view and/or pay-per-download solutions, broadband will become ever more popular.
The EU is working towards expanding eastwards. Poland, Hungary, The Czech Republic, the Balkans, Turkey, the Baltic states IIRC. The list is long, and the citizens add up quickly.
Now, also some of Northern Africa is talking about seeking membership on a long term. Morocco and Tunisia, IIRC. Of course, this is up in the air, both from the EU accepting those nations as well as the development of an African Union.
Furthermore, it is possible that the eastward expansion becomes a failure. The applicants are moving toward fiscal health, but they are still not wealthy nations.
If I understand correctly, the 2050 figure also does assumptions about the rate of immigration. I would not count on that. Europe is ageing, and we will be willing to let less Arian poeple immigrate also the future.
The argumentation also assume that the US resolve their social issues relating to race. White people are AFAIK "cheaper" citizens, and they own more property.
Anyhow, if it comes to a pissing match in 2050 about who has the largest population, I wouldn't make any bets yet.
Besides, India and China will completely dwarf both of us by then.
Apache 2 is to the best of my knowledge not distributed with any Linux distrobutions. The Linux distros won't ship A2 until the third party modules have played catch-up.
Until then, we'll just wait and watch adoption be gradual.
Gradual adoption is great, though. That means that the late adopters can be more sure that the platform is stable and efficient.
Hmm. I wonder if I can parallellize the app I work on enough to use all those 64 processors? I know my bosses would wet themselves if I did. Of course, I am mainly disk bound. Anyone got a disk system to match?
I am happy you will be consulting, if the article is correct. With the governments looking into adopting Linux, you will not be out of work in a while.
Besides, being "fired" for speaking your mind is IMHO the best way of losing a job.
Frankly, you shouldn't have a family until you are ready to provide for them in a sufficient manner. And when you do the calculations - make sure you can raise twins.
Otherwise - wear a fucken rubber. There's more than enough people in the world already.
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So what you are saying is that superior technology was ditched because of patent/legal issues? Wow. That's a first...
My m500 will email, lightweight browse, play games, help me remember stuff and run a multitude of small, useful apps. Frankly, I don't consider MS Word or MS Excel to be something I want on my PDA. I want those on a laptop. A PDA to me is a personal digital assistant. All the WinCE (or XP Embedded or whatever) thingies do what I need and more, but with shorter battery life and added weight. For me, the m500 is great.
Oh. By the way. Product development since then? Zero, zip, niente, nada de nada.. You are wrong. As simple as that.
Linux is ever growing. This UnitedLinux move is almost certainly initiated by some MBA (call me prejudiced..). What we need to do, is to determine whether this in fact is breaching the GPL, and then determine the best remedy.
It is vital that we don't scare business away, but it is also vital that they get the point of the GPL. Whenever there is a problem, it is almost always best to deal with it while it is small. If a large industry is allowed to grow while being in violation of the GPL - well, history will not take kindly on the outfall of that.
What do the stragetists among us think?
unfortunately, the disposable income to keep up with the technology curve on both the console and PC front is not a luxury I have right now.. Yes, it is. If you skip gaming on your PC, then your PC will last your 2 more years before obsoletion - possibly even more. Consoles are relatively cheap. If you do the math, you will find that gaming on console and computing on PC is a cheaper solution than gaming and computing on PC.
This is an excellent idea. If we work with the ISPs, we could also write banner-serving software that localize the banners according to IP address. I'm not thinking of street addresses, but a few hundred meters/yards precision to allow anonymity. I would rather not have someone come and knock on my door to kick my ass whenever I'm being snide online.
Since you know the system - how do we correct it?
It is clearly time for change. When artists have such slave-like contracts - low pay and few rights - there is no wonder talented, smart people stay out of the recording industry.
I'm nit-picky. A pair of great speakers are hardly tin cans. They are usually made from some sort of hard wood, with cables, circuitry, cable shoes and speakers being the only metal components.
.DEBs lack integrity checks - that means that the contents are not public/private encrypted. .RPMs have this ability. That is a very important ability in an internet setting.
.RPMs have their troubles, too.
That said,
I guess you missed out my main point. Especially after grunge, the record industry has been paranoid about keeping a tight control of the market.
My theory is that Pearl Jam and Tori Amos promote the kind of music that the industry hates - music they intend to sell on its own merits. By punishing Pearl Jam and Tori Amos, they are trying to hold back a possible new wave of rebellious acts that don't cooperate with their agenda. So, by losing a few million dollars now, they are preventing the loss of many more dollars later. But, I might be giving the industry too much credit or misjudging my favorites.
Of course this is stupid. It is mandated by MBAs.
Seriously - poor audio quality hides all the nuances that make a lot of great music great. Precise timing, complex harmonics, musician interaction. Those are musical qualitities that we lose when we listen to our records on a pair of shitty monitor-mounted speakers, or flabby headphones. You simply cannot get a proper gitar roar out of a tin can.
I am quite pleased. As more and more open source project become so mature they can be run in a large corporation, the need to run on big iron emerges. This is the kind of deal that will enable Linux to nicely scale further into the corporate everyday life.
If they are stupid enough to put on such non-sensical copy protection, wouldn't they be dumb enough to snub their own artists?
I don't think it is a coincidence that Tori Amos and Pearl Jam were targeted. Look at their past. Both have strong opinions about the recording industry. I bet they have pissed off enough executives, that this is the punishment.
The executives are probably hoping that the reviewers will be pissed off by the stupid restriction, and vent their anger in the reviews. That way, the executives can push more cooperative bands more effectively, since Tori Amos and Pearl Jam will be sidelined.
Whenever I hear about such acts of stupidity, I get more convinced that I should donate funds directly to the artists, and just get the music online.
There basically is zero downside to banning P2P programs. Oh please. P2P can also be used for other purposes, like distributing documents that your government consider "subversive". Besides, the documentation that file traders buy less music is dubious. Both sides have been able to prove their position by studies. To the rest of us, that means that the negative business impact is inconclusive.
If you remember back to the 80s, VCRs was going to kill the movie industry, like the tape deck was going to kill the music industry. The (RI|MP)AA are luddites. They don't know what's good for them - just look at history.
I can see a good reason why the University would rather not have their students using all the bandwidth for sharing files of uncontrolled legality. Costs. Perhaps morals.
However, P2P is not an inherently bad technology. Furthermore, it is probably still not optimal, so there is a need for further research. There are also other areas within internet applications/usage that needs further research. Stifling internet access for the students is not in the interest of the rest of the world, since that would prevent the students from becoming exposed to research areas.
This applies to drug policy, social reform and online voting, amongst other things. I have an increasing feeling that expensive experiments are performed for no reason, since the outcome is already known by someone.
Will you stop being so incredibly cynical? Jokes can easily be broken down into a few categories (body-related, sex-related, puns and unexpected situations, plus a few I can't come up with now). Does that mean that all jokes have been told? No, it doesn't.
A joke is funny when it has some poorly defined qualities like 'edge', 'progression towards unexpected climax', 'relevant reference frame' and such.
IMHO, most Science Fiction (and a lot of Hollywood produce for that matter) is of extremely poor quality. It's all a big wank-fest in effects and big name actors. On occation, the system works, but there's a lot of really bad episodes and movies. For good science fiction, see "The 5th Element" and "Minority Report". For good drama, see "Magnolia" or "Life is Beautiful" - or "Traffic" for that matter.
I used to watch Babylon 5, but I've decided it's more exciting to play Deus Ex, and the plot in Deus Ex is actually superior (altough I think it still has a way to go).
Can someone explain to me in simple terms why they like Star Trek?
I would say p2p is the driving force behind non-geeks getting broadband. They don't need it for e-mail, or casual web-surfing. Hardly. Have you tried suring on a 56k lately? The web sites are becoming ever more image-laden and bloated. Image swapping from their digital cameras. Plus - the fact that broadband doesn't block your phone line like a plain old modem.
When the MPAA gets their heads out of their asses and start providing decent pay-per-view and/or pay-per-download solutions, broadband will become ever more popular.
The EU is working towards expanding eastwards. Poland, Hungary, The Czech Republic, the Balkans, Turkey, the Baltic states IIRC. The list is long, and the citizens add up quickly.
Now, also some of Northern Africa is talking about seeking membership on a long term. Morocco and Tunisia, IIRC. Of course, this is up in the air, both from the EU accepting those nations as well as the development of an African Union.
Furthermore, it is possible that the eastward expansion becomes a failure. The applicants are moving toward fiscal health, but they are still not wealthy nations.
If I understand correctly, the 2050 figure also does assumptions about the rate of immigration. I would not count on that. Europe is ageing, and we will be willing to let less Arian poeple immigrate also the future.
The argumentation also assume that the US resolve their social issues relating to race. White people are AFAIK "cheaper" citizens, and they own more property.
Anyhow, if it comes to a pissing match in 2050 about who has the largest population, I wouldn't make any bets yet.
Besides, India and China will completely dwarf both of us by then.
Apache 2 is to the best of my knowledge not distributed with any Linux distrobutions. The Linux distros won't ship A2 until the third party modules have played catch-up.
Until then, we'll just wait and watch adoption be gradual.
Gradual adoption is great, though. That means that the late adopters can be more sure that the platform is stable and efficient.
Hmm. I wonder if I can parallellize the app I work on enough to use all those 64 processors? I know my bosses would wet themselves if I did. Of course, I am mainly disk bound. Anyone got a disk system to match?
I am happy you will be consulting, if the article is correct. With the governments looking into adopting Linux, you will not be out of work in a while.
Besides, being "fired" for speaking your mind is IMHO the best way of losing a job.
Frankly, you shouldn't have a family until you are ready to provide for them in a sufficient manner. And when you do the calculations - make sure you can raise twins.
Otherwise - wear a fucken rubber. There's more than enough people in the world already.
Do you worry that you may be feeding the Chinese goverment with useful clues about how to censor the internet?