Given the relationship between insulin levels and weight lost/gain, I wonder if this wil get commercialized as a weight loss solution faster than a diabetes cure.
I remember reading Mike's book years ago (as well as the weekly DDJ columns) and it provides an excellent amount of fundamental graphics and optimization information.
If you ignore the fact the some of the information is dated you'll find that this provides and excellent approach to optimization (which can be used in various design environments) and great anecdotes, much in the same way that The Mythical Man Month does.
Could you imagine, no company would do anything to legitamize the piracy of there IP. If they started its just inviting more people to join in; wouldn't you like to rip software games for fun and profit;) Come on, this is obviously BS
While I think that its good someone is performing some stats on open softawre development (if only to show others that stuff is actually being done) I think this could contribute to some BIG problems if people start to compete for the highest ranking.
There is a good story about IBM in the late 70s about how they measured a researchs labs performance based on KLOCs (100s of lines of code). Suprisingly the lab at Boca was winning most of the time. Then someone figured out that they were unrolling all of their loops in order to increase the line count...
It good to see that these things, for the most part, are being dealt with properly by the courts. I imagine it will take some time for "every" fivilous lawsuit to get processed but ultimitatly if things go well, then that will be the end of it.
Think of it as an experiment in neural networks, once the cells have time to understand what inputs produce what outputs the system stabalizes itself and continue to produce correct answers...
I wonder what the response will be, this is essentially the same thing they have been doing for a while (I had sendmail misconfigured and they sent me an e-mail about it a while back) but the problem still exists.
Ultimtely, they are trying to place the blame on their customers, as crap as that is I would hate as a @Home customer if they somehow limited my internet access (ala AOL styls)
The whole DVD Piracy issue is a bit of a misnomer. No one is currently pirating DVDs movies yes DVDs no. Unless the industry is concerned about people physically copying movies and distriubting them (which I'm sure they are, but not to the same extend as there are concerned with the internet piracy)
The should should concenrate their efforts on reducing the general movie piracy (and seeing how movies come out on EFNET before or during their theatre runs I would start by cleaning their own internal leeks) and let DVD develop as a spec. I'm been waiting for the new DVD recorders to come out so I can back-up stuff on a 4.xxG format but now I'm sure that will be delayed.
There should really worry about the 95% of the market that isn't pirating movies and how they are annoying their core market of users instead of making everyone suffer for the actions of the illegal minority. (That, unfortunately, sounds a lot like the NRA's agrument against gun control... thankfull DVDs don't heart people... unless you have to watch the Titanic over and over again..)
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Given the relationship between insulin levels and weight lost/gain, I wonder if this wil get commercialized as a weight loss solution faster than a diabetes cure.
How many times have we seen these promises, until the technology hits the public domain and its gets it first real world test, we'll never no.
Actually, I appreciate this... I don't know home many times I've seen something or North America only to find out its only for the US.
Actually Digital Performer has a press release ages ago about the Max OS X version that's coming. It should be released before year end.
If you ignore the fact the some of the information is dated you'll find that this provides and excellent approach to optimization (which can be used in various design environments) and great anecdotes, much in the same way that The Mythical Man Month does.
Could you imagine, no company would do anything to legitamize the piracy of there IP. If they started its just inviting more people to join in; wouldn't you like to rip software games for fun and profit ;) Come on, this is obviously BS
While I think that its good someone is performing some stats on open softawre development (if only to show others that stuff is actually being done) I think this could contribute to some BIG problems if people start to compete for the highest ranking.
There is a good story about IBM in the late 70s about how they measured a researchs labs performance based on KLOCs (100s of lines of code). Suprisingly the lab at Boca was winning most of the time. Then someone figured out that they were unrolling all of their loops in order to increase the line count...
Proves is can/does happen...
It good to see that these things, for the most part, are being dealt with properly by the courts. I imagine it will take some time for "every" fivilous lawsuit to get processed but ultimitatly if things go well, then that will be the end of it.
Think of it as an experiment in neural networks, once the cells have time to understand what inputs produce what outputs the system stabalizes itself and continue to produce correct answers...
I wonder what the response will be, this is essentially the same thing they have been doing for a while (I had sendmail misconfigured and they sent me an e-mail about it a while back) but the problem still exists.
Ultimtely, they are trying to place the blame on their customers, as crap as that is I would hate as a @Home customer if they somehow limited my internet access (ala AOL styls)
The whole DVD Piracy issue is a bit of a misnomer. No one is currently pirating DVDs movies yes DVDs no. Unless the industry is concerned about people physically copying movies and distriubting them (which I'm sure they are, but not to the same extend as there are concerned with the internet piracy)
The should should concenrate their efforts on reducing the general movie piracy (and seeing how movies come out on EFNET before or during their theatre runs I would start by cleaning their own internal leeks) and let DVD develop as a spec. I'm been waiting for the new DVD recorders to come out so I can back-up stuff on a 4.xxG format but now I'm sure that will be delayed.
There should really worry about the 95% of the market that isn't pirating movies and how they are annoying their core market of users instead of making everyone suffer for the actions of the illegal minority. (That, unfortunately, sounds a lot like the NRA's agrument against gun control... thankfull DVDs don't heart people... unless you have to watch the Titanic over and over again..)