Anyone interested in Economics will tell you that end-users screwing with products is bad. Now, as a n economist and a hacker my two paths diverge. I think that if a free piece of equipment is released to the public, it cannot be considered an economic scarcity, (laymen defined as "if something was free of charge, and there'd be none left after 5 minutes, it's an econmic scarcity");
Anyways, So they release this product to the public, planning on increasing popularity and (factors of demand) of another product (Database registration). So basically if enough users get cuecats, then there's a huge market for cuecat licesences from other businesses. Now that DigitalConvergence has a potential strangle hold...
Back to the hacking =)
It is true that if a product is hacked then it thrives new tests which makes the product run better. However, if it is in the hands of the consumer (wether they are paying for it or not), this can turn ugly. Websites popup with FAQs on extracting features, etc.
So lets bring these two sections together.
So you (say you're DigitalConvergence) have an investment in a popularity inducing object (said Cuecat). A website all of a sudden pops up providing obsolescence and alternatives/substitutions to you're product. Now if this were another company DC would either buy them, or succum to the "competitve market"...
But NO, It's a Flyingbuttmonkey with a plan. This buttmonkey wants to exploit your product, making you lose millions.
So look at it this way...
1) A company can continue with a cheapo investment.
2) The company must sucuum to people hacking their free of charge product.
Economically speaking, the hacking is a market sucess, however a product failure... So the end-user lucks out, and the product fails.
This would be good (non-economically) only if another alternative came about (not based on exploitation).
Moderators: Look lightly upon my post and I shall reward you with an MD5 of PI.
Anyone interested in Economics will tell you that end-users screwing with products is bad. Now, as a n economist and a hacker my two paths diverge. I think that if a free piece of equipment is released to the public, it cannot be considered an economic scarcity, (laymen defined as "if something was free of charge, and there'd be none left after 5 minutes, it's an econmic scarcity");
Anyways, So they release this product to the public, planning on increasing popularity and (factors of demand) of another product (Database registration). So basically if enough users get cuecats, then there's a huge market for cuecat licesences from other businesses. Now that DigitalConvergence has a potential strangle hold...
Back to the hacking =)
It is true that if a product is hacked then it thrives new tests which makes the product run better. However, if it is in the hands of the consumer (wether they are paying for it or not), this can turn ugly. Websites popup with FAQs on extracting features, etc.
So lets bring these two sections together.
So you (say you're DigitalConvergence) have an investment in a popularity inducing object (said Cuecat). A website all of a sudden pops up providing obsolescence and alternatives/substitutions to you're product. Now if this were another company DC would either buy them, or succum to the "competitve market"...
But NO, It's a Flyingbuttmonkey with a plan. This buttmonkey wants to exploit your product, making you lose millions.
So look at it this way...
1) A company can continue with a cheapo investment.
2) The company must sucuum to people hacking their free of charge product.
Economically speaking, the hacking is a market sucess, however a product failure... So the end-user lucks out, and the product fails.
This would be good (non-economically) only if another alternative came about (not based on exploitation).
Why the hell would we want to clog up the already ASS patenting system with further crap? Let's not stoop to their (corporations) levels? This is unproductive B.S. and It's an example of why I'm starting to not like/.
It's just too fucking "funny".
When will the masses learn?
This would mean some pretty sophisticated and invasive survailance on a huge scale
WTF? Companies keep logs of all transactions, and true, it may be hard to do this on a simple cable-modem server (the small scaleness), but it's good practice.
Don't take AT&T's action too seriously, unless they implement some stupid patent or something, it's illegal to tax bandwidth.
85% of the population would also sign a document saying that residential districts cannot be taxed... We have such a nomitave public, and we "leave it up to them" to decide our nation's critical decisions that require expert thinking... NOT the masses.
Yes HERE on Slashdot many posts are insanely biased, Wanna know why? The trolls are eager to rant about the sucky stories
As for mozilla, the mhz of a CPU has nothing to do with it's stability (true, the silicon is produced more pure, but that dont make a difference), x86 is Digital and Losless, the mhz simply dont matter. Unless you pegg ur cpu usage... That's another story
Why dont they just show us raw units of how fast it can read/write with proprietary machines? Then it wouldn't matter (accept, of course, for caching differences)
No, the real benefit, I would say, is the fact that the bandwidth is soo much faster then it would have been. (Becasue of the fact that it can transmit data on both swings of the phase). This is a simple process actually, but I fear (with Quad Data Rate coming soon...) we may hit serious glass-ceilings with things such as doppler effect, signal bouncing, etc.
I believe what you are saying is covered in the clause:
the software wont be distributed, however the information will
but thanks for help making/. one of the redundant resources it already is! I really appreciate it
Very simply: it wont
Distribution of software (as it's known today) will become an archaic method of transfer of information. Think about it: The reason a person has a terminal is so that they can have the server render information, and return it to them. This will happen all over the web with the new principles of
Buzzword smallware = new Buzzword();
smallware.Define ("Small hardware designed to contact a server");
Smallware (i.e. webphones, etc.), I think will prevail and much more info will be done by the servers (in various definitions of the word).
How does this tie into distribution? Easy, the software wont be distributed, however the information will. Companies offer all the time Java-Applets for on-the-web calculations on the server side. With Java's increasing popularity (and portability), we may even see machines that just have some IP uplink and a java machine on them with a text display.
So there will be no use for software on the client -side. Things will probably go back to the ways of the old UNIX days (note the old::unix wont die), where end-users were end-users and techies were techies. Inverting the effects of capitalism, streamlining technology to the least-expensive, highest "quantity demand", and proving a market sucess.
Arecibo (the current one in use for SETI@home) is very small and it is near impracical for use in the SETI project. This new unit will probably be more streamlined for the reception of what SETI is actually looking for, which will produce more better results. Also, different frequencies may be approved for use by the SETI society on this new telescope.
As far as the SETI@home search goes, we've been told that 1 of the 4 of the major spikes are caused by terrestrial radio-frequency disturbances, and the rest were merely tests to calibrate.
"Radio-frequecny disturbances", eh? Why dont we try syncing some downtime of terrestrial-orbit satellites with SETI data extraction, a sort of "share the sky" principle... I know it is near impossible to halt the satellites, however it would be nice to keep their transmission to an idle..
Therefore we could clean up the data to be processed.
Privacy may have died years ago, however, along with the boom of the internet commerce, there becomes a boom in privacy issues. Since there is much less legislation online then there is in RL, it is much easier for companies to do things such as this.
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Anyone interested in Economics will tell you that end-users screwing with products is bad. Now, as a n economist and a hacker my two paths diverge. I think that if a free piece of equipment is released to the public, it cannot be considered an economic scarcity, (laymen defined as "if something was free of charge, and there'd be none left after 5 minutes, it's an econmic scarcity");
Anyways, So they release this product to the public, planning on increasing popularity and (factors of demand) of another product (Database registration). So basically if enough users get cuecats, then there's a huge market for cuecat licesences from other businesses. Now that DigitalConvergence has a potential strangle hold...
Back to the hacking =)
It is true that if a product is hacked then it thrives new tests which makes the product run better. However, if it is in the hands of the consumer (wether they are paying for it or not), this can turn ugly. Websites popup with FAQs on extracting features, etc.
So lets bring these two sections together.
So you (say you're DigitalConvergence) have an investment in a popularity inducing object (said Cuecat). A website all of a sudden pops up providing obsolescence and alternatives/substitutions to you're product. Now if this were another company DC would either buy them, or succum to the "competitve market"...
But NO, It's a Flyingbuttmonkey with a plan. This buttmonkey wants to exploit your product, making you lose millions.
So look at it this way...
1) A company can continue with a cheapo investment.
2) The company must sucuum to people hacking their free of charge product.
Economically speaking, the hacking is a market sucess, however a product failure... So the end-user lucks out, and the product fails.
This would be good (non-economically) only if another alternative came about (not based on exploitation).
Moderators: Look lightly upon my post and I shall reward you with an MD5 of PI.
Anyone interested in Economics will tell you that end-users screwing with products is bad. Now, as a n economist and a hacker my two paths diverge. I think that if a free piece of equipment is released to the public, it cannot be considered an economic scarcity, (laymen defined as "if something was free of charge, and there'd be none left after 5 minutes, it's an econmic scarcity");
Anyways, So they release this product to the public, planning on increasing popularity and (factors of demand) of another product (Database registration). So basically if enough users get cuecats, then there's a huge market for cuecat licesences from other businesses. Now that DigitalConvergence has a potential strangle hold...
Back to the hacking =)
It is true that if a product is hacked then it thrives new tests which makes the product run better. However, if it is in the hands of the consumer (wether they are paying for it or not), this can turn ugly. Websites popup with FAQs on extracting features, etc.
So lets bring these two sections together.
So you (say you're DigitalConvergence) have an investment in a popularity inducing object (said Cuecat). A website all of a sudden pops up providing obsolescence and alternatives/substitutions to you're product. Now if this were another company DC would either buy them, or succum to the "competitve market"...
But NO, It's a Flyingbuttmonkey with a plan. This buttmonkey wants to exploit your product, making you lose millions.
So look at it this way...
1) A company can continue with a cheapo investment.
2) The company must sucuum to people hacking their free of charge product.
Economically speaking, the hacking is a market sucess, however a product failure... So the end-user lucks out, and the product fails.
This would be good (non-economically) only if another alternative came about (not based on exploitation).
umm... only since /. reported on something it existed?
wow
Cisco? Since when did Cisco have something that could run LNX or NetBSD?
Why the hell would we want to clog up the already ASS patenting system with further crap? Let's not stoop to their (corporations) levels? This is unproductive B.S. and It's an example of why I'm starting to not like /.
It's just too fucking "funny".
When will the masses learn?
This would mean some pretty sophisticated and invasive survailance on a huge scale
WTF? Companies keep logs of all transactions, and true, it may be hard to do this on a simple cable-modem server (the small scaleness), but it's good practice.
Don't take AT&T's action too seriously, unless they implement some stupid patent or something, it's illegal to tax bandwidth.
at least in the common definition of the word tax
Top ten people of the decade?
It should read:
Top ten technologically-influential people of the decade.
Three cheers for social equality!
Get paid for calcualting on your computer.
85% of the population would also sign a document saying that residential districts cannot be taxed... We have such a nomitave public, and we "leave it up to them" to decide our nation's critical decisions that require expert thinking... NOT the masses.
Get paid for calcualting on your computer.
cccaaaaafffffeeeeiiiinnnnnnneeeeeee
...but i'm just sitting here with ma good ole pengins tryin to type faster on ma good ole 486.
Drug is defined as a "non food or drink that effects the way your mind and/or body work".
I eat caffeine. It is part of my daily food cosumption. Therefore, It is not a drug.
Other techies may waste away with the keyboard-mystifying weed or the monitor-flaming shroooms
Get paid for calcualting on your computer.
Yes HERE on Slashdot many posts are insanely biased, Wanna know why? The trolls are eager to rant about the sucky stories
As for mozilla, the mhz of a CPU has nothing to do with it's stability (true, the silicon is produced more pure, but that dont make a difference), x86 is Digital and Losless, the mhz simply dont matter. Unless you pegg ur cpu usage... That's another story
DDOS still can exist, and is commonly used, wether or not the alledged attacks actually took place when they did.
Why dont they just show us raw units of how fast it can read/write with proprietary machines? Then it wouldn't matter (accept, of course, for caching differences)
Waste of time/money? The only things that drive technologies up is innovation, caused by cash flow. Without it, you'd !have ur x86 bro...
No, the real benefit, I would say, is the fact that the bandwidth is soo much faster then it would have been. (Becasue of the fact that it can transmit data on both swings of the phase). This is a simple process actually, but I fear (with Quad Data Rate coming soon...) we may hit serious glass-ceilings with things such as doppler effect, signal bouncing, etc.
remember the day when the distributed.net server was down?
distributed not working
I believe what you are saying is covered in the clause: the software wont be distributed, however the information will but thanks for help making /. one of the redundant resources it already is! I really appreciate it
How will software be distributed?
Very simply: it wont
Distribution of software (as it's known today) will become an archaic method of transfer of information. Think about it: The reason a person has a terminal is so that they can have the server render information, and return it to them. This will happen all over the web with the new principles of
Buzzword smallware = new Buzzword(); smallware.Define ("Small hardware designed to contact a server");
Smallware (i.e. webphones, etc.), I think will prevail and much more info will be done by the servers (in various definitions of the word).
How does this tie into distribution? Easy, the software wont be distributed, however the information will. Companies offer all the time Java-Applets for on-the-web calculations on the server side. With Java's increasing popularity (and portability), we may even see machines that just have some IP uplink and a java machine on them with a text display.
So there will be no use for software on the client -side. Things will probably go back to the ways of the old UNIX days (note the old::unix wont die), where end-users were end-users and techies were techies. Inverting the effects of capitalism, streamlining technology to the least-expensive, highest "quantity demand", and proving a market sucess.
so I could start playing DVDs on my laptop's DVD drive under Linux.
I think that should get a -1 (troll)
Arecibo (the current one in use for SETI@home) is very small and it is near impracical for use in the SETI project. This new unit will probably be more streamlined for the reception of what SETI is actually looking for, which will produce more better results. Also, different frequencies may be approved for use by the SETI society on this new telescope.
As far as the SETI@home search goes, we've been told that 1 of the 4 of the major spikes are caused by terrestrial radio-frequency disturbances, and the rest were merely tests to calibrate.
"Radio-frequecny disturbances", eh? Why dont we try syncing some downtime of terrestrial-orbit satellites with SETI data extraction, a sort of "share the sky" principle... I know it is near impossible to halt the satellites, however it would be nice to keep their transmission to an idle..
Therefore we could clean up the data to be processed.
Privacy may have died years ago, however, along with the boom of the internet commerce, there becomes a boom in privacy issues. Since there is much less legislation online then there is in RL, it is much easier for companies to do things such as this.
ever hear any bill hicks or george carlin talking about health fanatics?
lol
"they go out running in traffic trying to prolong their lives. I tell you what'll prolong your life, running in traffic!"
"not enough to help ur add"
funny, you seem to think that developing these skills with a piece of technology makes it pertain to the real world, eh?
go play some quake. that'll calm you right down
sorry iused ADD and ADHD synon. but many attributes of the skills lost and environment pertain to both
hold ur panties on i meant from SPACE
geesh
i'm blaming you for the -1 on this =)
pretty phunny tho
Drug free school zone!
Ritalin dropoff in rear.
Seriously that's not funny. We have a major drug abuse problem and It's NOT those who decide to do drugs like weed and cocaine.
it's RITALIN!