In the 21st century, you do have to worry about cyberattacks. The DHS uses some of these tools, and it is a Good Thing (tm) they are making them more secure. They help propriatary software vendors too, the difference is that with OSS everyone benefits.
They did the opposite, sorta. The new wikia search runs Nutch, which is a sub-project of the apache foundation's Lucene project. Guess what search engine powers wikipedia? Yup, it's Lucene!
No... using Linux means tried and tested support for the embedded platform, no royalties to pay, access to source code in case modifications need to be made, access to source code to see exactly what is going on, easy to set up a custom interface, no bloatware mandated by OS vendor, etc etc...
It's really no surprise to me that Linux is making more and more progress in small devices, and none of it has to do with some sort of imaginary "Linux halo effect". It's just good engineering/business sense.
A more accurate way of saying it is that birds are to dinosaurs (more specifically Dromaeosauridae) what mammal-like reptiles are to early 'true' mammals. In other terms, birds are descendants and cousins of dinosaurs, but they are not a species of dinosaur. They have some very specific adaptations of their own which set them apart (lack of teeth, many fused bones, hollow/spongy bones, etc), features which were already present in the Cretacious (Archaeopteryx, the first know bird {or bird-like dinosaur}, was from the Jurassic).
Depends on whether or not they are abusing their customers. In this case I would say that apple is. Of course you could say the same thing about M$ windows and office. Google probably will in the future...
it depends on whether or not the company is a monopoly. If they are, then the gov't has every right to force them to lower their prices. As of one year ago, the market share was such:
No question, the ipod is by far the most dominant MP3 player. So I still say that they are overpriced due to monopolistic practices. The example in TFA is exactly the type of thing that happens when you have a monopoly. Look at vista - how much is the difference in price for M$ to produce the basic vs ultimate version? And how much is the price difference to customer pays? Same thing here.
There is one potentially beneficial aspect to this:
As for the injury to consumers, the complaint says that Apple's pricing is "monopolistic, excessive, and arbitrary," citing how a wholesale $5.52 price difference between 1-Gbyte ($4.15) and 4-Gbyte ($9.67) NAND flash memory modules results in a $100 retail price difference between 1-Gbyte iPod Nano and a 4-Gbyte Nano. If they could be forced to lower their prices, it would be nice for all of us.
This would be awesome for an ultra-portable laptop: just a keyboard without the screen, just project onto any wall... or use a very light roll-up screen.
If I had mod points I would bump you up, this arrangement I think would benefit just about everyone except the mega-corps (therefore it benefits everyone:-). It's also the most reasonable. 5 years is much too short, I certainly would not want my works (I have dabbled in drawing, photography, programming) to be PD after 5 years. Most of my stuff is released under a GPL or CC-viral license, and I would not want some mega-corp to come along and use my stuff in an advertising campaign (for example) without being bound to my licensing terms. Well not after 5 years anyway... this is especially true for literary works (books, computer programs) where the time to create the work in the first place may be more than 5 years !!
And 120 years is just nuts. Might as well say "Never". Certainly any amount of time that goes beyond a human's average natural lifespan is completely ridiculous, and is obviously there for the sole benefit of those soul-less "people", the corporations.
So yeah, 50 years is a good compromise, and as you pointed out, other countries already have it set up this way (France and Switzerland also go by the 50 year to PD for recordings)
are most people who've used Windows for more than ten years comfortable making registry edits? Warning: dreaded car analogy!
Are most people who've driven for more then 10 years comfortable with doing basic maintenance such as oil changes, spark plug replacement and gaping, tire rotation, etc?
For both cases, I would say "No, they're always asking me to do it for them."
The problem with this type of storage and distribution, is that it strongly favors only what is popular. This is exactly what happens with bittorrent sites like isohunt or pirate bay, and with usenet as well. You'll have no problems finding the latest and greatest blockbuster in HD (until the excitement wanes of course), but try finding some obscure independent film, or a foreign film and you'll be lucky to get a low quality version.
Actually, they do.
Why Alpine? We just liked the name and the closeness to Pine. The beautiful setting we enjoy here in the Pacific Northwest helped; that is Mt. Rainier on the Alpine logo. Still, the GP is very clever:-)
The planned Ares V has a mass to LEO of 130,000 kg, the energia has 'only' 88,000 kg, so the solution isn't that simple. Besides, any weight savings on any system is obviously an advantage when the cost per kg is so high.
I agree with your statement regarding an open standard to web video, however the example you gave is just plain wrong. I can view cnn videos no problem on ubuntu.
You may have confused the BBC's iplayer which in early stages was only available to IE. A public outcry forced them to change this.
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In the 21st century, you do have to worry about cyberattacks. The DHS uses some of these tools, and it is a Good Thing (tm) they are making them more secure. They help propriatary software vendors too, the difference is that with OSS everyone benefits.
They did the opposite, sorta. The new wikia search runs Nutch, which is a sub-project of the apache foundation's Lucene project.
Guess what search engine powers wikipedia? Yup, it's Lucene!
No ... using Linux means tried and tested support for the embedded platform, no royalties to pay, access to source code in case modifications need to be made, access to source code to see exactly what is going on, easy to set up a custom interface, no bloatware mandated by OS vendor, etc etc ...
It's really no surprise to me that Linux is making more and more progress in small devices, and none of it has to do with some sort of imaginary "Linux halo effect". It's just good engineering/business sense.
A more accurate way of saying it is that birds are to dinosaurs (more specifically Dromaeosauridae) what mammal-like reptiles are to early 'true' mammals. In other terms, birds are descendants and cousins of dinosaurs, but they are not a species of dinosaur. They have some very specific adaptations of their own which set them apart (lack of teeth, many fused bones, hollow/spongy bones, etc), features which were already present in the Cretacious (Archaeopteryx, the first know bird {or bird-like dinosaur}, was from the Jurassic).
Depends on whether or not they are abusing their customers. In this case I would say that apple is. Of course you could say the same thing about M$ windows and office. Google probably will in the future ...
it depends on whether or not the company is a monopoly. If they are, then the gov't has every right to force them to lower their prices. As of one year ago, the market share was such:
Rank - Brand - Unit Share
1 -- Apple -- 72.7%
2 -- Sandisk -- 8.9%
3 -- Microsoft -- 3.2%
4 -- Creative Labs -- 2.9%
5 -- Samsung -- 2.0%
source
No question, the ipod is by far the most dominant MP3 player. So I still say that they are overpriced due to monopolistic practices. The example in TFA is exactly the type of thing that happens when you have a monopoly. Look at vista - how much is the difference in price for M$ to produce the basic vs ultimate version? And how much is the price difference to customer pays? Same thing here.
"Editors? We ain't got no editors. We don't need no editors! I don't have to show you any stinkin' editors!!"
This would be awesome for an ultra-portable laptop: just a keyboard without the screen, just project onto any wall ... or use a very light roll-up screen.
If I had mod points I would bump you up, this arrangement I think would benefit just about everyone except the mega-corps (therefore it benefits everyone :-). It's also the most reasonable. ... this is especially true for literary works (books, computer programs) where the time to create the work in the first place may be more than 5 years !!
5 years is much too short, I certainly would not want my works (I have dabbled in drawing, photography, programming) to be PD after 5 years. Most of my stuff is released under a GPL or CC-viral license, and I would not want some mega-corp to come along and use my stuff in an advertising campaign (for example) without being bound to my licensing terms. Well not after 5 years anyway
And 120 years is just nuts. Might as well say "Never". Certainly any amount of time that goes beyond a human's average natural lifespan is completely ridiculous, and is obviously there for the sole benefit of those soul-less "people", the corporations.
So yeah, 50 years is a good compromise, and as you pointed out, other countries already have it set up this way (France and Switzerland also go by the 50 year to PD for recordings)
It's not like you'll be able to open your newer office documents either.
Are most people who've driven for more then 10 years comfortable with doing basic maintenance such as oil changes, spark plug replacement and gaping, tire rotation, etc?
For both cases, I would say "No, they're always asking me to do it for them."
So, what happened? Where you able to retrieve the text, if so, how?
Why didn't they upgrade to the latest version of Samba ?
The problem with this type of storage and distribution, is that it strongly favors only what is popular. This is exactly what happens with bittorrent sites like isohunt or pirate bay, and with usenet as well. You'll have no problems finding the latest and greatest blockbuster in HD (until the excitement wanes of course), but try finding some obscure independent film, or a foreign film and you'll be lucky to get a low quality version.
That would be put to better use on Venus.
on further reading, one of the engines used in the Atlas rockets is in fact the RD-180, developed and built by the Russians.
The planned Ares V has a mass to LEO of 130,000 kg, the energia has 'only' 88,000 kg, so the solution isn't that simple. Besides, any weight savings on any system is obviously an advantage when the cost per kg is so high.
You're partly right ... linux is "UNIX-like", OS X is UNIX certified.
Crumb's Crunchy Delights ?
I agree with your statement regarding an open standard to web video, however the example you gave is just plain wrong. I can view cnn videos no problem on ubuntu. You may have confused the BBC's iplayer which in early stages was only available to IE. A public outcry forced them to change this.
Not the spec itself, but in the way that apple, as their largest distributor, has added extra proprietary DRM.
you beat me to it!
most evil ---> least evil
wma --> aac --> mp3 --> ogg
Does this clear things up for you?