They don't need to put adverts into the browser (something customers don't want) to boost their market share. All they have to do is block other ad agencies (something customers do want).
Would a free browser that automatically defaults to not showing you anything from doubleclick (and other companies using the 'annoy the public for cash' business model) be good or evil? Would it only be evil if it was provided by an ad agency (google)?
Spellchecking as you go (and other client-side things) for g-mail?
Recommending pages you might like by feeding your history/bookmarks into a central database?
Making google's web index more complete by flagging unindexed pages to HQ?
None of the aboue sound very convincing reasons to write a browser to me, However, Firefox + some bells & whistles with the Google name and clout behind it could kill IE stone dead... and the wide adoption of an ad-blocking browser would push advertisers towards google text ads in their droves.
The new initiative is an extension of Microsoft's Government Security Program, which allows the governments of more than 30 countries to examine most of Microsoft's underlying source code, or software blueprint for its flagship Windows operating system.
What's the benefit in looking at "Most of" the code and seeing if it is secure?
Absolutely nothing at all, apart from Microsoft getting an NDA signed on your behalf by your Govern(e)ment without any consultation with the public.
Because it's not a commodity, it's a series of similar commodities with different enough specs to be non-interchangeable.
The supply and demand for the whole industry is nice and smooth already, but the demand curve for any specific product is very short, and the point at which it becomes obsolete and the price plummets is unpredicatable.
What the slashdot summary of the story said: "The CELL processor is significant because it is touted to utilize grid technology over broadband connections to make the graphics capabilities of the new Playstation many times greater than the competition."
What the original article actually said: "the CELL is a next-generation multimedia processor with the ability to handle intensive graphics and high-bandwidth communications."
The story for us Brits here is not the rather waffly statement that ofcom "seem to be welcoming" VoIP, it's the hard fact that they are having a consultation period on it.
They want to know our views on issues such as mandatory provision of free 999 calls (our emergency number, equivalent to 911 in the USA).
The consultation ends on the 15th November. Here is how to respond. If we want a sensible VoIP policy in Britain, now would be a good time to ask the regulatory body for it.
What the hell is the idea of the most prominent link on the page reading "MacOS 9 and earlier are not supported" and not going anywhere? What's the big green arrow next to it for? At least point it at wamcom.org, where some people are still catering for the large number of mac users who haven't changed operating systems... and while I'm picking holes in the new look, what the hell is 'IRC Chat"? Something you do with an LCD display and a PC computer?
The big deal is that (if it's true) half the kids in your street are going to have this, and when they do they wil laugh at the idea of paying for mobile phone calls. I know lots of children who spend MOST of their pocket money on phone calls at the moment (we don't have free local calls here in Britain).
I think it might be the biggest news story this year.
Nintendo have historically had few serious competitors in he mobile gaming market, and they got off very lightly against the N-Gage, but they know that given time, one of the mobile phone companies will build a a device that rivals their handhelds.
So what do they do? They knock out the whole pricing structure that mobile phones work on. Mobile phone companies work on a 'discount the phones to hell, then rip off people for the calls' basis, which will collapse if people have a dfferent way of making free calls.
If half the people I know have a DS, and I can call them for free, it's worth me getting one *just to save money on calls*.
If Nintendo can pull this off, they could kill the entire mobile phone industry stone dead.
The problem here is that black electrical tape is designed to be an electrical insulator first and black second.
Pop down to your local photographic supplies shop and get some black photographer's tape. It's designed to stop photons, not electrons, it's a lot cheaper, it's not as gooey and stretchy, and it's better at coping with heat.
Oh, and solving the "black tape electrical goo" problem mentioned in the parent post isn't that hard, it dissolves pretty well in lighter fluid.
I wonder if this is a reaction to IBM's dual core G5 chips that will likely be appearing in Apple Xserve boxes early next year? (oh and motorola are doing dual core G4s too).
I can't help thinking IBM will have the edge here, since Apple's business oriented G5 range is already all dual processor, and the current G5 acritecture is (to cut a long story short) a cut down version of the quad processor Power chip set to start with.
I'm not normally one to defend Microsoft, but there is a perfectly good way to draw the line, and that is to mark it as a disputed territory, which is what they did.
The problem is that the Indian government outlaws maps that tell the truth about that region. It's 8 *correctly* coloured pixels that are the issue here.
the technical term for being -1 for lawsuits, is a 'vexatious litigant'.
H.ere in Britian if you waste too much of the court's time, the court can declare you to be a vexatious litigant, and you lose the right to file suits. This would do wonders for SCO's share price!
The obvious cheats (lighter than air gases, storing energy in a battery) are banned, but you could 'cheat' by using a human to store up a lot of energy in a low-drag rotor that then changes angle of attack to convert the stored energy to lift.
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In UK law they probably are invalid since they are only presented to the purchased 'after the fact'.
If you bought something, then you bought it. That can't be taken away by the seller writing 'oh by the way you didn't actually buy this' inside the box.
Id like to see EULAs challenged in court, especialy with reference to the purchaser 'striking out' clauses they do not agree to by turning off the monitor.
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They don't need to put adverts into the browser (something customers don't want) to boost their market share. All they have to do is block other ad agencies (something customers do want).
Would a free browser that automatically defaults to not showing you anything from doubleclick (and other companies using the 'annoy the public for cash' business model) be good or evil? Would it only be evil if it was provided by an ad agency (google)?
Spellchecking as you go (and other client-side things) for g-mail?
Recommending pages you might like by feeding your history/bookmarks into a central database?
Making google's web index more complete by flagging unindexed pages to HQ?
None of the aboue sound very convincing reasons to write a browser to me, However, Firefox + some bells & whistles with the Google name and clout behind it could kill IE stone dead... and the wide adoption of an ad-blocking browser would push advertisers towards google text ads in their droves.
The $64,000 question is, would this 'be evil'?
From the article (emphasis added by me)
The new initiative is an extension of Microsoft's Government Security Program, which allows the governments of more than 30 countries to examine most of Microsoft's underlying source code, or software blueprint for its flagship Windows operating system.
What's the benefit in looking at "Most of" the code and seeing if it is secure?
Absolutely nothing at all, apart from Microsoft getting an NDA signed on your behalf by your Govern(e)ment without any consultation with the public.
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Because it's not a commodity, it's a series of similar commodities with different enough specs to be non-interchangeable.
The supply and demand for the whole industry is nice and smooth already, but the demand curve for any specific product is very short, and the point at which it becomes obsolete and the price plummets is unpredicatable.
What the slashdot summary of the story said:
"The CELL processor is significant because it is touted to utilize grid technology over broadband connections to make the graphics capabilities of the new Playstation many times greater than the competition."
What the original article actually said:
"the CELL is a next-generation multimedia processor with the ability to handle intensive graphics and high-bandwidth communications."
So much for clarity and brevity.
I guess the LCD Display will help when you want to turn your Xbox box into a PC computer?
Or put on a tinfoil body suit and ignore the recall!
Our leaders proudly announced that European Citizens no longer need passports to travel between European states.
Of course you do need to prove you are a European Citizen to take advantage of this new right.
Guess which document you use to do that?
The story for us Brits here is not the rather waffly statement that ofcom "seem to be welcoming" VoIP, it's the hard fact that they are having a consultation period on it.
They want to know our views on issues such as mandatory provision of free 999 calls (our emergency number, equivalent to 911 in the USA).
The consultation ends on the 15th November. Here is how to respond. If we want a sensible VoIP policy in Britain, now would be a good time to ask the regulatory body for it.
What the hell is the idea of the most prominent link on the page reading "MacOS 9 and earlier are not supported" and not going anywhere? What's the big green arrow next to it for? At least point it at wamcom.org, where some people are still catering for the large number of mac users who haven't changed operating systems. .. and while I'm picking holes in the new look, what the hell is 'IRC Chat"? Something you do with an LCD display and a PC computer?
The big deal is that (if it's true) half the kids in your street are going to have this, and when they do they wil laugh at the idea of paying for mobile phone calls. I know lots of children who spend MOST of their pocket money on phone calls at the moment (we don't have free local calls here in Britain).
I think it might be the biggest news story this year.
Nintendo have historically had few serious competitors in he mobile gaming market, and they got off very lightly against the N-Gage, but they know that given time, one of the mobile phone companies will build a a device that rivals their handhelds.
So what do they do? They knock out the whole pricing structure that mobile phones work on. Mobile phone companies work on a 'discount the phones to hell, then rip off people for the calls' basis, which will collapse if people have a dfferent way of making free calls.
If half the people I know have a DS, and I can call them for free, it's worth me getting one *just to save money on calls*.
If Nintendo can pull this off, they could kill the entire mobile phone industry stone dead.
The problem here is that black electrical tape is designed to be an electrical insulator first and black second.
Pop down to your local photographic supplies shop and get some black photographer's tape. It's designed to stop photons, not electrons, it's a lot cheaper, it's not as gooey and stretchy, and it's better at coping with heat.
Oh, and solving the "black tape electrical goo" problem mentioned in the parent post isn't that hard, it dissolves pretty well in lighter fluid.
I'm a little surprised at this statistic, when the PS3's cell chip is supposed to be 65nm fabbed.
Solid objects do it all the time. Nothing special to see here as far as I can tell, apart from the very small size of the shard in question.
I wonder if this is a reaction to IBM's dual core G5 chips that will likely be appearing in Apple Xserve boxes early next year? (oh and motorola are doing dual core G4s too).
I can't help thinking IBM will have the edge here, since Apple's business oriented G5 range is already all dual processor, and the current G5 acritecture is (to cut a long story short) a cut down version of the quad processor Power chip set to start with.
I'm not normally one to defend Microsoft, but there is a perfectly good way to draw the line, and that is to mark it as a disputed territory, which is what they did.
The problem is that the Indian government outlaws maps that tell the truth about that region. It's 8 *correctly* coloured pixels that are the issue here.
Unfortunately the fix consists entirely of a large dose of pessimism
the technical term for being -1 for lawsuits, is a 'vexatious litigant'.
H.ere in Britian if you waste too much of the court's time, the court can declare you to be a vexatious litigant, and you lose the right to file suits. This would do wonders for SCO's share price!
Just be thankful you didn't see Highlander III
I only watched it to see if could possibly be worse than II. It was.
here are the rules of the competition.
The obvious cheats (lighter than air gases, storing energy in a battery) are banned, but you could 'cheat' by using a human to store up a lot of energy in a low-drag rotor that then changes angle of attack to convert the stored energy to lift.
Strangely enough, yes it is left handed.
Take a look at where your thumb is going to have to be to use the direction pad"
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In UK law they probably are invalid since they are only presented to the purchased 'after the fact'.
If you bought something, then you bought it. That can't be taken away by the seller writing 'oh by the way you didn't actually buy this' inside the box.
Id like to see EULAs challenged in court, especialy with reference to the purchaser 'striking out' clauses they do not agree to by turning off the monitor.
Why don't the game companies simply join in selling items? It's not as if duplicate items would cost them anyhing to produce.