First off, I have no love for spammers, but to wish death upon them? Don't you think wishing death upon another human being is a bit extreme for anything other then capitol offenses? I'm sure you are smart enough to tweak your.procmailrc file.
I think that is a whole other mess to fix, both in the US and EU. With voter turnouts under 50% of the registered voters, and registered voters making up the minority of the population, Politicians are herding the sheeple that are left and doing as they please for the past 100 or so years at least. The things going on in the EU I find simply appalling, and do not see how they think it can make themselves economically viable when the work week is near nil and add in 6 weeks of holiday a year. How could they expect any outcome other then their jobs leaving for other locations.
Nobody ever said it would be easy or quick, but testing laws in the courts may be one of the quickest ways to make bad law go away. Giving up is much easier though, so I see you side as well.
So when your ISP cans you, with no trial, no conviction, simply waive the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6.2 at them and demand your connection back, if/when they decline, start running it up the legal flagpole, the court system, and get the law stricken from the books.
By 2020, 250GB will be as much of a joke for the average user as a 250MB drive would be today; 250GB will probably be just about big enough to hold one super-extra-high-definition video file.
Just like any other business or government body, the lowest bidder gets the contract. When the P4 came out, Dell stopped making good quality PC's and focused more on low bidder parts fulfillment.
And in yet more news smug ignorant Slashdotters a little too eager to show off their self proclaimed intellectual superiority end up look like basement dwelling comic book guys when it comes commenting on anything outside of the world of computers.
More at 11.
Hey, I made a fortune selling comic books out of my basement.
While the Loving case itself is about interracial marriage, the opinion of the court has held the State can make no laws that abridge your Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The United States Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
I agree they probably should not have compared their product to more enterprise focused offerings.
One point you made about serviceability, I read the article several times as this is a huge area of interest to me, and it would seem, and I am just assuming now, these units are on rails and can be slid out and quickly serviced. Maybe not quite as quickly as a hot swap bay, but you are not going to get the density these Pods are trying to archive either.
Something I am curious about is failure and how it is dealt with. I have many systems with software raid in use in Linux and personally I find it a PITA to fail the drive, shut the system down, replace the physical hardware failure, start the machine back up, partition the drive, then add it back into the array and then the array rebuilds itself. I also have many systems with hardware raid cards, and on those systems, when I do have a drive failure, the raid card emails me, and it sits there and audibly screams until you deal with it, which is a matter of pulling the drive out, and installing a replacement, and the card then has a tall cool glass of STFU and away it goes. Working on a scale such as BlazeBack, I might opt for a very similar solution as they have designed. They are marketing to home users at $5/mo for unlimited storage per computer, and have designed a system to accommodate that market.
I see folks clamouring for ZFS over JFS, neither of which I am terribly familiar with, XFS does me fine with my 32tb home built OpenFiler box for storing and streaming my Blue-Ray collection. I used a 3ware SATA/SAS card and Chenbro SAS expanders to assmble the array, set it up as raid5 with no spares, and keep 4 drives as spares sitting around in their bag, so I don't have to wait for anyone to ship/deliver a drive at 3am, and if the power supply goes, well my data is still sitting on the array, I just can't watch moveis until I fix it, so yes, their is a need for cheap homebrew storage, and also Enterprise class service/support. This is not a black and white subject, there is plenty of room for all the solutions available, and none of them are best for all.
I think the whole idea is silly. I would leave the whole chain wide open, and rather than spend money on ineffective copy protection, I would invest in more, better movies; better television shows (I canceled digital cable partially due to time, partially due to the shitty quality of 95% of what is on it); and making customers happy. By providing customers with DVRs (which most cable companies do) that have features customers want, by providing high definition movies on demand for a reasonable price, customers will be more likely to spend money with the cable company (and to the content providers by proxy) and less effort on copyright infringement because they will be less motivated. I for one am willing to pay for these services if the cost is reasonable, even if I could get the same thing for free.
I agree with a lot of what you are saying. But I think just blurting out produce better content will produce higher earnings is only ringing true with those of us willing to pay for content, which is intelligent, thoughtful human beings, i.e. the minority of humans. Most art that sparks thought and discussion is unwelcome to the masses of the global population as uninteresting, but what they do want is this new genre of reality. What is real about a group of people doing unreal tasks in unimaginable locations? But Joe SixPack wants to see one person kick another while they are down, and Hollywood is giving them just that. Now if they had Mob Rules, with the mob overthrowing their oppressive government and tasering a bunch of goon cops, I'd like to participate, not just watch.
As for music, I think the middlemen (e.g. iTunes) are moving in the right direction by selling albums and songs in digital format with or without DRM (preferably without). If I can get a song for free via file sharing or spend a dollar to get a good quality version and "do the right thing," I will spend the dollar.
Personally, I think of music having more value than any other art, as I can enjoy it again and again for a lifetime. I'm sure that those that value other forms of art agree if the content they are enjoying is what they are interested in. But how do we really break the mold and keep the artist fed while keeping them out of the hands of the evil overlords, the media conglomerates? Figure that one out and you just become another evil overlord I think, unfortunately.
Perhaps if the XBOX gets its blu-ray finally I can not only rent Blu-ray films, play games on my HD tv, but I could also stream it, all for a lower monthly than any Cable/Satellite company and only have my equipment in the loop
I've been doing my research for a couple of weeks now. While I've been using SageTV for the past 4 or 5 years after dumping Tivo, it is looking more and more like Windows Media Center might be the best option for alot of folks. Not because it is the best at anything that it does, but simple because of the leverage power Microsoft has to tying other option into their system. I was reading today about thisATI TV Wonder product. It is just looking more and more like you either chose a million devices that hang off your TV, or something with the might behind it to tie in all the various components so you can make a simple, nice media server and extend that to the various displays around the house with an Xbox360 or similar other device.
But after just getting off the phone with my local cable company, they want $4.50/mo per CableCard, and that I just feel is ridiculously high. Why does the FCC always seem to be half-assed with everything they do, always leaving some loophole for the consumer to get screwed over.
If Apple starts trying to support every combination of 3rd party hardware out there, OSX will start having reliability problems just like Windows does.
The maybe Apple should go back to non-x86 hardware. I've been reading the stories, I know, the nerve of me RTFA and more, and I'm not sure myself, but this is really looking like a right of first sale type case opposed to copyright. Psystar is purchasing a copy of the OS, it is now theirs to do with as they please (with the standard limitations of unauthorised distribution). They are not making copies of the OS, installing and distributing an unlicensed copy, they are installing a valid, purchased OS and passing their right of first sale onto their customer. It will be an interesting case to watch unfold.
mitgib: Here in South Carolina, I really think it is a status symbol to have your own church, because there are 3 on every corner.
And on the fourth corner, there is a bar with a sign out front that says "No loitering by order of the Pope."
I really wasn't joking, but I do see the humor in it all. Here is Rock Hill SC recently the City passed a no jaywalking ordinance so a local bar and grill could get a liquor license as it was across the street from a church. There are so many churches in the community is would be hard to spit without hitting one.
The word Olympics is a super-trademark.
Basically it means that no-one else can use it.
Special Olympics certainly aren't.
But then I do see this in that artical, so you may very well be corrent
In 1988, the Special Olympics was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is the only sports organization authorized by the IOC to use the name Olympics in its title.
I was going to suggest this very thing, try FreeCycle, in the past I had a small computer repair shop and would always offer a home for old junk, assemble decent, yet old, systems with that old junk, load Linux and give it away to area shelters to further pass em along to the (computer) needy in the area. Hopefully somebody found a job with one of those old junkers and is no longer needy.
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First off, I have no love for spammers, but to wish death upon them? Don't you think wishing death upon another human being is a bit extreme for anything other then capitol offenses? I'm sure you are smart enough to tweak your .procmailrc file.
I think that is a whole other mess to fix, both in the US and EU. With voter turnouts under 50% of the registered voters, and registered voters making up the minority of the population, Politicians are herding the sheeple that are left and doing as they please for the past 100 or so years at least. The things going on in the EU I find simply appalling, and do not see how they think it can make themselves economically viable when the work week is near nil and add in 6 weeks of holiday a year. How could they expect any outcome other then their jobs leaving for other locations.
Nobody ever said it would be easy or quick, but testing laws in the courts may be one of the quickest ways to make bad law go away. Giving up is much easier though, so I see you side as well.
So when your ISP cans you, with no trial, no conviction, simply waive the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6.2 at them and demand your connection back, if/when they decline, start running it up the legal flagpole, the court system, and get the law stricken from the books.
By 2020, 250GB will be as much of a joke for the average user as a 250MB drive would be today; 250GB will probably be just about big enough to hold one super-extra-high-definition video file.
Or the latest copy of Windows
Where's a mod point when ya need one?
Just like any other business or government body, the lowest bidder gets the contract. When the P4 came out, Dell stopped making good quality PC's and focused more on low bidder parts fulfillment.
And in yet more news smug ignorant Slashdotters a little too eager to show off their self proclaimed intellectual superiority end up look like basement dwelling comic book guys when it comes commenting on anything outside of the world of computers.
More at 11.
Hey, I made a fortune selling comic books out of my basement.
While the Loving case itself is about interracial marriage, the opinion of the court has held the State can make no laws that abridge your Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The United States Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
Most U.S. cities have such laws, but most also routinely don't enforce them since they are unconstitutional. Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1
There, fixed that for ya
I agree they probably should not have compared their product to more enterprise focused offerings.
One point you made about serviceability, I read the article several times as this is a huge area of interest to me, and it would seem, and I am just assuming now, these units are on rails and can be slid out and quickly serviced. Maybe not quite as quickly as a hot swap bay, but you are not going to get the density these Pods are trying to archive either.
Something I am curious about is failure and how it is dealt with. I have many systems with software raid in use in Linux and personally I find it a PITA to fail the drive, shut the system down, replace the physical hardware failure, start the machine back up, partition the drive, then add it back into the array and then the array rebuilds itself. I also have many systems with hardware raid cards, and on those systems, when I do have a drive failure, the raid card emails me, and it sits there and audibly screams until you deal with it, which is a matter of pulling the drive out, and installing a replacement, and the card then has a tall cool glass of STFU and away it goes. Working on a scale such as BlazeBack, I might opt for a very similar solution as they have designed. They are marketing to home users at $5/mo for unlimited storage per computer, and have designed a system to accommodate that market.
I see folks clamouring for ZFS over JFS, neither of which I am terribly familiar with, XFS does me fine with my 32tb home built OpenFiler box for storing and streaming my Blue-Ray collection. I used a 3ware SATA/SAS card and Chenbro SAS expanders to assmble the array, set it up as raid5 with no spares, and keep 4 drives as spares sitting around in their bag, so I don't have to wait for anyone to ship/deliver a drive at 3am, and if the power supply goes, well my data is still sitting on the array, I just can't watch moveis until I fix it, so yes, their is a need for cheap homebrew storage, and also Enterprise class service/support. This is not a black and white subject, there is plenty of room for all the solutions available, and none of them are best for all.
Peach torrent pancakes!
And in 4 years, she will be 18 on those documents when competing. I know women like to fudge their age, but this is a whole new level.
I think the whole idea is silly. I would leave the whole chain wide open, and rather than spend money on ineffective copy protection, I would invest in more, better movies; better television shows (I canceled digital cable partially due to time, partially due to the shitty quality of 95% of what is on it); and making customers happy. By providing customers with DVRs (which most cable companies do) that have features customers want, by providing high definition movies on demand for a reasonable price, customers will be more likely to spend money with the cable company (and to the content providers by proxy) and less effort on copyright infringement because they will be less motivated. I for one am willing to pay for these services if the cost is reasonable, even if I could get the same thing for free.
I agree with a lot of what you are saying. But I think just blurting out produce better content will produce higher earnings is only ringing true with those of us willing to pay for content, which is intelligent, thoughtful human beings, i.e. the minority of humans. Most art that sparks thought and discussion is unwelcome to the masses of the global population as uninteresting, but what they do want is this new genre of reality. What is real about a group of people doing unreal tasks in unimaginable locations? But Joe SixPack wants to see one person kick another while they are down, and Hollywood is giving them just that. Now if they had Mob Rules, with the mob overthrowing their oppressive government and tasering a bunch of goon cops, I'd like to participate, not just watch.
As for music, I think the middlemen (e.g. iTunes) are moving in the right direction by selling albums and songs in digital format with or without DRM (preferably without). If I can get a song for free via file sharing or spend a dollar to get a good quality version and "do the right thing," I will spend the dollar.
Personally, I think of music having more value than any other art, as I can enjoy it again and again for a lifetime. I'm sure that those that value other forms of art agree if the content they are enjoying is what they are interested in. But how do we really break the mold and keep the artist fed while keeping them out of the hands of the evil overlords, the media conglomerates? Figure that one out and you just become another evil overlord I think, unfortunately.
Perhaps if the XBOX gets its blu-ray finally I can not only rent Blu-ray films, play games on my HD tv, but I could also stream it, all for a lower monthly than any Cable/Satellite company and only have my equipment in the loop
I've been doing my research for a couple of weeks now. While I've been using SageTV for the past 4 or 5 years after dumping Tivo, it is looking more and more like Windows Media Center might be the best option for alot of folks. Not because it is the best at anything that it does, but simple because of the leverage power Microsoft has to tying other option into their system. I was reading today about thisATI TV Wonder product. It is just looking more and more like you either chose a million devices that hang off your TV, or something with the might behind it to tie in all the various components so you can make a simple, nice media server and extend that to the various displays around the house with an Xbox360 or similar other device.
But after just getting off the phone with my local cable company, they want $4.50/mo per CableCard, and that I just feel is ridiculously high. Why does the FCC always seem to be half-assed with everything they do, always leaving some loophole for the consumer to get screwed over.
Microsoft did not have to compete with someone who was entrenched in the market with somewhere around 90-95 percent marketshare.
Wasn't it Apple who owned the desktop when Microsoft started to license DOS? Look how well that's worked for them.
no, apple sets a standard for the hardware
Is that the same standard as Dell uses? Lowest bidder wins.
If Apple starts trying to support every combination of 3rd party hardware out there, OSX will start having reliability problems just like Windows does.
The maybe Apple should go back to non-x86 hardware. I've been reading the stories, I know, the nerve of me RTFA and more, and I'm not sure myself, but this is really looking like a right of first sale type case opposed to copyright. Psystar is purchasing a copy of the OS, it is now theirs to do with as they please (with the standard limitations of unauthorised distribution). They are not making copies of the OS, installing and distributing an unlicensed copy, they are installing a valid, purchased OS and passing their right of first sale onto their customer. It will be an interesting case to watch unfold.
And on the fourth corner, there is a bar with a sign out front that says "No loitering by order of the Pope."
I really wasn't joking, but I do see the humor in it all. Here is Rock Hill SC recently the City passed a no jaywalking ordinance so a local bar and grill could get a liquor license as it was across the street from a church. There are so many churches in the community is would be hard to spit without hitting one.
Crikey, it is now definitely a "everything not compulsory is forbidden" country.
That is a dead giveaway you are from New Zeland, and isn't New Zeland very libertarian now?
I live in Houston, deep in the "Bible Belt", where there is a church every half mile.
Is that all? Here in South Carolina, I really think it is a status symbol to have your own church, because there are 3 on every corner.
The word Olympics is a super-trademark.
Basically it means that no-one else can use it.
Special Olympics certainly aren't.
But then I do see this in that artical, so you may very well be corrent
In 1988, the Special Olympics was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is the only sports organization authorized by the IOC to use the name Olympics in its title.
One of the promising links I saw was UM Computer Monitor/Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Recycling Program
I was going to suggest this very thing, try FreeCycle, in the past I had a small computer repair shop and would always offer a home for old junk, assemble decent, yet old, systems with that old junk, load Linux and give it away to area shelters to further pass em along to the (computer) needy in the area. Hopefully somebody found a job with one of those old junkers and is no longer needy.
Going to make all the chips, boards, drives and peripherals yourself too?
No, just keep using Linux so it can be coded to ignore nefarious crap like that