i smell a lawsuit brewing. this is just the sort of thing that got them in antitrust trouble with the gov't last time...
of course you might say the same about apple not playing nice by letting anyone and everyone in on the ipod game. however i think this is of a slightly different magnitude given the difference in market share.
i was under the impression though that universal binaries could share the data files between architectures (ie, the other files bundled inside the program package) and that the program file was all that really needed two copies.
nice misquote. jobs never said they were never going to release a video ipod. he just questioned why apple should create one because at the time it didn't seem to make sense. but people kept demanding it and apple finally decided to deliver on it.
the worst thing about this deal is that it further decreases the companies that are doing disk research.
the sale of ibm's hard disk business to hitachi was a sad day. ibm is one of those few companies that is big enough to eat the cost of research. i predict we'll likely see in the next few years a decrease in the rapidity of new technologies as the current ones (perpendicular technology, etc.) begin to hit walls.
not that the current companies can't make big advances in the technology, but i think that the fewer companies that are around there will be less pressure to innovate. especially far thinking innovation (holographic storage or things that we haven't even dreamt of yet). that will likely only come from smaller shops that are willing to do crazy risk taking things that companies like seagate wouldn't likely want to invest in. that's why the loss of ibm's research was a big loss; they could (and did) eat those costs.
watch now as we track all the various things that could go wrong with sending this comment out over the intarweb onto slashdot! *zzzap* uh oh, was that a rout
if you are going to make a better ipod please don't make a carbon copy of the ipod interface which seems to be the way most folks seem to try to make something better (gnome or kde vs. windows, or hell windows itself vs. mac os).
key ideas: simplicity and flexibility. you might have to make compromises but if you do, err on the side of simplicity rather than flexibility.
OMGWTFBBQ! This reminds me of the hypemill surrounding the ps2.
"It'll have a zillion megawonks of power and push a gazillion polygons around so fast your head will spin like Linda Blair! Toy Story rendered realtime! Just look at those textures! Wow they look so.. so... ehh not so good."
I'm curious how much of this will be hype this time around and how much will be reality.
There is some debate over whether or not Moller is actually a scammer vs. an unlucky inventor lacking funds to complete his work. Lots of folks have poured money into his venture and never seen anything come out of it.
In fact, the Skycar has never even flown off tether...
read especially about the handwriting recognition (yes there were problems in the earlier revisions), especially in the later models. the 2100 was damned impressive and there aren't any other recognition systems that worked quite like it since.
actually... i think you might want to adjust your math to use 8.5 instead of 11.
typically these printers, for example the ibm infoprint 2000, print paper the other way to keep the speed up and reduce fuser wear. thus, 8.5x14 takes the same time to shoot through as 8.5x11 and 11x17 takes twice and long as 8.5x11.
btw, someone else was asking about feeding paper and "ink" (i think he meant toner) these machines are modular to allow you to add *many* papertrays and the toner tanks are huge. add to that programmable and automatic tray swapping allows you to add paper to the machine without it stopping...
sony will start requiring all bluray disks to include new firmwares on them and the machine will check the disk to see if the firmware is new or not and install it if it is (similar to what sony is already doing on the psp).
of course this will start a new firmware war like the one that exists on the xbox and satellite receivers, with a cat and mouse box between crackers and companies...
i don't believe schneier has any bias except towards making sure bad security and policy doesn't become commonplace. this means making clear the user's rights and the content owner's rights and making sure they don't overstep each others bounds.
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if it only locks out hacks to xbl then i think that's alright, hopefully it will keep cheating to a minimum...
Cinematics are only bad when you can't skip through them or turn them off...
stranger still that microsoft would announce this during macworld. nice work guys, way to be passive-aggressive assholes...
i smell a lawsuit brewing. this is just the sort of thing that got them in antitrust trouble with the gov't last time...
of course you might say the same about apple not playing nice by letting anyone and everyone in on the ipod game. however i think this is of a slightly different magnitude given the difference in market share.
i was under the impression though that universal binaries could share the data files between architectures (ie, the other files bundled inside the program package) and that the program file was all that really needed two copies.
nice misquote. jobs never said they were never going to release a video ipod. he just questioned why apple should create one because at the time it didn't seem to make sense. but people kept demanding it and apple finally decided to deliver on it.
the worst thing about this deal is that it further decreases the companies that are doing disk research.
the sale of ibm's hard disk business to hitachi was a sad day. ibm is one of those few companies that is big enough to eat the cost of research. i predict we'll likely see in the next few years a decrease in the rapidity of new technologies as the current ones (perpendicular technology, etc.) begin to hit walls.
not that the current companies can't make big advances in the technology, but i think that the fewer companies that are around there will be less pressure to innovate. especially far thinking innovation (holographic storage or things that we haven't even dreamt of yet). that will likely only come from smaller shops that are willing to do crazy risk taking things that companies like seagate wouldn't likely want to invest in. that's why the loss of ibm's research was a big loss; they could (and did) eat those costs.
watch now as we track all the various things that could go wrong with sending this comment out over the intarweb onto slashdot! *zzzap* uh oh, was that a rout
can i play?
639+1
what do i win?
yeah, didn't this one get ya off guard? yawn...
making fun of windows is like kicking special olympics winners in the face. sure's it's fun for a while but it's just too damn easy.
if you are going to make a better ipod please don't make a carbon copy of the ipod interface which seems to be the way most folks seem to try to make something better (gnome or kde vs. windows, or hell windows itself vs. mac os).
key ideas: simplicity and flexibility. you might have to make compromises but if you do, err on the side of simplicity rather than flexibility.
my 2c.
OMGWTFBBQ! This reminds me of the hypemill surrounding the ps2.
"It'll have a zillion megawonks of power and push a gazillion polygons around so fast your head will spin like Linda Blair! Toy Story rendered realtime! Just look at those textures! Wow they look so.. so... ehh not so good."
I'm curious how much of this will be hype this time around and how much will be reality.
or...
My new Nano is scratched and all I got was a fatter, richer lawyer (and a coupon worth a cup of coffee).
I live in Davis, California about a mile from "Moller International" home of the Skycar.
There is some debate over whether or not Moller is actually a scammer vs. an unlucky inventor lacking funds to complete his work. Lots of folks have poured money into his venture and never seen anything come out of it.
In fact, the Skycar has never even flown off tether...
yes because supporting sony is that much better... chuckle?
take a read here: http://www.msu.edu/~luckie/newtgal.htm.
read especially about the handwriting recognition (yes there were problems in the earlier revisions), especially in the later models. the 2100 was damned impressive and there aren't any other recognition systems that worked quite like it since.
Hmm... or how about... Muad'Dib?
actually... i think you might want to adjust your math to use 8.5 instead of 11.
typically these printers, for example the ibm infoprint 2000, print paper the other way to keep the speed up and reduce fuser wear. thus, 8.5x14 takes the same time to shoot through as 8.5x11 and 11x17 takes twice and long as 8.5x11.
btw, someone else was asking about feeding paper and "ink" (i think he meant toner) these machines are modular to allow you to add *many* papertrays and the toner tanks are huge. add to that programmable and automatic tray swapping allows you to add paper to the machine without it stopping...
here's what will happen...
sony will start requiring all bluray disks to include new firmwares on them and the machine will check the disk to see if the firmware is new or not and install it if it is (similar to what sony is already doing on the psp).
of course this will start a new firmware war like the one that exists on the xbox and satellite receivers, with a cat and mouse box between crackers and companies...
The likelyhood of this getting from the concept vehicle to the production vehicle is debatable. Read this article for example: http://news.com.com/Mazda+throws+away+key+for+USB/ 2100-7337_3-5845472.html?tag=nefd.top
i don't believe schneier has any bias except towards making sure bad security and policy doesn't become commonplace. this means making clear the user's rights and the content owner's rights and making sure they don't overstep each others bounds.
have you ever read any of his stuff?
well on top of that what good is it going to do you if your laptop is sitting underwater?
heh, sounds like win95 vs. win98 all over again...
...and go set an Xbox besides the original NES, it's not much smaller ;)
;p
comparisons to a 20 year old console isn't exactly a stunning way of conveying advances in miniturization...
i hope there's someone out there that's gonna bust this content copy protection wide open... again.