In any retail industry there is a certain percentage of profit lost due to "pilferage". The company's objective is to minimize this percentage.
This strategy by the MPAA employs an inventory control system which doesnt control the original products and may be better suited to a physical product/store. These are all derivatives of the movie from the movie theater or the DVD from Blockbuster, but in fact, none are a physical product complete with 100% of the value. How the American people and the government deal with this will obviously set an interesting precedent for the future of media. These methods need a close reality check to see if this is the way to deal with the lost profits.
While many have searched for an application of "wearable" computers, this sort of specialized system seems like a rather reasonable way that they can be integrated into the lives of a normal person. Much more reasonable than the headset wearing ubergeek that is...
Unless you are playing free as in beer games, who pays for the licenses? Do the students bring in the games and delete them when they are done? Have fun but watch your back:)
And also, why does everything have to be made into a computer of some sort? DNA, and now the whole universe?
Simply, humans are simple and by comparing phenomena to computers or whatever it makes it a little easier for us to comprehend. Look at Wolfram's "new" book.
The real question is at what point does the model become the real thing...
This is fairly analogous to USB keyboards/mice with the advent of the iMac et al... way to step forward? Time will tell.
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True, but they seem to finally be able to display apps remotely on another screen in Windows* so I guess that's another monitor? This is actually kinda cool, it's like a monitor you can do a little more with...
has anyone else seen these before? they just seemed to pop up for me... oh well -1 offtopic, its cool
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Just going on past experiences, like the G4 Cube, I would rate it difficult to judge the likelyhood of Apple releasing this based on it's appearance. I remember everyone on/. going off about "how dumb the design is" and then what do you know, the cube is for sale...
That being said, wait till Monday, I'm sure Apple has plenty in store.
Thanks to Yazz, Kurt, Toad and Trish. And also props go out to Uriah on the West Si-eed for helping with some raid bios problems that messed with our database stuff and really though us for a loop.
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Aside from the fact that it looks as if Florida already has a voting system lined up for them, I would guess that they might be pretty open to an open source/"free" solution after their cheerful response to Linux in their local governments... Will Florida be the place to look to for new angles on technology or continue just to be the place where everyone's (grand)parents live?
I picked up some of these awhile ago also... I was thinking that I could put some demo tracks on them and people would have a hard time forgetting the "guy who had the little disc".
Maybe that's why I never burned anything on them...
This is one confusing feature! I was looking at the comments I had posted and I was like damn, don't remember posting these... Most have been when I was drunk. But apparently when I'm drunk I have no consistency... first I'm whoring, then I'm trolling, and then I'm just totally offtopic!
I believe it's usually fairly easy to scan a hard copy document and email it that way, and most of the things you are sending by fax have probably been produced on a system in the office so they can be forwarded fairly easily...
Email is a great thing... even those workers in Florida have figured out how to get work home without floppies =P
I was about to post something about sending them a check and writing them a letter that said, "Hey, I like your program! Time for a party on me!" Then it occurred to me that a lot of OSS software is written by people who are connected by the internet rather than sitting in an office together. In this case what to do? Send each developer a bottle of Guinness and a webcam?? Seriously this question is probably on a lot of people's minds because everywhere I look people are making good use of this "free" software and they want to find someone to say thanks, good work to in some form or another.
Just what i'm thinkin about...
This is a super thing for all of us who have been waiting for a G* produced by someone other than Apple, but it has some up ups and downs. Terrasoft is selling servers which are for a niche market, not really boxes that most of us or most of anybody is probably going to put on their desk. Beyond this niche market they are at least as expensive as something you would get from Apple, without the bonus of coming with MacOS for those who would be interested in a dual boot or even a video card... I am sure they have created a high quality product but it mostly looks applicable only to servers. This is perhaps comparable to (from what I have seen) most "built-for-Linux" machines on the PC side... [insert custom Linux machine manufacturer] makes great servers, but they cost a lot more than the alternatives and may be limited in certain ways... Nonetheless, a step forward for the G* platform, go Terrasoft.
All interfaces take, well, getting used to in the beginning, this isn't exclusive to computer interfaces. I know that every time I get into one of my friend's vehicles I have to ask, "Hey, how do I turn on the lights? Where is x y or z?". That being said interfaces which are reasonable can be adjusted to within a reasonable amount of time. Gnome is certainly something that those of average intelligence with the right amount of time should be able to get down... If they are interested in it and there is some reason to adjust to it. So find a reason for people to use Gnome, and they will. (I am not saying Gnome doesn't have a use...)
It seems that whenever a company takes legal action against one person who cracks their lame "encryption", it backfires on them.
Ok true, it may backfire on them, but companies cannot simply let themselves be rolled over. It is hard to say what the appropriate action is in a case like this, but if they do not do anything about it, it is similar to not defending a challenge to a trademark. Maybe Adobe is doing the wrong thing by going after Skylarov... but they need to at least take some action, a more useful approach in this sense would be to improve the encryption perhaps?
This IPO will be a very interesting indication of the "true" value of Linux in the market. Previously we watched stocks of other linux based IPOs rocket up when they opened only to crash and then crash further as the dot.comedies failed. I guess this is only applicable for frenchies but still it should give us a little more insight into linux from the stance of the business/market world. Watch this one closely...
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In any retail industry there is a certain percentage of profit lost due to "pilferage". The company's objective is to minimize this percentage.
This strategy by the MPAA employs an inventory control system which doesnt control the original products and may be better suited to a physical product/store. These are all derivatives of the movie from the movie theater or the DVD from Blockbuster, but in fact, none are a physical product complete with 100% of the value.
How the American people and the government deal with this will obviously set an interesting precedent for the future of media. These methods need a close reality check to see if this is the way to deal with the lost profits.
While many have searched for an application of "wearable" computers, this sort of specialized system seems like a rather reasonable way that they can be integrated into the lives of a normal person.
Much more reasonable than the headset wearing ubergeek that is...
Unless you are playing free as in beer games, who pays for the licenses? Do the students bring in the games and delete them when they are done? Have fun but watch your back :)
And also, why does everything have to be made into a computer of some sort? DNA, and now the whole universe?
Simply, humans are simple and by comparing phenomena to computers or whatever it makes it a little easier for us to comprehend. Look at Wolfram's "new" book.
The real question is at what point does the model become the real thing...
This is no cause for alarm, just put some sort of lightproof cover over your monitor =P
This is fairly analogous to USB keyboards/mice with the advent of the iMac et al... way to step forward? Time will tell.
True, but they seem to finally be able to display apps remotely on another screen in Windows* so I guess that's another monitor? This is actually kinda cool, it's like a monitor you can do a little more with...
Now I can burn a cd in .3 seconds... THIS is progress!
Vigorous pumping? Legs? Excercise? All to use my laptop? hah
Isn't that so like... 1983?
has anyone else seen these before? they just seemed to pop up for me... oh well -1 offtopic, its cool
Just going on past experiences, like the G4 Cube, I would rate it difficult to judge the likelyhood of Apple releasing this based on it's appearance. I remember everyone on /. going off about "how dumb the design is" and then what do you know, the cube is for sale...
That being said, wait till Monday, I'm sure Apple has plenty in store.
Thanks to Yazz, Kurt, Toad and Trish. And also props go out to Uriah on the West Si-eed for helping with some raid bios problems that messed with our database stuff and really though us for a loop.
Slashdot 2.2. News for Nerds. Spell/grammar-check free since 1997.
Aside from the fact that it looks as if Florida already has a voting system lined up for them, I would guess that they might be pretty open to an open source/"free" solution after their cheerful response to Linux in their local governments...
Will Florida be the place to look to for new angles on technology or continue just to be the place where everyone's (grand)parents live?
I picked up some of these awhile ago also... I was thinking that I could put some demo tracks on them and people would have a hard time forgetting the "guy who had the little disc".
Maybe that's why I never burned anything on them...
This is one confusing feature! I was looking at the comments I had posted and I was like damn, don't remember posting these... Most have been when I was drunk. But apparently when I'm drunk I have no consistency... first I'm whoring, then I'm trolling, and then I'm just totally offtopic!
I believe it's usually fairly easy to scan a hard copy document and email it that way, and most of the things you are sending by fax have probably been produced on a system in the office so they can be forwarded fairly easily...
Email is a great thing... even those workers in Florida have figured out how to get work home without floppies =P
I was about to post something about sending them a check and writing them a letter that said, "Hey, I like your program! Time for a party on me!"
Then it occurred to me that a lot of OSS software is written by people who are connected by the internet rather than sitting in an office together. In this case what to do? Send each developer a bottle of Guinness and a webcam?? Seriously this question is probably on a lot of people's minds because everywhere I look people are making good use of this "free" software and they want to find someone to say thanks, good work to in some form or another.
Just what i'm thinkin about...
Ugandan soldiers used to come here, I was told, to force miners to buy beer and cigarettes.
Hey isn't that illegal?!
Kinda ironic that a game about the Linux "mascot" doesn't even run on Linux...
This is a super thing for all of us who have been waiting for a G* produced by someone other than Apple, but it has some up ups and downs. Terrasoft is selling servers which are for a niche market, not really boxes that most of us or most of anybody is probably going to put on their desk. Beyond this niche market they are at least as expensive as something you would get from Apple, without the bonus of coming with MacOS for those who would be interested in a dual boot or even a video card... I am sure they have created a high quality product but it mostly looks applicable only to servers. This is perhaps comparable to (from what I have seen) most "built-for-Linux" machines on the PC side... [insert custom Linux machine manufacturer] makes great servers, but they cost a lot more than the alternatives and may be limited in certain ways...
Nonetheless, a step forward for the G* platform, go Terrasoft.
Hey looks like Sklyarov isnt the only one "cracking" things he shouldn't be...
It's ok because we're the government... Riiiight.
All interfaces take, well, getting used to in the beginning, this isn't exclusive to computer interfaces. I know that every time I get into one of my friend's vehicles I have to ask, "Hey, how do I turn on the lights? Where is x y or z?".
That being said interfaces which are reasonable can be adjusted to within a reasonable amount of time. Gnome is certainly something that those of average intelligence with the right amount of time should be able to get down... If they are interested in it and there is some reason to adjust to it.
So find a reason for people to use Gnome, and they will. (I am not saying Gnome doesn't have a use...)
It seems that whenever a company takes legal action against one person who cracks their lame "encryption", it backfires on them.
Ok true, it may backfire on them, but companies cannot simply let themselves be rolled over. It is hard to say what the appropriate action is in a case like this, but if they do not do anything about it, it is similar to not defending a challenge to a trademark. Maybe Adobe is doing the wrong thing by going after Skylarov... but they need to at least take some action, a more useful approach in this sense would be to improve the encryption perhaps?
This IPO will be a very interesting indication of the "true" value of Linux in the market. Previously we watched stocks of other linux based IPOs rocket up when they opened only to crash and then crash further as the dot.comedies failed. I guess this is only applicable for frenchies but still it should give us a little more insight into linux from the stance of the business/market world.
Watch this one closely...