Even better, what about a system where the original news content is md5 hashed? Why have a "web of trust" when the validity of a document can be checked in a straightforward manner?
While a lot of people on here have mentioned the fact that they can get a movie for about the same price as a CD, what I think most people reason is that getting 2 hours of audio / video rather than one hour of just audio. The audio on a DVD is typically 5.1, while that on a CD is just Stereo, etc.
But the part that *really* gets me thinking is... How much does it cost to make a movie in comparison to making a CD. That's where things get interesting.
Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions cost approximately 400 million to make (correct me if I'm wrong). It's possible to go out and get both CD's for $30, and possibly less if you shop around.
The most I've heard a CD costing to produce is Korn's Untouchables, running at 1 million (this is still ludicrous to me).
Yes, there are the music videos. Music videos are generally made for the purpose of having people buy that artist's CD. While some bands have creative direction on their music videos, most of them do not. I do NOT see it as creativity. I see it as marketing.
Marketing should *NOT* ultimately factor into how much something *should* cost. Just because a company pours $100 million into a product that costs approximately $1.00 to make, that doesn't mean that item should sell for $17.99. Especially considering that the people who made that product see so little of it coming back to them.
Then there are the bands that still don't get advertised that much. Their albums sell for the same price. WHY? I want more of my money going to the artist, rather than funding Britney Spears' next music video.
In fact, why are there even music videos? I don't care how an artist looks. And I won't buy a CD from an artist just because "they're hot".
You're assuming that somebody who has the same degree as you do will know exactly the same as you.
Nice try. I know tons of people who slip through the college cracks who couldn't code well if their life depended on it.
If somebody is as competent as I am within the field that I work, then I expect taking over a job to take a few days. But then, there are less and less competent people who come out of college.
The article makes a good point, that Sun has reinvented itself before, and that no one should write Sun off.
Pfft, really now? If Sun has *really* truly reinvented itself, and has started to see the light of things, then why is Java still not Open Sourced?
The subscription plan will make it clear that Solaris costs less than Linux and will dovetail with Sun's argument that its version of Unix performs better as well.
To be (a software vendor), or not to be (be a hardware vendor instead). That is the question...
And Red Hat can't throw in a free server as part of a software promotion the way Sun can.
Why does this remind me about how Bill Gates was talking about hardware becoming free?
Come on Sun. Make a good archetecture, and put your best efforts into making BSD / Linux run well on it. Solaris may possibly be destined to the dead path of SCO Unix. Learn from IBM.
and says that Microsoft is 'working with microprocessor companies, including Intel and AMD, to help Windows...support hardware-enforced data execute protection (also known as NX, or no execute)
Excuse me, but Intel's ripped off 64-bit system has no sort of NX bit on it. That is the primary difference between AMD and Intel's 64 bit x86 implementation.
What I'm curious about is if this statement from Gates is a forward statement. Does this mean that Intel will adopt the NX bit within the next year or so? Hopefully this will be the case.
I can imagine with this in place, I imagine a lot more of the script kiddies will be doing "Nuke" style attacks rather than full-on hacks. In this case, say if Apache were to have a buffer overrun exploit, the most that would happen is the service would be shut down. Still a pain in the ass for anyone trying to run a web server, but better than running a service that potentially grants access to your machine.
That and worms will hopefully not be so rampant anymore, provided that people stop opening exe email attachments. Don't we wish.
Gates said Longhorn is 'not a date-driven release.' and said the speculation that the operating system will come out in 2006 is 'probably valid.'"
Well, what exactly is the one "must-have" feature in Longhorn that makes it necessary today? Nothing really. A database-driven file system is not necessary. Internet Explorer 7 is not necessary (at least if you have Firefox it isn't). More DRM? Not necessary. What's necessary today are security fixes. And as long as Microsoft keeps patching WinXP, Longhorn is not needed anytime soon.
What is necessary now is SP2. And the sooner they release that, the better.
This is supposed to be slashdot! There's supposed to be some sort of description of the project on the front page.
More importantly, there's supposed to be some sort of biased opinion along with the story. Stuff like:
DarkHelmet writes That asshole Darl McBride is saying that linux is a bastardization of unix. You can see what he's saying here [insert link]. When will he stop? Is he hellbent on taking over the world? I think so. You should too"...
Come on! Us slashdotters want to be TOLD what to think, not make opinions for ourselves... Bastard...
The part I find interesting is that the camera will be able to record things realtime. What makes me wonder is how they'll do that, considering how most digital cameras work nowadays.
If I'm not mistaken, most digital cameras have a series of sensors arranged in a trinary pattern of reds, greens and blues. Each "dot", can only sense sensitivity towards that color of light.
When a digital camera takes a picture, it takes those reds, greens, and blues, and then interpolates the values from the surrounding pixels. In a sense, the "red" dot borrows from the surrounding green and blue dot intensities in order to calculate the final 24-bit value.
That's why cameras take roughly 1-2 seconds to process the picture. Correct me if I'm wrong.
There was some sort of technology I was reading about a while back that allowed a sensor to capture red, green, and blue values entirely, eliminating that complex calculation. I'm wondering if HP employs this technology. Anyone know?
No need to read the article. Here is what it says in short.
Microsoft is too big to care about any small-time financial punishment that a government deals out to them, since they still profit heavily in the end.
Any ruling the DOJ gives Microsoft doesn't mean that Microsoft has to comply to it. This is much like giving somebody who steals 1,000,000 dollars a 1,000 fine, but not force them to give the money back.
That Cringely guy really likes geometry.
Maybe it's me, but that article was waay too long winded to state the obvious: As long as Microsoft can turn a profit after any sort of penalities given them, they have no motovation to comply to any sort of antitrust regulation.
It's hardly the case that cable providers are capping off bandwidth because of lack of availability.
Mostly, it's a matter of giving the public only as much as they want, without having to go above and beyond the call.
If there are more than one cable internet provider within the area, companies are going to be more willing to compete for service plans with higher bandwidth. In turn, if the node ends up becoming saturated, the cable company will then be forced to upgrade the fiber running to the node.
The primary difference in this respect between DSL and Cable is that DSL is limiting speed based on technology. Cable is capping downloader's speeds based on demand.
Remember the old open source magic formula -- that one could make money giving away software by selling "services and support"? That hasn't happened -- in terms of producing well-designed end user software -- and it's no wonder why.
Just repeat after yourself: "There is no such thing as redhat, there is no such thing as Redhat."
True, Redhat *sells* boxes of software. But what you're getting for your money is the support that comes with it. Right?
This isn't to say desktop Linux isn't growing in use. It is, and will continue to. But it's growing at the bottom end of the market -- cheap $400 computers from Wal-Mart. That's a market where software usability is not a key feature.
Oh really? So tell me, is Walmart a store that techies currently shop? Cheap $400 computers *are* meant for the non-technical type that wants the cheapest computer they can possibly afford. Typically, people who use their computer more tend to want something a little better. Either that, or build it themselves.
UI development is the hard part. And it's not the last step, it's the first step. In my estimation, the difference between.
He might be talking about making a desktop for linux, but he's missing the big picture. Before there was Desktop Linux, there was the kernel itself. Function before style.
We really haven't figured out sex, yet, but I haven't been happier than during these wonderful years so I don't mind.
All that makes me think is how much Jar Jar needs the goatse treatment. Then, maybe then, I'd be looking forward to Episode 3 just to find out how Jar Jar will be able to walk.
But if this were to say, integrate into a larger organization like a college or university, it would be possible for something like this to be beneficial.
There are also many separate possible implmentations for this... Pretty much any subset of people who are on the net will benefit from an Open Source Friendster style network.
I'd flag you troll, or informative, or insightful, or flamebait, or anything else that's not funny out of pity, but they took my mod points away when I started pretending that I had a life.
I was only kidding... Stupid mods. I have no life! Come on guys!
Geez, I hope you don't go on chat clients, or dating sites because of the "hot women" you see advertising it. Because if you do, that makes you a sucker to advertising.
Since this is Open Source, very little money goes into the site, so you're stuck with my ugly mug.
If I ever make decent money from this, I'll get a model to pose on the front page... Just for you!
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What we need is a system with PGP signatures.
Even better, what about a system where the original news content is md5 hashed? Why have a "web of trust" when the validity of a document can be checked in a straightforward manner?
This should help with a purchasing decision :)
Wait a minute, I didn't know executives could be Slashdot Trolls.
But the part that *really* gets me thinking is... How much does it cost to make a movie in comparison to making a CD. That's where things get interesting.
Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions cost approximately 400 million to make (correct me if I'm wrong). It's possible to go out and get both CD's for $30, and possibly less if you shop around.
The most I've heard a CD costing to produce is Korn's Untouchables, running at 1 million (this is still ludicrous to me).
Yes, there are the music videos. Music videos are generally made for the purpose of having people buy that artist's CD. While some bands have creative direction on their music videos, most of them do not. I do NOT see it as creativity. I see it as marketing.
Marketing should *NOT* ultimately factor into how much something *should* cost. Just because a company pours $100 million into a product that costs approximately $1.00 to make, that doesn't mean that item should sell for $17.99. Especially considering that the people who made that product see so little of it coming back to them.
Then there are the bands that still don't get advertised that much. Their albums sell for the same price. WHY? I want more of my money going to the artist, rather than funding Britney Spears' next music video.
In fact, why are there even music videos? I don't care how an artist looks. And I won't buy a CD from an artist just because "they're hot".
Thank you.
See what happens when you don't pay your $699?
Nice try. I know tons of people who slip through the college cracks who couldn't code well if their life depended on it.
If somebody is as competent as I am within the field that I work, then I expect taking over a job to take a few days. But then, there are less and less competent people who come out of college.
I suggest Firefuck.
But seriously, stop posting copyrighted articles to the NY Times on Slashdot. You're begging for Slashdot to get sued.
The article makes a good point, that Sun has reinvented itself before, and that no one should write Sun off.
Pfft, really now? If Sun has *really* truly reinvented itself, and has started to see the light of things, then why is Java still not Open Sourced?
The subscription plan will make it clear that Solaris costs less than Linux and will dovetail with Sun's argument that its version of Unix performs better as well.
To be (a software vendor), or not to be (be a hardware vendor instead). That is the question...
And Red Hat can't throw in a free server as part of a software promotion the way Sun can.
Why does this remind me about how Bill Gates was talking about hardware becoming free?
Come on Sun. Make a good archetecture, and put your best efforts into making BSD / Linux run well on it. Solaris may possibly be destined to the dead path of SCO Unix. Learn from IBM.
Redundant
Array of
Pornographic
Entertainment on
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The name of the redundancy medium may or may not correspond with the type of porn you're archiving.
Also, when you tell people about your huge porn backup, try to avoid saying, "I got R.A.P.E.D." They might think that you've been to prison.
Can you provide a reference to back this up?
http://www.aceshardware.com/read_news.jsp?id=80000 460
There's always a chance that this is wrong, but this is just to prove that I didn't pull it out of midair ;)
You mean like how Windows ME is soooo much better than 98? Heh.
Excuse me, but Intel's ripped off 64-bit system has no sort of NX bit on it. That is the primary difference between AMD and Intel's 64 bit x86 implementation.
What I'm curious about is if this statement from Gates is a forward statement. Does this mean that Intel will adopt the NX bit within the next year or so? Hopefully this will be the case.
I can imagine with this in place, I imagine a lot more of the script kiddies will be doing "Nuke" style attacks rather than full-on hacks. In this case, say if Apache were to have a buffer overrun exploit, the most that would happen is the service would be shut down. Still a pain in the ass for anyone trying to run a web server, but better than running a service that potentially grants access to your machine.
That and worms will hopefully not be so rampant anymore, provided that people stop opening exe email attachments. Don't we wish.
Gates said Longhorn is 'not a date-driven release.' and said the speculation that the operating system will come out in 2006 is 'probably valid.'"
Well, what exactly is the one "must-have" feature in Longhorn that makes it necessary today? Nothing really. A database-driven file system is not necessary. Internet Explorer 7 is not necessary (at least if you have Firefox it isn't). More DRM? Not necessary. What's necessary today are security fixes. And as long as Microsoft keeps patching WinXP, Longhorn is not needed anytime soon.
What is necessary now is SP2. And the sooner they release that, the better.
This is supposed to be slashdot! There's supposed to be some sort of description of the project on the front page.
More importantly, there's supposed to be some sort of biased opinion along with the story. Stuff like:
Come on! Us slashdotters want to be TOLD what to think, not make opinions for ourselves... Bastard...
</sarcasm>
If I'm not mistaken, most digital cameras have a series of sensors arranged in a trinary pattern of reds, greens and blues. Each "dot", can only sense sensitivity towards that color of light.
When a digital camera takes a picture, it takes those reds, greens, and blues, and then interpolates the values from the surrounding pixels. In a sense, the "red" dot borrows from the surrounding green and blue dot intensities in order to calculate the final 24-bit value.
That's why cameras take roughly 1-2 seconds to process the picture. Correct me if I'm wrong.
There was some sort of technology I was reading about a while back that allowed a sensor to capture red, green, and blue values entirely, eliminating that complex calculation. I'm wondering if HP employs this technology. Anyone know?
Maybe it's me, but that article was waay too long winded to state the obvious: As long as Microsoft can turn a profit after any sort of penalities given them, they have no motovation to comply to any sort of antitrust regulation.
That, and that Pulpit guy likes Geometry.
Mostly, it's a matter of giving the public only as much as they want, without having to go above and beyond the call.
If there are more than one cable internet provider within the area, companies are going to be more willing to compete for service plans with higher bandwidth. In turn, if the node ends up becoming saturated, the cable company will then be forced to upgrade the fiber running to the node.
The primary difference in this respect between DSL and Cable is that DSL is limiting speed based on technology. Cable is capping downloader's speeds based on demand.
I could be wrong, though.
To quote the article:
Remember the old open source magic formula -- that one could make money giving away software by selling "services and support"? That hasn't happened -- in terms of producing well-designed end user software -- and it's no wonder why.
Just repeat after yourself: "There is no such thing as redhat, there is no such thing as Redhat."
True, Redhat *sells* boxes of software. But what you're getting for your money is the support that comes with it. Right?
This isn't to say desktop Linux isn't growing in use. It is, and will continue to. But it's growing at the bottom end of the market -- cheap $400 computers from Wal-Mart. That's a market where software usability is not a key feature.
Oh really? So tell me, is Walmart a store that techies currently shop? Cheap $400 computers *are* meant for the non-technical type that wants the cheapest computer they can possibly afford. Typically, people who use their computer more tend to want something a little better. Either that, or build it themselves.
UI development is the hard part. And it's not the last step, it's the first step. In my estimation, the difference between.
He might be talking about making a desktop for linux, but he's missing the big picture. Before there was Desktop Linux, there was the kernel itself. Function before style.
All that makes me think is how much Jar Jar needs the goatse treatment. Then, maybe then, I'd be looking forward to Episode 3 just to find out how Jar Jar will be able to walk.
But if this were to say, integrate into a larger organization like a college or university, it would be possible for something like this to be beneficial.
There are also many separate possible implmentations for this... Pretty much any subset of people who are on the net will benefit from an Open Source Friendster style network.
Heh. I've been expecting you.
I was only kidding... Stupid mods. I have no life! Come on guys!
Since this is Open Source, very little money goes into the site, so you're stuck with my ugly mug.
If I ever make decent money from this, I'll get a model to pose on the front page... Just for you!
Nope, that wasn't me. My nicknames include GNAA in them. :P
Hmm, I wonder if GNAAHelmet is registered...
Slashster is an Open Source PHP / Mysql based FOAF.
Congrats to PeopleAggregator for making Slashdot though. Dunno why my site didn't make front page... Heh.