I'd take the Dell PC solely for environmental concerns. After all, you'll save a lot of money on your power bill (AND save the environment) when your power supply dies in 4 months or your battery catches fire.
Doesn't the EFF exist partially for helping out with things like this, like by providing lawyers? I'm sure the EFF would help them out. Attacking on both criminal and civil fronts ftw.
Conspiracy Theory:
1)"Accidentally" leave a backdoor open on your tracker
2)A few torrent uploaders take advantage of it
3)Mediadefender crashes your servers
4)Slashdotted
5)????
6)PROFIT!
Would someone please explain what the deal about the ISO and OOXML is and why it is so important as concisely as possible?
I understand both the importance of open source and standards, but I get kind of lost on what the ISO is, Microsoft's involvement, and what exactly OOXML is. What will the impact of OOXML being standardized be?
It would have helped if they had found some way to work with Verizon and other carriers.
It also would have helped if they hadn't turned their SDK into a complete pile of shit and made jailbreaking that much more of an attractive option. Why code a crippled app for the Apple Store (if you are going to release it for free) when you can create one with no restrictions for jailbroken iPhones? Enjoy your Flash Game clones, my friend with a jailbroken iPhone will have much more fun with his NES Emulator.
Why companies deliberately lock themselves into agreements with other companies like this is beyond me. Maybe it's working for them. But given how far it looks like they're going to miss their target, it kind of looks like it's not.
They locked themselves into a deal with AT&T because... well, quid pro quo. They needed a company who would be willing to upgrade their infrastructure significantly to handle things like video calls. In return, nearly every iPhone customer will be paying their bills to AT&T. (Except the aforementioned smart ones who jailbroke their phones). If you RTFA you will see that AT&T is currently building a better 3G network for the iPhone, which iPhone2 will almost certianly be using.
The iPhone is basically a PSP minus the games and plus a phone. Software updates which only break previously coded apps or accesibility thereof, homebrew scene that relies on old firmware, etc.
Yeah, what exactly is the reasoning behind all the limitations on what they can and can't use? If my company wants to spend 10 billion dollars to send something to the moon and win 30 million dollars, so what? Somehow, I think that will prevent itself from happening...
Well, the Ansari X-Prize (first private ship into suborbital flight) was worth $10 million, but it cost $100 million to develop the technologies and build the ship.
RE:The Starship Troopers people: the movie originally was vaguely about some space bugs and the Starship Troopers stuff was added in later. The themes about the Federation and whatnot are an afterthought.
There is a vast divergence between the original book and film. A report in an American Cinematographer article around the same time of film's release states the Heinlein novel was optioned well into the pre-production period of the film, which had a working title of Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine; most of the writing team reportedly were unaware of the novel at the time. According to the DVD commentary, Paul Verhoeven never finished reading the novel, claiming he read through the first few chapters and became both "bored and depressed".
...prove that you own a "DRM-free" MP3 if your computer is seized? What if I format my HD? What if I close my lala or lulu or whatever the fuck it's called account?
1) Translate name of movie into Chinese
2) tudou.com / 56.com / youku.com / any chinese video site
3) ???
4) PROFIT
Good luck getting Chinese sites shut down. Even if you get rid of the indexing sites, mildly creative people will be able to just search foreign video sites.
I picture places like tv-links.co.uk (Oh, how I miss thee) reemerging, perhaps as some sort of decentralized P2P darknet. There's no host to take down, and you couldn't possibly target all of the members. A good use for Freenet, I think, that doesn't involve pedophilia (unless they index Alice In Wonderland).
But doesn't he own the process? Unless the rules stated that any experiments become the property of the organization running the fair, he is going to make $30K on top of whatever money he will be pulling out of this discovery in the future. If he doesn't squander it away on Xbox games and hookers he's set for life.
Even so, there's sort of an advantage of having relatively the same hardware across a few machines. Macs would probably be really nice to run games on if any more than 15 or 16 existed for 'em. I mean, hardware issues would pretty much go out the door.
(Mac Fanboys, this is your cue to start your "Marathon" and "Wine" posts.)
The problem with stuff like MythTV is that it does not appeal to the average DVR user. Most people who use a Media Center PC and can set it up probably have no idea what a SVN is or how to operate something like MythTV.
This is not newbie friendly. It's easy to say "MythTV, MythTV" and espouse the benefits of it, but you're not going to get people to use it if it is not easy to set up.
When you have an installer that you can click on and get the program working without having to mess with Linux and command lines (like WinMyth), THEN it will have a chance in the consumer market. Until then, the average user will put up with it or just hook up the ol' VCR.
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I'd take the Dell PC solely for environmental concerns. After all, you'll save a lot of money on your power bill (AND save the environment) when your power supply dies in 4 months or your battery catches fire.
Thanks for the replies. It all makes sense now. Microsoft's involvement is not surprising in this. /=
Doesn't the EFF exist partially for helping out with things like this, like by providing lawyers? I'm sure the EFF would help them out. Attacking on both criminal and civil fronts ftw.
Conspiracy Theory:
1)"Accidentally" leave a backdoor open on your tracker
2)A few torrent uploaders take advantage of it
3)Mediadefender crashes your servers
4)Slashdotted
5)????
6)PROFIT!
Would someone please explain what the deal about the ISO and OOXML is and why it is so important as concisely as possible?
I understand both the importance of open source and standards, but I get kind of lost on what the ISO is, Microsoft's involvement, and what exactly OOXML is. What will the impact of OOXML being standardized be?
It would have helped if they had found some way to work with Verizon and other carriers.
It also would have helped if they hadn't turned their SDK into a complete pile of shit and made jailbreaking that much more of an attractive option. Why code a crippled app for the Apple Store (if you are going to release it for free) when you can create one with no restrictions for jailbroken iPhones? Enjoy your Flash Game clones, my friend with a jailbroken iPhone will have much more fun with his NES Emulator.
Why companies deliberately lock themselves into agreements with other companies like this is beyond me. Maybe it's working for them. But given how far it looks like they're going to miss their target, it kind of looks like it's not.
They locked themselves into a deal with AT&T because... well, quid pro quo. They needed a company who would be willing to upgrade their infrastructure significantly to handle things like video calls. In return, nearly every iPhone customer will be paying their bills to AT&T. (Except the aforementioned smart ones who jailbroke their phones). If you RTFA you will see that AT&T is currently building a better 3G network for the iPhone, which iPhone2 will almost certianly be using.
The iPhone is basically a PSP minus the games and plus a phone. Software updates which only break previously coded apps or accesibility thereof, homebrew scene that relies on old firmware, etc.
Well, the Ansari X-Prize (first private ship into suborbital flight) was worth $10 million, but it cost $100 million to develop the technologies and build the ship.
RE:The Starship Troopers people: the movie originally was vaguely about some space bugs and the Starship Troopers stuff was added in later. The themes about the Federation and whatnot are an afterthought.
There is a vast divergence between the original book and film. A report in an American Cinematographer article around the same time of film's release states the Heinlein novel was optioned well into the pre-production period of the film, which had a working title of Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine; most of the writing team reportedly were unaware of the novel at the time. According to the DVD commentary, Paul Verhoeven never finished reading the novel, claiming he read through the first few chapters and became both "bored and depressed".Comparison b/n the movie and novel
That doesn't sound nearly as awesome unless you're talking about guns. In Charlton Heston's voice. And you're Charlton Heston.
...prove that you own a "DRM-free" MP3 if your computer is seized? What if I format my HD? What if I close my lala or lulu or whatever the fuck it's called account?
Why surrender them? It's better and cheaper to let some private company run them and just install listening posts here and there like they do now.
I guess you've never had to go through a strip search, then? S=
Did they launch this thing before color photography was invented?
Playing games and putting GameStop out of business at the same time? BE STILL MY HEART.
You don't necessarily have to.
Google Engish to Chinese Translation
1) Translate name of movie into Chinese
2) tudou.com / 56.com / youku.com / any chinese video site
3) ???
4) PROFIT
Good luck getting Chinese sites shut down. Even if you get rid of the indexing sites, mildly creative people will be able to just search foreign video sites.
I picture places like tv-links.co.uk (Oh, how I miss thee) reemerging, perhaps as some sort of decentralized P2P darknet. There's no host to take down, and you couldn't possibly target all of the members. A good use for Freenet, I think, that doesn't involve pedophilia (unless they index Alice In Wonderland).
Then they'd probably get the fuck out of the States rather than see their business suffer in America. Probably some sort of tax haven.
Great idea, let's give American companies even MORE of a reason to leave our shores.
Microsoft is actually doing quite well ever since they bought stock in Office Chairs Inc. Their sales are up 500% this year alone!
But doesn't he own the process? Unless the rules stated that any experiments become the property of the organization running the fair, he is going to make $30K on top of whatever money he will be pulling out of this discovery in the future. If he doesn't squander it away on Xbox games and hookers he's set for life.
Well, the US patent process certainly hasn't stopped anyone from patenting the human genome.
Holy shit, way to take a joke and run it into the ground.
Will you guys keep it quiet?! I have preschool in the morning!
What I'm wondering is how people are getting the phthalates that are in the plastic into their body. What, did someone eat a Wiimote or something?
Even so, there's sort of an advantage of having relatively the same hardware across a few machines. Macs would probably be really nice to run games on if any more than 15 or 16 existed for 'em. I mean, hardware issues would pretty much go out the door.
(Mac Fanboys, this is your cue to start your "Marathon" and "Wine" posts.)
The problem with stuff like MythTV is that it does not appeal to the average DVR user. Most people who use a Media Center PC and can set it up probably have no idea what a SVN is or how to operate something like MythTV.
This is not newbie friendly. It's easy to say "MythTV, MythTV" and espouse the benefits of it, but you're not going to get people to use it if it is not easy to set up.
When you have an installer that you can click on and get the program working without having to mess with Linux and command lines (like WinMyth), THEN it will have a chance in the consumer market. Until then, the average user will put up with it or just hook up the ol' VCR.