I'm fairly shocked that "with all the originally specified features" is considered necessary for a project to be considered successful. It's extremely rare for the business needs for a project to be stable over anything more than a few months, which means that for any long-term project the features you deliver _must_ be flexible if your project is actually going to be successful. Couple that with a lack of understanding by users of what they really want/need and going along with original requirements is a recipe for disaster.
If ISPs weren't wedded to unlimited plans for their customers then they could charge people for what they actually use and not have to worry about charging at both ends.
That's the first decent explanation I've seen of why MS would be against use of Windows in a VM. Running Windows apps "natively" under OSX would be a real win for Apple.
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So the problem is not, in fact, in the software - it's in the hardware.
Two thoughts occur: Firstly - A software distribution license seems like a strange place to deal with hardware design. Secondly - I'm wondering why nobody has released Tivo software running on a stand-alone Linux box. Unless, of course, not all of their code is GPL in the first place.
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what the problem is?
If you want to run your own Tivo box then surely you can take the software, recompile it, and run it on a box you put together yourself?
The only thing that Tivo stop you doing is running your own version of the software on the boxes they sold you - or am I wrong?
It's hard to not be aware of IPv6, what with it having been mentioned on both/. and The Register on a bi-weekly basis since about 1995.
And I'm not a unix person, nor do I have a spare PC about to set up as a router. I want something the same size and form factor as my current router - i.e. a Belkin or Netgear box the size of a hardback book, that simply plugs in and works.
I'm not saying that VoE won't _eventually_ be there. I'm saying that right now it's not nearly high bandwidth enough at anything like a reasonable price. Until it can compete with HDMI on price it's not going to catch on.
The EU should just tell MS how much they can charge and get on with it. Why the pointless back and forth?
The hell with it - MS should have to open them for free. In fact, I'd be in favour of mandating that _all_ protocols should be open. You don't need to open your implementation, but other people should be able to use your protocols.
I'd make it very hard to get a domain there, and require a big wodge of money to be deposited as a security.
It's all very well to say "But users should be ultra-alert at all times, check the IP address of the website they've gone to, close all of their curtains before typing in their password and wear a tinfoil hat before thinking of their mother's maiden name." but it's not actually very useful in the real world.
Users suck - we need to design systems to ameliorate their suckiness, not demand changes in human nature.
The point is that it can turn off the hard drive while you're working away, until the flash cache is full, and then turn it on long enough to dump the contents. This should save a lot of battery power.
If you're being offered jobs then your new employer is fine with the amount of job-hopping you're doing. If you're not, then you're stuck in your current one until your CV looks better. In either case, you don't need to worry about anything - except for taking a job that you hate, in case you get stuck there.
Here in the UK "unlimited" connections are very rare - you pay for the speed of your connection, and that comes with a basic usage allowance (2GB for light users, 50GB for heavy ones, for example) and then when you go over that limit you pay for each GB you download (about $2). (Example prices are from Zen ADSL - http://www.zen.co.uk/Broadband/athome.aspx), who I'm not affiliated with, and don't use, but have a good reputation.)
So if you're just surfing the web and checking email you can get a light user account, if you're watching videos/downloading music you get a heavy one, and if you're constantly getting ISOs or torrenting then you pay for the privilege. Nobody subsidises anyone, and people pay a fair price for what they actually use.
Why, exactly, this hasn't caught on in the US is beyond me.
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I'm fairly shocked that "with all the originally specified features" is considered necessary for a project to be considered successful. It's extremely rare for the business needs for a project to be stable over anything more than a few months, which means that for any long-term project the features you deliver _must_ be flexible if your project is actually going to be successful. Couple that with a lack of understanding by users of what they really want/need and going along with original requirements is a recipe for disaster.
Charge people for the bandwidth they use.
If ISPs weren't wedded to unlimited plans for their customers then they could charge people for what they actually use and not have to worry about charging at both ends.
Nobody has the power to make Google do something internationally. Their behaviour in each country is subject to the laws of that country.
That's the first decent explanation I've seen of why MS would be against use of Windows in a VM. Running Windows apps "natively" under OSX would be a real win for Apple.
So the problem is not, in fact, in the software - it's in the hardware.
Two thoughts occur:
Firstly - A software distribution license seems like a strange place to deal with hardware design.
Secondly - I'm wondering why nobody has released Tivo software running on a stand-alone Linux box. Unless, of course, not all of their code is GPL in the first place.
what the problem is?
If you want to run your own Tivo box then surely you can take the software, recompile it, and run it on a box you put together yourself?
The only thing that Tivo stop you doing is running your own version of the software on the boxes they sold you - or am I wrong?
It's hard to not be aware of IPv6, what with it having been mentioned on both /. and The Register on a bi-weekly basis since about 1995.
And I'm not a unix person, nor do I have a spare PC about to set up as a router. I want something the same size and form factor as my current router - i.e. a Belkin or Netgear box the size of a hardback book, that simply plugs in and works.
is routers.
I thought about moving to IPv6, and then looked into routers and discovered that there are no cheap home routers that support it.
Which leaves me wondering how I'm supposed to move to it...
The percentage of coders who work on operating systems or games is actually pretty low...
Almost all coders are application developers (which means mostly C#, VB or Java) or web developers. No C needed for them.
Except now the woman will be able to _prove_ it was two crisps, because it'll be on video...
I'm not saying that VoE won't _eventually_ be there. I'm saying that right now it's not nearly high bandwidth enough at anything like a reasonable price. Until it can compete with HDMI on price it's not going to catch on.
And at $3000 for a couple of ports that's going to be a _really_ popular connection method.
You can't do it over ethernet because it's moving about 1.4GB/s of data.
When 1TB hard drives are now making an appearance, why would you spend $18000 on a drive that stores data on expensive 600GB disks?
Is there a thunderbird extension for rotating .sigs? It's one of the few things I miss from my old school email days...
The EU should just tell MS how much they can charge and get on with it. Why the pointless back and forth?
The hell with it - MS should have to open them for free. In fact, I'd be in favour of mandating that _all_ protocols should be open. You don't need to open your implementation, but other people should be able to use your protocols.
I'd make it very hard to get a domain there, and require a big wodge of money to be deposited as a security.
It's all very well to say "But users should be ultra-alert at all times, check the IP address of the website they've gone to, close all of their curtains before typing in their password and wear a tinfoil hat before thinking of their mother's maiden name." but it's not actually very useful in the real world.
Users suck - we need to design systems to ameliorate their suckiness, not demand changes in human nature.
Encryption certainly shouldn't double the size of a file. It should be possible to simply scramble it in about the same size.
Hmm. If I take a 128kbit AAC from a 256kbit one, is the quality the same as if I'd ripped both from the original source?
I really don't know...
Double the quality and I can only fit half the amount of music onto my iPod.
Come to think of it - maybe that's the plan. We'll all have to go out and buy larger, more expensive iPods to replace the ones we already have...
Whether it's an MP3, documentation of a government coverup or personal details, information tends find a way out.
The point is that it can turn off the hard drive while you're working away, until the flash cache is full, and then turn it on long enough to dump the contents. This should save a lot of battery power.
The original Populous would be perfect for the DS!
If you're being offered jobs then your new employer is fine with the amount of job-hopping you're doing. If you're not, then you're stuck in your current one until your CV looks better. In either case, you don't need to worry about anything - except for taking a job that you hate, in case you get stuck there.
Charge people for the amount they download.
Here in the UK "unlimited" connections are very rare - you pay for the speed of your connection, and that comes with a basic usage allowance (2GB for light users, 50GB for heavy ones, for example) and then when you go over that limit you pay for each GB you download (about $2). (Example prices are from Zen ADSL - http://www.zen.co.uk/Broadband/athome.aspx), who I'm not affiliated with, and don't use, but have a good reputation.)
So if you're just surfing the web and checking email you can get a light user account, if you're watching videos/downloading music you get a heavy one, and if you're constantly getting ISOs or torrenting then you pay for the privilege. Nobody subsidises anyone, and people pay a fair price for what they actually use.
Why, exactly, this hasn't caught on in the US is beyond me.