Woodrow Wilson Smith, a.k.a. Lazarus Long. (being exceptionally long lived does have its benefits when ammassing wealth).
Doesn't he amass his wealth later in life? I haven't read all his books, but I thought he didn't actually make his wealth until he left Earth? I mean, the question would be how much money he has today, in 2005, not how much he has in 35632.
Really? Because I've been tracking unstable, and the latest there is KDE 3.4. In fact, according to this messages here, it seems the KDE 3.5RC just hit experimental. There is no way a huge package like KDE went from experimental to testing without going through unstable.
You're right. Scribus doesn't seem to depend on KDE (according to the debian dependency list). Although if you run it in a KDE environment Drag&Drop is enabled (again, according the package description in debian)
I'm not talking about what consumers want, I'm talking about what the industries want. Hardware manufacturers have the most interest in providing versatility and value to their customers, so they will generally take the highest road. However, to the extent they have to deal with carriers and content providers, they are kneecapped.
Standardization. In Europe I can go to any phone store and buy a phone and it will work on any network I want. Carriers don't matter. Content providers don't matter.
The reason MP3 wireless phones aren't taking off is the competing interests of the wireless carriers and content distribution services.
Really? Because I see everybody is falling over themselves getting out their MP3 phones. Sony Ericsson has a MP3 phone out in W800i, Nokia is coming out with their N91. In fact, their whole N-series of phone are basically MP3 phones (with bigger storage capacity than the iPhone).
It costs $1 to download a whole song from . It costs $2 to download a ring tone (smaller than a whole song) from the carrier.
Then put the music yourself. The Nokia N91 is supposed to be an USB storage device. You can just put the music on the filesystem. The other phones I mentioned have removable storage devices that you can put music on. You don't have to get music from the carriers.
Don't have a Tivo, but wondered, does it require a separate internet connection
Separate internet connection.
I fail to see how TiVo is any more vulnerable than an average Linux machine. It should be even less, since the machine itself makes the connection to homebase. It doesn't allow incoming connection (you can open a terminal through the serial port, but that's it).
Same way TiVo is able to send programming instructions now on their website? It's not like each TiVo doesn't have a unique id. I would think all Yahoo does is just being a portal through the TiVo site.
Make Linux (or any other OSS alternative) look and feel like WIndows, same "plug and play" convenience, and people will buy it.
I think this would be a huge mistake. As much as Windows looks can be emulated, if will never be exact, and it's the detail that will annoy people. The expectations won't match the experience. I would rather people went with a new design, so that users know they are on a different OS.
I have less problems going from KDE to Mac than to Windows. Mostly because KDE is close enough to Windows that my expectations are never matches the experience. OTOH, going to Mac I never expect my experience with KDE matters, so I have a much better user experience.
amaroK wasn't that unstable on Debian Sarge (v1.2.3) (no crashes I can think of off-hand). Currently testing Debian Unstable, and it's somewhat unstable (crashes when loading a new playlist when you already have a playlist etc).
Because these devices are small with limited amount of memory? And when the memory is limited and the storage capacity is huge, then there is a question of where do you store all that id3 tags. File access would be dirt slow (when you push play, you don't want to wait 5 seconds for the system to find the file. Heck, if you browse your system, you don't want to wait for each update). Even something like amaroK index the files. Try loading all your the mp3s into xmms and see how long it takes.
However, at $900, the weight issue can be easily compensated by the lightness you now feel in your wallet.
Oh, come on. Most people are paying with credit cards these days. No weight differensial after you pay. Only thing you are going to feel, are the dishes flying towards you when your wife finds out you spent $900 on a phone.
Seems to be a problem in the US. Can't say I had this problem in Europe, no matter the phone, network or location (I've been to places in Norway where I couldn't get reliable radio signal, but the phone still worked).
I keep hearing the argument that we can just buy a phone if that's all we want. But, I'm not finding that to be true.
Again, this is a problem in US. In Europe, since all providers use the same network, I can go to the store (not related to the network providers) and buy a cell phone without a mobile plan. Or I can get a mobile plan without a cellphone. In the US, you basically have a choice between the cellphones that the provider gives you (which is always incredible limited).
Besides, Nokia is coming out with there E-series of phone, which will be without mp3 player and camera (but will have stuff like POP3 and IMAP support)
Conservatives: those who generally inherited a great deal of money and property and wish to retain their riches by any recourse, also those who are all too happy to sacrifice the spirit of their faith to retain their narrow view of normality.
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Woodrow Wilson Smith, a.k.a. Lazarus Long. (being exceptionally long lived does have its benefits when ammassing wealth).
Doesn't he amass his wealth later in life? I haven't read all his books, but I thought he didn't actually make his wealth until he left Earth? I mean, the question would be how much money he has today, in 2005, not how much he has in 35632.
30 sec skips still work at my place (TiVo series 2 with latest software)
And if they own a iPod, give them an iBuzz
Really? Because I've been tracking unstable, and the latest there is KDE 3.4. In fact, according to this messages here, it seems the KDE 3.5RC just hit experimental. There is no way a huge package like KDE went from experimental to testing without going through unstable.
You're right. Scribus doesn't seem to depend on KDE (according to the debian dependency list). Although if you run it in a KDE environment Drag&Drop is enabled (again, according the package description in debian)
Well, KDE is slowly changing too. Quanta, Scribus, cervisia are all new KDE applications.
I thought iPod, iMac, iTunes was a marketing decision. Never knew the developers had a say in the naming.
I'm not sure I understand. What's the problem with using private variables?
I'm not talking about what consumers want, I'm talking about what the industries want. Hardware manufacturers have the most interest in providing versatility and value to their customers, so they will generally take the highest road. However, to the extent they have to deal with carriers and content providers, they are kneecapped.
Standardization. In Europe I can go to any phone store and buy a phone and it will work on any network I want. Carriers don't matter. Content providers don't matter.
If the phone stored 1000 songs you can bet that people would scream that they can't quickly sync an entire large collection.
Please explain Nokia N91 then- storage capacity - 4 Gb. Sony Ericsson W800i uses memory stick (up to 1 Gb).
The reason MP3 wireless phones aren't taking off is the competing interests of the wireless carriers and content distribution services.
Really? Because I see everybody is falling over themselves getting out their MP3 phones. Sony Ericsson has a MP3 phone out in W800i, Nokia is coming out with their N91. In fact, their whole N-series of phone are basically MP3 phones (with bigger storage capacity than the iPhone).
It costs $1 to download a whole song from .
It costs $2 to download a ring tone (smaller than a whole song) from the carrier.
Then put the music yourself. The Nokia N91 is supposed to be an USB storage device. You can just put the music on the filesystem. The other phones I mentioned have removable storage devices that you can put music on. You don't have to get music from the carriers.
Don't have a Tivo, but wondered, does it require a separate internet connection
Separate internet connection.
I fail to see how TiVo is any more vulnerable than an average Linux machine. It should be even less, since the machine itself makes the connection to homebase. It doesn't allow incoming connection (you can open a terminal through the serial port, but that's it).
How will Yahoo know to send the info to MY TiVo?
Same way TiVo is able to send programming instructions now on their website? It's not like each TiVo doesn't have a unique id. I would think all Yahoo does is just being a portal through the TiVo site.
Make Linux (or any other OSS alternative) look and feel like WIndows, same "plug and play" convenience, and people will buy it.
I think this would be a huge mistake. As much as Windows looks can be emulated, if will never be exact, and it's the detail that will annoy people. The expectations won't match the experience. I would rather people went with a new design, so that users know they are on a different OS.
I have less problems going from KDE to Mac than to Windows. Mostly because KDE is close enough to Windows that my expectations are never matches the experience. OTOH, going to Mac I never expect my experience with KDE matters, so I have a much better user experience.
amaroK wasn't that unstable on Debian Sarge (v1.2.3) (no crashes I can think of off-hand). Currently testing Debian Unstable, and it's somewhat unstable (crashes when loading a new playlist when you already have a playlist etc).
Remember, anyone who wants to listen to one of Sony's recent CDs on their computer (unless they have used workarounds) has this rootkit
According to this BBC report, it only affected Windows users. Everybody else (Mac, Linux, *BSD users) could listen to the CD without problems.
Check out their E-series phones. They basically have two major series now, N for multimedia and E for business.
Because these devices are small with limited amount of memory? And when the memory is limited and the storage capacity is huge, then there is a question of where do you store all that id3 tags. File access would be dirt slow (when you push play, you don't want to wait 5 seconds for the system to find the file. Heck, if you browse your system, you don't want to wait for each update). Even something like amaroK index the files. Try loading all your the mp3s into xmms and see how long it takes.
However, at $900, the weight issue can be easily compensated by the lightness you now feel in your wallet.
Oh, come on. Most people are paying with credit cards these days. No weight differensial after you pay. Only thing you are going to feel, are the dishes flying towards you when your wife finds out you spent $900 on a phone.
reliable calls.
Seems to be a problem in the US. Can't say I had this problem in Europe, no matter the phone, network or location (I've been to places in Norway where I couldn't get reliable radio signal, but the phone still worked).
I keep hearing the argument that we can just buy a phone if that's all we want. But, I'm not finding that to be true.
Again, this is a problem in US. In Europe, since all providers use the same network, I can go to the store (not related to the network providers) and buy a cell phone without a mobile plan. Or I can get a mobile plan without a cellphone. In the US, you basically have a choice between the cellphones that the provider gives you (which is always incredible limited).
Besides, Nokia is coming out with there E-series of phone, which will be without mp3 player and camera (but will have stuff like POP3 and IMAP support)
Conservatives: those who generally inherited a great deal of money and property and wish to retain their riches by any recourse, also those who are all too happy to sacrifice the spirit of their faith to retain their narrow view of normality.
Like the Kennedys, Rockefellers.
You know, if you dont want your PIN spread around you should probably keep it to yourself.
What happened to 'information wants to be free'?
If people use it, you can make money from it.
But who is making the money, the distributors or the developers?
Are you sure? I bought my DVD player at Hi-Fi Klubben, and it was region free. Didn't have to pay anything extra.
Have to agree with the other people who responded to you. I saw it with a friend who had never seen Firefly, and he didn't have any problems.