I don't believe that the remote device itself is the most important thing here. No matter how good the remote is ultimately the software will determine if it's worth it's money.
What is needed is:
Good support for existing devices
It needs to be easy to implement support for new devices
An easy API for adding support for computer programs
The PeerCast FAQ is a good introduction to PeerCast.
Encryption and compression make a lot of sense...
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Since a Zip has to be decompressed anyway it makes a lot of sense to integrate encryption. It's easier to unzip once compared to unzipping and then unencrypting or vice versa.
Now, integrate this with email attachments and we're on a roll:)
Thank you for your interest in Movielink. We want you to take part in the powerful Internet movie rental experience that Movielink delivers, but it is presently unavailable to users outside of the United States.
I'm don't see why I can't even have a look? Are they just paranoid of people copying their service in the rest of the world?
I'd be nice to know more, but seems we have to resort to Gnutella/eDonkey/etc... here;)
I'm the kind of person who likes to run Windows for games and multimedia, and Linux for server stuff.
It has been under my impression that BSD development is even more focused on server side and ultra stable solutions.
Of course drivers make sense to use X on BSD, but what about games? Does it pay off to keep BSD for games, or is it simpler to use Linux/Windows for gaming? Just wondering, I guess:)
Good point, but proprietary hardware for things like this is nowhere near as flexible as real software. Especially if the software is open source and evolving, unlike preprogrammed hardware.
Granted, open source audio software is only beginning to emerge, but I tend to try and take the future into account when I buy stuff.
Pieces of BeOS, eh? I wonder if a truly portable mini-studio will finally be possible... I speak from experience when I say that you never know when the inspiration will hit you.
It'd be great to be able to sample cool sounds on the move and mangle those into even cooler sounds during the bus trip home.
I'm sure I'd have lot's more good stuff on my home page with a thing like that;)
On a theoretic level your idea is great. There are however two flaws with your reasoning.
1. Verifying these messages requires processing power. A lot more than plain old mail delivery. Processing power costs money. I doubt any spam-firm would be willing to pay that much.
2. There are lot's of email servers which don't belong to any big ISP. If there was a law to sign messages surely the law would require all servers to support it? That way all the small-timer and enthusiast servers would not fit into the picture.
I love the idea though. If it only were a perfect world...
Stem cell research is not the same as cloning. Stem cells are the cells from which every cell in the body originate. Stem cells also agree to keep dividing, as opposed of brain cells for example. The problem is to "convince" the stem cells to form a specific type of cell.
Basically this kind of research could revolutionize medicine, in the long run anyway. This particular advance could be very good news for leukemia patients, and other blood-cell disese patients.
It's true that a TV network is more effective at transmitting TV (obviously), but I still think that money would have been better spent on a next-generation IP based network.
There are a lot of technical problems, but spending money on a proprietary system compared to taking a little more risk and planning in the long run seems an awful waste... I have to pay tax for this in any case!
Late last month Digital TV was launched in Finland. Billions of Finnish Marks had been spent on building a next-generation TV network for digital TV.
Now it seems this standard is already on it's way out, and to top it all off, the consumer products needed to actually watch digital TV aren't really available yet...
Just imagine how much better off we could have been if all that money had been spent on a broadband infrastructure for transporting any data, including TV. ARGH.
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They didn't even use a rack mount solution, they used regular Shuttle XPC SS51G Mini-PCs
;)
I thought Shuttles Mini-PCs were cool before but this really resets the scale... Now where is the HOWTO for this thing?
Thanks for the info everyone :)
Since the server seems to be slashdotted there's not much chance of me educating myself on who she is...
Anyone care to enlighten me?
Will this help me keep track of my pr0n collection?
:)
Lame... I know
I for one would read the licence agreement on such a thing really, really carefully...
Imagine... All the information submitted to the system becomes copyright of Organization X...
Or am I just being paranoid?
It'd be interresting to know how this release compares to other OpenGL implementations on Windows. Anyone looked into this?
Why Windows? It's always interresting to see how any open software solutions stack up versus their proprietary cousins on a proprietary system.
What is needed is:
If they get that right, it'll succeed.
The PeerCast FAQ is a good introduction to PeerCast.
Since a Zip has to be decompressed anyway it makes a lot of sense to integrate encryption. It's easier to unzip once compared to unzipping and then unencrypting or vice versa.
:)
Now, integrate this with email attachments and we're on a roll
Thank you for your interest in Movielink. We want you to take part in the powerful Internet movie rental experience that Movielink delivers, but it is presently unavailable to users outside of the United States.
;)
I'm don't see why I can't even have a look? Are they just paranoid of people copying their service in the rest of the world?
I'd be nice to know more, but seems we have to resort to Gnutella/eDonkey/etc... here
I meant to say that if you could affect which books get converted into electronic form you might be more interrested.
Voting might not be the way to go, but I don't feel that I'd be very interrested if there are no books I have any interrest in personally.
I feel this project makes a lot of sense, but it'd be interresting to know who decides which books get converted into electronic form.
I'm sure interrest could be affected if people could, say, vote on what would be converted. Or do I make any sense?
I live close to the sea, not right by it but close to it... and work is close to the sea aswell.
The possibility of being able to avoid trafic by simply going through water when appropriate would be really cool.
I doubt it would deal with ice very well though, so it'd only work during the summer.
I'm the kind of person who likes to run Windows for games and multimedia, and Linux for server stuff.
:)
It has been under my impression that BSD development is even more focused on server side and ultra stable solutions.
Of course drivers make sense to use X on BSD, but what about games? Does it pay off to keep BSD for games, or is it simpler to use Linux/Windows for gaming? Just wondering, I guess
My experience is similar to yours. I started having problems with both wrist strain and neck tension.
My solution has been to start going to the gym, where I make sure I train my neck, wrists and fingers.
In addition to that I've also learned to use my mouse with either hand. That way when my hand gets tired I just swap.
In general I feel working out is a great idea, sitting for 2 years doing nothing didn't do me any good, but nowadays I really feel a lot healthier.
Good point, but proprietary hardware for things like this is nowhere near as flexible as real software. Especially if the software is open source and evolving, unlike preprogrammed hardware.
Granted, open source audio software is only beginning to emerge, but I tend to try and take the future into account when I buy stuff.
Pieces of BeOS, eh? I wonder if a truly portable mini-studio will finally be possible... I speak from experience when I say that you never know when the inspiration will hit you.
;)
It'd be great to be able to sample cool sounds on the move and mangle those into even cooler sounds during the bus trip home.
I'm sure I'd have lot's more good stuff on my home page with a thing like that
Still, there are a lot of users out there with a stable (if you can call it that) 98 or ME installation which works for them on a low-spec machine.
The Win32 API hasn't changed much so it's more of an artificial way to force upgrades on people... If it works don't fix it, right?
I wonder how Microsoft is going to respond to this one... Earlier today I learned that Microsoft is trying to force users to upgrade their OS with Office 11... This is an option they obviously would not like their users to have.
Dedicated hardware is great... but sometimes you can do things yourself aswell.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on a broken Compaq Evo N160 with a broken screen (read: destroyed). Otherwise it was fine.
The bottom line: now I have a DVD/DivX/MP3/Anything player. And it's compact too. A laptop is even surprisingly cool looking without a screen.
PS. If you have a crappy TV like I do and it doesn't understand S-Video (you get a black and white picture), take a look here.
On a theoretic level your idea is great. There are however two flaws with your reasoning.
1. Verifying these messages requires processing power. A lot more than plain old mail delivery. Processing power costs money. I doubt any spam-firm would be willing to pay that much.
2. There are lot's of email servers which don't belong to any big ISP. If there was a law to sign messages surely the law would require all servers to support it? That way all the small-timer and enthusiast servers would not fit into the picture.
I love the idea though. If it only were a perfect world...
Stem cell research is not the same as cloning. Stem cells are the cells from which every cell in the body originate. Stem cells also agree to keep dividing, as opposed of brain cells for example. The problem is to "convince" the stem cells to form a specific type of cell.
Basically this kind of research could revolutionize medicine, in the long run anyway. This particular advance could be very good news for leukemia patients, and other blood-cell disese patients.
It's true that a TV network is more effective at transmitting TV (obviously), but I still think that money would have been better spent on a next-generation IP based network.
There are a lot of technical problems, but spending money on a proprietary system compared to taking a little more risk and planning in the long run seems an awful waste... I have to pay tax for this in any case!
Late last month Digital TV was launched in Finland. Billions of Finnish Marks had been spent on building a next-generation TV network for digital TV.
Now it seems this standard is already on it's way out, and to top it all off, the consumer products needed to actually watch digital TV aren't really available yet...
Just imagine how much better off we could have been if all that money had been spent on a broadband infrastructure for transporting any data, including TV. ARGH.
Does it run on a Titanium PowerBook G4? Supporting the hardware properly, that is.
If it does, I definetly know what my dream machine is.
Any owners out there wanting to mess up their machines?