One of the most common things I've read is the question "why would HD manufactuers want to sell one of these?" Much the same question as "why scramble cable TV" and "what's up with DVD reigional encoding?"
The answer is simple: it's good for both of them. How? All the software boys put out new software that needs this shit and stop supporting the old stuff. All the HD boys put out drives with this system and ditch the old ones. Win-win situation. If somone wants a new piece of software, they need a disk with this on it. Where do they get one? From buying it from the software guys. That way, both sides make more cash. Just like putting out a new version of Windows - everybody buys one, well, "because."
Not to provoke a flame war (or troll call), but how important (in the scheme of things) is the free software movement? We'd all find a way around it, use *nix and have an non-copyrighted party. But do we ~2% of the computing population make enough of a difference to Dell or IBM?
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A) I see an intrinsic problem with a 3D interface on a 2D display device.
B) Why is a 3D interface worth my time? It dosen't look like it will make my life any easier or faster, just more eye-candy. The only possible benefit I see is that it's a way to waste EVEN MORE RAM.
I'd like to see the guy who's developing this OS come on here and defend/clarify his project.
I'm a freshly-done APCS kid. Last year I did the A, and I (unless I get really lazy) am going to do the B this year. In C++.
C++ seems a fine language to do it in. We spent about half, if not more, of our time off the computers, just thinking about concepts. We wern't allowed to actually program anything until we had the whole basic concept layed out on paper, with what functions we would have, their basic gists, and the like. Once we had that all done out, we could actually code the thing.
In that way I'm not sure how significant the switch is. The point of the course is to change how you think, and to introduce the basic programming concepts. They're all pretty language-neutral. This applies for the average kids. However, I think that switching to Java will be a detriment to the advanced kids. They are the ones who will score the 5s, and they are the ones who would like to use their coding skills outside of the class. With Java, you can't really do that. Not to bring in my opinion, but Java sucks. C++ is wildly used and recognized, and it does the job needed fine. For my two cents, they should be keeping C++.
Fom what I gather, this child now has a very strong foundation in CompSci/EE, and is damn good at it. But let's face it, that changes by the year. What's hot to teach today might be nothing tomorrow - so don't try and predict the future. As opposed to teaching him more of what he knows, broaden his mind.
Get him interested in Classical Music. Teach him a foreign language. If he's a bright as he seems, teach him three of them. Have him study world history. Get him reading English classics and debating them with University students. This kid dosne't need more CompSci for now; keep going at it a bit, but give him other ways to stimulate his mind. That way you end up with somone who thinks wildly, as opposed to one who thinks linerally.
Anywhere I said 'him' or'he' can easily be translated to the other gender - it's just how I write.
Now that the US Gov't has (finally) decided to let us see what they've had for ages, I only wonder how much control they'll put over what we look at. I'm guessing in that we won't be able to look at, say, NORAD at Cheyenne Mountain, but what about French bases in the Loire or the South? Or NATO bases at Rammstein? Or US Monitoring stations in New Zealand? Will access to high-level bases of friendly/Allied nations also be cut off from our view?
I just have this bad feeling that foreign nations will bring to bear such heavy pressures on the Administration that all the fun stuff to look at closely will be blocked for "National Security Reasons." So that leaves National Parks, baseball games, and the Playboy Manion to order...
As I understand the Crusoe chip, it's basically got a virtualization layer built-in and integral to the running of the chip (I think they call it code-morphing); is there some way for you to either take advantage of the work they've done or optimize your own code for Crusoe's bearing in mind this double virtualization?
Could this be a legal facade for some Carnivore-like system where the Authorities get to monitor all your traffic, just to make sure you're not using VoIP?
I'm not so sure about your remark that an armed populace of the US would be more likely to start an armed and active revolt.
When was the last time there was an revolt or riot against your own government (NOT race-related) in the US - not counting the WTO thing because it was against a principle? I can't think of one, whereas in Europe there were the French Student Riots of the '60s, the Yugoslav Revolution a few months ago, the British Fuel Protests (which stopped the nation cold for almost a week), the Port Workers' Strike, the Communist Revolution - need I go on? In my experiance, Europeans are much more likely to riot when the government does somthing they don't like.
Since you're planning on a global roadtrip, I don't think the Ericsson Handset will do what you need. As far as I know (correct me here), the Motorola Timeport is the only tri-ban in the world. If you stick with you Ericsson, you won't get USA, Japan, or parts of Central America. It's also almost impossible to find a GSM phone that dual-bands between the US/Japan/Central America band and the Europe one.
My suggestion? Go with the Timeport. It's a slick phone in general. I've had one for a while and had no problems with it. And it looks sweet too. It has all three GSM bands, SMS, and all the other standard goodies. And it doesn't cost all that much.
Naw, it's still a devious imperialistic conspiracy from my view. They may have paid for the beginings of it, but it's not their own system. Equality over the net (what we all want) will come when the US realizes that the 'Net has become somthing more than what they created, and that they need to fix their minds so that they csan accept that.
If we're in the mood to totally revamp the TLD scheme, then the first priority should be to fix up the.gov and.mil TLDs.
The.gov TLD seems to apply to only US governmental addresses. Why should www.senate.gov go to the US Senate. Why not the Canadian Senate, the Slovenian Senate (if they indeed have one) or any other nation that has a Senate?
This is totally against the whole 'international' movement of the Internet. People like Al I-created-the-word-Internet Gore are always talking about how the Internet is such an international thing - not in this case!
The.gov and.mil TLDs should be restructured so that no one uses straight.gov and.mil, but all nations use.uk.gov (for the UK),.ca.mil (for Canada), or.us.gov (as it should be). The fact that senate.gov goes to the US Senate page is a total bias against all other governments, and is nothing more than a grasp by the US Governement to try and have direct control over a portion of the Internet - somthing that shouldn't be able to happen.
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The answer is simple: it's good for both of them. How? All the software boys put out new software that needs this shit and stop supporting the old stuff. All the HD boys put out drives with this system and ditch the old ones. Win-win situation. If somone wants a new piece of software, they need a disk with this on it. Where do they get one? From buying it from the software guys. That way, both sides make more cash. Just like putting out a new version of Windows - everybody buys one, well, "because."
Not to provoke a flame war (or troll call), but how important (in the scheme of things) is the free software movement? We'd all find a way around it, use *nix and have an non-copyrighted party. But do we ~2% of the computing population make enough of a difference to Dell or IBM?
B) Why is a 3D interface worth my time? It dosen't look like it will make my life any easier or faster, just more eye-candy. The only possible benefit I see is that it's a way to waste EVEN MORE RAM.
I'd like to see the guy who's developing this OS come on here and defend/clarify his project.
C++ seems a fine language to do it in. We spent about half, if not more, of our time off the computers, just thinking about concepts. We wern't allowed to actually program anything until we had the whole basic concept layed out on paper, with what functions we would have, their basic gists, and the like. Once we had that all done out, we could actually code the thing.
In that way I'm not sure how significant the switch is. The point of the course is to change how you think, and to introduce the basic programming concepts. They're all pretty language-neutral. This applies for the average kids. However, I think that switching to Java will be a detriment to the advanced kids. They are the ones who will score the 5s, and they are the ones who would like to use their coding skills outside of the class. With Java, you can't really do that. Not to bring in my opinion, but Java sucks. C++ is wildly used and recognized, and it does the job needed fine. For my two cents, they should be keeping C++.
Get him interested in Classical Music. Teach him a foreign language. If he's a bright as he seems, teach him three of them. Have him study world history. Get him reading English classics and debating them with University students. This kid dosne't need more CompSci for now; keep going at it a bit, but give him other ways to stimulate his mind. That way you end up with somone who thinks wildly, as opposed to one who thinks linerally.
Anywhere I said 'him' or'he' can easily be translated to the other gender - it's just how I write.
I just have this bad feeling that foreign nations will bring to bear such heavy pressures on the Administration that all the fun stuff to look at closely will be blocked for "National Security Reasons." So that leaves National Parks, baseball games, and the Playboy Manion to order...
As I understand the Crusoe chip, it's basically got a virtualization layer built-in and integral to the running of the chip (I think they call it code-morphing); is there some way for you to either take advantage of the work they've done or optimize your own code for Crusoe's bearing in mind this double virtualization?
True, but as you said eariler, most survivalist apocalyptic zealots think the Internet and the Government and evil regardless :P
Sounds sketchy, but I had to bring it up...
When was the last time there was an revolt or riot against your own government (NOT race-related) in the US - not counting the WTO thing because it was against a principle? I can't think of one, whereas in Europe there were the French Student Riots of the '60s, the Yugoslav Revolution a few months ago, the British Fuel Protests (which stopped the nation cold for almost a week), the Port Workers' Strike, the Communist Revolution - need I go on? In my experiance, Europeans are much more likely to riot when the government does somthing they don't like.
Since you're planning on a global roadtrip, I don't think the Ericsson Handset will do what you need. As far as I know (correct me here), the Motorola Timeport is the only tri-ban in the world. If you stick with you Ericsson, you won't get USA, Japan, or parts of Central America. It's also almost impossible to find a GSM phone that dual-bands between the US/Japan/Central America band and the Europe one.
My suggestion? Go with the Timeport. It's a slick phone in general. I've had one for a while and had no problems with it. And it looks sweet too. It has all three GSM bands, SMS, and all the other standard goodies. And it doesn't cost all that much.
Naw, it's still a devious imperialistic conspiracy from my view. They may have paid for the beginings of it, but it's not their own system. Equality over the net (what we all want) will come when the US realizes that the 'Net has become somthing more than what they created, and that they need to fix their minds so that they csan accept that.
If we're in the mood to totally revamp the TLD scheme, then the first priority should be to fix up the .gov and .mil TLDs.
.gov TLD seems to apply to only US governmental addresses. Why should www.senate.gov go to the US Senate. Why not the Canadian Senate, the Slovenian Senate (if they indeed have one) or any other nation that has a Senate?
.gov and .mil TLDs should be restructured so that no one uses straight .gov and .mil, but all nations use .uk.gov (for the UK), .ca.mil (for Canada), or .us.gov (as it should be). The fact that senate.gov goes to the US Senate page is a total bias against all other governments, and is nothing more than a grasp by the US Governement to try and have direct control over a portion of the Internet - somthing that shouldn't be able to happen.
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This is totally against the whole 'international' movement of the Internet. People like Al I-created-the-word-Internet Gore are always talking about how the Internet is such an international thing - not in this case!
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