Considering the state of the world, I don't think some people would mind trying having temporarily having a king to kick the asshats out of government.
Personally, I think we should get rid of the notion that everyone is qualified to vote. It may have worked back when the whole country was ten thousand people, everyone knew you, and your words actually meant something, but that's obviously not the case with 300 million people.
Just think about it: there was nobody better suited to lead a country, than Clinton, Bush or Obama? And how the hell did Bush get reelected?
No, the Maglev train project here in Munich was cancelled. Mainly because the costs were horrendous and the duration of the trip (about 40km between Munich city centre and the airport) would only be a bit longer if they put in a (much cheaper) express S-Bahn (suburban train) instead.
The only commercial Maglev AFAIK is again in China, and just like the fast train mentioned above it was also entirely designed and built by German companies.
Consider the distance from one end of Germany to the other is no longer than the state of Oregon it seems financially not a great return on one's Euro to have maglev with such a steep investment cost. Traveling > 1000km on the other hand makes it more cost effective.
When they take an asteroid that's not likely to hit Earth, and accidentally divert it onto a path directly at Earth, I'm going to do an epic facepalm.
You think all those funds down in Antarctica is just for climate research? Why with our chair defenses we'll let the Russians work on more primitive approaches.
Judging by market share, Nokia is number one with Symbian. Judging by operating system technology, Nokia is number one with Maemo. Who exactly do they need to catch up with and how?
~80% of all profits comes from the Smart phone market only. Gee. Who is winning that market? It sure as hell isn't Nokia.
Bear in mind why Apple hasn't licensed these patents yet. If their side of the story (and their counter-suits) are to be believed, then it's because Nokia won't license them under Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory (RAND) terms.
All indications that Apple wants to pay the same licensing fee that Sony, Motorola, etc have paid. Nokia on the other hand doesn't want the fee - they want to cross-license Apple's patents - which are far more valuable than any fee that other handset manufacturers have paid. Nokia is violating RAND by refusing to license the necessary patents to Apple as they have the other handset manufacturers. Under RAND terms, Apple is under no obligation to cross-license to get access to Nokia's patents, although they still have the option of doing so if they'd like (and here's a hint, they don't want to).
For that reason, even if Nokia has a stronger patent portfolio, it's anyone's guess how this will finally go. The larger GSM Association requires that all of this stuff be offered under RAND terms, so there may be consequences for Nokia if they keep this up.
Finally! Someone with a brain on Slashdot.org regarding this legal dispute.
Well maybe not. As long as we're pouring on the Jurassic Park references, there was another line "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
The animal has been extinct for a short time, but none-the-less the norm in northern Spain for the last 9 years has been to not have ibex. Reintroducing cloned ibex to the area might cause other issues that hadn't been considered.
What? Rise of Pan cults? Huge pent up demand for Ibex cheese? Fear of folks fanatical in their desire to have some Ibex horns?
Maybe they are only making ~21 million phones like they did with the current generation (according to the article).
What about the other 20 million cameras you ask? Well surely one facing the user as well as the rear camera, so that you can video call - functionality still lacking from the current lineup.
Tom...
So the answer to the question is: 10 years ago. That basically supports his point.
Anyway, I could understand a bias towards Linux, because Slashdot was traditionally a place for supporting Linux and open source in general. Today though it's an Apple forum. Kind of ironic given that this was once a place to support open systems...
The solution to the scenario is for companies to come out with some hot s*** technology running Linux that actually millions want and will change the way computing is done. No, Google and Android with Java hacking on top of a linux kernel is not hot s***.
Sorry, but having a structure that manages Movies, Videos, Audio, Apps seemlessly for Apple only Hardware will never be threatened by a non-Apple product that has no means to duplicate the AppStore via iTunes.
Say Microsoft added a clause that Microsoft Window could _only_ be run on Intel machines. Would this ruling make it truly illegal to sell AMD machines with Windows on?
Standard answer to all these types of comment: Microsoft enjoys a monopoly position and hence is subject to antitrust regulations. Apple hasn't (certainly not in computers - more debatably in music) and isn't. There really is one law for Microsoft and another for Apple.
As far as copyright is concerned. As long as the law accepts that the software you "buy" is licensed rather than owned, the copyright holder can impose whatever terms they want. The principle is no different from saying that some versions of Vista could not be used on virtual machines, or that the OEM Windows that came with your old PC can't be used on your new PC.
However, since Microsoft have ~90% of the personal computer operating system market, Intel have ~80% of the personal computer CPU market, any attempt to tie them would likely be challenged under antitrust law.
Psystar tried the antitrust line against Apple earlier in the case but it was thrown out on the grounds that Apple didn't have a dominant position in the personal computer OS market and the judge din't buy the argument that having a monopoly on the "OS X market" didn't count ("Brand X" will always have a monopoly on "Brand X" products. Duh!)
Cry me a river about Microsoft being put upon while having a Monopoly. I just don't know what I will ever do knowing that Bill Gates won't always be the wealthiest man in the world.
I just smashed my Mac Mini. I hit it with a hammer until it was in pieces. I had bought it only about two months ago, but after this I will no longer buy, nor even use, Apple products.
I'm now using Linux on my old desktop, rather than supporting Apple by using their products. It was an enjoyable system to use, but it is not worth it if I have to live with knowing that freedom is being stifled like this for no good reason.
Get rid of that CUPS printing on Linux. Don't use zeroconf. Don't ever install LLVM or GCC ObjC and remove all web browsers with WebKit. You wouldn't want to be seen as a hypocrite.
Not all CFLs are equal. I'd rather see LED get traction, but first in Municipality lighting for highways, downtowns, stadiums, corporations, etc., to help drive down the cost with them absorbing the R&D tariff.
In front of management, I asked him to explain why stable versions (some of these stable releases were several years old, too) of the software he was recommending contained over 100 bug fixes. He couldn't provide a suitable answer, and thus management gave him the boot. And so we're not using Drupal.
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Most recent version has approx 110 bug fixes, which was on 19-November-2009, the previous version (minor version) had a pretty big pile and that was just a couple months prior, and the same story going back.
The Drupal changelog shows... 3 bugs fixed...
So.... either your story is pure bullshit, or you are a first class moron. Or both more than likely.
Blaming the DoE, standardized tests and zero tolerance for education failure is like blaming extra paper cups for the bankruptcy of Enron. It might contribute, but it isn't the big problem.
There are tons of other countries with bigger standardized tests, even less tolerance and bigger departments of education with more heavy-handed bureaucracy that produce way more scientists per capita. Look at any east Asian country, for instance.
The big problem is really obvious. It's the quality of teachers. And it's not that the teachers are bad per se, it's that they're unmotivated to do better. Teacher's unions make it so that you get paid on years on the job and tenure, not how well you teach. Decoupling rewards with results in this way has been the single worst decision in education in this country.
Look at most charter schools. They flourish. Why? Because the teachers are motivated to teach well, not just do well until they get to tenure status.
Stop hiring based upon Teaching certificates and start hiring B.A/B.S./M.A./M.S./PhD in actual fields of Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Philosophy, Classical Literature, et.al and
Cancel all points awarded for showing up to class. Mandatory attendance and point deductions for not showing up.
Move to team projects for 50% of your grade, 25% for 3 exams and 25% for independent work turned in.
Require 10 hours per week for instructors to work with students wanting to get more tutoring on the subject(s). Make the incentive an additional 2 weeks paid vacation for actually doing it for your kids improved education.
Too bad I don't have any points to rate you up. The long ago argument about Telekinesis not taking into account weak/strong forces on the quantum level being leveraged via a localized electromagnetic field that can use the Earth and turn one into a point of origin to then radiate out a field both to keep themselves fixed and channel a wave propagation towards another object moving them vectorally in the direction of that emitted Force wave seems not remotely improbable, but just currently not a focus of research. Too bad Tesla had to come along and ruin all the prevailing Scientists of his day and make it possible for us to be here typing on computers, eh?
You're correct. Science demands a boundless imagination to explore the inner and outer limits of existence.
There is no such thing as a podcast. It's an mp3 file, that's all. It could be a wav or rm or any other format, but some dick thought they were clever by giving an established fact a new name, and as usual it's apple centric.
Oh yes! I feel your pain ol' lonely PC user controlling a mere 95% of the market.
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Considering the state of the world, I don't think some people would mind trying having temporarily having a king to kick the asshats out of government.
Personally, I think we should get rid of the notion that everyone is qualified to vote. It may have worked back when the whole country was ten thousand people, everyone knew you, and your words actually meant something, but that's obviously not the case with 300 million people.
Just think about it: there was nobody better suited to lead a country, than Clinton, Bush or Obama? And how the hell did Bush get reelected?
Take it easy there Mr. Paul.
No, the Maglev train project here in Munich was cancelled. Mainly because the costs were horrendous and the duration of the trip (about 40km between Munich city centre and the airport) would only be a bit longer if they put in a (much cheaper) express S-Bahn (suburban train) instead.
The only commercial Maglev AFAIK is again in China, and just like the fast train mentioned above it was also entirely designed and built by German companies.
Consider the distance from one end of Germany to the other is no longer than the state of Oregon it seems financially not a great return on one's Euro to have maglev with such a steep investment cost. Traveling > 1000km on the other hand makes it more cost effective.
When they take an asteroid that's not likely to hit Earth, and accidentally divert it onto a path directly at Earth, I'm going to do an epic facepalm.
You think all those funds down in Antarctica is just for climate research? Why with our chair defenses we'll let the Russians work on more primitive approaches.
Judging by market share, Nokia is number one with Symbian. Judging by operating system technology, Nokia is number one with Maemo. Who exactly do they need to catch up with and how?
~80% of all profits comes from the Smart phone market only. Gee. Who is winning that market? It sure as hell isn't Nokia.
Bear in mind why Apple hasn't licensed these patents yet. If their side of the story (and their counter-suits) are to be believed, then it's because Nokia won't license them under Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory (RAND) terms.
All indications that Apple wants to pay the same licensing fee that Sony, Motorola, etc have paid. Nokia on the other hand doesn't want the fee - they want to cross-license Apple's patents - which are far more valuable than any fee that other handset manufacturers have paid. Nokia is violating RAND by refusing to license the necessary patents to Apple as they have the other handset manufacturers. Under RAND terms, Apple is under no obligation to cross-license to get access to Nokia's patents, although they still have the option of doing so if they'd like (and here's a hint, they don't want to).
For that reason, even if Nokia has a stronger patent portfolio, it's anyone's guess how this will finally go. The larger GSM Association requires that all of this stuff be offered under RAND terms, so there may be consequences for Nokia if they keep this up.
Finally! Someone with a brain on Slashdot.org regarding this legal dispute.
Too bad I don't have points to mark you as an idiot for posting Apple's Patents and calling them Nokia's.
Well maybe not. As long as we're pouring on the Jurassic Park references, there was another line "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." The animal has been extinct for a short time, but none-the-less the norm in northern Spain for the last 9 years has been to not have ibex. Reintroducing cloned ibex to the area might cause other issues that hadn't been considered.
What? Rise of Pan cults? Huge pent up demand for Ibex cheese? Fear of folks fanatical in their desire to have some Ibex horns?
What are you nerds doing still working??
Isn't there some kind of /. Santa tracker or something??
Oh wait a minute. Slashdot is run by Jews. That explains everything.
Marduk has them all on a short leash.
Maybe they are only making ~21 million phones like they did with the current generation (according to the article). What about the other 20 million cameras you ask? Well surely one facing the user as well as the rear camera, so that you can video call - functionality still lacking from the current lineup. Tom...
iPod Touch with 5MP camera, the Tablet and more.
So the answer to the question is: 10 years ago. That basically supports his point.
Anyway, I could understand a bias towards Linux, because Slashdot was traditionally a place for supporting Linux and open source in general. Today though it's an Apple forum. Kind of ironic given that this was once a place to support open systems...
The solution to the scenario is for companies to come out with some hot s*** technology running Linux that actually millions want and will change the way computing is done. No, Google and Android with Java hacking on top of a linux kernel is not hot s***.
You want to jizz all over the screen about HTC or Droiiiiid just head on over to Gizmodo, a bastion of undulation.
Digital camcorder fell from it's perch?
Sorry, but having a structure that manages Movies, Videos, Audio, Apps seemlessly for Apple only Hardware will never be threatened by a non-Apple product that has no means to duplicate the AppStore via iTunes.
The Brady Bunch called they want their set clothes back!
I love my Verizon Storm. Maybe people should stop thinking the iPhone is god and realize that they were quite late to the game with an ok offering.
You lost me at ``I love my Verizon Storm.''
Say Microsoft added a clause that Microsoft Window could _only_ be run on Intel machines. Would this ruling make it truly illegal to sell AMD machines with Windows on?
Standard answer to all these types of comment: Microsoft enjoys a monopoly position and hence is subject to antitrust regulations. Apple hasn't (certainly not in computers - more debatably in music) and isn't. There really is one law for Microsoft and another for Apple.
As far as copyright is concerned. As long as the law accepts that the software you "buy" is licensed rather than owned, the copyright holder can impose whatever terms they want. The principle is no different from saying that some versions of Vista could not be used on virtual machines, or that the OEM Windows that came with your old PC can't be used on your new PC.
However, since Microsoft have ~90% of the personal computer operating system market, Intel have ~80% of the personal computer CPU market, any attempt to tie them would likely be challenged under antitrust law.
Psystar tried the antitrust line against Apple earlier in the case but it was thrown out on the grounds that Apple didn't have a dominant position in the personal computer OS market and the judge din't buy the argument that having a monopoly on the "OS X market" didn't count ("Brand X" will always have a monopoly on "Brand X" products. Duh!)
Cry me a river about Microsoft being put upon while having a Monopoly. I just don't know what I will ever do knowing that Bill Gates won't always be the wealthiest man in the world.
I just smashed my Mac Mini. I hit it with a hammer until it was in pieces. I had bought it only about two months ago, but after this I will no longer buy, nor even use, Apple products.
I'm now using Linux on my old desktop, rather than supporting Apple by using their products. It was an enjoyable system to use, but it is not worth it if I have to live with knowing that freedom is being stifled like this for no good reason.
Get rid of that CUPS printing on Linux. Don't use zeroconf. Don't ever install LLVM or GCC ObjC and remove all web browsers with WebKit. You wouldn't want to be seen as a hypocrite.
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Postgres-2
http://wiki.postgresql.org/images/1/1a/Postgres-2_Write-Scalable_Cluster.pdf
Oh look! PostgreSQL 8.5.
And Ballmer can go fork himself!
Isn't one Ballmer enough?
Why you use that word? I don't think that meaning of the word is how you think it was meant.
Not all CFLs are equal. I'd rather see LED get traction, but first in Municipality lighting for highways, downtowns, stadiums, corporations, etc., to help drive down the cost with them absorbing the R&D tariff.
In front of management, I asked him to explain why stable versions (some of these stable releases were several years old, too) of the software he was recommending contained over 100 bug fixes. He couldn't provide a suitable answer, and thus management gave him the boot. And so we're not using Drupal.
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Most recent version has approx 110 bug fixes, which was on 19-November-2009, the previous version (minor version) had a pretty big pile and that was just a couple months prior, and the same story going back.
The Drupal changelog shows... 3 bugs fixed...
So.... either your story is pure bullshit, or you are a first class moron. Or both more than likely.
http://drupal.org/node/579476 [Drupal 6.14 changelog lists 51 bug fixes plus multiple security fixes to 6.x core]
http://drupal.org/node/579484 [Drupal 5.20 changelog lists 6 bug fixes plus multiple security fixes to the 5.x core]
Who in the hell wouldn't use 6.14 over 5.20?
Blaming the DoE, standardized tests and zero tolerance for education failure is like blaming extra paper cups for the bankruptcy of Enron. It might contribute, but it isn't the big problem.
There are tons of other countries with bigger standardized tests, even less tolerance and bigger departments of education with more heavy-handed bureaucracy that produce way more scientists per capita. Look at any east Asian country, for instance.
The big problem is really obvious. It's the quality of teachers. And it's not that the teachers are bad per se, it's that they're unmotivated to do better. Teacher's unions make it so that you get paid on years on the job and tenure, not how well you teach. Decoupling rewards with results in this way has been the single worst decision in education in this country.
Look at most charter schools. They flourish. Why? Because the teachers are motivated to teach well, not just do well until they get to tenure status.
Too bad I don't have any points to rate you up. The long ago argument about Telekinesis not taking into account weak/strong forces on the quantum level being leveraged via a localized electromagnetic field that can use the Earth and turn one into a point of origin to then radiate out a field both to keep themselves fixed and channel a wave propagation towards another object moving them vectorally in the direction of that emitted Force wave seems not remotely improbable, but just currently not a focus of research. Too bad Tesla had to come along and ruin all the prevailing Scientists of his day and make it possible for us to be here typing on computers, eh?
You're correct. Science demands a boundless imagination to explore the inner and outer limits of existence.
There is no such thing as a podcast. It's an mp3 file, that's all. It could be a wav or rm or any other format, but some dick thought they were clever by giving an established fact a new name, and as usual it's apple centric.
Oh yes! I feel your pain ol' lonely PC user controlling a mere 95% of the market.