I'm not a hardware guy, so I have no clue if it's possible... but wouldn't you need one hell of a computer to compress live audio into mp3 format in real-time? ______________________________________ ______
...that all they have to do to get away from the AntiTrust violation is to remove their IE browser from Windows, or add the Netscape browser. This could seriously fsck things up for the idiot-user, but that's about all. Windows ain't going NOWHERE. ________________________________________ ____
This is pretty damn sick. I don't like this at all, for the simple reason that my classmates think I'm the most likely person to blow up my school. Very few people at my school know a lot about me, and they assume that because I'm a loner and I'm smart, I'm a depressed, anti-Social psycho who is building a stash of bombs to strategically place around my school. Simply because I have the know-how, I'm labeled. Someone turning me in to this would be likely--which would just be one bigass hassle. I say let the teachers deal with it. ____________________________________________
Ahh, the Oscars, then night where pretentious actors and actresses dress up real nice and pretend they like each other. And all we care about is where they're wearing. *sigh* A sad state of affairs. ________________________________________ ____
While these people have a good point (.com ads are bloody annoying), I think that.com ads are showing how much more the world is trusting the Internet, and that ain't a bad thing. __________________________________________ __
This'll be great, but do we really need more big, hairy, smelly people wanderinf around the internet? ~ravyn __________________________________________ __
Ten bucks says that they're giving away computer with the bugged/faulty/messed up processors... or ones in the Alpha Stage. Heh. ____________________________________________
While a police state could be created and enforced, the sheer level of technology used could not be atttained in a state where creativity is squelched. Also, that sort of thing takes/time/, so if it were to happen, it would take roughly three generations (unless there was to be a mass genocide of all the people who remembered a ceratin "erased" event). _________________________________________ ___
Privacy, the one thing valued most yet attained the least. Don't bother reading 1984, it's inaccurate. All we need to do is get some control on how data is transfered, and encrypt more. As for personal privacy, just pay attention and watch your own ass. *shrugs* ________________________________________ ____
It's about time some law was passed to give some anti-spam control. But, with all the loopholes, enforcement could pose a problem. Idea: write AND enforce a protocel on SMTP servers that will not allow mass mailings. Let's say just 100 users per e-mail. It'll make more hassle for mailing lists that are worthwhile, but it'll hurt spam production. ______________________________ __________________ __________________________
From the article:"We're not holding back any information," Gates said, according to a transcript supplied by Microsoft. "In order to have the great reliability that we promise with Windows, you can't have all these variant versions where somebody has gone and tinkered with source code here and tinkered with source code there."
Reliability? I've been working with Win9x (no Linux, for I have a WinModem and no money) for 5 years and I think that reliability is the last thing that Micro$oft should be talking about. Opening the source on this would be the best thing they could do: it would probably end up earning them more money in the long run.
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I'm not a hardware guy, so I have no clue if it's possible... but wouldn't you need one hell of a computer to compress live audio into mp3 format in real-time?_ ______
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...that all they have to do to get away from the AntiTrust violation is to remove their IE browser from Windows, or add the Netscape browser. This could seriously fsck things up for the idiot-user, but that's about all. Windows ain't going NOWHERE._ ____
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This is pretty damn sick. I don't like this at all, for the simple reason that my classmates think I'm the most likely person to blow up my school. Very few people at my school know a lot about me, and they assume that because I'm a loner and I'm smart, I'm a depressed, anti-Social psycho who is building a stash of bombs to strategically place around my school. Simply because I have the know-how, I'm labeled. Someone turning me in to this would be likely--which would just be one bigass hassle. I say let the teachers deal with it.
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Ahh, the Oscars, then night where pretentious actors and actresses dress up real nice and pretend they like each other. And all we care about is where they're wearing. *sigh* A sad state of affairs._ ____
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While these people have a good point (.com ads are bloody annoying), I think that .com ads are showing how much more the world is trusting the Internet, and that ain't a bad thing._ __
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Couldn't this be a case for a libel/slander suit on Mattel?_ ___
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This'll be great, but do we really need more big, hairy, smelly people wanderinf around the internet? ~ravyn_ __
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or does the picture of Vice-Lamer Al Gore look really fsckin' stupid?_ ___
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With all of NASA's rotten luck lately watch 'em crash into each other. Or just disappear..._ ________
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Did they last long? Exactly.
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Ten bucks says that they're giving away computer with the bugged/faulty/messed up processors... or ones in the Alpha Stage. Heh._
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While a police state could be created and enforced, the sheer level of technology used could not be atttained in a state where creativity is squelched. Also, that sort of thing takes /time/, so if it were to happen, it would take roughly three generations (unless there was to be a mass genocide of all the people who remembered a ceratin "erased" event)._ ___
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Privacy, the one thing valued most yet attained the least. Don't bother reading 1984, it's inaccurate. All we need to do is get some control on how data is transfered, and encrypt more. As for personal privacy, just pay attention and watch your own ass. *shrugs*_ ____
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In DII, are they going to have the evil ones? Those damned little red bastards got on my nerves._ ___
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...calling home and telling your folks that you're majoring in a computer game._ _
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It's about time some law was passed to give some anti-spam control. But, with all the loopholes, enforcement could pose a problem. Idea: write AND enforce a protocel on SMTP servers that will not allow mass mailings. Let's say just 100 users per e-mail. It'll make more hassle for mailing lists that are worthwhile, but it'll hurt spam production._ __________________________
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Reliability? I've been working with Win9x (no Linux, for I have a WinModem and no money) for 5 years and I think that reliability is the last thing that Micro$oft should be talking about. Opening the source on this would be the best thing they could do: it would probably end up earning them more money in the long run.
Open source = fast bug fixes = stable OS
Pretty simple, ne?
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