Hard to see TOTAL sales, across all mediums.
I wonder how much is attributed to format change and if there is base volume of music sales that industry will settle at, now there isn't a new format for everyone to go buy (LP $ -> Cassette $ -> CD $ -> digital FREE).
Sure, it's one thing to take a position when campaigning but now that he is in office and this decision was made you need to ask yourself if a) you think Obama is the same as Bush or b) after taking ownership of the problem they found something that, if released during a trial, actually would be a problem larger than defending the companies that cooperated?
Flash drives are the future and will soon overcome hard drives. This is clearly a classic case of disruptive technology in the disk drive business. Flash can't beat HD's at the current computer buyer's desired capacity-price ratio but the speed and instant access performance is way better. Soon enough flash will reach higher densities and pass HD's in capacity-price. Hard drive's will go the way of the 3.5" floppy.
According to the article California will not allow homeowners to sell more power back into the grid than they are buying. He doesn't say why. I don't understand the reasoning for such a restriction, since the possibility of selling more than you buy would encourage wider adoption.
How would that help the power company? Thought so...there's your reasoning for such a restriction.
Why is it a better view with nothing there? I would be curious to see before and after sunrises...it may be better with the windmills silhouetted in the rising sun...I bet years from now, this type of place will actually draw people to see where we first started moving from a system that is based on pulling as much carbon as possible, as quickly as possible, from the Earth.
No, that's what the Navy said to make the Chinese feel overly confident and to underestimate our ability to track them. Classic move... make your opponent complacent enough that you can then later make them completely doubt their ability to do anything when you rip the rug out from under them, as the situation warrants. Nothing makes people doubt their abilities more than the sudden discovery that they've been completely wrong about their own success. We should know (as should the former Soviets and everyone else), since it's happened to us, too.
Actually, it's not that far fetched that the Chinese sub was successful. When operating on batteries, as the diesel boat would have been doing underwater, is very quiet and difficult to track. That is part of the tradeoff between battery vs. nuclear submerged operation: longevity vs. stealth vs. speed. Operating a nuclear reactor under water isn't exactly a quiet activity but spinning a motor with batteries is about as quiet as you can get.
RAILS...the discussion is about Rails. Not Ruby.
I think you will find many people in the Ruby community that would agree with your statement after making that change.
I'll check Wiki in about a year; I'll bet it talks about the Brit, and mentions the American team in passing.
Well, as an American, through careful and methodical wiki editing, I will see to it that you are disappointed in a year!
Ubuntu does have WPA support. The only times I fail to see WPA show up in the wireless options is if my wireless card doesn't support it. No, you misunderstood. That was someone asking for Windows Product Activation support to better mimic the expected user experience.
Maybe I'm too cynical, but in a world that's already overpopulated it seems counter-productive in the long run to figure out how to make humans the most expensive way possible.
Couple of things to note...
First: if it costs more to make humans then it could be assumed that less would be produced in the future, helping to slowdown the population growth.
Second: is the world really overpopulated? I would agree that the population density is not evenly spread and that we are very inefficient at getting resouces (e.g. food) where they are most needed. Are there really too many people on the planet, though? It is starting to look like the more developed areas are actually seeing reversing trends in population growth. Maybe we, as humans, are really self-regulating?
Mmmm, I don't watch nearly as much television as you do, and I've certainly seen numerous Cloverfield commercials. It's the only recent movie I could have named.
The other poster was correct - there have been a few articles stating how Cloverfield was successful partly because of "buzz" created due to non-standard method of publicity since release of the teaser trailer...commercials on TV are the norm and that is all I know about as well. In fact, I would say that Cloverfield was advertised more than any other movie out at this time...
When Tufte said that the old Excite homepage, which was nearly a wall of text and links, was a greate example of data-space ratio on the web (or something like...basically praising the design layout) I realized his ideas needed to be taken in context and applied sparingly to computers.
Oh, I agree. The idea that every machine from Point A to Point B actually looks at the content, instead of inspecting the destination and determining the next step, isn't appealing. I just think that the expectation that no one will look at the content is no longer valid - the Internet is no longer a network built on trust. It would be like sending your mail without an envelope and complaining when someone looks at it.
The plans raise many troubling legal issues including privacy concerns,
Really? Anything you transfer over the Internet is touched by how many other computers before it reaches the final destination? If you want privacy on the Internet use encryption or a private network. Anything else and you are just kidding yourself. Ask all those people that didn't realize posting drunken pictures of themselves on Facebook or that hilarious video on Youtube.
false positive filtering,
This may be a real concern depending on where the filtering occurs. If EVERYTHING that touches an AT&T router is filtered then this may be a big deal: How easy is it, as an end user, to bypass AT&T networks? What impact on general reliability and performance will this have?
and liability for failure to filter.
Doubtful...if anything, AT&T would probably be getting something nice in return for doing this, such as exclusive content, pricing, etc. from the major studios.
So...actually, I am curious: can you avoid AT&T networks? Maybe Google will need to start using all the dark fiber they were supposedly buying a while back?
The plans raise many troubling legal issues including privacy concerns,
Really? Anything you transfer over the Internet is touched by how many other computers before it reaches the final destination? If you want privacy on the Internet use encryption or a private network. Anything else and you are just kidding yourself. Ask all those people that didn't realize posting drunken pictures of themselves on Facebook or that hilarious video on Youtube.
false positive filtering,
This may be a real concern depending on where the filtering occurs. If EVERYTHING that touches an AT&T router is filtered then this may be a big deal: How easy is it, as an end user, to bypass AT&T networks? What impact on general reliability and performance will this have?
and liability for failure to filter.
Doubtful...if anything, AT&T would probably be getting something nice in return for doing this, such as exclusive content, pricing, etc. from the major studios.
So...actually, I am curious: can you avoid AT&T networks? Maybe Google will need to start using all the dark fiber they were supposedly buying a while back?
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Link to data showing military spending at #6 or #7, because this shows you are WAY off in that regard.
You need time scales on your three points between unsupported version release and latest iteration.
When leading edge, early adopters complain and point this out as a problem, I think you can assume that mass market consumers are going to be pissed.
You mean Hurricane Electric, right? They are great to work with!
No special Google logo for Monty Python?? Did all the geeks leave for Twitter already?
Hard to see TOTAL sales, across all mediums. I wonder how much is attributed to format change and if there is base volume of music sales that industry will settle at, now there isn't a new format for everyone to go buy (LP $ -> Cassette $ -> CD $ -> digital FREE).
Sure, it's one thing to take a position when campaigning but now that he is in office and this decision was made you need to ask yourself if a) you think Obama is the same as Bush or b) after taking ownership of the problem they found something that, if released during a trial, actually would be a problem larger than defending the companies that cooperated?
WoW! Those are some big womp rats if they aren't much bigger than most WoW players! Dedicated WoW Player
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4097602514885833865/
Flash drives are the future and will soon overcome hard drives. This is clearly a classic case of disruptive technology in the disk drive business. Flash can't beat HD's at the current computer buyer's desired capacity-price ratio but the speed and instant access performance is way better. Soon enough flash will reach higher densities and pass HD's in capacity-price. Hard drive's will go the way of the 3.5" floppy.
the Georgians started it with an area of effect attack on a city populated by ethnic Russians
I know there were previous posts about cyberwarfare but I didn't realize this was just a World of Warcraft game...
How would that help the power company? Thought so...there's your reasoning for such a restriction.
Why is it a better view with nothing there? I would be curious to see before and after sunrises...it may be better with the windmills silhouetted in the rising sun...I bet years from now, this type of place will actually draw people to see where we first started moving from a system that is based on pulling as much carbon as possible, as quickly as possible, from the Earth.
Actually, it's not that far fetched that the Chinese sub was successful. When operating on batteries, as the diesel boat would have been doing underwater, is very quiet and difficult to track. That is part of the tradeoff between battery vs. nuclear submerged operation: longevity vs. stealth vs. speed. Operating a nuclear reactor under water isn't exactly a quiet activity but spinning a motor with batteries is about as quiet as you can get.
RAILS...the discussion is about Rails. Not Ruby. I think you will find many people in the Ruby community that would agree with your statement after making that change.
Sure. But he just adds all "new" words he types to the dictionary so it becomes one word closer to encompassing all human knowledge.
I come to /. to hear halfway intellectual commentary on current issues.
Why isn't this modded "Funny"?
I'll check Wiki in about a year; I'll bet it talks about the Brit, and mentions the American team in passing. Well, as an American, through careful and methodical wiki editing, I will see to it that you are disappointed in a year!
Couple of things to note...
First: if it costs more to make humans then it could be assumed that less would be produced in the future, helping to slowdown the population growth.
Second: is the world really overpopulated? I would agree that the population density is not evenly spread and that we are very inefficient at getting resouces (e.g. food) where they are most needed. Are there really too many people on the planet, though? It is starting to look like the more developed areas are actually seeing reversing trends in population growth. Maybe we, as humans, are really self-regulating?
The other poster was correct - there have been a few articles stating how Cloverfield was successful partly because of "buzz" created due to non-standard method of publicity since release of the teaser trailer...commercials on TV are the norm and that is all I know about as well. In fact, I would say that Cloverfield was advertised more than any other movie out at this time...
When Tufte said that the old Excite homepage, which was nearly a wall of text and links, was a greate example of data-space ratio on the web (or something like...basically praising the design layout) I realized his ideas needed to be taken in context and applied sparingly to computers.
Can LinuxMCE use CableCard? How do you record protected HD cable content using MythTV?
Oh, I agree. The idea that every machine from Point A to Point B actually looks at the content, instead of inspecting the destination and determining the next step, isn't appealing. I just think that the expectation that no one will look at the content is no longer valid - the Internet is no longer a network built on trust. It would be like sending your mail without an envelope and complaining when someone looks at it.
So...actually, I am curious: can you avoid AT&T networks? Maybe Google will need to start using all the dark fiber they were supposedly buying a while back?