Well, even I thought thats correct. But, apart from the plastic, there is nothing concrete to prove that they are the same. You can find my blog entry on this here:
http://flyingtux.blogspot.com/2010/09/35-tablet.html
Looks like our friend wants to de-rail the $35 computing device effort by luring them using his 'cheap' platform;). All these 'cheap' computer makers like Negroponte will be the biggest losers if someone really makes a $35 computer. Stay away from Negroponte.
Makes me think.... India has restrictions on Huwei's products. However, how will we tackle the issue of these guys contaminating almost all our devices by infesting Linux?:)
Being an Indian, I will be really proud of myself -- if this really happens. However, last time when they did some stunt like this, it turned out to be a USB stick or something similar.
Why?
I work for a Korean MNC and they have this mandatory requirement that I should have a medical check-up before joining the company. This has to be repeated every year and the report goes to the company (HR). If I can allow a Korean company to have control over my bio samples, and allow senseless HR (from my own country) to peep into all those information, what is the harm in giving the photos and fingerprint to my government.
Question:
How many of you use biometric authentication in your offices and really trust all those software installed on the system and the sys admins who deal with your bio-ids?
GTV? Get permission from Philips first...
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First of all, Google doing anything is not a news:)
Second, GTV is a platform by Philips. So, even if Google launches this 'TV', it may not be called GTV
"You could pass the time by making phone calls from the cinema without disturbing anyone. In noisy places like bars and clubs you could make yourself heard without having to shout."
That looks interesting. But, in such a place, HOW WILL YOU HEAR what other person speaks? I think this has to be augmented with some speech to text technology + augmented reality stuff to make the mobile phone display in front you (without taking away the pleasure of viewing a movie from you) what is being spoken by the other guy.
Feature enhancement: For privacy reasons, do make that display visible only to you:)
Who wrote the original buggy code and who all copied it?
This may be a real bug and might have come from some wrong/incomplete understanding that existed 20 years back. But somehow I can get the above question out of my mind...
I doubt even if audience were using 60 or 70% Firefox, the site will ever add a feature that is not IE compatible. Unless the total number of users using IE comes to a bare minimum, admins won't really dare to stop supporting IE. Also, all these site based statistics gathering and acting upon that is possible after the site is set up. Will you plan for a Firefox only site if you are building a site fresh? How many admins will take the pain of gathering information on browser statistics for sites similar to the ones they are going to build and then decide that they will do a IE/Firefox site only?
"With the open-source culture on the Internet, the idea of ownership — of artistic ownership — goes away."
Somebody need to tell him what open source is and that the fact that source is open does not have anything to do with ownership! If the guy is hinting at people are getting accustomed to getting stuff for free, again he needs to be told that most of the stuff in open source is not really free in many ways. (Many major contributions are from people who are employed by various MNCs and they get paid, In most cases, your contributions need to be given back to the community -- another form of paying for what you use --, You use a software and make it a success -- You pay the owner by making him famous...). Besides, the owners of OSS have a different mind set. They get 'paid' in ways these proprietary guys can't understand. So, my dear friend, here is my correction "With the closed-source market culture on the Internet, which promotes piracy, the idea of ownership — of any ownership — goes away." You make it, open it for reasonable cost, then there will be people to buy it.
I seem to be missing something. "avoid presenting proprietary software as legitimate."?!!!
I really don't understand why "proprietary" can't be "legitimate". What ever it is, can someone post the reason why RMS made such a remark?
Hmm... most of the Linux distros have some or other p2p software installed. Will downloading fedora or debian become illegal in Japan after jan? Btw, does the law make distributing them on a CD illegal?:)
Allow me to introduce myself. I am an MNC making a living through unlawful sale of copyrighted material. I heard that you are going to crackdown on people like me. Since I don't know a better way to earn a living, I request you to postpone your ruling for another year or so.
Sincerely,
MNC
PS: Please note that if we don't sell our stuff for next 120 days, world will come to an end. And, I would not prefer to pay/reach a out of court agreement with the actual copyright holder to make the entire thing legal.
Quite honestly, though, the community still gets the benefit of market share if some of the users fail to comply. Its one of those awkward questions - do you want "four freedoms" and an OS that nobody uses, or "three-and-a-half freedoms" plus a fighting chance of being a major player in a field where the competition offers "minus six freedoms"?
I agree with you to some extend. However, I have this question in my mind."How about driving a car with 3.5 tires?"
Plus, our banks and stores and so on must get smarter security.
Smarter than what?... Vista and Win7 may be steps towards a more secure desktop environment,...
I don't know about the banks in other countries. But, in India, I can still point out a number of banks who forces MS windows and MS IE on their users. The site of those banks will not open if I use Firefox under Linux. For a starter, I think these banks should make their net banking possible through more secure Linux clients rather than forcing MS windows and IE on their users.
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Well, even I thought thats correct. But, apart from the plastic, there is nothing concrete to prove that they are the same. You can find my blog entry on this here: http://flyingtux.blogspot.com/2010/09/35-tablet.html
Looks like our friend wants to de-rail the $35 computing device effort by luring them using his 'cheap' platform ;). All these 'cheap' computer makers like Negroponte will be the biggest losers if someone really makes a $35 computer. Stay away from Negroponte.
Makes me think.... India has restrictions on Huwei's products. However, how will we tackle the issue of these guys contaminating almost all our devices by infesting Linux? :)
Being an Indian, I will be really proud of myself -- if this really happens. However, last time when they did some stunt like this, it turned out to be a USB stick or something similar.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Rs_500-laptop_display_on_Feb_3/articleshow/4049914.cms
http://www.merinews.com/article/rs-500-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/15709651.shtml
I sincerely hope that this time they won't repeat the same story.
Well, I am an Indian and I don't care.
Why?
I work for a Korean MNC and they have this mandatory requirement that I should have a medical check-up before joining the company. This has to be repeated every year and the report goes to the company (HR). If I can allow a Korean company to have control over my bio samples, and allow senseless HR (from my own country) to peep into all those information, what is the harm in giving the photos and fingerprint to my government.
Question:
How many of you use biometric authentication in your offices and really trust all those software installed on the system and the sys admins who deal with your bio-ids?
First of all, Google doing anything is not a news :)
Second, GTV is a platform by Philips. So, even if Google launches this 'TV', it may not be called GTV
After seeing this, I made post about our 'honest' auto drivers in India who (mostly) do not cheat at all! I have made the entry at my blog, http://sarin.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!84A33C7E2C38DB8A!309.entry
Its only in recent days these are all made public. In the root class such stuff were defined private.
These animals are not people. They are food.
This guy should be sentenced to live with cannibals. Then he will have an idea about how/what 'food' feels.
"You could pass the time by making phone calls from the cinema without disturbing anyone. In noisy places like bars and clubs you could make yourself heard without having to shout." That looks interesting. But, in such a place, HOW WILL YOU HEAR what other person speaks? I think this has to be augmented with some speech to text technology + augmented reality stuff to make the mobile phone display in front you (without taking away the pleasure of viewing a movie from you) what is being spoken by the other guy. Feature enhancement: For privacy reasons, do make that display visible only to you :)
As the link posted here is dead, I googled for it and found this: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/lg-gd910-watch-phone-review/
Who wrote the original buggy code and who all copied it?
This may be a real bug and might have come from some wrong/incomplete understanding that existed 20 years back. But somehow I can get the above question out of my mind...
I doubt even if audience were using 60 or 70% Firefox, the site will ever add a feature that is not IE compatible. Unless the total number of users using IE comes to a bare minimum, admins won't really dare to stop supporting IE. Also, all these site based statistics gathering and acting upon that is possible after the site is set up. Will you plan for a Firefox only site if you are building a site fresh? How many admins will take the pain of gathering information on browser statistics for sites similar to the ones they are going to build and then decide that they will do a IE/Firefox site only?
"With the open-source culture on the Internet, the idea of ownership — of artistic ownership — goes away." Somebody need to tell him what open source is and that the fact that source is open does not have anything to do with ownership! If the guy is hinting at people are getting accustomed to getting stuff for free, again he needs to be told that most of the stuff in open source is not really free in many ways. (Many major contributions are from people who are employed by various MNCs and they get paid, In most cases, your contributions need to be given back to the community -- another form of paying for what you use --, You use a software and make it a success -- You pay the owner by making him famous...). Besides, the owners of OSS have a different mind set. They get 'paid' in ways these proprietary guys can't understand. So, my dear friend, here is my correction "With the closed-source market culture on the Internet, which promotes piracy, the idea of ownership — of any ownership — goes away." You make it, open it for reasonable cost, then there will be people to buy it.
I seem to be missing something. "avoid presenting proprietary software as legitimate."?!!! I really don't understand why "proprietary" can't be "legitimate". What ever it is, can someone post the reason why RMS made such a remark?
Hmm... most of the Linux distros have some or other p2p software installed. Will downloading fedora or debian become illegal in Japan after jan? Btw, does the law make distributing them on a CD illegal? :)
Honourable Judges,
Allow me to introduce myself. I am an MNC making a living through unlawful sale of copyrighted material. I heard that you are going to crackdown on people like me. Since I don't know a better way to earn a living, I request you to postpone your ruling for another year or so.
Sincerely,
MNC
PS: Please note that if we don't sell our stuff for next 120 days, world will come to an end. And, I would not prefer to pay/reach a out of court agreement with the actual copyright holder to make the entire thing legal.
Quite honestly, though, the community still gets the benefit of market share if some of the users fail to comply. Its one of those awkward questions - do you want "four freedoms" and an OS that nobody uses, or "three-and-a-half freedoms" plus a fighting chance of being a major player in a field where the competition offers "minus six freedoms"?
I agree with you to some extend. However, I have this question in my mind."How about driving a car with 3.5 tires?"
Plus, our banks and stores and so on must get smarter security.
Smarter than what?... Vista and Win7 may be steps towards a more secure desktop environment,...
I don't know about the banks in other countries. But, in India, I can still point out a number of banks who forces MS windows and MS IE on their users. The site of those banks will not open if I use Firefox under Linux. For a starter, I think these banks should make their net banking possible through more secure Linux clients rather than forcing MS windows and IE on their users.
This happened loooooooooooooooooong (one or two weeks) back. /. is seeing it now?
I have seen a number of software that uses floating licensing model. Can someone tell me how is this different from that?