I know this happened a while ago, but given the recent events about Google removing users from G+ that were using the service under a pseudonym, this feels really ironic.
Most of the regular services are available in Finland, with the exception of Pandora (However "regular" Pandora is, I don't know). Finland also has Spotify. Given Finland's stance on free speech (We top the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index along with a few other countries, last I checked), I doubt that this kind of censorship will go through. I know, press freedom isn't entirely related to this. But Finland is a lot more liberal about such things than, say, the US.
Pretty much everyone I know here in Finland had moved to Spotify from illegal downloading, until Spotify watered down the free version. Restoring Spotify to its previous state would be far, far more effective than blacklisting TPB.
There has already been controversy on the Blenderartist.org forums and on Blender mailing lists (IIRC). As Ton Roosendaal (Blender Foundation chairman) concludes in the press release Rebranding Blender, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant". It was probably with this in mind that someone submitted this/. story.
Also agreed. I tried SSHing from a touchscreen keyboard and it took like 5 minutes just to get connected. I'm also very pleased with Nokia hardware keyboards in general. And then of course the n900 runs a Debian based distribution, can be overclocked to 900mhz, no jailbreaking and all the rest of it.
I remember the way he input the code- A series of ten buttons on the front. I think it just didn't give you a code if you entered the PIN wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if it would lock itself up after X number of wrong tries.
A major corporation that someone I know has worked for used to use what looked like a very thick credit card to log into what I believe was a VPN. You would input a PIN on the front, and it would display a code that would be valid for 30 seconds or so for logging into the VPN that it calculated itself, based on the current time and PIN. I think this card was made by RSA, now I think the same company uses a slightly different system.
Maybe, but you would probably eat them in moderation if there wasn't a realistic alternative. Diaspora is a "realistic alternative" because it has the media hype, timing, and funding to become successful.
How about contextual sharing? I.e. being able to decide exactly who sees what, through a simple interface (See the tabs on the top in this screenshot) so that your coworkers and your drinking buddies see different things.
And then there's privacy. I know that I could scare a few people into Diaspora just by showing how much my (entirely unrelated) friends can see about them on Facebook. Most of my friends are actually pretty privacy concerned.
A diaspora (in Greek, – "a scattering [of seeds]") is the movement or migration of a group of people, such as those sharing a national and/or ethnic identity, away from an established or ancestral homeland. When capitalized, the Diaspora refers to the exile of the Jewish people and Jews living outside ancient or modern day Israel.
It's rendered in the cloud. If they managed to actually get more bang for the buck- i.e. made this run on conventional hardware- Then I'd be interested. They're just doing something that has been done before, albeit maybe not in real time (But you never know, seeing these new OpenCL apps), running it on high-end servers, and piping it into a small laptop. I'm not sure how much of an achievement this is, we've all heard of gaming in the cloud before.
I was wondering about this- Why did the Ghz wars end, anyway? Did the chip makers hit a wall or something? At the rate it was going, I thought we'd have 5Ghz+ processors by now.
Yeah, I'm uninformed.
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I know this happened a while ago, but given the recent events about Google removing users from G+ that were using the service under a pseudonym, this feels really ironic.
When he doesn't get permission, he generally releases it anyway, but for free. (Like "You're Pitiful")
Not to mention Spotify. Spotify was absolutely huge in Finland- It was replacing TPB before they made the free version lame.
Most of the regular services are available in Finland, with the exception of Pandora (However "regular" Pandora is, I don't know). Finland also has Spotify. Given Finland's stance on free speech (We top the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index along with a few other countries, last I checked), I doubt that this kind of censorship will go through. I know, press freedom isn't entirely related to this. But Finland is a lot more liberal about such things than, say, the US.
Pretty much everyone I know here in Finland had moved to Spotify from illegal downloading, until Spotify watered down the free version. Restoring Spotify to its previous state would be far, far more effective than blacklisting TPB.
There has already been controversy on the Blenderartist.org forums and on Blender mailing lists (IIRC). As Ton Roosendaal (Blender Foundation chairman) concludes in the press release Rebranding Blender, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant". It was probably with this in mind that someone submitted this /. story.
WebM may be patented, but is it encumbered? Not if Google doesn't sue someone for using it.
(Also from the Intel blog post)
Also agreed. I tried SSHing from a touchscreen keyboard and it took like 5 minutes just to get connected. I'm also very pleased with Nokia hardware keyboards in general. And then of course the n900 runs a Debian based distribution, can be overclocked to 900mhz, no jailbreaking and all the rest of it.
Actually I believe they will ship with 2.6.38.[1]
Today Time Magazine announced the Person of the Year 2007.
In the Nordic countries, reindeer isn't so uncommon, especially at touristy places.
That's what I was trying to imply, didn't work so well I guess.
...And subsequently loses.
Hopefully this doesn't (directly) affect anyone reading this. As in, I hope you're not wasting your money.
Oink oink, flap flap.
I remember the way he input the code- A series of ten buttons on the front. I think it just didn't give you a code if you entered the PIN wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if it would lock itself up after X number of wrong tries.
A major corporation that someone I know has worked for used to use what looked like a very thick credit card to log into what I believe was a VPN. You would input a PIN on the front, and it would display a code that would be valid for 30 seconds or so for logging into the VPN that it calculated itself, based on the current time and PIN. I think this card was made by RSA, now I think the same company uses a slightly different system.
Maybe, but you would probably eat them in moderation if there wasn't a realistic alternative. Diaspora is a "realistic alternative" because it has the media hype, timing, and funding to become successful.
How about contextual sharing? I.e. being able to decide exactly who sees what, through a simple interface (See the tabs on the top in this screenshot) so that your coworkers and your drinking buddies see different things.
And then there's privacy. I know that I could scare a few people into Diaspora just by showing how much my (entirely unrelated) friends can see about them on Facebook. Most of my friends are actually pretty privacy concerned.
But it is of course capitalized. Kind of.
Wait- I stand corrected- You could be.
Mac and Ubuntu users moving back to Windows because of an updated Blue Screen of Death.
Uhh, that about Mac and Ubuntu users moving back to Windows because of IE...
Could you be more wrong?
It's rendered in the cloud. If they managed to actually get more bang for the buck- i.e. made this run on conventional hardware- Then I'd be interested. They're just doing something that has been done before, albeit maybe not in real time (But you never know, seeing these new OpenCL apps), running it on high-end servers, and piping it into a small laptop. I'm not sure how much of an achievement this is, we've all heard of gaming in the cloud before.
This. Think of the possibilities! I want a parrot-controlled iPod, you can keep your quadricopter.
I was wondering about this- Why did the Ghz wars end, anyway? Did the chip makers hit a wall or something? At the rate it was going, I thought we'd have 5Ghz+ processors by now.
Yeah, I'm uninformed.