So long as they publish the spec, we can't accuse them of being proprietary. So long as the free version is superior to other similar free technologies, they will still be the market leader. Sounds like they know what they're doing.
You are confusing two separate issues. You don't need ten microphones to have ten "takes" on the facts. One mic is enough--sell the raw feed to everyone to spin as they please.
Ever see dozens of reporters trying to ask the same questions? All reporting on the same story with the same facts? 10 microphones redundantly recording what someone says for different news agencies?
There's no need for that duplication of effort. It's surprising the industry has lasted that way for so long.
As for local papers: your classifieds are all going online. Your reprinting of AP stories, sports scores, and stock prices adds no value. Your only real product is the local stories--all 2 pages of them. How much is that worth? Not much.
The way to protect against sql injection is not to "validate external input." It is to pass the external input to the database after telling the database what that external input should be representing (sql parameterization). Let the database decide if it is valid or not.
If you try and reinvent the wheel in every app, you will certainly make a mistake at some point. The guys who wrote the DB know more about this than you do; let them handle it.
She secretly works for the MIB. They remove your fingerprints when they join. Every time you discover this, however, she gets you with her little memory-zapper-thingy.
Make no mistake, digital AM has far better sound quality than even the best analog AM signal. I suspect FM is better in digtal, too, but I haven't been able to compare on my good speakers as my radio has no outputs:-(
mini laser projector + netbook = crazy disco scene that can fit in your pocket. whip it out on the subway on friday night with some dance techno and colorful visualizations to have the swingin'est ride to the bar ever.
I found that while moving the HD signal dropped often and there was an annoying delay when auto switching to the analog signal.
For what it's worth, that was an implementation flaw in your first-generation device. My HD radio switches seamlessly between analog and HD playback if the signal is weak. It has a built-in delay for the analog playback to make this possible.
I was hoping for a device with SPDIF output, but could not find one. This is an interesting explanation.
It's hard to believe the FCC would allow them to limit the functionality of devices. I could see them letting this company mandate licensing costs--but letting the company inhibit what you can do with your licensed decoder? I sure hope, if that's true, someone will sue to get that overturned.
You'll pass on HD radio in favor of what? Non-HD radio? So you prefer hiss-and-pop mono AM radio? You prefer the white noise in the background of FM radio? Really?
If your concern is volume range compression, you should know that your analog radio stations are probably playing their music from similarly-compressed CDs. Are you sure HD is responsible for whatever compression you dislike so?
I bought an HD radio just to check out the technology. The cheapest one I could find was $80--quite a bit for a radio. But the quality is spectacular (HD AM sounds better than the best non-HD FM reception), and you get more stations and metadata.
I am surprised that his hasn't caught on more yet. I believe it is because the chips needed for HD radios are still expensive. I sure hope the Zune drives down implementation costs and helps bring HD radio to the masses. Listening to NPR as if I'm right in the station is a great experience.
Did you just claim that someone who spends most of his time dealing with law is likely to know more about software development than someone who spends most of his time developing software?
The problem is, if businesses pay NO taxes, the rich will simply use shell businesses to get out of paying personal taxes.
In general, I agree that business-friendly tax policies are best for a prosperous society--and that they should be fair and equal to all businesses (no special deals). But the possibility to use businesses to have tax-free income concerns me.
There are many characteristics that are advantageous in the modern world. It is nonetheless false to claim that a healthy person lacking any of these advantageous traits has a "disorder."
Being beautiful or tall helps in the modern world. So do short or ugly people have disorders? Why should attention be any different?
Some junior lawyer was told to go try patenting whatever the software guys are doing. He picked this bit up because it did something he understood and could describe in a patent application.
Neither he nor the patent reviewer knew anything about software or had any idea what is obvious to someone skilled in the art. But at least the junior lawyer had something to turn into his boss showing that he is working on something-or-other and should stay on the payroll.
That's how I imagine it, anyway.
Aside: the comment-posting system seems way screwed up right now... I guess that's what I get for agreeing to try the beta version.
Humans did not evolve to sit at a desk, day after day, for most of their lives. Children being active and energetic is natural and healthy; it is not a disorder.
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So long as they publish the spec, we can't accuse them of being proprietary. So long as the free version is superior to other similar free technologies, they will still be the market leader. Sounds like they know what they're doing.
2GiB RAM? What are you doing on slashdot?
You are confusing two separate issues. You don't need ten microphones to have ten "takes" on the facts. One mic is enough--sell the raw feed to everyone to spin as they please.
Ever see dozens of reporters trying to ask the same questions? All reporting on the same story with the same facts? 10 microphones redundantly recording what someone says for different news agencies?
There's no need for that duplication of effort. It's surprising the industry has lasted that way for so long.
As for local papers: your classifieds are all going online. Your reprinting of AP stories, sports scores, and stock prices adds no value. Your only real product is the local stories--all 2 pages of them. How much is that worth? Not much.
That money wasn't wasted. Most of it went to wealthy bondholders.
The way to protect against sql injection is not to "validate external input." It is to pass the external input to the database after telling the database what that external input should be representing (sql parameterization). Let the database decide if it is valid or not.
If you try and reinvent the wheel in every app, you will certainly make a mistake at some point. The guys who wrote the DB know more about this than you do; let them handle it.
How do you know the code was recently written? More likely, the app was written years ago, before the phrase "sql injection" was even coined.
She secretly works for the MIB. They remove your fingerprints when they join. Every time you discover this, however, she gets you with her little memory-zapper-thingy.
Make no mistake, digital AM has far better sound quality than even the best analog AM signal. I suspect FM is better in digtal, too, but I haven't been able to compare on my good speakers as my radio has no outputs :-(
mini laser projector + netbook = crazy disco scene that can fit in your pocket. whip it out on the subway on friday night with some dance techno and colorful visualizations to have the swingin'est ride to the bar ever.
For what it's worth, that was an implementation flaw in your first-generation device. My HD radio switches seamlessly between analog and HD playback if the signal is weak. It has a built-in delay for the analog playback to make this possible.
I was hoping for a device with SPDIF output, but could not find one. This is an interesting explanation.
It's hard to believe the FCC would allow them to limit the functionality of devices. I could see them letting this company mandate licensing costs--but letting the company inhibit what you can do with your licensed decoder? I sure hope, if that's true, someone will sue to get that overturned.
You'll pass on HD radio in favor of what? Non-HD radio? So you prefer hiss-and-pop mono AM radio? You prefer the white noise in the background of FM radio? Really?
If your concern is volume range compression, you should know that your analog radio stations are probably playing their music from similarly-compressed CDs. Are you sure HD is responsible for whatever compression you dislike so?
Don't get ahead of yourself, now. Nowhere does it say it handles double-sided media. Just high-density.
Huh? I was simply defining the terms, not arguing for any particular system.
P.S. Any argument reliant upon vague terms, such as "free will" and "evil" tends to smell of sophistry.
Who elected this guy to define anarchism and maintain its FAQ???
I bought an HD radio just to check out the technology. The cheapest one I could find was $80--quite a bit for a radio. But the quality is spectacular (HD AM sounds better than the best non-HD FM reception), and you get more stations and metadata.
I am surprised that his hasn't caught on more yet. I believe it is because the chips needed for HD radios are still expensive. I sure hope the Zune drives down implementation costs and helps bring HD radio to the masses. Listening to NPR as if I'm right in the station is a great experience.
Socialism is state control. What we have on the web is anarchy. Fun, friendly anarchy.
Did you just claim that someone who spends most of his time dealing with law is likely to know more about software development than someone who spends most of his time developing software?
Troll somewhere else, fool.
Or the businesses will just move offshore.
In a global economy, you need to be business friendly or the businesses go elsewhere.
The problem is, if businesses pay NO taxes, the rich will simply use shell businesses to get out of paying personal taxes.
In general, I agree that business-friendly tax policies are best for a prosperous society--and that they should be fair and equal to all businesses (no special deals). But the possibility to use businesses to have tax-free income concerns me.
Disorder doesn't mean what you think it means.
There are many characteristics that are advantageous in the modern world. It is nonetheless false to claim that a healthy person lacking any of these advantageous traits has a "disorder."
Being beautiful or tall helps in the modern world. So do short or ugly people have disorders? Why should attention be any different?
Some junior lawyer was told to go try patenting whatever the software guys are doing. He picked this bit up because it did something he understood and could describe in a patent application.
Neither he nor the patent reviewer knew anything about software or had any idea what is obvious to someone skilled in the art. But at least the junior lawyer had something to turn into his boss showing that he is working on something-or-other and should stay on the payroll.
That's how I imagine it, anyway.
Aside: the comment-posting system seems way screwed up right now... I guess that's what I get for agreeing to try the beta version.
Humans did not evolve to sit at a desk, day after day, for most of their lives. Children being active and energetic is natural and healthy; it is not a disorder.