It does work if the vast majority of the population believes in it and doesn't have a need to go against it. This is the reason why the prohibition of alcohol did not work, since basically it was a vocal minority imposing their law on a majority that didn't agree. Also in general cases alcohol does not get on anyone's nerves. The same can't be said of spam. We can tolerate small amounts, but beyond a certain point its enough to create a mob to want to do something about it. You can choose not to drink alcohol, you can chooses not to smoke, you can choose not to go where people smoke, but you can hardly choose not to receive spam, when there is nothing you can do about it.
As a US dweller....what's out there that would be good to watch
Well there is plenty of stuff, though you need to be open minded about the cultral content and language. Without knowing what you like its hard to make a case, though I'll see what I can do. For example, there are many anime fans that prefer the orginal Japanese version and don't have the patience to wait for the translated version, so this is one case. Another would be films that are featured at the Cannes Film Festival. Also, there are plenty of films available in other countries, that just aren't available here. You can browse Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon Japan, FNAC and many others.
As I said, you need to be ready to go beyond what you are familiar with culturaly and linguistically and experiment.
If you are interested in running various emulators on your Mac, then I recommend John Stile's Emulation.net web site. It covers Game consoles, desktop OSs, arcades and handhelds. IMO, worth the visit.
This thing would be great as a thin client. If you could have an X-Server running on there, then it would simply be a matter of plugging in and go. Or, if you had VNC then you could use you computer from any room. You would just need a screen, keyboard and mouse.
At the end of the day you really need to look at it and see in what ways it could be used. Go beyond the shape and think of what sort of things this could be integrated into, without its case. I could also imagine a wall based MP3 player. Your imagination is the limits.
Wrong. RTFA. Consumer gets to make final "accept/reject" on purchase after card is scanned.
Lets just hope they get the issues sorted out, so we don't have a scenario where that even though one card was scanned that it picks up the signal from another card and hence charges the wrong one.
I have not played with the technology, but I feel that the onous is always on the technology to prove itself safe. Until then it is hard to assume the customer will be comfortable with it.
Darwin as the names suggests is an evolution. It is Unix is many ways, but it is also in many way more than Unix. For this reason you should approach MacOS X, with an understanding that many things will be familiar (be it coming from MacOS or Unix), but at the same time there are many things that are different.
If you want a pure Unix environment, then stick to Linux or BSD. Though, even they are evolving, though in a more conservative manner. For the IO Apple dropped the traditonal architecture and designed their own object oriented driver architecture known as IOKit.
The root directory is very much like that of the boot drive on MacOS 9 or MS-Windows, in that you can put anything there, though there are certain directories which must remain for the system to operate. If you wish to keep the base directory organised in a more traditional manner, then that is your choice entirely.
If you are interested in reading more, then some links are as follows:
Doing a search for the first sentence shows its from the Simpsons:
warden: he painted a unicorn in outer space, now what is he supposed to breath homer: air? warden: there's no air in space homer: there's an air and space museum
Thinking about it, it must be from the episode where Marge helps a convict who is also a great artist.
Universal box, but what do you use to gather and present your data? The digital suite that is sold seems to be only for windows.
Like most things worth having, a solution will eventually present itself, especially on Linux. There is a Linux, open source, solution in the form of Linradio. Enjoy.
ahhh... so they've woken the onboard pixie up then... just wish she could hold the camera a little steadier...
They probably forgot to let the pixie have her first coffee before taking the photo. Or maybe its from the hang-over of celebrating her nearing arrival.
The only thing that pisses me off about NS is the fact that I was sketching out the exact same concepts on paper and fishing for some feedback in my newsgroups when I first heard about it. Dammit! A day late and dollar short, as they say.
You may be late, but like many things in life, this is your opportunity to do something better, since you already have a reference to go by.
Basically, the US is pointing out that the Galileo system is a dual-use civilian/military system. If it is used by an enemy the US might be forced to take it out. Instead, they're giving the EU the option to design it to play nice so that there are more options in a war than just shooting it down or letting the enemy use it.
Fair enough, but being a non-USA solution, the keys to reducing its effectivness should not be in the hand of the US miltary. Rather, it should be in the hand of the countries who a responsible for putting together the Galileo system. The only way to have balance of power is two have sides, since otherwise there is no balance.
Then again the country that is likely to have the advantage, in a future war, is the one that is capable of working in the absence of electronic devices. You take one neutron bomb or a system capable of multifrequency jamming, and all electronic communications are worthless.
Why should people respect the GPL, but not EULAs? Isn't that basically picking and choosing a set of morals for a particular situation based on whether or not you like the company you're supporting/ripping off?
I had the same thought the other day and there is plenty of truth in what you say. I think in general people want as much as possible for as little cost as possible. At the same time EULAs are so varied in their content, as well as being long, that most people aren't aware of what's actually written there. The GPL has been read by many people, the gist is common knowledge, it is talked about and there are plenty of people to explain it for free.
The problem with licenses is that we have got lazy and don't read them. Also its not just laziness, it also because the way the are written almost requires a lawyer to translate it. I have never heard of a license help line.
When you are encouraged to consume in quantity, then it is much easier to do so when there is little cost associated with doing so, so people will generally find the best way of reducing that cost. This is the thing that industries, like the record industry are yet to comprehend, you either expect people to buy less at a higher price or more at a lower one.
One final idea is the the GPLed code in general costs companies nothing to use, other than the requirements of giving something back. A EULA in general is often associated with a product you have to pay a lot for, and in general gives back to no one, other than the publisher.
Its always easier to point, than to take responsibility.
If anyone does not like the GPL license that goes with Linux, then there is BSD as alternative open source OS. By using BSD instead of Linux, there is no requirement to release the modified source. If you insist on using Linux then you should respect the terms of the contract. If your supplier uses Linux and you modify the code then you should either respect the GPL, ask your supplier to use a different OS, uses a different OS yourself or seek an alternative supplier, who does not use Linux in their product.
There are choices, and it is up to the business to make the best one for their needs and limitations.
There is also OpenBIOS, an open source 'BIOS' based on OpenFirmware. OpenFirmware is the solution used on Sun, IBM and Apple based machines. OpenFirmware uses a forth interpreter and also presents the hardware as a device tree.
Some of the previous posts mention that one of the problems is that Google weakened their algorithm because of Blogs. One solution would be to allow blogs to have a special search rating, so you could include or exclude blogs from your search. The only thing is how would you feel about such an option?
It gets me so annoyed whenever we call Cisco now and get someone who doesn't understand anything I am saying. It is Verbal and Non-Verbal for the most part too.
More often than not geography has nothing to do with it. You have just as much chance of finding a fellow countryman who just isn't up to the job. Anyone who knows what they are doing have moved on to something better paid.
The iPod is not the only device to use built in rechargeable batteries. Other examples of such devices are cell phones and Palm PDAs. Cell phones usually have easy access to the batteries, but the high end Palm PDAs don't. Does anyone know in comparison how easy it is to change these batteries, how much they cost and what is their life span?
I think the issue may need to be making people aware of the lifespan of 'integrated' rechargeable batteries, no matter the product.
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Toronto-HSE-ppp3776xxx.sympatico.ca
I get told I am in the USA
Prohibition does not work.
It does work if the vast majority of the population believes in it and doesn't have a need to go against it. This is the reason why the prohibition of alcohol did not work, since basically it was a vocal minority imposing their law on a majority that didn't agree. Also in general cases alcohol does not get on anyone's nerves. The same can't be said of spam. We can tolerate small amounts, but beyond a certain point its enough to create a mob to want to do something about it. You can choose not to drink alcohol, you can chooses not to smoke, you can choose not to go where people smoke, but you can hardly choose not to receive spam, when there is nothing you can do about it.
Its probably that the US lacked the incentive. Anyhow we can't tarnish our reputation of not cleaning up behind ourselves.
As a US dweller....what's out there that would be good to watch
Well there is plenty of stuff, though you need to be open minded about the cultral content and language. Without knowing what you like its hard to make a case, though I'll see what I can do. For example, there are many anime fans that prefer the orginal Japanese version and don't have the patience to wait for the translated version, so this is one case. Another would be films that are featured at the Cannes Film Festival. Also, there are plenty of films available in other countries, that just aren't available here. You can browse Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon Japan, FNAC and many others.
As I said, you need to be ready to go beyond what you are familiar with culturaly and linguistically and experiment.
The ISS is another place this caused problems, so much so that NASA got one modified.
If you are interested in running various emulators on your Mac, then I recommend John Stile's Emulation.net web site. It covers Game consoles, desktop OSs, arcades and handhelds. IMO, worth the visit.
This thing would be great as a thin client. If you could have an X-Server running on there, then it would simply be a matter of plugging in and go. Or, if you had VNC then you could use you computer from any room. You would just need a screen, keyboard and mouse.
At the end of the day you really need to look at it and see in what ways it could be used. Go beyond the shape and think of what sort of things this could be integrated into, without its case.
I could also imagine a wall based MP3 player. Your imagination is the limits.
Wrong. RTFA. Consumer gets to make final "accept/reject" on purchase after card is scanned.
Lets just hope they get the issues sorted out, so we don't have a scenario where that even though one card was scanned that it picks up the signal from another card and hence charges the wrong one.
I have not played with the technology, but I feel that the onous is always on the technology to prove itself safe. Until then it is hard to assume the customer will be comfortable with it.
If you want a pure Unix environment, then stick to Linux or BSD. Though, even they are evolving, though in a more conservative manner. For the IO Apple dropped the traditonal architecture and designed their own object oriented driver architecture known as IOKit.
The root directory is very much like that of the boot drive on MacOS 9 or MS-Windows, in that you can put anything there, though there are certain directories which must remain for the system to operate. If you wish to keep the base directory organised in a more traditional manner, then that is your choice entirely.
If you are interested in reading more, then some links are as follows:
Darwin Documentation
IO I/O Kit Fundamentals
Doing a search for the first sentence shows its from the Simpsons:
warden: he painted a unicorn in outer space, now what is he supposed to breath
homer: air?
warden: there's no air in space
homer: there's an air and space museum
Thinking about it, it must be from the episode where Marge helps a convict who is also a great artist.
Universal box, but what do you use to gather and present your data? The digital suite that is sold seems to be only for windows.
Like most things worth having, a solution will eventually present itself, especially on Linux. There is a Linux, open source, solution in the form of Linradio. Enjoy.
ahhh... so they've woken the onboard pixie up then... just wish she could hold the camera a little steadier...
They probably forgot to let the pixie have her first coffee before taking the photo. Or maybe its from the hang-over of celebrating her nearing arrival.
what about multiplayer?
I suppose that Bluetooth could be leveraged to allow this possibility?
The only thing that pisses me off about NS is the fact that I was sketching out the exact same concepts on paper and fishing for some feedback in my newsgroups when I first heard about it. Dammit! A day late and dollar short, as they say.
You may be late, but like many things in life, this is your opportunity to do something better, since you already have a reference to go by.
Basically, the US is pointing out that the Galileo system is a dual-use civilian/military system. If it is used by an enemy the US might be forced to take it out. Instead, they're giving the EU the option to design it to play nice so that there are more options in a war than just shooting it down or letting the enemy use it.
Fair enough, but being a non-USA solution, the keys to reducing its effectivness should not be in the hand of the US miltary. Rather, it should be in the hand of the countries who a responsible for putting together the Galileo system. The only way to have balance of power is two have sides, since otherwise there is no balance.
Then again the country that is likely to have the advantage, in a future war, is the one that is capable of working in the absence of electronic devices. You take one neutron bomb or a system capable of multifrequency jamming, and all electronic communications are worthless.
Why should people respect the GPL, but not EULAs? Isn't that basically picking and choosing a set of morals for a particular situation based on whether or not you like the company you're supporting/ripping off?
I had the same thought the other day and there is plenty of truth in what you say. I think in general people want as much as possible for as little cost as possible. At the same time EULAs are so varied in their content, as well as being long, that most people aren't aware of what's actually written there. The GPL has been read by many people, the gist is common knowledge, it is talked about and there are plenty of people to explain it for free.
The problem with licenses is that we have got lazy and don't read them. Also its not just laziness, it also because the way the are written almost requires a lawyer to translate it. I have never heard of a license help line.
When you are encouraged to consume in quantity, then it is much easier to do so when there is little cost associated with doing so, so people will generally find the best way of reducing that cost. This is the thing that industries, like the record industry are yet to comprehend, you either expect people to buy less at a higher price or more at a lower one.
One final idea is the the GPLed code in general costs companies nothing to use, other than the requirements of giving something back. A EULA in general is often associated with a product you have to pay a lot for, and in general gives back to no one, other than the publisher.
Its always easier to point, than to take responsibility.
All I want for Christmas is my Embrio
...
Urgh. Now there was an image I didn't want
Just ask Arnie, he managed.
If anyone does not like the GPL license that goes with Linux, then there is BSD as alternative open source OS. By using BSD instead of Linux, there is no requirement to release the modified source. If you insist on using Linux then you should respect the terms of the contract. If your supplier uses Linux and you modify the code then you should either respect the GPL, ask your supplier to use a different OS, uses a different OS yourself or seek an alternative supplier, who does not use Linux in their product.
There are choices, and it is up to the business to make the best one for their needs and limitations.
There is also OpenBIOS, an open source 'BIOS' based on OpenFirmware. OpenFirmware is the solution used on Sun, IBM and Apple based machines. OpenFirmware uses a forth interpreter and also presents the hardware as a device tree.
Also with time I would not be surprised if we had tuneable lasers. This would allow total compatibility with the older generation of disks.
Some of the previous posts mention that one of the problems is that Google weakened their algorithm because of Blogs. One solution would be to allow blogs to have a special search rating, so you could include or exclude blogs from your search. The only thing is how would you feel about such an option?
Its too early. There doesn't seem to be too many people contributing, so it is taking a little longer than some people would like.
You should also check out the OpenBios project. They are working towards making a working openfirmware solution that will work on the x86 platform.
It gets me so annoyed whenever we call Cisco now and get someone who doesn't understand anything I am saying. It is Verbal and Non-Verbal for the most part too.
More often than not geography has nothing to do with it. You have just as much chance of finding a fellow countryman who just isn't up to the job. Anyone who knows what they are doing have moved on to something better paid.
The iPod is not the only device to use built in rechargeable batteries. Other examples of such devices are cell phones and Palm PDAs. Cell phones usually have easy access to the batteries, but the high end Palm PDAs don't. Does anyone know in comparison how easy it is to change these batteries, how much they cost and what is their life span?
I think the issue may need to be making people aware of the lifespan of 'integrated' rechargeable batteries, no matter the product.