Even if you can't help directly on the Mac side, contributing to the core code base still helps.
A few things general things outside the core include improving the VLC plugin and possibly VLCKit. The latter is a solution intended at allowing VLC to be integrated into other Cocoa based applications. Think of this as a component that you could use in Interface Builder, as then eventually lay the path for revamping the VLC UI on the Mac. There are plenty of ideas for a better Mac UI, but unfortunately the people who are good at designing UIs aren't necessarily the same people who are good at the lower level code.
Cost to build doesn't really matter. What does matter is perceived value. If it costs more to build than customers are willing to pay for, then you are screwed. If it costs less to build than customers are willing to pay for, then you have a winner.
Oracle might have their XE product, but what they really want is customers. It is better to have customers paying for something than have a product that is simply not selling, even if it is a small amount. Don't underestimate the number of companies willing to pony up for a service contract, just so they can reassure their investors/shareholders.
If you think about it makes sense for Oracle to continue developing MySQL, since this is like Nissan and Infiniti where the customer is provided with a high-end product and a low-end product. Oracle gets to offer service for both, recognising that not everyone wants to have to deal with the Oracle database product, either due to cost or needs. At the same time for customers growing past what MySQL is good at, Oracle can then offer them an upgrade path to their premium product.
I have a serious problem with the government spending my tax dollars on rural broadband lines, and then still enabling the dumb cable companies to monopolize and charge whatever they want for internet service.
This makes me think the government works with the policy "built by the government, screwed by the corporations, but at least its not socialism". The thing is that getting a country working for its people may sound like a socialist approach, but heck isn't that the purpose of government? Corporations should be forced to compete with government. If the corporations don't like it, then f*** off, or offer a better service and "let the market decide" - you can't have it both ways (though apparently they can thanks to screwed up policies and lobby groups).
In Canada we had a case which was captured on video of RCMP officers tazering a man to death. While legally it had been recommended to prosecute these officers, this is not going to happen without the cooperation of the RCMP. This is seriously fucked up.
The truth is that the larger part of society will be green if it is convenient, whether that means through cost or ease of access. If things like energy efficient TVs are too expensive or too hard to get, or a shoddy for what they provide, then they are going to sit on the shelf. Being environmental needs to be attractive.
I do believe that energy ratings and water consumption should be marked on products, not because we should all be buying the lowest power usage stuff, but because we should have the information to make that choice, if this is something we care about.
I don't mind the environmentalists, since we need some people kicking the governments to do things, but I also believe that a balance needs to be made between the environment and moving forward. You are going to pry my computer from my cold dead hands, but if my next one has less of an impact on the environment, then IMHO that is a good thing.
For me governments should be encouraging companies in either researching environmentally friendly solutions, or encouraging to upgrade to environmentally friendly solutions. This for me would have been the best stimulus plan a government could have put into action, since it provides both immediate jobs and for a product with export potential. For example a company investing in clean coal power stations has the potential to export this to other countries and a company installing this employs people to do so.
Having recently read an article in the "New Scientist" as to how Carbon could be the new Silicon, thanks to Nanotechnology, this got me wondering whether Carbon could do the same thing for batteries, so I decided to see what the research status is. From what I can see Zinc-Carbon is the current cheap solution in non-rechargeable batteries (according to Wikipedia), though a few hits turn up Lead-Carbon batteries, with this following article suggesting it could be a "game changer":
Dude, you used an iPhone, that is definitely such a geek thing to do. Because there is nothing else on the planet that could possibly make you a geek more than an iPhone; geeks are cool.
Its now cool to be a geek. We are just too geeky to be allowed to be called geek anymore, those bastards. I am sticking with the 1337 title.
If this is the way Eric feels, then maybe he wouldn't mind people trolling for private information on him and publishing it on the web? His remarks are just asking for people to make a counter point with him being the focus of it.
The problem with USPTO new proposal is probably going to be more patent applications. People are going to submit two, and then cancel the second one, suddenly giving special status to the other one. If you are a patent troll, then it is worth the risk.
With laws like this I get a very 'Judge Dredd' type image of the future, with the twist that you aren't told what the laws are, so you don't know which laws you are breaking.
Actually what bothers me is if the government is indeed working for the people of their nation, then why so much secrecy, unless we are talking national defence? Has the idiocy of copyright extremism really become a factor of national defence? How long until the big media companies are allowed to have their private armies.
If there was any way to claim a tax subsidy or a grant for using these resources for research, in the context of the educational establishment, then maybe the people running the institutions there would think differently.
The problem I have with all this, is if the person in charge of IT at a school can't make IT related decisions, then there is an issue. At the same time, where should the final authorisation end up? Does it really need to go right to the top?
I would not call the iPhone platform "open" in any sense of the word. The software is proprietary, you have to use Apple's tools, and you can only distribute your application* if Apple gives you the go-ahead.
Sure it is, like half the mobile OSs out there. The difference is that the entry cost to development is far lower and that you aren't bound by an NDA. The former allows small developers to jump in and the latter allows people to share knowledge and thus make it easier for people to develop.
Maybe its time that Nintendo opened up the market to game developers such as those currently targeting the iPhone and the Android platforms. Yes they will loose profits, especially when the DS is still working so well, but maybe forcing them to open up will encourage more innovation?
The only problem is the opt out works according to your subnet address. If your router keeps getting assigned a new address by your provider, then you are so out of luck.
Bush was portrayed as monkey too. Who are we to say it was not a black person who did both? The point I am wanting to make is that we assume all this is always done a person of white color and therefore automatically racist. It may be insulting, but it is only the fear of not being politically correct makes us believe it is racist. If you want an enlightening view on this, watch Russell Peters.
All I am waiting for now is the having the whole lineage of US presidents to have their monkey portraits, so everyone can drop the subject.
It all really depends on the bit rate of the MP3, the type of music you are listening to and the equipment you are using to listen to the music with. It also depends if you know what you are listening for. For example between 128Kbps and 192Kbps MP3 I find the former flatter than the latter.
Exactly. The only thing is would it be foreseeable to see two music publishers in the same country selling the same album, with the artist getting a fixed base amount? I know with books it is possible to see classic literature published by multiple companies, in the same country and in the same shop, though this is not something I have yet experienced when it comes with recorded music - well, at least with contemporary music. With classical music you will see music by the same composer published by different companies, but the performing orchestra is not usually the same.
The problem I have seen is a mixture of ISPs which take years to react to anything and suppliers of these devices not taking responsibility and simply blaming it on the ISP. Because of this I would appreciate a role call of ISPs and hardware involved in this, so that we can either avoid them or get them to fix the problem.
Here I was ready to file a business model patent on "Receiving advertising revenue based on news stories that draw the most flames, sometimes resorting to dupes". Somehow I think there might be prior art, but I doubt the patent office would notice;)
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Did you report any of the crashes you had and share the crash logs?
If we are naming alternatives then Movist is a good alternative. On the other hand VLC still beats it when it comes to streaming protocols.
Even if you can't help directly on the Mac side, contributing to the core code base still helps.
A few things general things outside the core include improving the VLC plugin and possibly VLCKit. The latter is a solution intended at allowing VLC to be integrated into other Cocoa based applications. Think of this as a component that you could use in Interface Builder, as then eventually lay the path for revamping the VLC UI on the Mac. There are plenty of ideas for a better Mac UI, but unfortunately the people who are good at designing UIs aren't necessarily the same people who are good at the lower level code.
Cost to build doesn't really matter. What does matter is perceived value. If it costs more to build than customers are willing to pay for, then you are screwed. If it costs less to build than customers are willing to pay for, then you have a winner.
Oracle might have their XE product, but what they really want is customers. It is better to have customers paying for something than have a product that is simply not selling, even if it is a small amount. Don't underestimate the number of companies willing to pony up for a service contract, just so they can reassure their investors/shareholders.
If you think about it makes sense for Oracle to continue developing MySQL, since this is like Nissan and Infiniti where the customer is provided with a high-end product and a low-end product. Oracle gets to offer service for both, recognising that not everyone wants to have to deal with the Oracle database product, either due to cost or needs. At the same time for customers growing past what MySQL is good at, Oracle can then offer them an upgrade path to their premium product.
I have a serious problem with the government spending my tax dollars on rural broadband lines, and then still enabling the dumb cable companies to monopolize and charge whatever they want for internet service.
This makes me think the government works with the policy "built by the government, screwed by the corporations, but at least its not socialism". The thing is that getting a country working for its people may sound like a socialist approach, but heck isn't that the purpose of government? Corporations should be forced to compete with government. If the corporations don't like it, then f*** off, or offer a better service and "let the market decide" - you can't have it both ways (though apparently they can thanks to screwed up policies and lobby groups).
In Canada we had a case which was captured on video of RCMP officers tazering a man to death. While legally it had been recommended to prosecute these officers, this is not going to happen without the cooperation of the RCMP. This is seriously fucked up.
This is where is nice to have companies like rsync.net who have a nice philosphy. Be sure to check out their warrant canary.
The truth is that the larger part of society will be green if it is convenient, whether that means through cost or ease of access. If things like energy efficient TVs are too expensive or too hard to get, or a shoddy for what they provide, then they are going to sit on the shelf. Being environmental needs to be attractive.
I do believe that energy ratings and water consumption should be marked on products, not because we should all be buying the lowest power usage stuff, but because we should have the information to make that choice, if this is something we care about.
I don't mind the environmentalists, since we need some people kicking the governments to do things, but I also believe that a balance needs to be made between the environment and moving forward. You are going to pry my computer from my cold dead hands, but if my next one has less of an impact on the environment, then IMHO that is a good thing.
For me governments should be encouraging companies in either researching environmentally friendly solutions, or encouraging to upgrade to environmentally friendly solutions. This for me would have been the best stimulus plan a government could have put into action, since it provides both immediate jobs and for a product with export potential. For example a company investing in clean coal power stations has the potential to export this to other countries and a company installing this employs people to do so.
I see those Windows commercials, and I just want to say "Well I'm Ken Thompson, and UNIX was my idea."
Now we understand where SCO was coming from.
Having recently read an article in the "New Scientist" as to how Carbon could be the new Silicon, thanks to Nanotechnology, this got me wondering whether Carbon could do the same thing for batteries, so I decided to see what the research status is. From what I can see Zinc-Carbon is the current cheap solution in non-rechargeable batteries (according to Wikipedia), though a few hits turn up Lead-Carbon batteries, with this following article suggesting it could be a "game changer":
http://seekingalpha.com/article/115257-lead-carbon-a-game-changer-for-alternative-energy-storage
As to whether that pans out we will have to see. The advantage of Carbon over Silicon and Lithium is its availability.
Dude, you used an iPhone, that is definitely such a geek thing to do. Because there is nothing else on the planet that could possibly make you a geek more than an iPhone; geeks are cool.
Its now cool to be a geek. We are just too geeky to be allowed to be called geek anymore, those bastards. I am sticking with the 1337 title.
If this is the way Eric feels, then maybe he wouldn't mind people trolling for private information on him and publishing it on the web? His remarks are just asking for people to make a counter point with him being the focus of it.
Define common sense.
The problem with USPTO new proposal is probably going to be more patent applications. People are going to submit two, and then cancel the second one, suddenly giving special status to the other one. If you are a patent troll, then it is worth the risk.
With laws like this I get a very 'Judge Dredd' type image of the future, with the twist that you aren't told what the laws are, so you don't know which laws you are breaking.
Actually what bothers me is if the government is indeed working for the people of their nation, then why so much secrecy, unless we are talking national defence? Has the idiocy of copyright extremism really become a factor of national defence? How long until the big media companies are allowed to have their private armies.
If there was any way to claim a tax subsidy or a grant for using these resources for research, in the context of the educational establishment, then maybe the people running the institutions there would think differently.
The problem I have with all this, is if the person in charge of IT at a school can't make IT related decisions, then there is an issue. At the same time, where should the final authorisation end up? Does it really need to go right to the top?
I would not call the iPhone platform "open" in any sense of the word. The software is proprietary, you have to use Apple's tools, and you can only distribute your application* if Apple gives you the go-ahead.
Sure it is, like half the mobile OSs out there. The difference is that the entry cost to development is far lower and that you aren't bound by an NDA. The former allows small developers to jump in and the latter allows people to share knowledge and thus make it easier for people to develop.
Maybe its time that Nintendo opened up the market to game developers such as those currently targeting the iPhone and the Android platforms. Yes they will loose profits, especially when the DS is still working so well, but maybe forcing them to open up will encourage more innovation?
The only problem is the opt out works according to your subnet address. If your router keeps getting assigned a new address by your provider, then you are so out of luck.
Bush was portrayed as monkey too. Who are we to say it was not a black person who did both? The point I am wanting to make is that we assume all this is always done a person of white color and therefore automatically racist. It may be insulting, but it is only the fear of not being politically correct makes us believe it is racist. If you want an enlightening view on this, watch Russell Peters.
All I am waiting for now is the having the whole lineage of US presidents to have their monkey portraits, so everyone can drop the subject.
That won't be konfusing.
I say that as a KDE user.
There corrected that for you ;)
It all really depends on the bit rate of the MP3, the type of music you are listening to and the equipment you are using to listen to the music with. It also depends if you know what you are listening for. For example between 128Kbps and 192Kbps MP3 I find the former flatter than the latter.
Exactly. The only thing is would it be foreseeable to see two music publishers in the same country selling the same album, with the artist getting a fixed base amount? I know with books it is possible to see classic literature published by multiple companies, in the same country and in the same shop, though this is not something I have yet experienced when it comes with recorded music - well, at least with contemporary music. With classical music you will see music by the same composer published by different companies, but the performing orchestra is not usually the same.
The problem I have seen is a mixture of ISPs which take years to react to anything and suppliers of these devices not taking responsibility and simply blaming it on the ISP. Because of this I would appreciate a role call of ISPs and hardware involved in this, so that we can either avoid them or get them to fix the problem.
Here I was ready to file a business model patent on "Receiving advertising revenue based on news stories that draw the most flames, sometimes resorting to dupes". Somehow I think there might be prior art, but I doubt the patent office would notice ;)