Okay, seriously folks... first of all, the main reason to do it is to maintain viewers. As HDTV sales continue to rise and other broadcasters are offering HD content, another providers LACK of HD content can easily be their demise. Secondly, the cost can't be that horrific... PBS broadcasts in HD. They don't exactly have the same resources as ABC, CBS, NBC or CBC.
Oh Snap! So you're saying it's mostly us world-ignorant Americans that would omit a detail as important as the timezone? Wow, impressive. At any rate, as mentioned above, the assumption is sound becacuse of the target audience. If you are in Japan and see a commercial for Jimmy John Joe Bob Ford Dealership in Georgia (USA), you can assume times advertised are meant for an audience in Georgia (USA) not anywhere else. The same goes for Eve. *sigh*
I wanted to take a moment to voice my opinion regarding your recent comments about Google's tribute to the very fine Joan Miro. Google has a long history of utilizing styles and artwork to depict holidays, important events and to commemorate events and people. This is a tribute in Miro's name, and you, Mr. Feder, have muddied it in an attempt to put an artist above art. This is not only silly, but in my opinion very offensive. It is akin to a flag image on the Fourth of July being considered "a distortion of the original work" and a violation of American "moral rights". What kind of ridiculous world do you live in where this makes sense? Shame on you, Mr. Feder, and your tribunal at ARS, for making such a commitment to insanity.
RTFA my ass... try doing some actual research instead of blindly believing the media. Look at those pieces that it claims were violated. I would say the Google logo is, at worst, a derivative work as defined by laws, but even that is a stretch. There is nothing blatently ripped off at all. So instead of quoting the article, google search the images in question and forumlate your own educated opinion. It makes the world a better place.
While I appreciate the colloquial differences between British English and American English, I would imagine that the English language lends itself to interpretation regardless of your country of origin. There are many casually used phrases and words in the UK that are never used in America... but we can generally still understand what is being said, if for no other reason than context. Just something to think about.
Why would MS do this you ask? The reason is simple. If Microsoft bought out Sony, they would be able to tank the Playstation outright, meaning less competition in that market (as opposed to someone else buying Sony and reinvigorating the PS). Also, it adds a lot of design, development and tech power to an already massive Microsoft. It stands to reason that MS would win big if they purchased Sony.
No, this makes perfect sense, actually. First of all, many keys like this are static keys, like a license file. It's easy enough to back up to a USB key, a CD, another system, a floppy disk. Secondly, if the key then needs a passphrase, well, just choose carefully, and hell, write it down. If you're using this at home, who are you trying to "hide" the key from? If you're a business, the IT department needs to be filled with trusted folk anyway. If you are a business, however, I recommend using a keychain app and encrypting your passphrase locally.
First, to the person who asked why this was on/.... well, because it's NEWS, first of all, and because if the only thing you know about are circuit boards and frames per second, how the hell are the geeks supposed to take over the world someday? It's good to be well rounded my translucent-fleshed friend.
Secondly, it is true that the intelligence community cannot ever be 100% certain it is right or wrong or does, in fact, have all the data. It's never been pushed as a 100% concept that I am aware of. Intelligence is doomed to fail, but not always. Why is this concept difficult for some people to understand?
First of all, how is Cisco competing with anyone in the home entertainment market? Because of Sci-Atlanta and Linksys? Yes, you can play games on the internet via a Linksys router, and watch cable TV via a cable box. These do not make you a player in the home entertainment industry. In fact, Sci-At has been making cable boxes for DECADES, and I never search out their brand over someone elses. Does anyone even CARE who makes a cable box?
As for the purchase of Nintendo... I say fat chance. Aside from the fact that Nintendo is no small company (in Japan, they are still QUITE large) with a LOT of IP to purchase in the deal, I believe the cultural background of Nintendo would prevent them from selling to such a company... or really selling at all unless they were in dire straights.
Honestly, the whole article doesn't really seem to have much base in reality. Can anyone enlighten me if I missed out on something really big?
... that people on/. are becoming ever more dense to reality.
To pick on a few previous posts:
1. It's a DESIGN COMPETITION. Do any of you go to school? Competitions like this don't usually turn into an actual piece of retail equipment. It's DESIGN. Design? Holy crap!
2. The "bookshelf" part has nothing to do with the connectivity. Look at it. The connectivity occurs through the SIDES of the device (most of the gripes here), not through the "trac".
3. Yes, it's been done before. This is a slightly new spin on it. It's DESIGN.
4. There are situations where a design like this would probably prove beneficial. Not every design works for every person in every situation. A clunky biege case next to your receiver under your TV? I don't think so. The nice PVR-style case under your monitor? Who uses desktop cases anymore? A mini-ITX system? That can't run Half-Life 2!!! Not everything works in every place. Get over it.
I conversion brick is 100% silent... they have no fans. And they are generally the size of a thin brick. It's what laptops use... a standard cord plugs into it with a 3-prong plug, then it plugs into your laptop with a round plug. All that brick part is doing is converting AC to DC. Xbox360 uses a very large one as well.
But what about the time period it was painted versus modern facial expressions. Everything else changes, speech, speech patterns, gestures... why would facial expressions not be slightly different now than they were at the time of the painting?
Yes, public opinion can affect business more rapidly than ever. That should be motivation for companies to improve, not for developers to create products to PREVENT public opinion. Man, this world is getting sad, sad, sad!
I believe that 99 cents per song is just about right, since I can pick and choose the songs I want, without paying for the fluff of filler music I don't care for. I'm not a huge Apple customer, but I've always been a fan of what they do. They have always tended to pay more attention to their customers than to their industry partners, and my hat's off to them for that. I'm also impressed with their initial strong stance against changing pricing policies. I hope that Apple continues to move technology forward, even in the fact of the recording industry and their constant attempts to drive technology backwards and fair use into the ground entirely. Huzzah for Apple!
That's sort of a ridiculous way to look at it. I'd imagine that even less users on/. are hitting it with IE. But that is not even national marketshare, little well global. Most website hits take place during business hours and are B2B, people surfing or people checking banking info, buying plane tix, and so on. The majority of businesses still run IE as their browser of choice (or in some cases browser of force).
I don't see how this would be any more or less abusable than the INTERNATIONAL fingerprint database used by INTERPOL and several major countries across the globe. My prints are on file because I am in the military. If there's any arm of the US Government that's going to use things like that for unusual purposes, it's the DoD. I don't care! I agree that the US PATRIOT act is a ridiculous afront to the very freedom our country stands for. It needs to be abolished. The writers of it should be imprisoned for treason in my book. However, a DNA database could be good on SO many levels, that the very little realistic bad that could come from it is, IMHO, far outweighed.
I think this is part of the problem as a whole. Suspicion of theft might be caused by seeing a teen eyeing a candy bar for a while, and walking up and down the same aisle. If another kid is wearing a red tee shirt, and the last kid who stole a candy bar was ALSO wearing a red tee shirt, I don't see that as a reason for suspicion.
What you wear should bear no more cause for concern than, say, the color of your skin or your religion. If the last bombers were brown-skinned, should all brown-skinned people be suspect? Then why does a backpack and a cell phone matter? I look at my cell phone. Often, my wife will text me, I'll text her back and put my phone in my holster, then she'll text me again and I'll have to take it off again. I guess that would be suspicious behavior. Doubly so if I had a backpack. Triply so if I didn't look the police square in the eye. *boggle* Just makes no sense to me.
First of all, so what that the terrorists had backpacks? The next set could have bombs in the soles of their shoes (US Flight that had that happen after 9/11). So anyone with shoes is suspect? The terrorists could've had an egg salad sandwich. All egg salad purchases are suspect? This makes NO sense. How many people go through the Tube each day with a backpack? It can't be that few!
Similiarties do not constitute guilt, and should not constitute suspicion.
You know, factually, that no single hotel in the known universe encodes payment info? Now THAT, my friend, is a lie.
Also, realistically it shouldn't even be encoded with a room number or length of stay. It should be encoded with an end date (last date usable) and a rotating security code used by that door.
How are we going to have such sweeping changes in ten years when we can't even get IPv6 to be the standard in six years (or so)? I really don't see this as even a remotely reasonable thought. *sigh*
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2. Imagine how fast your system would be if you took the memory off the card and installed it on your motherboard, thus eliminating the need for a swap file.
Err... okay, so suppose you have 4GB of RAM already installed. And the board doesn't support more or you can't afford 4x2GB or 4x4GB DIMM modules? How about you put part of your filesystem there... rather than clogging ram with RAM disks. *boggle*
3. Imagine how fast your database server would be with its transaction log installed in a memory file. Hey, throw the tempdb (for SQL Server) on there as well, or since the memory is now just standard memory and won't need a special driver, you can just switch to Linux and use a real database.
Imagine how fast you db server would be with your DIMM slots filled with memory and being used for processing data as it moves through the system, and using solid state storage for temp files and xaction logs. Oh wait, that's what the other guy said... still makes more sense. Oh, and you don't need a special driver for the card... it's recognized by the system as SATA... *boggle* RTFM! RTFA! RTFC! Just read man!
Hmmm, my ass appears to have no speech leaving it. Odd!
Yes, CLIs ARE better for some things. I completely agree. So where does an interface change step over the magic line from "improvement" to "newfangled"? And yes, your argument regarding keyboards and mice are true, but I'm not sure how CSS/js-based buttons that make things look nice and allow for customization of a webpage is a "totally new an [sic] incomprehensible thing". It's a button. You click it. Same as every other web button.
Also, I wasn't "so sure" this time. I asked a question. That denotes a lack of certainty.
Is Windows 3.1 and MacOS X the same interface? Actually, MacOS X IS a different interface than MacOS 6.x.x. The nice little bar at the bottom that allows you to rotate through running applications. That's an interface. That's also new.
Technically, by your view point, Windows is no different than DOS. Ever use a program called EDIT.EXE? It has scroll boxes and menus and though it does not, other DOS programs has buttons as well. Midnight Commander even had icons in DOS. So I guess there hasn't been a new interface since the dawn of computing. How strange.
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Okay, seriously folks... first of all, the main reason to do it is to maintain viewers. As HDTV sales continue to rise and other broadcasters are offering HD content, another providers LACK of HD content can easily be their demise. Secondly, the cost can't be that horrific... PBS broadcasts in HD. They don't exactly have the same resources as ABC, CBS, NBC or CBC.
Oh Snap! So you're saying it's mostly us world-ignorant Americans that would omit a detail as important as the timezone? Wow, impressive. At any rate, as mentioned above, the assumption is sound becacuse of the target audience. If you are in Japan and see a commercial for Jimmy John Joe Bob Ford Dealership in Georgia (USA), you can assume times advertised are meant for an audience in Georgia (USA) not anywhere else. The same goes for Eve. *sigh*
Mr. Feder-
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I wanted to take a moment to voice my opinion regarding your recent
comments about Google's tribute to the very fine Joan Miro. Google has a
long history of utilizing styles and artwork to depict holidays, important
events and to commemorate events and people. This is a tribute in Miro's
name, and you, Mr. Feder, have muddied it in an attempt to put an artist
above art. This is not only silly, but in my opinion very offensive. It
is akin to a flag image on the Fourth of July being considered "a
distortion of the original work" and a violation of American "moral
rights". What kind of ridiculous world do you live in where this makes
sense? Shame on you, Mr. Feder, and your tribunal at ARS, for making such
a commitment to insanity.
Sincerely,
RTFA my ass... try doing some actual research instead of blindly believing the media. Look at those pieces that it claims were violated. I would say the Google logo is, at worst, a derivative work as defined by laws, but even that is a stretch. There is nothing blatently ripped off at all. So instead of quoting the article, google search the images in question and forumlate your own educated opinion. It makes the world a better place.
While I appreciate the colloquial differences between British English and American English, I would imagine that the English language lends itself to interpretation regardless of your country of origin. There are many casually used phrases and words in the UK that are never used in America... but we can generally still understand what is being said, if for no other reason than context. Just something to think about.
Why would MS do this you ask? The reason is simple. If Microsoft bought out Sony, they would be able to tank the Playstation outright, meaning less competition in that market (as opposed to someone else buying Sony and reinvigorating the PS). Also, it adds a lot of design, development and tech power to an already massive Microsoft. It stands to reason that MS would win big if they purchased Sony.
No, this makes perfect sense, actually. First of all, many keys like this are static keys, like a license file. It's easy enough to back up to a USB key, a CD, another system, a floppy disk. Secondly, if the key then needs a passphrase, well, just choose carefully, and hell, write it down. If you're using this at home, who are you trying to "hide" the key from? If you're a business, the IT department needs to be filled with trusted folk anyway. If you are a business, however, I recommend using a keychain app and encrypting your passphrase locally.
First, to the person who asked why this was on /. ... well, because it's NEWS, first of all, and because if the only thing you know about are circuit boards and frames per second, how the hell are the geeks supposed to take over the world someday? It's good to be well rounded my translucent-fleshed friend.
Secondly, it is true that the intelligence community cannot ever be 100% certain it is right or wrong or does, in fact, have all the data. It's never been pushed as a 100% concept that I am aware of. Intelligence is doomed to fail, but not always. Why is this concept difficult for some people to understand?
First of all, how is Cisco competing with anyone in the home entertainment market? Because of Sci-Atlanta and Linksys? Yes, you can play games on the internet via a Linksys router, and watch cable TV via a cable box. These do not make you a player in the home entertainment industry. In fact, Sci-At has been making cable boxes for DECADES, and I never search out their brand over someone elses. Does anyone even CARE who makes a cable box?
As for the purchase of Nintendo... I say fat chance. Aside from the fact that Nintendo is no small company (in Japan, they are still QUITE large) with a LOT of IP to purchase in the deal, I believe the cultural background of Nintendo would prevent them from selling to such a company... or really selling at all unless they were in dire straights.
Honestly, the whole article doesn't really seem to have much base in reality. Can anyone enlighten me if I missed out on something really big?
... that people on /. are becoming ever more dense to reality.
To pick on a few previous posts:
1. It's a DESIGN COMPETITION. Do any of you go to school? Competitions like this don't usually turn into an actual piece of retail equipment. It's DESIGN. Design? Holy crap!
2. The "bookshelf" part has nothing to do with the connectivity. Look at it. The connectivity occurs through the SIDES of the device (most of the gripes here), not through the "trac".
3. Yes, it's been done before. This is a slightly new spin on it. It's DESIGN.
4. There are situations where a design like this would probably prove beneficial. Not every design works for every person in every situation. A clunky biege case next to your receiver under your TV? I don't think so. The nice PVR-style case under your monitor? Who uses desktop cases anymore? A mini-ITX system? That can't run Half-Life 2!!! Not everything works in every place. Get over it.
I conversion brick is 100% silent... they have no fans. And they are generally the size of a thin brick. It's what laptops use... a standard cord plugs into it with a 3-prong plug, then it plugs into your laptop with a round plug. All that brick part is doing is converting AC to DC. Xbox360 uses a very large one as well.
But what about the time period it was painted versus modern facial expressions. Everything else changes, speech, speech patterns, gestures... why would facial expressions not be slightly different now than they were at the time of the painting?
The value of an opinion or comment varies greatly from recipient to recipient.
Yes, public opinion can affect business more rapidly than ever. That should be motivation for companies to improve, not for developers to create products to PREVENT public opinion. Man, this world is getting sad, sad, sad!
Didn't we learn anything after Cyrix?
I believe that 99 cents per song is just about right, since I can pick and choose the songs I want, without paying for the fluff of filler music I don't care for. I'm not a huge Apple customer, but I've always been a fan of what they do. They have always tended to pay more attention to their customers than to their industry partners, and my hat's off to them for that. I'm also impressed with their initial strong stance against changing pricing policies. I hope that Apple continues to move technology forward, even in the fact of the recording industry and their constant attempts to drive technology backwards and fair use into the ground entirely. Huzzah for Apple!
That's sort of a ridiculous way to look at it. I'd imagine that even less users on /. are hitting it with IE. But that is not even national marketshare, little well global. Most website hits take place during business hours and are B2B, people surfing or people checking banking info, buying plane tix, and so on. The majority of businesses still run IE as their browser of choice (or in some cases browser of force).
I don't see how this would be any more or less abusable than the INTERNATIONAL fingerprint database used by INTERPOL and several major countries across the globe. My prints are on file because I am in the military. If there's any arm of the US Government that's going to use things like that for unusual purposes, it's the DoD. I don't care! I agree that the US PATRIOT act is a ridiculous afront to the very freedom our country stands for. It needs to be abolished. The writers of it should be imprisoned for treason in my book. However, a DNA database could be good on SO many levels, that the very little realistic bad that could come from it is, IMHO, far outweighed.
I think this is part of the problem as a whole. Suspicion of theft might be caused by seeing a teen eyeing a candy bar for a while, and walking up and down the same aisle. If another kid is wearing a red tee shirt, and the last kid who stole a candy bar was ALSO wearing a red tee shirt, I don't see that as a reason for suspicion.
What you wear should bear no more cause for concern than, say, the color of your skin or your religion. If the last bombers were brown-skinned, should all brown-skinned people be suspect? Then why does a backpack and a cell phone matter? I look at my cell phone. Often, my wife will text me, I'll text her back and put my phone in my holster, then she'll text me again and I'll have to take it off again. I guess that would be suspicious behavior. Doubly so if I had a backpack. Triply so if I didn't look the police square in the eye. *boggle* Just makes no sense to me.
Are you people really serious?
First of all, so what that the terrorists had backpacks? The next set could have bombs in the soles of their shoes (US Flight that had that happen after 9/11). So anyone with shoes is suspect? The terrorists could've had an egg salad sandwich. All egg salad purchases are suspect? This makes NO sense. How many people go through the Tube each day with a backpack? It can't be that few!
Similiarties do not constitute guilt, and should not constitute suspicion.
You know, factually, that no single hotel in the known universe encodes payment info? Now THAT, my friend, is a lie.
Also, realistically it shouldn't even be encoded with a room number or length of stay. It should be encoded with an end date (last date usable) and a rotating security code used by that door.
How are we going to have such sweeping changes in ten years when we can't even get IPv6 to be the standard in six years (or so)? I really don't see this as even a remotely reasonable thought. *sigh*
by Oompa Loompa's, of course!
Err... okay, so suppose you have 4GB of RAM already installed. And the board doesn't support more or you can't afford 4x2GB or 4x4GB DIMM modules? How about you put part of your filesystem there... rather than clogging ram with RAM disks. *boggle*
Imagine how fast you db server would be with your DIMM slots filled with memory and being used for processing data as it moves through the system, and using solid state storage for temp files and xaction logs. Oh wait, that's what the other guy said... still makes more sense. Oh, and you don't need a special driver for the card... it's recognized by the system as SATA... *boggle* RTFM! RTFA! RTFC! Just read man!
Hmmm, my ass appears to have no speech leaving it. Odd!
Yes, CLIs ARE better for some things. I completely agree. So where does an interface change step over the magic line from "improvement" to "newfangled"? And yes, your argument regarding keyboards and mice are true, but I'm not sure how CSS/js-based buttons that make things look nice and allow for customization of a webpage is a "totally new an [sic] incomprehensible thing". It's a button. You click it. Same as every other web button.
Also, I wasn't "so sure" this time. I asked a question. That denotes a lack of certainty.
Is Windows 3.1 and MacOS X the same interface? Actually, MacOS X IS a different interface than MacOS 6.x.x. The nice little bar at the bottom that allows you to rotate through running applications. That's an interface. That's also new.
Technically, by your view point, Windows is no different than DOS. Ever use a program called EDIT.EXE? It has scroll boxes and menus and though it does not, other DOS programs has buttons as well. Midnight Commander even had icons in DOS. So I guess there hasn't been a new interface since the dawn of computing. How strange.
"Way to talk out your ass." indeed!