Maybe your goal is to maintain OS as the elitist club that it currently is, but many people (myself included) feel that it should be opened up to a wider audience.
And maybe there's grey in this black and white world. Maybe he feels that while it would be great to make open source software more accessible to everyone, there's no reason that this has to be the goal of everyone. Just because ease of adoption isn't your #1 priority doesn't mean your against open source being adopted. It just means that there are more important goals to be obtained in that person's point of view. Nothing wrong with that. We can't all focus on one goal, or too many other goals will be neglected.
It's not $0. It's the cost of the recording itself. While on a different scale than the lemon (each lemon costs something to make, where as the recording's cost doesn't increase with each copy passed along), it's still a cost. And we're gonna have to have a balance somewhere.
Maybe they'll have to find a cost that both consumers and bands can agree on to prove that the recording is worth it. Maybe recordings will go by the wayside completely. Maybe recordings will only be done during live shows. Maybe recordings will be done at lower costs (and probably lower production standards as a result) to be used as promos, instead of something to sell.
No matter what, if the bands can't find a way to recoup the costs of recording the music, they won't record.
It's only because the movies have to be released at under 3 hours. Not Peter Jackson's idea. So he's gotta figure out what to cut to get it down to that magic 3 hours. I don't think it's anything against Christopher Lee...it's just something he has to do to get the movie out.
Enjoy the extended version...it's the version Jackson cut. The 3 hour ones are what New Line cut. I'll take Jackson's version any day of the week.
WARNING: I havn't played single player yet. So I'm not going to comment on that.
Now, having said that, multiplayer is great. The new battle modes are fun...having the 2 characters per kart is a nice addition. Everyone sitting around playing this game is a total blast.
This game is all about the multiplayer. Heck, while the single player mode was fun in MK64, multiplayer was the reason it stayed in my N64. And the same will be for DD.
I wasn't going to purchase this game at all a couple of months ago...but then I picked up Soul Calibur 2 and my friends started playing against me. Now I have 4 controllers and we're gonna lose a lot of time playing this.
If you've got buddies you play with, pick the game up. You'll enjoy it. Especially if you can gain access to a video projector at your local university's 2000 seat theater. *cough*
Tools for music production are becoming cheaper and easier to use. The entry level for producing your own music is moving closer to the point of being able to do this yourself.
Of course, if a band can find someone that's better at production than they are at a price they can afford, then of course they'll go that direction. But as it's getting closer to the point where everyone can do a job that's good enough, it's not going to matter as much anymore.
Times change, and the way bands make money change. If bands are not going to be able to make as much money off of recordings and will be more dependant on live performance, etc, then studio production people will be out of a job (or will have to move twords live sound production). That's life. That's change. And that's what the guy was talking about.
I think you're right, but it does bring up the question "How do you find the good stuff?" With so much being published these days, it takes more effort to weed through it to find what's interesting to you.
Same with music. The increase in the number of bands out there seriously trying to make it, compounded by less diversity on the radio, makes it harder to find new bands that are doing stuff that you're interested in. I used to be able to use what was on the radio to not only directly find new bands, but to also jump off into new directions to find bands that might not be on the radio. Of course that kind of exploration can still be done today, it just takes more time to do so. Time that just isn't there (for me at least). More content out there to weed through, less time to do so.
So yeah, I state the problem and then don't offer up a solution. But what is the solution? Is it just finding several critics that seem to enjoy the same content that you do? Or is there another solution that just hasn't come to fruition yet?
His concern was not the wheelchair losing power at any old random time...he was concerned of it losing power while it was balancing on only 2 wheels, causing it to topple over and throwing the user into the ground. Valid concern, though I seriously doubt it would have gained FDA approval without having failsafes preventing that from happening.
I have a co-worker that is blind, and his biggest problem is getting lost. If the wrong key is pressed on accident, it sometimes takes several keypresses before he realizes that he's in the wrong spot and then has to figure out his way back to square one (and hope nothing has been messed up). Having everything said aloud would give him the ability to navigate as anyone else would have.
Basically this guy wants JAWS for his mother's cellphone. Which would be really usefull should anyone ever put something out like this.
While I don't have an answer for your exact question, I do have an alternative that might be an option. The Alva MPO is a phone/pda for the blind. You can navigate through it by either audio (JAWS like application) or through it's braille display. Takes input through an 8-key braille keyboard. I believe it is a WinCE device, though I'm not sure what version it is running.
Again, this is just a tad bit overkill if all she needs is a phone. However, if she's looking for something more than a phone, this might be an option.
Yes, but this is a way to better help people remember that random string of characters. This way they can remember the random characters in a way that's meaningful to them, instead of having a memory test of trying to learn a long set of random characters. I couldn't imagine being able to memorize a 20-character random string without putting a lot of work into it...but I could see using this inkblot method to quickly and effectivly learn a 20-character password. Besides, I could definately see some of my co-workers that have a horrible time remembering passwords learning this system and actually using it properly.
Dennis Forgue, a rare currency dealer and anti-counterfeiting expert, said in an earlier interview with CNN/Money that many international counterfeiters bleach the surface of small American bills and digitally print the face of a larger bill over them, even though the watermark and security strip remain the same.
"Unless there's some sort of penetrating ink, the new bills won't fix that problem," he said.
Well, let's go the whole nine yards then. Atlantic coast should be abandonded because of hurricanes (which do a ton more damage than a tornado could dream about), California and other areas with the potential for earthquakes, and then every low-lying area in the nation that could potentially be flooded. Also anyplace that could get a major ice storm, hail damage, wind strong enough to blow trees over...hmmm, what am I forgetting?
The bigshots at Honda's world headquarters in Japan, when shown Cog for the first time, replied that yes, it was very clever, and how impressive trick photography was these days. When told that it was all real, they were astonished.
I think this is why they did it for real. Yes, it would have been much easier just to do it with computers, but the entire coolness factor would be gone. The fact that it's one muffler short of being 100% real is what makes this commercial great.
I keep switching stations, and I'm tired of hearing about "6 Americans and 1 Israeli". 7 people were in that shuttle. It's frustrating that the media can't let go of war sensationalism even now, at a time like this.
And if it had been 4 Americans, 2 Russians, and 1 Canadian, the news agencies would be reporting about "4 Americans, 2 Russians, and 1 Canadian." They ALWAYS report the nationality of someone during any tragedy...that's just par for the course. Don't read anything into the news agencies reporting the facts.
And this, right here, is why its going to be a hard, uphill battle for Linux on the desktop...
Does it matter? I thought that most programs were written for Linux because someone wanted to do something that either wasn't possible before, or was a pain in the ass to do before...not to try and advance Linux in whatever use.
Yeah, Linux on the desktop has many stages left to go before it's ready for grandma...but who cares? If people are bothered by some of the clunkyness enough to write something better or make changes to an existing program, great. If not, who cares. Linux will still be here for those of us that want to use it to use.
If that bothers you, then great...go write code. And if you don't want to do that, try another OS. You'll eventually find something that works for you.
Well, do you just put up a firewall and then assume that everything on your network is secure? Of course not. Do you just have an alarm system on your business and not lock your doors. No. Why then should we just have one line of defense?
I agree we need the law to state that going through trash is illegal, but that's not going to stop people from stealing your credit card numbers (cause, hey, that's illegal too) or other stuff. Cover all your bases if you really care about your security.
I would think that protecting the kids would be a parental/educational issue. While I don't agree with any of these statements, wouldn't it be better for the kids to hear them and sort out the truth in their mind with guidance, rather than be kept away from them? That tends to give these items even more fuel. (Here's what the government doesn't want you to hear!! This is the REAL story!!!)
Kids are rational...if you show them all sides and show them why the one view is the truth (in a case like this), they'll understand. Besides, this isn't keeping any of these groups down, is it?? It's just pushing them underground, where's it's a lot harder to monitor what they're doing.
I was in your boat until my hard drive went down on my main machine (IBM Deathstar...the last one I bought right before the big uproar about their issues came about...hehhe...). So I switched from my Debian install to Gentoo on it...and have been very pleased. Used the 1.4rc1 disk to install, and besides a few personal errors, have been very pleased with it.
I'd say next opportunity you get to try it out, give it a shot. You might enjoy it. But like you said, if you're happy with your current setup, don't bother. My other machines are still running their various distros and I really have no reason to swap them out (hell, I'll probably always leave my servers at Debian...especially because of how low mem/CPU power they are).
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In the time that Linux has gone from 0.9 to 2.5, Windows has gone from 3.11 to 2000!
And Linux had a version before 0.9. What the hell's your point?
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Maybe your goal is to maintain OS as the elitist club that it currently is, but many people (myself included) feel that it should be opened up to a wider audience.
And maybe there's grey in this black and white world. Maybe he feels that while it would be great to make open source software more accessible to everyone, there's no reason that this has to be the goal of everyone. Just because ease of adoption isn't your #1 priority doesn't mean your against open source being adopted. It just means that there are more important goals to be obtained in that person's point of view. Nothing wrong with that. We can't all focus on one goal, or too many other goals will be neglected.
It's not $0. It's the cost of the recording itself. While on a different scale than the lemon (each lemon costs something to make, where as the recording's cost doesn't increase with each copy passed along), it's still a cost. And we're gonna have to have a balance somewhere.
Maybe they'll have to find a cost that both consumers and bands can agree on to prove that the recording is worth it. Maybe recordings will go by the wayside completely. Maybe recordings will only be done during live shows. Maybe recordings will be done at lower costs (and probably lower production standards as a result) to be used as promos, instead of something to sell.
No matter what, if the bands can't find a way to recoup the costs of recording the music, they won't record.
It's only because the movies have to be released at under 3 hours. Not Peter Jackson's idea. So he's gotta figure out what to cut to get it down to that magic 3 hours. I don't think it's anything against Christopher Lee...it's just something he has to do to get the movie out.
Enjoy the extended version...it's the version Jackson cut. The 3 hour ones are what New Line cut. I'll take Jackson's version any day of the week.
WARNING: I havn't played single player yet. So I'm not going to comment on that.
Now, having said that, multiplayer is great. The new battle modes are fun...having the 2 characters per kart is a nice addition. Everyone sitting around playing this game is a total blast.
This game is all about the multiplayer. Heck, while the single player mode was fun in MK64, multiplayer was the reason it stayed in my N64. And the same will be for DD.
I wasn't going to purchase this game at all a couple of months ago...but then I picked up Soul Calibur 2 and my friends started playing against me. Now I have 4 controllers and we're gonna lose a lot of time playing this.
If you've got buddies you play with, pick the game up. You'll enjoy it. Especially if you can gain access to a video projector at your local university's 2000 seat theater. *cough*
Will the rovers be able to communicate with NASA when Mars has rotated so that the planet is between the rovers and Earth?
Oh man, me without my mod points. You made my day with that comment. *grin*
But he IS talking about the same thing.
Tools for music production are becoming cheaper and easier to use. The entry level for producing your own music is moving closer to the point of being able to do this yourself.
Of course, if a band can find someone that's better at production than they are at a price they can afford, then of course they'll go that direction. But as it's getting closer to the point where everyone can do a job that's good enough, it's not going to matter as much anymore.
Times change, and the way bands make money change. If bands are not going to be able to make as much money off of recordings and will be more dependant on live performance, etc, then studio production people will be out of a job (or will have to move twords live sound production). That's life. That's change. And that's what the guy was talking about.
I think he's referring to the fact that a lot of pop artists don't actually write the songs they perform.
Your current location, for starters.
Thanks for the laugh. Needed it.
I think you're right, but it does bring up the question "How do you find the good stuff?" With so much being published these days, it takes more effort to weed through it to find what's interesting to you.
Same with music. The increase in the number of bands out there seriously trying to make it, compounded by less diversity on the radio, makes it harder to find new bands that are doing stuff that you're interested in. I used to be able to use what was on the radio to not only directly find new bands, but to also jump off into new directions to find bands that might not be on the radio. Of course that kind of exploration can still be done today, it just takes more time to do so. Time that just isn't there (for me at least). More content out there to weed through, less time to do so.
So yeah, I state the problem and then don't offer up a solution. But what is the solution? Is it just finding several critics that seem to enjoy the same content that you do? Or is there another solution that just hasn't come to fruition yet?
Obviously you didn't read the previous post.
His concern was not the wheelchair losing power at any old random time...he was concerned of it losing power while it was balancing on only 2 wheels, causing it to topple over and throwing the user into the ground. Valid concern, though I seriously doubt it would have gained FDA approval without having failsafes preventing that from happening.
I have a co-worker that is blind, and his biggest problem is getting lost. If the wrong key is pressed on accident, it sometimes takes several keypresses before he realizes that he's in the wrong spot and then has to figure out his way back to square one (and hope nothing has been messed up). Having everything said aloud would give him the ability to navigate as anyone else would have.
Basically this guy wants JAWS for his mother's cellphone. Which would be really usefull should anyone ever put something out like this.
While I don't have an answer for your exact question, I do have an alternative that might be an option. The Alva MPO is a phone/pda for the blind. You can navigate through it by either audio (JAWS like application) or through it's braille display. Takes input through an 8-key braille keyboard. I believe it is a WinCE device, though I'm not sure what version it is running.
Again, this is just a tad bit overkill if all she needs is a phone. However, if she's looking for something more than a phone, this might be an option.
Yes, but this is a way to better help people remember that random string of characters. This way they can remember the random characters in a way that's meaningful to them, instead of having a memory test of trying to learn a long set of random characters. I couldn't imagine being able to memorize a 20-character random string without putting a lot of work into it...but I could see using this inkblot method to quickly and effectivly learn a 20-character password. Besides, I could definately see some of my co-workers that have a horrible time remembering passwords learning this system and actually using it properly.
Well, let's go the whole nine yards then. Atlantic coast should be abandonded because of hurricanes (which do a ton more damage than a tornado could dream about), California and other areas with the potential for earthquakes, and then every low-lying area in the nation that could potentially be flooded. Also anyplace that could get a major ice storm, hail damage, wind strong enough to blow trees over...hmmm, what am I forgetting?
Whoever modded the above funny, you get a sticker. *grin*
I keep switching stations, and I'm tired of hearing about "6 Americans and 1 Israeli". 7 people were in that shuttle. It's frustrating that the media can't let go of war sensationalism even now, at a time like this.
And if it had been 4 Americans, 2 Russians, and 1 Canadian, the news agencies would be reporting about "4 Americans, 2 Russians, and 1 Canadian." They ALWAYS report the nationality of someone during any tragedy...that's just par for the course. Don't read anything into the news agencies reporting the facts.
And this, right here, is why its going to be a hard, uphill battle for Linux on the desktop...
Does it matter? I thought that most programs were written for Linux because someone wanted to do something that either wasn't possible before, or was a pain in the ass to do before...not to try and advance Linux in whatever use.
Yeah, Linux on the desktop has many stages left to go before it's ready for grandma...but who cares? If people are bothered by some of the clunkyness enough to write something better or make changes to an existing program, great. If not, who cares. Linux will still be here for those of us that want to use it to use.
If that bothers you, then great...go write code. And if you don't want to do that, try another OS. You'll eventually find something that works for you.
Well, do you just put up a firewall and then assume that everything on your network is secure? Of course not. Do you just have an alarm system on your business and not lock your doors. No. Why then should we just have one line of defense?
I agree we need the law to state that going through trash is illegal, but that's not going to stop people from stealing your credit card numbers (cause, hey, that's illegal too) or other stuff. Cover all your bases if you really care about your security.
He didn't talk to end users because they had already been interviewed in the first article.
I would think that protecting the kids would be a parental/educational issue. While I don't agree with any of these statements, wouldn't it be better for the kids to hear them and sort out the truth in their mind with guidance, rather than be kept away from them? That tends to give these items even more fuel. (Here's what the government doesn't want you to hear!! This is the REAL story!!!)
Kids are rational...if you show them all sides and show them why the one view is the truth (in a case like this), they'll understand. Besides, this isn't keeping any of these groups down, is it?? It's just pushing them underground, where's it's a lot harder to monitor what they're doing.
I was in your boat until my hard drive went down on my main machine (IBM Deathstar...the last one I bought right before the big uproar about their issues came about...hehhe...). So I switched from my Debian install to Gentoo on it...and have been very pleased. Used the 1.4rc1 disk to install, and besides a few personal errors, have been very pleased with it.
I'd say next opportunity you get to try it out, give it a shot. You might enjoy it. But like you said, if you're happy with your current setup, don't bother. My other machines are still running their various distros and I really have no reason to swap them out (hell, I'll probably always leave my servers at Debian...especially because of how low mem/CPU power they are).
In the time that Linux has gone from 0.9 to 2.5, Windows has gone from 3.11 to 2000!
And Linux had a version before 0.9. What the hell's your point?