Electronic Arts used to ship games and applications in folding boxes that looked just like (vinyl) album boxes circa 1986.
I still have boxes from great games like Starflight and PHM Pegasus. I remember as a 7 year old staring at the beautiful artwork and large photographs on these boxes; they really gave personality and depth to those games.
They stopped shipping software in that packaging around 1988-89 becuase 10 or 20 3.5" disks fit poorly.
And make sure you like it. If you do, you should be a consultant or work for a company with a strong technology track.
Otherwise look at management as an opportunity to grow and have a larger impact on things. A great manager can have a massive impact on the work and lives of the people around him/her.
Keep in mind too that you may be sick of staying up to date with technology ten years from now, when Perl will be a distant memory like Forth and Token Ring.
The problem that I see is that oddball US foreign policy has created some horrendous conflict across the globe.
Korea and Vietnam were conflicts created out of the ashes of dysfunctional policy on our (USA) part. Post WW-II foreign policy consisted of coercion by threat of nuclear annhiliation. Once the Reds had obtained the bomb, we created an atmosphere of intense competition to protect the world from Communist domination with the threat of nuclear armeggedon.
When I was a little brat, I dropped my trusty, 40 pound IBM XT down the stairs by accident. Amazingly, everything was ok, even the 10MB, 4 inch high hard disk.
It's been sitting in my parents garage for over 10 years. We fired it up this weekend and played commander keen and starflight.
Why do I really dislike Rambus? Well, a company that uses questionable benchmarks to prove that their product is better than others, a company that tries to wipe away benchmark data that show the opposite as 'inappropriate' and a company that is trying to buy its forced entry into the market with those kind of tactics is a company that I will never ever trust.
One would think that after Tom posted "Voodoo is dead forever" last year next to a paid Nvidia ad on his website, while extolling how his website is "unbiased" nobody would pay attention to this loudmouth hypocrite anymore.
As for the $160 million dollar deal, I do not see what is wrong with it. Companies give incentives to each other all the time, and holding equity in other firms is a great way to cement relationships between companies. Intel takes in $37.4 BILLION dollars in sales every year, and owns major stakes in dozens of high tech companies.
I do not see what is predatory or wrong with this.
Napster is a prominent symbol of a blatant abuse of the current law, hence the constant attention paid toward it.
Like calling a frisbe a frisbe vs. a disc.
RIAA will win in the end because everyone focuses on how ridiculous RIAA's actions are, rather than the LAW which empowers RIAA to do what they do. I am not an attorney, and I do not play one on TV; but it apppears to me that there are some big problems with current copyright law that need to be debated here.
Forget about RIAA, they are simply acting to protect interests granted to them by the government. The law is what we should be looking at.
Listening to you people drone on about how Napster does not affect cd sales is sickening! Until they imposed a bandwidth cap, Napster was using 60% of my University's considerable bandwidth. That is equivilent to one hell of alot of CD's.
Nobody who has access to broadband internet access buys CD's anymore. Between Napster, Gnutella, and the Network Neighborhood on campus every piece of music you cold possibly listen to is available, FREE.
The reason why RIAA is going apeshit over Napster and similar services is that they are losing a fortune! You may agree or disagree with RIAA's position or the mafia-like way that they do business; to say that Napster and services like it do not affect CD sales is deluding yourself!
Would you really want a webpad that is 1/4 inch thick?
I would prefer something from 1/2 to a little over an inch. Think about it. Do you really want a fragile, expensive lcd screen to be thin and flexible?
The IA64 is not a breakthrough chips. There exist numerous other 64-bit risc chips already, with comparable performance (ultrasparc, soon new version, alpha, power). Also the IA64 is not fully backwards compatible with IA32 (finally), that is current IA32 binaries may run on it but at strongly reduced speed AFAIK (for those, upgrading to IA64 wouldn't make sense).
IA64 is a big deal. Intel gets better yields than any other chip company. They will ship massive quantities of IA-64's and price Alpha's and SPARC's out of the market.
IA-64's can beat out competitors than same way previous Intel/MS combinations sent Apple to 15% market share. Gaggles of vendors (including Compaq) hocking IA-64 based machines will put Sun and Alpha out to pasture. If you look at the history of the computer industry you will see that technological supieriority does not equal market dominance.
I have a PCS phone, and usually have a bill around $50 - $75. The various governments here in New York (Albany County, Albany 911, New York, Federal Gov't, Saratoga County) feel the need to tax me between $7 and $12 per month as well.
15% taxes is quite steep. Until the government gets their mitts off of wireless technology, I think the technology will remain out of reach for many people.
But of course, digital data would seem not to have this particular trait. Take the RIAA at face value: If broadband becomes common and digital copying truly widespread, then would anyone pay for, say, a Metallica CD? The RIAA says No, and I suppose I might agree with them. But that means that, say, Metallica CDs have no intrinsic value in the digital world.. that, naturally, they fall to zero value and are not property.
In a broadband digital world, the barriers that surround information drop. The cost of manufacturing and distributing music or data drops to near zero. If I leave my keys in my unlocked car, it does not become public property. Nor should it be legal to copy a Metallica CD, just because I can get it on Napster easily.
The only problem I have is that by 'freeing' information, you are putting the creator of that information at a disadvantage against larger or quicker competitors. That is the whole purpose of the patent concept. If you write a book, should anyone be able to print and distribute it? If yes, why write it?
The only problem I have with this debate over copyright and intellecual property is this: if I or anyone else develops a product, technology or piece of art I should be able to control it.
What if the XYZ Corp develops a great new technology, or whatever and decides that they should make a handsome profit. When organized groups of people (eg. Napster, Gnutella) are pirating the XYZ Corp's work, that is theft.
Whether or not you believe that "information should be free" that is not an issue, we live in a capitalist society and both individuals and business entities own their ideas.
The question is, how do we decide when companies or people are behaving in a predatory manner with intellectual property or business practices? I believe that Microsoft and the Music Cartels are predators; how do you formulate in law ways to deal with such organizations while protecting copyright protection?
I think the congress is asking that question, and cannot decide how to do such a thing. As citizens we need to stand up and find a way to deal with this mess. We are already losing our right to keep and bear arms, are freedom to speak and think we be under attack next!
I go to the University at Albany, SUNY. One of my friend's professors was going through his mail in class and noticed several ILOVEYOU's from the Senior Administrative types, including the president of the University. I'm glad that someone that intelligent is running a university.
That is very true. The CPU market is not going to be the cash cow three years from now that it is today. As speeds increase, the cost of CPUs will hit the floor, since many applications do not require any more speed than what they have today.
Intel is attempting to counter this by investing in new technologies. They have expanded their presence in the communications and embedded chip market and have acquired a number of companies.
As far as design flaws go, they happen every once in awhile. Intel has one of the best manufacturing operations on the planet and get great yields with most all of their products.
The current batch of coppermine P3's are a stopgap for the next generation of CPU's anyway. This issue is not going to be very important in the grand scheme of things.
I think it would be really 3l33t to put together a bunch of G4/450 Apple ][ hacks and turn them into a beowulf cluster. You could then use your m4d sk33lZ to mount the cluster in your 500hp Ugo for a m4d kewl mp3 player.
High energy costs in Europe are largely caused by the excessive taxation of said energy. European nations need those taxes to pay for the cradle-to-grave benefits that they 'give' to their citizens.
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I hate to sound like a troll... But isn't Perl powerful and easy to use???? Or is it okay to be dangerous, as long as you are open source?
Electronic Arts used to ship games and applications in folding boxes that looked just like (vinyl) album boxes circa 1986.
I still have boxes from great games like Starflight and PHM Pegasus. I remember as a 7 year old staring at the beautiful artwork and large photographs on these boxes; they really gave personality and depth to those games.
They stopped shipping software in that packaging around 1988-89 becuase 10 or 20 3.5" disks fit poorly.
And make sure you like it. If you do, you should be a consultant or work for a company with a strong technology track.
Otherwise look at management as an opportunity to grow and have a larger impact on things. A great manager can have a massive impact on the work and lives of the people around him/her.
Keep in mind too that you may be sick of staying up to date with technology ten years from now, when Perl will be a distant memory like Forth and Token Ring.
The impression I received from what I read was that the "originating server" in the server sitting in Sealand, not in the US.
Why would "thebarbies" appeal to women if not for Barbie dools?
Fact is you are violating their copyright. If you disagree with the copyright concept, too bad, it's the law.
The problem that I see is that oddball US foreign policy has created some horrendous conflict across the globe.
Korea and Vietnam were conflicts created out of the ashes of dysfunctional policy on our (USA) part. Post WW-II foreign policy consisted of coercion by threat of nuclear annhiliation. Once the Reds had obtained the bomb, we created an atmosphere of intense competition to protect the world from Communist domination with the threat of nuclear armeggedon.
When I was a little brat, I dropped my trusty, 40 pound IBM XT down the stairs by accident. Amazingly, everything was ok, even the 10MB, 4 inch high hard disk.
It's been sitting in my parents garage for over 10 years. We fired it up this weekend and played commander keen and starflight.
They dont make em like they used to.
One would think that after Tom posted "Voodoo is dead forever" last year next to a paid Nvidia ad on his website, while extolling how his website is "unbiased" nobody would pay attention to this loudmouth hypocrite anymore.
As for the $160 million dollar deal, I do not see what is wrong with it. Companies give incentives to each other all the time, and holding equity in other firms is a great way to cement relationships between companies. Intel takes in $37.4 BILLION dollars in sales every year, and owns major stakes in dozens of high tech companies.
I do not see what is predatory or wrong with this.
Napster is a prominent symbol of a blatant abuse of the current law, hence the constant attention paid toward it.
Like calling a frisbe a frisbe vs. a disc.
RIAA will win in the end because everyone focuses on how ridiculous RIAA's actions are, rather than the LAW which empowers RIAA to do what they do. I am not an attorney, and I do not play one on TV; but it apppears to me that there are some big problems with current copyright law that need to be debated here.
Forget about RIAA, they are simply acting to protect interests granted to them by the government. The law is what we should be looking at.
Listening to you people drone on about how Napster does not affect cd sales is sickening! Until they imposed a bandwidth cap, Napster was using 60% of my University's considerable bandwidth. That is equivilent to one hell of alot of CD's.
Nobody who has access to broadband internet access buys CD's anymore. Between Napster, Gnutella, and the Network Neighborhood on campus every piece of music you cold possibly listen to is available, FREE.
The reason why RIAA is going apeshit over Napster and similar services is that they are losing a fortune! You may agree or disagree with RIAA's position or the mafia-like way that they do business; to say that Napster and services like it do not affect CD sales is deluding yourself!
Would you really want a webpad that is 1/4 inch thick?
I would prefer something from 1/2 to a little over an inch. Think about it. Do you really want a fragile, expensive lcd screen to be thin and flexible?
IA64 is a big deal. Intel gets better yields than any other chip company. They will ship massive quantities of IA-64's and price Alpha's and SPARC's out of the market.
IA-64's can beat out competitors than same way previous Intel/MS combinations sent Apple to 15% market share. Gaggles of vendors (including Compaq) hocking IA-64 based machines will put Sun and Alpha out to pasture. If you look at the history of the computer industry you will see that technological supieriority does not equal market dominance.
The fact that Linux will be the first major OS to be ready for the Itanium is a great breakthrough for the whole computer industry.
Management types in big companies are going to have a hard time snickering at a free OS when a buggy Windows 2000 for Itanium is released late!
Someday this event may be remembered as the turning point in the OS war.
I have a PCS phone, and usually have a bill around $50 - $75. The various governments here in New York (Albany County, Albany 911, New York, Federal Gov't, Saratoga County) feel the need to tax me between $7 and $12 per month as well.
15% taxes is quite steep. Until the government gets their mitts off of wireless technology, I think the technology will remain out of reach for many people.
The only problem I have is that by 'freeing' information, you are putting the creator of that information at a disadvantage against larger or quicker competitors. That is the whole purpose of the patent concept. If you write a book, should anyone be able to print and distribute it? If yes, why write it?
The only problem I have with this debate over copyright and intellecual property is this: if I or anyone else develops a product, technology or piece of art I should be able to control it.
What if the XYZ Corp develops a great new technology, or whatever and decides that they should make a handsome profit. When organized groups of people (eg. Napster, Gnutella) are pirating the XYZ Corp's work, that is theft.
Whether or not you believe that "information should be free" that is not an issue, we live in a capitalist society and both individuals and business entities own their ideas.
The question is, how do we decide when companies or people are behaving in a predatory manner with intellectual property or business practices? I believe that Microsoft and the Music Cartels are predators; how do you formulate in law ways to deal with such organizations while protecting copyright protection?
I think the congress is asking that question, and cannot decide how to do such a thing. As citizens we need to stand up and find a way to deal with this mess. We are already losing our right to keep and bear arms, are freedom to speak and think we be under attack next!
I go to the University at Albany, SUNY. One of my friend's professors was going through his mail in class and noticed several ILOVEYOU's from the Senior Administrative types, including the president of the University. I'm glad that someone that intelligent is running a university.
That is very true. The CPU market is not going to be the cash cow three years from now that it is today. As speeds increase, the cost of CPUs will hit the floor, since many applications do not require any more speed than what they have today.
Intel is attempting to counter this by investing in new technologies. They have expanded their presence in the communications and embedded chip market and have acquired a number of companies.
As far as design flaws go, they happen every once in awhile. Intel has one of the best manufacturing operations on the planet and get great yields with most all of their products.
The current batch of coppermine P3's are a stopgap for the next generation of CPU's anyway. This issue is not going to be very important in the grand scheme of things.
Duff
It would be cooler if it was a beowulf cluster.
I think it would be really 3l33t to put together a bunch of G4/450 Apple ][ hacks and turn them into a beowulf cluster. You could then use your m4d sk33lZ to mount the cluster in your 500hp Ugo for a m4d kewl mp3 player.
I use Intel PINs to contribute to my scheme for world domination.
High energy costs in Europe are largely caused by the excessive taxation of said energy. European nations need those taxes to pay for the cradle-to-grave benefits that they 'give' to their citizens.