Sure this is going to be aimed more at people wanting to catch up on the latest news and sports, but personally, this is not a service I would pay for. If I'm looking for up to date news/sports/stocks etc. I'd be more likely to want a phone with wireless Internet. I would want the information now, and want to be able to drill down to my own intrests as opposed to waiting until the TV finally gets to the little bit of information I actually want to hear. Lets face it, you're not going to "see" very detailed pictures on your cell phone.
Hey, I was the first guy on the block with a Turbo 2400 modem wired that up to my TRS-80 Model III (or maybe IV). Of course none of my friends we're jealous since they had no idea what I was talking about.
And the exact same tactics. Salesman pounce on you and try to sell extended warranty plans. My wife and I were looking at a cell phone (the cheaper the better). The one we were discussing was $99. They tried to sell us a service plan for three years for $50 That's 1/2 the price of the phone. I told him in a year (manufacturer's warranty) the phone might be worth $20. He went on to explain how cell phones are expensive to fix and it would probably break 1 day after the manuf. warranty expired.
Sometimes I place more value on the service I get that on the product itself (software or not). A lot of software is moving to a hosted environment, and a lot of companies are starting to like the idea. Now you can use your service from your mobile device as well as at the office. So, instead of charging for the software, charge for the hosting. Develop and open source the product, then charge people to use the service in your hosted environment.
One that I would really like to see is the one phone number that is good world wide. Actually, I'd like to see it move away from a number, and use some sort of identification that is easier to remember, of course there is always stored numbers in your phone anyways. I don't see the toilet analyzing urine and your toothbrush analyzing saliva, but they are neat ideas.
I do like the idea of your car operating via biometrics though. No more car keys and such, just a thumb print scanner
The thing is makers of big supercomputers are scared of clustering technology. Look at google. A large cluster, and if one of the machines dies, you don't worry about it. Every once in a while you go and replace those that died. If only a small portion die, you haven't seriously impacted your production. However, if your supercomputer goes down... well, your screwed. 1000 machines are more reliable then 1 big machine.
Yes but now its through a "console" so its all different.
I wonder if Nintendo is worried about being run out of the market by Sony and Microsoft, and this is nothing more than a way to try and gain some control (and licensing revenue).
No kidding.
My question is, is this data "sensitive"? If not, allow a read only source of the information (FTP, HTTP, SCP, take your pick). If it is considered sensitive, or you need two way traffic, then its not hard to set something up SECURELY to do so, especially using something scp.
Well, saying I'm 80 miles north is a lot better than saying Regina, Saskatchewan. I think most people thought I was living in Africa or something. Of course for most of then, adding Canada to that didn't really narrow things down in their mind. (yes, I live in Regina)
As a Canadian, I've talked to many folks from the states over the Internet and trying to describe to them where I live is sometimes very difficult. One of the ones that I thought would work was saying I live about 80 miles north of the border between North Dakota and Montana. However, a lot of people still had no idea where I was talking about, and these are people who live in the USA!
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I don't understand while people do this. I'm proud of the fact that I use firefox over IE. I know some pages did display different results if you were using a browser other than IE (didn't Opra get a big payout from MS for this?), but just to fool people and throw off stats doesn't seem like a good reason to me. Like most people on Slashdot, I'd like to see Firefox's market share increase to a point where IE didn't (at least try to) define standards for html,css,xhtml, etc.
Since its slasdotted, I won't even try and go there, but how much you want to be they should be using mysql_connect instead of mysql_pconnect. Persistant connections usually aren't the way to go.
I'll believe it can't be hacked when its been in wide spread use for several years, and has been the subject of crypto seminars. Until then, I'm going to assume the spammers will break it.
Oh I don't know, by holding elections and voting a leader in. That's democracy. Socialism just evolves around the goverment taking control of some social programs like health and education. It has nothing to do with how they gained power. You can have a socialist dictatorship, monarcy, and yes, even democracy.
From what I've read, the problems are that MS has finally introduced some default security. They are blaming third party vendors for relying on ports to be open and such. While this may be true, there is also the fact that since they've been able to do it for years and years with Microsoft based OSs, there's no surprise that when they actually started locking stuff down, it did break other programs.
Imagine a device that I can plug into my TV. It will play DVDs, it will take my CD's, convert them to MP3s (autmatcially putting in track names and authors), it will allow internet surfing (yes, a TV isn't as good as a monitor), PVR, game playing, paying bills online, etc. it will handle VOIP (with built in message manage), IM, home automation, home security, water the lawn when it needs it, etc.
Sounds nice, I'd buy one. Oh wait I have one, its called a computer. None of the things I mentioned above are new. Rolling all of these features into one device is going to take forever. However, build a nice fanless computer. Make it a DVD player and have some basic MP3 functionality. Release. Do a software update to allow web surfing. Do a software update to do home automation (thermostat, time lights, etc). Do a software update to... you get the picture. The thing is, this can all be done today, nothing is new. But trying to build it all at once is the wrong way to go at it. Start slow, release often. Sure most of us on slashdot aren't going to be the target market, but our families, friends, and other non-techno people are.
If you reduce it too much, yes. However, there's a fine line between markup and market share. As you reduce your price, your share of the market goes up. However, reduce your price to far, and you can't support your business.
I've been really annoyed by things like MS-Word that would always automatically capitalize the "i" in "internet". I never found a reason to capitalize works like internet, web, etc. unless grammar demanded it (like starting a sentence). The question now is, how long is it going to take the rest of the world to catch on.
Maybe not, but if they start going a little bit mainstream, we'll start to see the cost go down. I know I've thought about using some sort of flash device for my boot drive just to have extremely fast boots.
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Sure this is going to be aimed more at people wanting to catch up on the latest news and sports, but personally, this is not a service I would pay for. If I'm looking for up to date news/sports/stocks etc. I'd be more likely to want a phone with wireless Internet. I would want the information now, and want to be able to drill down to my own intrests as opposed to waiting until the TV finally gets to the little bit of information I actually want to hear. Lets face it, you're not going to "see" very detailed pictures on your cell phone.
Hey, I was the first guy on the block with a Turbo 2400 modem wired that up to my TRS-80 Model III (or maybe IV). Of course none of my friends we're jealous since they had no idea what I was talking about.
We know the speed of light, but what is the speed of dark?
And the exact same tactics. Salesman pounce on you and try to sell extended warranty plans. My wife and I were looking at a cell phone (the cheaper the better). The one we were discussing was $99. They tried to sell us a service plan for three years for $50 That's 1/2 the price of the phone. I told him in a year (manufacturer's warranty) the phone might be worth $20. He went on to explain how cell phones are expensive to fix and it would probably break 1 day after the manuf. warranty expired.
Sometimes I place more value on the service I get that on the product itself (software or not). A lot of software is moving to a hosted environment, and a lot of companies are starting to like the idea. Now you can use your service from your mobile device as well as at the office. So, instead of charging for the software, charge for the hosting. Develop and open source the product, then charge people to use the service in your hosted environment.
One that I would really like to see is the one phone number that is good world wide. Actually, I'd like to see it move away from a number, and use some sort of identification that is easier to remember, of course there is always stored numbers in your phone anyways. I don't see the toilet analyzing urine and your toothbrush analyzing saliva, but they are neat ideas.
I do like the idea of your car operating via biometrics though. No more car keys and such, just a thumb print scanner
The thing is makers of big supercomputers are scared of clustering technology. Look at google. A large cluster, and if one of the machines dies, you don't worry about it. Every once in a while you go and replace those that died. If only a small portion die, you haven't seriously impacted your production. However, if your supercomputer goes down... well, your screwed. 1000 machines are more reliable then 1 big machine.
Yes but now its through a "console" so its all different.
I wonder if Nintendo is worried about being run out of the market by Sony and Microsoft, and this is nothing more than a way to try and gain some control (and licensing revenue).
No kidding.
My question is, is this data "sensitive"? If not, allow a read only source of the information (FTP, HTTP, SCP, take your pick). If it is considered sensitive, or you need two way traffic, then its not hard to set something up SECURELY to do so, especially using something scp.
Well, considering I'm a member of rospa, I'd say there's a pretty good chance we're on some of the local mailing lists :) LOSUR!
Well, saying I'm 80 miles north is a lot better than saying Regina, Saskatchewan. I think most people thought I was living in Africa or something. Of course for most of then, adding Canada to that didn't really narrow things down in their mind. (yes, I live in Regina)
As a Canadian, I've talked to many folks from the states over the Internet and trying to describe to them where I live is sometimes very difficult. One of the ones that I thought would work was saying I live about 80 miles north of the border between North Dakota and Montana. However, a lot of people still had no idea where I was talking about, and these are people who live in the USA!
...front line forces surfing slashdot.
I don't understand while people do this. I'm proud of the fact that I use firefox over IE. I know some pages did display different results if you were using a browser other than IE (didn't Opra get a big payout from MS for this?), but just to fool people and throw off stats doesn't seem like a good reason to me. Like most people on Slashdot, I'd like to see Firefox's market share increase to a point where IE didn't (at least try to) define standards for html,css,xhtml, etc.
I'm wondering how much of a "skin" you can develop to make it look like an insect within its 5g capacity for lift.
Since its slasdotted, I won't even try and go there, but how much you want to be they should be using mysql_connect instead of mysql_pconnect. Persistant connections usually aren't the way to go.
I'll believe it can't be hacked when its been in wide spread use for several years, and has been the subject of crypto seminars. Until then, I'm going to assume the spammers will break it.
Oh I don't know, by holding elections and voting a leader in. That's democracy. Socialism just evolves around the goverment taking control of some social programs like health and education. It has nothing to do with how they gained power. You can have a socialist dictatorship, monarcy, and yes, even democracy.
From what I've read, the problems are that MS has finally introduced some default security. They are blaming third party vendors for relying on ports to be open and such. While this may be true, there is also the fact that since they've been able to do it for years and years with Microsoft based OSs, there's no surprise that when they actually started locking stuff down, it did break other programs.
Democracy can happen under communism, socialism, or capitalsim.
But don't try to do it all with hardware.
Imagine a device that I can plug into my TV. It will play DVDs, it will take my CD's, convert them to MP3s (autmatcially putting in track names and authors), it will allow internet surfing (yes, a TV isn't as good as a monitor), PVR, game playing, paying bills online, etc. it will handle VOIP (with built in message manage), IM, home automation, home security, water the lawn when it needs it, etc.
Sounds nice, I'd buy one. Oh wait I have one, its called a computer. None of the things I mentioned above are new. Rolling all of these features into one device is going to take forever. However, build a nice fanless computer. Make it a DVD player and have some basic MP3 functionality. Release. Do a software update to allow web surfing. Do a software update to do home automation (thermostat, time lights, etc). Do a software update to ... you get the picture. The thing is, this can all be done today, nothing is new. But trying to build it all at once is the wrong way to go at it. Start slow, release often. Sure most of us on slashdot aren't going to be the target market, but our families, friends, and other non-techno people are.
If you reduce it too much, yes. However, there's a fine line between markup and market share. As you reduce your price, your share of the market goes up. However, reduce your price to far, and you can't support your business.
I've been really annoyed by things like MS-Word that would always automatically capitalize the "i" in "internet". I never found a reason to capitalize works like internet, web, etc. unless grammar demanded it (like starting a sentence). The question now is, how long is it going to take the rest of the world to catch on.
No, from Regina.
Maybe not, but if they start going a little bit mainstream, we'll start to see the cost go down. I know I've thought about using some sort of flash device for my boot drive just to have extremely fast boots.