From these links, you can tell that 1.0 is scheduled for release in about 2 weeks, but from the current Tree status it looks like that might not be a realistic time frame...more like 4 weeks...
When MozillaZine is back up, make sure to check out the newest Build Comments...there's been alot of fixes recently...
Until you realize that a GPS locator doesn't work without having a direct line-of-sight with at least 3 GPS satelites.
It also takes alot of power to run a GPS locator...so, it's more likely the thing will be turned off until needed...and then it's much harder to get a lock without already having the orbital data of the satelite. Especially if they are moving (like in a car)...and don't even expect it to work in a house...as a matter of fact, it's more obvious that the 911/pager feature is to help locate the kid within a cell when the GPS fails...
And, since it's not likely that the abductor is gonna leave the kid outside, the only possibility for finding him/her would be through the cellular network...
And assuming that wherever they've been taken, there's not a strong enough signal (ever tried using a cell phone in the basement of a large building?)...this device is gonna serve what purpose???
Espcecially since you mention "out in the boonies"...there's not likely to be good cellular service out there, now is there?
Hate to burst your bubble like that, but it's obvious to me that this won't help anything.
Not all new drives experience this problem...specifically mentioned in the article is the Hydrodynamic Bearings, like are used in my newer Quantum Fireball AS Plus 60.
So, the real culprit is the old Metalic Bearings that are still used in some of these drives...
So, what's the big fuss about? Well, it would be like an automobile manufacturer making a car without airbags today (only without that whole life or death thing)...:)
(I know it'd piss me off, if I were in a profession where I relied on a remote page for, say, something life-threatening.
Ok, lets think this through...First off, it mentions "mobile phones" specifically, and while it might be obvious that any existing technology would also effect pagers, it's not exactly imposible to jam ONLY cell phones...or better yet, only allow certain phones to work...(what keeps Motorolla from designing a "Medical Use Only" pager that won't be jammed by these devices).
The other thing is, if a cell phone or a pager is being jammed, the device should tell the user ("Out Of Range" or "No Service" message) and you can make a CHOICE to either stay at that establishment (and face the possible consequences), or in the case of a movie theater...simply walk up to the manager before your movie starts and say "I would like my money back...I'm a doctor and I can't stay here because my pager is being jammed". Or if you are seeing a movie, call your hospital and leave the number of the theater with them...
If this happens with enough ppl, then they might disable the jamming equipment or what is more likely the case, this becomes yet another reason why you are generally paid more money for being put on pager duty.
Then again, I know that parametics and doctors can carry walkie-talkies that are activated by a base station in a car...this is pretty much the same technology as police use.
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Yea, you're right...in general, when you are talking about "generic" writing (like comments tend to be) alot of words are meaningless and the "ideas" can be very abstract. If you understand the subject, you can easily get the idea without reading the whole thing:)
Then again, purely factual writing generally doesn't include meaningless words. In technical writing the structure of the sentences and placement of words all have meaning. That is why "speed reading" doesn't work well with technical documents.
When will this become stable enough for major distros to start using it?
I don't think anyone doubts that this is a good approach. But, both patches are still being worked on right now. And while the preempt patch has already been merged with the 2.5 kernel, the low-latency patch is still nowhere to be seen.
I certainly think that this would indeed have a great impact on Linux Multimedia, but not until a company like RedHat or SUSE is willing to include it at least as an optional kernel. The reason is, a vendor doesn't have to support patches until they include it in one of their pre-compiled kernels.
This might not mean much to home users, but a company will not rely on an unsupported feature.
Like it or not, business still drives the industry.
'Active co-operation and participation of all sectors--content, CE, IT, service providers, and government--will be necessary to develop a range of solutions to this complex problem.'
To first understand AOL/TW's position, you have to realize that they are in a difficult situation.
On one hand, they run at least 2 major ISPs (AOL and RoadRunner). They know that restricting their user's usage rights by blocking access to certain types of P2P will only mean their users go elsewhere. So, the only way of keeping this from happening is to get everyone to do it at the same time (therefore removing all options for the user).
On the other hand, they are a huge content provider. From this perspective, the longer it takes, the more money they lose.
So, after looking at that, we come back to the origonal comment...
Asking for "content, CE, IT, service providers, and government" to all actively cooperate is equivalent to asking for world peace. It might be a nice thought, but it's not likely to happen. There are too many agendas involved and nothing gets done.
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I have found that if I simply read sitting up (don't lie down), but sit up, and either using a sheet of paper or a finger (a bookmark works too) just pacing yourself gets the job done fairly quickly.
If you are reading proprerly (good, soft light and upright postion w/ little or no distraction) it becomes fairly easy to comprehend and you get done alot faster than you would think.
Here's my theory on why it works...first off, alot of ppl have TV/Music, etc on while they are trying to read. It's a distraction...if you must have noise, try classical music (something instrumental, nothing with lyrics). The other thing is, your mind can really only comprehend so much at one time.
So, here's the secret to speed reading...
The big trick to speed reading has always been to overcome the mind's natural tencency to "say" every word you read and therefore "wander".
I have found that it's really pretty easy to do, but the truth is the complaints about comprehension are true and it's a fact that becomes apparent after you try it for a while. Many ppl say that comprehension improves with practice. This might be, but it will certainly take a while to learn the technique.
By simply focusing on your reading, you will tend to learn how your mind works and develop techniques on your own.
For a good material on the subject, and some more college study help...try the following: Study Skills Links.
Fastmail is a service that includes IMAP and Webmail in their free service. They also are about to drop POP3 from the free service. But, there's an option for a 1 time $10 fee for full access to SMTP.
The best thing about it is, they're using Linux.:)
No, the point is that in this case it doesn't do it's job (or can't). ISPs shouldn't be held responsible for anything their users do, but in this case it's proof that anyone who has a legit claim is not helped by the law. It is more proof that the DMCA will not and should not stand a true "test" in a court of law.
Let me clairify...I think copyright holders should be able to protect their rights, I just think there should not be an exception for digital material.
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I forget where (probably on Discovery Channel or something), but someone was asked what would have to be done if we wanted to go to Mars.
They said something like..."Well, first we'ld have to go back to the moon"...and the question was raised..."But how"...
They then proceded to explain how, if we ever decided to return to the moon, the most likely thing we could really do is dust off the old Saturn V Plans...because it's the only tried and tested equipment to do it.
Those are probably in an archive somewhere and I think there are a few remaining parts rusting away somewhere in a museum, but the most difficult part would be producing new parts.
Some of the many changes that the companies made durring Apollo were not exactly documented (nothing extremely important), but it's not easy to look at a 20 year old part and the schematics and say "Why is this jumper here".
To make it worse, most of the companies who manufactured the parts for the systems on the Saturn V are now bankrupt or have changed completely...I think the one example of that was that the company who produced the life support system is now manufacturing air conditioners.
But, until then, NASA and the US Govt. has proven that they are perfectly fine with "dicking around in low earth orbit". There are certainly things that would make us go back. The most obvious is going to be when the chinese finally make it up there.
Then again, if one of those Near Earth Asteroids decides to take a hunk out of the landscape, someone might come up with an idea for tracking the things from the far side of the moon (at least the ones in that general direction).
That's terrible...that has to be his only prototype...it's kinda sad...
Whoever buys it should donate it to a museum that could put it on display.
I know there's a computer museum (in California I think)... but their website seems to be going through some major changes.
I'ld love to see the deathbed vigil tape re-released on DVD (I de dave is selling his copy?)...I know it won't happen, but it'ld be great to see...I never got a copy of the tape when it was first released (I was a broke college student)...or even better would to see dave re-release it to the public (maybe as an MPEG?)...
Anyhow, maybe it's good news about hte furure of the AmigaOne. I think Dave still assists them on some things.
Which brings up an interesting question...what about the floppy controller? And if it's a standard PeeCee controller, then will we see cheaper/better versions of the CatWeasel:)
Agreed, but ever since C= went bust, the Amiga has been on rocky ground. I would love nothing more than for Amiga, Inc. to rise from the ashes...
But, looking at what they're up against, it's hard to see anyone but the true fans supporting the hardware.
It is nice to see the price for the combo at what I would consider reasonable (it's not just the board, the $500 includes a 600MHz G3).
All things considered, this system looks alot like the system Dave Haynie said he was pushing for before leaving C=...I forget which one it was...I don't think it was AAA design, it was one beyond that...but that's not the point, now is it...
The last time a new Amiga saw the light of day was back when the origonal Pentium was a new thing.
But it bears repeating. Many companies simply patent any ideas that their employees come up with. They don't care if it's valid or even falls into their specific realm, they simply file for a patent...
Most patents will be accepted (valid or not)...many patents will not be tested, some will be...When these "idiot patents" are brought against their targets, there are often hidden agendas...
It is really only for investors...you can say "We've had over 500 patents accepted this year"...it makes investors happy, because it at least looks like they are getting a huge return on their investment...
Those were games, those didn't really USE or NEED graphics or sound...Text adventures and simple stuff (like pacman clones using ascii characters) were all done before the PC had Color or Sound.
Problem is, you're mixing platforms here. In general, the PC refers to wintel systems. Otherwise, I would expect them to cover things like the CyberVision for the Amiga...
The other thing is look at where C= is today, it's obvious they didn't have an impact on the market or they'ld still be around...Don't get me wrong here, I still own 2 Amigas and a C= 64, but they were both killed by the PC.
So, again I say...VGA, even EGA or sound (beyond that of a PC Speaker) probably had a more signifigant impact on PC Gaming.
It seems like this technology might be more likely to appear in helmets first, like those used for Motorcycles or Racing. This also seems like a place where this technology would be more useful.
It would also be easier to get these ppl to try the technology. Of course, I'm sure it's obvious that the military would find this technology most useful for soldiers in the field...
Of course, in the hardware world, the "shadetree mechanics" are always the ones that end up building/recommending those systems that everyone else uses "until it breaks down".
Like I said before, the whole automobile analogy is inherently flawed, but it more closely relates to a closed architecture because of the artificial barriers the automobile manufacturers put in place.
And I know for a fact that every company I've worked for would almost always upgrade their systems as soon as they got em (New NIC). And most ppl have stuff left over from their old system (Printer, Camera, Scanner, etc) that they'ld like to keep with their new system.
Like I said in my first comment, it is not something that I want to get into, because there really is no other other industry that has both open and closed architectures.
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If you wanna track the progress, you can always go to the Make Mozilla 1.0 not suck metabug. This has been done for all releases since I can remember.
Take for instance the same bug for Mozilla 0.9.9...all bugs are tracked in here up until the final release.
While you're waiting, try the Tree Status and the Roadmap.
From these links, you can tell that 1.0 is scheduled for release in about 2 weeks, but from the current Tree status it looks like that might not be a realistic time frame...more like 4 weeks...
When MozillaZine is back up, make sure to check out the newest Build Comments...there's been alot of fixes recently...
Until you realize that a GPS locator doesn't work without having a direct line-of-sight with at least 3 GPS satelites.
It also takes alot of power to run a GPS locator...so, it's more likely the thing will be turned off until needed...and then it's much harder to get a lock without already having the orbital data of the satelite. Especially if they are moving (like in a car)...and don't even expect it to work in a house...as a matter of fact, it's more obvious that the 911/pager feature is to help locate the kid within a cell when the GPS fails...
And, since it's not likely that the abductor is gonna leave the kid outside, the only possibility for finding him/her would be through the cellular network...
And assuming that wherever they've been taken, there's not a strong enough signal (ever tried using a cell phone in the basement of a large building?)...this device is gonna serve what purpose???
Espcecially since you mention "out in the boonies"...there's not likely to be good cellular service out there, now is there?
Hate to burst your bubble like that, but it's obvious to me that this won't help anything.
I realize this is a duplicate, but since those posts are kind of off topic and I didn't seem to see anyone else mention it in the earlier thread...
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Has anyone else noticed that the system seems flawed. Seeing as how this was obviously Squirrel...
It seems like there are alot of false alarms with the system even so much that the previous link sems to have denied entry to a cat that was leaving
I think the question has to be, how can we improve image recognition to be more accurate???
Actually, these problems seem to be apparent with most voice recognition systems as well.
Just an observation...I could be wrong
Not all new drives experience this problem...specifically mentioned in the article is the Hydrodynamic Bearings, like are used in my newer Quantum Fireball AS Plus 60.
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So, the real culprit is the old Metalic Bearings that are still used in some of these drives...
So, what's the big fuss about? Well, it would be like an automobile manufacturer making a car without airbags today (only without that whole life or death thing)...
(I know it'd piss me off, if I were in a profession where I relied on a remote page for, say, something life-threatening.
Ok, lets think this through...First off, it mentions "mobile phones" specifically, and while it might be obvious that any existing technology would also effect pagers, it's not exactly imposible to jam ONLY cell phones...or better yet, only allow certain phones to work...(what keeps Motorolla from designing a "Medical Use Only" pager that won't be jammed by these devices).
The other thing is, if a cell phone or a pager is being jammed, the device should tell the user ("Out Of Range" or "No Service" message) and you can make a CHOICE to either stay at that establishment (and face the possible consequences), or in the case of a movie theater...simply walk up to the manager before your movie starts and say "I would like my money back...I'm a doctor and I can't stay here because my pager is being jammed". Or if you are seeing a movie, call your hospital and leave the number of the theater with them...
If this happens with enough ppl, then they might disable the jamming equipment or what is more likely the case, this becomes yet another reason why you are generally paid more money for being put on pager duty.
Then again, I know that parametics and doctors can carry walkie-talkies that are activated by a base station in a car...this is pretty much the same technology as police use.
Yea, you're right...in general, when you are talking about "generic" writing (like comments tend to be) alot of words are meaningless and the "ideas" can be very abstract. If you understand the subject, you can easily get the idea without reading the whole thing :)
Then again, purely factual writing generally doesn't include meaningless words. In technical writing the structure of the sentences and placement of words all have meaning. That is why "speed reading" doesn't work well with technical documents.
When will this become stable enough for major distros to start using it?
I don't think anyone doubts that this is a good approach. But, both patches are still being worked on right now. And while the preempt patch has already been merged with the 2.5 kernel, the low-latency patch is still nowhere to be seen.
I certainly think that this would indeed have a great impact on Linux Multimedia, but not until a company like RedHat or SUSE is willing to include it at least as an optional kernel. The reason is, a vendor doesn't have to support patches until they include it in one of their pre-compiled kernels.
This might not mean much to home users, but a company will not rely on an unsupported feature.
Like it or not, business still drives the industry.
Something like This. It might be cheaper to begin with and it's not another component to go bad :)
There are other similar products, but that should give you a good start.
'Active co-operation and participation of all sectors--content, CE, IT, service providers, and government--will be necessary to develop a range of solutions to this complex problem.'
To first understand AOL/TW's position, you have to realize that they are in a difficult situation.
On one hand, they run at least 2 major ISPs (AOL and RoadRunner). They know that restricting their user's usage rights by blocking access to certain types of P2P will only mean their users go elsewhere. So, the only way of keeping this from happening is to get everyone to do it at the same time (therefore removing all options for the user).
On the other hand, they are a huge content provider. From this perspective, the longer it takes, the more money they lose.
So, after looking at that, we come back to the origonal comment...
Asking for "content, CE, IT, service providers, and government" to all actively cooperate is equivalent to asking for world peace. It might be a nice thought, but it's not likely to happen. There are too many agendas involved and nothing gets done.
I have found that if I simply read sitting up (don't lie down), but sit up, and either using a sheet of paper or a finger (a bookmark works too) just pacing yourself gets the job done fairly quickly.
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If you are reading proprerly (good, soft light and upright postion w/ little or no distraction) it becomes fairly easy to comprehend and you get done alot faster than you would think.
Here's my theory on why it works...first off, alot of ppl have TV/Music, etc on while they are trying to read. It's a distraction...if you must have noise, try classical music (something instrumental, nothing with lyrics). The other thing is, your mind can really only comprehend so much at one time.
So, here's the secret to speed reading...
The big trick to speed reading has always been to overcome the mind's natural tencency to "say" every word you read and therefore "wander".
I have found that it's really pretty easy to do, but the truth is the complaints about comprehension are true and it's a fact that becomes apparent after you try it for a while. Many ppl say that comprehension improves with practice. This might be, but it will certainly take a while to learn the technique.
By simply focusing on your reading, you will tend to learn how your mind works and develop techniques on your own.
For a good material on the subject, and some more college study help...try the following:
Study Skills Links
Fastmail is a service that includes IMAP and Webmail in their free service. They also are about to drop POP3 from the free service. But, there's an option for a 1 time $10 fee for full access to SMTP.
:)
The best thing about it is, they're using Linux.
No, the point is that in this case it doesn't do it's job (or can't). ISPs shouldn't be held responsible for anything their users do, but in this case it's proof that anyone who has a legit claim is not helped by the law. It is more proof that the DMCA will not and should not stand a true "test" in a court of law.
Let me clairify...I think copyright holders should be able to protect their rights, I just think there should not be an exception for digital material.
I forget where (probably on Discovery Channel or something), but someone was asked what would have to be done if we wanted to go to Mars.
They said something like..."Well, first we'ld have to go back to the moon"...and the question was raised..."But how"...
They then proceded to explain how, if we ever decided to return to the moon, the most likely thing we could really do is dust off the old Saturn V Plans...because it's the only tried and tested equipment to do it.
Those are probably in an archive somewhere and I think there are a few remaining parts rusting away somewhere in a museum, but the most difficult part would be producing new parts.
Some of the many changes that the companies made durring Apollo were not exactly documented (nothing extremely important), but it's not easy to look at a 20 year old part and the schematics and say "Why is this jumper here".
To make it worse, most of the companies who manufactured the parts for the systems on the Saturn V are now bankrupt or have changed completely...I think the one example of that was that the company who produced the life support system is now manufacturing air conditioners.
But, until then, NASA and the US Govt. has proven that they are perfectly fine with "dicking around in low earth orbit". There are certainly things that would make us go back. The most obvious is going to be when the chinese finally make it up there.
Then again, if one of those Near Earth Asteroids decides to take a hunk out of the landscape, someone might come up with an idea for tracking the things from the far side of the moon (at least the ones in that general direction).
That's terrible...that has to be his only prototype...it's kinda sad...
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Whoever buys it should donate it to a museum that could put it on display.
I know there's a computer museum (in California I think)... but their website seems to be going through some major changes.
I'ld love to see the deathbed vigil tape re-released on DVD (I de dave is selling his copy?)...I know it won't happen, but it'ld be great to see...I never got a copy of the tape when it was first released (I was a broke college student)...or even better would to see dave re-release it to the public (maybe as an MPEG?)...
Anyhow, maybe it's good news about hte furure of the AmigaOne. I think Dave still assists them on some things.
Which brings up an interesting question...what about the floppy controller? And if it's a standard PeeCee controller, then will we see cheaper/better versions of the CatWeasel
So, then one of my later statements holds true...
We know for a fact that the DOJ has been bought and paid for.
The biggest question is how did they do it at the factory :)
BTW, the 300ZX and the 280ZX both had digital compases (went back to at least '83)
If this doesn't prove that the DMCA should be repealed, I don't know what will.
I'll be interesting to find out what happens now. Alot of the big corporations pushed for this a while back...some of em will still want it in place.
If it remains, we know for a fact that the DOJ has been bought and paid for.
If it is repealed, I fear it is only the beginning of the fight, because, in this case there WILL be a DMCA2.
Agreed, but ever since C= went bust, the Amiga has been on rocky ground. I would love nothing more than for Amiga, Inc. to rise from the ashes...
But, looking at what they're up against, it's hard to see anyone but the true fans supporting the hardware.
It is nice to see the price for the combo at what I would consider reasonable (it's not just the board, the $500 includes a 600MHz G3).
All things considered, this system looks alot like the system Dave Haynie said he was pushing for before leaving C=...I forget which one it was...I don't think it was AAA design, it was one beyond that...but that's not the point, now is it...
The last time a new Amiga saw the light of day was back when the origonal Pentium was a new thing.
I hold hope, but I fear there is none.
But it bears repeating. Many companies simply patent any ideas that their employees come up with. They don't care if it's valid or even falls into their specific realm, they simply file for a patent...
Most patents will be accepted (valid or not)...many patents will not be tested, some will be...When these "idiot patents" are brought against their targets, there are often hidden agendas...
It is really only for investors...you can say "We've had over 500 patents accepted this year"...it makes investors happy, because it at least looks like they are getting a huge return on their investment...
What about Zork???
Those were games, those didn't really USE or NEED graphics or sound...Text adventures and simple stuff (like pacman clones using ascii characters) were all done before the PC had Color or Sound.
Problem is, you're mixing platforms here. In general, the PC refers to wintel systems. Otherwise, I would expect them to cover things like the CyberVision for the Amiga...
The other thing is look at where C= is today, it's obvious they didn't have an impact on the market or they'ld still be around...Don't get me wrong here, I still own 2 Amigas and a C= 64, but they were both killed by the PC.
So, again I say...VGA, even EGA or sound (beyond that of a PC Speaker) probably had a more signifigant impact on PC Gaming.
It seems like this technology might be more likely to appear in helmets first, like those used for Motorcycles or Racing. This also seems like a place where this technology would be more useful.
It would also be easier to get these ppl to try the technology. Of course, I'm sure it's obvious that the military would find this technology most useful for soldiers in the field...
From the article:
To this day there has never been a single impact on PC gaming to equal that delivered by the first Voodoo chip-set.
What about sound? Or VGA, or VESA? I think this comment is a little short sited...
Of course, in the hardware world, the "shadetree mechanics" are always the ones that end up building/recommending those systems that everyone else uses "until it breaks down".
Like I said before, the whole automobile analogy is inherently flawed, but it more closely relates to a closed architecture because of the artificial barriers the automobile manufacturers put in place.
And I know for a fact that every company I've worked for would almost always upgrade their systems as soon as they got em (New NIC). And most ppl have stuff left over from their old system (Printer, Camera, Scanner, etc) that they'ld like to keep with their new system.
Like I said in my first comment, it is not something that I want to get into, because there really is no other other industry that has both open and closed architectures.