claim that placeshifting is a violation of copyright.
Wait... so you're saying that if I record an MLB game on my VCR, then carry the tape with my to a hotel room and watch it there, I'm violating copyright? That's an... interesting... interpretation.
Well, just to bring down the hysteria a little, these presidential signing orders are *not* law, and only have force over the executive branch. In fact, the introductory text in the order says it:
"...prescribes continuity requirements for all executive departments and agencies, and provides guidance for State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector organizations in order to ensure a comprehensive and integrated national continuity program that will enhance the credibility of our national security posture and enable a more rapid and effective response to and recovery from a national emergency" (emphasis mine)
Further, it says:
"Recognizing that each branch of the Federal Government is responsible for its own continuity programs, an official designated by the Chief of Staff to the President shall ensure that the executive branch's COOP and COG policies in support of ECG efforts are appropriately coordinated with those of the legislative and judicial branches in order to ensure interoperability and allocate national assets efficiently to maintain a functioning Federal Government."
Which only reinforces that this is only applicable to the executive branch, and has no force over the legislative or judicial branches.
Put another way, the WorldNetDaily columnist is a moron... which is hardly surprising, since it *is* WorldNetDaily, after all.
My wife takes several pairs with her everywhere she flies
This varies greatly from airport to airport (as these things usually do). Officially, they're allowed. And I've brought my knitting needles (though only a plastic circular kit) on a domestic Canadian flight without difficulty. Other times, I've had staff tell me to pack them in my checked bag. And I'll guarantee you gender makes a difference. Something tells me, while your wife might not have trouble, I make get taken aside if I tried to bring a pair of long aluminum straight needles onto a US-destined flight.
Thus, the general advice is to bring needles you don't care about (chopsticks make great makeshift ~size 6) and some spare yarn, in case you have to surrender them.
Then you're not talking about TDD or an subvariant thereof. TDD requires you write your unit tests before writing a single line of code. That, by definition, is "big design up front". Worse, you end up having to update and maintain a massive codebase of tests, while you're refactoring your design to take into account new requirements.
What you're describing is just plain old unit test practices. ie, writing unit tests as you're developing your code. But that ain't TDD.
Actually, it's an operating subsidiary of ACCESS, though they changed their name late last year (apparently I missed the news).
There is no next-gen of PalmOS on anybody's roadmap right now.
What do you think the "ACCESS Linux Platform" is? It's a Linux-based platform with a PalmOS compatibility layer. Much like MacOS X was the next gen of MacOS, providing an OS9 compatibility layer.
And while you may be right that Palm hasn't announced devices for it yet, if it works as advertised (though, until there's something out there, I'm skeptical), I'd be very surprised if they didn't deploy it. After all, there's still a sizeable customer base out there that uses PalmOS and the wide variety of applications available for it. Ditching PalmOS entirely would be a sign of the true beginning of the end for Palm, IMHO, as it would involve them actively cutting out a large portion of their (as you say, dwindling) customer base.
Well, that's tricky. Canada can't excise fees from the US for transmitting signals across the border, can they? No. Similarly, why should a reservation be able to excise fees from the Canadian government for signals transmitted off reservation property?
Damn right it's a hack. A hack to get around the fact that ISPs have refused to properly deploy IP multicasting. Until then, I'll take my hack, thanks.
Writing unit tests, which can be done as code is being developed, is *drastically* different from writing all unit tests ahead of time before development has even begun.
This particular Palm device, or Palm in general? If the latter, the larger screen size of the Palms was the clincher for me. OS stability is roughly the same (ie, they both crash), as is the availability of applications, peripherals (I have the Palm IR keyboard, which works great), etc, but 480x320 native is far better than 320x240, or squinting to make out unreadable text at 640x480. Especially if, like, me, you tend to use it to watch videos, read ebooks, etc.
Suppose for a minute that Linux becomes ready for prime time -- I can load it on my laptop and everything works without endlessly searching for drivers and recompiling kernels -- exactly what app am I supposed to use to sync to a Treo
Umm... well, for gnome, there's the gnome-pilot conduits, which hooks up quite nicely to Evolution. And for KDE, there's the KPilot conduits which will sync with whatever KDE PIM tools you want to use.
Honestly, did you even look this stuff up before spouting off?
They appear to be replacing PalmOS with Windows Mobile and Linux anyway.
Umm... what? It's PalmSource that is spearheading the move to Linux, as a basis for the next gen of PalmOS. And Palm is continuing to use PalmOS in their products, selling them alongside their WM offerings.
Honestly, stories of the demise of PalmOS are highly exaggerated.
Ahh, but see, that's just because sex offenders are also evil super-geniuses! And so they're just too damned clever to be caught a second time. That's why they should just be burned at the stake, and their charred remains sealed in concrete and dropped to the bottom of the ocean, lest they use their superpowers to come back to life.
Or you could go to irblaster.info and buy a superior product that comes with a nice long cord, and is small and inconspicuous. The blaster product, in particular, is very attractive and non-intrusive, and the receivers are tiny and perfectly suited for installing inside an HTPC case.
BTW, this *isn't* a shameless plug. I'm just a happy customer, having purchased two of their blasters and a receiver.
All of us, consumers and non-consumers alike, already pay these costs - they are just not directly attached to the price of the good produced.
And so the consumer will not take those costs into account when purchasing goods. The free market, unregulated, is broken in this case. But that's because, unregulated, the free market *is broken*.
The only way you can get what you want is if technological breakthroughs make the greener alternatives more financially appealing.
Again, you miss the point. Traditional fuels compete unfairly. It's costs are hidden in the rising costs of health care, and environmental cleanup, and god knows what else. Thus, their costs are artificially low. The consequence is that green alternatives *can't* compete, because they don't benefit from these cost offsets.
Otherwise you must rely on the government to tax less-green alternatives, which is hardly a free market.
That's bull. The fact is, whether the libertarians will admit it or not, in the face of negative externalities, the free market, unmodified, is broken. Period. Similarly, a free market without a government to ensure fair trading, information exchange, the dissolution of monopolies, etc, is also broken. Period. Which is why there are laws to prevent false advertising, fraud, and so forth.
Similarly, the government is responsible for ensuring that negative externalities are properly reflected in the cost of goods. To quote from that wiki article (granted, not the best source, but good enough) you seem to be avoiding reading:
"In these situations the marginal social benefit of consumption will be less than the marginal private benefit of consumption. (i.e. SMB < PMB) Without government intervention the good or service will be under-priced and the negative externalities will not be taken into account. Again there will be a deadweight loss of economic welfare."
The point being, there is no "free market" in the purest sense, because the free market, by itself, is a broken and inefficient construct. However, with some help, it can be a powerful and useful. But make no mistake, it needs help, and in the case of negative externalities, that help usually comes in the form of a consumption tax.
I wish there was more teaching of creative writing and less of literature.
I favour an equal emphasis on both. I think one of the reasons I liked Copperfield so much is that, having just recently dived into the world of creative writing after an exceedingly long hiatus, I suddenly have a very different view on the books that I read. Previously, I may not have paid as close attention to characterization or specific turns of phrase, but after doing a little writing myself, I can more easily appreciate the work of a great author, as I now read, in part, with the goal of improving my own work (this post notwithstanding).
Interestingly, this is very similar to how, after building my deck, I find myself analyzing the way other decks in our neighbourhood are put together, noting the things done well and those I would have done differently.
Dickens has some interesting turns of phrase, which I guess make him a good writer to some people, but his books, like many "classics" are extremely difficult to wade through without a cattle prod (like grades) forcing you to do it.
Funny. I just finished David Copperfield, having never before read Dickens, and found it incredibly entertaining, well paced read. Great characters, wonderful use of the english language, an interesting and involved plot... in fact, I rank it as one of the best books I've ever read.
Ahh, I see, you don't get the point. The idea is that the consumers actually paying for the true costs that you cite will a) be used to fund treatment for health conditions, cleaning up the environment, and so forth, and b) encourage the use of renewables, with which the non-renewables unfairly compete, as their prices don't properly reflect their true costs.
In short, what I want is for the free market to be allowed to choose the best solution. The only way this works is if the prices presented to consumers truly reflect the cost of the product (again, see that wikipedia page if this isn't clear), and right now, that's not the case.
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claim that placeshifting is a violation of copyright.
Wait... so you're saying that if I record an MLB game on my VCR, then carry the tape with my to a hotel room and watch it there, I'm violating copyright? That's an... interesting... interpretation.
Well, just to bring down the hysteria a little, these presidential signing orders are *not* law, and only have force over the executive branch. In fact, the introductory text in the order says it:
"...prescribes continuity requirements for all executive departments and agencies, and provides guidance for State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector organizations in order to ensure a comprehensive and integrated national continuity program that will enhance the credibility of our national security posture and enable a more rapid and effective response to and recovery from a national emergency" (emphasis mine)
Further, it says:
"Recognizing that each branch of the Federal Government is responsible for its own continuity programs, an official designated by the Chief of Staff to the President shall ensure that the executive branch's COOP and COG policies in support of ECG efforts are appropriately coordinated with those of the legislative and judicial branches in order to ensure interoperability and allocate national assets efficiently to maintain a functioning Federal Government."
Which only reinforces that this is only applicable to the executive branch, and has no force over the legislative or judicial branches.
Put another way, the WorldNetDaily columnist is a moron... which is hardly surprising, since it *is* WorldNetDaily, after all.
My wife takes several pairs with her everywhere she flies
This varies greatly from airport to airport (as these things usually do). Officially, they're allowed. And I've brought my knitting needles (though only a plastic circular kit) on a domestic Canadian flight without difficulty. Other times, I've had staff tell me to pack them in my checked bag. And I'll guarantee you gender makes a difference. Something tells me, while your wife might not have trouble, I make get taken aside if I tried to bring a pair of long aluminum straight needles onto a US-destined flight.
Thus, the general advice is to bring needles you don't care about (chopsticks make great makeshift ~size 6) and some spare yarn, in case you have to surrender them.
Or you could just map network drives from Z and work backwards...
I'm not suggesting big design up front
Then you're not talking about TDD or an subvariant thereof. TDD requires you write your unit tests before writing a single line of code. That, by definition, is "big design up front". Worse, you end up having to update and maintain a massive codebase of tests, while you're refactoring your design to take into account new requirements.
What you're describing is just plain old unit test practices. ie, writing unit tests as you're developing your code. But that ain't TDD.
So it's prohibited by the same argument
Then just prohibit adults from having sex with kids.
Wait... we already do.
PalmSource was acquired and no longer exists.
Actually, it's an operating subsidiary of ACCESS, though they changed their name late last year (apparently I missed the news).
There is no next-gen of PalmOS on anybody's roadmap right now.
What do you think the "ACCESS Linux Platform" is? It's a Linux-based platform with a PalmOS compatibility layer. Much like MacOS X was the next gen of MacOS, providing an OS9 compatibility layer.
And while you may be right that Palm hasn't announced devices for it yet, if it works as advertised (though, until there's something out there, I'm skeptical), I'd be very surprised if they didn't deploy it. After all, there's still a sizeable customer base out there that uses PalmOS and the wide variety of applications available for it. Ditching PalmOS entirely would be a sign of the true beginning of the end for Palm, IMHO, as it would involve them actively cutting out a large portion of their (as you say, dwindling) customer base.
Well, that's tricky. Canada can't excise fees from the US for transmitting signals across the border, can they? No. Similarly, why should a reservation be able to excise fees from the Canadian government for signals transmitted off reservation property?
We would be so lucky.
How about you just leave, then? I'm sure the rest of us (you know, the ones who aren't bigotted racists) will survive without you.
P2P is just a hack.
Damn right it's a hack. A hack to get around the fact that ISPs have refused to properly deploy IP multicasting. Until then, I'll take my hack, thanks.
Once the popularity wears off, it's no better than FTP.
Show me an FTP server or client whose transfer rate scales superlinearly with popularity, and I'll be very very impressed.
Writing unit tests, which can be done as code is being developed, is *drastically* different from writing all unit tests ahead of time before development has even begun.
In short, it's a stupid question.
This particular Palm device, or Palm in general? If the latter, the larger screen size of the Palms was the clincher for me. OS stability is roughly the same (ie, they both crash), as is the availability of applications, peripherals (I have the Palm IR keyboard, which works great), etc, but 480x320 native is far better than 320x240, or squinting to make out unreadable text at 640x480. Especially if, like, me, you tend to use it to watch videos, read ebooks, etc.
Suppose for a minute that Linux becomes ready for prime time -- I can load it on my laptop and everything works without endlessly searching for drivers and recompiling kernels -- exactly what app am I supposed to use to sync to a Treo
Umm... well, for gnome, there's the gnome-pilot conduits, which hooks up quite nicely to Evolution. And for KDE, there's the KPilot conduits which will sync with whatever KDE PIM tools you want to use.
Honestly, did you even look this stuff up before spouting off?
Assuming, of course, that XP doesn't hang or crash when coming out of hibernation. Me, I'd much prefer an instant-on solution.
They appear to be replacing PalmOS with Windows Mobile and Linux anyway.
Umm... what? It's PalmSource that is spearheading the move to Linux, as a basis for the next gen of PalmOS. And Palm is continuing to use PalmOS in their products, selling them alongside their WM offerings.
Honestly, stories of the demise of PalmOS are highly exaggerated.
I'll go you one better. Use specification driven development.
Yeah. Now all you need is a specification. That should be easy enough to get, right?
Ahh, but see, that's just because sex offenders are also evil super-geniuses! And so they're just too damned clever to be caught a second time. That's why they should just be burned at the stake, and their charred remains sealed in concrete and dropped to the bottom of the ocean, lest they use their superpowers to come back to life.
Or you could go to irblaster.info and buy a superior product that comes with a nice long cord, and is small and inconspicuous. The blaster product, in particular, is very attractive and non-intrusive, and the receivers are tiny and perfectly suited for installing inside an HTPC case.
BTW, this *isn't* a shameless plug. I'm just a happy customer, having purchased two of their blasters and a receiver.
Meh, the same is true of Fedora, which is what I used to build my myth front/backends. Honestly, why all the hate?
Doh, I see I never referenced said article. My apologies. Here's the Wikipedia page on Negative Externalities.
:)
I find myself posting that link so often, I forget when I have and when I haven't... again, I apologize.
All of us, consumers and non-consumers alike, already pay these costs - they are just not directly attached to the price of the good produced.
And so the consumer will not take those costs into account when purchasing goods. The free market, unregulated, is broken in this case. But that's because, unregulated, the free market *is broken*.
The only way you can get what you want is if technological breakthroughs make the greener alternatives more financially appealing.
Again, you miss the point. Traditional fuels compete unfairly. It's costs are hidden in the rising costs of health care, and environmental cleanup, and god knows what else. Thus, their costs are artificially low. The consequence is that green alternatives *can't* compete, because they don't benefit from these cost offsets.
Otherwise you must rely on the government to tax less-green alternatives, which is hardly a free market.
That's bull. The fact is, whether the libertarians will admit it or not, in the face of negative externalities, the free market, unmodified, is broken. Period. Similarly, a free market without a government to ensure fair trading, information exchange, the dissolution of monopolies, etc, is also broken. Period. Which is why there are laws to prevent false advertising, fraud, and so forth.
Similarly, the government is responsible for ensuring that negative externalities are properly reflected in the cost of goods. To quote from that wiki article (granted, not the best source, but good enough) you seem to be avoiding reading:
"In these situations the marginal social benefit of consumption will be less than the marginal private benefit of consumption. (i.e. SMB < PMB) Without government intervention the good or service will be under-priced and the negative externalities will not be taken into account. Again there will be a deadweight loss of economic welfare."
The point being, there is no "free market" in the purest sense, because the free market, by itself, is a broken and inefficient construct. However, with some help, it can be a powerful and useful. But make no mistake, it needs help, and in the case of negative externalities, that help usually comes in the form of a consumption tax.
I wish there was more teaching of creative writing and less of literature.
I favour an equal emphasis on both. I think one of the reasons I liked Copperfield so much is that, having just recently dived into the world of creative writing after an exceedingly long hiatus, I suddenly have a very different view on the books that I read. Previously, I may not have paid as close attention to characterization or specific turns of phrase, but after doing a little writing myself, I can more easily appreciate the work of a great author, as I now read, in part, with the goal of improving my own work (this post notwithstanding).
Interestingly, this is very similar to how, after building my deck, I find myself analyzing the way other decks in our neighbourhood are put together, noting the things done well and those I would have done differently.
Dickens has some interesting turns of phrase, which I guess make him a good writer to some people, but his books, like many "classics" are extremely difficult to wade through without a cattle prod (like grades) forcing you to do it.
Funny. I just finished David Copperfield, having never before read Dickens, and found it incredibly entertaining, well paced read. Great characters, wonderful use of the english language, an interesting and involved plot... in fact, I rank it as one of the best books I've ever read.
Maybe I just got lucky?
Ahh, I see, you don't get the point. The idea is that the consumers actually paying for the true costs that you cite will a) be used to fund treatment for health conditions, cleaning up the environment, and so forth, and b) encourage the use of renewables, with which the non-renewables unfairly compete, as their prices don't properly reflect their true costs.
In short, what I want is for the free market to be allowed to choose the best solution. The only way this works is if the prices presented to consumers truly reflect the cost of the product (again, see that wikipedia page if this isn't clear), and right now, that's not the case.