It also used to be, "make something, disseminate thing to publisher, maybe in a year someone will finally find it and give a shit about it"
I think that copyright is important, but that it should be valid for a short period of time and the punishment shouldn't be so harsh on non profit offenders.
If you torrent a film, shouldn't be a big deal. If you mass produce copied DVDs though...
I want something that connects me to the rest of the world with out requiring me to break out my phone.
whether it's a watch, glasses, or whatever...
Steve Jobs famously stated that there was a space between laptops and phones, and then he unveiled the iPad.
is there a space between me and my phone? Hopefully something that doesn't require me to bring it out every now and then?
Alternatively, we could just live lives and work jobs that don't require us to be connected 24x7, but... Until -that- sea change happens...
Not that I'm suggesting becoming a digital hermit is a better solution mind you, there are massive advantages to having always available connectivity. But there has to be something we can do to bridge the gap between people and technology that augments life instead of getting in the way of life.
You do know there's a marked difference between "blocking" and alerting the user that they can't verify if the cheap crappy cable actually works correctly.
Just to be clear about the comment about people losing money, this usually refers to people doing eBay, or some scam or another. It's never been a case where service was used to host servers.
The thing about the no servers policy isn't about the letter of the law, it's the spirit.
I used to work for a few ISPs, and the point of the server clause isn't to bust people for running generically anything termed, "server", it's a matter of managing use scenarios(a home user maxing out bandwidth 24/7 is generally a bad idea), and service expectations. Last thing anyone ever needs is for some idiot to call the support line bitching that he's losing business because residential service conked out(this is so frequent it's a joke among some folks I know), too.
Maybe the rules should be more specific about use case and so forth, but it's rarely if ever enforced. Only when you're caught running a BitTorrent tracker or something does it ever really get used.
No they're not. They're meant for the tasks at hand.
You mean to tell me the OS running a point of sale terminal and the OS running the systems at the airport should both be set up to run nethack? Or that a Wii U is supposed to do actuarial tables?
And seriously, $100 to code per year is about the price of cup of joe per week. PER WEEK.
2 bucks a week on coffee? Either that's *really* cheap coffee or you're not drinking enough.:)
Still,
Then, there's the pedagogical part. Other people RIGHTFULLY noticed they can use this for text books. But they also can use it in most courses. Your TI will mostly be used in math-oriented courses, and even there, only up to the first or second university year. After that, you need much more complex devices, as, I don't know if you have noticed, the schools are slowly improving and touching even more complex grounds. Graphing will get you up to a certain level, but not really that far. At one point, you need better tools.
THIS! Right here! I can carry around every book I've ever been assigned on my 16 gig iPad mini and still have enough room for time wasting games and apps to play around with.
If I was a teenager again, and I had to choose between a TI calc and an iPad, I would've gone iPad.
Yeah, but the IBM bios that everyone's been using/extending since the 1980's just isn't going to cut it going forward.
UEFI can and could've been a wonderful suite of tools to allow OS vendors to make life easier for the average user. Dragging our feet because the PC BIOS has been comfortable and what we're used to isn't progress.
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Stallman had 30 years to pioneer computing and the best he could do is give us emacs and gcc.
Fuck him.
The big question is why the hell do they still have the ipad 2 and the non retina mini at the same price?
Internally they're darn near the same. Minus the different display of course.
Once it's in your own hands, what's stopping you?
Certainly Apple isn't going to send goons to your home if you install Android on it. :)
Not keeping the boot loader open isn't them keeping you from doing it, mind you. They're just trying to keep the damned thing working for most users.
Pretty much.
This is why I don't shed a single fucking tear for the Pirate Bay.
Those ads of awful porn and outright scams make me just not have any sympathy for them.
Yeah but no one's handing out mass produced DVDs of a cam rip of Iron Man 4. They're being sold at sleazy electronics shops and god knows where.
If you make money on breaking IP law, fuck you.
If you're not, then eh, whatever.
It also used to be, "make something, disseminate thing to publisher, maybe in a year someone will finally find it and give a shit about it"
I think that copyright is important, but that it should be valid for a short period of time and the punishment shouldn't be so harsh on non profit offenders.
If you torrent a film, shouldn't be a big deal. If you mass produce copied DVDs though...
The Verge thought it was shit too
I want something that connects me to the rest of the world with out requiring me to break out my phone.
whether it's a watch, glasses, or whatever...
Steve Jobs famously stated that there was a space between laptops and phones, and then he unveiled the iPad.
is there a space between me and my phone? Hopefully something that doesn't require me to bring it out every now and then?
Alternatively, we could just live lives and work jobs that don't require us to be connected 24x7, but... Until -that- sea change happens...
Not that I'm suggesting becoming a digital hermit is a better solution mind you, there are massive advantages to having always available connectivity. But there has to be something we can do to bridge the gap between people and technology that augments life instead of getting in the way of life.
You either believe in false dichotomies or you don't.
There is no middle ground.
Not blocked.
You do know there's a marked difference between "blocking" and alerting the user that they can't verify if the cheap crappy cable actually works correctly.
I don't think that project will ever get off the ground.
GNU/Hurd time and Valve time intersecting means a catastrophe of epic proportions.
Just to be clear about the comment about people losing money, this usually refers to people doing eBay, or some scam or another. It's never been a case where service was used to host servers.
The thing about the no servers policy isn't about the letter of the law, it's the spirit.
I used to work for a few ISPs, and the point of the server clause isn't to bust people for running generically anything termed, "server", it's a matter of managing use scenarios(a home user maxing out bandwidth 24/7 is generally a bad idea), and service expectations. Last thing anyone ever needs is for some idiot to call the support line bitching that he's losing business because residential service conked out(this is so frequent it's a joke among some folks I know), too.
Maybe the rules should be more specific about use case and so forth, but it's rarely if ever enforced. Only when you're caught running a BitTorrent tracker or something does it ever really get used.
No they're not. They're meant for the tasks at hand.
You mean to tell me the OS running a point of sale terminal and the OS running the systems at the airport should both be set up to run nethack? Or that a Wii U is supposed to do actuarial tables?
HDMI errors or tiling errors from the source(Low signal quality from Satellite/cable/etc)?
I've seen the latter a LOT.
The former? Not so much.
Or the nasty click of death that would occasionally eat up my ZipDisks.
The chances of a bad packet with HDMI are extremely slim(not to mention be nearly unnoticeable).
Further more, any serious error checking will lag the display.
And seriously, $100 to code per year is about the price of cup of joe per week. PER WEEK.
2 bucks a week on coffee? Either that's *really* cheap coffee or you're not drinking enough. :)
Still,
Then, there's the pedagogical part. Other people RIGHTFULLY noticed they can use this for text books. But they also can use it in most courses. Your TI will mostly be used in math-oriented courses, and even there, only up to the first or second university year. After that, you need much more complex devices, as, I don't know if you have noticed, the schools are slowly improving and touching even more complex grounds. Graphing will get you up to a certain level, but not really that far. At one point, you need better tools.
THIS! Right here! I can carry around every book I've ever been assigned on my 16 gig iPad mini and still have enough room for time wasting games and apps to play around with.
If I was a teenager again, and I had to choose between a TI calc and an iPad, I would've gone iPad.
When I saw this, there were 47 comments on the thread.
Perfect.
I hope they can get RDM to write/direct again! He's what made TNG and DS9.
RoundHoundRects?
RoundRexts?
There's a joke in there somewhere.
Or not even "best" just "appropriate."
Still, the fact that the opening of the sentence..
There is never a perfect time for this type of transition
What? Yes there is. You chose and groom a successor and slowly pawn off your responsibilities.
Or you trust that the company that you've founded can do fine with out you. If you can't do that then the company you're leaving is fucked.
Yeah, but the IBM bios that everyone's been using/extending since the 1980's just isn't going to cut it going forward.
UEFI can and could've been a wonderful suite of tools to allow OS vendors to make life easier for the average user. Dragging our feet because the PC BIOS has been comfortable and what we're used to isn't progress.
Probably because you're quoting another Orwell work, animal farm.
how cute, slashdot doesn't support UTF-8 in 2013. :(
either that OR PUTIN HAS GOTTEN TO THEM