Copying doesn't have to be impossible, it's enough if it is too hard 95% of people out there. If MP3's and DivX (DivX might be unknown now, but the potential is definately there) were just a nerd thing and nobody else knew of them, the MPAA and the RIAA would be very quiet about them. Any publicity (such as a lawsuit) would only bring more users to the technologies su hus hus.
Or could it just be that not everyone knows what the hell ECTS is unless someone explains it? I didn't -- and I am european. Self centered Americans may be annoing, but Europeans with low self esteem are just as bad (if not worse). Whine whine whine...
My friend had one of these too. Just recieving and viewing the message doesn't do the trick, you have to scroll to the end of the message to launch the bug. And you don't have to remove the battery if you're not in a hurry, the phone locks only for a couple of minutes.
Of course, since the bug wasn't detected and fixed at a very early stage, there are several affected firmware revisions. I have no idea if they all work exactly the same way.
Not true. Most OS's execute (Win9x is the exception) a HLT-loop in idle time. Halt puts some parts of a CPU in sleep mode, where they consume significantly less electricity than normaly. Buck a month would not cover the increased in your electricity bill.
I see all this WAP stuff, but i dont really want to browse the net on my phone
Exactly! And what is this crazy stuff I keep hearing about "e-mail"? Why would I ever want to use clumsy $2000 computer to send messages to people when I can fax, write or call them? And these "automobiles"...for godsakes, can't people just walk or ride a horse?!
No matter what the invention, a lot of people will initialy think its useless, but maybe it isn't. Time will tell.
With systems as complex and interconnected as computers are, this seems to me more like a feel-good measure than a real benefit -- if a component claims to be up-to-date but doesn't work with Linux, can I sue?
If you buy an item on the grounds of the company who made it claiming it to be up-to-date AND on top of that do not check for driver support beforehand, you are an idiot. OTOH, looking at the US legal system, yes, you probably could sue.
Firewire is general purpose multidevice bus, ie. NOT suited for 3D-graphics. The protocol processing would generate consirable overhead, and even if didn't IEEE1394B would be too slow even if the bandwith was increased ten fold. AGP does need to be replaced sooner or later, and considering the poor performance and other problems, I'd rather have it happen sooner.
Qaulcom is the owner of some major CDMA patents so they naturally want G3 to use CDMA. Qualcom does some heavy duty lobbying of congressmen, FCC officials or whoever they need to. Result, US gov starts pushin for CDMA-G3 to be the standard in US. In Europe, Nokia and Ericson who have invested heavily in TDMA and own major patents start lobbying the European Parliament / Comission / whoever. TDMA-G3 becomes the standar in europe. In Japan... well, you get the picture.
GSM bandwagon. One of the great things about not being "standardized" over here is the competition that non-standardization brings
I guess next you'll be telling us how Microsoft is brining competition to the software market by introducing secret, standards incompatible protocols? =D
I wouldn't consider $29.95/month cheap, as I happen to pay less than $5/month myself. Three GSM operators with totally compatible technologies => switching operators is easy => price matters A LOT. If that can't be called competition I don't know what can.
What exactly would Microsoft gain if Intel were to become the only CPU-supplier? Computer sales would go down as a result of high CPU prices -> less copies of Windows sold. Gain: negative.
What exactly would Intel gain if Microsost were to become the only OS-supplier? Computer sales would go down as a result of high Software prices -> less Hardware (CPU's) sold. Gain: negative
The Wintel alliance is just another really dumb conspiracy theory, please stop wasting peoples time with it.
For a moment I thought Boston Globe had actually performed some code profiling (in the true meaning of the term) on the Helix code and were publishing the results. Now that would have been too cool.
CmdrTaco, you said yourself you knew you were "abusing Slashdot" by posting your own personal political views on Slashdot's news network. So WHY did you do it? You were absolutely right!
There isn't a single human in this planet who is objective on everything. The best thing to do is to be upfront about it. He said what he thinks (since when has expressing opinions been wrong?), and he also put a disclaimer on it. I don't see a problem with that.
While on the subject of directory structure, who was genius who came up with the directory names for unix? I found the names to be confusing as hell when I was Linux newbie.. For example:
/etc - I guess its for miscaleneous stuff.. /usr - For user data("my documents")
And I still don't know when to use/bin,/usr/bin,/usr/local/bin,/usr/X11/bin.. The Windows directory structure is far from perfect, but so is the unix structure.
Fragmentation- This will allow headers to be fragmented and be able to reassemble itself back together.
You can't really fragment headers as the packet would break.. IPv6 has extension headers for fragmenting packets which simplify the fragmenting procedure. IPv4 also has packet fragmenting, but it works different. In IPv6 only the source host can fragment a packet, whereas in IPv4 packets are fragmented by routers. If large IPv6 packet has to travel through a network that cannot carry packets that big, it will simply be discarded and a notification of that will be sent using ICMP. Because the routers don't have to do fragmenting, routing will be a little faster.
Texting is quite popular even here in Finland, but it's true what Timothy says, talking is even more popular.
It largely depends on your age. I would guess it's most popular among 13 to 20 year olds. Go to a highschool and you'll find SMS's REALLY popular. I have friend who's record is something like 400 messages a month (she was ~18 years at the time).
Rob talked about this in GIS, it's very simple: He just doesn't want to reboot ten times a day to watch something which in 90% certainty is just another lame vid. I can't say I blame him. Plus everytime a QT clip does get posted, every Linux zealot and their mother complains about it.
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Get a clue. DeCSS is not a DVD player, it is just a tool to decrypt the MPEG2 video stream. You need an MPEG2-player to watch the movie..
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Of course, since the bug wasn't detected and fixed at a very early stage, there are several affected firmware revisions. I have no idea if they all work exactly the same way.
Not true. Most OS's execute (Win9x is the exception) a HLT-loop in idle time. Halt puts some parts of a CPU in sleep mode, where they consume significantly less electricity than normaly. Buck a month would not cover the increased in your electricity bill.
I mean, if a guy has a convition, how good can he be?
Exactly! And what is this crazy stuff I keep hearing about "e-mail"? Why would I ever want to use clumsy $2000 computer to send messages to people when I can fax, write or call them? And these "automobiles"...for godsakes, can't people just walk or ride a horse?!
No matter what the invention, a lot of people will initialy think its useless, but maybe it isn't. Time will tell.
If you buy an item on the grounds of the company who made it claiming it to be up-to-date AND on top of that do not check for driver support beforehand, you are an idiot. OTOH, looking at the US legal system, yes, you probably could sue.
Firewire is general purpose multidevice bus, ie. NOT suited for 3D-graphics. The protocol processing would generate consirable overhead, and even if didn't IEEE1394B would be too slow even if the bandwith was increased ten fold. AGP does need to be replaced sooner or later, and considering the poor performance and other problems, I'd rather have it happen sooner.
Qaulcom is the owner of some major CDMA patents so they naturally want G3 to use CDMA. Qualcom does some heavy duty lobbying of congressmen, FCC officials or whoever they need to. Result, US gov starts pushin for CDMA-G3 to be the standard in US. In Europe, Nokia and Ericson who have invested heavily in TDMA and own major patents start lobbying the European Parliament / Comission / whoever. TDMA-G3 becomes the standar in europe. In Japan... well, you get the picture.
I guess next you'll be telling us how Microsoft is brining competition to the software market by introducing secret, standards incompatible protocols? =D
I wouldn't consider $29.95/month cheap, as I happen to pay less than $5/month myself. Three GSM operators with totally compatible technologies => switching operators is easy => price matters A LOT. If that can't be called competition I don't know what can.
- What exactly would Microsoft gain if Intel were to become the only CPU-supplier? Computer sales would go down as a result of high CPU prices -> less copies of Windows sold. Gain: negative.
- What exactly would Intel gain if Microsost were to become the only OS-supplier? Computer sales would go down as a result of high Software prices -> less Hardware (CPU's) sold. Gain: negative
The Wintel alliance is just another really dumb conspiracy theory, please stop wasting peoples time with it.For a moment I thought Boston Globe had actually performed some code profiling (in the true meaning of the term) on the Helix code and were publishing the results. Now that would have been too cool.
There isn't a single human in this planet who is objective on everything. The best thing to do is to be upfront about it. He said what he thinks (since when has expressing opinions been wrong?), and he also put a disclaimer on it. I don't see a problem with that.
And I still don't know when to use /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/X11/bin.. The Windows directory structure is far from perfect, but so is the unix structure.
Those bastards!
You can't really fragment headers as the packet would break.. IPv6 has extension headers for fragmenting packets which simplify the fragmenting procedure. IPv4 also has packet fragmenting, but it works different. In IPv6 only the source host can fragment a packet, whereas in IPv4 packets are fragmented by routers. If large IPv6 packet has to travel through a network that cannot carry packets that big, it will simply be discarded and a notification of that will be sent using ICMP. Because the routers don't have to do fragmenting, routing will be a little faster.
It largely depends on your age. I would guess it's most popular among 13 to 20 year olds. Go to a highschool and you'll find SMS's REALLY popular. I have friend who's record is something like 400 messages a month (she was ~18 years at the time).
Rob talked about this in GIS, it's very simple: He just doesn't want to reboot ten times a day to watch something which in 90% certainty is just another lame vid. I can't say I blame him. Plus everytime a QT clip does get posted, every Linux zealot and their mother complains about it.
Is it a chip? Are the components really really small? hmm.. what should we call it..
I think you meant to say it's not a Processor (which nobody claimed it to be)
Once, it really wasn't much fun. Too much pointing and laughing for my taste.