Bloggers seem to think information distribution is a new paradigm...people have been taping screeds to lamp posts for a couple centuries now.
Sure, there's some good stuff in there. But for the most part, you can classify blogs thusly:
* "Bush is an idiot" vs. "Stupid moonbats!!!" * "I can't get laid" vs. "pay $10 to watch me get laid LIVE ON CAM!!!" * "Check out my l33t b@sh scripting SKILLZ!!!" vs. "Here's the latest VB.NET component module scripting wizard for Enterprise Monkeybusiness 2005!!!"
> The HME Early Access release can be used to > create great looking applications that display > on TV and interact with the user through the > TiVo remote control. You can also stream mp3s to > the TiVo DVR for playback.
> Future releases will expose more of the TiVo > platform, including the DVR features.
Not now...and I doubt they'll ever let folks grab content off the device in a format that does not include DRM...especially when sites hosting torrents of broadcast TV are getting yanked.
It will also be interesting to see what kind of DVR controls will be released...if they expose the functionality that lets users stab play and have the device start playing where the commercial stopped, there's no reason commercial skip couldn't be either automated or one click on the remote.
I think Tivo is going to make it, and has the possibility to be a very big winner, but there's also the chance that the networks will squash them like a bug.
1. Tivo licenses content. 2. Tivo provides nice search interface for Tivo BitTorrent client. 3. Tivo provides centralized Torrent servers and includes content in $12.95. 4. Goodbye cable!
Has anybody tried the new SDK? It's pretty cool...they should have done it from the beginning.
I don't think so...I think the EULA would prevent the user from using something like the LGPL, which I *think* allows people to essentially GPL their code while linking against proprietary software.
> Martin: One thing that really frustrates me a > little bit, and you can say this is partly because > of us at Microsoft and hopefully we're getting > better here, is that people try to position us as > Microsoft versus open source.
Read an example EULA that seems to prohibit anybody from using the MSFT technology in question in a project that uses the GPL (or any license that requires the source to be included in the distribution).
To Mr. Martin: look, you can't have an EULA like that and say you're not against open source. This is not the first EULA that stops people from choosing whatever license they like to cover their IP.
It's strange, too, that MSFT made this business decision. There will consequently be fewer projects released into the open with this technology, and possibly fewer people paying for OS and development tools. All because the EULA says (IANAL) to me "you cannot distribute the DLL if your project distribution must include source code."
That just doesn't make sense. It's almost like MSFT is cutting off their nose to spite their face.
According to the "About," they're using Outside In by Stellent to parse file formats. This lib has been around for a long, long time, which is why you can search MacWrite files.
The "About" also refers to X1, which is another desktop search solution.
> 1) The FSF can create different versions in the > future, and everything under the old licenses is > effectively retroactively dual-licensed.
? Are you sure about that? If I release a piece of code under GPLv2, it's still going to have the GPLv2 license text in it after GPLv3 comes out. If I don't want to use GPLv3, I won't change the license text in my source.
You'll never ever get to zero...my gmail account just started getting hit, and that addr has never been used on the web or given out to anybody (used to send mail to about ten recipients total).
Don't do that...I get msgs back to my spambox from servers configured to do just this. Problem is, I never sent them an e-mail in the first place, but somewhere a spam server is using my spambox addr as the sending addr.
If you're happy and learning, stay there. Getting a good job is a function of experience, interview ability and education. Start interviewing early, definitely before you graduate if possible...my school (UMass) had a good career center that was very useful. Your school probably has one, use it.
Internships and co-ops are way useful, really worked out for a couple friends of mine.
* MSFT funds a LOT of companies and projects...not all of them get mentioned on Slashdot. * If the project takes off, why wouldn't IBM/MSFT start making cheap hardware to run the open source software on?
> White House officials reasserted yesterday that > 380 tons of powerful explosives may have > disappeared from a vast Iraqi military complex > while Saddam Hussein controlled Iraq, saying a > brigade of American soldiers did not find the > explosives when they visited the complex on April > 10, 2003, the day after Baghdad fell.
Ok, Slashdot, let's see who can come up with the best off-the-wall loony conspiracy theories to twist this around as proof that we should vote for Bush so we can feel (not be) safer!
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Bloggers seem to think information distribution is a new paradigm...people have been taping screeds to lamp posts for a couple centuries now.
Sure, there's some good stuff in there. But for the most part, you can classify blogs thusly:
* "Bush is an idiot" vs. "Stupid moonbats!!!"
* "I can't get laid" vs. "pay $10 to watch me get laid LIVE ON CAM!!!"
* "Check out my l33t b@sh scripting SKILLZ!!!" vs. "Here's the latest VB.NET component module scripting wizard for Enterprise Monkeybusiness 2005!!!"
From the SDK FAQ:
> The HME Early Access release can be used to
> create great looking applications that display
> on TV and interact with the user through the
> TiVo remote control. You can also stream mp3s to
> the TiVo DVR for playback.
> Future releases will expose more of the TiVo
> platform, including the DVR features.
Not now...and I doubt they'll ever let folks grab content off the device in a format that does not include DRM...especially when sites hosting torrents of broadcast TV are getting yanked.
It will also be interesting to see what kind of DVR controls will be released...if they expose the functionality that lets users stab play and have the device start playing where the commercial stopped, there's no reason commercial skip couldn't be either automated or one click on the remote.
I think Tivo is going to make it, and has the possibility to be a very big winner, but there's also the chance that the networks will squash them like a bug.
1. Tivo licenses content.
2. Tivo provides nice search interface for Tivo BitTorrent client.
3. Tivo provides centralized Torrent servers and includes content in $12.95.
4. Goodbye cable!
Has anybody tried the new SDK? It's pretty cool...they should have done it from the beginning.
I don't think so...I think the EULA would prevent the user from using something like the LGPL, which I *think* allows people to essentially GPL their code while linking against proprietary software.
Ahhhh...the point of the scam is a domain name that looks like www.paypal.com in your browser but redirects you to something eeeeevil.
See the pretty demo.
> Martin: One thing that really frustrates me a
> little bit, and you can say this is partly because
> of us at Microsoft and hopefully we're getting
> better here, is that people try to position us as
> Microsoft versus open source.
Read an example EULA that seems to prohibit anybody from using the MSFT technology in question in a project that uses the GPL (or any license that requires the source to be included in the distribution).
To Mr. Martin: look, you can't have an EULA like that and say you're not against open source. This is not the first EULA that stops people from choosing whatever license they like to cover their IP.
It's strange, too, that MSFT made this business decision. There will consequently be fewer projects released into the open with this technology, and possibly fewer people paying for OS and development tools. All because the EULA says (IANAL) to me "you cannot distribute the DLL if your project distribution must include source code."
That just doesn't make sense. It's almost like MSFT is cutting off their nose to spite their face.
* Wipe machine.
* Unplug from net.
* Re-install Windows.
* Install SP2 from a CD.
* Install a virus scanner.
* Install Firefox.
* Remove IE icon from desktop.
* Plug network cable into machine.
Damn one-click patents...
If it's necessary to turn on anti-aliasing on your video card, your CPU speed might not matter as much as what video card you have.
According to the "About," they're using Outside In by Stellent to parse file formats. This lib has been around for a long, long time, which is why you can search MacWrite files.
The "About" also refers to X1, which is another desktop search solution.
Are gmail and Tor compatible now? They weren't at first.
If they're filtering everything that comes through the switches, they don't need to login, right?
Similar...and there's a RSS feed.
Furl.net
> 1) The FSF can create different versions in the
> future, and everything under the old licenses is
> effectively retroactively dual-licensed.
? Are you sure about that? If I release a piece of code under GPLv2, it's still going to have the GPLv2 license text in it after GPLv3 comes out. If I don't want to use GPLv3, I won't change the license text in my source.
You misspelled "Python."
You'll never ever get to zero...my gmail account just started getting hit, and that addr has never been used on the web or given out to anybody (used to send mail to about ten recipients total).
Don't do that...I get msgs back to my spambox from servers configured to do just this. Problem is, I never sent them an e-mail in the first place, but somewhere a spam server is using my spambox addr as the sending addr.
I like it..."oh sh*t" turns off the engine and pops a chute to lower the model safely to earth...
> In the UK, you apply to a particular department in
> a University, and then do a degree in that
> subject
Huh, kinda like how I applied to the CompSci dept. and did a degree in CompSci...
If you're happy and learning, stay there. Getting a good job is a function of experience, interview ability and education. Start interviewing early, definitely before you graduate if possible...my school (UMass) had a good career center that was very useful. Your school probably has one, use it.
Internships and co-ops are way useful, really worked out for a couple friends of mine.
* MSFT funds a LOT of companies and projects...not all of them get mentioned on Slashdot.
* If the project takes off, why wouldn't IBM/MSFT start making cheap hardware to run the open source software on?
See http://www.phones4charity.org/.
> but you don't see me filing a freaking lawsuit
> about it.
Without freaking lawsuits, freaking warranties will dwindle to a freaking week...and freaking quality will be freaking non-existent.
This is the only way to keep corporations in line.
> TiVo is making sure that you can't use a TiVo to
> view NFL games outside the specified market area.
Well, you can watch games on your Tivo remotely, but other people can't...somehow...through the magic of the internets.
> White House officials reasserted yesterday that
> 380 tons of powerful explosives may have
> disappeared from a vast Iraqi military complex
> while Saddam Hussein controlled Iraq, saying a
> brigade of American soldiers did not find the
> explosives when they visited the complex on April
> 10, 2003, the day after Baghdad fell.
Ok, Slashdot, let's see who can come up with the best off-the-wall loony conspiracy theories to twist this around as proof that we should vote for Bush so we can feel (not be) safer!