I can see that happening on the sharing limit and such. I am at four of five computers, that is two home computers, a work computer, and my sister's computer. At least there is supposedly a way to reset the authenticated computers, I've heard of people doing it.
put them on my iRiver and Creative Zen players which I bought because the iPod is such a fashion accessory.
Not everyone buys iPod for looks.
I have one but I don't show it to people, nor do I use the white earbuds. I tried using Zens and iRivers on several occasions but they were harder to use than they had to be. The Nomad Zen is larger (IIRC, twice the physical volume) and heavier than same capacity iPod too.
I agree. Moving several-years-old server and workstation technology to the enthusiast market isn't a huge shift, it is simply a nearly inevitable transition, provided the technology benefits from mass production scaling.
Making something faster in itself is a nice innovation, but it doesn't really change how people use them, it is more evolutionary than revolutionary.
Ubuntu changelogs suggest some work was taken from Debian as well.
I would imagine that is the case, and I don't think anyone is pretending that it isn't.
While I think it is nice that Ubuntu is contributing to Linux, I am curious why it had to be the case, wouldn't that make Debian distribution development the slowest of the major distributions?
I generally release code I write under the BSD license. I think it's better to give freely.
The problem is that humans don't always operate in the best faith, another person could take your code make some changes and never release those changes. As such, you may have helped someone make money from your code, and you got no code in return for the favor.
What I don't like are knee-jerk reactions, like the kind that got us the PATRIOT act, and I think we need to start educating people not to respond irrationally. It is an uphill battle though.
I'm getting tired of all these Apple/Intel stories too. I think Apple makes some nice stuff, although certainly not the end-all of consumer electronics or computing.
To me, the chip architecture that is inside all their stuff doesn't really matter as long as it runs well.
Maybe. But to me, it smells more like "you must use our hardware so we make more profit"
Mark/Space has software that allows Palm (and I think PocketPC) devices connect within iTunes, same with iPhoto. The difference is probably that the M/S software doesn't try to bypass any DRM.
The problem is that multi-processor app scaling isn't easy, and the people to pay for that development should be the people that use multiple processors, hence, per-CPU licencing.
If multi-processor coding were easy, wouldn't there be a lot more such programs?
I was thinking more like, why is "online TV" not considered "IPTV"? While they don't necessarily mean the same thing, what "online" delivery method exists that doesn't involve IP?
On the up side, it might reduce the amount of picture email forwards.
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I think thirty seconds is a fine boot time.
With landline phones, the "computer" is always-on, that is, the switch at the CO.
If one just wanted to do email or UNIX command line stuff, then it would be trivial, assuming you are using a terminal and the computer at the other end is always on. Even then, the terminals of the old days still took maybe thirty seconds to warm up.
I would say maybe you could do sleep mode? My computers wake up in a second or two, quicker than any of my monitors can start showing an image. Another thing I've done is had my computer turn on by schedule, it's pretty easy to set up.
Even with the U.N. in existence, the number of genocides, and the number of people killed by them has reached beyond staggering numbers, many more in the last half of the 20th century than in the first half. The organization seems to either not care or to be too bogged down in politics to understand its own mission, where it is all talk for two years, and if the genocide is still continuing, they finally roll in.
He said that one day he accidentally kicked the power switch, and the whole place went beserk. I "encouraged" him to perhaps move it to the server farm, where it would be a little safer. He declined, saying he "wanted more control" over the application until it was stable enough. And this was on a production product.
Why would a CIO have problem ordering this person to move the service? Are they not given enough authority to can people not working in the best interests of the company (within reason)?
Why can't I have dual head graphics with hardware video acceleration/overlay on either monitor?
You can have this on either monitor (I'm sure you can pick which one), the real problem is that they might not do it so well on both monitors at the same time.
The popularity of illegal music sites was a clear example of how many consumers loved the idea of downloading digital music.
I suppose they didn't like the idea of downloading analog music very much.
Take 2:
The popularity of illegal music sites was a clear example of how many consumers loved the idea of downloading free music.
Take 3:
Most people didn't do it to cheat artists, they did it because they had no choice.
Of course, "downloading" the music directly from a CD was simply too hard.
Seriously now:
For me, the pricing needs to reflect the savings from not having to press, print and distribute the physical objects. I'd prefer to get the physical CD at a negligible amount more, most CDs I buy are priced around $10-$12 anyway, or used for half that, and I get an uncompressed copy, I don't worry about DRM, or what device to use.
For a $10 album download, the music industry is saving a lot on the middlemen but not passing the savings to the final purchaser.
Do you have add-in PCI cards? Macs have had problems with certain cards. My G5 will crash before sleeping, and the only thing that changed was I added USB and Firewire + USB cards.
I agree, I thought it was irritating that the PSU fan was going as fast as it always does. Maybe there are newer PSUs have temperature sensitive fans which would help. I think my old Compaq Deskpro slows the fan.
I think it only covers software and hardware players and also the encoders. The files themselves don't require buying the patent rights.
I would generally ignore any and all claims made in spam, and I do the same to forwards of nearly any kind. I am surprised that the spam in question used so many weasel words rather than just outright lying. That said, saying "unspecified people believe A to be true" might be enough to stay out of legal trouble even if it is a lie, because some body probably does believe it.
There is that threat, but the owner of every alternative codec tries very hard to maintain the branding.
Which brings to a different reason why there won't be a nother "king", that there are several strong competitors, and none of them seem to be going away, and none can compete in usage with the real MP3. That standard is also the only thing that the portable audio file players have in common. Sony tried to make audio file players that wouldn't play those files but took a beating and rightfully so. The other formats may be more space efficient and bandwidth efficient, but with increasing bandwidth and storage space, the reasons to switch dwindle quickly.
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I can see that happening on the sharing limit and such. I am at four of five computers, that is two home computers, a work computer, and my sister's computer. At least there is supposedly a way to reset the authenticated computers, I've heard of people doing it.
put them on my iRiver and Creative Zen players which I bought because the iPod is such a fashion accessory.
Not everyone buys iPod for looks.
I have one but I don't show it to people, nor do I use the white earbuds. I tried using Zens and iRivers on several occasions but they were harder to use than they had to be. The Nomad Zen is larger (IIRC, twice the physical volume) and heavier than same capacity iPod too.
I agree. Moving several-years-old server and workstation technology to the enthusiast market isn't a huge shift, it is simply a nearly inevitable transition, provided the technology benefits from mass production scaling.
Making something faster in itself is a nice innovation, but it doesn't really change how people use them, it is more evolutionary than revolutionary.
Christ, step outside and go for a walk, see a local band, read a book, play with your dog, have sex with your wife.
This is Slashdot. Even if by some stroke of luck (or unluck, depending who you ask) that a slashdotter is married, the sex probably isn't happening.
Ubuntu changelogs suggest some work was taken from Debian as well.
I would imagine that is the case, and I don't think anyone is pretending that it isn't.
While I think it is nice that Ubuntu is contributing to Linux, I am curious why it had to be the case, wouldn't that make Debian distribution development the slowest of the major distributions?
I generally release code I write under the BSD license. I think it's better to give freely.
The problem is that humans don't always operate in the best faith, another person could take your code make some changes and never release those changes. As such, you may have helped someone make money from your code, and you got no code in return for the favor.
I think I understand what you mean.
What I don't like are knee-jerk reactions, like the kind that got us the PATRIOT act, and I think we need to start educating people not to respond irrationally. It is an uphill battle though.
I'm getting tired of all these Apple/Intel stories too. I think Apple makes some nice stuff, although certainly not the end-all of consumer electronics or computing.
To me, the chip architecture that is inside all their stuff doesn't really matter as long as it runs well.
Maybe. But to me, it smells more like "you must use our hardware so we make more profit"
Mark/Space has software that allows Palm (and I think PocketPC) devices connect within iTunes, same with iPhoto. The difference is probably that the M/S software doesn't try to bypass any DRM.
The problem is that multi-processor app scaling isn't easy, and the people to pay for that development should be the people that use multiple processors, hence, per-CPU licencing.
If multi-processor coding were easy, wouldn't there be a lot more such programs?
The thing is, that it is unintentionally hilarious, so bad that it's good according to some people.
An MST3k of it would only be able to pick the obvious jokes.
I was thinking more like, why is "online TV" not considered "IPTV"? While they don't necessarily mean the same thing, what "online" delivery method exists that doesn't involve IP?
Tatooine isn't a gas giant...
Some fans seem to argue that George Lucas is.
On the up side, it might reduce the amount of picture email forwards.
I think thirty seconds is a fine boot time.
With landline phones, the "computer" is always-on, that is, the switch at the CO.
If one just wanted to do email or UNIX command line stuff, then it would be trivial, assuming you are using a terminal and the computer at the other end is always on. Even then, the terminals of the old days still took maybe thirty seconds to warm up.
I would say maybe you could do sleep mode? My computers wake up in a second or two, quicker than any of my monitors can start showing an image. Another thing I've done is had my computer turn on by schedule, it's pretty easy to set up.
Even with the U.N. in existence, the number of genocides, and the number of people killed by them has reached beyond staggering numbers, many more in the last half of the 20th century than in the first half. The organization seems to either not care or to be too bogged down in politics to understand its own mission, where it is all talk for two years, and if the genocide is still continuing, they finally roll in.
He said that one day he accidentally kicked the power switch, and the whole place went beserk. I "encouraged" him to perhaps move it to the server farm, where it would be a little safer. He declined, saying he "wanted more control" over the application until it was stable enough. And this was on a production product.
Why would a CIO have problem ordering this person to move the service? Are they not given enough authority to can people not working in the best interests of the company (within reason)?
Why can't I have dual head graphics with hardware video acceleration/overlay on either monitor?
You can have this on either monitor (I'm sure you can pick which one), the real problem is that they might not do it so well on both monitors at the same time.
Take 1:
The popularity of illegal music sites was a clear example of how many consumers loved the idea of downloading digital music.
I suppose they didn't like the idea of downloading analog music very much.
Take 2:
The popularity of illegal music sites was a clear example of how many consumers loved the idea of downloading free music.
Take 3:
Most people didn't do it to cheat artists, they did it because they had no choice.
Of course, "downloading" the music directly from a CD was simply too hard.
Seriously now:
For me, the pricing needs to reflect the savings from not having to press, print and distribute the physical objects. I'd prefer to get the physical CD at a negligible amount more, most CDs I buy are priced around $10-$12 anyway, or used for half that, and I get an uncompressed copy, I don't worry about DRM, or what device to use.
For a $10 album download, the music industry is saving a lot on the middlemen but not passing the savings to the final purchaser.
Do you have add-in PCI cards? Macs have had problems with certain cards. My G5 will crash before sleeping, and the only thing that changed was I added USB and Firewire + USB cards.
make sleep suck on a PC.
I agree, I thought it was irritating that the PSU fan was going as fast as it always does. Maybe there are newer PSUs have temperature sensitive fans which would help. I think my old Compaq Deskpro slows the fan.
It's not a problem on Macs that I've experienced.
The better compression, or better quality given a certain file size doesn't mean much as storage capacity and bandwidth grows quickly.
The other points really don't affect most people few are commercial entities involved in selling audio.
I think it only covers software and hardware players and also the encoders. The files themselves don't require buying the patent rights.
I would generally ignore any and all claims made in spam, and I do the same to forwards of nearly any kind. I am surprised that the spam in question used so many weasel words rather than just outright lying. That said, saying "unspecified people believe A to be true" might be enough to stay out of legal trouble even if it is a lie, because some body probably does believe it.
There is that threat, but the owner of every alternative codec tries very hard to maintain the branding.
Which brings to a different reason why there won't be a nother "king", that there are several strong competitors, and none of them seem to be going away, and none can compete in usage with the real MP3. That standard is also the only thing that the portable audio file players have in common. Sony tried to make audio file players that wouldn't play those files but took a beating and rightfully so. The other formats may be more space efficient and bandwidth efficient, but with increasing bandwidth and storage space, the reasons to switch dwindle quickly.
Better than cops saying that someone was "traveling at a high rate of speed". Huh? What is wrong with "speeding"?