Your are quite right. That is a very possible future. Too bad that those with power to do something about it will probably be too _greedy_ to do so, and miss the creative solution readily availabe to remedy. I will explain it though, just in case they are listening.
A small surcharge is added to my internet bill. My surfing is securely monitored, and dependent on the view-ratio of the sites I visit, so divided is this surcharge among those sites. The monitoring of my site preference tailors traditional-like embedded ads on web pages, which also have the more appropriate traditional non-per-click ad fees. With this system in place the Internet economy would fair quite well --and be a complete boon to our economy.
The basic idea has already been put forth by others for P2P networks and their trading of copyrighted materials, I am merely generalizing the concept to the whole of the internet. But you can call it Trans' Marshal Plan, if you like;)
From what I understand, LizardTech has been bought out and the new parent is opening up. But it doesn't much matter since DjVu itself has an embedded image compressor format iw44, which for all practical purposes seems to be open.
http://www.djvuzone.org/support/faq.html#Whats%2 0t he%20main%20idea%20behind%20the%20DjVu%20technolog y
A few years ago I did an extensive comparsion of image formats and DjVu won hands down.
They should be focusing on the memory interconect tech, to get all that cache off the die. Hell, then they could fit 8 cpu into one w/o breaking a sweat.
It *is* the insurance companies. But not for the reasons you expect.
Inusrance companies pool money. Thus they defer expenditure from the actual consumer. It's easy to spend other people's money. So prices naturally go up and up.
While insurance is understandable for life-and-limb situations --without any other form of safety net. But it can't be applied to everyday usage. It doesn't work. Which is why a person in the United States *has* to have insurance just to afford any care (did you know, they charge more if don't have insurance!)
In every field, where insurance has become a norm, prices have risen. If you want to fix the health care system in America simply outlaw non-life-or-limb medical insurance. Period. Prices would drop almost overnight.
And, no, the argument that prices would remain high and no one would be able to afford anything doesn't work, b/c that's a fundemental misunderstanding of economics. Where there is a consumer, so to the producers go.
Good idea! How about this: Audio Visual Input Output Unit.
AVIO
I've been wanting to build forever, but have niether the time or the resources. But anyone wants to higher me. Let me know. The above is just one component of a revolutionary computer system I've designed. That might sound boastful, but it's true.
You gave it only 5 days!? are you crazy? Print ecyclopedias can't change AT ALL! They have to send off correct material separetly, and that happens ONCE A YEAR!
failings on your part do not undermine the brilliance of Douglas' work. While seemingly silly on the surface, beneath is a depth of understanding about the modern world and life (and the universe and everything) far beyond the common.
you may want to try reading a "grown-up" book like an Aristophanes' classic;p
he very well can, if you're driving. and in some states you don't even have to be driving: they can take you down to be held until your identity can be resloved.
further more, every where i go know they want a driver's license. i can't buy beer without it, i can't have a bank account. etc. etc.
very true. indeed it is symptomatic of the very fact that do not feel our own governemnt trustworthy. thus we do not wish for universal id cards, and thus the government underhandedly uses driver's licenses and ss# cards for such purposes. it compounds the problem.
give me an id card, but give me a new government first.
I have done some investigation in this myself, as the question of memory is of interest to me as well.
first of all, memory is not tied stricty to language. (ideas are pre-symbolic) but memory and Self are strictly linked. without memory one can have no conception of ones own existence. Thus your first memory is essentially your first day of existence -- your actual Brithday.
my fist memory, my birthday, occured when i was around 2 or 3 and i recall looking at a small blue flame --a furnace pilot light. i stuck my hand in that furnace and burnt the hell out of myself. i still have a scare. thus for me it was pain that triggered the neural dynamics to reflect upon my own being: Self as something seperate from Other.
i wonder how much this particular trigger carries on into the rest of our life. in my case, the trigger being by pain, i wonder if pain is therefore my modus operandi in relating to the world.
for you, it had something to do with moving and a new language. it would be interesting to know how those aspects have played out in the rest of your life.
when will you learn? how much does it take for it to finally sink in? micorsoft is hell bent on controlling your life. they are big brother in the making.
not to say we haven't been, but anyone so sure of themsleves to not give respectable speculation and doubt its place, well, you are of the type of persons that need to be dropped off and forgotten.
vary sad.
besides, why does a commercial company need government approval to go to the moon anyway?...something worth a real discussion.
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Buy this printer and be happier than you ever thought possible about a printer.
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http://www.office.xerox.com/perl-bin/product.pl
Then send HP a letter, printed on said printer, telling them to eat wax!
HP and all you ink printer makers, sopt ripping people-off and destroying our enviornment!
Please refer to these as Music Players, not MP3 players since they usually support multiple formats.
Your are quite right. That is a very possible future. Too bad that those with power to do something about it will probably be too _greedy_ to do so, and miss the creative solution readily availabe to remedy. I will explain it though, just in case they are listening.
;)
A small surcharge is added to my internet bill. My surfing is securely monitored, and dependent on the view-ratio of the sites I visit, so divided is this surcharge among those sites. The monitoring of my site preference tailors traditional-like embedded ads on web pages, which also have the more appropriate traditional non-per-click ad fees. With this system in place the Internet economy would fair quite well --and be a complete boon to our economy.
The basic idea has already been put forth by others for P2P networks and their trading of copyrighted materials, I am merely generalizing the concept to the whole of the internet. But you can call it Trans' Marshal Plan, if you like
You are absolutely disrepectful and should be banded from posting.
From what I understand, LizardTech has been bought out and the new parent is opening up. But it doesn't much matter since DjVu itself has an embedded image compressor format iw44, which for all practical purposes seems to be open.
2 0t he%20main%20idea%20behind%20the%20DjVu%20technolog y
http://www.djvuzone.org/support/faq.html#Whats%
A few years ago I did an extensive comparsion of image formats and DjVu won hands down.
"Pretty much. The news is so heavily skewed to the left OR the right"
Perhaps the problem is that reality itself is becoming heavily skewed to the left OR the right.
T.
They should be focusing on the memory interconect tech, to get all that cache off the die. Hell, then they could fit 8 cpu into one w/o breaking a sweat.
It *is* the insurance companies. But not for the reasons you expect.
Inusrance companies pool money. Thus they defer expenditure from the actual consumer. It's easy to spend other people's money. So prices naturally go up and up.
While insurance is understandable for life-and-limb situations --without any other form of safety net. But it can't be applied to everyday usage. It doesn't work. Which is why a person in the United States *has* to have insurance just to afford any care (did you know, they charge more if don't have insurance!)
In every field, where insurance has become a norm, prices have risen. If you want to fix the health care system in America simply outlaw non-life-or-limb medical insurance. Period. Prices would drop almost overnight.
And, no, the argument that prices would remain high and no one would be able to afford anything doesn't work, b/c that's a fundemental misunderstanding of economics. Where there is a consumer, so to the producers go.
Think about that.
T.
Good idea! How about this: Audio Visual Input Output Unit.
AVIO
I've been wanting to build forever, but have niether the time or the resources. But anyone wants to higher me. Let me know. The above is just one component of a revolutionary computer system I've designed. That might sound boastful, but it's true.
Funny you mention that. I'm a Ruby coder, but with a bent toward exploring languages. I've been thinking about learning a little REXX myself.
;-) Ironic isn't it?
s e
;-)
Also I'm exploring K and R. But not C
For general programming language discussion try:
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You gave it only 5 days!? are you crazy? Print ecyclopedias can't change AT ALL! They have to send off correct material separetly, and that happens ONCE A YEAR!
Give it a year and then let me know what happens.
failings on your part do not undermine the brilliance of Douglas' work. While seemingly silly on the surface, beneath is a depth of understanding about the modern world and life (and the universe and everything) far beyond the common.
;p
you may want to try reading a "grown-up" book like an Aristophanes' classic
competitve markets have price wars. funny T-1 connection prices barely changed...in how many years? a couple of decades now?
;-)
bandwidth costs money. but dark fiber doesn't compute.
for a $40 phone line, I pay over $10 in taxes (not including sales tax!)
FCC regulations to the resuce? come on, greased palms are faster than my dialup
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Think, "Communication Frogs". Think: "Lillypad Revolution".
For "When law begins to break you, it's time to break the law." -tsunami
tax tax tax and more tax, for enough is never enough; the more you have the more you spend and all the more careless you become with it.
and so it is, all the worse, with our most careless of spenders and greediest of money grubers: our politicians.
the beast feeds on itself.
he very well can, if you're driving. and in some states you don't even have to be driving: they can take you down to be held until your identity can be resloved.
further more, every where i go know they want a driver's license. i can't buy beer without it, i can't have a bank account. etc. etc.
might as well have an id card.
very true. indeed it is symptomatic of the very fact that do not feel our own governemnt trustworthy. thus we do not wish for universal id cards, and thus the government underhandedly uses driver's licenses and ss# cards for such purposes. it compounds the problem.
give me an id card, but give me a new government first.
if anyone ever manufactures these i'll buy one. love those old keyboards!
of course i'd be happy with an old wyse terminal keyboard too. those things were the bomb.
they sure don't make em like they used to. even the best keyboards i can find plae in compare.
I have done some investigation in this myself, as the question of memory is of interest to me as well.
first of all, memory is not tied stricty to language. (ideas are pre-symbolic) but memory and Self are strictly linked. without memory one can have no conception of ones own existence. Thus your first memory is essentially your first day of existence -- your actual Brithday.
my fist memory, my birthday, occured when i was around 2 or 3 and i recall looking at a small blue flame --a furnace pilot light. i stuck my hand in that furnace and burnt the hell out of myself. i still have a scare. thus for me it was pain that triggered the neural dynamics to reflect upon my own being: Self as something seperate from Other.
i wonder how much this particular trigger carries on into the rest of our life. in my case, the trigger being by pain, i wonder if pain is therefore my modus operandi in relating to the world.
for you, it had something to do with moving and a new language. it would be interesting to know how those aspects have played out in the rest of your life.
-transami
Could this finaly mean the end of floppies? please please. i hope every new prebuilt computer comes with one of these.
well, hopefully they won't just up and die but merge with other distros (if they had any sense)
mergers to expect? The UnitedLinux 4 will solidify into one company.
Lindows will become the home edition of Xandros.
others?
doubt the conspiricy?
when will you learn? how much does it take for it to finally sink in? micorsoft is hell bent on controlling your life. they are big brother in the making.
boycott now or forever will they control you.
do not buy another microsoft product!
Thanks all!!!
:)
I'll rerip the ones i can and convert the ones' i can't despite the quality loss (most are at 256kb so it shouldn't be too bad)
now to just to learn how to spell cue
think that's my queue. time to convert to ogg. :)
questions:
1. can anyone recommend a conversion utility for mp3->ogg?
2. what's the best linux, windows and/or mac ogg player?
3. what pocket portable players support ogg?
-transami
obviously you've been then?
idiot.
not to say we haven't been, but anyone so sure of themsleves to not give respectable speculation and doubt its place, well, you are of the type of persons that need to be dropped off and forgotten.
vary sad.
besides, why does a commercial company need government approval to go to the moon anyway?...something worth a real discussion.
A new future format will supercede all current medium.