Yes, actually. Programming is really easy. Folliwing the logic and saying "Add the tax to the total" in english is actually the hard part. Converting to the equivilent in a programming langauge like "Total:= Tax + SubTotal;" is the easy part. If you work in a really big company, the kind that outsources to India, you will understand.
In reponse to the parent, yes, India is only in the running because they're cheap. Other countries are starting to undercut India. Look up "race to the bottom" for more information.
That's really weird. First, that they didn't let you activate over the net. Also, that you talked a rep. When I switched out my motherboard and NIC I had to reactivate over the phone (couldn't install nic yet). It was all automated, I just put my registration code and it gave me a new number. I used a Win98 upgrade home retail version.
Email viruses would decline, but if users thought they could now go without client side virus scans they'd be wrong. There are many places to get viruses, email is just one of them.
Huh? So you see that your NT4 machine doesn't have the ctrl+alt+del dialog and you login anyway. At worst you're at the Linux level of security there, if you ignore the fact that the ctrl+alt+delete prompt isn't coming up. On linux you can just switch the login script with one that logs you in as well as taking down the passwords. Ctrl+alt+delete to login adds more security, even though it may not be perfect, what part of that don't you agree with?
If it were not for Amazon, the Barnes & Noble online site would probably look a lot like bookstore.com, or worse maybe even B Dalton's web site.
Uhhhh, B Dalton's is owned my Barnes & Noble. Here's the press release. Also, just because someone did a good job, doesn't mean they deserve a monopoly on that. If Amazon could patent all that stuff you mentioned, then Barnes & Noble would not have those features unless they licensed them. For very innovative things I think people deserve patents, but one-click is something any programmer would come up with if someone wanted a quicker and simpler way to buy books. Even if the were the first ones to market it as a big feature, patent it, and license it. The idea is nothing special.
2. You're missing my point. Any provider can pick the protocol that they think can provides the best service. You can use a different company's protocol, or you can have a phone that supports different protocols. It's like saying you have to switch to linux to use SSH, and then back to Windows to use telnet or something.
2. It's not a fundamental problem with a system. For example, when sprint came in with their digital system and stopped using analog they kinda broke the standard, and were providing better service. It's just when you switched to their service you had to have a phone that supported their protocol.
4. Cingular provides nationwide access as well as service in Canada. That's more land than Europe. I can't think of any of the other big services where plans aren't at least nationwide.
Even worse is that he gave a range. How long does it take to count up these lines? "Lets see... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 7 oh wait, I lost my count. 1, 2..." You'd think if it was such a big deal they'd study it a little more carefully!
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The feature that would make me choose a Nueros over other players is the ability to transmit FM radio. My car has no options, and only has an AM/FM radio. It also has this stupid rounded cover so I'd have to do some cutting to get a standard size cd player in there, and pay for installation. I don't even have a tape player, so I can't use a minijack to tape converter with an mp3 player. With the nueros I can just have it next to my radio, have it transmit, and I'm happy.
I'm suprised Real Networks is selling music, you can get it for free, from Real.com. Just look very hard for the link, it's right next to the free real player download link... really...
While it's a joke, it also helps this guys point. Using a broken system interferes with that shopkeepers ability to do business. He needs to use something that will be easy for everyone to use. What if the standard doesn't meet his requirements? Then he can put effort into swomething different, but he'd be breaking the standard. For example, the SVG standard I work a bit with. Where the SVG standard fails people have been adding their own extensions into the viewer. Arguably the technology has been improved by breaking the standard. Of course there are problems associated with it. But it's just the same "innovation, not regulation" argument that you'll hear from republicans. Go look up that debate and you'll get even more info.
Okay, so you can take a look at a bunch of numbers and say "p2p networks take %60 of our bandwidth" but you can't write a computer program to do the same thing? How is that possible?
I don't get how this punishes us in anyway. We put a GPS system in place and let everyone use it. I don't think the US government receives any kickbacks from people making GPS units. Why is this upsetting everyone? I mean, if we start another war against an enemy that uses the EU system we can block it without blocking our own GPS units. Sounds like a good thing from that aspect. Maybe I'm wrong on something here?
I work for a DSL provider in the US, and while I didn't set the system up myself, I know a lot about it. Basically we can push anywhere up to 1.5Mbit on our DSL lines from our central office to the customer. The speed is limited to the overhead on the copper lines and we cannot go over 28,000 ft, and I don't think we can go over the 1.5Mbit, and the phone company we lease lines from doesn't charge us different whatever speed we do. So when we throttle a port we are doing it to limit the bandwidth going through our central office to the outside world. Our DSL equipment in the central office can take however many lines it has ports for without it slowing down, and we usually guarantee whatever speed is ordered. Their radios are probably limited by the bandwith they can get using radios, instead of what we use, fiber/T1s.
I'm still not clear on this. I think he's asking if earthlink can develop their own solution in house and, as long as they don't sell it, have it not matter what patents say. For example, there's a patent on laser pointers for the purpose of entertaining cats. If someone gets a regular laser pointer and uses it to entertain cats they're okay. If someone packages "The Amazing Laser Cat Entertainer" then it's a patent violation. So... is earthlink developing their spam solution in house, and not selling it, a patent violation? I think it isn't, but I'm not a patent lawyer (or any other kind of lawyer).
It's ignorance, plain and simple. The biggest computer experts, authorities, like ESR are saying that "hacking" is the wrong term. Looking at the history of hackers, he's right. So I think it makes sense for people to try and stop ignorance. Look at Paul McFedries and wordspy, yeah, google means to "search the internet", BS. The term google was not used before google came around, and people started using google to mean search google because it was the search engine you'd use to get the best results. He says he's just reporting on the usage, but why doesn't he add "alot" to the dictionary, I see that all the time. Oh wait, because it's wrong and shouldn't be used. So we're fighting ignorance here. Although choosing whether or not to give up on it is a value decision and up to you.
Uhhh, so what are you doing when you get the brakes and tired replaced? Installing A/C? Not to mention that ROADS are a huge problem. Emissions free cars does not mean pullution free.
Just a quick question. It was just a bluff I understand, but what would tell a dispatcher with a 911 call? For own my knowledge, what rights do we have as consumers to return defective DVDs and CDs? I understand the laws may be different in Portland (Oregon) because of their political stance, but can you give a general idea? Thanks.
"in fact, you have to go through a good bit to set Home up otherwise"
Now that's just a lie if you've ever used WindowsXP Home. When my deadbeat brother moved back into our house he started using my computer and installing all sorts of stupid stuff because he didn't know any better. Within 10 minutes I had a password on my (admin) account and enabled a guest account with no privileges to the registry. Now he can't use or install anything except IE, Outlook, and MSN Messenger. Complete with his own Outlook, IE, and Messenger profiles without having to go to each of those programs and adding it myself. Easy.
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Yes, actually. Programming is really easy. Folliwing the logic and saying "Add the tax to the total" in english is actually the hard part. Converting to the equivilent in a programming langauge like "Total := Tax + SubTotal;" is the easy part. If you work in a really big company, the kind that outsources to India, you will understand.
In reponse to the parent, yes, India is only in the running because they're cheap. Other countries are starting to undercut India. Look up "race to the bottom" for more information.
That's really weird. First, that they didn't let you activate over the net. Also, that you talked a rep. When I switched out my motherboard and NIC I had to reactivate over the phone (couldn't install nic yet). It was all automated, I just put my registration code and it gave me a new number. I used a Win98 upgrade home retail version.
Email viruses would decline, but if users thought they could now go without client side virus scans they'd be wrong. There are many places to get viruses, email is just one of them.
Huh? So you see that your NT4 machine doesn't have the ctrl+alt+del dialog and you login anyway. At worst you're at the Linux level of security there, if you ignore the fact that the ctrl+alt+delete prompt isn't coming up. On linux you can just switch the login script with one that logs you in as well as taking down the passwords. Ctrl+alt+delete to login adds more security, even though it may not be perfect, what part of that don't you agree with?
If it were not for Amazon, the Barnes & Noble online site would probably look a lot like bookstore.com, or worse maybe even B Dalton's web site.
Uhhhh, B Dalton's is owned my Barnes & Noble. Here's the press release. Also, just because someone did a good job, doesn't mean they deserve a monopoly on that. If Amazon could patent all that stuff you mentioned, then Barnes & Noble would not have those features unless they licensed them. For very innovative things I think people deserve patents, but one-click is something any programmer would come up with if someone wanted a quicker and simpler way to buy books. Even if the were the first ones to market it as a big feature, patent it, and license it. The idea is nothing special.
2. You're missing my point. Any provider can pick the protocol that they think can provides the best service. You can use a different company's protocol, or you can have a phone that supports different protocols. It's like saying you have to switch to linux to use SSH, and then back to Windows to use telnet or something.
2. It's not a fundamental problem with a system. For example, when sprint came in with their digital system and stopped using analog they kinda broke the standard, and were providing better service. It's just when you switched to their service you had to have a phone that supported their protocol.
4. Cingular provides nationwide access as well as service in Canada. That's more land than Europe. I can't think of any of the other big services where plans aren't at least nationwide.
What I was hoping for was being able to buy just the chorus for 50 cents. I like your idea better.
For orlder ones the free registration doesn't even work. Yet another reason for slashdot to stop posting their articles.
Wouldn't it make more sense to get advice from the guy who hasn't elecrocuted himself a bunch?
Even worse is that he gave a range. How long does it take to count up these lines? "Lets see ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 7 oh wait, I lost my count. 1, 2 ..." You'd think if it was such a big deal they'd study it a little more carefully!
The feature that would make me choose a Nueros over other players is the ability to transmit FM radio. My car has no options, and only has an AM/FM radio. It also has this stupid rounded cover so I'd have to do some cutting to get a standard size cd player in there, and pay for installation. I don't even have a tape player, so I can't use a minijack to tape converter with an mp3 player. With the nueros I can just have it next to my radio, have it transmit, and I'm happy.
PS, I'm big on Xiph, don't trust me
I'm suprised Real Networks is selling music, you can get it for free, from Real.com. Just look very hard for the link, it's right next to the free real player download link... really...
PS, Real Networks can burn in hell.
While it's a joke, it also helps this guys point. Using a broken system interferes with that shopkeepers ability to do business. He needs to use something that will be easy for everyone to use. What if the standard doesn't meet his requirements? Then he can put effort into swomething different, but he'd be breaking the standard. For example, the SVG standard I work a bit with. Where the SVG standard fails people have been adding their own extensions into the viewer. Arguably the technology has been improved by breaking the standard. Of course there are problems associated with it. But it's just the same "innovation, not regulation" argument that you'll hear from republicans. Go look up that debate and you'll get even more info.
Okay, so you can take a look at a bunch of numbers and say "p2p networks take %60 of our bandwidth" but you can't write a computer program to do the same thing? How is that possible?
I don't get how this punishes us in anyway. We put a GPS system in place and let everyone use it. I don't think the US government receives any kickbacks from people making GPS units. Why is this upsetting everyone? I mean, if we start another war against an enemy that uses the EU system we can block it without blocking our own GPS units. Sounds like a good thing from that aspect. Maybe I'm wrong on something here?
I work for a DSL provider in the US, and while I didn't set the system up myself, I know a lot about it. Basically we can push anywhere up to 1.5Mbit on our DSL lines from our central office to the customer. The speed is limited to the overhead on the copper lines and we cannot go over 28,000 ft, and I don't think we can go over the 1.5Mbit, and the phone company we lease lines from doesn't charge us different whatever speed we do. So when we throttle a port we are doing it to limit the bandwidth going through our central office to the outside world. Our DSL equipment in the central office can take however many lines it has ports for without it slowing down, and we usually guarantee whatever speed is ordered. Their radios are probably limited by the bandwith they can get using radios, instead of what we use, fiber/T1s.
30 years of computing and we can't get rid of flamebait? You'd think we would have settled this all by now.
I'm still not clear on this. I think he's asking if earthlink can develop their own solution in house and, as long as they don't sell it, have it not matter what patents say. For example, there's a patent on laser pointers for the purpose of entertaining cats. If someone gets a regular laser pointer and uses it to entertain cats they're okay. If someone packages "The Amazing Laser Cat Entertainer" then it's a patent violation. So ... is earthlink developing their spam solution in house, and not selling it, a patent violation? I think it isn't, but I'm not a patent lawyer (or any other kind of lawyer).
It's ignorance, plain and simple. The biggest computer experts, authorities, like ESR are saying that "hacking" is the wrong term. Looking at the history of hackers, he's right. So I think it makes sense for people to try and stop ignorance. Look at Paul McFedries and wordspy, yeah, google means to "search the internet", BS. The term google was not used before google came around, and people started using google to mean search google because it was the search engine you'd use to get the best results. He says he's just reporting on the usage, but why doesn't he add "alot" to the dictionary, I see that all the time. Oh wait, because it's wrong and shouldn't be used. So we're fighting ignorance here. Although choosing whether or not to give up on it is a value decision and up to you.
Uhhh, so what are you doing when you get the brakes and tired replaced? Installing A/C? Not to mention that ROADS are a huge problem. Emissions free cars does not mean pullution free.
Just a quick question. It was just a bluff I understand, but what would tell a dispatcher with a 911 call? For own my knowledge, what rights do we have as consumers to return defective DVDs and CDs? I understand the laws may be different in Portland (Oregon) because of their political stance, but can you give a general idea? Thanks.
"in fact, you have to go through a good bit to set Home up otherwise"
Now that's just a lie if you've ever used WindowsXP Home. When my deadbeat brother moved back into our house he started using my computer and installing all sorts of stupid stuff because he didn't know any better. Within 10 minutes I had a password on my (admin) account and enabled a guest account with no privileges to the registry. Now he can't use or install anything except IE, Outlook, and MSN Messenger. Complete with his own Outlook, IE, and Messenger profiles without having to go to each of those programs and adding it myself. Easy.
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