Sure, it's not something you want currently, but right now your free lunch is due to the fact that a relatively small portion of the public bypasses ads using a dvr.
Who pays for the programming when everyone uses a dvr?
This could be a solution for "free" TV over the long term.
I think it's reasonable to assume that you put yourself at a disadvantage if your employer has all the information regarding salary data and you have none.
entertainment represent about 0.7% of the total US economy in this census
It has always boggled my mind how Hollywood has been able to hold much of the technology industry hostage with overbearing DRM legislation schemes when their revenue is a small fraction of tech's.
Goes to show what happens when an industry's core competancy is lobbying.
That will be an impressive feat, with the US Federal highway speed limit of 65, and a Canadian speed limit on major roads up there not much faster; 100km/hr to 120km/hr, if I recall on my last trip?(it was months ago, sorry). Why is it that nobody else is allowed to break the speed limit, but these guys are?
This alternate article states that each car must obey local speed limits.
So it sounds like the race becomes more about efficiency and conservation of energy through the cloudy spells than it is about raw speed.
SWT acomplishes this. It uses native widgets where possible, and does so in an intelligent fashion.
Granted, this took much longer than it should have.
It's regrettable that Sun's marketing hype over Swing et all has poisoned people's impression of Java desktop GUIs, but with SWT we finally have a good framework...honest.
Try downloading Eclipse (written using SWT) to see for yourself.
Not to mention that the cost of gasoline doesn't reflect the tax dollars that are spent to ship troops to the Middle East to defend our oil supply.
Under the current system gasoline is subsidized by the government. If the full cost of oil were reflected at the pump, alternative sources of energy might have a better chance of breaking through.
I can see how this might become a problem with extremely popular coffee shops in bigger cities such as Seattle, but for the average coffee shop free wi fi still has great benefit.
I used to be a big fan of Starbucks, but lately I've completely stopped buying their coffee as they insist on charging $6/hr for their T-Mobile hotspot, while I can get free wifi at number of locally owned coffee shops around town.
I bring a lot of business to these places, and always make sure to tip well. That's money they never would have seen without the wi-fi differentiator.
"Could Apple be considering selling a 2 GB model at a loss under hopes that users will max it out, and then trade it in for a larger model?"
Doubtful, I think. If they sell for a loss then they are going to push more volume, probably capturing a larger share of the market, and making the iPod more mainstream.
I would venture to guess there are quite a sizable percentage of people in that mainstream category who either wouldn't have 2GB of music at their disposal to max it out, or wouldn't care about lugging around more than that at any given time.
At least enough that Apple wouldn't want to make this their main strategy...
On Windows (up to 2K, anyways), the start button is slightly off the corner.
This has been fixed in Windows XP. You can now just throw your mouse to the bottom corner and hit the Start menu. Actually, this is the first that I've noticed it, as I was so used to the flaw in previous versions of Windows.
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How about just plain old Legos? It is becoming increasingly hard to find a simple bucket of regular colored *non-themed* Legos. Instead we have the commercialized Star Wars and Harry Potter Lego sets all over the place. Sure, you can still use those sets to build whatever you want (especially after you mix them and lose a lot of the pieces like I did when I was little), but when I eventually have kids I would still like to be able to hand them a plain set of colored block and have them go out it with their own imagination, rather than have them be influenced by what the latest movie craze is...
Do you think a presidential candidate would win if he announced that he wanted to raise taxes for a huge space program?
I would vote for him/her and so would much of Slashdot, but given the laws that have been getting passed as of late, it is quite clear that we don't have much pull in our present form.
The new window style? The style looks pretty much identical to KDE 2.2 to me, which should be expected as the main purpose of this update is to get up to date with Qt 3.
It almost seems like a Microsoft-like statement, to tell you they're doing all of this to reduce theft, while really they're doing it to ensure you are forced into coming back to their dealerships..."
Not quite. There is a big difference between automotive theft protection and so-called software "theft" protection.
In the case of your car, the manufacturer is providing a feature that helps prevent the consumer from being a victim of theft. This comes at the expense of ease of modification, but it's a beneficial trade-off for most people. Speaking as a person who's car was stolen last year, I can testify that I find this to be a valuable feature (even if it isn't always 100% effective).
On the other hand, software copy protection only detracts from the product without benefiting the consumer in any way. Microsoft's WPA is not going to prevent someone from breaking into my room and stealing my Windows XP CD (not that I own an XP CD anyway:)). It only helps pad Microsoft's wallet at the expense of my extra added hassle. No thanks.
If somebody hits a web site that tells them they need Java, and they have to download it over a dial-up, they're going to be mad at the PC maker for giving them an incomplete system.
I think that it is much more likely that the majority of users would just choose to go without Java rather than expend the energy that it would take to be mad at their PC-maker for not including it.
Like it or not, Java isn't exactly the most mainstream technology when it comes to desktop applications.
IANAL, but AFAIK, "fair use" only refers to that which you are allowed to do with legally-purchased copyrighted material within the law.
As you say, it is perfectly legal for you to make backup copies of said material for your own use. Likewise it is perfectly legal for you to rip MP3s from CDs that you have purchased (so long as you do not share them with anyone else).
Fair use dictates that you cannot be prosecuted for doing either of these things.
It does not guarantee that publishers cannot restrict your use of their product through technical means (which this is).
See John Gilmore's What's Wrong With Copy Protection for a more complete picture of the climate out there regarding such things (it isn't pretty).
Whether or not they are in the right on this, given that GAIM is now compatible with multiple instant messaging protocols through it's plugin system, it might actually be beneficial for them to change the name anyway.
Just because people are breaking the law, that doesn't mean they are wrong or what they believe in is irrelevant. If a law is brain-dead then change comes about much more quickly if it is disobeyed en mass. Good citizens have a responsibility to ignore such laws.
"If you have to become a police state to enforce your law, the law is wrong."
There is probably a lot of truth to this message, but the fact remains that Eazel needs $$$ to survive and there isn't any more $$$ in free GUI Server and web apps than there is in a free GUI desktops.
The bottom line is that no matter what Eazel does or how good or useful it is, they need to find some way to get $$$ if they want to continue to do what they are doing.
I'd like to point out that if BeOS was converted to an Open Source License, it would not mean the end of either OS by a long shot.
And so what if it did? If opening up Be resulted in an open OS that was better than everything else in every way shape and form then who the hell cares if the competition (yes, Linux) goes by the wayside? And visa-versa, of course...
Now, again, I'm not saying that is going to happen (not by a long shot:), but let's not get too emotionally attached to any certain OS simply for the sake of being emotionally attached to an OS. I don't use Linux for the t-shirts. If there's a better tool out there all things being equal then that's what I'm going to use and dedicate myself to, the rest be damned.
Wow, this is just perfect! I just banned the IOC and its corporate cronies from delivering me mindless content. I don't want them or their advertisements anyone near my living room.
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Sure, it's not something you want currently, but right now your free lunch is due to the fact that a relatively small portion of the public bypasses ads using a dvr.
Who pays for the programming when everyone uses a dvr?
This could be a solution for "free" TV over the long term.
I think it's reasonable to assume that you put yourself at a disadvantage if your employer has all the information regarding salary data and you have none.
http://joshstaiger.org/
entertainment represent about 0.7% of the total US economy in this census
It has always boggled my mind how Hollywood has been able to hold much of the technology industry hostage with overbearing DRM legislation schemes when their revenue is a small fraction of tech's.
Goes to show what happens when an industry's core competancy is lobbying.
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That will be an impressive feat, with the US Federal highway speed limit of 65, and a Canadian speed limit on major roads up there not much faster; 100km/hr to 120km/hr, if I recall on my last trip?(it was months ago, sorry). Why is it that nobody else is allowed to break the speed limit, but these guys are?
This alternate article states that each car must obey local speed limits.
So it sounds like the race becomes more about efficiency and conservation of energy through the cloudy spells than it is about raw speed.
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http://joshstaiger.org/
I'm going to go out on a limb an guess that this means that Apple isn't going to take Jonathan Schwartz up on his offer that they adopt Solaris 10 for the underpinnings of the Mac OS and adopt NetBeans as their development environment...
Shocking, I know.
Oye vey...
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I tried messing with an SWT-based hello-world in eclipse and was frustrated that nowhere is there a simple how-to on how to do it.
You may want to check out the Getting Started with Eclipse and SWT page if you haven't already done so.
It contains some pretty good tutorials on the basics of SWT development.
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http://joshstaiger.org/
SWT acomplishes this. It uses native widgets where possible, and does so in an intelligent fashion.
Granted, this took much longer than it should have.
It's regrettable that Sun's marketing hype over Swing et all has poisoned people's impression of Java desktop GUIs, but with SWT we finally have a good framework...honest.
Try downloading Eclipse (written using SWT) to see for yourself.
Not to mention that the cost of gasoline doesn't reflect the tax dollars that are spent to ship troops to the Middle East to defend our oil supply.
Under the current system gasoline is subsidized by the government. If the full cost of oil were reflected at the pump, alternative sources of energy might have a better chance of breaking through.
I used to be a big fan of Starbucks, but lately I've completely stopped buying their coffee as they insist on charging $6/hr for their T-Mobile hotspot, while I can get free wifi at number of locally owned coffee shops around town.
I bring a lot of business to these places, and always make sure to tip well. That's money they never would have seen without the wi-fi differentiator.
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http://joshstaiger.org/
"Could Apple be considering selling a 2 GB model at a loss under hopes that users will max it out, and then trade it in for a larger model?"
Doubtful, I think. If they sell for a loss then they are going to push more volume, probably capturing a larger share of the market, and making the iPod more mainstream.
I would venture to guess there are quite a sizable percentage of people in that mainstream category who either wouldn't have 2GB of music at their disposal to max it out, or wouldn't care about lugging around more than that at any given time.
At least enough that Apple wouldn't want to make this their main strategy...
On Windows (up to 2K, anyways), the start button is slightly off the corner.
This has been fixed in Windows XP. You can now just throw your mouse to the bottom corner and hit the Start menu. Actually, this is the first that I've noticed it, as I was so used to the flaw in previous versions of Windows.
How about just plain old Legos? It is becoming increasingly hard to find a simple bucket of regular colored *non-themed* Legos. Instead we have the commercialized Star Wars and Harry Potter Lego sets all over the place. Sure, you can still use those sets to build whatever you want (especially after you mix them and lose a lot of the pieces like I did when I was little), but when I eventually have kids I would still like to be able to hand them a plain set of colored block and have them go out it with their own imagination, rather than have them be influenced by what the latest movie craze is...
Do you think a presidential candidate would win if he announced that he wanted to raise taxes for a huge space program?
I would vote for him/her and so would much of Slashdot, but given the laws that have been getting passed as of late, it is quite clear that we don't have much pull in our present form.
The new window style? The style looks pretty much identical to KDE 2.2 to me, which should be expected as the main purpose of this update is to get up to date with Qt 3.
Not quite. There is a big difference between automotive theft protection and so-called software "theft" protection.
In the case of your car, the manufacturer is providing a feature that helps prevent the consumer from being a victim of theft. This comes at the expense of ease of modification, but it's a beneficial trade-off for most people. Speaking as a person who's car was stolen last year, I can testify that I find this to be a valuable feature (even if it isn't always 100% effective).
On the other hand, software copy protection only detracts from the product without benefiting the consumer in any way. Microsoft's WPA is not going to prevent someone from breaking into my room and stealing my Windows XP CD (not that I own an XP CD anyway :)). It only helps pad Microsoft's wallet at the expense of my extra added hassle. No thanks.
I think that it is much more likely that the majority of users would just choose to go without Java rather than expend the energy that it would take to be mad at their PC-maker for not including it.
Like it or not, Java isn't exactly the most mainstream technology when it comes to desktop applications.
As you say, it is perfectly legal for you to make backup copies of said material for your own use. Likewise it is perfectly legal for you to rip MP3s from CDs that you have purchased (so long as you do not share them with anyone else).
Fair use dictates that you cannot be prosecuted for doing either of these things.
It does not guarantee that publishers cannot restrict your use of their product through technical means (which this is).
See John Gilmore's What's Wrong With Copy Protection for a more complete picture of the climate out there regarding such things (it isn't pretty).
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/protocol.shtml
"GAIM" seems to imply that the software only works with AIM, but this is no longer the case. Similar to Jabber, it now works with TOC, Oscar, Yahoo!, ICQ, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Napster, and Zephyr.
"If you have to become a police state to enforce your law, the law is wrong."
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/reevaluating-copyrig ht.html
The bottom line is that no matter what Eazel does or how good or useful it is, they need to find some way to get $$$ if they want to continue to do what they are doing.
So would you rather he adapt the content of his postings to please the advertisers?
Let him speak his mind. Give it a rest.
And so what if it did? If opening up Be resulted in an open OS that was better than everything else in every way shape and form then who the hell cares if the competition (yes, Linux) goes by the wayside? And visa-versa, of course...
Now, again, I'm not saying that is going to happen (not by a long shot :), but let's not get too emotionally attached to any certain OS simply for the sake of being emotionally attached to an OS. I don't use Linux for the t-shirts. If there's a better tool out there all things being equal then that's what I'm going to use and dedicate myself to, the rest be damned.
So long, Olympics! It was nice knowing ya!