I know the nice guy who runs Telkonet Communications, and I think they have a good product. If you're condo runs three-phase power, it's a good possibility.
any reaction yet from Mr. Stallman? I would guess that this would not sit well, given that all software is ideally free according to the FSF (although I can see both sides...). Interesting development, either way.
or any app wars where the artillery is actually features! Much better than browser wars or other wars centered around competing standards, poor functionality, and corporate greed, IMO.;)
Sun's really got to rethink the way it does business, i think. there's an interesting article at NYT on the topic. There was something in there (that I can't find now to save my life) about how Sun was going to do subscription-style pricing, but at a rate more competitive than Microsoft.
There's also interesting discussion in there and here about the company's dependence on proprietary, expensive hardware in today's world of home 192-node beowulf clusters.;)
old news for some, i'm sure, but this snippet is interesting: a new version of Windows code-named Longhorn. One key feature is expected to be a new file-storage system for better organizing things stored on a Windows-based PC. It could finally make it easy for people to search and find all sorts of files -- contacts, printers, documents, programs, photos -- with a single search tool.
wonder if it's anything like non-HFS systems, like this?
here: 'Yes, it will be common sense that your music is digital and you don't use CDs. It will be common sense that you can correspond with your doctor and ask him questions electronically. It will be common sense that if you go to a meeting that's recorded digitally... you can go back and get that information." is a great opportunity to do just that. if companies like MS would help this process along, rather than hindering it with unrealistic DRM schemes, we'd all be better off, IMO.
Sweet! now i can have my solar power without the not-so-hot looking (i.e., arguably ugly) panels! My wife and I have thinking about solar for a couple of years now, but the look of the panels have kept us away (or at least undecided). This might make our decision a lot easier!
Good point. no doubt you're right, and that would be a bad thing. my point, however, was that little folks might have less to fear from this type of possibility than big folks like VeriSign.
good point, but still, $10 million dollars to pretend to be me? thinking economies-of-scale here, on that $10M machine, and assuming (perhaps wrongly) similarities between me and other users... I estimate the owner of that machine will need to be able to pretend to be about 10,000 people like me to make that investment worthwhile. One has to wonder at whom a $10M encryption-breaking machine would be targeted...almost assuredly not to any old user, probably to someone with something worth having (stealing, duplicating, masquerading, etc.) And it's *these* folks, I think, that should be concerned most about their choice of technology and cypher. doesn't hurt to recheck your own priorities, but speaking for myself i can assure you that my identity is worth much less than the cost of this machine.;0
and your point was...? ...underdeveloped.;) sorry. meant to make the comparison to mozilla, IE, and others, that, even though functional, just don't cut it relative to these two cocoa browsers. i'll stop posting with pizza in the other hand. nothing ever makes sense that way...
personally, and since using chimera, if the browser is not cocoa i won't use it anymore. safari is great for little stuff, and i'm looking forward to seeing how it develops. i applaud apple's effort. for now, i've found that a ton of sites i use regularly just don't work in safari, and the whole lack-of-tabs issue is too much for me to get over. so for any serious browsing, i'll stay with chimera for now. i hope both continue to develope
i totally agree. i was a little on the fence about DMCA up till now (sort of as if to say "what's the big deal...hasn't affected my life") but this is truly ridiculous. reminds me of this guy
my wife still does a great impression of the sounds that her old TI computer's tape drive used to make....funniest thing you ever wanted to hear. sound like a thousand little explosions...;)
The one thing you can say for sure is that they do have a lot of product out there right now and they're going to be hesitant to draw too much attention away from their existing products"
certainly you don't want to diminish sales of your own products, but if the sales would otherwise go to someone else (e.g., somebody with a color something-or-other, or a tablet something-or-other... then maybe you do want to saturate the market with your own products?
Has anyone been able to get his/her data from an existing palm DB into Address Book (via iSync) with the categories (i.e., work, personal, etc.) preserved? I'm having trouble with contact info, in particular. Any help would be appreciated.;)
sorry, very narrow of me. i should say that mostof the big U.S. carriers allow CD players and the like above 10K feet. I can't speak for others (and shouldn't try!;)
If the latency introduced by the satellite connection doesn't completely negate its use, using VoIP software on a laptop connected to the airplane's Internet connection would offer considerably cheaper inflight calls. couldn't be any worse than the phones they have on airplanes now....plus at $30, you'd save money if you only made a couple of calls. voice calls are like $5-10/min from a plane, and the quality is something akin to tin cans on a really, really long string that's got a few string repeaters in the middle...;)
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clueless judges, bought-off legislators, or power-happy executives
;)
well said. right now, i think we've got all three.
I know the nice guy who runs Telkonet Communications, and I think they have a good product. If you're condo runs three-phase power, it's a good possibility.
any reaction yet from Mr. Stallman? I would guess that this would not sit well, given that all software is ideally free according to the FSF (although I can see both sides...). Interesting development, either way.
or any app wars where the artillery is actually features! Much better than browser wars or other wars centered around competing standards, poor functionality, and corporate greed, IMO. ;)
Sun's really got to rethink the way it does business, i think. there's an interesting article at NYT on the topic. There was something in there (that I can't find now to save my life) about how Sun was going to do subscription-style pricing, but at a rate more competitive than Microsoft.
;)
There's also interesting discussion in there and here about the company's dependence on proprietary, expensive hardware in today's world of home 192-node beowulf clusters.
old news for some, i'm sure, but this snippet is interesting:
a new version of Windows code-named Longhorn. One key feature is expected to be a new file-storage system for better organizing things stored on a Windows-based PC. It could finally make it easy for people to search and find all sorts of files -- contacts, printers, documents, programs, photos -- with a single search tool.
wonder if it's anything like non-HFS systems, like this?
instead of evil!
here:
'Yes, it will be common sense that your music is digital and you don't use CDs. It will be common sense that you can correspond with your doctor and ask him questions electronically. It will be common sense that if you go to a meeting that's recorded digitally
is a great opportunity to do just that. if companies like MS would help this process along, rather than hindering it with unrealistic DRM schemes, we'd all be better off, IMO.
Sweet! now i can have my solar power without the not-so-hot looking (i.e., arguably ugly) panels! My wife and I have thinking about solar for a couple of years now, but the look of the panels have kept us away (or at least undecided).
This might make our decision a lot easier!
there goes my home beowulf cluster!
Good point. no doubt you're right, and that would be a bad thing. my point, however, was that little folks might have less to fear from this type of possibility than big folks like VeriSign.
good point, but still, $10 million dollars to pretend to be me? thinking economies-of-scale here, on that $10M machine, and assuming (perhaps wrongly) similarities between me and other users...
I estimate the owner of that machine will need to be able to pretend to be about 10,000 people like me to make that investment worthwhile.
One has to wonder at whom a $10M encryption-breaking machine would be targeted...almost assuredly not to any old user, probably to someone with something worth having (stealing, duplicating, masquerading, etc.) And it's *these* folks, I think, that should be concerned most about their choice of technology and cypher.
doesn't hurt to recheck your own priorities, but speaking for myself i can assure you that my identity is worth much less than the cost of this machine.
i'd print myself a girl.
and here i read the title as "print orgasms"...
i guess i was just a little further along in the thought process...
and your point was...? ;)
...underdeveloped.
sorry. meant to make the comparison to mozilla, IE, and others, that, even though functional, just don't cut it relative to these two cocoa browsers.
i'll stop posting with pizza in the other hand. nothing ever makes sense that way...
yep. ;)
personally, and since using chimera, if the browser is not cocoa i won't use it anymore.
safari is great for little stuff, and i'm looking forward to seeing how it develops. i applaud apple's effort.
for now, i've found that a ton of sites i use regularly just don't work in safari, and the whole lack-of-tabs issue is too much for me to get over. so for any serious browsing, i'll stay with chimera for now.
i hope both continue to develope
i totally agree. i was a little on the fence about DMCA up till now (sort of as if to say "what's the big deal...hasn't affected my life")
but this is truly ridiculous.
reminds me of this guy
my wife still does a great impression of the sounds that her old TI computer's tape drive used to make....funniest thing you ever wanted to hear. sound like a thousand little explosions... ;)
cut off both wrists, but the BSA said i had record of having had wrists, and then assessed me an extra penalty for having tried to cover them up...
(except that i probably misspelled it...)
The one thing you can say for sure is that they do have a lot of product out there right now and they're going to be hesitant to draw too much attention away from their existing products"
certainly you don't want to diminish sales of your own products, but if the sales would otherwise go to someone else (e.g., somebody with a color something-or-other, or a tablet something-or-other...
then maybe you do want to saturate the market with your own products?
Has anyone been able to get his/her data from an existing palm DB into Address Book (via iSync) with the categories (i.e., work, personal, etc.) preserved? I'm having trouble with contact info, in particular. Any help would be appreciated. ;)
does anyone successfully run a linux PDA with Mac OSX? That would be my choice for a palm alternative.
sorry, very narrow of me. i should say that mostof the big U.S. carriers allow CD players and the like above 10K feet. I can't speak for others (and shouldn't try! ;)
If the latency introduced by the satellite connection doesn't completely negate its use, using VoIP software on a laptop connected to the airplane's Internet connection would offer considerably cheaper inflight calls. ;)
couldn't be any worse than the phones they have on airplanes now....plus at $30, you'd save money if you only made a couple of calls. voice calls are like $5-10/min from a plane, and the quality is something akin to tin cans on a really, really long string that's got a few string repeaters in the middle...