The user puts his finger into his ear for the vibrations to be picked up by the eardrum, which then transcribes them back into sound signals for the brain.
I can't wait to see my mechanic use one of these while working on my car.
"Just a sec...Hello th...AWWW! MAN! I'VE GOT GREASE IN MY EAR!"
The more special effects, the more gee-whiz, super-blockbuster, 5.1 stereo rumbling, render-farm-rendered pixels are thrown on to the screen, the more bored and more impatient audiences get?
Wouldn't it be ironic if special effects increased boredom? $200 million later, it's really not all that much better than the book? Could that actually be what audiences are thinking?
Good point. I'd add that the Wachowski brothers should have taken notes on themselves. The first Matrix used some fairly off-the-shelf special effects (Neo touching the liquid mirror, etc), which were used to advance the story. Lotsa money seems to ruin the creative process sometimes, but leanness seems to bring out the best in directors and writers.
The rewards mark the latest move by Microsoft and law enforcement to track down the people responsible for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in August and September.
Actually, I think this is a really good idea. Since most virus writers are probably teenagers, they probably shoot their mouth off to their friends, who would find it irrisitible to turn down $100.00 let alone $250,000.00
So, when are we the Open Source community going to get some money together and offer rewards for the identity of the _programmers_ who wrote the buggy code that virus writers exploit? Maybe we can't see the source, but we can shame the crappy coders.
Microsoft has made it clear that it aims to become a major player in the search sector, and has been investing heavily in developing its own search technology over the past year.
Bill Gate's Dictionary:
Develop (v) - to acquire or steal competition's software or design ideas.
Want to increase the demand for IPv6? Offer legal amnesty for pr0n, games and MP3 swappers. The public will want at that stuff, and push the technology to shift over.
How do you think we got here in the first place? Entertainment built the internet we know today, not technological innovation.
Analysts said MTV, with its global presence and ubiquity in the living rooms of teenagers and young adults would have a leg up on established competitors but was slow in entering the market for music downloads.
Apple launched a Microsoft Windows-compatible version of its software in October and its online music store has sold approximately 13 million songs since its launch in April, analysts said.
Let's see, MP3's have been around for years now, and Apple _just_ got into the game this past April, and has soared to the top of the charts. But MTV, who've been around for decades, are late to the party?! Even in internet time, it seems a little silly to imply that MTV has a lot of catching up to do. Selling online music is a new industry, and has to compete with the well established free MP3 "industry", not Apple.
With the open source expertise of SUSE LINUX and Novell's world-class networking and identity solutions and support, training and consulting services, Novell will be able to deliver Linux and all its components - from the server to the desktop - and give organizations a secure, reliable and mature Linux foundation.
Some people think I'm anti-capitalism because I think Microsoft is a shoddy company. I'm not. Here's a percect example. Novell is a big corporation (yes, they're still pretty big), whose goal is to make money by providing software and services. The difference is Novell seems to care about the quality of their products and services.
I still won't go back to using Novell products because I prefer Linux now, but I do wish them all the best of success. They're hackers who are trying to make a profit; good on 'em.
Linus is a trademark holder and a copyright holder of the contributions he's made to Linux.
The trademark aspect doesn't enter it unless Linus has a problem with SCO using the name "Linux".
So I guess that's the big question: does> Linus have a problem with SCO using the name "Linux"? Can anyone find any links as to his position either pro/con/apathy on the point?
I suspect Linus won't sue, but I'm hoping some of the big projects that have some muscle who are affected (samba, mysql, etc) might throw some legal weight around.
You're probably right. But since Linus is to Linux what the Pope is to Catholicism, would he be the most logical person to be fronting the assault?
Or maybe Linus isn't the right guy. What about Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation? Since he is the originator of the GPL and SCO is basically giving him the finger, will Richard sue SCO?
Ooooo! What a great ideeeeaaa!
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From the article: One last thing: anything can be mapped to a drive, and drives don't just have to be letters. (Ok, I lied - that was 2) The example I was shown was that the registry was mapped to a drive, and you could navigate it like any other drive, with the results being returned from the commandlet as.NET objects!
From ESR's "Art of Unix Programming" Quote #1 Unix has a couple of unifying ideas or metaphors that shape its APIs and the development style that proceeds from them. The most important of these are probably the "everything is a file" model and the pipe metaphor[20] built on top of it.
Quote #2 NT has grown by accretion, and lacks a unifying metaphor corresponding to Unix's "everything is a file" or the MacOS desktop
Oooo! So does this mean Windows is finally going to have a unifying idea, something like "everything is almost like a file"?
the SCO Group is to resume distributing Linux, but only if you agree to a new "IP license" which implicitly supports SCO's intellectual property claims.
Since Linus Torvalds is the trademark holder for the name Linux, does this mean Linus will sue SCO?
This really doesn't make any sense- what are you branding yourself as? Are you an ESR/hacker? What if by some fluke you just never played life?
That's the whole point. I never played the "Game of Life" before, so I read the FAQ and looked it up. Now I'm going to look into the game a bit because a well-known hacker has eluded to it, and hacker and waanabes (like me) are interested in such things. Thats _really_ what a hacker is; someone who wants to understand how the Wizard runs Oz, and gets in behind the scenes to figure out how stuff works.
The word "hacker" has become a shibboleth, as does the glider logo, which lends itself to help hackers know who other true hackers are. That's not to sound elitist, it's just that non-hackers don't care about such boring drivel.
If you don't know what a glider is, or why it would make a good emblem, or if you're dubious about having an emblem at all, read the FAQs page
The word "hacker" has become a shibboleth. It's a word that seperates people in-the-know from people who are not. Back in biblical times, a town was named "Shibboleth" which non-native people would mispronounce. If a guard or other authority wanted to know if someone was native to the town or a possible outside threat, he would have them pronounce the name of the city. If they could pronounce "Shibboleth" properly, they were in. If they couldn't, they were sent on their way.
Why the history lesson? Because the word "hacker" has gained a lot of baggage and is now a shibboleth. Once used to describe people who were true geeks who wanted to understand how things worked, it now carries the negative connotation of someone who breaks into computers.
I like the word "hacker" because true hackers understand what it means. I also think in that same vein the logo Eric's chosen is a good one, because people "in-the-know" will understand what it means. The fact that I thought the "Game of Life" referred to the Milton-Bradley game shows I still have more to learn. So now I'm reading up on the history of the actual game, which shows my desire to really learn and understand.
Other than occasional military actions against extremist countries, there's *nothing* stopping other countries from achieving this same level of wealth.
You missed the point. America doesn't have wealth. If you add up all the US has versus what the US owes, the US is in serious economic trouble. People owe more than they own, which will eventually lead to economic collapse. If Americans would work hard, live within their means, and look to not only better themselves but other around them, then there would still be motivation to work hard, and obtain more and avoid the problems of excess as the article described.
As I said, the problem isn't one of excess, but rather of excess want. I'm a wealthy person, and part of my success is I know when I've personally obtained enough, so I work to help others as well. When someone's want is greater than their ability to obtain and then you throw credit into the mix, the result is usually a disaster where a person become a slave to their desires.
In no way is that a problem. That's capitalism in action. A community of nobody striving for anything better becomes a hippie commune. I want all the wealth I can get, and I'm gonna bust my ass to get there. I'm not apologizing, either.
60% of the world's wealth held by only 3% of the world's population? That's a problem, because monopolies in the long run hurt everyone, whether that monopoly is a company, an organization or even a country. America has monopolized the world's wealth not by pure hard work as you've said, but also by exploiting others. And going to the other extreme to say if you're not working you must be a lazy hippie is just trolling.
A technology which has, as its primary advantage, an ability to create abundance, carries within it the potential to create problems invulnerable to simplistic solutions. Like genies let loose from the bottle, they are almost impossible to control.
Maybe on a sociological scale they're impossible to control, but on an individual basis it's easy to control. My wife and I deliberately limit ourselves so that we're not running after things that don't matter.
I think the _real_ problem isn't that there's too much, but rather people want more. The fact that 3% of the world's population (North American) controls 60% of the world's wealth is a problem with our society's refusal to want less. Although I don't think much will change in the future, the individual can choose to give his/her excess to others who don't have.
And no, I'm not going to give you my excess spam...
The only reason we're seeing this stuff is to keep people from switching away from Windows. Microsoft is buying time. Their modus-operandi is to show enough stuff to keep people waiting, but I highly doubt they have anything working even in alpha.
In the meantime, the world will keep moving away from the Windows platform back to Unix-centric OSes, especially in the area of cell phones and other portable devices.
HP's CEO refused to brandish her own Tablet PC - holding up what looked like a leather-bound paper organizer instead. (Gates reaction here is quite a picture - see photo #5. Fiorina only relented, and presented HP's Tablet PC after backstage wrangling. Gates then banned HP staff from the after-show party)
THE POWER NEGOTIATING INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA IS NOW OPEN!
Okay, that's just funny!
But seriously, his information is good. Even so, no one has the last word on how to negotiate. My point is negotiating is a skill that can be learned, so whether it's Roger Dawson or someone else, I think geeks would be best to take a break from Quake III for an afternoon and just do some reading or audio listening to explore the subject.
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The user puts his finger into his ear for the vibrations to be picked up by the eardrum, which then transcribes them back into sound signals for the brain.
I can't wait to see my mechanic use one of these while working on my car.
"Just a sec...Hello th...AWWW! MAN! I'VE GOT GREASE IN MY EAR!"
The more special effects, the more gee-whiz, super-blockbuster, 5.1 stereo rumbling, render-farm-rendered pixels are thrown on to the screen, the more bored and more impatient audiences get?
Wouldn't it be ironic if special effects increased boredom? $200 million later, it's really not all that much better than the book? Could that actually be what audiences are thinking?
Good point. I'd add that the Wachowski brothers should have taken notes on themselves. The first Matrix used some fairly off-the-shelf special effects (Neo touching the liquid mirror, etc), which were used to advance the story. Lotsa money seems to ruin the creative process sometimes, but leanness seems to bring out the best in directors and writers.
The rewards mark the latest move by Microsoft and law enforcement to track down the people responsible for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in August and September.
Actually, I think this is a really good idea. Since most virus writers are probably teenagers, they probably shoot their mouth off to their friends, who would find it irrisitible to turn down $100.00 let alone $250,000.00
So, when are we the Open Source community going to get some money together and offer rewards for the identity of the _programmers_ who wrote the buggy code that virus writers exploit? Maybe we can't see the source, but we can shame the crappy coders.
Microsoft has made it clear that it aims to become a major player in the search sector, and has been investing heavily in developing its own search technology over the past year.
Bill Gate's Dictionary:
Develop (v) - to acquire or steal competition's software or design ideas.
Want to increase the demand for IPv6? Offer legal amnesty for pr0n, games and MP3 swappers. The public will want at that stuff, and push the technology to shift over.
How do you think we got here in the first place? Entertainment built the internet we know today, not technological innovation.
Analysts said MTV, with its global presence and ubiquity in the living rooms of teenagers and young adults would have a leg up on established competitors but was slow in entering the market for music downloads.
Apple launched a Microsoft Windows-compatible version of its software in October and its online music store has sold approximately 13 million songs since its launch in April, analysts said.
Let's see, MP3's have been around for years now, and Apple _just_ got into the game this past April, and has soared to the top of the charts. But MTV, who've been around for decades, are late to the party?! Even in internet time, it seems a little silly to imply that MTV has a lot of catching up to do. Selling online music is a new industry, and has to compete with the well established free MP3 "industry", not Apple.
With the open source expertise of SUSE LINUX and Novell's world-class networking and identity solutions and support, training and consulting services, Novell will be able to deliver Linux and all its components - from the server to the desktop - and give organizations a secure, reliable and mature Linux foundation.
Some people think I'm anti-capitalism because I think Microsoft is a shoddy company. I'm not. Here's a percect example. Novell is a big corporation (yes, they're still pretty big), whose goal is to make money by providing software and services. The difference is Novell seems to care about the quality of their products and services.
I still won't go back to using Novell products because I prefer Linux now, but I do wish them all the best of success. They're hackers who are trying to make a profit; good on 'em.
Great, now they're going to steal the idea of a weblog, which Slashdot was the originator of.
I can see it now:
MS-Slashdot
News for Terds. Our stuff's in tatters.
Linus is a trademark holder and a copyright holder of the contributions he's made to Linux.
The trademark aspect doesn't enter it unless Linus has a problem with SCO using the name "Linux".
So I guess that's the big question: does> Linus have a problem with SCO using the name "Linux"? Can anyone find any links as to his position either pro/con/apathy on the point?
I suspect Linus won't sue, but I'm hoping some of the big projects that have some muscle who are affected (samba, mysql, etc) might throw some legal weight around.
You're probably right. But since Linus is to Linux what the Pope is to Catholicism, would he be the most logical person to be fronting the assault?
Or maybe Linus isn't the right guy. What about Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation? Since he is the originator of the GPL and SCO is basically giving him the finger, will Richard sue SCO?
From the article: .NET objects!
One last thing: anything can be mapped to a drive, and drives don't just have to be letters. (Ok, I lied - that was 2) The example I was shown was that the registry was mapped to a drive, and you could navigate it like any other drive, with the results being returned from the commandlet as
From ESR's "Art of Unix Programming"
Quote #1
Unix has a couple of unifying ideas or metaphors that shape its APIs and the development style that proceeds from them. The most important of these are probably the "everything is a file" model and the pipe metaphor[20] built on top of it.
Quote #2
NT has grown by accretion, and lacks a unifying metaphor corresponding to Unix's "everything is a file" or the MacOS desktop
Oooo! So does this mean Windows is finally going to have a unifying idea, something like "everything is almost like a file"?
the SCO Group is to resume distributing Linux, but only if you agree to a new "IP license" which implicitly supports SCO's intellectual property claims.
Since Linus Torvalds is the trademark holder for the name Linux, does this mean Linus will sue SCO?
If they could pronounce "Shibboleth" properly, they were in. If they couldn't, they were sent on their way.
Um... actually they were dragged away and killed, as usually happens in Bible stories: Judges 12:4-6
Right. That's what I said. I just happened to say it in Microsoft-eze.
Although I read ESR's How to Become a Hacker, it wasn't until I read his post on the new hacker logo.
I think I'm finally starting to think like a hacker. My wife asked me to stop programming for awhile and help her make dinner. So while helping her make Stroganoff Meatballs, I was able to keep thinking like a hacker.
This really doesn't make any sense- what are you branding yourself as? Are you an ESR/hacker? What if by some fluke you just never played life?
That's the whole point. I never played the "Game of Life" before, so I read the FAQ and looked it up. Now I'm going to look into the game a bit because a well-known hacker has eluded to it, and hacker and waanabes (like me) are interested in such things. Thats _really_ what a hacker is; someone who wants to understand how the Wizard runs Oz, and gets in behind the scenes to figure out how stuff works.
The word "hacker" has become a shibboleth, as does the glider logo, which lends itself to help hackers know who other true hackers are. That's not to sound elitist, it's just that non-hackers don't care about such boring drivel.
If you don't know what a glider is, or why it would make a good emblem, or if you're dubious about having an emblem at all, read the FAQs page
The word "hacker" has become a shibboleth. It's a word that seperates people in-the-know from people who are not. Back in biblical times, a town was named "Shibboleth" which non-native people would mispronounce. If a guard or other authority wanted to know if someone was native to the town or a possible outside threat, he would have them pronounce the name of the city. If they could pronounce "Shibboleth" properly, they were in. If they couldn't, they were sent on their way.
Why the history lesson? Because the word "hacker" has gained a lot of baggage and is now a shibboleth. Once used to describe people who were true geeks who wanted to understand how things worked, it now carries the negative connotation of someone who breaks into computers.
I like the word "hacker" because true hackers understand what it means. I also think in that same vein the logo Eric's chosen is a good one, because people "in-the-know" will understand what it means. The fact that I thought the "Game of Life" referred to the Milton-Bradley game shows I still have more to learn. So now I'm reading up on the history of the actual game, which shows my desire to really learn and understand.
Which is what a "hacker" wants to do anyway...
Other than occasional military actions against extremist countries, there's *nothing* stopping other countries from achieving this same level of wealth.
You missed the point. America doesn't have wealth. If you add up all the US has versus what the US owes, the US is in serious economic trouble. People owe more than they own, which will eventually lead to economic collapse. If Americans would work hard, live within their means, and look to not only better themselves but other around them, then there would still be motivation to work hard, and obtain more and avoid the problems of excess as the article described.
As I said, the problem isn't one of excess, but rather of excess want. I'm a wealthy person, and part of my success is I know when I've personally obtained enough, so I work to help others as well. When someone's want is greater than their ability to obtain and then you throw credit into the mix, the result is usually a disaster where a person become a slave to their desires.
In no way is that a problem. That's capitalism in action. A community of nobody striving for anything better becomes a hippie commune. I want all the wealth I can get, and I'm gonna bust my ass to get there. I'm not apologizing, either.
60% of the world's wealth held by only 3% of the world's population? That's a problem, because monopolies in the long run hurt everyone, whether that monopoly is a company, an organization or even a country. America has monopolized the world's wealth not by pure hard work as you've said, but also by exploiting others. And going to the other extreme to say if you're not working you must be a lazy hippie is just trolling.
A technology which has, as its primary advantage, an ability to create abundance, carries within it the potential to create problems invulnerable to simplistic solutions. Like genies let loose from the bottle, they are almost impossible to control.
Maybe on a sociological scale they're impossible to control, but on an individual basis it's easy to control. My wife and I deliberately limit ourselves so that we're not running after things that don't matter.
I think the _real_ problem isn't that there's too much, but rather people want more. The fact that 3% of the world's population (North American) controls 60% of the world's wealth is a problem with our society's refusal to want less. Although I don't think much will change in the future, the individual can choose to give his/her excess to others who don't have.
And no, I'm not going to give you my excess spam...
From the robots.txt file:
/kids/barney/iraq
Disallow:
Thank goodness they're limiting the export of that blasted purple dinosaur!
From the robots.txt file:
/easter/iraq
Disallow:
Does this mean they're going to ban Christmas in Iraq too?
2006?
The only reason we're seeing this stuff is to keep people from switching away from Windows. Microsoft is buying time. Their modus-operandi is to show enough stuff to keep people waiting, but I highly doubt they have anything working even in alpha.
In the meantime, the world will keep moving away from the Windows platform back to Unix-centric OSes, especially in the area of cell phones and other portable devices.
HP's CEO refused to brandish her own Tablet PC - holding up what looked like a leather-bound paper organizer instead. (Gates reaction here is quite a picture - see photo #5. Fiorina only relented, and presented HP's Tablet PC after backstage wrangling. Gates then banned HP staff from the after-show party)
Here's Fiorina holding her leather organizer instead. Of course, being the richest man in the world, Billy got his way and had her hold a tablet PC by the end.
What gets me is how childish this all seems. "You didn't play right! You and your friends can't come to the party!"
Bottom line: it was my fault I got ripped off.
Point well taken.
It was my responsibility to protect my interests.
NEWSFLASH!
THE POWER NEGOTIATING INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA IS NOW OPEN!
Okay, that's just funny!
But seriously, his information is good. Even so, no one has the last word on how to negotiate. My point is negotiating is a skill that can be learned, so whether it's Roger Dawson or someone else, I think geeks would be best to take a break from Quake III for an afternoon and just do some reading or audio listening to explore the subject.
Insitute of Nigeria...man that's funny.