If you've ever had the fortune to spend time in a room that's far away from the dryer, it's a useful thing. Of course, when I lived in my parents' house, the washer/dryer was right next door to my room, so it was trivial.
However, an audible alert isn't going to cut it if you're more than two or three rooms over and have the stereo going. They aren't the loud-ass buzzers that they used to be!
I wouldn't mind being able to check on the status of the dryer remotely. This is especially useful in those dryers that can adjust their drying cycles dynamically.
Microsoft doesn't really give a shit about the single-use, single-pc key so much. The whole crux of the Genuine Advantage thing is to keep an eye on the corporate volume licensing keys.
If a corp. license gets out into the wild, it's going to spread like mad (duh). With all those updated PCs phoning home on a daily basis, Microsoft should be quick to get wise to whose key just slipped out and put the kibosh on it.
How many people had the FCKGW key before that got pulled in SP1?:)
Deja moo... I've heard this bullshit before on Slashdot.
To be fair, however, I think the following are more contributing factors to your store's demise than piracy: * eBay * half.com * amazon.com * Best Buy * WalMart * Direct Artist Sales/Websites * iTMS
I don't know about anyone else here, but I had to sign the NDA during my initial setup w/ HR, before I was granted any login access. Non-Competes are almost always required up-front too... though my latest gig hasn't required one of me.
Anyway, to the topic at hand, a number of financial applications in the industry are usually customized to some degree or another, which somewhat limits any real portability of the code. We're not talking about Money 2006 for the masses. While some of the applications may not be a total niche, integrating them with all the other important things is.:)
Take IBSN (now Selero) for example. How would the company beneift from open-sourcing their applications? I suspect giving away the code would quickly sink the company and their product. One thing that's funny about financial companies is that if a system fails, someone must be available to fix it or answer for the problem.
I don't think Google actually "owns" the fiber, per-se, but rather has a long-term locked-in lease. Fiber is hideously expensive to just deploy simply (think about zoning, digsafe, the actual cable, optical hardware and repeaters, etc.).
If I had to wager a bet, I'd say that it's probably Level 3, based on their nationwide network and tremendous capacity capability since the whole thing is deployed in conduits... most of which are still empty.
Yup. My wife and myself have been TV-free since 10/10/2004. It's somewhat curious how I find myself outright offended at some of the stupidity and out-of-control consumerism that advertising promotes (lost another viewer to Ditech!). The most TV we catch is usually when we go over my parents' house to visit, but despite the 100+ channels they have, there seems to be nothing interesting on. Raising kids w/o television is going to be an interesting ride, though.
One thing I have found that I really enjoy is listening to the ballgame on the radio. It's an amazing experience if the commentators are good (WEEI Boston is the best in this arena, IIRC).
I've also been accused of gloating as well. To each their own, however.
While the airwaves technically are zero-cost, you're neglecting one very important economic principle: scarcity.
Mesh networks and such sound nice and great, but you'll never be able to near the traffic that you can with guided media like copper and fiber. Also, unless you set aside a transmit and receive frequency between each member in a mesh, you'll always have a problem with collisions. It's the nature of the beast.
Also, problems that arise in a wireless environment require specialized tools and skills for diagnostics. And no, most wireless cards do not have these capabilities. For example, you might need a scope to prove out a shoddy transmitter.
Ham operators have a lot more bands open to them, but they also need to be careful to adhere to protocol, can't encrypt anything, and are limited to personal use of the airwaves. Using APRS as example of a data link, it becomes challenging to get a short message out in the more dense areas of population. I'm not even talking about having tons of hams, but get a few dozen people transmitting beacons every other minute or so, along with home stations, weather stations, and other digipeater services, and it can become a very noisy environment. Tune into 144.390 MHz and give it a listen. Better yet, get your license and participate.
Lastly, useful bandwidth isn't as plentiful as you think. As the frequency of a signal gets higher, so does its attenuation, which then means more power for transmit. Optimal signal transmission also requires antennas to be tuned for the specific frequency they transmit on, such that the power of that transmission doesn't reflect back to the equipment. I suppose you could multiplex a lot of tranceivers for a wide data pipe. It's not unlike how a lot of 802.11g APs work, by concatenating more than the single channel normally assigned.
Still, the collision problem doesn't get solved. When too many transmitters compete, nobody wins.
docsigma2000: jesus christ man docsigma2000: my son is sooooooo dead c8info: Why? docsigma2000: hes been looking at internet web sites in fucking EUROPE docsigma2000: HE IS SURFING LONG DISTANCE docsigma2000: our fucking phone bill is gonna be nuts c8info: Ooh, this is bad. Surfing long distance adds an extra $69.99 to your bill per hour. docsigma2000:...!!!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK docsigma2000: is there some plan we can sign up for??? docsigma2000: cuz theres some cool stuff in europe, but i dun wanna pauy that much c8info: Sorry, no. There is no plan. you'll have to live with it. docsigma2000: o well, i ccan live without europe intenet sites. docsigma2000: but till i figure out how to block it hes sooooo dead c8info: By the way, I'm from Europe, your chatting long distance. ** docsigma2000 has quit (Connection reset by peer)
MarcA's policy of never hiring anyone he thought might be smarter than him didn't help either.
Which is why Netscape went down into a firey inferno and MS was so easily able to advance their browser / email experience. Thank goodness some people with clue were able to take over the charred remains and truly make a superior product.
Bah. MythTV hasn't had a release in over 6 months now, and I'm not very familiar with the Linux internals to make it all work pretty.
In the meantime, I'll save the cash from my time by downloading and running SnapStream's BeyondTV: http://www.snapstream.com/
Ok... it's not a Linux solution, but it runs well out-of-the-box with a large number of tuner cards and is a pretty slick-running device. Records to MPEG-2 and DivX, which is really pretty nice.
If you want to know how much time you're spending in game... go and install XFire. Launch your games from there and it'll track how long you spend in game.
That's all well and good...but you're forgetting something critically important.
On a corporate network, they most likely own every single device on the LAN, and have an IT staff that maintains what the "standard" images are. In fact, one place I worked would block the port within 30 seconds of a link-up condition if the device connecting to it wasn't running an approved image.
ISPs don't own the users' devices at the edge...and they should _not_ be just given some kind of backdoor to "check on things." Once that exploit gets into the wild, the info could be used to make a much, much more efficient and easy to hide botnet.
Nobody seems to remember that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, such as this.
Part of the problem with the competitive market is that a lot of the populace is going just go ahead and follow whatever lead they're given until the impact on them is dramatic enough and happens quick enough to be useless (think SWG Combat Upgrade).
Right now, I pay about $35/mo for my 3.5m / 768k Verizon DSL link. It's fast, speedy, and largely unrestricted. If something like this two-tier model goes through on VZ, then there's nothing stopping Charter (the cable company around here) from doing the same...or anyone else who owns the pipe.
To get the same download speed from a non-bullshit provider like Speakeasy is going to require at least the installation of a single T1...for half the speed and an order of magnitude in expense...an expense most people are not likely to line up and pay every month.
Don't fret about that bill of rights...it continues to be chipped at.
Once they finally managed to repeal that pesky second amendment, the only entities that will have any rights will be the government and any corporation who can lease the rights they need so long as it suits them.
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Umm ... JVC launched VHS in 1976, not Samsung:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS
And this is part of why every restaurant I go to has their own special "Happy Birthday" rendition.
If you want a grand example of why it's good for things to eventually become part of the public domain, then that has to be the prime one.
If you've ever had the fortune to spend time in a room that's far away from the dryer, it's a useful thing. Of course, when I lived in my parents' house, the washer/dryer was right next door to my room, so it was trivial.
However, an audible alert isn't going to cut it if you're more than two or three rooms over and have the stereo going. They aren't the loud-ass buzzers that they used to be!
I wouldn't mind being able to check on the status of the dryer remotely. This is especially useful in those dryers that can adjust their drying cycles dynamically.
You haven't been following the SCO case, have you?
Microsoft doesn't really give a shit about the single-use, single-pc key so much. The whole crux of the Genuine Advantage thing is to keep an eye on the corporate volume licensing keys.
:)
If a corp. license gets out into the wild, it's going to spread like mad (duh). With all those updated PCs phoning home on a daily basis, Microsoft should be quick to get wise to whose key just slipped out and put the kibosh on it.
How many people had the FCKGW key before that got pulled in SP1?
Deja moo ... I've heard this bullshit before on Slashdot.
To be fair, however, I think the following are more contributing factors to your store's demise than piracy:
* eBay
* half.com
* amazon.com
* Best Buy
* WalMart
* Direct Artist Sales/Websites
* iTMS
I don't know about anyone else here, but I had to sign the NDA during my initial setup w/ HR, before I was granted any login access. Non-Competes are almost always required up-front too ... though my latest gig hasn't required one of me.
:)
Anyway, to the topic at hand, a number of financial applications in the industry are usually customized to some degree or another, which somewhat limits any real portability of the code. We're not talking about Money 2006 for the masses. While some of the applications may not be a total niche, integrating them with all the other important things is.
Take IBSN (now Selero) for example. How would the company beneift from open-sourcing their applications? I suspect giving away the code would quickly sink the company and their product. One thing that's funny about financial companies is that if a system fails, someone must be available to fix it or answer for the problem.
I don't think Google actually "owns" the fiber, per-se, but rather has a long-term locked-in lease. Fiber is hideously expensive to just deploy simply (think about zoning, digsafe, the actual cable, optical hardware and repeaters, etc.).
... most of which are still empty.
If I had to wager a bet, I'd say that it's probably Level 3, based on their nationwide network and tremendous capacity capability since the whole thing is deployed in conduits
It's easy why this is in YRO:
"You have the RIGHT to remain silent."
The best part is that you don't even need to be under arrest. You just need to learn when to shut up.
Yup. My wife and myself have been TV-free since 10/10/2004. It's somewhat curious how I find myself outright offended at some of the stupidity and out-of-control consumerism that advertising promotes (lost another viewer to Ditech!). The most TV we catch is usually when we go over my parents' house to visit, but despite the 100+ channels they have, there seems to be nothing interesting on. Raising kids w/o television is going to be an interesting ride, though.
One thing I have found that I really enjoy is listening to the ballgame on the radio. It's an amazing experience if the commentators are good (WEEI Boston is the best in this arena, IIRC).
I've also been accused of gloating as well. To each their own, however.
And still, Luke's feelings for his sister will make his betrayal complete ...
While the airwaves technically are zero-cost, you're neglecting one very important economic principle: scarcity.
Mesh networks and such sound nice and great, but you'll never be able to near the traffic that you can with guided media like copper and fiber. Also, unless you set aside a transmit and receive frequency between each member in a mesh, you'll always have a problem with collisions. It's the nature of the beast.
Also, problems that arise in a wireless environment require specialized tools and skills for diagnostics. And no, most wireless cards do not have these capabilities. For example, you might need a scope to prove out a shoddy transmitter.
Ham operators have a lot more bands open to them, but they also need to be careful to adhere to protocol, can't encrypt anything, and are limited to personal use of the airwaves. Using APRS as example of a data link, it becomes challenging to get a short message out in the more dense areas of population. I'm not even talking about having tons of hams, but get a few dozen people transmitting beacons every other minute or so, along with home stations, weather stations, and other digipeater services, and it can become a very noisy environment. Tune into 144.390 MHz and give it a listen. Better yet, get your license and participate.
Lastly, useful bandwidth isn't as plentiful as you think. As the frequency of a signal gets higher, so does its attenuation, which then means more power for transmit. Optimal signal transmission also requires antennas to be tuned for the specific frequency they transmit on, such that the power of that transmission doesn't reflect back to the equipment. I suppose you could multiplex a lot of tranceivers for a wide data pipe. It's not unlike how a lot of 802.11g APs work, by concatenating more than the single channel normally assigned.
Still, the collision problem doesn't get solved. When too many transmitters compete, nobody wins.
Now it's time to see if his head was truly unlodged from his ass by inviting questions from the audience, but I suspect it was just an illusion.
Which is why Netscape went down into a firey inferno and MS was so easily able to advance their browser / email experience. Thank goodness some people with clue were able to take over the charred remains and truly make a superior product.
http://www.streamerp2p.com/
Very cool idea indeed...even can report approximate listeners on the stream for reporting purposes.
It's not in TFA, which is disappointing.
And the last month in trading is just slightly down, despite a recent drop.
Bah. MythTV hasn't had a release in over 6 months now, and I'm not very familiar with the Linux internals to make it all work pretty.
... it's not a Linux solution, but it runs well out-of-the-box with a large number of tuner cards and is a pretty slick-running device. Records to MPEG-2 and DivX, which is really pretty nice.
In the meantime, I'll save the cash from my time by downloading and running SnapStream's BeyondTV: http://www.snapstream.com/
Ok
If you want to know how much time you're spending in game ... go and install XFire. Launch your games from there and it'll track how long you spend in game.
That's all well and good...but you're forgetting something critically important.
On a corporate network, they most likely own every single device on the LAN, and have an IT staff that maintains what the "standard" images are. In fact, one place I worked would block the port within 30 seconds of a link-up condition if the device connecting to it wasn't running an approved image.
ISPs don't own the users' devices at the edge...and they should _not_ be just given some kind of backdoor to "check on things." Once that exploit gets into the wild, the info could be used to make a much, much more efficient and easy to hide botnet.
Nobody seems to remember that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, such as this.
Part of the problem with the competitive market is that a lot of the populace is going just go ahead and follow whatever lead they're given until the impact on them is dramatic enough and happens quick enough to be useless (think SWG Combat Upgrade).
Right now, I pay about $35/mo for my 3.5m / 768k Verizon DSL link. It's fast, speedy, and largely unrestricted. If something like this two-tier model goes through on VZ, then there's nothing stopping Charter (the cable company around here) from doing the same...or anyone else who owns the pipe.
To get the same download speed from a non-bullshit provider like Speakeasy is going to require at least the installation of a single T1...for half the speed and an order of magnitude in expense...an expense most people are not likely to line up and pay every month.
And, by itself, it still doesn't support Ogg Vorbis.
:)
FLAC is a nice plus, though.
This is why you should never trust anyone who says they have a bridge to sell you.
You are correct. There is no real "ruling" class per se.
There are two classes in every society:
1.) Those who own and control the means of production.
2.) Everyone else.
Guess who the powerful are?
Don't fret about that bill of rights...it continues to be chipped at.
Once they finally managed to repeal that pesky second amendment, the only entities that will have any rights will be the government and any corporation who can lease the rights they need so long as it suits them.