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Well, if we have a GNOME 2.0 release candidate, maybe it's time to finally ditch XP. What do you think, is there any reason for anyone to still own that anti-privacy OS anymore, or should we just make do with Win2K so we can play some games?
Microsoft announced today that they had bought up all the legislators in Iowa for cash.
"It's a wise investment," said I.M. Ydobon, speaking on behalf of the firm. "We figure we can record as a tax deductible expense, under the line item for operation costs."
When you get down to where the most change is happening, worldwide, it's in the educational system, which appears to be jumping ship from MSFT to Open Source (BSD, Linux) in droves.
Think of the list of countries and look at where the largest number of seats and shift has occurred - and it's schools and universities.
MSFT has dug it's own grave in this respect, and have only themselves to blame.
California is requiring zero-emission cars in just a few years.
The reality of 1/6th of the US population suddenly needing hybrid and fuel cell cars means that this battle is already over - and gasoline non-hybrid cars are already on the way out.
It is highly likely that the 12 Western states that are already on track to have 10-15 percent alternative energy by 2012 while the rest of the nation can't get 5 percent (or so they claim) by 2025 will adopt fuel cell and hybrid cars faster than the other half of the nation.
The market will win, unless the administration distorts it with subsidies for old technology vehicles.
It seems to me that it's more likely to be a side effect of the US War On Terror that is driving them to keep better log info.
Sadly, most people are unwisely giving up their privacy under the rubrik of "cracking down on terror", while failing to realize that it isn't that useful in actually doing something about it.
Um, dude? The China-Taiwan one was a video disc. This SACD-CD thingy is an audio disc. They're not competing formats.
My point is that the reason the China-Taiwan video format is being adopted is to avoid license fees. The same holds true for this SACD-CD audio - they will simply implement their own cheap audio replacement.
Economics always wins. Sometimes it just takes a couple of years... but it always wins.
You could also just stop using planes for long-distance travel and switch to high-speed passenger/freight trains that use about 1/10th the energy, thus saving all that useful oil.
While you would be correct to say that the USA may "run out of energy" if it remains on an oil-based economy, you would be incorrect in stating that this means all the regions of the USA will suffer.
In point of fact, the 1/6th of the US economy in the Western States are on track to use between 10 and 15 percent alternative energy by 2012 (mostly wind, solar, fuel cells, and biofuels), while the rest of the nation is on track to use 5 percent by 2025.
Given that California (which is bigger in GDP than most of Europe) alone is scheduled to phase out gasoline-fuel cars by 2012, this is not much of a concern for those of us in the West - or other places like Vermont, which are forward looking.
So, Iceland may be the only Country/Nation to go oil-free in 30-40 years, but parts of the USA will have gone oil-free by that time as well, even if the Nation hasn't.
[caveat - I own direct shares in Chevron-Texaco, Green Mountain Power (of Vermont), Florida Power and Light, and Peabody (coal) among other energy stocks]
Due to lower licensing costs, non-copy-protection features, and lower manufacture costs.
The games over and RIAA's lost. Promoting "better" formats is likely to die just like Divx and other silly formats - we got taken to the cleaners on CDs and are unlikely to "buy" into such fakes anymore.
America and Europe are huge markets, combined possibly larger than the Asian market. Or do you think a farmer in rural China will pay as much for a DVD player as some geek in the U.S. will?
No, and that's why the patent license fees of $15 to $20 per DVD player are so much of an issue. In fact, it's the same reason why Linux is winning in many areas.
Look at it this way: Person A lives in Rich Market USA - pays $300 to $500 for a highend DVD player - $15 to $20 fee on top of cost to make of $50 is ok price.
Person B lives in Middle Market Taiwan - pays $100 to $150 for a nice DVD player - $15 to $20 fee starts to become a very big issue, when manufacture is $50.
Person C lives in Poor Market China - pays $85 (a lot of money there) for a DVD player - $15 to $20 is major issue, if reduced to $50 manufacture than could sell at $70 to $75 and market would expand as more could afford.
Rich Market USA reaches saturation when everyone has a DVD player.
Middle Market Taiwan still has growth if price drops further.
Poor Market China has massive growth left if price drops further.
If China and others decide that they want to do this, they may not be able to import these units into the US because of the CSS. If they have CSS installed, than they must pay roylty fees since this is part of the legitimate standard.
Like they're worried. Face it, the market in China, Taiwan, and the asian markets is so much larger than the US market that it's scary.
I'm sure they'll weep over missing out on sales of a few million when they're not paying for many billions in new sales. NOT.
As with Korea, as with WW II and internment, illegal unconstitutional acts shall never stand, they only exist and are struck down in time.
We, who realize the implications of such unconstitutional actions taken under the guise of hunting down the terrorists (a good thing), must safeguard our rights - for few others realize what is at stake.
Personally, even the GameCube control I find overly complex.
The xBox control may be cool colors, but it totally does not excite me, just like the box.
Since The Sims is coming out for PS2 - guess I'll have to pick up a PS2 in addition to my GameCube soon - but first have to master Pikmin and Star Wars Rogue Leader...
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Well, if we have a GNOME 2.0 release candidate, maybe it's time to finally ditch XP. What do you think, is there any reason for anyone to still own that anti-privacy OS anymore, or should we just make do with Win2K so we can play some games?
Nah, been here since 1989 and my son was born here. And I moved here from 10 miles north of the border, near Spokane.
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Try again, Microserf
Microsoft announced today that they had bought up all the legislators in Iowa for cash.
"It's a wise investment," said I.M. Ydobon, speaking on behalf of the firm. "We figure we can record as a tax deductible expense, under the line item for operation costs."
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But since I live in Seattle, I will have to pay fealty to the Dark Lord in Redmond, across the Lake of Tears ...
darn this taxation without refunding!
It just amazes me that so many people can put so much work into a project, and then NOT include something as fundemental as AA support.
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So why don't you do this?
Stop complaining and start coding. It's Open Source, not shareware
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When you get down to where the most change is happening, worldwide, it's in the educational system, which appears to be jumping ship from MSFT to Open Source (BSD, Linux) in droves.
Think of the list of countries and look at where the largest number of seats and shift has occurred - and it's schools and universities.
MSFT has dug it's own grave in this respect, and have only themselves to blame.
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OK, first - I have four Game Boys - two are color GB, two are color GBA - and a GameCube.
Now that The Sims is coming out on PS2, I've been planning on buying one when the game ships.
So it would be useful to be able to play my French Pokemon Argent on one of my GBAs and display it on the PS2 screen (TV).
It would be real cool too.
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One - Mozilla 1.0 is faster than IE
Two - um, never mind
California is requiring zero-emission cars in just a few years.
The reality of 1/6th of the US population suddenly needing hybrid and fuel cell cars means that this battle is already over - and gasoline non-hybrid cars are already on the way out.
It is highly likely that the 12 Western states that are already on track to have 10-15 percent alternative energy by 2012 while the rest of the nation can't get 5 percent (or so they claim) by 2025 will adopt fuel cell and hybrid cars faster than the other half of the nation.
The market will win, unless the administration distorts it with subsidies for old technology vehicles.
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It seems to me that it's more likely to be a side effect of the US War On Terror that is driving them to keep better log info.
Sadly, most people are unwisely giving up their privacy under the rubrik of "cracking down on terror", while failing to realize that it isn't that useful in actually doing something about it.
Which IE, the OS bound IE
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Ding dong, the wicked browser's dead!
It knew when you were sleeping
It let the virii in
And tried to blame it on other apps
But now we know it's Spring
Ding dong, IE is dead!
Which IE, Microserf IE
Ding dong, the wicked browser's dead!
[noone expects a thousand munchkins to defeat a wicked witch, but you just need a minor event or two
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people actually believed the fat cats that said that competition and deregulation would drop the price of cable and high speed access?
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What dupes
legislators who try to break the constitution.
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I'll volunteer to lead the firing squad
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Um, dude? The China-Taiwan one was a video disc. This SACD-CD thingy is an audio disc. They're not competing formats.
... but it always wins.
My point is that the reason the China-Taiwan video format is being adopted is to avoid license fees. The same holds true for this SACD-CD audio - they will simply implement their own cheap audio replacement.
Economics always wins. Sometimes it just takes a couple of years
You could also just stop using planes for long-distance travel and switch to high-speed passenger/freight trains that use about 1/10th the energy, thus saving all that useful oil.
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While you would be correct to say that the USA may "run out of energy" if it remains on an oil-based economy, you would be incorrect in stating that this means all the regions of the USA will suffer.
In point of fact, the 1/6th of the US economy in the Western States are on track to use between 10 and 15 percent alternative energy by 2012 (mostly wind, solar, fuel cells, and biofuels), while the rest of the nation is on track to use 5 percent by 2025.
Given that California (which is bigger in GDP than most of Europe) alone is scheduled to phase out gasoline-fuel cars by 2012, this is not much of a concern for those of us in the West - or other places like Vermont, which are forward looking.
So, Iceland may be the only Country/Nation to go oil-free in 30-40 years, but parts of the USA will have gone oil-free by that time as well, even if the Nation hasn't.
[caveat - I own direct shares in Chevron-Texaco, Green Mountain Power (of Vermont), Florida Power and Light, and Peabody (coal) among other energy stocks]
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Sharpie is simultaneously developing their Fine Point SACD Permanent Marker.
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They can't - I'm filing for a patent for that - I think the title the lawyers agreed to was "A Cheap Method To Defeat Stupid Copy Protection Schemes".
They'll have to pay me a license fee, and my son, and his son, and his grandkids, and my great great great grandkids
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Due to lower licensing costs, non-copy-protection features, and lower manufacture costs.
The games over and RIAA's lost. Promoting "better" formats is likely to die just like Divx and other silly formats - we got taken to the cleaners on CDs and are unlikely to "buy" into such fakes anymore.
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America and Europe are huge markets, combined possibly larger than the Asian market. Or do you think a farmer in rural China will pay as much for a DVD player as some geek in the U.S. will?
No, and that's why the patent license fees of $15 to $20 per DVD player are so much of an issue. In fact, it's the same reason why Linux is winning in many areas.
Look at it this way:
Person A lives in Rich Market USA - pays $300 to $500 for a highend DVD player - $15 to $20 fee on top of cost to make of $50 is ok price.
Person B lives in Middle Market Taiwan - pays $100 to $150 for a nice DVD player - $15 to $20 fee starts to become a very big issue, when manufacture is $50.
Person C lives in Poor Market China - pays $85 (a lot of money there) for a DVD player - $15 to $20 is major issue, if reduced to $50 manufacture than could sell at $70 to $75 and market would expand as more could afford.
Rich Market USA reaches saturation when everyone has a DVD player.
Middle Market Taiwan still has growth if price drops further.
Poor Market China has massive growth left if price drops further.
Basic economics.
The revolution comes.
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Lock and Load, comrades in arms!
As our foregeeks said, don't code until you see the refractive indices of their ocular implants!
Give me Open Source and Patent/Copyright Reform - Or Give Me Cessation of Life Functions!
I regret that I have but one life cycle to give to my national socioeconomic system and the King that I slave under
If China and others decide that they want to do this, they may not be able to import these units into the US because of the CSS. If they have CSS installed, than they must pay roylty fees since this is part of the legitimate standard.
Like they're worried. Face it, the market in China, Taiwan, and the asian markets is so much larger than the US market that it's scary.
I'm sure they'll weep over missing out on sales of a few million when they're not paying for many billions in new sales. NOT.
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Billions of Taiwanese and Chinese mean that they can pull a MSFT on RIAA.
When they look back on this period, I wonder if any of the RIAA apologists will realize that they signed their own death warrants by their actions?
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And no lower court can remand our rights.
No Congress can abridge our rights.
As with Korea, as with WW II and internment, illegal unconstitutional acts shall never stand, they only exist and are struck down in time.
We, who realize the implications of such unconstitutional actions taken under the guise of hunting down the terrorists (a good thing), must safeguard our rights - for few others realize what is at stake.
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Cool, I'm not the only one who only has the two games worth purchasing on the GameCube (for now anyway). ;-)
Well, it did come bundled with Super Smash Brothers, but I find that boring. My son loves it - he's 11 yo though.
And he shows no interest in Sanity's Requiem (aka Call Of Cthulhu for the GameCube), but I think that sounds cool.
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Personally, even the GameCube control I find overly complex.
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The xBox control may be cool colors, but it totally does not excite me, just like the box.
Since The Sims is coming out for PS2 - guess I'll have to pick up a PS2 in addition to my GameCube soon - but first have to master Pikmin and Star Wars Rogue Leader
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