I suppose it's an easy way to squeeze another film out of the 'ring' marketing machines... Stamp Tolkien's name to a manuscript, shove it in the bottom of a box, and have a dusty librarian dig it up for you. Instant next-year's-script..
Wonder how many aspiring writers will be picking up on this new publication method in the coming years?
I'm 1/2 way to a quiet computer in my room. I solved the problem of noisy hard drives by relocating the drives to an older machine that does nothing but serve music/movies to the rest of the computers in the house. NIC cards, combined with wireless, and an old (spare) computer makes it a pretty cheap proposition.
Now I need to get rid of the HD that the machine boots off of to get it truly quiet. Solid-State drives seem too expensive to justify. I was thinking of trying to do a network boot, but wasn't sure how to get w2k up and running over a (wired) network connection. It might take a godawful long time to boot up initially, but seems like it would work fine once it was up and running. About the only two progs I would load would be Winamp, and Media Player.
Anyone out there had experience in diskless w2k workstations?
The only part of the article that doesn't quite jibe is when he draws the conclusion: Units are Down. Dollar figures are not down by quite as much. Therefore you jacked your prices up too much.
This could as easily be explained by: Consumers aren't running to the store to buy the 20 year old collection of crap for $10, and are only buying CD's when it's a new release for $15
Setting up paper targets to knock down weakens the argument as a whole. Beside this item, though, the article was a great read...
2 workstations at a client of mine caught this bug. The AV system kicked in shortly thereafter, and stopped the spread. (I had to manually clean the machines, though) Strange symptoms appeared just before we knew there was a virus: All of the printers in the network started printing garbage. I had to reload the print drivers from CD for all the server's printers to stop the effect.
Anyone else seen the virus in a network? Anyone else seen similar print symptoms?
I remember folks whining that their 3d-shooter games wouldn't play fast on the 486SX-16, and that the designers were only writing them for the 'rich-boys' with their 486DX-66's...
A year after the release, most all common computers being sold could run the game just fine. Point being, let the designers create the game with long-term lasting power by putting it at the limit of todays hardware. Let the hardware designers push their new products by showing how well they can do the same job as the most expensive card out there (Using games like this as a benchmark)
MAKE SURE that the Army web site had copyrighted information somewhere, anywhere in their network. Then your bases are covered. Either you go to jail, and there is a precedent against the new RIAA Bill, or you get out scott-free under the same bill.
You can't make US laws that cover just one company, last I checked...
Somewhere there's a natural limit to how much energy a blop of silicon can turn into electricity, but where is that limit, and is anyone studying other materials that can convert larger amounts?
Even if the material was 14999 times more expensive, it might be a going proposition if the refractive/reflective setup was cheap to build and mantain...
I even remember a story where they used plants with white foliage to track the sun naturally, and reflect the light from a small valley to a central location. (No I'm not talking about Ringworld... {GRIN} ) Using plants, it was easy to maintain, and there was no cleaning of surfaces necessary, although the level of reflection was pretty low.
There is even quite a few alternatives to the whole silicon setup that seem largely ignored, like a solar-powered steam turbine. It should be cheap and elegant. Perhaps it's not as sexy as expensive solar panels?
I blame the robotics industry. Weren't they supposed to be making little metal men who would do all of the drudge labor that people shouldn't/couldn't do? It's the year 2002, and not only do I want my Flying Car, I want a robot out there cleaning up my messes, and turning them into more consumer goods for me. (Cheaper and better than any amount of manual labor from the 3rd world... I might add)
Not to get too uptight about it, but WTF is my robot servant? "I'm Waiting..."
"All this smacks of desperation," says Eric Garland, president of BigChampagne, a company hired by major labels to measure online file-sharing traffic. "When you've got a consumer movement of this magnitude, when tens of millions of people say, 'I think CD copying is cool and I'm within my rights to do it,' it gets to the point where you have to say uncle and build a business model around it rather than fight it."
At some point, the tens of millions become enough of a force not just to change a business model, but to change the Law. That's the cool thing about living in the US. (IMO)
You take the SOURCE out of the system. (Image it off to a 2nd drive, if necessary) You Install a new drive, or format the original if you are SURE you have a valid exact image off on the side, load windows, etc... then when everything works great on the new setup, THEN you can trash the source.
(Yes you have to have a spare drive around to do something like that...)
There is a staggering amount of music and video out there these days that the 500-channels of Cable were supposed to be pouring into our homes. Copyright laws turned that flood to a trickle, so here are the consumers digging it up for themselves...
Imagine that.:)
I've found tons of music that I passed over as a teen, and with the amount out there, I could be happy if all artists everywhere stopped creating more music, etc. There's enough in the past to be new to me to last (most) of a lifetime already. If the trend continues, there will soon be more art on file than anyone could ever go trhough in a lifetime.
Is this perhaps the real reason the films and music from our past have to be safegaurded from the consumers of the present?
Hang up I keep forgetting to close my internet connection, and consequently remain attached to my ISP for hours doing nothing but run up a phone bill. Reg Bauckham
SOMETHING needs to give the space program another kick in the pants. The Space Station has sucked away all of the money that might have been spent on more interesting projects, and it doesn't look like it's ever going to turn into the 'springboard to the solar system' some of us were hoping for...
Mostly a rant, here, but shouldn't the purpose of a Space Station / Moon Base be to further our reach to the rest of the area around the Earth? Where is the part on the space station that helps refuel the long-distance missions? Repair Bay for Satellites? Farm module to TRY to make it self-sustaining? It's like it's a big campout up there w/o the hunting/fishing going on...Just have mom bring out some more packs of pop-tarts every month. {GRIN}
This ought to help air-flow in the case a lot. My worst problem building mini-towers has been trying to tack the ribbon cables to the side where they won't block air, or run into a fan blade...
Screw the speed, etc... It's just a better cable:)
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I suppose it's an easy way to squeeze another film out of the 'ring' marketing machines... Stamp Tolkien's name to a manuscript, shove it in the bottom of a box, and have a dusty librarian dig it up for you. Instant next-year's-script..
Wonder how many aspiring writers will be picking up on this new publication method in the coming years?
I'm 1/2 way to a quiet computer in my room. I solved the problem of noisy hard drives by relocating the drives to an older machine that does nothing but serve music/movies to the rest of the computers in the house. NIC cards, combined with wireless, and an old (spare) computer makes it a pretty cheap proposition.
Now I need to get rid of the HD that the machine boots off of to get it truly quiet. Solid-State drives seem too expensive to justify. I was thinking of trying to do a network boot, but wasn't sure how to get w2k up and running over a (wired) network connection. It might take a godawful long time to boot up initially, but seems like it would work fine once it was up and running. About the only two progs I would load would be Winamp, and Media Player.
Anyone out there had experience in diskless w2k workstations?
"Ooooooohhh BABY YES! wash and blend"
I just wish I had some mod points for you, man... You made my morning....
-cheers
Well I don't do drugs anymore, but I still haven't outgrown the other... Count me in!
(Come'on, I can't be the only slashdotter that gets laid, can I?)
Glad to see SOMEONE got the reference... ;-}
But will you have to pay royalties if your phone rings in a crowd, and others hear it?
Going off in a theatre is bad enough, but just imagine if it rang in a taxi-cab!
The only part of the article that doesn't quite jibe is when he draws the conclusion:
Units are Down. Dollar figures are not down by quite as much. Therefore you jacked your prices up too much.
This could as easily be explained by: Consumers aren't running to the store to buy the 20 year old collection of crap for $10, and are only buying CD's when it's a new release for $15
Setting up paper targets to knock down weakens the argument as a whole. Beside this item, though, the article was a great read...
Damn, I need a GF who would consider a $30 dinner nice...
(Can I borrow yours?)
Man, I wish I had some mod points... That's a great argument.
2 workstations at a client of mine caught this bug. The AV system kicked in shortly thereafter, and stopped the spread. (I had to manually clean the machines, though)
Strange symptoms appeared just before we knew there was a virus: All of the printers in the network started printing garbage. I had to reload the print drivers from CD for all the server's printers to stop the effect.
Anyone else seen the virus in a network? Anyone else seen similar print symptoms?
Just in time for the New season! (Wait, aren't they canceled?)
How about %100 ???
I think the issues with Perpetual Motion Ideas are that they try for slightly more...
(Other than that, Voyager is kinda a %100 eff perp. motion machine, till it hits something.)
Games have always pushed computer systems...
I remember folks whining that their 3d-shooter games wouldn't play fast on the 486SX-16, and that the designers were only writing them for the 'rich-boys' with their 486DX-66's...
A year after the release, most all common computers being sold could run the game just fine. Point being, let the designers create the game with long-term lasting power by putting it at the limit of todays hardware. Let the hardware designers push their new products by showing how well they can do the same job as the most expensive card out there (Using games like this as a benchmark)
I think I see your point.
MAKE SURE that the Army web site had copyrighted information somewhere, anywhere in their network. Then your bases are covered. Either you go to jail, and there is a precedent against the new RIAA Bill, or you get out scott-free under the same bill.
You can't make US laws that cover just one company, last I checked...
It's win-win. (Except that you'll be in jail.)
That's kind what I was wondering, too...
Somewhere there's a natural limit to how much energy a blop of silicon can turn into electricity, but where is that limit, and is anyone studying other materials that can convert larger amounts?
Even if the material was 14999 times more expensive, it might be a going proposition if the refractive/reflective setup was cheap to build and mantain...
I even remember a story where they used plants with white foliage to track the sun naturally, and reflect the light from a small valley to a central location. (No I'm not talking about Ringworld... {GRIN} ) Using plants, it was easy to maintain, and there was no cleaning of surfaces necessary, although the level of reflection was pretty low.
There is even quite a few alternatives to the whole silicon setup that seem largely ignored, like a solar-powered steam turbine. It should be cheap and elegant. Perhaps it's not as sexy as expensive solar panels?
I blame the robotics industry. Weren't they supposed to be making little metal men who would do all of the drudge labor that people shouldn't/couldn't do? It's the year 2002, and not only do I want my Flying Car, I want a robot out there cleaning up my messes, and turning them into more consumer goods for me. (Cheaper and better than any amount of manual labor from the 3rd world... I might add)
Not to get too uptight about it, but WTF is my robot servant? "I'm Waiting..."
"All this smacks of desperation," says Eric Garland, president of BigChampagne, a company hired by major labels to measure online file-sharing traffic. "When you've got a consumer movement of this magnitude, when tens of millions of people say, 'I think CD copying is cool and I'm within my rights to do it,' it gets to the point where you have to say uncle and build a business model around it rather than fight it."
At some point, the tens of millions become enough of a force not just to change a business model, but to change the Law. That's the cool thing about living in the US. (IMO)
Yeah it was mostly Junk Science gone bad, but it DID make me think a lot about the nature of viruses...
Everytime I see a joke about how Windows is really a virus, or get a catchy tune stuck in my head I think back to that book.
What's the definition of a good book then? If not the fact that I still make quiet mental references to it even 10 years after-the-fact?
-- Büt Theñ Âgåîñ, Whåt The Fück Dö I Kñöw?
You take the SOURCE out of the system. (Image it off to a 2nd drive, if necessary)
You Install a new drive, or format the original if you are SURE you have a valid exact image off on the side, load windows, etc... then when everything works great on the new setup, THEN you can trash the source.
(Yes you have to have a spare drive around to do something like that...)
There is a staggering amount of music and video out there these days that the 500-channels of Cable were supposed to be pouring into our homes. Copyright laws turned that flood to a trickle, so here are the consumers digging it up for themselves...
:)
Imagine that.
I've found tons of music that I passed over as a teen, and with the amount out there, I could be happy if all artists everywhere stopped creating more music, etc. There's enough in the past to be new to me to last (most) of a lifetime already. If the trend continues, there will soon be more art on file than anyone could ever go trhough in a lifetime.
Is this perhaps the real reason the films and music from our past have to be safegaurded from the consumers of the present?
Hang up
I keep forgetting to close my internet connection, and consequently remain attached to my ISP for hours doing nothing but run up a phone bill.
Reg Bauckham
-Is there a Dumbass Tag for HTML?
Just imaging the fun when the library of Congress does the same thing....
(Well, maby they have a smarter boyfriend who anticipates these things...)
-On a Mr. fixit note, NEVER destory your source. Copy info to new media, and verify functionality on that new media, THEN format the source...)
Any competition is a good thing (IMO)...
SOMETHING needs to give the space program another kick in the pants. The Space Station has sucked away all of the money that might have been spent on more interesting projects, and it doesn't look like it's ever going to turn into the 'springboard to the solar system' some of us were hoping for...
Mostly a rant, here, but shouldn't the purpose of a Space Station / Moon Base be to further our reach to the rest of the area around the Earth? Where is the part on the space station that helps refuel the long-distance missions? Repair Bay for Satellites? Farm module to TRY to make it self-sustaining? It's like it's a big campout up there w/o the hunting/fishing going on...Just have mom bring out some more packs of pop-tarts every month. {GRIN}
Yeah, that's just the kind of contortions I'd rather get away from... Take a hard look at that picture, and tell me that it's good engineering..
This ought to help air-flow in the case a lot.
:)
My worst problem building mini-towers has been trying to tack the ribbon cables to the side where they won't block air, or run into a fan blade...
Screw the speed, etc... It's just a better cable