Don't get off blaming the US for Saudi Arabia's treatment of its people. They have been doing this for many years before we needed their oil. Its common throughout the Islamic world for the people in power to thwart any freedom for their people. Its not OUR fault, it is not the West's fault.
We don't prop up Syria or Iraq yet they do the same as Saudi Arabia...
Its very politically correct to blame America for the worlds woes, but sometimes, just maybe, you have to blame those other countries for their own plight. In fact, dare I say it, Shirah is the primary source of Saudi Arabians oppression - its implementation has nothing to do with our oil or capitalistic needs but everything to do with THEIR culture and religon.
Privacy concerns will hold off the US Government attempts to do something similar. (regardless if most Americans are ignorant of how just little privacy when it comes to personal records they have - they still hold tightly to the thought of "I still have some left"
Plus, I think the US is a little busy now with something more important than being online.
Oh yeah, I expect Salon to be unbiased with MS.
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NOT!
Slashdot editors are really scraping the bottom of the barrel in their overt attempts to bash Microsoft. They do so at any cost, and by that I mean regardless if it makes them look like biased buffoons or not.
Salon is the last place I go for anything remotely to unbiased reporting. Seems Slashdot wants to follow suit.
The X-Box should be judged for what it is, and that is an attempt to offer flexibility to developers to make the games they could only wish to create for the PC. Microsoft or not, I would love to see some real creativity in the market that didn't involve a regular game company.
Can Ms provide that? I don't know, but I won't slight them based upon a Salon review, in fact if Salon bashes them at all I see it as more of a reason to look at the product.
One day maybe they will get a clue about who really is dangerous to the consumer. The RIAA is nothing short of really needing a good anti-trust whacking.
They are attempting through the Napster case to establish precedent to do just what the performers fear, and that is to have backing to essentially steal all previous copyrighted works.
They also go out of their way to prevent consumer choice, and to prevent fair exercising of rights to make personal copies.
The RIAAs threat covers more consumers than any software company could dream of, yet they remain totally untouched.
(Hell, the Congress is stepping on Baseball threatening their specific anti-trust protection because they want to close down two teams, why can't they redirect that attention to where its needed)
If the appeals court decision indicates a duty of the mentor to the student, can the mentor be criminally liable for failing to perform?
In this case I don't see a single reason why Chou's mentor is even allowed to remain at the University, let alone be free. He lied, then used the University system against her, and finally used his authority to prevent her from redress. Flat out we don't need anyone, no matter how highly acclaimed, leading research groups.
This should lead to a complete investigation of any patents where he is listed as the sole discoverer.
So basically they came to market with a nice sounding product, but it was still a product that sells stock, not laptops. It was a product that used important keywords, claimed it could beat intel, and enlisted the god of Linux.
In the end its a product which really doesn't bolster laptop life all that much, and its real use was to make Intel provide the product that they could but did not have to.
You cannot taunt Intel or Microsoft, they have too many people with very large egos, and they will stomp you if you try. The best bet is to operate under their radar... and not to draw attention to yourself with brash claims versus these two behemoths until you can sustain your business.
Sorry, it isn't his 1500 footer, but merely a scaled down version. Does it anwser the question about whether or not his original could be built? No, not of stone at least. The stone one cannot be used for modern traffic.
Using todays technologies and materials we could easily do it, but the egos of states and engineers would get in the way.
When your dog turns on you you put it down.
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Globalization
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There is no difference.
The real greed is on their side. While we seek only money, the seek power and to take freedoms that others have as proof of their power.
The computer press is notoriously chicken-shit follow the herd mentatlity. Currently MS is not in favor, it is "Politically Correct" to bash them
So... what you expect?
So he annoys the faithful by proving himself morta
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So he annoys the faithful by proving himself a mortal?
I never had the misconception he was out to slay the evil Microsoft or other such competitors. He has always been "the author of Linux", nothing more, and certainly nothing less.
This interview simply confirms it, he really is just trying to make it better. He isn't at WAR with anyone, he isn't into that grandstanding.
Maybe a few people here could take a lesson from his interview. Then, maybe you might know what it is all about.
They have no choice, Intel has awakened.
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Eventually if you poke enough times Chipzilla will wake, and thats exactly what has happened. Both AMD and Transmeta have to look at other markets to sustain their profits. AMD has flash memory, and Transmeta is now realizing it needs to enter a market other than the laptop market. I would not be surprised to see Transmeta leave the notebook market completely within a few years.
Simply put, their advantage over Intel in the notebook market is nearly gone, Intel simply did what they constantly do, get off their butts and release the products they should have already had out there, and at prices where they should have been.
If anything, Transmeta's best contribution to the notebook market was in forcing Intel to release superior products are reasonable prices.
Would it have mattered if it flagged the terrorist
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Remember, they flew the routes beforehand. They had studied the routes and passenger loads, picking the flights that would have the fewest passengers thereby minimizing their risk of failure?
So, the question becomes, if your on a Government list are you allowed to use mass transportation? Would we stop at terrorist? What about know protesters for major events? Say if some G7/G8 meeting or IMF meeting is going on, do we monitor or prevent know organizers of the protests that follow? What if they had violent behaviour before?
Really, the only security that I wouldn't mind in an airport is similar to that portrayed in the Total Recall, where everyone walks past a screen which highlights solid objects. Its totally fair and cannot be considered intrusive for it doesn't violate you.
I don't think Apple supporting USB 2.0 is going to make the technology be worth the effort. Realistically if Ms doesn't add the support to the OS what manufacturers are going to create USB 2.0 items?
I think the bigger effect here might be seeing real processing power from the G5s and DDR. Its been way to long for the powerpc to remain so far back in the "apparently important" mhz race.
Still, I don't think faster interfaces mean diddly when it comes to upgrading PCs, my PCs get upgraded when the components inside, meaning processor and memory, cannot be upgraded to sufficient levels for what I need to run... (stuff outside the computer has a tendency to get upgraded when it developes legs of its own)
Nice cost savings, but it only works when you don't factor in lost productivity for retraining people to use the software.
The main problem is a lot of implementations try to look like windows, and that really only aggravates the issue.
So, if they saved 10k on licensing and hardware, how much did they lose in time devoted to people learning the new system? What costs are involved when hiring people? Using temp agencies?
The reason Linux is having a hard time moving into the mainstream office is not because of price, but simply the fact people would have to retrained to use it. Sometimes time is more than money
Republicans are least likely to curtain free speech. At the same time they are more likely to broaden the powers of the police and special services (FBI, CIA and the like).
The key here is not that they have more powers to obtain information, but what is done with that information, especially if it does not further the investigation. I have no problem expanding the wire tap laws to allow these groups more leeway, but I want them balanced by the requirement of utmost sensitivity of what is collected, and the requirement of destruction of said documents within 30 days if their value is shown to be non existant. (for non-Americans I think this rule could be extended to 90 days or ignored).
The terrorist won't win if we allow more investigative powers, the system will win. Criminals are gradually reducing the ability of our Police and government from protecting us. Did you see the case in Washingston state where they ruled the local police could not use taps and undercover investigators because it wasn't "honest". What kind of crap is that? I'll tell you, when you put don't allow these people a chance to protect you they will not be able to.
Its a small price for freedom, just as 5500+ we lost on 9/11 was a small price. Freedom costs lives, unfortunately most of this generation never understood that. They do now.
It is great marketing if your a dot-com trying to sell something, but the fact is most people don't need broadband or even want it.
Government should stay out of it, if not, then they should be required to buy up ALL existing broadband before competeing with those private companies which spent money on it.
It seems that gamers and geeks are the primary wanters of broadband, and they make grandiose claims of the universal need for it without ever proving it. Just like the failed dot-coms, the lies is still there, not the need.
640WGST in Atlanta was making fun of the list...
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Kim Peterson, a talk show host here in Atlanta was making fun of the Clear Channel list yesterday. I thought at first it was a joke, but apparently its not.
I wonder when Kim Peterson will get "talked to" over it (he was playing the list as bumper music. Many may not agree with what he has to say all the time, but at least he stands up for it.
Sorry, but music doesn't make terrorist.
Games and Linux, isn't that what my Windows is for
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Really if you look back, Windows gaming didn't really explode until DirectX was forced upon the world. I remember all the retching and such, but honestly it really stabilized the gaming industry on the PC - ONCE it stabilized itself.
If Linux really wants to move forward with it then I see a few choices.
1. Write a call level capatible equivalent to DX
2. Write an API with official support of the kernel managing group.
then again, perhaps they should leave the games to Microsoft and try to be all the business they can be.
// Would somebody please explain this to governments around the world? One day the companies will be TOO BIG to enforce anything upon!//
Not true, governments have guns. I doubt seriously any business is going to be able to fight that.
Plus wonderful countries like Brazil and South Africa are starting the horrendous trend of taking property and intellectual rights from corporations. They usually use the phrase "for the good of the people" but it simply proves business are subject to governments.
So I will drive with my windows open, NEXT
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Gee, it seems very easy to defeat... let alone what if you have 3 very drunk friends in a closed window car?
As for those who would claim invasion or violation of Constitutional rights, uh, driving is a privledge, not a right. They can set arbitrary requirements up until the public throws them out.
Now, forcing this on people with at least one dui conviction would not be out of the question would it? Still the ease in fooling it kind of defeats the purpose.
quoted from article/because stem cells have the ability to continue reproducing themselves./
I haven't seen that one before. If that is true can there really be a shortage of available lines? Or is the "shortage" simply exist because the taxpayers don't have to pony up for new ones or corporate intrest (meaning we ain't sharing)
I like the fact that this guy did not use Federal funds, because it proves to naysayers that research can continue without them, mainly because of the importance of what we may find.
You don't need government money if the research has such big payoffs at the end, and it only encourages competition to find these solutions.
They need to be built around "casual" and "passing" usuage. What I mean is, I don't need some computer looking thing in my living room or kitchen (hell, I got a microwave for that).
What I would like to see is something that is wall mounted ala flat panel that I can talk and touch. That technology isn't here yet, or that of which is is too expensive to do.
Regardless, it needs to be unobtrusive (and being able to wall mount it helps, but flat table/desk mounting would be good, and have speech recognition and be instantly ready.
Right now they keep trying to use that damn computer layout everyone already has. Let alone the costs are silly
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Don't get off blaming the US for Saudi Arabia's treatment of its people. They have been doing this for many years before we needed their oil. Its common throughout the Islamic world for the people in power to thwart any freedom for their people. Its not OUR fault, it is not the West's fault.
We don't prop up Syria or Iraq yet they do the same as Saudi Arabia...
Its very politically correct to blame America for the worlds woes, but sometimes, just maybe, you have to blame those other countries for their own plight. In fact, dare I say it, Shirah is the primary source of Saudi Arabians oppression - its implementation has nothing to do with our oil or capitalistic needs but everything to do with THEIR culture and religon.
Privacy concerns will hold off the US Government attempts to do something similar. (regardless if most Americans are ignorant of how just little privacy when it comes to personal records they have - they still hold tightly to the thought of "I still have some left"
Plus, I think the US is a little busy now with something more important than being online.
NOT!
Slashdot editors are really scraping the bottom of the barrel in their overt attempts to bash Microsoft. They do so at any cost, and by that I mean regardless if it makes them look like biased buffoons or not.
Salon is the last place I go for anything remotely to unbiased reporting. Seems Slashdot wants to follow suit.
The X-Box should be judged for what it is, and that is an attempt to offer flexibility to developers to make the games they could only wish to create for the PC. Microsoft or not, I would love to see some real creativity in the market that didn't involve a regular game company.
Can Ms provide that? I don't know, but I won't slight them based upon a Salon review, in fact if Salon bashes them at all I see it as more of a reason to look at the product.
One day maybe they will get a clue about who really is dangerous to the consumer. The RIAA is nothing short of really needing a good anti-trust whacking.
They are attempting through the Napster case to establish precedent to do just what the performers fear, and that is to have backing to essentially steal all previous copyrighted works.
They also go out of their way to prevent consumer choice, and to prevent fair exercising of rights to make personal copies.
The RIAAs threat covers more consumers than any software company could dream of, yet they remain totally untouched.
(Hell, the Congress is stepping on Baseball threatening their specific anti-trust protection because they want to close down two teams, why can't they redirect that attention to where its needed)
If the appeals court decision indicates a duty of the mentor to the student, can the mentor be criminally liable for failing to perform?
In this case I don't see a single reason why Chou's mentor is even allowed to remain at the University, let alone be free. He lied, then used the University system against her, and finally used his authority to prevent her from redress. Flat out we don't need anyone, no matter how highly acclaimed, leading research groups.
This should lead to a complete investigation of any patents where he is listed as the sole discoverer.
Drives and Displays are.
So basically they came to market with a nice sounding product, but it was still a product that sells stock, not laptops. It was a product that used important keywords, claimed it could beat intel, and enlisted the god of Linux.
In the end its a product which really doesn't bolster laptop life all that much, and its real use was to make Intel provide the product that they could but did not have to.
You cannot taunt Intel or Microsoft, they have too many people with very large egos, and they will stomp you if you try. The best bet is to operate under their radar... and not to draw attention to yourself with brash claims versus these two behemoths until you can sustain your business.
Sorry, it isn't his 1500 footer, but merely a scaled down version. Does it anwser the question about whether or not his original could be built? No, not of stone at least. The stone one cannot be used for modern traffic.
Using todays technologies and materials we could easily do it, but the egos of states and engineers would get in the way.
There is no difference.
The real greed is on their side. While we seek only money, the seek power and to take freedoms that others have as proof of their power.
The computer press is notoriously chicken-shit follow the herd mentatlity. Currently MS is not in favor, it is "Politically Correct" to bash them
So... what you expect?
So he annoys the faithful by proving himself a mortal?
I never had the misconception he was out to slay the evil Microsoft or other such competitors. He has always been "the author of Linux", nothing more, and certainly nothing less.
This interview simply confirms it, he really is just trying to make it better. He isn't at WAR with anyone, he isn't into that grandstanding.
Maybe a few people here could take a lesson from his interview. Then, maybe you might know what it is all about.
Eventually if you poke enough times Chipzilla will wake, and thats exactly what has happened. Both AMD and Transmeta have to look at other markets to sustain their profits. AMD has flash memory, and Transmeta is now realizing it needs to enter a market other than the laptop market. I would not be surprised to see Transmeta leave the notebook market completely within a few years.
Simply put, their advantage over Intel in the notebook market is nearly gone, Intel simply did what they constantly do, get off their butts and release the products they should have already had out there, and at prices where they should have been.
If anything, Transmeta's best contribution to the notebook market was in forcing Intel to release superior products are reasonable prices.
Remember, they flew the routes beforehand. They had studied the routes and passenger loads, picking the flights that would have the fewest passengers thereby minimizing their risk of failure?
So, the question becomes, if your on a Government list are you allowed to use mass transportation? Would we stop at terrorist? What about know protesters for major events? Say if some G7/G8 meeting or IMF meeting is going on, do we monitor or prevent know organizers of the protests that follow? What if they had violent behaviour before?
Really, the only security that I wouldn't mind in an airport is similar to that portrayed in the Total Recall, where everyone walks past a screen which highlights solid objects. Its totally fair and cannot be considered intrusive for it doesn't violate you.
256Mb dimms are only $7.00 dollars more than their unregistered brethern. Checking crucial's site confirmed the cost really is not an issue
This looks the motherboard I was waiting for, as I don't need all the bells the previous offering had, let alone the price tag.
Granted a 64bit/66mhz bus chipset is coming out, but for those to whom this board appeals to most likely won't need the 66mhz PCI.
I don't think Apple supporting USB 2.0 is going to make the technology be worth the effort. Realistically if Ms doesn't add the support to the OS what manufacturers are going to create USB 2.0 items?
I think the bigger effect here might be seeing real processing power from the G5s and DDR. Its been way to long for the powerpc to remain so far back in the "apparently important" mhz race.
Still, I don't think faster interfaces mean diddly when it comes to upgrading PCs, my PCs get upgraded when the components inside, meaning processor and memory, cannot be upgraded to sufficient levels for what I need to run... (stuff outside the computer has a tendency to get upgraded when it developes legs of its own)
Nice cost savings, but it only works when you don't factor in lost productivity for retraining people to use the software.
The main problem is a lot of implementations try to look like windows, and that really only aggravates the issue.
So, if they saved 10k on licensing and hardware, how much did they lose in time devoted to people learning the new system? What costs are involved when hiring people? Using temp agencies?
The reason Linux is having a hard time moving into the mainstream office is not because of price, but simply the fact people would have to retrained to use it. Sometimes time is more than money
Seems that if each one of these wonders requires a "city-scale" power generation plant that they would have to model themselves into the equation too.
Result: Global Warming is indeed occuring, but apparently it is mainly IBM's fault.
Republicans are least likely to curtain free speech. At the same time they are more likely to broaden the powers of the police and special services (FBI, CIA and the like).
The key here is not that they have more powers to obtain information, but what is done with that information, especially if it does not further the investigation. I have no problem expanding the wire tap laws to allow these groups more leeway, but I want them balanced by the requirement of utmost sensitivity of what is collected, and the requirement of destruction of said documents within 30 days if their value is shown to be non existant. (for non-Americans I think this rule could be extended to 90 days or ignored).
The terrorist won't win if we allow more investigative powers, the system will win. Criminals are gradually reducing the ability of our Police and government from protecting us. Did you see the case in Washingston state where they ruled the local police could not use taps and undercover investigators because it wasn't "honest". What kind of crap is that? I'll tell you, when you put don't allow these people a chance to protect you they will not be able to.
Its a small price for freedom, just as 5500+ we lost on 9/11 was a small price. Freedom costs lives, unfortunately most of this generation never understood that. They do now.
It is great marketing if your a dot-com trying to sell something, but the fact is most people don't need broadband or even want it.
Government should stay out of it, if not, then they should be required to buy up ALL existing broadband before competeing with those private companies which spent money on it.
It seems that gamers and geeks are the primary wanters of broadband, and they make grandiose claims of the universal need for it without ever proving it. Just like the failed dot-coms, the lies is still there, not the need.
Kim Peterson, a talk show host here in Atlanta was making fun of the Clear Channel list yesterday. I thought at first it was a joke, but apparently its not.
I wonder when Kim Peterson will get "talked to" over it (he was playing the list as bumper music. Many may not agree with what he has to say all the time, but at least he stands up for it.
Sorry, but music doesn't make terrorist.
Really if you look back, Windows gaming didn't really explode until DirectX was forced upon the world. I remember all the retching and such, but honestly it really stabilized the gaming industry on the PC - ONCE it stabilized itself.
If Linux really wants to move forward with it then I see a few choices.
1. Write a call level capatible equivalent to DX
2. Write an API with official support of the kernel managing group.
then again, perhaps they should leave the games to Microsoft and try to be all the business they can be.
// Would somebody please explain this to governments around the world? One day the companies will be TOO BIG to enforce anything upon! //
Not true, governments have guns. I doubt seriously any business is going to be able to fight that.
Plus wonderful countries like Brazil and South Africa are starting the horrendous trend of taking property and intellectual rights from corporations. They usually use the phrase "for the good of the people" but it simply proves business are subject to governments.
Gee, it seems very easy to defeat... let alone what if you have 3 very drunk friends in a closed window car?
As for those who would claim invasion or violation of Constitutional rights, uh, driving is a privledge, not a right. They can set arbitrary requirements up until the public throws them out.
Now, forcing this on people with at least one dui conviction would not be out of the question would it? Still the ease in fooling it kind of defeats the purpose.
Where ?
CNET and CNN both didn't make one single remark about Bush instructing anyone to drop the suit, so where is it?
Are we that slanted we can't report anything correctly?
burning karma because of bigots is my hobby
quoted from article /because stem cells have the ability to continue reproducing themselves./
I haven't seen that one before. If that is true can there really be a shortage of available lines? Or is the "shortage" simply exist because the taxpayers don't have to pony up for new ones or corporate intrest (meaning we ain't sharing)
I like the fact that this guy did not use Federal funds, because it proves to naysayers that research can continue without them, mainly because of the importance of what we may find.
You don't need government money if the research has such big payoffs at the end, and it only encourages competition to find these solutions.
They need to be built around "casual" and "passing" usuage. What I mean is, I don't need some computer looking thing in my living room or kitchen (hell, I got a microwave for that).
What I would like to see is something that is wall mounted ala flat panel that I can talk and touch. That technology isn't here yet, or that of which is is too expensive to do.
Regardless, it needs to be unobtrusive (and being able to wall mount it helps, but flat table/desk mounting would be good, and have speech recognition and be instantly ready.
Right now they keep trying to use that damn computer layout everyone already has. Let alone the costs are silly