Well it's probably still less expensive than radiant flooring, in which pipes or hoses are run before the flooring is poured, through which hot water runs. You won't have to hire people with extensive skill at setting up the piping, and it might be more efficient.
Red Swoosh is a cool technology specifically aimed at distributign the load for things such as images on a website. The client download for IE just involves clicking install and DLing a client that's a few 100kb. After which you mirror a portion of the site. www.deviantart.com uses this, and to good effect. I'm not sure if you can mirror large files on it. It is of course centralized.
it's been said earlier, but if you compare the ratio of sales of a product like CuteFTP to pirated / trial versions, it's ridiculous.
let's examine it in depth. What are 94% of FTP client users doing? WAREZING now that we know that, we can assume, that most people won't pay $35 or whatever. So the solution would be to make it ultra cheap, say in the neighborhood of $5 a license. That would greatly expand the user base, and if they implemented payment via paypal as well as credit cards, people would be more likely to impulse buy.
$5 is nothing, i'll spend that impulsively. Even $10, after that, we move into the area where we stop caring about the company (think of how many sharware progs you use, (wellyou linux people dont')). If they were that cheap, i'd by each one that I use.
What if I produce that one brilliant work, and then crap. You speak as if artists are simply fountains that perpetually flow with creativity. That may be true for some but not all. If I get rich off that one great work, i'll be hella mad if I have to do 1 a month to pay the rent while joe, I went to a shitty art school gets the money doing hotel room paintings.
And who ever said I did my work for the benefit of society, I do it to please myself. If I don't want to do it I don't.
This seems like it would be good for implementing a targeting system in say tank simulations. Where you can move the mouse to move the tank, and move your hand on the mouse to move the turret. Also good for 3d modeling as they say
10six www.10six.com has real time combat, in an FPS format. It's one of the more innovative combat models that i've seen. You attack with your avatar and rovers (robotic assistants) which you control. It goes in real time and is quite for (more fun than standard FPSes). Not only that, but they back it up with a fun world too. While it's strictly about mining and fighting it's loads of fun.
The only reason I quit was that it took about 3 hours a day of play to have a half way decent character. Any less and some asshole would take your stuff (the games goes on when you log off, and your camps are susceptible to attack)
0) A robot must do what's best for humanity
1) A robot may not injure a human being, or allow a human to come to harm through inaction.
2) A robot must obey orders, except where doing so would violate the first rule.
3) A robot must protect its own existance, so long as that doe not violate the first or second rule.
0 would be the fourth rule. It makes sense, chetters humin discusses it in prelude to foundation (amazing book by asimov)
because i don't believe in the religious concept of a soul, if it's a human for all intents and purposes, it's good enough for me. Now they just can't be violent. Of course if the robots follow the 4 rules of robotics then that shouldn't be a problem really.
Even if robots replace us in many cases we will still breed. And probably make up more of the population, unless people start adopting robots.
A week after the company stopped downloads of its software, Amsterdam-based peer-to-peer software firm KaZaA announced on its website that it had launched a new version of its software, that includes a pay service, and a cryptic message made it appear that KaZaA is now owned by an Australian company called Sharman Network Services. Or perhaps not.
The Kazaa.com website was stripped bare of much of its content on Sunday and was allowing users to download an updated version of its software, although attempts to download this software were met with an error message.
By 4:15 AM EST on Monday, the original KaZaA website was back up with no mention of new software or Sharman Network Services. But access to the new terms of use agreement was still possible and the copyright information at the bottom identifies "Sharman Network Services" as the owner of the website's contents.
As of last week the company was based in the Netherlands. However, upon close examination of its new terms of use license, the company now appears to be based in Australia.
"This License as well as all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the New South Wales, without regard to or application of choice of law rules or principles. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this License, or in future agreements resulting there from, shall be exclusively resolved before the competent court in New South Wales," the new terms of use dictate.
New South Wales is Australia's largest state population wise and the home of Sydney.
The "WHOIS" information for the Kazaa.com domain has not been updated, but a note posted on the KaZaA site on early Monday morning EST led users to believe that FastTrack, the company that created the code used for and owns KaZaA, and has licensed its code out to competitors MusicCity and Grokster, no longer controls KaZaA. Various searches for "Sharman Network Services" turned up no results.
"The original brains behind Kazaa have moved on to develop new innovative software. The team now running Kazaa will continue to deliver the best technology for finding, saving and transfering all the data you want: no limits. Get ready for the next version of KaZaA with even better performance and enhanced usability," said a note posted on the KaZaA homepage, before it reverted back to its original state.
In an ironic twist, one major new area of the company's terms of service agreement covers the distribution of the KaZaA software itself. KaZaA and other file sharing companies are under legal fire for allowing users to trade copyrighted material.
"This License allows you to install and use the KaZaA Media Desktop on a single computer. This License does not permit you to install the Software on more than one computer at a time. You may make one copy of the Software in machine-readable form for backup purposes only. The backup copy must include all copyright information contained on the original," according to KaZaA's new terms of use agreement. The original terms of use agreement is still linked on the KaZaA homepage.
The company has also apparently added new features that consumers will be forced to pay for.
"Certain features of the KaZaA Media Desktop may require payment in the future including a prepaid fee ("Prepaid Fee"). The Prepaid Fee, and all taxes and other fees related thereto will be paid by you in advance. You shall pay all fees and charges incurred through your account at the rates in effect for the billing period in which such fees and charges are incurred. All fees and charges shall be billed to you, and you shall be solely responsible for their payment. You shall pay all applicable taxes relating to the use of the Software through your account. If you do not pay the applicable fees, including Prepaid Fees, within the prescribed period of time your account will be terminated immediately, without limiting KaZaA's right to demand payment of fees and damages at a later time," the company now says.
The new terms appear to try to help KaZaA further indemnify itself from being responsible for users who trade copyrighted material.
KaZaA suspended downloads of its software last week saying it was awaiting a Dutch court decision on its fate.
"Download of the KaZaA Media Desktop software is temporarily and voluntarily suspended pending Dutch court decision on January 31. We apologise for the inconvenience. Please check back at www.kazaa.com for more information," the company said in a statement issued on its website last week.
A Dutch court ruled in November that the company must stop its users from sharing copyrighted material. The ruling is under appeal and the court will make a decision on Jan. 31.
KaZaA also recently added a disclaimer on its site regarding the copyright issue.
KaZaA, MusicCity and Grokster find themselves the subject of international court pressure. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched a lawsuit against the companies last fall in an effort to stem the tide of peer-to-peer transfer of copyrighted music files.
In October, an internal RIAA memo, leaked to Dotcom Scoop, outlined the RIAA's strategy to take on the file-sharing networks. The memo indicated that the RIAA would attempt to negotiate with FastTrack in an effort to shut down its licensees.
"Thus, we recommend (1) filing claims against FastTrack, MusicCity, and Grockster, (2) immediately thereafter initiating discussions with FastTrack about resolving our claims in a way that will provide us with useful information and testimony against MusicCity, and if possible obtain FastTrack's cooperation in shutting down or converting MusicCity and Grokster," the memo stated.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/57a3.shtmlT he Terapin Mine Handheld
Uses ETHERNET and USB, runs linux and has 10 gigs of storage plus audio out and MP3 playing abilities. Now, why would you want a stinkin' ipod?
that's why you put em in computer labs. desk space becomes a non issue, and you simply have lab days. Now if they're letting the kids take these things home it makes sense, but if not, it doesn't make any. My school still has pentium 100s which were real hotrods when they bought em but they aren't anymore. If they had bought some 486 laptops then we would have been even more out of date.
Why spend money on hardware that is harder to replace and more expensive than desktops? Aside from the very limited ammount of field research that schools do, desktops should be fine. The only reason they buy laptops is to seem more in tune with the 21st century, or whatever bullshit the school administrators believe in. My school just bought a bunch of laptops, and they're not very usefull considering their lame hardware. The money could have been better spent on desktop PCs which would take longer togo out of date (you can buy more powerfull desktop PCs for the same money as a less powerfull desktop)
my question is will they be combining genes,or just swapping em around (I.E. will the intelligence be halfway between human and animal or one or another). Besides i'm sure some hybrids will be more intelligent than others.
unix hasn't changed significantly over the years in terms of the base concepts behind it. Is this a good thing or a bad thing. I don't really know. Are we restricting ourselves by staying with antiquated concepts? or are we creating something great with a proven system.
if it's a small server (i'm assuming under 5000 page views a day) It won't matter what you go with unless your running off a 486. I'd say just go with one that journals for crash recovery, but if it's a small server you won't notice much of a speed difference
fine my code is now Proprietary protected, now any works that use Hello, World! or similar phrases are obviously h4x0r3d derivitaves. I'll punish you hackers for all your worth under the DMCA/ATA. Hello, World! is a valuable component of my companies infrastructure, you GPL hippies have been ripping my work off for too long...
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Well it's probably still less expensive than radiant flooring, in which pipes or hoses are run before the flooring is poured, through which hot water runs. You won't have to hire people with extensive skill at setting up the piping, and it might be more efficient.
I use opera too, I love having such speed and being impervious to IE exploints
Red Swoosh is a cool technology specifically aimed at distributign the load for things such as images on a website. The client download for IE just involves clicking install and DLing a client that's a few 100kb. After which you mirror a portion of the site. www.deviantart.com uses this, and to good effect. I'm not sure if you can mirror large files on it. It is of course centralized.
it's been said earlier, but if you compare the ratio of sales of a product like CuteFTP to pirated / trial versions, it's ridiculous.
let's examine it in depth.
What are 94% of FTP client users doing? WAREZING
now that we know that, we can assume, that most people won't pay $35 or whatever.
So the solution would be to make it ultra cheap, say in the neighborhood of $5 a license. That would greatly expand the user base, and if they implemented payment via paypal as well as credit cards, people would be more likely to impulse buy.
$5 is nothing, i'll spend that impulsively. Even $10, after that, we move into the area where we stop caring about the company (think of how many sharware progs you use, (wellyou linux people dont')). If they were that cheap, i'd by each one that I use.
can we be l337 and call this new P3P technology 'Pep'
i'm sure the royalty is more than $2, they weren't THAT enthusiastic about linux porting
What if I produce that one brilliant work, and then crap. You speak as if artists are simply fountains that perpetually flow with creativity. That may be true for some but not all. If I get rich off that one great work, i'll be hella mad if I have to do 1 a month to pay the rent while joe, I went to a shitty art school gets the money doing hotel room paintings.
And who ever said I did my work for the benefit of society, I do it to please myself. If I don't want to do it I don't.
I'll start using freenet when:
1. Response times are less than 5 seconds
2. Data is retrieved at over 6kb/s
3. A way to search data over freenet is made.
This seems like it would be good for implementing a targeting system in say tank simulations. Where you can move the mouse to move the tank, and move your hand on the mouse to move the turret. Also good for 3d modeling as they say
10six www.10six.com has real time combat, in an FPS format. It's one of the more innovative combat models that i've seen. You attack with your avatar and rovers (robotic assistants) which you control. It goes in real time and is quite for (more fun than standard FPSes). Not only that, but they back it up with a fun world too. While it's strictly about mining and fighting it's loads of fun.
The only reason I quit was that it took about 3 hours a day of play to have a half way decent character. Any less and some asshole would take your stuff (the games goes on when you log off, and your camps are susceptible to attack)
0) A robot must do what's best for humanity
1) A robot may not injure a human being, or allow a human to come to harm through inaction.
2) A robot must obey orders, except where doing so would violate the first rule.
3) A robot must protect its own existance, so long as that doe not violate the first or second rule.
0 would be the fourth rule. It makes sense, chetters humin discusses it in prelude to foundation (amazing book by asimov)
because i don't believe in the religious concept of a soul, if it's a human for all intents and purposes, it's good enough for me. Now they just can't be violent. Of course if the robots follow the 4 rules of robotics then that shouldn't be a problem really.
Even if robots replace us in many cases we will still breed. And probably make up more of the population, unless people start adopting robots.
for the unfortuanate:
A week after the company stopped downloads of its software, Amsterdam-based peer-to-peer software firm KaZaA announced on its website that it had launched a new version of its software, that includes a pay service, and a cryptic message made it appear that KaZaA is now owned by an Australian company called Sharman Network Services. Or perhaps not.
The Kazaa.com website was stripped bare of much of its content on Sunday and was allowing users to download an updated version of its software, although attempts to download this software were met with an error message.
By 4:15 AM EST on Monday, the original KaZaA website was back up with no mention of new software or Sharman Network Services. But access to the new terms of use agreement was still possible and the copyright information at the bottom identifies "Sharman Network Services" as the owner of the website's contents.
As of last week the company was based in the Netherlands. However, upon close examination of its new terms of use license, the company now appears to be based in Australia.
"This License as well as all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the New South Wales, without regard to or application of choice of law rules or principles. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this License, or in future agreements resulting there from, shall be exclusively resolved before the competent court in New South Wales," the new terms of use dictate.
New South Wales is Australia's largest state population wise and the home of Sydney.
The "WHOIS" information for the Kazaa.com domain has not been updated, but a note posted on the KaZaA site on early Monday morning EST led users to believe that FastTrack, the company that created the code used for and owns KaZaA, and has licensed its code out to competitors MusicCity and Grokster, no longer controls KaZaA. Various searches for "Sharman Network Services" turned up no results.
"The original brains behind Kazaa have moved on to develop new innovative software. The team now running Kazaa will continue to deliver the best technology for finding, saving and transfering all the data you want: no limits. Get ready for the next version of KaZaA with even better performance and enhanced usability," said a note posted on the KaZaA homepage, before it reverted back to its original state.
In an ironic twist, one major new area of the company's terms of service agreement covers the distribution of the KaZaA software itself. KaZaA and other file sharing companies are under legal fire for allowing users to trade copyrighted material.
"This License allows you to install and use the KaZaA Media Desktop on a single computer. This License does not permit you to install the Software on more than one computer at a time. You may make one copy of the Software in machine-readable form for backup purposes only. The backup copy must include all copyright information contained on the original," according to KaZaA's new terms of use agreement. The original terms of use agreement is still linked on the KaZaA homepage.
The company has also apparently added new features that consumers will be forced to pay for.
"Certain features of the KaZaA Media Desktop may require payment in the future including a prepaid fee ("Prepaid Fee"). The Prepaid Fee, and all taxes and other fees related thereto will be paid by you in advance. You shall pay all fees and charges incurred through your account at the rates in effect for the billing period in which such fees and charges are incurred. All fees and charges shall be billed to you, and you shall be solely responsible for their payment. You shall pay all applicable taxes relating to the use of the Software through your account. If you do not pay the applicable fees, including Prepaid Fees, within the prescribed period of time your account will be terminated immediately, without limiting KaZaA's right to demand payment of fees and damages at a later time," the company now says.
The new terms appear to try to help KaZaA further indemnify itself from being responsible for users who trade copyrighted material.
KaZaA suspended downloads of its software last week saying it was awaiting a Dutch court decision on its fate.
"Download of the KaZaA Media Desktop software is temporarily and voluntarily suspended pending Dutch court decision on January 31. We apologise for the inconvenience. Please check back at www.kazaa.com for more information," the company said in a statement issued on its website last week.
A Dutch court ruled in November that the company must stop its users from sharing copyrighted material. The ruling is under appeal and the court will make a decision on Jan. 31.
KaZaA also recently added a disclaimer on its site regarding the copyright issue.
KaZaA, MusicCity and Grokster find themselves the subject of international court pressure. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched a lawsuit against the companies last fall in an effort to stem the tide of peer-to-peer transfer of copyrighted music files.
In October, an internal RIAA memo, leaked to Dotcom Scoop, outlined the RIAA's strategy to take on the file-sharing networks. The memo indicated that the RIAA would attempt to negotiate with FastTrack in an effort to shut down its licensees.
"Thus, we recommend (1) filing claims against FastTrack, MusicCity, and Grockster, (2) immediately thereafter initiating discussions with FastTrack about resolving our claims in a way that will provide us with useful information and testimony against MusicCity, and if possible obtain FastTrack's cooperation in shutting down or converting MusicCity and Grokster," the memo stated.
works for me
Gentoo Linux has that, www.gentoo.org , it uses a ports style system, i'm not sure if it's a direct port of ports, or their own deal.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/57a3.shtmlT he Terapin Mine Handheld
Uses ETHERNET and USB, runs linux and has 10 gigs of storage plus audio out and MP3 playing abilities. Now, why would you want a stinkin' ipod?
that's why you put em in computer labs. desk space becomes a non issue, and you simply have lab days. Now if they're letting the kids take these things home it makes sense, but if not, it doesn't make any. My school still has pentium 100s which were real hotrods when they bought em but they aren't anymore. If they had bought some 486 laptops then we would have been even more out of date.
Why spend money on hardware that is harder to replace and more expensive than desktops? Aside from the very limited ammount of field research that schools do, desktops should be fine. The only reason they buy laptops is to seem more in tune with the 21st century, or whatever bullshit the school administrators believe in. My school just bought a bunch of laptops, and they're not very usefull considering their lame hardware. The money could have been better spent on desktop PCs which would take longer togo out of date (you can buy more powerfull desktop PCs for the same money as a less powerfull desktop)
my question is will they be combining genes,or just swapping em around (I.E. will the intelligence be halfway between human and animal or one or another). Besides i'm sure some hybrids will be more intelligent than others.
you should re-reade websites that suck.com If you're running at a low res those allready clunky frames take up far too much real estate
unix hasn't changed significantly over the years in terms of the base concepts behind it. Is this a good thing or a bad thing. I don't really know. Are we restricting ourselves by staying with antiquated concepts? or are we creating something great with a proven system.
is there something like a WineX lib of sorts which lets you port windows programs using DirectX to a native linux app? could loki use this/
if it's a small server (i'm assuming under 5000 page views a day) It won't matter what you go with unless your running off a 486. I'd say just go with one that journals for crash recovery, but if it's a small server you won't notice much of a speed difference
the videos were decidedly 3rd rate, but the music more than made up for it. I might as well just put that on ;)
fine my code is now Proprietary protected, now any works that use Hello, World! or similar phrases are obviously h4x0r3d derivitaves. I'll punish you hackers for all your worth under the DMCA/ATA. Hello, World! is a valuable component of my companies infrastructure, you GPL hippies have been ripping my work off for too long...