I wish I had a media clip somewhere of this, but on the news a long time ago (perhaps before the WWW), I saw a Sonny Bono speech where he blasted Tipper Gore and her cronies, for the attempts to censor such hardcore rap artists as NWA and 2-live-crew. I remember he read some of his lyrics from his last album (Soldier of Love I think the song was), and then made the point that if 2-live-crew or NWA or Tupac Shakur, or anyone in the rap business had used those exact same lyrics in one of their songs, that everyone would've been after them for the violence effect, just because they are rap people. For that, I certainly applauded, though I don't really know anything else about Bono's career as a politician.
Business lesson:
Wether it drives profits or not, if you don't have the cash on hand to properly support something, you shouldn't do it. Unless it's making so much profit that it will support itself long-term.
Another business lesson:
If you do one thing really well, and make a lot of money at it, do you need to branch out somewhere you don't belong?
GMC truck's tagline is "Do one thing. Do it well." I think that applies here. Anyone into automotive in the slightest bit knows that GM is shutting down one of it's divisions.. *sigh*
-- Proud Oldsmobile owner
Try this, so that the average person could comprehend it:
The following code is capable of decrypting a DVD, which will allow you to do many things, such as watch a Japanese DVD in the US, or a US DVD in Japan. Imagine if you moved to another country, and all of your DVD-movies that you paid $20-$100 for each, were suddenly no longer able to play.
So for all you Oracle hackers (I know absolutely --zero-- about all databases, having never used one in my life on the business end), when you call support at 2:30am make sure the lady helping you says "hi" to OYAAAAAH
Why on earth do fscking internet domain names have to become a political fight? jesus christ! How hard is it to muck with the global nameserver caches?? ARGH
Seeking monetary contributions for an IRC network. *chuckle* Like that will work.
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Not exactly. This is like having a website pop up with a data file that does require Flash 4.. your computer deciding wether or not it has flash 4, and if it doesn't, the document automatically provides flash 4 if the computer would so like it.
The difference here, that as it is now, the browser sees "allyourbase.swf", realises it doesn't have any idea how to play ".swf" files, so it sends a request back to netscape or microsoft saying "HELP! Where do I go to get a program that will play.SWF files?!" then, it tells you "look we need to get Flash 4.." so you get it and install it, restart, and come back to find that someone rm'd allyourbase.swf due to insane traffic requests, and it's now a 404.
With this type of thing, you might have some sort of "universal media player" that can have an unlimited number of Audio and Video CODEC's. All files that are created in any A/V format automatically have their CODEC appended to the end of the file, so that if you don't support that data type already, it can very quickly be added, simply by finishing the file transfer. And if you do have it, you can drop connection to it early, and save the bandwidth.
The application discussed in the article about making data files give out the information to decode them is really rather reminiscient of an old technology from IBM called OpenDoc.
Brief summary: An OpenDoc document tells the computer what type of document it is. The computer then decides if it has a necessary "part" (or "component") to handle this document. And all of the different types of "parts" use the same file formats and such to handle things. When IBM was really pushing on this, the biggest example was something involving a database.
Say you pick up a Database OpenDoc document from somewhere on the internet, and just double click it. Even though it may have been authored with something like Excel, since you have a copy of dBase X w/ OpenDoc compatibility, it will automagically appear in your defined database program - dBase X.
So, the document defines exactly what is necessary to open it. The cool thing about this idea is that it also provides a method of telling you how to get the program to view that document, if you don't have it.
I can certainly see some sort of merger of these ideas as being a very valuable step in the computing industry.
ie, someone 4 years down the road from now, emails me a brand new MP6 file.. and I see it, double click on it, and lo-and-behold, I don't have a program that will handle MP6 format files. So, it asks the datafile for a way to do it, plugs that into the existing MP5 player, and suddenly I'm able to handle MP6 format files.
Sounds like fun!
I think cartilige can repair to some degree - When I was much younger, I put a pitchfork through my right knee cap. About 2 inches in; damn near came out the other side. OOPS. The docs said the only hope I had of being able to walk normally after that is the fact that I was so young (i was like 5 or 6 at the time). Within 2 weeks, I was pretty much back to normal, except for a nasty looking sore that looked like it was going to make a messy scar. To this day, I can't find the scar, though.
Also, my right shoulder was badly bruised up from a fall to concrete from a concert stage (stage diving.. not recommended), and I was also told that that would probably cause me joint problems all my life.. haven't had a problem since.
Now, my back is totally fuct up but that's a different story and topic altogether.
Of course, the book, like all other books on billiards/pool, does not actually discuss -real- physics with pool. You'll never find a perfect table or a perfect cue unless you own them both, and take excellent care of them.
Imagine sitting in a pool hall, drinking some brew, smoking a stogie, with your nose in this book between each shot, studying the exact way to hit it, and being perfect, except instead you miss every damn thing on the table because the cue is warped, and the table leans.:-)
Actually, it does seem odd that the editors really don't seem to have any input into anything beyond the posting of articles. I wonder if any of them even read the stuff around here, unless it gets out of hand. *shrug*
Back in the dial-up BBS days, there was a Citadel BBS that ran without the operator even looking at it for so long that his account was purged by the auto-purger, to make room for new users. Twice.
But for the most part, very little out there succeeds without it's operators at least having some degree of involvement with it's operation, and I don't mean just throwing meat to the raging lions (posting an article). It amazes me that/. has succeeded as well as it has. Of course, they have what appears to be an awesoem and frequently borrowed/imitated code operating around here.
As to actually knowing any names on here, there's so many people on/., I don't think I know any names of anyone except for CmdrTaco, Cowboy Neal, JonKatz.. and I've been hanging out here for a couple of years.
well the parking tickets are paid, i got my license unsuspended, then i found out that michigan will suspend your license -again- if you are caught driving while suspended. So, basically, they are getting double the re-instatement fees. Which is total BS.
hmm. I think this girl that i know used to take me there when we hung out up there. Over by umm.. jesus. i stop working there, and I forget everything... Crescent Lake and.. something?
I have an A2000HD sitting right here under my desk, it needs a monitor cable to go to the 1084. Anyone got a line on one? PLEASE email me.
I can't -stand- to use the Amiga in Black/White mode, which is what happens if I hook up it's composite a/v outs:(
Hey guys, the later 1541's, the 1571's, the 1581's, 1541C, and so on so forth, all had the jumpers on 'em.
In fact, I have a 1541 at the bottom of my closet at home. With dip switches on it. Original tan casing, not a 1541C. Now all I need is a freakin Commodore 64 or 128 (preferably, as I have a LOT of 128 software on floppies at the house)
I am quite surprised by the number of Michiganders here on/.
I'd love to return to the southwest side, at least it beats the southeast side. But not IN kalamazoo. More like Portage or Comstock, or one of the really out there cities.
Know any techno startups that are hiring?
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er.. when did Asimov die? did I miss that? I know Zelazny did, i don't remember a reference to Heinlein tho.
I wish I had a media clip somewhere of this, but on the news a long time ago (perhaps before the WWW), I saw a Sonny Bono speech where he blasted Tipper Gore and her cronies, for the attempts to censor such hardcore rap artists as NWA and 2-live-crew. I remember he read some of his lyrics from his last album (Soldier of Love I think the song was), and then made the point that if 2-live-crew or NWA or Tupac Shakur, or anyone in the rap business had used those exact same lyrics in one of their songs, that everyone would've been after them for the violence effect, just because they are rap people. For that, I certainly applauded, though I don't really know anything else about Bono's career as a politician.
Jaime McCarthy formerly of Kalamazoo??
Was it a violation of the DMCA to reproduce that audio recording in a textual format? hmm..
Business lesson: Wether it drives profits or not, if you don't have the cash on hand to properly support something, you shouldn't do it. Unless it's making so much profit that it will support itself long-term.
Another business lesson:
If you do one thing really well, and make a lot of money at it, do you need to branch out somewhere you don't belong?
GMC truck's tagline is "Do one thing. Do it well." I think that applies here. Anyone into automotive in the slightest bit knows that GM is shutting down one of it's divisions.. *sigh*
-- Proud Oldsmobile owner
Try this, so that the average person could comprehend it:
The following code is capable of decrypting a DVD, which will allow you to do many things, such as watch a Japanese DVD in the US, or a US DVD in Japan. Imagine if you moved to another country, and all of your DVD-movies that you paid $20-$100 for each, were suddenly no longer able to play.
Not really - the CueCat isn't being used to raed any copyrighted information. At least as far as I know, barcodes aren't copyrighted/copyrightable.
So for all you Oracle hackers (I know absolutely --zero-- about all databases, having never used one in my life on the business end), when you call support at 2:30am make sure the lady helping you says "hi" to OYAAAAAH
tics: blood sucking insects
Why on earth do fscking internet domain names have to become a political fight? jesus christ! How hard is it to muck with the global nameserver caches?? ARGH
of course they fail to mention that Amigas are still in use in a lot of the places too. :-)
Seeking monetary contributions for an IRC network. *chuckle* Like that will work.
Not exactly. This is like having a website pop up with a data file that does require Flash 4.. your computer deciding wether or not it has flash 4, and if it doesn't, the document automatically provides flash 4 if the computer would so like it.
.SWF files?!" then, it tells you "look we need to get Flash 4.." so you get it and install it, restart, and come back to find that someone rm'd allyourbase.swf due to insane traffic requests, and it's now a 404.
The difference here, that as it is now, the browser sees "allyourbase.swf", realises it doesn't have any idea how to play ".swf" files, so it sends a request back to netscape or microsoft saying "HELP! Where do I go to get a program that will play
With this type of thing, you might have some sort of "universal media player" that can have an unlimited number of Audio and Video CODEC's. All files that are created in any A/V format automatically have their CODEC appended to the end of the file, so that if you don't support that data type already, it can very quickly be added, simply by finishing the file transfer. And if you do have it, you can drop connection to it early, and save the bandwidth.
The application discussed in the article about making data files give out the information to decode them is really rather reminiscient of an old technology from IBM called OpenDoc.
Brief summary: An OpenDoc document tells the computer what type of document it is. The computer then decides if it has a necessary "part" (or "component") to handle this document. And all of the different types of "parts" use the same file formats and such to handle things. When IBM was really pushing on this, the biggest example was something involving a database.
Say you pick up a Database OpenDoc document from somewhere on the internet, and just double click it. Even though it may have been authored with something like Excel, since you have a copy of dBase X w/ OpenDoc compatibility, it will automagically appear in your defined database program - dBase X.
So, the document defines exactly what is necessary to open it. The cool thing about this idea is that it also provides a method of telling you how to get the program to view that document, if you don't have it.
I can certainly see some sort of merger of these ideas as being a very valuable step in the computing industry.
ie, someone 4 years down the road from now, emails me a brand new MP6 file.. and I see it, double click on it, and lo-and-behold, I don't have a program that will handle MP6 format files. So, it asks the datafile for a way to do it, plugs that into the existing MP5 player, and suddenly I'm able to handle MP6 format files.
Sounds like fun!
I think cartilige can repair to some degree - When I was much younger, I put a pitchfork through my right knee cap. About 2 inches in; damn near came out the other side. OOPS. The docs said the only hope I had of being able to walk normally after that is the fact that I was so young (i was like 5 or 6 at the time). Within 2 weeks, I was pretty much back to normal, except for a nasty looking sore that looked like it was going to make a messy scar. To this day, I can't find the scar, though.
Also, my right shoulder was badly bruised up from a fall to concrete from a concert stage (stage diving.. not recommended), and I was also told that that would probably cause me joint problems all my life.. haven't had a problem since.
Now, my back is totally fuct up but that's a different story and topic altogether.
Of course, the book, like all other books on billiards/pool, does not actually discuss -real- physics with pool. You'll never find a perfect table or a perfect cue unless you own them both, and take excellent care of them. :-)
Imagine sitting in a pool hall, drinking some brew, smoking a stogie, with your nose in this book between each shot, studying the exact way to hit it, and being perfect, except instead you miss every damn thing on the table because the cue is warped, and the table leans.
Back in the dial-up BBS days, there was a Citadel BBS that ran without the operator even looking at it for so long that his account was purged by the auto-purger, to make room for new users. Twice.
But for the most part, very little out there succeeds without it's operators at least having some degree of involvement with it's operation, and I don't mean just throwing meat to the raging lions (posting an article). It amazes me that
As to actually knowing any names on here, there's so many people on /., I don't think I know any names of anyone except for CmdrTaco, Cowboy Neal, JonKatz .. and I've been hanging out here for a couple of years.
well the parking tickets are paid, i got my license unsuspended, then i found out that michigan will suspend your license -again- if you are caught driving while suspended. So, basically, they are getting double the re-instatement fees. Which is total BS.
hmm. I think this girl that i know used to take me there when we hung out up there. Over by umm.. jesus. i stop working there, and I forget everything... Crescent Lake and .. something?
I've always used standard parallel cables and serial cables with all the Amiga hardware I ever owned. Whatch00 talkin bout W1ll1s?
I have an A2000HD sitting right here under my desk, it needs a monitor cable to go to the 1084. Anyone got a line on one? PLEASE email me. :(
I can't -stand- to use the Amiga in Black/White mode, which is what happens if I hook up it's composite a/v outs
Hey guys, the later 1541's, the 1571's, the 1581's, 1541C, and so on so forth, all had the jumpers on 'em. In fact, I have a 1541 at the bottom of my closet at home. With dip switches on it. Original tan casing, not a 1541C. Now all I need is a freakin Commodore 64 or 128 (preferably, as I have a LOT of 128 software on floppies at the house)
PLI in waterford? what's that?
Alright, count me in. What are we doing as our startup? heh ;-)
(serious: email me)
i wanna work for an internet startup in mich. where are you? hehe
I am quite surprised by the number of Michiganders here on /.
I'd love to return to the southwest side, at least it beats the southeast side. But not IN kalamazoo. More like Portage or Comstock, or one of the really out there cities.
Know any techno startups that are hiring?