Also it is already a generic trade mark, so people will buy a "Sony" ipod or Philips one, yes it won't say that on these players but that is how they are referred to.
So as long as mp3 players are around ipods will be. And Apple will have a large share of that. It will also be interesting to see if Apple can take the brand beyond being an mp3 player, so that when the next method of playing music comes along, ipod won't mean something old. Walkmans in my head for instance still mean a cassette player.
I don't know, I just tried it there and it's nice, but I don't like how it looks.
Ok, it is the initial version, but compared to other stuff from Google like Gmail, it doesn't seem very polished. Be nice if you could minimize each of the portlets also.
I add the applause to these people, even the odd article that I have added, which I'd do without too much care; people have gone back and corrected the grammar and spelling while leaving what I put there intact. The commitment of people to do such which has to be a tedious chore is commendable.
I think wikipedia do a fairly good job on a balanced approach, ff you look at the talk pages on some of their articles, the main wiki population do seem to be reasonable and accept compromise (of course this NPOV is sometimes taken to its extremes - the talk page on the Santa Claus article has someone saying it's non NOPV because it states Santa is a myth!"
What would concern me is how frequent and up to date it could keep it's stories? I would imagine that it's contributers would be relying on other news sources for uptodate information, and even the that perosn might go to sleep for a while... what I mean is professinal journalists have their place - you are not goint to see a wiki correspondant from Baghdad (well maybe now, but when all pwoer is cut etc - wikinews will not be as insatnt as CNN ).
So on that vein, I would see such a project as a better anaylis tool then a breaking news one.
While people may make do with a slower computer, and you may wonder why someone who only surfs the web and reads email needs a 3 GHz computer, it doesn't really work that way.
It takes intel millions of dollars to make a fab to put out a chip, and that fab only makes those chips, so all that is available to the consumer is faster processors. How much would a new 486 sx 25 Mhz processor cost today. If you wanted one, how much? Intel don't make them anymore, so you'd have to fund some sort of production faciltiy, so that's a millions straight away.
The fact of the matter is that there are only fast processors available now. They may eat power and heat siberia but it's all there is (at a reasonable price for a desktop).
This is also a good thing though, the computing power is needed. Computers at the moment are kinda crap, you need to argue with them to use them, voice recogniton (good voice recognition) intelligent computers will need alot of power, and it's no harm at all to have an abunfdance of it available.
While it does make sense to guard the symbols like this, what did amuse me is the security at the liberty bell in Philadelphia, what are you going to do?.... Fix it?
Well Dan Bricklin does point out that software of today can run on different hardware and having software tied to specific hardware is a bad idea.
He says that the system should stay fundamentaly the same and components can be replaced and upgraded, not having everything replaced completely every five years.
He is not just talking about one specific program that doesn't change, but rather open standards and techniques that mean data that is stored today, will be accessible in 200 years time.
I have to agree with this, he comes across as bitter about something.
Also from the article:
Kay's ultimate dream is to completely remake the way we communicate with each other.
I'd say this has been fairly achieved (It came across in the article that it hadn't been). I can't vouch personnally for 30 years ago, but i'd say the way we communicate with each other has changed alot since then - text messages, email, mobile phones are a different way of communicating then what it was.
As the parent poster explained, if your IP address changes, people can still find your web site with your URL because, ie www.mywebsite.com stays www.mywebsite.com.
Changing your phone number might not be hard, if not many people have it, but if you have a business and it is printed on business cards, invoices etc, that is a lot to change.
A change to your IP doesn't require this, as your internet address as they know it stays the same.
It seems that people who suceed in one field can easily transfer their skills to another one - I know he used mathematics in his orgami, but to go to the detail of doing deriving mathematics for his hobby is very impressive.
While how-tos for his orgami would be nice... I would prefer a how-to that gives drive and focus and ambition like that - something I seem to lack.
The site isn't responding but i have a few questions.
Has anyone used this product in the past? Do all games run seamlessly or is it restricted to certain ones? Will it allow me to get rid of my dual boot? Are they offering full directx compatability?
It is impressive if it works. But I fear for how well it could work. I remember downloading a game demo from EA recently that required a certain version of Internet Explorer.
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From the bbc article the bollards move slowly. And I think if they worked well, it's a good idea.
But it should just be the start. I want to see whole roads like this. Lots of traffic going to A? well we'll just move some of the roads going to C. I see lots of them like big snakes swirling around the sky relaying themselves so that our road networks are alot more efficent. We could all end up alot more lost, but what harm?
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All that is very nice, but everyone knows real programmers use MS Word.
might be half possible, just set resolution and detail levels lower. PC games are somewhat backward compatible like that, they will run looking ugly on a five year old machine, and also run with better graphics and features on a new one.
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Also it is already a generic trade mark, so people will buy a "Sony" ipod or Philips one, yes it won't say that on these players but that is how they are referred to.
So as long as mp3 players are around ipods will be. And Apple will have a large share of that.
It will also be interesting to see if Apple can take the brand beyond being an mp3 player, so that when the next method of playing music comes along, ipod won't mean something old.
Walkmans in my head for instance still mean a cassette player.
I think it is because you are broadcasting without a licence, same law as applies to a pirate radio station.
I don't know, I just tried it there and it's nice, but I don't like how it looks.
Ok, it is the initial version, but compared to other stuff from Google like Gmail, it doesn't seem very polished. Be nice if you could minimize each of the portlets also.
I add the applause to these people, even the odd article that I have added, which I'd do without too much care; people have gone back and corrected the grammar and spelling while leaving what I put there intact. The commitment of people to do such which has to be a tedious chore is commendable.
I wonder what virus caused the red dot cluster in late 2003 around 100KB? Anyone remember anything that sticks out?
5) Don't turn on the computer?
It does go back to the server, load the page and kill your internet - it will no longer work.
I think wikipedia do a fairly good job on a balanced approach, ff you look at the talk pages on some of their articles, the main wiki population do seem to be reasonable and accept compromise (of course this NPOV is sometimes taken to its extremes - the talk page on the Santa Claus article has someone saying it's non NOPV because it states Santa is a myth!"
What would concern me is how frequent and up to date it could keep it's stories? I would imagine that it's contributers would be relying on other news sources for uptodate information, and even the that perosn might go to sleep for a while... what I mean is professinal journalists have their place - you are not goint to see a wiki correspondant from Baghdad (well maybe now, but when all pwoer is cut etc - wikinews will not be as insatnt as CNN ).
So on that vein, I would see such a project as a better anaylis tool then a breaking news one.
Ah! you should be shot for that.
While people may make do with a slower computer, and you may wonder why someone who only surfs the web and reads email needs a 3 GHz computer, it doesn't really work that way.
It takes intel millions of dollars to make a fab to put out a chip, and that fab only makes those chips, so all that is available to the consumer is faster processors. How much would a new 486 sx 25 Mhz processor cost today. If you wanted one, how much? Intel don't make them anymore, so you'd have to fund some sort of production faciltiy, so that's a millions straight away.
The fact of the matter is that there are only fast processors available now. They may eat power and heat siberia but it's all there is (at a reasonable price for a desktop).
This is also a good thing though, the computing power is needed. Computers at the moment are kinda crap, you need to argue with them to use them, voice recogniton (good voice recognition) intelligent computers will need alot of power, and it's no harm at all to have an abunfdance of it available.
I love the way it says "Did you mean: good shares "
The Economist has a good article giving analysis of the IPO.
While it does make sense to guard the symbols like this, what did amuse me is the security at the liberty bell in Philadelphia, what are you going to do?.... Fix it?
Well Dan Bricklin does point out that software of today can run on different hardware and having software tied to specific hardware is a bad idea.
He says that the system should stay fundamentaly the same and components can be replaced and upgraded, not having everything replaced completely every five years.
He is not just talking about one specific program that doesn't change, but rather open standards and techniques that mean data that is stored today, will be accessible in 200 years time.
Also from the article:
Kay's ultimate dream is to completely remake the way we communicate with each other.
I'd say this has been fairly achieved (It came across in the article that it hadn't been). I can't vouch personnally for 30 years ago, but i'd say the way we communicate with each other has changed alot since then - text messages, email, mobile phones are a different way of communicating then what it was.
Wikipedia have a very good article on space elevators
Changing your phone number might not be hard, if not many people have it, but if you have a business and it is printed on business cards, invoices etc, that is a lot to change.
A change to your IP doesn't require this, as your internet address as they know it stays the same.
It seems that people who suceed in one field can easily transfer their skills to another one - I know he used mathematics in his orgami, but to go to the detail of doing deriving mathematics for his hobby is very impressive.
While how-tos for his orgami would be nice... I would prefer a how-to that gives drive and focus and ambition like that - something I seem to lack.
Actually it wasn't the site that required the newest version of explorer, but the game itself.
Has anyone used this product in the past? Do all games run seamlessly or is it restricted to certain ones? Will it allow me to get rid of my dual boot? Are they offering full directx compatability?
It is impressive if it works. But I fear for how well it could work. I remember downloading a game demo from EA recently that required a certain version of Internet Explorer.
...thinking Yahoo Mail had been slashdotted.
From the bbc article the bollards move slowly. And I think if they worked well, it's a good idea.
But it should just be the start. I want to see whole roads like this. Lots of traffic going to A? well we'll just move some of the roads going to C. I see lots of them like big snakes swirling around the sky relaying themselves so that our road networks are alot more efficent. We could all end up alot more lost, but what harm?
All that is very nice, but everyone knows real programmers use MS Word.
the constant concern about video drivers, new video cards, faster processors, etc. is a turn-off to PC gaming.
my most frequent game (once or twice a week) is Doom
You are not kidding when you say you don't like to upgrade.
Console empires have come and gone since.
might be half possible, just set resolution and detail levels lower. PC games are somewhat backward compatible like that, they will run looking ugly on a five year old machine, and also run with better graphics and features on a new one.