If I'm not mistaken, the Nomad also has a DRM structure where you can copy music to the drive but not from it(you can only delete). At least, this was the case with their original Nomad Jukebox, and also the reason I decided to pass on it in favour of a simple(and cheap) MP3 CD player.
Once software is has reached a level where it could be considered sentient, the only thing holding it back will be the declining quality of hardware.
Considering how slow the legal system moves and how many hard disks I've had to RMA in the past three years, your AI will be long dead before the case ever sees the light of a courtroom.:p
"Yes, you have to protect workers from ACTIVELY trying to hurt themselves"
If you don't, then they WILL hurt themselves. Earlier this year, a friend of mine worked at some plant where they cut and package tickets, and one of the maintenance workers decided that he was going to fix a damaged machine while it was still running. He got down on the floor and reached his hand under an opening in the machine and proceeded to tinker.
Well, suffice it to say, he lost his arm that day.. The thing shredded his arm to ribbons. I think he got it caught in some large gears.
Despite strict rules, the company was responsible for his act of idiocy. So I suppose these companies are wise to be so anal about safety in the workplace. If you give someone three inches, they'll give you their entire arm.;p
$50USD???
Good god, what kind of printer are you using?
My old HP 952c has worked perfectly for several years and only costs about $45CAD to buy new carts. It costs me about $100CAD to buy a new cart for my other laserjet printer as well. Although I get them at a $15-20 discount through the company, it still isn't all that expensive at full-price.
I'm not sure how it is in the States or other parts of the world, but for a company like Bell who owns pretty much everything bandwidth costs very little for them. I forget what the price is per gigabyte, but it was outlined once in an internal memo that was posted online a year or so ago. In the end, with their 10 gig/month cap they could have stayed in the positive even if they had lowered access to $20/month per account. For the record, it currently costs $45CAD for a standard 1 mbit account.
Up here in Canada, broadband providers were very good about providing a lot of bandwidth up until a few years ago. Now, providers are capping speeds as well as bandwidth usage. Regular service is slower, and what you used to get has now been repackaged as "ultra" service and sold at twice the price. I would guess this has more to do with the bottom line than it does the recording industry's anti-copyright infringement efforts.
Why are providers jacking up the price without adding any value? Because they can get away with it, quite frankly.
Although someone who works for Bell Sympatico said that when they capped bandwidth, they were losing upwards of 100 customers per day across the country. They recently rescinded their cap clause and are allowing unfettered access again. Although they still charge extra for the 3 mbit connection. They finally got it through their heads that grandma doesn't need a 1 mbit connection to check mail. It is a luxury, not a necessity.
Apple seems to be one of the few companies that really understands how to make a basic keyboard. There is nothing more annoying than only being able to buy big clunky PC keyboards with 10+ intarweb keys for retards.
All I want is a slim, compact keyboard with basic functions. Like this.
Are there any keyboards like this for the PC? I would much appreciate being able to find one.
Man, everytime I hear the name longhorn, I am reminded of the time a friend of mine downloaded a mad pr0n picture by that exact same filename, and recognized his ex-wife honking on some guy with a 12 inch cock. I kid you not.
We had a good laugh about it. But wow, that was creepy(not to mention the fact that the name stuck with me after all these years).
Three: The type who edits their music after the fact to remove mistakes. It can save time and money. And in some cases, save an entire recording. Case in point: I seem to remember hearing some years ago that one of Joe Satriani's live performances was to be released on CD(It might have been the G3 disc, but I don't recall). But on the night they recorded, one of his strings(b, if I remember correctly) was slightly out of tune. Obviously, they couldn't re-record the session. So instead, they took the recording into editing and changed the pitch of that one string.
While I agree that this example is entirely outside the scope of talentless hacks who use this as a crutch, this kind of equipment can serve a real purpose in the studio.
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Uhhh, can we say iLawsuit?
Seriously, though. Didn't Apple go after some company that was selling iMac-looking cases in a PC sized form factor? Who is to say that if this guy starts selling desks that they won't go after him as well?
Yep, and now that they know that terrorism was not the problem, they're discussing how terrorists could use this opportunity to strike. I swear, it's like watching a dead horse kick itself.
Someone else here mentioned that decentralization is the solution, and believe it or not, they are discussing just that on the news. It's a shame that this will blow over in a few weeks and no one will care anymore.
Wow, I've never had experience like that with my Riovolt. I've had mine since it was first released to the market and have had no problems with it whatsoever. Load times are extremely fast, and I've never had an mp3 or wma file skip. It goes pretty easy on batteries as well. A new pair of AA Energizers would last a 7 hour trip on the road when I drove up to PEI a few years ago.
Maybe you were unfortunate enough to get a few duds, or the firmware needs to be updated(or maybe updating was the problem).
I'm curious to know which firmware version you're running.
"The innovation means that users will be able to scroll vertically as well as horizontally without using on-screen navigation bars."
My Logitech trackball has been doing the same thing for over 5 years now. Correction, my Logitech trackball scrolls in all eight directions, meaning it can scroll up/down and to the left/right at the same time. {=)
I'm sure this new Microsoft mouse uses a different implementation, but the effect is the same.
Good question.
But I was thinking(smell smoke yet?). Why haven't bars and restaurants started using electronic menus or small kiosks at tables? Surely it would be much easier to select what you want from a touch screen and have it transmitted to the kitchen. Sure, you don't have the same level of interaction you do with a waiter, but surely it would be more efficient.
I used to do the howl when I would walk by the special ed room back in highschool. Next thing you know, everyone in the room was going nuts while the poor special ed teachers were frantically trying to get them to stay quiet.
The computer lab was across the hall, so on one side, you have a lot of howling and on the other a lot of laughing.
If I'm not mistaken, this is a default name set by one of the earlier revisions of the Kazaa Lite client. Most people I know don't bother to change this. Could it be possible that this username is in fact hundreds, or even thousands of different people?
...and I wish I was only paying $25/month for a 1mbps/256k connection. I'm paying $44.00(plus $7-something for every gig over 10) for the same connection with Bell Sympatico(DSL). The parent poster may have one of the faster connections. Bell offers an "Ultra" edition for around $60-70/month. But that is a complete waste, since you'll only burn your download cap a lot faster.
I had the exact same experience with my Bell DSL line. Except that installation was a breeze. My speeds are constant, and downtime has been less than a week over the past four years.
But this week, I am cancelling my account and going with the local cable provider. Why? These bandwidth costs are killing me. I'm paying $70/month for my internet connection because I've been going over my limit by a gig or two(they charge about $8.00 per gig over the limit). For that price, I can get an uncapped cable connection that is twice as fast along with basic cable. I have no reason NOT to switch. All of my friends who have the cable service say the cable co has really cleaned up their act in the past few years(which was my main complaint with them - Poor uptime and lousy tech support).
Now let's hope they can get it right this time. First the trencher cuts the whole in the ground and installs the box... THEN the intarweb guy comes and runs the line through the house and to the modem. NOT the other way around like they did the last time I tried their service. Poor tech guy had a hell of a time looking for the box until I told him there was none.;p
Agreed. Browsers like Mozilla and Opera have jumped leaps and bounds beyond Netscape and IE in just the past few years. Mouse Gestures, little goodies like personal search boxes(find in page, Google, etc...), the hotlist and as you've mentioned, tabbed browsing. IE is the most used browser out there, and they still haven't caught up with most of these features. Imagine what the user majority is missing.
I think what Mr. Andreessen meant to say was that Netscape browser innovation ended five years ago.
"But regardless, I will be there again next week."
If over-reporting of SCO drones is a problem, strike back by bringing your own camera and shooting your own pictures. Preferably from wide angles, so the folks at home can get a better sense of what is really going on. I don't know about most people, but shots taken by average joe protestor are a lot more interesting than those tight media shots that leave out 90% of the story.
I'm not being a whining prick. Hell, if I could be there, I would be one of the people taking pictures for people who could not. I'm just saying, we have cheap digital media and the internet at our disposal(that is, until the Slashdot effect gets through with us;). Beat the mainstream media at its own game!
From what I understand from reading various interviews with Lars, the whole Napster thing was blown way out of proportion. If I remember correctly, this whole thing started when one of their uncut demos was leaked to Napster. How it got there is anyone's guess. But as you can imagine, they were pissed.
Lars and the gang have nothing against file sharing or bootlegging. They just want to be the ones to decide what material they own is shared freely. This whole 'Lars is a hypocrite because he went after Napster but now advocates sharing because of backlash' bit is rediculous. The bottom line is, someone stole material from the studio that didn't belong to them and it got out. That's technology for ya. Although I agree that they went about it the wrong way(Should have sued the intern who leaked the original dat source instead of Napster), they had every right to protect their material legally.
There is a big difference between ripping an album and sharing it online and stealing source material from the studio and releasing it. And whomever took the material crossed that line.
"The seat monitors the way the incumbent shifts their weight, producing an indication of whether the occupier is asleep, jumpy or otherwise not conforming to expected normal lower-torso motions."
So if I'm say, a nervous first time flyer and I can't sit still in my seat, does this mean I might be pulled aside and questioned or searched?
"Before someone walks past an advertisement display, the display reads the RFID tags the person is carying, figures out things & brands the person might be interested in, and displays a targeted ad."
And guys thought being sent to the store to buy tampons for the Mrs. was embarrassing before.
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I think I'll skip the first three or four DVD releases and wait for the Ultra Mega Platinum Special Edition box set w/Frodo action figure.
If I'm not mistaken, the Nomad also has a DRM structure where you can copy music to the drive but not from it(you can only delete). At least, this was the case with their original Nomad Jukebox, and also the reason I decided to pass on it in favour of a simple(and cheap) MP3 CD player.
Considering how slow the legal system moves and how many hard disks I've had to RMA in the past three years, your AI will be long dead before the case ever sees the light of a courtroom. :p
If you don't, then they WILL hurt themselves. Earlier this year, a friend of mine worked at some plant where they cut and package tickets, and one of the maintenance workers decided that he was going to fix a damaged machine while it was still running. He got down on the floor and reached his hand under an opening in the machine and proceeded to tinker.
Well, suffice it to say, he lost his arm that day.. The thing shredded his arm to ribbons. I think he got it caught in some large gears.
Despite strict rules, the company was responsible for his act of idiocy. So I suppose these companies are wise to be so anal about safety in the workplace. If you give someone three inches, they'll give you their entire arm. ;p
Good god, what kind of printer are you using?
My old HP 952c has worked perfectly for several years and only costs about $45CAD to buy new carts. It costs me about $100CAD to buy a new cart for my other laserjet printer as well. Although I get them at a $15-20 discount through the company, it still isn't all that expensive at full-price.
Wow, you guys really are getting gouged.
I'm not sure how it is in the States or other parts of the world, but for a company like Bell who owns pretty much everything bandwidth costs very little for them. I forget what the price is per gigabyte, but it was outlined once in an internal memo that was posted online a year or so ago. In the end, with their 10 gig/month cap they could have stayed in the positive even if they had lowered access to $20/month per account. For the record, it currently costs $45CAD for a standard 1 mbit account.
Why are providers jacking up the price without adding any value? Because they can get away with it, quite frankly.
Although someone who works for Bell Sympatico said that when they capped bandwidth, they were losing upwards of 100 customers per day across the country. They recently rescinded their cap clause and are allowing unfettered access again. Although they still charge extra for the 3 mbit connection. They finally got it through their heads that grandma doesn't need a 1 mbit connection to check mail. It is a luxury, not a necessity.
All I want is a slim, compact keyboard with basic functions. Like this.
Are there any keyboards like this for the PC? I would much appreciate being able to find one.
We had a good laugh about it. But wow, that was creepy(not to mention the fact that the name stuck with me after all these years).
While I agree that this example is entirely outside the scope of talentless hacks who use this as a crutch, this kind of equipment can serve a real purpose in the studio.
Uhhh, can we say iLawsuit?
Seriously, though. Didn't Apple go after some company that was selling iMac-looking cases in a PC sized form factor? Who is to say that if this guy starts selling desks that they won't go after him as well?
Someone else here mentioned that decentralization is the solution, and believe it or not, they are discussing just that on the news. It's a shame that this will blow over in a few weeks and no one will care anymore.
Maybe you were unfortunate enough to get a few duds, or the firmware needs to be updated(or maybe updating was the problem).
I'm curious to know which firmware version you're running.
My Logitech trackball has been doing the same thing for over 5 years now. Correction, my Logitech trackball scrolls in all eight directions, meaning it can scroll up/down and to the left/right at the same time. {=)
I'm sure this new Microsoft mouse uses a different implementation, but the effect is the same.
Good question.
But I was thinking(smell smoke yet?). Why haven't bars and restaurants started using electronic menus or small kiosks at tables? Surely it would be much easier to select what you want from a touch screen and have it transmitted to the kitchen. Sure, you don't have the same level of interaction you do with a waiter, but surely it would be more efficient.
The computer lab was across the hall, so on one side, you have a lot of howling and on the other a lot of laughing.
I miss highschool sometimes. ^_^
If I'm not mistaken, this is a default name set by one of the earlier revisions of the Kazaa Lite client. Most people I know don't bother to change this. Could it be possible that this username is in fact hundreds, or even thousands of different people?
...and I wish I was only paying $25/month for a 1mbps/256k connection. I'm paying $44.00(plus $7-something for every gig over 10) for the same connection with Bell Sympatico(DSL). The parent poster may have one of the faster connections. Bell offers an "Ultra" edition for around $60-70/month. But that is a complete waste, since you'll only burn your download cap a lot faster.
But this week, I am cancelling my account and going with the local cable provider. Why? These bandwidth costs are killing me. I'm paying $70/month for my internet connection because I've been going over my limit by a gig or two(they charge about $8.00 per gig over the limit). For that price, I can get an uncapped cable connection that is twice as fast along with basic cable. I have no reason NOT to switch. All of my friends who have the cable service say the cable co has really cleaned up their act in the past few years(which was my main complaint with them - Poor uptime and lousy tech support).
Now let's hope they can get it right this time. First the trencher cuts the whole in the ground and installs the box... THEN the intarweb guy comes and runs the line through the house and to the modem. NOT the other way around like they did the last time I tried their service. Poor tech guy had a hell of a time looking for the box until I told him there was none. ;p
I think what Mr. Andreessen meant to say was that Netscape browser innovation ended five years ago.
If over-reporting of SCO drones is a problem, strike back by bringing your own camera and shooting your own pictures. Preferably from wide angles, so the folks at home can get a better sense of what is really going on. I don't know about most people, but shots taken by average joe protestor are a lot more interesting than those tight media shots that leave out 90% of the story.
I'm not being a whining prick. Hell, if I could be there, I would be one of the people taking pictures for people who could not. I'm just saying, we have cheap digital media and the internet at our disposal(that is, until the Slashdot effect gets through with us ;). Beat the mainstream media at its own game!
Lars and the gang have nothing against file sharing or bootlegging. They just want to be the ones to decide what material they own is shared freely. This whole 'Lars is a hypocrite because he went after Napster but now advocates sharing because of backlash' bit is rediculous. The bottom line is, someone stole material from the studio that didn't belong to them and it got out. That's technology for ya. Although I agree that they went about it the wrong way(Should have sued the intern who leaked the original dat source instead of Napster), they had every right to protect their material legally.
There is a big difference between ripping an album and sharing it online and stealing source material from the studio and releasing it. And whomever took the material crossed that line.
So if I'm say, a nervous first time flyer and I can't sit still in my seat, does this mean I might be pulled aside and questioned or searched?
Lord help the guy who tries to steal Grandma's Cadillac. ;p
And guys thought being sent to the store to buy tampons for the Mrs. was embarrassing before.