For the average joe, they dont want to have to manage putting os/apps/frequent files on one drive and split the rest elsewhere. Software that automagically does this and keeps the cache up to date is a boon for the non power user.
Just for sneer fucked up characters, Stephen Donaldson's gap series. Morn Hyland, Angus atnermopyle, Nick Siccorso, Warden Dios, et al are all depressingly flawed.
1984, Enders Game, lots of Gibson, some leGuin
Tor is anonymous, so is silk road et. Al. If I am making large sums ofmoney, bitcoin or otherwise, wouldn't it behoove me to spend 2 hours a week buffering my ratings? Even if I never deliver product?
Bittorrent and other p2p protocols. Even if -all- content wete distributed this way, you would still need an underlying network, link, and transport mechanism. The tcp/ip serves that very well, then hopefully you have no hotspots of traffic or failre becaise of the distributed nature of the content. Another interesting facet is that if all content is truly distributed and redunt with no single point of storage, master copy, or decryption, there is no way to EVER remove content completely.
I run two small businesses, both in tech, not telecom, and I would shit myself with happiness if I made a 40 to 50 percent margin. I am content, competing, and making do with half that or less. Next you'll be crying because you eat steak every day. GTFO and STFU.
That said, I was born in 75. My first two computers where the TRS-80 Model 1 Level 2 (it was about 8-9 years old when I got it), and a Mattel Aquarius my grandmother won at bingo or some such.
My Tandy had just the monitor and cassette drive, and I did not have the game expansion for the Aquarius.
Using both I taught myself basic programming, and I even had some programs on tape for the Tandy that had C-64, Pet, and Apple versions on the same cassette, I became adept at telling the difference by ear to find the my version.
I still remember the two asterisks in the corner, one solid, the other blinking when you were loading a program, and having to adjust the volume and tone (and once or twice the tape head..early hardware hacking), to get it to read correctly.
Sigh...now I click a button on my web browser, and since my phone is also logged into our Google overlords, the app pushes through the ether and magically appears on my phone, which is at least an order of magnitude more powerful. And the phone is made of such small components, I cannot replace a fried cap or resolder a lose port. Where did the fun go?
That's what will eventually happen. The internet will be balkanized along corporate boundaries in democracies, and socieo-religio-political boindaries elsewhere every entity will control their slice however they see fit, and everyone will be happy.
That you moved up the landing schedule form Monday morning (EDT) to Friday.
It is not the eve of the landing.
I am not playing grammar Nazi. There are likely grammatical errors in my post.
But as a news outlet, can we get facts right?????
...The NSA says Hells Bells, Iran is Back in Black, and not Thunderstruck. We just need Big Balls to do more Dirty Deeds. Then we can Shoot to Thrill with T.N.T and Shake Them All Night Long!
It is generating buzz. Bad or good, that is the goal of an ad campaign.
Look at the stupid GEICO commercials. "weeeeeeeeeeee....." that's as annoying as having satan slowly shove rusty nails through your testicles, but people talk about it. Hell, my girlfriend uses the sound bite as a notification message on her phone. I want to throw it at a wall every time she gets a text or tweet.
That said, I think MS does own the patent on poor tech commercials (Where would you like to go today? Anywhere but here!), so litigation may ensue.
In response, we have decided to postpone the consumer launch of Nexus Q while we work on making it even better.
"In response to learning of possible patent litigation from Apple, et. al., we have decided to delay the launch of the Nexus Q while we cover our asses and try to remove the infringing bits."
"Right now, running a simulation for a single cell to divide only one time takes around 10 hours and generates half a gigabyte of data," Dr. Covert wrote. "I find this fact completely fascinating, because I don’t know that anyone has ever asked how much data a living thing truly holds.
Wrong paradigm.. I can create a 100k program that generates that much data. DNA is storage and instructions, but it creates more than it holds from that small data set.
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The comment was tongue in cheek BTW.
...to shoot all the execs and writers that produce the shit that would have displayed on his tv.
The 'League of Peoples' books are great.
I forgot Forge of God.. and Anvil of he Stars.. good stuff
For the average joe, they dont want to have to manage putting os/apps/frequent files on one drive and split the rest elsewhere. Software that automagically does this and keeps the cache up to date is a boon for the non power user.
Just for sneer fucked up characters, Stephen Donaldson's gap series. Morn Hyland, Angus atnermopyle, Nick Siccorso, Warden Dios, et al are all depressingly flawed.
1984, Enders Game, lots of Gibson, some leGuin
Tor is anonymous, so is silk road et. Al. If I am making large sums ofmoney, bitcoin or otherwise, wouldn't it behoove me to spend 2 hours a week buffering my ratings? Even if I never deliver product?
Bittorrent and other p2p protocols. Even if -all- content wete distributed this way, you would still need an underlying network, link, and transport mechanism. The tcp/ip serves that very well, then hopefully you have no hotspots of traffic or failre becaise of the distributed nature of the content. Another interesting facet is that if all content is truly distributed and redunt with no single point of storage, master copy, or decryption, there is no way to EVER remove content completely.
I run two small businesses, both in tech, not telecom, and I would shit myself with happiness if I made a 40 to 50 percent margin. I am content, competing, and making do with half that or less.
Next you'll be crying because you eat steak every day. GTFO and STFU.
I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine. Lou Reed
That said, I was born in 75. My first two computers where the TRS-80 Model 1 Level 2 (it was about 8-9 years old when I got it), and a Mattel Aquarius my grandmother won at bingo or some such.
My Tandy had just the monitor and cassette drive, and I did not have the game expansion for the Aquarius. Using both I taught myself basic programming, and I even had some programs on tape for the Tandy that had C-64, Pet, and Apple versions on the same cassette, I became adept at telling the difference by ear to find the my version.
I still remember the two asterisks in the corner, one solid, the other blinking when you were loading a program, and having to adjust the volume and tone (and once or twice the tape head..early hardware hacking), to get it to read correctly.
Sigh...now I click a button on my web browser, and since my phone is also logged into our Google overlords, the app pushes through the ether and magically appears on my phone, which is at least an order of magnitude more powerful. And the phone is made of such small components, I cannot replace a fried cap or resolder a lose port. Where did the fun go?
...they should start their own Internet.
That's what will eventually happen. The internet will be balkanized along corporate boundaries in democracies, and socieo-religio-political boindaries elsewhere every entity will control their slice however they see fit, and everyone will be happy.
Except the users.
Fixed that for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44
It is not the eve of the landing.
I am not playing grammar Nazi. There are likely grammatical errors in my post.
But as a news outlet, can we get facts right?????
By the way, the landing will be shown live on a jumbo-tron in Times Square!
http://www.space.com/16863-mars-rover-landing-nasa-events.html
...The NSA says Hells Bells, Iran is Back in Black, and not Thunderstruck. We just need Big Balls to do more Dirty Deeds. Then we can Shoot to Thrill with T.N.T and Shake Them All Night Long!
Oh, I remember those. I was a kid for the Coleco Adam though.
It is generating buzz. Bad or good, that is the goal of an ad campaign.
Look at the stupid GEICO commercials. "weeeeeeeeeeee....." that's as annoying as having satan slowly shove rusty nails through your testicles, but people talk about it. Hell, my girlfriend uses the sound bite as a notification message on her phone. I want to throw it at a wall every time she gets a text or tweet.
That said, I think MS does own the patent on poor tech commercials (Where would you like to go today? Anywhere but here!), so litigation may ensue.
Chillout people, perhaps should have added /sarcasm to my post.
/.'s understanding of humor keeps decreasing. I blame CmdrTaco.
In response, we have decided to postpone the consumer launch of Nexus Q while we work on making it even better.
"In response to learning of possible patent litigation from Apple, et. al., we have decided to delay the launch of the Nexus Q while we cover our asses and try to remove the infringing bits."
There, I fixed that for you.
...so I can first post mote quickly!
Ministry of funny walks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w
Big brother is watching you....140 characters at a time.
"Right now, running a simulation for a single cell to divide only one time takes around 10 hours and generates half a gigabyte of data," Dr. Covert wrote. "I find this fact completely fascinating, because I don’t know that anyone has ever asked how much data a living thing truly holds.
Wrong paradigm.. I can create a 100k program that generates that much data. DNA is storage and instructions, but it creates more than it holds from that small data set.
...to GMO stuff like what Monsonto and Cargill spew forrh.
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