Companies are crying out for new storage solutions all the time. If the answer is slow in coming it is not due to "cronyism" and "stangnation". Rather the causes include the facts that distributed storage is hard, and people don't like loosing their data.
People with ADD are sensation seeky. I've browsed the web durring meetings. I've IM'ed other people in a meeting about the meeting I'm in. I've been at home coding, chatting on irc, listen to some mp3s, with the TV on, while twiching my legs against the desk. This is more a symptom of ADD then of addiction. One symptom of ADD is the need to be doing multiple things at once, or switch tasks constantly. People with ADD also tend to hyperfocus some times, and it's real easy to hyperfocus on the web (especially if it means not paying attention to work).
Is the internet addictive? Sure, I bet it is. Do people with ADD tend to be more likely to browse the web compulsively? Probably. ADD is one of those conditions that is described by a wide variety of symptoms. Check out Driven to Distraction. Does this mean that the information is addictive? Not neccessarily.
This is my problem with the cube. All the big titles aren't out yet. Zelda in feb 2003?? Holy jeeze! I want Nintendo to win the console wars because I like their games, and hey, I don't want to see Microsoft take over video games. But they've got to step up on the killer game timeline if they expect to get people to stick with the cube. Where is the summer lineup that I thought I would have?
I don't understand how trojans can be viruses, and illegal, but spyware and modifying my browser (in ways which I obviously did not agree to, and probably don't want) are legal.
What? The courts are here to protect the common citizen? What are you smoking? The courts are here to decide what is legal and what is not. If it sucks and hurts the common citizen, but is constitutional, then why should a court determine that the DMCA, or anything else, is illegal?
Oh yeah, also, back in the 1800's the courts decided that corporations are people, with all the rights that implies.
My tivo helpfully recorded a random movie which was on cable the other week. Later I watched it when a bunch of friends were over. It happened to be a movie which I also have on my harddrive, divx style.
If I had played it from my computer on my tv my friends might not have even noticed (same pause functionality, both widescreen, etc).
However, one is 100% legal, and one is 100% illegal.
Most of my data is, last time I checked, still on my 60gig drive. It clicks horribly, and I'm sure my data will be gone soon. The 75 gig drive that IBM sent me (took 2-3 weeks to arrive, tho this was across september 11) to RMA my first drive showed up DOA. My only thought is to buy another brand of drive, copy my data off, keep RMAing until I get one that works, and sell it to some pour sob. I'd feel bad about doing it too.
I think part of the problem is, you don't want to ask 'which makes a better teaching tool' but 'which teaches what I want to teach, better'. It is only a side benefit to learn, say, the java class library, stdlib, etc. Your goal, while teaching, should be to teach people language concepts, not specific languages. Now, personally, I believe that teaching dynamic memory allocation (the kind that C does) is _very_ important, and if you learn java first you might be hampered by that. But on the other hand, java is a much simpilar (and more forgiving) language to learn under.
I had a lot of computer background before I got to college, tho, so C didn't intimidate me. I'm probably biased.
I believe it was sony. They came out with a large plasma display like this 1 or 2 years ago. Great for board room meetings / impressing clients. Not so good because (at least the old version) has a life span on the order of only a year or so.
While it's true that spinning this as just a technicality belittles the property owners, this seems like a lawyer trick to me. "Drilling rights" for laying fiber? They're not doing anything significantly different from the railroads (like say building towers or significant drilling), so I would call this a technicality.
You can put stuff on the surface of the land in roughly railroad shape. If that involves 1-2 feet of digging, I say let it slide.
So, it probably wasn't 100% earthlink's fault, but around here (Pittsburgh) the standard dsl is 640/90 for $39.95 a month. Verizon offers it, and so does everyone else (tho sometimes at $50/month). Earthlink was running a 1500/384 for $40/month deal, and hey, everyone wants more bandwidth. I signed up, and lo and behold, it's 640/90. They offered me a month of free service for my troubles, but the fact is, there's no 1500/384 to be had. Ah well.
Do you think there is something wrong with our legal system that in order to release software in a public manner that does not result in it being then used for coporate profit you need a licensing agreement (no is an ok answer)? If so, what specifically? Is it law based, or a 'litigation crazed' atmosphere in the US?
Anyone remember when jerund lenear predicted this not more than 6 months ago? I didn't think it would actually ever come to pass, and definately not sooner than 10 years from now. Here it is, not 6 months later.
The problem is, you don't want one box that does everything, you want a bunch of things that play nice with each other.
Take your stereo for instance. Good stereos don't have integrated speakers, because then you can't upgrade one without the other. But all stereos know how to talk to speakers (for the most part).
Same with your cd player. It sends audio data to your stereo.
The problem is, what you really want is a standard that a/v equipment uses to communicate with each other, and a really REALLY good UI around the whole thing. Everything should be modular, but your cd player should tell your 'main unit' that a new cd has been inserted, and it should instruct the cd player to rip it, and send the data to it (maybe while simultaniously playing it). But the interface will need to be standardized, so that components can talk to each other, but ALSO flexable enough to handle new types of recording, indexing, and playback technology. Did I mention it needs to be simple enough for your grandmother to use, and not invade your privacy?
While I too wonder what Guido's motivations are, I'd say the answer to this question is probably, "it's a different type". None is usually one possible value of an option, where NULL refers to a null pointer (or possibly the value of a variable of type void, tho technically, i think, there is none).
For example, in SML (because I know it). an int option would have the possible values of NONE, or SOME (any int here).
and int ref (which is more or less a pointer to an int) would have possible values of (any int here) ref. NULL would be equivelent to an int ref option of value None. Whereas None is just, well, None.
The Dragon Bone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn book 1) was quite possibly what got me into the Fantasy genre, and as such, I think very highly of Tad Williams' ability to write. From what little I've browsed of his web sight, intros to books, etc, he's pretty in touch with fans. Hopefully this online venture will be guided towards a sane, useful online format, and I could definately see him pulling it off.
At&t's digital cable did this a while back, replacing a large box of tv listings with a smaller one and some adds. Now instead of being able to see the whole name of a show, I can see adds for digital cable. Yay!
I didn't get a lot of out my intro to economics course, but one thing I did get was that you make more money when you can control the product more. Why do stadiums have high walls? To keep freeloaders from watching over them. Why does blockbuster have your credit card number? So they can bill you when you don't return the video. Therefor, it makes sence for companies to impost more limitations on their products, precicely so they can charge more (or make you buy new ones).
I have to say that I'm proud of Europe for having it's collective head in gear that already makes this semi-illegal. And, of course, I'm hoping consumers don't accept these sorts of devices.
My first reaction was: yay, more microsoft FUD against open source. However, has anyone noticed the shift in 'the american way' from the original "compete and the best product wins" to "patents are assets too". Especially in the technology industry recently. In that sence, yes, open source does threaten buisness. No corporation likes to give stuff away, and that is what open source does. Now, I would say that you must compete agains it by producing a superiour product, but obviously that's not the microsoft way:)
I think computer languages should conform to a higher ideal, and that ideal should be "doesn't make buggy software." Now, I like C as much as the next guy, but the fact of the matter is, it's a pretty lo-level language. While I have absolutely no evidence to back this up, it seems like a higher level, more modular programming language would be more condusive to making large software. Not as good for making high-speed pointer heavy code? Maybe. But if you're writing a word-processor (read: huge suite of non-speed critical apps) who cares?
It seems to me that the point of virtualization is to be able to run other applications, not other os's. In this regards, do you think it will ever be possible to have a transparent other-os-app-loader on an x86 platform, as apposed to a complete os emulator?
I always wondered if the following would actually result in a net gain in momentum, and I figure now's the time to ask.
What if you took some matter and antimatter and accelerated them from the front to the back of your spaceship. Accelerate them on a trajectory so they'll colide, and (using technology we don't have) take the energy and transmit it back towards the front of the ship (maybe in electricity, or some other form). Use the energy to make make matter and antimatter again (which, I think will recycle with no loss of energy except from entropy (if again, you had super-technology)), and shoot it backwards again.
So, do you loose a lot of momentum transmitting energy forwards, or would you actually get some thrust?
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Companies are crying out for new storage solutions all the time. If the answer is slow in coming it is not due to "cronyism" and "stangnation". Rather the causes include the facts that distributed storage is hard, and people don't like loosing their data.
Is the internet addictive? Sure, I bet it is. Do people with ADD tend to be more likely to browse the web compulsively? Probably. ADD is one of those conditions that is described by a wide variety of symptoms. Check out Driven to Distraction. Does this mean that the information is addictive? Not neccessarily.
This is my problem with the cube. All the big titles aren't out yet. Zelda in feb 2003?? Holy jeeze! I want Nintendo to win the console wars because I like their games, and hey, I don't want to see Microsoft take over video games. But they've got to step up on the killer game timeline if they expect to get people to stick with the cube. Where is the summer lineup that I thought I would have?
I don't understand how trojans can be viruses, and illegal, but spyware and modifying my browser (in ways which I obviously did not agree to, and probably don't want) are legal.
What? The courts are here to protect the common citizen? What are you smoking? The courts are here to decide what is legal and what is not. If it sucks and hurts the common citizen, but is constitutional, then why should a court determine that the DMCA, or anything else, is illegal?
Oh yeah, also, back in the 1800's the courts decided that corporations are people, with all the rights that implies.
If I had played it from my computer on my tv my friends might not have even noticed (same pause functionality, both widescreen, etc).
However, one is 100% legal, and one is 100% illegal.
Most of my data is, last time I checked, still on my 60gig drive. It clicks horribly, and I'm sure my data will be gone soon. The 75 gig drive that IBM sent me (took 2-3 weeks to arrive, tho this was across september 11) to RMA my first drive showed up DOA. My only thought is to buy another brand of drive, copy my data off, keep RMAing until I get one that works, and sell it to some pour sob. I'd feel bad about doing it too.
I had a lot of computer background before I got to college, tho, so C didn't intimidate me. I'm probably biased.
I believe it was sony. They came out with a large plasma display like this 1 or 2 years ago. Great for board room meetings / impressing clients. Not so good because (at least the old version) has a life span on the order of only a year or so.
You can put stuff on the surface of the land in roughly railroad shape. If that involves 1-2 feet of digging, I say let it slide.
So, it probably wasn't 100% earthlink's fault, but around here (Pittsburgh) the standard dsl is 640/90 for $39.95 a month. Verizon offers it, and so does everyone else (tho sometimes at $50/month). Earthlink was running a 1500/384 for $40/month deal, and hey, everyone wants more bandwidth. I signed up, and lo and behold, it's 640/90. They offered me a month of free service for my troubles, but the fact is, there's no 1500/384 to be had. Ah well.
Do you think there is something wrong with our legal system that in order to release software in a public manner that does not result in it being then used for coporate profit you need a licensing agreement (no is an ok answer)? If so, what specifically? Is it law based, or a 'litigation crazed' atmosphere in the US?
Scary.
Take your stereo for instance. Good stereos don't have integrated speakers, because then you can't upgrade one without the other. But all stereos know how to talk to speakers (for the most part).
Same with your cd player. It sends audio data to your stereo.
The problem is, what you really want is a standard that a/v equipment uses to communicate with each other, and a really REALLY good UI around the whole thing. Everything should be modular, but your cd player should tell your 'main unit' that a new cd has been inserted, and it should instruct the cd player to rip it, and send the data to it (maybe while simultaniously playing it). But the interface will need to be standardized, so that components can talk to each other, but ALSO flexable enough to handle new types of recording, indexing, and playback technology. Did I mention it needs to be simple enough for your grandmother to use, and not invade your privacy?
For example, in SML (because I know it). an int option would have the possible values of NONE, or SOME (any int here).
and int ref (which is more or less a pointer to an int) would have possible values of (any int here) ref. NULL would be equivelent to an int ref option of value None. Whereas None is just, well, None.
The Dragon Bone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn book 1) was quite possibly what got me into the Fantasy genre, and as such, I think very highly of Tad Williams' ability to write. From what little I've browsed of his web sight, intros to books, etc, he's pretty in touch with fans. Hopefully this online venture will be guided towards a sane, useful online format, and I could definately see him pulling it off.
Phred
I have to say that I'm proud of Europe for having it's collective head in gear that already makes this semi-illegal. And, of course, I'm hoping consumers don't accept these sorts of devices.
Fred
Phred
Phred
Thanks for bochs!
Fred
What if you took some matter and antimatter and accelerated them from the front to the back of your spaceship. Accelerate them on a trajectory so they'll colide, and (using technology we don't have) take the energy and transmit it back towards the front of the ship (maybe in electricity, or some other form). Use the energy to make make matter and antimatter again (which, I think will recycle with no loss of energy except from entropy (if again, you had super-technology)), and shoot it backwards again.
So, do you loose a lot of momentum transmitting energy forwards, or would you actually get some thrust? Fred