But unlike TVs and VCRs, most households don't have a portable MP3 player. So while the market is still young, companies are going to try and make their's stick out more, by providing "features" that the other players don't have... which looks great to the non techie g33k.
Well, if you's RTFA, the very first line says "SUN INTRODUCES MOST SIGNIFICANT AND ADVANCED JAVA PLATFORM RELEASE IN FIVE YEARS", so ths isn't as if they picked out a random number to call the next version.
Personally though, I disagree with this type of "marketting". Version numbers should reflect the changes that are made in each release
Well, let me first say that I'm glad I'm living in Canada where it for the time being, downloading music is legal.
But for you unfortunate ones south of the border, the law is the law, and just because you don't agree with it, doesn't make it legal.
I know that here on/., there's a large percentage of people who will use excuses such as "well, the RIAA is stealing from the artists"... well, maybe there are, but...
1) These artists signed the contracts, without a gun to their head
2) If the RIAA is "stealing" from the artists, how does stealing from the RIAA make it better? You're basically reducing the little amount of money that the artist should have gotten.
And yes, I personally think that the greatest form of advertisement is word of mouth, and what better way to do so than p2p and filesharing? But once again, for the time being, the law is the law... and everthing doesn't run around the linux business model.
AMD might be the one that people are turning to, but remember, they have locked their chips in the past (ie: with their durons, you had to use a pencil to connect the bridges on the chip to unlock it). As for it hurting Intel? I doubt it. I think overall sales would go up a bit. Personally, if I can overclock my chip by a few hundred Mhz, then thats a few hundred Mhz that I will skip out on buying, until a chip comes out that mine can't compare to. Besides, a majority of the people who own home based Intel systems, don't even have a clue what "OC" stands for... the overclockers, and "hardcore" geeks make up a small percentage of overall sales.
You get what you pay for... and in this case, you get a helloova lot more than what you paid for. Now to be honest, I've never heard of this program before, but looking at the pics in the gallery, I'm quite impressed that it's free, and is only a 9.4Mb download... how does that saying go about small and dynamite?
A lot of people (non techies/non linux users make up the majority of the users online) have no clue what other alternatives are out there, 'specially if they've been using the video conferencing features from AIM since they first got online
Ya, ads are annoying as hell, but what do you sugegst that they, and other companies do to make $$$ without charging the customer? The services, although pretty basic (IMs) aren't cheap when you have a few million subscribers. So the only other thing they could do, is pass the bill off onto some other services (I'm not just talking about AOL here, but most companies who offer free services).
Piece of advice.... "Suck it up princess"... ads aren't the end of the world, and the world doesn't revolve around open source.
If you RTFA you'd see why there's a difference between 45,000 and 80,000.
But for the lazy, here's the part where the author explains himself...
"If you divide the $250 million figure from the S-1 filing by $278,000, you end up with a bit over 899 racks. Assuming that each rack holds 88 machines, you end up with 79,000 machines.
However, one must recognize that equipment is not all CPUs. As a result, you must discount the figure of $250 million to account for routers, firewalls, machines for employees, etc... So let's assume for a minute that only about $200 million is going to the CPUs. That still leaves us with 719 racks or a bit over 63,000 machines.
Even if we discount other equipment to be costing $100 million, we end up with a bit over 47,000 machines on 539 racks."
Most of the posts I see on here are from people who I guess didn't RTFA.
His protest isn't against the military using linux, it's the military's (who is using Linux) actions in Iraq.
He even mentions that there has been quite a few things that the military has created/contributed to that has been benifial to most of us (GPS, internet, SELinux).
What I don't get however, is how is him leaving going to do any good?
Anyways, like any sort of technology, there's an up, and a downside that comes with it... just look at hiroshima.
I'm not to sure what is worse... the Globe publishing this guy's rant, or it making the "front page" of/. I thought/. was "Stuff that matters"? This is just one huge rant all about nothing. But I'm sure that anyone who has RTFA, did notice the poll that is on the same page...
"Would you seriously consider adopting Linux for your desktop PC?"
"... At the current staffing levels, we anticipate that we may need additional applicants on or around April Fool's Day in 2104"
Is it just me, or is there something a bit strange with that?
This isn't really all about the geeks, it's more for the general population who are catching up to the g33ks in terms of using technology.
Wait a few more years when your whole kitchen is connected online (LG already has an internet ready fridge, which was on/. before), 'cause we know that g33ks don't cook, they just order in.
Well, if you RTFA you would see that they are offering services with the WiFi, such as live stats, replays, electronic scorecards...
This isn't about letting people browse around or chat on irc when they get bored of the game, it's giving the fans something more than one of those game book thingies, which typically cost around as much as what they will be charging for WiFi next year.
For those who keep crying "fair use", let's assume for a second that it's 100% legal to backup every piece of software/electronic media that you own (tapes, CDs, DVDs, computer software, games...) Where do emulators fit in to this? It's not a backup of the actual console, it's a piece of software that has been created to "emulate" pieces of hardware (which yes, does contain some software too). So where does this fit into "fair use"?
From what I've read, this isn't about whether or not you can make a back up of the game (which makes no sense, since how are you going to play a backup without using something that the original game wasn't intended for?), it's about the actual emulators... more specifically, an emulator that can emulate multiple consoles, and I believe one that runs on handhelds.
Since a lot of you keep saying that under the DMCA, you're allowed to make a backup of any electronic media. But, unlike tapes, CDs, DVDs which a backup can be played on the device it was intended for, a backup of the games can not.
Also, to those who keep crying "fair use", and think that you have the right to backup everything you own, and who play emulated games, how many of those games did you actually pay for? I'm pretty sure that a good chuck of the people who play emulators, don't own the original game, and most likely have never even owned the console.
I'm surprised that Outlook Express isn't one of the clients that is reviewed. Yes, Outlook Express is full of problems, and isn't that great at protecting the end user from viruses, BUT, Outlook is used probably more than any of email client. By reviewing OE, you can show users (of Windows) the faults of OE, that there are better email clients, and they do exist on Linux, which may give the user 1 more reason to end up ditching Windows. Personally this is my problem from switching completely over to Linux, I don't feel like spending all of my time finding and testing out programs that are comparable to what I use on Windows.
And what will they charge Saddam with? The whole reason why the US invaded Iraq is because of "Weapons of Mass Destruction", which to this day, have yet to be found.
At the bottom of one of the articles about K++'s shutdown, is a link for Diet K (http://www.dietk.com/). Since the site doesn't really say too much about it, has anyone ever used it?
"Recent upgrades to Kazaa clients (2.5 and higher) make them less tolerant with outdated or non official clients such as Kazaa Lite K++. Kazaa Lite is based on a version prior to 2.5, therefore a current supernode will not accept its shares. Although this will cause network headaches in terms of traffic, the client will not be able to participate or download off the main FastTrack network. This will effectively cluster and isolate all modified Kazaa clients from FastTrack."
But for how long...? What if they end up fiddling with their servers, so that it's only opened to kazaa clients after a specific version, then what? All other "hacked" up versions would be locked out.
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But unlike TVs and VCRs, most households don't have a portable MP3 player. ... which looks great to the non techie g33k.
So while the market is still young, companies are going to try and make their's stick out more, by providing "features" that the other players don't have
Well, if you's RTFA, the very first line says "SUN INTRODUCES MOST SIGNIFICANT AND ADVANCED JAVA PLATFORM RELEASE IN FIVE YEARS", so ths isn't as if they picked out a random number to call the next version.
Personally though, I disagree with this type of "marketting". Version numbers should reflect the changes that are made in each release
Well, let me first say that I'm glad I'm living in Canada where it for the time being, downloading music is legal.
/., there's a large percentage of people who will use excuses such as "well, the RIAA is stealing from the artists" ... well, maybe there are, but ...
... and everthing doesn't run around the linux business model.
But for you unfortunate ones south of the border, the law is the law, and just because you don't agree with it, doesn't make it legal.
I know that here on
1) These artists signed the contracts, without a gun to their head
2) If the RIAA is "stealing" from the artists, how does stealing from the RIAA make it better? You're basically reducing the little amount of money that the artist should have gotten.
And yes, I personally think that the greatest form of advertisement is word of mouth, and what better way to do so than p2p and filesharing? But once again, for the time being, the law is the law
AMD might be the one that people are turning to, but remember, they have locked their chips in the past (ie: with their durons, you had to use a pencil to connect the bridges on the chip to unlock it). ... the overclockers, and "hardcore" geeks make up a small percentage of overall sales.
As for it hurting Intel? I doubt it. I think overall sales would go up a bit.
Personally, if I can overclock my chip by a few hundred Mhz, then thats a few hundred Mhz that I will skip out on buying, until a chip comes out that mine can't compare to.
Besides, a majority of the people who own home based Intel systems, don't even have a clue what "OC" stands for
And just when you were wondering how to fill up those 400GB Seagate SATA Drives ....
You get what you pay for ... and in this case, you get a helloova lot more than what you paid for. ... how does that saying go about small and dynamite?
Now to be honest, I've never heard of this program before, but looking at the pics in the gallery, I'm quite impressed that it's free, and is only a 9.4Mb download
agreed ... i was referring to the ads like what *gasp* MSN has at the bottom ... I rarely ever notice that they are there.
A lot of people (non techies/non linux users make up the majority of the users online) have no clue what other alternatives are out there, 'specially if they've been using the video conferencing features from AIM since they first got online
Ya, ads are annoying as hell, but what do you sugegst that they, and other companies do to make $$$ without charging the customer?
.... "Suck it up princess" ... ads aren't the end of the world, and the world doesn't revolve around open source.
The services, although pretty basic (IMs) aren't cheap when you have a few million subscribers.
So the only other thing they could do, is pass the bill off onto some other services (I'm not just talking about AOL here, but most companies who offer free services).
Piece of advice
If you RTFA you'd see why there's a difference between 45,000 and 80,000. ...
But for the lazy, here's the part where the author explains himself
"If you divide the $250 million figure from the S-1 filing by $278,000, you end up with a bit over 899 racks. Assuming that each rack holds 88 machines, you end up with 79,000 machines. However, one must recognize that equipment is not all CPUs. As a result, you must discount the figure of $250 million to account for routers, firewalls, machines for employees, etc... So let's assume for a minute that only about $200 million is going to the CPUs. That still leaves us with 719 racks or a bit over 63,000 machines. Even if we discount other equipment to be costing $100 million, we end up with a bit over 47,000 machines on 539 racks."
Most of the posts I see on here are from people who I guess didn't RTFA.
... just look at hiroshima.
His protest isn't against the military using linux, it's the military's (who is using Linux) actions in Iraq.
He even mentions that there has been quite a few things that the military has created/contributed to that has been benifial to most of us (GPS, internet, SELinux).
What I don't get however, is how is him leaving going to do any good?
Anyways, like any sort of technology, there's an up, and a downside that comes with it
I'm not to sure what is worse ... the Globe publishing this guy's rant, or it making the "front page" of /. /. was "Stuff that matters"? This is just one huge rant all about nothing. ...
I thought
But I'm sure that anyone who has RTFA, did notice the poll that is on the same page
"Would you seriously consider adopting Linux for your desktop PC?"
"... At the current staffing levels, we anticipate that we may need additional applicants on or around April Fool's Day in 2104" Is it just me, or is there something a bit strange with that?
This isn't really all about the geeks, it's more for the general population who are catching up to the g33ks in terms of using technology.
/. before), 'cause we know that g33ks don't cook, they just order in.
Wait a few more years when your whole kitchen is connected online (LG already has an internet ready fridge, which was on
Well, if you RTFA you would see that they are offering services with the WiFi, such as live stats, replays, electronic scorecards ...
This isn't about letting people browse around or chat on irc when they get bored of the game, it's giving the fans something more than one of those game book thingies, which typically cost around as much as what they will be charging for WiFi next year.
For those who keep crying "fair use", let's assume for a second that it's 100% legal to backup every piece of software/electronic media that you own (tapes, CDs, DVDs, computer software, games ...)
... more specifically, an emulator that can emulate multiple consoles, and I believe one that runs on handhelds.
Where do emulators fit in to this?
It's not a backup of the actual console, it's a piece of software that has been created to "emulate" pieces of hardware (which yes, does contain some software too).
So where does this fit into "fair use"?
From what I've read, this isn't about whether or not you can make a back up of the game (which makes no sense, since how are you going to play a backup without using something that the original game wasn't intended for?), it's about the actual emulators
Since a lot of you keep saying that under the DMCA, you're allowed to make a backup of any electronic media.
But, unlike tapes, CDs, DVDs which a backup can be played on the device it was intended for, a backup of the games can not.
Also, to those who keep crying "fair use", and think that you have the right to backup everything you own, and who play emulated games, how many of those games did you actually pay for?
I'm pretty sure that a good chuck of the people who play emulators, don't own the original game, and most likely have never even owned the console.
I'm surprised that Outlook Express isn't one of the clients that is reviewed.
Yes, Outlook Express is full of problems, and isn't that great at protecting the end user from viruses, BUT, Outlook is used probably more than any of email client.
By reviewing OE, you can show users (of Windows) the faults of OE, that there are better email clients, and they do exist on Linux, which may give the user 1 more reason to end up ditching Windows.
Personally this is my problem from switching completely over to Linux, I don't feel like spending all of my time finding and testing out programs that are comparable to what I use on Windows.
The caste system been disallowed by the government. But even so, people are still living it.
"Close observers of Amazon.com noticed something peculiar this week ...."
..."
"The weeklong glitch, which Amazon fixed
Is it just me, or is there something wrong with these 2 lines from the article?
But unlike Google, you can't say something like "vivisimo/grokker for it" ... it just doesn't sound right .. and unlike grokker, google is free
And what will they charge Saddam with?
The whole reason why the US invaded Iraq is because of "Weapons of Mass Destruction", which to this day, have yet to be found.
At the bottom of one of the articles about K++'s shutdown, is a link for Diet K (http://www.dietk.com/).
Since the site doesn't really say too much about it, has anyone ever used it?
from another article ....
"Recent upgrades to Kazaa clients (2.5 and higher) make them less tolerant with outdated or non official clients such as Kazaa Lite K++. Kazaa Lite is based on a version prior to 2.5, therefore a current supernode will not accept its shares. Although this will cause network headaches in terms of traffic, the client will not be able to participate or download off the main FastTrack network. This will effectively cluster and isolate all modified Kazaa clients from FastTrack."
But for how long ...?
What if they end up fiddling with their servers, so that it's only opened to kazaa clients after a specific version, then what?
All other "hacked" up versions would be locked out.