What exactly is Windows Terminal Server? Is it something like X? I suppose it adds isolation so vendors can't cause problems, but why wouldn't you give them a CGI web interface while letting employees tunnel in instead? If it's a text-based service instead of GUI, is there any particular reason not to do it using telnet and a Linux box?
...is to be ABLE to train people on it, so they can learn more valuable skills, and also have access to more information. Further, "internet connectivity" isn't absolutely necessary; rather than run broadband to hundreds of points out in nowhere land, things can get started by setting up an isolated LAN with a single web server. Ship 'em a couple of 250 gig HDs full of goodies, like textbooks and freeware and novels and movies, and they'll be okay until the broadband is in place.
When Google uses this "play money" they lose the opportunity to make money from outside. It *is* an advertising budget; without it, Google would beat out EVERYTHING, but its revenue would trickle to a crawl. The best way to play the game would be to allocate a budget just like it was using someone else's service; that keeps everything under control.
...but can someone post some details on how to physically read the Wiimote from a PC or Mac? Is the controller connected via USB? (I don't own a Wii so I've no idea how things plug together.)
Do the math. Calculate out how many hours it's taking you guys to merge new updates into your code and how much money per month/year it's costing you. Then tell management you can cut that by 90% by contributing code back, and ask them whether it's worth that much to keep that "edge" they're talking about.
You might change your behavior if your laptop's battery lasted longer. What if it could go 12 hours without plugging in?
I have the reverse problem; HP made a few laptops with full-power Pentium 4 CPUs a couple of years ago, and I got one. It's nice and fast, but its battery life is roughly 23 seconds.
Even if the desktop user never has direct access to it, he will benefit. This sounds like a great way to solve the last mile problem; a 100-gigabit line will support 500-1000 users at 100 megabits each.
I'm not that happy with their charging for program updates after a year's passed since you purchase it. I understand it costs the company to generate updates, but I'm certain that Microsoft and/or Apple will produce their own updates that will break Parallels. Updates will be a necessity, and I'm hesitant to buy a product that will generate a long-term expense on my part in order to keep using it.
There's a fairly good reason why the audio files sold by iTunes isn't lossless. It isn't a matter of bandwidth; the amount of bandwidth required to upload larger files is a fraction of a cent apiece. The real reason is because these songs are meant to be uploaded to an iPod, and their memory space (even the 60 gig models) is limited. Putting lossless audio on them would cut the number of hours of audio they can hold by 75%, and users would revolt. Letting people downsample the files would be problematic because of the DRM, and letting people choose between lossy and lossless would complicate things. Therefore, they made a decision.
Still, don't fret people. CD prices can't maintain this price level, so audiophiles will be able to buy the tracks and rip them themselves without paying too much more for their tunes.
Consider the Indian version of the redneck ATM theft: Two Indians break into a store, run a rope in, tie it to the ATM machine, hook it to two oxen and away they go!
"Why, Timmy, I believe the term goes way back to the beginning of bioengineering, when we had to use entire cells as functional blocks. Of course, now we build discrete protein structures to control our devices. Its a lot more efficient."
You've heard the expression about people "being promoted to the level of their own incompetence"? Well, in order to be a good manager, you should be good at managing AND at the tech involved in what you're managing - but unfortunately, if you're THAT good, you're probably either working at either a much higher level or attempting your own start-up. This leaves people who are only good at one or the other, and sticking someone who can't manage in a mangement position would be even worse than using someone who is able to manage a team even if they only have cursory knowledge of what the team is doing.
Maybe it'd be worth coming out with an alternative controller, something you'd need to put your whole body into in order to operate it. Say, put it on a weighted stick about 2 feet long.
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You're right. I should've researched it myself; instead, I got intellectually lazy.
What exactly is Windows Terminal Server? Is it something like X? I suppose it adds isolation so vendors can't cause problems, but why wouldn't you give them a CGI web interface while letting employees tunnel in instead? If it's a text-based service instead of GUI, is there any particular reason not to do it using telnet and a Linux box?
...is to be ABLE to train people on it, so they can learn more valuable skills, and also have access to more information. Further, "internet connectivity" isn't absolutely necessary; rather than run broadband to hundreds of points out in nowhere land, things can get started by setting up an isolated LAN with a single web server. Ship 'em a couple of 250 gig HDs full of goodies, like textbooks and freeware and novels and movies, and they'll be okay until the broadband is in place.
When Google uses this "play money" they lose the opportunity to make money from outside. It *is* an advertising budget; without it, Google would beat out EVERYTHING, but its revenue would trickle to a crawl. The best way to play the game would be to allocate a budget just like it was using someone else's service; that keeps everything under control.
...but can someone post some details on how to physically read the Wiimote from a PC or Mac? Is the controller connected via USB? (I don't own a Wii so I've no idea how things plug together.)
That's why I said 90%. Hey, the idea is to paint a rosy picture, not to bother your managers with "details". ;-)
Do the math. Calculate out how many hours it's taking you guys to merge new updates into your code and how much money per month/year it's costing you. Then tell management you can cut that by 90% by contributing code back, and ask them whether it's worth that much to keep that "edge" they're talking about.
That if you actually use it as a laptop, you won't have a problem with it burning your, er, "parts".
You might change your behavior if your laptop's battery lasted longer. What if it could go 12 hours without plugging in?
I have the reverse problem; HP made a few laptops with full-power Pentium 4 CPUs a couple of years ago, and I got one. It's nice and fast, but its battery life is roughly 23 seconds.
Even if the desktop user never has direct access to it, he will benefit. This sounds like a great way to solve the last mile problem; a 100-gigabit line will support 500-1000 users at 100 megabits each.
It'd be interesting to compare the metadata on web pages and compare it with the indexing data generated by a spider...
I'm not that happy with their charging for program updates after a year's passed since you purchase it. I understand it costs the company to generate updates, but I'm certain that Microsoft and/or Apple will produce their own updates that will break Parallels. Updates will be a necessity, and I'm hesitant to buy a product that will generate a long-term expense on my part in order to keep using it.
There's a fairly good reason why the audio files sold by iTunes isn't lossless. It isn't a matter of bandwidth; the amount of bandwidth required to upload larger files is a fraction of a cent apiece. The real reason is because these songs are meant to be uploaded to an iPod, and their memory space (even the 60 gig models) is limited. Putting lossless audio on them would cut the number of hours of audio they can hold by 75%, and users would revolt. Letting people downsample the files would be problematic because of the DRM, and letting people choose between lossy and lossless would complicate things. Therefore, they made a decision.
Still, don't fret people. CD prices can't maintain this price level, so audiophiles will be able to buy the tracks and rip them themselves without paying too much more for their tunes.
Consider the Indian version of the redneck ATM theft: Two Indians break into a store, run a rope in, tie it to the ATM machine, hook it to two oxen and away they go!
I think the more money North Koreans spend on iPods, plasma televisions and Segways, the less they have to spend on nuclear weapons.
I'd be interested in knowing what would happen when someone turned on the radio and they started playing GWAR...
Yes, but we'll be stuck watching it on those teeny tiny screens.
Hmm... Couldn't possibly be a typo, could it?
"Grandpa, why is this called a cell phone?"
"Why, Timmy, I believe the term goes way back to the beginning of bioengineering, when we had to use entire cells as functional blocks. Of course, now we build discrete protein structures to control our devices. Its a lot more efficient."
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/better-picture-of- sonys-black-backed-projection-screen-016964.php
You've heard the expression about people "being promoted to the level of their own incompetence"? Well, in order to be a good manager, you should be good at managing AND at the tech involved in what you're managing - but unfortunately, if you're THAT good, you're probably either working at either a much higher level or attempting your own start-up. This leaves people who are only good at one or the other, and sticking someone who can't manage in a mangement position would be even worse than using someone who is able to manage a team even if they only have cursory knowledge of what the team is doing.
The idea is to have something that'd give you a good workout without being long enough to destroy your TV, or furniture, or little brother. :-P
Maybe it'd be worth coming out with an alternative controller, something you'd need to put your whole body into in order to operate it. Say, put it on a weighted stick about 2 feet long.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entry id=381433
Looks like Tolkien Enterprises isn't the only one who wants to let Jackson do the job.
3) Are those patents actually valid? Or will they vanish when exposed to prior art?