it's just that those companies haven't chosen to support Linux. If MS decided to drop Windows and support Linux, everyone would immediately have Linux drivers ready to go and Windows' driver layer would be unimportant.
It's entirely a market share thing, not and OS thing.
Yes, seriously. I don't have the Sci Fi channel (or Space, as it's called in Canada, which I assume carries the show). I could get it if I wanted to order a package that includes 15 other channels that I don't want.
I imagine there are tons of people like me who can't watch the show, but would love to be able to.
Only on Slashdot will you see calculations for accelerating a Dyson sphere with starlight so you can go visit your girlfriend in another part of the galaxy.
This story should be in the interest of nearly everybody who watches TV, yet the USA Today article makes it sound like it's only going to affect pirates, then has some vague reference to libraries being unable to use TV programs as educational tools.
Here's the problem: The broadcast flag can prevent normal people from recording any of their favourite TV shows. People care about that because they record shows all the time so they can view them later. People need to understand that what the FCC wants to do will give them less rights to watch TV how they want.
I think the workaround is a FF extension that create a button on your toolbar to mark a site as blacklisted (or whitelisted), then have a central database so everyone who has that extension installed benefits when one person marks a site as such.
If you find that somebody erroneously marked a site as blacklisted then you whitelist it and eventually the good guys out vote anybody who's trying to do another site harm.
Wasn't there recently a Slashdot story about people confusing reality with games? Nearly every comment suggested that gamers had that experience at least once... even with Tetris! I think this technology will can that to a whole new level.
Maybe we ought to have a game where you hunt for Osama Bin Laden and then let loose an army of 17 year olds into Tora Bora.
That's exactly what I did in my past job and am doing at my current job. The IT guys roll their eyes at me when I talk about Linux, but since I don't ask for any help they don't bother me about it.
Umm.. no. The home directory is mostly personal preferences and documents. They should be backed up regularly anyway, so an admin just needs to replace with a last known good backup.
The key is that it's very hard to destroy a system with a Linux virus.
As others have pointed out, MPAA companies haven't seen a 4% drop in sales or profits. Their profits are actually growing.
When they add up all the estimated pirated movies they find that it equals 4% of their gross. They seem to think that they can convert those pirates into dollars, but I've never heard any reasonable person make that claim. It's likely that most pirates wouldn't buy many movies in the first place (which is why they're pirates!). Especially in developing countries, pirate movie sales are successful because they're cheaper. People don't buy what they can't afford.
You didn't read the story. Science doesn't say it's impossible to predict the future, it just doesn't say how to do it. The scientists in the story point to theories that time doesn't just flow forwards. This falls within the laws of physics.
the libpng patch was out in August and MS sat on their hands all that time before patching the version they shipped.
And I bet some independent report will become available claiming that MS patches quicker than OSS because they only awknowledged the libpng bug a few days before releasing the patch.
"Why has the MPAA gone after them when they're not actually distributing any illegal content?"
Because when they go after uploaders everyone screams bloody murder that they're suing poor school girls and grannies. Even when they sue the right people it looks like some big corporation suing the little guy.
The only way the MPAA and RIAA can win is when they give consumers what they want, but they havn't realized this yet. For now I'd rather they go after the sites than individuals.
Rice says: "The North Koreans have no reason to believe that anyone wants to attack them. They have been told they can have multilateral security assurances if they will make the important decision to give up their nuclear weapons program. So there is really no reason for this, but we will examine where we go next."
Assurances, huh? Ever think for a minute that maybe North Korea has no reason to believe anything the Bush administration says? Maybe if Bush builds up some goodwill and trust then the North would be willing to resume negotiations. You don't negotiate with someone you think is lying to you.
Anybody got some links that might help developing Mono GTK+ apps? Reply with links. I'm sure some people other than me are looking to get into this stuff.
Here are my links:
Firefox will NOT attempt to install extensions from any site that is not on its whitelist (only update.mozilla.org by default). You won't even see a popup, just a yellow warning bar at the top saying that the site tried to install an extension, but was denied. You have to go into your preferences and put that site on the whitelist to get it to work.
Google Local seems to work in Canada as well as the US, but I don't find it the best way to find a local business. Rather than offer a complete listing of businesses it looks for other sites referring to that business. While the technology is remarkable in how it takes something like an online forum post and turns it into a reference for that business (check out the list of references after clicking on a business name), if I'm looking for something in my hometown I probably want ALL listings like the yellow pages.
For instance, I do my business searches for southern Ontario from 701.com and while 701.com is usually a reference on Google Local, 701 has listings that Google doesn't.
Google Local looks like a case where the technology used is more impressive than the product.
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it's just that those companies haven't chosen to support Linux. If MS decided to drop Windows and support Linux, everyone would immediately have Linux drivers ready to go and Windows' driver layer would be unimportant.
It's entirely a market share thing, not and OS thing.
Talk about plausible deniability.
"But honey, I swear I wasn't searching for nude pics of Natalie Portman."
Yes, seriously. I don't have the Sci Fi channel (or Space, as it's called in Canada, which I assume carries the show). I could get it if I wanted to order a package that includes 15 other channels that I don't want.
I imagine there are tons of people like me who can't watch the show, but would love to be able to.
"a user's search results are stripped from such items"
So... it only returns the illegal matches?
Only on Slashdot will you see calculations for accelerating a Dyson sphere with starlight so you can go visit your girlfriend in another part of the galaxy.
This story should be in the interest of nearly everybody who watches TV, yet the USA Today article makes it sound like it's only going to affect pirates, then has some vague reference to libraries being unable to use TV programs as educational tools.
Here's the problem: The broadcast flag can prevent normal people from recording any of their favourite TV shows. People care about that because they record shows all the time so they can view them later. People need to understand that what the FCC wants to do will give them less rights to watch TV how they want.
I think the workaround is a FF extension that create a button on your toolbar to mark a site as blacklisted (or whitelisted), then have a central database so everyone who has that extension installed benefits when one person marks a site as such.
If you find that somebody erroneously marked a site as blacklisted then you whitelist it and eventually the good guys out vote anybody who's trying to do another site harm.
Counter-Strike? Oh yeah.
Wasn't there recently a Slashdot story about people confusing reality with games? Nearly every comment suggested that gamers had that experience at least once... even with Tetris! I think this technology will can that to a whole new level.
Maybe we ought to have a game where you hunt for Osama Bin Laden and then let loose an army of 17 year olds into Tora Bora.
That's exactly what I did in my past job and am doing at my current job. The IT guys roll their eyes at me when I talk about Linux, but since I don't ask for any help they don't bother me about it.
Umm.. no. The home directory is mostly personal preferences and documents. They should be backed up regularly anyway, so an admin just needs to replace with a last known good backup.
The key is that it's very hard to destroy a system with a Linux virus.
As others have pointed out, MPAA companies haven't seen a 4% drop in sales or profits. Their profits are actually growing.
When they add up all the estimated pirated movies they find that it equals 4% of their gross. They seem to think that they can convert those pirates into dollars, but I've never heard any reasonable person make that claim. It's likely that most pirates wouldn't buy many movies in the first place (which is why they're pirates!). Especially in developing countries, pirate movie sales are successful because they're cheaper. People don't buy what they can't afford.
You didn't read the story. Science doesn't say it's impossible to predict the future, it just doesn't say how to do it. The scientists in the story point to theories that time doesn't just flow forwards. This falls within the laws of physics.
You know all those people who claim that computers "hate" them and/or they get all the bad luck with computer crashes.
Now we have an explanation.
You'll be in for a shock when Microsoft announces they are abandoning Windows in favour of Linux at 3:30. And someone broke the Enigma code.
Copyright reversed is rightcopy. Does that mean I have the right to copy?
(gimme a break it's 4:30 on Friday)
the libpng patch was out in August and MS sat on their hands all that time before patching the version they shipped.
And I bet some independent report will become available claiming that MS patches quicker than OSS because they only awknowledged the libpng bug a few days before releasing the patch.
"Why has the MPAA gone after them when they're not actually distributing any illegal content?"
Because when they go after uploaders everyone screams bloody murder that they're suing poor school girls and grannies. Even when they sue the right people it looks like some big corporation suing the little guy.
The only way the MPAA and RIAA can win is when they give consumers what they want, but they havn't realized this yet. For now I'd rather they go after the sites than individuals.
Rice says: "The North Koreans have no reason to believe that anyone wants to attack them. They have been told they can have multilateral security assurances if they will make the important decision to give up their nuclear weapons program. So there is really no reason for this, but we will examine where we go next."
Assurances, huh? Ever think for a minute that maybe North Korea has no reason to believe anything the Bush administration says? Maybe if Bush builds up some goodwill and trust then the North would be willing to resume negotiations. You don't negotiate with someone you think is lying to you.
Here are my links:
A Firefox plugin could automatically check sites against the blacklist.
I'd be willing to work with some people to do this. Email me if you're interested.
Firefox will NOT attempt to install extensions from any site that is not on its whitelist (only update.mozilla.org by default). You won't even see a popup, just a yellow warning bar at the top saying that the site tried to install an extension, but was denied. You have to go into your preferences and put that site on the whitelist to get it to work.
The FF auto-update doesn't need to download the whole app again, just the changes, which are generally XPIs or XUL code. Not huge.
"I hear 2.10 has a new volume control applet."
Is it in the Multimedia Systems Selector?
Google Local seems to work in Canada as well as the US, but I don't find it the best way to find a local business. Rather than offer a complete listing of businesses it looks for other sites referring to that business. While the technology is remarkable in how it takes something like an online forum post and turns it into a reference for that business (check out the list of references after clicking on a business name), if I'm looking for something in my hometown I probably want ALL listings like the yellow pages.
For instance, I do my business searches for southern Ontario from 701.com and while 701.com is usually a reference on Google Local, 701 has listings that Google doesn't.
Google Local looks like a case where the technology used is more impressive than the product.
So what you're saying is now's our chance to sabotage their results?