Does such a beast exist? I switched over to OGG a few weeks ago and I'm glad I did...it's just a shame that I have to invest the extra time converting to MP3s in order to reload my Rio One.
Oh you're free to choose the proprietary route. But when the patent holder decides to increase his royalties or cease licensing altogether, don't come crying to us when your software no longer functions.
In my workplace all of our data is transmitted and stored using open standards. Why? Well lets say we had 10 gigs of data in a proprietary database. If our software goes tits up and we have to recover that data, we're at the mercy of the software company. What if they're no longer in business? How can we migrate?
I want to know that the data my government relies on to function is accessible. You cannot guarantee that with proprietary technologies. It's not about what's best--the consumer will always be free to choose proprietary software over open software if he or she desires. What this is about is accessibility and fairness. It galls me to no end that the United States has the nerve to send an ambassador to Peru for nothing more than the commercial interests of a criminal organization.
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And yet Apple produces desktops and servers that are as fast as the user needs them to be. That is, the user interface is responsive while still aesthetically pleasing; gamers don't suffer paging or poor frame rates when playing games; and programmers are not lacking in development tools and do not lament the speed of their compilers. And they do this all without a fan on their processor.
As an owner of a 700MHz G3 iBook, I can say that I never once have thought, "damn, I wish this thing was faster." Apple may not be for the hardcore overclocking benchmark junkie, but they're just fine for the rest of us who just want to get some work (or play!) done.
Personally, I'll sacrifice performance I'll never realize in return for a beautiful, intuitive, and responsive interface housed in a quiet, attractive package.
Amazon Marketplace has pretty much any CD you want, used, for less than $10. To me that's perfectly affordable. And if you buy more than $50 worth, shipping is free. I was recently in the market for Jimmy Eat World albums and I couldn't find them at my local CD store, so I checked Amazon. I ended up getting the 3 CDs for $37 (that's with S&H), and they arrived 2 days later. One of them was even a promotional copy that wasn't supposed to be resold, so I'm doubly screwing the RIAA. Can't beat that!
I may be mistaken, but I think that people from the UK prefer to be called British, Irish, Scottish (etc) and actually take offense to the term "English." Personally, I could care less what people in other countries call me, and aside from the horrible spelling and grammar implicit in the abbreviation "USian," I'm fine with that.
And, on a side note, I believe that the portion of the continent upon which the U.S. sits was originally dubbed "America" (after some cartographer, I believe), and the term was later extended into Canada and the southern continent. So I guess maybe technically (and out of simplicity) we could call ourselves Americans.
Maybe I'm easy to please, but I routinely encounter CDs that are 100% enjoyable to me. Examples:
Deftones (White Pony), Tool (Aenima), Ben Folds [Five], Athenaeum, Lifehouse, Sublime, The Crystal Method, Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Gin Blossoms, Blink 182...
(I'd throw in Wheatus too, but I don't think that would help my case)
Bands that don't impress me:
Goo goo dolls, Course of Nature, Godsmack (and soundalikes), Michelle Branch (and her soundalikes)--hell, anything on the top 40 right now.
I remember a time when most of a record made it onto the radio, like Metallica's Black album, or Aenima by Tool. That was a point in time when music was still good. We're sort of reverting back to the 80s where all it takes is one good played-out song to achieve something.
Generally speaking, if I don't like 9/10 of what's on an album, I don't buy it. If I do, I buy it used, and arrange see the band in concert (when possible).
4. Since all of the people who know Java 2 are unemployed, this project will keep them off the streets and out of trouble.
I know the parent post was meant as a joke, but I'd just like the point something out.
A coworker of mine came across an article in some trade magazine that said demand for Java developers is actually on the rise...something like 11% annually. And no, I can't back that up with a reference--it was just something mentioned in passing. But the evidence supports it--Java is actually huge in the enterprise server market. Java-based J2EE application servers sell for $15,000/CPU, industrial sized applications like MetaSolv Solution go for thousands per seat, annually, and it seems as if both IBM and Oracle threw their respective lots in with Java a long time ago.
Considering that all of thise software runs at the heart of many corporations, and that it's something they can't scale back, it seems like there's plenty of money (i.e. employment opportunities) in Java.
And these arguments are based largely on the performance of Sun's JVM. Is Sun's JVM the fastest one out? I don't know, but on many systems it's the only available JVM. Apparently Apple's OSX JVM is pretty speedy, and IBM's got one that is at least as good as Sun's. I'll bet that you can take the existing architecture and make an efficient implementation.
Or you could look at it this way: the JVM is like an operating system. It handles threads, scheduling, memory management, I/O--this list goes on. And as in an operating system, design choices made for each of these subsystems have an effect on overall performance. Certain scheduling algorithms, for instance, favor I/O-bound processes, while others favor CPU-bound processes. I bet Sun compromised in a lot of areas of their implementation in order to get decent performance overall. I'm sure different implementation decisions will have different results. There just aren't a lot to choose from.
And Sun was targetting a server-side market from the start. So it's probably safe to say that their implementation favors the Sparc in all its 64-bit glory. I'm sure if someone really focuses on the desktop and kept Swing in mind they could come up with something better for the end user.
I don't think getting rid of primitives is realistic. What would you use to index arrays with? Objects? So arrays would inherently be hash maps? What kind of performance impact would that have?
Furthermore, Java doesn't support operator overloading. I don't think it should, and I hope it never does. Converting primitives to objects would make such a kludge necessary, making what now seems somewhat inconsistent seem totally inconsistent.
And like you said, this would probably have a major impact on things like CORBA and JNI, since primitives are a part of IDL.
It's been my experience that Swing applications run immeasurably faster using the Windows JVM. SunONE Studio CE and LimeWire respond quickly, don't flicker, and in general behave like native applications. The same cannot be said with Linux, sadly. Poking around on my iBook I noticed a whole lot of JNI stuff in the Java library paths...looks like a bunch of hooks into the user interface and operating system. I'll have to explore that more, but it looks pretty exciting.
But back on topic, breaking Java1 and Java2 compatibility is absolutely asinine. That would contradict one of the core design principles. Apple's got a decent JVM, apparently; the Windows one ain't bad; and IBM's developing a clustering VM that yields an 80% performance boost (or some ridiculous number like that).
The big thing I'm noticing is that Sun's implementation is somewhat lacking. What we need is a faster, more efficient VM. We have the specs, so that shouldn't be a problem. Or at least Apple and IBM don't seem to think so.
Why is that a bad thing? I can always download the original (in this case CDex) and to hell with NeoNapster. But if I decide that I absolutely can't live without spyware, branding, and bloat, I always have NeoNapster around to satisfy my masochistic urges.
I really could care less about NeoNapster, as long as CDex is still open and free. It sucks that they didn't respect the author's copyright though. That's a new kind of low.
Great. Delete it. Piro doesn't need to hear your whining anyway. One less person accessing the server means faster access times for me.
Seriously, I don't see how people find the nerve to complain about the frequency of updates on something someone is doing for free. It irritates me to no end, and I'm not even the target of criticism. Give it a rest.
I wish you people would stop creating undue stress for webcomic artists like Piro. If you keep doing it they're going to pack it up and leave, which ruins it for people who don't mind taking 10 seconds out of their busy days to check for an update.
Don't forget that PostgreSQL is faster than most people realize. I read a benchmark that showed that on some queries it's even significantly faster than Oracle. Of course, on other queries it was significantly slower, but it all comes out in the wash. What was interesting is that while MySQL was faster on a lot of queries, Oracle and PostgreSQL actually outperformed it on a couple. What I want to know is if there are any businesses out there that can load balance PostgreSQL and have a proven track record for support similar to Oracle's "Gold" level (or whatever they call it). When all is said in done that has got to be cheaper than Oracle licenses.
In my opinion Mozilla has the best mail agent I've ever used. It took me 5 minutes to set up and it allows me to apply rules to IMAP folders. That's really all I ask for, and it does it quickly and intuitively. I've really never had a problem with it.
But then again I come from Outlook Express, and the interfaces are similar. I suppose someone using PINE or Eudora may have some trouble with Mozilla (just as I was totally bewildered by Eudora the first time I used it).
Well, first off, this product is targetted at the relatives of people who like Linux. Is the average person going to wontonly switch to a totally foreign operating system based on ideals he or she may not care about? Probably not. But I've seen several posts today along the lines of, "this would be great for my mom..." That being the case, the only people who are really going to buy or download this product are the people who will be doing the actually installation, i.e. geeks.
So, a geek decides to free his mother from the oppressive hand of The Man. Given the choice of a $30 OS with 60 days support and a free OS with no support, which is he going to chose? If something breaks he knows he's going to be the one driving to his mother's place to fix it, so support be damned. How likely is he to buy the product? Even if he's fairly honest he's probably got it in his head that he is a contributing member of some altruistic community and this company owes him a free distribution.
So he downloads the ISO and burns it to disc, as will every other geek. Lycoris can no longer afford to pay its developers (who, in my opinion, have done a damn good job of integration), and they go under.
Or they can comply to the GPL only in the ways that they need to, and they can make you pay for the ease of having the product on a handy CD (as opposed to the hefty task of downloading the snapshots). They don't have to hand you the code; they just have to make it available. And technically it is.
This is the same tactic SuSE uses, and I'm 100% behind it. It allows companies to hire talent and addt some profit motive into the Linux industry, which results in better products and cooler jobs. There's a lot of free software developers scratching their own itches, but to get anyone to do anything revolutionary (as in complete, integrated, bug-free, and usable) you have to pay them (witness OS X).
You have a few good points, but we're talking apples and oranges. Nearly all of the anime I have been exposed to (40 shows or so) has been serialized. In America you don't have concepts like "original flavor" or "OVA". In America, all kids' shows are original flavor. Serialization is reserved for late night dramas. I honestly can't see kids caring about who gets with who or whether or not Keitaro and Naru kiss.
And then you have to look at the subjects of anime. Sure, Card Captor Sakura is about little kids--great, it's a kids' anime. But then you get into stuff like Marmolade Boy and To Heart and you have to wonder what kid in his right mind would sit through 30 minutes of panning shots of the school and sakura blossoms.
That, and I have to argue with your broad categorization. I haven't seen any of the shows you listed--mostly because they looked childish. I'm not talking Voltron here--the stuff I'm talking about is Bebop, Trigun, Tenchi, Love Hina, Onegai Teacher, Noir...the list goes on. They all have some pretty adult themes, and they're all direct adaptations of manga (well, Tenchi is a special case).
But I'm not going to argue that everyone watches it. I meant all ages, and I still believe that that is the case. I find it immensely enjoyable, even though anime suffers from the same (or worse) social stigma in the states. I have a hard time thinking that it's that much different over there.
I disagree. While to the uninitiated anime may appear shallow and childish, there is a tendency to tackle complex social issues. The Japanese love to play with the idea of men becoming gods through the creation of fearsome technology or through genetic experimentation. Very Mary Shelley. Then there's the idea that one day corporations will replace governments--so you've got your Orwell covered. Top that off with depth of interpersonal relationships, real life pressures and fears, and what you get is a view of real life in a fantasy setting. Take away the giant robots, swords, and flying high kicks and you're left with a mundane and at times depressing look at what it means to be human.
If you want heavy/serious, take a look at Ayashi no Ceres, Evangelion and maybe Akira (haven't seen it). If you want high school/college humor, try Love Hina or Ranma 1/2. And if you want just plain wacky, try Kodomo no Omocha.
It's not all Magical Girls, aliens, and giant robots, you know.
Anime are cartoon dramas. In America you have a strict dichotomy between adult content (NYPD Blue, General Hospital) and child content (Spongebob Squarepants). In Japan, everyone watches anime--each show has elements that appeal to all age groups. Thay are cartoons and feature cartoon violence and expressions, which kids can relate to, on top of which is stacked teen angst and sexual innuendo (to capture the adolescent market), and if you're really lucky, you'll occasionally get a show with some kind of unrequieted love that appeals to a more mature audience.
To really enjoy it you have to allow yourself to indulge in slapstick humor and sexual comedy. Sure, we like to imagine that we are a cultured, civilized poeople who don't appreciate that sort of thing, but if you take the stick out of your ass and allow yourself to be entertained it's usually worth it.
I don't know of many people that buy computers without consenting someone they consider to be a little bit knowledgeable about them. I've been called on scores of times to determine what's a good deal, whether or not needs will be fulfilled, and what brands to look for or avoid. A lot of times I point people to Dell or Gateway, depending on their needs and budget, and for the most part they are happy. However, if Palladium comes to fruition I will tell them to avoid OEM boxes like the plague.
The same applies in the corporate atmosphere. If you're ever under pressure to put in a Palladium compliant server system, simply show the higher ups how many customers they will be shutting out and how much it will cost them in lost revenue, not to mention licensing fees for the software and hardware. That, and heaven forbid the hardware component be compromised by some disgruntled ex-employee in the future.
There may be a day when having a Palladium compliant box may be more beneficial than not having one, seeing as how content could conceivably be closed off to those who don't. Hopefully the people with the know-how will steer away those who don't know any better, and we can avoid that scenario.
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Does such a beast exist? I switched over to OGG a few weeks ago and I'm glad I did...it's just a shame that I have to invest the extra time converting to MP3s in order to reload my Rio One.
Isn't AOL reducing the number of popups as a result of some customer survey?
Oh you're free to choose the proprietary route. But when the patent holder decides to increase his royalties or cease licensing altogether, don't come crying to us when your software no longer functions.
In my workplace all of our data is transmitted and stored using open standards. Why? Well lets say we had 10 gigs of data in a proprietary database. If our software goes tits up and we have to recover that data, we're at the mercy of the software company. What if they're no longer in business? How can we migrate?
I want to know that the data my government relies on to function is accessible. You cannot guarantee that with proprietary technologies. It's not about what's best--the consumer will always be free to choose proprietary software over open software if he or she desires. What this is about is accessibility and fairness. It galls me to no end that the United States has the nerve to send an ambassador to Peru for nothing more than the commercial interests of a criminal organization.
And yet Apple produces desktops and servers that are as fast as the user needs them to be. That is, the user interface is responsive while still aesthetically pleasing; gamers don't suffer paging or poor frame rates when playing games; and programmers are not lacking in development tools and do not lament the speed of their compilers. And they do this all without a fan on their processor.
As an owner of a 700MHz G3 iBook, I can say that I never once have thought, "damn, I wish this thing was faster." Apple may not be for the hardcore overclocking benchmark junkie, but they're just fine for the rest of us who just want to get some work (or play!) done.
Personally, I'll sacrifice performance I'll never realize in return for a beautiful, intuitive, and responsive interface housed in a quiet, attractive package.
Amazon Marketplace has pretty much any CD you want, used, for less than $10. To me that's perfectly affordable. And if you buy more than $50 worth, shipping is free. I was recently in the market for Jimmy Eat World albums and I couldn't find them at my local CD store, so I checked Amazon. I ended up getting the 3 CDs for $37 (that's with S&H), and they arrived 2 days later. One of them was even a promotional copy that wasn't supposed to be resold, so I'm doubly screwing the RIAA. Can't beat that!
Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.
I may be mistaken, but I think that people from the UK prefer to be called British, Irish, Scottish (etc) and actually take offense to the term "English." Personally, I could care less what people in other countries call me, and aside from the horrible spelling and grammar implicit in the abbreviation "USian," I'm fine with that.
And, on a side note, I believe that the portion of the continent upon which the U.S. sits was originally dubbed "America" (after some cartographer, I believe), and the term was later extended into Canada and the southern continent. So I guess maybe technically (and out of simplicity) we could call ourselves Americans.
Maybe I'm easy to please, but I routinely encounter CDs that are 100% enjoyable to me. Examples:
Deftones (White Pony), Tool (Aenima), Ben Folds [Five], Athenaeum, Lifehouse, Sublime, The Crystal Method, Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Gin Blossoms, Blink 182...
(I'd throw in Wheatus too, but I don't think that would help my case)
Bands that don't impress me:
Goo goo dolls, Course of Nature, Godsmack (and soundalikes), Michelle Branch (and her soundalikes)--hell, anything on the top 40 right now.
I remember a time when most of a record made it onto the radio, like Metallica's Black album, or Aenima by Tool. That was a point in time when music was still good. We're sort of reverting back to the 80s where all it takes is one good played-out song to achieve something.
Generally speaking, if I don't like 9/10 of what's on an album, I don't buy it. If I do, I buy it used, and arrange see the band in concert (when possible).
A coworker of mine came across an article in some trade magazine that said demand for Java developers is actually on the rise...something like 11% annually. And no, I can't back that up with a reference--it was just something mentioned in passing. But the evidence supports it--Java is actually huge in the enterprise server market. Java-based J2EE application servers sell for $15,000/CPU, industrial sized applications like MetaSolv Solution go for thousands per seat, annually, and it seems as if both IBM and Oracle threw their respective lots in with Java a long time ago.
Considering that all of thise software runs at the heart of many corporations, and that it's something they can't scale back, it seems like there's plenty of money (i.e. employment opportunities) in Java.
And these arguments are based largely on the performance of Sun's JVM. Is Sun's JVM the fastest one out? I don't know, but on many systems it's the only available JVM. Apparently Apple's OSX JVM is pretty speedy, and IBM's got one that is at least as good as Sun's. I'll bet that you can take the existing architecture and make an efficient implementation.
Or you could look at it this way: the JVM is like an operating system. It handles threads, scheduling, memory management, I/O--this list goes on. And as in an operating system, design choices made for each of these subsystems have an effect on overall performance. Certain scheduling algorithms, for instance, favor I/O-bound processes, while others favor CPU-bound processes. I bet Sun compromised in a lot of areas of their implementation in order to get decent performance overall. I'm sure different implementation decisions will have different results. There just aren't a lot to choose from.
And Sun was targetting a server-side market from the start. So it's probably safe to say that their implementation favors the Sparc in all its 64-bit glory. I'm sure if someone really focuses on the desktop and kept Swing in mind they could come up with something better for the end user.
I don't think getting rid of primitives is realistic. What would you use to index arrays with? Objects? So arrays would inherently be hash maps? What kind of performance impact would that have?
Furthermore, Java doesn't support operator overloading. I don't think it should, and I hope it never does. Converting primitives to objects would make such a kludge necessary, making what now seems somewhat inconsistent seem totally inconsistent.
And like you said, this would probably have a major impact on things like CORBA and JNI, since primitives are a part of IDL.
It's been my experience that Swing applications run immeasurably faster using the Windows JVM. SunONE Studio CE and LimeWire respond quickly, don't flicker, and in general behave like native applications. The same cannot be said with Linux, sadly. Poking around on my iBook I noticed a whole lot of JNI stuff in the Java library paths...looks like a bunch of hooks into the user interface and operating system. I'll have to explore that more, but it looks pretty exciting.
But back on topic, breaking Java1 and Java2 compatibility is absolutely asinine. That would contradict one of the core design principles. Apple's got a decent JVM, apparently; the Windows one ain't bad; and IBM's developing a clustering VM that yields an 80% performance boost (or some ridiculous number like that).
The big thing I'm noticing is that Sun's implementation is somewhat lacking. What we need is a faster, more efficient VM. We have the specs, so that shouldn't be a problem. Or at least Apple and IBM don't seem to think so.
Why is that a bad thing? I can always download the original (in this case CDex) and to hell with NeoNapster. But if I decide that I absolutely can't live without spyware, branding, and bloat, I always have NeoNapster around to satisfy my masochistic urges.
I really could care less about NeoNapster, as long as CDex is still open and free. It sucks that they didn't respect the author's copyright though. That's a new kind of low.
Great. Delete it. Piro doesn't need to hear your whining anyway. One less person accessing the server means faster access times for me.
Seriously, I don't see how people find the nerve to complain about the frequency of updates on something someone is doing for free. It irritates me to no end, and I'm not even the target of criticism. Give it a rest.
I wish you people would stop creating undue stress for webcomic artists like Piro. If you keep doing it they're going to pack it up and leave, which ruins it for people who don't mind taking 10 seconds out of their busy days to check for an update.
Don't forget that PostgreSQL is faster than most people realize. I read a benchmark that showed that on some queries it's even significantly faster than Oracle. Of course, on other queries it was significantly slower, but it all comes out in the wash. What was interesting is that while MySQL was faster on a lot of queries, Oracle and PostgreSQL actually outperformed it on a couple. What I want to know is if there are any businesses out there that can load balance PostgreSQL and have a proven track record for support similar to Oracle's "Gold" level (or whatever they call it). When all is said in done that has got to be cheaper than Oracle licenses.
In my opinion Mozilla has the best mail agent I've ever used. It took me 5 minutes to set up and it allows me to apply rules to IMAP folders. That's really all I ask for, and it does it quickly and intuitively. I've really never had a problem with it.
But then again I come from Outlook Express, and the interfaces are similar. I suppose someone using PINE or Eudora may have some trouble with Mozilla (just as I was totally bewildered by Eudora the first time I used it).
Well, first off, this product is targetted at the relatives of people who like Linux. Is the average person going to wontonly switch to a totally foreign operating system based on ideals he or she may not care about? Probably not. But I've seen several posts today along the lines of, "this would be great for my mom..." That being the case, the only people who are really going to buy or download this product are the people who will be doing the actually installation, i.e. geeks.
So, a geek decides to free his mother from the oppressive hand of The Man. Given the choice of a $30 OS with 60 days support and a free OS with no support, which is he going to chose? If something breaks he knows he's going to be the one driving to his mother's place to fix it, so support be damned. How likely is he to buy the product? Even if he's fairly honest he's probably got it in his head that he is a contributing member of some altruistic community and this company owes him a free distribution.
So he downloads the ISO and burns it to disc, as will every other geek. Lycoris can no longer afford to pay its developers (who, in my opinion, have done a damn good job of integration), and they go under.
Or they can comply to the GPL only in the ways that they need to, and they can make you pay for the ease of having the product on a handy CD (as opposed to the hefty task of downloading the snapshots). They don't have to hand you the code; they just have to make it available. And technically it is.
This is the same tactic SuSE uses, and I'm 100% behind it. It allows companies to hire talent and addt some profit motive into the Linux industry, which results in better products and cooler jobs. There's a lot of free software developers scratching their own itches, but to get anyone to do anything revolutionary (as in complete, integrated, bug-free, and usable) you have to pay them (witness OS X).
You have a few good points, but we're talking apples and oranges. Nearly all of the anime I have been exposed to (40 shows or so) has been serialized. In America you don't have concepts like "original flavor" or "OVA". In America, all kids' shows are original flavor. Serialization is reserved for late night dramas. I honestly can't see kids caring about who gets with who or whether or not Keitaro and Naru kiss.
And then you have to look at the subjects of anime. Sure, Card Captor Sakura is about little kids--great, it's a kids' anime. But then you get into stuff like Marmolade Boy and To Heart and you have to wonder what kid in his right mind would sit through 30 minutes of panning shots of the school and sakura blossoms.
That, and I have to argue with your broad categorization. I haven't seen any of the shows you listed--mostly because they looked childish. I'm not talking Voltron here--the stuff I'm talking about is Bebop, Trigun, Tenchi, Love Hina, Onegai Teacher, Noir...the list goes on. They all have some pretty adult themes, and they're all direct adaptations of manga (well, Tenchi is a special case).
But I'm not going to argue that everyone watches it. I meant all ages, and I still believe that that is the case. I find it immensely enjoyable, even though anime suffers from the same (or worse) social stigma in the states. I have a hard time thinking that it's that much different over there.
I disagree. While to the uninitiated anime may appear shallow and childish, there is a tendency to tackle complex social issues. The Japanese love to play with the idea of men becoming gods through the creation of fearsome technology or through genetic experimentation. Very Mary Shelley. Then there's the idea that one day corporations will replace governments--so you've got your Orwell covered. Top that off with depth of interpersonal relationships, real life pressures and fears, and what you get is a view of real life in a fantasy setting. Take away the giant robots, swords, and flying high kicks and you're left with a mundane and at times depressing look at what it means to be human.
If you want heavy/serious, take a look at Ayashi no Ceres, Evangelion and maybe Akira (haven't seen it). If you want high school/college humor, try Love Hina or Ranma 1/2. And if you want just plain wacky, try Kodomo no Omocha.
It's not all Magical Girls, aliens, and giant robots, you know.
Whether it works or not, it doesn't cost the spammer anything, so why not do it? 1 customer is better than 0...
Anime are cartoon dramas. In America you have a strict dichotomy between adult content (NYPD Blue, General Hospital) and child content (Spongebob Squarepants). In Japan, everyone watches anime--each show has elements that appeal to all age groups. Thay are cartoons and feature cartoon violence and expressions, which kids can relate to, on top of which is stacked teen angst and sexual innuendo (to capture the adolescent market), and if you're really lucky, you'll occasionally get a show with some kind of unrequieted love that appeals to a more mature audience.
To really enjoy it you have to allow yourself to indulge in slapstick humor and sexual comedy. Sure, we like to imagine that we are a cultured, civilized poeople who don't appreciate that sort of thing, but if you take the stick out of your ass and allow yourself to be entertained it's usually worth it.
It's $20.00 only if you purchase your iBook on or after July 17, 2002 (today). So people like me, who bought one two months ago, are screwed.
A-men. If it's not good enough to make into a movie, then don't.
I don't know of many people that buy computers without consenting someone they consider to be a little bit knowledgeable about them. I've been called on scores of times to determine what's a good deal, whether or not needs will be fulfilled, and what brands to look for or avoid. A lot of times I point people to Dell or Gateway, depending on their needs and budget, and for the most part they are happy. However, if Palladium comes to fruition I will tell them to avoid OEM boxes like the plague.
The same applies in the corporate atmosphere. If you're ever under pressure to put in a Palladium compliant server system, simply show the higher ups how many customers they will be shutting out and how much it will cost them in lost revenue, not to mention licensing fees for the software and hardware. That, and heaven forbid the hardware component be compromised by some disgruntled ex-employee in the future.
There may be a day when having a Palladium compliant box may be more beneficial than not having one, seeing as how content could conceivably be closed off to those who don't. Hopefully the people with the know-how will steer away those who don't know any better, and we can avoid that scenario.
They forced Bell to open their networks to CLECs. This isn't all that different.