It is interesting how delayed my [the public's] gratification for research like this is. I remember when they shot this thing up there. And here we have news of it again, but we won't get anything really interesting until December when the probe detatches itself.
There was talk that there were very special requirements of the probe so as not to contaminate Titan with life from Earth...
I personally have little doubt that if Titan is made the way they say it is, than it probably has some kind of simple life.
How will the probe be able to probe for this kind of information? Any particular sites to keep an eye on while this goes down?
Uploads are the problem! We should just get rid of the upload pipe altogether. All users should only be able to download content off commercial websites. There is no reason to have an upload pipe at all. What do normal users have to share anways? We should put at stop to it. Make all ISPs have a cap at 0kbps u/l....oh, the internet won't work then? No one could get to a webpage? check e-mail? download applications? secure themselves with MS Updates!? No Porn?!!::cough:: well then...
On the serious side... this is absurd. There is NO way to share a quicktime trailer over the internet that I can't grab to my own harddrive. No way to make a picture over the internet that I can't grab. If I can "see" it, I can have it, no, I DO have it. The internet is just one giant P2P network - data flows in both ways. Sometimes it's not the data you want but you don't destroy the network to stop the data from flowing.
No, not just a G5, but a Dual Processor G5 in order to view full screen HD records. Though it scales for us without such beautiful machines (thick wallets).
I'd really like to know how useful this box is. I'd love to watch TV on my Mac, but I'm not even sure how many "over-the-air" channels I have anymore, much less HD channels...
I play piano and violin, and it is literally almost impossible to play new music and speak original sentences at the same time. I can play memorized music, if it's _very_ (muscularly) memozized and converse, or if I've something canned to say, I can spit it out - but never at the same time.
Reminded me immediately of the book Neuromancer, where a "hotel tycoon" set up his own personal resort in space - free from duties, taxes and the government. It was a lawless paradise.
I just want to get into space, and if these dudes will front the money, I'll be sure to pay them back:)
lets go science fiction! With the invisibility cloak, the unscratchable metal and electronic ink pads, I'm ready.
MS cannot use funds from a separate section to flood the market in order to promote a standard for competition. Selling a product at a loss in order to undercut competition without relent for the purpose of creating a flooded standard is wrong. This is predatory pricing and is specifically and explicitly prohibited by the Sherman anti-trust act.
They've already done this with the X-Box which they sold at a loss in order to undercut and deprive smart companies (Sony & Nintendo) of their only source of income by using their deep pockets. Now they do the same thing in an attempt to push WMA over AAC as the standard DRM music file.
This is absurd. The DOJ has no balls if they let this pass. MS is getting out of hand.
This is not the first, nor the last time this will happen.
How many times will it take to make people aware of the fact that such immense reliability on closed-source DRM-esque code will cause problems. Such closed-source *cannot* be closed forever. The information will be spread, and security through secrecy cannot win.
In addition, the mob-law illustrated here by the internet is an interesting phenomena (by no means unique to this incident - except maybe in the irony). LIterally thousands of people already have a copy of multi-million dollar source for free. It is an interesting epitomization of how such digital knowledge cannot be legally protected. What will MS do, sue any IP that shows up in BitTorrent or eDonkey? If the internet wants it, some individual might pay a few months behind bars, but the internet will have it...
Give 50 million teenagers the new US Military game, where you launch a missile with a camera on its nose and tell them they get "points" for hitting targets...
When does the game become real?
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Revisions used to be each first digit (OS 6, OS 7, 8, 9 etc..) but now Apple's hooked on the X theme... so revisions are X.0, X.1, X.2 and X.3 (Panther) (X=10)
The service packs are the 3rd digit (10.2.1 -> 10.2.8 currently) which update small features, drivers, and bug fixes.
In addition to the OS updates (10.2.6-10.2.8) there are security fixes based on the date of release, so that when the new SSH exploit is found, within the next few days there is a "Security Update."
So all in all, Apple has a FAR faster and aware OS release schedule.
you know the Apple sound "sosumi"? say it slowly.... "sooo sueee meee" -that's what Apple thought about Apple Music the first time.... and that's what they think now.
I cannot imagine that they didn't see this coming, and provided for it, either legaly or monitarily. This is no surprise to them. They *might* be able to win practically in court, though legally they're in the wrong. Though more likely they'll just pay Apple Music a few million - hey they sold what, 3 million songs? They'll sell more....
These 970s ARE 64bit, otherwise they could not support the purported 8Gb or RAM. I'm not sure how the powers of 2 work out, but somewhere around 2GB is the max without having 64bit.
so YES, there are two 2,000,000,000Hz 64bit CPUs with a 128bit AltiVec enhancement, connected by a 1,000,000,000Hz Bus, supported up to 8,000,000,000Bytes of RAM.
"If you are attempting to distribute recordings that you own the rights to and the RIAA is in any way preventing you from doing so, you should contact us immediately. "
so they can eat all of those free-agents out there?
Apple Computer is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and build one of our newest Consumer Applications, iTunes for Windows. Must be possess strong skills in the areas of application design, solid API design principles, user interface engineering, and have a strong understanding of customer and workflow issues. Experience with Windows logo certification preferred. Candidate should have a history of successful large volume consumer product shipment.
A B.S. or better in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is preferred. Required skills include C, C++, UI, MFC, Win32, COM, DirectX, Installshield and application engineering. Exposure to networking and device drivers a plus. Minimum of 10 years of directly related experience.
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It is interesting how delayed my [the public's] gratification for research like this is. I remember when they shot this thing up there. And here we have news of it again, but we won't get anything really interesting until December when the probe detatches itself.
There was talk that there were very special requirements of the probe so as not to contaminate Titan with life from Earth...
I personally have little doubt that if Titan is made the way they say it is, than it probably has some kind of simple life.
How will the probe be able to probe for this kind of information? Any particular sites to keep an eye on while this goes down?
Uploads are the problem! We should just get rid of the upload pipe altogether. All users should only be able to download content off commercial websites. There is no reason to have an upload pipe at all. What do normal users have to share anways? We should put at stop to it. Make all ISPs have a cap at 0kbps u/l. ...oh, the internet won't work then? No one could get to a webpage? check e-mail? download applications? secure themselves with MS Updates!? No Porn?!! ::cough:: well then...
On the serious side... this is absurd. There is NO way to share a quicktime trailer over the internet that I can't grab to my own harddrive. No way to make a picture over the internet that I can't grab. If I can "see" it, I can have it, no, I DO have it. The internet is just one giant P2P network - data flows in both ways. Sometimes it's not the data you want but you don't destroy the network to stop the data from flowing.
this is absurd
No, not just a G5, but a Dual Processor G5 in order to view full screen HD records. Though it scales for us without such beautiful machines (thick wallets).
I'd really like to know how useful this box is. I'd love to watch TV on my Mac, but I'm not even sure how many "over-the-air" channels I have anymore, much less HD channels...
oh well
So I'm not crazy!
I play piano and violin, and it is literally almost impossible to play new music and speak original sentences at the same time. I can play memorized music, if it's _very_ (muscularly) memozized and converse, or if I've something canned to say, I can spit it out - but never at the same time.
it is interesting...
Reminded me immediately of the book Neuromancer, where a "hotel tycoon" set up his own personal resort in space - free from duties, taxes and the government. It was a lawless paradise.
:)
I just want to get into space, and if these dudes will front the money, I'll be sure to pay them back
lets go science fiction! With the invisibility cloak, the unscratchable metal and electronic ink pads, I'm ready.
This is illegal!
MS cannot use funds from a separate section to flood the market in order to promote a standard for competition. Selling a product at a loss in order to undercut competition without relent for the purpose of creating a flooded standard is wrong. This is predatory pricing and is specifically and explicitly prohibited by the Sherman anti-trust act.
They've already done this with the X-Box which they sold at a loss in order to undercut and deprive smart companies (Sony & Nintendo) of their only source of income by using their deep pockets. Now they do the same thing in an attempt to push WMA over AAC as the standard DRM music file.
This is absurd. The DOJ has no balls if they let this pass. MS is getting out of hand.
This is not the first, nor the last time this will happen.
How many times will it take to make people aware of the fact that such immense reliability on closed-source DRM-esque code will cause problems. Such closed-source *cannot* be closed forever. The information will be spread, and security through secrecy cannot win.
In addition, the mob-law illustrated here by the internet is an interesting phenomena (by no means unique to this incident - except maybe in the irony). LIterally thousands of people already have a copy of multi-million dollar source for free. It is an interesting epitomization of how such digital knowledge cannot be legally protected. What will MS do, sue any IP that shows up in BitTorrent or eDonkey? If the internet wants it, some individual might pay a few months behind bars, but the internet will have it...
free-enterprise, and free-information...
Anyone read Ender's game?
Give 50 million teenagers the new US Military game, where you launch a missile with a camera on its nose and tell them they get "points" for hitting targets...
When does the game become real?
Revisions used to be each first digit (OS 6, OS 7, 8, 9 etc..) but now Apple's hooked on the X theme... so revisions are X.0, X.1, X.2 and X.3 (Panther) (X=10)
The service packs are the 3rd digit (10.2.1 -> 10.2.8 currently) which update small features, drivers, and bug fixes.
In addition to the OS updates (10.2.6-10.2.8) there are security fixes based on the date of release, so that when the new SSH exploit is found, within the next few days there is a "Security Update."
So all in all, Apple has a FAR faster and aware OS release schedule.
Um... isn't this the same argument Apple used when they had the slower CPUs (that WERE slower).
how the table's have turned
Air Conditioners, switches, etc....
more than just CPUs
you know the Apple sound "sosumi"? say it slowly.... "sooo sueee meee" -that's what Apple thought about Apple Music the first time.... and that's what they think now.
I cannot imagine that they didn't see this coming, and provided for it, either legaly or monitarily. This is no surprise to them. They *might* be able to win practically in court, though legally they're in the wrong. Though more likely they'll just pay Apple Music a few million - hey they sold what, 3 million songs? They'll sell more....
These 970s ARE 64bit, otherwise they could not support the purported 8Gb or RAM. I'm not sure how the powers of 2 work out, but somewhere around 2GB is the max without having 64bit.
so YES, there are two 2,000,000,000Hz 64bit CPUs with a 128bit AltiVec enhancement, connected by a 1,000,000,000Hz Bus, supported up to 8,000,000,000Bytes of RAM.
I love living in the future.
albiet, taken a bit out of context:
"If you are attempting to distribute recordings that you own the rights to and the RIAA is in any way preventing you from doing so, you should contact us immediately. "
so they can eat all of those free-agents out there?
This really does mean the RIAA is after us all!
Looks like Apple is looking for people to make iTunes for Windows.
Apple Computer is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and build one of our newest Consumer Applications, iTunes for Windows.
Must be possess strong skills in the areas of application design, solid API design principles, user interface engineering, and have a strong understanding of customer and workflow issues. Experience with Windows logo certification preferred. Candidate should have a history of successful large volume consumer product shipment.
A B.S. or better in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is preferred. Required skills include C, C++, UI, MFC, Win32, COM, DirectX, Installshield and application engineering. Exposure to networking and device drivers a plus. Minimum of 10 years of directly related experience.
Go for it!