I think the point he's making, however, is that if he modifies the code in a proprietary way and adds some cool functionality that not everyone can, like say, with some patented technology, than he's modifying GPL code and "distributing" the software in essence by allowing ppl to run it off his server, but not "distributing" the software under the GPL. So it would allow people to get around the GPL. I think he makes a great point.
You're right. Go here: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/thinclients/ind ex_t5000.html The prices for the slower models are $349 (533mhz) -$399 (733mhz).
Great point. The same is true about cars. Cars from the 50's were meant to be replaced and scrapped after 3 years. Sure the were rolling masses of metal, but they weren't designed to last forever, because Detroit wanted people to keep buying newer cars. The only reason we see as many old cars on the road as we do, is because they are still easy to fix, which can't be said for newer cars.
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Tivo's share price means (almost) nothing. Each company has a different number of outstanding shares. Tivo has 57 million shares, and Apple has 365 million shares. The share price of the combined company will depend on what Apple's investors think of the deal. Ultimately it should depend on the profitability of the combined company.
I can tell you this, Tivo is not doing well, losing more than $1 per share per year. Apple is almost break even. Based on this, the acquisition can be expected to bring down Apple's stock at first. What happens after that depends on how well Apple does.
Way to go for the Onion approach to Slashdot commenting.
Please provide additional hypothetical examples of something that pretty much everyone understands to reinforce ad nauseum a point that (once again) everyone understands.
Sorry to vent, it's just one of those days you know? Maybe I've should take some PCP and listen to "Dropping Names" by the Beastie Boys from Paul's Boutique (which song samples "Hey A-Pocky Way" by The Meters.)
No one cares about you. Move along. Don't use the iTunes music store. Does it bother you that other people aren't audio snobs and would rather listen to musich then equipment?
Get over yourself. You sound like Frank Grimes from the Simpsons. For more info please see the following link and link. Oh, and you thought we couldn't lear anything from the Simpsons!
Two words: Record time. VHS tapes could record a 2 hour movie, Betamax couldn't. That's a superior feature that could mean more than the various features and add-ons in the page you cited. People have different priorities. The thoughts and preferences of "professionals" are largely irrelevant to the uptake of a technology in the home market. At least they were in this case.
I upgraded from 7.3. It went relatively well, although getting Apache 2 to work was sort of a pain.
I'd say overall that this feels a lot slower than 7.3 on my box. Enough that I sort of wish I didn't switch. My box is pretty new (2.1ghz P4, 256 MB DDR400 ram,etc.).
The only reason I switched is because less and less new software is being done on Gnome 1.4 and more and more bug fixes and updated show up as ports to Gnome 2.
Ultimately, I think I should have just done a clean install, and things would be faster and cleaner.
You just have to ask yourself "Do I feel lucky today." Well, do ya?
Do you really think that LCD's last longer? I've seen CRT's last for many (5-10) years with little to no degradation in quality. I have not heard of anywhere near that longevity for LCD's.
Agreed. Except that my system would be sort of like an automated whitelist. My ISP would only allo emails that came with authenticated micropayment account numbers. All others would be summarily bounced. This is sort of like a whitelist because only legit accounts would get through, except I don't have to bother adding people to my list.
I like your second solution. I was thinking along the same lines, before I saw your post, and I've posted that reply elsewhere in the thread. I think this is potentially doable once micropayments are available.
Here's my solution, and I'd sign up for it if it was available:
1. People send email just as they do now, but with limits. In order for me to receive their email, I need some sort of micropayment account number attached to the email.
2. I can choose to charge a micropayment (let's say $0.10) for any email that I receive.
That's it. If you follow me, it means that I can bill anyone I want for sending me email. The amount should be limited (lets say to $0.10 or $0.25) and I would be able to choose on a per email basis whether to charge. This has the effect of letting me bill spammers, but not my friends. And of course, the billing should involve some sort of acknowledgment so the person knows that I am exercising my right to payment.
I'd even be fine with paying $0.001 to $0.005 for every email I send. It might amount to $10 a month, but at least it means that (if applied to everyone) that I won't be forced to deal with spam.
The real problem is enforcing it. The only way I see it is that mail won't come through unless it has some sort of micropayment mechanism.
See here, for full computations of the differences in size. For your TV comparison it shows that the "widescreen" TV is around 4% larger for widescreen programming and 70% smaller for normal 4:3 programming.
Boy you are a moron? Who would give up 4% bigger widescreen viewing for a measly 70% in 4:3.
http://www.cavecreations.com/tv2.cgi?KeohiHDTV For ther record, I think people only like widescreen because its diffent. Just think of how much top and bottom you can fit when you use "tall-screen" tv as compared to wide-screen.
Wrong. Nice Anti US FUD, but on this side of the pond, Federal judges are appointed for life. They don't go up for reeleection. And by the way, thanks for playing!
Whether you want to believe it, he's one of the nation's top litigators. Napster and Al Gore were doomed to failure. Microsoft was inevitable, and I hardly think the blame falls on Boies. Believe me, he's not the guy you'd choose to go against if given an option.
Dude, am I missing something? I think VCR's have more than 1 part. Assuming they have 100 parts (which has to be correct to within an order of magnitude), 100 broken VCRs out of 50,000 would get you 20ppm.
Even if the math were worse, you have to admit there's a valid distinction to be drawn between the required quality of automotive parts and the buttons on my cd player. If your CD player falls apart no one dies. That and I think there are enough people who would rather not pay 2x what they pay now for identical sound quality and 2x reliability.
Newsflash: That which you refer to is the S&L Scandal. It was a pretty big deal back then. Several senators took the fall and a lot of people got burned.
The FDIC has a website dedicated to this fiasco. I don't think that the BBC broke this article, and it was certainly all over mainstream American news outlets for several months (years).
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I think the point he's making, however, is that if he modifies the code in a proprietary way and adds some cool functionality that not everyone can, like say, with some patented technology, than he's modifying GPL code and "distributing" the software in essence by allowing ppl to run it off his server, but not "distributing" the software under the GPL. So it would allow people to get around the GPL. I think he makes a great point.
"most Americans like watered-down crap."
I don't think this is true. Try "most Americans have different priorities than geeks on Slashdot." I'm one of those people.
I don't think that viewing enjoyment is proportional to resolution. It's nice when things look good on TV, but it's not the most important thing.
How 'bout if I said "most HD fans like shiny baubles and care not for content." Probably true. Does it matter? Not really. To each his own.
I'll be happy to keep my reg'lar TV for the next 5 years (at least) and you can have your anime in Hi-def. My priorities are different than yours.
You're right. Go here: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/thinclients/ind ex_t5000.html
The prices for the slower models are $349 (533mhz) -$399 (733mhz).
Then why does underclocking reduce the power consumption?
Great point. The same is true about cars. Cars from the 50's were meant to be replaced and scrapped after 3 years. Sure the were rolling masses of metal, but they weren't designed to last forever, because Detroit wanted people to keep buying newer cars. The only reason we see as many old cars on the road as we do, is because they are still easy to fix, which can't be said for newer cars.
Tivo's share price means (almost) nothing. Each company has a different number of outstanding shares. Tivo has 57 million shares, and Apple has 365 million shares. The share price of the combined company will depend on what Apple's investors think of the deal. Ultimately it should depend on the profitability of the combined company.
I can tell you this, Tivo is not doing well, losing more than $1 per share per year. Apple is almost break even. Based on this, the acquisition can be expected to bring down Apple's stock at first. What happens after that depends on how well Apple does.
Way to go for the Onion approach to Slashdot commenting.
Please provide additional hypothetical examples of something that pretty much everyone understands to reinforce ad nauseum a point that (once again) everyone understands.
Sorry to vent, it's just one of those days you know? Maybe I've should take some PCP and listen to "Dropping Names" by the Beastie Boys from Paul's Boutique (which song samples "Hey A-Pocky Way" by The Meters.)
No one cares about you. Move along. Don't use the iTunes music store. Does it bother you that other people aren't audio snobs and would rather listen to musich then equipment?
Get over yourself.
You sound like Frank Grimes from the Simpsons. For more info please see the following
link and link.
Oh, and you thought we couldn't lear anything from the Simpsons!
I think it' really the "I want everything for myself with no one having any control over me whatsoever" crowd
Two words: Record time. VHS tapes could record a 2 hour movie, Betamax couldn't. That's a superior feature that could mean more than the various features and add-ons in the page you cited. People have different priorities. The thoughts and preferences of "professionals" are largely irrelevant to the uptake of a technology in the home market. At least they were in this case.
Yeah but Betamax wasn't better, just different. Remember this article?
I upgraded from 7.3. It went relatively well, although getting Apache 2 to work was sort of a pain.
I'd say overall that this feels a lot slower than 7.3 on my box. Enough that I sort of wish I didn't switch. My box is pretty new (2.1ghz P4, 256 MB DDR400 ram,etc.).
The only reason I switched is because less and less new software is being done on Gnome 1.4 and more and more bug fixes and updated show up as ports to Gnome 2.
Ultimately, I think I should have just done a clean install, and things would be faster and cleaner.
You just have to ask yourself "Do I feel lucky today." Well, do ya?
Do you really think that LCD's last longer? I've seen CRT's last for many (5-10) years with little to no degradation in quality. I have not heard of anywhere near that longevity for LCD's.
I get it. Good book. Bad reference. Joseph Conrad rocks.
Agreed. Except that my system would be sort of like an automated whitelist. My ISP would only allo emails that came with authenticated micropayment account numbers. All others would be summarily bounced. This is sort of like a whitelist because only legit accounts would get through, except I don't have to bother adding people to my list.
I like your second solution. I was thinking along the same lines, before I saw your post, and I've posted that reply elsewhere in the thread. I think this is potentially doable once micropayments are available.
Here's my solution, and I'd sign up for it if it was available:
1. People send email just as they do now, but with limits. In order for me to receive their email, I need some sort of micropayment account number attached to the email.
2. I can choose to charge a micropayment (let's say $0.10) for any email that I receive.
That's it. If you follow me, it means that I can bill anyone I want for sending me email. The amount should be limited (lets say to $0.10 or $0.25) and I would be able to choose on a per email basis whether to charge. This has the effect of letting me bill spammers, but not my friends. And of course, the billing should involve some sort of acknowledgment so the person knows that I am exercising my right to payment.
I'd even be fine with paying $0.001 to $0.005 for every email I send. It might amount to $10 a month, but at least it means that (if applied to everyone) that I won't be forced to deal with spam.
The real problem is enforcing it. The only way I see it is that mail won't come through unless it has some sort of micropayment mechanism.
See here, for full computations of the differences in size. For your TV comparison it shows that the "widescreen" TV is around 4% larger for widescreen programming and 70% smaller for normal 4:3 programming.
Boy you are a moron? Who would give up 4% bigger widescreen viewing for a measly 70% in 4:3.
http://www.cavecreations.com/tv2.cgi?KeohiHDTV
For ther record, I think people only like widescreen because its diffent. Just think of how much top and bottom you can fit when you use "tall-screen" tv as compared to wide-screen.
That's unbelievable. I guess it pays to go with a large isp if for no other reason than accountability.
Wrong. Nice Anti US FUD, but on this side of the pond, Federal judges are appointed for life. They don't go up for reeleection. And by the way, thanks for playing!
Have we forgotten Ms. Botsukowski. Definitely one of my (if not the) favorite episodes.
Who can forget Bart with the pacifier when the lights come on?
Whether you want to believe it, he's one of the nation's top litigators. Napster and Al Gore were doomed to failure. Microsoft was inevitable, and I hardly think the blame falls on Boies. Believe me, he's not the guy you'd choose to go against if given an option.
Dude, am I missing something? I think VCR's have more than 1 part. Assuming they have 100 parts (which has to be correct to within an order of magnitude), 100 broken VCRs out of 50,000 would get you 20ppm.
Even if the math were worse, you have to admit there's a valid distinction to be drawn between the required quality of automotive parts and the buttons on my cd player. If your CD player falls apart no one dies. That and I think there are enough people who would rather not pay 2x what they pay now for identical sound quality and 2x reliability.
Newsflash: That which you refer to is the S&L Scandal. It was a pretty big deal back then. Several senators took the fall and a lot of people got burned.
The FDIC has a website dedicated to this fiasco. I don't think that the BBC broke this article, and it was certainly all over mainstream American news outlets for several months (years).